The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 593



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Episode 593

Chapter 18: Just One Person

“… … .”

King Namgung of the Uncrowned Emperor, the Sword King, was looking down at the great hall of the Elder’s House, which was boiling with excitement.

Ooooooooo…!

Luoyang Sword Dance, live forever…!

Long live…!

The declaration of the Elder Cabinet System by the head of the Foreign Affairs Office, Hakunhyung.

It was a declaration of intent to bring the center of power of the Luoyang Swordsmanship family, which had been ruled by the head of the family for generations, to the Jangrowon.

“Have you seen it?”

Elder Pyo, who had been acting as a guide, smiled at King Namgung Je, who had been keeping silent.

He had to raise his voice because of the shouts coming from below.

“Your Majesty, you have already achieved the great feat of uniting the elders of the Luoyang Sword Family in such a short period of time…!”

Elder Pyo’s face was agitated.

Was it because I raised my voice to overcome the noise?

Or, he too is one of the elders.

It may have been because they were in awe of the foreign leader who eloquently expressed their long-held wish for a cabinet system of elders.

“This is something comparable to the feats that Yeon So-hyeon has accomplished…!”

“Tsk.”

At his attitude that seemed to be blatantly snobbish, Namgung Bukwi, the head of the Namgung Se family, clicked his tongue and opened his mouth.

“I guess so. Isn’t the legal process just beginning?”

Although he is overshadowed by the presence of King Namgung Je, he is also the head of the Namgung family.

I was very familiar with the procedures of the Luoyang Sword Master’s Office.

“If you want to revise the family law of the Luoyang Sword Family and introduce a cabinet system of elders, you need the consent of ‘eighty percent’ of the total number of elders. Don’t you know that?”

Gaju Namgungbukwi said, pointing down.

“Not just the number of people present right now, but the number of countless elders dispatched from outside as well-.”

“-That’s eight-tenths of the total. I know that very well, Namgung Gaju.”

“… … !”

frog in the throat.

It was not Elder Pyo who cut off Namgung Bukwi’s words.

The one who appeared at the end of that hallway was the one who had just started the commotion in the convention hall below.

“Outer circle… .”

Gaju Namgung Bukwi’s eyes narrowed.

A giant who fits the high ceiling of the hallway, Hakun-hyeong, the head of the household, has come to visit the wealthy Namgung Se-ga.

He spread out both his hands with his characteristically soft smile.

“The elders of the main family are the experts among experts in the family law of the main family. There is no need to teach them the family law. Namgung family head.”

“you are-.”

“Outer circle.”

Gaju Namgung Bukwi was about to open his mouth to say something, but it was his father who stood in his way.

It was King Namgung Je of Geomwang.

“Oh, isn’t this the famous Sword King?”

The head of the household, Hakunhyung, said with a smile.

“I am so happy to see you again-.”

“Enough. Enough with the useless talk.”

King Namgung Je of Geomwang cut off the greeting of Hakunhyeong, the head of the Oewonju, like a sword and spoke to him.

“I don’t have time to be babbling about greetings with you. You, Lord of the Outer Circle, should know better.”

“Yes.”

During his speech, Wonju Hakunhyung wiped the sweat off his face with a silk towel and continued speaking with a smile.

“Since we’ve declared that we’re going to adopt a cabinet system, this is all a race against time. If we don’t quickly gather eighty percent of the total members, the backlash from within the swordsmanship will actually work against us…”

He said, pointing to himself.

“It will be on my side, you see.”

“But, in that situation. Seeing you being so relaxed….”

King Namgungje of the Sword Firmened his expression and narrowed his eyes at his calmness.

“no way…?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Oewonju Hakunhyeong nodded while handing over the silk towel he had wiped himself with to his subordinate.

“Fortunately, we have already succeeded in gathering eighty percent of the total number of elders, including those dispatched from outside.”

“… … !”

Namgung Se-ga, who was listening to the conversation, opened his eyes wide.

“already?!”

If we look at the total number of members, not the number of people in the main family, the Yeonso-hyeon faction does not even reach two-thirds.

But conversely.

The number eight was, in fact, tantamount to including everyone except them.

“How on earth…?!”

“In the midst of all this chaos, isn’t it strange?”

Hohohoho, replied the head of the household, Hakunhyung, with a relaxed expression.

“But, rather. It was possible because the situation was like this.”

* * *

The stopped carriage was guarded strictly by the engine room’s guards.

The carriage arrived in front of the secret meeting room of the Supreme Executive Council.

“…Are they the sixteen imperial families?”

The interior of the carriage, waiting for the rigorous entry procedure.

The Four Princes’ Yeonbi smiled bitterly.

“They are using all their might to suppress external businesses of the Sword Family throughout the Central Kingdom-.”

“okay.”

The one who received his words was Yeon So-hyeon.

“Rather, it would have been much easier to delegate the votes of elders dispatched from outside than in normal times.”

“That’s why….”

“Haa,” said Sakongja Yeonbi, sighing.

“Most of the elders dispatched outside are people who manage external businesses. Soon, their work performance will be-.”

“It depends on the performance of external businesses.”

Yeon So-hyeon smiled calmly.

“In that situation, they would rather choose to turn their backs on me than let the business they are responsible for collapse.”

“Ha, really… .”

The servant, Yeonbi, shook her head.

“They are truly foolish. They are extremely foolish.”

He couldn’t be convinced.

“If you win in the end, then the business performance won’t matter at all, right?”

A small household head in the absence of the head of household.

What’s the point of being hostile to the de facto owner and protecting the business that was once there?

“What on earth were the elders thinking when they made such a decision…? Hmm…?”

The ending of Sakongja Yeonbi’s words became longer.

Because his sharp intuition in his brilliant mind told him that there was something more here.

“So, are you saying they were promised more than that?”

The elders of the Luoyang Sword Family are not fools.

Rather, they.

Aren’t they the ones who are smarter than anyone else when it comes to protecting their own interests and vested rights?

“Is there anything more beneficial than antagonizing your big brother? No, but…?”

His voice, almost like a soliloquy, was steeped in deeper suspicion.

“No matter how powerful the outsider is, and how successful he is in amending the law to establish a cabinet system, if he fails, all his promises will be empty promises.”

“yes.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded calmly.

“With such a promise, it would not have been possible to immediately obtain a delegation of power from the elders dispatched outside.”

“then…?”

Not a promise to be kept in a successful future.

Are you saying that you are going to give me a profit that is as big as that right away?

How on earth?

“no way…?”

The eyes of the four-legged sage grew wide.

He looked back at his older brother, Yeon So-hyeon, and asked in a trembling voice.

“… The foreign lord, he insists on it.”

His gaze towards Yeon So-hyeon was also trembling like her voice.

“Have you become the representative of the Sixteen Houses of the Imperial Family?”

“okay.”

Yeon So-hyeon answered, looking up at the carriage’s ornately decorated ceiling.

“The Lord of the Outer Circle. He is cooperating very fully with the heads of the sixteen clans.”

Yeon So-hyeon’s eyes narrowed as she looked up at the ceiling.

“On their behalf, to the extent that they can immediately promise the core interests of the sixteen families to the elders outside.”

* * *

“… You, the foreigner.”

The eyes of Namgung Bukwi, the head of the Namgung Se family, sparkled.

“Did you betray the sword?”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about…!”

immediately.

Elder Pyo jumped up.

“After all, this alliance is for a noble cause…! Isn’t the entire Central Plains thrown into chaos because of Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon’s rampage like a thunderbolt?!”

He shook his fist hard in the air, his face turning red as if he was spitting fire.

“If things continue this way, the entire Central Plains could fall into war! Therefore, this alliance is not about mutual benefit, but a noble decision to protect the peace of the Luoyang Sword Family and the entire Central Plains!”

“you.”

King Namgungje of the Sword suddenly intervened and spoke to Elder Pyo.

“You know so much, considering you’ve only recently joined the Foreigner faction. Just look at it.”

A mocking smile appeared on the Sword King’s face.

“You’ve already received a lot of money from the foreign investors, haven’t you?”

“… … ?!”

The Sword King’s words hit the nail on the head.

Elder Pyo’s face turned pale and he tried to protest, muttering something.

“That, that’s not it, I, well, I mean, just-!”

“It’s okay, Elder Pyo.”

The one who stepped forward, spreading his hand as if to cover him, was the head of the household.

“There is nothing wrong with receiving necessary support from allies. It is not prohibited by law.”

What an incredibly shameless statement.

“under…!”

Namgung Bukwi, the head of the Namgung Se family, reflexively snorted.

“You are bringing in external forces as allies in the power struggle within your family. Isn’t that an act of betrayal against your family?”

Perhaps because he was also the head of the family, his attitude was sharp.

“That’s not true, Namgung Gaju.”

but.

The attitude towards foreigners was still tolerant.

“The Archduke is still just the Archduke. He is not our lord. Whether it is betrayal or rebellion, it does not work. Besides…”

A meaningful smile appeared on the face of the head of the Namgung family, Namgung Bukwi.

“You are the ones who have tried to interfere in the power struggle of the Sword Family. Isn’t Namgung Se-ga the same?”

“… … !”

like that.

Hakunhyeong, the head of the household, who had silenced Namgung Bukwi of Gaju, looked down at the main hall and spoke with a relaxed attitude.

“Now, the opening of the extraordinary meeting of the Presbyterian Council to vote on the revision of the Presbyterian Cabinet system is being prepared.”

As he said.

In the convention hall, the elders were busy moving around, quickly handling the tasks required to open the temporary meeting.

“… Did you already plan everything up to the voting?”

“It’s nothing.”

At Gaju Namgungbukwi’s monologue, Oewonju Hakunhyeong shrugged his shoulders.

“I just asked for cooperation from the key figures of the sect in advance to expedite the process.”

“… … .”

Although Gaju Namgung Bukwi didn’t show it on the outside, inside he was.

My liver and gallbladder felt cold.

‘… You are truly thorough.’

From receiving the votes of the elders outside, to the speech containing the contents of the declaration, to the opening for voting.

This person called Oewonju.

Even in this situation where every moment was turbulent, with an absurdly thorough plan.

Having successfully prepared all of this under the surface, we have begun full-scale movement.

‘This is….’

The eyes of Namgung Bukwi, the head of the household, who was looking at Hakunhyung, the head of the household, trembled deeply.

‘By the side of the best sword in the world. Is this the true face of the man named Hakunhyung, the head of the Oewonju, who is said to be on par with the old and strange General of the Naewonju?’

“Wow, that’s amazing… .”

indeed.

Even King Namgungje nodded obediently.

Because they formed an alliance with this man named Hakunhyeong, the sixteen heads of the clan were able to retreat to the imperial capital without any further hesitation.

“Haha, that’s too much praise.”

Behind the head of the household, Hak-un-hyeong, who was smiling gently as usual, Elder Pyo received the news and relayed it.

“Your Majesty…! I heard that preparations for the opening ceremony have been completed…!”

His face was filled with excitement and joy.

This is the moment when their long-cherished wish of a cabinet system of elders seems within reach for the first time in their lives.

“Come on, let’s go down…!”

“Hehehe, is that so? Then, everyone of the Namgung family, please excuse me-.”

At that moment, the voice of King Namgung Je of the Sword interrupted his greeting.

“Indeed. I didn’t know anything until I came here. As I said before, you are truly a great talent, Oewonju. But… ”

The meaningful tone of voice from King Namgungje of the Sword King stopped their steps.

“…What does Your Majesty want to say?”

Even though Elder Pyo asked that, King Namgungje ignored him and only looked at Hakunhyeong, the head of the household.

He continued speaking.

“I can’t explain why, but I have a feeling it’s just one person.”

He held up one finger.

“There must be one person. I’m sure there must be someone who already noticed this plan. What do you think?”

That one person.

There was no one here who didn’t know who he was talking about.

“Huh, what are you talking about?!”

Elder Pyo waved his hands vigorously as if he had heard something absurd.

“No matter how much, even if he was the author Yeon So-hyeon, there’s no way he could have known all of this and prepared for it!”

at that time.

With a loud noise, the main door of the Great Hall was blown open.

And then a loud, booming voice is heard.

“How dare you, you sons of bitches…!”

There was a figure who appeared from the cloud of dust.

“Did you think you could get away with doing such a shitty thing in my house, behind my back?!”

How many people would dare to call the Elder’s House of Luoyang Swordsmanship their own?

“Damn it…!”

One of the elders who recognized him from below shouted with a pale face.

“It’s the elders’ house leader…!”

Elder of the Luoyang Sword Family.

The appearance of the little giant, Wang Qiu Jian (王?黔).