The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 594



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Episode 594

Chapter 19: The House of Elders and the Court of Appeal

Knock, knock.

At the sound of a knock on the carriage door, the Four Princes’ Yeonbi opened the door herself.

“Ah…! I’m here to meet the Grand Duke and the Four Princes of the main house!”

“You are the guardian of the-.”

“Ah, yes…! I am the Chief of the Six Departments of Law Enforcement…!”

As if trying to hide the tension.

The middle-aged man who appeared with a cheerful greeting was the head of the legal affairs department of the court.

Last spring.

He became acquainted with Yeon So-hyeon during the so-called ‘Nae-won book price incident’, and has been doing so ever since.

He was a person who continued to firmly establish his position as a member of Yeon So-hyeon’s faction, even after opposing the head of the court who was in conflict with Yeon So-hyeon.

“Ah, so. First of all, we at the Law Enforcement Department warmly welcome the return of the Grand Duke. We wholeheartedly hope that the Grand Duke will become the head of the household.”

“Chief of the Law Enforcement Department.”

The servant sighed.

“Your deep loyalty has already been proven many times, and your eldest brother is well aware of it. Let’s get to the main point.”

“The first person to storm into the presbytery was the head of the presbytery.”

At that report, Sagongja Yeonbi’s eyes widened slightly.

“… Indeed, is he the head of the presbytery?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

The head of the law asked, slightly embarrassed by Sakongja Yeonbi’s reaction.

“Your Highness, are you saying that you did not give your word to the Elder in advance…?”

“okay.”

Sakongja Yeonbi nodded.

His older brother, Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon, did not share any predictions with the head of the elders, but as expected, he did so.

How did he quickly grasp and react to the abnormal situation in the elders?

“Ugh…!”

Sagongja Yeonbi asked the commander of the Hobeop Yukbu, who could not help but be amazed, in a close-range voice.

[I don’t think he’ll cause any friction with the ‘operation’ being carried out in the Presbyterian Church?]

“Oh, yes.”

The head of the law department answered immediately.

“I don’t think you have to worry about that part at all.”

* * *

“Eeeeeeek…!”

The elder leader of the sword family, Wang Gu-geom, was unable to contain his anger.

“While I was away from the Supreme Executive Council meeting after being summoned, you started this mess…?!”

With a loud roar.

The elder who approached the nearest elder immediately grabbed him by the collar.

“Ugh… ?!”

The expression on the elder’s face instantly turned pale as he was grabbed by the collar, but he didn’t care.

“Tell me…!”

Could this be what an angry dragon spitting fire looks like?

His roar echoed through the great Great Hall as if it were a narrow room.

“What on earth are you elders complaining about?! As the elders of the world’s best family, you enjoy all the wealth, honor, and power, but is that not enough for you?!”

Kkieeeeing-!

“Ugh…!”

“Ugh…!”

After the lion’s roar shook their eardrums, the elders who were not born with internal energy staggered, holding their ears.

“Was the Grand Duke not enough?! Was all the proof that Grand Duke Yeon So-Hyeon showed not enough?!”

But the elders’ anger showed no signs of stopping.

“Do you really think that by coming up with a cabinet system and devouring this sword family, your endless greed will end?! No, no! That can’t be happening!”

Brrrrrr…!

The elder who had been grabbed by the collar was a man of considerable stature, but he was now foaming at the mouth.

However, the enormous power that had fallen into the hands of the elder Wang Gu-geom showed no sign of diminishing at all.

“After you eat the sword, you guys will definitely try to eat up this Central Plains country…!”

Kwaaaaaaaah…!

rather.

His evil power grew stronger with his anger.

“These power-crazed, devil-like bastards…!”

at that time.

“Elder Lord.”

Then a voice came to his ear.

“If you push him any further, the elder will lose his life.”

At the voice from above, the glaring gaze of the elder, Wang Gu-geom, turned in that direction.

“Outer circle…!”

The gaze of the elder, Wang Gu-geom, looking at the mastermind of this situation was burning with murderous intent, enough to kill a person.

Nevertheless, the foreign minister continued speaking, looking down at him with his usual gentle face.

“From this old man’s perspective, if the elder had killed his fellow elder like that, the situation would have been resolved simply.”

No matter how much he is the head of the presbytery.

There are few circumstances in which an elder can be summarily executed.

Therefore, if the head of the elder clan gets angry and kills the elder, the head of the outer clan will have a justification to get rid of the head of the elder clan without even touching him.

“That wouldn’t be a result the elders would like, would it?”

Woodduck.

With a gnashing of teeth, the elder, Wang Gu-geom, grabbed the elder by the collar and threw him away.

“Uh, uh uh… ?!”

The elder who had been grabbed by the collar flew towards them, but no one tried to grab him and they all dodged away.

Wow, wow!

The sight of the elder, helpless and wedged between the chairs and desks of the heavy convention hall.

It looks like that.

It seemed to show the essence of this place called the Elder’s House of Luoyang Swordsmanship.

“… … .”

For a moment, a deep sorrow that others could not read flashed across the distorted face of the Elder King, Wang Gu-geom.

“You have chosen well, Elder.”

“Tuck, tuck, tuck,” said Hak-un-hyeong, a student from Oewonju, as he came down the stairs.

“We’ve already collected all the votes we need. Here, the Elder Lord should not let his emotions get the better of him and start causing trouble-.”

“Answer me, Lord Oewon.”

The head of the household, Wang Gu-geom, cut off the words of the head of the household, Hak-un-hyeong, in an informal tone and asked in a boiling voice.

“Why on earth did you do something like this?”

Foreign currency.

Hakwoonhyung answered calmly, without any change in expression.

“Because I don’t want to die like this.”

“… What?”

The eyebrows of the elder, Wang Gu-geom, twitched.

Looking at him like that, Hak Woon Hyung, the head of the household, smiled bitterly.

“I don’t think the elders have any relevant information, so they probably haven’t even thought about it properly.”

The head of the household, Hak-un-hyeong, came down to the floor of the main hall and stood in front of the elders, pointing at them with his hand outstretched.

“If that grand duke becomes the head of a small household, how many people do you think will survive here?”

In response to that question, the head of the presbytery, Wang Gu-geom, looked through the faces of the elders behind the head of the outer ward.

“… … .”

“… … .”

People from the Yi Gong Ja (二公子) Yeon Ja Cheong (淵紫?) faction.

With the disappearance of the third prince, Yeon Jeok-gwang, the elders have lost their place to go.

Elders who are either members of the Yeon clan or are related to the Yeon clan.

And those who have been interfering with Yeon So-hyeon’s activities up until now.

“… … .”

“… … .”

It wasn’t greed that was on their faces.

It was fear and dread.

“… the Archduke.”

From the mouth of the elder Wang Gu-geom.

The voice came out like a sigh.

“He is not a person who moves with personal grudges. It is true that his actions are unstoppable. But that does not mean that he is a person who cannot tolerate any mistakes or wrongdoings-.”

“perhaps.”

As if representing everyone, the head of the household, Hakunhyung, stepped forward and spoke.

“That might be possible for now.”

He looked at the elder Wang Gu-geom with a calm tone and gaze and asked.

“But what happens when the external enemies are taken care of? What happens when we no longer need to gather power for the outside world? When that day comes… .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

All of the gathered elders were looking at the elder’s chieftain, Wang Gu-geom.

And the foreign minister, Hakunhyung, asked on behalf of all of them.

“Here, among the elders behind me. How many of you can survive and stand here?”

“under….”

In response to that question, Elder Wang Gu-geom touched his forehead.

“That’s an absurd leap. You guys were incited by logic full of such leaps to do this-!”

“Elder Lord.”

Knock knock, knock.

It was the elder that the elder Wang Gu-geom had thrown away.

He coughed fiercely and spoke in a deep, hushed voice from his seated position.

“We know about the ‘blood history’.”

“… … !”

Elder Wang Gu-geom, who had been speechless for a moment, shook his head.

“That’s just a rumor-.”

“No, no. It’s not just a rumor anymore, is it?”

Knock knock, knock.

He continued speaking, staggering from his seat on his own.

“Now, we all have seen with our own eyes what abilities the Archduke has and what he can do.”

“That’s right…!”

As he said that, the other elders also stepped forward one by one.

“It was the Archduke who left us no choice…!”

“Look at the results the Archduke has achieved so far…!”

“Through the Elder Cabinet system, our elders must rule this sword family! Only then can we survive…!”

“Elder…! Aren’t you the elder?! Understand the situation of these elders and come with us-!”

at that time.

“Ugh…!”

From the mouth of the elder, Wang Gu-geom, who had been bowing his head, uncontrollable laughter burst out.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha…!”

“… … ?!”

“… Elder?”

The laughter of the elder Wang Gu-geom did not last long.

“… X-rated, nonsense.”

In all that conversation.

Because his anger was not subsiding, but rather growing.

“You guys.”

The elders who met his gaze as he raised his head could not help but flinch.

Looking at them, Elder Wang Gu-geom showed his teeth with a fierce smile.

“If you wanted to live, you should have just crouched down.”

Towards the elders, the voice of the elder general, Wang Gu-geom, continued.

“If you made a mistake, you should have repented and asked for forgiveness first. If you committed an unforgivable sin, you should have accepted the punishment obediently and sweetly…!”

His voice grew louder.

“Did you do something so wrong that you deserve to die?! Then you should go after me, you sons of bitches! I don’t want to give up my privileges and power, and I don’t want to be punished!”

His booming voice rebuked everyone.

“You bring guests from all over the place to Luoyang by calling them Yongbongjihoe and such, and you are tarnishing the name of Luoyang Swordsmanship with such acts?!”

“Elder Lord.”

The one who stepped forward at that time was of course.

It was the foreigner Hakunhyung.

“It’s already over. We will now open the extraordinary session and conclude the vote.”

He looked down at the short elder and pointed to the main gate behind him.

“If the elder will not attend, then according to the law, please leave here with the other guests-.”

“No, no.”

Elder Wang Gu-geom shook his head and said.

“I should be the one to say that it’s over. You are the ones who should leave this presbytery.”

“Elder?”

Elder Wang Gu-geom muttered as if talking to himself.

“…I wanted to somehow find a solution within the Presbyterian Church.”

“What is that?”

“Remember.”

The elders looked at the elders and spoke as if they were passing sentence.

“It was not the Archduke who made things this way, but your own choices.”

And at that moment.

“approach…!”

“Enter…!”

Wow!

It was only a matter of time before the elders guarding the entrances were knocked out.

and.

Who could fail to recognize the men in black uniforms and silver-threaded shoulder straps rushing in?

Wasn’t here.

“Oh, the court of appeal… ?!”

“How dare the Guardians barge into the sacred Presbyterian House?!”

“It’s against the law…!”

The elders burst into laughter, but all they got in return was cold ridicule.

“No way.”

Thud, thud.

“The meeting hasn’t officially started yet, so it’s not a violation of the law.”

The one who came in with heavy footsteps through the main gate secured by the subordinates was the head of the law protection department.

He was currently acting as the vacant chief justice.

“Yes, you… ?!”

The elders who recognized him exploded in anger.

“This is a declaration of war against our Presbyterian Church! Do you think the court will be safe after this?!”

“You stood on the Archduke’s side and pushed away the Guardian Lord, but now it seems you’re nowhere to be seen…?!”

“her….”

The head of the law department shrugged and replied.

“It’s not me who can’t see anything. It’s you guys.”

“What the…?!”

All sorts of insults and threats were flying at him, but the head of the law enforcement agency simply ignored them.

“Elder Lord.”

He approached the elder, Wang Gu-geom, and said.

“Here, thirty-two of these elders have been proven to have corruption and other charges to the extent that they should be immediately arrested and investigated.”

“… With that, eight-tenths of the necessary steps to revise the elder cabinet system have already been taken.”

“yes.”

“… … .”

As the necessary armrests collapse.

The surprise attempt to transition to a cabinet system was immediately blocked.

“… … .”

However, the elder’s expression was heavy.

It had to be that way.

The sight of the Dharma Guardians rushing to separate the elders who were clinging to each other and resisting fiercely.

And his heart was heavy as he watched the magnificent Great Hall fall into disrepair in such a chaotic state.

“…however.”

The head of the law department smacked his lips as if he was disappointed.

“In the case of foreign stocks, they have suddenly risen in popularity recently, so there was no time to research them in advance.”

“That’s fortunate.”

The answer to that is.

It came from the head of the household, not the head of the household, Hakunhyung.

He approached the chief of the Dharma Protection Department as if all this commotion was someone else’s business and asked,

“The court has been quiet for a while. Since when has the court been preparing for this?”

In that calm and composed appearance, it’s like.

He even seemed confident that he would never be caught by the court.

“well….”

But of course.

Even the head of the law, who had been through thick and thin, was not the type of person to easily leak information just because of the atmosphere.

“Well, not really. When would there be anything to say? It’s our duty as a court to identify and investigate criminal acts.”

The head of the law department sneered softly.

“Still, thirty-two people? Haven’t the elders of your family been living extravagantly, disregarding the family law?”

Ugh…!

“Chief of Staff…!”

For the first time.

The expression on the face of the foreigner, Hakunhyung, changed to a fierce one.