The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 596



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Episode 596

Chapter 21: The Leader

“Outer circle.”

The head of the elders’ house, Wang Gu-geom, asked in a voice that was almost gloomy.

In his hands, which were trembling with anger, he held a note.

It was a note containing urgent information from the top management meeting.

“Have you broken the ‘oath of silence’ of the Supreme Council members…?”

His hand, which had been holding the note, was already curled into a fist.

But how strong was the energy gathered in that clenched fist?

Gooooooo…!

The hair and hems of the clothes of the people around them were fluttering.

And that wasn’t all.

Crunch…!

“Outer circle…!”

With a shout.

The head of the law department of the court of justice also immediately grabbed the hilt of his sword, lowered his posture, and prepared to draw his sword.

The sharp murderous aura was focused on Hak Woon Hyung, the head of the household, as if he had pulled out a sword and put it to his throat.

“Intentionally revealing the identity of a Supreme Council member is a serious crime prohibited by family law…!”

But, actually.

“ha ha ha…!”

The foreigner Hakunhyung laughed, shaking his large body.

“What are you saying? Are you saying that I intentionally revealed the identities of the Supreme Council members?”

It is none other than the oppressive feeling of the elders, Wang Gu-geom, and the head of the law.

“I never said that I did that?”

“Outer circle…!”

“Oh, oh, oh.”

Even though he was under all that pressure, sweating and trembling, he did not avoid or bend their gaze.

“Your assumptions are severe. Or are you trying to frame me for the crime? To eliminate your political enemies?”

rather.

He even pushed the two men back.

“Just like the corrupt elders of the clan frame their enemies to get rid of them? Are you also, in the end, one of those people?”

Strong heart.

On the outside it appears to be soft and bend easily, but it never bends on its own even if it is beaten and broken.

This is the kind of person who is the head of the best family in the world.

“… You’re crazy. You’re really crazy.”

The elder, Wang Gu-geom, sighed as he took back his power.

“Oiwonju. Do you really intend to ruin this swordsmanship like this? This swordsmanship that we have all supported together even in the absence of our head of the family…?”

“No way.”

The foreign minister answered immediately.

“I am doing my best to save ‘our’ swordsmanship in my own way.”

“under…!”

The elder, Wang Gu-geom, snickered.

“Even the elders who should have been eliminated have gathered together and are concentrating power in one person?”

“Of course.”

The attitude of the foreigners was honest.

“Aren’t the elders also ‘we’ who have supported the swordsmanship up until now?”

“gibberish.”

I’d rather talk to the wall.

“At this time, it would be better to do something to alleviate the chaos that is about to come to my hometown.”

Elder Wang Gu-geom shook his head, turned around without any regrets, and left the Great Hall.

“Outer circle.”

Finally, before the head of the law enforcement department left, he warned him in a soft voice.

“If you are involved in the broken oath of the Supreme Council members, I will find out the truth, even if it means going all the way to the very end.”

Oewonju Hakunhyung shrugged his shoulders.

“good luck.”

* * *

A railing overlooking the Great Hall.

“… It’s time for us to step down too.”

Tch.

Namgung Je, the Sword King of the Crownless Emperor, who had been watching the conversation, clicked his tongue and turned around without any regrets.

After the commotion, the servants of the sword master were seen rushing in to clean up the mess left behind.

“father.”

Following in the footsteps of his father, King Geum, the head of the household, Namgung Bukwi, asked.

“Are you going to go meet the elders like this?”

It was a question that brought to mind the appearance of his father, King Geom, who was strangely hostile to Hakunhyeong, the head of the Oewonju.

“no.”

“Then, the foreigner…?”

King Namgungje of the Sword King moved his steps and shook his head once again.

“Not all of them.”

“yes…?”

Namgung Bukwi, the head of the household, had been sparing his words because his father, the King of Swords, seemed to be in a bad mood, but he could no longer spare his questions here.

“If it’s neither this nor that. Then, what are you going to do? If time passes like this-.”

“You’re still in a hurry.”

Towering.

After cutting off the words of Gaju Namgung Bukwi, King Namgungje of the Sword King looked back and asked.

“You still don’t know?”

“…What do you mean?”

Namgung Bukwi, the head of the household, was furious at his father, King Geumwang’s attitude, but it seems that he also felt something because of this incident.

He waited for his father, the Sword King, to speak with a much calmer attitude.

“The authors are not giving any room to outside forces like us.”

Do you like your son’s attitude?

“If you say gap…?”

King Namgung Je, who looked uncomfortable, answered his son’s questions calmly.

“The Grand Duke, the Lord of the Outer Court, the Lord of the Presbyterian Church, and even some of the heads of the courts. They seem to be able to overcome it, but in the end. They are all holding onto the final line.”

“… … !”

It seems like he realized something from those words.

Gaju Namgung Bukwi’s eyes widened.

“… I see. They are all just cleverly using the system of swordsmanship. No one is ignoring it.”

“okay.”

King Namgung Je of the Sword Family looked down at the empty space where the powerful figures of the Sword Family had stood and spoke.

“While causing this chaos, they all know this.”

“…the moment someone blatantly defies the system, full-scale armed conflict, or civil war, begins.”

“Yes.”

Although the foreign powers appear to be underpowered, it would be different if a civil war actually broke out.

Because all kinds of external forces will interfere.

“That’s why they don’t cross the final line.”

They, the powerful ones of the sword family.

Even in the midst of fierce confrontation, no room was left for external forces to intervene through force.

“… The more I look at the sword family, the more I like it. It is truly a great family.”

Gaju Namgung Bukwi said this with a sigh.

I blamed my father, King Geum, for being passive, but in the end.

It was you who set up the situation without even knowing your opponent properly.

“… Okay, it’s okay if you know now.”

“father….”

“We just have to wait like this.”

King Namgungje of the Sword King turned around and started walking again, speaking.

“Because the current swordsmanship no longer has a leader.”

The best swordsman in the world, Yeongeomun, is unconscious.

The appointment of Sogaju through Yeonseonhyeon’s quick procedure failed.

And the Supreme Executive Council, which was to fill that void, was shaking to its roots.

“Great chaos will begin.”

* * *

The secret cave of the top management council.

“No…!”

always.

In the quiet atmosphere of Bidong, loud voices were coming and going.

“You’re saying we should move now, in this situation?!”

“But! Three people, three people! This disagreeable position could have been exposed too…!”

“But! If someone intended this situation, they could take advantage of this gap to leak additional information!”

“But, what if! The location exposure is true, and if we stay here like this, isn’t it the same problem?!”

“Besides, there may be someone among us who discovered the identity of our fellow Supreme Council member and leaked it…!”

The conversation became more and more heated as time went on.

‘…this.’

The head of the organization responsible for the security and safety of the top members couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat at the sight.

‘The Supreme Council is in turmoil as three of its oldest members are gone.’

Above all else.

‘Damn, if only the Chairman had stayed…!’

The absence of the Chairman of the Executive Council was currently having a very big impact.

‘Or, if only the institution had been completely normalized and on track…!’

Several months after the former director was ‘removed’ by Yeon So-hyeon.

All personnel of the organization, including himself, did their best to reorganize the organization by breaking down their bones.

The reorganization of the broken organization was more appropriately called a ‘reestablishment.’

“Before that, we must first deal with the chaos that will soon come to this swordsmith…!”

For once.

A plausible idea came from one of the top members, but things were not simple.

“The repercussions of exposing foreigners have already spread out of control!”

“But, the trust we’ve built up over time-!”

“What about trust?! Outside, there are already people pointing fingers at our top members!”

The remaining top members.

These were the people who had never experienced such a chaotic time in the Luoyang Sword Society.

They were being buried under urgent messages that were flooding in from outside.

“There are even rumors being reported that our top management is deliberately keeping our lord in a situation where he can neither live nor die!”

“So what do you want to do?!”

“Urgent…! There is not much time left before someone disobeys the orders of the Executive Council…!”

Is this a nightmare?

The engineer wanted to scream and run out of there at any moment.

“… … .”

which.

It would be the same for everyone here.

If there had not been a sense of responsibility for the sword that was deeply rooted in the souls of all of them.

They all probably left to find their own way to survive.

“So, what do you want to do…?!”

“Isn’t that what you’re saying…?!”

“Is there any point in having a meeting like this…?!”

But still.

Their limits were clearly being reached, and the meeting was heading towards chaos.

“Be quiet, be quiet!”

“According to the urgent report that just came in-!”

“The administrative work is overheated and on the verge of paralysis, no! It’s the same as being paralyzed!”

‘Is this the end…?’

The engineer felt as if his soul was leaving his body.

Both sound and light fade away.

And so it is.

All the chaos has reached its peak, and catastrophe is just around the corner.

“Have you forgotten again?”

In his ear.

And then, in everyone’s ears, a familiar, bright voice was heard.

“In this sword

“The fact that there is ‘me’?”

A voice full of confidence.

A voice that seems to be able to solve even the most complex problems in the world without any difficulty.

Is there anyone here who doesn’t know that voice?

“Your Highness… ?!”

“Archangel…?!”

A figure striding into the cave and standing in the middle of it as if it had always been his place.

Yeon So-hyeon was there.

“From now on, temporarily.”

He gave orders to everyone in a calm tone.

“The Executive Council will follow my orders.”

“… … !”

“…that?!”

Behind the awning to hide their identities, the bewildered faces of the top members were revealed without filter.

“Your, Your Highness! I am so grateful for your offer to help, but-!”

“You are not yet the head of the household! You do not yet have the authority granted to you by the law!”

Sigh.

Yeon So-hyeon smiled.

“So, didn’t I say it was temporary?”

“But, Your Highness…!”

One of the top members expressed his genuine concern for Yeon So-hyeon.

“Then later, if this fact becomes known, His Highness will be in a situation where he will never be able to become a Sogajussi…!”

“Already, the identities of three of the highest committee members have been revealed! We cannot expect the security of what is happening here to be maintained forever…!”

“Perhaps, there might be a traitor among the current Supreme Council members!”

Yeon So-hyeon waved her hand to stop them from speaking.

“Of course, that could be possible. But, you know.”

Yeon So-hyeon shrugged and said.

“If no one here tells this fact to anyone else, it will never be revealed.”

He said so, one by one.

“Here, we are all people who do not want the swordsmanship to fall into this state of chaos.”

He said this while looking at the shadows of the top members reflected in the sunshade.

“I have full confidence in the loyalty and integrity of all of you toward your families.”

“… … !”

“… … !”

In those words full of confidence.

Everyone held their breath.

When the entire family is pointing fingers at them.

Yeon Soo-hyeon.

The person who suffered the most damage from the past Supreme Executive Council was Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon.

I believe them, I said.

“From now on, I will not accept any dissenting opinions.”

Yeon So-hyeon gave an order to the top members.

“From now on, temporarily. The Supreme Executive Council will follow the orders of this Grand Duke.”

Their answer was set.

“Your honor…!”