The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 613



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Episode 613

Part 13: Visiting the Stadium

Under the clear autumn sky.

Large and small stadiums prepared for the Yongbongjihoe (Dragon and Phoenix Association) stood tall, reflecting the sunlight.

Last spring.

The uprising of the starving poor workers here and the dirty vested interests of those in power behind it.

Spring help from Luoyang.

And even the intervention of Amcheonjonja and Yeonsohyeon.

“Whaaaa …

So much so that all those dark and horrible things felt like they were happening in a dream.

The completed scenery was magnificent and splendid, and the audience’s enthusiasm heated up the scene.

“Warriors of Jianghu! Compatriots from the four seas who have visited from all over the Central Plains! Distinguished guests who have visited from overseas!”

The celebrity in charge of the event raised the heat in the hall even higher with his voice and his inner strength.

“Soon, another match is about to begin…! This match is no exception…! A huge number of young and talented warriors are waiting for you…!”

He pointed to the stage and shouted.

“Until the stage is cleared and the drones are ready…!”

He who had been shouting that far shrugged his shoulders exaggeratedly.

“Well, everyone. Just take care of any pending business, buy something to eat, and keep waiting…!”

“Ohhhh, oh…?”

The crowd was about to cheer, but then they looked at him with bewildered expressions.

Then the host burst into loud laughter and waved his hands.

“That’s not possible! While the stage and players are getting ready! You can enjoy the performances prepared by the famous Luoyang troupe!”

“Ohhhhhhhhh…!”

The audience cheered excitedly at the presenter’s words.

“Hey… .”

The boys’ team waiting room.

The girl, who was looking at the scale of the splendid performance that was just beginning through the small window, stuck out her tongue.

“As expected, the Sword Family is the Sword Family…? Even though it is the Yongbongjihoe, I really couldn’t have imagined something of this scale…”

The sleeves of the white martial arts uniform of the girl muttering like that had plum blossoms beautifully embroidered on them.

It was guessed that the girl’s origin was the Hwasan faction.

“… … .”

And in her head, naturally, a while ago.

The story he had heard from his master, Hwasan Sword Dragon Gam Woo-hyeon, came to mind again.

“That person is, in my opinion, the absolute being of this era.”

Yeon So-hyeon, the grandson of the Luoyang Sword Family.

Less than a year after ending his tenure, he pushed out other strong contenders for the succession.

And a war hero, and the emperor’s teacher.

‘Still, the absolute…’

Wasn’t the Grand Duke of Geomga only two years older than himself, who was fifteen?

But, at that time.

“under…!”

That volcanic girl.

Behind Anso-so, another girl in a fancy dress approached and laughed at her.

“Mr. Anso So from the Volcano faction, do you find this scale so surprising? Well… .”

She laughed at the volcano faction’s Anso-so without hiding her expression at all.

“You are from the Nine Sects, barely surviving in the valleys of Mt. Hwasan.”

Anso-so of the volcano frowned as she turned her head to check her opponent.

“Hwangbo Seunghye… .”

A girl from the Hwangbo Se-ga clan, called Hwangbo Seung-hye, showed off her gorgeous silk martial arts uniform as she spoke.

“Our Sega (世家) members as well. If we hold a Yongbong branch in the future, it will naturally be on this scale as a basic principle!”

“Oh, yes. Is that so?”

An So-so of the Hwasan faction responded with a snicker.

“They say that a magpie chases a stork and its leg gets torn off. I hope that Hwangbo Se-ga doesn’t go bankrupt because of that.”

“… Ugh!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye’s face turned red.

It was because I was struck by the words of the volcano faction’s Ansoso.

“Anso-so, you! How dare you insult our Hwangbo Se-ga right now…?!”

Ansoso stuck her tongue out with a girlish expression.

“I’m not Hwangbo Se-ga. I’m insulting you, Hwangbo Seung-hye.”

“Hey, hey… ?!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye, her face red with anger, pointed to the volcano’s Ansoso with a trembling finger.

“Of course, it would be difficult for our Hwangbo Se to do it alone! But I heard that there are plans to hold a joint Yongbongjihoe with the Namgung Se family! If that’s the case, then it’s definitely possible-!”

“-Oh, yes. Okay, I understand.”

Anso So of the Hwasan faction waved his hand as if he was annoyed.

“Once the host city is selected, let’s talk again then.”

“Eeeeek…!”

Now, Hwangbo Seung-hye’s face turned red and her whole body trembled.

“Huh.”

Anso So of the Hwasan faction gave her a rotten smile, then turned around and looked out the window again.

but.

“Come to think of it, Anso-so, you…!”

“Ha, what is it now?”

Hwangbo Seung-hye, who had been dealt a huge blow, did not back down just like that.

“At that time, you said! Didn’t your master, the Hwasan Sword Dragon, say that the Grand Duke of the Sword Family is the absolute ruler of this era?”

“…What are you trying to say?”

Anso So’s mood changed as the person she respected and her master, Hwasan Sword Dragon, was mentioned.

“therefore….”

Hwangbo Seung-hye broke out in a cold sweat at that expression, but her lips and tongue were already moving.

“There was once a time when there were many rumors about the realm of the Grand Duke of Geomga. But now, it seems like they’re just rumors, right?”

“Well… , yeah.”

“That’s true, but what happened?”

“The words were loud….”

“Well, let me hear it. I heard that the internal affairs of the prosecution are also very complicated politically.”

Some of the children who were waiting nearby started muttering.

“therefore…!”

Then, Hwangbo Seung-hye seemed to have gained strength and continued speaking with strength in her throat.

“Are you sure that the Volcanic Sword Dragon told you that?”

“Then, now… .”

Ansoso of the Hwasanpa narrowed his eyes.

“Are you saying I lied?”

“Oh, my. If not that.”

Hwangbo Seung-hye said with a sarcastic expression on her face.

“The Hwasan Sword Dragon, who suffered greatly in the North from the Grand Duke of the Sword Family. Isn’t it possible that he exaggerated a little to save face?”

“Hwangbo Seunghye…!”

Anso So of the Hwasanpa shouted with great force, but this time.

“No, right? The absolute being? Well, there are rumors here and there that the Archduke may be the new supreme being.”

Hwangbo Seung-hye, to be exact.

It hit the nail on the head with the volcano wave.

“But still, you are an absolute being?”

“… … ?!”

Ansoso, yourself too.

Since I had been questioning the words of my respected master, the Volcanic Sword Dragon, I couldn’t help but reflexively become even more angry.

“You…!”

like that.

Just then, as she exploded in anger, she tried to reach for her sword.

“I saw it myself.”

Amidst the noisy children, a quiet but clear voice was heard.

“Hey, who are you?”

Hwangbo Seung-hye frowned and crossed her arms.

“If you have something to say, don’t gossip behind people’s backs, come forward and say it confidently.”

As the children hurriedly stepped aside, the figure of a boy sitting quietly alone on a chair in a corner of the waiting room was revealed.

“I am Oryong (旿龍) from Mudang (武當).”

Just looking at it.

Although it was Oryong who looked older than Hwangbo Seung-hye, she laughed.

“Oh my. Are you going to help a fellow sect member who is cornered, Shaman’s Five Dragons’ Young Hero?”

He’s stayed here without being eliminated so far, so he must have some skill.

It was natural that Hwangbo Seung-hye reacted sarcastically to the name Oryong, which she had never heard of before.

“So, what did you see directly, Shaman Oryong Sohyeop?”

Even though everyone’s eyes were on him, Oryong answered calmly.

“I was there.”

“If that’s the place-?”

“-North.”

“… … !”

“… … !”

At the word North, everyone in the waiting room’s eyes widened.

“Then, now… .”

Hwangbo Seung-hye asked with a suspicious look.

“So-hyeop is a participant in the Second Northern War?”

“-I am.”

The shaman’s dragon cut her off.

“I was part of the group that recovered the body of Baekcho Jinren, the virtuous person of the main sect who was defeated by the Grand Duke in Shenyang.”

His quiet voice echoed through the waiting room as everyone held their breath.

“And I also saw what happened to Kangryong-ah and Baekcheong Taesajo, who fought together with me.”

“…that?!”

“The rumors were true… ?!”

“Even though two of those powerful masters attacked at once, he really lost to the Grand Duke of the Sword Family…?!”

The whole waiting room was in an uproar.

The story of Baek Cho-jin, the virtuous man, and Baek Cheong, the strong dragon, who the Wudang faction has never officially revealed.

That story came from the person who was deployed there at the time.

“Hey, wait a minute…!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye hurriedly stepped forward.

“Even so, calling the Grand Duke of the Sword Family the absolute being-!”

“-at that time.”

This time too.

The non-partisan Oryong cut her off.

“Our shamanist northern expedition commander, Taecheong Jinin, also said something similar recently.”

He spoke as he looked up at the ceiling of the waiting room as if recalling that time.

“‘Perhaps, the Grand Duke of the Sword Family is the current best swordsman in the world.’”

“… Oh oh?!”

“If you are a Taecheongjin from the non-partisan faction, then you are actually one of the highest elders…?!”

“That person said that the Grand Prince of the Sword Family is currently the best swordsman in the world…?!”

“This is crazy…!”

Because they are all young.

The atmosphere began to burn in an instant, like dry firewood burning.

“Ah, no, these simple people…?!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye looked around in confusion.

“Even so, whether it’s Taecheongjinin or Hwasangeomryong, they’re not top-level masters, right?! Don’t we need more concrete evidence and verification…?!”

She clasped her hands to her chest and shouted.

“Of course, we shouldn’t believe this until the supreme beings, such as the head of the Hwangbo family or the head of the Namgung family, officially confirm it…!”

but.

Hwangbo Seung-hye’s appeal, which was not really an appeal, was buried in the noisy noise of the boys’ club without anyone hearing it.

Then, looking at her like that, Anso So of the Hwasan faction shrugged his shoulders in an annoyed manner.

“No one is listening?”

“Ahhhhh…!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye could do nothing but stamp her feet in anger.

But that wasn’t the end.

“Ohhhhhhhhh…!”

A loud cheer began to erupt from the stadium.

“What, what is it…?!”

Pushing Hwangbo Seung-hye away, the children all clung to the window facing the stadium.

“uh…?!”

“Oh… ?!”

And then exclamations burst out from the children’s mouths simultaneously.

“It’s the Archduke…!”

“The Grand Duke of the Sword Family has visited the stadium…!”

“…yes?!”

A surprised Hwangbo Seung-hye desperately tried to crawl between the children clinging to the window.

“I, I want to see it too, ugh… ?!”

At that moment, with a bang.

Someone’s hand grabbed Hwangbo Seung-hye and pulled her towards the window.

“Ah, thank you…!”

Hwangbo Seung-hye, who was about to express her gratitude, looked surprised when she saw the other person.

“No need to thank me.”

That was because the opponent was An So-so of the Hwasan faction, who had a stern expression.

“Look, if that’s true, I wouldn’t necessarily say thank you…!”

“Or so you say… .”

An So-so of the Hwasan faction sighed as if she had lost steam at Hwangbo Seung-hye’s reaction and turned her gaze out the window.

Over there.

On the other side of the stadium, Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon was seen passing by, greeting the VIPs in the VIP section.

The sight of the guests bowing politely and Yeon So-hyeon receiving them gracefully.

“wow….”

At that sight, exclamations naturally flowed from the children’s mouths.

“They’re only a few years older than us, but they’re amazing…”

“Oh, my grandfather was the first to greet the Grand Duke…! Wow, my father still has a hard time with my grandfather…!”

“Hey…! Isn’t the person we’re greeting now the governor of Luoyang, Elder Gongryang…?!”

“Look at all the high-ranking officials lining up to pay their respects…!”

“Wow. This is crazy, really… .”

“They are on a different level from us.”

A few kids stuck out their tongues.

“In martial arts, in status, in wisdom, in connections….”

“No, isn’t this a scam…?”

They are new.

They felt that Yeon So-hyeon was a completely different person from them.

But that wasn’t all.

“Huh? Huh?”

A child with a keen eye shouted.

“If Your Highness continues in that direction, you will meet the Sword King, Namgung Je…?!”

“What?! Really?!”

The kids started to burn again.

“Is this the meeting of the Supreme and the Supreme…?!”

“No, it’s the Absolute! The Absolute!”

“If the Grand Duke of the Sword Family is truly absolute, wouldn’t His Majesty the Sword King react differently than when he deals with other people…?!”

When I heard that.

An So-so of the Hwasan faction smiled faintly and spoke to Hwang Bo-seung-hye, who had a blank expression.

“It’s a slim chance, but what if it really could be proven?”

“… … !”

Hwangbo Seung-hye’s eyes widened.