The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 626



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Episode 626

Part 1: The House of the Head of the House

The head of the Gaebongyeon family, Yeonjo Dae, looked at Hakunhyeong, the head of the Oewonju family.

“Have you betrayed us, Oewonju…?!”

“betrayal?”

In that regard.

The foreigner Hakunhyung burst into laughter.

That laughter was so deep and loud that it made everyone around them flinch.

“If the false request for support was made by Gaebongyeonga with the intention of drawing out the troops of the Luoyang clan, then it was you, not me, who betrayed them?”

“… … ?!”

When the opening ceremony of the drama was over, the audience was speechless.

The head of the household, Hak-un-hyeong, moved his huge body towards him and spoke.

“I created a sect to reform this swordsmanship and resisted the Grand Duke….”

Thud thud.

Even though they knew that he had no internal energy, the guards who were between him and the daughter of Gaebongyeon involuntarily began to shrink back little by little.

“It’s not that I’m doing something like that to destroy this Luoyang family.”

It was a tremendous sense of pressure.

“profit…?!”

The opening song’s additional note shouted like a seizure.

“Didn’t I say it wasn’t a lie?! I said we need support to open it right away…!”

“hmm.”

The head of the household, Hakunhyeong, shrugged his shoulders as he looked down at the opening ceremony of the house above the heads of the escorting warriors.

“Then there would be no problem in being summoned by the Archduke?”

“… … !”

“If the Archduke learns of the urgency of opening the castle through you, he will naturally provide the necessary reinforcements.”

“Iiyi… ?!”

When the response of the head of the household, Hakunhyeong, was like an iron wall, the head of the Gaebongyeon family immediately turned his head and faced the elite warriors of the Luoyang family who surrounded them.

“you guys…!”

He checked the uniforms of the elite warriors and figured out their identities.

“You are the executioners of the court of justice…!”

“so…?”

The one who appeared to be the on-site commander among the court execution officers answered.

“Is there a problem with our court?”

There was a huge difference in rank between a mere field commander of the court and the deputy director of the Gaebongyeon branch.

But the on-site commander of the courthouse didn’t seem to have any intention of raising his voice.

“… … .”

Ugh.

but.

Even though he was gnashing his teeth fiercely, the lead actor of Gaebongyeonga did not lose his senses.

“If it were your court, you would know?”

“What are you talking about?”

“According to the law of the Sword Family, a mere Grand Duke cannot forcibly summon the vice-head of a collateral branch. And on top of that… .”

The second son of Gaebongyeonga, who received the signal from the escort warrior, raised his hand and jumped.

Taaak…!

Okay then.

Urrrrrrrrrr…!

Along with the shaking of the ground, a huge force began to cover the surrounding area in black.

“Troops approaching…!”

“On alert! On alert…!”

“Protect the Lord of the Outer World…!”

Among the executioners of the court who had formed a circle to surround the court, those standing on the outside all turned around and drew their swords.

Chaechaechaechaechae-!

[Heavily armed troops confirmed!]

[North-northwest! On the second floor of the pavilion, enemy crossbows are being installed!]

[There are too many enemies…!]

at that time.

“…hmm?!”

One of the court’s executioners, who had good eyesight, realized the identity of the darkly gathered force in the darkness.

“Nanyang Jianga Guard Corps…?”

When the on-site commander of the court heard those words, he shouted in anger.

“Security Commander…! What are you doing?! Don’t you know who we are?!”

Okay then.

Thud thud thud…!

Heavily armed soldiers of the guards split to the left and right to create a passage, and a figure walked out through it.

“Of course I know.”

A voice that sounds like a squeak.

Like the other troops, he was heavily armed and was the leader of the guard unit of the Luoyang clan.

“It is a well-known fact that the Guardian Angel has become the Archduke’s dog.”

“what-?!”

“-so.”

As the on-site commander of the courthouse was about to lose his temper, the security chief cut him off.

“-Isn’t the court that is supposed to protect the law violating the law and trying to summon the Lord of Gaebongyeon-ga at the order of the Grand Duke?”

“no.”

Those were the words that came out of the mouth of the foreigner, Hakunhyung.

He spoke to the guard leader.

“This summons is completely legal, Captain.”

“under…!”

The security guard snickered.

“Everyone looks down on our guards for being ignorant, but they’re not that ignorant. Oewonju.”

“exactly?”

The head of the external affairs office, Hak-un-hyeong, received the documents that the on-site commander of the court was holding.

That document was the one that the field commander had handed over to the second in command of Gaebongyeon-ga.

“Then, take a look at this.”

Aren’t you afraid of the gleaming blades of the heavily armed guards?

Oewonju Hakunhyeong walked between the windows as if he was strolling through a bamboo forest and handed over some documents.

“No, what….”

The security guard clicked his tongue as if he was doing something that should not be done, and read the document.

“Even if I did, it would be obvious that the summons documents would just be fabricated by the court to suit their taste… , right…?”

The guard’s eyes widened as he read the documents, stopping at a certain part.

“An order to convene the entire household for a family meeting…?”

“exactly.”

The foreigner Hakunhyung opened his mouth.

“And the summons issued in accordance with the order to convene the entire family council includes anyone who is a member of the Luoyang Sword Family.”

His gaze was directed straight to the additional note of Gaebongyeonga.

“No one dares to disobey.”

Family meeting.

It is a meeting held in name and reality, with all the highest ranking figures of this huge family in attendance to help the head of the family make decisions.

“A family meeting…?!”

Okay then.

The girl who came to her senses at the sight of the foreigner Hakunhyung shouted.

“That family meeting that hasn’t been held once in the past ten years… ?!”

He raised his voice even higher, his expression showing disbelief.

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?! The Grand Duke is presiding over a family council?! Does he have the authority to-?!”

“-No. But.”

The head of the household, Hakunhyung, cut him off.

“According to the family law, a family meeting can be held if the highest management council, the head of the elder house, and the heads of the inner and outer houses all agree. And.”

Oewonju Hakunhyeong continued speaking.

“We all agree that the present circumstances are exceptional circumstances that will have a profound impact on the continuation of the family.”

He knocked on the name Yeon So-hyeon written on the documents.

“It has been agreed that Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon will become the temporary chairman for this family council only as an exception.”

And that’s it.

A little while ago, that was also the reason why he had no choice but to arrive here later than Elder Hojung.

“… … .”

The opening song’s Buga Joo Yeonjo-dae was speechless and threw his hands down.

Failure to respond to a summons to a family meeting means defying the family.

It leads directly to an execution order.

He knew it all too well.

“Take him away.”

According to the words of the foreigner Hakunhyung.

The court’s enforcement officers seized the Yeonjodae of the Gaebongyeonga branch office.

It was more like a summons than a march.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Even though there were numerous heavily armed security guards there, no one there dared stop him.

No one dared even breathe loudly.

“Guardian.”

“… … !”

Ouch!

The security guard’s footsteps, as he tried to sneak away to avoid other people’s eyes, stopped as if nailed to the ground.

“You have not forgotten that you are also a person in a position that requires you to attend the family council, have you?”

“That, that is….”

At the words of the outsider, Hak-un-hyeong, the guard leader looked back, sweat dripping from under his helmet.

“therefore….”

The head of the household, Hak-un-hyeong, smiled crookedly at him.

“I, the owner of the house, didn’t even know that you had such a close relationship with Gaebongyeonga. Also, what kind of friends have you made in secret?”

His voice became as cold as a midwinter blizzard.

“Let’s listen carefully to the circumstances there at the family council meeting.”

“… … .”

The guard grimaced, closing his eyes tightly.

* * *

“Open!”

“Open!”

“Open up!”

As the order came down, dozens of muscular servants with their upper bodies bare all pulled thick iron chains over their shoulders.

“Eugh…!”

Ggg …

The giant gears and central axle begin to rotate.

At the same time, a huge, heavy iron door slowly began to open with a loud noise.

Gugugugugugugu…!

“under….”

In front of it.

A boy with a dangerous aura.

The Four Princes, Yeon-bi, was watching the scene and unconsciously opened her mouth slightly.

“I’m so happy to see the main gate of this main hall open again….”

If the head of the household’s office and bedroom, located deep inside the house, are for the head of the household’s personal use.

This family shrine was the place that officially symbolized the authority and power of the family head.

Ggggggggg…!

The iron gates, which seemed large enough to be castle gates, began to open wider on both sides, revealing the vast space inside.

From the high ceiling, a banner symbolizing the Luoyang Swordsmanship was hanging.

On the left and right were small emblems symbolizing the organizations that make up the Luoyang Swordsmanship.

and.

Along the left and right walls, there were flags symbolizing all the collateral and vassal families of the Luoyang Sword Family.

This was the home of the Luoyang Sword Master.

“… … .”

The four princes glanced at each other.

He looked at the expression on the face of the Director of the Royal Household who was standing next to him.

About the opening of the family war without the return of the only loyal family head.

This old monster has been managing this place through the side door for the past ten years, waiting for the day when the owner will return.

What are you thinking about right now?

but.

The old one is like the old one.

“What are you guys doing?”

Without revealing any emotion between those deep wrinkles.

He shouted in a loud voice at the members of the waiting staff with expressions of deep emotion.

“Prepare for the family meeting…!”

* * *

Waiting room.

“… … .”

Buzz buzz buzz buzz.

Looking at the water in the glass on the table shaking, Yeonjo Dae, the lead singer of Gaebongyeonga, was impressed.

He turned his gaze to the guard of the Luoyang family, whose legs were shaking so much that they were making the table shake.

“… This fucking, fucking, shit…”

The security guard sitting next to me was biting his fingernails, not even realizing that his fingertips were bleeding.

“… This isn’t it, damn it… .”

“…ha.”

in the end.

The lead singer of Gaebongyeonga, whose patience had run out, let out a long sigh.

“What on earth did you do with all that guts to take so much money from our Gaebongyeon song?”

“Everyone, shut up…!”

I wonder if anyone was listening.

The head of the main security guard hurriedly looked around the empty waiting room.

“What if…!”

He said, thrusting his trembling finger like a knife into the accomplice of the opening song.

“If you say something like that at the family council, I will find you and pay you back, even to the ends of hell! Do you understand?!”

“under…!”

The second son of Gaebongyeon pushed away the guard’s finger and made a pitiful expression.

“Even if I don’t say anything, any idiot would think you’re guilty if you’re like that.”

“Oh, oh my…!”

The guard leader now lowered his head and pulled out his hair.

Just looking at that appearance.

It was clear that it wasn’t just the Gaebongyeon song that he had taken bribes from.

“ha….”

The owner of Gaebongyeonga sighed and rummaged through his pockets, took something out, and handed it to the security guard.

“that…?”

When the guard asked with trembling eyes while looking at the Hwan-dan (還丹) wrapped in gold leaf, the second son of Gae-bok-yeon-ga answered.

“It’s just Cheongsimhwan. It calms the mind and body.”

“… … .”

Stay still.

The security guard, who was looking at the face of the person in charge of the opening ceremony, smiled with a face covered in cold sweat.

“Do you think I would fall for something like that?”

Okay then.

“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”

The resident of Gaebongyeon-ga took off the gold leaf and put the Hwandan in his mouth, chewing it as he spoke.

“If you were carrying the poison so openly, it would have been taken away during the body search a long time ago.”

“… … .”

Can’t you hear that?

The guard sergeant was again burying his face between his knees and shaking his legs.

The owner of Gaebongyeonga, who had been quietly staring at the ceiling and swallowing all of the Cheongsimhwan, opened his mouth.

“There’s a rumor about a maid who can read minds. Is that really true?”

The security guard raised his head and forced a sly smile, perhaps sensing the tension hidden in his voice.

“Why? Do you need one more Cheongsimhwan?”

“That’s not it-.”

at that time.

Clang…!

The door to the waiting room opened with the sound of a lock opening outside.

He was a high-ranking official who accompanied the warriors.

“Now, it’s your turn.”

“…Shit!”

As he listened to the guard swearing softly, the second son of Gaebongyeonga stood up from his seat, looking up at the ceiling and taking a deep breath.

‘Damn it…!’