The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 627



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Episode 627

Part 2: The Household Council

Step, step.

“… … .”

The sound of his footsteps echoed through the long, high-ceilinged hallway.

If it were normal, I would have felt a sense of appreciation at the moment when I could feel the sense of space through sound.

Step, step, step.

“… … .”

Now, all he felt was a thick tension that made his hair stand on end and the taste of iron lingering in his mouth.

“I see that even the Vice-President of the World’s Greatest Love Story, Yeonjo Dae, is nervous. I’m worried.”

End of the hallway.

A middle-aged warrior waiting in front of a door that looked terribly solid grumbled at him.

‘Five swords…’

Anyone who checked up to that point would know who that warrior was.

“The Sword of the Declared Name.”

The opening song’s Bugaju said, nodding behind himself.

“Shouldn’t you be worrying about the author, not me?”

indeed.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

On that side, there was the figure of the head of the Luoyang main security corps, gasping for breath due to excessive tension.

He came here on his own feet, though.

My legs were shaking so much that I wondered if I would be able to stand up properly on my own.

“… Tsk.”

The demon sword that had been defeated clicked its tongue as if it was displeased after seeing that sight.

“Usually he would walk around with his neck held up stiffly as if he were holding up the sky all by himself… .”

“You…!”

I couldn’t help but hear that ridicule.

The fear he felt inside the guard turned into humiliation and anger.

“A mere warrior like you doesn’t know how scary the Household Council is!”

“-Yes, yes.”

The swordsman cut off the words as if he was annoyed.

“A mere warrior like me has neither the desire to know nor the curiosity to know.”

“This arrogant-!”

Knock!

As the security guard tried to vent his anger even more, the demon sword suddenly opened the door.

“… … ?!”

Fear returned to the guard’s eyes as he saw the thick red carpet spread out inside.

“Hey, wait a minute-!”

“Hey, let’s go inside and see who’s being arrogant.”

The Demon Sword laughed cruelly and grabbed his arm, forcing it hard inside.

“100 million…?!”

Kkudangtang!

The security guard rolled on the floor violently.

If he had used his martial arts skills, he could have avoided hitting his head on the floor, but he didn’t.

“Huh…?”

The swordsman Talmyung came in and smiled as if it was unexpected.

“I thought you knew how to use your body techniques reflexively, but you still seem calm, contrary to your looks.”

At the family meeting.

It was strictly forbidden for unauthorized persons or summoned persons to use martial arts.

“The head of the security unit, Banwanggi (磻??).”

A voice calling him came from the front.

The hallway was high and made noises echo, but the main hall was incomparably spacious and tall.

‘Shit…!’

“Whew…! Whoosh…!”

Thump, thump, thump…!

He somehow controlled his breathing, placed his hands on the red carpet, and raised his head.

First of all.

What caught his eye was a long red carpet that stretched from the place he had stepped on to the end of the floor.

“Whew…! Whoosh…!”

Thump, thump, thump, thump…!

And at the end of it.

There was a floor that rose rapidly from marble platform to marble platform.

Above it were marble desks arranged in a semicircle, seemingly overwhelming the one standing in the middle.

“Whew…! Whoosh…!”

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump… !

Behind that heavy, bulky marble desk.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The highest ranking figures of the Luoyang Swordsmanship Family were sitting in a row, looking down at him with cold eyes.

and.

“There is no answer.”

In the middle of it.

On the backrest, which was so high that it seemed to touch the ceiling, swords were laid out sideways in layers from top to bottom.

They were ceremonial swords that symbolized each and every one of the successive heads of this great family.

That chair was the head of the household, symbolizing the head of the household of the Nanyang Sword Family.

“Whew…! Whoosh…! Whoosh…!”

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump… !

and.

There was someone standing next to that head of household.

Not big, but mighty.

In just a few months, he has become the most famous person in the Central Plains.

He is the grand prince of the sword family.

It was Yeon So-hyeon.

“I, the Grand Duke, by the authority of the temporary chairman granted by this Household Council, have confirmed that he is indeed the head of the guard unit of this Luoyang family, Ban Wang-gi.”

Yeon So-hyeon fixed her gaze on the guard sergeant Ban Wang-gi and asked around.

“Do you agree?”

His left and right.

The head of the External Affairs Office, Hakunhyeong, and the head of the Internal Affairs Office agreed.

“I agree.”

“I agree.”

Yeon So-hyeon’s gaze is at the very end of the crescent-shaped desk.

A person sitting in a separately prepared seat.

He was the former chairman of the Supreme Council and was headed by the Sword Lord and the ?丘仙緯 of the Guanqiu Xianwei.

“Does the representative of the Supreme Executive Council agree?”

He was the most appropriate choice to represent the top members who could not appear in public because of their oath of silence.

“I agree.”

Okay then.

“Consent of all parties confirmed.”

The voice of the Chief Secretary of the Household, who was in charge of keeping the records of the family council, rang out.

“good.”

Yeon So-hyeon, wearing the black silk coat her father had left behind, looked down at the guard officer, Ban Wang-gi, and called out to him.

“The King of the Guards, Ban Wang Gi.”

“… … .”

Although he didn’t answer, Yeon So-hyeon continued speaking without any hesitation.

“You took a considerable amount of money as a bribe from Gaebongyeonga. You broke the strict family law and used the security guard of your family for the Gaebongyeonga branch office over there. Do you admit it?”

“… … .”

The guard sergeant major, Ban Wang-gi, did not answer.

Then, Yeon So-hyeon drew a long arc at the corner of her mouth.

“How clever.”

“… … .”

The guard, Ban Wang-gi, is not looking at Yeon So-hyeon, but at his maid, who is standing far behind him.

I was looking at Jeong-ah.

“Have you decided that if you don’t answer, you won’t be able to tell the truth of what I’m saying?”

As Yeon So-hyeon’s gaze met, the maid Jeong-ah shook her head slightly with her golden eyes shining.

“… … .”

The point was that there was nothing to read.

“Huh…?”

Yeon So-hyeon turned her head and smiled at the guard leader, Ban Wang-gi, as if it was a good thing.

“Did you intentionally induce a state of no thoughts or feelings by causing and maintaining excessive excitement?”

Indeed, the leader of the guard unit of the Luoyang Sword Family.

Even if you don’t use martial arts, your outstanding talent won’t go anywhere.

“But it doesn’t matter.”

Yeon So-hyeon turned her gaze and called out to someone.

“Chief of the Inspection Department.”

“yes.”

The head of the inspection department designated by Yeon So-hyeon opened his mouth while checking the report in his hand.

“According to the report of the Central Inspectorate’s Chief of Staff, Dokgo Ya-yeon, it has been discovered that the wealth of the people around him, including the family of the head of the security unit, Ban Wang-gi, has increased rapidly.”

He took his gaze from the report and spoke to Yeon So-hyeon.

“This is a preliminary report, but since the Central Inspectorate has begun an intensive investigation, please give us just a little more time-.”

“-Thank you.”

Yeon So-hyeon interrupted the inspection officer’s remarks with a word of thanks and turned her head to look down at the security guard, Ban Wang-gi.

“To this extent, the main meeting has sufficiently proven the facts of the case, so I, the chairman, will issue a statement to the head of the security unit, Ban Wang-gi-.”

“-Okay, wait a minute, let’s go to sleep…!”

As Yeon So-hyeon was about to make an absurd pronouncement, the head of the security unit, Ban Wang-gi, suddenly stood up from his seat.

“Your Highness, what on earth are you doing?!”

“Isn’t this enough proof?”

“Prove it?!”

The guard leader, Ban Wang-gi, suddenly shouted at Yeon So-hyeon’s innocent-looking voice.

“What kind of sentence are you going to pass just because the wealth of my family and those around me increased?! At least you have to prove how the wealth increased!”

“-so.”

Yeon So-hyeon asked.

“How did you increase it?”

“That, that’s not for me to prove, it’s for the family council to prove-!”

At that moment, a voice was heard from behind Yeon So-hyeon.

“Your Highness.”

It was the maid Jeong-ah.

“I have confirmed it.”

“… … ?!”

The face of the guard leader, Ban Wang-gi, turned pale as he realized that he had fallen into Yeon So-hyeon’s trap.

When Yeon So-hyeon tried to hand down an absurd sentence, he reflexively refuted it, and his mind was broken.

“Ah, no… ?!”

He screamed like a scream.

“How can you judge that based on the questionable abilities of just one maid-?!”

Instead of responding, Yeon So-hyeon threw a thin, small red jade plate from the head of the household’s desk.

Clang-!

The red jade plate fell on the black marble floor and shattered like glass.

It means that an irreversible decision has been made.

“Execute the criminal immediately.”

The chief secretary calmly repeated the order along with the records.

“Decision to execute the criminal immediately.”

“that-?!”

The guard leader, Ban Wang-gi, had been raising his internal energy since Yeon So-hyeon first heard of the red jade tablet.

“under…!”

Crunch-!

already.

From the moment the words of the maid Jeong-ah came out, it was impossible to stop the sword of the Talmyeonggwigeom that had been prepared.

dump…!

His headless body knelt in place, then crumpled to the floor.

Knock knock, knock knock, knock… .

Fresh blood flowed from his severed neck and spread across the carpet.

The color of the red carpet seemed to become deeper.

“Tsk, I guess I’ve been slacking off on my training.”

Click.

Several people in the audience who had been lost in thought at the sound of the voice of the demon sword that had taken up his sword suddenly came to their senses.

“… Your Highness.”

One of them was the chief justice of the court in charge of the family’s trials.

“I am currently the interim chairman.”

“Yes, Mr. Chairman. But… .”

When Yeon So-hyeon corrected the title, the court clerk corrected the title.

but.

“That sentence just now didn’t seem too hasty.”

He expressed his discomfort at Yeon So-hyeon’s actions.

“No matter what, he is the head of the security team of the main house. Even if he was arrested first and then punished after sufficient evidence was proven-.”

“-The decision has been made. Or.”

Yeon So-hyeon asked, pointing to the broken pieces of red jade on the floor.

“Do you formally object to the decision of the Chairman acting on behalf of the House of Lords?”

“… … .”

Gulp.

The court clerk, whose eyes met Yeon So-hyeon’s, swallowed dry saliva and shook his head.

“No. This is just simple advice-.”

“-Your advice, full of sincerity, was well received.”

“… … .”

The court clerk avoided Yeon So-hyeon’s eyes and kept his mouth shut.

I felt a chill in Yeon So-hyeon’s words, which said, “It’s advice full of sincerity.”

A while ago.

It was the head of the court who, at the request of the head of the court, Hakunhyung, freed the corrupt elders that Yeonseonhyeon had arrested through the court.

If I had been afraid of the power struggle with Grand Duke Yeon So-hyeon, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place.

Absolutely not now.

It was not the time to go against him.

Now, Yeon So-hyeon is not the Grand Duke, but the chairman of the family council.

“Cheerful Master.”

“Yes, Mr. Chairman.”

The leader of the Sword Family Cash Shop immediately responded to Yeon So-hyeon’s call.

“Our inspection team will form a special task force to assist the Central Inspection Office in analyzing and tracking the flow of funds around the criminal Ban Wang-gi.”

“Okay.”

Yeon So-hyeon expressed her satisfaction with a smile.

The commander of the Geomgajeonjang, who had received a lot of help from Yeon So-hyeon, knew what to do even without having to give separate instructions.

“The Lord Protector of the Court.”

“Yes, Mr. Chairman.”

The head of the legal protection department, who is also the acting chief of the court, also responded immediately to Yeon So-hyeon’s continued roll call.

“Our court will begin an investigation targeting all executives within the security unit.”

“and?”

“And also. Aside from Gaebongyeon-ga, we will identify all the forces that had a relationship with the sinner Ban Wang-gi.”

“good.”

Yeon So-hyeon nodded and spoke to the people around her.

“Given the current situation, the vacant position of the security guard needs to be filled immediately.”

The highest-ranking officials of the Luoyang Swordsmen were all preparing to recommend their talents, but Yeon So-hyeon continued speaking.

“War lord.”

“yes…?”

Suddenly Yeon So-hyeon called her name.

The war minister, who was unable to sit down and was lined up on the left and right with other lower-ranking officials, was embarrassed.

“Me, me?”

Yeon So-hyeon gave him an order.

“As of now, the War Department of the Luoyang Jian Family has been promoted to the War Ministry, and the War Department Governor has been promoted to the War Province Governor and granted the corresponding authority.”

Buzzing.

There was a commotion in the room, and in the meantime.

“… … !”

Minister of War, no.

The eyes of the old man who had now become the warlord shook greatly.

that.

After the Supreme Lord fell.

It was a moment when the dream of an old man who had been supporting the declining Ministry of War alone came true so suddenly.

“also.”

Yeon So-hyeon’s voice rang out through the roof.

“The Warlord will temporarily assume the vacant role of the Guard Commander and be responsible for the defense of this Luoyang home.”

“Your Majesty… no!”

“Mr. Chairman-!”

Someone tried to protest something to Yeon So-hyeon, but Yeon So-hyeon didn’t listen.

“Do you agree?”

Obviously.

The current situation is more important than ever for the War Department to play a role.

Although there may have been dissatisfaction with the promotion of the War Ministry, which had been loyal to Yeon So-hyeon, there could be no objection.

“… I agree.”

“… I agree.”

“I agree.”

and.

Next to the fallen body of the king.

There was someone who felt the whole process more vividly than anyone else.

‘okay….’

The supporting cast of Gaebongyeonga trembled slightly.

‘This is….’

He is again.

I gritted my teeth as I recalled and felt the power of this council, which I had forgotten for the past ten years.

‘It was the authority of the family council.’

Several times.

There is no drawn-out, step-by-step decision-making process, and the decisions are absolute.

Even though the decision may be wrong, it is the family’s decision.

Until the head of the household himself changes his mind, it becomes the law and rule of this great family.

“Let’s move on.”

and.

Yeon So-hyeon, the acting head and chairman of the family council, looked at him.

“Opening ceremony additional notes, Yeonjo University.”