Chapter: 770
What does this have to do with Cheonma?
When I first heard that, there was only one thought that came to mind.
What do I look like now?
What does Mukyeon see me as at present?
Did his eyes get bigger? Or did he narrow his eyes? Did he swallow dryly?
Or maybe a cold sweat is running down my face?
There shouldn’t be even the slightest bit of disarray. I checked each and every one of them.
A second passed like that.
“What do you mean by that?”
The answer is not too late.
I got so much hate for being so bad at acting that the best I could do was keep a blank expression.
After hearing what I said, Mukyeon said:
“It means exactly what it says.”
“Then it makes even less sense.”
He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if to show that he was uncomfortable.
“Why do you ask me that, sir?”
Are you suspicious?
If you doubt it, then where did the problem start?
Even though he showed his annoyance, he kept repeating the same thought to himself.
While all sorts of thoughts were coming to mind.
Haha. It seems that the old man has greatly offended the King.
“If it didn’t bother you, it would be nonsense.”
“If I do, I will apologize first.”
Even as he spoke, a smile appeared on Mukyeon’s face.
Looking at it makes me feel a bit sick.
‘I knew you’d come, but seeing you in person is even more of a nuisance.’
When laying the foundation for the last raid, the thing I considered most important was none other than:
It was the old man named ‘Mukyeon’.
A gentleman who has been retired for over ten years.
It must have only been a few days since he returned to the blind.
As expected, they arrived right after the raid.
If I had continued to be a nobleman, it would have been absurd.
‘If that were the case, it wouldn’t have been so easy.’
No matter how much I endlessly weave the situation and make a fuss, if that guy was there, things would have gone differently.
The collective realm of those who gathered in the blind?
The power of the forces they possess?
I’m not afraid at all.
I was more scared of that kind of person than those guys.
It’s even more so now that I’ve seen it in person.
A human being who can read the flow is much more frightening than a hundred superhuman beings running wild.
As someone who saw how Cheon Yu-rang ran the Central Plains in his previous life, I couldn’t help but know.
This is something that was clearly stated when planning the operation.
There will be no strategist named Mukyeon in the Murim Alliance.
That was the most important part, and that’s why the plan worked.
The public sentiment was shaken, and the foundation of the alliance was shaken.
This shaking will soon become a huge tremor.
It will become so huge that it is uncontrollable.
It was clearly that kind of situation, but I didn’t let my guard down.
One plan worked. What happened next was more important.
In that sense.
We need to keep a close eye on that gentleman.
I needed to know more about silence.
“I heard that before Cheonma disappeared, he had a brief conversation with the King. Is that true?”
“It wasn’t a conversation. He simply asked my name and I answered. Is that a problem?”
“Haha. No. What’s the problem?… Please just consider this as the delusion of an old man.”
“Old age?”
“Your Majesty is truly a unique being.”
He immediately starts using language that resembles abusive language.
“The realm that Your Majesty has now achieved is probably something that has never been achieved in the history of the Central Plains. According to records, the person who reached the realm of Hwasang the fastest was King Geumcheon.”
King of the Golden Heavenly Sword, Yeon Il-cheon. The greatest swordsman of his time who stopped the Blood Demon.
He was twenty-five years old when he entered the Hwagyeong, making him the youngest person to enter the Hwagyeong in history.
It broke a record that no one has been able to break since then.
He nods his head when he hears the words.
“After all, isn’t the youngest Hwagyeong a dragon?”
Isn’t it someone else who has proven that blindness? That’s what I meant.
“Well, that’s what the Murim Alliance says, but I think it’s different. And. It seems like His Majesty is aware of this as well.”
“…”
I had to click my tongue inwardly at Mukyeon’s words.
That gentleman already knows.
The official position of the Maeng is the position, and I am confident that I would have reached it first.
There was such a meaning in Mukyeon’s eyes.
Of course, honestly, this part doesn’t really matter anyway, so we can skip it.
“So, what does that have to do with why you think I’m related to Cheonma?”
“It doesn’t matter. I don’t know much about the enlightenment and efforts of the unmanned. I am just amazed by the possibilities that the Holy King possesses.”
underneath….
“Even though he had that possibility, he didn’t show it and just endured it in the past. And even though he endured it for so long, when Hanam was in danger, he finally brought out the strength he had endured and became a hero who saved the people.”
“…”
As the conversation progresses, I feel my eyes frowning little by little.
“From blocking the attack, to slaying the monster, to finally cutting off the spell to save the lord and the others… what the Holy King did that day was truly worthy of being called a hero. Yes… really.”
There is a brief silence, and Mukyeon looks at me and continues speaking.
“It’s almost as if someone was trying to make the Holy King into a hero… .”
After hearing that, I was convinced.
I see.
‘That old man.’
You are doubting me.
This is because the achievements I have made fit so well. It was clearly expressed in the eyes hidden behind the smile and the tone of voice that pretended to be hidden.
Don’t you think the current situation is strange?
Are the achievements really just coincidences? Or are they the work of others?
It’s too out of character to be a coincidence.
So I’m suspicious of you.
It was a word that was full of such meaning.
This is it.
It’s really not easy. This kind of situation just doesn’t suit me.
Look at it now. My hands are itching to snap the neck of the old man in front of me.
Thinking is always a pain.
It would be really comfortable if you could live with your body. It’s a shame that you can’t live like that.
Then what should we do?
What should I do? Even if I don’t like it, I have to do it.
…haha.
It starts with a laugh.
He didn’t show any sign of being embarrassed. Right now, it was right to do what he did best.
“Elder.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I have just one question.”
“I will listen.”
“How long do you think I must endure this rudeness?”
“…”
He spat out the words and immediately his expression darkened.
Even though I don’t know how to act, I’m confident in expressing my anger, so I expressed my emotions by filling my mouth with annoyance.
“If this is the treatment I get in return after working so hard to keep you alive, how am I supposed to accept this?”
“The Holy King.”
“If you continue talking, I have no intention of staying here any longer.”
“…”
“If you’re going to do it anyway, then go ahead.”
He glares at Muyeon with his eyes wide open.
Mukyeon looked at me with her eyes that had already erased her smile, and we locked eyes for quite some time.
Time passed like that.
sorry.
The first one to bow his head was Mukyeon.
“It’s the foolish actions of an old man who is always worrying. I apologize again for hurting your feelings.”
He listened, but showed a look of discomfort due to his suspicion, and his frown never went away.
However, the body that was raised in that state had to be laid down again.
This is a position that has been called the concept of interrogation from the beginning.
Ilcheonggeom spouted out useless words like suggestions and such.
This is the place to call and check in with those involved in the raid. I know that there will be many people coming and going, not just me.
In this situation, getting angry about being suspected would only increase suspicion and not help.
“I will accept the apology, as it is my position.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
I want to knock over the table and everything and go out, but I can’t.
Not yet.
The conversation seemed to be over, but I knew it.
That old man’s eyes are still the same.
I’m not the only one who doubts this.
I’m sure there are a few more people who’ve thought of me, and I know they’ll all look at me like that.
Tsks.
It’s a breathtaking feeling just looking at it.
The feeling I had when I was alone with Cheon Yu-rang in my previous life. It was similar to the spicy sensation I felt back then.
I had to be extremely cautious because I was afraid that I would get carried away by the words and say the wrong thing without realizing it.
I also felt suffocated by the unknown presence.
It means that you feel like you are being crushed by the presence, even though you can barely feel the bet.
It was absurd, but it was true.
What should I do?
I think and think again.
Should I kill you now?
The silence right in front of your nose.
Even if there is a swordsman nearby, it is possible to kill the old man from this distance.
If I do that, should I just reach out and snap your neck?
If I can avoid the hands of the inspector that way.
I’m sure I’ll get caught. If I succeed, all my future plans will change.
There were still more plans for the Murim Alliance. There were things to use Bongsoon for, and there were more than a few things to try out.
Even after considering all that, it might be advantageous to kill that old man.
It might actually be better since I could deal with that annoying presence right away.
Should I try it? After much serious thought.
No… Not yet.
In the end, what I chose was to endure.
I have too much to lose. Even if I wanted to kill him, now is not the time.
After making that decision, he relaxed his grip.
At that moment.
“The Holy King.”
“Yes.”
As if she had been waiting, Mukyeon spoke to me.
“I am shameless, but I have something to say to Your Majesty.”
“…Suddenly?”
He asked back, seemingly taken aback by those words.
“Is the investigation over?”
“Ah, that’s enough of our conversation earlier.”
It’s over already?
I don’t think we exchanged many words.
While he was acting strangely, wondering what was going on, Mukyeon carefully took something out of his bosom.
Swish.
It was a letter with the words of Maeng engraved on it.
“Do you remember what the Blue Dragon Lord said just now?”
“Yes. I remember.”
A new battalion that will be created in the wilderness.
I said it was an offer to come to the main market there.
“This is also a similar story.”
He narrowed his eyes slightly at Mukyeon’s words.
“I already answered that earlier.”
I won’t do it. That’s what I clearly said, and I’m sure Sil-yeon heard it too.
But you’re bringing it up again?
Even in this situation?
After getting really annoyed at being suspected of something I didn’t like, he made this suggestion again in that situation.
What was the intention? It was something I couldn’t understand.
“I apologize again for my rudeness the other day. However, please remember that what I said this time is similar to what the Blue Dragon Lord said, but is quite different.”
“What is that…?”
“This is… not a suggestion, but rather a respectful request to the Holy King in the name of the Murim Alliance.”
“Under.”
The old man’s words immediately made me laugh.
A request, not a suggestion.
It reminds me of what I said earlier.
“The current martial arts alliance needs a holy king. So please lend a hand.”
Unnecessarily confident and shameless.
I never thought you would say something like that so openly.
Rather, it feels refreshing.
‘Yeah, that’s better.’
This attitude is a hundred times better than the Ilcheonggeom.
The Murim Alliance needs me now. I’ve known that for a long time.
To be exact, it would be more accurate to say that they needed the value of my name that the Murim Alliance had created for them rather than saying they needed me.
The Murim Alliance is currently in turmoil.
It’s probably quite frustrating, even if you don’t have time to figure it out for sure.
Public sentiment is one thing, but the most practical issue here is…
The exodus of top shareholders.
The fact that the upper class that had been supporting the Murim Alliance until now would have started to withdraw.
It’s only natural. Why would anyone support a Murim Alliance that has lost the people’s support?
The top is made up of people who are motivated solely by money.
The reason they continued to support the blind was for safety, but ultimately their goal was money.
The top organization that directly supports the Murim Alliance.
The sense of stability and reputation that comes from it. That alone would be a significant advantage.
Now that the Murim Alliance had lost the people’s support and was wavering, supporting the Murim Alliance any longer was a risky choice.
So, one by one, the top will withdraw their hands.
If the support is cut off, problems will arise at the center of the alliance.
It meant that it would be difficult in many ways.
So, the current Murim Alliance had to deal with this quickly. They had to quickly regain the people’s support before it was too late.
That’s why.
The reason why I am creating a new battalion and want to sit down.
The fact that three major shareholders died is a problem, but the biggest reason is this.
Because that’s the quickest way to win back public support.
The name Seongwang is worthy of its name.
The praise and response from the people there.
The Murim Alliance needed it.
The hero who saved Hanam is entrusted with the position of the leader of Meng.
It was also a means to capture those who distrusted the blind.
It was also a trick to make me turn back the steps of the upper class.
Some may say that I am arrogant and believe that the public sentiment will turn around if I promote myself.
Objectively, yes.
It was something I had expected from the beginning, but I was able to figure it out just before by feeling it from people in the field.
What I’m saying is that my position is quite high right now.
I also knew that very well, so I told Ilcheonggeom.
Do you dare to suggest a topic to me?
The topic is too stiff.
That’s what I meant when I said that.
I never thought you’d mention it like this.
Even though he knows that, Mukyeon still speaks to me openly.
“Please.”
I burst out laughing at the old man’s words.
“Do you know that this is a very strange situation for a favor to be asked of?”
If you were going to do it, you could have done it before we talked earlier. Isn’t it strange to ask for it now after fighting so much?
At my words, Mukyeon smiled slightly and said.
“What I said the other day was my personal opinion. What I say now is Maeng’s opinion.”
“Does that mean they are different?”
You’re right.
In the end, the old man doubts me, but does he think I’m needed as part of the Murim Alliance?
That was such a ridiculous statement.
What is this? I don’t know if I should say it’s better than trying to deceive. Or if I should say it’s like a dog.
I don’t know how to react.
At that time.
“These are the conditions I have prepared in the hope that Your Majesty will grant my request.”
Leaving me behind, who was completely dumbfounded, Mukyeon thrusts a letter at me.
“Even if you decline, I would like to ask you to please read it first.”
“…”
Should I just tear it up and show my displeasure?
I thought that would be better, but I reached out and looked at the letter.
As the saying goes, I wanted to read it even if I had to tear it up.
However.
“Hm?”
It was a mere five lines at most.
The text wasn’t that long, but my eyes grew wider as I read.
“…”
After reading all the text like that, I didn’t tear up the letter.
I just looked up and stared at Muyeon.
My gaze was filled with a question of whether this was really true.
“If you have any further requests, I am willing to add more.”
“Hey.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. However, it felt different from the empty laughter I had felt earlier.
So, it was brought in under these conditions from the beginning, and the Blue Dragon Lord came out like this?
Or maybe it was this old man’s plan.
Questions kept coming to my mind, but they didn’t matter now.
It was such a great condition that anything would matter.
A condition that will make the irritation and irritability you felt just before disappear all at once.
So I folded the letter I was holding and put it in my bosom.
“Can I think about it for a moment and then tell you?”
“As much as you want.”
The choice was pending.
And so the conversation ended.
Right after the conversation ended. The room where Gu Yangcheon left.
Mukyeon, who has not yet left, is carefully following the car in front of him.
Behind him, the inspector was silently guarding his position.
Coolook-!
Suddenly, Mukyeon coughed harshly.
He quickly covered his mouth with a cloth, but he continued to cough as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.
Phew…
As soon as he stops, he takes off the cloth.
The cloth covering his mouth was soaked in red blood.
“Are you okay?”
The inspector who saw that asked calmly, and Mukyeon nodded briefly.
“It’s okay. Today is better than yesterday.”
“…”
I didn’t ask anything more, because nothing would change if I asked.
The sword master just silently watched Mukyeon drinking tea.
While the quiet atmosphere continued, the inspector opened his mouth.
“How was it?”
A question without a subject. But Mukyeon knew what he was asking.
“What does your Majesty think?”
“…”
Mukyeon asked back. After hearing the question, Geomje thought for a moment and then gave an answer.
“It looked like there was no problem.”
At first glance, Mukyeon focused on those words.
As if he knew that, the inspector also added his words.
“One, something is subtle.”
Only after hearing those words did Mukyeon take a sip of tea.
Is it an instinctive feeling? In this regard, Geomje has always been a person with excellent intuition.
Mukyeon’s answer and thoughts were also no different.
The person we were talking about just now. A young man who is called the Seongwang and has become the youngest king.
Gu Yangcheon in Shanxi.
Thinking of that young man, Mukyeon says:
“Inspection.”
“Yes.”
“Are you curious about my answer?”
“Yes.”
Gu Yangcheon. Thinking of him, Mukyeon smiled.
Conversations with him were different.
If you have a grandchild, he is younger than that.
Even though he was one of the younger generation of Yoo Seong, Mukyeon had a peculiar feeling while talking to him.
Different.
Of course, his later index is special, even among the drones he has faced.
I don’t feel any enthusiasm, let alone any belligerence, from the young drone.
Instead, the eyes were cold and eerie.
At the same time, his tone and speech were extremely violent for a political party. He was violent and seemed ready to destroy anything if he got in trouble.
On the other hand, it is full of arrogance.
He may look like a brat, but he’s sharper than anyone else.
There was a thoroughness to not show even a little bit of trickery in those words.
The violence displayed seemed to be a means to cover it up.
He was quick to assess the situation and was constantly looking around while looking at his own eyes.
It means that you are pretending to see the forest for the trees.
What this means is that his appearance is entirely based on thorough calculations.
It’s fun.
So, Mukyeon felt happy for the first time in a long time.
It’s a feeling I haven’t felt in a long time.
Just a few words of conversation. That was enough to tell.
That young man may seem completely different from himself, but he is actually a similar person.
Perhaps.
If he had not been a man with the eyes of ignorance, he would have caught him and made him his disciple no matter what the circumstances.
But he was a character I liked that much.
What a pity.
Unfortunately, that is not possible.
I guess he meant something else.
“Do you know that, Your Majesty?”
Recall the last conversation in detail.
-What is your relationship with Cheonma?
The Cheonma that attacked Hanam.
An unknown being that is said to have been completely unaffected by the Heavenly Lord’s surprise attack.
How much strength does it have? How big is its power?
There is no information about what they are moving for.
In that situation, Mukyeon asked Gu Yangcheon about his relationship with Cheonma.
He showed a look of discomfort as he denied Mukyeon’s words.
At first glance, Gu Yangcheon’s reaction seemed to be uneventful.
“The Holy King never uttered a single word.”
Even in those words, Mukyeon sensed a sense of incongruity.
Through several questions, he never said anything about having anything to do with Cheonma until the very end.
Perhaps, it could be dismissed as mere coincidence. But.
“I guess,” Mukyeon was sure that there was something about him.
“That I’ll have to keep an eye on him.”
I will keep you by my side and watch over you no matter what. That is what I promise.
And.
Hmm. As expected.
Gu Yangcheon, who was walking slowly outside the mansion, also looked back and thought about the mansion.
“I have to kill him.”
He said that he had to kill Mukyeon as soon as possible.
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