A Spy’s Demonic Life - Chapter 77



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77.

#To Chilsogung (2)

– Wolha Village Chilsogung.

Kang! Kaang!

The construction of the main gate is still in full swing, accompanied by a deafening noise.

The exterior was covered with a large cloth so the details could not be seen, but the size of the wall was truly intimidating, as if they were trying to build an iron fortress.

Roughly speaking, it is about five jang (15 m) long.

It was so big that I had to raise my head a long way to see it right in front of me.

“The mechanism is like a set of precisely meshed gears. If it’s even slightly out of alignment, it won’t work, so be careful. Build it very carefully!”

And inside, under the supervision of Jegal Gui-ryong, the Black Dragon faction members, including Yong-tae, were working hard.

Now, I think I’m used to it, so I just do my work without saying anything and just stay strong.

“Please take this.”

Chu Hongran came here with snacks for those people.

“Hahaha! I’ll eat well, my lady!”

“Rouge! Always eat well.”

Yongtae and Meggi sat down on the floor with their faces drenched in sweat and ate the meat and cold tea they had prepared.

And when Chu Hongran saw this, she laughed in vain and looked at the bamboo forest with empty eyes.

It’s been about ten days since Zhang Li and Mao left.

Now it’s time to come.

The wind of silence can be so disappointing.

I felt even more uneasy because I knew that Jang Il-seo wasn’t feeling well until the moment of departure.

I hope nothing happens. I hope you show up at that intersection with a bright smile.

I’ve been repeating this over and over again to push away bad thoughts hundreds of times.

Did that touch your heart?

Shh …

A warm breeze, unusually strong, blew through the bamboo forest.

Soon, two people approached from the forest path in the distance. Chu Hongran covered her mouth and let out a small groan.

“ah…….”

Following this, Yongtae and Megi also felt the presence and turned their heads.

“Huh?”

“uh……?”

They are.

“We’re here-!”

Mao, a tall and handsome prince, walks confidently as if he has returned home in glory.

And behind him, as always, is Jang Seo, smiling affectionately.

That day, when bamboo swayed in the breeze.

Finally they came back.

“Tch, the Seven Princes have returned-!”

“Hyungniiim!”

Everyone’s colorless eyes lit up and they smiled with joy.

“Hey, you guys! Where are you going without eating!”

Yongtae and his family leave Jegalgwiryong behind, who is flustered, and even throw away what they were eating and run away.

Then Mao put his hands on his waist and shouted:

“The genius returns-!”

Finally back.

To Chilsogung.

*

Mao and Zhang Yishu returned, and the Qixiao Palace was bustling for the first time in a long time.

While pouring their drinks to each other, Yongtae and Meggi were busy pouring out everything they had learned, while Jegal Gui-ryong kept nagging them that they still had a long way to go.

Zhang Li listened to this silently, and Mao laughed and bragged about how great he was.

Before I knew it, the sun was slowly setting.

Zhuge Liang and the Black Dragon Sect left for their accommodations in the Chuxianru, while Mao went to bed early.

Jang Yi-seo and Chu Hong-ran naturally took a walk and moved to the second floor of the annex.

“I didn’t know it was decorated this well.”

The annex is decorated in an old-fashioned way, unlike before when it was plain.

The moment I saw it, I couldn’t help but admire it. It wasn’t crude, and the decorations and flower pots were neatly arranged, and I felt that they had taken my personality into consideration.

“It was lonely while waiting… … .”

When she blushed and confessed her guilt, Jang-seo smiled gratefully and patted her shoulder. You didn’t have to do this to her.

Your heart is so pretty that I feel sorry for no reason.

“I have set up an office here.”

Hongran guided me to the left room on the second floor. When I went inside, there was a small, well-decorated space with a table in the middle that could comfortably accommodate four or five people talking.

She goes first, pulls out the chair at the head of the table, and waits politely standing next to it.

Originally, Jang Seo was uncomfortable with this kind of excessive treatment.

But now that I’m used to it, it looks like I’ve been with her for a long time.

As Jang Yi-seo sat down with a smirk, she also sat down next to him.

Looking at those sparkling eyes, I know what to say first.

“fortunately.”

Jang I-seo was the first to speak, speaking frankly.

“There is no danger to your life now.”

“ah…….”

“I’m sorry for worrying you.”

“no…….”

Chu Hongran tried hard to swallow her tears and lowered her head.

Jang Seo, who saw this, could vaguely guess how anxiously she must have been waiting.

It’s truly a blessing to have a colleague who thinks of me this much.

“So are you really okay now?”

“Look. It’s fine.”

Jang Yi-seo smiled brightly and rolled up his sleeves. Then, his clean, bright red skin came into view once again.

“Thank goodness. Really… … .”

“I was lucky. I never dreamed that one day I would live to benefit from the cult leader.”

Jang Yiseo smiled affectionately. At this, Chu Hongran felt her heart flutter and she swallowed her breath.

It wasn’t just because I liked seeing him.

What should I say? It felt different than before. I only saw his eyes, but my hands and feet were trembling as if I was instinctively afraid of a natural enemy, and I felt a sense of pressure.

This was because, although she was not aware of it yet, Jang I-seo had actually created the essence of the Heavenly Demon God within her, the Heavenly Demon Spirit.

*

A gift from the cult leader Jin Woo-kwang, a demon reaper.

Of course, she was still a fetus-like being who had not yet awakened, but having mastered advanced magic, she could instinctively sense the energy.

‘Do the demons know that the master is silently raising the wind while watching over them?’

And that one day, it could become a huge typhoon that sweeps them away without them even knowing why.

Hongran wanted to watch the path he would take as a person before becoming his benefactor. Still, as a person who was once a member of Jeongdo, she wanted to see with her own eyes what kind of change he would bring to this closed and corrupted demonic cult.

If possible, choose someone who walks together… … .

‘What am I thinking right now… …!’

Hongran glanced at him from the corner of her eye, shook off her fluttering heart, and sighed.

“Nothing special happened, right?”

Within, he answered Jang Seo’s question in a refined tone.

“Yes. While you were there, there were no major incidents in Wolha Village. Perhaps because of the aftereffects of blocking the slaughterhouse, the number of people causing trouble has decreased significantly since then.”

“That must be true. Even if it doesn’t seem like it, the ears of Cheonsan are sharp.”

But contrary to what he said, Jang Yi-seo’s expression was not good inside.

“Do you have any concerns?”

“I think it’ll be noisy again soon.”

It had been a while since the slaughterhouse issue was resolved. But there was enough reason.

“The leader gave the Seven Princes the seal of Baek In-jang.”

“Yes? If it’s Baek In-jang… … isn’t it a divine seal that only the Grand Duke and the Duke of Yi possess?”

“that’s right.”

When Jang Yiseo nodded, Chu Hongran was startled.

Seven successors recognized by the cult leader.

The so-called Seven Great Princes.

Among them, three people who are considered strong candidates for the position of cult leader were granted special powers by the cult leader.

That is the seal that can form a family.

So each of them had their own power.

First, the ten silver-masked masters who follow the Four Sea Spirits, the ten crazy ghosts of the moon.

They were all monsters among monsters, coming from the most violent Gwangryongdang and roaming the battlefield together with the previous leader, the assistant Narak.

But even so, it’s only ten people.

They are enough to wield a sword, but not enough to pose a direct threat to other organizations.

The real ones were these two.

‘The Grand Duke’s Black Flame Guard and the Duke’s Hundred Monsters.’

They were all composed of white people, and as a single force, they were able to easily disintegrate any organization within the Demonic Cult.

In short, the walking power itself.

But the Seven Princes were given the power to create a force of one hundred people just like them.

“Then isn’t it a good thing for us?”

That’s right. So you must have received it as a gift.

but.

“Good things always come with obstacles.”

“That means… … .”

“In this situation where the plan to establish a small cult has become clear, the leader of the cult has given the Seven Princes the seal of the White Emperor. Naturally, everyone’s attention is drawn to this. They will probably think that he is showing favoritism. What will happen then?”

She swallowed shallowly at Jang Yi-seo’s words.

“Are you saying that the Archduke will move?”

“surely.”

Jang was confident.

The Grand Duke Cheonmugi he investigated was a man who hid his gaze with calmness, but had dozens of snakes inside him.

The reason Mao was released until now was because he was a bum.

The moment I thought I had the cult leader’s favor, it was clear that he would try to use his power in some way.

“I wonder if I was thinking too far ahead. Gathering the power of the white people is not an easy task, and they are the Seven Princes.”

Yes, Mao, the Seven Princes, the loser.

A child who, no matter what he does, is laughed at instead of expected.

one.

“If we think about ourselves, that’s true. But the Archduke will think differently. He will never overlook this situation.”

“Why?”

A story that I don’t understand at all.

What on earth was the Grand Duke afraid of, the Seven Princes who were considered nothing more than mere rascals?

But there was a clear reason why Jang Seo was so confident.

“Because they probably think of us as the Three Princesses.”

“ah……!”

Kung! Hongran’s mind flashed. And Jang Yiseo’s words came into her understanding immediately.

If it was a loser, whether it was a hundred-man general or a ten-man general, it would just be annoying, but if it was a rival, Sahae-ryeong, it would be different.

“You must feel a sense of crisis.”

That’s correct.

Her beloved Chil-gong-ja received the seal of Baek-in-jang along with the assistant she recommended.

How will the Archduke take this?

You probably think you’ve been hit by a demon.

So it is inevitable that there will be checks and balances.

“It won’t be easy as it is… … It’s going to get even harder.”

“That’s right. But we still need to grow our forces. That way, we can survive this fight.”

There are different levels of fighting. Just as a catfish, a freshwater predator, becomes a bite when it goes out to the sea, the fight that Jang Yi-seo is discussing now is in a completely different weight class from the one at the slaughterhouse.

The old file room and the five great families. And even the Sado League.

It is a situation where the core members of the Demonic Cult, who the world trembled at and feared, are entangled in a fight.

If you keep on using cunning and trickery, you’ll be eaten before you can even move.

If you know how the Archduke moves… … .

As Jang Yi-seo’s silence grew longer, Hong-ran began to speak slyly.

“Maybe you should ask the counterintelligence service for help? They helped you before.”

“No way.”

Gyeomsaik is not a person who is moved by fate or romance.

I say I take care of it because I need to receive congratulatory messages, but this is a completely different area of ​​politics.

If it’s money, I don’t know. I’ll never move.

And it was obvious that even if I robbed the entire Cheonmago to move them, it wouldn’t be enough. They would demand astronomical amounts of money for each swing of the sword.

‘The golden hoe lays golden eggs! Hahaha!’

It’s a terrible thing to even think about.

rather…….

“I think it would be a good idea to post a notice.”

It’s an open recruitment.