King Namgung was a Disciple of The Heavenly Demon - Chapter 116



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#116

“I… majesty!”

“Have faith in the gods!”

It was an appeal to believe, but those words only pushed Joo Young-myeong into a deep abyss of despair.

“How can you not believe in me, Zhou Yingmyeong! “Did you really think this king would kill you all?”

These are people who have believed in and followed them for as little as ten years or as long as dozens of years or more.

The depth of that faith was only this much…

“majesty. “I’m sorry!”

Nam Gung-cheon, who saw Joo Young-myeong’s cry that was almost a scream, burst out laughing.

“majesty. “I’m very disappointed that you don’t know the real reason why they’re scared.”

“What do you mean!”

“You really don’t know? “It’s a great cause, but they know that in the end, it’s just a dirty ploy to gain power.”

It’s not that it’s not, but somewhere in people’s eyes, there was a suspicion that in the not-too-distant future, they might be murdered and killed because of this.

“what!”

“It’s dirty and needs to be hidden, so a murderer is needed. “It’s a natural principle.”

I feel dirty. Honestly, it’s someone else’s life. Just ignore whatever tricks the Eight Kings are trying against your mother and you’re done.

However, the words the queen had heard during the journey were making Namgungcheon feel uneasy.

[After my family was framed for treason and nearly captured, I thought I had let go of everything in this world, but I couldn’t let go of what was really important. The reason why Theravada came to study Buddhism was actually my… It was the mother’s feeling that she might be a burden to her child.]

Someone was so resentful of not being able to protect their family in a past life that they risked everything to protect their family… .

“If the person who killed his parents becomes emperor, he will be no different from the current emperor. no! He will be worse than that!”

“Yes you bastard! “There’s really nothing you can’t do.”

“Your Majesty has been saying such damned things since a while ago.”

Where in my life has Joo Young-myeong ever heard such harsh swear words?

His face, which looked like it was about to explode like an active volcano, quickly turned white.

The reason is that.

“Rather than seeing that happen, I think it would be better for the world if I killed you today.”

Joo Young-myeong flinched.

‘… ‘What about human eyes?’

There was something about the blue glow emanating from Nangong Cheon’s eyes that made people’s hearts creep.

“And one more thing, it seems like you came here secretly to avoid other people’s attention. I don’t think you thought about this. The killer insect… “It’s what small people do best.”

* * *

When Joo Young-myeong heard the word “murderous leafhopper” from Namgung-cheon, the emotion he felt was fear, but even more so was the feeling of absurdity.

Honestly, it’s a fight where we can’t compete in terms of numbers. There are at most six over there. There are more than a dozen elite warriors here.

but!

‘Somehow it doesn’t feel like bravado.’

That boy named Namgung-cheon has already shown his outstanding ability with just one move.

Moreover, the man who was wearing a bamboo hat was somehow more nerve-wracking.

Joo Young-myeong, who had been pondering over and over again, spoke in a voice that seemed to crack.

“It seems like you have nothing to fear.”

“I really want to ask you a question. Why do you live like that? “Don’t you feel embarrassed living like that?”

“Jim… “Live in shame?”

“When I look up to the sky, I don’t feel proud. “It looks the same to them.”

Namgung-cheon shrugged his shoulders and pointed as if to look, and the military officers who made eye contact with Joo Young-myeong were busy looking away in confusion. Like grains of sand that are scattered finely in the face of waves.

When Joo Young-myeong saw that, he was once again greatly shocked.

‘Are you saying that the cause I had in mind was so light that I couldn’t even gain the trust of my subordinates who have been with me for decades?’

At that moment, something came back to me and hit me hard in the head: the conversation I had with my mother, Queen Dowager, just before I came here.

[Throughout his decades of existence, Hinayana has tried to let go of worldly things such as resentment and obsession. However, looking at Wangya today, it seems like she was obsessed with building things up rather than throwing them away.

The size of that resentment… It is not unknown to Hinayana, but if you try to forcefully repay the grudge right away, there will inevitably be people who are unfairly swept away. So, Wangya, please look at the side of the person who was the Hinayana, or the mother, and think about it for once. How much weight will the grassroots weigh in all that piled up?]

‘… … Can sacrificing my mother truly be the way for the people?’

Of course, there was a cause for the common people.

However, it was also difficult to deny the boy’s words that if you peel back just one layer, his personal revenge or obsession for the throne would be greater.

“ha… “Stop putting away your sword.”

“majesty!”

A short-haired horse that screams. Nevertheless, Joo Young-myeong just waved his hand in a wave with a tired face.

“Let’s hold Yeom Sa-ho responsible for instigating my mother’s kidnapping. “With that, we will end this matter.”

“No, it won’t work!” majesty! “Don’t you know better than anyone else that you can’t catch the Salt Lake with that alone?”

Despite the fierce opposition of his staff, Joo Young-myeong did not easily give up his will.

“Ah yes. Yeom Sa-ho will make all sorts of excuses to get away. I also know that I may never get the chance to defeat him again. But I can’t lose her mother like this.”

“This is a heaven-given opportunity to wipe out the power of Yeomsa Lake with just one sacrifice. “Why are you trying to throw away that opportunity?”

“It’s to be confident. To my mother. And to my subjects: “It is something that cannot be exchanged for any value.”

“ah… .”

Moisture began to well up in the eyes of the military officers who were anxious to avoid making eye contact with Joo Young-myeong.

“Jeoeoeonha!”

“Don’t look at me like that. “I don’t deserve to look at you like that.”

“No. majesty. The small gods will follow you faithfully! “No matter what you command, if I live, I will live, and if I must die, I will die!”

Youngmyeong Joo was dazed.

These are clearly his subordinates who had shown that they cared for their lives just a moment ago. However, he says he will sacrifice his body without hesitation now.

The realization that suddenly came to me right then.

‘ah! I made them feel ashamed, and they said they were willing to die for me.’

They were not afraid of death. I was just afraid of dying worthless.

Zhou Yingming turned his gaze and looked at the handsome boy named Nangong Cheon.

Although I was scolded harshly by a boy, my heart felt relieved as if a blocked blood vessel had been emptied.

And I got goosebumps.

If it weren’t for this boy, wouldn’t he have lived like a fool without knowing the laws of this world?

“I owe you a great light. “How can you say that I wasn’t sold out at this rate?”

Namgungcheon said as he licked his lips.

“yes… what. Yes.”

When I think about it, I didn’t even live a good life in my past life.

… But you’re not going to retaliate later just because you cursed, right?

Swearing is something we all do in our lives!

What do you say, Yungyung?

therefore… Don’t you think you should have thought about it before swearing?

It’s not that Joo Young-myeong is not alone, but he is glancing at Namgung-cheon as if he is feeling sad again.

“But you. “No matter what the situation is, your intention to kill the king was very sincere.”

“Ahahaha… Did I do that?”

“It was so brutal that the king thought he was going to urinate.”

“I… majesty. I’m trying to hide my words… .”

“What do you think? “I’m just being honest.”

“Ah, that’s just what I said. Did you really kill him?”

When Namgung-cheon made a joke, Joo Young-myeong also responded with a look of anger on his face, unlike before.

“Huh. The word ‘kill’ is ingrained in my mouth every time I say it. “He is a noble man who will become a very high treasonous criminal.”

“no way. “You only said you would kill him, but you didn’t kill him.”

“Uh huh. That guy. “As I saw speaking,”

“But your highness… “You will be given a reward, right?”

“Didn’t you say earlier that you didn’t need a reward?”

“no way. That’s just something I did. “How can you really understand what I said out of politeness?”

“okay. I get it. “I will give you that big reward you want.”

“uh. That’s what you said. “You can’t ask for it.”

Pyeonsa-gwang and others who were watching the situation became confused.

‘what… what? They say they are giving out a big prize? Then you really bought it?’

‘But isn’t the survival ability of a true sailor recognized?’

‘I agree. I think I will probably come out of hell alive. ‘Look at how he is showing his materialistic desires.’

I thought it would end only when one side was completely destroyed, but I never thought it would end like a lie like this.

At that time, the military officers heaved a sigh of relief as if a great burden had been relieved, and even the guest housekeeper, who had been trembling in a corner and not knowing what to do, was heaving a sigh of relief.

Only one person could not hide his anger.

“majesty. “How can you be so weak-hearted when the whole world is right in front of you?”

Joo Young-myeong spoke as if to appease his trickster, who had a hardened complexion.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t follow your opinion this time.”

The staff member bit his lip slightly. But then he smiles brightly.

“There is nothing to be sorry about. “In the end, everything will go according to my plan.”

“… “What did you say just now?”

“Well, it’s like this.”

Joo Young-myeong’s face, which had been colored with curiosity, became as hard as stone.

And not only Joo Young-myeong’s face, but also everyone’s faces began to harden.

“They… ?”

People approaching the guesthouse through the twilight created by the old moon. However, what is unusual is that the number is not just one or two.

“I put it on standby just in case.”

“Wait! “What does that mean?”

“I was worried so I prepared just in case, but isn’t that a good thing? “Your Majesty cannot make such a brave decision.”

“what… what?”

While Joo Young-myeong was perplexed, the crowd was increasing in number.

Their clothes were all different and their appearances were all different. However, that number is as high as 100 people.

A large group of people began to gather around the guesthouse, and when I finally got a glimpse of them surrounding the guesthouse, my curiosity could not help but increase.

“No, who is that person? He is one of those who requested an audience with His Majesty earlier during the day… .”

“What do you mean?”

“majesty! “I have been standing guard today to guard the main gate, and many of them are clearly people who wanted to see Your Majesty during the day.”

“what? Reungjeong! “What are we going to do now?”

* * *

“Child, why are you acting so uncharacteristically of yourself? “Are you surprised by so many people flocking in?”

“ah… yes. what… .”

Nam Gung-cheon swept his face with his palm as if to cool down the heat that rose in response to Ui Hong-gwang’s question.

To be honest… surprised.

The reason I was surprised was not because a crowd of about 100 people came.

It was rather within the expected range.

Rather, what surprised me was the name of the trickster.

‘Rung… ‘Jeong?’

Leung Jeong is the head of the Ma Dorung family of the Heavenly Demon God Church and the grandson of Hwanma, one of the exorcists.

In other words, in a past life, he was a person who was competing with me for the position of the fifth priest, the position of disciple of the Heavenly Demon.

Therefore, I can say that I know quite a bit about Reungjeong.

But the problem is that the man in front of me is not Reung Jeong.

First of all, no matter how you decorate the appearance, the voice is completely different and, above all, the atmosphere itself is different.

‘But his face is so similar that it’s hard to dismiss him as a person with the same name. Is he a twin? If not that too… ‘

The more thoughts continue, the more confusion increases.

‘Let’s move on for now. ‘That’s not what’s important right now.’

What is really important is that the people gathered in front of us are actually demonic cultists of the Heavenly Demon Church, and they are also phantom rats.

In other words, I don’t know if the person in front of me is the Hwanma’s grandson, Lung Jeong, but I am certain that the remaining hundred or so people gathered are under the Hwanma’s command.

“therefore… … “From now on, it’s time to take back the fishing line.”