Possessed Man’s Artifact Restaurant - Chapter 132



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Episode 132

“Why did Cassus want the Yeouiju?”

“I don’t know. The only order from the higher-ups was to bring the Yeouiju.”

It was all thanks to Cassus that Charon was able to rule over Central and South America in a short period of time.

Naturally, Charon had no choice but to swear absolute loyalty to Cassus.

“Isn’t there anything you can guess?”

“… .”

“There it is?”

It was a very subtle change in expression, but it was my skill to catch each and every one of those subtle changes.

He thought about it for a moment, then let out a deep sigh and said.

“Swear to Mana that you will spare Martha’s life, and I will tell you everything I know.”

I was a little fed up with these guys who liked to swear by magic, but I nodded because I had a gut feeling that I absolutely had to hear this story.

“I swear on magic that I will guarantee Martha’s life.”

WHEEW-!

A gentle breeze quickly spread around my hand.

After seeing that, he lowered his head and continued his story.

“The solidarity of Cassus is greater than you think. Our organization is unique, but the other sub-organizations have considerable loyalty to Cassus.”

“Why are you different from other sub-organizations?”

“I simply did not like their methods. I shouldn’t be the one to say this, having committed numerous crimes, but their methods were truly vicious, beyond vicious.”

This was actually mentioned in the original work.

There were complaints from some lower-level organizations about Cassus’s overreaching, and that it was Cassus’ only weakness.

‘There is good even among evil people.’

It may sound a bit absurd, but I had nothing to say about each of their rules.

Because not all companies in the world were making money legitimately at the time.

Lobbying politicians or giving bribes to business partners was not always justified or good.

“So I was thinking of paying off all my debts and then somehow cutting ties… Of course, that would be impossible.”

Cassus was not an organization that would leave traitors alone.

They were the ones who punished it thoroughly so that such a case would never happen again.

“Anyway, no matter how strong their solidarity is, the power struggle among the Seven Knights is quite fierce. They are tightly united under the Godfather, but their unity among themselves is not that great.”

This was another story I heard for the first time.

Information that was never mentioned in the original work.

I just heard that it had a lot of shortcomings, but I didn’t know that it had these kinds of problems internally.

“There is a reason I am telling this story.”

“Yes. Recently, there was a power struggle between Evil Taker and Hwanmong over interests in the kingdom of Hwan, and I have received information that Godfather stopped them both and made a proposal.”

Information I had never heard in the original.

That’s why his expression suddenly darkened.

Above all, I didn’t know that the existence of the ‘Godfather’ would be revealed so soon.

“Is that proposal to bring Yeouiju?”

“That’s not it. Yeouiju is just a means to cause that incident. Perhaps a bigger incident will occur.”

Those words gave me a headache.

It was definitely good information, but it actually gave me more to think about.

“What do you know about this?”

“Unfortunately, this is all I know. Even if I swear by magic.”

A wind blew from him, caused by the manifestation of magical powers like mine.

This means that it is not really a lie.

“Okay. I’ll keep my promise.”

As I was about to get up and go outside, Arman’s voice stopped me in my tracks.

“What happens to me?”

After thinking about this for a moment, I quickly turned my head and glanced at him.

“I’ll think about what to do with you.”

“What a cruel answer….”

He moved on without answering the following words.

“You seem to have a lot on your mind?”

As I left A-2, Hyeolhwa spoke to me with a worried expression.

“Well… They’re such vicious people. I can’t even guess how they’ll react.”

As I listened to that, one incident came to mind.

That is the ‘Yeongwangneung Tomb Robbery Incident’, which occurred around the end of the first year.

Prim Verekaus, the ‘Evil Taker’ who led the elite force dispatched directly from Cassus, robbed the Yeonghwangneung, one of the imperial tombs of the Gohwan Empire, and in the process came into conflict with the Daehanpalmun, including the Taebaekmun.

‘At that time, Wolyeongmun dispatched Cheongwoldan, Kim Yebin, and Hyeolhwa, and the result was….’

Death of blood.

Yes, the incident suspected in this case is the event where Hyeolhwa dies.

‘Let’s not take it too seriously, we’re not even sure it’s that incident yet.’

Many fates have already changed.

Even if that incident did occur, all that was needed was to take measures to prevent the bloodshed from interfering.

“Your complexion doesn’t look so good. Are you really okay? Do you want to rest for a bit?”

“It’s just my feeling, I’m really okay.”

For now, I decided to cover it up.

I don’t know about the other cases, but I didn’t want to tell her about this case.

“There’s still a lot of information to find out. Let’s go to Kang Mu-yeon.”

“If you don’t mind….”

Although he was saying that, there was still a hint of worry in Hyeonhwa’s expression.

However, I tried hard to pretend not to know and headed to the next room.

Room E-5, located below Room A-2, was a less strict room than Room A.

The reason why Kang Mu-yeon, a SS-class strongman, was imprisoned in a place like this was simple.

‘In the last fight, my mana circle was completely ruined because of Jeong Dong-Hyeon.’

He is the leader of Sa-wol-dan, a group of armed groups in Wolyeong-mun that are famous for having the most mercilessness.

This was clearly revealed in this battle as well.

Kang Mu-yeon, who was brutally beaten, was now no different from an ordinary person because the circle was completely destroyed.

‘This is miserable.’

Kang Mu-yeon was tied to the bed with bandages wrapped all over her body.

Her condition was so dire that a medical professional was called in.

“It’s brave to be alive.”

Of course, I didn’t feel any pity at all.

She deserves to be like this because she committed a crime and should be grateful that she is even alive.

“Lee Hyun… I’m going to kill you.”

“You can kill me in that condition.”

There was no way that Kang Mu-yeon’s threat, which was barely able to open her mouth, was scary at all.

Then she glared at me as if she was going to kill me at any moment.

“Are you here to insult me?”

“Hey, why are you wasting your time doing something like that? I need the information you have.”

“Torture me, even if it means torture. I don’t intend to say a single word.”

This woman and Kang Mu-won were the ones who effectively led Savior in place of the young Yong-son, Lee Hye-yeon.

In the last battle, Kang Mu-won was killed and most of the remaining Savior officers were annihilated, so in reality, this woman was the only person who could talk about Savior and the old Hwan Empire.

“Are you okay? You know who is in charge of your organization’s precious dragon guest. Yes.”

At the quiet mocking words, Kang Mu-yeon trembled and shouted loudly, trying to get up at any moment.

“You crazy bastard! Yongson is not someone someone like you can dare touch!”

I didn’t understand why that little blood was causing such a fuss, but as expected, I could see that Lee Hye-yeon was a good bargaining chip.

‘That’s why I’m making sure not to hurt even a single tickle.’

Lee Hye-yeon is like Savior’s last hope.

If only she could hold it in her hands, she could shake up Savior as she pleased.

“Aren’t you afraid of the heavens? How can someone with dragon blood do such a thing…?”

“Oh, it’s noisy. Should I kill you right now?”

A thick murderous aura flowed from him.

Then, Kang Mu-yeon became quiet like a ghost.

It seemed like he realized the seriousness of the situation.

“what do you want….”

As expected, they were the kind of guys who had to use threats to get people to notice.

I looked into her shaking eyes and smiled.

“I need a lot of information. Especially information about the Royal Tomb of the King.”

I originally intended to ask for other information first, but I changed my priorities.

First of all, it was a priority to protect the blood.

“The Royal Tomb of the Emperor… Do you know about it?”

“what?”

“There is a black magic stone hidden in the Emperor’s tomb, and with that black magic stone, you can open the Hell Gate.”

I was beyond surprised by the unexpected information.

* * *

The information I heard from Kang Mu-yeon was quite shocking.

First of all, the biggest part is that the black magic stone is hidden in the tomb of King Yeonghwang.

In the original work, the Yeonghwangneung Tomb robbery incident was barely prevented by the power of the Eight Great Gates of Korea, including the main characters, and the invasion of Cassus was repelled and the ‘Evil Taker’ was driven out.

Of course, in the process, Kim Ye-bin was seriously injured, Hyeol-hwa died, and ‘Evil Taker’ lost an arm, but other than that, there was no other information.

‘Because the focus was on the death of Hyeolhwa and the crisis at Wolyeongmun, there was little mention of Yeonghwangneung.’

To begin with, the story of ‘Pandora Second’ itself had many ambiguous parts.

The players pointed this out quite a bit, and the result is what brought me to where I am today.

‘What kind of game story hides so many things… . Above all, isn’t the information that you can open the Hell Gate with the Black Magic Stone very important information? They never told you this important fact even once in all of the numerous routes?’

Of course, listening to Kang Mu-yeon, it seemed that even the Great Korean Academy didn’t know this information, but even considering that, it was hard to understand.

‘By the way… So this is the reason why Evil Taker went to such great lengths to rob the Yeonghwang Mausoleum.’

In the original work, it was said that the empire had hidden a treasure, but I never expected that the treasure would be a black magic stone.

On the one hand, it was understandable why Eviltaker went to such lengths to rob the tomb of the Emperor.

‘Being able to open the Hell Gate is a huge card for Cassus. If he gets it, his standing within the organization will be greatly elevated.’

In the end, it was a story that escalated to a power struggle between the dreamers.

“Hyun-ah!”

“Ah… I’m sorry I called you.”

“I asked if you were going to see Lee Hye-yeon too.”

“I’m planning on going to see it tomorrow instead of today. But Hyeolhwa. Can I go see Lee Hye-yeon alone?”

Until just now, there was no problem with the blood flower being nearby.

However, when I met Lee Hye-yeon, I wished she wasn’t there.

“Is there something you have to hide from me?”

“It’s not that I’m hiding it… It’s just that I don’t want you to see it.”

What I did to Lee Hye-yeon was like trauma to Hyeol-hwa.

That’s why I didn’t want to do it in front of her.

“sorry….”

“No, there must be a reason for everything you do.”

Infinite trust.

That’s why I felt even more sorry towards her.

I can’t help but do the same thing as the person who hurt her so badly.

Still, I couldn’t help but do what I wanted to do.

“You’re still going to tell me, right?”

For a moment, I had a thought about this.

But I couldn’t continue to fool her.

“Okay… I’ll tell you everything this time.”

“Yes, I believe you.”

Those words gave me strength, but at the same time they broke my heart.

Still, he tried to keep a calm expression and bowed his head for a moment.

“Then I’ll go and come back.”

* * *

An alley located between a forest of buildings in the center of Cheongjin City.

There, a familiar face was waiting for me.

“That’s amazing… Hyuna.”

The one who appeared in the darkness was Son Harang, smiling brightly.

A meaningful laugh that feels different from the usual innocent laugh.

It was a rather creepy sight, but I didn’t think much of it.

“I didn’t know it was you who called me.”

“I needed your help.”

“By the way, how did you know?”

In an instant, a thick murderous aura spread around the surroundings.

Son Harang, whose smiling face soon turned into a cold expressionless expression, quietly let out a lower voice than usual.

“My identity?”