The Lord Becomes the Leader - Chapter 228



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#228 Deterrence

Ugh─.

Danmokjungsan gritted his teeth.

It was so heavy.

The immense power of Man-geun pressed down on him, forcing him to his knees. However, he did not want to kneel before an unidentified being.

“Who are you… … !”

He asked with a growl.

Already his back was half-bent, and his knees were shaking like aspen trees. Danmokjungsan desperately held out against the crown prince’s words.

In contrast to him, who was holding on so pitifully, the crown prince smiled leisurely.

“The nickname Samjon was not an empty one.”

He sat down in the seat where Jin Tae-cheon had been sitting until just now. Jin Tae-cheon stood behind him.

Just by looking at the seats, Danmokjungsan could see a clear hierarchy between the two.

The crown prince’s black eyes became slightly darker.

“Even so, he’s just a human. It’s just a matter of time, so I’ll wait for you.”

He said, ‘Jim.’

That crooked Jin Tae-cheon follows the other person without the slightest sense of resistance.

And the golden dragon robe.

Danmokjungsan had a rough idea of ​​his opponent’s identity.

─Someone crossed the Yangtze River in the zodiac.

One of the pieces of information I came across through Haomen came to mind.

─Perhaps the crown prince.

We don’t know exactly who it is, but considering that there are only a very small number of royal family members currently in existence, it would be the crown prince.

And only when you become the crown prince will you show Jin Tae-cheon that kind of attitude.

The prince turned his head towards Jin Tae-cheon without even glancing at Danmok Jung-san’s efforts.

“True, true.”

“yes.”

“What about the South Sea?”

“Let’s check out Haesingul as soon as the sun rises tomorrow.”

The crown prince nodded.

“Okay.”

Danmokjungsan, dripping with cold sweat and his muscles turning red.

The crown prince opened his mouth after glancing at his pitiful voice.

“If the Sea God has awakened properly, he will die before he even gets close. Send only those who are worth dying for.”

“There is no one who needs to be saved anyway.”

The crown prince looked back at Jin Tae-cheon blankly.

He nodded a few times with a small smile.

“I leave that to your judgment.”

“thank you.”

“By the way, why did this martial artist come all of a sudden?”

“… … .”

Jin Tae-cheon couldn’t answer.

Danmokjungsan came in like the wind and started talking to me without thinking.

There is no one in Nammurim who doesn’t know that he is always moving around.

However, this does not mean that he is someone who randomly enters the other seven families’ houses.

The crown prince asked again as Jin Tae-cheon’s silence grew longer.

“Is it because of the ‘cleaning’ done outside?”

“I did stumble upon the Heuksaldae incident, but that is what the author saw after coming to Gwangju.”

“You still don’t know why you came to this land?”

“Let’s find out now.”

Jin Tae-cheon took both hands out of his sleeves.

The fierce momentum of Jin Ga Taegeuk Chuan is gathering.

Danmokjungsan shouted in disbelief at Jin Taecheon who was trying to attack him out of the blue.

“If you just ask, they’ll tell you that much─!”

“… … .”

“I heard that the opening ceremony of the Demonic Cult will be held early next month, so I came to find out.”

“Opening ceremony? In Guangdong?”

“Yes! I came to find out since that’s what the cult leader said himself.”

Jin Tae-cheon’s eyebrows rose.

It was not that I didn’t know that the Demonic Cult wanted to enter Guangdong.

But it didn’t matter anyway.

Just when we were starting to run out of offerings, fresh ones started popping up on their own, so we just had to wait and see.

But trying to wave a flag to show that they were here was something else entirely.

“That’s interesting.”

The crown prince smiled strangely.

He rested his chin on his hand and turned his gaze towards Jin Tae-cheon.

“Oh, this is bad timing.”

“I will solve it.”

“By what means?”

Jin Tae-cheon clenched his fist.

Most of the loyal troops that followed him were killed.

Today’s Black Death Squad will succeed, but more than half of them will probably lose their lives.

The power of the Guangdong Jin family has actually shrunk to between one-tenth and one-third of its prime.

“Even if we defeat the Demonic Cult today, won’t the martial artists flock to the flags they wave?”

If there are many other people in Guangdong, their plans will be shaken.

At Lee Chun-bong’s one word, Jin Tae-cheon felt like he was trapped in a maze with no exit.

“Jin Tae-cheon.”

“yes.”

“I will call the Black Weapons Army.”

“… … !”

Thud─.

At that moment, Danmokjungsan could no longer endure it and knelt down.

He bowed to the crown prince with all five limbs prostrating himself as if he were bowing to Buddha.

The crown prince looked at him briefly as if he also felt sorry for him, then spoke to Jin Tae-cheon again.

“Are you ready?”

“I have been prepared for this for a long time. I will offer all of Gwangju to the imperial family.”

Thud─.

Jin Tae-cheon knelt on one knee and bowed his head.

The crown prince looked at him with a languid expression and then gestured. His body rose on its own.

“Then, show me your determination. It’s a big gamble for me to call in the Black Weapons Army while avoiding His Majesty’s eyes.”

Jin Tae-cheon looked away blankly.

At the end of it was a trembling mountain of single-timbered trees.

The crown prince suddenly got up and whispered behind him.

“Prove that you are worthy of ‘ascension’ unlike other martial artists.”

“… … .”

“Then I will leave the earth with you, open the door, and head toward heaven.”

Danmokjungsan’s eyes shook.

It was hard to believe what I was seeing before my eyes.

The crown prince bewitches Jin Tae-cheon as if he were performing a magic trick of the Demonic Cult, and Jin Tae-cheon steadily increases his internal energy.

“insect.”

The unique and powerful energy of the Guangdong Jin family soars.

In the bitter wind, Danmokjungsan shouted, overcoming the power of his words.

“Jin Tae-cheon─! Come to your senses!”

“I feel more alert than ever before.”

“The Inspector knows I’m here! Dealing with me won’t solve anything.”

“We’ll worry about that when the time comes.”

Hooo …

A murderous current swirls around his fist.

The crown prince’s languid smile deepened even more. Danmokjungsan closed his eyes tightly.

If there is even a little bit of space, I can get my body out─.

Hwaaaa …

The aftermath of the fire bombs that Namgung Han gathered and detonated at once.

The night disappears.

A bright flash of lightning pierced through the windows of the mansion. The explosion that followed shook the windows and objects in the mansion without stopping.

Some drawers were wide open.

That moment.

Danmokjungsan’s small eyes sparkled.

At the same time, Jin Tae-cheon’s fist extended.

Tai Chi Chuan.

Left-handed gun.

The fastest fist.

But it was thrown with enough force to shatter Danmokjungsan’s head in one blow.

Phew─.

there was nothing.

He, who had clearly been unable to move at the crown prince’s command, disappeared. The crown prince also opened his eyes wide.

I didn’t know that I would escape from my own words and run away in an instant like this.

Then, he discovered a straw doll lying on the spot where Danmokjungsan had been lying down.

“Huh, it’s Jeung.”

The crown prince rose from his seat, approached, and picked up Jeung.

It’s not something a martial artist would carry around.

Because it is a cursed doll that is usually carried around by sorcerers or Taoists to receive the curses that are supposed to befall them.

Danmokjungsan used Jeung to ward off the crown prince’s orders and then escaped in the meantime.

Jin Tae-cheon frowned when he first saw Je-woong.

“I will chase after you.”

“No. It’s done.”

The crown prince held tightly to the sword that Danmokjungsan had left behind.

Then, like a piece of firewood that has been burned and broken into pieces, it crumbled into black powder.

“This too must be karma for ascension.”

“yes.”

“And you said that the Demonic Cult will be holding its opening ceremony soon?”

“I will stop it. I will lead the Black Weapons Army and slaughter them all─”

“I miss you.”

The crown prince looked out the window.

Then, the closed window opened with a jerk, and the distant view of the South Sea was revealed.

“The martial artist who just arrived said he came because of the Demonic Cult.”

“That’s right.”

“In the end, the new demon cult leader interfered in both the Demon Dragon Island and the Inbu.”

At that moment, the crown prince thought of the Northern Axis King, Beili Kang.

If there are three gods in the Southern Murim, there is a tyrant in the Northern Murim. The Northern River is so strong that it is openly said that the three must join forces to defeat it.

I heard that the Bukri River was bitten by a demon cult leader who had only recently reached his prime.

And now it’s completely disrupting his plans.

“Our ‘ascension’ will succeed.”

“… … .”

“Before success, heaven arranges its greatest enemy. What is the leader’s name?”

“My name is Lee Chun-bong.”

The crown prince immediately clicked his tongue.

He made a face as if he had heard a name he shouldn’t have heard.

“Every time I hear it, I feel that it is a truly ominous name.”

“Is it because of the Heavenly Sword?”

“Are you curious?”

“Yes, it’s been decades since Cheongeom died.”

Cheongeom, Lee Chun-bong.

Although he is called the best in the world, more than half of the martial arts people consider him to be the best in the world.

A secret Buddhist sect from Yunnan.

The Cross of Nammurim.

The Bukcheon River in the north.

A great hero who conquered the three regions of Central Plains except the East.

His gentle nature and easygoing personality, as well as the great sword that supports him.

It was understandable why the royal family was wary of him.

But it was a little strange for Jin Tae-cheon to see him, who had been dead for a long time, treated with such ominousness.

“If there had been no Heavenly Sword, our ascension would have happened decades ago.”

“… … !”

“With just that one power, he is the one who has become the deterrent for not only us, but also the Central Plains and all of Heaven. But it’s not a common name, so why did someone with the same name appear?”

The crown prince smiled faintly.

“You’re interfering with us. No, you’re interfering with me.”

He wondered whether the Emperor would be as wary of the Demon Lord as he was of the Demon Lord.

At the same time, if they make good use of their enemies who interfere with their plans.

It occurred to me that I might be able to tweak the ‘plan’ to my own taste.

The prince quickly reversed the plan.

“Attacks on the Demonic Cult are prohibited. I would like to witness their opening ceremony.”

It’s difficult to see them all one by one.

I wanted to see them all together at once.

Jin Tae-cheon bowed his head without saying anything and followed his words. However, his eyes were focused on a corner drawer of the cabinet.

One space was open due to the effect of the fireball earlier.

There was a folding chair.

Because of the darkness of the drawer, it was difficult to see clearly, but the woman’s hair was visible.

“I will follow.”

There is something I want back.

That’s why Jin Tae-cheon could do anything.

The crown prince looked at him with his unreadable black eyes and snickered.

* * *

The sun began to rise slowly.

The long, hot night is coming to an end.

In the meantime, the martial artists who had been saving people and roaming around the collapsing Gwangju sat down one by one.

“Thank you, sir.”

Lee Ha-ryong looked at the little girl who came in front of him.

There was a small flower in the girl’s hand.

There were also traces of ashes from the night before on the petals. Perhaps they had been hastily wiped with a cloth before being brought to Lee Ha-ryong.

“I know that it was you who saved my younger sibling yesterday, but I didn’t know who saved him, so I just came looking for the highest person.”

Lee Chu-ryang, who was standing next to me, snickered.

He hit Lee Ha-ryong on the back once and moved away.

He responded coldly to the girl.

“It’s something that should be done.”

Swish─.

But the hands were different.

He reached out with his only hand and held the girl’s wildflower. He soon treasured it in his arms and placed it in the girl’s ear.

“So you do what you have to do.”

“……yes!”

The girl turned around with a blush on her face.

Lee Ha-ryong tried to get up from his seat, thinking it was nothing serious.

“Hoo.”

Samhyeolmunju Jang Ik-du and Gaesan priest Yeong Ho-gwang stood side by side and watched.

Lee Ha-ryong waved his hand at the two of them’s burdensomely sensitive gaze.

When the confusion subsides like that.

Thud─.

A man came down across the blue sky.

“Why Gwangju!?”

Jin Cheong-cheon was shocked by the sight of the burnt scene and grabbed his head.

Geom-hu and Gu-wol-myeong, who were next to him, sharply aimed their momentum at the unusual battlefield.

and.

“Good job.”

Lee Chun-bong smiled brightly at everyone.

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