Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 365



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 365

Truth (5)

“Yes, Inooom~!!”

Hearing the loud shouts coming from behind, the eunuch couldn’t even look back and just kept moving his feet.

It was truly a blessing.

Since his missions were mainly assassination and chasing down people, he had some expertise in light combat.

Although they were a bit behind in terms of swordsmanship, at least their lightness was not greatly lacking, and the horrible incident of the screams coming from behind getting closer and closer did not occur.

“I will never leave you alone!!”

As if its neck was made of eternal iron, the pursuing Dokgo Dragon continued to scream without stopping.

“Ugh. Ugh.”

How long has it been since I last ran this hard, out of breath?

Eunuch Cha, who had been practicing light martial arts for several hours, was really starting to realize what it felt like to have a sweet taste in his mouth after such a long time.

It wasn’t just a matter of physical strength or muscle. The internal energy that had always been overflowing since entering the Inhae-gyeong was also slowly coming to an end.

“You will not return alive!!”

I ran for a while, trying hard to ignore the screams coming from behind me again.

The eunuch’s eyes, which had been worn out from fatigue, opened wide.

It was a horse.

A horse was grazing on the meadow.

It was unclear whether it was a horse that had been lost due to a mistake by some tribe, or whether it was one of the horses of the nomads they had killed and had wandered into the area.

No, the eunuch didn’t even have time to worry about such things in the first place.

“Ugh. Ugh.”

The eunuch quickly flew up and climbed onto the horse’s back.

“Heeheeheehee!!”

The horse resisted harshly, but the eunuch used his internal energy to tenaciously hold onto his back and pressure him, so he eventually gave up on resisting.

“Hey!!”

As the eunuch spurred the horse, the horse began to run in the direction the eunuch intended.

Only then did the eunuch feel a little relieved and look back to see that Dokgo Ryong was right behind him.

The gap between the words had narrowed as they resisted.

“I’ll cut off all your limbs!!”

With a shout, the strong energy released by the great sword wielded by Dokgo Ryong flew towards the eunuch and the horse carrying him.

“Eeeeek!!”

Eunuch Cha pulled up all the internal energy he could from his danjeon and fired a powerful blast of energy at the enemy.

bang!!!

A huge explosion rang out, and the horses, startled by the explosion, ran at even faster speeds.

Hehehehehe~!!

In order to catch the eunuch with those words, Dokgo Ryong swung his sword again, and the eunuch, who knew that the moment the horse fell, he too would die, swung his sword at everything he could, prepared to suffer internal injuries.

“Ugh… .”

Even though his insides were shaking due to the internal injuries and blood was flowing down the corners of his mouth, he continued to swing his sword without stopping.

How long did it take for him to hold out so tenaciously?

At some point, the gap between me and Dokgo Ryong began to widen again.

This was because Dokgo Ryong’s internal energy was exhausted as he had been chasing the horse while spreading his lightness and shooting his spirit.

“Yes, Inooooom!!”

In the meantime, Dokgo Ryong was roaring loudly, and the eunuch let out a sigh of relief with a face that looked like it was about to die.

Still, with a sense of foreboding, the eunuch continued to ride his horse until Dokgo Ryong was out of sight.

“Haa. Haa.”

The eunuch stopped talking and went into the Yunkiyosang to catch his breath.

It was to recover from the internal injuries he suffered because of Dokgo Ryong and to fill up his danjeon a little.

I spent a lot of time focusing on recovering from my injuries.

The eunuch woke up with a start.

“I will chase you even to the ends of hell!!”

It was because of Dokgo Ryong’s scream.

The eunuch was so startled during the breakfast that he almost fell into a state of possession by a magic wand.

The eunuch, who had barely calmed down his internal energy, turned his head and saw Dokgo Ryong riding towards him on horseback.

There were also other people next to him.

The group that had dealt with the remnants of their classmates rode their horses to join Dokgo Ryong.

The eunuch mounted his horse again and began to flee towards the southeast.

“Get out of here!!!”

Avoiding the Dokgo Dragon who keeps yelling without getting tired.

It was a long and terrifying journey.

After another half day of riding, the horse became so exhausted that it stopped walking, and the eunuch had no choice but to jump off the horse and perform a light dance.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the words the cultists spoke of also spread just as quickly.

After that, they continued the chase, using their legs instead of horses.

The chase continued for a day, with both sides engaging in light combat.

The remnants of the Demonic Cult, unable to keep up with Dokgo Ryong and the eunuch’s lightness of movement, had fallen so far away that they were no longer visible.

But in the end, I couldn’t stop walking because Dokgo Ryong was chasing me.

Eventually, after my internal energy was exhausted, it really turned into pure running.

How long did I have to run without being able to sleep or eat properly?

Even as his mind wandered, a terrifying scream kept piercing into the eunuch’s ears.

“I will never let you live!!”

It was Dokgo Ryong’s scream.

In Eunuch Cha’s mind, the mission he had been assigned and the goal of gaining Taekonggong’s trust had long since been erased.

From some point on, the eunuch had been running with only one thought in mind: to escape Dokgo Ryong’s clutches and to survive.

He kept running, covered in dirt, sweat, and blood, and even feces and urine, not even having time to rest.

After running around like that for a while, looking miserable, he saw a familiar building.

“Haa. Haa.”

The eunuch ran blindly toward it as if it were the only escape route from hell.

“Yes, Inooom~!!”

As expected, Dokgo Ryong, who was chasing the eunuch, shouted and tried to follow him, but he had to stop after seeing the castle walls in the distance.

It was a government fortress built to prepare for invasion by nomads.

Dokgo Ryong snorted harshly.

“Hmm.”

Dokgo Ryong was also struggling to chase after the eunuch. He didn’t have any internal energy left in his danjeon, and he couldn’t move his limbs properly.

If he was in good health, it wouldn’t matter. Dokgo Ryong knew very well that rushing there now was no different from committing suicide.

It’s just that he acts like a lone wolf because of his innate temper and the remnants of the magic that he’s been suffering from for decades. Dokgo Ryong, who had already escaped from his demonic power, was not a man who would be swayed by magic.

‘If it’s about dying for the new religion, then I don’t know. Going in there is just a dog’s death.’

Finally, he stopped walking and let out one last scream with all his might.

“I will definitely slaughter you with my own hands someday!! Until then, wash your neck clean!!!”

At that scream, the eunuch who had been running towards the castle walls in a daze trembled as if he was having a fight.

* * *

There was a group of people entering Nanju in Gansu Province.

Most of them, regardless of gender, boasted sturdy physiques.

They were the people of the Hwangbo family who came all the way from Shandong to Nanju.

Hwangbo Ak, the head of the Hwangbo Sega family, and his daughters Hwangbo Yeon and Hwangbo Sehee, looked around Nanju, who had returned after nearly a year, and headed to the sutras of the Maitreya Buddhism.

When they arrived there, the believers of the Maitreya Buddhism guided them as if they had been waiting for them.

“Your Majesty, the incarnation of Maitreya awaits you.”

Hwangbo Ak, accompanied by Hwangbo Yeon and Hwangbo Sehee, followed the believers to a separate room prepared for them.

When we arrived there, there was the King of Openness, the Sohogae, the follower, the chief of Cheongseongpa, the Jinin of Cheongmok, the Taegeuk Sword Master of the shaman, and the Unbaek Dojo.

Since the Huangbo family in Shandong was particularly far away, others had already arrived in Nanzhou and were waiting for the Huangbo family.

“Thank you all for coming here.”

When it seemed like everyone who was needed had gathered, Ichimoku first took the lottery ticket and showed his respect to them.

“Why have you gathered everyone here? Have you found any clues about the Blood Cult?”

In response to the first greeting, the head of the Cheongseongpa asked a question first.

Cheongseong had been listening to the words of the Mireukmyungyo for almost a year and had been searching for traces of the blood sect, but he had not yet found any evidence.

This was the same for the other forces as well, and they all looked at each other with expressions filled with various emotions.

“Our Maitreya Buddhism has also not yet found any traces of the Blood Sect. However, while chasing the Blood Sect, we have found more serious traces.”

“A trace more serious than the blood sect? What do you mean?”

“Have you found any traces of the Demonic Cult?”

At their startled reaction, Ichimoku calmly opened his mouth.

“First of all, as I said before, we at the Maitreya Sect believe that the Blood Sect used deception tactics to pretend to be annihilated. That’s where our doubts began. Then, why on earth did they commit such a massacre in Gwiju Castle?”

Some tilted their heads as if they didn’t understand, while others nodded as if they understood.

“Well, since they are a blood cult, they committed massacres, right? To make some kind of ritual object or perform some kind of sorcery by sacrificing humans.”

Hwang Bo-ak asked as a representative.

In fact, since most of the martial artists were thinking this way, no one suspected it.

The fact that the Blood Cult committed massacres was not at all unusual, although it was a terrible thing.

“If you think about the situation in the Central Plains before, it doesn’t make sense. Those of you here may not be like that, but back then, there were definitely more than a few people who fought over territory using the Blood Cult as an excuse.”

At Ilmok’s words, some people made bitter expressions, and others clicked their tongues with a look of displeasure.

Rather than feeling dissatisfied with the whole thing, it was dissatisfaction with those who had done such a disgraceful thing.

“Rather, if you committed such a massacre while abandoning the situation where the Blood Cult was able to operate comfortably, there should at least be some benefit to it. For example, the benefit of completing the Jiangshi that was not completed during the Sachonbidong. The problem is why you are hiding the Jiangshi that you completed to such an extent even now.”

Only then, when everyone seemed to realize that something was strange, Ichimoku continued speaking.

“So, we thought about it the other way around. ‘What if the bloodshed was caused by a third force, not the Blood Cult?’ So, while investigating the area around Guizhou where the massacre took place, we ended up discovering traces of a certain force.”

The audience focused on Ichimoku’s story with shining eyes.

“Where was that place?”

“At first, we didn’t know it, but as we followed the trail, we happened to encounter a certain force. They were eunuchs.”

“Classmates!!”

At the mention of eunuch, some people were startled and shouted.

As Ilmok nodded to their shouts, King Geul asked.

“Why on earth would a classmate do such a terrible thing…?”

Some, including King Geulwang and Sohogae, looked at each other with a mixture of doubt and disbelief.

“We also found that strange, so we continued to track down our classmate. Many people lost their lives in the process, but we were able to obtain very important information.”

Everyone kept their mouths shut and looked at Ichimoku’s mouth, as if asking him to quickly tell them the information.

Ilmok placed the letters he had prepared in advance on the table one by one.

These were the letters that Amyeonggak obtained while chasing his classmates in the past.

“These are letters I obtained through haggling with my classmates. Also, by comparing these letters with the words of some of my classmates whom I was lucky enough to capture, I was able to decipher their secret language to some extent.”

Finally, Ilmok placed the letter that Seo Wan-pyeong had barely managed to obtain on the table.

“And this is a letter written by the leader of the alliance, Cheokpaemyeong. If there is anyone who knows the leader’s handwriting, you can check it.”

When they heard that it was a letter from the leader, those gathered reacted with surprise once again.

In the meantime, King Geulwang came forward and read Cheokpaemyeong’s letter.

“The content is nothing special, but the handwriting is very similar to that of the leader.”

“We obtained this letter while chasing after our classmate. So, we tried to decipher it, thinking it might be a secret message from our classmate. But the result was absurd.”

“What is the result?”

“It was a request to send someone to the north to uncover the secrets of our Maitreya Buddhism.”

At Ichimoku’s words, the atmosphere in the room was greatly divided.

Some people believed his words to some extent and were surprised, but others openly showed signs of disbelief.

“Honestly, I find it hard to believe.”

“Doesn’t this information seem too advantageous to the Maitreya Buddhism?”

The leader of the Taegeuk Swordsman and Cheongseongpa took turns saying so. King Geul also had a strong feeling of wanting to maintain neutrality.

“You can check it by comparing it with the secrets of your classmates here. Also, the reason I brought this up was not simply to say that the leader of the group, Cheokpae-myeong, was a spy of your classmates. As you all think, it is too much information that is advantageous to us.”

“???”

Everyone gathered looked puzzled at the mention that there was still more to the story.

“As I said before, we followed our classmates. Incredibly, their traces extended not only to the Murim Alliance, but also to the Cheonmasingyo.”

Ilmok continued the story.

As a result of chasing down his classmates, it was revealed that Deungbi, the former head of the Cheonmasingyo sect, was also a lackey of the imperial family.

People couldn’t keep their mouths shut after hearing a series of shocking news.

“So, you’re saying that your classmate was doing tricks with both the Murim Alliance and the Demonic Cult? And at the same time?”

“That’s right.”

“Unless you’re crazy, there’s no reason to do that, right?”

“That’s right. There’s no reason for the royal family to place a Sejak in the Murim Alliance, which is a nation of one, and what would be the point of taking control of both places at the same time?”

“Those demonic cult members have no reason to go under the imperial family, and since they say that official duties are inviolable, what good will it do if a lackey of the imperial family becomes the leader?”

As people continued to express their thoughts here and there, Ilmok stood still and listened to their stories.

And without missing the moment of silence, Ilmok asked again.

“We thought so at first too. But think about it the other way around. What if the imperial family sent Sejak to the Demonic Cult and the Martial Arts Alliance, but had no intention of absorbing them in the first place?”

Everyone was making puzzled expressions, wondering what kind of nonsense this was.

Perhaps because he was accustomed to handling information, King Geul-wang muttered with a pale expression.

“… The royal family was planning to completely purge the martial arts people.”

Those with a bit of an open mind could quickly infer the situation from King Geul’s words.

“Such a horror….”

While everyone was shocked, King Geul, who was the first to notice the imperial conspiracy, frowned.

Because I realized something strange.

“What on earth are you?”

While everyone was looking puzzled by the unexpected question, King Geul continued speaking.

“I’m not being arrogant, but our Gaebong is also a group with some unique information, but your information power is incomparable to our Gaebong. For a force that has only just appeared in the Central Plains for a few years, it’s excessive.”

Ilmok swallowed a sigh inwardly. He had somewhat expected this to happen.

Whether they sympathized with the King’s question or not, the others were also looking at Ilmok with expressions full of doubt.

Slowly turning his head, he scanned the room and made eye contact with each of them. Then, Ichimoku moved his hand to remove the angry Four Heavenly Kings masks that were covering his face.

Bam.