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 Chapter 161 - Into the snake’s mouth (4) Chapter 161: Into the snake’s mouth (4) If they return from scouting three clans, then Yeowun will be able to find out. They would have seen people going in and out of each mansion, so it was likely they will find out who was behind this. And at dinner time, the time for three people to come was up. First one to return was Ko Wanghur who went to scout Lust clan. Wanghur said that there were people going in and out of Lust clan, but they didn’t mobilize any of their forces, or had sign of preparing warriors. Yeowun also asked if Wanghur saw any man covering his face with bamboo hat, but Wanghur said no. “So, it’s not the Lust clan.” “I think so. It is likely from Wise or Sword clan.” And if two others come, who was behind was going to be found out. And hour had passed. But Bakgi or Sama Chak did not return from their scouting. “They are being too late.” The sun was already going down. Hu Bong kept waiting outside the gate, but there was no one returning to them. ‘…Dammit.’ Chun Yeowun and his members realized something had gone wrong. At the same time, at mansion of Wise clan to the north of the castle. Middle aged woman was sitting down at the living room, watching reddened sky. It was Lady Mu of the Wise clan. And as she drank her tea, warriors from Wise clan walked into the yard valiantly. AT the front, there was old man with long white hair, and middle aged man with long beard. Warriors to their back was carrying two young men who had passed out. They laid down two men in front of Lady Mu. Old man smiled and spoke to Lady Mu. “As you said, we found him hiding near the Sword clan’s mansion. He was quite strong.” The old man’s upper clothes had many footsteps on it. Old man looked at the young man on the ground. It was Bakgi. He was pale, possibly from internal damage, and had sword wound on his blood points, that stained his clothes with blood. And another young man next to him was Sama Chak. Sama Chak who was checking on the Wise clan, was attacked by man with long beard. Sama Chak too had pale face, looking like he had gained internal damage. But the middle aged man too had many wounds. “It seems you put some effort.” “…That young one was established super master level.” Middle aged man couldn’t defeat Sama Chak alone. He was barely fighting at equal, so if it wasn’t for his warriors, he would not have captured Sama Chak. “I’m ashamed.” Lady Mu smiled through her veil and spoke. “It’s okay. You accomplished your mission. So, we are ready then. I’m sure that peasant will be confused who to blame for his missing member between us and the Sword clan.” As Lady Mu became pleased, bearded man thought to himself. ‘She is terrifying woman.’ Man had worked for Lady Mu for over 20 years, but he had never seen a person who was more cunning then she was. As soon as she heard that Yeowun revealed himself in front of the crowd at the street, she immediately recognized Yeowun was setting traps to find the culprit behind kidnapping of Guard Jang. ‘If she didn’t volunteer to become wife of the Lord, the leader of current Wise clan could have been her.’ Lady Mu was that much cunning. “So, who are these young men anyway?” She asked and the old man answered. “This young man is Bakgi, member of Pure Kick clan.” “Pure Kick? A man from high ranking clan. So, that peasant put some effort within the academy then. I didn’t expect him to have such servant.” Pure Kick clan was high ranking clan who was famous for their martial art skill. She expected Yeowun to gather some members for the competition, but it seems he had gotten more than she expected. “So, who is he then?” “Oh, actually I needed to ask you what you should do with him.” “Why?” “…He is son of 9th elder. He said he’s from Samu clan.” “Samu? You mean he’s son of Sama Yi?” “Yes, Lady.” Middle aged man had to capture his target as it was the order, but the target wasn’t like Guard Jang. The man even hesitated when he heard who this young man was. But Lady Mu was more surprised at another point. ‘He even recruited Samu clan…? He really is dangerous. I was right. If I don’t kill him while the Lord isn’t here, then he might become too powerful later to handle.’ Martial art, strategy and luck with people. Two former traits were something that can be trained through effort, but the third wasn’t in that regard. It was more of a fate for one to become leader above all else. And from hearing these two names, Lady Mu confirmed that she had to kill Chun Yeowun when she can. Chapter 162 - Into the snake’s mouth (5) Chapter 162: Into the snake’s mouth (5) At midnight, the castle of Demonic Cult was very cold. At the western side of the castle, there was mansion of the Poison clan. On every building above and around three hundred feet of the mansion, warriors from Wise clan were hiding over, checking on everything around them. And they found one person walking toward the Poison clan. The young man had black clothes with red embroidery, and long black hair with pale white face. ‘He does not have any weapon.’ He did not carry blade or sword that he always carried around. Warriors from Wise clan checked that he was unharmed and raised a flag. And with that, all warriors began flashing flags, that continued through the mansion of the Poison clan. AT the mansion, there were large courtyard where hundred warriors were waiting with arms. And on top of the building, there were archers, who readied to fire the moment they saw flags coming up. On the inside of the building, there was a table with Lady Mu sitting down on the chair, and drinking tea. On side of her, old man and man with long beard was standing like a guard. “He’s here.” Wise clan had been waiting here, ready for almost an hour now. They have prepared everything to send Chun Yeowun to his death. And soon, Yeowun entered the mansion. ‘They are ready for everything.’ As Yeowun walked in, he sensed over 200 warriors around. It was sure that these people were ready for anything. And as Yeowun walked in, Lady Mu smiled. ‘That boy now had become young man. A man who now threatens me.’ She made him not learn internal energy before entering the academy, and used Poison and Sword clan from behind to kill him with every method there is. But Yeowun had survived through everything and eventually came to hit her. Yeowun had left his arms as warned, but his energy coming out of his body showed how powerful he was. It was hard to believe that he became supreme level warrior, but after sensing such power, Lady Mu realized he was now probably top five rank in terms of power within the cult. All archers aimed their arrows, to fire at anytime to kill Chun Yeowun. Lady Mu waved at Yeowun. “We finally meet. Come here.” ‘That woman…’ Yeowun glared. The woman was the one who came with other women, before Yeowun’s mother Lady Hwa died, to have Yeowun promise that he will not learn internal energy before he enters the academy. ‘…So, she comes after me even after all these years.’ Hatred began to burn Yeowun’s heart down, and even made his saliva to go dry. But Yeowun was not a reckless boy anymore. He kept his coldness and faced Lady Mu across the table. Lady Mu smiled. “It’s been a long time since I saw you when you were young. Time flies… you resemble much of your mother.” When she first saw Yeowun in long time, she truly was reminded of Lady Hwa. It was disgusting to see Yeowun looking more like his mother, than his father Chun Yujong. “And you and your dirty mother are also same in making me do more work. I guess you two are same peasants after all, falling in such trap because of useless love. You are not fit for a greater purpose.” She truly scoffed at Chun Yeowun, who came to his death just because of worthless guard warrior. And at Lady Mu, Yeowun asked with emotionless face. “Where is Guard Jang and my servants?” “Are you that naïve? Do you truly believe I would have brought them here? What a fool.” She didn’t intend on letting them go form the start. If she kills Yeowun here, she was going to kill Guard Jang and persuade his servants to join Chun Muyun instead. But Yeowun looked weird. ‘Why is he not bothered by this?’ It was complete checkmate, but Chun Yeowun didn’t seem to mind it. In fact, it seemed he was confident that he can turn this situation upside down. “Your eyes… I don’t like that. Let’s seal your internal energy first, and we’ll talk more.” When Lady Mu raised her hand, middle aged man with long beard walked up and came to Yeowun. “If you want to keep your guard alive, then don’t resist.” The man threatened to Chun Yeowun with whispers. And at that moment, Yeowun glared coldly at the man and spoke with cold voice. “So, it was you.” The voice of bearded man. It was same as the voice of telepathic message that threatened Yeowun at the restaurant. The man then suddenly got scared at Yeowun remembering him, and reached out with his hand that wielded energy. “Your time is done!” And when his hand almost reached at Yeowun’s stomach, Yeowun quickly snatched the man’s wrist. “W-what?!” The man tried to pull his hand out by using energy, but his wrist didn’t even budge as if he was stuck under a giant rock. “Let me go! You…! Aaaaaaaaaargh!” And as Yeowun clenched on his hand, the man’s wrist snapped in opposite direction, and broken bone poked outside of his flesh. Lady Mu shouted angrily to Yeowun. “So, you don’t care if your guard dies! I can just snap my finger and he will…” But before she can finish, Yeowun threw something from his pocket over at the table. It was small wooden box. Lady Mu became suspicious and asked. “What is this?” “Check it yourself.” She became hesitant as she felt something wasn’t right, but she held up the box and opened it. Her eye shook as she checked what was inside. “…What is the meaning of this?” If she was not a martial artist of the cult but just regular woman, she would have dropped the box already. What’s inside was eyeball of a human. It seemed it was pulled out just while ago, that blood was still dripping from it. She was too shocked from the content of it. Yeowun then spoke to her with alluding voice. “What do you think? Who’s eyeball do you think it is?” Chapter 163 - Into the snake’s mouth (6) Chapter 163: Into the snake’s mouth (6) Four hours ago… Small hill at northeast corner of the Demonic Academy, there was a prison cave for criminals. Inside, there were two cadets who were decided on their expulsion from the academy. It was Chun Muyun and Mu Jinyun from the Wise clan. Two of them were locked up separately after four cadets had died few days ago. And at dark cave inside the prison cave, a small candle lit up the small interior where one man was sitting down, meditating. It was Chun Muyun. His internal energy had been sealed when he entered the cave, so only thing he can do was meditating. Any normal person will go mad when locked up in such small cave alone, but Chun Muyun held up with only one purpose. ‘…Chun Yeowun.’ He didn’t even care about the man when they entered the academy. Only one he watched out was Chun Yuchan and Chun Kungwun, princes from other clans. Even his mother, Lady Mu, told him that he didn’t need to care about Chun Yeowun. But that Chun Yeowun had humiliated him more than ever in his entire life. ‘This is not over yet.’ He had lost on the competition, but he knew that it wasn’t over. His mother, Lady Mu, was talented strategist and powerful warrior who hid her power. She was a type who needed to fulfill her goal and her goal right now was to make Chun Muyun as the heir to the throne. ‘Mother will make a move.’ He believed that Lady Mu will surely see through Chun Yeowun’s wicked plans and take care of him. Muyun hoped for that and held him back. Soon, Chun Yeowun will be at his knees, begging for his lives. ‘Mother will probably be taking care of…’ That’s when the giant stone blocking the entrance to the cave began to move. Muyun became surprised. ‘Finally…!’ He thought it was time. He knew that Lady Mu will not leave him in such cave for long. When the stone opened its entrance about half way, cold outside air freshened up inside. ‘It’s time.’ Muyun got up from his seat. When he tried to take step toward the entrance, Muyun became shocked at the person standing, blocking the entrance. To Muyun’s eye that had adapted to the darkness, it was clear who this person was. “How did you…! UGH!” But before he can finish, powerful energy pressed him down, sending him down on his knees. Even if his internal energy wasn’t sealed, this energy was too powerful for him to resist. Person walked up to Muyun who knelt down. The candle light lit up the man’s face. It was Chun Yeowun. ‘How did he come here?’ He couldn’t understand. He thought he was being freed from the cave, but it was actually Chun Yeowun. This place should have been guarded by instructors or guards, so it wasn’t sure why Chun Yeowun was here. Yeowun looked down coldly at Muyun and spoke. “Guard Jang is missing.” “Guard Jang?” Muyun did not know who this Guard Jang is. Yeowun ignored Muyun’s confusion and continued. “And those who kidnapped Guard Jang tells me to come right into the trap, if I want to let him live.” ‘…Ah!’ It was simple explanation, but Muyun instinctively knew who was behind this. It was certain his mother, Lady Mu, who have done this. Lady Mu was good at setting up such traps to deal with ones, even if the one was powerful. “…And what do you want me to do?” Muyun asked back coldly, holding back his feelings. Yeowun then flicked his hand with cold eyes, and Muyun’s two arms were pulled up forcefully. “W-what is this?! What are you doing?!” Muyun tried to resist by his physical power, but it was no use. With his two arm shoot straight up to the air, Yeowun’s hand began to shine in white sword qi. And with sword qi, Muyun couldn’t be calm anymore. “I was going to find Guard Jang and rescue him at first… but I changed my mind when I found out who was behind all this.” “?!” “Eye for an eye. That’s how I am going to solve this.” Yeowun decided to be merciless from now on. And even if he enters the snake’s mouth, there was no proof that these people will let Guard Jang live. “Let me ask you. How precious are you to the people of Wise clan… no. To your mother, Lady Mu?” The question held every plan Chun Yeowun was trying to do. Muyun’s heart began to pound. ‘He-he’s trying to keep me as a hostage!’ But if that was the case, what was with the sword qi? Was he trying to cut some part of his body to threaten her? Muyun tried to persuade Yeowun with shaking voice. “Chun Yeowun… think about it. If it is as you say, harming me won’t do good to that Guard Jang…” But before Muyun can finish speaking, Yeowun’s sword qi shoot through Muyun’s wrists. Two hands cut down and dropped to the ground. Muyun’s eye grew large from shock and he screamed in terrible pain coming from his wrist. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!” He wanted to drop to the ground and roll in pain, but Yeowun’s powerful energy pinned him straight up still as he bled. “Aaaaaaaargh!” He didn’t even think that Yeowun will cut his both hands. It wasn’t sure if Yeowun was trying to take him as a hostage, or just unleash his anger on him. Yeowun mumbled as he looked at two hands that were cut down on the ground. “Hmm… This isn’t enough.” “Nnnngh…. W-what do you mean?!” “Two hands aren’t enough. Will she be afraid if her son will die just by looking at this?” Chun Muyun, even in his pain, chilled to the bones at that words. It was so terrifying to even think about what Chun Yeowun will try to do, if cutting hands weren’t enough. ‘I-is he a demon?!’ And at that moment, Yeowun’s hand dug into Muyun’s right eye. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!” Without even blinking, Yeowun casually pulled out Muyun’s eye. A pain that could not even be compared to being his hands cut off came to him and Muyun passed out. And it was now back to four hours later. Lady Mu’s eye shook as if her eyes were having earthquake, as she looked down at the eyeball that was inside the wooden box. Yeowun just asked her who’s eye that is, but she could think of only one possible answer from that question. ‘Muyun…?’ With Muyun’s face coming up on her mind, she became infuriated. If this eye was really from Myun, then Yeowun was fighting back with hostage to hostage. ‘No… maybe he’s lying!’ Chapter 164 - Into the snake’s mouth (7) Chapter 164: Into the snake’s mouth (7) She then kept her calm. She remembered that Chun Muyun was still locked at the prison cave at the Demonic Academy. If Chun Yeowun had gotten out of the academy, then he was outsider there. ‘If he infiltrated the academy, Left Guardian would not have let him go free. This is a lie.’ Lady Mu then thought Yeouwn was bluffing, so she glared back and spoke. “It seems you tried hard to fool me. So, you harmed my boy at the academy? Do you think I will be fooled by…” “Oh, I forgot another thing.” “What?” Yeowun then placed down something else on the table. It was a medal that proved holder was member of the Wise clan, with red threads tied on the handle. Lady Mu knew what that was. ‘It’s the medal I gave it to him…!’ She finally realized why Yeowun didn’t seem afraid nor desparate. Lady Mu tried to get Yeowun by holding hostage, but she didn’t imagine she’ll be countered by the same method. She gritted her teeth. ‘I had him stay at the prison cave for nothing…!’ She thought it was better for Muyun to stay at the academy for now. But she didn’t expect Yeowun will even ignore the laws of the academy and do something to this point. She then thought she had to solve this problem in some way. She couldn’t bare to have Chun Yeowun do what he wants, meaning that Lady Mu lost to the schemes. ‘I’ll pretend on trading hostages and take him out.’ Lady Mu, not so relaxed like before, asked to Yeowun. “…What do you want?” “Guard Jang, Bakgi and Sama Chak.” “…If I let go of them, I’m sure you know what you need to do in return.” She meant that she wanted Chun Muyun. Yeowun nodded simply and Lady Mu raised her hand. Two warriors from Wise clan then came up to her. Lady Mu gave her red medal to them and ordered. “Go and release those hostages and bring them here.” “Yes, Lady.” Two warriors then jumped out of the mansion and Lady Mu turned back to Yeowun. “Now, I’ve done my part so you should do yours. Where is my boy? You came here alone, so I’ll send one of my own to fetch him.” This was what she planned. She was going to feign that she was agreeing to the hostage trade and kill those holding Muyun, and return back to the original state. But it wasn’t sure if Chun Yeowun will take the bite. If she was in Yeowun’s position, she would never spill the location until she receives her hostage first. “Hmmm…” Yeowun seemed to hesitate for a bit and answered. “My servants hold Chun Muyun and Mu Jinyun at the prison cave of the Demonic Academy.” Lady Mu’s eye glistened like a hawk that found its prey. She was concerned if Yeowun will not tell the location, but he had bit the bait. ‘FOOL! I thought he had become cunning, but he has far more to go.’ With this, Lady Mu was going to take back the upper hand again. But she also thought Yeowun was quite brave in his plan. She didn’t think Yeowun will hold her son back at the prison cave. ‘Well, that place is safer than most other places.’ She understood the reason behind it, as maybe Demonic Academy was safest place to hide hostages when Yeowun did not have many forces yet. Yeowun placed his medal of an Elder down at the tabale. “If you show this to my servants, they will bring hostage down here by themselves. Don’t try to do anything funny as they will not let go of them until we trade hostage here.” Members Yeowun had left were Ko Wanghur, Mun Ku and Hu Bong. It was going to be hard to handle them with weak warriors. Lady Mu turned to the old man standing at her back. “You heard him. Please.” [Kill all of them and bring our kids.] She ordered the true order through telepathic message. The old man was at end stage of super master level. Even if Yeowun’s members were strong, it was easy to kill them unless they were as strong as elders. Old man nodded with heavy look and took the elder medal from the table and jumped out of the mansion. And when the old man signaled, warriors hiding around the buildings followed him. With everything ordered, Lady Mu turned to Yeowun with satisfied look. ‘After I bring my kids here in safety, I will kill you miserably…’ And a hour had passed. It was about time for warriors who went to the Wise clan, or the old man who went to the prison cave to return with the kids. But they weren’t coming back. ‘Why are they being so late?’ Lady Mu was pretending if everything was alright while drinking tea, but she was getting nervous. Yeowun looked at her and scoffed. “Are you nervous?” “Hah. What are you talking about?” “You ordered end stage super master level warrior to kill all my servants and rescue your sons, but he isn’t coming back… isn’t that it?” “H-how?!” Lady Mu became shocked. She was good at hiding her emotion, but she couldn’t hide her feeling at this. ‘It was a trap! He lied!!’ Lady Mu instinctively knew that she was caught up in Yeowun’s plan. Lady Mu quickly shouted at warriors of Wise clan. “GO to the Wise clan right now and…” And at that moment, archers above the mansion began to shout in shock. “Enemies! Ambush!” “T-they are too fast!” They tried to shoot at the intruder, but the man was too fast that they couldn’t even aim. The I ntruder jumped over the building and down at the courtyard. “W-what?! W-why are you… how?!” Lady Mu looked at the man with dumbfounded look. The man had fiery red long hair. It was Left Guardian Lee Hameng. “Huh?!” She didn’t notice at first, but there was something on Lee Hameng’s right hand that dropped water from it. Lady Mu then screamed. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!” It was the old man’s head that Lady Mu sent to fetch the hostage. The blood was still dripping from the neck that was cut down, meaning it wasn’t long time ago when the old man died. Yeowun grinned at Lady Mu, who was wailing and spoke. “Things aren’t going as you planned, isn’t it?” Chapter 165 - Into the snake’s mouth (8) Chapter 165: Into the snake’s mouth (8) About an hour ago, old man who arrived at the Demonic Academy with 10 warriors snuck into the academy while pressing his energy down as much as possible. He was worried about guards standing inside the academy, but if Chun Yeowun and his members managed to sneak through them, then he figured his trained warriors also can do it. And when he did, there weren’t much guards standing at the gate, and guards inside was also very crude. ‘I didn’t think the security was this bad… nobody would have known if we killed him back at the academy.’ Old man scoffed at underwhelming level of security at the academy. Chun Yeowun was powerful so it was understandable from the beginning, but these level of security proved that it would have been easy for Yeowun’s members to walk freely into the Academy. When old man got to the hill where prison cave was located at, he made his warriors to hide down at the hill and ambush Yeowun’s members when he comes down. And when he got up to the peak, old man opened his senses to find Chun Muyun and Mu Jinyun. ‘There they are.’ He found people gathered in one place and walked over. The stone that should have been sealing the cave was open and when the old man took a step in, he was shocked. With the sound of sword pulling out, three man came out of the cave. They were instructors of Demonic Academy. ‘What is going on? Wait… did he lied to us?’ It was good that he hid his fac with a mask in case. One of the instructor was senior instructor Hou Jinchang. Hou Jinchang shouted at old man. “How dare you infiltrate into the Demonic Academy! Put down your weapon and surrender!” Of course, old man wasn’t going to surrender. He immediately turned and ran down the mountain. He was better than them in martial art, so he knew he can run away from them. “Stop!” The shout from behind got further away. He had to get down to the mountain and retreat from this place right away. He had to go straight to the Wise clan to have warriors bringing out hostage to go back. ‘How dare he lie! I’ll never…’ “What?!” The old man when he came down had to stop. Warriors who were ordered to hide and ambush were down on the ground, drenched in blood. And in front of them, a man with long fiery red hair was standing. There were no one in the cult who didn’t know about this man. “…Left Guardian.” It was Left Guardian Lee Hameng. Old man frowned. He knew what was going on immediately. ‘…So, he was Chun Yeowun’s man. How can this be…’ He didn’t imagine one of guardians that served the Lord was working with Chun Yeowun. That was only explanation for such trap. ‘I have to run.’ If things had come to this, then he had to run. Warriors of Wise clan were already ordered to kill himself if they were caught. But if he gets caught, then that was different story. Old man then turned to the right and began to run. He couldn’t even think about difference in power. There was no way he will defeat supreme level warrior, so it was at least better to try to run away. But that was a false hope. “You think you can run?” Old man flinched and turned, and Lee Hameng’s red sword was penetrating into the old man’s neck. ‘No…!’ And that was the last sight the old man saw in his life. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” Lady Mu screamed as she looked at the head. ‘Uncle Suhn!’ Old man was the apprentice of former leader of Wise clan, Suhn Ginung. He was a teacher to Lady Mu since she was very young and had been trusty guard for her entire life. It was shocking to see his death. Lady Mu became confused. She didn’t imagined that Left Guardian was involved in this. ‘Wait… his ‘servants’ are…?’ Lady Mu looked at Lee Hameng with disbelief. Lee Hameng bowed to Yeowun politely and flashed the old man’s head. “It’s as you said, Prince.” “Thank you, Left Guardian.” “You’re welcome.” They weren’t trying to hide their relationships either. Lady Mu bit on his lips. She shouted angrily at Lee Hameng. “Left guardian! Since when the guardians supported a candidate of the heir?! You are breaking the laws of the cult!” Lee Hameng then turned to Lady Mu for the first time and spoke. “Lady Mu. It’s been a while.” “I don’t care if it’s been a while. Answer my question!” Lee Hameng grinned at Lady Mu’s anger. “I am sure the competition is already over.” “T-that’s…!” With every competitor defeated, only one who can try to become the heir was Chun Yeowun. If Yeowun doesn’t fail in gathering approvals, then it was inevitable that he will become the future Lord. And of course for other candidates who were drove out, they would gain another chance if Yeowun dies, and that was why Lady Mu had set up this trap. Lady Mu became more angered at Lee Hameng’s attitude and gritted her teeth. “You think this is over?! Did you forget I still hold onto the people you love?” She had failed in bringing her sons back, but she still had Guard Jang and two of Chun Yeowun’s members. Even if Lee Hameng appeared here, she thought Yeowun will not try to do anything reckless while she still had hostages. ‘But with Lee Hameng here, I won’t be able to kill him. I have to return back to the clan while I hold onto those hostages.’ If Chun Yeowun was alone, she could have done something by using her forces here, but with Lee Hameng joined, then it was too late. Two supreme level warrior was enough to wipe out forces at the place. It was better for her to wait until elders from six clans to return. ‘I have to join forces with them and kill Chun Yeowun. This is out of my boundary.’ If Chun Yeowun was alone, she would have found way to kill him, but if Yeowun had members then it was different. And as Yeowun looked at Lady Mu silently thinking, he spoke. “You sure you have those hostages?” “…Don’t try my patience. I will kill that Guard Jang to show you that I am not bluffing.” “Kill Guard Jang?” “You think I can’t do…” But before she can finish, archers standing guard over at the roof shouted. “N-no!” “L-Lady Mu! There’s an…!” Archers seemed lost for words from shock and Lady Mu opened her senses. She then turned grim. There were many signs of people outside the mansion. At least 300 people were circling the mansion now. ‘W-what is going on?!’ There was no Lord at the cult right now, so it wasn’t going to be warriors from the Guardians who went with the Lord. Then who were these people? That’s when someone jumped over the building and down at the courtyard. He had red silk clothes with yellow butterfly embroidery, and make ups on his face. It was 11th elder Huan Yi. ‘Who is this man?’ Huan Yi never showed himself other than to Lord or Elder meeting, so Lady Mu did not know who this was. But she knew that he was a powerful man just by looking at his movement. Huan Yi spoke to Yoeuwn. “Huan Yi, the leader of Ghost Illusion clan, at your service, Prince. I have completed the order. Hehe, am I late?” “G-ghost illusion clan? A-are you the 11th elder?” Lady Mu became grim. She figured it wasn’t any man, but she didn’t imagine it was 11th elder. ‘At your service, he say? Is the 11th elder working for Chun Yeowun too? By the gods…!’ She didn’t even think this was possible. She thought Yeowun just got out of the Academy, so it was not understandable how Yeowun even took elder as his servant. ‘This is bad.’ If she didn’t have her hostage, then she was in a trap now. She began to shake from terror. “We brought them over to my mansion. You can be reassured.” ‘What?’ Lady Mu became shocked. She thought hostage was only one she can count on. Huan Yi smiled at Lady Mu. “Oh, I am just saying I moved your precious hostage to my mansion. It seems you have taken ‘good’ care of them, Lady Mu.” “H…hostage…” Lady Mu became pale and almost fell to the ground. ‘I… I lost…?’ Chapter 166 - Into the snake’s mouth (9) Chapter 166: Into the snake’s mouth (9) “Are they okay?” Chun Yeowun asked worryingly at Huan Yi. Huan Yi then became grim and answered. “Sama Chak and Bakgi is okay, with minor internal damage. But your Guard is in serious condition. I called the doctor but he can die at any moment.” Huan Yi, after being ordered by Yeowun was already on standby near the Wise clan. When warriors of Wise clan went into the mansion and brought out the hostage, Huan Yi ambushed them immediately. They took the hostage back, but Guard Jang was in terrible state. If Yeowun had saw Guard Jang with all of his bodies burned and his nails, teeth all pulled out, Yeowun would have been so shocked. “Jang…” And as he heard that Guard Jang was in verge of death, terrifying hostile aura began to rose out from Yeowun’s body. The anger he had been holding back had finally exploded. ‘W-what is that energy?’ ‘It feels like he’s strangling our heart!’ Warriors from Wise clan shivered at such terryiying energy. The aura coming out from end stage of supreme level warrior was not something they can resist. ‘He didn’t use all of his power when he fought me.’ Huan Yi realized that Yeowun had not used all of his power back at his mansion. Huan Yi was not yet at established level of supreme level. ‘Nnnnngh! H..how can I lose to such a boy!’ Lady Mu was confident in her cunning and strategic skills. She thought she had won as she saw through Yeowun’s trap, but she never imagined Yeowun have hid such powerful cards. ‘No! I can’t give up now!’ She had done so hard to put the Wise clan at first rank within the six clans. If she were to accept her loss here, then the Wise clan’s pride was going to drop to the ground. ‘How can I get out of this? Think!’ She needed a way out as she couldn’t fight against three supreme level warriors anymore. And after slight second, she screamed toward Lee Hameng and Huan Yi. “Left Guardian, 11th Elder! You think you two will be fine from doing this?!” Lee Hameng asked back weirdly. “What do you mean?” “Do you think you can harm the first wife of the Lord, and the sister to the 1st elder, and be safe?!” “HAH!” Maybe this was more of provoking them, but she only had this way to get out of the situation. She had to warn them if they will be okay if Mu Jinwon, the first elder returns to the cult. “Hahaha… this is interesting. I didn’t think you would threaten us even at this situation.” Huan Yi even smikled at Lady Mu’s threat. Chun Yeowun then asked Lee Hameng coldly. “Where are they?” “Your members are bringing them here.” ‘Ah!’ Lady Mu’s eyes shook. It looked like Yeowun was talking about her son Chun Muyun, and her brother’s son, Mu Jinyun. That’s when people mumbled from outside the mansion. “Let them go!” “If you don’t step back, they will die.” The voice of the man that heard later was Ko Wanghur. It seemed they had brought those Yeowun was waiting for. Warriors from Wise clan had to let Ko Wanghur, Mun Ku and Hu Bong to pass through, so no harm will be done to hostages. “Muyun!” Lady Mu was so shocked that she screamed in pale face at Chun Muyun. Chun Muyun was in terrible shape. His two hands were cut down and wrapped in linen wrap, and his one eye was pulled out and covered in a wrap. There was no more confident prince in him. “Mother… I’m sorry.” “A-aunt!” Mu Jinyun was brought over by Hu Bong who held Jinyun by back of his neck. It seems Chun Muyun was only one who had been injured badly, as Jinyun only had some minor bruises over his face. Jinyun however couldn’t look up directly to Lady Mu out of shame. Lady Mu gritted her teeth. She too was a mother. She had been scared from realizing she had lost, but looking at her son made her furious. ‘Chun… Yeo… wun…!!!’ It was going to be strange if she would not get furious at watching her son in such shape. But she also knew that there was no way for her to do anything. She panted a while from an ger, and soon knelt at Chun Yeowun. “Lady!” “M-mother!” Warriors of Wise clan and Chun Muyun shouted in shock. Lady Mu, current leader of Wise clan to fall on her knees like this meant that they were accepting their loss. Lady Mu then slammed her head against the ground and begged. “Prince Chun Yeowun. I accept my loss. I accept that you are the heir. Please show your mercy and let go of my boys and my warriors.” She had thrown all of her pride to beg. Chun Muyun and Mu Jinyun’s eye became reddened from tears. Lady Mu had to kneel and put her head to the ground to son of Lady Hwa who she hated the most, just to save her sons. “Mother! Why…!” [Enough!] “Ah…” [Remember our humiliation today. We will strike back once your uncle returns. And… I can kneel or bow to this peasant thousand times if I can save you. So, if you want to help then stay quiet.] Lady Mu sent telepathic message and Muyun stopped to speak. ‘I will kill you no matter what it takes…!’ Muyun thought as he looked at his mother with teary eyes. “We Wise clan promise never to harm you, Prince Chun Yeowun. Please, show mercy.” Lady Mu kept on slamming her head to the ground and begged. “Prince?” Lee Hameng turned to Chun Yeowun. Yeowun, who was showing rage just until now, was now looking down at Lady Mu silently without any emotion. ‘Hmm…’ Lady Mu, a influential figure within the cult was kneeling down, putting her head on the ground to beg for her sons’ life. This was already a great feat. But there was one thing that was concerning. ‘…Will Lady of Steel really not do anything if she goes free?’ As a Left Guardian, Lee Hameng saw many woman but he had never seen such dangerous woman as Lady Mu. But it was also understanding if Chun Yeowun will be touched to show mercy at such show of motherly love. Yeowun, who had been looking down at Lady Mu, turned and walked toward Muyun and Jinyun. He then spoke to Wanghur and Hu Bong. “Free them.” “Huh?” “Free them and step back.” Ko Wanghur and Hu Bong became confused at order that was hard to understand, but freed their captives. Lady Mu brightened up as she saw her sons being freed. ‘Good!’ She thought she was going to get out of this trap. That’s when Yeowun turned at her and spoke coldly. “You think I will forgive you for just bowing down?” “What?” “Feel what it is like to see your loved ones in pain.” And at that moment, Yeowun’s hand wielded white blade qi and merciless slashed through Muyun and Jinyun’s body. “NOOOOOOOOO!” Lady Mu screamed but it was too late. Yeowun moved so fast that Muyun and Jinyun’s two arms and legs were cut down immediately. Two of them’s face that was brightened, twisted in extreme pain. “Aaaaaaargh!!!” “Aaaargh! My arm! My LEG!!!” Two of them dropped to the ground, pouring blood from their cut limbs and rolled on the ground. Yeowun’s entire body were showered with blood pouring out. Ko Wanghur and Hu Bong then realized why Yeowun told them to stand back. ‘O-oh, so he wanted to do it himself.’ “N…ngh… Nngh… Aah….!” Lady Mu’s face turned red from fury as she saw her sons getting their limbs chopped off and Yeowun looked at her and spoke. “And feel what it is like to see your loved ones die.” “?!” Lady Mu’s bloodshot eyes trembled madly as Yeowun declared of their death. There was no beging here anymore. If Yeowun was going to do it, then he was going to do it. “N-no! Please! DON’T!” She had to stop. She tried to jump out by sending all her energy to her feet. But that’s when she saw Yeowun’s blade qi cutting down Muyun’s head. “Ah…hik… hak…!” Shock made her even hard to breath and Yeowun spoke to her coldly. “That is the pain I felt, and it now belongs to you.” Chapter 167 - Into the snake’s mouth (10) Chapter 167: Into the snake’s mouth (10) Chun Muyun suffered in terrible pain with both of his arms and legs cut off until his head was beheaded. This was shocking for everyone, especially those from the Wise clan. “YOU DARE!!” It was now beyond the line where they could just stand and watch. Warriors of the Wise clan pulled out their weapons to fight. Left Guardian Lee Hameng then pulled out his Flame Sword out and created blue force qi to draw a line on the ground. The line clearly created a line between warriors of the Wise clan and Lee Hameng. Hameng then unleashed potent energy and shouted warningly at warriors of the Wise clan. “If you cross this line, I will not let you live.” They were warriors of the Demonic Cult so they were too aware of the might of the Left Guardian Lee Hameng. Lee Hameng had many names, such as Left Guardian and Chief of the Demonic Academy, but he was also called ‘the Flame King’ within Yulin. It was an infamous name given to him because whoever that was cut from his ‘Flame Sword’ that wielded extreme heat made its wound burn down that it can’t be healed. “If you are not afraid to die, then you can try coming over it.” Lee Hameng moved his sword and warriors all flinched and backed away. ‘D-dammit!’ ‘Our prince just died miserably and we can’t even…!’ ‘Flame King!!’ No matter of their fury, they couldn’t dare to cross the line. They knew well that crossing that line meant their instant death. Lee Hameng’s fame was not something they can just take lightly. But of course, there were some brave, or reckless ones also. “I’ll kill you all!!” The middle-aged man with a long beard that had his wrist snapped off by Yeowun roared and charged against Yeowun, trying to kill him. But his body was cut in half even before he got closer to Yeowun. “Aaaaaaaaargh!” The man fell down on the ground while screaming. His spine and entire waist had been cut down, so it was not likely that he can endure such pain. “Nnngh….” The man flinched for a while and soon died. The blade with red engravings was dripped in blood. IT wasn’t sure even when he pulled out his blade, but Huan Yi appeared next to the man and cut him off in half. ‘I-it’s amazing..’ ‘I couldn’t even see him.’ Mun Ku, Hu Bong, and Ko Wanghur were shocked by such sight. They knew Huan Yi and Lee Hameng were both supreme level warriors, but looking at them with their own eyes made them realize how powerful these warriors were. And it was even more astounding that Chun Yeowun had made them succumb to himself. ‘I have far more to go.’ Ko Wanghur, who was always willing to become stronger, became influenced by these. He and others in Yeowun’s original group were also very powerful considering their age, but looking at Yeowun or highest ranking warriors of the Cult made him feel very weak. “Ugh!” Yeowun then moved on and cut down Mu Jinyun’s neck. It was a miserable ending for the sons of the Wise clan who had a bright future ahead of them. Lady Mu looked at Chun Muyun’s head rolling on the ground dumbfoundedly. The pain of losing someone important. It had been a long time since she felt such pain. She had lost her grandparents and her parents, but they died after living out their life due to old age. As she saw her loving son Muyun’s head being cut off, pain that felt as if her heart was being ripped apart made her even hard to breathe. ‘My son… my son… Noooo… where did it go wrong??’ She thought through all the choices she made, but there were no mistakes in any of it. She checked all of her plans but there was no indication where her plans might have failed. She had captured Chun Yeowun’s guard and made Yeowun to not move recklessly. She also kidnapped two of his servants so Yeowun cannot know who was behind all these kidnappings. ‘I was going to get rid of the Poison clan and Chun Yeowun together…’ She took out most of the Poison clan forces while ago. Poison clan had lost 80% of their forces when they attacked the Wise clan, but the Poison clan was still a potential threat to Lady Mu. If it wasn’t for the other four clans who came in to stop them, with talking old alliance as their reason, she would have wiped out the entire Poison clan already. ‘Who cares about the alliance? There’s no reason to leave an enemy behind.’ But she had no reason to attack. As her clan was still the leader clan of six clans, she needed to be careful. She needed a reason that would make the other clans accept. ‘Chun Yeowun, you are helping me!’ She then made a trap for Chun Yeowun so that Yeowun had fought against the remaining forces of the Poison clan that resulted in all of their death. It might look suspicious, but four other clans will not raise objections as the result also killed Chun Yeowun. Or so she thought it would happen. ‘How did he find out?!!’ Yeowun acted as if he knew the Wise clan was a culprit even before coming here. And at Lady Mu who was confused and in pain from losing her son, Yeowun walked over to her. “Hiiek!” Chapter 168 - Into the snake’s mouth (11) Chapter 168: Into the snake’s mouth (11) The aura of hostility grew stronger as he walked closer. Even if Lady Mu was strong, she was merely at the end stage of super master level warrior. She couldn’t bear to breathe under the pressure coming from Chun Yeowun’s end stage of supreme level energy. ‘I…is he going to kill me here too?’ She had set up a trap so she can kill him, but it was she who was being threatened with death. She couldn’t understand what had gone wrong. Chun Yeowun got up to her and looked down at her. “Did you feel enough pain?” “Why are you doing this to me? It’s me who set up traps, why did you kill my… Aaahh!” Yeowun kicked Lady Mu’s stomach before she can finish and she was thrown all the way back. It didn’t wield any energy, but powerful force pushed her back, twisting her organs. Blood began to come over her throat as she got up in pain and Yeowun walked over to her. “Do you think you will die comfortably when you killed my mother?” “?!” When Lady Muy heard this, her eyes became large and looked back at Yeowun with shock. It has been 10 years. Even the Lord, after using his guardians to search through, couldn’t find who was behind Lady Hwa’s death. How did Chun Yeowun find out? Yeowun then pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and threw it at Lady Mu. There were full of writings in the paper piece and Lady Mu read down with shaking eyes. [It’s Chun Jongsum from the Poison clan. Chun Yeowun, I have something to tell you.] Ten hours ago, a little bit after noon at the mansion of the Poison clan, a middle aged man was being reported to by a warrior of the Poison clan. “…I saw him being taken away by warriors from the Wise clan. I couldn’t hear correctly as I had to keep distance, but I saw the man with a long beard saying to that young man, that the young man was a servant of Chun Yeowun’s.” “Is that all you have today?” “Yes, sir. That and the incident at the restaurant.” “I see.” The warrior then went to his post and the middle aged man walked into the main room. Inside of the main room, there was a bed with a young man, scrawny and pale, barely moving from the bed. “Prince, it’s me.” “Uncle… you’re here.” The man who barely spoke over at the bed was Chun Jongsum, prince of the Poison clan. He was now able to speak after healing up tremendously. That alone was an amazing feat. It was after two days that Chun Jongsum woke up from passing out after trying to say something furiously, when Baek Oh met Lady Mu. Jongsum originally had lost of any movement over his body, so he couldn’t even move his tongue, but when he woke up again, he was able to speak again. It was a miracle happened due to his anger influencing his senses. He still couldn’t move, but he was able to speak very slowly at least. “So… the Wise… clan… was there… any move?” “Yes, there was.” The middle aged man was theonly remaining leader of the Poison clan, Baek Seng. The Poison clan failed on ambushing the Wise clan and had lost most of its forces. Remaining forces were now put to watch over the Wise clan, as they were afraid the Wise clan might move anytime to wipe remaining forces. “You may not like to hear this, but Chun Yeowun had appeared.” “!!!” Chun Jongsum’s eye shook. He had shown no emotion recently but he was definitely shaken from the news. Baek Seng began to report on what had happened recently, from Chun Yeowun being found at the restaurant and one of his servant being kidnapped near the Wise clan’s mansion. Chun Jongsum then realized something had happened between the Wise clan and Chun Yeowun. ‘Wise clan attacked his servant…?’ Chun Jongsum thought for a long while. He thought that maybe this was his last chance to rise up again. ‘Maybe I can make them fight each other.’ With main forces all wiped out, the Poison clan was focusing on surviving. It was miserable days for them. But Jongsum thought maybe he can use this. ‘…That bitch.’ Chun Jongsum knew who was really behind the death of Lady Hwa, mother of Chun Yeowun. What if Chun Yeowun finds out that Lady Mu, not only attacked his servants, but also killed his mother? ‘You two can kill each other.’ If that was the case, then either Chun Yeowun, who destroyed his life and killed his grandfather Baek Oh, or Lady Mu who had blamed everything over at Poison clan and wiped them out will die. “Un…cle…” “Yes, prince. What should we do?” “Write… down… what… I… say…” Chun Jongsum made Baek Seng write down everything Jongsum knew revolving around Lady Hwa’s death and made it sent to Chun Yeowun at once. Chun Jongsum cried in joy for getting a chance to avenge him, first time after he began his life in the bed. But the fate was dire for the Poison clan. Just as Chun Jongsum planned so that Yeowun and the Wise clan can fight each other, Lady Mu had planned to fake that Yeowun fought against remnants of the Poison clan. Chapter 169 - Into the snake’s mouth (12) Chapter 169: Into the snake’s mouth (12) And now it returns to the present. The crumpled letter had every detail revolving around Chun Yeowun’s mother, Lady Hwa’s death and to how the Wise clan kidnapped Yeowun’s servant. Lady Mu became pale as she trembled with rage as she read through. She was both dumbfounded and enraged at the same time. ‘T…this fool…!!’ She did not imagine that Chun Jongsum, merely a living corpse living day to day on a bed would send this kind of letter to Chun Yeowun. Every mystery was solved. The reason why Chun Yeowun knew who was behind the kidnapping, and how he knew Lady Mu was behind the killing of his mother… it was all because of Chun Jongsum. ‘How can I… from that living corpse!!’ “AAAAAAAAAAHH!” Lady Mu ripped apart the letter that destroyed everything and screamed maniacally. If it wasn’t for this letter, she would have not been in such a state. She then glared at Chun Yeowun and shouted. “YES! I killed your dirty, piece of scum, whore mother!!” There was no more of Lady Mu’s polite, and sophisticated manner of speaking. With everything revealed, she had no thought of holding anything back. “So what. You avenged your mother by killing my sons. Will you kill me now?!” “You know very well.” Yeowun answered coldly and Lady Mu shouted back angrily. “Bull shit! You think you have what it takes to kill me?!” “…” “If you kill me right here, then my brother, the 1st Elder will come after you, and cut out your limb after limb before you die! And all of those involved around you- KYAAAAAAAA!!!” As Lady Mu screamed, something shoot past her eyes. It was blue force qi coming out from Yeowun’s hand. Her eyes were slashed by Yeowun’s force qi and she screamed as she grabbed her eyes with her hands. “MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! I-I CAN’T SEE!!!” “You have no right to see.” “AAAAAAAAARGH! You dirty PEAS- NNNNGNGNGNGGHH!!!” This time, Yeowun cut her entire mouth before she can unleash all of her anger. “You have no right to talk either.” With force qi melting down all of her teeth and tongue, Lady Mu couldn’t even scream and got down to the ground. Her face were distorted severely as her eyes and mouth were slashed horizontally. “Ugh!” Warriors from the Wise clan looked away from such cruelty. But Yeowun’s anger did not end there. “So, was with this dirty hand that you poisoned my mother?” Yeowun then swung his hand at Lady Mu who was rolling on the ground from pain to her both hands. She shivered through severe pain. It was even amazing that she didn’t pass out from such terrible pain. “STOP!! STOP!!!!” One of the warriors from Wise clan shouted furiously. “Are you not afraid of the aftermath!? We are not in our full force here! First Elder will never forgive you if he finds out what happened here!!” “IF he finds out, that is.” “W-what?!” Chun Yeowun then reached out his hands at a storage building at a distance. With the force of energy pulling on it, the door burst opened and something that was piled up inside overflowed outside. “Ugh!” Everyone smelled the thick smell of blood coming out from the storage room. It was so shocking that Mun Ku and Hu Bong gasped. “Ah!” The piles inside the storage room were corpses. Tens of dead bodies were piled up inside the storage room. Within those dead bodies were Baek Seng, last leader of the Poison clan, and Chun Jongsum who couldn’t even close his eye from miserable death he faced. ‘…So, they hid bodies of dead Poison clan people inside the storage room.’ Ko Wanghur shook his head as he looked at those bodies. The plan seemed clear. If they succeeded in their plan to kill Chun Yeowun, they would have framed it that Yeowun and the Poison clan fought against each other and killed both parties as a result. Yeowun then stomped on Lady Mu on the ground, who was squirming in pain. “You all were wiped out while fighting against the Poison clan. I don’t think First Elder will find out anything.” Warriors of the Wise clan became grim. Yeowun was going to use the trap that was set up to kill him, against the Wise clan themselves. Yeowun then ordered his servants who were standing idle. “Kill all of them.” “Yes, prince.” And with that order, Left Guardian Lee Hameng and 11th Elder Huan Yi charged against warriors of the Wise clan. “AAARGH!” Two supreme level warrior swung their sword and blade across the screaming of these warriors. This wasn’t a fight. It was a one-sided massacre. ‘No…! NOOOOOOO!’ She was blinded and she couldn’t even speak, but she still had her ears functioning, so she heard screaming of warriors from her clan and moved about madly in rage. Chun Yeowun then lowered his head and whispered at Lady Mu on the ground. “You will go last.” For the first time, and the last in her life, Lady Mu had felt both despair and regret. Chapter 170 - Second approval (1) Chapter 170: Second approval (1) “AAAAAARGH!” “MONSTERS!!!!!” Warriors of the Wise clan fought back as hard as they could, but it was no use. They were just prey in front of two supreme level warrior. Few even tried to run away, but they were quickly captured by warriors of Ghost Illusion clan who were circling around the mansion and was killed. ‘Chun Yeowun…. Chun Yeowun…!!!’ At uneding sound of warriors screaming from the massacre, Lady Mu felt her heart being stricken from her impending doom. “AAAARGH!” “NNAAAAARGH!” When this painful sounds go silent, then it meant it was time for her death. It was surely ironic. She wished this agonizing sound to stop, but at the same time, she also hoped to never stop. And after long while, all the sound of people and screaming were gone and silence fell down on the mansion of the Poison clan. “It is all done.” Lee Hameng spoke and Yeowun glared down at Lady Mu, who he was stepping above. It was her last moment, but he needed to do something first. “11th Elder.” “Yes~ Prince?” “Can you have your warriors search through Poison clan’s poison vault and use whatever poison they can find upon bodies of Wise clan?” “Oh-oh!” Lee Hameng and Huan Yi smiled at Chun Yeowun’s cold and thoughtful order. Hameng and Huan Yi actually hid their unique skills and killed these warriors with just regular attack to look like they were killed by Poison clan. With the poison added on top of that, it will surely look like the Poison clan was behind this. “A wise decision, my master.” Huan Yi then walked out to fetch his warriors and Yeowun spoke to Lady Mu at the ground. “It’s your turn now.” Lady Mu flinched and began to tremble. Heart began to pound severely and her bodies were drenched with sweat. ‘No! NO! NO!! I CAN’T DIE LIKE THIS! NOOO! PLEASE!!!!!!’ “Go down to hell, and repent until you burn into ashes.” With sharp qi penetrating into her right neck, she instantly fell to cold darkness. Next day, castle of the Demonic Cult were noisy with unexpected news. All cultist residing in Lord’s palace and all clans were notified of certain news, and this was so shocking that it shocked all who heard it. It was a news that due to fight between Wise clan and Poison clan, Poison clan who were merely left with few members were wiped out. This became so shocking that everyone talked about it. ‘What?! Is it true?!’ ‘By the gods… one of six clan just wiped out in a night?! How is that even p;possible?’ ‘What is the world going to… The poison clan is gone?’ But what’s more shocking was the news of the Wise clan. It was said that over 200 warriors of the Wise clan were found within mansion of the Poison clan with their bodies melted from poison or corrupted. This sight was found by staff who daily visited the Poison clan to deliver poison ingredients. 9th Elder was now on the scene, looking into the matter. ‘Is that true?’ ‘It’s terrifying… so the Poison clan didn’t go down quietly.’ ‘I’m not sure what will happen when the Wise clan leader returns.’ ‘I don’t think there won’t be much. It’s not like you can do something to the dead.’ The Poison clan who were responsible for these death of Wise clan were all dead. ‘B-but, see? Prince Chun Muyun was also found at the scene.’ ‘Huh? Wasn’t he in the Demonic Academy?’ ‘Yeah! Demonic Academy also posted a notice too. They say that Wise clan attacked Prison cave of the Academy and helped escape Chun Muyun and son of the first elder.’ ‘What? They attacked Demonic Academy? …Wise clan is powerful, but to broke the laws of the cult? Hmph.’ ‘It seems instructors there caught some of these criminals… well, I guess we need the Lord back to fix these things.’ ‘Yeah, seriously. It hasn’t been long since they went out, and things are going messy.’ Atmosphere within the cult began going really bad. Cultists thought that beginning with members of six clans being killed within the Academy, fight between six clans were becoming more severe. All of cultists hoped that the Lord will come back soon. And at the office of the Ghost Illusion clan, many people were coming in to report to Huan Yi. Huan Yi was sitting on this desk to work in a long time. A middle aged man reported to him. “Our men from the Bijak streets returned. We are spreading ill rumors, and people are now focusing on the Wise clan.” “Good work.” Huan Yi smiled and complemented the man. Surprisingly, part of the rumor spread within the cult was intended. Ghost Illusion clan, one of covert group of the cult were good at controlling the mass. “It didn’t even need lot of work.” “Of course. There’s no one to stop us.” If the Poison clan or the Wise clan was present, then they would worked to stop these rumors from spreading. But Poison clan was no more and every Wise clan that remained in the cult was also gone. So the truth were completely covered under the false truth that replaced. ‘Prince Chun. I am astounded.’ All of this was done from direct order of Chun Yeowun. Huan Yi was going to work on controlling the mass even without the order, but he thought it was amazing when Yeowun himself ordered it specifically. It felt like if Yeowun was 80 year old man, who had experienced all sorts of things, rather than young man who just got out of the Demonic Academy. ‘What would the Wise clan leader think of what happened?’ Huan Yi was delighted and anticipated to see the reaction of that arrogant, and powerful man