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 Chapter 221 - Anonymous (2) Chapter 221: Anonymous (2) At midnight, toward the Five Wise Peak, Southwestern side of the Demonic Cult’s castle. This peak was the third highest peak in all peaks of the Mountain of Ten Thousand. There was one who was shooting through the peaks in a very quick manner. In just twenty minutes, the man got up to the high peak. As he stepped on the peak, the moonlight shined upon many peaks down. It was a vast and majestic sight. “Whew.” Cold air brought steam over the breaths. The one who just got up on the peak was Yin Moha. She had covered her face with her old skin mask to hide that she had gone through body reconstruction. “Elder Yin.” She then heard a voice. It was the leader of the Sword clan, Kingbonki, with a short beard and aggressive eyes. He was sitting down on a rock, but got up and walked over to Yin Moha. “I thought three of us would gather again, but there are only two of us now.” “Bah.” Yin Moha scoffed at Kingbonki. Kingbonki knew that Yin Moha hated the Blade or Wise clan because of their history, so he didn’t say much. “But since you are here, you have made an achievement in your formation.” “I don’t exchange words with scumbags that betrayed him.” “Hah. Same old Yin Moha.” Kingbonki then shook his head. Yin Moha never tried to talk with him or Mu Jinwon every time they gathered at this place. She always glared with a disgusted look. ‘Nothing will change no matter what you do. From today, our Sword clan will be the true successor to the Demon Sword.’ The Sword clan, although cast out, wanted to become the true successor of the Demon Sword. And with Mu Jinwon, the strongest warrior besides the Lord and Great Guardian, gone, Kingbonki believed victory was his. And there was one thing he knew when he met Anonymous last time. ‘If I’m right, he is probably… oh. It’s almost time.’ With the moon coming up in the sky, it was almost time. The man always came on right time, so it was about time he arrive. It was then. Someone appeared at the peak. The man quickly came up to them with black clothes and a mask. It was Anonymous. “You are on time.” It was the same voice. From his reaction, it was sure that he wasn’t surprised to find only two of them here without Mu Jinwon. It was natural for such a man to know about Mu Jinwon’s death. ‘Who is this man, really?’ Yin Moha looked at Anonymous. She had not reached the end stage of superior master level, but she still couldn’t sense how powerful this Anonymous was. This only seemed possible if the man was stronger than the end stage of the superior master level. “I thank you for coming here, even when I changed the date. Then let’s get to the point. Who among you will…” That’s when Kingbonki got down on his knee. “…What is this?” Anonymous became confused at Kingbonki who was kneeling down on his knee. Yin Moha also became confused. ‘What is he doing?’ Kingbonki then bowed politely and shouted, “2nd Elder, and the leader of Sword clan, greets the Great High Lord!” “What?” Yin Moha’s eyes grew large and turned to Anonymous. She figured Anonymous was related to the Cult in some way, but she had never thought that the man was Great High Lord, the one who had passed the sixth test of the Academy 70 years ago. ‘That sword skill… it must be him.’ Kingbonki remembered the powerful sword formation that Anonymous showed. As soon as they saw it, Kingbonki and Mu Jinwon were shocked. Two of them had fought with Chun Yujong in many battles, so they knew the Sword Art of the Sky Demon, and the sword formation used by Anonymous was very similar to it. They at first were confused if the Lord was testing them, but they quickly concluded that it was not possible as the current Lord was acting against the six clans. Kingbonki thought for a long time after he returned to his home and came to a conclusion. ‘Who else other than the Lord knows about the Sword Art of the Sky Demon? Then…!” His conclusion was Chun Inji, the Great High Lord. He had gone missing about 20 years ago, so it seemed that was the only logical answer. ‘If this man can enter the cult that easily, and also know the secret of our clans, then it must be Great High Lord.’ Kingbonki was certain that Anonymous was the former Lord and paid respects accordingly. There was the possibility that he could be wrong, but if he was right, he needed to show proper respect. Anonymous then looked down at Kingbonki for a while and spoke. “Kingbonki. You have made a mis…” That’s when Anonymous sudden stopped and glared at Yin Moha and Kingbonki and asked, “Who is it?” The voice turned aggressive. “What are you talking about?” “You have not kept the promise.” “Huh? N-no. I don’t understand…” “Hmph.” Anonymous then created sword qi over his finger and threw it toward the back. “What are you… huh?!” Kingbonki became shocked and looked up. From the opposite side, through grass that was cut off, someone came out from it. Kingbonki was shocked. He couldn’t understand why he was seeing this person here. “Crown… Prince!!” It was Chun Yeowun. Chapter 222 - Anonymous (3) Chapter 222: Anonymous (3) About an hour ago, there was someone who arrived at Five Wise Peak. It was Chun Yeowun. After finding out that the day had changed to today, Yeowun talked with Yin Moha and decided to stay at Five Wise Peak first. ‘I will go with you.’ Huan Yi said he’d go together as it was dangerous, but Yeowun knew that Anonymous was stronger than the three elders, so he refused. If Anonymous was that strong, then he might find out that there were people hiding and not reveal himself. Yeowun then found a good place to hide. There was a dense bush area at the peak, and he hid within it to wait for Anonymous to appear. ‘Second elder.’ The first one that got to the peak was Kingbonki. He too was a superior master level warrior, but he was weaker than Yeowun so he couldn’t find Yeowun. Even after a long time, Kingbonki did not sense Yeowun in his hiding. Soon, Yin Moha also got to the peak and finally, the man that Yeowun was waiting for had revealed himself. It was the black-clothed man. ‘Ah.’ Yeowun became astonished. He knew that this man was powerful, but he was astonished by the way Anonymous had hidden his powers. It proved that the man was either equal or stronger than Yeowun in power. He became curious. ‘I should take a look.’ Yeowun then thought Anonymous would show the first formatin of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon to test the two elders, so he thought he would watch that first. That’s when something unexpected happened. Anonymous suddenly turned and threw sword qi in his direction. ‘He found me!’ Yeowun then took steps to dodge the attack. But with his location revealed, there was no way to hide. “Crown Prince!” Kingbonki frowned when Yeowun appeared. It was a secret between the three elders. If Chun Yeowun was here, then the culprit was only one. Kingbonki turned to Yin Moha with a glare. “Elder Yin! It ‘s you!” Yin Moha already showed to everyone that she sided with Yeowun. She was the only possible reason for Chun Yeowun coming here. “Bah. Yes, it’s me.” “Why did you bring Crown Prince here?! Are you out of your mind?” Kingbonki became furious and shouted. He had waited this moment when he was going to succeed the Twenty Four Demon Sword skill of the Sword Demon and it was now gone. “Hah, so you were that desperate?” Yin Moha pulled out her sword. She wished to find the true Sword Family in this place, so she didn’t hesitate to fight. “Ugh! You are out of control!” Kingbonki wanted to cut her down right now, but this wasn’t the time. Kingbonki knelt on both knees and spoke to Anonymous. “Great High Lord! This isn’t my doing! I have kept your promise! Please allow me to succeed the Sword Demon’s…” But his desperate begging did not work on Anonymous. “It’s too late. You people do not have the right to succeed the Twenty Four Demon Sword.” “N-no! Wi-wait!” Kingbonki shouted desperately but Anonymous took steps to get out of the place. “G-Great High Lord!” Kingbonki tried to follow after Anonymous but Yin Moha got in his way. “Who told you to go?” “Y…YOU!!!!” Kingbonki was hot-tempered, but he was trying to hold back so Anonymous could teach him. But with that chance disappearing, his aggressive nature exploded out at once. He pulled out his sword and struck down on Yin Moha. “Hah!” Yin Moha then easily used her True Demon Sword to defend it. Kingbonki became shocked, as he thought he was stronger than her. ‘What? Since when was she this strong?’ He thought that no one other than the Mu Jinwon or Marakim was stronger than him. But he was shocked each time he felt the energy coming from Yin Moha’s sword. He even thought he might lose if he didn’t do his best. ‘Dammit!’ And Anonymous, who was running down the peak, was already at the middle of the mountain. His stepping skill was so quick that he ran like the wind. ‘It’s a shame.’ He was ashamed that he couldn’t teach the Twenty Four Demon Sword. The reason he pulled the date early was to teach the Twenty Four Demon Sword, but it now had failed. ‘Well, there are others who learned it so it wouldn’t matter.’ He hoped ones that had connection with the Sword Demon from the past would learn it, but he was given no choice. ‘I will have him lose my tail and return.’ He saw Chun Yeowun was following him when he first left the peak. He knew he could lose him, so Anonymous pulled up his internal energy to speed up. It was then. “Aaaaaaaaah!” He heard screaming coming into his ears and looked up. That’s when Chun Yeowun dropped from the air and struck down with the White Dragon Blade. ‘What?’ Anonymous quickly pulled out his sword and blocked the White Dragon Blade. As two swords struck against each other, the weight and power pushed Anonymous’s foot into the ground. It was as if he was pushed down by a thousand tons. ‘No!’ Anonymous, who only used half of his energy, thought he had to use more and pulled up 90% of his energy. He was then able to push up against Yeowun’s White Dragon Blade. “Ugh!” Yeowun was thrown away into the wood and struck on it. The wood was broken down from the energy. Yeowun panted with his pale face. It seemed he had pulled up too much of his energy. ‘I shouldn’t do this anymore.’ Yeowun shook his head. [Initiating self-healing mode on the destroyed muscle structure and fractured bones.] Nano’s voice came through his head and the pain quickly eased. Anonymous then pulled out his fist from the ground and spoke with dumbfounded look. “Did you jump out from above?” Yeowun did not answer, as it was correct. Yeowun had used his stepping skill, but Anonymous was too quick so he couldn’t catch up to him. So Yeowun ordered Nano to activate nightvision mode and use augmented reality to calculate the destination and angle on how he needed to jump, and jumped off the peak. ‘I almost died.’ Yeowun thought he might die for the first time in his life. But thanks to his gamble, he was able to catch up to Anonymous at once. ‘How did he guess where I was running to and jumped down on me from that height?’ Anonymous looked at Yeowun with disbelief. The height was enough that would scare any warriors from jumping off. It was too high and that could have killed him instantly. ‘He’s like a monster. But nothing changes.’ Anonymous thought he could use stepping skill to run away, but his legs began to tremble. ‘No..’ He had blocked the power of blade striking down on him, and it seemed he couldn’t defend well against it. He was able to defend against having his bones from breaking, but his muscles seemed to have ripped. “Whew.” But Yeowun was quickly healed by Nano. He got up and looked at Anonymous and spoke. “It’s time to find out who you are now.” Chapter 223 - Anonymous (4) Chapter 223: Anonymous (4) “You risked your life just for that…? Very interesting.” Anonymous aimed his sword at Yeowun. “But it doesn’t change anything.” If Anonymous couldn’t run, then there was only one way. It was to overpower Yeowun as fast as possible. If Yeowun had taken such damage by dropping and thrown into a big wood that caused even the wood to fall back, then it wouldn’t take too long to get him down. “You don’t need to fight to know sometimes.” Anonymous then charged out against Yeowun. ‘Huh?’ The sword formation used by Anonymous was the Twenty Four Demon Sword. It was a completely different sword formation from what Yin Moha recreated. The power of the formation was more than what Yeowun had imagined. “Hmph!” Yeowun let out a breath and grabbed on the White Dragon Blade. The sword formation of the Twenty Four Demon Sword used by Anonymous wasn’t something that Yeowun could fight against with the Butterfly Blade Dance. ‘I will do my best from the start!’ Yeowun then unleashed the second formation of the Blade God. Anonymous was surprised. ‘Blade skill of the Blade God!’ He knew what Yeowun’s blade skill was. The Twenty Four Demon Sword collided with the Blade God’s blade formation. With two powerful formations colliding against each other, the mountain was filled with sounds of metal clashing. Yeowun didn’t look great as he struck his blade against the sword. The energy of Anonymous was much deeper than Yeowun thought. The energy kept on giving pain to his organs each time the blade struck against the sword. [Detected damaged organs from the outside energy sword being sent in through the blade. Initiating emergency self-healing mode.] If Nano didn’t help, the fight would have come to an end already. But the formation wasn’t all that lacking. The Twenty Four Demon Sword was weaker than the blade skill of Blade God. ‘He has lower energy for sure.’ Anonymous tried to counter the Blade God’s blade skill by using powerful energy, but Yeowun endured it through and came in from weird angels that made it hard to counter. ‘It sure is the skill of the Blade God. Then!’ Anonymous then took steps to get away from the blade skills. And when he got back, Yeowun thought he had to strike him down now and unleashed the third formation. Powerful blade attacks continued on smoothly to strike Anonymous. That’s when Anonymous got away more quickly and let go of the sword from his hand. Yeowun’s eyes shook. “Huh?” And from that distance, Anonymous moved his hand over at the air, and the sword moved itself in the air to unleash the sword formation. ‘Air Sword!’ This was a technique called Air Sword where the warrior uses his energy to control the sword without touching it. It was only possible for ones that entered the supreme master level. And what was more surprising was the sword skill that was used by the technique. ‘Sword Force of the Sky Demon!’ It was the second formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. It didn’t have the correct energy coordination so its power was weakened, but it was surely the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. But with the sword moving freely with itself, it was still very powerful like its original power. ‘I didn’t for him to use the Sword Force of the Sky Demon like this.’ Even when Yeowun’s blade moved from weird angles, Anonymous wasn’t grabbing his sword by himself so he was able to counter the blade formation. The White Dragon Blade was thrown out from Yeowun’s hand and Anonymous charged into grab the sword and struck on Yeowun’s shoulder. “UGH!” Yeowun was then pushed back eight steps. Yeowun grabbed his bleeding shoulder and glared at Anonymous. ‘He’s strong… to think such a powerful warrior was hiding inside the cult. Is he really the Great High Lord?’ It was hard to explain his identity if he wasn’t. “Hah… hah..” Anonymous began to pant. His face was hidden, but his hands had veins popping up, showing that he had used much of his energy. But warriors with supreme master level had ways to regenerate their energy through breathing very quickly. “Hoo… Hoo…” White steam came out of his mouth and his breath calmed. Anonymous aimed his sword at Yeowun and spoke. “You’ve seen the difference in power already. You are no match against me. Don’t follow me anymore.” “It’s… not over yet.” Yeowun did not seem to care about Anonymous’ warning. Anonymous shook his head. ‘He won’t give up.’ Yeowun must have realized that Anonymous was already at a stage higher in power, but Yeowun did not give up. ‘He leaves me no choice. I have to put him down.’ Unlike before, strong hostile energy was unleashed from his body. This was a warning. It was an act to show that he was going to come for Yeowun’s life this time. “Take this!” The sword from Anonymous then flew in as if it were alive toward Yeowun. ‘I will make you give up! You will not defend yourself against this formation!’ Anonymous then used the best sword formation he knew against Chun Yeowun. It was the fourth formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. With Anonymous swinging his finger, the sword moved in a way to swing in the fourth formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. “Whew…” Yeowun then let out a deep breath and grabbed the White Dragon Blade and unleashed blade formation of the Blade God. Two formations struck against each other. The fourth Formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon was powerful. It wasn’t perfect as it was missing the correct energy flow, but it still was enough to injure Yeowun’s body. ‘It’s the end!’ With half of the blade formation being countered, Yeowun was almost lost. Anonymous was certain that he was going to win. ‘What?!’ That’s when the wristguard over on Yeowun’s arms formed one black sword. Yeowun then grabbed the black sword with his left hand while his right hand was using the blade skill. Anonymous’s two eyes became shocked. ‘I-is that?!’ “Haaaaaah!!!” And with a shout, Yeowun took a step and his black sword on his left hand unleashed the powerful sword formation. It was the true fourth formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. With the blade skill from the Blade God on the right, and the Sword Force of the Sky Demon in the left hand, black and white swords moved across the air. ‘I-I can’t defend this!’ The power was overwhelming. Anonymous’s sword formation was countered easily and the sword shattered into pieces. “UGH!” With the energy being deflected back, Anonymous was thrown to the back. He would have dropped to the ground if there wasn’t a tree there. And when Anonymous tried to get up while withstanding the pain coming from his damaged organs, Chun Yeowun was already upon him and his two swords crossing on Anonymous’s neck. Chapter 224 - Anonymous (5) Chapter 224: Anonymous (5) Anonymous was shocked to see the White Dragon Blade and the Sky Demon Sword aimed at his neck. The difference in power was obvious. The end stage of the superior master level and entry of the supreme master level was only one stage difference, but the difference was severe. From looking at the difference in power, it was certain that Yeowun had no chance of winning. But the attack Yeowun just made was enough to turn the tide upside down. What’s more terrifying were that those skills that Yeowun used singlehandedly like the legendary sword skills in the entire Yulin. And he just used these two with both arms like Mu Jinwon used to do, so the power was enormous. ‘He is a monster.’ Anonymous thought he had understood the enemy, but he hadn’t. Anonymous asked Chun Yeowun, “…Are you going to kill me?” “Not yet.” It meant that he could always kill Anonymous if he wanted to. Anonymous then looked at the black sword and asked, “That sword… is that the Sky Demon Sword?” Yeowun’s eye shook at the question. He expected Anonymous to be a person related to the Cult, but the man even knew the sword. It was likely that the man was a leader from within the cult. Yeowun then cut open the mask over the face with his Sky Demon Sword. The face was revealed under the mask. “Huh?” Yeowun frowned. Unlike his expectation of finding Great High Lord, or one from elders of the cult, it was someone that Yeowun did not recognize. Anonymous looked like a man in his 30s and had foreign features. What was interesting was his eyes, with his right eye that was blue. He even seemed like he wasn’t from the land of Jianghu. But Yeowun was not interested in his foreign look. “Who are you?” Anonymous became surprised. It seemed Yeowun was only interested in what Anonymous was. ‘Interesting. He doesn’t care about my different looks.’ Anonymous became silent for a second and spoke. “Crown Prince. I will not fight or run away, so please let go of me.” “T-this voice!” Anonymous spoke with an entirely different voice. It seemed he had been faking his voice. But the new voice was one that Yeowun knew every well. “Great Guardian?!” It was Great Guardian Marakim. Yeowun was so shocked at the unexpected identity of Anonymous. ‘It wasn’t the Great High Lord…!’ Yeowun then hesitated for a bit but took back his White Dragon Blade and the Sky Demon Sword. By bringing back his ominous demonic energy, the black sword returned to the wristguard state. He had shown Sky Demon Sword twice to the Great Guardian now. Yeowun was confused. He was confused about how Marakim knew the Twenty Four Demon Sword and Sword Force of the Sky Demon, and even knew about the Sky Demon Sword. “…Great Guardian, tell me everything you know.” Yeowun asked seriously and Marakim smiled bitterly. “I have something to tell you first…” But before he could finish, a giant explosion rung through the entire mountain. Two of them looked up at the mountain peak. Evil and powerful energy spread from above. Yeowun became grim. It was the place where Yin Moha and Kingbonki were fighting. Marakim spoke to Yeowun. “Crown Prince. We should climb up. I will go with you.” Yeowun was concerned but couldn’t move as he wasn’t done with Marakim, so Yeowun nodded and quickly began climbing up the mountain. Marakim also ran up, but he couldn’t move as quickly due to his internal damage. At the peak, it was now very different. There were many craters and cracks beneath. “Hah… Hah…” Yin Moha was moving quickly through as she panted heavily. Her clean clothes were ripped and were drenched in blood, and Yin Moha was pale from exhaustion. That’s when something dropped to where she was, and if she wasn’t fast, she would have become like the hole that was made through. Dust clouds kicked up and something giant got up from within. It was a being larger even than Ko Wanghur, who was the largest man within the cult, and his muscles were enlarged irregularly with veins popping up all over it that made his skin to look red. His reddened eyes also showed the demonic presence within. The beast-like man growled. “Grrrrrr…. You are like a rat. How long do you think you can run?” “Hah… Hah… Kingbonki!!” This beast-like man was Kingbonki, the 2nd Elder. He was now a giant monster, who jumped against Yin Moha. Kingbonki was huge, but he was also very quick, enough to catch up to Yin Moha. But the accuracy wasn’t up to par with his speed, so Yin Moha was barely able to run. “Kaaaaaaaa!” “Kyaaaaa!” Kingbonki’s giant fist struck down on her and threw her away. She used her energy barrier, but it seemed like her left wristbone was broken. ‘H-he’s adapted to it.’ Kingbonki was getting used to his changed body. Yin Moha was able to dodge a few times, but she was struck down this time. She laid low on her broken left arm and used her sword as a stick to got up and glared. “Krrrrrrr… hahaha.” “Hah.. hah… do you think you can be okay even through using Blood Reversion?!” Kingbonki’s change had come from the Blood Reversion Art. Kingbonki who lost to Yin Moha had to use Blood Reversion Art. ‘Dammit!’ Kingbonki, who refused any connection to Blood Reversion Art, when his sub clan was revealed of using it, knew this forbidden art after all. And with Kingbonki, an established superior master level warrior using it, the power that grew was out of the limit of a mere human. “Hahahahaha! Do you think this is like that incomplete trash?!” “Incomplete?” “My Great Art of the Blood God’s Reversion is not something to be compared to that incomplete trash!” Originally, blood reversion art used the user’s energy flow to be destroyed and took away the user’s conscious that became a problem. But Kingbonki, who had to lose his conscious a long time ago, didn’t seem to lose his sanity. “It’s impossible!” “Foolish woman! I have succeeded in removing all the side effects!” Yin Moha became pale. If side effects from blood reversion art was removed, then the Sword clan was the most dangerous clan in the current Demonic Cult. ‘No way. That’s not possible.’ Yin Moha shook her head. If what he said was true, then there was no way for the Sword clan to hide about the Blood Reversion art. There was still a problem remaining that they couldn’t reveal it publicly yet. “It’s enough. I will kill you now!” Kingbonki then charged against Yin Moha to finish her. It was so fast that he was already three steps away from Yin Moha. “DIE!!!” Chapter 225 - Anonymous (6) Chapter 225: Anonymous (6) "Not yet!" Yin Moha unleashed blue force qi over her sword. She couldn't run away with stepping skill so she gathered up her last energy to attack. "YOU DIE!" She then thrust her sword into Kingbonki's chest. She was ready to give her life away if she failed. But her sword that wielded force qi shattered as if it was an egg that was crushed against a rock. Kingbonki's enlarged muscles acted like metal armor and crashed against the sword that was protected through force qi. "H-how can this be…!" "It's ticklish! Is this all you got?!" Kingbonki exclaimed. And as he got up, Yin Moha was shadowed from the death itself. "Ah…" She then slumped down. Kingbonki slowly raised his large hand and grinned. "Die painfully… kakakaka!" And with that, his fist struck down on Yin Moha's head. She closed her eyes at the fear of death. '…Huh?' That's when she heard metal clashing and heavy panting right next to her. When she opened her eyes, she saw someone blocking Kingbonki's fist with a clear white blade. Yin Moha's eyes grew large. "Crown Prince!" It was Chun Yeowun. He was drenched in sweat, so it was easy to see how hard he tried in quickly trying to climb up the mountain. 'I… I'm not late.' If he was late, then Yin Moha would have died to Kingbonki's fist. She became astounded for being saved. Kingbonki, however, became dumbfounded at Chun Yeowun who appeared. "You're in my way again!" Yeowun then spoke to him with cold eyes. "In your way? How foolish." "Arrogant as ever! You think you can deal with me?!" Kingbonki began to unleash evil energy within him. It was very powerful. 'It's dangerous.' "Get back." "C-Crown Prince!" Yeowun pushed Yin Moha to the back by using his energy. It wasn't an attack so Yin Moha was let down far to the back safely. Kingbonki's hand was covered with terrible force qi and came down upon Yeowun. 'No!' But Yeowun quickly spun and created blade force qi over his White Dragon Blade. With force qi striking against itself, the clashing sound filled the area. Yeowun had used the formation from Butterfly Blade Dance, but he was thrown to the back with powerful energy. 'It's powerful!' Kingbonki's power that grew exponentially was very powerful. It was enough to destroy Yeowun's force qi instantly and send him back. Yeowun was pushed ten steps. Sweat ran through his cheek. It felt like he was against a monster rather than a warrior. 'Is that blood reversion art?' Kingbonki's enlarged state and veins popping up showed that it was blood reversion art. Yeowun had fought a criminal who used it, but that criminal was like a kid compared to Kingbonki. Kingbonki became arrogant when he saw Yeowun becoming tense and created force qi over his two hands. "Krrrrr… it's good. I will kill you here and now." Kingbonki then jumped to charge toward Yeowun with incredible speed. The martial arts he was using with his hand was the formation from the True Demon Sword. 'No!' "Hahahaha! You cannot run from me!" Yeowun tried to dodge it by using stepping skill, but the force qi was so large that he couldn't get away from its range. If he couldn't dodge, then he had to fight through it. 'It's too powerful. Then…' Yeowun then changed the way he gripped the blade and unleashed the blade skill of the Blade God. A powerful blade skill unleashed itself against Kingbonki. 'His body is like metal.' But the White Dragon Blade couldn't make any cuts on Kingbonki's body. 'I can't do it in my current state.' Yeowun became pale. He had used a lot of internal energy from the fight against Marakim, so he couldn't use the blade skill of Blade God fully, as it required all of his energy. 'I can't cut him with this… huH!?' That's when his hand that grabbed on the blade was thrown to the back. "That's no use! You cannot harm me like that!" "Ugh!" "DIE!" "Argh!" Yeowun quickly blocked against the giant force qi swinging against him, and he was thrown away. He struck a few times on the ground as he thrown way into the back and soon struck into the ground, making a crater. A dust cloud kicked up and hid his movement. "C-Crown Prince!" Yin Moha screamed desperately. Marakim, who just got up to the peak, also became shocked. 'No…' Chun Yeowun had used much of his energy through fight against Marakim. But he thought Yeowun would not lose to almost anyone, so he was shocked to see what he saw on the peak. 'Second Elder using blood reversion art?' Marakim had never seen a superior master level warrior using blood reversion art. But what the elder turned into was that of a monster. "You are nothing against me! Hahahahaha!" Kingbonki laughed and rejoiced. From how his hand felt, he had injured himself significantly this time. If Yeowun wasn't immortal, then there was no way for him to survive. Or he so thought. That's when Kingbonki heard strange sound within the dustcloud. He stopped laughing and looked at the dust cloud. That's when he felt ominous energy within the dust cloud. As his senses had grown to that of a beast, he could clearly sense the terrifying dark energy that was coming out from it. It wasn't energy that could be used by a dying man. '…What is this?' It was then. Chun Yeowun shot out from the dust, and his hand was holding onto a black sword. Yeowun shouted, "Try to block this too!" "Krrrrg! You were alive! Kaaaaah!" Kingbonki roared and unleashed giant force qi over his both hands and charged against Yeowun. Yeowun's black sword then wielded black force qi. 'Black force qi?' The black sword then created a trace of a movement divided into twentyfour movements combined into one. Kingbonki then brought up all of his energy and stormed against it. 'W-what?!' But the giant force qi that was swung to rip apart Yeowun was instantly countered. 'N-no! I have to defend it!' The black streak of light struck Kingbonki's chest without giving him a chance to defend. Kingbonki focused all energy to defend the sharp energy coming into his chest, but the power of the last formation of Sword Force of the Sky Demon that focused all of its power into one point was beyond imagination. "N-NOOOO! AAAAAAAAARGH!" And Yeowun's body shot past through Kingbonki screaming in pain and stopped ten steps past Kingbonki. "A…argh… argh…" Kingbonki knelt on his knees and looked down on his chest that had a large hole. His body that even force qi wouldn't cut down was penetrated. "How… How can this… be…." Kingbonki then dropped and didn't move. "Hah… Hah…" As Yeowun looked at the dead Kingbonki, he panted heavily. He had to use the best of his skills to defeat the monster as he had used a lot of energy while fighting against Great Guardian Marakim. "Whew…" He couldn't even fight anymore. It was then. "Huh?" Great Guardian Marakim got up to Yeowun and went down on his two knees, and placed his head on the ground and shouted. "Great Guardian Marakim of the Great Demonic Cult is here to serve the current Sky Demon!" Chapter 226 - Anonymous (7) Chapter 226: Anonymous (7) Yeowun became shocked at what Great Guardian Marakim just said to him. He couldn’t understand why Marakim was addressing him as Chun Ma. Chun Ma was the name of the founding father of the Demonic Cult. “Great Guardian. What are you talking about?” “It is as I said, my lord. I am paying proper respect to the current Chun Ma.” Yeowun frowned as Marakim answered seriously. Yin Moha dragged herself over to them and turned to Great Guardian with a confused look. “My prince. Is he Anonymous?” “…He is the Great Guardian.” “What? He’s Great Guardian Marakim?” Yin Moha, who always had no expression, showed her surprise this time. The first surprise came from knowing that Anonymous was actually the Great Guardian, and the second surprise came from seeing Marakim’s true face for the first time. Marakim’s face did not look like he was from Jianghu. ‘So it was the Great Guardian who gathered three elders until now…’ And Marakim, who was bowing down on the ground, looked up and spoke to Yin Moha. “Elder Yin. You must pay respect to the current Chun Ma.” “What? …Current Chun Ma, you said?” Yin Moha frowned. She then glanced over to the black sword that Yeowun was holding on. On the blade that shined in black under the bright moonlight, there was an engraving that said ‘Sky Demon Sword.’ “W-wait…” “You have been to the Altar of Fathers, so you must know too.” “Sky Demon Sword!!” With Marakim’s serious words, Yin Moha quickly went down on the ground on her knees and put her heads down. Chun Yeowun became more confused when even Yin Moha did the same. “Ugh… what are you people doing?” “You are the true Chun Ma.” “What do you mean?” It was Yin Moha who answered instead. “There is an altar that has monuments of former Lords and the last will of Founding Father at the north side of the Lord’s palace.” Yeowun remembered he had heard of this. Once in every year, the Demonic Cult held a holy ceremony for deceased Lords. It was the day when Father Chun Ma had died in the past. And on the ceremony day, the entire castle went through the ritual of burning, where cultists spent half their day bowing down in remembrance. The members who took care of this ceremony was the Lord, Guardians, and Elders, so they were only ones who were allowed to enter the Altar of Fathers at that time of the year. “Inside the altar, there is a monument that Father Chun Ma left with his own writing.” Yin Moha saw the monument every time there was a ceremony. The writing was said to be written by Chun Ma himself, so Yin Moha looked very closely every time and remembered it very clearly. “On that monument, it is said that one who acquires the true Sky Demon Sword will succeed the name of Chun Ma.” Yin Moha found out that the Sky Demon Sword that the current Lord had was not the real Sky Demon Sword after seeing the monument herself. “There is also a Sky Demon Order engraved in that monument.” Sky Demon Order. It was the order left by Father Chun Ma. Everything about the Demonic Cult was determined by the Lord’s order and Elder’s meeting, but basic laws came from the Sky Demon Order. It was the direct order that no cultist can disobey, even if it was the Lord. “But current Lord never succeeded Chun Ma’s title.” To the Demonic Cult, Father Chun Ma was a god himself. Even if the Lord was above all in the cult, he couldn’t disobey the Sky Demon Order. This applied to the six clans also. It was because the Sky Demon Order was the fundamental that maintained the Demonic Cult as one. “The sword that Lord carries right now is a replica. Every Elder know this.” ‘Ah…’ Yeowun looked down at his black sword. He was confused as to why the sword had an engraving that said Sky Demon Sword, but now the mystery was solved. Yeowun’s black sword was the true Sky Demon Sword after all. “If the Lord knows his sword is fake or not, then he could have gone against the Sky Demon Order. And it’s also strange why elders are not raising objections.” The Lord that Yeowun knew seemed like the person who was going to try to benefit from it. Even if the Sky Demon Order was true, the Lord wielding a fake Sky Demon Sword was enough to discredit his dignity. It wasn’t sure why this was kept on going even when Lord and all elders knew of this fact. “As you said, we don’t know why the Lord is not trying to hide his sword being fake, but the reason why us Elders are not raising problems with this is because of what he heard from generations.” “And what is that?” It was rumored that the true Sky Demon Sword was robbed 500 years ago at the incident of the Blade God. This was shameful history so the Lord and Elders decided to deliberately hide this rumor. It was reasonable so Yeowun nodded. That’s when Marakim shook his head. “Most of Elder Yin said is right, but there is something I need to correct.” “?” “The reason why the Lord does not mention the Sky Demon Sword is because of the Guardian of the Sky Demon Order.” “Guardian of the Sky Demon Order?” Yin Moha became confused. She wasn’t all that informed about the details of the cult like other elders, but still, she had never heard of such title. Marakim continued, “Guardian of the Sky Demon Order always stood by the Sky Demon Order and assisted Lords throughout history. The job is to watch over the Lord so that he would not disobey the Sky Demon Order.” The person who made the Sky Demon Order was Father Chun Ma. So to protect the order, Chun Ma had taught his own martial arts to the Guardians of the Sky Demon Order so that they could always be stronger than the Lord. “I didn’t expect such a powerful warrior was hidden within the cult…!” Chapter 227 - Anonymous (8) Chapter 227: Anonymous (8) Yin Moha was surprised to find out the truth. “Guardian of the Sky Demon Order always acted covertly under the Lord, so no other cultist knows of this.” And the Great Guardian Marakim knew when no other cultists should have known. “Wait… then you mean?” Marakim nodded to Yeowun’s question. “Yes. I am the Guardian of the Sky Demon. It is the secret title given to all of the Great Guardians in history.” “Ah.” Marakim then reached into his pocket and took out a blue pearl medal. On the front, it had the Great Guardian’s symbol engraved on it. But on the back, there was an engraving that said ‘Sky Demon Order.’ “S-Sky Demon Order!” The seal and the order of Chun Ma itself were engraved on the Great Guardian’s medal. What’s interesting was that there was a line crossed across the Sky Demon Order engraving. It seemed like it had been made so that the seal could not be reused to fake it. “This medal was made by Father Chun Ma himself.” “Ah…” With this, Marakim always had to guard the Sky Demon Order with his life. That’s when Yeowun became curious. For the Lord, that kind of person to be watching over him might have been considered as a nuisance. “Doesn’t the Lord think the Great Guardian is a threat to him?” “No, my lord. I cannot harm the Lord.” “…Do you think the Lord can trust that?” As far as Yeowun knew, the current Lord was a very suspicious man. But Yeowun’s question was immediately solved. “Father Chun Ma placed restrictions on us. It is made through the special poisonous parasite.” Father Chun Ma had placed a special poisonous parasite inside the Great Guardian’s family and it was sent down into generations. The parasite was created by Chun Ma and it was used to penetrate into every Great Guardian’s internal energy. If in any way, a Great Guardian was to harm the Lord, then the poison will be activated, killing the Great Guardian. “The Lord has taken in the reactants, so if I harm him, I will die.” “Ah…” The recipe to create the reactants were only known to the Great Guardian family, so they crafted the reactants each time a new Lord was appointed and pledged allegiance. This was a secret only known to the Lord and Great Guardian. So this was why the Lord didn’t think Great Guardian as a threat, but also couldn’t outright disobey the Sky Demon Order. “So, it had been hidden for generations…” Yeowun spoke bitterly and Marakim continued, “Father Chun Ma had said that a Demon is sealed within the cult. And he foretold that one who bears the right will acquire the Sky Demon Sword.” It was the legend of the Demon Seal Cave. Hundreds of former princes tried on the cave, and none had found the Sky Demon Sword. And of course, there was none that learned the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. “We Guardians have waited so long to find the one to succeed Father Chun Ma’s will.” And hundreds of years had passed. But even after a long period of time, no one succeeded the title of Chun Ma and the Guardian families almost gave up on this. “But everything is now changed.” “Changed? What’s changed?” “You are now the true Chun Ma. We Guardians of the Sky Demon only serve Chun Ma as our master.” “Ah.” With Great Guardian Marakim’s serious voice, Yin Moha shook with excitement. She knew what Marakim was talking about. What Marakim said was that he accepted Chun Yeowun as his master, not the current Lord Chun Yujong. “Please bestow me the Qi of Sky Demon to me.” “Qi of Sky Demon?” “Don’t you have the energy that you acquired from the Sky Demon Sword?” “…Do you mean this?” When Yeowun sent ominous demonic energy into his Sky Demon Sword, black light of force qi shot up from the sword. “Ahh… I knew it!” Seeing this in front of his eyes, Marakim was mesmerized. He was certain that it was the Qi of Sky Demon when he saw Yeowun using it to kill Kingbonki, and now it was confirmed. “Is this the one?” “Yes. Please bestow me the energy, so I can serve you as my master.” “What do you mean?” “The poison parasite is created by using the qi of the Sky Demon by Father Chun Ma.” Marakim said that the parasite created was temporary as Father Chun Ma did not have a successor. “Father Chun Ma left a will that said the parasite will recognize wielder of qi of Sky Demon as its master. Please take me in.” Marakim wished for Yeowun to take control of the poison parasite’s control. Yeowun looked down at Marakim and placed his hand over at Marakim’s head and sent in the demonic energy into the head. And with the energy coming in through the head, Marakim allowed the energy flow into his body. “Ugh!” As the energy came into contact with the poison parasite, Marakim felt a pinching pain in his heart and internal energy, but it didn’t last long. Soon, the energy was fully absorbed and Marakim’s eye glowed with ominous dark energy. Marakim then bowed his head to the ground again and shouted. “Thank you for taking this humble servant! I, Great Guardian and Guardian of the Sky Demon Order, Marakim pledges an oath to the true Chun Ma!” Yeowun smiled. The strongest warrior and the Great Guardian Marakim had now entered Yeowun’s fold. Yeowun now wielded the power of the Guardians. Chapter 228 - Walking into the trap (1) Chapter 228: Walking into the trap (1) “This is all great, but you have a explanations to make.” And after Marakim’s pledging allegiance to Chun Yeowun, 10th Elder Yin Moha spoke to him. Yeowun also agreed. They had heard about secret of Sky Demon Sword, but they didn’t hear anything about why Marakim faked himself as Anonymous and tried to teach martial art of the Sky Demon to three clans. And why he knew the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. “Of course. I am sure I will need to explain.” Marakim had no intention of hiding as he decided to serve Yeowun as his master from now on. Marakim began his story . “25 years ago, The Great High Lord suddenly got down from his position of Lord.” It was the highest peak of the Demonic Cult in the history, so everyone was confused by the decision. The Great High Lord was one of top five warrior of the Jianghu and he wasn’t injured or old. “It was then Great High Lord was commanding expedition into Kangsoh Castle.” After attempting few times on attacking Kangsoh Castle, the Great High Lord suddenly stepped down from his post and locked himself in a closed room to train. It was after five years that he came out from the room. Great High Lord had become so much powerful then he ever was. “Elder Yin. Do you remember when Great High Lord had gone missing?” “…Wasn’t it at fall?” At the season of harvest, Great High Lord Chun Inji went missing. He didn’t say anything or leave any words so many cultists were dispatched to find him but he was no where to be seen. “On the night before he went missing… I saw Great High Lord.” “What? You saw him? Why didn’t you say anything then?” As far as Yin Moha knew, Great Guardian Marakim had served under Great High Lord Chun Inji and Lord Chun Yujong both. But he said that he does not know where Chun Inji had went. “He ordered me to stay silent, but he didn’t tell me where he was going anyway.” On the night before, Chun Inji came over to Marakim’s room in secret. “The Lord told me to keep it as a secret and gave me an order.” “What order was it?” “If he does not return in 10 years, then I should teach ones who have connection to the Sword Family of martial art of Sky Demon. And that I should not think about the will of the Sky Demon.” “Ah… S-so that was the order of Great High Lord?” Chun Inji, before he became the Lord, had once entered underground treasure vault after passing the sixth test. That’s why he knew the secret of the Sky Demon. ‘I see… so Guardians maintained the Demonic Academy so they knew.’ Guardians had access to libraries and underground treasure vaults. This was why Marakim, or Anonymous knew the True Demon Sword and the Twenty Four Demon Sword. But Sword Force of the Sky Demon was still a mystery. “And what’s with Sword Force of the Sky Demon?” “…That was taught by Great High Lord himself.” “What?” It was quite shocking to hear that Great High Lord had taught others that only successor of Chun Ma can learn. Of course, the martial art required specific energy flow so it wasn’t much of use without it, but it was still a shocking decision. “Great High Lord said he had spent five years in closed room training to create the energy flow for the Sword Force of the Sky Demon.” Great High Lord Chun Inji, a renowned genius, went into the closed room training and tried his best to create the energy flow that will work to use Sword Force of the Sky Demon. He ultimately failed, but he did have some progress. “He couldn’t make the energy flow to completely digest all formations, but he created a flow that will allow use of Sword Force of the Sky Demon at least in incomplete state.” Chun Inji then taught what he studied to Marakim and ordered him to complete it. Yeowun became curious and asked. “Wasn’t it better for him to teach Sword Force of the Sky Demon to the Lord instead?” “…Yes, I agree. I don’t understand why he did that… but I know that Great High Lord did not like the current Lord at the time.” “What?” Yin Moha nodded as she too seemed to know this. “I heard. It was told miracle that Great High Lord even allowed to have current Lord become appointed as a Lord.” Chun Inji was born from the Wise clan. As such, he wanted his successor to come from the Wise clan, but that did not work. After the Demonic Academy was over, Chun Yujong from Sword clan had killed almost every other princes. There were only two princes left when the academy was over. “Remaining candidate was his own brother from same clan, but he even cut his brother’s right arm.” Chapter 229 - Walking into the trap (2) Chapter 229: Walking into the trap (2) AT the time, Sword clan had two princes. One was Chun Yujong and another was Chun Yujing from different mother. Chun Yujong did not kill a brother from his same clan but had cut his arm off so that he will not have any competition. The evaluation of Chun Yujong came to be very aggressive and hostile. “Everyone thought Great High Lord will make Chun Yuay from Loyal clan as the Crown Prince, but he suddenly made Chun Yujong as the Lord, so it was very surprising at the time.” It seemed there was something more that went on at the background, but Great Guardian or Yin Moha did not know the details. Whatever the case, the Great High Lord taught Sword Force of the Sky Demon to Great Guardian, instead of the Lord. Marakim refused at first, but he had to listen to the order. “The Lord told me that if he does not return in 10 years, then a great danger might come to the Demonic Cult.” Marakim asked multiple times on what was going on, but Great High Lord did not answer. And next day, he was gone from the cult. Marakim took up the order and had kept it as a secret until today. And as Yeowun heard this, he realized that Marakim considered former Lord, Chun Inji as his master rather than Lord Chun Yujong. “As I was ordered, I waited him for 10 years.” He waited for Great High Lord’s safe return. But Chun Inji never returned to the Demonic Cult. When he did not return, Marakim began to proceed with the order and learned martial arts of Sword Demon for two years and called elders of three clans and tried to teach time. “Ah… so, that’s why you made us gather at this peak.” “Yes. What happened next… is you two probably knows.” Yin Moha raised her eyebrows. However, the bitterness between three clans was very deep so Marakim couldn’t teach the martial art to all three of them. “I couldn’t let those scumbags succeed the mighty Sword Demon.” Marakim then aimed on that bitterness. As a guardian, he had been chief of the Demonic Academy multiple times and was good at teaching, so Marakim offered them a condition where they can develop True Demon Sword to a better one. And on the other hand, he trained hard to create the energy flow for Sword Force of the Sky Demon but it wasn’t easy. “I had spent 8 years to create the energy flow for the Sword Force of the Sky Demon… but all I can do was to replicate it by using Air Sword technique.” Sword Force of the Sky Demon was a legendary sword skill that was created by legendary warrior Chun Ma with all of his understandings and findings. That was already enough achievement on what Marakim did. When Marakim finished, Yeowun was able to understand answer to all of his questions. “So, everything was done by Great High Lord. Do you think he knew the existence of Blade God Six Martial clan?” “I think so.” Yeowun asked and Marakim nodded in agreeance. Until Blade God Six Martial clan appeared, Marakim wasn’t sure what danger might come to the Demonic Cult. But after fighting against them, he was able to confirm that they were the danger that Chun Inji spoke. He also suspected that Blade God Six Martial clan might have connection with Chun Inji’s disapperanace. “Ah.” Yin Moha then suddenly came up with another question. “Great Guardian. Why did you pull the promised date?” Marakim then became serious and turned to Chun Yeowun instead and spoke. “That is…” AT the same time at Lord’s palace. It was time where all lights should have been gone off, but the Lord’s office was still brightly lit. Inside, Chun Yujong was listening to someone reporting to him. It was a middle aged man with black cover on his left eye. “We lost track of the Great Guardian after he went outside to the Western gate. We are still searching the area, but our palace guards’ number aren’t enough. There were hundreds of peaks outside the west of the Demonic Cult’s castle. Just hundreds of warriors weren’t enough to search through all those mountains. “And about other two?” “I have received message from the one who watch over Ghost Illusion clan, and Crown Prince have not returned yet. And it is same with Elder Yin Moha from Demonspread Sword clan.” Surprisingly, the man had been watching Yeowun and Yin Moha too. The Lord was becoming more uncomfortable when he heard neither Yeowun or Yin Moha returned. Someone then told the Lord. “So, it came down to this again.” It was another middle aged man standing by the wall at the corner of the office. What’s interesting was that he didn’t seem to have right arm. The man walked slowly over to the Lord’s desk and spoke as he shook his head. “I told you, that he is not the card we can use anymore. Wasn’t it your motto to consider a card as a card?” “…What are you saying?” “We should get rid of it before it becomes out of control.” Man spoke and the Lord’s eyebrow raised. His face was full of frustration. “I assure you, Kingbonki will not come back alive. You must know this if you have saw what he had been doing in the past.” “…” “If you let him stay with six clans, it will only decrease our forces. He is a poison.” What he said was right. Chun Yujong tried to work it so that they can compete against each other in equal balance, but it was being broken. And the power was now growing to threaten Chun Yujong himself. “He is no use as a card anymore. If you cut out the rotten area, everything else will heal.” He meant that if Chun Yeowun was to get rid of, then his groups will dismantle. The Lord then became silent with his thoughts and spoke. “It is time then.” The one armed man spoke. “Wise choice, my lord. So, what will you do?” “Will take out his arms and legs first.” The group had grown too powerful to take care of it directly. It was important to scatter the group. “Pahin.” “Yes, my Lord.” The man with black cover on his eye answered. “I order you as the Lord. Arrest Left Guardian Lee Hameng and Right Guardian Submeng and send them into prison right now.” “Yes, my Lord!” Chapter 230 - Walking into the trap (3) Chapter 230: Walking into the trap (3) It was next day morning when Yeowun returned to the castle of Demonic Cujlt. Yeowun was able to restore his internal energy quickly, but Marakim and Yin Moha acquired internal damage so they had to take some time meditating, and Yeowun hand to protect them while they were going through meditation. ‘I will enter the castle from another gate.’ Marakim said they couldn’t enter the castle together as it will cause needless suspicion so he went to different gate. Yeowun then came to the western gate with Yin Moha without her mask. Yeowun did not go in and out of the castle gate much, but it seemed the guard was more tighter. ‘Something’s weird.’ Guards that stood guard on the castle gate always became surprised to see Yeowun’s medal, but they were different today. They seemed surprised but it was different. ‘Nano. Tap telepathic messages.’ Yeowun ordered and Nano immediately responded. [Yes, master. Configuring different sound vibration to the user’s ear drum.] Yeowun then began to hear the sound that he didn’t hear before. [….is here. Send message to the Lord’s palace immediately.] [Yes, sir.] Yeowun passed through the gate with grim look. Yin Moha became curious and whispered. “Is something wrong?” “…Yes. We should return fast.” “Yes, master.” It wasn’t sure since when, but the Lord’s palace was watching over on everything Yeowun was doing. It seems it was the ‘beginning’ of what ‘he’ said. Yeowun and Yin Moha quickly ran to the mansion of Ghost Illusion clan. And at the same time in the Lord’s palace. Someone was being apprehended and was brought in by Palace guards. It was Great Guardian Marakim. ‘They werew waiting for me.’ Marakim became grim. When he returned to the palace, he was arrest right away by palace guards. He asked the reason, and guards said that Marakim was suspected of related with Kingbonki going missing. ‘No…’ Kingbonki was killed by Yeowun. The body was buried in different mountain so that it cannot be found by anyone else. ‘Is the Lord thinking I am the suspect?’ If that was it, then it was better. With Yeowun not revealed as true Chun Ma yet, there was a chance where the Lord will use this incident against Yeowun. ‘At least its fortunate that 2nd Elder went berserk by using Blood Reversion Art.’ If the Lord was thinking Marakim was the killer, than he could use it as his defense. And soon, he was at the Lord’s office. “My Lord, we have the Great Guardian here.” “Send him in.” “Yes, my lord.” The door opened and Chun Yujong was standing at front of his desk, and one armed man standing by the wall to the side of the room. The Lord asked Marakim. “How was your trip overnight?” If the Lord knew that Marakim wasn’t at the castle, then there was no need to hide. Marakim knelt down on his one knee and bowed. “I am sorry to disturb you, my lord.” “Let me cut to the chase. Kingbonki left the castle last night and he haven’t returned yet.” “That’s…” “I am not done.” Marakim stopped speaking at the Lord’s solemn voice. He felt something was going weird, but he couldn’t object to the Lord right now. “But I also heard that Crown Prince and Elder Yin Moha also disappeared from the castle last night.” ‘No…’ Great Guardian’s eye beyond his mask shook. He knew that the Lord was having watch on him already, but he didn’t think Chun Yujong was watching Chun Yeowun also. It seemed he had used his own Palace guards to do the job instead of using warriors from Guardians. “From what the Crown Prince did in the past, I think something must have happened to the 2nd Elder. Do you agree?” Marakim became grim. It seems the Lord’s target was not Marakim, but the Crown Prince. “My Lord…” “If Crown Prince lured 2nd Elder out of the castle to kill him, wouldn’t it be a murder made due to personal vengeance?” ‘So, this was what he wanted…’ Marakim bit on his lips under his mask. The Lord did not know what exactly happened outside the castle. But he was trying to blame Yeowun on killing Kingbonki, no matter what happened to Kingbonki, to pressure him. ‘This cannot be done. I cannot have Chun Ma to be blamed.’ He couldn’t let the Lord to get a reason. The Lord was going to make this as an issue to strike down on Chun Yeowun if given the chance. Marakim then placed his head down on the ground and spoke. “My lord. That incident is irrelevant to the Crown Prince’s personal feelings.” “And if not, what is it?” Marakim then began to explain the death of 2nd elder Kingbonki. Of course, he had took out large chunk of part where Yeowun might become suspicious and only focused on Kingbonki using blood reversion art. “…So, his body had become too large due to blood reversion art, so I was going to report to you to send people there to carry his body back here.” It was smooth excuse for a excuse that was made up on spot. The Lord didn’t know why Kingbonki left the castle, so it was sure that he wouldn’t find any suspicious point in the story. The Lord stood for a second in thought and spoke. “Good. Then I will have palace guards to go with you. Go bring 2nd Elder’s body back.” “Yes, my lord.” ‘It worked