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 Chapter 251 - Coronation (1) Chapter 251: Coronation (1) Fourth Elder Ja Kinkeng and Sixth Elder Mong Oh were leading their groups toward the mansion of the Buju Sword clan located on the east side of the castle. There weren’t a lot of spies within the palace guards as the palace guards were appointed through careful screening. “Make it quick!” “Yes, sir!” There was a reason why Ja Kinkeng and Mong Oh were moving so quickly. A while ago, one of the traitors from the palace guards blew a whistle, but they weren’t sure what the signal meant. It was possible that the remaining traitors might try to escape so they had to work fast. All castle gates were sealed and the entire castle was under emergency mode, so they thought it wasn’t be easy for them to run. “L-look!” Then they saw black smoke coming up from the direction they were running from. They also saw flame coming up. Ja Kinkeng and Mong Oh then had to work to put out the fire at the mansion of the Buju Sword clan. “Put out the fire!” “Keep it contained!” “Ugh.. we are late.” The heat blocked them from the outside. The entire mansion was oiled so it would burn, and the flame was taking everything away. All they could do was contain the fire so it wouldn’t spread in another way. While Mong Oh and his groups worked to put out the fire, remaining groups led by Ja Kinkeng began searching through the castle to find ones related to the Buju Sword clan. Three days passed. Lot of things happened during those times. The fire at the Buju Sword clan’s mansion was put out but there were no survivors. Most bodies were all burned up, and the bodies found where the fire did not burn it all were also dead as they killed themselves. Everything was planned so that they could remove every trace. And the Buju Sword clan wasn’t the only one. The Sword clan was also searched thoroughly and those who had a relationship to the Buju Sword clan were all found dead. The only survivor was Yi Burwi, so he was treated for his cut limbs and was now locked to go under investigation. All members from the Sword clan were arrested to undergo investigation as well and all groups owned by them were disbanded. “A total of fourteen guards from the Palace Guards were found to be from the Buju Sword clan.” “I see.” Among the 300 Palace Guards, there was a total of fourteen traitors, including Pahin, the newly-appointed leader. “From what we see, there were only five before, but nine were added this time.” Pahin was only one of three lieutenantS, but after the Lord returned from Jukang Castle, Pahin was appointed to a leader. Left Guardian Lee Hameng questioned Pahin and Yi Burwi himself but there wasn’t much outcome. The ones talking in the Lord’s office were Chun Yeowun and Great Guardian Marakim. After the incident, Chun Yeowun now was at the palace and was helping three guardians and other elders take care of the issue. He was the Crown Prince and also the new Chun Ma so no one objected to it. “Lord Chun Ma. 11th Elder requests to see you.” “Let him come in.” Office door opened and 11th Elder Huan Yi entered. He still wore red silk clothes with butterfly embroidery, but had a different mask this time. He usually wore a handsome man’s mask, but he looked like any ordinary man right now. But he still had heavy makeup, and that gave him a feminine feel. “Greetings, Lord Chun Ma.” “Are you already up?” “Huhu. How can I, a mere servant of Lord Chun Ma, rest while you are so busy at work?” Huan Yi had to walk into the trap set up for Chun Yeowun. If Huan Yi wasn’t helped by reinforcements, he might have not survived. With two warrior groups coming to his aid, Huan Yi fought against warriors from the Buju Sword clan. The Buju Sword clan members were outnumbered, but they used blood reversion art so it caused many casualties. “I have something to report.” “…Is it about the chase?” “Yes, my lord.” After four hours of battle, Huan Yi was able to defeat them. But when he checked the bodies of the Buju Sword clan, he found out that a few of them were missing. Their leader Jukem and the other three were missing, so Huan Yi organized a chase party and sent a message to his spy network to find any trace of them from Bokgun and Kangsuh Castle. “I received a message from the north of the Bokgun Castle.” “Did we find them?” “Yes. We found their trace in a small village… I’m sorry, my lord.” “We lost them.” “Yes. Two of my warriors asked for reinforcements and followed them but they went missing.” “Get up.” Huan Yi was on his knees to apologize and Yeowun brought him up. He then walked over to the Jianghu map over at the wall. The village north of Bokgun Castle was very close to Jurkang Castle. “They went over to Jurkang Castle.” “That’s what we thought as well.” They searched all around Bokgun Castle, but nothing was found. The last trace of Huan Yi’s warriors were left off near the Jurkang Castle. They couldn’t search Jurkang Castle as it was the territory of the Blade God Six Martial clan, so they had to return. “I guess it is likely that they are involved in this.” “From what we can see… that is most likely.” Yeowun had guessed that the Buju Sword clan was related to the Blade God Six Martial clan already. He had a reason for this suspicion. Those who were captured as prisoners were quiet, but there was one mystery that was solved by the incident. ‘I was right… with the poison and all.’ The liquor that served to the feast with the Yulin clan was poisoned. The only spy at that moment was only one. It was impossible for one man to poison all the liquor, so Yeowun thought it was weird. He heard that the Palace Guards searched the foods, so if there were this many traitors in the palace guards, then that mystery was solved. And if that was related, then it was likely that the Buju Sword clan was related to the Blade God Six Martial clan. ‘Hmph.’ After looking it up, Yeowun was able to find out that the Buju Sword clan originated from the outside, and they had only joined the cult for sixty years. Their based used to be in Jurkang Castle, but they lost to the Demonic Cult when Chun Inji led his expedition towards the north and entered the castle. ‘I don’t understand. They waited that long?’ If they were related to the Blade God Six Martial clan for that long, then it meant they had spent a long time sneaking into the castle. It had been only a month since the Blade God Six Martial clan appeared. It seemed just too long to suspect a relationship. But what got into Yeowun’s mind was what Yi Burwi said before he tried to kill himself. [Ugh… don’t be too excited that you won here. Our clan’s power reaches not only to the Demonic Cult, but beyond… ugh!] He said it as if their powers reached all parts of the Jianghu. It sounded like the ‘clan’ Yi Burwi mentioned wasn’t the Buju Sword clan. ‘I would know if I can make him speak…’ But that wasn’t easy. On first day, Yeowun tortured him in all kinds of ways, but Yi Burwi never spoke anything. ‘There must be a way for him to speak… oh!’ Yeowun then came up with one idea he had not thought of. It seemed like there might be a chance. Yeowun suddenly got up from his seat and Marakim and Huan Yi became curious. Marakim asked, “My Lord, what is it?” “I have to talk to the Demon Doctor.” Chapter 252 - Coronation (2) Chapter 252: Coronation (2) “Yes? But the Great Meeting will be held soon…” The Great Meeting was going to be held very soon. Clan leaders were already gathering at the Great Halls. “It won’t be long.” “Understood.” Chun Yeowun then came out of the office with Marakim and Huan Yi to head into the medical room. There were many warriors from the Guardians standing guard, and there was one who was the most important one staying in the medical room now. “Hail Lord Chun Ma!” Warriors all knelt down when Yeowun appeared. They truly admired Chun Yeowun, as it was Yeowun who saved the Guardians from disbandment. With warriors shouting in unison, Demon Doctor Baek Jongwu and other doctors came out from the room. “Hail, Lord Chun Ma.” Doctors bowed and Yeowun also bowed back. All the doctors seemed exhausted, as they had spent the whole night treating a patient. Yeowun spoke to Baek Jongwu. “How’s it going, Doctor Baek?” “I am sorry, my lord. I have not found any progress.” “Ah…” Yeowun moaned. Since three days ago, Lord Chun Yujong was sent into a medical room and was being treated by the Demon Doctor, but there was no progress. Yeowun had stopped the Blood God’s Reversion Art from going loose, and was able to also help Chun Yujong break out from his illusions. Yeowun thought everything had worked as he intended, but it didn’t work as he hoped. The Lord woke up for a brief moment, but he was still under an illusion and repeated ‘No’ before he passed out again. He hadn’t woken up since. ‘What is the problem?’ Yeowun scanned his head with MRI, but didn’t find anything strange. He wasn’t sure why Chun Yujong was still under an illusion and why he couldn’t wake up. [There is no similar recorded data, so correct analysis is impossible.] Nano said the only way to analyze correctly was to send in a Nano machine, but it said that was impossible as it was forbidden by the program. “…” Yeowun looked at Lord Chun Yujong lying on the bed. He was frustrated every time he saw his father. He wanted to ask the truth and what he really thought, but he didn’t know things would turn out this way. The illusion Chun Yujong saw in the end before he passed out was not his brother Chun Yujing. ‘Hwa Yun… Hwa Yun… you said you’d wait for me… Ah…’ Yeowun saw that Chun Yujong wailed and sobbed before he suddenly repeated ‘No’ as if he was being attacked. He couldn’t recognize anyone, neither Chun Yeowun or Marakim who stood by him. “I am sorry. My skills are out of reach for this symptom. Please punish me.” The Demon Doctor spoke with his head down. He was actually a very talented doctor, almost equal to the doctor appointed to the Emperor himself. If the Demon Doctor couldn’t find the reason for this state, then it meant it was beyond any of the normal circumstances. “…It’s okay.” It was easy to see all the doctors trying their best. All Yeowun could do was to trust his doctors for now. Yeowun then remembered the orange tag he had. It was the tag that allowed him to meet the Godly Doctor. Maybe that was necessary if he were to wake up the Lord. But it had been only three days so Yeowun decided to wait a bit longer. “My Lord. The meeting will begin soon.” “Oh.” Yeowun then came back to his senses and remembered why he came here. Yeowun quickly asked Baek Jongwu, “Doctor. Did you finish analyzing the poison that we found at the party with the Yulin clan?” “Do you mean the one that had the Opium Poppy?” “Yes. Can you replicate that poison?” “It is certainly possible. But why…?” Yeowun looked eager. At the great halls, all elders and clan leaders were gathered. Those elders who were sent out of the castle returned, so it wasn’t as empty as before. Third elder Bu Churyong, Fourth Elder Ja Kinkeng, Fifth Elder Hang Soyu, Sixth Elder Mong Oh, Eighth Elder Mun Yun, Ninth Elder Sama Yi, Tenth Elder Yin MOha and 11th Elder Huan Yi all sat down on their seats. Soon, a loud shout rang through the halls. “Lord Chun Ma now enters the hall!” Chun Yeowun appeared with black clothes with gold embroidery and every cultist got up and knelt down on one knee. “Glory to the Demonic Cult!” Third Elder then shouted, “We, humble cultists, greet Lord Chun Ma!” And everyone repeated after him. Yeowun was a young man, but his authority over the cult was powerful. The name Chun Ma wielded that much importance and power. With three guardians standing behind him, Yeowun walked up to the Lord’s throne. Next to his throne was another throne that was also very lavish like that of the Lord’s. It was a temporary throne for Chun Yeowun that was made by an Elder. “Hmm.” Yeowun was surprised to find the throne that he had not seen even in the morning. It seemed he was meant to sit there, not on the throne of the Lord. It was easy to see who was behind this. ‘They just can’t wait, huh?’ Yeowun turned to the elders from three clans. They sided with Chun Yeowun after acknowledging Chun Yeowun as the true Chun Ma, but with every danger settled, they were now expressing their thoughts. ‘The Lord has not appointed him as the new Lord, so he cannot sit on his throne yet.’ ‘We have to get as much as we can beforehand.’ If Yeowun wanted to sit on the throne, then he will have to duke it out with the three clans, just like the other Lords did. Yeowun shook his head and laughed. He then lightly touched the new throne and walked past it to sit on the Lord’s throne. ‘Huh?’ Bu Churyong, Ja Kinkeng and Hang Soyu frowned. They had reported this to Great Guardian Marakim of the new change, but Chun Yeowun sat on the Lord’s throne anyway. “Hmm… Lord Chun Ma. Your seat is…” ‘W-what?’ But before Bu Churyong can finish, the throne next to the Lord’s throne immediately turned into dust. It was because Yeowun had sent energy into it when he touched it. With Yeowun destroying the new chair and sitting down on the Lord’s chair, the three elders were lost for words. “My seat is- what?” Yeowun then raised his hand and Marakim shouted. “You may sit!” “Glory to the Demonic Cult!” All clan leaders then sat down. ‘Ugh…’ ‘He’s unstoppable.’ The three elders were angry but they couldn’t say anything. Today’s meeting was a meeting to talk about strengthening the defense of the cult against future spies, and to appoint new leaders to empty spots. All elders agreed on this last night, so Chun Ma Chun Yeowun had gathered them here. “We will begin the Great Meeting.” Marakim spoke and Bu Churyong got up to announce what was decided in the Elder’s meeting. It was about the change for the current Elders. “For the first…” That’s when Marakim stopped him. “Wait. Third Elder, you may sit for now.” “What?” “Before we go further, we should talk about Lord Chun Ma’s coronation ceremony.” “W-what? Coronation ceremony?’ It was something they had not talked about in the elder’s meeting. Bu Churyong and the other two elders became dumbfounded. Chapter 253 - Coronation (3) Chapter 253: Coronation (3) In most cases, things that will be talked over at the Great Meeting had to be talked over at the Elder’s meeting. There had been many things that were discussed at the Elder’s meeting that was held overnight, but there wasn’t anything regarding Chun Yeowun’s coronation. The three elders were relieved that none of the elders siding with Chun Yeowun spoke of it, so they were shocked to hear this. “G-Great Guardian. May I object?” Fifth Elder Hang Soyu raised an objection and got up. She then looked at Great Guardian Marakim and spoke. “This has not been talked over before.” “Y-yes. I am not sure why we are talking about an issue that we have not talked over at the Elder’s meeting.” Fourth Elder Ja Kinkeng also rose up to add the comment. If they didn’t do something, it looked like Chun Yeowun’s coronation ceremony would be decided. They couldn’t let that happen before setting their scores with Chun Yeowun. “I believe we can talk about that after our Lord wakes up from his sick bed. It’s better for us to move onto the next topic.” Third Elder Bu Churyong spoke to finish the topic. But he was talking to other elders and clan leaders so that he could get their agreement. ‘So, we have become this powerless.’ Bu Churyong realized how weak their three clans had become while saying this. If it was before, the six clans did not have to ask for other elders or clan leaders for their agreement. They just had to do it. But things were different now. Unlike Chun Yujong who had become the Lord without anyone helping him, Chun Yeowun had grown his forces along the way. ‘And us…’ Three clans out of the six clans were gone. The Poison clan was wiped out and the Sword and Wise clan were disbanded and scattered. Chun Yeowun’s forces were now the strongest force in the entire cult. “So, three of you disagree with talking about this topic?” Great Guardian Marakim asked and three elders turned to sixth elder Mong Oh. They needed at least Mong Oh’s approval so they could get the required number of half elders disagreeing with the topic. However… ‘W-what?! What is he doing?!’ Sixth Elder Mong Oh just closed his eyes and did not meet his eyes with them. Mong Oh said he was thinking very positively about siding with the three clans just until a few days ago. But he wasn’t anymore. It was apparent where his intention lay. And there was one who was smiling at the sight. It was Ninth Elder Sama Yi. After last night’s Elder’s meeting, Sama Yi took time to talk with Mong Oh, who had been his long friend and was able to persuade Mong Oh to join Chun Yeowun’s forces. It wasn’t hard as Mong Oh already had been thinking about it ever since he realized Chun Yeowun was the new Chun Ma. ‘Dammit!’ Bu Churyong turned grim. This wasn’t good. Elders from the three clans were now losing in the votings. This meant their objection was going to be ignored. ‘Then we can only trust the clan leaders.’ Six clans had over 60% of control over all the clans within the Demonic Cult. If these 60% of clan leaders went against it, their objection was going to gain power. “Clan leaders. Are there any amongst you who agree with the objection?” “We agree with the three elders.” At Marakim’s question, Jo Sang, clan leader of Five Dragon Blade clan spoke, and other clan leaders began to rise in agreeance. But… ‘No…’ The three elders turned grim immediately. All clan leaders that rose were only 35 of them. They were the clan leaders of clans that were owned by the three clans. ‘They are not afraid of our clans anymore!’ The number decreased dramatically with the Sword clan being disbanded. There were those who sided with the six clans before even if they weren’t owned by them, but they did not follow the six clans anymore. They now had the new Chun Ma, a destined leader, to follow. And after seeing what Chun Yeowun did in the Great Hall three days ago, most of the clan leaders now favored Chun Yeowun. ‘Ugh… we don’t have enough voting power.’ With more than 80% of people supporting Chun Yeowun, the Coronation was going to be held. Chun Yeowun’s elders were certain they were going to win. They had been allies when they were fighting against traitors hiding inside the cult. But with the traitors all arrested, the three clans were now back to their enemies. Marakim spoke. “Objection did not exceed the required number of votings, so we will proceed on talking about our Lord Chun Ma’s Lord Coronation Ceremony.” ‘Yes!’ Eighth Elder Mun Yun and Ninth Elder Sama Yi became excited. They had guessed there would be a change to the balance of powers, and it was confirmed. Suddenly, Bu Churyong walked out into the middle with a grim face and knelt in front of Chun Yeowun and spoke as he bowed. “I accept Lord Chun Ma in your right and power. But our Great Demonic Cult is built upon the foundation of our tradition, law and order. We have learned that our Lord has been played with his minds by these traitors, so I think it is right to wait for our Lord to wake up from his slumber and work according to our traditions.” “We agree with Third Elder.” Ja Kinkeng and Hang Soyu also got out of their seats and bowed to agree with Bu Churyong. They were now asking Chun Yeowun directly who was in charge of the final approval. ‘They’re now bringing the Lord into this.’ Chapter 254 - Coronation (4) Chapter 254: Coronation (4) Lee Hameng frowned as he watched them from Yeowun’s side. They lost in their votes so they were now insisting that they should wait for the Lord to wake up. ‘If this is the case, we have to drag as much as time we can so we can regain our forces.’ They had to rebuild their forces before Chun Yeowun could build his forces and build the entire Demonic Cult under his leadership. Or else, the six clans that had reigned over the cult for 500 years were going to crumble. ‘They are not going down easily.’ Mun Yun became grim. There was no good in fighting internally. Mun Yun turned to Yeowun. ‘He’s not happy about this.’ Chun Yeowun was looking coldly at the three elders. Everyone in his forces knew that Chun Yeowun hated the six clans. The three clans were safe only because Yeowun’s elders suggested that Yeowun should keep them under his arms so that the Demonic Cult would not suddenly become weakened. ‘I hoped he can become the Lord fast and start controlling those clans.’ Sama Yi also had the same thought. If this was the case, there was a need to fight them strongly. Sama Yi spoke out. “The Demon Doctor reported that he couldn’t find any progress in the Lord’s state. I understand you three Elder’s thoughts, but while we have imminent threat of an enemy outside our territory, we cannot afford to have our leadership go empty.” “If that is the case, my suggestion stands even more. If the Demon Doctor can’t heal him, then we have to invite the Godly Doctor here to heal the Lord and do this according to our laws.” “Hmm…” Sama Yi moaned. The three Elders weren’t going to back down. ‘Lord Chun Ma was right.’ Their actions proved that they did not want to lose their control. They were trying to keep the three clans as the most powerful clans in control of the cult. The thee Elders then got up from their kneeling and Bu Churyong spoke. “Our current leader is still our Lord. Aside from other issues, if we are to proceed with the coronation without following our laws, I see no point in staying at the Great Meeting. I will see myself out. And for the future meetings, I will not attend until the Lord wakes up from his bed.” Bu Churyong then turned his back and the two other Elders followed them. With them leaving, the clan leaders under their clan became hesitant, but they soon followed. The atmosphere turned weird. As they were walking out of the gate, Bu Churyong grinned. This was a gamble. If he and others were stopped, then he was going to say that Chun Yeowun was going to be a tyrant ruling over them. ‘There wouldn’t be any issues if we weren’t facing enemies, but he wouldn’t dare to lose 20% of the cult’s power at this time.’ Bu Churyong was certain that his plan was going to work. Even if Chun Yeowun hated them, it was likely that Yeowun would not try to risk weakening the cult. ‘This has gone too far.’ Great Guardian Marakim raised his hand to signal warriors from the Guardian forces to stop them from moving out of the hall. [Let them go.] […Yes, my lord.] He wasn’t sure what Chun Yeowun was thinking, but it was an order. Soon, three elders and thirty five clan leaders left the room. Chun Yeowun actually had authority to stop them, as he was the temporary leader and also the mighty Chun Ma, but he did not do this. While everyone became curious, Yeowun mumbled to Marakim. “It’s better this way. We can clearly see who is our enemy.” Marakim couldn’t answer Yeowun after he described them as the enemy. If this internal war was to go on, the cult was going to be weakened. Chun Yujong and Chun Inji had to take the clans’ intentions as they couldn’t bear to let that happen. ‘What is Lord Chun Ma thinking?’ Marakim became worried. After the Great Meeting, same day after dinner. The gazebo behind the palace’s Hall of Feast was lit, with tables full of various cuisines and liquor. There were three people. It was Bu Churyong, Ja Kinkeng and Hang Soyu. They were here because an invitation came to them an hour ago. A messenger from the Guardian forces arrived at the Blade clan’s mansion, to the three elders who were discussing what to do now, and sent a message from Chun Yeowun. It was a short message, but it was what they were waiting for. [I will talk.] Chun Yeowun wanted to invite them over to the dinner at the gazebo behind the Hall of Feast. “Your plan worked!” Hang Soyu became excited and cheered. She first became suspicious that maybe Chun Yeowun was setting up traps, but Bu Churyong was certain that there weren’t going to be any. ‘If he does that, our cult will lose huge power. Even if our Chun Ma was our enemy, he will not go so far. But we do have to make sure.’ They then talked to the messenger about their conditions. Most of their conditions were agreed upon. They were required to have dinner in the open, not in the closed room, and also asked to have every guard warrior to stay away at the dinner. “Don’t worry. We just have one more thing though.” That was about the liquor and cuisine. It was a talk to have them join Yeowun’s forces, so Bu Churyong believed Yeowun would have not played with the food, but they needed to be careful. ‘The servants have not learned martial arts, so I can’t test it.’ There was a way to send out most poisons coming into the body, but there were all kinds of poison out in the world so they had to be careful. The three elders then arrived first at the appointment place to check if there were any traps or warriors in hiding, and Chun Yeowun arrived later. The only person he brought here was Great Guardian Marakim. There were no other warriors here, so they couldn’t ask Yeowun to even send Marakim away. “Lord Chun Ma.” They got up and bowed to Chun Yeowun. They seemed much more bright then they were at the Great Meeting, thinking that they would get what they wanted here. After a brief greeting, Chun Yeowun sat down at the table and Bu Churyong spoke first. “It is great honor that our Lord Chun Ma invited us into such a wonderful dinner.” Those words were hollow. It felt like he was scoffing at Chun Yeowun. Marakim became dumbfounded and looked at them coldly. “Hmm. Well, we cannot allow our delicious food go cold. Why don’t we eat first and talk?” Ja Kinkeng spoke and Chun Yeowun nodded. Bu Churyong then grabbed the liquor bottle at the table and poured it into Yeowun’s glass. “This is to our Lord Chun Ma.” Bu Churyong’s eyes narrowed as he spoke. The reason why he poured it into Yeowun’s glass first was to see if Yeowun had played any tricks on it. Yeowun then grabbed the glass and drank it. Chapter 255 - Coronation (5) Chapter 255: Coronation (5) After watching Chun Yeowun drinking the glass, the three elders confirmed that the food was okay. All that remained was to enjoy this small feast and talk about what they wanted. The first was to talk about the empty elder seat from the First Elder. High number elder seats were important seats that had power to control the cult’s forces and many of its affairs, so it was essential. ‘And if we retrieve forces from the disbanded Sword clan and their worksites, then we will regain our power back.’ The three clans going missing was a downsize of their power, but it was also fortunate. They now had only three to share the pie with. And it was also likely that their future descendants would have a chance at becoming the Lord, as the seats belonged to the Wise and Sword clans for the past hundred years. The three elders became relieved and began to drink liquor. Bu Churyong still checked to see if there was any poison, but it was fine. And soon, servants began serving expensive cuisines. It was apparent that the feast had been well prepared. ‘Hahaha… so, he was worried about our forces. Look how he prepared everything.’ Bu Churyong began to smile as he realized his plan had worked. And when the feast began, a cook brought a freshly killed bull and began to work on it to cook it over the bonfire. “Hahaha! It would have been better if we had this dinner earlier!” The atmosphere eased as they enjoyed delicious food and liquor. After eating the feast enjoyably, Bu Churyong thought it was a good time to talk about the important issues. “Lord Chun Ma. Why don’t we talk about…” “Oh, wait a minute. Why don’t we enjoy the special delicacy before that?” “A… delicacy?” It was the first word that Chun Yeowun said during the feast. The three Elders became confused and Yeowun pointed at the bull that the cook was working on. “It is food I ate a while ago. I heard it’s a famous delicacy in the Peking region.” “At Peking?” “Since we will be friendly toward each other now, I’ll prepare it myself for you.” “You will serve us?” “Yes.” Yeowun then got up and walked over to the bull that was cut up and processed. Yeowun spoke to the cook and the cook backed away and began preparing some seasonings. Meanwhile, Yeowun took up the knife and cut out the bull’s chest. ‘Huh?’ Yeowun then reached into the bull and pulled out the heart. The bull that was freshly killed still had its slightly pounding heart that was steaming with heat. ‘A-are we eating it as is?’ Yeowun then brought it over to the table and placed on the plate and cut it in four pieces. Hang Soyu did not like eating raw meat, so she frowned. The cook then came over with seasoning. “It is good just by eating with salt, but if you eat it with my seasoning, it will be much better.” “Oh! I haven’t tasted this in a while!” It seemed Ja Kinkeng had eaten this before. Ja Kinkeng loved eating special and unique foods, so he first picked it up and dumped it into the seasoning and ate it. Yeowun also picked it up with his finger and just put salt on it and ate it. ‘Salt…’ Bu Churyong watched closely and also picked it up and copied Yeowun to put salt on it to eat it. He thought it would be too bloody, but it was actually very delicious. ‘Hmm… it sure is a delicacy.’ He grew suspicious as Chun Yeowun cut out the heart with his own hand, but it seemed like nothing strange was done to it. Hang Soyu hated eating fresh meat, but she couldn’t refuse the offer made by Chun Ma, so she cut out a small portion with her chopstick and swallowed a bit. ‘Ugh… it’s not to my taste.’ She wasn’t fond of the faint blood scent, but she still showed her respect by eating it. Yeowun then poured the liquor in his glass and drank before he began to speak. “So, with that done, why don’t we start talking?” “Hahaha. Yes, we will.” It was the time they had been waiting for. It wasn’t sure how far Chun Yeowun was going to take it, but they had to get as much as possible. Bu Churyong was about to begin stating their conditions that they decided amongst themselves when Chun Yeowun started first. “First, I will talk about my conditions.” “What?” Bu Churyong became shocked at the unexpected turn of events. “I beg your pardon?” “Aren’t we going to talk about what we each want and see if we can work things out?” Yeowun answered his question casually and the three elders became confused on what they should do. They first thought that they would talk about what they wanted and see what could be accepted. But they didn’t think Chun Yeowun also had what he wanted on his side. ‘Hm…’ It was puzzling. The three of them looked at each other. They wanted to share ideas by talking it through telepathic messages, but they had suspicions about something because of what happened at the Demon Dragon clan’s mansion, so they couldn’t do it. They were suspecting that Chun Yeowun could overhear telepathic messages. Bu Churying then spoke. “…Understood. You can speak first, my Lord.” He decided to listen, as he could always refuse any absurd proposals. Chun Yeowun then started with his conditions. “First. I will remove the six clan system that has been within our cult as tradition.” “What?” The three elders all responded in unison from shock. They first expected Yeowun would ask them to join his forces and support him, but this was totally out of their expectation. Bu Churyong then spoke up to raise an objection. “Lord Chun Ma. This is…” “I am not done yet.” Chun Yeowun warned, and Bu Churyong stopped and just glared for a moment before he answered. “Whew… Okay. We will listen.” “Second. I will change how elders are appointed. We will now start ranking elders according to the power to follow the tradition of our cult which values strength the most.” “WHAT!” Hang Soyu became dumbfounded and spat. If what Chun Yeowun was saying was to go live, then she had a chance to become demoted to the lowest rank of elders as she had lost an arm. “Third. All clans will be disbanded, and families can only own small warrior forces. All other warrior forces will be absorbed and will be controlled by the cult itself.” Chapter 256 - Coronation (6) Chapter 256: Coronation (6) Three elders thought the first and second conditions were absurd, but they went on to listen as they can always object later. They also waited as they were in front of Chun Ma’s authority. But as they heard the third condition, they couldn’t hold back any longer. “And Fourth…” Before Yeowun could move onto the fourth, Bu Churyong pounded the table. At the same time, Great Guardian Marakim pulled out his sword and aimed at Bu Churyong’s neck. Bu Churyong did not care and glared at Chun Yeowun. “Lord Chun Ma. What is the meaning of this?” “…I am talking about my requirements so we can become allies.” “Allies? Talk? This sounds like you just want to become our enemy.” They didn’t hear the fourth condition, but the third condition was enough to take away all the powers that the three clans had. And it was possible that they would lose everything they had and they would have to start competing with all the cultists. Yeowun then spoke to Bu Churyong. “I have prepared this feast so that I will not be your enemy.” “THIS? THIS FEAST?! Your condition only sounds like you really want us to turn our backs to you!” Hang Soyu screamed with anger. Marakim was aiming them with his sword, but she wasn’t afraid. There were all the forces of the three clans waiting right outside the courtyard. If something was to happen to them, they were ordered to charge in through the wall. This was already told to Chun Yeowun before they arranged this dinner. They thought Chun Yeowun was going to talk amicably as he took in all these conditions. “Whew.’ Bu Churyong let down his anger and spoke coldly to Yeowun. “Lord Chun Ma. Our power is one fifth of the entire cult’s forces. Do you think you can fight against the Blade God Six Martial clan, and the forces of Justice and Evil after losing that much power?” His voice was calm, but the content was almost a threat. Bu Churyong was threatening Yeowun that if he did not accept their conditions, they will move out of the cult. ‘You have made a mistake. How dare you anger us.’ Bu Churyong thought he had to take this chance to put pressure on Yeowun. And as three of them glared at Yeowun with similar looks, Yeowun sighed. “Whew. It’s hard trying to talk nice to you scums.” “What?!” Three of them frowned at the sudden change of tone. Chun Yeowun did not sound friendly anymore and his eyes turned cold. Yeowun then looked at them and ordered. “Kneel.” The three elders became dumbfounded at sudden order and tried to object. “Aaaaargh!” “Kyaaaaah!” “UGH!” The three elders immediately were overwhelmed with heart-strickening pain that made them writhe in pain. They weren’t sure what was happening, but it felt like something was attacking their heart. They frantically tried to bring up their internal energy to defend. “ARGH!” “K-KYAYAAAAAA!” “AAAAAaRGH! M-My stomach!” They also felt the same pain coming from below their stomach and couldn’t use their internal energy. Slight use of internal energy brought pain to their body. It felt like their body was being eaten from the inside. It was even more painful then taking internal damage. ‘Aaaargh! W-what is going on?’ ‘W-we checked!’ They were shocked. They checked that no food or liquor had poison and they only ate what Chun Yeowun ate. They didn’t know what was going on. “I said, kneel,” Yeowun ordered them again. They wanted to withstand pain and tried to keep their pride, but they couldn’t bear to withstand the terrible pain coming to their heart and internal energy. Three elders knelt in pain. And when they did, the pain magically disappeared. Bu Churyong became reddened with anger and shouted. “W-what have you done to us?!” Yeowun then smiled. “I’ve done filthy stuff that fits you filthy scums.” “W…what are you talking about!” “It’s the poison parasite.” “?!” The three elders were so shocked that their eyes trembled. They had heard of this before. The poison parasite was something that hid within the body until it woke up and attacked its host. But they were all superior master warriors who could sense any poison coming into their bodies and send it out. “I-it’s impossible! How did you…!” While three of them were shocked, Marakim remembered what happened two days ago. ‘Are you saying you will remove my poison parasite?’ ‘I don’t see any reason to have that in you anymore.’ Yeowun decided to take out poison parasite from Marakim’s body. The poison parasite was sent down within the Great Guardians and only was removed when the host died. The only other way to remove it was to have a person with the qi of the Sky Demon order it. Marakim had seen how the reactant looked, but he had never seen parasite poison with his eyes, so he was shocked when he saw it coming out of his body. ‘W-what in the…’ It wasn’t just a few, but hundreds of small worms. Chun Yeowun found out one interesting fact. The poison parasite, contrary to how others perceived it, wasn’t poisonous at all. And thus, eating them only felt like one was eating just a normal insect. ‘I can use it then.’ Yeowun then had it fed to a bull, and these parasites took their place in the bull’s heart. And it was that heart that the three elders ate. ‘To think he used those parasites on them.’ Marakim was astounded by Chun Yeowun’s amazing plan. And for the three elders, they couldn’t hide their shock that they had eaten poison parasites. The pain disappeared, so they tried to remove it by using internal energy. “Aaaaargh!” The terrible pain returned and sent them back rolling on the ground. And as they saw Ja Kinkeng almost dying from the pain, the other two elders couldn’t even dare to try. “That poison parasite was created by Father Chun Ma. It is only controlled by qi of the Sky Demon. Your effort to remove it is futile.” “Father Chun Ma… created it?” “If you disobey me or threaten me in any way, it will activate.” “N-no!” They couldn’t even think straight on what they should do. Yeowun was warning them that if they disobeyed, then it would mean a painful death. ‘We are trapped!’ Bu Churyong thought he was prepared, but Yeowun had gotten him. With this, they had to follow Yeowun so that they can live. And to the three elders, Yeowun spoke as if he remembered something. “Right. I forgot about the fourth one.” “Fourth…?” “I need a gift from you for letting you join my forces.” “A gift?” The three elders became worried and Yeowun smiled. “I need the right arm from every wife of the Lord. Oh, this is for our amicable relationship of course. I want you to do it yourself.” “?!” And they all turned pale from Yeowun’s terrible request. Chapter 257 - Coronation (7) Chapter 257: Coronation (7) Chun Yeowun was on his chair, placed in front of the desk inside the Lord’s office. On the table, there were two right arms that were heavily medicated for preservation. These were the weak arms of the ladies that were cut off last night. One came from the Blade clan and one came from the Lust clan two days ago. ‘I am sorry, but Lady Ja already passed away.’ Lady Ja of the Loyal clan died already, so Fourth Elder Ja Kinkeng was unfortunately not able to cut down his family member’s arm. Yeowun frowned as he looked at these arms. ‘So, they value their lives more.’ Yeowun had wished that these elders, who were top leaders of the cult, would uphold their family and pride and go against Yeowun’s absurd request. But these leaders showed their greed for power. ‘They will go off the limit for their own safety.’ It was disgusting and bitter to see this as the cult that had been led by these kinds of people. ‘They’re lucky that they can live for now.’ Yeowun still wished to wipe out the remaining three clans if he could. But with enemies lurking at bay, it was too dangerous to cut out these rotten pieces of the cult that might weaken the cult’s power. ‘What should we do now?’ Five days ago, Yeowun gathered every one of his members to talk about the situation. It was to talk about how to deal with six clans. Three clans were disbanded, and there were three remaining clans. Chun Yeowun was set to avenge them first, but with two incidents of the cult’s castle being attacked by outside forces, he couldn’t ignore the possibility of the cult being weakened. The opinion was divided three to seven. ‘It is better we get rid of the potential threat and fix our cult now.’ ‘We will just be dragged down by them.’ Those who wished to wipe out the three clans said that it was dangerous to keep them as they could pose a potential threat. But these opinions were only 30% of all members. It was the 70% of them, even though they knew how these clans corrupted the cult and were dragging the cult’s growth down, who said they should keep these clans. ‘If we are not threatened by enemies, we can get rid of them. But now is not the time.’ ‘There are a lot of clans that are affiliated with these clans. If we are to get rid of all of them, we will suffer.’ ‘I share the same idea. And three superior master level warriors don’t mean nothing. We already lost four of our superior master level warriors. If we lose these three on top of that, we might have a hard time fighting against the enemy in the future.’ Those who opposed were concerned about the cult being weakened. Both sides had reasons that made sense. Having the three clans stay onboard would mean potential danger in the future, and if they were removed, then there was the potential of the cult being weakened. Yeowun thought deeply on how to deal with the three clans, and also to not weaken the cult. The answer was the parasitic poison. Yeowun decided to use the poison to control the three clans and change the cult’s entire system so that clan powers will be diverted. If this worked, then it was going to allow Yeowun to use the twenty percent of its power. And it was also possible for Yeowun to send these three elders to the frontline in battle. Yeowun’s members all agreed with his plans. ‘Did previous Lords have the same problem?’ It was the bitter truth that Yeowun who now had ultimate power over the cult couldn’t avenge his enemies as he wished. He wanted to achieve his dream, but reality was harsh. He had to compensate for what he could. ‘If I cannot get rid of the enemy because of the power loss… then I will make our cult become strong enough so I don’t have to care about that power loss.’ This was the final answer that Yeowun had come to in the end. For now, he decided to use these three elders to fight against outside enemies and when the cult became strong enough that Yeowun no longer needed these three elders… ‘I will kill them then.’ It wasn’t going to be long before that happened. The required first step was to train new warriors inside the cult. It was necessary to make warriors like the Six Swords, or Master ranked warriors who were already talented in martial arts to become superior master level warriors. As Yeowun was thinking about his future plans, someone knocked on the door to the office. “Lord Chun Ma. It is time for you to get dressed.” It was Great Guardian Marakim. “Oh… is it already time?” Yeowun then got up from his chair. Cold winter day, in the afternoon. The sun was high up in the sky, with not a single cloud in the bright blue sky. It was a good day for a big event. There were countless cultists gathered in the courtyard in front of the Lord’s palace. These crowds consisted of almost every cultist there was at the Demonic Cult’s castle, and they gathered here because of the announcement made a few days ago. It was only afternoon, but there were fires lit on torches everywhere. This was a tradition for the cult, which considered the Demon God and its fire as the most sacred. On the stage, there was a large torch which hadn’t lit yet. “Get back little more! Move back!” “What?! I can’t go back any further!” Warriors from the Guardians pushed back cultists who were just moving further in. It was understandable for these cultists who were eager to see their new leader, but the distance had to be kept for any possible problems. And from the wall of the palace, drums began to ring. It was the signal that the ceremony was now starting. “Ohh!! It’s starting now!” “It’s finally starting!” Chapter 258 - Coronation (8) Chapter 258: Coronation (8) There was a long red velvet carpet laid down in the courtyard that was connected to the main palace building. On either side of the carpet, all leaders of the cult were standing by. They were all dressed in formal clothes, waiting. “Master is becoming the Lord…!” Ko Wanghur spoke with an astounded look, while Bakgi and Yeowun’s others members nodded. They all looked overwhelmed and happy. Just until a while ago, they were at the Demonic Academy, concerned about how Yeowun would compete in the competition and become the Crown Prince, but now Chun Yeowun was the Lord. “But I feel sad for Hu Bong.” Sama Chak spoke as he thought about Hu Bong who wasn’t with them. The place beside the carpets were only allowed for those with master or higher rank within the cult, so Hu Bong was left behind just like the other regular cultists. “Well, rules are rules.” Bakgi spoke without much thought. Hu Bong couldn’t stand beside them with his blue Squad Leader clothes among them. The formal clothes of the cult had different colors depending on the rank. Elders wore purple, and master ranks wore red. “Hu Bong wanted to see the master becoming the Lord at the closest spot. I feel bad for him.” Hu Bong’s loyalty was at the top among all the members. He was excited for Yeowun’s coronation, but he was depressed when he heard that all warriors below the Squad Leader rank or lower had to stay outside the courtyard to watch from afar. “Yeah… but don’t you think that person looks familiar?” Mun Ku who looked much more beautiful in her red formal dress pointed somewhere as she spoke. She was pointing toward the stage by the main building where a familiar-looking man was standing by the torch up on the stage. “Hmm….” As everyone turned and looked closely, the man up on the stage turned and looked at them. Ko Wanghur, Baki, Sama Yi and others became shocked. “H-Hu Bong?” It was Hu Bong. Hu Bong was holding onto a small unlit torch that was drenched in oil so that it ould be used to set fire on the large torch. He was waving at them excitedly. It looked like he was appointed to be the torch handler to give the torch to the Lord. Everyone became dumbfounded. “…There was no point in feeling bad.” “Haha… right.” Bakgi and Ko Wanghur laughed. That’s when another drum sound rang from the wall, along with a loud horn sound. The gate of the inner palace opened and someone appeared. It was Great Guardian Marakim in his mask with a weird engraving on it. He was dressed in formal clothes, holding something in both his hands. Elders, clan leaders, and other warriors all got down to the ground and shouted. “Glory to the Demonic Cult!” When they shouted in unison, all cultists outside the courtyard shouted immediately. “Glory to the Demonic Cult!” Tens of thousands of people shouting in unison almost trembled the entire castle. What Marakim was holding onto was the Sky Demon Order. Behind Marakim, two female servants were holding a small box that contained a crown. Drums roared. Originally, it had to be the former Lord who had to walk up to the stage, but the Lord was still unconscious. The job was then left to Great Guardian Marakim, who was also the Guardian of the Sky Demon Order. By showing the Sky Demon Order, it proved that this event was according to the will of Father Chun Ma. Marakim got up on the stage and raised up the Sky Demon Order high and shouted. “Cultists of the Great Demonic Cult. Hear the Sky Demon Order!!” “Glory to the Demonic Cult!” Cultists shouted back in response. Hu Bong became so overwhelmed that he almost shook. It was Chun Yeowun’s coronation, but he became tense from its grand scale. “We will now begin the coronation of the Lord of our Great Demonic Cult!” “Whoaaaaaaa!!!!” Cultists who roared in cheers, filling the entire Demonic Cult with sound. With a long and loud horn sound, someone appeared at the entrance of the inner palace. Long hair and pale white face. He wore a formal black robe with a golden dragon embroidered on it. Chun Yeowun began to walk down the carpet that connected the palace to the stage. Unlike his appearance of a young man, the power felt within him was tremendous, and that made the cultists gasp in awe. [Hehehe… did I tell you that the Lord is my apprentice?] On the right of Yeowun, Right Guardian Submeng was following with an excited look. Left Guardian Lee Hameng, who followed to the left shook his head. [Ugh, how long will you brag about that?] Submeng had been bragging about this to Lee Hameng ever since Yeowun’s coronation was set in place. But it was surely an envious fact. The only teacher Chun Yeowun had was Submeng. Starting with the Third Elder Bu Churyong, all elders began to kneel before Yeowun, and followed him as Yeowun passed by them. Yeowun passed through elders, clan leaders and other warriors. Yeowun then saw Ko Wanghur, Mun Ku, Sama Chak, Bakgi, Hou Sanghwa, Che Takim and others. Hou Sangwha and Che Takim had become the master rank warriors by passing the fifth test not long after Yeowun left the Demonic Academy. [Congratulations, master. I mean, my Lord.] [Congratulations, my Lord!] [Hehe… I guess I can’t call you prince anymore. Congratulations, my Lord.] Every one of them was overwhelmed with joy as they sent telepathic messages. As for Mun Ku, who spoke teasingly, was almost teary from the overjoy. Chun Yeowun didn’t show much emotion, but he felt so thankful for them at this moment and smiled. With every warrior within the courtyard following Yeowun, it became a majestic sight. It felt like a king was walking up to be crowned. As Yeowun walked on the carpet toward the stage, many things passed through Yeowun’s head. ‘Mother…’ Chapter 259 - Coronation (9) Chapter 259: Coronation (9) Chun Yeowun, once the lowest rank within the candidates to the heir, was now becoming the Lord of the Demonic Cult. The person Yeowun that came to his mind most was his mother Lady Hwa. He wanted to show his mother what he had become the most, but she was in a better place. ‘…I will change the Demonic Cult, so that there won’t be any more tragedies like that.’ He had thought about this and worked on it thousands of times. When Yeowun got to the stage, elders, clan leaders and warriors all divided into two sides and stood in front of the stage. Yeowun began to take steps up onto the stage. As Yeowun got up, there were tens of thousands of cultists below filling up the outside courtyard. Yeowun didn’t know before as he was below this stage before, but standing up here and looking at these people was a breathtaking experience. “Ohhhhhh!” “It is our Lord Chun Ma!” “Lord Chun Ma has come up onto the stage!!!” “Whoaaaaaa!” With Chun Yeowun getting up on the stage, cultists shouted with cheers of joy. After every recent incident was announced, and that Chun Yeowun had become the new Chun Ma, every cultist wished to get a glimpse of their new Lord and leader. ‘We finally have the master of the cult. Dear guardians of the Sky Demon Order. This what we have waited so long for.’ Great Guardian Marakim was also overwhelmed with joy. His face was hidden under his mask, but he couldn’t stop smiling. Marakim went in front of Yeowun and shouted with the Sky Demon Order. “Chun Yeowun, who will now be appointed as the 24th Lord, kneel before the Sky Demon Order!” “Chun Yeowun, son of the Demonic Cult, at the service of the Sky Demon Order.” Yeowun knelt down with his one knee and bowed at the Sky Demon Order. Marakim then ordered to Hu Bong, who was holding onto the torch that was now lit with fire. “Give him the torch.” “Yes, sir!” Hu Bong shouted and brought the torch up to Yeowun. Hu Bong’s hand was trembling tremendously. He couldn’t calm down when the most important event was almost upon them. ‘Hu Bong.’ Yeowun smiled. Hu Bong was his first servant and the partner who had gone through many hardships with him. Yeowun took the torch and placed his hand on Hu Bong’s shoulder to send in energy to make him calm. Hu Bong became teary and spoke. “M-My Lord. Congratulations. I will never forget this moment.” “…So will I.” Yeowun then took up the torch and walked up to the large torch, and set it on fire. The torch that was now on fire in almost 20 years, burned blue. This torch, sent down since the beginning of the Demonic Cult, was famous for having the blue fire instead of red when it was lit. Yeowun brought both arms to his chest and knelt on his both knees to shout out loud. It was the holy words of the Demonic Cult’s sacred book. “I burn my body to the holy fire, and find no temptation in life or death. I shine light upon the path that I will take, and let all joy and sadness become the dust of the past.” As Yeowun recited the holy words, all cultists gathered their two arms and crossed them above their chest and followed. “I burn my body to the holy fire, and find no temptation in life or death. I shine light upon the path that I will take, and let all joy and sadness become the dust of the past.” With the somewhat quiet and heavy memorization of the holy words, all cultists became humble before the words. With this being done, Marakim shouted, “According to the Sky Demon Order, I bestow the crown of the Lord to the Crown Prince and Lord Chun Ma. Chun Yeowun, the 24th Lord, will now take the crown!” It was finally time. With this crown placed above Yeowun’s head, Yeowun will now become the Lord of the Great Demonic Cult. Yeowun got back down on his one knee, bowed, and closed his eyes to be ready to be coronated. But as he waited, it seemed like it was taking longer than expected. Yeowun then felt someone walking up on the stage. ‘Huh?’ It felt like the person had not learned any martial arts. The man walked up to Chun Yeowun and placed something over his head. It was the crown. Yeowun opened his eyes and looked up. “Prince… I mean. My Lord. Congratulations.” It was Guard Jang, looking down at him with eyes full of tears. He was smiling, showing his teeth that were replaced by implant technology that Yeowun asked Baek Jongmeng and Ou Sunong for help with. “I’m sure Lady Hwa will be glad.” It was unexpected to see Guard Jang here. Tears ran down Yeowun’s cheek. This was a small gift prepared by Yeowun’s members while they were preparing for the coronation. Yeowun’s members became overjoyed as they saw this. It was first time Yeowun had felt happiness in his lonely life. Yeowun then got up to the stage with the crown and reached out. The black metal covering both arms all scattered apart and gathered together to form the shape of a sword. It was a glowy black sword, the Sky Demon Sword. “Ohhhhhhh!!!” “It’s the Sky Demon Sword!!” Cultists shouted in awe. Yeowun grabbed the sword that was floating by itself and flashed it up in the air. Cultists roared with excitement. “Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!” “GLORY TO THE DEMONIC CULT!! GLORY TO THE DEMONIC CULT!!” It was the beginning of the 24th Lord, and the 2nd Chun Ma of the Demonic Cult. It was later recorded by historians of Yulin as the day that Demon God had appeared from the Demonic Cult. Chapter 260 - Going out to Yulin (1) Chapter 260: 260 Going out to Yulin (1) Winter had now passed. Green leaves began to sprout and the Mountain of Ten Thousand was now filled with a hint of spring. It was now three months after the coronation ceremony of the new Lord of the Demonic Cult. There had been many changes to the cult in those times. With Chun Yeowun, the young and powerful Lord becoming the leader, the Demonic Cult began to undergo a huge change. There was opposition from the former leaders, but they couldn’t stop the policy of having every clan disband and all warriors taking direct orders from the cult itself. It wasn’t a welcome idea to the powerful clans who had armies of their own, but this was to have every cultist become equal in power. ‘We value the strong. I will make this right.’ Chun Yeowun announced this, and now all warriors and former clan leaders were given warrior groups to lead depending on their powers. This gave a chance to weaker clans, and a reason for stronger clan leaders to train harder. ‘Elders are not an exception.’ And this didn’t stop with the clans. There had been a change in elder ranks also. After two months of the coronation ceremony, a competition to appoint new elders were held. This was to find new elders and also change the current ranks. ‘The minimum requirement of competing in this competition is at the end stage of the super master level.’ Elders were originally required to be at the superior master level, but Yeowun figured that there weren’t any new superior master level warriors so he made it lower. This announcement was made to all castles and outside posts. After the competition, the result was unexpected. A total of 45 cultists competed. Those who passed the preliminaries sorted out those who did not know tactics and battle formations were 32. This was where something unexpected happened. Hidden warriors rose from hiding. ‘Two from the same clan?’ The first was that there were two superior master warriors hiding within one clan. It wasn’t among the three clans, but from the Sword Illusion clan. The older brother of former sixth elder Mong Oh, Mong Mu was a superior master level warrior. It seemed that Mong Oh was not aware of this. Mong Mu was deemed a talented warrior ever since his days in Demonic Academy, and was sent out to the western front where war was frequent for five years. It was there where he survived through real battles and found understanding. Another hidden powerful warrior at the Demonic Cult’s outpost. ‘Yang Danwa?’ ‘He is a leader of the northeastern post of Honam Castle. He is from our castle, but he loves war and volunteered to be stationed there. He has been at the post for 10 years now.’ He too was a superior master warrior. His application stated that he was established superior master warrior. ‘But why is he coming back then?’ ‘He says he’s interested in the Blade God Six Martial clan.’ It was told that he was now uninterested in his post, where the war between Yulin clan had come to a stop due to an alliance. And third and the last was a man named Suh Deng. He didn’t volunteer himself, and was recommended by Marakim. He was a criminal who was sent away. ‘He was sent away for fifteen years?’ ‘Yes. Most elders know of him.’ It was told that Suh Deng’s clan, who had the job of keeping a record of all things within the cult, became angry at the Wise clan that was interfering with their job, and ambushed them. ‘I like that.’ ‘Yes, but their ambush failed.’ Unfortunately, there was a spy hidden within their clans and the spy spilled the ambush plan to the Wise clan, and Mu Jinwon, who did not want to deal with it by himself, reported it to the Lord’s palace. ‘Suh Deng was entry at the superior master level warrior at the time. They believed that he would become the future Lord for sure.’ Suh Deng, who was loyal to the cult, surrendered when warriors from the Guardians came to arrest them. The six clans insisted Suh Deng and his clans to be executed, but Chun Yu Jong just sent him away. ‘Lord Chun Yujong sent him away so he could be brought back later to be used as a sword against the six clans.’ Chun Yeowun became intrigued and ordered Marakim to bring back Suh Deng from his banishment. Yeowun already liked him for the fact that he had sided against the six clans. Suh Deng then returned to the castle after fifteen years. And like that, the competition to appoint elders was held, changing all ranks of elders from top to bottom. The former third elder Bu Churyong thought there wasn’t anyone stronger than him, now that leader of the Wise and Sword clans were gone, but he had failed to proceed on the second round and was left on a lower rank. ‘Oh?’ And the final result was not something Yeowun or Marakim had expected. First Elder spot had been given to Suh Deng. He had trained hard during his 15 year exile, and had reached the end stage of the superior master level warrior level and defeated Yin Moha, who were trained in the Twenty Four Demon Sword. And finally, elders were now appointed per the power