The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 155
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 155
When he slapped his cheek again, Hwangje Seong could be seen with a dumbfounded expression, constantly rolling his eyes trying to figure out what situation this was.
“Did, did you just slap my cheek?”
He glared at Jeok Wigang with an angry expression, then touched his cheeks with both hands due to the extreme pain he felt on his face.
“Huh? What? Why are my cheeks so swollen?”
Hwangje Seong was bewildered as he touched his cheeks that were puffed up like dumplings.
“Could it be? That wasn’t a dream?”
Hwangje Seong muttered as if he had realized something.
Then he looked at Jeok Wigang.
“I… lost to you?”
Jeok Wigang nodded his head.
“Th-that’s impossible! I can’t accept it!”
Whoosh-.
He sprang up like lightning and charged at Jeok Wigang.
“Heavenly Soul Unity!”
Rumble-.
The enormous energy emanating from Hwangje Seong was enough to shake the earth.
However.
Smack-.
“Kugh!”
Thwack-!
“Kehek!”
Thwack thwack thwack-.
“St, stop…!”
Hwangje Seong staggered and waved his hands frantically.
It hurt too much.
How could it hurt this much?
The pain was so intense it should have made him delirious, yet his mind was crystal clear.
When Jeok Wigang charged at him, it seemed like he was muttering something.
At that moment, he felt something enter his body.
That’s when it started.
His mind becoming clear.
“Cough! Cough!”
Hwangje Seong, who had collapsed to the ground, kept coughing and looked at Jeok Wigang with disgust.
“Still don’t believe it? Want to get hit more?”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Hwangje Seong was startled and waved his hands frantically.
“N, no. En, enough. Stop hitting me.”
“You said you couldn’t believe it.”
“I’ll believe it! I believe! I believe you!”
“If you have any regrets, finish what you were doing.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Hwangje Seong thought for a moment.
He still had his final martial technique left.
But could he defeat that monster even if he used it?
The answer came to him.
He couldn’t win.
If he used it, he would only lose more strength and suffer more pain.
“Do you still feel like rebelling?”
Hwangje Seong shook his head vigorously.
“I don’t want to be just a simple emperor, but a great emperor who has unified everything in the world. But that dream has already flown away.”
Hwangje Seong looked at Jeok Wigang.
“No matter how much I struggle, it seems like I’ll never be able to surpass you. I’m just going to give up and live comfortably.”
“That’s a good idea.”
“Are you going to kill me?”
“Why? Do you want to die?”
“Who in this world wants to die? I’m just asking. If you’re going to kill me, let me prepare myself mentally. Let me leave some last words too.”
At the Emperor’s words, Jeok Wigang chuckled and said.
“Just continue being the fortress lord here.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, the Emperor raised his head with an expression of disbelief.
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Aren’t you an inspector? Is it okay to just let this slide? What if I report to the Emperor that you made this decision arbitrarily on your own?”
“Even so, the Emperor won’t say anything to me.”
“Huh?”
The Emperor was curious about Jeok Wigang’s official position.
“What exactly is your official position?”
“Taeburyeong.”
“What’s Taeburyeong? Is there even such an official position?”
Jeok Wigang grinned and said.
“It’s a position directly under the Emperor. And I can make decisions as I please. My words represent the Emperor’s commands.”
“What?”
Tang Baekho, who had been listening to their conversation, asked Tang Pae.
“Is there such an official position?”
“I don’t know. It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a position.”
“Hmm. Then it must be a position the Emperor created specifically for that guy.”
“If that’s the case, it wouldn’t be an ordinary position, would it?”
“Didn’t that guy just say so? It’s a position directly under the Emperor and his words represent the Emperor’s commands. That means his position is one below one person and above ten thousand people.”
At Tang Baekho’s words, Tang Pae looked at Jeok Wigang with an expression of wonder.
“Amazing. He’s reached not only the peak in martial arts but also the highest position achievable in the government office.”
“Martial arts? That guy has no martial arts.”
“What?”
“Pathetic fool. Did you see him use any Internal Energy?”
“Th-that’s….”
“Even here, that guy hasn’t used Internal Energy even once. That guy probably can’t use Internal Energy.”
“What? He’s that strong without Internal Energy?”
“That’s what makes it so frustrating. We struggled like hell to barely reach this Realm, but that guy just needs to swing his fists.”
“He wasn’t even swinging at full power. And his body is immune to Poison too.”
“Is that all? He seems to use strange Magic Arts too.”
“What?”
“How could someone without Internal Energy deploy a Protective Barrier? He must have used Magic Arts.”
“Then you’re saying his Magic Arts are strong too?”
“I don’t know. But since it’s Magic Arts that guy uses, if they’re strong then they’re strong, they probably aren’t weak.”
Dangpae opened his mouth and stared at Jeok Wigang.
Beside him, Dangbaekho clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“Where did such a Monster come from….”
“What do we do about Cheonhwa Trading Company now?”
“Hmm. We’ll have to hope Trading Company Leader Jeok shows us mercy.”
***
Meanwhile, Emperor Hwangje Seong, who had acknowledged Jeok Wigang, knelt before him.
“Second Rank Sichuan Inspector, Hwangje Seong formally pays respects to the Grand Tutor.”
He might not have known before, but now that he knew this was a higher official rank than his own, he couldn’t act carelessly.
Moreover, wasn’t this The Man he had acknowledged?
He had great magnanimity, overlooked treason, and let him maintain his position as Fortress lord.
“Right. Please take care of things from now on.”
Take care of things?
“What do you mean?”
“You raised not only troops but also many Warriors to raise an army, right?”
“That’s correct, but?”
“Keep raising those Children. I’ll use them later.”
“What will you use them for?”
“Later, if any strange bastards come attacking Sichuan territory, risk your life to stop them.”
“Strange bastards?”
“Yeah. I’m not sure either. Whether they’ll come in human form or in the form of strange Monsters.”
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
“I’ll tell you the details later. So just continue with the training you were doing.”
“Do you trust me?”
“No?”
“But you’re telling me to raise them?”
When Hwang Jeseong asked with an incredulous expression, Jeok Wigang grinned and said.
“Why? Going to raise an army? Go ahead and try. That would be interesting.”
He’s clearly smiling, so why am I getting goosebumps?
One thing’s for sure – it doesn’t seem like it would be very fun.
Hwang Jeseong shook his head.
“No. I’m not going to do that.”
“No, do whatever you want. I clearly said it. If you want to raise an army, go ahead.”
I absolutely won’t do it.
A commotion arose behind the collapsed hall.
“Castle Lord! Are you alright?”
When the commotion broke out here, soldiers came rushing over.
They came quite quickly.
“It’s nothing serious, so withdraw!”
At Hwang Jeseong’s shout, the soldiers disappeared in an instant.
Jeok Wigang chuckled and said.
“Did you really train them properly? Their reactions are so slow.”
I couldn’t lift my head.
Just wait and see, you bastards.
But why did he come here?
“Did you come to stop my rebellion?”
At Hwang Jeseong’s question, Jeok Wigang shook his head.
“No, I came to resolve someone’s grievance.”
“Who?”
“Do you remember the Sichuan Province Jinmyeongryeong Haejeon?”
“Ah! I remember. He made really delicious food.”
“Do you also remember conspiring with the Tang Family to frame him?”
Hwangje Seong looked toward Tang Baekho and Dangpae and nodded.
“…Yes.”
“Issue a proclamation that you were wrong. That Jinmyeongryeong Haejeon did nothing wrong.”
“Understood.”
Jeok Wigang looked at Tang Baekho and Dangpae and said.
“The Tang Family should issue one together too.”
Tang Baekho frowned and reluctantly nodded.
“Fine. I understand.”
There’s nothing good about needlessly provoking that monster.
Hwangje Seong asked.
“What’s your relationship with Haejeon that you’re going this far for him?”
“Yeah. He’s my subordinate.”
He went this far for a subordinate?
If it were him, he wouldn’t do it even if just because it was bothersome.
Suddenly he envied Haejeon.
Since his chance to become emperor had already flown away anyway, a good idea came to mind.
Even if he couldn’t be emperor, couldn’t he be the second strongest under heaven?
He just needed to become the second strongest person after Jeok Wigang.
When he looked at him with sparkling eyes, Jeok Wigang asked with suspicious eyes.
“What? What’s with that unlucky look in your eyes?”
“Unlucky? How can you say such things to a subordinate who will become my lord’s right-hand man?”
“Huh? Right-hand man? Who?”
“I will.”
“Huh…”
“Please accept me! I can’t devote my life and sacrifice my soul, but I’ll do everything you ask except dying!”
“I like your honesty.”
Jeok Wigang chuckled and said.
“Good. I’ll accept you. But… it’ll be incredibly difficult to become second-in-command. Are you okay with that?”
Hwangje Seong beat his chest vigorously as he spoke.
“Hahaha! It’s only because I haven’t mastered the martial arts I’ve learned yet, but once I do, it’ll be chaos! When that time comes, none of my lord’s subordinates will be able to defeat me.”
“Right. Work hard at it. It’s good to become strong.”
A useful guy who was also overflowing with motivation – there was no need to discourage him.
“Yes! Please wait! I’ll become strong quickly and stand at my lord’s right side.”
“Alright. I understand. I’ll wait.”
***
Jeok Wigang, having made the Sichuan Province lord his subordinate, returned to the Tang family.
Tang Baekho and Tang Pae kept reading the atmosphere nervously.
Knowing well why they were being so cautious, Jeok Wigang spoke first.
“From now on, we won’t touch any goods handled by Cheonhwa Trading Company. Also, Jinmu Trading Company will only deal in weapons in Sichuan. How about that?”
“Is, is that really true? You’ll only sell weapons?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you. I’m truly grateful.”
Even if he had told them to shut down Cheonhwa Trading Company, they wouldn’t have been able to say anything, but he said he wouldn’t touch anything.
“In exchange, please declare to the world that Jinmu Trading Company is a brother trading company to Cheonhwa Trading Company.”
“That’s actually a proposal we’d like to make first ourselves. Of course we should! Isn’t that right, family head?”
“That’s right! Brother trading companies! We can announce it right now.”
“And please provide proper compensation as well.”
“Of course! Since we’ve become brother trading companies, I’ll compensate twenty times the damage amount.”
“Will the Tang family survive if you compensate that much?”
“It’ll be a bit difficult, but we won’t collapse from that much, so don’t worry.”
“That’s fine. Make it ten times.”
“Th, thank you.”
“And please handle the naval battle matter properly as well.”
“Of course! Even if the Tang family’s prestige doesn’t just hit rock bottom but falls into sewage water, I’ll handle it properly.”
Jeok Wigang smiled at Tang Baekho’s words.
“That’s fortunate.”
“What do you mean?”
“If things hadn’t been resolved well, I was planning to erase the Tang family, but that won’t happen now.”
To say such chilling words while smiling.
If someone else had said those words, they wouldn’t have stayed quiet, but since the opponent was someone who could actually do it, they remained silent.
“But what did you mean by what you said to the Sichuan Province Lord? Someone is going to attack this place?”
“Ah! Have you perhaps heard of Hundred Demon Heaven?”
Tang Baekho and Dangpae looked at each other, then looked at Jeok Wigang and shook their heads.
“First time hearing it? What kind of guys are they?”
“Then you know the Four Heavenly Demon Gods, right?”
At the mention of the Four Heavenly Demon Gods, Tang Baekho and Dangpae ground their teeth furiously.
“We know those damn bastards well. Do you know how much trouble our Sichuan suffered because they happened to call themselves the Four Heavenly Demon Gods?”
“That’s right. Most people thought they were born and raised here.”
“But why are those guys involved?”
“They belong to Hundred Demon Heaven.”
“What?”
“I heard there are a hundred such people in Hundred Demon Heaven.”
Tang Baekho and Dangpae became extremely tense at Jeok Wigang’s words.
“Is, is that really true? Then the ones who are going to attack this place?”
“A hundred martial artists at the level of the Four Heavenly Demon Gods are going to attack.”
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