The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 96
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 96
When he turned his gaze, the Emperor and Sigang Scholar were looking at him with expressions as if they had seen ghosts.
Was it real?
Had his face really healed?
It was frustrating not being able to see for himself.
“Frustrating, right? Here.”
Looking at the bronze mirror Jeok Wigang held out, his face had returned to being clean as if nothing had ever happened.
No, it was an even cleaner face than before he had been injured.
“Ah! I forgot. You said your face shouldn’t be seen, right?”
Jeok Wigang grinned wickedly and grabbed his head again.
No way?
He looked at Jeok Wigang with trembling pupils.
“Don’t worry. I’ll smash it up so badly that no one will ever recognize you.”
Ugh—.
Ju Seo-gi and the Sigang Scholar kept retching.
Seeing this, Jeok Wigang shook his head disapprovingly.
“Your stomachs are truly weak.”
“Did you really have to do that in His Majesty’s presence?”
“That’s how they become obedient. There needs to be overwhelming fear so they follow without thinking other thoughts. Look. Now they listen well and respond quickly.”
Jeok Wigang spoke to those standing in single file.
“Sit.”
Thud thud thud—.
They sat down simultaneously as if they had practiced.
“Stand up.”
Thud thud thud thud—.
“Who is the one you must serve with loyalty?”
“His Majesty the Emperor!”
“How must you serve with loyalty?”
“We must serve with our lives!”
“His Majesty’s words are what?”
“The Mandate of Heaven!”
“Correct. From now on, if His Majesty speaks, you must truly die, not just pretend to die.”
“Yes!”
Jeok Wigang smiled and looked at Ju Seo-gi.
“Your Majesty. Now these men will absolutely obey Your Majesty’s commands.”
“Th-thank you.”
“Not at all. I merely did what needed to be done.”
“Right now they act meek because you’re in front of them, but won’t their minds change again once they return?”
“Then let’s create a new one.”
“A new one?”
“New wine goes in new wineskins, doesn’t it? Let’s establish a new organization to serve Your Majesty in place of Dongchang.”
“Sigh. If that were easy, I would have done it already. There’s no one in the palace who wants to follow me.”
“Why not? Aren’t they right here?”
In the direction Jeok Wigang pointed, there were Dongchang members kneeling.
Ju Seo-gi and the Sigang Scholar looked on as if dumbfounded.
“Do you think they will truly follow me from the heart?”
“Let’s try having them do it first. Please give a name to the newly established organization.”
When asked to give it a name, Ju Seo-gi pondered for a moment then spoke.
“The opposite of Dongchang—let’s call it Seochang (West Bureau).”
“That’s good.”
Jeok Wigang grinned wickedly and spoke to the Dongchang members.
“From today, you are Seochang. What are you?”
“We are Seochang!”
“What is Dongchang to you?”
“Our enemy!”
“That’s right.”
Watching Jeok Wigang enjoying himself, Ju Seo-gi wondered if this was right.
It somehow seemed like he was just playing around.
It also seemed like he was making wordplay with Dongchang and Seochang.
Most importantly, who would be placed as the head of Seochang.
“What’s the use of creating a new organization when there’s no talent to place as its head?”
“That talent is right there too.”
“Huh?”
“Hey, come over here.”
At Jeok Wigang’s call, one person jumped up, ran over, and prostrated himself.
He was Ban Ho, the Captain who had led the Dongchang group here.
“Let’s put this fellow as the head? His martial arts are decent and he’ll listen well.”
“This man, you say?”
“Yes. You’ll listen well, won’t you?”
“Yes! If His Majesty tells me to die, I will die!”
“He says he’ll listen well.”
“Hmm.”
“Please trust him once.”
Ju Seo-gi, who had been quietly observing Jeok Wigang, soon found himself laughing without realizing it, as if absurd.
“Strange. My situation hasn’t changed at all, yet when I’m with you, I feel confident that I can do anything. Even now.”
“I’m embarrassed that you think so highly of me. I will ensure that no one dares to be disrespectful to His Majesty from now on.”
“I truly hope so.”
“Don’t worry. Even if a million Imperial Army soldiers threaten His Majesty, I have the power to make them all kneel.”
Ju Seo-gi looked at Jeok Wigang with a bewildered expression.
To say such words so casually.
Yet those words didn’t seem like lies.
A general who faces ten thousand men alone is called invincible against ten thousand.
Jeok Wigang seemed like such an existence.
The kind of existence that made you feel you could do anything when he was by your side.
Ju Seo-gi nodded and spoke.
“I understand. I will follow your will.”
Then he approached Ban Ho and said.
“From today, I appoint you as Admiral Eunuch of the West Bureau. Follow my orders to watch Dongchang and investigate all their crimes to report to me.”
At Ju Seo-gi’s command, Ban Ho bowed his head and said.
“I humbly receive the imperial command!”
It was the first time.
Since becoming Emperor, this was the first time he saw someone obediently following orders like this.
This was all thanks to Jeok Wigang.
He wanted to give him an official position too.
Preferably the highest official position.
Seeing Ju Seo-gi’s gaze, Jeok Wigang smiled and shook his head.
“No.”
“What do you mean?”
“I came to take the civil service examination. I will take the test honorably and receive an official position.”
“What? Hahahaha!”
While others desperately tried to receive official positions through easy means, Jeok Wigang said he would enter honorably by taking the examination.
If he wanted, he could give him a position second only to one, above ten thousand.
If it were Jeok Wigang, that is.
But he said he would enter by taking the examination.
Ju Seo-gi liked Jeok Wigang even more.
Moreover, even though they met for the first time today, he felt comfortable as if with an old friend.
So much so that he wanted to keep him by his side always.
Cough- Cough-!
He seemed excited from feeling good.
As Ju Seo-gi suddenly coughed and suffered, Jeok Wigang approached and said.
“May I briefly place my hand on your royal body?”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Ju Seo-gi smiled and said.
“If it’s you, as much as you want.”
Ju Seo-gi was now ready to believe anything Jeok Wigang said, whatever it might be.
Jeok Wigang placed his hand on his back and muttered an incantation.
“Qi Flow Illumination, Blood Vessel Investigation, Five Organs Manifestation, Six Bowels Diagnosis, Poison Detection, Wound Revelation”
It was an incantation to closely examine the opponent’s physical condition.
With this, he could find the reason why Ju Seo-gi’s body had weakened.
“Hmm. It’s poisoning.”
“Po, poisoning?”
“Yes. The reason His Majesty’s body weakened is due to poisoning.”
Then he muttered another incantation.
“Poison Removal Without Trace, Evil Qi Complete Dispersal, Pure Flow Full Body, Body and Mind Both Pure”
At that moment, various colored energies began to burst out from Ju Seo-gi’s body.
“Ahhh.”
Ju Seo-gi moaned with his eyes closed, as if feeling good.
His dark complexion gradually brightened, and soon a healthy red color began to return to his face.
His withered skin also swelled up, soon changing to a firm appearance.
Among those who saw this, no one was greatly surprised.
They had already experienced enough of this when they were beaten by Jeok Wigang before.
A moment later.
Ju Seo-gi examined his completely transformed body here and there with joy.
He jumped up and down, and ran around in various directions.
Then he spoke with a moved voice.
“Hahaha. Now… I’m not short of breath. All the painful places have disappeared too…”
Ju Seo-gi soon shed tears.
Then he firmly grasped Jeok Wigang’s both hands.
“Thank you! Truly, thank you! You are the benefactor of my life.”
“I only did what needed to be done, Your Majesty.”
“No! Don’t think you can brush it off like that. I promise you. I will definitely repay this debt.”
At that, Jeok Wigang smiled and said.
“I understand. Then I’ll look forward to it.”
“What? Hahahaha!”
Ju Seo-gi was so taken with Jeok Wigang that he wanted to become sworn brothers with him right away.
Now he would do anything for Jeok Wigang.
Even if asked to give up the emperor’s throne, he felt he could do it.
No, he rather wished someone would take it.
He wanted to shake it all off and go down to his hometown to live peacefully farming like before.
“You must continue. You need to create a golden age of peace.”
“Hm?”
“Weren’t you just thinking about quitting being emperor?”
“Huh. Can you read minds now too?”
“It’s all over your face.”
“How about it? Any thoughts of taking this position?”
At those words, Jeok Wigang shook his head in disgust.
“Absolutely not.”
His sincerity was completely felt.
If he didn’t want this position, then he would give him a similar position.
If none existed, he would create one.
Seeing Ju Seo-gi’s eyes, Jeok Wigang felt uncomfortable.
‘I need to finish the Imperial Palace business quickly and get out.’
Dongchang Headquarters.
A handsome man with delicate features sat in the seat of honor – he was the head of Dongchang, the Admiral Eunuch.
“They went missing?”
The Admiral Eunuch of Dongchang tilted his head after receiving the report.
“That’s correct. All those dispatched to the Emperor’s secret safe house have gone missing.”
“Hmm. Perhaps they haven’t found the Imperial Seal yet?”
“We sent people, but they disappeared without a trace.”
“Without a trace? Where did they go?”
“We’re still investigating, but judging by the combat traces throughout the secret safe house, it appears they were dragged away after fighting someone.”
“When was the day the Hanlin Academy bookworms and the Emperor were supposed to meet?”
“According to our information, yesterday was the promised date.”
“So that information was true after all? I heard the Imperial Guard was chasing the Hanlin Academy behind our backs. Wasn’t it those guys?”
“Could it have been the Imperial Guard’s doing?”
“Who knows. I haven’t even caught a glimpse of that so-called Commander.”
“Not many people know that man’s face.”
“Even so, does it make sense that I, the head of Dongchang, don’t know his face?”
“Shall I get a portrait?”
“Forget it. That would make me look like I’m courting him.”
“Understood. Shall we investigate the whereabouts of the Imperial Seal again?”
“Forget it. Let’s just make a new Imperial Seal. That would be faster.”
“The other ministers will oppose it.”
“Sigh. This is really annoying. I can’t just kill them all.”
When his beautiful face slightly frowned, his subordinates bowed their heads.
“Even your frowning face is beautiful.”
“Of course it is.”
The Admiral Eunuch smiled again at being called beautiful.
“For now, proceed with making a new one and try to persuade the ministers. In the meantime, keep looking for the Imperial Seal too.”
“Understood.”
“Keep an eye on the Imperial Guard’s movements too. If those guys took the Imperial Seal, there should be some suspicious activity.”
“Yes! What should we do about those who disappeared?”
“Don’t we have people in our Dongchang?”
“We have many.”
“So don’t make a fuss over a few missing people.”
“Understood.”
“Leave. I want to be alone.”
“Yes! We’ll take our leave now.”
As soon as his subordinates left, he slumped in his chair and sighed.
“Sigh… How long do I have to keep playing this damn human role…”
Clang clang clang-.
The bell announcing the time rang out.
“Damn, has it already gotten this late?”
With a thoroughly annoyed expression, he hung his head low and lamented.
“I should have just killed the Emperor and transformed into him. Then things would have been easier…”
He was reproachfully regretting his choice.
“Now I have to go humor that ugly woman.”
As if he really didn’t want to go, he struggled to get up and walked out with a dejected appearance.
“Let’s hang in there just a little longer. We’re almost there now… After all the trouble I went through to set up this game, I can’t give up now.”
After muttering like that, he soon changed his expression and switched to energetic steps.
Ju Seo-gi was looking down at the man before him with a bewildered face.
The man he had called when told that Seochang’s small numbers made it meaningless.
It was none other than Ye Yahyeon, Commander of the Imperial Guard.
This was a person who wouldn’t budge even when he himself called, yet came running in a single stride when Jeok Wigang summoned him.
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
