The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 101

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Evil Hegemon Martial God

Chapter 101

Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s Main Estate.

As the character for “great” indicated, Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s estate was incomparably large and magnificent compared to ordinary estates.

Originally, merchant families belonged to the commoner class and were restricted to three-room houses, but Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s financial power made the impossible possible.

That’s why Jin-hwang Sang-ga was the ruler of Uichang County, and the Main Estate was nothing less than clear evidence of this fact.

The Grand Assembly Hall of Jin-hwang Sang-ga, which truly boasted the power to bring down even birds flying in the sky, was now filled with unprecedented tension.

“What is the current defense situation of the Inner Grounds?”

“We have reorganized and reinforced Mangumdae’s forces to defend the entire estate like an iron fortress.”

“What about the Outer Grounds? How is the defense state of the Outer Grounds?”

“The Outer Grounds’ defenses are also thorough. We’ve activated the Gimun Formation that we had Mosan Sect create with massive funding!”

“We must block them thoroughly! Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

If anyone heard this, they would think they were preparing for war.

However, Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s actual stance was not much different from preparing for war.

It was truly an iron fortress.

The narrow paths leading into Uichang County on the estate’s outskirts had traps set by elite assassins, the Outer Grounds were filled with Gimun Formation and thousands of ronin forces, and the Inner Grounds were packed with the family’s warriors led by Jin-seong.

After hearing all of Suha’s reports, the new Chongwan turned his gaze toward the window.

The interior literally resembled a fortress, and the strict preparatory stance was immediately visible.

Preparations that went beyond meticulous to obsessive.

But the Chongwan couldn’t feel relieved at all.

Only anxiety and fear dwelt on his face.

He had no choice but to feel this way.

Right now, an unprecedented disaster was heading toward this place.

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Haggard.

If anyone saw Oh Chu-baek’s complexion right now, ten out of ten would think the same thing.

The dark circles under his eyes were so black that he looked like a patient who could die at any moment.

His complexion was pale and gaunt, making him look at first glance like a walking corpse.

Despite being over eighty years old, Oh Chu-baek had eaten elixirs and various tonics like rice, making him look young for his age and actually healthy too.

But now he looked completely aged and withered.

‘When was the last time I slept…’

Oh Chu-baek had been unable to sleep for days and nights, enough to think such thoughts to himself.

Jin-hwang Sang-ga, which he had devoted his entire life to cultivating and nurturing, was on the verge of turning to ash.

How could his insides not rot and fester?

“Did you really confirm it?”

“…Yes, Family Head.”

At Oh Chu-baek’s quiet question, Suha answered helplessly.

It was because of the news that had just come in.

News that the assassins’ first line of defense had been annihilated.

Along with the content that Mubhyeol Amgeok and the assassins in charge of the defense line had been massacred.

“Mubhyeol Amgeok is dead too? Wasn’t there a mistake? How could one of the Shenzhou Seven Killers…”

“The corpse… was shattered to pieces, making identification difficult. However…”

Suha carefully added his explanation.

“…The sword the corpse was holding was definitely Mubhyeol Amgeok’s—”

Crack!

Before the report could finish, the sound of grinding teeth echoed throughout the hall.

Naturally, it was the sound Oh Chu-baek made grinding his teeth.

“Grrr…!”

“Are, are you alright?”

As Suha stamped his feet restlessly, Oh Chu-baek irritably waved his arms and showed his annoyance.

Creak, creak.

He had been grinding his teeth so much lately that it felt like all his teeth had been worn down.

It hurt terribly, as if he had ground his bare gums, but what hurt even more was…

‘Damn it! How much advance payment did I give that bastard Mubhyeol Amgeok!’

It was the money wasted because of Mubhyeol Amgeok’s incompetent death.

Since the situation had turned urgent, it was a mistake to hand over almost the entire commission fee.

The commission alone was about twice the usual amount, but instead of dividing it into down payment and success fee, he had handed it over as is.

In this situation, even though Mubhyeol Amgeok was dead, recovering the commission fee was a distant prospect.

‘Since the great fleet incident, no, among all the recent news, there hasn’t been a single piece of good news!’

When did it start?

The news reaching Oh Chu-baek’s ears wasn’t about successful trade or making money, but only terrible news about losing wealth and the family’s decline.

Countless branch offices built with thousands of gold had burned down and disappeared, and all the carefully nurtured talents had died.

Was that all? Money was being spent like water to hire warriors and ronin, so even now the treasury was drying up by the hour.

“Ugh…”

Oh Chu-baek unconsciously let out a groan.

Money going out was that much of a great pain for Oh Chu-baek.

He had never experienced such pain in his entire life.

He had experienced the tragedy of his beloved daughter dying before him, but even that pain was nothing compared to now.

‘Ho Baek-seon, that damn bastard!’

Oh Chu-baek cursed Ho Baek-seon inwardly.

The greatest military power Jin-hwang Sang-ga possessed was now only Ho Baek-seon, but the person in question had no interest in protecting Jin-hwang Sang-ga.

‘If he just stepped forward and killed that guy called Namga-il, wouldn’t that be the end of it!’

He wanted to curse him to his face, but not being able to do so was his eternal regret.

Oh Chu-baek, fuming alone and swallowing his anger, asked with difficulty.

“…Where is Jin-seong Daeju?”

“Ah, he’s still checking the Treasure Vault. There’s no sign of him coming out…”

“Ahhh!! Damn it!!”

“Hii, hiik!”

Jin-seong Daeju was Ho Baek-seon.

Oh Chu-baek had pleaded so earnestly that Jin-hwang Sang-ga had no treasures of Bing Bai Wu Di.

But Ho Baek-seon didn’t even listen with one ear.

—Maybe your eyes are like a cod’s, so you don’t know even when treasures are there? So try blocking on your own. I’ll come out as soon as I find them.

Ho Baek-seon said that and entered the treasure vault.

He intended to find the treasures with his own hands.

That was several days ago, and that bastard was still rummaging through all sorts of items in Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s treasure vault.

Even now, at this very moment when the situation was going crazy and burning out of control!

‘There isn’t any! There really isn’t any!’

Oh Chu-baek felt like his insides would burst from the injustice.

He was on the verge of going insane beyond being frustrated.

‘This bastard and that bastard! Why the hell are they all looking for Bing Bai Wu Di from me!’

He had never seen such a thing even once in his life!

The more he thought about it, the more his suppressed anger rose.

Perhaps because of that, Oh Chu-baek unconsciously tore at his hair, and grayish-white hair came out in clumps in his hands.

He looked exactly like a sick rat.

The sparse hair loss looked like he had gone bald, and his hair, which had been black and abundant for his age, had now turned grayish-white.

‘Damn bastard. I’m not a martial artist!’

Oh Chu-baek was cursing Ho Baek-seon when—

BOOOOM!

A tremendous explosion echoed, and the entire Main Estate shook.

Wh, what?

At that sound, Oh Chu-baek shot up from his seat.

“Enemies!!”

“Aaahhh!!”

Death-like screams came along with frantic shouts.

“-!!”

It was the sound announcing the start of war.

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‘Like a pack of wolves trying to devour a corpse.’

Jeok-un thought this as he looked around.

But strangely, there was no one around.

This place where not even a single rat dared to approach was right at the main gate of Jin-hwang Sang-ga Manor.

The reason people had disappeared was because everyone knew that a war could break out at any moment.

But what was Jeok-un looking at when he mentioned a pack of wolves?

‘Trying to profit from the chaos somewhere.’

It was the warriors who had hidden themselves everywhere while concealing their presence.

They were probably thinking of taking advantage of the inevitable chaos that would occur when Jeok-un smashed through the main gate to make off with treasures or secret manuals.

‘Things won’t go according to your plans.’

Jeok-un smiled coldly.

They probably thought themselves clever and well-versed in worldly affairs.

But they were fools who didn’t understand why the saying “when whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken” came to exist.

Swoosh!

Jeok-un mocked their foolishness as he leaped onto the wall that was as high as a fortress.

Hiss!

Fluffy mist seeped out from beyond the manor, appearing and disappearing repeatedly.

It was clear evidence that an unusual formation had been set up.

The moment he crossed the wall, he would be caught in a Gimun Formation and face mortal danger.

But Jeok-un felt no fear.

It was a formation he knew.

‘It belongs to the Mosan Sect bastards.’

The Mosan Sect wasn’t counted among Gupa Ilbang, but it was a decent sect famous for its Gimun formations.

As could be seen from their fame with Gimun formations, their strengths overlapped with the Jegal Clan.

While the Jegal Clan was listed among the Seven Great Clans, the Mosan Sect failed to be listed in Gupa Ilbang, which made them harbor bitter inferiority complex toward the Jegal Clan.

‘Was it called the Mist Dance Phantom Formation?’

When war broke out between Sapyeonjeon and the Martial Arts Alliance, the Mosan Sect joined the Martial Arts Alliance.

The Mosan Sect that joined the Military Department immediately showed their prowess, and the Gimun Formation they used then was precisely this Mist Dance Phantom Formation.

A deadly formation that reversed the mysteries of the Nine Palaces to tangle the senses of all intruders, making it difficult for them to even walk properly.

‘But it’s not the completed form. It’s probably an early stage.’

Unlike before his regression, it had far too many flaws.

Interest sparked in Jeok-un’s eyes.

“Not bad.”

He was like a mischievous child who had thought of a prank.

Having decided how to move, Jeok-un immediately drew up his energy.

Whoosh!

Crash!

He stepped on the formation’s key points and launched his body into the Mist Dance Phantom Formation.

The mist opened its mouth like a demon and swallowed Jeok-un whole.

Rumble…!

The moment the Mist Dance Phantom Formation’s power manifested.

Jeok-un, who had landed on the ground, unleashed Ochu’s power and stomped his foot.

Boom…!

Jeok-un’s momentum spreading in all directions was like a raging torrent, and with Ochu’s power added to it.

Destructive force like a typhoon began to twist and overturn the entire area.

Whoosh!

But the truly surprising thing was something else.

‘Sometimes there are more useful methods than destruction.’

As Jeok-un rolled the ground with Ochu’s power and turned the surrounding environment upside down.

Hiss!

Crack!

The Mist Dance Phantom Formation was changing at will.

It wasn’t destruction.

It was modification.

‘I’ve been hit by this so many times, this much is easy.’

Before his regression, he had experienced the Mist Dance Phantom Formation to the point of being sick of it, and it was possible because it was still an incomplete form.

Hiss…

Finally, the moment the modification was completed, the thick mist disappeared like a lie.

‘Done.’

Confirming that the formation had changed according to his will, Jeok-un kicked off the ground and charged forward without hesitation.

Swoosh!

His form disappeared before one could blink.

Afterward, silence descended.

After a brief silence, the pack of wolves hiding everywhere finally revealed themselves.

“Baek-eun Byeong-ma has broken through the formation!”

Hehe, let’s follow him too!”

The pack of wolves drew up their energy and rushed toward Jin-hwang Sang-ga’s main gate like moths to flame.

They were confident.

The formation had already been broken, so there would be no problems.

But.

Sizzle!

Crack!

“Aaahhh!”

“My arm! My arm!”

The interior of the manor, where the mist had disappeared and nothing seemed wrong, had transformed into something terrible.

It seemed like there was nothing there, but that wasn’t the case.

The Gimun Formation had removed the ‘mist’ and filled it with ‘cold air’, and the pack of wolves who threw themselves into it.

“S-save…”

Unable to even finish saying “save me,” they froze to death with shallow groans.

Some lucky ones only suffered frostbite, but it was no exaggeration to say that the majority who had led the charge met irreversible death.

“Wh, what?”

“Could it be that no one can invade or escape…!”

Jeok-un had used the Mist Dance Phantom Formation to complete Frozen Hell and had entered alone.

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