The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 107

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Evil Hegemon Martial God

Chapter 107

Geumhwang Sangga had fallen.

When this rumor first spread throughout the Central Plains, everyone reacted as if it were madness.

The Three Major Merchant Guilds of the Central Plains weren’t some neighborhood street stalls that could collapse so easily.

But when one person, then two people, then ten people…

Eventually, when about a hundred, then a thousand people were saying the same thing, everyone had no choice but to accept it.

The fact that Geumhwang Sangga, one of the Three Major Merchant Guilds of the Central Plains, had fallen.

A family that had dominated All under Heaven with their wealth had been completely destroyed overnight.

Throughout history, the rise and fall of nations and families had always existed.

In the vast lands of the Central Plains, throughout its long history, how could there be a family that prospered forever?

The reason Geumhwang Sangga’s destruction continued to be talked about by people wasn’t because of the result called ‘destruction,’ but because of the process.

“They say if you have an enemy, you just need to spread rumors that Jangbo-do is in that family…”

“Who would have thought one of the Three Major Merchant Guilds of the Central Plains would disappear so futilely.”

The Martial Arts Alliance isn’t the same as the old Martial Arts Alliance. When a demon committed such a massacre, they couldn’t find a single trace.”

“Hey, watch your words. And why should the Martial Arts Alliance help Geumhwang Sangga, who joined hands with Sadocheon? Oh Chu-baek brought punishment upon himself by coveting treasures out of greed.”

“Seolcheon, the place of Baek-eun Byeong-ma. It’s truly a terrifying place…”

People learned two lessons from Geumhwang Sangga’s destruction.

First, you must not pick up treasures of unknown origin.

Treasures you cannot handle are like horn pipes that bring disaster by themselves.

It painfully taught how dangerous supernatural entities, artifacts, and treasures coveted by all could be.

The second was fear of Marin.

A single Marin called Baek-eun Byeong-ma had swept away an entire massive family.

It was so thoroughly shattered that not even a single foundation stone was left.

How tremendous must that danger be.

But people still talked about Baek-eun Byeong-ma.

There were more than one or two strange aspects revealed in this incident.

From Seolcheon, a force no one had ever heard of.

Origin and age were also unclear.

Because of the long white hair, some people argued it might be a woman, making even the gender unclear.

Moreover, after punishing Geumhwang Sangga, Baek-eun Byeong-ma truly disappeared without a trace.

It was truly a typhoon-like course of action.

Just as clear skies are revealed after a typhoon passes.

In the ruins of Geumhwang Sangga that had become rubble, no traces could be found.

It was such a strange and fearsome track record.

Martial artists counted the three most bizarre warriors in Gangho and called them the Three Oddities.

Hwamul of First Fist, Later Needle was included there, but now it became the Four Oddities.

Baek Eun-bingma Nam-ga-il had entered.

Even this alone showed that the footprint Baek-eun Byeong-ma left on the martial world was never shallow.

But after new news struck Gangho, gossips talked about it like blowing on a hot potato.

“Did you hear that? Well, you see…”

Five days after the Geumhwang Sangga incident became known.

The government office and Martial Arts Alliance cooperated to dismantle the mysterious formation surrounding Geumhwang Sangga and entered the interior of Daejanwon.

However, inside there was nothing but ruins.

In other words, the enormous treasures that Geumhwang Sangga possessed…

“They say there wasn’t a single penny left!”

“Well, the treasure vault was completely emptied, and no items remained?”

“Does that make sense? How much wealth must have been there?”

Geumhwang Sangga was a merchant family that had accumulated wealth for generations.

To move the wealth accumulated over that long time would require hundreds, no, a thousand strong men.

That enormous treasure had completely disappeared as if swallowed by ghosts.

“Well, that’s right. Unless Baek-eun Byeong-ma controls ghosts, how would this be possible.”

“Ugh… Scary, so scary.”

There was none of the wealth that should have been there.

Since they couldn’t find even a single coin, the government office and Martial Arts Alliance suspected each other, but.

The established theory was that no one had entered the estate before them.

When dismantling the formation, if someone had stopped the formation first, traces should have remained, but there were no such traces.

However, it wasn’t that they found nothing at Geumhwang Sangga.

They discovered exactly one thing.

Something that had the shape of a human, but was not human.

A monster uttering terrible groans…

No one could guess, but its true identity was Oh Chu-baek, the owner of Geumhwang Sangga.

But the officials and martial artists, due to its too hideous appearance, didn’t investigate properly and roughly wrapped it in a mat and dumped it under a bridge.

Rumors circulated that a circus troupe that collected bizarre animals and disabled people for performances had picked it up.

As Geumhwang Sangga disappeared, the place where the aftermath hit hardest was none other than the merchant world.

Now that Geumhwang Sangga, one of the Three Major Merchant Guilds of the Central Plains, had disappeared.

Goga-jang and Namhui Merchant Guild could become the number one merchant guild under heaven by eliminating just one more.

Number one under heaven.

To claim that immortal honor, the two forces accelerated their actions.

However.

The one who benefited most from Geumhwang Sangga’s downfall wasn’t Goga-jang or Namhui Merchant Guild.

There was an emerging merchant guild that moved faster than anyone else and seized all the supplies in key locations.

That was the ‘Geumhae Merchant Guild’ that established its main branch in Tongseong County.

Geumhae Merchant Guild was an emerging merchant guild that had been expanding its influence in Honam recently.

“Do you know who the owner of Geumhae Merchant Guild is?”

“Well. They say he leaves it to the practical manager Daehaeng-su and hides behind. Who would know that.”

“Don’t be surprised! The owner of that Geumhae Merchant Guild is said to be the youngest son of Goga-jang!”

“Huh? That gambling-crazed scoundrel??”

Surprisingly, that owner was Go Bok-gil, the youngest son who had been called the scoundrel of Goga-jang.

Go Bok-gil had been treated as a disowned child even by Goga-jang.

Geumhae Merchant Guild, as if it had predicted Geumhwang Sangga’s destruction, moved faster than anyone else and planted flags in all the vacant positions.

Thanks to this, Geumhae Merchant Guild seized about fifty percent of the shares that Geumhwang Sangga had possessed.

Goga-jang and Namhui Merchant Guild, who entered belatedly, each took about twenty percent, and the remaining ten percent was seized by small and medium merchant guilds.

“Wait, then since the Geumhae Merchant Guild owner is also of Goga-jang bloodline, isn’t Goga-jang the number one merchant guild under heaven?”

“No. Geumhae Merchant Guild clearly drew a line saying they have no relation to Goga-jang.”

“Is that really true?”

Thus, the composition of the merchant world was reorganized from the absolute three powers to two strong powers and one middle power.

This was just a story that only those who knew talked about, and only those interested discussed.

But it was clear evidence that new winds were blowing not only in Gangho but also in the merchant world.

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Crash!

With a loud noise, the table made by carving an entire log shook.

Then everyone’s gaze immediately turned to the person who caused the commotion.

“How exactly are we going to handle this matter!”

A thin, sharp voice rang loudly through the meeting hall.

It was Elder Oh Seob-hon Yohui, who had been newly ordained as an elder.

Unlike her beautiful appearance, her maliciously raised eyebrows and eyes gleaming with killing intent were naturally repulsive.

However, the one receiving that gaze was Geom-ma.

With Cheonma, the sect leader, absent, he was the deputy handling the sect’s affairs.

“Look here! Elder Oh! You’re being too rude to the Vice Sect Leader right now…!”

First Elder Hyongmyeon Sura raised his voice in anger.

Though he was called Geom-ma’s right arm, in terms of position and status, First Elder Hyongmyeon Sura was the superior officer.

“Is rank important right now! In a situation where Shin-ma has appeared even during his seclusion to tell us to thoroughly prepare for the grand plan, how can such an incident occur!”

“That is…!”

Seob Hon-yohui didn’t even pretend to listen.

And hearing that, Hyongmyeon Sura also became like a mute who had eaten honey, losing his words.

There was nothing wrong or questionable in what Seob Hon-yohui was pointing out.

‘Damn it.’

Geom-ma was expressionless, but inside, his anger was boiling over.

The cause of this current incident was none other than Geom-ma’s disciple, Ho Baek-seon.

Ssanghyung Ho Baek-seon had meddled with Geumhwang Sangga without even getting the cult’s permission, and the aftermath of that incident had flowed back to the Demonic Cult.

Seob Hon-yohui was pursuing that matter.

It was like Geom-ma was holding a losing hand in a flower card game.

So Daehobeop, who was in opposition to Geom-ma, didn’t show it outwardly, but his expression was peaceful and benevolent.

He must be grinning inwardly.

“The entire Gwirryeongdae, who were supposed to play a major role in the future grand plan, have been annihilated!”

“Is that all? I heard that our traces nearly got exposed to Gangho! It was done by none other than the Vice Cult Leader’s disciple!”

Seob Hon-yohui fearlessly pursued Geom-ma.

Her attitude was like a hunting dog, and it was actually the mission she had received.

Seob Hon-yohui had been appointed as Fifth Elder to fill Yasudomma’s vacant position, and the one who had placed her in that seat was Daehobeop Guhon Mazeon.

So the only person who could stop Seob Hon-yohui now was Guhon Mazeon, but there was no possibility of Guhon Mazeon doing so when he held the winning hand.

“That’s enough.”

But surprisingly, Guhon Mazeon stepped forward to restrain Seob Hon-yohui.

He even smiled gently, clearly displaying his magnanimity.

In that regard, Geom-ma was certain.

Guhon Mazeon had deliberately stepped forward to restrain her to make him even more angry.

“The Vice Cult Leader must have such complicated feelings. Having lost his ‘beloved disciple’ and all.”

Sure enough, he emphasized ‘beloved disciple’ and didn’t forget to stress who the culprit of this incident was.

“So we will take care of resolving this incident on ‘our’ side.”

As soon as Guhon Mazeon finished speaking, Geom-ma abruptly stood up from his seat.

For a moment, tension appeared on everyone’s faces including Seob Hon-yohui.

“That works out well. Do as you please.”

“V-Vice Cult Leader.”

Geom-ma glared at Daehobeop as if he would kill him, then stormed out of the meeting room.

With the leader of the group gone.

The elders who followed Geom-ma in the meeting room looked at each other, then soon let out sighs and followed after Geom-ma.

“Hahaha, this feels so refreshing.”

As Geom-ma and his faction stormed out of the meeting room, Guhon Mazeon burst into laughter.

Even pulling out an aching tooth wouldn’t be more satisfying than this.

In fact, Guhon Mazeon couldn’t find a day in the past ten years when he had been happier than today.

“What a pathetic fellow. Like some lowly courtesan, he gained the position of Vice Cult Leader by sweet-talking Shin-ma, right.”

As soon as Geom-ma left, Seob Hon-yohui began badmouthing Geom-ma as if she had been waiting for this.

“Unable to even handle one disciple, how could he ever follow in Daehobeop’s footsteps? If he doesn’t know something, he should bow his head and humbly learn to act like a proper person.”

“Haha, Fifth Elder is putting gold on my face.”

Seob Hon-yohui’s flattery was blatant, but Guhon Mazeon listened to it with a pleased expression.

Even though her intentions were transparent, today was a joyful day.

“Anyway, I have a mission to give to Fifth Elder.”

“Please command me. I will accomplish anything.”

Daehobeop glanced toward the main gate.

It was where Geom-ma had just exited.

As if he had spotted Geom-ma’s tail there, Guhon Mazeon smiled coldly, then revealed his business in a sinister voice.

“A new talent has appeared, so shouldn’t we meet him once?”

“You mean…?”

Daehobeop smiled chillingly and commanded.

“Baek-eun Byeong-ma. Bring that man to The School.”

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