The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 108

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Evil Hegemon Martial God

Chapter 108

North Sea.

Daily life in the North Sea is vastly different from other places.

If daily life elsewhere is for sustaining one’s livelihood, daily life in the North Sea is closer to a struggle for survival.

The coldly frozen earth, blade-like winds that cut through flesh.

Food is scarce, and all that can be seen are snowy fields.

The eternal snow peaks rising in the distance will remain unchanged for a thousand years, ten thousand years, and the same will likely be true for the North Sea.

In fact, though North Sea contains the character for sea, it is actually a massive lake.

Long, long ago, in the worldview of ancient people, the land above the North Sea was a harsh territory where humans could not survive.

Calling the sea-like massive lake the ‘northern sea’ has continued to this day.

In that northern sea stands a massive palace known only to those who know.

A place that everyone fears, where none dare approach carelessly.

It was the Northern Ice Palace.

* * *

“Please, please spare me, Palace Master.”

“How interesting. When did I ever say I would kill you?”

The man prostrated himself, begging for mercy.

But the ice-jade beauty sitting before him only responded coldly.

“You just need to answer my questions properly.”

“Pa-Palace Master…”

“You seem to have forgotten, so I’ll ask again.”

Palace Master.

Indeed. This woman sitting alone on the large, ornate chair was none other than the Ice Spirit Snow Empress, Buk-ri Seol-a.

She was the master of this Northern Ice Palace.

“What happened to your boastful promise that you would retrieve the Soul-Freezing Hand from Heukpaesong?”

“Th-that was when we were about to attempt infiltration, but suddenly the Mad Dragon…”

“Stop with the useless excuses.”

Along with Buk-ri Seol-a’s cold rebuke.

Swoosh!

One of the subordinate’s arms was severed and rolled across the floor.

“Aaaahhh!”

No one in the audience hall saw Buk-ri Seol-a make her move.

Her technique was that fast while showing not a trace of hesitation or doubt.

Though the subordinate had his arm severed in the first strike and would have to live as a disabled person for life.

Not a hint of emotional disturbance reflected in Buk-ri Seol-a’s eyes as she looked at him.

“Uuugh…!”

“Instead, I’ll give you a chance to serve up a different excuse.”

At Buk-ri Seol-a’s words, the subordinate barely managed to raise his body.

At the same time, he pressed several blood points to stop the bleeding.

“The divine artifact of the founding Palace Master that’s supposedly at Geumhwang Sangga. Why couldn’t you investigate that?”

At Buk-ri Seol-a’s question, the subordinate unconsciously gaped.

“That, that’s preposterous.”

Even if all the sects under heaven didn’t know, the Northern Ice Palace knew.

That there was only one divine artifact left by Bing Bai Wu Di, the founding investigator and first Palace Master of the Northern Ice Palace.

But suddenly another divine artifact appeared at Geumhwang Sangga?

Naturally, that was just a false rumor.

“The only divine artifact left by the founding Palace Master is the Soul-Freezing Hand. There are no other divine artifacts, and no related records existed…”

“Hmm, another excuse.”

At Buk-ri Seol-a’s words, the subordinate immediately bowed his head.

To survive this mad Palace Master, he had no choice but to keep his head buried in the ground like autumn grain.

“Ahhh, sorry, I’m sorry! I truly didn’t know!”

“It’s fine.”

Buk-ri Seol-a smiled slightly.

Her red lips curved against her snow-white face.

A beautiful smile from a beauty.

It should certainly be charming.

So why did it look dangerous?

“If you’ve committed a sin, you just need to receive punishment.”

“Ahhh! You crazy witch-!”

The subordinate shouted and stood up.

He intended to flee.

He couldn’t remain loyal to an insane woman in this mad place.

However.

Slice.

With an eerie cutting sound, his head dropped to the floor with a thud.

He died before he could even take a single step.

Thump…

Soon the headless body collapsed to the floor, and Buk-ri Seol-a pointed at the corpse and flicked her finger.

It meant to clean it up.

Then the palace guards nearby came running with quick steps and carried away the body.

No one was shocked, trembled in fear, or shuddered at the cruel technique.

They just handled what they were told to do as if accustomed to it.

This was the characteristic of the Northern Ice Palace.

The Palace Master’s absolute dignity and authority.

Palace guards who showed absolute obedience to such a Palace Master.

Buk-ri Seol-a spoke as if for all the palace guards of the Northern Ice Palace, her loyal hands and feet, to hear.

“The peace treaty with the Martial Arts Alliance is hereby nullified as of today.”

“!!”

The Northern Ice Palace and Martial Arts Alliance had sworn not to invade each other’s territories.

Though it was a treaty established decades ago that had lasted until now.

Now, with Buk-ri Seol-a’s single word, the treaty document went into the trash.

“We will follow the Palace Master’s will.”

Even at this shocking declaration, the Elder’s reaction was swift.

Following the Elder’s lead, all the palace guards who had been standing behind shouted in unison.

“We will follow!!”

“We will follow!”

Though it was a moment when all palace guards pledged absolute loyalty and devotion to her command, Buk-ri Seol-a’s expression had returned to expressionless.

‘The situation is different from before. The Martial Arts Alliance has stupidly split in half, and we have become stronger.’

The current Martial Arts Alliance was different from before.

The Sachen Dang Family, one of the main pillars of the Martial Arts Alliance, was acting as if they would leave the Alliance entirely.

They would inevitably split due to internal strife before long.

Buk-ri Seol-a couldn’t help but sneer.

“In two days, I will personally head to the Central Plains.”

Her decision as Palace Master of the Northern Ice Palace to personally journey to the Central Plains was because of only one being.

“Seolcheon’s Namga-il. I will recover the divine artifact that man usurped from Geumhwang Sangga.”

A chilling murderous intent gleamed in the witch’s eyes.

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“So Geumhwang Sangga has fallen.”

Bucheonju Doyecheon murmured quietly.

Though his voice was quiet, perhaps due to Doyecheon’s presence?

Each word, each phrase shook and resonated through the space.

Perhaps because of this, though countless people had gathered.

Not a single person dared to open their mouth, only reading the atmosphere.

One could easily imagine the mood.

Now those belonging to Doyecheon’s faction knew the full story.

That Doyecheon had tried to join hands with Geumhwang Sangga, and that it had led to the worst possible outcome.

So everyone was just reading Doyecheon’s mood.

Depending on how Doyecheon felt, their reactions would change accordingly.

“He boasted that the wealth of All Under Heaven was in his hands. In the end, he died without even leaving a corpse to be found.”

As soon as Doyecheon spoke, Jichaldan leader Ham Baek and Gwak Dae-mo chimed in with agreement.

“That’s right. It seems like a fitting end for a lowly merchant.”

“Exactly! I think so too.”

Gwak Dae-mo in particular looked even more desperate.

And for good reason, since Baekya Unit had been promoted to the Ten Heavenly Commanders while Taesandae had slipped down.

Having suddenly become like a kite with a severed string, the only way to restore this was to firmly grasp Bucheonju’s connection and never let go.

“Wasn’t he truly arrogant? Just because he had a little money, he dared to…!”

As Gwak Dae-mo desperately tried to get into Doyecheon’s good graces, Doyecheon’s expression suddenly hardened.

“But about the Geumhwang Sangga incident.”

“Yes? Yes.”

“Isn’t there a chance it was that bastard’s doing?”

“…!”

Though he said “that bastard,” everyone knew who he was referring to.

Black Heaven Mad Dragon Jeok-un.

“You don’t need to worry about that. I had the guest reception unit’s warriors watch him continuously for twelve hours without rest, and Baek-ya Daeju never once left Changsha.”

Guest reception unit leader Hwang Jin-rang answered.

His voice was confident and filled with conviction.

The guest reception unit leader’s guarantee was certainly trustworthy.

But because of this, no one noticed.

That the identity of the fake Jeok-un who had been active in Changsha was Hwang-no.

“Then Heaven’s will must be following me.”

“That’s right!!”

“My lord’s path to success will continue endlessly!”

Embarrassing flattery continued in succession.

Yet everyone present secretly thought it was fortunate.

It was common for Bucheonju to react ferociously whenever he heard the two characters ‘Jeok-un.’

But at least Jeok-un seemed unrelated to this Geumhwang Sangga matter, so it was fortunate for everyone.

“Dojuman.”

“Yes, yes!”

Doyecheon looked at his tense son and spoke indifferently.

“How did things go with Go Ga-jang’s youngest?”

“Yes, yes! I actually just arranged a meeting! After continuing our conversations, it seems his true nature hasn’t changed. So you don’t need to worry, Bucheonju-nim.”

This was also good news.

Geumhwang Sangga had collapsed and Go Bok-gil’s Geumhae Trading Company had risen tremendously.

Upon hearing this news, Doyecheon immediately sent Dojuman to establish connections with Go Bok-gil.

Go Bok-gil’s main family, Go Ga-jang, only provided official support to Sadocheon and didn’t establish separate connections with him.

But thinking Go Bok-gil was different, he had dispatched Dojuman.

“There are times when you’re actually useful.”

“Th-thank you.”

Dojuman, whom he hadn’t expected much from, had succeeded admirably.

Even while receiving Doyecheon’s praise, Dojuman trembled.

The fear from the beating he received last time still remained.

But perhaps thanks to being praised, Dojuman’s expression definitely brightened.

‘Even dog shit has its uses.’

Doyecheon thought this while looking at his son.

The reason he had used Dojuman to arrange this matter was because Dojuman had formed connections with Go Bok-gil during his days of wasting time with gambling and betting.

Then when he ordered him into confinement, the connection was temporarily severed, but when he sent him again to resume contact, nothing had changed from before.

This was actually Go Bok-gil’s acting under Jeok-un’s orders, but unfortunately Dojuman lacked the ability to see through it.

So he couldn’t report this to Doyecheon either.

“Good. If Geumhae Trading Company supports us, our grand plan will become easier. So do your best to win them over.”

“Understood!”

The moment Dojuman answered vigorously.

Thud thud thud thud!

Urgent footsteps echoed through the corridor.

A warrior entered the meeting hall.

‘…Hucheon-wei?’

‘What’s going on?’

Surprisingly, he was wearing the uniform of the Hucheon-wei who guarded the Maengju’s palace.

Surprisingly, Doyecheon had planted spies even in the Hucheon-wei.

“Sir, I’ve come with urgent news to report.”

“What is it?”

“Well…”

“It’s fine, so speak.”

The warrior who had hesitated to speak despite Doyecheon’s words delivered shocking news.

“Two hours ago, Cheon-ju collapsed after coughing up blood.”

“!?!?”

Everyone was shocked by this stunning revelation.

But one person, Bucheonju Doyecheon.

‘Has it begun?’

Had a cold smile spread across his face.

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