The God of Death and the God of War - Chapter 75

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Evil Hegemon Martial God

 

Chapter 75

 

“What the hell is all this commotion!”

 

A middle-aged man in official robes shouted angrily.

 

Having never learned martial arts, he had no internal energy whatsoever.

 

Yet no one dared to call him insolent or cut off his head.

 

That made sense.

 

The middle-aged man was none other than the Tongseong County Magistrate.

 

Hyeon Un-jin of the Martial Arts Alliance spoke first.

 

“Ahem. While there was indeed a small disturbance, for the government to interfere so much in Gangho affairs…”

 

Just as he was about to say this violated the customary principle of mutual non-interference between government and martial world.

 

“Non-interference? Did you just say interference!”

 

The Magistrate slammed the table with a bang! and showed even greater anger.

 

“Do you know how much fear has gripped the people of Tongseong County right now!”

 

“Ahem…”

 

With hundreds of sword-wielding martial artists gathered, the common people couldn’t help but know.

 

Moreover, how many corpses were piled up on Bangsam.

 

They were trembling in fear of getting caught up in senseless bloodshed and wouldn’t even come out of their homes.

 

“Furthermore, Heukpaesong broke their promise not to leave Extreme Bliss Island!”

 

The Magistrate was furious.

 

Thus, the meeting had naturally changed from a three-way to a four-way discussion.

 

The three major forces dominating Gangho were now joined by the Magistrate representing the government.

 

“I trusted your absolute promise never to set foot on land and watched until now, but to cause such chaos!”

 

“The ones who caused the chaos weren’t us, but…”

 

“I don’t want to hear it!”

 

“Ahem.”

 

Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik could only let out sighs and couldn’t push harder.

 

In fact, under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t make sense.

 

A mere Magistrate raising his voice like this to a Martial Arts Alliance Elder and Hyeolwol Sect’s First Commander was impossible.

 

Frankly speaking, if the two men set their minds to it, snapping the neck of Jicheon who hadn’t even learned martial arts would be as simple as breaking roadside reeds.

 

However.

 

“I say again, the Provincial Governor knows about this situation! How can such things happen under broad daylight, he raged furiously!”

 

The Tongseong County incident didn’t end in Tongseong County.

 

Noble families who were touring Poyangho in Gangseong Province had spread word of this incident in all directions.

 

The Provincial Governor who oversees all of Hubei Province, not just one county, couldn’t be unaware of this.

 

Needless to say, he was furious upon hearing of the situation.

 

Public order is directly linked to people’s livelihood, so disturbances above a certain level connect to the Provincial Governor’s misgovernment.

 

Then inspectors or provincial administrators could submit reports leading to disciplinary action.

 

So even when the Magistrate, the Provincial Governor’s representative, was raging, they had no choice but to stay quiet.

 

If they took a strong stance now, it would mean opposing the Provincial Governor and furthermore the Imperial Court.

 

“Stop this disturbance immediately! Otherwise I’ll report this directly to the Provincial Governor!”

 

“…”

 

Mutual non-interference means the government and martial world won’t invade each other’s domains.

 

But that’s not because the martial world is so strong that the Imperial Court can’t touch them.

 

It’s only because fighting each other could lead to mutual destruction, so they drew lines and stepped back.

 

Therefore, Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik suppressed their dissatisfaction and watched the situation unfold.

 

If they went further here, they would truly clash with the government.

 

But the situation took another unexpected turn.

 

“I see that Master Jeok and Sadocheon have resolved Tongseong County’s troubles well. You other two should return.”

 

“…!”

 

“?!”

 

The Magistrate had begun openly taking Jeok-un’s side.

 

‘Master? Did he just say Master?’

 

‘That brat? The Jicheon is calling him Master?’

 

The Magistrate’s formal title is Jicheon.

 

Literally the person responsible for governing one county.

 

An official who commands judicial, administrative, and military authority was calling a brat who hadn’t even lost his baby fat ‘Master’?

 

The two men were beyond incredulous, almost suspecting this was some bizarre farce.

 

Then their next question naturally led to the ‘reason’.

 

‘The Jicheon is openly taking Sadocheon’s side? Is there a reason for that?’

 

‘The Jicheon has been taking bribes from us all this time. Such a man suddenly betrays us? What the hell did they do?’

 

The Tongseong County incident was just a few days ago.

 

That brat Jeok-un must have arrived around that time too.

 

What method did he use to completely turn around the Magistrate they had worked so hard on?

 

While Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik frowned at the incomprehensible situation, Jeok-un’s expression was quite dissatisfied.

 

Contrary to their misunderstanding, Jeok-un had done nothing at all.

 

Jeok-un clearly showed his displeasure with how the situation was unfolding and said.

 

“Hey, Magistrate.”

 

“Yes, yes?”

 

“Gangho affairs must be resolved in Gangho’s way. I’ll settle this without harm to civilians, so back off here-.”

 

“Exactly! That’s right! Master Jeok’s words are truly correct!”

 

“…?”

 

But the Magistrate even fawned over Jeok-un, who was the root cause of all this trouble.

 

He rubbed his hands like a fly and bowed his head obsequiously.

 

He looked ready to lick shoes if left alone, so even Jeok-un was flustered and lost for words.

 

But watching this, Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik found it simply disgusting.

 

‘Ha, trying to pretend he’s uninvolved to the very end. How vicious, truly vicious.’

 

‘Trying to deceive us with such pathetic acting. No, is he doing this on purpose? To mock us?’

 

The two men gritted their teeth.

 

They misunderstood that Jeok-un had conspired with the Jicheon to orchestrate this situation.

 

“I heard that Master Jeok and Sadocheon wanted a peaceful resolution! But Heukpaesong stole another’s Sinmul, and the Martial Arts Alliance responded to this, causing this situation! Since you brought this disaster upon yourselves, you should withdraw from Tongseong County immediately!”

 

At the Jicheon’s unilateral ultimatum, Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik felt their heads throbbing.

 

The Jicheon’s order was the government’s position. Especially with the Provincial Governor watching, covering things up appropriately was impossible.

 

In other words, it was checkmate.

 

All of Tongseong County had fallen into Sadocheon’s hands.

 

‘We’ve been had. There’s no way around this.’

 

‘Jeok-un… Truly cunning with extraordinary scheming.’

 

‘A successor to Shin Gi-ja’s talents has gone to Sadocheon, this will be troublesome going forward.’

 

Thanks to this strange misunderstanding.

 

Jeok-un had inadvertently firmly imprinted his presence on the two major martial forces, the Martial Arts Alliance and Heukpaesong.

 

* * *

 

Shortly after, the two men left, leaving only two people in the room.

 

Jeok-un and Tongseong County’s Jicheon.

 

The two naturally found themselves in a private meeting.

 

-Next time we meet, Mudang’s sword will be unavoidable.

 

-Kyohoho, we were completely outmaneuvered this time, but next time will be different.

 

Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik had left deadly messages for Jeok-un before departing.

 

However, the atmosphere in the room had completely changed from before.

 

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

 

Bowing his head obsequiously while apologizing, the previous sharp atmosphere was nowhere to be found.

 

“…?”

 

“I, I tried to help you discreetly, but there wasn’t enough ti, time… This, this was truly, truly the best I could do!”

 

“??”

 

The Magistrate not only apologized with a pale face, but maintained an extremely respectful attitude throughout.

 

He looked like a victim of threats or a criminal with a blade to his throat, so Jeok-un immediately understood what kind of situation this was.

 

‘As expected, he helped me for some reason. I can roughly guess the cause.’

 

One person came to Jeok-un’s mind.

 

An opponent he had briefly met at Poyangho, but couldn’t maintain a long relationship with.

 

“Sir, Sir Jeok! Please, please look favorably upon me… If, if I’m dragged to the Eastern Depot… you know it’s hard to preserve one’s life…!”

 

Jicheon pleaded desperately. One thing among his words stuck in Jeok-un’s ears – the two characters ‘Eastern Depot.’

 

As expected, the one who helped him was none other than….

 

‘Eon Igyeom. That stupid bastard!’

 

One of the wings of Heuk-cheon Sa-ju, Black Bamboo.

 

It was Eon Igyeom of the Eastern Depot.

 

How the situation had unfolded was obvious without even seeing it.

 

‘He must have agonized inside the Rift before reaching a conclusion. He came to Poyangho to find a Sinmul, but it wasn’t the item he was looking for.’

 

Next came the question of whether to believe or not believe.

 

Eon Igyeom believed Jeok-un’s words.

 

Since he had followed traces of Jeokbyeok all the way to Poyangho, it was obvious that Jeok-un would know accurately about the divine artifact.

 

What sealed the deal would have been the last words Jeok-un left behind.

 

-The Eon Family’s Sinmul is not here.

 

Since it wasn’t the item he was looking for, there was no reason to be disappointed.

 

Rather, he had reduced wasted time, so he should be grateful.

 

Moreover, the words ‘the Eon Family’s Sinmul is not here’ could be interpreted differently as ‘I know where the Eon Family’s Sinmul is.’

 

So Eon Igyeom, true to his cautious nature, must have thought he should put Jeok-un in his debt – someone who knew his identity and even the treasure he sought.

 

The result would be what he was seeing now.

 

While he had struggled desperately to obtain Ochu, the man had escaped the Rift and moved the Magistrate of Tongseong County.

 

‘Hah, I thought I’d finally get to stretch my body properly after a long time.’

 

Jeok-un swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out and quickly turned his mind.

 

Hyeon Un-jin and Dan Gyo-ik were already departed carriages.

 

The fight had gone down the drain because of the Magistrate before his eyes.

 

In that case, it would be best to gain as much as possible from the current situation and utilize whatever could be utilized to the maximum.

 

Having made that judgment, Jeok-un crossed his legs and opened his mouth with an arrogant attitude.

 

“Tsk, I’ll watch and see how you handle things from now on.”

 

“Th, thank you! I sincerely congratulate you on becoming the ruler of Tongseong County.”

 

“Shut up and hurry up and take those guys outside with you.”

 

“Y-yes!!”

 

Jicheon nodded and hurriedly tried to leave his seat, then suddenly turned around.

 

“Ah, but I was told to definitely show you this….”

 

Jicheon handed over a slip of paper and frantically left the room.

 

At his fleeing movement, Jeok-un shook his head and checked the paper.

 

‘Blank paper?’

 

The slip was blank paper with nothing on it.

 

But there was a separate way to read this.

 

When Jeok-un held the slip up to the lamplight, the hidden content was revealed.

 

-I will come to see you soon.

 

Eon Igyeom had announced that he would come to find Jeok-un.

 

“Ha, haha.”

 

Jeok-un burst into laughter at the absurdity.

 

Soon thick veins bulged out, showing that he was considerably angry at the current situation.

 

‘Helping is one thing. But I’ll make you pay the price for stealing my fun. Damn younger brother.’

 

In this lifetime, you haven’t seen my temper yet, have you?

 

Crack.

 

Jeok-un clenched his fist tightly while thinking of Heo I-gyeom, no, Eon Igyeom.

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