Episode 814A tiger that does not live in a den (8)
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The huge conference hall where people from the nine forces gathered was filled with only unknown silence.
Each of them was possessed of formidable force. As they entered a place that was bound to be uncomfortable, they were unconsciously emitting violent energy waves.
Surprisingly, the number was over twenty. It was an unusual situation with over 20 people in nine clans.
âDamn it.â
Go Boksan, the successor to Jangjiang Surochae, swore.
âIf you call someone, shouldnât they come quickly? Anyway, I wonder if this is too much.â
Towards the grumbling man, Seokdeung, the fire chief of the Gwangdo Room, spoke in a calm tone.
âBe patient.â
âwhat?â
âIs it because you come from a small group? There is no such thing as relaxation. After all, he must have been busy eating off other peopleâs stomachs and making a living, so how could there be such a thing as patience?â
Go Bok-sanâs eyes were filled with death.
âHave you said everything you wanted to say?â
âHwaam!â
Seokdeung yawned openly and asked Hwaryeon, the woman sitting next to him.
âWhat are you doing after dinner? Would you like to have a drink with me? âThey say the food at the executive cafeteria here is so delicious.â
Hualien drank tea in silence. It was a cold and callous response.
It would have been embarrassing, but the stone lantern showed no such sign at all. I just smiled and followed her, sipping tea.
bang!
It was when Go Bok-san got up from hitting the table and was about to pull out the dagger attached to his waist.
âstop.â
Go Bok-san flinched at the heavy voice.
The main voice was Jo Pil-hak, the eldest son of Jo Dong-guk, who was recognized as the successor to Nokrimsanchae and the next head lender.
âDo you want to cause an accident in the masterâs bedroom? Just do it in moderation.â
Pilhak Joâs voice had weight.
In fact, among the successors, he was the oldest and also competed for the lead in skill.
Of course, no one ignored him because he was a bandit. Rather, the current Noklimchae had a greater number of people and military force than any other force.
Equipped with the unique brutality, intense wildness, and cunning of the Black Island, as well as enormous capital and organizational power, Nokrimchae was an organization that competed for the top among the Black Island forces of the time.
Goboksanâs lips twitched.
Bandits and bandits. It was a truly fitting combination, but Go Bok-san did not like Jo Pil-hak very much.
He was older, had great talent, and was already sharing the work of his father, Jo Dong-guk. Among the successors here, this is one of the few cases where he was recognized by the leader.
Go Bok-san, who was relatively weak, was someone he could never like.
Still, I couldnât ignore his words. Although it is a world where water is wider and deeper than land, in terms of power, Janggangsulochae was bound to be inferior to Noklimchae.
Definitely.
flinch! flinch!
The successors sitting on either side of Jo Pil-hak flinched once in a while.
It was a reaction of the body, not the head. The heavy killing intent flowing from Jo Pil-hakâs body is pressing on their bodies.
Moreover, none of the people gathered here knew that Jo Pil-hak was in the worst mood.
âTsk.â
Go Bok-san sat down. Of course, the gaze glaring at the stone lantern did not change.
There was silence for a moment.
âby the way.â
The one who broke the silence and opened his mouth was Lee Ja-gon, the successor to Heukdong Sangdan.
âVice-lord, why did you invite these guys along with us?â
Lee Ja-gon pointed to the back of the round table where the successors sat.
Behind the successors stood one or two men and women. At first glance, they seemed like the successorsâ bodyguards or servants, but in reality, they had their own positions within the gate.
âI wonder that too.â
Hobaek, the successor to the Jeonryong Sangdan, scratched his head.
âLooking at it, Jung-gu Heating doesnât have any special characteristics, right? âHe even said it tasted like rice.â
Hobaek pointed back with his thumb. Behind him, a man who appeared to be ten years older than him was standing with a stern expression on his face.
âThatâs another amazing coincidence. âItâs similar here.â
Lee Ja-gon chuckled and turned while sitting.
The person behind him that Lee Ja-gon was looking up at was a hunchbacked young man who looked clearly sick.
âHe can do math quite well, but heâs obsessed with the little things. âHe has no ability, he only talks nonsense, and heâs not even attractive.â
match! match!
Even though he was slapped a couple of times as if he was used to it, the hunchbacked young manâs expression did not change. It was a more humiliating assault because not much force was used.
âIt seems the vice-lord was bored.â
Go Bok-san got up from his seat as if he was frustrated and wandered around the conference hall. SÑará´h the Nôvel(F)ire.nÑt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
âHo-oh, too.â
Go Bok-san touched the wall of the conference room.
For a moment, greed appeared in his eyes.
âAmazing? This wall is not just a stone wall. âIt was made by processing dark stones.â
Soboju Cheolwi of Ghost Hands asked in his characteristic raspy voice.
âWhat is Amyoseok?â
âItâs a rare mineral. I donât know where it comes from, but it is harder than most iron and cannot be processed using ordinary methods. âIt is very heavy, but it absorbs vibrations and allows air to flow well. It is said that really rich people use it to build secret rooms.â
Go Bok-san pounded the wall with his fist.
He stuck out his tongue.
âItâs amazingly thick. I donât know, but I donât think there is any organization that has made a conference hall by processing amyostone this thick. âThey say the Mukryongbuâs financial power is the best in the world, and it is truly enormous.â
Lee Ja-gon laughed.
âIsnât that all money that came out of our pockets?â
âIt would be nice to have a lot of money.â
âBy the way, how do you know about the secret stone?â
âYou canât hunt someone down with eyes that canât even recognize you.â
âOh my! âIsnât it natural that you have great eyesight?â
They are giggling and talking.
âYou also have good personalities.â
A clean yet cool voice.
The main character of the voice was Hwa-ryeon.
âAre you pretending not to know even though you know? Or do you really not know? âIsnât this the time to laugh and talk like this?â
Go Bok-san frowned.
âWhat do you mean?â
âWhy would the Vice Lord have called them?â
The people Hwaryeon pointed to were those who did not sit at the round table.
Go Bok-san shrugged his shoulders.
âI donât know that.â
âThen shall we talk about something else?â
Hwa-ryeon looked at Jo Pil-hak.
âI heard a rumor that Lord Nokrim Chaechae passed away.â
For a moment, there was silence in the conference room.
Tsutsutsu.
The killing intent that had been stirring in Jo Pil-hakâs body slowly turned into murder and flowed out.
Hwa-ryeon did not care about his life.
âAnd I havenât met my father yet. âI havenât been able to take a single step out of my room since I joined the Mukryongbu.â
There were some successors who came with the leaders at the Sobuju coronation ceremony, but there were also some successors who could not participate due to unavoidable circumstances. Hualien was the latter.
Lee Ja-gon spoke in a voice full of annoyance.
âIt looks like there is work that needs to be done in secret. âWhen you do something in secret, doesnât everyone similarly invite the leaders of their organizations together?â
âWhatâs important is that Nokrimchongchaeju passed away.â
Jo Pil-hak growled.
âIf you talk nonsense one more time, Iâll cut off your limbs and put you in a pigsty, girl.â
Hwa-ryeon shook her head.
âI donât mean to insult Sochaeju. âThereâs something strange about this situation.â
Seokdeung asked quietly.
âWhatâs so strange, Yeon Mae?â
âDonât call me Yeon Mae.â
âHaha, thatâs harsh. âAnyway, whatâs strange?â
âI havenât seen the faces of the leaders and successors since they came to Mukryongbu. âThe atmosphere is definitely not good.â
âWhat about the atmosphere?â
âThe surrounding atmosphere was unusual from the entrance of the Mukryongbu to the room.â
âIt was noisy and nice. It seems like the Mukryongbu will change a lot. Because of that Sobuju.â
Hwa-ryeon asked while looking at the stone lantern.
âYou came with Lord Bangju during Sobujuâs coronation ceremony, right?â
âIt did.â
âHow much time has passed since Lord Gwangdo left for Daejeon with the other adults?â
âItâs been about five days, right?â
âHave you seen the Ark in five days?â
Seokdeungâs face hardened.
Only then did he realize that the situation was unusual.
âNothing.â
âThen you didnât find anything strange about it?â
Surprisingly, not only Seokdeung but also everyone else did not notice anything strange.
It was common in the Mukryongbu and within their organizations to call members of their subordinates and entrust them with their own tasks.
In fact, there were many cases where, when one task was completed first, the member who finished the task would wait indefinitely until the other member finished the task.
Of course, their position was unusual. However, if you look at the Mukryongbu, it will not be much different from the organizations under their control.
Moreover, the rooms assigned to each of them were extremely large and spacious. Meals were provided on time, and there was even space and side tables in the room to practice.
Itâs frustrating not being able to see the sun, but for those who have trained in martial arts, it is a space and time they can spend without any difficulties. In fact, among them, there were some who focused on martial arts all day long because they wanted to break through the stagnant martial arts skills at that time.
âIsnât it strange? It was so noisy outside that we couldnât even leave the house. âSuch cases are common, but even so, five days is too long.â
âWhat do you want to say?â
Hobaek frowned.
âAre you saying that my father was purged?â
Hwa-ryeon looked at Ho-baek in silence.
Silence was affirmation. To be precise, the answer was silence as to whether that was a possibility.
Hobaek chuckled.
âDonât talk nonsense.â
âAre you confident?â
âof course.â
âHow can you be confident?â
âBecause I received a separate call from my father. Right up until yesterday. âItâs not just me, right?â
Hobaek looked around. The successors nodded and agreed.
Hwa-ryeonâs eyes became cold.
âYou said you received a call?â
âwhy? âI guess you didnât receive it?â
âDid you receive that contact letter?â
âHaha, Mukryongbu is a very large and maze-like place, but thereâs no need to contact us by letter, right? âItâs not like we live in a different neighborhood.â
âThen who did you receive the call from?â
âWho are you?â
Hobaek unconsciously pointed at the hunchbacked young man with his hand.
âI heard from this guy and the othersâ¦.â
At that moment, Hobaek stopped talking.
Only then did the whole group feel something strange and turned around. This was because they also received direct information from those who were later establishing the city.
Hwa-ryeonâs face darkened.
âToday⦠could be the last day of your life.â
It was then.
Kugugoogung!!
With a sound close to a roar, one of the rock stones collapsed and opened.
And Yeon Ho-jeong and Paeyul came in through the open door.
The successors sitting at the round table stood up hesitantly.
I should have said hello, but the word Sobuju had not yet entered my mouth. Moreover, everyone was embarrassed by the serious atmosphere that suddenly heated up.
In particular, Jo Pil-hakâs eyes as he looked at Yeon Ho-jeong were filled with madness. I was lucky that I didnât draw my sword right away, as I was faced with an enemy who killed my father and younger brother at the same time.
âWhat are you doing?â
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
âHave you got iron bars stuck in your back? âHave you never learned anything like etiquette?â
Only then did all of the successors bow down.
âI see you, Lord Sobu.â
âIâm meeting Lord Sobu.â
Yeon Ho-jeong nodded.
âItâs not enough to kneel down and receive me.â
ââ¦.â
âAnyway, why are you sitting here? I told my successors to sit down. âYou are no longer heirs, right?â
ââ¦yes?â
Yeon Ho-jeongâs smile turned cold.
âWhat kind of successor are these people who will soon be killed? They are corpse candidates.â
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