Chapter 216

The haze inside the crematorium.
There, the men of the private army, who had always been loose and free to roam, stood in line with solemn expressions on their faces.
Jumbled.
When Boo-eun-sul finally showed up, the men stiffened their posture even more.
“Soon, the openness battalion will be upon us.”
Bu Eun-sul’s gravelly voice echoed across the stage.
“They’re the elite of the open, and they’re the ones fighting for the top spot.”
Black Mark had been ordered by Bu Eunseol to make connections with the Black Chamber faction of the opening and receive information from them.
And finally, the intelligence organizations of the open world have uncovered the identity of the private army hiding in Ewha Plaza, and the news of the Gaggle’s raid on Ewha Plaza has arrived.
“The Dogs are not only experienced in combat, they are elite, trained in the open killing of their enemies without hesitation.”
The men’s faces didn’t budge at Bu Eun-sul’s words.
Up until now, the members of the Fourth Army have been willing to risk their lives to fulfill Bu Eunseol’s orders.
And they realized one truth.
The thing is, fighting strong opponents can be dangerous, but it can also be an opportunity to push yourself to the next level.
“Their number is three hundred.”
Three hundred elite martial artists of peak skill and combat experience, not the promiscuous martial artists of the open field.
Normally, the right thing to do would be to duck out of the way of the ambush.
But no one wanted to move. Instead, their eyes burned with fire.
Thirty to three hundred. In the midst of this fierce battle, their morale hasn’t dropped at all.
“They will soon besiege the palace and pour in from all sides.”
Bu Eun-sul said in a solemn voice.
“Wipe them clean.”
In an instant, a power that overwhelmed Manma flowed from the eyes of the swollen snow.
“May the name of the Four Kingdoms shake the land!”
“Fuck!”
The crew, who were used to cutting off respect, spontaneously shouted out the word “honor.
You instinctively feel that this is a time for solemn military discipline, not freedom.
Purr!
At that moment, the sound of the wind rustling the hem of his clothes began to echo incessantly in the distant sky.
At the same time, a group of martial artists in tattered clothing arrived one after another and began to descend on Yi Hua.
All of them had mastered the Divine Buddhist Art and the Zhang Hua Kung at least eight times, and were highly specialized in fighting against large numbers.
It was the opening salvo.
Standing in front of Lee Hwa-hwa, the open masters stood in a relaxed posture, as if they had just finished drinking.
While a typical clan’s squadron will form a formation and use the Jin method, the opening is different.
Except for when using the punching technique, the tactic is to overwhelm the enemy with numerical superiority.
In short, if you have one enemy, send ten. If you have ten, send a hundred.
As if to prove his point, more than three hundred masters were encamped in Yihwa.
Tatak.
As the three hundred members of the Gaggle surrounded the palace, a shadowy figure carrying a long pole descended upon the gates.
He was a middle-aged man dressed in ragged clothes and holding a crowbar in his hand.
They were Danju, Sword Laughter, and Yi Shimhua.
Blemish.
It means, “When the sword comes, I clap my hands and laugh. He loved to fight, hence the nickname.
And to prove it, his uncovered face and forearms were covered in scars, large and small.
Jumbled.
As if waiting for them, Bu-eun-sul and her men emerged from the hwaseong as the gaggle prepared for battle.
“Hmm, I guess this room really was compromised.”
Despite the overwhelming numbers of troops isolating Ewha-jang, Bu Eun-sul and the members of the Fourth Army were somber.
“You must be a private landlord.”
Lee Sim-hwa recognized the boss, Bu Eun-seol, as he had in many battles.
“You’re quite young, and your eyes are alive.”
He made a sighing sound and arched an eyebrow.
“Why would you want to build a real room and a pretend one? At your age, you shouldn’t have anything to be southern about.”
“Wondering?”
“Sure.”
Bu Eunsul looked down at Yi Shimhua with a cold gaze and said.
“I’ll teach you after I’ve wiped you all out.”
“Hahaha.”
Lee smiled lowly, and his eyes were alive with life.
“You’re very confident.”
Shaking his head, he squeezed his lower stomach and shouted in a loud voice.
“Kill!”
Then the masters of the Dog Clan, with great unity, swept down upon the private army as a wave swallows a sandcastle.
But that’s weird.
The most powerful of them all, the Fourth Lord, does not enter the fray, but stands still. Instead, he just watches with a strange smile on his face.
Ching! Cha-chang!
When they finally clashed, a loud metallic clang echoed all around.
Accustomed to the tactic of persecuting minorities, the Gaggle casually attacked the privateers, even as their allies mingled around them.
However, the Fourth Army also specialized in taking on large numbers of enemies in small numbers.
The men at the front of the line are trained in the art of black magic, so their swords are ineffective.
They parried the flying weapons with great ferocity, disrupting the Gargoyles’ lines.
Izo unleashed lightning-fast divine arts and memorized memorizations, disrupting the Dogs’ attack.
And the crew at the center of it all.
With their excellent swordsmanship and dao, they repeatedly retreated and advanced in response to the opening’s offense, cutting down the opening swords.
“Ouch!”
“Kaboom!”
The screams came from the open side, one after another.
Lee’s eyes widened.
The men were not at the level of a third-class squadron.
Add to that the fact that there are some terrifyingly powerful people in the mix, and the battlefield is falling apart.
Some spewed madly from the strange gifts wrapped around their hands, while others used two whips of more than three sheets.
There was also a master who could crush rocks with a single blow, unleashing a tension that rivaled that of the Eighty-Eight Dragon Swords.
There were also lightning-quick Divine Law practitioners everywhere, spewing out secrets and memorizations to disrupt the Gaggle’s attacks.
“Oh my God.”
Lee’s eyes widened as he watched.
“A mere third-class squadron is this strong?”
According to our information, this is a third-rate squadron that has just been organized.
You have brought a force that could overwhelm them at once, but instead, the ranks break down, and thirty masters press down on three hundred fencers.
“Does that mean the information is wrong? That can’t be right.”
Shaking his head, Yi Shimhua’s eyes are cloudy. It’s as if he’s having a nightmare with his eyes open.
“No, wait…….”
He realized that he had only been given information about the private army, but not much about the private lord.
We should have seen how he became the master of a third-ranked squadron at such a young age, and why the Fourth Squadron was created.
“I was too quick.
I thought it was just one of the squadrons of plastic magical warriors that had touched a nerve.
It’s too easy to think that it’s just a matter of wiping out a third-class battalion…….
“Ugh!”
“Ugh.”
Screams are constant, and gore splatters everywhere as the weapon slices through the air.
It didn’t take long to determine the winner.
It only took him and Bu Eun-sul and his men about an hour to wipe out more than half of the dog pack.
“If we keep going like this, we’ll be wiped out.
Lee’s eyes widened.
Up until now, the Gargoyles have always used their overwhelming numbers to overwhelm their few enemies.
But for the first time, I encountered an opponent for whom these tactics didn’t work.
“Fall back!”
He shouted, but it wasn’t easy to retreat.
The fast-talking, rote memorization of the Divine Law blocked their way out.
“All hands retreat!”
Eventually, Lee Sim Hwa took to the battlefield with a long stick and tried to fend off the four main forces.
But then,
“Open it.”
The Lord of the Four Realms, Bu Eunseul, commanded his men in a loud voice.
“I don’t have to wipe out all those beggars.”
Half of the Hounds had fallen and been slain, but none of their own men were unharmed.
Since you’ve already won, there’s no point in wiping them out and taking the damage.
“Don’t just turn around.”
At that moment, Bu Eun-sul walked up to Lee Shim-hwa with her back to him.
“Make sure all the bodies of the bandits are cleaned up. If the bodies of beggars are piled up here, it will be…… more humiliating.”
What’s a captain to say?
Yi Shimhua bit her lip and nodded.
“Okay.”
* * *
Haefeng’s eyes widened as he received one shock after another.
An undefeated gaggle of dogs defeated by a mere three dozen masters?
If so, it meant that, contrary to popular belief, they were not a third-class squadron.
But the next words of the cobbler, Jung Sam, made him doubt his own ears.
“Was he the Ten Warriors of the Nangya Palace, who defeated the Great Master in the past?”
Haifeng stared at Zheng Shan like he was looking at a ghost.
“But he’s the legitimate successor to Nangyagak and…… is now a candidate to succeed Mazen?”
“Yes.”
Jung-sam said, sweat beading on his forehead.
“As far as this row can tell, …….”
Jeongsam once again calmly explained the information that he had found out by utilizing all of Open’s information networks.
The Private Lord of the Maw.
He is said to be the Ten Demon Warriors of Nangyagak who defeated the Great Master in the past and is now a candidate to succeed him.
He’s even said to be one of the most likely candidates to succeed the first man of the Magi.
Candidate successor to the predecessor.
Isn’t that a position that can only be earned by building a powerful faction that can convince not only the Ten Doors, but also the Magisterium and the Senate?
“I just don’t get it.”
Sea Wind shook his head.
“Why would the candidate to succeed Mazen want to build a pretender to the main room?”
If you’re a candidate to succeed your predecessor, you’ll have a tough enough time dealing with the competition.
So why are you fiddling around with openings?
“That’s…….”
The peddler hesitated, then said cautiously.
“He said he would strike the elder T’ai Sang and kill him.”
“What?”
The sea breeze opened its mouth in disbelief.
Now, the man who has been nominated to succeed him is going to defeat Elder Taisang, one of the Seven Deadly Kings?
“You must be crazy.”
The sea breeze shook his head and furrowed his brow.
“Then you’re saying that the reason you brought the entire Four Realms was to deal with Elder Tai Shang?”
“No, he says he’s going to go it alone.”
“What?”
“It is said that he has been given a mission as a candidate to succeed Mazen: to defeat one of the Seven Grim Reapers.”
“You’re going to take on Elder Tai alone?”
“Yes, and as if to prove it, all the members of the private army have returned to the battlefield, and only the master and his squire remain in the palace.”
The sea breeze was beyond ridiculous, and I burst out laughing.
“I don’t understand, I’m scared to death.”
It’s true that the elder Gu Hongcheng is the last of the Seven Deadly Kings.
But even so, it’s not a level that can be defeated by a young player who’s only been in the game for a few years.
“Perhaps that decision is not unrelated to the murder of Sheng Lun, a disciple of the main room.”
“What does that even mean?”
“I don’t know the details of the situation at that time because Elder Taisang is keeping his mouth shut, but…… wasn’t there a story circulating at the time of Sheng Lun’s death that he defeated the masters of the Nangya Pavilion?”
“So you’re saying that Elder Tai was the reason you touched the information organization in this room?”
“That’s right. Perhaps he did this to bring Elder Tai back into the fold.”
“Mmm.”
The sea winds were silent.
True to his nickname, Gu Hongcheng is known for never staying in one place and wandering the land.
But the reality is different.
In fact, he has his own intelligence organization within the open, which has allowed him to remain completely hidden.
“I don’t think it was our place anyway.”
Jeong-sam said cautiously, watching Haewoon’s eyes.
“Because if word gets out soon enough, Elder Tai Shang will show up and beat the crap out of that cheeky fool.”
“That’s a no-no.”
Sea Wind said with a determined look on his face.
“His news must never reach the ears of the Taoist elders.”
He squinted, looking very serious.
“If Elder T’aesang were to do this, the same thing would happen again…… as in the past.”
“Oh, that could be it.”
Jeong-sam sighed and nodded.
In fact, Gu Hongcheng was not satisfied with his position as Elder Tai Shang.
Especially when the current ark master, Noh Fong, became ill and unwell, he openly expressed his desire.
If the Sea Winds and the Palo chiefs hadn’t placed constraints on his actions, Open would already be under the command of the Girl King.
“The Elder is waiting for the right time to intervene in the affairs of the city. We must never give him an opening.”
“But we can’t just leave him alone, because he’ll try every trick in the book to get a solo showdown with Elder Tai, and the consequences…… will be far-reaching.”
“It’s a one-man showdown.”
The sea breeze nodded, thinking about something.
“If you’re looking for a solo showdown, I’ve got a good idea.”
“How?”
“You said that the Ten Demon Warriors of the Nangyagak defeated even Song Yak, the former champion of the shaman’s cause.”
Sea Wind said in a low voice.
“In fact, the shaman preempted what should have been the Shaolin’s problem, and yet the Shaolin showed considerable remorse when Song’ak was defeated.”
He smiled thinly.
“And Shaolin has been looking for him for a long time, sending their great master, Kwang Yeon, to the river.”
Jeong Sam let out an exclamation, and Haefeng smiled smugly.
“Tell it to Shaolin.”
He paused, his eyes flashing in the darkness.
“The ten horsemen of Nangyagak, whom I’ve been looking for, are staying at the palace.”