Chapter 148 Eyewitnesses

Jagon and the others were speechless.
“……!”
Everyone was puzzled.
My expectations were completely off.
I would have thought that identifying myself as a probate officer would have at least garnered some level of caution…….
I feel a chill run down my spine as I look at the nonchalant expression on the young swordsman’s face as he smashes through the windows and walls.
Then.
Standing with his back to where the main entrance once stood, Gal Zhongheon emitted a chilling glow and a breathless, intangible prayer.
“Probate. A question I asked without expectation, and an answer that is more than …… interesting.”
Several lanterns in the great hall sway in the cold night air, heightening the sense of crisis.
“Chisel, did you think that borrowing the name of an arthropod swordzone would cow me?”
With those words, Gal Zhongheon moved his hand to the hilt of the Sikma Sword.
Jagon, stunned, spoke up.
“Now, wait!”
Then Galjongheon stops his left hand.
“Moorish?”
“Do you really need to see…… blood?”
Jagon naturally changed his tone.
I’m willing to compromise by having enough basic examples.
“It sounds like you have some sort of grudge against the Black Forest and are here to get revenge, but that’s none of our business, and my job is to collect. I’m just here because I’m owed money, so why don’t we just leave quietly without causing each other any trouble, and I’ll pretend I didn’t see what happened today…….”
“You’re being sarcastic. You know all about the Black Forest Party’s dirty deeds, and you’re not guilty of turning a blind eye because you’re one of their financiers? No, you’re probably aiding and abetting them. All you have to do is take the money.”
Realizing that there was no room for compromise in the face of Gal Zhongheon’s determined demeanor, Jagon tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword and quickly calculated in his head.
‘We need to rally together and give ourselves a chance to get away…….’
Suddenly, I heard an eerie sound in my ears, and a fountain of blood erupted from the ground.
Puhaaak- huduk, hududuk……
Jagon and others cocked their heads to the side in disbelief.
Dead.
The head of the man standing next to him, a member of the Swordsman’s Class, is severed in one fell swoop and lies on the floor of the Great Hall.
The sharp trajectory of the Red Sword that had been wielded by the iron streak that had suddenly come to its front…….
It was a swift sweep.
They couldn’t see or feel it.
Immediately after.
“Chick!
Jagon reflexively twisted at the waist, slashing across the sword of excellence.
Boom-!
The Probate Court is the elite reviewing body for probate, consisting of ten classes.
Half the time, Jagon is a first-rate swordsman, as befits his position as deputy captain, so he’s quick to react.
But.
Ting-!
The blade that sliced through the wind was caught in the left bank of the Iron Stream.
‘Billion! Barehandedly……?’
Jagon, startled, felt his body suddenly rise.
Soon after.
Boom – snap!
Jagon’s head, smashed through the floorboards and deeply impaled.
The iron currents that gripped his flesh lifted him up, and then slammed him down with a swift blow.
Moment.
Woodduck-!
Chu Liuhui stomped hard on its spine with an impassive face that didn’t blink an eye.
“Off…….”
Jagon let out a faint groan and eventually died.
Shhh.
Turning his head, Chullehorn stares expressionlessly at the other three swordsmen.
“If you wanted to talk it out, you shouldn’t have drawn your sword in the first place.”
At the same time, the Red Sword extended in that direction, emitting a pure white sword Qi.
Shushshushshush-!
A long, dragon-shaped sword Qi meandered through the air, slicing through the center of the three men’s chests, one after the other.
Pahak, pahak, pahak!
Countless droplets of blood spatter.
Hoo-doo-doo-doo, hoo-doo-doo……
The great hall, lit up, was deep in silence.
Gal Zhongheon’s expression changed as he involuntarily clenched his fists.
“That’s……!
What Iron Ripple had just cast was the final move in the Dragon Sword Style, Lightning Dragon Heaven.
It’s an excellent maneuver that moves like a meandering torrent, something he’s experienced himself in the past.
It was perfect.
The craftsmanship of the Iron Streamer.
It was a flawless display of skill, reminiscent of the Ascended Sword Dragon Fahon in life.
Although the dragon wasn’t as sharp as we had seen before, that was to be expected given the different hollow properties.
It’s a marvelous feat to understand the mechanics of the blade and to be able to recreate its use.
I’m a believer now.
That he had picked up where Fahon left off.
ironcuck-.
Chulleuhyun said, sheathing his sword.
“Taste. Are you satisfied?”
Gal Zhongheon pondered the meaning behind the words.
He could have used the White Sword Gate’s Martial Arts to kill him, but he deliberately pulled out the Dragon Sword to make it more believable.
“That’s great…….”
The word that almost ended in “do.
It was an awkward feeling of respect.
It’s going to take some getting used to.
“It’s a taste, but it’s good, and you’ll see a lot more while you’re at this door.”
Chul Ryu-hyeon’s tasteless response piqued Gal Jung-heon’s curiosity.
What’s the reality of the Murim allocation that we’ve been talking about going back hundreds of years?
It’s clear that he’s a martial artist from an earlier era than the Ascended Sword Dragon Fahon.
‘Surely…… is not the progression of someone like the Emperor or the Blood God? Hmm. Yeah, that doesn’t make too much sense.”
He then gestured to two bags on the floor beside the bodies.
“Look, they took care of it without us having to.”
Gal quickly unzipped one of the sacks and checked its contents.
“It’s a secret ledger, detailing the names and dates of the probate court’s collectors…….”
“It’s the habit of assholes to keep some sort of record in case they get Chaptered. It’s good for blackmail or negotiation later.”
“Hmm, so that’s why the sixty-one men of the Probate Court left their money and everything else behind, and took this first, because it’s proof that the Black Forest Party routinely made regular payments to the Probate Court for extorting other people’s property…….”
“Since when did the Black Forest belong to Probate?”
“Me too…… No, I’m not sure, but it’s probably recent. I only found out today that probate was involved.”
After briefly describing the tragedy of Zhang Min and Hong Cheng, the mother and daughter, which was the decisive reason for coming here, Gal Zhongheon murmured in a meaningful tone.
“I’ve only seen him once, over a decade ago, and it was pretty far away…… and he was in the woods and killing.”
“Murder?”
“Yes. The person he wanted to take away was a man named Heavenly Sword Demon Yin Lun. In the end, he was decapitated, and the sword master was so satisfied that he told one of his subordinate swordsmen that he had to find and destroy the booklet of the Demon Sword Laws, so that he could completely erase all traces of Heavenly Sword Demon Yin Lun’s life…… It was assumed that he had a grudge against him. At that time, the forest was so quiet that I could hear him quite well.”
-Hoo-hoo, you dare to covet my underwater woman and think you can get away with it. You shall organize a search party later to find the booklet on how to use the spirit sword.
-Yes, sir.
-We need to find it and destroy it so we can completely erase all traces of his life.
-But what do we do with the body?
-Leave it here.
-Yes?
-Yin Lun, the Heavenly Sword Demon, has been killed by a mysterious beast, and word of it is spreading throughout the great clans. I must bring his disgraceful fame to the bottom.
-Ah, yes. I see.
-Hoohoo. If there is a group of people in the future who fearlessly challenge the position of the main seat and the prestige of the Probate Gate, …… will make them all look like that.
Gal fumbled through his memory to describe the conversation, and then continued in a slurred voice.
“It was a life-and-death struggle between the Sect Mu, so I purposely hid and observed, and I’ve been wandering around the world since then, forgetting about it, until I learned that the Arthropod Swordzone is the current star sign of the Sword Seals.”
At the time, the identity of the beast that cut off Yin Lun’s head had remained a mystery.
I didn’t realize it was the work of an arthropod-blade demon.
Chul Ryuhon chuckled to himself at the unexpected realization.
‘Hoot, there are no secrets forever. He also…….’
A Nangin whose terrifying power destroyed his former self as a martial artist.
Yes, the secret of its existence will surely be revealed one day.
Maybe you’re getting a little closer to that shadow, one step at a time.
Unknowingly…….
Cheol Liuhon cleared his mind and looked at Gal Zhongheon and asked.
“What do you think happened to that booklet on how to do exorcisms?”
“Hmm, well, I’m not one to pay much attention to the rumors of the mighty martial arts world…… but I overheard it from a customer at a restaurant the other day, and since he was the kind of guy who talked a lot after a few drinks, I couldn’t help but listen.”
“He still hasn’t found it.”
“I see.”
“That’s the way it is.”
“Yes?”
“Because the booklet doesn’t exist anymore, I tore it up a while ago.”
“……!”
When Gal Zhongheon looked somewhat surprised, Chu Liuhui tapped my forehead with his finger.
“But it’s all in my head.”
“Oh, no…….”
“I’m not going to bore you with the explanation, but do you have a good idea of what I’m going to do now?”
Gal Jung-heon shook his head in response to Chul Ryu-hyeon’s meaningful question.
“Yes. I’m guessing you’d like to take this opportunity to clear up the probate documents behind the Black Forest Party as well…… Am I right?”
“That’s right.”
“You can’t just stand idly by and say that you don’t care what the Black Forest Party does as long as they give you money, so are you going to start spreading rumors about the Demon Sword Law in the future?”
“Yeah, to get his attention.”
“Um…….”
“Why?”
“Hey, maybe you’re pushing too hard…….”
“It’s a waste of time, so we need to get this done as quickly as possible.”
“…….”
“When he hears that I know the key to the spirit sword, he’s going to react immediately, and then I’m going to have a reason, and then I’m going to shoot him in the face, and it’s going to be a simple matter.”
There’s a confidence in his voice that belies his nonchalance.
Gal Zhongheon opened his mouth to say something, then closed it and chuckled inwardly.
‘Hmph…… It seems that you’ve realized a far greater level of study than I thought possible, and I’m looking forward to a battle with the Sealed Moon Lord.
I can’t wait for that day to come and see the true power of the Iron Curtain.
It doesn’t matter if it fails.
If the situation warrants it, he’ll take down the White House himself.
At that moment, Chulryuhyeon stood up, pacing.
“Okay, let’s get out of here, and grab those bags.”
“Yes, Mr. Chul…….”
Like respect, that title is still awkward.
Galjoongheon, who had followed Chulryuhyeon outside, asked casually.
“But what are you going to do about this?”
“You can’t trust the coffin maker here, you can go to the one in Wuyang over there. He’s quite good. I didn’t think I’d be working with him again after the snake lair.”
The Chronicle of the Reincarnated Divine Sword – Chapter 149 (149 of 552)