"Hidden Dragon. No, Namgung Hui. What on earth is your identity? How do you know about the New Six Demonic Families that even the Martial God didn't know about?"
Namgung Hui inwardly thought he might have said too much.
And as the Mad Dragon said, his sworn brother, the Martial God, knew nothing about the Six Demonic Families.
The reason Namgung Hui knew that was.
'I overheard it from Sosu Mahu. I've had more conversations with her than I thought.'
And despite being sworn enemies, they had exchanged words more than a few tis, stopping their fights.
The information about the Six Demonic Families was also learned through Sosu Mahu's mouth.
Of course, since Namgung Hui hadn't told the Martial Alliance, no one in the Orthodox Faction would know the details about the Six Demonic Families.
Even if they had known, they wouldn't have left it in writing in Namgung Hui's house.
"From Jegal Geon..."
"Don't lie. I've watched Jegal Geon more than you have. That person knows almost nothing about the Divine Cult."
"..."
His answer beca difficult.
Even if he told the truth, the guy wouldn't believe him and was even berating him.
Namgung Hui had nothing to do but scratch his cheek.
"I see why the General is watching you. You still have many secrets. Well, since I can't open your mouth with force, shall we stop here?"
"Yes. I'd like to tell you everything if I could, but you wouldn't believe even if I did."
'That I'm a reincarnator.'
"Hah! Isn't that for to know after I hear it?"
"Sotis, there are things you can know without being told. And right now, the one holding the hilt of the sword is , not you."
As Namgung Hui tapped his sword and spoke, the Mad Dragon curled his lips and said.
"So you're going to kill ?"
"There's no one watching. Is there any reason to spare a force of the Hoicheon Association, which is my enemy?"
"Your actions are far from those of an Orthodox Faction mber. By any chance, are you also a person of the Divine Cult?"
"Good grief. I've lived a long ti to hear such things. Think whatever you want. It won't change anything no matter what you think."
"...So you're saying you're going to kill . But I can't just die obediently."
The Mad Dragon stealthily dropped the bead he had been fiddling with since a while ago.
It was an action perford so secretly.
And it happened in an instant, so Namgung Hui had no power to stop it.
-Peong!
In an instant, smoke filled the air, and the Mad Dragon's presence disappeared.
Through the thick smoke, the Mad Dragon's voice was heard.
"Hahaha! Still, you've told a lot, so I'll be on my way. Let's go easy on each other next ti we et."
Namgung Hui tried to chase the Mad Dragon sohow, but suddenly, an unexpected voice was heard in his ear.
[Namgung Hui. Is this how you use this?]
It was Beak Seolhwa, speaking through the earring artifact.
Namgung Hui was quite flustered, as he hadn't expected a whisper from Beak Seolhwa all of a sudden.
Hadn't her share been large in him taking out his anger on the Mad Dragon?
[...Yes. This is how you use it. But what's wrong? You're even whispering to .]
[What's wrong? Of course, it's because I have important business. You know the wild mountain where we sparred before, right? Co to the summit there.]
Namgung Hui was lost in thought for a mont.
Why on earth was Beak Seolhwa calling him there?
Was she planning to attack him with the Blood Cult mber?
But Namgung Hui shook his head.
No matter how much Beak Seolhwa defended the Blood Cult mber, she was not a person who would abandon her principles to that extent.
'I'll know when I get there.'
[Alright. I'll go there right away.]
After answering, Namgung Hui quickly ran to the wild mountain.
He had run without any thought and didn't even know his current location.
But he could clearly feel the direction of the wild mountain, no, the direction where Beak Seolhwa was.
Was this also the effect of the earring artifact?
He had no way of knowing, but anyway, he arrived at the wild mountain in an instant.
As Namgung Hui carefully climbed to the summit, the Blood Cult mber, Muchi, was eating food greedily.
"Huh? Is that the friend the fairy ntioned? That person is also very handso."
Namgung Hui stared at Muchi for a mont, then asked Beak Seolhwa next to him.
"Who is this person?"
"Hmm... It might be a long story, so listen carefully."
Beak Seolhwa, having organized her thoughts, told Namgung Hui about Muchi's identity.
Namgung Hui already knew that Muchi was a Blood Cult mber, so he wasn't particularly surprised or showed a big reaction.
"You're not as surprised as I thought."
"I heard so things from Hu Gai. And I just heard various things from the Mad Dragon."
"But why is your tone so cold? Are you sulking at ?"
"...No."
"Yes, you are. You are."
"I said no."
"Sigh... Namgung Hui. It's because I hid who I was going to et before, right? It's because of him. But it's a bit much to say I'm hiding a Blood Cult mber, isn't it? Right?"
Hearing that, it seed plausible from Beak Seolhwa's perspective.
But what he still couldn't understand was.
"But why are you protecting a Blood Cult mber? I roughly know the purpose, but you didn't have to go through all that trouble. You could have just handed him over to the Martial Alliance. Or killed him..."
"That's a bit harsh. How can you kill soone who looks so innocent?"
Namgung Hui thought it was entirely possible, considering Beak Seolhwa's usual ruthlessness, but even if he argued with her, nothing would change.
"So you want to take this person to the Blood Cult and infiltrate it?"
"Yes. From what you just said, you're also infiltrating there, right? With Muchi's help here, it would be easier to get in."
"Will this person cooperate?"
Beak Seolhwa turned her gaze towards Muchi and said.
"Muchi. You'll help, right?"
"Chew, chew. Of course, I'll help if the fairy says so. But I don't know what Bukgung Jinwu will say."
Namgung Hui didn't want to take the risk and take Muchi to the Blood Cult.
"Beak Seolhwa. Can't we just take care of him here? It seems wrong to go through the trouble of taking him."
Was it because he sensed the killing intent?
Muchi stopped eating and said to Namgung Hui.
"No! I have a wife and child waiting at ho!"
"What? You were a married man?"
Beak Seolhwa also looked quite surprised, as if she hadn't known Muchi even had a child.
Namgung Hui was also quite surprised, but for so reason, he felt a sense of relief.
"That's right. She's not as beautiful as you, fairy, but my wife is also very pretty."
"If you put it that way, bandits also have wives and children waiting at ho, and so live with their old mothers. But have we ever spared them for that? My family was ruined because of the Blood Cult. Beak Seolhwa. If there's no valid reason, don't defend him anymore."
Beak Seolhwa, as if she had no choice, let out a deep sigh and continued.
"Namgung Hui. Can't you just help this once? Then, after this is over, I'll tell you everything about why I did it."
"Tell now."
"That's... I'm not ntally prepared yet. Hey! A friend is asking you like this, are you really not going to help?"
"..."
As Namgung Hui continued to hesitate, Muchi, who had finished his al, dusted off his bottom and said.
"Muchi. I have a question. Are you two really friends. Or are you lovers."
"Hey, hey, what kind of nonsense are you suddenly spouting?"
"When Muchi sees you, you look so good together, like a handso man and a beautiful woman. I hope you two get married."
"..."
Beak Seolhwa was so dumbfounded that she couldn't say anything to Muchi.
In contrast, Namgung Hui glared at Muchi and continued.
"Muchi. Didn't you like Seolhwa?"
"That's right. I like the fairy. But it's not a romantic feeling. What should I say. When I see the fairy, I feel like I have to follow her orders for so reason. Like when I t the Cult Leader."
'Could it be because of Sosu Mahu's necklace?'
Namgung Hui, on one hand, could understand Muchi's words.
Hadn't he also been intimidated by Beak Seolhwa's words and followed her for so reason?
"What kind of question is that to a married man?"
"I asked because you follow her so excessively. So Muchi. What did you co out to find?"
"It would be faster to show you than to tell you. Look."
Namgung Hui looked at the drawing Muchi handed him and nodded.
'As expected, he ca out to find the sacred artifacts of the Demonic Cult. But the Mark of the North Sea, the symbol of the Vice Cult Leader, is not on the list. Does that an the Vice Cult Leader is not needed?'
What was needed right now was the symbol of the Cult Leader or the Young Cult Leader to claim the orthodoxy of the cult.
Since the Vice Cult Leader could never ascend to the position of Cult Leader, it seed Sosu Mahu's legacy was not needed.
So Beak Seolhwa, who had received the necklace as a gift, was also standing there calmly.
"To find the Sacred Fire and the Saintess, the sacred artifacts of the Divine Cult... Muchi. I'm sorry to say this to you, but don't you think it would be difficult with your abilities?"
"I thought so too, but Bukgung Jinwu said I could definitely find them. For now, I don't know about the Saintess, but didn't I find the fairy?"
"Even if Seolhwa is as beautiful as a fairy, she's not the Saintess. Isn't the Saintess a woman chosen by the god your cult speaks of? And I think I heard she has a special ability."
"That's right. The Saintess has the power to control death."
The ability of the Saintess, which Namgung Hui also knew from hearing it from Sosu Mahu.
But since Namgung Hui hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he was half-convinced.
'In the first place, it doesn't make sense that a living being can freely inflict death. If so, the Saintess would have massacred everyone in the Great War of Righteousness and Evil.'
Or there could be a special restriction.
Well, since the way of interpreting it in a religious sense could be different, Namgung Hui didn't attach much aning to the Saintess.
She hadn't shown any particular appearance until the mont the Demonic Cult was destroyed.
"So Muchi. Do you have to find these sacred artifacts and the Saintess?"
"If I go back empty-handed, Bukgung Jinwu will definitely say sothing. To let the fairy and her husband in safely, I think I have to bring at least one of the two."
"H-husband. How embarrassing."
"Yes. Don't call husband. I'm going to disguise myself as a woman when I infiltrate the Blood Cult."
"You're cross-dressing again? Have you perhaps awakened to a strange taste?"
"Tsk, tsk. Do you think I'm a pervert? It's not that, it's because soone I know gave a disguised identity, and I have to disguise myself as a woman."
When the Pungun rchant Guild had suggested infiltrating the Blood Cult, it was a story proposed by the Young Guild Leader, Kang Yuseong.
Since infiltrating as a woman could bring various advantages, such as body searches or the opponent's carelessness.
Namgung Hui had also readily agreed to cross-dress.
"Muchi. Let's think about the sacred artifacts of the cult as we go. I have an informant, so if I ask there, I might get sothing."
"Alright."
'Hu Gai might bring new news. And it would be okay to casually ask the Hao Faction.'
Namgung Hui, having finished talking to Muchi, this ti looked at Beak Seolhwa's face and said.
"And you also need to disguise yourself if you're going to infiltrate. A pretty face like that isn't common, so let's make you look a little ugly."
"...Am I that pretty?"
"Of course. Then Muchi also needs to be disguised, so I'll have to get so supplies. Wait a minute. I'll be right back."
"Are you going alone?"
"There's no need to take you with . It would be better to go alone instead of moving together cumbersoly."
"...Can't I go with you?"
"Well, if you want to follow, then follow. Muchi will be a little lonely, though."
"Muchi. It's okay. I'm used to it. You two go together."
Since Muchi was also okay with it, there was no reason to leave Beak Seolhwa behind.
On top of that, he had to tell his companions that he would be away for a while, so it would be better to move together.
Namgung Hui patted Muchi's shoulder and headed for the marketplace with Beak Seolhwa.
As they walked down the rather quiet street, they listened to the words of the passersby.
"To think the martial arts tournant ended like that... I was secretly hoping to see the Eighteen Arhat Formation that would be perford at the closing ceremony, but it's a pity."
"I was disappointed that the Plum Blossom Swordsn didn't participate this ti. The sword dance they perform is also quite beautiful. By the way, so did they catch the culprit of the explosion?"
"Yes. They said it was an old man and a young woman. But surprisingly, they said the woman's origin was from an unusual place."
"Where on earth?"
Namgung Hui had to stop his steps for a mont because of the na that ca out of the passerby's mouth.
"The survivor of the Jinju Eon family, Eon Jiyeon..."
(End of Chapter)
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