Chapter 168: Rupture (3)
When the eting first started, Yoonhwan didn’t think the eting would go well.
The and [Rupture] were sworn enemies.
Forr Captains of Rupture had killed many Generals and even Lords at tis. Why would these Lords want to talk with Rupture then?
Yoonhwan’s concerns grew to the peak once he faced the dark-caped man.
‘They are the Lords!’
It was as if the eting room itself was becoming dark. As Yoonhwan faced the dark man’s eyes, he felt chilled to the bones because of his fears.
Talking with them? It was impossible. They were here to fight a war.
Yoonhwan was sure of it and didn’t realize that his hand had moved over to his sword. However, the Lord seed to be interested in Yoonhwan who was not backing down at his presence. More powerful energy was about to be unleashed but...
“That’s enough, Darkness.”
A voice stopped him and the Lord of Darkness Gero smiled.
“It’s been a long ti since I saw you, Rupture’s slut.”
“I see that you still are as vulgar as ever,” Mirel snapped coldly. Yoonhwan was shocked. It seed like these two had t before. Gero glanced over at Yoonhwan and Seoyul standing at the corner of the room and asked, “Who are they? New Captains?”
“No. They are secretaries. They will be recording the eting.”
“I see. I thought they were too weak to be Captains.”
Yoonhwan bit his lips. It was true. He was barely withstanding the energy that the Lord was unleashing.
People started sitting down within the eting room. From the center seat to the left were Rupture’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th Captains, and to the right were the four Lords of the .
Yoonhwan checked their nas.
1st region. Lord of Forest, Illiones.
2nd region. Lord of Destruction. Siegfried.
4th region. Lord of Dragons. Varkant.
9th region. Lord of Darkness. Gero (Leader).
‘Four? I thought there were 11?’
Yoonhwan was wondering why, but Gero began speaking.
“A while ago, I sent out my boys to find you Ruptures at the . I didn’t know you hid yourselves within already.”
“It’s been a long ti since we moved. You were too slow,” Imai snapped at Gero coldly and silence fell. Their eyes t, and they were each checking another’s power. Yoonhwan realized that it was a battle of world power.
It was Varkant who broke the silence.
“Where’s the sickle girl? I need to teach her a lesson.”
His voice was so calm that it was hard to believe that he had been challenging the others with his powers. Yoonhwan realized the Lords had gotten the upper hand from the fight. Imai frowned and said, “...Sickle? Are you talking about Surha?”
“I heard she’s the one who killed the forr Lord of Dragons. He was a fool though. A Commander becoming a Lord? Pfft.”
Varkant, who was a half-dragon and half-human, scoffed. He had beco a Lord about 400 years ago. Kashim answered, “Surha has left Rupture.”
“Really? That’s a sha.”
Varkant seed to be very disappointed. Maybe he really was here to fight Surha.
‘They are all terrifying. Were these the ones I tried to fight?’
Yoonhwan couldn’t even guess who powerful his Captains were, but he had a rough guess through the rumors he heard. And from the rumors, Imai was the strongest, then Kashim, and then Mirel. Kashim’s world power was rumored to be at about 3 million, so the other Captains should have been close to that.
‘Then, just how powerful are they?’
The Captains didn’t seem to be comfortable and it was likely that the eting would lean in favor of the Lords. Yoonhwan felt like it was hard for him to breathe after the Captains had failed to overpower the Lords with their world power. Gero looked at each Captain and asked, “Oh, and where is Myad?”
“...You should not call that na so easily.”
“If he doesn’t co, there is no eting.”
“The master gave us permission for this eting.”
“HAH! Nonsense,” Gero scoffed. “You all have no right to hold this eting.”
And at that mont, everyone flinched. Even Kashim and Imai beca pale from the terror. Gero’s world power began to explode and Kashim gasped, “...So, that’s why the war stopped. You have been hiding your powers.”
“I had planned to reveal it... but not this soon. Thanks to the weird one who made a ss at .”
“...You are talking about the General Massacre.”
General Massacre?
Yoonhwan did not know what that was, and he just jotted it down in his notes. Gero nodded.
“Yes. I had empty spots for my Commanders, and these hyenas began rushing in.”
Gero then glanced over at the three Lords next to him and smiled. His vicious smile even made the Lords look away. Yoonhwan then realized that Gero was the strongest of all the Lords.
“It took so ti to ‘persuade’ them. I an, we didn’t even have the [Fruits] and these fools were coming at like crazy. Wasn’t it, Siegfried?”
“Oh, uh- y-yeah. I’m sorry about what happened then.” Siegfried answered frantically. It was terrifying world power.
‘Who can fight him? Can Master? Or one of the 8 Gods of ?’
Yoonhwan wasn’t sure.
“So, where’s Myad?”
“He’s not coming, Gero. He’s not here.”
“Where did he go? Was he too scared to co?”
Mirel then beca infuriated.
“Shut up. It’s not like all of you are here either. If all of 11 ca, Myad would have co. But just four? We are the ones who are offended by this rudeness.”
Yoonhwan beca terrified. Speaking so fiercely against that terrifying Lord? Would it not anger Gero? However, Gero’s expression turned awkward.
“That I can explain. We were planning to co. All 11 of us.”
“Explain? And what will that be?”
“Don’t play gas, girl. You all must know.”
Mirel then closed her mouth. She blinked for a few seconds and spoke.
“So, Catastrophe did not let you guys pass easily.”
Catastrophe. The Gatekeeper blocking the way from to , and one of Three Ancient Gods. Gero gritted his teeth.
“No. He didn’t even plan to let us pass. Why did you not tell us before?”
“We didn’t think that he would try to stop you. Catastrophe normally doesn’t care about letting the Lords passing through.”
“Don’t lie. There’s no way that you all did not know.”
“...So did you fight Catastrophe head-on?”
Gero beca silent, but it was not hard to guess why.
“Five out of eleven died. And two were too injured to co with us.”
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