Episode 268 Preparation for the throne (3)
The day dawned on January 1st.
It was the day Baek Woo-jin turned 21 and the day he became his successor.
Whoops.
Baek Woo-jin, who had been practicing all night, regained his aura and opened his eyes.
-Now I feel a bit like an unmanned person.
Darkness chuckled as it saw the glow burning in Baek Woo-jin’s pitch-black eyes. He looked like a proper warrior, so much so that he could no longer be called a kid.
“Strange.”
-What do you mean?
“It’s the day I’ve been waiting for so long, but my heart isn’t racing. “It feels like an ordinary day.”
-Having that kind of peace of mind is the best state. Because it means that you have the leeway to deal with any situation.
Darkness encouraged Baek Woo-jin in a calm voice. Because I know what kind of life he lived and what efforts he made, I couldn’t help but support him for this incident.
-However, I still think it is a bit too much.
“what?”
-1 year promise. Your father is half as strong as Red Wijin. There is a chance that you can defeat your father in 3 years or even 2 years. But you can’t know in one year.
“If I hold on to it for a long time, it’s good for me. But my father is not the kind of person who will sit still for that long.”
Baek Chun-hwa is not a stupid person. If the duel is scheduled for more than a year, he will use any excuse or reason to cancel the agreement or kill himself.
To be honest, even if it was only a year, he would definitely have tried to kill himself.
“A year is an ambiguous time, neither long nor short. No matter how hard you try, it’s hard to ignore the promise itself. “People won’t lose interest.”
If it is a two-year period, you can use various measures to invalidate the agreement, but not for one year.
Because it is embedded in everyone’s memories, it is difficult for my father to ignore it all and proceed with his work.
-Hmm, the odds are still good…
Heukam licked his lips as if he was disappointed. It is difficult to defeat Baek Tian-hwa simply by having stronger abilities and increasing the amount of Aurors.
One year was too short a time to raise the level of the group and the martial arts themselves.
“You can’t always fight with perfect odds of winning. And there’s still one year left. “If anyone hears it, they’ll think there’s a fight today.”
Today is not a day to fight, but a day to declare war. It’s the day you tell your father that your throne isn’t permanent.
-If it doesn’t work out, that crazy system will do something with luck.
“Well, that could be the case. “For now, let’s think positively.”
Baek Woo-jin stood up and smiled. I took a light shower and got dressed. It was not a combat uniform, but a gorgeous white robe with a divine sword pattern drawn on it.
He wore a black jacket over it. The white and black colors harmoniously combined, revealing a more unique presence than wearing only formal clothes.
Crash.
Finally, he put the sword on his waist and left the room.
“See you, Master!”
Muyeonggaek and the medical swordsman were waiting for Baek Woojin in front of Baekwijeon. He bowed his head, wearing a black coat like a black battle jacket.
“I guess you’re ready, right?”
“yes!”
“let’s go.”
Baek Woo-jin walked towards the main training hall while listening to the medical swordsman’s powerful answer.
Moon Ju-young and the medical examiner’s team followed behind him, their black coats waving behind him.
**
“Oh, days like this are coming.”
After preparing for the successor inauguration ceremony, Ha Cheol-moo, a prosecutor at the Public Administration and Inspection Department, sat in the corner of the training hall and burst into laughter.
“That’s right. Master Woojin, who gave Master Hojung a life-or-death decision, has become his successor…”
Park Myeong-jin, a colleague sitting next to me, nodded and slurped his mixed coffee.
“Do you remember before? “Did we say here that Master Woojin can’t do anything?”
“I remember. “It was a time when I drank coffee while paying attention to others.”
The two people shook their heads, thinking about old times. Baek Woo-jin, who had no power, no influence, and was even the youngest, beat everyone and became the successor.
And that’s by achieving great results that no one can object to. Even thinking about it again, it felt like a novel.
“It’s almost done.”
Ha Cheol-moo crumpled his finished coffee cup while looking at the people leveling the floor of the training hall.
There was about an hour left until the event started, so it was time for the prosecutors to arrive one by one.
“Here he comes.”
Shingeombaekga’s assault unit Cheokgeomdae and Cheokgeomdaeju Kim Hyeong-un were entering the training hall.
Since then, other armed groups have appeared.
“It’s the first master!”
Park Myung-jin pointed to the right. Baek Yeon-hwi, with a cool expression, was walking along with prosecutors from the Hyeongeumdae who had a strange aura.
“That person came too.”
“You know that. The eldest master supported the youngest master. “It’s natural for you to come.”
“Everyone left after hearing that.”
When the news came that Baek Yeon-hwi and Baek Eun-kyung supported Baek Woo-jin, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and indeed the entire Baek family, turned upside down.
Only then did people realize that Baek Woo-jin was not just a man with power.
“Lady Eun-kyung also came.”
Behind the Hyeongeomdae, Baek Eun-gyeong and the few remaining members of the Extinction Swordsman approached the training hall. Even though they were a small number, their momentum was not inferior to that of other groups.
As other direct ranks, the Gyeongwondae of the swordsman, and the Baeundan of the swordsman’s swordsman of the Public Prosecutors’ Office entered, the training hall was filled with prosecutors.
“Oh it’s coming!”
Ha Cheol-mu, who was counting the number of warriors, looked to his right and opened his mouth. Today’s hero was coming in.
gulp.
When I saw Baek Woo-jin and the medical swordsman approaching with their black coats waving, I swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
“It’s different…”
The prosecutors currently in the training hall were warriors who heard the sound of strong men wherever they went, but Baek Woo-jin was different from them.
Just by walking, it unleashes an overwhelming energy wave that takes your breath away. It felt like the entire space was in the hands of that man.
“Is that really Baek Woo-jin?…”
**
Baek Woo-jin entered the training hall with an unrivaled spirit.
Armed groups lined up on both sides like bird wings, and the middle was empty. That was his place.
As I took my seat in the center, Baek Yeon-hwi and Baek Eun-kyung, standing on either side, gave me glances. I nodded slightly and greeted them.
-Eyes are gathering.
‘Of course.’
The surrounding gaze comes in like the tide. In that gaze, there were emotions like yearning and longing, but there was also a mixture of envy, envy, and disregard.
‘Still, it’s different than before.’
While bad emotions were overwhelming before, now there were more good emotions.
A passionate sense of elation soared because it meant that the growth that had been put in was effective.
“This is Kang Cheol-min. Now that everyone is here, I will now explain the order of the ceremony.”
Kang Cheol-min, head of the Public Administration and Inspection Department, stood on the podium and began explaining today’s inauguration ceremony.
Baek Woo-jin knew everything, so he listened to it in moderation and repeated what he really had to do today.
“The guests will be arriving soon. I hope you all show the greatness of the Shingeombaekga with a dignified attitude.”
With those words, Kang Cheol-min came down to the stage. After a while, the entering guests began to sit in the luxurious seats on both sides.
High-ranking officials of large corporations, government officials, masters of large guilds, and high-level talents from associations whose names would jump out just by looking at their faces appeared.
When the seats on the left were filled to a certain extent, people began to come in that made everyone’s mouths drop.
Master Seo Gong-myeong of Arcane, a large-scale production guild competing for first or second place in the industry, brought his daughter Seo In-ah and leader Kim Jang-hoon.
They sat in Baek Woo-jin’s guest seat on the right, not Baek’s seat.
Deputy General Manager Yoo Jin-ah, who is said to have taken control of one-third of Black Market’s Korean headquarters, also appeared with his direct secretaries and headed to Baek Woo-jin’s guest seat.
Hwang Byeong-hun, the commander-in-chief of the front lines and also known as the King of Chang, also took a seat in the guest seat on the right with his daughter.
Recently, the most famous summoner guild, Unitas, Yoon Woo-min, and Jeong Geun-ho also sat in Baek Woo-jin’s guest seat.
“Wow….”
“What is it?”
“Wow, it’s more fancy over there?”
The Baek family warriors looked around at the people sitting on the right and stuck out their tongues.
The guests of Shingeombaekga were flashy, but nothing compared to Baek Woo-jin’s network.
Although their numbers were not large, each and every one of them was a person of incomparable fame and ability.
“uh? “Is that the enemy?”
Red price. There is only one name: Defeat. Everyone’s heads turned back at the sound of the enemy.
“It’s Jeok Gyeong-hoon!”
“There is also red lotus flower!”
“You two are friends with the master. “It’s worth coming.”
Jeok Yeon-hwa and Jeok Gyeong-hoon had fought together with Baek Woo-jin, so I thought they were related.
However, they all stopped breathing when they saw the man standing behind Jeok Gyeong-hoon.
“That enemy line!”
“Kwon Hwang?”
“Why why Kwon Hwang!”
“Jeokwijin….”
People’s eyes widened at the title of Emperor Kwon and the three-letter name Jeokwijin.
Gwonhwang Jeokwijin. An absolute person with force and power equivalent to Baek Cheon-hwa was behind Jeok Gyeong-hoon.
“I’m crazy!”
“Why did that man come here!”
“No way, even if it’s war…”
Everyone looked at the approaching enemy lines with stunned faces.
“Uhm….”
Since they didn’t know what his intention was, the warriors of Baekga did not relax and raised their hands on their swords.
However, Jeok Wi-jin walked leisurely to Baek Woo-jin’s guest seat on the right.
With a confident smile, he sat on a chair and waved at Baek Woo-jin.
“Huh!”
“What is this again?”
“Jeok Wi-jin is the youngest master’s guest?”
The prosecutors and guests of Baekga trembled at the shocking situation.
“Wow….”
“After all, you are a master!”
“It’s crazy. it’s crazy.”
The prosecutors looked at Baek Woo-jin, who was standing calmly, and looked at him with envy.
“Uhm… gasp!”
When Kang Cheol-min didn’t know what to do, another protagonist came down to the stage.
Jeez.
It was the sound of footsteps that attracted the attention of everyone here.
Coo coo coo coo.
Everyone turned their eyes to the podium at its absolute presence and energy that encompassed the world.
“Is everyone gathered together?”
Baek Cheon-hwa, wearing a white long robe, looked around the dance hall and the guest seats one by one with interest.
His gaze, moving slowly, stopped in front of the enemy line on the right.
The two people looked into each other’s eyes with smiles on their faces.
“Hmm…”
The looks in his eyes that seemed like sparks disappeared as Jeok Wi-jin turned his head first.
Baek Cheon-hwa looked at the Red Wijin a little longer and then turned his head to Baek Woo-jin.
Baek Woo-jin met Baek Cheon-hwa’s gaze with a calm face.
“…begin.”
Baek Cheon-hwa narrowed his eyes and sat down in his seat in the center of the podium.
“Oh yeah!”
Kang Cheol-min answered hastily and ordered the gong to be struck to signal the start of the event.
Daaeaeaeang!
A huge gong rang and the inauguration ceremony for the successor of the Shingeombaek family, filled with each person’s desires, began.
**
After the boring ceremony, the final and most important inauguration ceremony finally began.
Baek Woo-jin was looking at Baek Cheon-hwa with passionate eyes. Those eyes were not an expression of will, but a false look filled with greed.
“The head of the Shingeombaek family will personally bestow the title on the successor! Master Baek Woo-jin, please go up to the podium!”
At Kang Cheol-min’s shout, everyone looked at Baek Woo-jin.
“Whoa…”
Baek Woo-jin took a breath and took his steps. I walked slowly up the steps of the platform.
-Don’t be nervous.
‘okay.’
As I looked at the stairs, I thought of Baek Cheon-hwa. The things he has done so far, the words he has said and the viciousness he has shown so far are engraved in my heart.
chin.
Baek Woo-jin stood at the end of the podium. Baek Cheon-hwa stood up from the throne with the divine sword drawn on it and approached.
“Why did you call the Red Guards?”
Baek Cheon-hwa unfolded a trick so that others could not hear, and then opened his mouth.
“It was for the Baek family.”
“For the Baek family?”
“That’s right. I have created several debts with my enemies. “As a favor, I asked you to participate in today’s event.”
“Why?”
“I can’t use that debt for big things anyway. Instead, I wanted to call him here and let him know that the White Family is higher than the Red Family.”
Baek Woo-jin looked at Baek Cheon-hwa with unwavering eyes.
“Just because the head of the red family came as a guest at the inauguration ceremony of the successor to the white family, people will praise the white family more than the red family.”
“Hmm…”
Baek Cheon-hwa looked at Baek Woo-jin in the eyes and tried to understand his true intentions. But there was no tremor in his eyes.
“I’m sorry for not telling you in advance. “I couldn’t tell you because I wasn’t sure if it would come.”
Baek Tian-hwa slowly turned his head and looked at Red Wijin. I nodded when I saw him leisurely looking at this place.
Baek Woo-jin’s words had a point, but there was no point in whatever they did, so I decided to ignore it.
“I’ll accept it that way for now. “Please report thoroughly from now on.”
“All right.”
Baek Cheon-hwa released his surprise and looked at Park Cheol-min. Park Cheol-min nodded quickly and began to read the document in his hand.
“Baek Woo-jin, the successor chosen by Baek Cheon-hwa’s matriarch, possesses extraordinary talent, becoming a level 9 ability at the age of 20, and has used that power for the good of the world. Starting with the Minotaur that emerged from the crack…”
Park Cheol-min read the document containing Baek Woo-jin’s activities for a long time.
“…Recently, we killed demons and even rescued brainwashed people in Romania. In recognition of his performance, the head of the Shingeombaek family decided to give him the title of successor.”
Park Cheol-min closed the document and looked up.
“Thank you for your hard work. As the successor to the Shingeombaek family, I hope that he will continue to demonstrate his abilities for Korea and the world.”
Baek Tian-hwa’s voice was heard clearly in the ears of everyone in the dance hall and guest seats, even though no aurors were present.
-This world? It’s so damn bad until the end. Ugh!
“thank you.”
Baek Woo-jin knelt down and bowed his head, listening to the dark curse.
“From now on, you are the successor to this Shingeombaek family.”
Baek Cheon-hwa said those words and placed a badge with a divine sword pattern on Baek Woo-jin’s chest.
Baek Woo-jin kept his head down and did not move until the badge was attached to his left chest.
“Wow!”
“Baek Cheon-hwa! Baek Cheon-hwa!”
“Baek Woo-jin! Baek Woo-jin!”
“Long live Shingeombaekga!”
When Baek Cheon-hwa gave the badge and stood up, the prosecutors standing in the training hall raised their swords and shouted. At the same time, thunderous applause erupted.
“stop.”
Baek Cheon-hwa raised his hands and silenced the applause and shouts.
“Congratulations. “Now I finally got what I wanted so much.”
“thank you.”
Baek Woo-jin knelt down and bowed his head again.
“Since ancient times, the head of a hundred families has been expected to grant one wish to his successor. “If you have a wish, tell me.”
“With that wish, can you enter the Heavenly Sword Library, which only the head of the family can enter?”
Baek Woo-jin spoke about the Cheongeom Library without raising his head.
“Of course. I will grant any wish you have. But only when I carry out my assigned duties. Of course, it’s a mission you can fully perform.”
Baek Cheon-hwa smiled coolly and answered. His eyes lit up as if he was expecting Baek Woo-jin’s reaction.
-That Yamsaeng bastard! There was no mention of a mission!
‘I thought it would be like that. ‘Because it’s become more dirty than before.’
Unlike the darkness, Baek Woo-jin was not embarrassed. He expected that Baek Cheon-hwa would also have a target just as he had one.
“Then I will tell you my wish.”
Baek Cheon-hwa frowned at Baek Woo-jin’s unwavering voice. Things were going differently than expected.
“One year from now.”
Baek Woo-jin’s serious voice spread throughout the training hall.
“In this place on this earth.”
He rose up with great will. Baek Cheon-hwa’s eyes widened at the sudden change.
“It is my wish that my father and I duel for the position of head of the Shingeombaek family.”
The magnificent black light that rose from his eyes pierced Baek Tian-hwa.
“Tsk!”
Baek Cheon-hwa took a step back without realizing it as Gi-gwang filled with strong will.
“…What is this?”
With a low voice, Baek Cheon-hwa’s face distorted like a demon. He showed his fiercest intent as if he was going to kill Baek Woo-jin at any moment.
“I haven’t been able to do it until now.”
Baek Woo-jin took a step towards Baek Cheon-hwa. This was the story of prosecutors who died because of their father’s greed.
“What no one else has been able to do.”
I took the second step. This was the story of a person who was abandoned in his previous life and died.
“I plan to do it even if it is late.”
I took the third step. This was a step forward for the future of Shingeombaekga.
Coo coo coo coo!
I made eye contact with Baek Cheon-hwa. The ferocious murder and terrifying energy waves that he unleashed weighed on my body.
But it didn’t matter.
The karma that I had built up for me became a great thing and supported me.
Hwaaaah!
A pitch-black dawn appeared behind Baek Woo-jin, as if the god of darkness had descended.
Coo coo coo coo!
At the center where will and life collide, Baek Woo-jin took the last step.
“I will take you down from the throne in one year.”
