<Episode 77: Holy Spirit Spell (3)>
Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer of the Geumui Committee looked at someone with a somewhat tense face.
In front of him a middle-aged man with a strong look and only a mustache was standing politely.
Although he was clearly superior in rank the intimidating feeling that came from being one of the top five experts in the imperial palace was not normal.
He was none other than Hyeonsun the Northern Jinmusa one of the two Jinmusa who could be said to be the pinnacle among the practitioners of the Geumuiwiwi.
‘It seems like he’s getting stronger.’
It was Sang Ik-seo who had seen his growth since he was a member of the Geumwiwi Committee.
He was already stronger than he was a long time ago but now he can’t even fathom it.
He did not become one of the most powerful men in the imperial palace for nothing.
-Roaring!
The back of North Jinsa warrior Hyeonsun is in disarray.
Crowds of people dressed in Geumuiwi uniforms were continuously flocking starting with Sogi the 7th rank Gong the 7th rank Sibaekho the 6th rank Baekho the 6th rank Baekho the 5th rank Bucheonho the 5th rank Cheonho the 4th rank Yukcheonho the 4th rank Jeong. There was Jinmusa.
There was one reason they gathered here.
It was an emergency call.
The Deputy Commanding Officer of the Geumui Committee has the authority to convene an emergency to mobilize the entire strength of the Geumui Committee.
Here power is not everything.
Even if it is a military force it excludes the Southern Jinsa warriors who closely guard His Majesty the Emperor the internal affairs department and the frontline department in charge of protecting the royal family.
But
‘….These guys from the Yukseonbu.’
Most of the Geumwiwi members gathered together but the Yukseonbu only came after the Bucheon Lake.
So Ye-rin and Mara-hyeon the Six Heavenly Commanders of the Yukseonbu did not come.
-Pud!
‘This guy is refusing an emergency call just because he’s out of loneliness… No. Wait a minute is this guy along with So Ye-rin of the Six Thousand Troops trying to hit me in the back by moving ahead of me?’
If that’s the case it’ll be very difficult.
Although he was said to have escaped the poison thanks to Mukseom a member of the same organization as the deceased Geumuiwi Baekho Gyeomchang he still had a weak point the bastard face.
If you start an investigation with that your position will be in jeopardy.
‘shit.’
So he reported this weakness to Mukseom the guard.
Then the guard Mukseom
[This office will take care of the skin masks. So please catch the person who is pretending to be Ho Gong the governor of Seochang.]
[You mean to catch him? However even Gyeomchang was no match for him so how could he…]
[I’m not telling you to catch him alone.]
[Is that really what you mean?]
[Issuing an emergency convening order for the Gold Medical Council. He should be able to catch it without difficulty even if he can only put in at least half of his power.]
[That…that’s right but…]
[The justification is sufficient. There is a suspicion that the person who serves King Gyeongchin closely is a fake so no one will doubt or question the emergency convocation based on this.]
For this reason the command sergeant-at-arms Sang Ik-seo issued an emergency convocation order.
We called a meeting but the masked Cheonho Mara-hyeon of the Geumuiwi who was holding our weak point did not come so we hesitated as to what to do.
It will be one of two things.
They may have read his moves and are trying to attack him in the back or they may be taking away his weaknesses from them as the guard Mok-sum boasted.
then
‘We must hurry.’
Anyway they and I have no choice but to move in a diagonal manner.
Everything can be resolved by trusting the guard Muksum and catching that fake Ho Gong.
Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer looked at the gathered members of the Geumui Committee.
Nearly 60% of the people in the imperial palace gathered.
This was sufficient in terms of power.
If you put pressure on him led by the Northern Jin warrior Hyeonsun you will be able to sufficiently subdue him or even kill him.
-Park!
Commanding officer Sang Ik-seo raised his hand and spoke loudly.
He said “I don’t think we can afford to wait for the head of the Yuk Seonbu. From now on I’m going to Bigyeong Palace to save His Highness King Gyeongchin!”
* * *
In this way the entire force of the Geumuiwi led by Commanding Officer Sang Ik-seo was heading to King Gyeongchin’s Secret Palace.
Originally it was prohibited for armed groups exceeding a certain number to enter the palace of the imperial family but if it was to rescue the imperial family it was permitted as an exception.
That is why the military officer Muk-seom suggested this.
Before long they reached almost the vicinity of Bigyeong Palace.
All you have to do is go over the full width.
‘You must kill him.’
There was no need for suppression.
They must not be allowed to open their mouths as it is dangerous and an order must be given to kill them.
Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer was about to give orders.
But that was right then.
-Kurrrrr!
“What is it?”
“The land?”
The ground shook and an earthquake occurred.
Surprised by this the entire Geumui Committee stopped moving to the secret palace.
A sudden earthquake occurred throughout the entire palace causing roof tiles to fall and cause chaos everywhere.
‘What the hell is this?’
We already need to hurry but the earthquake has made things even more difficult.
While I was wondering what the hell this was all about I saw red smoke rising from somewhere.
The red smoke was more disturbing than the earthquake.
As expected the red smoke meant that a major trouble had occurred in the Geumok Underground and it was a red signal calling for help.
In response the six thousand members of the Gold Council approached and spoke.
“Cheomsa adult. What should I do with this? Shouldn’t we divide our personnel and send power to the underground Geumok?”
“you’re right. A red signal means that there was an attempt to escape from the underground prison.”
Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer was upset by the opinions of the six thousand soldiers.
‘No I’m going crazy. The high point is just around the corner.’
If we want to catch him we need to have all our power now.
Even half of it was extremely unsettling.
However it was impossible to ignore the red signal from the underground gem.
It was a moment when I was wondering what to do about this.
“Adult in command! Jinmusa! Look over there!”
At that time Cheonho of Samseonbu raised his hand and pointed toward Bigyeong Palace.
I turned my head to see what was going on and saw King Gyeongchin standing on the roof of Bigyeong Palace.
“Your Majesty the King of Gyeongchin.”
“How can your highness get up on the roof?”
The Geumui Committee could not hide their restlessness and embarrassment at King Gyeongchin’s sudden behavior.
This was the same for Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer.
His head was already pounding but when King Gyeongchin climbed up to the roof and appeared in danger he felt like his head was going to explode even more.
“I need to save your highness.”
At that time Hyeonsun the military commander of the Northern Jin Dynasty tried to step forward.
It was right in front of the secret palace hall and he couldn’t pretend not to see the danger to the royal family.
However it was the moment when Hyeonsun the warrior of the Northern Jin Dynasty was about to take a step forward.
“The Gold Guards are driving the king to death!”
-Poof!
King Gyeongchin suddenly shouted this loudly and jumped off the roof.
“this!”
-Pot!
In an instant the Northern Jin warrior Hyeonsun launched a light attack with all his might to somehow catch him.
However no matter how expert he was and how excellent his teachings were he was far from being able to accept them.
-thud!
‘!!!!!!!!!!’
I lost it by only about five steps.
King Gyeongchin who fell headfirst and collapsed with his neck grotesquely bent.
Blood flowed from King Gyeongchin’s twisted body staining the surrounding floor red.
The sudden action followed by the worst situation including Hyeonsun the commander of the Northern Jin Dynasty and the members of the Geumui Committee were so astonished that they were at a loss for words.
Among them the most speechless person was Sang Ik-seo the commanding officer of the Geumuiui Committee.
‘Damn the rain…’
I came to catch the fake Seochang’s Taegam but the situation grew out of control.
The reason for issuing the emergency summons was to save King Gyeongchin a member of the royal family.
But he died.
He even jumped down and said that the members of the Geumuiui had driven him to his death.
Sang Ik-seo flopped down on the floor as if in despair.
-Shudder! Sreung!
At that time Hyeonsun the warrior of the Northern Jin Dynasty who was examining the body of the dead King Gyeongchin half-unsheathed the sword on his belt and looked around.
Hyeonsun the warrior of the Northern Jin Dynasty who was looking around him like that couldn’t understand.
I just felt something creepy about King Gyeongchin for a moment.
But it disappeared in an instant.
‘…What on earth was that just now?’
There was a spirit looking at him from the air as he looked puzzled.
The woman who was holding her mouth and clicking her tongue was none other than Cheongnyeong.
-It’s pretty good.
After absorbing the magical power of one of her six demons the Hundred-Faced King the Golden-Haired Nine-Tailed Fox her spiritual power nearly reached that of the purple spirit.
She thought that even those who had overcome her wall would not be able to easily detect her spiritual power but she did notice in a split second.
If he hadn’t evolved a little more spiritual power he might have been caught.
Her spirit flew upward.
-First of all I did what the sentient being told me to do but I don’t know if this alone will be enough to divert attention.
* * *
Similar time.
One of the imperial palace food material warehouses about 50 steps away from the entrance to the underground gold house.
This place where dried fish etc. were stored had a particularly strong smell so it was a place where few people went in unless they came to pick up food ingredients.
-Kurrrrrrr!
As the earthquake shook the entire warehouse someone stood up and gently opened the warehouse door.
-Quick!
And then I was surprised to see red smoke visible through the gap.
That was a red signal indicating that a major problem had occurred in the Geumok Underground.
When that smoke signal is issued regardless of the reason all members of the Geumui Committee excluding the front line must be dispatched as in the case of an emergency convocation order.
-thud!
Someone hastily closed the warehouse door.
He was none other than Mara Hyeon the masked king.
Mara-hyeon was dumbfounded.
‘Didn’t you say you would let them escape quietly?’
The situation has escalated greatly.
If a red signal appeared it was as if the fact of an underground prison escape was established.
Marahyeon walked to one side of the warehouse and frowned in seriousness.
It was no exaggeration to say that in this case escape became virtually impossible.
‘How on earth did they get here?’
He asked for a safe base for escape and he managed to find one in a hurry.
But it all came to nothing.
The situation became difficult.
If this happens do I have to follow the red signal and go to the underground gold house?
It was a car that needed to be done.
-thud!
At that moment I didn’t feel anything but suddenly the warehouse door opened.
Embarrassed Geumuiwi Cheonho Mara-hyeon hurriedly hid himself among the wooden boxes piled up in the warehouse.
But the warehouse door that had been opened closed again.
‘Who is it?’
Mara-hyeon did his best to kill any sign of the enemy.
Seeing as there is no sign of anyone coming in he is clearly a great expert.
But then I heard a sound as if something was being dragged.
-haha….
Breathing is imbalanced.
It’s the sound of someone breathing when something is injured.
Then I heard a voice.
“Mara Cheonho.”
‘!?’
Marahyeon couldn’t hide her embarrassment at that voice.
The owner of the voice was none other than the eunuch or rather Yuk Cheon-ho So Ye-rin the head of the Yukseonbu who was also his superior.
Marahyeon’s eyes trembled slightly.
Why did she come to this place where she is?
She was puzzled and she said Six Thousand Ho So Yerin.
“What on earth did you do to get tracked down by someone like this?”
‘tracking?’
What does that mean?
He was puzzled but then he had no choice but to come out from among the wooden boxes of dried fish.
In front of So Ye-rin who had her arms crossed was lying face down what appeared to be an injured person with bruises on her face.
Judging by her attire she was one of her classmate’s eunuchs.
‘!?’
Are you saying that this person followed him secretly?
For him to even hide his presence he had to be trained or an expert at a level higher than himself.
However in terms of breathing and energy he was not a level above the expert.
At that time Yukcheonho So Yerin who was crossing her arms spoke.
“Mara Cheonho. “What on earth are you doing?”
“…”
“An emergency convocation order was issued from the commanding officer of the Geumuiui Commission. So I went to pick him up and by chance I found this guy following you. “What are you hiding from me?”
Mara-hyeon was at a loss as to what she said full of doubt.
He said he came here to help a prisoner escape from the underground gold prison.
Therefore she could not reveal this fact.
-Ttogak ttogak!
Six Thousand Ho So Ye-rin approached him with her cold face.
She trusted Mara-hyeon who was her second-in-command and was like her own student but to act secretly like this without informing anyone was an act of betraying that trust.
Mara Hyun hesitated as to what to do due to the disappointment she felt in her.
“If you don’t tell the truth…..”
She had not even finished speaking.
-Ssssss!
At that moment the space right near them trembled and smoke suddenly rose creating a round entrance.
‘!!!!!!’
Due to a sudden strange phenomenon the heads of Six Heavenly Tiger So Ye-rin and Heavenly Tiger Mara Hyeon turned to that place at the same time.
The eyes of the two people who returned like that were wide.
What on earth is this?
Why did something like this suddenly appear in the warehouse?
The impression of Yukcheonho So Yerin who had been wondering about this unknown phenomenon hardened.
It was because of the people visible beyond the entrance.
‘convict?’
Since he had never been assigned to the firing squad he had never entered the underground prison but as a member of the Geumuiui Committee he was familiar with the inmates’ attire.
Two of them were wearing prison uniforms and the one passed out over there…
“Zhou Yunxiang?”
It was cadet Joo Woon-hyang.
And the person wearing something strange at the entrance between his index and middle fingers was cadet Ahn Jong-hu.
When she saw these two people she was instinctively convinced.
Although it was not easy to believe this mysterious entrance made of smoke seemed to be connected to the underground gold mine of the imperial palace.
This was because they both knew that they had recently entered the apprenticeship department in charge of Geumok.
At that time Cadet Ahn Jong-hu who was in front of the entrance looked at Mara-hyeon and So Ye-rin alternately and said.
-Did Mara Cheonho bring him here?
‘!?’
The moment Mara-hyeon heard the electric sound ringing in her ears she realized that cadet Ahn Jong-hu was Mok Gyeong-un.
This caused Mara Hyun to have a complicated moment in her head.
In the meantime did she mean that she changed her face again and that she could escape from the underground gold prison?
It was right then.
-Sreung!
Six Thousand Ho So Yerin said as she pulled out a sword from the scabbard on her waist and aimed it at Mok Gyeong-un who had the face of Cadet Ahn Jong-hu at the entrance.
“What are you guys doing now?”
Mok Gyeong-un saw Mara-hyeon’s reaction to her words and let out a light breath.
It seems like he didn’t bring me here with the intention of being watched.
It was a bit annoying to be involved with this woman but there was nothing I could do about it.
She had to go through the entrance first.
This treasure worn on her finger was given to her by Yeo Su-rin a disciple of Jeokmi Line the head of Haeseon Gak one of the two known as the most mysterious of Bangwon’s Sixty Four Pavilions.
This Noble Phantasm received as a bet is a useful item that creates a door to a desired location within a radius of 200 square meters just once.
However instead of being very useful it was disposable.
So I had to quickly get over to the other side before it closed.
-Ssssss!
Seeing that the entrance was becoming increasingly unstable I felt like I had to hurry.
In response Mok Gyeong-un pulled out Guyaja’s magical sword Gyeopsal Sword which was stuck in front of the entrance and gestured towards the Seonghwa Spiritual Lord and the six-blooded Danbaekha of the Nine Bloods Religion who were behind her and said
“Let’s hurry and get through before the door closes.”
Of course the voice was altered.
Yukcheonho So Ye-rin thought she was wounded and died in her medicine house after being ambushed.
It wasn’t good for her to know that she was alive for nothing.
however
-Ooooooooo!
At that moment the fierceness of the sword soared and tried to erode Mo Kyung-un.
Mo Gyeong-un’s eyebrows rose as the roar was much stronger than expected.
At this level she was even more terrible than the evil sword.
Because of this Mo Qingyun had no choice but to instinctively raise his demonic energy to suppress the sword’s strength without being eroded.
But the moment I raise my demonic energy
-visor!
Mok Gyeong-un hurriedly pulled out his sword and blocked it as the sword flew at him like lightning.
The person who threw the sword was none other than Six Thousand Tigers So Ye-rin.
So Yerin said with her stern face.
“….Are you alive?”
Her aura is so sensitive that she remembers exactly what she experienced once.
For her revealing a unique energy like her demonic energy was tantamount to revealing her own identity.
Mok Gyeong-un scratched her head as if embarrassed by her words.
“This was discovered unintentionally.”
“How did you…”
“I don’t have much time so I think you should move out of the way.”
-Paang!
With those words Mok Gyeong-un infused the sword with demonic energy creating a rebound force and threw So Ye-rin the Six Heavenly Tiger away from the new form along with the sword.
-Papa pa pa pa paak!
Her eyes shook as she was pushed back about six steps by the sudden strong rebound.
‘This guy…his attack power has increased.’
It wasn’t just an increase.
She has improved to an extent that is incomparable to when she competed with him.
What happened in just a few days that the person thought to be dead is still alive?
