Episode 1501. Who am I? (1)
Now that the situation was like this, there could be no further delay.
As soon as everyone gathered in one place, Ogum said one thing at a time.
“He didn’t die?”
“Iknow, right?”
“It’s not a ghost, is it?”
“You looked a bit like a ghost to begin with.”
Cheon Sang Ruju So, Feng Yeong Shin Gae’s face was horribly distorted. I’ve heard a lot of information and rumors about this group, but what I saw in writing and what I actually experienced were incredibly different.
And….
“Wow, Wang Geoji?”
“….”
“Are you really the king? really?”
Pungyeongsingae sighed. Hong Dae-gwang kept repeating the same thing with his mouth wide open.
“Oh no, it’s not like he’s been rejuvenated just yet, so what kind of pale young guy… Are you asking me to believe this now?”
“Daegwang.”
“yep! …eh? “What just happened?”
“Do you believe it now?”
Hong Dae-gwang’s face turned blue as if he had seen a ghost. The voice that Pungyeongsingae made a moment ago was indeed the same as the voice of the Ark he knew.
Now that I was like this, I couldn’t deny it anymore. Although the appearance is completely different, this person is really the Ark of Openness, Feng Ying God Gae.
“Hehe… They say there is no one in the world they can trust.”
“I don’t want understanding. “I just want you to know that it was necessary.”
Hong Dae-gwang bit his lip and said.
“Wanggeoji.”
Looking at his eyes, Pungyeongsingae also strengthened his resolve.
Even though it was an act of good intentions, if the people who accepted it criticized it as an evil act, Pungyeongsingae would have to deal with it as well. At first glance, harsh words will pour out…
“Is it true that I told these guys that I wasn’t the next Lord of the Ark?”
“….”
“I believed it! “I still believed it!”
Pungyeongsingae, who was momentarily speechless, rubbed his face with his hand. How could something like that be put up as a candidate for the Ark?…
“No, when I give you the precious thing I asked for, just accept it! Do you keep talking nonsense like that? “This is very fraudulent… Quack!”
Cheongmyeong grabbed Hong Dae-gwang’s face and pushed him back as if he was annoyed.
“I’m so busy, but some bastards solved the problem and fell asleep.”
“Hey man! “This is something important, my life depends on it!”
“What’s important about a beggar’s life? “It’ll just have to work out!”
“uh?”
When I heard it, it turned out to be true…
At that time, Baekcheon said to Pungyeongsingae with a bitter smile.
“Have you heard the news?”
“I heard.”
Pungyeongsingae shook his head and continued speaking.
“I am a person of no substance to them. It means that a person cannot even be sure where he lived or died. “If they announce publicly that I am dead, I will become a truly dead person.”
Tang Soso asked with a puzzled expression.
“Even though I’m still alive here like this?”
“…Who can prove that? “It has no substance.”
“yes?”
Everyone who knows the truth is right here.
“Who will believe you if you prove that I am the Ark?”
“…No.”
“But honestly, I don’t trust some of those volcano guys.”
“…Hang on. “Is that what you’re going to say?”
Baekcheon said with a serious face, touching his chin.
“So you’re saying that even though they used these tactics, the Ark has no way to fight back?”
“Of course there is a way to fight back. “The best way is for me to show up in their midst with a sick object.”
“Oh, I see. “Even if people deny it, they cannot deny it.”
“But I guess that’s what they’re really after.”
“…yes?”
“All you have to do is kill me and take the sacred object. Then, through proper procedures through the authority of the divine being, you will be able to become the Ark. “So that no one can disagree.”
Baekcheon’s face became even more serious.
Pungyeongsingae has kept himself completely hidden. Because of that, we were able to create the opening that we have now. The other party is now taking advantage of that fact.
“Is it possible to attack someone with divine powers? “Aren’t sacred items an omnipotent object that symbolizes the authority of a sect?”
Pungyeongsingae heard those words and laughed.
“Then, if a demonic cult appears with a volcanic sacred object, will you obey him?”
“that…!”
Of course it can’t be like that. They will try to retrieve the sacred item by killing it somehow.
“That’s what new stuff is all about. It’s a symbol that was created to be reasonably easy to use. “It has no effect in times of real emergency.”
“Hmm.”
“The moment I show up with the sacred object, they will accuse me of killing Ark and stealing the sacred object.”
“What if I dress up as an old man again?”
“It worked against me. When I look at its bare face, I see that it is not an ark. “I guess this is the conclusion.”
“…There is no way out.”
Everything that Pungyeongsingae has done so far has turned out to be blocking his path to retreat.
“Actually, I didn’t even think of this number. “I thought the executioner’s resourcefulness was amazing, but…”
His voice was full of bitterness. Jo Geol asked in confusion at the mutterings of Pungyeongshingae.
“No, but if I had this kind of strategy, I would have used it a long time ago. Why did I come here now…?”
“I guess I hadn’t thought of it. No, even if I thought about it, I can only use it now. If something like this happened normally, people would want to know the details of why and how I died. But now…”
“…I guess it’s not a situation worth paying attention to.”
“That’s accurate.”
After all, who would bother to inquire as to how Open Ju, who was said to be bedridden, died while they didn’t know when the Sapaeryun would come to attack them?
“So what happens now?”
“Since both the sacred object and the ark are absent… they will try to elect the next ark through a general meeting. “Maybe tomorrow.”
“Then…”
Pungyeongsingae answered calmly.
“I see. “The elders are already like the limbs of the One God, so he will be the next Ark.”
“No…”
Yoonjong, who had been silent, asked as if he couldn’t understand.
“Is it realistically possible for the previous Ark’s executioner to be appointed to the next Ark?”
“It’s not like it never happened. “When the situation was critical, there was no time to wait for the next Ark to get used to the position and grow, so it was common for a powerful person within the sect to temporarily take charge of the Ark and pass the position on to the next generation after the situation was resolved.”
“….”
“Now is exactly the dangerous situation.”
Baekcheon let out a laugh. How can it be so elaborate?
From Pungyeongsingae’s perspective, it would literally feel like heaven was trying to take his place on the ark.
Baekcheon bit his lip slightly and asked.
“Then what do you plan to do next?”
I know that there is no particular solution for him either. Still, I couldn’t help but ask. As expected, Pungyeongsingae slowly raised his gaze towards the ceiling and shook his head.
“Well… I honestly don’t know. If Master were alive, I would have asked him about his opinion, but now that Master is dead, I don’t even have anyone to discuss it with. “It is my duty now to discuss this matter with you, the outsiders.”
“….”
“And for you….”
Feng Yeongsingae sighed and stared at them, or rather, at Cheongmyeong.
“sorry. I tried to follow the ancestor’s lead somehow, but I did not expect that the situation would move so quickly. If they had moved just one day earlier, we would have been able to find a way to do something…”
“Ah. “Why is that something for Lord Ark to apologize for?”
A surprisingly gentle answer came back. Everyone looked away in shock at those uncharacteristic words.
Cheongmyeong’s eyes were not smiling at all. As expected, the seizures soon began.
“It’s all because of that senile old man! Take that thing down right now! Even a corpse needs to be whipped…!”
“…Please don’t do it.”
“Okay, that’s right… just stop…”
Ogeum, who was now very tired, was not surprised and held on to Cheongmyeong helplessly.
Cheongmyeong clicked his tongue with a dissatisfied face and then bit his lip tightly.
“When is that meeting going to be held?”
“According to the law of openness, the general meeting of elders is held the next morning when more than half of the elders are present. There are already more than half of the elders in the council…”
“Tomorrow morning.”
It’s tomorrow morning, but it’s already past midnight. This means that the new ark of openness will be decided within a few minutes at most.
Pungyeongsingae secretly observed Cheongmyeong’s thoughts and opened his mouth again.
“If this happens, I will not be able to protect the Ark’s position, but my influence will not completely disappear. I will be able to help as much as possible with the things I have planted in the open. So…”
Cheongmyeong chuckled after hearing those words.
“Can you help?”
It was a voice full of ridicule. However, Pungyeongsingae did not show any signs of being offended. As someone who knew Cheongmyeong’s true identity, he couldn’t dare do that.
“It may not be as much as we want, but it will be possible to share information and control the movement of openness to some extent.”
“….”
“The reason the Swordsmen came here in the first place was to obtain that amount, right? I know you’ll be very disappointed if it doesn’t meet your expectations, but I’ll try to do more than you wanted. So please be satisfied with this.”
The corner of Cheongmyeong’s mouth twitched.
What Pungyeongsingae said was not so wrong. The reason he came here was to remove the darkness that was distorting the movement of openness.
The darkness has already disappeared, and if someone else leads the opening, the desired goal has been achieved. But…
“From here?”
“…What do you mean?”
At Cheongmyeong’s unexpected words, Pungyeongsingae cautiously asked back in a questioning voice. Cheongmyeong’s face suddenly became cold.
“Now, are you saying that you will spend the rest of your life watching the situation of openness and dying in this secret room where the old man has died?”
“….”
“Here, where no one knows who you are and there’s no one you can even talk to properly? “You want to be dead and carry out an operation while still alive?”
“What do you mean by that…?”
Pungyeongsingae looked like he didn’t understand anything. Rather, people other than him understood Qingming’s words.
“It’s a prison.”
“That’s right, death penalty.”
“…not this.”
In order to keep what was said, Pungyeongsingae must be tied here forever. The quiet top of this luxurious palace. That space becomes a prison from which he can never escape.
If you stay trapped like that, someday you will die lonely. He is a strange being who died a long time ago and has no one to take care of him.
For what?
Now that he has lost everything, why should he live the rest of his life like that?
“That old man asked me a favor before he died.”
“Did you… do me a favor?”
“yes. “They asked me to release you from here.”
For a moment, Pungyeongsingae flinched greatly. A look of shock was evident.
“That’s…”
He opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn’t say anything. Cheongmyeong’s strong eyes seemed to block his mouth.
Cheongmyeong said.
“He said he trapped his student here. He told me to set you free. “After hearing what the Ark said, I understand clearly what it meant.”
“Master…”
Pungyeongsingae bit his lower lip gently.
There wasn’t much left to breathe. He thought that any master he knew would have left a message asking for the door to be opened. But…
“But I don’t like that either.”
“…yes?”
“You were an ark of openness, but you were never a proper ark. “Because I had to follow others and hide my appearance.”
Pungyeongsingae listened without saying a word. Even if others in this room don’t know, I do. From what position is Cheongmyeong saying this now?
“So, before you get the freedom you want for yourself, let me put you where you belong for once. “In the proper place where you were supposed to stand.”
Feng Yeongsingae’s fingertips trembled.
I didn’t expect it. No, I didn’t even dare to hope for it. Since I lived my whole life in the dark, I was never allowed to do so.
But now Cheongmyeong is talking about freedom.
“Are you prepared for that?”
Pungyeongsingae looked at Cheongmyeong with a rather serious expression and opened his mouth in a trembling voice.
“Can you… can you? How dare I…”
“Can you do that?”
Cheongmyeong twisted the corner of his mouth and laughed.
“Who am I?”
For a moment, Pungyeongsingae felt dizzy and closed his eyes.
okay. This person…
the answer he has to give has been decided.
“…I hope. I hope and want. “Hyup of Swordsmen.”
Cheongmyeong nodded.
“Well, the plan went a bit wrong.”
His gaze turned towards the open platform beyond the window.
“The result will be the same anyway. Let’s turn this situation around properly.”
An evil smile crossed Qingming’s lips.
Some time passed like that.
The fateful morning arrived at the quiet opening.
