Silver Dragon Chronicles, Episode 69
“Huh? Really?”
At Hong Yuhwa’s words, Baek Horan’s eyes went wide.
“Hmm, now that I think about it, I don’t have any reason to help this guy.”
When Jehwa also spoke with a look of realization, Hong Yuhwa let out a deep sigh.
At their conversation, Hyeolgwi hung his head low. Now that he thought about it, that was true. He had come to them while frantically worrying about how to reclaim the Blood Cult after smuggling out Hyeol Mayeong, the young cult leader of the Blood Cult. But thinking about it, to them—no, to Jehwa specifically—they were targets of revenge. Naturally, Jehwa had no reason to help them.
Just then, Yeom Johwi tilted her head.
“By any chance, is there a group from the Blood Cult following you?”
“Huh? Ah, there is a small number. And there are quite a few who follow the young cult leader as well.”
“To what extent is the Blood Cult’s military strength?”
“About thirty percent?”
“Hoo?”
At Hyeolgwi’s words, Yeom Johwi let out an exclamation.
“Want to make a deal?”
When Yeom Johwi spoke with a bright smile, everyone’s gaze turned to her.
“Who said you could make a deal with the Blood Cult? You, do you want to die by my hand?”
Yeom Johwi spoke to Jehwa, who was frowning fiercely.
“Listen. This guy and the ones with him can move thirty percent of the Blood Cult’s forces.”
“So what! Anyone who touched Big Brother Jehwa must die! I will judge evil with my own hands!”
Suddenly, Baek Horan drew her sword and tried to rush at Hyeolgwi.
Thwack!
“Ugh!”
But Yeom Johwi kicked Baek Horan and stopped her.
“Shut up and think for a second, you idiot!”
“Hiiing! Why are you hitting me!”
At Yeom Johwi’s words, Baek Horan protested with a tearful face.
“Horan, wait. That guy is really useful.”
Hong Yuhwa spoke while stroking Baek Horan’s head.
“Really, for a demon, you’re quite sentimental.”
“Even demons aren’t completely devoid of affection.”
When Yeom Johwi spoke with a smile, Hong Yuhwa frowned.
“That aside, I thought Jehwa would go on a rampage before Horan.”
“Why?”
“Well, you’re a match for Horan when it comes to lacking brains……. Aack!”
Yeom Johwi couldn’t finish her words and was hit by Jehwa, sent flying.
“Hey, do you want to die?”
Looking at Jehwa muttering grimly with murderous eyes, Yeom Johwi laughed awkwardly.
“I was wrong, please spare me.”
“No.”
Yeom Johwi made a tearful face at Jehwa, who spoke with an annoyed expression.
“Um…….”
Just then, Hyeolgwi cautiously called out to them.
“What? I’m busy right now.”
At Hyeolgwi’s call, Jehwa grabbed Yeom Johwi by the collar and frowned.
He really did look busy.
While Hyeolgwi was wondering whether to laugh or stop them at that sight…
“Well, setting aside Jehwa and Big Sister Johwi…… You, do you really want to find the cult? You might be deceiving us?”
When Hong Yuhwa asked with a doubtful face, Hyeolgwi hung his head low and answered.
“They are…… monsters. They killed the Cult Leader, disguised the Cult Leader’s corpse as if alive, and seized control of the Blood Cult. Everyone who saw that scene died except for the young cult leader and me. Only we barely managed to escape.”
“Hmm…… Then you can’t move thirty percent of the Blood Cult’s forces, can you? In name, the Blood Cult Leader is still alive. Even if you can use that thirty percent, would they really point their swords at the Blood Cult Leader?”
“If we use the Jeonseogu, they will move immediately. And that thirty percent is completely the young cult leader’s force. They are ones that even the Cult Leader could not move recklessly.”
“Hng…… Is that so?”
Hong Yuhwa muttered with sparkling eyes.
“If, hypothetically, the Blood Cult Leader dies…… does the young cult leader inherit all authority over the Blood Cult?”
“The elders will get their hands on about twenty percent of it…… but eighty percent of the forces will fall to the young cult leader.”
“Good, for now, you keep that thirty percent from moving. Make sure they don’t join this fight.”
Hong Yuhwa said with a smile.
“And then…….”
“What do you mean, what next! We kill those monsters.”
With this, they succeeded in tying down thirty percent of the Blood Cult’s forces.
“Now then, shall we slowly begin the hunt?”
Hong Yuhwa’s eyes flashed dangerously.
***
“Ah~ I’m bored, really.”
A woman with blue hair muttered as she trudged along.
The woman with the bored expression was none other than the Demon Count Myureuten Din Seurang.
Myureuten was currently on her way to annihilate one Hyeon of Cheonghae.
“Thanks to the princess and her escort knights gathering in one place to keep them in check, an opportunity arose to destroy a human city, but why do I have to do this?”
The matter was so bothersome that Myureuten kept complaining.
“Ah, how annoying! I’ll just vent it all in the city.”
Then, in an instant, Myureuten stopped and looked ahead. There, a black-haired young man was approaching with a spear over his shoulder.
Seeing the considerably handsome man with a cold impression, Myureuten whistled.
“Whew~ He’s a handsome one, isn’t he?”
Myureuten approached the black-haired young man and spoke.
“You look like you’re alone! Shall this big sister play with you?”
At those words, the black-haired young man looked at Myureuten with a blank face for a moment and muttered.
“She’s different from her.”
“Huh?”
“Crude.”
“What?”
Just as Myureuten scrunched up her face at the black-haired young man spouting incomprehensible words…….
Swish-
“Ack!”
The black-haired young man’s spear instantly aimed for her neck.
Startled by the tremendous murderous intent sweeping through in an instant, Myureuten threw her body aside to avoid the black-haired young man’s attack.
“Attacking out of nowhere……. You must want to die.”
The black-haired young man looked at Myureuten, who muttered with a twisted smile, and said,
“Surely~ The one dying isn’t me but you, demon.”
“What are you?!”
Surprised by the black-haired young man’s words, Myureuten shouted, but he merely kept an indifferent face.
“Ask the reaper after you die. Though if it’s a reaper, they’d annihilate your soul right here.”
An enormous energy began to explode from the black-haired young man’s body who spoke thus.
“T-this can’t be…….”
“Die.”
Swish-
The black-haired young man, Seo Ryongseon, swung his Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Blade and muttered.
The surroundings were drenched in blood. Of course, it wasn’t Seo Ryongseon’s blood but Myureuten’s.
“Did I miss?”
Without a single wound, without a spot of blood, Seo Ryongseon muttered in an emotionless voice.
“Too bad. I still have a long way to go. But…….”
Seo Ryongseon picked up one of Myureuten’s horns that had fallen to the ground and spoke.
“I cut off a horn, so I wonder if this will be of help?”
Seo Ryongseon tilted his head and turned his body toward Singang.
“Th-that bastard…….”
Myureuten gritted her teeth, her whole body lacerated. She had managed to exploit a brief opening to escape, but in that situation, she lost one of her precious horns.
“Y-you damned bastard!”
Horns are a precious source of power for demons. A single horn contained thirty percent of their power, making horns incredibly important to demons.
However, demon horns are usually not easy to cut. Touching them wrongly could result in a curse that kills you, so even angels and dragons don’t recklessly attack demon horns in their fights.
However, a Divine Beast is a being that has reached the divine. Because of that divinity, a demon’s curse cannot reach them.
Moreover, Seo Ryongseon’s power was too great for Myureuten’s curse to reach him.
“I’ll kill him! I’ll become stronger! Just you wait……. I’ll definitely kill him!”
Myureuten muttered, grinding her teeth.
***
“Ugh, it hurts…….”
Yeom Johwi rubbed her body here and there and grimaced. Getting hit by Jehwa seemed to hurt quite a bit.
“No, what kind of kid can beat a Divine Beast so senselessly? Wow, seriously!”
Yeom Johwi muttered as if dumbfounded, then soon let out a deep sigh.
“What can I do about not having my powers?”
Yeom Johwi, who had been muttering weakly, soon shouted with blazing flames of revenge.
“Eek! Once Big Brother Ryongseon gets here, I’ll teach him a lesson!”
Unfortunately, she still didn’t know that Seo Ryongseon had lost to Jehwa.
Just then, a black shadow appeared before her.
“Hm?”
As Yeom Johwi tilted her head at the suddenly appearing shadow, the owner of the shadow greeted her.
“Hello.”
“Eh? Big Brother Ryongseon!”
There stood Seo Ryongseon, successor of the Azure Dragon, with a blank expression.
“Wow, long time no see!”
“Yes, Baek Horan called for me urgently so I came…… Seeing that you haven’t left, it seems there is something urgent after all.”
“Aah, it’s quite urgent…… Anyway, Big Brother!”
“Hm? What is it?”
Unlike Seo Si and Yeom Hwi-hyeon, who looked like they would grind their teeth and tear each other apart on sight, their children were very close.
Well, they say the two of them were close when they were young too. Believe it or not!
“There’s a bad guy bullying me, so please teach him a lesson!”
“Where is there a lunatic who would bully you? They should count themselves lucky if they don’t die from bullying you.”
At Yeom Johwi’s words, Seo Ryongseon answered with a frown.
“I’m a delicate woman too!”
In that instant, Yeom Johwi shouted at the top of her lungs.
“Delicate?”
Then Seo Ryongseon’s face, which was already frowning, twisted even more fiercely.
“…….”
Yeom Johwi flinched upon seeing Seo Ryongseon’s face. He was truly scary at times like that.
“Ah, anyway, there’s a more monstrous guy who hit me!”
“Who?”
“Uh, Watersnake.”
Just then, Jehwa appeared suddenly and acknowledged Seo Ryongseon.
“That guy! Big Brother, teach that guy a lesson!”
Yeom Johwi shouted, pointing her finger at Jehwa.
“…….”
And at Yeom Johwi’s words, both Jehwa and Seo Ryongseon fell silent.
“Prepare yourself! You, Jehwa! Big Brother Ryongseon is strong! He’ll teach you a lesson just as much as you hit me!”
Jehwa looked at the confidently shouting Yeom Johwi for a moment, then smiled brightly and said,
“Watersnake, is what that stupid bird over there said true? That you’ll teach me a lesson? Hm? Do you want to die? Want to get beaten again?”
“No, I’ve never said such a thing.”
Seo Ryongseon desperately shook his head and answered Jehwa’s question.
“So that stupid bird was just blabbering on her own?”