Silver Dragon Chronicles - Episode 76
“Where is this guy?”
Seonu Ran tilted her head and wandered about where the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult’s martial artists were gathered.
At the sight of her unfamiliar face, all the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult warriors took an interest in Seonu Ran. And understandably so, for she was quite the beauty.
Just as Seonu Ran was roaming here and there…….
“Miss, you’re pretty~”
One of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult warriors approached her.
But Seonu Ran ignored the warrior and started walking again.
“Huh?”
Seeing that, the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult warrior’s eyes went wide.
“Hey, miss.”
“Get lost.”
Watching the warrior who kept pestering her, Seonu Ran said exactly one word with an expressionless face.
And at those words, he shouted in a fury.
“Hey! Are you ignoring me?”
“Ignore, schmignore. You want to die?”
Seonu Ran had been sighing and showing irritation at the warrior’s words. Then, at a sound coming from behind him, she tilted her head.
“Hm? What now…… Gasp!”
The warrior too frowned and turned his head. And discovering Sawolrin standing there with her arms crossed, he sucked in a hollow breath.
“M-Miss……”
At the sight of Sawolrin, the daughter of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult’s leader, the warrior involuntarily shrank back.
She was not only the cult leader’s daughter but also a rising star considered the greatest prodigy of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. If he messed with her, he might not even be able to gather his bones.
“Hey! Do something about this guy pestering women during wartime!”
Then, as Sawolrin shouted sharply, the surrounding warriors urgently grabbed him and dragged him off somewhere.
“No—!”
It seemed he was being dragged to his superior.
Watching that, Sawolrin snorted lightly and soon spoke to Seonu Ran.
“Long time no see.”
“Yeah, thanks for helping me.”
“It’s dangerous to wander into a place swarming with men like this.”
“I know that, but……”
At Sawolrin’s words, Seonu Ran muttered in a small voice, then opened her mouth again.
“Jehwa……. Where is he?”
Watching Seonu Ran ask cautiously, Sawolrin let out a deep sigh. Then suddenly, she screamed.
“Hong Yuhwa! That damned wench!”
“Huh?”
At her sudden cry, Seonu Ran was bewildered.
“Aargh! So annoying! Just where did she hide Jehwa!”
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
Watching Sawolrin kick the ground and vent all her frustration, the surrounding warriors began fleeing in a hurry. If they got on Sawolrin’s bad side then, they wouldn’t even be able to gather their bones.
Watching Sawolrin vent her frustration like that, Seonu Ran realized that she too hadn’t seen Jehwa for several days.
“Haa! Haa! Haa!”
Having exhausted herself taking out her anger on the ground, Sawolrin caught her breath heavily.
Not that she took out her anger on the surrounding trees or anything. She had memories of getting beaten by Jehwa after venting on a tree before, so she absolutely couldn’t do that.
Sawolrin’s eyes flashed with killing intent.
“Calm down.”
Watching her, Seonu Ran smiled awkwardly.
“I can’t calm down, I can’t! Keuak!”
Watching her pound her chest as if frustrated, Seonu Ran sighed.
“What, is she throwing a tantrum again?”
I Seolhye appeared with an expression that said she couldn’t stop her. And the surrounding warriors welcomed her with expressions as if she were a celestial maiden.
“Oh, Ran. Hello. Long time no see?”
Discovering Seonu Ran, I Seolhye smiled brightly and waved her hand.
“Yeah, long time no see.”
At I Seolhye’s greeting, Seonu Ran smiled and nodded.
“Hey, stop throwing a tantrum.”
“Kyaaoh!”
She then sighed as she looked at Sawolrin thrashing about here and there.
“I told you to stop!”
“Keuak!”
Smack!
“Ack!”
Eventually, unable to watch any longer, I Seolhye smacked the back of Sawolrin’s head.
“Why’d you hit me!”
As Sawolrin, suddenly hit on the back of her head, shouted in fury and protested, I Seolhye said,
“Stop throwing your tantrum! You’re causing trouble for everyone around you!”
Then, as if used to it, she started dragging Sawolrin away.
“You come too, don’t just stand there.”
“Okay.”
Seonu Ran nodded at I Seolhye’s words and followed her.
“You’ve been out for a long time?”
“Yeah, it’s already been a week.”
“Really?”
At I Seolhye’s words, Seonu Ran made a disappointed expression. She had thought she would see Jehwa right away, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
“Aaack! Hong Yuhwa!”
Then, Sawolrin screamed again, spitting out someone’s name as if chewing it.
“What?”
And at those words, someone reacted.
“Hm?”
Sawolrin, who had been throwing a tantrum, turned her head toward the direction of the voice. Standing right there plain as day was Hong Yuhwa, the very cause of her current state.
“Huh? It’s Hong Yuhwa.”
“You!”
I Seolhye’s eyes went wide, and Sawolrin pointed her finger at Hong Yuhwa and shouted.
“What?”
“Where’s Jehwa?”
“He’s busy right now, that guy.”
At Sawolrin’s words, Hong Yuhwa snickered and said.
“Ugh! Don’t lie! What’s he busy with?”
“You guys don’t know, but while you were gathering, do you have any idea how many humans that guy tried to kill? I just came back from fighting too.”
At Hong Yuhwa’s words spoken with a frown, Sawolrin shut her mouth.
More than anyone, she knew the strength of Jehwa and Hong Yuhwa. Therefore, she also knew full well how terrifying an enemy beings as strong as those two could be.
She had momentarily forgotten that and was just throwing a tantrum.
“Anyway, the forces have more or less gathered, right?”
“Yeah.”
At Hong Yuhwa’s question, Sawolrin nodded.
“Hey.”
Then, someone called out to Hong Yuhwa in a slow tone.
“What? You’re only coming now! Why so slow!”
Just as Hong Yuhwa spoke with a frown, the owner of the voice, Ji Ugyeom, said,
“You’re the fast one.”
“Ah, really.”
By her standards, he was slow, but by human standards, Ji Ugyeom was truly incredibly fast.
In that moment, Seonu Ran’s eyes went wide as she saw Ji Ugyeom suddenly appear.
“Y-you!”
“Hm?”
At that reaction, Hong Yuhwa tilted her head and asked Ji Ugyeom.
“What, you know her?”
At Hong Yuhwa’s question, Ji Ugyeom nodded.
“I met her when we first fought the demons.”
“Huh? Well, that place was the Murim Alliance’s main base, right?”
Watching Hong Yuhwa nod as if she understood, Seonu Ran made a blank expression.
“U-uhhh……”
Watching Seonu Ran point blankly at Ji Ugyeom with her finger, I Seolhye asked.
“What’s wrong?”
“Th-that person! He’s one of the people who defeated those demon-like bastards that appeared then!”
“Huh? Really?”
Watching Seonu Ran shout in alarm, I Seolhye smiled senselessly and spoke with an expression that said it was no big deal. At that, Seonu Ran spaced out again.
“Hmph, what are you so surprised about! I’m strong enough to match this guy.”
“Eck?”
Seonu Ran was shocked at Hong Yuhwa’s words.
Watching the surprised Seonu Ran, Hong Yuhwa made a pitiful expression.
“Jehwa is even stronger than him?”
“……”
As I Seolhye spoke with a beaming smile, Seonu Ran made an even blanker expression. Having witnessed Ji Ugyeom’s power directly, she couldn’t believe it.
“R-really?”
“Yeah.”
At Seonu Ran’s question, Sawolrin spoke with a sullen face.
“U-uhhh……”
Seonu Ran seemed to have lost her words, merely making a dumbfounded expression.
***
“We’ve gathered like this, but how do you intend to move going forward?”
When multiple great forces gathered, many problems arose.
The biggest problem among them was not petty quarrels among those below, but the war of nerves among those above.
Even when trying to execute a single operation, they tried to throw up dozens upon dozens more obstacles than usual.
The leaders of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, the Murim Alliance, and the Saryeon Alliance were gathered in one place, creating a taut tension.
“Since we’ve gathered like this for now, shouldn’t we watch how the situation unfolds?”
As Dokgo Je, the Murim Alliance Lord, spoke with a composed face, Jawaham, the Saryeon Alliance Lord who couldn’t assert himself before Ma Taeak, went on strongly.
“Wouldn’t it be better to cross into the Xinjiang region and find the Blood Cult first?”
While the two forces showed a difference of opinion, Sawolma, the cult leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, crossed his arms and maintained neutrality.
However, the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult was also divided into those who wanted to wait cautiously, those who wanted to attack immediately, and those who expressed a neutral stance like the cult leader.
“So I’m saying we should gather opinions on the side that wants to attack!”
At the words of Mad Demon Spear Ah Yeohan, Blood Dragon Slayer Yujung shouted.
“You want to rush in when we don’t even know exactly where the enemy is? Nonsense! It’s much better to watch the situation a bit longer!”
“Hmph! Coward!”
“What!”
In the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, Elders Ah Yeohan and Yujung were having a “peaceful”(?) debate, so to speak.
“Both elders, please calm down.”
And Silent Dragon General Mok Cho-ung sighed and mediated between the two.
Then, someone came and spoke to Demon Brain Akseha, and soon he approached Sawolma and said,
“Cult Leader, Miss Sawolrin and Serin have arrived. And Elder Saheuk and some young man as well…….”
“Hm, let them in.”
At Akseha’s words, Sawolma spoke after a brief moment of thought.
And shortly after, four people entered the meeting room.
“What, it’s so loud! I knew this would happen.”
The young man who entered first frowned heavily and looked around the inside of the meeting room at everyone with a contemptuous expression, grumbling.
At that, a Murim Alliance elder flared up and sprang to his feet, pointing at him and shouting.
“You brat, how dare you be so rude!”
“Brat? Rude?”
The young man narrowed his eyes with an unpleasant expression.
Bam!
“Where do you get off interrupting your elders’ conversation?”
From the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult side as well, a voice filled with rebuke rang out as someone slammed the conference table.