Chapter 716 – Apocrypha 219) the Chaser (118)
219) The Chaser(118)
“Are you here, Lord, Lord?”
“I’m sorry I’m late. You waited a long time, Mr. Hong?”
“I’ve just arrived, too. Have a seat.”
King Ju sat across from Dae-yong Hong. As for the guest, the lady-in-waiting came in and brought tea. On the way, the Great King of Zhou swallowed the hot tea at once, probably feeling thirsty.
“Big… So why did the Hong family ask to see me? That too… Excluding this family and the former family?”
Haha. You’re getting straight to the point.”
Shortly after the family union was disastrously applied to Steel Armor, a person came to the King of Ju. It was the person sent by the young head of the Hong family. He was about to meet in secret.
If the King of Ju had not contacted him when he met, the King of Ju would have entered the practice of closing by now.
It wasn’t to develop the power to take revenge on Steel Armor. He thought that this stage was the end. But through Steel Armor he learned that a realm beyond that existed.
King Ju was a very simple person who hated complicated things.
If a monster crosses Red Town, it is beaten to death, and if there is a person who causes trouble in the area under his control, he is beaten.
That was King Zhou, the head of the Zhou family, one of the ruling families in Red Town.
If he rises to a higher level than he is now, he can catch stronger monsters and above all… He can protect his family and people from Steel Armor when he changes his mind.
That’s why King Ju decided to train in the closed hall.
Family affairs had long been left to wise wives and children, so there was nothing wrong with the family when he was away.
“Please understand that I can’t talk much with Mr. Hong due to my busy work.”
“It’s okay. I’m also busy, so I couldn’t chat with the lord for a long time. Then, let’s move on to the main topic. The lord.”
“Tell me.”
“What do you think of the family head of the ideal world?”
“This family head? Hmm… Is it because of what the Steel Armor guy said then?”
In the battle that took place a few days ago, Steel Armor called Lee Sang-gye his father-in-law. Even during the entire battle with the four heads of state, he had never attacked the ideal world.
Lee Sang-gye denied any relationship with Steel Armor, but he couldn’t help but be suspicious.
“If this family head and Steel Armor were father-in-law and son-in-law, would you have said that openly?”
“However, the revealed circumstances suggest that there is a friendly relationship between the two. In fact, the two daughters of the head of Steel Armor live in the house.”
“Two women… Are you talking about Lee Eun-hye and Lee Yu-ri?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm… But is their relationship really like that? Wouldn’t you have given them not one, but two?”
The ideal world hates criminals, but especially hates criminals with superpowers, villains.
Would he have made a prison so deep that he could not know the end underground?
No matter how much he thought about it, King Ju could not believe that Lee Sang-gye had given Steel Armor his two daughters.
Then, Hong Dae-yong said with a smile that I couldn’t understand the meaning.
“What if it’s the other way around?”
“Huh? Against it? What do you mean by that?”
“It is known to the world that Steel Armor first appeared in a family with an ideal world family head. There, Steel Armor and this family head fought.”
“I know that too.”
“But what if that’s not the case?”
“Huh? Isn’t that so?”
Hong Dae-yong nodded.
“Yes. Until now, I thought Steel Armor was the villain because of that fact. And since he destroyed the Dokgo and Hwang families, I was convinced he was the villain.”
“But what if all of that was a plan and postponement planned by the family head and Steel Armor?”
“I think so.”
“This patriarch found a steel armor that was comparable to him, no, stronger than himself, and gave him two daughters to accept as family members. He created a big uproar in the family, instilling public awareness that steel armor is a villain, and gave him a bad name. I ordered the extinction of the Dokgo and Hwang families.”
“And… Let the other families off guard and perish one by one, and in the past, the whole of Red Town is ruled by this family head, or rather, the ideal world.”
“This is my conclusion.”
“…”
After hearing Hong Dae-yong’s words to the end, King Ju looked blankly at the young Ga-joo with a confident smile.
And he spat out a word.
“So?”
“Yes?”
“So, what is Hong’s plan to do?”
“What do you mean? Of course we have to defeat the ideal world and the steel armor…”
“No, I mean how to defeat them. Didn’t the Hong family see that day too? Even though we all attacked, we couldn’t even hurt the steel armor. Even this family lord isn’t an average person. Let alone those two. Even if you look at it, at least one person must be holding on to this headline… How do you catch a steel armor with three that you couldn’t even catch with four?”
“Yes, I did. But that doesn’t mean we can’t keep both hands and feet open, can we?”
“Ummm…”
The Great King of Zhou let out a saliva.
If Steel Armor had truly been a peace lover, she would not have destroyed the Dokgo and Hwang families.
With the two families exterminated, the security of Red Town has deteriorated considerably. In the realm ruled by the two families, villains protruded like cockroaches, causing harm everywhere.
In addition, since the number of manpower to defend against monsters has decreased, the burden on other families to prevent monsters has increased significantly.
Steel Armor said he wanted peace, but judging from the actions he had shown so far, his words were not credible.
“I’ll ask again. So, what is Hong’s idea?”
“I think the Hong and Zhou families should be able to turn their backs on each other.”
“You mean an alliance?”
“Yes, that’s right. My younger brother is about to marry. Do you have any thoughts, sir? I’m not saying he’s my younger brother, but he’s a very beautiful child.”
“…”
Hong Dae-yong’s coy words made King Ju look serious.
“Did you know how old I am? Hong’s younger brother would be over 30 years older than me. Would you like to send your younger brother to an old man like that?”
Haha. They say that a hero is lecherous. If it’s not anyone else, but the head of the family, my younger sister will be happy too. And honestly, isn’t the head of the family an old man?”
Hong Dae-yong made fun of King Ju, who was showing his face.
King Zhou is 66 years old this year, but judging from his appearance alone, he looked to be in his mid-30s. Around that age, King Zhou became a level 10 psychic.
In any case, the Great King of Zhou waved his hand.
“I’m fine, so I’ll ask my children. Anyway, if the business is over, I’ll get up now. It’s been a while since I’ve had to do my hair because of Hong’s family.”
“Yes. I’ll see you off on my way out.”
Hong Dae-yong saw off King Ju with a bright smile. And as soon as he was gone, it immediately wiped the smile off his face.
“Anyway, this old man and that old man treat me like a kid.”
Hong Dae-yong’s face was cold as he recalled the great King Ju, whom he had just had an important conversation with.
Hong Dae-yong has enough psychic powers to stand shoulder to shoulder with other family heads. However, there were times when the heads of other families did not acknowledge such Hong Dae-yong and showed disrespectful eyes and words and actions implicitly.
He told me the conclusion he had reached after careful deliberation, but the Great King of Zhou’s reaction was tepid.
“I don’t know how serious the situation is, in case someone isn’t ignorant.”
Hong Dae-yong almost cursed at the carefree appearance of not preparing anything for the subject who was beaten the most by Steel Armor.
A man like that is the head of a family…
“Well, that’s why I chose him.”
“That’s right. Brother.”
A woman’s voice came from the tree planted by the front door. The tree swayed, and soon a woman appeared.
Her silky black hair reached down to her hips, her skin was as white as jade, and the confident smile painted on her lips spoke of her strong personality.
This beautiful woman was Hong Na-yeon, the younger sister of Hong Dae-yong.
“How did you feel when you saw it yourself?”
“Well, he was just as rumored to be. By the way, the author looked at the place where I was… Did he notice my existence?”
“You’re saying it for granted. King Ju is known to be simple and ignorant, but the power he possesses is real. In particular, he is a warrior whose body has been trained to the limit, and he must have noticed your existence from the beginning.”
“Huh~ that’s right~”
One corner of Hong Na-yeon’s mouth went up slightly, as if her pride had been hurt by her brother’s words.
“Once I’ve said it, the main family won’t refuse it. And if I go there… There isn’t much help I can offer.”
Hong Dae-yong looked at his sister with worried eyes. Perhaps feeling her brother’s concern for her, Nayeon Hong smiled brightly as if she had never laughed at her before.
“Don’t worry brother. I will definitely succeed.”
“… Yes. Trust me. You are my little brother.”
Hong Dae-yong stroked Hong Na-yeon’s hair and nodded her head.
*****
“What…? My father died?”
“Your mother. The family is said to be holding a funeral for the Baek family.”
“This, this profit…!”
At the words of her maid, Baek Eun-joo, the second wife of Lee Sang-gye and the matriarch of the Hyeoni family, gnashed her teeth.
A week has passed since her father, Baek Ki-won, the head of the Baek family, died. But her daughter, she, found out about it only now.
No matter how much he was an outsider, this was too much to do.
‘Baek Won-chang, you bastard…!’
Baek Eun-joo knew at once who was hiding this fact.
It must have been her half-brother, So Ga-joo, and Baek Won-chang, who would rise to the position of head of the Baek family as soon as the funeral was over.
‘This meticulous and cunning bastard!’
Baek Eun-ju was defeated in the succession fight with Baek Won-chang. Even so, it was obvious why Baek Won-chang did such a thing.
‘This means that I will completely erase my existence.’
Although Baek Eun-ju was defeated in the battle for succession, Baek Eun-ju did not give up her dream of becoming the head of the Baek family. Also, the dream of becoming the head of the family was also held in her heart.
The bigger the dream, the better, and the more insurance, the better.
‘Sheesh. If the funeral is unavailable…’
Baek Eun-joo, swallowing anger inside, thought calmly. Although she heard that her father had died, she was far from sad, and her anger towards Baek Yuanchang, who controlled her information, was greater.
Baek Ki-won and his daughter Baek Eun-ju died.
It was clear that they were not in a normal father-daughter relationship.
