Chapter 242 – Who Am I?
“Our Junie is really, really evil.”
Jun couldn’t bear to deny those words.
William was my enemy when I first met him, but he showed off such a dignified style that I couldn’t help but want to be like him.
In just a few days, he became an absolute madman.
He took control of the situation to make him do that, but honestly, I didn’t expect the effect to be this good.
Chiljongchilgeum.
An old idiom that originated from the fact that Zhuge Liang, the vizier of Shu, captured Meng Huo of the Nanban seven times and released him seven times.
Jun was following the origin of the old idiom.
Although it has a completely different meaning from the internal meaning of the old idiom, ‘waiting patiently until the other person truly gives in.’
There are three reasons why Jun is following the Seven Bells and Seven Gems.
One of them, the main reason, was to completely destroy William’s spirit to the point where he just wanted to die.
“I guess the next one will be the last one.”
This is already the 12th time since William was captured and released, including the incident in the capital.
It seemed that this new type of bullying-like game of tag would end with the 13th episode.
In fact, I could have finished it sooner.
Perhaps by coincidence, it was exactly the 7th time that I had been captured and liberated,
-… I will surrender. So don’t insult me anymore.
William surrendered with dead eyes, like a man who had lost his will to live.
However, Jun’s goal was to make him lose his motivation and go crazy.
-Yeah, I don’t like it.
Instead of accepting his surrender, they forcefully sent him away.
In the 10th capture and liberation, when he threw away all respect and lay down on the floor as if he was left to decide whether to eat baked or boiled, he even took him to where his subordinate was.
If I remember correctly, it started from then.
-Kaaaaa! You fucking bastard! How far are you going to taunt me! Better kill me!
William began to display madness.
“I’m a little disappointed. “I wanted to see how far a person can be broken.”
“… Was it not a hero but a demon lord?”
After hearing Jun’s muttering, Franco took off the crane and subtly lifted the hammer.
Jun’s wives, including Fortuna, just didn’t say anything and looked at him with expressions of boredom.
Only the Sword Saint asked, “Are you trying to test the extent of human will? “That’s great!” He muttered, just affirming Jun.
‘This guy is like this again.’
A swordsman who participated in the operation to capture William under orders from the emperor, Arthur.
After participating in the operation, he stayed by Jun’s side and gave great meaning to every time he did something.
Although he only gave advice that anyone could give, he regarded Jun as a wise man, or more precisely, as a descendant of wise men.
In fact, he was not the only one who saw Jun as a descendant of a wise man.
Most of those who watched Jun’s performance during this incident thought of him as a descendant of a wise man.
‘Why are you doing this to me?’
It was better than seeing him as a warrior like Elysia and the Pope.
However, that didn’t mean it wasn’t burdensome.
Wise man.
A hero among heroes who defeated countless labyrinths, including the Demon King’s Castle, with a warrior from 500 years ago and created various objects, including a proof series, for future generations.
His descendants are loved as much as the warriors by people across the continent.
Even though it wasn’t true, he didn’t want unnecessary attention and expectations, so Jun desperately denied the misunderstanding every time people looked at him like that.
‘Well, no one accepted that denial.’
Honestly, it was worth seeing.
No, he had no choice but to see it that way.
Traveling a distance that would take several days to do in one breath, and moving thousands of people at the same time.
They commit such ridiculous things so easily, as if they were breathing.
Who among humans can do that?
There was no need to think for a long time about the answer.
“… Are you the descendant of the wise man who has been rumored these days?”
“I am not a descendant of a wise man, but I am the target that the rumor refers to.”
Jun sighed heavily, tried to swallow the frustration that was rising, and continued to explain for an unknown number of times.
However, despite this, the person who asked that question and was lying face down on the floor did not seem to believe it.
Jun, annoyed by that, said sarcastically.
“So you are General Cromwell, commander of the 4th Imperial Corps? I heard that General Cromwell was a general who was loyal to the imperial family, but you…”
“I went against His Majesty’s orders to stay still and tried to help William Armstrong.”
After being released from June, William sent a message to those who followed him to raise an army, while personally visiting those who had great power and needed persuasion.
High-ranking noble families and the legions that defended the empire were representative examples, and most of them fell for William’s persuasion and raised an army.
Needless to say, it was like going down the street like William.
Jun, who did not want to see innocent people shed blood, unlike Zhuge Liang, gave William a chance to raise an army, but when the army was about to rise, he attacked him and those who fell for his persuasion and threw them out on the streets.
Then, the military, which was on the verge of rising, selected someone with a high rank and religious faith to take control.
Of course, those who protested ended up on the streets just like their owners.
For reference, the first force William visited was the Capital Defense Force, which was returning to the capital under the orders of the Sword Master.
William went to visit Geomseong, thinking that he still had no will and was just a sharp sword, but thanks to Jun’s sharp advice, Geomseong gained proper will and was not fooled by the lie that the Emperor was detained by the Order, and instead caught William off guard. Captivated him.
In the end, William returned to the capital less than a day after he started running.
He couldn’t even raise his face, probably because he was embarrassed.
“You admit it easily. Are you saying you are proud?”
A voice so proud that it doesn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt.
There was a possibility of getting angry, but no one, including Jun, got angry.
Of course, I saw too many similar reactions.
Most of those who were captured with William cried out that they had done nothing wrong the moment they were captured.
Rather, a Cromwell-like reaction was at least a good thing.
There were quite a few people who went beyond what was honorable and called Jun and the Order dirty and criticized Sword Saint and Arthur as stooges.
Even those who said such things were all sitting in important positions in the empire.
Every time he saw such people, the Sword Saint smiled bitterly and muttered that it was his fault and that he should have drawn his sword right away.
“It’s honorable. Even if I went back to the past, I would make the same decisions as I do now. Of course, assuming you aren’t there.”
“General Cromwell! For what reason! The oath you made while sharing a drink with me to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and dedicate yourself to the Empire was a lie!”
The cry of a swordsman with a keen sense of betrayal.
Cromwell’s words seem to have been that shocking.
In fact, Geomseong was quite shocked from the time William headed to the 4th Corps.
William’s visit meant that there was a possibility that he would disobey the imperial decree and revolt.
Geomseong seemed to want to deny that it couldn’t be like that, but he didn’t do it in the end.
This is because several people who were confident that they would never betray their loyalty have already failed their expectations.
You may know ten ways in the water, but you don’t know the insides of people in one way.
Therefore, when there was a justification for this, it was necessary to accurately distinguish between black and white. Even if it means making unconventional moves that will surprise others.
That was the second reason to start capturing and releasing William.
“… Sword Saint, I don’t have strong martial arts skills like you. You are different because you do not have to worry about being abandoned even if the Supreme Being changes. So I made a bet with great determination, but it ended up being a disaster. “I think the woman who went before me told me not to gamble because she was afraid of this.”
“You betrayed your loyalty because of power and other things!
“Yes, I thought you would say that.”
Cromwell smiled bitterly and closed his mouth tightly, as if he had nothing more to say.
“Jun Gong, please do me a favor.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Jun tightly bound Cromwell and imprisoned him in Dowonhyang.
Originally, he was supposed to be thrown out on the street along with William like other rebels, but Geomseong requested that he be detained in Dowonhyang so that he could be taken to the capital.
Unlike what he showed today, he seemed to be quite loyal on a regular basis, so I guess the idea is to take him to the capital and have a serious conversation.
You can’t believe you’re hiring someone who once betrayed you again.
Jun couldn’t understand, but he didn’t bother to stop Geomsung. Whether he betrayed again or not was none of his business.
“Ugh. I solved one thing today too. “It was quite annoying, perhaps because he was a man who had experienced war in his own way.”
Franco slaps his back like an old man and puts his butt on the log that was used as cover.
Jun looked at him in bewilderment.
No, if he was going to say something like that, he had to first calm down his fiercely pumped biceps.
“Why are you dissatisfied?”
“… No.”
Jun shook his head to survive.
