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60 The Tomb of the Beast King (3)
‘ Oh, no.’
The Crown Prince, who was looking at the man sitting in front of him in the dark, shook his head immediately.
different.
hair and eye color.
and even the appearance.
In fact, if you think about it, there was no way that a being who had already died hundreds of years ago would be here now.
It’s right in front of you too.
Nevertheless, there was a reason why the Crown Prince misunderstood that it was an eternal system.
that atmosphere.
that step.
And because that darkness was so similar to the Eternal Eternity that the Crown Prince had read as a record.
“ You… … Who is it?”
Without answering that question, Zion just looked at the Crown Prince.
Such Shion’s eyes had a weak distinctiveness.
‘ Surprisingly. If this is a reversal, is it a reversal?’
When Sion, who discovered an unknown fact from the Crown Prince in the chronicle, thought so,
“ Yeon Hee-ryeo!”
“ Who are you!!!”
After a moment of silence at the sudden death of the fox, who can be said to be the boss, the warriors from the beast king’s side began to rush towards Zion.
Perhaps they felt that Shion’s skills were unusual in the scene just before, so they rushed in, leaving even Hwa Gangjin, who they were dealing with, turned away.
“ Woah, it’s dangerous!”
It was the moment when Hwa Gang-jin, who reacted one beat late, shouted to Sion in an urgent tone.
Soous
The movements of the warriors, who were running towards Zion with a sound as if something was caught, began to slow down.
It’s like moving in deep water.
The closer you get to Zion.
Gradually towards the center of darkness that covered the entire cavity.
The movement of the unmanned continues to slow down.
It seemed as if the time surrounding them was increasing indefinitely.
“ This is… … .”
The prince’s pupils shake at the phenomenon that he cannot understand even with his own eyes.
The moment when the movement of the rushing soldiers completely stopped, Bubbbbbbbbbbg!
All of their heads disappeared at once.
Corpses falling down with fresh blood exploding in all directions.
“ Ah… … .”
And the mouths of all the surviving members, including the Crown Prince, who looked at it, opened and dazed voices began to flow out.
Hwa Gang-jin, a member of the Hwaung clan and one of the five strongest in the rebel side.
They were warriors with excellent skills to the extent that such a Hwa Gang-jin struggled.
It was so absurd to see such uninhabited men lose their lives in an instant without even resisting.
A suffocating silence that follows.
How long did that silence last?
It was not the people in the cavity that broke the silence.
“ Jeon, why are you in such a hurry… … !”
Jang Mal-dong and Selphia, who had reached the cavity at once through the road that Zion had passed through late, stopped talking when they saw the scene inside.
Dead bodies with their heads missing and Zion standing in the midst of them.
The moment they saw it, they knew it was Zion who made this scene.
“ Huh, what the hell is going on here… … !”
He stopped talking once again when he saw Crown Prince Jang Mal-dong, who was scanning the cavity with his eyes startled.
And then,
“ I see the will of Myowol!”
He bowed down to the crown prince.
That black rabbit mask.
Among the Myowol tribe, only direct blood relatives could wear it, so Jang Mal-dong was able to recognize the identity of the masked beast at once.
“… … Raise your head. Is it an excessive example for me now?”
In response to Jang Mal-dong’s reaction, the Crown Prince with a bitter smile underneath the mask looked at Zion again.
“ First of all, I should say thank you.”
He gently lowered his head.
Even now, his hands were shaking because of the eerie and overwhelming sight that the man had just created, but it was true that he had saved him.
So it was right to say thank you.
“ If it weren’t for you, I would be dead by now. I will make sure to repay you for this. one before… … .”
A mysterious light in the eyes of the Crown Prince.
“ I want to hear your identity that I haven’t heard before.”
to that question,
“ We’ll talk about it after we get out of here.”
Shion opened his mouth as he turned his gaze to the outside of the tomb.
In Shion’s eyes, there was a reflection of the warriors on the Beast King’s side approaching this direction at high speed.
* * *
The captain’s office of a pirate ship operated by the Banwol Pirates.
Inside, Zion and others were sitting around a round table.
and among them,
“ You have no face.”
The Crown Prince was also included.
“ How can I get a boat from you like this?”
When they came out of the tomb of Wolwang, the ship they were riding in was occupied by the uninhabited men of the Beast King, so they had no choice but to move on the ship of Zion.
At the prince’s words, Pyo Do-yul, the original owner of this boat, who was crouching in the corner, said, ‘This is my boat… … ‘ he muttered softly, but no one was listening.
“ I will pay all the debts for this later. So, I want to tell you a story that I couldn’t do before.”
“ About my identity?”
“ Yes.”
Hua Gang-jin, who was sitting next to Shion’s half-mal, flinched, but the Crown Prince stopped him with a small gesture.
Seeing the power of the past, he was convinced that it was an unusual status.
At the same time, everyone’s eyes except for Selfia focused on Zion’s mouth.
“ It’s simple. The Empire already knows. The fact that the current king of beasts has colluded with the devil.”
“… … !”
At Shion’s words, Jang Mal-dong and Pyo Do-yul, as well as the Crown Prince and Hwa Gang-jin’s eyes shook.
Because I didn’t know you were aware of that fact.
Zion continues to speak regardless of their reaction.
“ Even from the perspective of the Empire, it is not so good to see a picture of Su In-hae being eaten by magic. So I secretly sent someone to help your rebels.”
“ Then that person is… … .”
The Crown Prince, who had opened his mouth, stopped speaking.
There was nothing more to say.
Even a newborn baby would know that the man in front of him was his assistant.
“ I think I know roughly what happened now. So, did you come here alone?”
“ Strictly speaking, I’m not alone, but… … .”
Recalling the warriors and the party, Zion said so,
‘ The only person who can be of practical help is this man.’
The Crown Prince thought as he looked at the selfie sitting in the corner.
“ I understand. From the Empire’s point of view, we can only help in this way, since the intervention must not be found out.”
But deep in the eyes of the Crown Prince who said that, there was a slight regret.
He knew just how strong the helper of the empire in front of him was due to the circumstances a while ago, but it was impossible for a person to change this charter by himself.
However, the Crown Prince, who immediately hid the regret, opened his mouth again.
It’s against etiquette to show these feelings to someone who came to help.
“ Thank you once again for the help of the Empire.”
“ Rather than thank you, I want to know your situation first.”
At the prince’s words, Zion glanced at what was in the teacup in front of him and asked.
A greenish liquid, not coffee.
It was called green tea.
“ I see. Previously… … .”
He nodded his head heavily and took off the rabbit mask the Crown Prince was wearing.
“ It would be disrespectful not to show your face to the person you will be with from now on.”
A face slowly revealed.
“ Huh… … .”
At the same time, the eyes of the people who were looking at them began to be colored with surprise once again.
Ruby-like red eyes, a tall nose, and thick lips and long hair that hangs over her shoulders.
Because his appearance was closer to a woman than a man.
The Crown Prince nodded once, perhaps noticing the surprise of such people, and opened his mouth.
“ Yes, as you can see, I am a woman. As you all know, there is still a custom that only men can sit on the king’s seat in Suinhae. So, my father raised me as a man from a young age. Because I was the only heir. My uncle revolted because he was dissatisfied with it.”
I knew this from the first time I saw him, so Shion waited for the next word from the Crown Prince without any reaction.
The Crown Prince, who looked at Zion with young eyes for a moment, continued.
“ My story ends here… … To be honest with the current situation, we are at a very disadvantage. No, I think the word hopeless would be more appropriate.”
A perfect inferiority with no possibility of reversal.
Lately, an unknown group has been helping them, but that’s not enough.
“ It is no exaggeration to say that defeat has already been decided. So we were looking for a variable that was special enough to turn this entire charter upside down.”
“ The special variable must be the Wolwang Tomb.”
“That ’s right. To be more precise, I was trying to get the first Beast King’s military power at the Wolwang Tomb and then use it to aim for the Wolwang Battle.”
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Moonwang fight.
In other words, it was a battle between the Myowol tribes who had the right to succession to bet on the throne, and it was a custom created by the first King Suin to reduce the sacrifices caused by the competition for the throne.
In Wolwangtu, he could choose between direct fighting and proxy battle, and the one the Crown Prince was trying to aim for was direct fighting.
“ It’s unlikely that your uncle will accept the monthly battle, but it’s better than doing nothing. Of course, it’s also messed up, but… … .”
With those words, the prince’s face darkened.
It reminded me of the servants who were sacrificed because of him at the Wolwang Tomb.
at that time,
“ Wolwangtura… … . Not a bad idea.”
After taking a sip of the green tea in front of him, Shion quietly opened his mouth.
“ I don’t think it’s necessary to aim for a direct fight.”
“… … If you’re talking about proxy wars, there’s no chance of winning. Because the strong ones there are also far more dominant. And, as I just said, there is a possibility that the monthly battle itself will be held because of the difference in power… … .”
Even before the Crown Prince’s words were finished, Zion’s words continued.
“ Then let’s start by reducing that power first.”
“… … what? What did that mean?”
At Zion’s words of talking about almost impossible things so easily, doubts in the eyes of the Crown Prince and the people were young.
Shion smiled at the prince and asked.
“ Who else knows that you came to the Wolwang Tomb from among the rebels?”
* * *
Inside a huge Daejeon that soars high into the sky.
A man wearing a black rabbit mask like a prince was sitting on a huge throne adorned with extravagant decorations as if to symbolize his authority.
“ I’m sorry, my lord.”
In front of such a man, the tiger Suin knelt down on one knee and opened his mouth with his head bowed deeply.
“ Failed to kill the Crown Prince.”
“… … It was unfortunate.”
It was a voice that did not contain any emotions, but when he heard the voice, the tiger’s body shrank even more.
Because they knew that their king made such a voice when he was not feeling well.
“ I heard that the sacrifice on our side was great.”
“ Yeah, when we got to the center of the Wolwang Tomb, everyone there, including Yeon Hee-ryeo, had already stopped breathing. Also, looking at the scars left on the corpse, it seemed like it was all done by one person.”
“ Was there such a strong person on your nephew’s side?”
“ As far as we know, we haven’t been… … There is a possibility that a new member has joined this time.”
tock, tock
The man taps the armrest of the throne with his finger without answering.
A cold sweat began to trickle down the back of the tiger’s beast at the pressure that rose with him.
Are you trying to get rid of that pressure?
The tiger’s mouth opened again quickly.
“ And one thing. We got new information from the spies we planted on the side of the rebels.”
“ What?”
“ It is information that the rebel side is urgently asking a doctor with excellent skills.”
“ That means… … .”
“ Yes. It seems that the Crown Prince also did not escape the Wolwang Tomb without any damage.”
“ Good. Keep your eyes on the doctor who is going to take you from there. Or maybe it would be okay to put the doctor itself as our character.”
If it was enough to hire a doctor from outside, it meant that the condition was serious, and the possibility that the patient was the Crown Prince was very high.
So, if you know the path the doctor moved, you will be able to find out the location of the Crown Prince as well.
“ But I tell you… … . It may be a trap. Just like we sold this time.”
At those words, the man who smiled at the bottom of the mask looked down at the tiger beast and asked.
“ So far. Do you know why they didn’t dig a trap for us?”
“… … I do not know.”
“ I know instinctively that it won’t work.”
Just as a prey instinctively fears a predator.
“ We have not been able to dig a trap until now because we know that we have the power to destroy itself and overturn the board no matter what we do or how we plan.”
There was such an overwhelming difference between the two.
“ Besides, that’s why I’ve been hiding like a rat until now.”
The red eyes inside Wolbyeokcheon’s mask that say so begin to emit a cloudy light.
“ So it will be this time. And if… … Even if it’s a trap, it doesn’t matter.”
In order to dig a trap in the first place, the subject must also take some risk.
Therefore, it was enough to smash the trap with overwhelming power and use that danger to dig in the opposite direction.
There will be no exceptions.
” Now, let’s end this tedious war, nephew.”
But Wolbyokcheon didn’t know.
He never thought of it.
That a variable that is so deep and dark that the end is unknown is moving under the water.
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