Episode 229Return of the King (4)
The two people who entered the room sat across from each other at the table.
ââ¦.â
There was a heavy silence.
Yeon Ho-jeong asked as if throwing a question.
âDo you know how to drink?â
âexactly.â
His tone of voice has become considerably duller than when we first met. Itâs probably because Iâve had a lot of trouble over the past few days.
Yeon Ho-jeong personally came forward and brought alcohol and two glasses. He immediately filled Gangryangâs cup and said.
âHave a drink.â
âPreviously.â
Kang-ryang opened his mouth with a stern expression.
âTell me. âWhat is your identity? Why did you bring me back here? Why did you save me? Everything.â
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
âItâs a bit clumsy, but it seems like youâre cautious enough not to recklessly take a drink from someone else.â
Soon, Yeon Ho-jeong filled his own glass and emptied it coolly.
âIt looks like you have a rough idea of who we are.â
Kang-ryangâs eyes lit up.
âAre you from the Baekdo martial arts team?â
Hearing those words, Yeon Ho-jeong suddenly felt an inexplicable faintness.
âItâs Baekdo Murim.â
When he was rampaging as the king of the Black Island, it was Kang Ryang who gave him the thumbs up and said he was the hope of Sapa.
Now he is asking if he is from the Baekdo Moorim faction.
I felt strange.
âYes.â
âAs expectedâ¦â
Kang Ryangâs eyes flashed dangerously.
âSo you saved me? To attract me as an ally?â
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head. I wasnât denying Kang Ryangâs words.
âWhy donât you empty your head first?â
âWhat do you mean?â
âIt was like that before, and itâs the same this time too. You seem to live so much in your own world. âItâs a bad habit to push for something youâre sure isnât the answer.â
ââ¦.â
âIf you are going to doubt, end with doubt. âIf you say you are doubtful, but you are sure of something you are not sure about, then there is no way to have a conversation in the first place.â
Kang Ryangâs eyes wavered.
Yeon Ho-jeong said seriously.
âThe world is not as easy as you think. Arenât things happening all over the world that you and I could never have imagined?â
ââ¦.â
âLook at the situation calmly. As you said, I am the benefactor who saved your life.â
ââ¦I know.â
âThen I guess we should start there.â
ââ¦?â
âThe person who saved my life is a benefactor who will never be found again. However, it is up to you to decide whether to see that benefactor as a benefactor or to ignore that favor because the path you take is different.â
ââ¦!â
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.
âI am your benefactor. And Baekdo also belongs to the martial arts group.â
ââ¦also.â
âSo what do we do now? You, who came from a noble family of the Black Island, received your life saved by me, who came from a noble family of the White Island. Will you repay this favor? Or are you going to ignore it and go on your way?â
âWhat if I go my own way?â
Kang Ryangâs eyes were shaking mercilessly. Just in case, it turned out that he was truly a white-faced person.
âIf I tell you that I will go my own way, do you plan on letting me go like this?â
âYes.â
ââ¦!â
âwhy? âIs it unexpected?â
ââ¦exactly.â
Yeon Ho-jeong laughed heartily without even realizing it.
âItâs still the same.â
One of Kang Ryangâs countless strengths was his honesty.
To begin with, he wasnât a person who fought with his head. However, he was not a fool who easily fell prey to the enemyâs plans.
Heavy and bold.
A steel-blooded swordsman who confronts the world with a confident frontal approach without lies.
That was the true nature of the strongest swordsman of Kangryang Black Emperor and the greatest sword of the Black Blade.
âYou did no harm to me or to us. In other words, if we break up today, I donât know if weâll ever see each other again. âIf a person like that is going out on his own, why would you stop him?â
âYou are from the Baekdo martial arts forest.â
âWhat is that?â
ââ¦Of course, I thought they wouldnât just leave me, a person from the Black Island, alone.â
âThat too is a hasty confidence. Well, thatâs usually not the case. However, if I had planned to kill you, I wouldnât have gone to the trouble of saving you.â
âIt could be that they were kept alive for a purpose.â
âIâm sorry, but Iâm the type of person who looks at people themselves rather than their origins.â
Kang Ryangâs eyes deepened.
Look at the person rather than the origin. Those insignificant words shook Kang Ryangâs heart violently.
Yeon Ho-jeong spoke frankly.
âThe editorial was long. Iâll be honest. âI want you to join me.â
ââ¦!â
âBut that doesnât mean you should transfer to Baekdo Murim. Even though it has gone extinct, you are still the successor to the Gwicheolgeommun. No, now we should see him as representing Guicheolgeommun.â
Kang Ryangâs eyes were slightly bloodshot. Once again, I realized that my clan had disappeared and my family had died.
âThe only problem is your purpose.â
âpurpose?â
âokay. âYou want to go to King Yangcheon and destroy the Molongbu, right?â
âexactly.â
âMe too.â
ââ¦?!â
âTo be more precise, I want to completely clean up the current black island that is only average and create a very believable black island.â
Yeon Ho-jeong filled his glass and continued speaking.
âThis is a fact that even my colleagues donât know. Although each of these people has different personalities, they are all white people from their roots. âItâs different from me.â
ââ¦So youâre originally from the Black Island?â
Iâm not from the Black Island. Although I have become a black sword master before.
Yeon Ho-jeong did not bother to answer Kang Ryangâs question.
âAnyway, this is why I saved you. âItâs not pure intention, is it?â
âI have a question.â
âI guess there are a lot.â
âexactly. âBut I really want to ask you this.â
âsay it.â
Kang-ryang asked each word with strength.
âWhat on earth do you want me to believe in and join you?â
Yeon Ho-jeongâs eyes deepened.
As for you, no, I already know about you and all the five great gods.
âThe text is definitely an inscription from the Black Path. âI dare to assure you that there is no sect in the martial arts world of Heukdo with as much outstanding discipline and law as the main text.â
âI admit it to a certain extent.â
âBut no matter how much I am the heir of the Sword Gate, we have different ideologies, different talents, and different skills. What on earth do you see in me that makes you ask me to join you? âAre you sure you were doing some research on me?â
It was a valid question.
Yeon Ho-jeong fiddled with the glass with both hands. When I asked this question, I had no idea what to say.
ââ¦well, thatâs it.â
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled bitterly.
âLetâs just call it persimmon.â
âpersimmon?â
âYes, persimmon.â
âThatâs not a proper answer.â
âI know it sounds like that, but this is all I can say for now.â
Yeon Ho-jeong tightened his eyes.
âLet me tell you this clearly. Not everyone in our group was watching you. âI saw it.â
ââ¦.â
âIn other words, the party doesnât know yet. âWhy did I save you?â
âIt means that Baekdo Moorimâs side is not planning something.â
âHonestly, youâre not worth that much. âAt least not yet.â
Kang Ryang also chuckled.
âYouâre being overly honest.â
âDidnât you want an honest conversation?â
Kangryang, who was quietly looking at Yeonhojeong, then raised his glass and took a drink.
He frowned.
âWas it broad daylight?â
âWhat did you hope for?â
âItâs too harsh.â
âLife is bitter, but the truth is more bitter.â
Kangryang sighed softly, seemed lost in thought for a moment, and then filled Yeonhojeongâs cup.
Yeon Ho-jeong accepted the glass with a familiar gesture.
Kang Ryang said.
âI think it might be too much.â
âis it?â
âI will never forget how you saved this guyâs life. Normally, I would have done anything for you.â
âhmm.â
âButâ¦â
Kang-ryang said in a self-deprecating voice.
âIâm sorry. I will kill Yang Chen and destroy the Molongbu. âIt may take a lifetime, and you may even die in the middle.â
ââ¦.â
âI owe you a great favor, but it seems difficult to repay this favor properly.â
âWrong.â
ââ¦?â
Yeon Ho-jeong filled Kang Ryangâs cup and said.
âItâs not something that will take a lifetime to begin with, but even if you try for the rest of your life, you wonât be able to crush Yang Chen and the Ink Dragon Club.â
ââ¦.â
âAdmit it honestly. If youâre lucky, you might be able to gather people, but thatâs it. You will never achieve your goal.â
Kang Ryang gritted his teeth.
âHow can you be so confident?â
âThen what do you believe in and are you so confident about? âHave you even conducted a detailed investigation into the power and financial power of the Mukryongbu?â
âItâs not that, butâ¦â
Yeon Ho-jeongâs eyes turned cold.
The soft atmosphere suddenly became sharp as a knife. Kang Ryang was startled by the sudden change.
âDonât act like a brat, Gangryang.â
ââ¦!!â
âDo you really want revenge? Then learn how to hide your feelings. How confident are you? I have no choice but to be confident. âItâs obvious even without looking at the words of an idiot who doesnât even know the other personâs strength but is filled with the easy-going thought that if he works hard, he can do it.â
ââ¦.â
âIf you keep going like this, you wonât be able to last even a month before you die. âEven that is only if you are lucky. In fact, looking at your personality and skills, you wonât be able to last even ten days.â
Life is bitter, and the truth is even more bitter.
It was a harshly explicit tone. However, Kang Ryang could neither be angry nor refute Yeon Ho-jeong.
Even if you donât understand it with your head, you can understand it with your heart.
If things continue like this, revenge is impossible. That he could die without even catching a master of the Mukryongbu, let alone Yangcheon.
âI will ask again. Do you want revenge?â
ââ¦exactly.â
âDo you have a plan?â
âNo.â
âWho is a trustworthy helper?â
ââ¦Nothing.â
âDo you have the financial power to hire people? Is it possible to use your reputation to gather troops? Is it possible for a businessman to be outstanding and make a lot of money? Or are you so clever that you can defeat your enemy with a brilliant strategy?â
ââ¦.â
I really had nothing to say. As I looked into every detail, I realized that there really was no solution.
Yeon Ho-jeongâs eyes became bloodshot.
âMurim is a place where one mistake can kill you. It doesnât discriminate between white and black. âDo you think you can overcome all the difficulties and achieve your goal now that the entire Black Island martial arts team is trying to kill you?â
ââ¦.â
âItâs absolutely impossible.â
âThen what?â
Kang Ryangâs eyes turned red.
Suddenly, explosive emotions appeared in the two watery eyes.
âexactly! Iâm a kid! All I know how to do is sharpen a little, and even that is not at a level that would work for a true expert! So youâre telling me to give up revenge since heâs only this good?!â
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âWhat?!â
âThey told me to give up. If youâre going to live with that kind of mentality in the future, it would be better to go into the mountains and live with your parentsâ memorial tablets.â
âprofit!â
âBut revenge is not impossible if you change your mind.â
ââ¦what?â
âCome with me.â
ââ¦!â
âIâm not asking you to become my subordinate or to commit yourself to Baekdo martial arts. Just travel across the world with me, learn, learn, and experience.â
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled coldly.
âAt least it will prevent you from wandering around and dying.â
ââ¦.â
âOf course, you too will have to risk your life.â
Yeon Ho-jeong extended his hand towards Kang Ryang.
âWhat will you do? Will you join me?â
Kang-ryang looks at Yeon-ho-jeongâs hand as if fascinated.
He couldnât help but take this scary manâs hand.
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