The sword stuck on the table.
“It’s called Muhon.”
The sword Muhon was indeed worthy of being called the sword of Namgung Cheon, the Sword Immortal.
“It also carries the name Namgung Muhon.”
The sight of their family name attached to the sword.
‘A divine artifact.’
It was clear that the sword was one of the divine artifacts created by their world.
Swoosh.
An illusion appeared, as if the world was being sucked into the stuck sword.
The presence the sword itself was emitting.
It was pulling in and pushing out the entire world of the Hao Clan.
An absurd thing.
The Hao Clan was by no means a small world.
Yet, the reason why the sword Muhon could create such an illusion was.
“It is the sword that can be called the origin of our Namgung family.”
It was the story that the sword was the core that supported the Namgung family, their world.
‘Crazy.’
A curse word naturally came out.
If they were to take that sword now, the Namgung family would surely be greatly shaken.
What if Ro-woon, himself, were to take that sword and declare the merging of the worlds?
‘Is it possible?’
He wasn’t sure.
The large world of the Namgung family, and the sword Muhon, seemed to clearly recognize Namgung Cheon as its master.
Even so, it was still an astonishing thing that the Namgung family, not even the Docheonbang [a powerful sect], was carrying around the core of the world.
“Don’t be so nervous.”
Namgung Cheon said, looking at Ha Jin and Ha Se-min.
In contrast, Ro-woon, who was looking at Muhon with a relaxed face, turned his gaze towards him and said.
“It’s not that I want to compete with you.”
Even though he had taken out the sword Muhon, it didn’t mean he wanted to compete.
“Jincheon. An existence I’ve only heard of. Also, if you have declared that you will take the Demonic energy and erase Mount Hua, you must show the appropriate ability.”
His eyes turned to Namgung Muhon, which was stuck on the table.
“Try to grab Muhon.”
“……?”
“Muhon will evaluate whether you are qualified to keep your word.”
Ha Se-min looked at Ro-woon.
A worried look, wondering if there might be a trap.
Even so.
Swoosh.
Ro-woon stood up.
Ro-woon, who was standing on the table, approached Muhon while looking down at Namgung Cheon.
“I will take the Demonic energy within the Assembly.”
That was what they wanted.
“Jongnam even had a sense of aversion to Demonic energy.”
Jongnam’s Divine Maiden, Baek Cheong, would even join hands with the Heavenly Demon if it meant taking away the Demonic energy of the Assembly, but she clearly had an aversion to Demonic energy.
The fundamental aversion that she had learned and grown up with as a righteous person was ingrained within her.
“But.”
Ro-woon stood in front of Muhon.
“You don’t have even a shred of aversion to Demonic energy.”
Namgung Cheon was different.
Was it because he was old and had become accustomed to Demonic energy?
That was not something that could be explained with such words.
To Namgung Cheon, Demonic energy was not something to feel aversion to.
The reason he wanted to remove the Demonic energy was.
“It’s just that you want to push out the forces that possess Demonic energy.”
Politics, power, it seemed that such emotions were more deeply rooted.
If that was the case.
“You know about Demonic energy.”
It meant that he might know about the Demonic energy within the Assembly.
About its origin.
“If I test you, you can also test me.”
Namgung Cheon said, looking up at Ro-woon, who was standing in front of Muhon.
“That’s right. I know about Demonic energy.”
“………”
“But, what is currently within the Assembly is…”
The hidden emotion.
It was revealed.
“Truly, Demonic.”
The eyes that showed a sense of aversion and contempt that had not been felt before.
Seeing that, Ro-woon placed his hand on the hilt of Muhon.
“Good.”
Clench.
The moment he grabbed the hilt.
Whoom!
A feeling arose as if an invisible wave of energy was forming from Ro-woon’s body, which had become one with the hilt.
The sight of that wave spreading throughout the world of the Hao Clan.
Fwoosh!
The lights in the hall flickered, and an indescribable, strange sensation lingered in the hall.
Swoosh.
Muhon, which had been stuck on the table, revealed its beautiful blade.
“…It seems you have the ability to keep your word.”
Namgung Cheon said with slightly trembling eyes.
***
“Cough!”
He had already vomited blood dozens of times.
“Cough. Cough…”
Ro-woon wiped his mouth and finally took a breath.
“……”
No one dared to ask if he was okay at the sight of Ro-woon.
They were just waiting silently, waiting for him to want something.
“Damn it.”
Ro-woon muttered a curse word in a languid voice.
‘I overdid it.’
The symptoms Ro-woon was experiencing now were the price of overdoing it.
Negotiation.
It was also the first time he had met one of the three Assembly leaders.
That was why he had to show it.
‘A power that can shake them.’
A power that would amaze the Assembly leader.
Although he didn’t show it, from the moment he entered the hall, Ro-woon had been drawing out more than the limits of the power his current body possessed.
‘I can’t gauge the outcome of the battle.’
Thanks to that, Namgung Cheon thought so.
“Tch.”
Ro-woon knew.
That if he were to fight him in his current state, he would surely lose.
Even so, he had to overdo it.
“Hoo…”
The three Assembly leaders, they were checking each other and had different intentions, but in the end, they were bound under the name of the Assembly.
-Everything was the sole decision of the Branch Leader.
Could one Assembly leader do such a thing alone?
No, at least if one Assembly leader were to strike the Black Market, there would have to be a reason to understand it.
At least….
‘The Divine Demonic Token.’
They had to know about the existence of the token they had brought.
In other words.
‘He knows.’
The Heavenly Assembly Leader, Namgung Cheon, would know that the Branch Leader had obtained the Divine Demonic Token.
And he would know where it came from.
‘Master.’
Master’s trace.
The trace that was connected to the Assembly.
If they were to assume that Master was in their hands.
‘I have to show that I am the real Jincheon, the Divine Demon.’
He had to show that he was real.
Only then would they weigh Master and doubt his existence.
That was why.
He had overdone it and drawn out his power.
“You’re really crazy.”
Was it called Muhon?
The core of the Namgung family.
That was the fatal blow.
‘If it were someone else, they would have died.’
It wasn’t for nothing that Namgung Cheon couldn’t hide his bewilderment and acknowledged it.
The immense power contained in Muhon.
The history and power of the name Namgung were contained within it, and it had a battle of wills with Ro-woon.
“I barely suppressed it.”
As a result, the chaos that he had barely suppressed had awakened again.
Thanks to that, he had passed Muhon’s test, but he was going through this ordeal again to suppress it.
“Hoo.”
The feeling of chaos bowing its head again, annoyed, was felt.
“Is it not enough with just two cogs?”
So they were members of the world who had lived for a long time in their own way.
If so, there was only one answer.
“I need to move on to the next stage.”
The third cog.
‘Circle.’
He had to create a circle.
Even so….
Smirk.
Ro-woon smiled.
“That old man will have a hard time too.”
He wasn’t going to just sit back and take it.
Muhon.
Because he had shaken the core of the Namgung family.
* * *
“We have received a message from the Azure Dragon Commander.”
Ro-woon had created an opening.
Namgung Cheon had entered through that opening, and through that opening, the Azure Dragon Commander, Namgung Mu-jin, had contacted them.
“The Assembly has withdrawn.”
The Heavenly Assembly Leader, because he was here, his son and one of the Assembly’s commanders, Namgung Mu-jin, was assisting him.
The news he brought was that the negotiations had been successfully concluded.
As proof, the Assembly, which had been occupying the entrance to the Black Market, had withdrawn its forces.
“The Black Market’s activities will not be different from before.”
A situation that seemed to be dragged along, but not dragged along.
‘Is the initiative half and half?’
Namgung Cheon had given the Black Market freedom again, but he would think that he had a certain amount of control.
Because he would think that he could target the Black Market again at any time.
But Ro-woon’s thoughts were the opposite.
‘I have to prepare.’
Full preparation for the Black Market to operate without the Assembly’s permission.
They had given him that time.
Information they didn’t know.
‘The merging of the worlds.’
Because the Black Market could always escape its headquarters.
“Roughly…”
The vomiting of blood had now stopped.
“Is it settled?”
Ro-woon said, wiping his blood-stained mouth again.
* * *
It had already been a week since the Assembly had withdrawn from the entrance of the Black Market and various arrangements had been completed.
During that time, Ro-woon had been staying in the Hao Clan, blocking the entrance to the Hao Clan.
And today.
“We have extinguished the authority of the key.”
All the authority of the key that the Assembly had was extinguished.
Now, they would not be able to open the door of the Hao Clan at will, except in special cases.
“I’m done too.”
Ro-woon hadn’t been idle either.
‘Master Key.’
Another ability it possessed.
“I’ve created a door to this side.”
He was able to create a door connecting the Blood King Castle and the entrance of the Hao Clan.
As a result, if something happened to the Hao Clan, conditions were created for the Blood King Castle to quickly provide assistance.
If necessary, he could come himself and attempt to merge the worlds.
“……”
Ro-woon looked at the Hao Clan from Jincheon Tower.
‘The Blood Cult, the Hao Clan.’
All that was left was the Heavenly Demon Cult.
There was not much time left before the three axes of the Divine Demon were completed.
‘Master.’
He had to get Master back.
That was the goal.
But it was impossible now.
“Namgung Cheon…”
Two Assembly leaders at his level.
No, the remaining Assembly leaders who were even more powerful.
And their forces.
He still lacked the power to face them.
“I’ve confirmed that Master has returned, but I can’t just destroy everything.”
It wasn’t a fight that would end by erasing everything, but a fight that had to be taken and won.
“Find it.”
Ro-woon ordered Ha Se-min, who was now completely his subordinate.
“The Divine Demon, Shin Yeo-ul. Everything about it. Find all the information that can be found within the Assembly.”
“The Divine Demon… Shin Yeo-ul.”
Ha Se-min had also heard about the hidden history from Ha Jin.
Now that Jincheon had appeared, he had learned about the history of the Hao Clan.
“The ruler of the Silver…”
That the ruler of the Silver had returned in the past.
And that the Hao Clan was the axis of it.
That Ro-woon in front of him.
‘Everything of the Silver is mine anyway.’
That he wasn’t talking nonsense.
“The restrictions on the growth of the Silver will be greatly reduced.”
There would be full support and investment from the Black Market.
With that help, there would also be support from the Assembly.
“It’s not something that can be done in a hurry.”
Ro-woon said.
“Step by step. And it has to be done thoroughly.”
Because it was about Master.
“We have to be fully prepared until the day we find Master.”
And on the day they found Master.
“………”
The name of the Divine Demon Cult would appear in the world again.
“I…”
Ro-woon said.
“I need to prepare in my own way.”
The inadequacy he had felt when he met Namgung Cheon.
But something more important than that.
‘If we meet again, one of us, you or us, will have to die.’
Master had told them not to look for them.
He knew that those words might not just be to keep them from finding them.
It was something that was impossible for him in his current state.
‘Thank you, Namgung Cheon.’
Muhon, which he had grasped through Namgung Cheon’s test.
The fighting spirit within it had flowed into Ro-woon.
With that, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was now completely complete.
The next stage.
‘That’s not how you hold a sword.’
It was time to follow the teachings of his Sword King Master.