Chapter 200: Chapter 200

In the dark night, behind the residence, lay the grave mound where the remains of Three Heavens were enshrined.

Beside it, someone was shoveling earth once again. He made a small grave mound, took out the bracelet he was wearing on his wrist, and placed it inside.

He filled it with dirt again and sat down in front of it.

He poured the prepared alcohol gently onto the ground, over the grave mound.

“It is So-mi’s alcohol that I wanted to drink with you someday. How is it? Is it sweet?”

Sa Do-hak muttered with a bitter expression and sighed. Dongbanggu was one who had followed Sa Do-hak for a long time.

He was incomparably intelligent, and by firmly supporting Sa Do-hak, who lacked political sense or judgment, he was also the number one contributor who eliminated noise when seizing control of the Demonic Cult.

He put Sa Do-hak forward with strength and established all the foundations from behind.

The death of such a person was still unbelievable.

It felt as if he would welcome him with a smile again if he returned to the Demonic Cult.

“I lived twenty years longer than you did…”

He drank a cup and poured another cup onto the grave mound.

There is an order to being born, but there is no order to going. As if to prove those words, Dongbanggu, the one he favored the most, had suddenly departed.

‘I should not have left the Demonic Cult.’

That self-reproach still did not leave his mind.

Dongbanggu had tried hard to stop him after hearing his words that he would go to meet a strong person.

In the end, he had given up and sent him off with a smile, but if he had remained in the Demonic Cult as he had said, he would not have died so miserably.

Tremble.

Sa Do-hak’s eyes trembled violently.

He gulped down a cup of alcohol and frowned.

“Do you intend to make a cemetery?”

At the voice that reached him, Sa Do-hak did not even turn his head, as if he already knew. He just naturally went along with it and spoke.

“Anyway, isn’t this a place where other people are buried? Besides, there is no corpse here.”

Dan Woo-hyun’s laughter was heard.

Sa Do-hak lifted the alcohol bottle in his hand and shook it.

“I drank it all.”

“Do not worry. Since I brought more.”

“Puhaha, at times like this, we are quite like-minded.”

Bursting into a great laugh, he patted the spot beside him. Meaning for him to come and sit, Dan Woo-hyun approached and sat down.

“His name?”

“He was called Dongbanggu.”

“A funny name.”

“Kahahahat! Right? I tell you, I teased him every day, calling him Fart! I wonder how noisy he acted every time…”

“That is understandable.”

Dan Woo-hyun chuckled and poured alcohol on the grave mound.

Although he was someone he had never seen, somehow a sense of pity was mixed in.

Because of the childish Sa Do-hak, he probably could not let go of his worries until the moment he died.

“You are not thinking of something strange, are you?”

“No, I just wondered if I were in that man’s position, wouldn’t I have packed my bags and run away immediately.”

“What do you mean! How well I treated him!”

Sa Do-hak jumped up and raised his voice.

Even if he was a symbol of fear to others, he treated Dongbanggu more warmly than anyone. No, to be precise, Dongbanggu had naturally induced him to be that way.

“He was not a fellow to go like that!”

“Both going and being born are the will of heaven. This also must be so.”

“That damn heaven, heaven! Tell it to eat shit.”

“Haha.”

Sa Do-hak spat out a curse while looking at the sky. Soon, he looked at Dan Woo-hyun and fixed his gaze. With eyes that showed he had decided on something, he tried to cautiously start speaking.

However, Dan Woo-hyun’s words were faster.

“Do you intend to go look?”

“I have no need for money, status, honor, or the Demonic Cult.”

“Even so, you need money.”

“Listen seriously, you punk!”

He knew he was a guy crazy about money because of Dan So-mi, but since he was showing his greed for money even in this serious situation, irritation flared up for no reason.

When Dan Woo-hyun shrugged his shoulders, Sa Do-hak finally spoke.

“But I cannot forgive the bastards who made him like that. Heukpungsinma? I have no intention of ever leaving that damn bastard alone.”

“It is like striking a rock with an egg.”

“……What?”

When the story about Heukpungsinma came up, Dan Woo-hyun smirked. Sa Do-hak, startled, watched him blankly, and soon his mouth opened.

“It means that with your strength, it is insufficient.”

“……I am the Demon Emperor, though?”

“The opponent calls himself Heukpungsinma.”

The Five Emperors.

The five emperors of the Central Plains Martial World.

Among them, the ones with skills within two fingers were Sa Do-hak and Namgung Cheon.

However, whether it was Namgung Cheon or the other Five Emperors, there was one fact they secretly acknowledged.

That among the actual Five Emperors, the strongest was Sa Do-hak.

He had mastered the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and had created his own martial arts that were not inferior to it, reaching the extreme of demonic arts.

Because of the stubbornness of the Central Plains martial artists who did not want to praise the leader of the Demonic Cult, he had the title of the Five Emperors, but in reality, it was correct to call it One Demon and Four Emperors.

Therefore, Sa Do-hak was even more flustered.

“Can I really not win? Me?”

“You will know if you clash.”

It was a statement that came from the mouth of none other than Dan Woo-hyun. Therefore, Sa Do-hak’s hardened expression did not seem to loosen easily, as if he had received a great shock.

Dan Woo-hyun tilted his alcohol cup and began to speak.

“Since all of your things must have come from him.”

“……!”

* * *

Jang Sam-tae was in a deep sleep.

His appearance of not waking up even if someone shook him showed how arduous the journey had been.

No matter how well he ate and rested in a good place, it would not have been as comfortable as resting at home.

He thought even in his dream.

As usual, he would wake up early in the morning, sweep the yard, and clean up the trash. Then, he would head to the kitchen to prepare So-mi’s meal, which he hadn’t been able to do for a long time.

Since he hadn’t cooked food for a while, he resolved to show off his skills to his heart’s content to literally melt So-mi’s tongue.

Thinking about that, a smile naturally hung on the corners of his mouth.

Hehe.

Gradually, his sleepiness faded and his senses began to return.

Rattle, rattle!

“Wow! It is fast!”

“Hoho, indeed it is. Really.”

But a strange sound was heard from outside.

Dan So-mi’s bright voice stimulated his ears.

Seeing that he heard Dan So-mi’s voice even in his dream, he really seemed to like that child.

Grin, grin.

His laughter did not go away at all.

“But where are we really going?”

At the voice heard next, he frowned.

This was without a doubt Namgung So-hye’s voice.

The moment he heard that slender voice, he groaned without realizing it. Because although it was good to hear, she was a woman he did not like in many ways.

“Hahaha, do not worry. Since it is a good place.”

This was Namgung Cheon’s voice.

It was a dream, but how could the voices be heard so vividly, as if they were talking right beside him.

Jang Sam-tae relaxed his expression a little without realizing it.

If not others, he liked Namgung Cheon quite a bit.

Not only did he not torment him, but he also gave him good teachings occasionally.

“You guys are noisy. Can’t you go a bit quietly?”

At the sound that was heard next, Jang Sam-tae’s face crumpled up completely. The moment he heard the voice, it was because of a huge fear that came crawling up.

He groaned like a person who had walked into the flames of hell.

“Ugh…… you bastard……”

But since it was a dream, he spat out the words he usually wanted to spit out.

If possible, his desire to hit him once was also big.

However.

“This fellow, his expression is quite interesting.”

“Gasp?!”

At the suddenly heard voice of Dan Woo-hyun, his mind snapped back to reality.

All the voices he had heard so far might be dreams, but Dan Woo-hyun was not.

Because every time Dan Woo-hyun’s appearance was seen in a dream, he had woken up with a start.

Startled, he opened his eyes and looked around.

First of all, he saw Dan So-mi’s face.

For some reason, the child hesitated and stealthily turned her head away.

Namgung Cheon, Sa Do-hak, and Namgung So-hye were standing, and following their gazes, Jang Sam-tae was lying down, and Dan Woo-hyun was sitting beside him.

“Hieek?!”

Hastily raising his body, he gasped for breath, terrified as if he had seen a ghost.

How did this happen?

Unable to understand at all, he looked around once more.

Rattle, rattle!

The floor shook violently.

Why is the floor shaking? He turned his head and looked ahead.

He saw Gwon Mu-jin and Ma Janggang sitting on the driver’s seat.

With somewhat tired looks, they were driving the horses diligently.

That meant this place was inside a carriage.

He turned his gaze again.

The scenery inside the very wide carriage came into view. It was so wide that space remained even though so many people were riding.

Jang Sam-tae looked at Dan Woo-hyun with an incomprehensible expression.

“That…… Mansion Lord……? Is this a dream?”

“Do you want to try getting hit once?”

Jang Sam-tae shook his head side to side.

No matter how much he thought about it, it was reality. Looking outside, the carriage was running at a fast speed, and it was following a very familiar road.

Drip.

Cold sweat ran down.

“Is it…… a picnic? If so, why didn’t you wake me up earlier? Even some delicious food……”

“No, it is fine. We have to go a long way, so there is no need to pack food. If there is a village nearby, we will stop by and eat.”

‘A long way…’

At the words ‘a long way’, Jang Sam-tae’s heart pounded like crazy. He snapped his head to look at Ma Janggang sitting on the driver’s seat.

His eyes met his for a moment, and he saw him hastily turn his head away.

‘……!’

“I plan to tour the Central Plains after a long time.”

“Mansion Lord, I just came back after traveling around the Central Plains until a few days ago.”

“I know.”

“My mind and body are extremely exhausted, so it is a time when I need rest…”

“That is why I deliberately did not wake you.”

The corners of Jang Sam-tae’s mouth trembled.

He was not a child, and if they moved a sleeping adult, unless they were a fool, they were bound to wake up.

Yet, that he did not wake up meant they had surely pressed his pressure points.

But he deliberately did not wake him?

“Do you dislike it?”

“Eh…?”

“I asked if you dislike touring together with So-mi.”

‘Holy shit!’

If asked like that, the answer was predetermined.

Jang Sam-tae turned his gaze to look at Dan So-mi. The child’s large eyes shook here and there, looking somewhat anxious.

Jang Sam-tae raised the corners of his mouth with an awkward expression.

“O… Of course I like it very much. Ha… Haha, a trip with So-mi? It is so good.”

“Right?”

Dan So-mi’s bright laughter and answer gouged Jang Sam-tae’s heart fiercely.

Twitching his lips, he glared sharply at Dan Woo-hyun.

If he was going to decide on the journey to Mount Cheon this way anyway…

‘Why didn’t he just go himself from the start?!’

With that thought, he frowned without realizing it.

Thack!

“Ouch!”

“I can see it all, see it all.”

Jang Sam-tae held his head and collapsed.

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