Chapter 718
.So many people died, but in my heart, the sadness for one person was the biggest.”
A low voice piercing your ears. After being silent for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“Is that why you left? Do you think that your feelings are wrong?”
“Being the ruler of the Southern Manya Palace
silver??… It means that we must prioritize the land and its people above all else. But I got caught up in my personal feelings.”
It has a large back like a thousand-year-old stone. However, the back of the giant who must have supported the barbarians for a long time looked shabby like a child at this moment.
“Do you know what I was thinking the last time I faced Baeksang?”
Guess enough. But he didn’t say anything.
Because the person who knew him better than anyone else and suffered the most was in front of me.
“I wanted to save it somehow.”
“Even in that horrific sight, I wanted to save the baeksang who betrayed everyone on this land, including me, and let him run away.”
Even though they are not blood related, they are blood brothers.
The Beast Tomb King must have wanted to save Baeksang somehow.
He must have wanted to give an indulgence to him who had been acting as a hunting dog in darkness while holding the child he thought was dead as a hostage.
However, it was Baeksang himself who rejected it.
“Perhaps he knew. That I was hesitant. That’s why he made that choice.”
The Beast Tomb King’s brainstorm disperses into emptiness.
The emotion contained in that voice was bitterness at having to cut off the lifeline of the emperor he cherished more than his life, and remorse at himself for abandoning his duty as a palace owner with personal feelings.
“The forest died because of a single diseased tree. But the forest keeper who is supposed to take care of the forest is standing in front of the diseased tree that has already fallen. Can you call such a person a forest keeper?”
I, who had been quietly listening to the story of King Isumyo, broke the long silence and opened my mouth.
“Yayul Daehyeop, this is a really sincere question… …
The horsetail that blurs without my knowledge.
Honestly, even at this moment, I wonder if I can say this. However, I have to somehow raise the forest keeper who has gone out of mentality.
Even if it crosses the line just a little, maybe a lot
“Are you ill?”
“… …
I can feel the agitation that can’t be hidden from the back of the Beast Tomb King. However, since I hadn’t given up, I continued without hesitation.
“Is the princess a heavenly and earthly deity? Doesn’t she have feelings as a human being?”
“you… …
“Let’s be frank. A person who has been with you for the rest of your life has died right now, but who in this world can be fine? Are you sadder just because other people died?”
The Beast Cat King, who had been silent for a moment at the direct words pouring in, opened his mouth.
“Jin Tae-kyung. You too?”
I nodded
“Isn’t that natural? A bastard like me is such a great guy”
“Because it is a fighter or a grand fighter, even if you raise it up, you are still a human being. Would it be different if you were the princess?”
Responds without a single hesitation
The silver back moved.
sniff
head slowly turned.
For the first time since I set foot in this old shrine, the face of the Beast Cat King was haggard.
“They were also barbarian people that I had to protect.”
“So you kept it, didn’t you risk returning even after being branded as a traitor? It’s thanks to him that we were able to save countless other people.”
I spoke quietly.
“Sick trees have already been felled, and the forest is not dead yet. Rather, we need foresters more than ever.”
A lot of people were sacrificed because of this. But ironically, Namman will become richer and stronger.
In this huge forest of barbarians, the diseased tree wasn’t just one white man, so ‘other tribal chiefs. No, traitors.’ If Baeksang teamed up with Amcheon for their children, they followed Baeksang only for their own comfort and authority.
So they really should cut it off.
trees that would have been Trees with the disease of greed.
More than 20 tribal chiefs, intoxicated with greed, shook the branches hanging from their bodies, causing countless tree leaves to roll over in the bloody water, but the forest did not die.
No, they will become more and more prosperous as one under the banner of the South Bay Palace.
And there was only one person who could lift that flag in front of all the barbarians.
“Please leave, so that rich man
(Parent and child) can also rest in peace.”
The voice was directed at the Beast Cat King, but now my eyes were looking elsewhere.
The Beast Cat King, noticing where my gaze was staying, asked quietly.
“Did you know?”
“I stood out as soon as I entered. Everything inside the shrine is full of dust, but only that one seems to be fine?”
I moved on slowly.
Between the faded mural and dozens of unidentified stone statues, there were two mortuary tablets that had not been seen before.
Two ancestral tablets without even their names written on them.
But I already know who the owners of those tablets are.
Baeksang Baekhui.’
Even the person who made this mortuary tablet with his own hands thought of the names that he would not have been able to engrave in his heart, and then bowed down on his face.
once. one more time
When I turned around after bowing twice, the hardened face of the Beast Tomb King was waiting for me.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“… … Because it’s surprising.”
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“I guess you knew how to overturn an ancestral tablet.
“If it’s you, you can do that. At least considering the sins that Baeksang committed, even more so.”
shit. That’s right.
Considering what has happened so far, even if I split Baeksang’s ancestral tablet in half and spit on it, it would be self-defense.
but???… .
“Yeah, I just wanted to do this. That’s it:1
what is it With this dirty yet bitter feeling
Turning my head and looking at the mortuary tablet, I suddenly felt like I could understand this feeling.
Perhaps it is something that should be called sympathy or empathy.
– late. I have walked an irreversible path, and I will never stop.
The voice I heard in the dark prison seemed to resonate in my ears at first glance.
Looking at the mortuary tablet without a single name written on it, I asked an inaudible question.
‘If I were you, what path would I take?’ And the answer to that question was nowhere to be heard.
Not on a mortuary tablet, but even in the depths of my heart. But all of a sudden, I had a thought.
If there is such a thing as an afterlife, he said that he would like to live a normal life different from this time, that he would not be happy even if he was torn to death, and that he would be able to live with his child whom he missed so much in a peaceful life where no one was lost and no one was sacrificed.
‘shit. How many people died because of him?’
know. To the extent that there is no villain without a story in this world.
But the reason I feel so dirty is simple.
Maybe I, too, walked the same path as Baeksang.
Because I can fully imagine how much he struggled in the situation given to him.
So, that was all I could say.
“… … do not sin there This is this Sibural baby. ”
At that time, the reddish light that streamed in between the cracks in the door of the shrine illuminated the two ancestral tablets.
As if to replace the answer with that
And the next moment, a thick voice pierced my ears.
“The sun is already setting.”
kiik
The old floor screams. The giant finally got up from the lotus position and stared at me with calm eyes.
“If we head straight to the inner palace, maybe we can have dinner together.”
….
“let’s go. You should go back before it’s too late.”
Looking at the Beast Tomb King, I smiled and nodded.
The Namman Forest Keeper has returned.
? * *
Two days passed.
When the princess, who had disappeared without a word, returned, the leadership, who had been in confusion, quickly regained their composure, and the Myowang, who took a short break at everyone’s recommendation, called me the next day.
No, to be precise, Jeokcheongang and me.
And after seven days and nights, Jeok Chun-gang arrived at the meeting room, and said this as soon as he saw the Beast Tomb King sitting in his seat.
“You’ve grown up a lot, our myowang is sitting at the top table”
“… … omg. sorry. Stop it habitually.”
“no. I fully understand. So when you see a rude guy, understand the old lady’s habit of blowing flame kidneys.”
Shhh!
He is the Beast Cat King who has already experienced that habit during the Great War.
Moving quickly with his bandaged body, he vacated the seat of honor and politely pointed to his seat.
?? Sit down enemy no”
“Huh, it’s okay. What’s wrong with a guy who’s physically uncomfortable?
Until like this.”
“It’s okay, sit down. I don’t like the fact that a guy with no blood on his head told me to come, but for now, talk as you please.”
I politely opened my mouth for the Beast Cat King, who was confused by the thug-style speech he hadn’t had in a while.
“You can just tell me. That’s what I mean by listening.”
“… … Then, can this junior Jeokno post something?”
“I hate to ask questions. If you are not feeling well yet and do not want to be treated badly, tell me right away.”
“… … I get it.”
Contrary to his previous memories, King Isumyo, who glanced at Cheongang when he was much younger, cautiously opened his mouth.
“The reason why I’ve brought even the enemy like this is to inquire about one important matter.”
“A serious matter?”
”yes. That’s right.”
“I know that things are going smoothly so far. Did you even step on the tail of the dark sky?”
“It would have been nice if that was the case, but unfortunately not. But in another sense, it’s a more headache problem than that, ?
“The rush is long. Before you shorten your lifeline, tell me the main point.”
You’re still here.
Looking at the Jeokcheon River with just those eyes, the beast guardian took something out of his bosom and put it on the table.
Took
Something wrapped in thick cloth. However, everyone in this place, including me, could feel the ominous energy flowing through it.
And in the air that instantly became heavy, the Jeokcheongang murmured like a silent voice.
“… … Magi (魔气?”
The Beast Tomb King nodded with a hard face.
“That’s right. It’s also a very pure and powerful magi. I couldn’t entrust it to someone else, so my juniors had it.”
Their voices feel distant like an echo.
I felt like I knew where the source of this demonic energy was and what was hidden within that cloth.
In addition, the last roar of an existence resounding in the thick darkness rang in my ears.
“It’s a god stone. The guardian spirit had it.”
“As you guessed, even though it’s no longer a god stone, it’s Seruk.
After the Beast Tomb King answered in a mixed tone and rolled up the cloth, instead of warm and dazzling brilliance, a stone with turbid darkness appeared.
It was something that should be called a magic stone now, and the eyes of the Beast Cat King were deeply sunken.
“Right now, I’m holding back the demon, but I can’t leave it like this forever, so I asked you and the enemy to discuss its treatment.”
That moment
belt ring.
A hologram window floated in the air along with the clear sound of a bell, contrary to the turbid darkness in front of me.
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