Episode 34
Ghostly Arts Camp
Around midnight, when the sun begins to slowly rise.
Dang-gon came to me yawning and yawning at my call.
“Eww! Why are you calling me at this hour of the morning… Huh?”
“It’s nice to see you like this, party members.”
“Danggon of Jeongpunggak meets the great lady.”
Danggon hurriedly grabbed the ticket at the sight of Namgung Sanyoung, who was looking haggard next to him.
Even though it was known that she had joined hands with the Demonic Cult, Namgung Sanyoung’s status was still that of the wife of her lord.
“Why is that gentleman here?”
Of course, it wasn’t the case with the pumpkin seeds that were peeled back.
“Have you forgotten what I said?”
“Then, then-“
“I’m going to start messing around now.”
『!!』
Danggon ended up laughing in vain.
As if you really did it.
It seemed like he finally understood the metaphor I had thrown out.
A knife that cuts from the inside out.
If Namgung Sanyoung had turned this way, that would have been exactly what would have happened.
『You couldn’t have gotten the lady to surrender like that just by threatening her. You’re truly amazing.』
『See? My virtue? Even my enemies who normally disliked me were moved by my virtue and bowed their heads. Even Musabu should learn to respect my virtue more.』
“What about Indeok? You must have copied him.”
“In the Tang family, weren’t the two the same thing?”
『… Damn it. When you say it like that, I’m speechless.』
Danggon shook his head and asked another question.
“So why did you call me? I guess you want me to help you with your mess.”
“Correct answer.”
I smiled and handed something to Dang-gon.
Danggon wondered what it was and took it, then opened his eyes wide.
“Isn’t this a human face mask?”
A face mask is a type of mask worn on the face, and is mainly used to change one’s identity.
“That’s right. I made it specially.”
“Where did you learn such a skill… No, more than that, I can’t believe you gave me something like this-”
Namgung Sanyoung frowned slightly.
“Could it be that the security guard you were talking about-”
“Yes. One Danggon.”
“It’s impossible!”
“Are you saying it’s hard to be a knight of the wind?”
“That’s not what I meant! You don’t know how dangerous that place is!”
“No, please explain it properly first! You’re not saying that the three of us should go to the base where the Baekgolmangsa is located, are you!?”
Danggon rushed in urgently.
I smiled brightly.
“Is that right?”
“Have you been shot in the head?”
“Oh! Look here, Musabu! Even last time, I was the son of your master, and now I could be your new master, but you are talking too rashly-”
“Then let me rephrase it. Did you put four or five lead bullets in your head?”
Danggon shook his face mask while screaming.
“I told you! No matter how skilled a master you are, you shouldn’t enter the Demon Slayer camp lightly!!”
There was only one thing I asked of Namgung Sanyoung.
-I will deal with the Skeleton Net myself. So please open the way for me so I can get to him.
The shrine where the Baekgolmangsa’s magic formation is installed is probably a magic fortress that contains all of the magic and formations of the Black Bone Ghost Valley.
Even with numerous private investigators and spirit investigators stationed and students taking turns taking turns, the number of people was by no means small.
Just as you cannot avoid great damage by recklessly sieging a fortress in war, you must be prepared to suffer great damage when storming a magic fortress.
Needless to say, I had no intention of doing anything stupid like banging my head on the ground.
So, the idea was to use Namgung Sanyoung.
The Baekgolmangsa I know was a great man who would never have thought that Namgung Sanyoung would betray him.
This was because he was confident that he was far superior to Namgung Sanyoung, and the situation he was currently facing was not easy enough for him to care deeply about Namgung Sanyoung.
“Because of Onma, you must be so devastated that you can’t even think that you can conduct a separate investigation while leaving yourself alone-“
“The Twelve Black Ghosts are corpses that have already died and come back to life, so they are incredibly dull-“
So I was thinking of dressing up as Namgung Sanyoung’s escort.
Danggon is a servant.
But I am the one who is supposed to be the master of the Nine Dragons branch, so how can I be of a lower status than my subordinates?
“Yeah. I know. Me too.”
“But why are you saying that only the two of us went into the enemy camp?”
“Then should we take the entire Jeongpunggak? Then the damage will only increase. Or maybe they’ll sense something and retreat?”
“!”
Danggon also couldn’t find anything to say in rebuttal to this.
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He knows very well what Danghosan is up to.
If the enemy had caught wind of something fishy before the plan to assassinate Amzon was even put into action, everything could have become complicated.
“That means we have to move with minimal manpower.”
“Still, this is too reckless!”
“Hey, Musabu.”
My voice was low.
“How would Musabu know if it was reckless or not without even trying? Does Musabu know more about sorcery than I do?”
“!!”
I was known to the public as a master of curse repelling poison.
Naturally, I had no choice but to know more about Danggon and the magic arts.
“I also know that Musabu knows from his experience when he was young that it is difficult to conquer the ghost camp. But I have a method, don’t you think?”
“… Okay. Do whatever you want.”
In the end, Danggon ended up groaning.
Only then did I chuckle.
“But you’ll come with me, right? It’ll be dangerous if I go alone.”
“Damn it!! Okay! Just go, just go!”
I knew you’d say we’d be together.
He looked like the original shy old man.
“I am-“
Namgung Sanyoung looked back and forth between me and Danggon with still wavering eyes, but I had absolutely no intention of changing my mind.
“You asked me to save you?”
“… … .”
“If you want to live, you will die, and if you want to die, you will live (生卽死, 死卽生). If you want to live, just do as I say.”
Namgung Sanyoung bit his lower lip and nodded heavily.
She knows it too.
The fact that there is no way back for him anymore.
* * *
“First of all, before we leave, I’ll do a quick cleaning of the house so that you’ll know I’m gone. Musabu.”
“Wow, wow. Where are you going to use me now?”
“There is a person named Muyeong in the Red War. Get rid of him.”
At the assassination order, Dang-gon’s eyes flashed murderously for a moment.
I realized that this was not something to be taken lightly.
“…Your honor.”
Pfft!
The danggon disappeared into thin air.
He was once a nobleman who had set foot on the top of the Gwangpungdae hierarchy, so he could quietly get rid of that mere shadow without any problems.
“you-“
On the other hand, Namgung Sanyoung had a shocked look on his face.
“Since when have you known this guy named Muyeong?”
“… … .”
Namgung Sanyoung pursed his lips.
It was a silent affirmation.
“From the beginning.”
“!!”
“If you ever have to go to your parents’ house again, please tell Noe Yeong-gak-ju. Those who live by hiding and sneaking around, how can they possibly do anything when their footsteps are so loud?”
“!!!”
Brain Gak was an intelligence organization run by Namgung Se-ga, but even among direct descendants of Namgung Se-ga, very few people knew about the organization’s existence.
Of course, I knew about Noeyeonggak well because I was running a similar organization in the Shinkyo Church, and I also had a keen understanding of Noeyeonggak’s organizational structure and operation methods.
So, I thought that Namgung Se-ga, who was busy planning a plot, might have planted a seed of Noeyeong-gak in Guryong-bun-ga as well… What is this? A big fish has been caught?
“Ahem!! No matter how much they fly and crawl, they won’t be able to catch us!”
“I wonder how upset he’d be if he found out I’d been watching him all this time. Hehehe!”
In this sense, the existence of the ghost was truly a fraud.
“That guy, Muyeong, was actually not only a spy who watched over my mother, but he was also a spy who leaked information about the Guryong branch to Baekgolmangsa. It seems like he even leaked some pretty important confidential information.”
“… … .”
“So, don’t feel bad about losing an arm. Oh! Now that I think about it, it seems like it was that guy who kept giving me poison?”
“!!!”
Namgung Sanyoung’s face turned pale and he lowered his head, afraid that his eyes might meet mine.
It seemed like he never thought that they would find out that he had been consistently putting poison in his food all this time.
Even the type of poison was identified accurately, so it would be like seeing a ghost.
I also meant it as a warning not to have any other useless thoughts before something big happens, so it seemed to work quite well.
Brrrrrr… … .
As Namgung Sanyoung’s trembling continued to grow, Danggon quietly sat down.
In one hand he held a head dripping with blood.
“I caught him. I cleared out the Red War and the shadows surrounding it, so there’s no longer anything to worry about.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Then let’s go.”
The carriage we were riding on began to quietly leave the estate.
* * *
The base of Baekgolmangsa was located on a low mountain far from Guryongbun-ga.
“It’s hazy.”
The mountain was covered in thick fog, making it difficult to see even an inch ahead.
My gaze turned to Namgung Sanyoung.
Namgung Sanyoung said with a slightly trembling voice.
“I, I always find it when I look for it, ha, but not to this extent, ah, so I, I don’t know. T, but still, whenever I go up the road, the fog always disperses and that, that guy comes out to greet me.”
“It looks like the ghost camp starts at the entrance to the mountain. They’re watching everyone who enters there.”
Tch!
I clicked my tongue lightly as I looked at the fog.
‘This is getting a bit annoying.’
“I think this guy is on guard against a possible invasion by Onma.”
“The fog is too dark. Are you okay with it?”
‘Are you okay? Is that even a question?’
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!”
“Little Master! We will fix this rascal’s hair tightly!”
“Hey you! The young cult leader is the greatest sorcerer in the world! How dare you commit the blasphemy of doubting his skills!”
“Believe! Blessed are those who believe in the Little Leader!!”
“Ahhh! Please don’t hit me again! Aahhh! Aahhhh!”
The carriage began to climb the mountain road, leaving the noisy ghosts behind.
As Namgung Sanyoung said, the forest parted on its own, revealing only a winding, narrow road.
But in my lion’s eyes, I saw things beyond the demons.
Will-o’-the-wisps that roam around and watch us.
The ghosts of victims who were trapped in the dark and lost their way, starving to death.
There are even traces left behind by the private investigators and students as they wander around the mountains.
But I tried to see beyond that, and as the purple eyes opened wide, I could see the structures and elements that were building the ghost camp, one by one.
Looking back on it, there is only one thing I felt.
her!
Look at these?
‘Hey, number fifteen.’
“Yes, yes! Shi, fifteen! So, the So-Cult Leader’s father, I have appeared here at your call!”
‘By any chance, you guys, after I died six years ago-‘
I couldn’t even laugh.
‘Did you steal my magic book?’
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