One crazy guy was enough.
Fortunately, instead of talking about God, Jang Tae-heon was thinking about something with his arms crossed.
“By the way, bro, how long are you going to keep raising awareness?”
“Until it spreads throughout the paradise country.”
“Hmm… … It’ll take a long time. Are you okay? Time here passes about three times faster than outside, right? Even so, it’ll still take a few months, right?”
Little by little, rumors about him were spreading, but not at a satisfactory pace.
Even if the slaves you brainwashed spread rumors here and there, there is a limit to what you can do.
If we left the evangelism to them alone, it would take at least a year to achieve the goal.
“Of course I can’t stay here that long.”
“Then I have to go out and come back repeatedly?”
“I’m not going to go to the real world if possible. Instead, I need to spread the word as quickly as possible. That’s why I joined you.”
Seo Kang-rim glanced at him and asked.
“The bandit group you lead is quite large. And it’s quite famous.”
The bandits led by Jang Tae-heon were already quite well known.
A righteous thief who plunders the nobles and returns their wealth to the people.
It would be difficult to spread a new name, but it would be relatively easy to piggyback on existing rumors.
When the bandits were mentioned, Jang Tae-heon immediately understood the intention and nodded.
“Ah, I understand. From now on, the Bandits will be a group that acts under the orders of the King of Earth and Bugs.”
“Please.”
“Just leave it to me!”
Seo Kang-rim also nodded after seeing Jang Tae-heon smiling brightly.
If the righteous thief group operates under the name of Seo Kang-rim, they will be able to make their name known in this country more quickly.
However, Jang Tae-heon looked a little worried.
“But is that enough? Even if the thieves are famous, there must be limits.”
“So I wanted to get help from other members too.”
As Jang Tae-heon said, there are limits to what can be done outside the palace.
But there was nothing to worry about.
Because Seo Kang-rim’s hand had already reached inside the palace.
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The sunlight shone on the large lake, making it sparkle like a jewel.
The lake near the palace boasted a beautiful landscape that was so relaxing that just looking at it was enough to soothe one’s spirits.
Then one of the guards looked around and said:
“Youngest, are you feeling better now? You’ve been a bit out of it lately.”
“Oh, yes! It’s okay!”
Yoon Bom smiled brightly and answered the guard’s question.
When Yun Bom first came here, she was confused in many ways, but now she has become quite accustomed to life in the palace.
And also to the role that Seo Kang-rim was given.
‘The Master asked me to investigate the rumors, history, and myths circulating within the palace. Also about the King.’
After much research, I heard many stories that could only be heard within the palace.
I also looked into the mythology of this country in more detail.
‘It says that in the past, Paradise Country was in a similar position to other countries.’
According to the myth, about 500 years ago, a winged dragon came to visit the paradise country and changed the situation.
The winged dragon, the guardian of paradise, offered to make the country richer and stronger if it would serve him.
According to that saying, the royal family served the heavens that protected paradise, and the heavens granted special powers to the royal family and nobles.
From then on, powerful people emerged among the royal family and began to destroy surrounding countries through force.
That was the main myth of this country.
And as the myth goes, the king of this country was quite a powerful man.
Yun Bom glanced at where the king was.
‘According to the Master… … . He said that the king is fake.’
The king was floating a boat on a large pond and drinking wine.
The reigning king was a different race with a human-like appearance.
What sets them apart from humans is that they have pointed ears, horns, and long, slit pupils.
He was said to be in his 40s, but he looked younger than that, with no signs of weariness and a clean appearance.
The sight of him leisurely enjoying a boat ride under the umbrella looked more like a vagabond than a king.
Yun Bom recalled the past few days when she had been escorting the king.
‘The day before yesterday it was hunting, yesterday it was a banquet, today it’s a boat ride.’
Watching the king of this country, the reigning king, from up close, I felt that this man was a very incompetent king.
It seemed that he was completely occupied with enjoying pleasure and pleasure every day, without any regard for state affairs.
Listening to the story, it turns out it wasn’t something I had been doing yesterday or today.
‘They say that in the old days, the reigning kings weren’t like this.’
The king was originally said to be a timid prince.
It was immediately after he ascended to the throne that his personality changed completely.
As soon as he ascended to the throne, he turned into a tyrant with a lazy and cruel personality like his predecessor.
And since then, he has been neglecting state affairs and only enjoying pleasures.
Even now, looking at his appearance, he looks more like a defenseless drunkard than a king.
Yoon Bom stared at him quietly.
‘At first I thought I would attempt the assassination, but… … .’
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While training in the new realm, Yoon Bom developed abilities related to assassination as well as shooting.
Because her greatest enemy was the Fate Protectorate.
They judged that this was a difficult enemy to deal with head-on, so they mastered methods of secretly assassinating him instead.
‘He may look shabby on the outside, but the king is definitely a man of extraordinary abilities.’
Although the four pillars were not visible, the gap could be felt just by the energy flowing from him.
No, I definitely realized it not only through his energy but also through the way he actually showed himself.
“I feel really good today. The weather is nice and the alcohol tastes good.”
The king spoke in a leisurely voice.
Even though I drank quite a few bottles, I didn’t feel the slightest bit drunk from him.
As the servant next to him tilted the bottle and filled his empty glass, the king stared blankly at it.
“But you know, there are some people who ruin the taste of alcohol.”
At those words, the fingertips of the servant who was pouring the drink stopped abruptly.
He was also one of the possessed people.
The moment he glanced up, his eyes met the reigning king’s.
At that moment, when the attendant was about to retreat in a hurry.
-Crunch!
“Ugh, ugh… … .”
The reigning king’s hand was stuck in the servant’s chest like a spear.
It was where the heart was.
While the servant’s body twitched and convulsed, the King glared at him and said.
“What a waste of money to spend on expensive alcohol.”
-Whoa!
As he pulled his hand away, the servant’s corpse fell limply to ruin.
The king, without paying any attention to the corpse, picked up the bottle of wine and poured it into the lake.
Then the fish began to capsize and rise above the water.
When the subjects saw this, they could tell what had happened.
Poisoning.
The poison was so potent that even if you poured just one bottle of alcohol into this vast lake, the fish would die instantly.
The king was almost poisoned, but he just threw away the empty bottle without a care.
“I guess you’ve poisoned your drink today. Who else besides that servant touched the drink?”
“I, that, that… … .”
“Okay. It’s annoying. I guess I’ll just have to clean everything up.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he started killing the servants on the ship.
Although he was bare-handed and unarmed, blood spurted everywhere whenever he swung his blade.
The servants screamed and jumped into the river, knelt down and begged for their lives, but it was all useless.
Before I knew it, all the servants were dead.
The bottom of the boat was covered in red blood, as if water had overflowed.
The reigning king muttered amidst the sea of blood.
“Oh, I made a mistake. Now there’s no one to pour drinks.”
He looked quite sorry about that.
The servants were dead, but the court musicians, boatmen, and bodyguards still remained.
The king spoke to the shivering boatman.
“I’m not feeling well. Let’s go now. We have a meeting this afternoon.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The survivors hurriedly prepared to return to the palace.
It wasn’t just a day or two that the king had been acting up, and he was becoming accustomed to this.
Only Yoon Bom clenched her fists.
‘Even if it’s a world in a painting, this is too much… … .’
He was the worst, a tyrant who would easily cut off one or two of his subjects’ heads if he didn’t like something even a little bit.
Yet the reason the reigning king held onto power was because of the power he possessed.
‘How many people have died in assassination attempts just now?’
Since Yun Bom was possessed here, most of the Awakened ones have tried to kill the King.
The method chosen by the majority was assassination.
I chose to assassinate him since there was no chance of taking him down from the front, but in the end the result was the same.
‘There were some pretty strong people, but they all died.’
The king did not even give his personal guard, Yun Bom, a moment to step forward.
He just calmly and surely kills his enemies who are after him.
Looking at that sight, Yoon Bom could feel it.
‘It’s impossible for me to assassinate him alone.’
It seemed like he knew why Seo Kang-rim had tried to dissuade him.
If you try to assassinate him, you’ll just end up dead.
If he had stepped forward, the number of corpses would only increase.
Yoon Bom had no choice but to suppress her anger and wait for her time.
Meanwhile, the king returned to the palace with a calm face.
When he entered the conference room in his blood-soaked clothes, all his subjects were already gathered there.
“Okay, tell me what happened.”
The king sat down with a bored look on his face.
The ministers hesitated at the sight of his entire body covered in blood, then began to bring up the agenda for the meeting.
“That, that… … . I have something to tell you due to preparations for the Heavenly Festival that will open soon.”
“Tell me.”
“The thing is, last year and this year were both famine years, so many people are complaining that it is difficult to pay tribute.”
The Sky Festival is an event to commemorate the day when the heavens, who protected paradise, came to visit, and its scale grows larger every year.
Moreover, since this was the 500th anniversary, the scale of the festival was particularly large.
The subject continued speaking with his head bowed.
“Also, the public sentiment is unstable because of the cult led by Seo Kang-rim.”
With Jang Tae-heon joining, Seo Kang-rim’s name spread even faster.
The three characters of Seo Kang-rim’s name were engraved in the place where the bandits were active, so everyone couldn’t help but pay attention.
The biggest event in this country, the Sky Festival, will soon be held.
There was a lot to prepare for in anticipation of such an event, but Seo Kang-rim, a socialite, was creating chaos.
Problems arose in many ways, as slaves who had to work ran away and nobles lost their properties.
The king opened his mouth in annoyance.
“Then wouldn’t it be okay to catch and kill that guy named Seo Kang-rim? And catch the runaway slaves and make them do the work.”
“That, that… … Seo Kang-rim is so elusive, and the slaves have also released their restraints, so tracking him is not easy.”
The king’s brow furrowed.
It was a stuffy and irritating atmosphere, and it wouldn’t be strange if someone were killed again.
But the king suppressed his anger and said:
“Then what do you want me to do?”
“I wonder if it would be a good idea to scale down the scale of the Sky Festival a little.”
“You want me to reduce the tributes coming to me? Is that what you call it?”
As his eyes flashed, the frightened ministers held their breath.
If they collected any more taxes and tributes, the people would become resentful, but if they spoke out, they would be beheaded.
The reigning king laid down his banner.
“The Sky Festival is a sacrificial offering to the God of this country, the Heaven that protects paradise. So, are you saying that we should reduce it? Are you blaspheming God?”
“However, we must not lose the people’s hearts!”
It was life-threatening advice.
It wouldn’t have been strange if my neck had been blown off right away.
At that moment, the king was looking at his trembling subjects and wondering what to do.
Someone came inside.
“Abba Mama, I’m sorry, but may I say something?”
The person who came inside was the third prince.
As he was a wise and virtuous person, he would appropriately stop the king from committing evil and wicked acts.
The faces of the ministers brightened.
‘If it’s the Third Prince, His Majesty might listen to the story… … !’
Even a cold-blooded monarch had no choice but to listen to his son’s words.
But there was one thing the ministers overlooked.
The fact was that someone had possessed the Third Prince.
“I think we should collect much more taxes and tributes than we do now.”
Dokgo Jun, possessed by the Third Prince, smiled calmly.
