Episode 1017
Phew!
As soon as Raon finished speaking, the once gentle atmosphere in the conference room became cold as if entering an ice cave.
“her?”
“Follow or die? Even if you’re Sieghart, that’s too harsh!”
“Watch your words! Even Sima would not threaten you like this!”
“Are you crazy about fame? You’re out of your mind.”
The swordsmen standing behind Akgeom-hu bit their lips and aroused fierce aura.
“If you were going to be so stubborn, you should have made a decision a long time ago. Things have changed now.”
“You call that a threat? I gave you a choice, so how can that be considered a threat?”
“You’re so pathetic….”
Martha, Buren, and Runaan laughed at the thought of assessing the situation.
Phage, phage, phage!
As the Gwangpungjeon and Mugeumgak executives confronted each other, causing auras, blue sparks rose from above the white round table, blackening the ceiling and walls of the conference room.
“stop.”
Akgeomhu raised her hand and stopped the inspectors behind her.
“quietly.”
Raon also slightly turned his chin to restrain Buren, Martha, and Runaan from opening the Grand Master’s qi wave.
“… .”
The comedian didn’t say anything, and the Baek Kyung’s unmanned soldiers behind her also didn’t move like puppets.
“Are you a bit harsh?”
Akgeomhu sat down again and opened his cold eyes.
“Are you serious about what you said a little while ago?”
Unlike when she was flustered by Tacheon’s story, she showed a calm attitude. Even if she was angry, it seemed like she would listen to everything properly before making a decision. It was a mindset worthy of a transcendent being.
“You must be serious. I’m not the type of person to throw out a random number in a place like this.”
The comedian smiled faintly, running her fingers along the handle of her teacup. She seemed to have anticipated this situation.
“Yes, I am serious.”
Raon nodded while looking into Akgeomhu’s cold eyes.
“Why?
Akgeomhu tilted his chin as if to demand the reason for saying such a thing.
“I think our Emperor, especially Sieghard, gave Shinju Oring many opportunities.”
Raon placed his hand on the round table, looking into the calm eyes of the comic artist and the evil swordsman.
“What chance?”
“You are five forces bound together under the name of Shinju Oryeong.”
Raon continued speaking while looking at the Shinjuoryeong flag fluttering on the wall of the conference room.
“Sharing a single flag means that the problems of one group are considered as the problems of the other four groups as well.”
“Right. That’s what I mean.”
Akgeomhu admitted her words without hesitation. Even though she didn’t know much, she didn’t seem to have anything to hide.
“The Sageumma tried to kill me to erase his evil deeds, and the Gwisalchang attacked me first because I was trying to protect my friend.”
Raon clenched his fist with the hand that had been soaked in the blood of the Four Swordsmen and the Ghost Spear.
“Originally, Sieghart and I should have held the Shinjuoryeong, which the Four Swordsmen and the Ghost Spear belong to, responsible for this. However, I did not make that part public… .”
“That’s not it.”
Akgeomhu raised his hand towards Raon.
“Those two have already left Shinjuoryeong. I tried to persuade this guy to wait a little longer, but he didn’t listen and left!”
She frowned as she called the comedian. Their relationship seemed to be more than just an ordinary alliance.
“Sagumma left us without saying a word and was killed by you, and Gwisalchang left Shinjuoryeong after the Black Tower collapsed, saying he wanted to feel alive. If I had known that both of you would die like that, I should have stopped you with force and gone to Ohwang.”
Akgeom-hu clicked his tongue as if he was sorry that he couldn’t stop the Sageumma and the Gwisalchang.
‘Now that I think about it… .’
Raon took a quick sip of his drink while looking at the furrowed brow of Akgeomhu.
‘Even before, Akgeomhu wanted to choose Ohwang.’
Unlike other people, I remembered that Akgeom-hu hated Sima from the beginning and only wanted to choose Oh-hwang.
However, even if I had feelings for her, the time to move on from this incident has already passed.
“no.”
Raon shook his head slowly, to the point of frustration.
“Shinjuoryeong has never officially announced the departure of Saheukryun and Ma Changhoe. The same goes for the Pirate King.”
“What is that…?”
Akgeomhu looked at the comic artist with his eyebrows furrowed as if he was hearing it for the first time.
“Really?”
“… .”
The comedian didn’t say anything, but just quietly closed his eyes.
“The reason is obvious even without hearing it. They don’t want the outside world to know that the authority and power of the Shinjuoryeong have declined.”
Raon nodded while looking at the comedian with his eyes closed.
“The Shenzhou Five Ling was an alliance established to avoid being entangled in the Six Emperors and Five Ma, and to gain various benefits from their center. But three of them defected? And during the war? From the perspective of the Five Emperors and Sima, it would be just food prepared for them to eat.”
He continued his explanation while looking at Akgeom-hu, who was flustered because he was reading all of the comedian’s thoughts.
“Honestly, it’s not a bad idea. I would have made a similar choice to you, Mr. Comedy. However… .”
Raon twisted his lips as he looked at the comic artist who had opened his eyes again.
“If you made that choice, then it’s only right that you take responsibility for it. From Sieghardt and I’s perspective, it’s like we were attacked by the Four Swordsmen and the Ghost Spear, both of whom belong to the Shinju Oryeong.”
“Hmm….”
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Akgeom-hu bit his lip deeply as if he finally understood what he was saying.
“That, that kind of thing!”
“No matter what, it’s not our fault… .”
“I should have said something like this… .
The prosecutors without a warrant shook their fists as if they were being wronged.
“Shut up.”
Akgeomhu lowered his hand and stopped the swordsmen from speaking.
“… .”
Even after hearing all the facts, the comedian said nothing and just stared at the empty teacup.
“Actually, there are some parts I don’t understand.”
Raon looked at the comedian sitting in front of him.
“After what happened with the Four Swordsmen, why didn’t you announce it to the outside world when the Gwisalchang incident occurred? If the Gwisalchang incident occurred after the Four Swordsmen incident, how could you not know that the damage would be fully reflected back to the Shinju Oryeong?”
The comedian I know is someone who knocks on a stone bridge before crossing it. I don’t know why I repeated the same mistake, even though I must have been hurt once through the incident with Sageomma.
“say it.”
Akgeom-hu seemed to have the same thought and nodded his chin toward the comic artist.
“that’s right.”
The comedian lowered his eyebrows as he poured red tea into the teacup himself.
“If it were me in the past, I would have immediately announced the departure of Gwisalchang and Ma Changhoe after the defeat of Sa Geum Ma.”
She put down the kettle and smiled faintly as if to confirm Raon’s words.
“Then why didn’t you do it?”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he watched the comedy show.
“Did you want to maintain the Shinju Oryeong to that extent to gain profit?”
“… .”
The comedian didn’t answer, but just stared at the shallowly rippling teacup.
“I heard your story from him when I came here.”
Raon pointed to McCain, who was standing behind the comedy festival.
“I heard that after Oma’s attack, you used your personal funds to first take care of the residents’ homes and lands. If I were you, I would have thought you did it out of concern for the eyes and rumors of the outside world, but you also probably had some affection for your people.”
I looked out the conference room window at the vibrant city and snorted.
“But because of this incident, the city you personally created could have been turned into a sea of blood by Sieghart. Since both the power and the legitimacy were with us, no one could have argued against it.”
Raon took a slow breath, assuming the worst possible future.
“Why did you make that choice when everything you held dear could have fallen apart?”
Now he nodded, telling me to tell him the answer.
“Be honest.”
Akgeomhu lowered his palm and struck the round table.
“What were you thinking!”
She gritted her teeth, asking me to speak properly.
“Phew… .”
The comedian let out a long sigh, exhaling cigarette smoke.
“Tachyon. Yes. So that’s what happens in the end.”
She looked at Raon with a weak smile.
“Okay, I’ll be honest with you this time.”
The comedian nodded heavily, saying he would not hide it.
“As you may have noticed, I can read the weather.”
She got up from her seat, took off her white coat, and placed the book tied to her thigh on the round table.
“The future is something that has already been decided and cannot be changed. I can use this book of the sun and moon to read the future, even if only a little.”
The comedian opened the book called Ilwolseongseo and turned it over.
“But since that day, I haven’t been able to see a proper future.”
She let out a mocking laugh at herself.
“That day?”
Akgeomhu frowned as if asking when that was.
“you.”
The comedian raised his finger and pointed at Raon.
“Since reading Laon Sieghart’s book of destiny, most of the future has become hazy.”
She picked up the book and showed me the picture drawn at the end. The torn pages were streaked with red lines, as if blood had been poured on them, and it looked as if the book itself was screaming.
“Is this my destiny?”
Raon frowned as he looked at the eerie patterns drawn in the book.
“I actually read the weather and went to Sieghart. But all the futures I saw were shattered by you. So I came back here to find out who you were. But this is the result.”
She looked at the torn pages of the Sun and Moon Bible again and let out a heavy breath.
“After this, I didn’t know what I could see or what I could do. Strangely enough, I was able to find the soulstone you were looking for. Anyway, I wasn’t hesitating for the sake of gaining something… .”
The comedian looked at Raon intently and opened his lips.
“I haven’t made a decision because I don’t know what choice I should make to save Shinjuoryeong.”
She shut her eyes tightly, her head stiffening after reading her own weather forecast.
“It seems like the very ability to read the weather has become a chain to me.”
The comedian let out a murky laugh, saying that he was left unable to make any choices because he couldn’t see the future clearly.
“Tacheon must have read the prophecy that he would not die and went to you. However, the result was death.”
She nodded as if she knew how Tacheon died.
“It is now certain. You have the power to change the course of history. No, even destiny.”
The comedian let out a heavy breath that he had been holding for a long time, thinking that he could now escape from the hazy weather.
“I see. So….”
Akgeom-hu chewed his lips as if he finally understood. It seemed like she had left all the work to the comic artist.
As I had thought earlier, it was clear that the two had a closer relationship than an alliance.
‘Is it fate again?’
Raon lowered his eyes as he recalled the title he had recently earned: <The One Who Rolls the Wheel of Fortune>.
‘It doesn’t matter whether you change your destiny or create a new destiny.’
I just have to do what I can.
I opened my eyes again, thinking only of what I had to do, without thinking about things like the weather, the future, or destiny.
“I understand your circumstances, but I can’t read the weather and I don’t believe in it, so I don’t really sympathize.”
Raon shook his head coldly.
“The reason I waited without asking the Shinju Oryeong about the Sageumma incident was because you gave me information about the soul stone. However, since the Gwisalchang incident also happened, that medicine has also worn off. Now, please choose.”
He asked again whether he should follow the path of the Five Emperors or die here.
“Phew… .”
The comedian bowed his head, placing his hand on his forehead.
“Meeting you has cleared my head of confusion. Now I can make decisions without hesitation.”
She smiled faintly, looking into Raon’s eyes.
“Shinjuoryeong and I are the Five Emperors…”
“for a moment.”
As the comedian was about to make a choice, Akgeomhu stood up.
“I’m still against it.”
Akgeomhu lowered his eyebrows and said that he would not choose now.
“Yes? You have been wishing to be with the Emperor for a long time.”
The comedian opened his eyes wide as if asking why he was suddenly doing that.
“I know this guy did something wrong, and I fully understand that he caused trouble while Sageumma and Gwisalchang were our team.”
Akgeomhu nodded, saying that Raon and Ohwang were qualified to argue.
“But that alone is not enough. I am an ignorant man.”
Akgeomhu grabbed the sword leaning on the round table.
“I want to decide after clashing swords with you directly.”
She lifted her chin, saying she would follow if he beat her.
“It’s not that difficult.”
Raon snickered and stood up from the round table.
‘This guy is not worth fighting.’
Since Glenn had said something like a warning, he wanted to confront Akgeomhu first, even if he didn’t know how to be a comedian.
“instead….”
Raon lowered his chin in a lonely manner as he looked into Akgeomhu’s sharp eyes.
“Come with full force. Don’t hide anything.”
“And then… .”
Akgeomhu had a cold, sharp gaze like a blade, as if he was really hiding something.
“Are you going to die?”
