Chapter 477: Luring the Heavenly Dragon Sword
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 477: Luring the Heavenly Dragon Sword
"That’s impossible!"
Joo So-yang pulled her tongue away from the cock she was licking and raised her voice.
She had just heard something utterly unbelievable.
That haughty, rigid Paeng Ga-ryeon was having an affair?
The Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, the one who should be more upright than anyone as the protector of the law, was cheating?
It was simply inconceivable. How could she do such a thing?
"I found it hard to believe myself. But I saw it clearly with my own two eyes."
Sun-woo pointed to his eyes as he spoke.
"How could she... How... She has a husband... How could she do that..."
"Aren't you doing the same thing?"
"I'm different!"
Joo So-yang snapped back, her voice rising in indignation.
"How are you different?"
Sun-woo asked, dumbfounded by her brazen attitude.
She was currently sucking another man's dick while her husband was perfectly alive and well. How was that any different? It was the height of hypocrisy.
"How can you compare a superior and perfect male like you, Sun-woo, to Paeng Ga-ryeon’s lowly secret lover!"
".........Aren't both of you just cheating?"
"It’s different! I am simply being faithful to my instincts as a female. The female instinct to receive superior blood and conceive! But Paeng Ga-ryeon is different! I don't know who she's cheating with, but there's no way he's superior to you, Sun-woo!"
Joo So-yang delivered her passionate speech with eyes full of conviction.
What kind of sophistry is this?
Sun-woo looked at her with an incredulous expression. What kind of twisted logic was she spewing now?
"It’s different from me! That woman surely opened her legs for some inferior man just to stave off her loneliness!"
".......Sure."
Sun-woo reluctantly pretended to agree with her tirade. He wanted to laugh in her face and tell her to stop rationalizing her actions, but he knew that if he did, she would only spend the next hour singing his praises and stroking his ego.
"But Sun-woo, who is the man?"
Lee Ye-seol, who had been listening quietly, asked with an interested expression. She seemed intrigued by the scandal involving the Hall Master.
"You probably know him."
Sun-woo looked at her and spoke in a calm tone.
"Someone I know?"
"Heavenly Dragon Sword Kang Myeong."
"Whaaaat!?"
Lee Ye-seol’s eyes went wide like a startled rabbit. It was a name she never expected to hear.
Heavenly Dragon Sword Kang Myeong.
He was a legendary figure who had reached the position of Unit Leader at the age of twenty-five. He was a promising talent whose name was always mentioned by gossips whenever the best Rising Stars of the Cheonmu Alliance were discussed.
How could such a man be having an affair with Paeng Ga-ryeon?
"Surprising, isn't it? I couldn't believe it either."
Sun-woo spoke, empathizing with her shocked reaction.
Sun-woo knew of the Heavenly Dragon Sword Kang Myeong as well. He had memories of sharing drinks with him a few times back when he was Jang Sam.
While they weren't close friends, he knew Kang Myeong to be a man of honest and upright character. Seeing such a man having an affair with Lee Jae-won’s wife was truly hard to believe.
".........I guess you never really know a person until you've seen everything."
Lee Ye-seol spoke, her face still showing signs of shock.
"Indeed."
Sun-woo agreed. He never imagined that such lewdness and deviousness were hidden behind that stoic exterior.
"See! Didn't I tell you? She just gave her body to an inferior male to soothe her loneliness and secure a Rising Star!"
Joo So-yang added with a voice full of certainty.
"Joo So-yang."
"Yes, Sun-woo?"
"Just suck the cock."
"Yes~"
Joo So-yang happily stuck her tongue out again.
Slurp, lick, slurp.
She began to lick the cock with great care, like a child licking a sweet piece of candy.
"Anyway, I plan to actively use this fact to my advantage."
"Slurp... lick... How?"
Joo So-yang asked curiously while continuing her work.
"I have to let Lee Jae-won know, of course."
"Slurp... lick... Will he... slurp... believe it?"
"He’ll have to believe it if I show him evidence, won't he?"
A thick smile spread across Sun-woo’s lips.
"What are you going to do?"
Lee Ye-seol asked, her curiosity piqued.
"I'm going to create witnesses."
"Witnesses?"
Lee Ye-seol tilted her head.
"Yes, witnesses. If people see the affair happening all over the place, he’ll find out whether he wants to or not."
Sun-woo let out a sinister smile.
"Slurp, lick... But... slurp... how... slurp... will you make it known?"
Joo So-yang looked up at Sun-woo with a puzzled expression.
Knowing Paeng Ga-ryeon’s thorough personality, their trysts were undoubtedly held in a secret and secluded location. How could he possibly make others witness their secret meetings? She couldn't understand it.
"Don't worry, I have a way."
A cruel smile played on Sun-woo’s lips.
"But I’ll need you two to help me."
"Slurp... Us?"
"Us?"
Joo So-yang and Lee Ye-seol answered in unison.
"Yes. You two."
Sun-woo spoke with a bright smile.
"I'll do anything if it helps you, Sun-woo."
"Me too. What should we do? Should we torture the Heavenly Dragon Sword?"
At Sun-woo’s bright smile, the mother and daughter spoke with ecstatic expressions. The mere thought of being useful to Sun-woo seemed to bring them extreme pleasure.
"No need for torture. Let's do something much worse instead."
Sun-woo spoke with a mischievous grin.
"Yes~"
"Yes~"
The two women replied with pure, innocent smiles.
*
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
Heavenly Dragon Sword Kang Myeong began to swing his greatsword rapidly.
Kiiiiing—
Every time he swung the blade, a sword resonance echoed through the air. The sound was so clear and beautiful it felt as if jade beads were rolling on a tray.
Whooooosh.
Kiiiiing—
After swinging the sword for a considerable time...
Thump.
Kang Myeong eventually drove the massive greatsword into the ground. It seemed his body had reached its limit.
'Is this still all I can do?'
Kang Myeong frowned. Although he had reached a high enough realm for his sword resonance to ring clearly, he was still dissatisfied.
"Whew."
A deep sigh escaped his lips. Despite all his training, the realm he desired still felt agonizingly far away, and the frustration was stifling.
It wasn't enough. He had reached the Upper Stage of the Peak Realm and was now looking toward the Super-Peak Realm, but it still wasn't enough.
'At this rate, I can't stand beside her as an equal.'
Kang Myeong’s expression darkened. He felt that with such mediocre skill, he couldn't stand next to his respected and beloved lover, Law Enforcement Hall Master Paeng Ga-ryeon.
He wanted to be her equal. He wanted to stand proudly by her side. He wanted to show her a side of himself that wasn't lacking in the slightest. As a confident male.
But that realm still seemed distant. Unlike her, who was a master of the Super-Peak Realm, he was merely at the Peak Realm.
'Dammit.'
The thought brought a wave of depression. A massive sense of deprivation and an inferiority complex surged from deep within his heart.
'This won't do.'
Kang Myeong shook his head from side to side. It seemed today's training was a bust. If he continued in this state, he would surely fall into Qi Deviation.
'I should go to Paeng Ga-ryeon.'
Kang Myeong thought. He decided to go and hold her. When he held Paeng Ga-ryeon, all his negative thoughts vanished in an instant. Every time that woman, who was superior to him, let out screams mixed with bitch-like moans, a tremendous sense of conquest filled him.
Only she could liberate him from this sense of deprivation and inferiority.
Kang Myeong slung his greatsword over his shoulder and headed toward his quarters. He intended to wash up before visiting her.
Step, step.
Just as he was about to move...
Phut!
The sound of something flying toward his ear reached him.
'An ambush!?'
Whoosh!
Startled, Kang Myeong spun around and swung the greatsword from his shoulder in a horizontal arc.
Clang!
Something collided with the greatsword, and a metallic ring echoed.
Thwack!
The object that had been deflected by the greatsword embedded itself into the ground. Kang Myeong quickly lowered his gaze.
'An arrow?'
Seeing the arrow stuck in the ground, Kang Myeong looked puzzled. There was a letter attached to it.
Kang Myeong spread his senses to detect any presence, but he felt nothing. It seemed the arrow had been fired from a considerable distance.
'Who the hell...!'
Kang Myeong’s face contorted with anger. He quickly pulled the letter off the arrow. Whoever it was, he figured there would be a clue about the sender inside.
Crinkle.
Kang Myeong unfurled the letter. He began to read it rapidly, his eyes scanning the text precisely as if he wouldn't miss a single character.
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.
.
How much time had passed?
Tremble, tremble, tremble.
The hand holding the letter began to shake uncontrollably. Fear began to cloud his face. He trembled and trembled, like a child who had committed a grave sin.
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.
.
After trembling in fear for a long time, he suddenly used a movement technique and began to run somewhere, his expression filled with extreme urgency.
*
A Guan Yu Shrine located on the outskirts of Jinan.
Heavenly Dragon Sword Kang Myeong was pacing back and forth restlessly, looking incredibly anxious.
'Damn it, when are they coming!'
Gnaw, gnaw.
In his anxiety, Kang Myeong bit his nails incessantly as he waited. He waited for the person who sent the letter to appear.
'Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!'
Kang Myeong cursed repeatedly under his breath. He never imagined he would be caught like this. He had been so careful to enjoy their trysts only in the secret locations of the Law Enforcement Hall, which should have been perfectly safe.
How could this have been discovered?
'Who is it? A spy? An infiltrator? A member of the Law Enforcement Hall? I don't know... I just don't know!'
As time passed, his agitation only grew. His anxiety snowballed, getting larger and larger.
"Just show up already, you son of a bitch!"
Finally, unable to contain himself, he spat out a harsh curse. It was behavior unimaginable for someone of his usually grave and stoic character.
"You're quite impatient."
At that moment, a man's voice pierced his ears.
"Who's there!"
Startled, Kang Myeong shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Who do you think?"
The playful voice rang out again.
"You devious bastard! Show yourself!"
Perhaps provoked by the playfulness, a furious Kang Myeong crumpled his face and screamed. He was beyond livid.
Step, step, step.
"The devious one is you. How could you do such things with a married woman who has a husband?"
The man emerged from a corner as he spoke. He was wearing a mask over his face.
"Was it you? The one who sent me the letter!"
"That's right."
The masked man nodded.
"So, what are you going to do now?"
"What is it you want!"
"Why? Are you going to give it to me?"
The masked man’s eyes crinkled playfully as he spoke.
"Didn't you call me here because you wanted something! Stop playing games and tell me what you want! You devious bastard!"
Kang Myeong shouted. He was irritated. Since the man had called him out privately instead of informing Lee Jae-won or others about the affair, he clearly wanted something. Why was he talking in circles and mocking him?
"Well... what should I ask for..."
The masked man spoke in a contemplative tone.
"Speak up!"
"Can you give me anything?"
"Of course!"
"Then, one million nyang."
"...Wha... What!?"
"Can you give me one million nyang?"
The masked man continued in his playful tone.
"How could that even be possible!"
Kang Myeong snapped, his voice rising. One million nyang? Did he think one million nyang was some pocket change? How could he say such a thing so easily?
His monthly salary was only about a hundred and fifty silver taels. One million nyang was a staggering amount that he couldn't save in a lifetime. How could he demand such a sum?
"Didn't you say you'd do anything? You can't even do this?"
The masked man spoke mockingly.
"That amount is beyond all reason!"
"It’s not a high price if your life is on the line."
"Even so... one million nyang is too much! It’s beyond my capability!"
Kang Myeong shouted in frustration.
"Fine, I'll be generous. I'll suggest something that even a pathetic guy like you can do."
"..........What is it?"
Kang Myeong asked, scowling at the masked man’s mockery.
"Bring me Paeng Ga-ryeon’s head."
The masked man spoke in a flat, calm tone.