A Time to Confess Secrets

“Ahem.”

In the Alliance Leader's Hall of the Murim Alliance, said to be the head of the Orthodox Faction of the martial world.

The Murim Alliance Leader Song Il-do was in a very foul mood.

It was because not a single thing had gone his way during a meeting held while Chief Strategist Jegal Mun was away for a few days on urgent business for the Jegal Clan.

Take what had just happened, for instance.

He had heard that Thousand Gold Sect, an Orthodox Faction sect in the Qinghai region, had been causing frequent trouble lately, so he had ordered that men be sent at once to issue a warning and ensure it didn't happen again.

But Head Elder Jang Cheong suddenly stepped forward and stopped him.

“The Thousand Gold Sect has maintained a good relationship with the Murim Alliance for a long time, so let’s watch them a little longer. It may only appear that way on the surface; there must be circumstances we are unaware of.”

Still, it was a place that was causing immediate problems and generating much talk, so Song Il-do couldn't understand the suggestion to just stand by and watch. He was about to say something more.

But then, weren't all the elders chiming in, agreeing that Jang Cheong was right...