Chapter 191
Before arriving at the Evil Love Palace, Yeo Un-hwi had spoken to the entire White Wolf Unit.
He told them to calmly assess the situation and face the enemy under any circumstances.
At those words, everyone had nodded without much thought.
They had wondered why he was stating the obvious.
But to think it meant something like this.
“Follow me. I will guide you to the Palace Lord’s Hall.”
Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit surrendered their weapons at the entrance and walked through the Evil Love Palace under the guidance of a man called a squad leader.
Just what kind of situation was this?
They had thought they would start by smashing everything from the beginning, but this situation was far too different from what they had expected.
Just a moment ago, the man who had been growling fiercely at their being uninvited guests tilted his head at a few words from Yeo Un-hwi, told them to wait, and disappeared inside.
Then, reappearing not long after, he was now leading Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit inside.
-Just what are those things piled up in the Ice Valley?
Unable to hold back his curiosity any longer, O Chae-mu sent a telepathic message to Yeo Un-hwi.
It wasn’t just him.
The entire White Wolf Unit wore the same expression.
-You could say it’s a story that leaves them no choice but to let us inside.
-Excuse me? What does that…
-It’s just something like that. Haha.
O Chae-mu unconsciously put on a blank face.
No, just how did he know about that?
But O Chae-mu did not ask any more questions.
If he started asking Yeo Un-hwi such questions, there would be no end to it.
Anyway, he thought he was a truly fascinating person in many ways, even though he always served alongside him.
To the point where he wondered how such a person could even exist.
Yet even so, O Chae-mu felt that there were still many more things he didn’t know about Yeo Un-hwi.
“I have brought them.”
The place they soon arrived at was a massive room heavily adorned with extravagant decorations.
It seemed this was the Palace Lord’s Hall.
Even at a glance, the owner of this room seemed to be someone who quite enjoyed showing off.
At the highest seat of honor inside the Palace Lord’s Hall sat a middle-aged man, dressed in flashy attire.
He was the master of this Evil Love Palace, Gong Cheol-san.
He had just sent all the guests who visited the Evil Love Palace back to their rooms today.
The conversation that was about to take place here was something they absolutely must not hear.
Soon, he looked at Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit with a stiff face.
“So it’s you bastards, the ones who asked to see me.”
“That is correct.”
Yeo Un-hwi walked slowly forward and answered.
“Before that, who are you? And just how do you know about 'that'?”
Questions poured out the moment they saw each other’s faces.
He seemed quite surprised.
It was only natural.
The “things piled up in the Ice Valley” that Yeo Un-hwi had mentioned referred to the place where all the wealth of the Evil Love Palace was hidden.
The Evil Love Palace Lord was the only one in this world who knew about it.
But for a guy he had never seen before to suddenly appear and bluntly state that he knew about that place, how could Gong Cheol-san not be surprised?
Earlier, he had desperately pretended to be calm because there were guests, but he truly felt his heart pounding wondering if he had ever been this shocked recently.
“To think I would see that face again.”
Was he glad? Not a chance.
However, seeing Gong Cheol-san so anxious was quite a sight to behold.
In truth, there was a reason Yeo Un-hwi knew Gong Cheol-san’s secret.
It was because of the words the Evil Love Palace Lord had left behind in a voice full of resentment until the moment he stopped breathing, as he died by the Blood Demon’s hands during his time as the Blood Demon, before his Regression.
“Ah. Ah. To die like this without even getting to spend all my gold and treasures piled up in the Ice Valley… How truly bitter, how bitter.”
That was all he had said.
Of course, he didn’t know where this Ice Valley was, nor how much gold and treasure were piled up there, but Yeo Un-hwi still remembered those words and simply used that information.
“Speak. How do you know about that, and what is this proposal you brought. Depending on your answer, whether you and your party live or die right here and now will be decided, so you’d better answer carefully.”
At the sight of Gong Cheol-san growling fiercely, Yeo Un-hwi readily nodded.
“Good. I will gladly answer you. But how about you first listen to the proposal I brought?”
“Speak.”
Everyone inside the Palace Lord’s Hall wore curious expressions, wondering just what kind of proposal he had brought to be so confident.
Looking at them, Yeo Un-hwi spoke with a calm face.
However, the contents were not so ordinary.
“My proposal is this. If all of you bastards gathered here commit suicide yourselves, I promise you won’t have to see hell. How about it?”
“…What?”
For a moment, silence flowed through the Palace Lord’s Hall.
And a moment later, someone suddenly burst into loud laughter.
It was a man who had been sitting leisurely on one side of the room, wiping his sword.
He was a retainer Gong Cheol-san had brought in for a large sum of money, a master of the Fast Sword.
“Puhahahaha!”
At his laughter, the others present also burst into laughter one by one.
“Man, I wondered what he was going to say, but isn’t he just completely crazy?”
At his reaction, Yeo Un-hwi shrugged.
“It’s a shame it sounds that way. I’m being sincere, you see. Or have you already gone deaf at that age?”
“Is this bastard trying to pick a fight with me right now!”
The man who had been laughing leisurely instantly contorted his face.
It wasn’t just him.
As if they could endure it no longer, the warriors standing next to Gong Cheol-san glared with flashing eyes and tried to step forward.
The warriors of the Evil Love Palace had already drawn their blades inside the Palace Lord’s Hall and were threatening Yeo Un-hwi and the White Wolf Unit.
It was a situation where blades could be swung at any moment.
“Wait.”
But Gong Cheol-san raised his hand and restrained them.
He too was burning up inside, but even so, he still hadn’t heard the answer to the most important question.
“I will ask you one last time. That story. How did you know?”
“Are you really that curious?”
“If you play word games, you will die the most gruesome death right here today.”
“That’s scary. Then I suppose I should give you an answer.”
And the answer Yeo Un-hwi gave.
“I heard the words you said about the future as you were dying by my hands. You left behind lingering regrets about dying without being able to spend all of those things until the end. It was very ugly.”
“You bastard, I’ll tear you to pieces!”
Sparks flew in Gong Cheol-san’s eyes at that answer.
“You truly are a crazy bastard!”
“Sure. I was crazy because I couldn’t endure dealing with guys like you without being crazy, though not anymore, of course.”
Just what was he talking about?
But Gong Cheol-san made up his mind.
There was no longer any value in listening to that bastard’s words.
Seeing as he had no intention of giving a proper answer, so be it.
He didn’t know how he knew about the Ice Valley, but if there was a guy who knew, he just had to eliminate him.
Those cheeky brats still didn’t seem to realize they had walked straight into the jaws of a snake.
Because walking on their own two feet into this place, where, of all times, several prominent Villains of the Unorthodox Faction were gathered, was no different from suicide.
But by this point, Gong Cheol-san should have thought about it at least once.
About why they were so full of composure even while barging in like this and spouting such crazy nonsense.
However, already furious, Gong Cheol-san glared with flashing eyes, thinking only of killing the uninvited guests.
And soon,
“Kill those bastards at once!”
Gong Cheol-san’s angry roar erupted.
At the same time, the corners of Yeo Un-hwi’s mouth lifted.
In truth, he could have started by smashing everything from the entrance, just like when he invaded the Demonic Cult Headquarters.
But there was a reason he went through such a cumbersome process.
It was precisely because of Gong Cheol-san.
He was a man who had mastered the art of fleeing like a ghost whenever he felt the situation was even slightly off.
Even during his time as the Blood Demon, he didn’t know how many times he had lost him while in pursuit.
Therefore, he thought it would be better to keep him right in front of his eyes before starting anything.
That way, he wouldn’t lose him.
This was all a decision born from experience.
And now that all the conditions were met, it was time to run wild to his heart’s content.
Soon, Yeo Un-hwi gave the order.
It was in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, but incredibly clear.
“White Wolf Unit. Begin.”
The moment the long-awaited order fell, the eyes of the White Wolf Unit completely changed.
Having entered this Palace Lord’s Hall without weapons, they rapidly subdued the warriors surrounding them and snatched their weapons.
And at a rapid pace, they took control of their surroundings.
All of it flowed naturally yet precisely, like flowing water.
Without anyone telling them to, the White Wolf Unit, having already begun moving in pairs, proceeded to subdue all the masters inside the Palace Lord’s Hall.
“Y-You bastards… Keuhuk!”
The retainer who had been bursting with laughter and showing off for all he was worth couldn’t even exchange a few strikes of his sword against the White Wolf Unit’s unexpectedly brilliant coordinated attack before his head quickly fell.
Trembling? There was no such thing.
The one they always faced was Yeo Un-hwi.
The thing that made them tremble the most in the world was the one-on-one sparring they shared with Yeo Un-hwi once a week.
That was the only moment they trembled the most; compared to that, these guys were truly nothing more than a warm-up.
“Kuaaaagh!”
“Keuheuuurgh! S-Spare me!”
In an instant, the skilled warriors inside the Palace Lord’s Hall were swept away.
Watching this sight, Gong Cheol-san’s eyes were trembling as if an earthquake had struck.
Just what in the world was the true identity of these bastards?
The masters he’d spent a fortune on were all subdued without even being able to put up a proper fight.
At this rate…
However,
“My. We came to see because it was noisy, but what kind of mess is this?”
The Rakshasa Demonic Woman and the Lustful Dream Young Master, who had gone to their rooms, appeared in the Palace Lord’s Hall once again.
Whatever they had been doing, their bodies were already covered in blood.
They spoke to Gong Cheol-san, who was wearing a strained expression.
“Shall we help you? Is it in celebration of soon becoming one family?”
His pride was hurt.
But it was also true that there was no better opportunity than this.
Soon, Gong Cheol-san nodded with a crumpled face.
“Step back.”
At the words of the Rakshasa Demonic Woman and the Lustful Dream Young Master, all the warriors of the Evil Love Palace who had been facing the White Wolf Unit pulled back.
Confidence overflowed on the faces of the two.
Although the White Wolf Unit’s skills were quite something, the two of them thought that didn’t mean they were a match for them.
Above all, their confidence lay in the Illusion Technique they used.
Furthermore, when the two of them used their Illusion Technique together, its power doubled.
Individuals were confident of a fifty-fifty chance even against the Ten Great Masters, unless it was someone who had reached the level of Absolutes like the Black Emperor, one of the Twelve Venerables.
That was how incredible the power of their Illusion Technique was.
Because they could enter the opponent’s mind, break and destroy everything that person is, and ultimately control everything about that person.
Who would dare withstand it?
And their first target was already decided.
“Right. We will drag you to hell first.”
Their gazes turned toward a certain man.
He was none other than Yeo Un-hwi.
Up until that moment, the Rakshasa Demonic Woman and the Lustful Dream Young Master couldn’t even imagine.
Just what was going to happen to them from now on, or even what they were going to see.