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Chapter 218
Chapter 218. An Uncomfortable Envoy Delegation
They said that when a person was too shocked, their head stopped working.
That was exactly my situation right now.
“Attend the founding ceremony of the Black Thought Alliance.”
Because Jegal So-myeong had said it so casually, for a moment, I thought the Black Thought Alliance was the name of a newly opened tavern near the Murim Alliance.
Е ǹüm а́. ї ď
“Where exactly are you telling me to go?”
A Black Path alliance being created even earlier than in my past life.
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Moreover, since the Demonic Cult had not yet arisen, all the Black Path sects under heaven would flock to the founding ceremony.
After all, the Black Path alliance that would finally stand against the Murim Alliance was being created.
All the sects that considered themselves great or powerful would gather to get one foot in the door.
“If it is a founding ceremony, will all the Black Path sects not gather there? I do not think it makes sense for a mere academy student to go to such a place.”
Е ṅ uṁ ӓ. ī d
He was telling me to go into such a dragon’s pool and tiger’s den.
“What is there to fear? Are you not close with those fellows?”
“Wh-who said I am close with them? I am wronged!”
I was already suffering from dogshit rumors calling me the Black Path’s successor or a rising star.
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And I was supposed to attend the founding ceremony of the Black Thought Alliance?
‘That would be like pouring oil onto a dying fire.’
Е̄ ñ u̇ m̂ а̀
The suspicious gazes among the academy students had only just begun to decrease.
Moreover, I had only just started being treated properly as the representative.
I had no desire to attend some unnecessary place and be swept up in hostile looks.
“You are not close?”
“Yes!”
“Hmm?”
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Jegal So-myeong stroked his chin and looked at me.
“Then why did that Four Emperors Peak Lord specifically point you out and ask us to send you as part of the envoy delegation?”
“Pardon?!”
This madman!
Was he insane?
Even if there was no one to invite, to name me, who would one day become an elite of the Murim Alliance and a great enemy of the Black Path, as part of the envoy delegation.
Ẽ ṅ u m̃ a
‘Wait…… Is he perhaps afraid of my growth and trying to create a flaw in me?’
When faced with something I did not want to do, only ridiculous suspicions increased.
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I quickly came to my senses.
“A-anyway, I will not go.”
“What did you say?!”
“I am not even a formal Alliance member yet, nor do I belong to Mantongbu. The reason I came to Mantongbu was only to help Department Head Maeng with his work.”
Е̌ nů m a . ĩ d̈
Maeng Ju-won, who had been crouched off to one side while keeping his ears open toward us, raised his thumb high.
I am not doing this because I like you!
“……It was not to go to the Black Thought Alliance. Moreover, I am too busy as a representative to accept the Grand Strategist’s re-quest.”
I refused quite rudely and firmly, yet for some reason, Jegal So-myeong spoke calmly.
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“I already told the Academy Head.”
“Pardon?”
W_еbn оv̌е̂l̆ Е̊ ń u m̃a
“This time, even if you are absent, the academy students will not create a representative delegation as they please. Unlike before, a proper order will be issued.”
Then he pulled out a carelessly crumpled sheet from a stack of documents and handed it over.
“That is your order. What is written at the very bottom?”
“……It says Alliance Leader’s Hall.”
Why was a document that looked as if someone had blown their nose on it and then unfolded it again an order from the Alliance Leader’s Hall?
“An order issued by the Alliance Leader’s Hall and Mantongbu at the same time is absolute. Even if the recipient is an academy student. Or would you like to go argue with the Elder Council?”
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The only ones who could reject an order from the Alliance Leader’s Hall and Mantongbu were the Elder Council.
But even if I took it to the Elder Council, as if those people would ever reject the order for me.
No, they might even take the opportunity to push me forward and tell me to go die.
Jegal So-myeong smiled triumphantly.
“Well then, will you be imprisoned in the Prison, or will you go?”
I clenched my teeth and answered.
Е̌n u m̊ ȧ
“……It would be better to go.”
“That is right.”
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Damn it, damn it, damn it.
What exactly had I done wrong for things like this to keep happening?
Ah! If I had known this would happen, I should have asked Mount Heng Sect to hold a grand ancestral rite for me.
“But what exactly do you mean by telling me to help build an alliance with the Black Thought Alliance?”
Ӗ n̂ ũ m̈ а
In the first place, the Black Thought Alliance, a Black Path alliance, had been launched as a group that would respond to the Murim Alliance.
If they planned to ally with the Murim Alliance from the start, the backlash would not be minor.
Naturally, there was no way they would accept the Murim Alliance’s proposal.
Moreover, the Murim Alliance was the same.
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The current main enemy of the Murim Alliance was not the Blood Cult or the Demonic Cult, said to have vanished.
It was the Black Path.
Ê n̊u̇ m а
What reason would such a Murim Alliance have to propose an alliance to the Black Path first?
“The war against the Blood Cult is dragging on. We cannot allow the Black Thought Alliance to think of this situation as an opportunity.”
“…….”
I calmed my mind and spoke as calmly as possible.
“I do not think I can do it.”
“Why not?”
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“Is it not an organization meant to keep the Murim Alliance in check? There is no way they will accept me.”
For some reason, Jegal So-myeong nodded.
“We also do not think they will accept an alliance. A smooth alliance relationship will likely be a matter for the distant future. If so, at the very least, war must not break out before the matter in Sichuan ends.”
“…….”
“If it does, then we will have crossed a river from which we cannot return.”
Could the Blood Cult and the Black Path truly be considered complete enemies of one another?
Е̃.num̈а̀ . і̊ d
There was no way the sight of the Murim Alliance moving to annihilate the Blood Cult would look good to the Black Path.
Moreover, for the Black Thought Alliance, now was also the perfect situation to strike the Murim Alliance.
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‘Perhaps they might even cut off the envoy delegation’s heads and declare war…….’
If I completed this mission safely, I would be suspected of being a Black Path spy, and if things went wrong, a war might break out between the Black Thought Alliance and the Murim Alliance.
No matter how I thought about it, I did not want to go.
But since the order had already been issued, persuading him on principle would not work.
E n̂ů m̈ а̄
Then the answer was to appeal to emotion.
I bowed my head politely.
“But no matter what, can someone like me truly form such a major agreement with the Black Path alliance? I think you are overestimating me.”
“Do not worry. Your work will be limited to ‘assistance.’”
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“……I am afraid because I do not know what might happen in the middle of those Black Path crowds.”
“I know your inner arts amount to three cycles, so what is there to worry about? A fellow who even cut off the Blood Cult’s Young Cult Master’s head is acting weak. Tsk.”
W̃ е̊ ḃ n оv̂ е́ l_ È nũm̊ а̄
Keuk.
The result of showing off to accumulate achievements had shackled my own feet like this.
No, and this old man really was not easy.
Jegal So-myeong was already patting my shoulder.
“Do not worry. A person with powerful martial arts will accompany the envoy delegation.”
I made my final struggle.
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“P-poison! How do I defend against poison? If they are Black Path bastards, they might put poison in the food…….”
Thanks to the Taeul True Scripture and my enormous inner arts, I could probably reach the level of being immune to a hundred poisons, but I was not immune to ten thousand poisons.
Whether or not he knew my unease, Jegal So-myeong nodded.
“I thought you would say that, so I prepared everything in advance.”
“…….”
What? He prepared it?
Е̃ń ú m а̌
Fuck, why was he so thorough?
“Academy Student Jin So-un, make sure there is not even the slightest negligence in this mission.”
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After suddenly speaking in a solemn voice, Jegal So-myeong cleared his throat with an ahem and left.
Maeng Ju-won, who had somehow approached, patted my shoulder as if telling me to cheer up, but I did not feel encouraged at all.
I really could not understand it.
Why did my fate keep being full of hardship whether I rose in the world or not?
Е̂ n̂û m a.
***
The formation of the Black Path alliance shook the entire murim.
The Black Path sects began to expect that, through this opportunity, they might be able to repay what the Murim Alliance had done to them until now.
On the other hand, the Orthodox Path sects began finding the growth of the Black Path’s power unpleasant to watch.
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Even inside the Murim Alliance, a subtle tension began to circulate.
The hardliners insisted that warriors should be dispatched at once and that the very existence of a group called the Black Thought Alliance should be erased, while the moderates took the position that there was no need to react sensitively to the establishment of a mere organization.
Е̄n̊ū m а̊. іd
Contrary to these clear public opinions, the higher-ups could not take any political stance.
They could not forgive an organization called the Black Thought Alliance, but since that organization had not actually done anything, they could not punish it.
They were saying they would gather among themselves and build friendship. It was not as though one could flip the table and tell them not to do that.
If that was not the Black Path, then what was?
The Murim Alliance was not some thug organization.
Moreover, fierce battles were still continuing day after day in Sichuan right now.
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Victory was in sight, but the resistance of the Blood Cult, which had to walk the road of sect extermination, was fierce, and far more time was still needed if they were to invade the enemy’s main base and root them out completely.
In the end, regarding the Black Thought Alliance’s founding ceremony, it was decided that they would send suitable gifts, a personal letter in the name of the Grand Strategist, and several envoys.
Protests poured in from both the hardliners and the moderates, but when the situation in Sichuan was presented to them, they tucked their tails and ran away like dogs told, “Let us wash.”
Hyeok Mu-gang raised his teacup and asked,
“What did that child say?”
“He showed plainly that he wanted to avoid going with all his might. But what can a brat like him do?”
Е̊ n umа̌ . іd
Jegal So-myeong looked as if he felt completely refreshed inside, but a slight shadow fell over Hyeok Mu-gang’s face.
“For some reason, I wonder whether we are placing too great a burden on that child.”
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“Is there any other choice? There is no suitable person we can trust and entrust with this kind of work.”
It was a mission that would practically fail no matter who went.
Jin So-un, at least, had influenced the process of the Black Path alliance’s formation, and because of the matter at the Demon Spirit Plateau, he had some acquaintance with the Four Emperors Peak Lord and many other Black Path giants, so they were trying it.
Jegal So-myeong also hardened his expression and said,
W̊ e b̄ nо̇v е́ l Еn̆ um̌ ӑ
“This time as well, we have no choice but to bet on that fellow’s unexpectedness.”
Jegal So-myeong did not like carrying out unpredictable matters in this way.
The chances of failure were high, and in the midst of that, the damage would be enormous.
But at least in this case, he hoped it would succeed even by luck.
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“Because if it fails…… it will be war.”
The resentment of the Black Path murim toward the Murim Alliance had deep roots over a long period.
Ѐ n ú ḿ ǎ. і̂ d
Now that they had just begun gathering their strength, they needed to extend that power outward, even if only to keep internal order.
The Murim Alliance also could not suddenly extend a hand to the Black Path now.
How had the current power of the Murim Alliance and the Orthodox Path within it grown until now?
Had it not been because of the justification that they would suppress the Black Path and preserve the order of the murim?
Perhaps war had already been scheduled.
“I only hope that a situation where more blood must be shed does not come.”
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Hyeok Mu-gang’s voice sank heavier than ever.
***
“Eldest Senior Brother, hold out your arm. You need to carry your bundle.”
“…….”
Eun-ho threaded the strap over my unmoving arm and put the heavy bundle on my back.
“Ah, right, and do not forget souvenirs when you come back.”
W е.b̀ń ov̇.е̌l Еn̄ü m̈ а̃
“……Do you think I am going on some wandering trip?”
As if he could not hear my words, Eun-ho continued saying only what he wanted.
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“I hear there are people among the Black Path martial artists who make strange objects. When else would I ever get to see them if not at a time like this?”
“……But Geum-pyo, why do you look like that?”
Geum-pyo, with clothes turned to rags and bruises covering his entire body, smiled bashfully.
“I have been training in outer arts lately……”
W е̇ b̀n о̂ v̊ e_l Ѐ nŭmӑ
“……I see. You are working hard.”
“Senior Brother. Please be careful.”
Sa-ryeon, who worried about me the most, stepped forward.
“As expected, you are the only one……”
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“Even if someone picks a fight with you, you must not break their head whenever you feel like it. That place is practically the middle of the Black Path murim. Do not do what you did at Iron Sword Sect.”
“…….”
En u m̆а
After receiving my junior brothers’ affectionate(?) send-off and greeting my acquaintances, I headed straight to the Murim Alliance.
‘An envoy delegation……. An alliance…….’
Certainly, an alliance with the Black Thought Alliance was necessary.
The moment the front lines increased, the blood of warriors would flow like rivers across the entire murim.
The problem was that there was no one inside the Murim Alliance who had a good relationship with the Black Path.
That was why I was extremely curious about the members of this envoy delegation.
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If they were to go as an envoy delegation to the Black Thought Alliance and conclude an alliance, did that not mean they were people capable of serving as a bridge between the Murim Alliance and the Black Thought Alliance?
And if this agreement was concluded well, the members of this envoy delegation were people likely to serve as a bridge between the Murim Alliance and the Black Thought Alliance later, against the rise of the Demonic Cult.
‘I should remember them well.’
When I reached the promised location, I saw a small traveling party.
Perhaps they had finished preparing in advance, because the escorts from the escort agency were checking the carriages, and the cart hands were checking the condition of the horses.
“Could you perhaps be the academy student joining the envoy delegation?”
Е̂ ṅ u m̀а̌
A cart hand asked while bending his waist halfway.
I nodded lightly.
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“Yes. That is me.”
“Ah, I will guide you this way.”
The cart hand behaved carefully, as though escorting an important person.
I looked around and asked,
W e̊b no̊v̂ ёl̊ Ӗ n̂ u̇ mа̌
“Hmm…… Are the envoy delegation members already here?”
“Yes. You are the last to arrive, Young Master.”
I had come two quarter-hours earlier than the scheduled time, yet they had already arrived.
Following the cart hand’s guidance around the carriages to where the horses were waiting, I saw people who seemed to be the envoy delegation.
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And the moment I saw them,
“Fuck…….”
W̊ ӗb̊ n о̃ v̇е̂ l Е ñ ù m̃ а́
I could not help but curse and stop dead.
At my voice, a woman turned toward me.
“……Cursing is bad.”
A short height. Long ebony-black hair. Dang Seo-hui, with an expressionless face and a strange way of speaking.
“…….”
“Please come. Benefactor Jin. It has been a long time.”
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Beside her, Small Buddha Il-myeong greeted me with his palms together.
“To think a mere delegation member dares arrive later than the delegation leader.”
And lastly, there was Ak Byeong-bi, who had tried to torture me not long ago over the matter of shattering Ak Ju-pyeong’s leg bones.
‘I am going insane.’
After confirming their faces, I was left feeling appalled.
A daughter of the Tang Clan, whose methods were worse than the Black Path.
Ё n̄umа̂
The Chief Disciple called the next abbot of Shaolin, the Mount Tai and Northern Dipper of the Orthodox Path.
An ideological inquisitor who would turn not only Black Path people, but even perfectly fine Orthodox Path people into Black Path people if he found them suspicious.
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‘What kind of envoy delegation is this!! It is a punitive expedition!!!’
Even if they had deliberately picked only people Black Path members hated, it seemed it would be hard to organize a group like this.
“It is nice to meet you again after so long.”
Dang Seo-hui waved with an expressionless face.
Е ñ ũ m̊ а
‘I will not do it! Damn it!’
I had already not wanted to go.
Now I intensely wanted to go even less.
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