In the afternoon, Seo Dae-ryong brought in about a dozen Hwangcheon-gak investigators.

As it seemed like a full-scale investigation was about to begin, the demons began to stir. Rumors spread that they would thoroughly investigate all the demons, led by Jang-ho.

And that evening, an accident occurred.

While I was resting in my room, an investigator from Hwangcheon-gak came running.

“Something big is going on. You should go quickly.”

When I got there, I saw that the hallway in front of the investigation room was a mess. There had been a fight between the demons and the investigators.

“Stop!”

I pushed my way through the confrontation between the demons and the investigators and stopped the fight.

One of the investigators was lying on the ground, bleeding. He wasn’t just beaten. Blood was flowing out of his torn face, and his ribs were broken.

Seo Dae-ryong, angry, stepped forward, but he couldn’t handle the demons and was also beaten.

“Are you badly hurt?”

“I’m fine, but my colleague is badly hurt.”

“Take him to the infirmary quickly.”

The other investigators carried him out.

The mastermind behind this incident, Il Dae-ju, was shamelessly there.

“You did this?”

“Yes.”

The demons standing around him were all demons from the Demon Army. Perhaps because of this, Godang was not intimidated at all. Rather, he was enjoying the situation, and his subordinates around him looked like they were about to burst out laughing.

“It seems like a day when the prophecy will come true.”

Seo Dae-ryong, who knew what the prophecy was, swallowed hard.

“What kind of prophecy are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Seo Dae-ryong stared at Godang’s head and answered his question.

“Go Dae-ju, it’s a prophecy you absolutely don’t want to know.”

“Then I will also make a prophecy to you, Confucius. Our Confucius will be driven out of the school after being pushed out of the successor dispute and will live off the Murim Alliance’s sect.”

The demons who were listening burst into laughter.

Instead of getting angry, I was delighted.

“Oh, what a wonderful prophecy!”

“Awesome?”

“You survived even after being pushed out of the successor dispute? And you can live off the sect without working! Isn’t living off the sect without doing anything a dream for all of us? Thank you for the prophecy! I will live my life there.”

In return, Godang’s expression hardened as he was ridiculed.

“Why did you hurt the Hwangcheon Pavilion’s Martial Arts?”

“We bumped into each other in the hallway. He didn’t apologize, so I just helped him.”

“You must have bumped into his shoulder. Even if he apologized, he wouldn’t have let it go.”

Godang laughed without denying it. The demons around him also laughed.

“It’s poison.”

Godang asked me incredulously.

“Poison?”

“Your subordinates, it’s poison to you.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

As long as his subordinates are watching, he won’t back down because of his pride, and he’ll eventually end up going to the destruction I planned.

“Godang, didn’t you kill a member of the school like this last year? The year before last, you got into a fight at a bar and killed three people.”

The opponents were all low-ranking warriors, and the demons covered it up before it became an incident.

“There are many idiots in the world who don’t respect their seniors.”

A look that said, ‘You’re the one’s’ flew towards me.

“Do you know that? I got something when I came down.”

“What is that?”

“Instant disposition authority.”

The surroundings became quiet for a moment at the word instant disposition authority.

However, Godang snorted instead.

“What would you do if you had the authority? You don’t have the ability to dispose?”

At those words, his subordinates burst into laughter again.

This is the poison I was talking about. This is what happens when a fool is conscious of the gaze of those around him.

Normally, he would be very nervous, but he is showing off in front of his subordinates. He is the only one who doesn’t know what kind of stage he is standing on.

As I took a step closer, the demons around Godang rushed forward.

“To mess with us is to mess with the entire demon army. I wonder if this Confucius has the courage to do that.”

“At least I won’t hide behind my subordinates.”

He raised his bandaged right hand.

“I was injured because of some coward.”

At that time, I raised my right hand and said.

“I won’t use my right hand either.”

“!”

Godang flinched, not knowing that this would come out.

However, he was mistaken in thinking that he was the main character of this stage.

“If I get hurt, will you go to the cult leader and tell him?”

His subordinates burst into laughter. Every time they laughed, the stage became even hotter.

“I won’t hold you responsible, not to mention getting hurt, even if you die.”

“You swore?”

I swore, tapping my sword twice.

Only then did the bastard accept my challenge.

“Okay. Let’s fight.”

Godang drew his sword and held it in his left hand. The reason he confidently stepped forward was because his left hand could handle the sword just as skillfully as his right. On the other hand, I was right-handed.

I walked forward slowly, with my right hand behind my back as if carrying a load.

“If you use that hand because it’s urgent?”

Godang seemed afraid that I would use my right hand.

“Tell your subordinates to join forces and kill me.”

“Huh! You’re so confident. I heard that you recently held a talent show with the reckless men of the Namdo Order. I guess you gained confidence from there.”

“Actually, your talent is more fun.”

“Shut up!”

Godang charged, swinging his sword.

I thought that this fight was also part of my training. The important thing in training is actual training, and an actual fight with the Demon Lord is an experience that you can’t buy with money.

Godang was not moderate. He put all his effort into somehow wounding me.

Every time the sword missed, I could hear sighs of regret here and there.

They might have thought I would be stabbed by a sword at any moment, but my heart was as calm as a lake.

I know for sure after fighting him. My current state is that I can easily deal with Godang with my left hand.

Everyone's interest in the outcome of this fight will be 'How many moves?'

The move I set was forty moves. This is what will be said when this fight is over.

This Confucius, in forty moves, he defeated the Demon Army's first major ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) lord.

He defeated Yang Po, the disciple of Blood Heavenly Demon, in twenty moves, so if he defeated Godang in forty moves, it would be considered balanced.

When he reached forty moves, he changed his tactics and attacked him.

The moment I grabbed his wrist holding the sword, Godang roughly pushed him away and tried to step back. However, if that was possible, he wouldn't have grabbed his arm in the first place.

My body spun around while holding his arm.

Euddudduk!

Godang's arm twisted like laundry, and the bone popped out of his wrist.

"Euaaaaaaaaaah!"

The fist flew again and slammed into the face of the screaming guy.

With a heavy impact sound, Godang rolled on the floor.

I climbed on the fallen guy's body and struck him with my fist. If I had used my internal energy, he would have died instantly, but I didn't use my internal energy and instead applied the impact.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

One of the demons who had been watching rushed in.

I swung my sword while sitting on Godang's stomach.

The lower abdomen of the guy who was rushing in split open and fell forward.

The demons, as well as Seodaeryong and the Hwangcheon Pavilion investigators, were greatly surprised because they didn't know that I would cut him down with one stroke.

"Crazy!"

"Kill him!"

Two of Godang's men rushed forward, drawing their swords.

The attack they made in the dire situation was their last move before they could survive.

I suddenly stood up and swung my sword repeatedly. Their swords grazed my body, but mine pierced the exact spot they were aiming for.

Boom! Boom!

The two who had their necks pierced fell down, spewing blood everywhere.

In an instant, the place became a sea of ​​blood. As the three comrades turned into corpses, the demons hesitated whether to rush in or not.

I shouted powerfully.

“The crime of those who just died is treason.”

They froze at the word treason.

After leaving them helpless like that, I walked over to Godang, who had fallen.

“Your lord is the same. You beat up the person who came as the leader of the cult and seriously injured him, so it is clearly treason.”

I looked down at him and spoke coldly.

“Do you know what happened to the families of the people you killed in a tavern last year? You don’t know? You probably didn’t care. They lost their fathers, their children, their husbands. Are those people living properly? What are you doing to beat people? What are you doing to kill our followers?”

“……Please spare me.”

His face was bloodshot, but he was full of a desire to live.

“Why me?”

“……I will repent.”

Blood flowed out of his mouth.

“Lies. You will continue to do that, right?”

“No. Absolutely not.”

“You said it, right? You will continue to do that.”

“……When did I?”

“Your past life has told you everything.”

I quickly raised my foot and struck Godang’s head with my fist.

Swish!

Crack.

The bastard's head burst like a watermelon and he died instantly.

In an instant, silence fell on the place. No one would have imagined that the Demon Lord would kill Godang, who was favored by him, by breaking his head.

After killing Godang, I shouted at the demons in the area.

"Treason is punishable by immediate execution. Do you want to die? Keep your swords raised."

At that, the demons in the area all put down their swords. The great lord was already dead, and if they stepped forward, their heads would be blown off. They were overwhelmed by my martial arts that cut them down with a single sword.

"The Demon Lords are to retreat and remain in self-imposed confinement until a special order is given! If you come out of your room after this time, you will be punished for treason, so know that!"

When I motioned for them all to leave, they could not dare to refuse and all went outside.

The Hwangcheon Pavilion investigators who had been watching looked at me with surprised faces. The emotions mixed with that surprise were clearly joy and excitement.

Seo Dae-ryong said to me.

“You’re much stronger than I thought.”

“What did you think?”

“That… I didn’t know you’d defeat the Demon Army.”

“We had a prophecy.”

It was meant to be a laugh, but Seo Dae-ryong didn’t laugh. He looked around at the corpses scattered around him with a tense face.

“Even if you’re this lord… Is this okay?”

He firmly spoke to the frightened man.

“Only three or four people. Don't make a fuss about the dead. I'm here ready to cut down half of the demon army."

"!"

It was a moment to confirm how much Seo Dae-ryong usually kept his eyes closed.

That evening, the Demon Lord came to see me.

He was waiting in the Giru of Magachon, not in his office.

There were about ten Giru in Magachon, and although no one had decided, the places were naturally determined by rank. The Giru that the Demon Lord was waiting for was the highest-class Giru.

"I called you here to have a drink with you after a long time."

He treated me as if nothing had happened. In fact, he was more secretive and gentle than usual.

"Have you been here before?"

"It's my first time."

"I like it here."

As expected, the food and drinks served were top-class, and the gisaengs were also very beautiful. The musicians' performance skills were also top-notch.

"It looks expensive."

"It's the most expensive place in Magachon. I prepared something special for you today.”

He was a man who was proud of such luxury and pleasure.

“You never know when you’ll die, so you should enjoy life to the fullest. Isn’t that right?”

“You’re right.”

“Come on, let’s drink.”

I drank with him. The Lord of Demons played as if it were his own home, no matter how often he came. He sang while drinking, and even jumped up and danced with the gisaeng. He clearly called me because of Godang’s death, but he didn’t mention it at all.

Since I was far from pleasure in my past life, I just played along moderately.

After we had a good time and got drunk, the Lord of Demons finally dismissed the gisaengs.

“There was a minor incident with our kids?”

The words ‘minor incident’ reflected his intentions for how he would handle this matter.

“Yes. There was an unexpected conflict.”

It was the death of the Demon Lord. It was an incident that would have turned the school upside down, but the Demon Lord tried to use this as an opportunity to turn things around.

“What’s good is good, so how about we wrap things up here? I had no choice but to write this, but Il Dae-ju was a friend with many shady sides.”

It meant that we should blame everything on the dead Il Dae-ju and end it.

‘Hey, you’re really a piece of trash.’

No matter what, he was a confidant and subordinate. Instead of taking revenge, you’re trying to make him a criminal. That’s why only the dead are pitiful.

“Even if it’s for the investigation, wouldn’t it be a big problem if you bring up the fact that you killed the Demon Lord?”

“I’m sorry about that.”

“What do you think? Should we wrap it up here? Wouldn’t one Dae-ju and three subordinates be enough?”

“Thank you for your consideration. I’d like to handle it well, but there’s one problem.”

“What problem?”

“There’s no evidence. An official investigation has come out, so shouldn’t there be evidence to report to the higher-ups?”

“Just attach some evidence.”

“That’s difficult. The complaint that came in this time said that the area received private external contracts. This isn’t something that can be quietly brushed aside.”

It was something I heard from Jang-ho, but I said it was in the complaint.

Since I didn’t know that I would know that, Ma-gun-ju tried hard to hide his surprise.

“We definitely need evidence to end this case.”

I didn’t ask him to give me evidence. But he must have understood it this way.

- This will end if you give me evidence.

After the short secret meeting, Ma-gun-ju brought the gisaengs in again to drink and play.

Ma-gun-ju tried to have more fun than before, but I could feel his worries throughout the drinking party. His dancing wasn’t as nimble as before.