Chapter 625: 625
Thu! Thu! Thu! Thud!
The main gate of the Imperial Palace, which had been firmly closed after the news of the emperor’s illness was reported, was opened .
From there, a series of actions emerged .
A gorgeous wagon led by the Eorim Army, armed with flashing weapons and eight white horses as its escorts .
The residents in the capital were looking at the wagon .
“Who is riding it?”
“Well, looking at all those beside it, it doesn’t look like someone average is inside…”
“Maybe the other empress is going to pray at a nearby temple . ”
The wagon left the city gates and headed to the west .
However, there were those who secretly followed the wagon .
They watched where the wagon was moving to and followed it closely .
Hwang Bo-yun and Zegal Shin, who was disguised as warriors, were waiting .
“Sir, we have checked and they are here . ”
“Did you see it clearly? Were they really heading over to the Cheon Yeong mountains?”
At the question of Hwang Bo-yun, the man from Haomun, who was following the wagon, answered, “I am sure . ”
“Uhm, well…”
The movement of the emperor in disguise and the exiled Jo Won-ki was confirmed .
“We should go after it right away . ”
At the words of Zegal Shin, Hwang Bo-yun shook his head .
“No, we shouldn’t follow it . ”
“What? You don’t mean to save His Majesty?”
“Huhu . That wasn’t what I meant . I know of a shortcut, so let’s move in that direction . ”
At the words of Hwang Bo-yun, Zegal Shin nodded his head and left .
However, they were hurrying too much that they missed one thing .
It was the fact that there were people who were watching them .
“Hiik! Save me! The bugs are on my body… Ackkk!”
A young man with long feet was jumping around in the wagon .
He was the crown prince, who was supposed to be exiled, Jo Won-ki .
In addition to Jo Won-ki, there were two more people who were riding inside the spacious wagon .
An old man, who wasn’t strong enough to bow to him, and an elderly lady with a fine haircut was next to him .
Duk! Duk! Duk!
As a result of the hallucinations and withdrawal effects, Jo Won-ki was scratching his body to the point where it was already bleeding, and the lady, who was in the wagon along with him, tried to calm him .
“Prince, get yourself together . Hey, is no one going to respond? Call a doctor right now!”
The lady, well, the other empress, cried in the wagon toward the Eorim Army, who were outside the carriage .
However, everyone pretended as if they didn’t hear it .
Well, it was more like they couldn’t hear it .
It was because the wizards that were brought in from the North by Hwang Bo-kwang put Silence magic on the wagon .
And even if there was no magic on them, they wouldn’t have obeyed the words of the empress .
They had already pledged their allegiance to Jo Won-gyun and Hwang Bo-kwang, and the empress had no power as the emperor was ill, and Jo Won-ki was a well-known addict, who had no rights in the Imperial family .
“You nasty people! Don’t you guys fear those above the sky!”
The empress kept on crying and yelling .
Even though she tried to hold back her tears, it felt like if she tried to hold back her emotions she would have an emotional breakdown .
No one from the group of Jo Won-gyun had informed her of anything .
However, the empress, who lived for decades in the empire, couldn’t see what was happening in her empire .
And it was too late for her to even realize the conspiracy that Jo Won-gyun had resorted to .
“Uh, wah…”
“Oh my! Prince, what is wrong?”
When Jo Won-ki, who was suffering from hallucinations was losing control, the empress began to turn concerned .
“Oh my, my, my… Please kill me . I am going crazy again, and I am worried that I’ll kill both of you!”
“Why would you say that?! You need to stay sane . ”
When the Empress was trying to calm the prince, the wagon, which was escorting them, suddenly came to halt . It was because the cart in the front blocked the path .
The moment when the Eorim Army were about to leave the wagon and see the situation ahead, one of the men from the cart ahead ran back .
“Oh my! I am so sorry, sir . The wheel suddenly broke down . ”
“The wheel broke down? Was it broken intentionally?”
“I-intentionally? What the hell is that supposed to mean . . ?”
Hwang Bo-yun, who was dressed like the man from the cart ahead, acted confused .
He thought that the Eorim Army’s men would yell at him and ask the cart to be moved .
However, it was as if the Eorim Army knew .
‘No way . Was the information leaked beforehand?’
Just the thought of it sent shivers down the spine of Hwang Bo-yun .
Even Jo Won-gyun wouldn’t have liked serving under the name of the emperor .
He needed a proper justification to claim the throne .
What if the cause was that the emperor was attacked?
‘Oh sh*t, we were played!’
“Raid! Protect His Majesty at all costs!”
The soldiers and the attendants all pulled their swords when the commander of the Eorim Army shouted .
Once the commander’s orders fell, they swung their swords at the wagon and not at the strangers .
Well, they were informed by Hwang Bo-kwang in advance .
If a group of people trying to save the emperor appear in the middle of the path, they were asked to not hesitate and kill the emperor .
Of course, the crimes for the death of the emperor would go over to the strangers .
“Save Your Majesty!”
“Waoh!”
Not just the men who were disguised along with Hwang Bo-yun, but also the warriors who were hiding behind the bushes on the other side of the road jump over with Zegal Shin at the shout of Hwang Bo-yun and attacked the Eorim Army .
Kang! Kang!
The noise of the weapons and the shouts of the troops rang loudly from both sides .
The fiercest fighting was happening around the wagon holding the royal family .
The blood of Eorim, who wanted to kill the emperor and the warriors who wanted to save them, colored the wagon red .
Cang! Cang! Cang!
Zegal Shin, who was dealing with five of the Eorim troops at once, was turning nervous .
He already anticipated that the Eorim troops would have great skills .
He too selected the best warriors from his clan .
It was the same with Hwang Bo-yun .
However, it wasn’t just the troops, but even the attendants were a lot stronger .
Well, they had to be strong .
It was because they weren’t just any attendants from the Imperial Palace .
‘Salmak? These guys are the murderous assassins!’
Seeing their martial skills, Zegal Shin managed to find out their real identity .
They were killers, notorious for carrying out assassinations .
The Kang Ho clans didn’t go well with them . Until recently, there was no major dispute between the Kang Ho and the Salmek clans either to see that they were attached to the Jo Won-gyun group!
“Kueak! My eye…!”
“Be careful! They have poison!”
The assassins of Salmek weren’t just excellent, but they also knew how to use poison .
As a result, the number of warriors, who were brought in by Zegal Shin and Hwang Bo-yun, were taken down .
If things went like that, annihilation awaited them… Well, even the emperor’s life would be lost .
‘We made a mistake . We should have been more careful and prepared!’
At the time when Hwang Bo-yun was grunting to himself .
“These men!”
Suddenly, a man with a bamboo mask, who ran from behind, jumped in .
He had a spear in his hand, and each time he swung it, the assassins of Salmek coughed blood and fell down .
The assassins attacked him with poison .
However, the warriors were much faster .
Whenever he threw the spear in his hand, the spear would move like a living dragon and pierce the necks and hearts of the assassins .
Swoosh!
“Kuak!”
“Kuk!”
“Ack!”
‘Th-this is!’
Zegal Shin and Hwang Bo-yun were shocked at the formidable skills of the man .
“N-no way . Is he…?”
“Run away! It is Lee Yong-mu, the Red Dragon King!”
Currently, Lee Yong-mu, the Red Dragon King, was the strongest warrior in the Song Empire as well as the Kang Ho clans .
There was no other person who could use a spear as skilfully as him .
The assassins, who managed to recognize him, ran away .
Lee Yong-mu threw his spear into the sky . The spear that rose to the sun split into dozens of spears and fell over the fleeing assassins .
“Kuak!”
“Ackkkk!”
Zegal Shin and Hwang Bo-yun couldn’t shut their mouths after seeing the assassins get wiped out in the blink of an eye .
Zegal Shin himself was proud of climbing into the stage of a master, yet after seeing Lee Yon-mu, he realized that he wouldn’t stand a chance .
“You guys were too hasty . ”
When Lee Yong-mu recovered his spear, he approached the two men and talked to them .
“We are ashamed . We don’t know what would have happened if the commander… . ”
The two men immediately bowed their heads and expressed their gratitude .
“By the way, how did the commander come to know about this place?”
“It is a huge mistake to think that only you people have spies . I’ll tell you the details later, so come and hurry . We need to take His Majesty to a safe place . ”
At Lee Yong-mu’s words, Zegal Shin and Hwang Bo-yun hurriedly took the emperor’s family and left the place .
Although things went far from their original plan, they somehow managed to rescue the emperor .
All that was left was to wait for Crown Prince Jo Won-rak to enter the empire with his own army .
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