Chapter 51: There Is No Such Thing As Retreat (1) (1/2)

Chapter 51: There is No Such Thing as Retreat (1)

Translator: hwarang

Editor: Klaurem

When we arrived, the atmosphere in the garden was calm.

It would have been more intimidating if they had over a hundred guards armed to their teeth awaiting our arrival.

Even though they received word that Ma Jung Soo would be coming by, they didn’t deviate too much from their normal activities. From this, I discerned that they weren’t your average guild, but this was a given since even Si Gon was killed by them.

A youth came out and led us the main pavilion.

Ya Chun was sitting in the middle of the pavilion with ten or so guards behind him. Most likely they were the strongest members of this Dark Guild.

Their stares were completely different from the average martial artist. Their eyes burned with the anger and resentment they held against the Kang Ho-In. Not only that, I could also sense that there were guards hidden all around the room as if they were waiting for their prey.

Although their skills might not be great, they should never be underestimated. Since I had already seen them fight before I knew the tricks they had up their sleeves. Their skills weren’t a huge issue, the challenge lay within their weapons. Since they used poison dipped hidden weapons infused with their ki, I needed to be careful.

Since Ma Jung Soo also sensed that this could be an ambush, he swallowed his saliva. He was rather very nervous.

I approached Ya Chun proudly, only stopping when I reached about ten paces from him. Then, I introduced Ma Jung Soo, “He is Lord Ma Jung Soo. the successor to the Heavenly Dao Gate so you should give your respect to him.”

Then, Ya Chun rose from his seat and greeted Ma Jung Soo, “Welcome. My name is Ya Chun and I am the master of this place. why has your honorable self come to this desolate place?”

After Ma Jung Soo lightly introduced himself, I took the lead as promised.

“Why else do you think we are here?”

It seems that Ya Chun was also very nervous since his face was rigid.

I already knew what he was worried about. He must have been worried that we came here regarding Si Gon’s death.

“Lord Ma has come here to borrow money from you.”

After hearing my words Ya Chun was surprised. Who would have thought that Ma Jung Soo would come here to borrow money?

“Why are you so surprised? Isn’t this something that you do often?”

“Why of course it is, but I still cannot believe that someone so prestigious as yourself must borrow money from someone like me.”

“Even important people need money”

Ya Chun was finally able to relax a bit since they were not here to exact revenge on him.

Then he asked with a relaxed expression, “How much do you need?”

“One hundred thousand nyang.”

The relaxed expression of Ya Chun became colder once more. Not only was this a huge sum of money, but he still couldn’t understand the other parties’ intent. He wasn’t sure if they were here to borrow the money, or take the money as compensation for Si Gon’s death.

So I sent him a mental message

-Since you killed someone belonging to the Heavenly Dao Gate shouldn’t you pay the price?

Ya Chun flinched. It was a mixed expression between anger and surprise. Then I continued

-Or, you can test your luck. Will you be able to get out of this unscathed if you lay your hands on the successor? Do you think we came here without any plan? If you let us borrow the hundred thousand nyang we will let that matter go. Of course, we will return the money with interest.

Ya Chun relied mentally

-Why are you messaging me mentally?

-Since we must eliminate you if the death of Si Gon escapes your mouth. Even if we don’t want that, that is how things will proceed. You know there is nothing more important than your life.

After sending those mental messages in a colder tone, I said with a lighter tone, “As you have heard Lord Ma plan on creating a Martial Arts School in San Dong. This could be a great opportunity for you.”

I prayed that my threat got through to them because if they refused the opposite might happen us.

“Please give me a moment to think about it.”

“Please do.”

Ya Chun closed his eyes and was in deep thought. He suspected that the person who spilled the information about Si Gon was Ma Jung Soo. He believed that Ma Jung Soo went as far as eliminating his own men to force them into this situation. Thus getting twice the money in return for his men.

‘Piece of dog sh*t!’

He thought that Ma Jung Soo was even colder and more ruthless than them. However, as he was in this situation, he couldn’t refuse. Since one hundred thousand nyang was not all of their a.s.sets, he couldn’t risk their lives for it. So he decided to take action after giving them the money.

After opening his eyes he slowly said, “Alright, I will lend you the money.”

“By tomorrow!”

“Alright.”

“Thank you. You will not regret this decision. Please get the traceless bank

notes and meet us at the temple in Mt. Poong.”

With that they finalized their agreement, and signed the contract.

Ma Jung Soo personally wrote it, and signed it himself.

Although he didn’t ask me why he need to sign it, I persuaded him in doing so. He might not like it, but at least it confirmed that he had a hundred thousand nyang.

I made him sign it because I was going to use it later. If someone were to investigate what happened later, this would serve as concrete evidence.

After finalizing the deal, we left the place.

After we left, the pavilion was full of anger. The first person who exploded in rage was Koo Chul.

“Son of a b*tch! Where does he think this is!? I wanted to kill him immediately but I didn’t!”

All the other men around him had a similar expression.

But Ya Chun was calm.

“If we want to kill him, we can kill him later.”

After Koo Chul killed Si Gon, Ya Chun investigated everything there was to know about Ma Jung Soo.

Since early on Ma Jung Soo had killed his maids and guards for no reasons.

Although Ya Chun was also an evil person he still had some conscience. He had been involved in many incidents but he never harmed the women, children or the weak.

“You plan on giving that b.a.s.t.a.r.d hundred thousand nyang?”

Ya Chun nodded his head.

“Since we are the ones who are clean, let us watch how things go.”

“But, it’s such a large amount of money.”

“Don’t think of it like that.”

Ya Chun was thinking about something else.

“If they were the ones who stole from the San Dong Merchants, they must have a lot of money right?”

“Yes.”

“Then, I am sure they are more than capable of paying back the interest.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“What, you thought I was just giving it to them? Who are we? Even if the Heavenly Dao Gate, no even if his granddaddy came, I will get back my money with interest. This is what they get for making a fool of us.”