Chapter 59: Divine Sword Of King Shura (2) (1/2)
Chapter 59: Divine Sword of King Shura (2)
Translator: hwarang
Editor: Klaurem
Sa Ma Chun revealed his true thoughts after he got back to his office.
“This man Baek Pyo, his personality was just as I expected.”
Jo Byuk silently understood the true meaning of his words, “Do you mean that Kal Sa Ryang didn’t entrust the sword to him?”
“That’s what I believed at first. But…”
As he was about say something but he didn’t.
“When I questioned him at the end, he was way too calm. It could be that he was calm because he led the Fierce Guard Sect for so long, but that calmness was… there was something about it. It was practiced, as if he prepared it beforehand in case something like this happened.”
“You are very sharp, sir.”
Sa Ma Chun nodded, “Something was off. If he stole something that precious why did he stay so close to the Murim Alliance and not go someplace further away?”
He couldn’t figure out Baek Pyo. This was because Baek Pyo loved Chun Ha Jin so much he left the Alliance to run a shop near the Alliance.
“There must be a reason sir.”
The person who was initially doubtful of Baek Pyo was Jo Byuk. Since he couldn’t find anything when he investigated Kal Sa Ryang, he wanted to find something out from Baek Pyo.
“We might need to investigate further.”
“I’ll take care of it sir.”
“How?”
He believed that he would never be able to find the sword using a normal method since his opponent was the former Chief of the Guards.
“I think it’s better if you don’t know.”
What he meant by this was he will take care of everything. If something happened, he would take responsibility for it.
“You understand, right? He was the best Chief Guard that the Murim had.”
“Of course sir.”
Since Sa Ma Chun warned him, he said “Good, then I will entrust this to you.”
After Jo Byuk left Sa Ma Chun stared out the window. It must have been a coincidence that Kal Sa Ryang was coming this way with his arms full of books and doc.u.ments. He was working late into the night.
As he stared at Kal Sa Ryang emotionlessly, Kal Sa Ryang looked his way said his greetings, “You haven’t retreated to your room yet sir?”
Just like an actor on stage, Sa Ma Chun changed his expression and made a lighter expression.
“You are working hard through the night.”
Although he already knew that Kal Sa Ryang was working through the night due to all the work that he had given him, he still acted friendly.
“It must be that I am getting old as I can’t do things as I used to. Please enjoy yourself sir.”
After bowing one more time Kal Sa Ryang left. He was able to sense a cold stare at his back.
Although he had his back turned he didn’t make any changes to his expression since he knew that he was being watched. He knew that Sa Ma Chun still didn’t trust him
Thus, he had to act like a loser since there were still things that had to be done. However, there would come a time when they trust him. That was when he was going to exact his revenge. So until that day he had to take whatever hards.h.i.+ps came his way. He spent his entire life serving the Alliance and at one point he was the Chancellor. He had subordinates who would give up their lives at his command. Although most of them were spies that he had spread throughout all of Kang Ho as well as inside the Alliance. They would move once he gave the order.
His target was not Sa Ma Chun, but Ma Bong Gi and whoever was behind him.
After Ma Bong Gi became the Mengju, he was cautiously investigating everything about him. He came to conclusion that there was someone behind the curtains pulling the strings.
‘I don’t know how you managed to kill the Mengju, but I will get my revenge. It doesn't matter how long it takes, I will get it.’
He was willing to do anything to prepare for that day.
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I got a room at an inn near Baek Pyo’s tavern.
The first thing that I had to do was find out what Sa Ma Chun was looking for. If Baek Pyo had what he was looking for, then he was in grave danger.
Sa Ma Chung had asked whether Kal Sa Ryang entrusted him with anything.
Was he looking for something that belonged to Kal Sa Ryang? Or was he looking for something that belonged to me?
Since Sa Ma Chun personally moved, the item must be very important. What would be so important? Since I didn’t know any important belongings of Kal Sa Ryang, I just started recalling my important belongings. Since I didn’t like collecting things and decorating things it couldn’t be money or jewelry. It definitely wouldn’t be cultivating medicines since they could find plenty of those in the medical storage. I was someone who lived by the blade.
My last words enlightened me.
Could it be?
I stood up from my seat.
The Divine Sword Of King Shura?
I recalled a conversation that I had with Kal Sa Ryang some ten years ago.
“Mengju-nim why do you only use the Divine Sword of King Shura? Aren’t there other divine swords in the weapon vault. Why did you send them all back after using them for a just month?”
“Did I do that?”
“If you say it like that, I can see how important King Shura is to you.”
“Since I spent so much time with it, it feels like a part of me. If I die please take good care of this sword, and pa.s.s it on to someone worthy.”
“Why are you saying such things? That won’t happen for a couple of decades, sir.”
“Haha, my man. My age is already past sixty.”
I got a feeling that he could have hidden it away. If it was something like this, then Sa Ma Chun wouldn’t let up so easily.
Then another scene came to my mind. The sword and the s.h.i.+eld mounted on the wall in the Wind Tavern.