Chapter 364 - The Zegal Clan 1 (1/2)

The clans were like the backwaters of blood relations.

In order to become a main warrior of the clan, one had to be considerably close with the members of the clan and the blood of the other clans.

Among them, the most closed clan was the Zegal clan in Angyong.

Zegal Myeong was an inventor and a genius writer of 100 years back.

The Zegal clan was proud to be of his blood and his descendants, and seldom invited outsiders into their homes.

A while ago, a group of men had entered their home without any prior notice.

“What? Hui got attacked and was helped by unknown people?”

The Zegal Clan’s head, Zegal Moon was a slightly old yet freshman of 57 years.

He had left the home for a while to check up on the business of the clan, and when he returned, he received a report about the general and was shocked.

“It was said that the assassins were aiming for the 3rd prince.”

“Hmm, what the hell is happening to the nation…?!”

At the words of the man in the report, Zegal Moon swallowed his saliva and stayed in silence.

Because he could guess why they were aiming for the life of the 3rd prince.

Currently, there were only two men who would benefit from the disappearance of Jo Won-rak, and the most possible one was Jo Won-gyun.

There was the prince Jo Won-ki, but he was involved in opium.

And there was no other person in competition of the succession, so no man would argue with the court and change the prince.

‘And so, Jo Won-gyun will have to work hard to get rid of his half brother.’

The problem was that Zegal Hui was one of the 5 skilled members of the Zegal clan.

In addition, he was trained by the head himself, and the Eorim troops were made by Hui, they could even take down the Kang Ho clans.

And knowing their skills, the head couldn’t help but wonder what drove them over the cliff of death.

From what he knew, there was no force behind Jo Won-gyun who had such an overwhelming force.

“For the 3rd crown prince, there were men from the northern continent and Hwang Bo clan’s.”

“What? Hwang Bo-sung?”

Zegal Moon asked with a shock.

Hwang Bo-sung was said to have gone to the North for a trade three years back and disappeared into the sea.

It was said that the ship had got caught in the typhoon.

However, Zegal Clan, who had the best information center than Kang Ho, had accurately identified the situation and the signs of the incident.

They had also found out that Hwang Bo-sung’s disappearance was due to Hwang Bo-kwang, the current head of Hwang Bo clan.

However, there was no clear evidence, and they didn’t give out the news since they would gain anything from a rivalry with the Hwang Bo clan.

And in such times, Hwang Bo-sung had appeared.

‘Is there going to be bloody winds in the nation which had been peaceful for too long?’

Either the two events will cause a tremendous impact, or everyone is going to get hurt.

Zegal Moon shook his head and went out to meet Zegal Hui and the 3rd prince’s party.

It was because he wanted to listen to the actual story about the incident and prepare for what is going to come in the future.

“Hyung, I am sorry.”

Zegal Moon met Zegal Hui in the halls of the guest house.

As soon as he saw the head, Hui bowed and apologized.

Even if everything went good, he ran away like a dog after getting beaten up and lost, so he couldn’t just show his face with pride.

“It is alright. When things get difficult, you need to live at all costs. And why are you making the relation between us so complicated?”

“Hyung…”

Zegal Hui was the cousin of the younger brother of Zegal Moon.

Zegal Moon had sisters, so he cherished Hui like a younger brother.

Which was why he took in Zegal Hui and helped him personally when he wanted to join the military.

It was all thanks to the cousin’s support that Zegal Hui was able to show his outstanding skills and become victorious, and became the general of Eorim troops by 50.

Zegal Moon was proud of him.

However, such a prideful younger brother was standing with his head down because of a defeat.

It was truly pathetic to see the guards of the 3rd prince standing with their sword down and bodies bandaged all over.

“Let’s greet the 3rd prince and talk.”

“Yes.”

Zegal Moon, who entered the room of the 3rd prince Jo Won-rak, bowed on his knee and greeted him.

“Zegal Moon, the guardian of Kang Ho region, greets the 3rd prince.”

“It is my pleasure, clan head. Because of my unsuccessful circumstances, I had to rely on your family for a while, so please keep this untidy man under you till help comes from the capital.”

“I will do as you say, your highness.”

To let Jo Won-rak who was shocked by the day’s turn out rest, Zegal Moon walked out of the room.