Trash of the Count's Family

Book 2: Chapter 199: The trade has been established (5)

A couple of ships arrived at Hainan.

Arriving late at night, the boats stealthily arrived at shore for a person to get off and hide his identity in the darkness as he moved.

However, the people who needed to know his identity were aware of it.

That was the reason they kept quiet and did not show themselves.

“…He’s arrived?”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

The Triumvirate. The three major forces of the Martial Arts world… Sima Pyeong, the leader of the Divergent Coalition, the core of the Unorthodox faction, quietly looked out to see that it was darker than usual.

He had told his subordinates not to go outside once the sun set unless it was extremely essential to do so.

That esteemed individual made it clear that he did not want others to see him, so Sima Pyeong had no choice but to keep his subordinates in check in order to not be on that person’s bad side.

This should be the same for the Orthodox faction and the Demon Cult as well.

‘Ah…maybe the Demon Cult would be a bit different?’

Sima Pyeong continued that unnecessary thought before quietly mumbling to himself.

“I did not expect the Emperor to personally come.”

“…….”

Sima Pyeong quietly chuckled after seeing his confidant flinch at his comment. ‘Emperor.’ Seeing how his confidant became scared just hearing that word made it possible to feel the status of the Emperor.

Furthermore, Sima Pyeong did not put much meaning to mentioning the Emperor.

“It’s not like there are people spying on us. Why are you so scared?”

“Ah.”

His subordinate finally relaxed.

“Did you think I would say something like that without knowing if people were around?”

“Ah, of course not, sir.”

The subordinate subconsciously agreed. If Sima Pyeong, who was better at observing his surroundings than anybody else, casually mentioned the Emperor, it must mean that it was a safe situation to do so.

“Pfft.”

Sima Pyeong chuckled at his confidant who immediately agreed with him and looked out the window.

The moon was covered by the clouds and there were less torches than normal.

‘Both the Orthodox faction and the Demon Cult’s sides are quiet as well.’

However, there were bound to be people who were unable to fall asleep tonight.

They were probably as alert as he was, looking to gather even the slightest of information through this silence.

No.

Maybe they were chaotically busy, just as he had been, sending subordinates out of the island as soon as they heard that the Emperor was coming in order to inform their respective groups.

‘He made that merciless Emperor move.’

The Emperor was known to be extremely giving to his people, but he did not give the slightest of openings to the Martial artists. In fact, the Martial Arts World deemed him to be merciless.

Since such a person had personally left the Imperial Palace, information would be spread not just in the Martial Arts world but for all power figures in the Central Plains.

The Emperor claimed that he would come stealthily but did not hide his movements.

He was basically saying that he didn’t care if people knew.

However, it was this attitude that made the martial artists act more reserved.

“Anyway, Coalition leader-nim, what kind of person must young master Kim be?”

Was it because this person thought that there were no eyes spying on them? The confidant asked in a relaxed manner.

Sima Pyeong scowled for a moment.

The confidant flinched in response when Sima Pyeong mumbled in a casual voice.

“Someone who is the center of the Central Plains, the sun of our world, is willing to personally come meet.”

The sun, the center of the Central Plains.

These were two of the countless ways they addressed the Emperor.

Someone who could make the person with such lofty titles rush over to meet him…

Kim Hae-il.

What word could be used to describe this person?

‘There are none.’

The more he learned about this person, the less words he found to describe this person.

God?

No. He was definitely human.

In that case, was it right to call him a person?

How could they when what he had shown was beyond what a person could do?

‘Furthermore, what about his disposition?’

He was good-natured.

However, he was not always good-natured.

Then was he evil?

Sima Pyeong would answer no to that question.

‘Yes.’

However, there is one thing he could say about this person.

‘He is like the vast ocean.’

The vast ocean that stopped a big disaster.

Kim Hae-il.

The vast ocean was the only way he could describe this person.

He was not an existence that could be contained in this human world.

He was something bigger.

That was what brought a question to Sima Pyeong’s mind.

‘Is he really someone from the Imperial family?’

The rumors that young master Kim Hae-il was a member of the Imperial family…

The story that he was associated with them…

The talk about how he was an elder relative of the Emperor…

“…That does not seem to be the case.”

There were things he learned little by little while being by that person’s side.

Of course, these were things that only Sima Pyeong, Zhuge Mi Ryeo, and the Heavenly Demon, the ones who had been by young master Kim and his people’s side on the battlefield, could feel, but…

‘They’re different.’

Kim Hae-il and his people…

For some reason, it felt as if they were not from the Central Plains.

In that case, were they from a country outside the Central Plains?

‘…That does not seem to be the case either.’

Sima Pyeong observed the inside of his body.

He took a deep breath at the same time.

could feel that thing called mana that his master, the young

is not a method of

a power made from the laws of a

Zhuge Mi Ryeo, Sima Pyeong could only arrive at

‘Kim Hae-il.’

a person from a different

was not

“Also-”

the Emperor

“Is he leaving?”

gaze sank

could be seen in

that such a strong

that he could no longer

“Gon.”

“Yes, Coalition leader-nim.”

Emperor rushed over should mean that they would be leaving

do something with

“Excuse me?”

He closed the window.

Within the darkness outside…

were probably quite a lot of people having the same thought as him. He

commented to

let our benefactor

Cult… Just as they

the Unorthodox faction but we are the

to thank his

will be quickly

same for

Hae-il is definitely not a person of this

“Mm.”

let out a groan-like

a person who could stop a large tsunami was not something that could be understood by the martial arts of the Central

like he will be

can’t let our benefactor

her head in agreement to the Namgung

gratitude as

“That’s right.”

as if that was obvious before his

“…However, this is bad.”

“That is correct.”

Ryeo got

Plains in this temporary office set up

Plains will be peaceful for a while once

Elder Ho agreed.

We overcame a large disaster that could have destroyed the whole

everybody is catching their breaths, we need

heads with serious expressions on their faces at Zhuge Mi

with a cold look on her

arrogant. We have been too

Sword Saint clenched his

has been overconfident. We thought ourselves

could say anything

to defeat the Demon Cult. Furthermore, the Unorthodox faction has gotten stronger than anything we could

her eyes shut before

future of the

hell to get stronger. Otherwise, we will be

her. They all showed their agreement through

Saint

you have a plan

“Yes sir.”

Mi Ryeo immediately answered as if she had been waiting for this

we need to fix this arrogant

the way for the Orthodox faction to get

discussions about how to renew the Orthodox faction continued deep into

Orthodox faction and the

two factions

gathering of the Demon Cult’s major

seated on a wide rock in

Tap.

placed an empty alcohol glass on a table on top

then spoke as

is truly disappointing that you do not

Chhh.

glass

so many things that

the one

Demon smirked before emptying

Tap.

placed his glass down

“Are you guys leaving?”

“That’s right.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Probably.”

can leisurely spend your time like this right

not answer

Demon chuckled and figured

you came after getting

to tell

Cale, who should be talking to the Emperor right now, ahead of time to come

Demon asked, as if

did you come to

was as if he knew that Choi Han was not someone who would have

This was the truth.

an affectionate person, but he

something I wish to learn

“What is it?”

his own glass that had been empty this whole time. He then emptied it into his mouth

know how you handled dead

Purification.

process Cale used to return jiangshis to

the Heavenly Demon was the only person who would work with

Aipotu.

was, he wanted to learn that method from

That is something that you can only use if you were

of the dead mana in his body. He

completely get rid of the dead mana in my smaller meridians, veins, and places like that.

human body had hundreds of meridians and countless numbers

dead mana still left within them, which allowed the Heavenly Demon to put his own ki into young

everything the Heavenly Demon had to say.

I wanted to learn the way, not learn

eyes finally

who can

least

to Cale and had gotten permission. Cale had also

at least need to be as familiar with dead mana as I am and be skilled at handling the flow of it. Furthermore, they need to have something as

Han thought about those two

‘Hannah.’

younger sister and a sword master who controlled her own

And the other person…

Choi Han’s level and a person who was born with even more innate

‘Clopeh Sekka.’

Hannah and Clopeh Sekka.

predicting that one of those two people would manage to learn the method the Heavenly Demon used to help Cale with

into contact with dead

not

path Choi Han

be okay for him to deliver

don’t know

be happy to

Han thought about Clopeh Sekka who carried dead mana in his body like

face quickly returned to normal after seeing the confused look on

of his pocket and handed it to

“…What is this?”

“A treasure map.”

Choi Han an order when he

“What?”

the Heavenly Demon

of the Peerless God of War’s

basically ripped out of Central Plains was delivered to the Heavenly

“…….”

Heavenly Demon

told me to give this to you. He

“…Why?”

said a day might come