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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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“The most urgent thing is the elders.”
Kang Hangcheol said in a serious voice.
“Due to the Blood Demon’s Advent, all the elders, except for the First Elder and Third Elder, died. While the Guardian might as well be non-existent, the elders are different.”
Now was the time to discuss the future of the Blood Cult.
The Blood Demon’s Advent was the name the Blood Cult members used for the day Lee Rowoon killed Hyeol Soo-baek.
“Each elder is responsible for a palace. The First Elder for the Blood Sword Palace, the Second Elder for the Blood Gold Palace, the Third Elder for the Blood Martial Palace… Each palace has a role, and the elders, as the heads of those palaces…”
To put it briefly, that was it.
Even though the elders Lee Rowoon killed were the tumors that rotted the Blood Cult, they had a role.
However, the elders died, and there was no one to perform that role.
“For now, promote the vice-palace lords who were in the palaces.”
“But…”
Kang Hangcheol spoke with concern at Lee Rowoon’s words.
“The vice-palace lords are practically all the elders’ confidants. They are no different from a group of rebels who dared not to obey the Blood Demon.”
Lee Rowoon’s eyes gleamed.
“So, those guys can resist me?”
Blood Cult members were reborn through blood Domination.
Even if that weren’t the case, they could not defy Lee Rowoon, who possessed the Blood Demon Divine Art.
“That is not the case. Rebels who failed to obey the Blood Demon should be executed as an example…”
“That’s a matter that’s irrelevant anyway.”
Executing the group of rebels as an example.
The reason was to see the horrific price and never plot treason again.
But if no one could plot treason anyway, it was a meaningless act.
“What is the number of Blood Cult members residing in Blood King Castle?”
“In total… it does not reach ten thousand people.”
Ten thousand people, many if you consider it many, few if you consider it few.
If you assume that the total number of students in a school in South Korea is about three thousand, then it’s only about the size of three schools.
This was the reality of the Blood Cult.
Currently, even if you only talk about the Earth, or rather, only that small South Korea, it was not even the size of one city.
‘The higher-ups squeezed the small number of people dry.’
Well, even in a school, there’s usually one bully in a class, so if you think about it that way, is it natural?
Comparing the elders of the Blood Cult to bullies is absurd, but they had in common that they corrupted their surroundings.
“Why kill more people again? Just roughly make the vice-palace lords into palace lords and abolish the position above elder.”
“Y-Your Majesty, the Blood Demon!”
“It’s not an era where elders are needed. Right Protector, you should know that well, Left Guardian?”
Kang Hangcheol’s wavering eyes settled down.
“The Blood Cult is ruined. It’s an undeniable fact.”
The glory of the past did not remain.
“But it can be revived.”
“That is correct. With the advent of the Blood Demon…”
“Left Guardian.”
“Yes, Your Majesty, the Blood Demon.”
Kang Han-cheol lowered his head at Lee Rown’s gaze.
“Become the Blood Cult Leader.”
“Yes. Ye…?”
But soon, he had to raise his lowered head and widen his eyes.
“I said become the Blood Cult Leader.”
“What does that mean! The Blood Cult Leader is…”
“The Blood Cult Leader is not the Blood Demon.”
“………”
“Didn’t you guys do the same? A blood descendant who didn’t master the Blood Demon Art becomes the Cult Leader. If you master the Blood Demon Art and achieve great success, you become the Blood Demon.”
The Blood Demon and the Blood Cult Leader are different.
In religion, the god and the religious leader are naturally different.
It was just that there hadn’t been anyone to properly perform the role of the Blood Demon until now, but the two were completely different.
“It’s said that the Kangha Group is going bankrupt, but from the start, it was a place that should have gone bankrupt.”
From what he heard, the reason the Blood Cult was able to take over the Kangha Group was because the Kangha Group was extremely weak.
Enough to be acquired by the Blood Cult, which moved in quickly, without a word.
“The Left t Guardian protected that Kangha Group for decades.”
He is not without ability.
“However.”
“And you have more knowledge and affection for the Blood Cult organization than anyone else.”
Such a person is needed.
‘The Outer World.
With the outside world.
‘The Blood Cult.’
Blood King Castle, he had to understand both places in detail and change according to the changing world.
“It is law. Write it down.”
“Yes, sir!”
Kang Eun-ha moved quickly and took out something.
“The Blood Demon reigns, but does not rule.”
Tatatatak.
That was Lee Rowoon’s thought.
‘The Blood Cult is necessary.’
If that weren’t the case, Lee Rowoon wouldn’t have looked for the Demonic Cult so urgently.
Even if he wanted to repay his teacher, he would have gotten stronger and looked for them when he was ready.
But the reason he immediately headed to the Demonic Cult was because he needed either the Blood Cult or the Heavenly Demon Cult now.
‘To regain power, I need a force.’
A force to protect his still-lacking self.
‘For revenge, I also need a force.’
The Dank guild members who betrayed him.
And the silver forces that used them.
It would take quite a lot of time for him to face them alone.
The Blood Cult as a force would shorten that time.
More important than anything.
‘I have to find my teachers.’
Chaos was sealed in his body, and his teachers divided the fragments.
As a result, the dimension of Chaos was broken, and his teachers, who were sealed as if they had been sealed themselves, would be scattered somewhere in this world, asleep.
Finding them alone was a distant matter.
He needed a force.
“Left Guardian, you will be the Blood Cult Leader from now on.”
Kang Hangcheol’s eyes, which were bewildered and shaking, began to calm down little by little.
He wasn’t stupid enough not to underestimate Lee Rowoon’s words.
“I will produce results worthy of the important task.”
Look, isn’t he bringing up the story that Lee Rowoon wants to hear the most right now?
“Anyone have any complaints?”
“Everything is…”
“According to the will of the Blood Demon.”
Lee Rowoon, who was smiling so satisfactorily, frowned as he looked at Kang Eun-ha.
Tatat, tatat.
She was trying hard to write down every word of Lee Rowoon’s without missing a single one.
“Is that perhaps…”
Lee Rowoon said as if he was dumbfounded.
“A laptop?”
“Yes… Yes? That’s right. The newly released one from Oseong…”
The encroachment of worlds.
It’s not strange since martial artists are roaming around.
He chuckled.
“Interesting.”
He had never lived so closely with the silver world, so it was quite an interesting sight.
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The financial situation of the Blood Cult was the worst itself.
The problem was that there was no place to get money in Blood King Castle.
Whether it’s Silver, Earth, or Einheart.
From ancient times, the world where humans live is all the same.
‘Money is the best.’
It’s ridiculous.
But it was also reality.
The history of Earth was the same.
In the days when there were tribal chiefs, there had to be plenty of food, and from the era when there were kings, there literally had to be plenty of money.
Only then was it a strong country, could the army be raised, and the people would have smiles on their faces.
It’s the same even if you consider the nature of the organization.
Whether it’s an art group, a military group, or even a religion, money is needed.
It was natural for humans to eat and live and focus on something.
The encroachment of worlds was even more so.
‘Money.’
Without it, the residents of the encroached world cannot even maintain the world.
The Blood Cult had run out of that money.
‘The crisis will be from next month.’
It’s ridiculous and frustrating, but that was the reality.
A cold reality.
Among the silver forces, there were those who actually lost their world for that reason.
‘That’s why Hyeol Soo-baek and the elders were also in a hurry.’
It’s not strange.
“Will you leave it to me?”
It was Kang Eun-ha.
“I don’t know more about Blood King Castle than my grandfather, or rather, the Blood Cult Leader.
However, I know the Outer World well.”
She was born as a priestess and learned about the Blood Cult, but not as much as Kang Hangcheol, who experienced it and grew up with it.
However, even while confined to the Blood Cult, she listened to news from the Outer World.
Because Kang Hangcheol was her grandfather, he told her about the Earth as if telling old stories.
“That’s why I met the Blood Demon this time. It’s embarrassing, but I’ve been told I was gifted since I was young, and I wanted to help the Blood Cult Leader with management. If the Blood Cult Leader concentrates on the Blood Cult, I would like to take charge of the Outer World.”
Third Elder Han Do-baek had the Cold Lake Guild in the Outer World, but it was in terrible condition.
As the Blood Cult rushed headlong until it collapsed, they only sent out the Third Elder with the feeling that it was better to do something and die than to suffer and die.
As a result, they barely established a position, but there was no further development.
“One week, give me just one week.”
Lee Rowoon accepted Kang Eun-ha’s request.
‘I don’t know much either anyway.’
Although he was originally a resident of Earth, Lee Rowoon had only operated a small guild called Dank.
It was barely even worthy of being called operation, it was just like a small party.
Moreover, there wasn’t anything in the teachings of the teachers that was suitable for the physiology of the Earth.
He could use it if he wanted to.
‘Do I need to?’
He didn’t intend to come back and struggle to live.
From the beginning, he intended to watch whatever revenge or anything else flowed as it would.
But now that the situation has become like this.
“I give you full authority.”
It would be a welcome thing if Kang Eun-ha stepped forward.
He would have to step in if things rushed to the worst of the worst even after entrusting it to her.
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And one week later.
“I’ve liquidated the Kangha Group. All the remaining shares and business sites were sold at a good price.”
Kang Eun-ha reported.
It was a bit unexpected.
He knew that the Kangha Group was weak and full of problems, but was it really necessary to sell it off?
“A considerable portion of the shares have already been transferred. If we were to grow the Kangha Group as it is, it would only benefit others.”
“I see.”
“It will be difficult to even get a good price if more time passes. To revive the Kangha Group, a huge amount of capital must be injected…”
“You don’t have that money.”
“So I liquidated it.”
It was a bold decision and not a bad choice.
“Anyway, the role that the Kangha Group had to play is over. We’ve blocked the entrance to Blood King Castle and created a way to maintain our identities.”
Kang Eun-ha continued the report.
“I also dissolved the Kangha Guild. But it’s not a complete dissolution, and I’ve retained the qualification to establish a guild. However, the guild house was given a generous price, so…”
“Good job.”
“I’ve also started to dispose of the Cold Lake Guild. The performance of the Cold Lake Guild wasn’t that good anyway. Elder Han Do-baek’s skills weren’t that good.”
“I know.”
“The biggest problem is… there is a high possibility that Cold Lake or Kangha has been exposed. Hwasan has moved.”
Mount Hwasan, Lee Rowoon’s eyes sank at that name.
‘Not now.’
There are things that need to be repaid to those guys, but it’s not the time yet.
The Hwasan Guild was a huge force that couldn’t be compared to the current Blood Cult.
It’s the same even if you consider individual abilities.
The reason he was able to take over the Blood Cult was largely due to the correlation between the Blood Demon Divine Art and the Blood Arts.
Of course, he can still face strong people at the high ranker level now, but Hwasan Guild’s size was too big.
“They probably smelled something. Now that the Blood Cult has finally found its owner, I thought it would be good to start anew.”
He gave her full authority, but her work process was extremely bold.
However, Lee Rowoon sincerely liked it.
“Now there is almost nothing left for us in the Outer World.”
But.
“Activities in the Outer World are essential to maintain Blood King Castle.”
“So?”
Lee Rowoon smiled.
“Anyone can point out a problem. The Blood Cult can last for a few years right now, but if you don’t find a solution in the end, it’s over.”
An interesting kid since the first meeting.
“The solution is?”
Click.
Kang Eun-ha said.
“I’m going to create a guild. A completely new guild, from the beginning with a completely new identity. I know it’s close to impossible and reckless now that many forces have already established themselves.
But…”
She grinned.
“We’re new too. The Blood Demon and new followers. I think it’s enough.”
Click.
Interesting.
Smart, and not bad.
And one more thing.
“When did you learn PowerPoint?”
“I learned it when I was bored in the Blood Cult!”
PowerPoint with a beam projector in the Blood Demon Hall.
Lee Rowoon laughed in vain at that moment.
Click.
A new name came to mind.
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