Chapter 612 – 613. You Decide, You Take Responsibility.

“What… What!”

Lee Dae-gon, hearing Seon-woo’s words, glared at him with a reddened face and shouted.

“Aren’t you even polite to your seniors!”

He raised his voice and shouted rebukingly.

It was because Sunwoo’s rude words and actions filled him with anger to the tip of his head.

“You’re not wrong, are you?”

Seonwoo asked him with a calm expression on his face.

“It’s wrong! It’s wrong! It’s not that my selfishness is wrapped up in a cause!”
Lee Dae-gon stubbornly denied it.

“It’s strange. It sounds like that to my ears.”

Sunwoo spoke in a calm tone.

“Didn’t you threaten me that if I didn’t participate in the war, I would become a demonic world? Isn’t that a cause disguised as selfishness?”

Seonwoo continued to speak while glaring at Lee Daegon with sharp eyes.

“…I admit it was a big leap!…But it wasn’t just a lie…!”

Lee Dae-gon answered Seon-woo’s question with an angry voice.

“Aren’t you the best person in the world right now? I think the difference between your presence and absence greatly affects the outcome of a war.”

“My influence is not a reason for me to go to war. Head.”

Seonwoo continued his speech in a tone that was so hard as if it were straight.

“If you don’t participate in the war, countless members will die! Are you going to let that go!”

Lee Dae-gon brought a stimulating material and exploded it as it is.

He took the lives of his members hostage.

“Are you threatening me?”

Seonwoo looked at him with cold eyes and asked.

“It’s not a threat, it’s the truth! Without you, more and more people will die!”

Lee Dae-gon looked at him with infinitely serious eyes and said.

It wasn’t a threat.

What he said was true.

This was because the number of victims inevitably changed depending on whether or not Jang Seon-woo, who reached the present day, participated in the war.

Jang Seon-woo was a person who was no different from a siege weapon.

It is a powerful siege weapon necessary to attack the huge castle called Magyo.

However, if there were no siege weapons, the sacrifice would inevitably increase.

The members of the alliance would have to come forward to fill the gap in the siege weapons.

“So you’re saying that I have to sacrifice my own body to save hundreds and thousands of lives?”

Seonwoo continued his speech with a sarcastic expression on his face.

“Sacrifice! Not worth it!”

Upon hearing his words, Lee Dae-gon immediately denied it.

“I just want a little mercy!

Lee Dae-gon spat out his words as if to make an excuse.

“There is no such thing as absolute in this world. Head of household,”

Seonwoo glared at him with cold eyes and continued.

“There could be anyone who could be a threat to me.”

He cut off Lee Jae-won’s arm and officially became the first person in the world, but he was not conceited.

I achieved the Gongryongji body, reached the Hyeongyeong, and even built the sword of my heart.

It was because there were three people who still couldn’t guarantee that they could win.
He achieved the state of the kingdom, reached the county, and raised the sword in his heart, but he still couldn’t measure it.

Whether you can beat them.

That’s why I had to be more careful.

Because there is an existence in the Demonic Cult that cannot be guaranteed to be defeated.

“No, who the hell is your threat!”

Lee Dae-gon raised his voice while frowning.

Because I just couldn’t understand it.

It was Jang Seon-woo, who cut off the arm of Lee Jae-won, the first man in the world just a few days ago, and became famous as the official first man in the world.

But what the hell is he afraid of saying such cowardly words?

“Master said a long time ago.”

In response to his question, Seonwoo continued to speak in a calm tone.

“At the top of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the king of demons lives.
And the king of demons is an incomprehensible being, so you must never come face to face with it.”

Seonwu slowly unraveled the story he had heard from the Onmyangma.

“…Are you talking about the Heavenly Demon?”

Hearing that, Lee Dae-gon asked back with a serious expression on his face.

“You’re right.”

Seonwoo shook his head in affirmation.

I reached the present state, achieved the Gongryongji body, and even raised the sword in my heart.

An existence that cannot be guaranteed to be defeated.

Living at the top of 100,000 mountains

A being called the king of all demons.

An incomprehensible existence that cannot be understood by the logic of the world.

It was the Heavenly Demon.

“It’s a useless worry! He was defeated by the leader and met a miserable end so that he couldn’t even leave a corpse! But how can such a person be in the Demonic Cult?”

Lee Dae-gon looked at Seon-woo and continued.

“A poisonous demon that invaded the Tang family told me that he was resurrected.”

“It’s obviously a lie! How can you say that a person with nothing but blood will be resurrected! Isn’t it against the logic!”

Lee Dae-gon, who heard Seon-woo’s words, opened his mouth with an expression that seemed to be nonsense.

It was because he felt that it was nonsense.

When Lee Jae-won and the Cheonma fought

Lee Dae-gon witnessed their battle right in front of his nose.

Everything from start to finish.

So I could say for sure.

It means that the Heavenly Demon is dead.

He died by Lee Jae-won’s hand.

My whole body was crushed as if I had been crushed.

But how could he be resurrected?

It was nonsense.

“Whether it’s false or not, as long as I heard the news that he was resurrected, it’s a life-or-death risk for me to participate in the Great War.”

Sunwoo spoke in a calm tone.

“By the way, do you want me to participate in the battle at your own expense when your life is at stake? Do you think that makes sense?”

“The Heavenly Demon was defeated by the lord in the past! Even if he was resurrected, wouldn’t you be tired of cutting off the arm of the lord!”

Lee Dae-gon uttered a passionate argument to persuade Seon-woo.

“Isn’t that also something you don’t know?”

“What?!”

“The Heavenly Demon is an incomprehensible being. What if the Heavenly Demon was resurrected and became stronger? What would you do if it became more powerful than twenty years ago?”

“…That… There’s no way…!”

“Can you take responsibility for that?”

Seonwoo glared at him with sharp eyes and continued.

“Of course!”

Lee Dae-gon continued with a confident expression on his face.

“How do you plan to take responsibility?”

“What… What?”

“If he’s a strong man who can’t even be compared to the past…If I’m a strong man who has no choice but to be defeated…What will you do?”

Seonwoo asked him with a curious expression on his face.

If he was so strong that even he could not be defeated, there was nothing Lee Dae-gon could do.

You won’t even be able to buy time, let alone fight.

That’s why it was slow.

How will he be held responsible?

“That…That’s…”

Lee Dae-gon could not readily answer Seon-woo’s question.

He couldn’t be held responsible.

There was no way he could handle someone stronger than Jang Seon-woo in front of him.

“Why are you silent?”

Seonwoo asked the question again.

“…”

However, despite Seonwoo’s question, Lee Daegon remained silent.

“The head of the house.”

Seonwoo looked at Lee Daegon with pitiful eyes and called out to him.

“You can’t be held responsible for anything.”

He harshly criticized Lee Dae-gon.

“So please don’t say that you are responsible.”

“…”

Despite Seonwoo’s heartfelt words, Lee Daegon couldn’t refute anything.

It was because he was right about saying things that he couldn’t be responsible for according to his words.

“I have no intention of sacrificing for someone, living for others, or contributing to the peace of Moorim. I just want to take care of my own business and take care of my precious people. So please don’t mind me.”

“How…How…You mean you can’t care…”

Lee Dae-gon slowly opened his mouth.

“Your presence alone can change the outcome of the Great War of Magic, so how can we not care!”

Lee Dae-gon shouted.

He didn’t like himself either.

This is the image of myself crouching down and persuading a younger junior.

But he couldn’t help it.

Depending on whether Sunwoo Jang exists or not, different results will appear.

“Then just pay attention, and don’t try to persuade them with nonsensical logic that you’re going to go to war when there’s no justification for it. It’s unpleasant and disgusting.”

Seonwoo continued with a grim expression on his face.

There was irritation in his tone.

“…”

Ichigo couldn’t say anything.

It was because it seemed that the misery would double if I clung to it any longer.

“Isn’t Maeng’s power weakened because of you!”

At that time, Cha Do-jin, the head of Gyebang-dang, who had been listening to their conversation in silence, raised his voice.

“What do you mean? You reduced the power?”

Seonwoo asked him with a puzzled look on his face.

“Didn’t you cut off the arm of the lord? It’s an undeniable fact that the power of the lord has weakened because of that!”

Cha Do-jin glared at Seon-woo with eyes full of rebellion and continued.

“Why do you blame me for that? Isn’t it the Heavenly Armed Lord’s own fault that his arm was cut off?”
“Whatever the reason, the public part was also damaged due to private resentment!”

“Don’t try to pass the blame on with nonsense words.”

Seonwu glared at Gyebangdangju with cold eyes and continued.

“In a situation where victory or defeat cannot be guaranteed due to weakened power, shouldn’t we declare the Great War of True Demons? Why don’t we declare the Great War of True Demons and take responsibility now? What do you mean?”

Seonwoo continued with an annoyed voice.

It was a battle of chastity that had never been agreed upon in the first place.

Why do you have to follow the decisions made only by the top leaders who do not reflect their own opinions?

It was absurd.

“Jeongma Daejeon is a holy war! It’s an inevitable choice for the well-being and peace of Murim!”

Gyebangdangju raised his voice in a fit of rage.

“I have never agreed to the Jeongma War. So I have no obligation to take responsibility.”

Seonwoo spoke in a calm tone.

“Furthermore, I am not a member of the Cheonmu League. I do not pay membership fees every year, and I do not receive a monthly salary from the Cheonmu League. This means that there is no justification for forcing me to participate in the war. Do you mean?”

Sunwoo thought.

It is said that the situation itself, where the leaders come and force us to participate in the war, is ridiculous.
Because they had no right to force themselves.

I didn’t even give you a monthly salary.

It wasn’t even a good relationship.

No, rather, it was not awkward even if they were called enemies.

Because they were accomplices who sympathized with Lee Jae-won when he falsely framed him.

However, they are forcing themselves to participate in the war.

Under the pretext of compromise and mercy.

How can it not be funny

“If you’re an adult, shouldn’t you be responsible for the decisions you make? You’ve made your own decisions, so take responsibility. Stop whining at me for help now.”

Sunwoo continued with a cold expression on his face.

“Are you willing to just watch thousands of people die! A man named Dongryang of the political faction!”

“Aren’t you the ones who made the decision that could have resulted in thousands of deaths? Why blame me?”

Sunwoo continued as if it was not a big deal.

The decision was made by them.

There is no reason to criticize him for not complying with that decision.

“And if you’re so worried, defeat the Jeongma Daejeon. Then won’t it work?”

“I can’t do that! It’s already spilled water! If you do that, Maeng’s honor will fall to the ground, and of course, everyone in the middle court will laugh at and ridicule Cheonmu-maeng!”

At Seonwoo’s suggestion, Gyebangdangju shouted with an expression of nonsense.
It was already a situation in which Jeongmu War was declared in the Jeonmurim.

But how can you change your words now that you are soft?

It was nonsense.

If you change your words like that, Meng’s trust and honor will fall to the ground.

“What do you mean by that?”

Seonwoo asked him with an expression of incomprehension.

“What does it matter to be laughed at and ridiculed? Thousands could live as a result.”

“What! Do you mean to drop Meng’s honor to the ground!”

“I’ll ask you again. Do you intend to kill thousands of people for Meng’s honor?”

“That…That…What!”

“Thousands of people can be saved just by reversing the Great War. But don’t you want to go ahead with the Great War because you are afraid of losing your reputation? How is that different from killing thousands?”

Seonwoo glared at Gyebangdangju with cold eyes and continued.

“…”

And upon hearing that, Gyebangdangju was unable to say anything.

Because I couldn’t think of anything to refute.

‘Damn it’

Gyebangdangju felt deep regret inside.

Because he realized that he said something wrong.

Meng’s honor should not be mentioned here.

He should have brought in the blood priest from Shandong and emphasized his hostility to the Demonic Cult.

With a single word, the only reason to attract him was gone.

That is the name of the cooperative.

How can you force him to participate in the war in the name of Hyeop when even Meng won’t back down from the Great War of Jeongma, in which thousands of people may die for the sake of honor?

“If you want to save thousands of lives, act on your own, rather than rushing at me and swaying me.”

Seonwoo looked around at the leaders and spoke with a cold voice like the north wind and cold snow.

Then, the coolness began to fill the hall.