Chapter 124 – Chapter 124 Baek Cheong-Ha, the Granddaughter of the Eroded Sword Castle (1)

Choi Woo-suk, the eldest grandson of Daesung’s CEO, Choi Woo-seong, and the most influential person as the next chairman, was receiving a report from the office.

“The swordsman is said to have entered the dungeon.”

Upon receiving the report from the dungeon manager, Wooseok Choi asked without taking his eyes off the document.

“If it’s a dungeon with a sword, are you talking about a new dungeon in Pyeongchang?”
“That’s right.”

A mysterious dungeon that annihilated Daesung’s satellite guild, Hwaryu Guild, not too long ago.
A strangely strong monster appeared in a dungeon that was clearly rated A.
Because of that one monster, the Hwaryu Guild was annihilated.
It was an unknown dungeon that even Daesung’s skills couldn’t figure out.
Since they suffered damage due to their mistake, it was necessary to resolve it as soon as possible in order to maintain cooperative relationships with other guilds.

‘The estimated damage is too great for Daesung to directly investigate.’

The level of the dungeon is at least S-class.

The current main guild members went out to subdue a dungeon in China a while ago.
It was somewhat difficult to investigate with only the remaining guild members on the mainland.
It was because he was also in charge of the backlog of work in San Francisco.
It wasn’t efficient to waste power to investigate a dungeon whose exact grade was unknown.
However, it cannot be left unattended. In order to give trust to other guilds, this situation had to be finished as quickly as possible.

Just in time, Daesung’s investigative team dispatched to investigate the situation found a piece of jade ship there.

Jade piece.
A fragment of the weapon used by the swordsman’s granddaughter.
Not the fake jade ship that Daesung has always used to move the Sword Star, but the real one.

He was obviously missing in Jeju Island.
It was something that should not have been in Pyeongchang.

However, that became a clue to move the Sword Saint.
The Sword Master and the Twilight Guild should be able to solve it.
It was believed that the power of the Twilight Guild could be weakened.

“What’s special about it?”
“It is said that the swordsman came to the dungeon with only one guild member from the Twilight Guild.”
“One person?”
“Yes.”

For the first time, Wooseok Choi raised his head and looked at the reporter.

“I must have ordered the entire Twilight Guild to go in.”
“According to Yeomryuhyeon, the swordsman himself reported that he would go alone. It must be an outsider, not a member of the Twilight Guild.”
“But why did you say that the members of the Twilight Guild entered together?”
“Maybe it was to hide the identity of the person involved.”
“A sick bastard. It’s the best time to nibble on the power of the Twilight Guild, did you miss this? Didn’t the swordsman trust Yeomryuhyeon a lot?”
“It is clear that there is a change of heart.”
“Why did you take a member other than Ryuhyun Yeom?”
“Yeom Ryu-hyeon himself said he didn’t know the reason.”
“Okay? Didn’t you get caught?”
“I do not know.”

Wooseok Choi clicked his tongue at the pointless report.

“He’s not helpful when it’s important.”
“Probably, the Sword Master noticed when he took the minimum number of people with him.”
“You mean we planted Frakchi in your guild?”
“… Yes.”
“It’s about time you noticed.”

Currently, Daesung’s status is made possible by the presence of Choi Woo-sung, who is still firmly established as the first chairman and representative.
If his grandfather, Choi Woo-sung, retires, and he himself becomes the chairman, who will be the most threatening figure?
His younger brother Choi Jae-seok?
Or Choi Kang-hun, the little father who is thought to have assassinated his own father?
If not your own cousins?

No.

The biggest threat was the swordsman of the Twilight Guild.
White wireless.
At one time, he was one of the strongest hunters in Korea next to Choi Woo-sung.
Although he is much older than he was then, and he was evaluated as having lowered his skills compared to his heyday.

‘The sword castle’s symbolism is also significant.’

Now, there are many hunters stronger than him in Daeseong, but there was no one who could be compared to the symbolism of Geomseong.
Still, it was once called Korea’s Three Lines (三仙).

If Choi Woo-sung retired and disappeared, he was the only swordsman who established a guild among the three lines.

‘Even so, the Sword Saint won’t suddenly accept more disciples.’

It felt good to make sure everything was clear.
Choi Woo-seok planted Prakchi to manage the Twilight Guild.
Among the students taught by the Sword Saint, he had enlisted those who were dissatisfied with his methods.
One of them was Yeom Ryuhyeon, the vice guild leader.
He was the person who occupied the guild leader of the twilight sub guild, so we recruited him with great effort.
Only if it doesn’t help like this

“What are you talking about?”

Then the door opened and Shin Seo-ah came inside.
Dressed in a glamorous dress that showed off her figure, she walked back and forth with her pouch in her hand.

“Darling, you look beautiful today too.”

Choi Woo-seok smiled as if he was bewitched by Shin Seo-ah.

“You are cool too.”

Shin Seo-ah kissed Choi Woo-seok on the cheek.
A red lipstick mark was clearly engraved on his cheek.

“Are you talking about the dungeon discovered this time?”
“You don’t have to know.”
“Why? I also occupy an important position in Daesung.”
“An important seat?”
“She is the wife of the man who will become the next representative of Daesung.”

She sat down on Choi Woo-suk’s chair and continued her words.

“Is this the PyeongChang dungeon issue? The twilight swordsman went in to solve that.”
“Did you hear me?”
“I didn’t want to hear it, but I read it.”

Shin Seo-ah looked at Daesung’s staff who had come to report her, she said.

“It seems that you have a heart that longs for me. An unknown staff member.”

At her words, Choi Woo-suk’s eyebrows twisted.

“Even if we admit that Seo-Ah has a beautiful appearance, it would be difficult for an employee to have such a mind.”
“I’m sorry.”

The ability to read the mind of anyone who holds her in her mind.
It was one of Shin Seo Ah’s skills.
Her abilities were the reason Choi Woo-seok kept her by her side.
There weren’t many people, male or female, who didn’t fall for her.

“If it’s a problem that you can’t eat away the twilight power because of the Sword Saint, why don’t you use your excessive loyalty to the Sword Saint?”
“Let’s use excessive loyalty?”
“Worrying about the swordsmanship, Yeomryuhyun led his disciples to the dungeon to help him. And anything can happen in a dungeon. Because of excessive enthusiasm, sometimes mistakes can be made.”

Choi Woo-suk looked at her quietly.

“Isn’t that a pretty good picture?”

The staff said to her.

“… The risk of failure is high.”
“I’m not trying to kill the Sword Saint with a salt stream. He doesn’t even have the ability to kill the swordsman. It’s just that we’re going to do the placement of the Twilight Guild members that the swordsman excluded. It also causes internal dissension. How is it?”

Choi Woo-seok saw such Shin Seo-ah.
Lay a new board using Frakchi.
She was a cunning woman
So she liked it even more.

If she is the future wife of Daesung, she must be as cunning as this.

“Incinerate all materials related to salt water. And instruct him to go to Pyeongchang.”
“… All right.”

Sometimes it’s good to listen to your wife-to-be.

***

Even after an hour had passed since I started exploring the dungeon, the monster was nowhere to be seen.
A huge maze-like dungeon with no end in sight even after going around for an hour.

A gloomy air filled the surroundings.

The dungeon felt like an ancient temple that had been neglected for a long time.
Marble floors, columns and ceilings.
On the wall, there is an embossed pattern of unknown who carved it, and it looked like the ancients were offering a tribute to some god.
A huge pupil was in the center, and countless people were kneeling down and worshiping that pupil.

And on the ceiling was carved a huge circular constellation.

Earth’s constellations were obviously not.
Neither the most famous Big Dipper nor the constellation of Orion were visible.
The composition of the constellations and various elements were all of a first-of-its-kind.
It was probably the constellation of the world that served as the foundation of the dungeon.

“It seems to be the place where the god of this world was enshrined.”
“Is that why there are no monsters like this?”
“It is strange. Even in other maze-type dungeons, monsters appeared around this time.”
“Hmm…”

The swordsman swallowed his silence and was wary of his surroundings.

“It’s a really strange dungeon.”

He moved slowly.
I followed the Sword Saint.

An unidentified box and a bowl filled with red blood were placed on the platform that appeared to be an altar.
A rainbow of light spilled out from inside the box.
Anything that looks valuable at first glance.
However, neither I nor the Sword Saint approached the altar.

“Isn’t that strange?”
“Okay. The flow of demonic energy is distorted.”
“Looks like a trap.”
“Is this the trap that killed the fire guild?”
“I don’t know. It might be a trap made by killing the members of the Hwaryu Guild.”
“Maybe.”

We went deeper and deeper, ignoring the altar that seemed to be a trap.
The magic grew thicker and thicker.

And how much more did it go in?
Still no monsters appeared.
I asked the swordsman ahead.

“Senior, if you find Chungha noona safely, what will you do in the future?”
“… I’m going to retire. However, if that child wants to continue being a hunter, he will only silently help behind the scenes.”
“You mean retirement?”
“Okay. I’m too old now I am well past seventy. Even if the aging of the body does not affect the strength since mana was created, it is not easy to fight now.”

The Sword Master looked back at me and smiled faintly as if he was tired.
It is probably because of his obsession with finding his granddaughter that he has lived his active life so far.

“Then what if. What would you do if Chungha noona had already walked the irreversible path?”
“… Are you saying he might be dead?”
“Because the worst needs to be assumed in advance. I would like to hear from you in advance. It’s the elders’ choice.”
“If that’s the case, I’d like to bury it with my own hands. Still, it’s my bloodline, so shouldn’t I be responsible?”

Immediately after the Sword Master’s words, I lowered my stance at the presence I felt nearby.
The Sword Saint also held a sword.

“It is a monster.”
“Looks like it’s finally coming out.”

I pulled out my saber and aimed it at the direction I felt.

“Turn it off…”

A monster clad in iron armor that covered its entire body staggered towards us.
In the hand of a monster slightly larger than a normal person, there was a huge ax that was bigger than its body.

What was unusual was that the huge pupils seen on the wall were drawn on the center of the breastplate.
Could it be the guardian of this dungeon?

“He seems rather dull to have set traps and wiped out the fire guild.”
“Probably not. Because the body analyzed by the investigative team was said to have died from sharp wounds.”
“Then he must not be the culprit.”
“Stop talking and fighting.”
“All right.”

Is it because we are too relaxed?
The monster raised his head in anger and let out a grotesque scream.

“Goooooh!”

I spilled the ax of the guy who attacked me and stabbed my sword into the seam between his helmet and armor.

Awesome!

His throat was cut at once and his head fell to the floor.

“Excellent. Even after taking a few years off, the days are standing.”
“It’s the result of practice.”

Apparently, the decapitated monster rose from its seat.

“Ughhh.”

It was time for the monster to wake up with a grotesque sound and try to grab the axe again.

Awesome!

A woman suddenly appeared and cut out a piece of her armor located between the monster’s shoulder blades.
As soon as it was cut, the monster fell again and did not move.

I saw a woman who suddenly appeared.

A woman wearing her armor clinging to her body and a mask large enough to cover 70 percent of her face was glaring at us with her lifeless eyes.
The Sword Master, who met her eyes with such a woman, spoke in a trembling voice.

“Che, Chungha…”

Did she know just by looking at her eyes?
The swordsman looked at the woman and repeated.

The woman did not respond to the voice of the Sword Master, who spoke as if she was squeezing it.
Rather, the sword castle and I looked up and down for a while.
I saw

A small fan in her hand.

Jade line.
The weapon that was the symbol of Baek Cheong-ha was in her hand.
With the tip of the fan slightly broken.

“Chungha noona… ?”
“Cheer, Chungha. Chungha, right? Is this my granddaughter Chungha? It’s a waste Will you recognize me… ?”

Despite the desperate call, the woman’s eyes did not change.
She ignored us and bounced off her seat to the ceiling.
As she touched her, her constellation drawn on her ceiling distorted and swallowed her.

“Cheongha!”

The Sword Saint hurriedly ran, but unlike her, her ceiling wouldn’t let him.

I pulled out my sword and stopped the swordsman who was about to split the ceiling.

“Stop it! If you touch it wrong, your sister might get hurt.”
“Kwaaaaa!!!!”

The Sword Saint descended to the floor and howled.
His sobs stopped after a while.

I looked at the ceiling where the woman presumed to be Chungha’s sister had disappeared.

An unknown constellation.
That might be a clue to find Chungha noona.

I went up to the ceiling and put my hand on the constellation.
Maybe my appraisal skill could be the key to solving the secret of this dungeon.

[The grade of the appraisal target is high. It is difficult to obtain the correct information.]
[Warning: It is likely to be a burden to the caster.]
[Do you want to appraise?]

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