Chapter: 386

Lee Hameng whispered to Yeowun. If the Lord is back, then it meant other elders were back too. This meant the beginning of the war for Yeowun.

“Prince?”

But Yeowun was looking at only one place. In the middle of the parade, there was a black carriage, decorated with red silk and had the word ‘SKY’ embroidered over it.

‘Lord.’

It was an open carriage, but the decorations and jewelry hid the face inside. It was the parade of King’s march. Warriors walked through valiantly and cultists cheered and chanted. It was a moment of glory, but Yeowun looked coldly.

‘Huh?’

That’s when Yeowun became surprised. Left Guardian Lee Hameng too was surprised. IN front of the black carriage, Great Guardian Marakim was walking ahead on a horse, and Right Guardian Submeng was behind the carriage. But something was off.

‘Teacher?’

He was in formal clothing unlike his regular outfits, but his face was pale and his right eye was wrapped around with linen wrapping also with over his head, as if he was injured.

‘Why?’

And Yeowun realized there were more people injured. After the carriage, warriors from other clans began walking in along with other elders. They were clothed in lavish clothing, but it couldn’t hide their injuries.

‘What happened?’

Elders came in beginning from the first elder. They seemed fine until the third elder, but starting from the fourth elder, they were heavy with injuries.

‘What?’

And with the fifth elder Hang Soyu, her left arm seemed to be missing under her clothes. And elders, which should be 8 that returned, one person was missing. Mun Ku sighed in relief as she saw her exhausted grandfather Mun Yun, still waiving at cultists who cheered for them.

Soon, the crowd then realized something was strange and began to mumble between themselves.

“I don’t see the 7th elder.”

7th Elder, Kong Sunong was missing from the parade. Lee Hameng had to stay behind as he was the Chief of the Academy, so he wasn’t told of the mission’s purpose. In usual cases, this much number of warriors would require constant contact with cult, but it was put to complete secret this time. So it was only after the Lord’s group reached proximity to the Mountain, when Huan Yi realized they were returning.

‘Well, we’ll get to know soon.’

It was secret until now, but since they were now here, it was going to be found out.

‘It’s strange. I can’t see them.’

Man looking in his mid thirtieth looked around from above the horse, scanning through crowds and he couldn’t find people he was looking for. He was the leader of the Wise clan, and the 1st Elder, Mu Jinwon. In normal circumstances, members from the Wise clan should have come out to greet the return of the Lord and the elders, but they were nowhere to be seen. There were other wives of other lords, but he couldn’t find anyone from the Wise clan.

‘Is there something going on?’

Crowds cheering the return looked very normal. He figured it was probably nothing much, as close to half of the clan’s warriors were left behind, but he came to a certain concern.

“Huh? Master, look at that!”

Hu Bong then pointed toward the back of the parade. Yeowun and his members became surprised at the ones following from behind. They wore different clothes, and the letter the flag showed was clearly who they were.

[Yulin Clan]

These people were from the Yulin Clan, the largest group from the Forces of Justice. It was the first time in the Cult’s history where members from Justice walked into the castle. Crowds began to grow noisy.

‘What is this?’

‘Yulin clan?’