Chapter: 675
Zhu Taikhan hesitated for a second and responded, since Yeowun would know soon anyway.
“It was sent to all the leaders of each faction.”
“The three factions?”
Yeowun frowned. This meant that the Palace will have leaders from all three factions on the same day.
‘Gathering them in the same place at the same time?’
It was not something that could easily happen. Up until now, that had happened less than five times.
‘Is the Blade God Six Martial clan trying to make the three factions go to war against each other?’
That seemed like a possible plan. But Zhu Taikhan revealed some unexpected details instead.
“No. If you are talking about your cult, the Yulin clan of the Forces of Justice and the Alliance of the Forces of Evil, there is one more faction.”
“One more?”
“A new faction called the Blade God Six Martial clan.”
“!!”
The locations of all factions across Yulin were scattered, so each messenger from the palace arrived at different times within the two weeks. The first messenger to arrive was at the Yulin clan’s base, or the Nakeng Region. The one who went there was the eldest son of the Emperor, Zhu Taiyoon. He was known as the most likely successor of the throne. With Zhu Taiyoon’s visit, the Yulin clan had been partying for three days straight. Many beautiful women danced while musicians played happy music. As the feast went on, the Yulin clan leader Yen Bukeng sat beside him.
“Your highness. Please drink more.”
“Hahaha! I’m so honored to be treated like this!”
Zhu Taiyoon was very pleased to be treated like this by the leader of the giant faction of Yulin. Inside, there were also the leaders of other clans, or the 17 Leaders of the Yulin clan. But not all of them were here. One leader, or the leader of current Sorim Temple, was not here as he was a monk who did not join feasts.
At the same time, outside the hall where the feast was being held, a beautiful woman was talking with one of the monks wearing the Flower Mountain clan’s clothing.
“We still haven’t got all the spies with us. I’m not sure if it’s okay to party for 3 days straight... Miss Jegal.”
“I understand your concern, Elder Poong. But it’s better to leave a good impression on the possible future Emperor too.”
These two were the Second Strategist of the Yulin clan, Jegal Sohi and Sixth Leader Poong Chungwun. After they returned from the Demonic Cult, they had been working hard for the past few months to find spies hidden among them. Unlike the Demonic Cult that was comprised of one giant group, the Yulin clan was a union of countless clans, so it was hard to find all those spies. But Jegal Sohi strategically worked to set up traps and sorted out many spies between them. Surprisingly, those spies were hidden among the main 9 clans of Yulin. But even then, there were still spies to be found.
‘Since when they place this many spies within our clan? How long has it been?’
This was the most mysterious part. It wasn’t understandable as it hadn’t been long since the Blade God Six Martial clan surfaced. Maybe the enemy had been around for quite a long time.
“But Miss Jegal, I am growing suspicious.”
“About what?”
“This invitation for the nonaggression pact... I can’t shake the feeling that the Blade God Six Martial clan is involved.”
Jegal Sohi nodded at Poong Chungwun’s words. Actually, this was something that all leaders of the Yulin clan had been predicting already. There was no way they would not be wary of the new faction coming into play, when the event traditionally only consisted of three main factions.
“This really seems obvious. Do you think the Demonic Cult and the Alliance of the Evil Forces will take the risk?”
Unlike the Yulin clan, the other two clans always sent the representatives, rather than their leaders to go with the pact. And with a very high possibility of the fourth faction trying to play tricks, it didn’t seem likely that their leaders would come.
“No, they will. At least the Demonic Cult will.”
“Why do you say that?”