Chapter: 712

“Red flame?”

“My skills and yours, are like heaven and earth.”

Hweeing! Woong!

With his words, the red sword began to vibrate and the masked man went to stab the maid right at her heart.

Pierce!

Shocked, she tried to avoid getting hit by moving her body, but the masked man was quick to move and went for her shoulder.

Even though they were unable to feel physical pain, she still felt fear from the overwhelming energy he was releasing. As soon as she was injured, she made sure to increase their distance.

“It can’t be?! My, my sword got cut with his?”

Another maid took the guard position to protect her injured companion. Two of the new court ladies were more powerful compared to the others, but they didn’t seem to have any regenerative power, as their right arm seemed weakened.

“Ugh, the red hair and red flame?... it can’t be... you are the Fire King, Lee Hameng?”

Their eyes widened as they looked at him.

Although they weren’t active in the Wulin, they were still aware of the guardians who were known to be the most loyal and skilled members of it.

“What?”

At the words of the court maid, the leader, Yeogwol, looked at the masked man in shock.

“You are the Fire King? The left hand of the Demonic Cult’s Lord? Wait... wait a moment... if that is the case, then the one in the mask right next to him is Marakim?”

It was none other than the Great Guardian Marakim, the famous Guardian of the Wulin.

Hundred of masters had died in his hands, and he was known as the greatest of the three Guardians of the Demonic Cult.

The Fire King and the Great Guardian of the Demonic Cult.

Yeongwol, who couldn’t guess the true identity of the man who used Sky Demon energy, was now trembling as she opened her mouth.

“The, then you must be... the... Lord... of... the Demonic Cult?”

The Imperial Palace and the Wulin signed a non-aggression treaty.

It was a truce, wherein one party wouldn’t interfere with the workings of the other, however, neither of them was the kind to stand still when an armed group infiltrated their base. At the Imperial Palace, Wulin was always treated as a threat and was carefully kept in place.

The Demonic Cult was considered to be the deadliest by the Imperial Palace ever since the war. The Guardians were created as the hidden power to protect the Imperial Palace from internal threats since the time of King Taejo.

‘A place where one can savour their power to its utmost might.’

Of the three major powers, only the Demonic Cult was the odd one.

The other two groups were a huge cluster of numerous clans so the direction, working, and power could shift at any moment, but the Demonic cult was a one-man-powered working system. Just like how the Imperial family inherits the throne.

‘I thought they’d be from a wandering Wulin clan, but it turns out to be the Lord himself.’

It was a well-known fact that the Demonic cult had thousands of believers. Everyone heard that thousands of men of the Demonic Cult would even jump into hellfire with one order from their Lord.

If such a strong person, the Lord of the Demonic Cult, harbours ill feelings towards the Imperial family, the Daemyeong Empire wouldn’t be able to handle the situation when it gets out of hand.

“You, you’re the Lord of the Demonic Cult?”