Chapter: 840

A woman who was supposed to be their strongest ally had just given them an extremely aggressive warning.

An Imperial Guardian; a hidden power that protected the Royal Shrine.

Even within the Imperial Palace, very few knew of her existence.

Only the Emperor and his commanders and a few admirals that protected him knew of her existence

‘Ran-yeong.’

The incarnation of the Qilin exists only for the sake of protecting the Imperial treasure.

Instead of protecting them, her flames were directed to the Guards.

‘It’s been twenty years since I last saw you.’

The Emperor seemed to remember something as he tried to maintain a calm expression.

The first time they’d met had been the day he inherited the throne.

As a young and energetic Emperor, he had fallen in love with her bewitching charming red hair that could never be seen in the outside world.

‘Her beauty is still there.’

It was astonishing that her mesmerizing beauty still remained.

However, from that day onwards, he stopped visiting her as he had learned that she had been protecting the treasure in the Royal Shrine since the foundation of the Empire.

“Do you realise the meaning of your actions? Guardian!”

Supreme Commander Baek Jagi shouted with a red face.

It was totally unacceptable that the hidden Power protecting the Imperial treasure was now backstabbing the Emperor.

“Imperial Guards’ Supreme Commander. I have seen you before as a young soldier, and now you’ve gotten strong enough to yell at a woman.”

Soldier.

Although he was under the Emperor, he was still the highest-ranking official in the Imperial Guards.

Baek Jagi, who had been brought into the Northern Commander’s group because of his extensive field experience, quickly became a provincial commander at the young age of 34.

“Cough!”

Baek Jagi was flustered by Ran-yeong’s words and coughed.

He had met her for the first time the day he was appointed as a provincial commander, and a few embarrassing things had happened between them.

[This is funny, for a woman to be the strongest Guardian in the Imperial Palace.]

Wheeeing!

[Uhhhk! My uniform is on fire!]

He’d made fun of her, and Ran-yeong had burnt his uniform.

Those embarrassing memories rushed back into his mind.

“Why talk about the past! Guardian! It is treason! Protecting the Demonic Cult which is trying to hurt the Emperor is treason!”