Chapter: 878
“I ask you. What do you think of an enemy’s enemy?”
“Enemy’s enemy...”
When asked by the Emperor, the two Admirals began to think.
They had to give a correct answer, but it was a question which had been always answered, ever since the start of war history.
“... the enemy of an enemy is no less than our ally. Your Majesty!”
The Emperor nodded at the careful answer of Admiral Seo Tae-sik.
“That is exactly what Lord Chun told me.”
“Ah!”
When he came over to the Dragon Palace to give his proposal, Chun Yeowun had spoken those words to him.
Of course, how things went during the meeting was a bit different.
The Emperor had asked Chun Yeowun what he was supposed to do.
And he’d spoken with clear intentions.
[Blade God Six Martial Clan is an enemy which needs to be eliminated by our Cult. You already know that, so let me ask you one question. What kind of relationship would you naturally have with your enemy’s enemy if you had to destroy that enemy?]
The Emperor had understood very well what Chun Yeowun had been hinting at.
The Emperor had come to realize that the Blade God Six Martial clan was a very dangerous existence to the Imperial family based on the various testimonies he’d gathered from people inside the palace, including his son Zhu Taikhan and Elder Cheong-su.
‘If Lord Chun hadn’t stopped those men, then Taiyoon would have become an Emperor who was nothing but a puppet in those bastard’s hands.’
The worst situation would have fallen upon them.
If that was the case, the Emperor couldn’t even imagine what would have happened if he had misunderstood the Demonic Cult as the ones who’d stolen the Imperial treasure and killed the guardians in the Shrine.
“Your Majesty, first, if he did use the concept of the enemy’s enemy, then the Yulin factions are also considering the Blade God Six Martial clan as their enemy. Moreover, Yulin would always act favorably towards His Majesty and the Empire.”
Admiral Seo Tae-sik of the Cardinal Spear countered the Emperor’s words.
However, it only created more room for the Emperor to affirm his stand.
“And so? Did the Yulin block those men in the underground shrine? Even Elder Cheong-su, who was there as an envoy, stood and watched the situation helplessly, he didn’t even move when I, the Emperor, was being humiliated by the Lord of Demonic Cult.”
“Tha... That...”
The Emperor hadn’t forgotten it.
He’d been told that Elder Cheong-su, a long-time Elder of Yulin, and a scholar, was a well-known martial artist.
However, in front of the Lord of Demonic Cult, he’d stood quietly without saying a word.
‘Could such a person even be called an Elder? Ha!’
Even if the officials were powerless, they’d all been ready to risk their lives for the emperor.
But this man, an Elder, and a leader of the Forces of Justice, whose art was being kept as the State Religion, had succumbed in front of the Demonic Cult’s power.
“I am worried. Those rebels from that clan are formidable enemies that even the Guardians of the Imperial Palace couldn’t stop. Such a Clan is aiming for the throne and the empire, and I see no reason to entrust the State Religion to a faction whose leaders are of no help to me when needed.”