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n“Ha! Look at this crazy fella?”

nThe big player, Jong Risang, of the Jong families’ central special forces unit, made a face of disbelief.

nThe Biho special forces unit was the military unit of the Jong clan but their main role was to collect the taxes form the Black thieves within the vicinity.

nEver since they were crushed by Cheonma this was their only means of procuring funds.

nAnd surprisingly this method was quite satisfying.

nThey weren’t largely concerned about getting caught by the regulations either.

nAs long as they didn’t cross the line all they had to do was close one eye.

nThere were no issues of being exposed in the future as well.

nThey simply had to hide their transactions.

nBut it didn’t mean that they regulated all of the black thieves as they were within the Jong household.

nSome of them didn’t care.

nOccasionally the black thieves were a bigger force and for these cases, they compromised a deal.

nSo this method exploited the weaker black thieves.

nThat was until now.

nToday they refused to pay up.

nIt was ridiculous.

n“They refused to pay their dues?”

n“Yes. They refused.”

n“So what did you do. Just told them okay and come back?”

n“What could I possibly do alone. He was too assertive. As if he had someone watching his back.”

nJong Risang smirked.

n“Ya right as if. Maybe they managed to scout a professional. Didn’t something like this happen a while ago?”

n“Yes, it happened once five years ago. I can’t quite recall the professional they scouted…what was his name.”

n“I can’t recall either. Did we cut off one of the blood pack clan lead’s arm? Or was it a wrist?”

n“We cut his limbs. The lead now was the second lead then.”

n“Yes. That had happened before and they’re doing it again?”

n“Well, maybe the professional they scouted is a stronger one.”

n“So you were scared to be beaten up by this professional and came back without doing anything?”

n“It seemed very real.”

nThe subordinate did not lose a word.

nJong risang smiled and stood up.

n“Let’s go. It’s been a while. So let’s go and remind them who we are with a good beating.”

nJust when they were about to make a move another subordinate came rushing in.

nJong Risang’s face froze. He had been another one who had gone to collect their dues.

n“My lord, they say they won’t pay their dues.”

n“Are you another one to run back here because they were assertive?”

n“Oh? How did you know? It seems like they have an ally. They were too confident.”

nBefore Jong risang could reply another one came running with the same look.

nHe then realized that something was going on.

n“Did all these scums go crazy on drugs?”

n***

n“My prince, is it really okay to do this?”

n“What do you mean?”

n“To spread the weakness of the Jong’s household like this it would definitely cause a problem in the future.”

nTaesan smirked.

n“Problem? What problem?”

n“I doubt the Jong’s will sit back and watch if they find out?”

n“And how would they know who did it?”

n“What? But it was obviously you and I….”

n“That’s why we wore masks.”

nGyeongwan was stunned. This was pretending that nothing ever happened.

n“But they’ll be able to find out with a little investigation. The fact that you and I were here means something already.”

n“They wouldn’t have the mind to.”

nGyeongwan shook his head. Taesan was taking this situation too lightly than he’d thought.

n“My prince, a few collective uprising from the black thieves won’t be detrimental to the Jong’s. They may find it a nuisance but will be able to deal with the situation pretty quickly.”

nThat was the power of an established household.

nHad they not risen back up from the shambles that Cheonma had left them in.

n“What do you think it means when an elite household earns from the thieves?”

n“Huh? I guess…”

n“That they are short on money. And will soon topple.”

n“But that doesn’t mean much. And will be eventually resolved.”

nAnd besides, it didn’t seem possible that the thieves could fight the Jong’s even after learning of their weakness.

n“The pros of the thieves are their numbers. If all of them cause an uprising together the Jong’s will have to split up their forces and that will be their cause of failure.”

nEven that didn’t solve the problem.

nEven if you knew the opponent’s weakness if you lacked the skill it was completely useless.

nYou needed a certain level of skill to make use of someone else’s weakness.

n“They may win for a short while at the start but it will be difficult to sustain.”

n“That is true.”

nGyeongwan looked at Taesan in disbelief as he consented to his rebuttals so easily.

n“Isn’t that a big deal.”

n“Not a big deal. That’s why we are here.”

nTaesan pointed at the place with his chin making Gyeongwan’s eyes grow large.

n“The Dongho foundation?”

n“Have you heard of them before?”

n“It’s the first time.”

n“Guess they’re not that famous.”

n“No, so why are we…”

n“Because they are going to fight with the Jong clan.”

n“What?? Them? Why would they fight with the Jong clan? Even if they do are they skilled enough to match up to them?”

n“They can.”

nTaesan swiftly headed towards the Dongho foundation.

nGyeongwan stared blankly at Taesan’s back before coming back to his sense and catching up with him.

nI do trust Taesan and believe he is a genius, but this really didn’t seem like a good plan.

nBut what could I do, but believe him till the end.

nTo be honest he wasn’t sure that the Black thieves would do what Taesan told them to do either.

nEven though everything didn’t make sense, somehow Taesan made it possible.

n***

n“What brings you here?”

nThe guard guarding the gates asked carefully.

nTaesan answered with a poker face.

n“I’ve come to meet the owner.”

n“What? The owner?”

nTaesan pointed with his chin.

n“Lead the way.”

nThe guard obeyed Taesan’s orders without himself being aware.

n“This…This way.”

nA fellow guard looked on as if this was a typical scene.

nWhen it had finally occurred to them that something was odd they had already reached the office of Owner Pyo.

n“Well, this is where the owner is. But..who should I say is looking for him….”

nTaesan lifted up his hand to silence the guard.

n“Wait. I haven’t finished recalling.”

n“What?”

nThe guard looked alarmed and looked back and forth from Gyeongwan and Taesan.

nWhile Gyeongwan looked anxiously to and fro from the guard and Taesan.

nGyeongwan then redirected his gaze when his eyes met with those of the guards.

nWhich finally triggered the guard that something was suspicious and his face turned cold.

nJust then, Taesan clapped his hand.

n“Ah, now I remember.”

nThe loud sound had startled both the guard and gyeongwan who were both staring blankly at Taesan.

nWhat a timely clap that was, both Gyeongwan and the guard had held their breath.

n“Go and tell him that I have an item to send on the crescent moon.”

nThe guard tilted his head. As he couldn’t make out where the crescent moon was located.

n“Is that all I have to say?”

nTaesan waved his hand as though annoyed at the question.

nThe guard quickly went into the office.

nImmediately a middle-aged man that seemed to be the owner came rushing out as if he was about to break down the door.

nHe bowed till his back was straight and ushered Taesan into the office.

n“We have a precious guest. Please, please come in!”

nTaesan went in leisurely as though he had expected such greetings.

nUntil Taesan had fully entered the office he remained folded in a bow.

nGyeongwan looked on to this spectacle with his jaws dropped.

nHe was so taken aback that he had forgotten to control his expressions.

n***

nJong risang had wanted to handle the situation on his own.

nThe special forces he led was the lowest rank of the three main forces owned by the Jong’s.

nJong Risang has always found this to be unsatisfactory.

nTo Jong Risang at least. He had thought all three units were on par.

nHis Biho unit had been formed after the Cheonma incident.

nThe remaining units became pillars to pull the Jong household together after learning from the Cheonma incident.

nThose services could not be ignored.

nSo Jong Risang worked with the biho unit to do the hard work.

nTo squeeze out the Black thieves to procure the funds.

nThey also dealt with certain things that needed to be handled out of the sight of others.

nBut to be unable to deal with an uprising was not an option.

nUnless he wanted to stay in this position forever.

n“We regulate a total of 13 black thieves pack right?”

n“Yes. that is correct.”

nAnd within the 13 units, they regulated the other packs on their own.

nAs a result, all the thieves within the vicinity were firmly controlled by the Jong clan.

nBut all 13 of them caused an uprising.

nTo ignore this was to lose their control over them.

n“I’ll go to the blood pack clan myself…for the rest split up. How many do you need?”

n“Well…five should do for me.”

n“Our whole unit is made up of 41. If you alone take 5 what about the rest.”

n“Then..it’ll be pretty tight but 4? Nothing less. If you had seen the look on their faces you’d think that 5 wasn’t enough either.”

n“Fine. Then I’ll just take two with me. Split up the rest well between yourselves. Remember we need to deal with this instantly. If you don’t deal with them properly they will climb over you.”

n“It’s not our first day running the business you know? Sometimes I’m confused if I am a Jong clan or a Black thieves myself? So don’t worry. We will deal with it the black thieves way.”

nJong risang waved his hand in affirmation and walked on.

nNow it was time to deal with these arrogant scums.

n‘How dare they plan an uprising? Ungrateful scums.’

nRisang was filled with rage as he made his way to the blood pack clan.

nAs he reached the blood pack clan the rage was visibly exuding from his body.

nThe blood pack was a mess in front of Risang who was exuding fury and charisma.

nRisang stared at the ruckus being caused in the pavilion belonging to the blood pack clan.

nThere was no need to even go inside.

nSoon their leader would come out.

nAs expected the leader came running out.

nBehind him, his subordinates came rushing in line all of them holding an axe in their hands.

n“All of you who have come out, cut an arm each and kneel. Then I will let you live.”

nJong Risang threatened menacingly.

nBut none of the blood pack clan members answered him but surrounded him and his companions.

nRisang laughed not believing what he saw.

n“Have you gone mad? Do you think the likes of you can even cause a scratch on us?”

n“Shut your mouth!”

nRisang closed his mouth in disbelief as Choo Jokwang shouted.

n“You crazy fool, have you really gone mad?”

n“Crazy fool my ass, who are you calling crazy! I am doing this not to go mad! It’s better to die **ting ourselves than in your hands!”

nJong risang face turned cold. He knew from those words that there was an outsider who had caused this.

nHe was made from what Choo Jokwang had just said, but now was not the time to get mad.

n“Phew, now tell me. Who told you guys to do this. We’ll help you deal with him. The Jong clan will take care of it so tell me what really happened.”

n“Shut up. You don’t even know what being afraid means! What are you all doing! Are you going to end up becoming like that!”

nAt those words, the whole clan came at them.

nTheir eyes filled with vengeance and desperation.

nJong was defeated, but he fought back to his best ability with the rage fuelling his moves.

nShoong.

nSeveral members of the blood pack clan were taken out. Although no one had died.

nThis provoked them more and they fought back more fiercely.

nWhat happened next was a surprise.

nAs Jong struggled to find his footing the two warriors he had brought were defeated.

nThis was impossible.

nThe biggest cause was because they were off guard but even so they couldn’t have been defeated so easily by a pack of thieves.

nJong was fuelled with rage and fought on.

nThere was no way that the blood pack clan could be a worthy opponent of his warriors. Even if they knew of their weak points.

nIn reality, the ones Risang was facing were not the blood pack clan.

nThey were those from the Dongho foundation disguised as the blood pack clan. A guard of the dongho foundation stabbed Risang accurately when he saw an opening.

nSTAB!

nRisang lost his balance. His eyes were full of confusion.

n“Die!”

nChoo Jokwang yelled and Risang’s body was beaten with axes.

nThe bloodpack clan continuously beat the Jong warriors with the flat edge of their axes.

n*sounds of beating*

nEven for Risang, with the blow to his sides and the continuous blows he could no longer keep himself together.

nHis vision turned blurry and soon lost consciousness and turned limp.

nAt all the 11 locations in the black thieves areas, a similar situation was concurrently happening.

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