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nMoonkwnag burst out in a rage.

n“How dare you! You dare to disrespect the Jong household!”

nTaesan spoke coolly.

n“I spoke to you, not the Jong household. Not that the Jong household isn’t a loser.”

nMoonkwang laughed as he was too speechless.

n“Ha. Why are you so confident? Do you believe that the golden wall clan or the Yeon household will come to save you?”

nTaesan smirked.

n“Don’t think they need to?”

nMoonkwang’s face turned rigid. But he attempted to regain his composure.

n“Nobody is coming to save you. Your guards outside will die miserably, the golden wall merchants will not be able to act up for a while due to this incident. And the Yeon residence will never hear of this.”

n“You sure like to talk a lot.”

n“But first you need to be beaten up until you soil yourself in fear. I was going to take this easy but it seems like it won’t do.”

nAt those words, Taesan’s eyes started to glisten.

n“Ah, about that, where did you leave the guy who soiled himself? Did you not bring him with you? Were you worried he might soil himself again?”

nTaesan already knew that Woong was involved with what was happening outside.

nHe was fighting hard with Gyeongwan and Yoo outside those doors.

nTaesan was well aware why Woong chose not to come in.

nIt was probably an instinctive reaction from a mixture of fear and avoidance.

n“I’ll shut that mouth of yours first.”

nMoonkwang walked towards Taesan while grinding his teeth.

nTaesan stared at him blankly.

nMoonkwang’s ferocious energy gathered around him like a storm. The one-step he took was enough to display his power to the opponent.

nHe was definitely a notch higher than Jong Risungrak.

n“Now that I think of it, I think there might be something we can talk about as well.”

nWhen he had gotten the information out of Woong, the most frequently heard name was Moonkwang.

nMoonkwang was right at the center of all the plans strategized by the Jong household.

n“Please remember that we need him alive.”

nOne of the three professionals standing behind Moonkwang spoke in a low voice.

n“I know.”

nMoonkwnag took another step towards Taesan after answering curtly.

nTaesan who was watching him made an absurd expression.

n“Isn’t your determination a little too easy?”

nDetermined to kill, and determined to death was his only thought but to think he wasn’t allowed to kill him.

nOf course, he understood why. But just because he understood, it didn’t stop him from feeling annoyed.

nMoonkwnag took another step forward. And at that exact moment, Taesan took a step forward as well.

nMoonkwang stretched out his hand. It was at great speed. He grasped the thin air in an attempt to hold Taesan’s neck.

nHe had stretched his hand accurately, but it missed. Even though Taesan had not moved.

nBut there was no time to be taken aback. Moonkwang turned his arm around and hit Taesan.

nFwoosh!

nOnce again he had hit the thin air. He had aimed perfectly but Taesan stepped forward and escaped his attack.

nTaesan passed Moonkwang’s side and hit it with his hand.

n“Gahh!”

nMoonkwang couldn’t breathe. His whole body didn’t move as though he was paralyzed.

nThen Taesan changed his attention to the three professionals standing at the back.

nThey reacted one beat too late as they had not expected Taesan to get past Moonkwnag and reach them.

nFirst Taesan swung his left arm.

nSlap!

nTaesan’s slapped the cheek of the man who had been standing there.

nHe immediately lost his consciousness without even mustering a cry of pain.

nNext was the one who was standing in front.

nTaesan used the momentum from swinging his arm to turn his body and swung a punch.

nCrash!

nThe chin of the man standing at the front swung back. His eyes turned white and he flopped to the floor.

nTaesan had lifted his leg after punching the man who had been standing in front.

nHis spin continued and his feet hit the temples of the last man standing.

nPpak!

nCrash!

nThe last one fell in the weirdest way.

nTaesan then turned and returned to Moonkwang who was struggling to use his body.

nMoonkwang’s body started to crack and move slightly. His face burned red. His vein stood up as he was not able to breathe.

n“Gahhhh!”

nMoonkwang used every bit of his strength to breathe in. Fortunately, he was able to breathe as though he had found a breathing whole.

nWith that, he started to gain back his conscience.

nMoonkwang’s attention turned to the prostitute who was standing next to the door.

nThe girl was trembling, unable to stand the pressure.

nTaesan took his time to approach Moonkwang before hitting him in the pit of his stomach.

n“Kuuuuhhh!”

nHe was suddenly able to breathe and started coughing wildly.

n“Cough! Cough! Cough! “

nTaesan returned to this original seat.

nHe looked to the prostitute to signal, and she dragged the guy who had fainted next to Taesan.

n“Site.”

nAs soon as Taesan finished speaking, Moonkwnag immediately sat down.

nHis body had not returned back to its original state. Everywhere was creaky, and his flowing energy was cut off in certain parts of his body.

nHe had not sensed any flow of energy enter his body either. He had just purely been hit.

nA look of fear formed in Moonkwang’s eyes.

nEven so, his determination was not bent.

nTaesan stared into Moonkwang’s eyes. He knew those with his eyes rarely opened up.

nOf course, this did not matter to Taesan.

nHe had no intention to ask nicely.

n“Open the door.”

nThe prostitute seemed surprised at Taesan’s request at first but went to open the door anyway.

nThe fight was still ongoing outside.

nTaesan spotted Woong who was diligently fighting.

nIt seemed that Woong was the strongest of them all.

nAnd because of Woong, the fight was dragging on.

nTaesan simply stared at Woong. At that moment Woong unknowingly turned to face Taesan.

nTheir eyes met. And there was a horrible stench in the air.

nWoong’s movement was the most awkward and odd.

nAnd using that as an opening, Gyeongwan pierced him as fast as lightning.

nHe blocked the swords of the White Flower brothel warriors before aiming his attack at Woong.

nBang!

nGyeongwan’s feet hit Woong’s shoulder.

nWoong spun in mid-air and landed behind.

nAnd his ** splattered everywhere.

nIn a battlefield where blood splatters were common, the splattering of ** did not stop them.

nIt only made it filthy.

nThe momentum of the fight came to an end as Woong soiled himself. And lay trembling and defeated on the floor.

nThe ones left were easy to fight.

nTaesan watched up until there and gestured to the prostitute to leave.

nThe prostitute who had lost the color in her face immediately left and silently shut the door behind her.

n“You’re not going to tell me even if I ask right?”

nTaesan asked while looking at Moonkwang.

nMoonkwang stubbornly sealed his mouth.

nHe could still feel the pain in his body, but it was tolerable.

nTaesan looked at him and nodded. As though he had anticipated such a reaction.

n“Then let’s pluck it out first.”

nMoonkwang looked at Taesan questioningly. Pluck out? What was he going to pluck?

nMoonkwang clenched his teeth and glared at Taesan.

n“Anyways I’m surprised to find out that the dying second prince of the golden wall clan was such a professional. You had us all fooled.”

nTaesan smirked.

n“What do you mean fooled? You all just believed what you wanted to.”

nMoonkwnag smirked. What he said made no sense. Even he had been completely deceived.

n“The two guards outside seem different from what people know about them. Do you still think you didn’t fool anyone?”

n“I don’t have time to listen to you. So let’s get started.”

nMoonkwang’s face froze at Taesan’s words.

n“Are you going to pluck out my limbs? If you do that here it will buy you more trouble than the one you got into for starting a sword fight.”

nTaesan smirked.

n“I guess you have experience with plucking limbs?”

nMoonkwng closed his mouth shut. Taesan laughed at his reaction.

n“The moment something works against you, you guys immediately seal your mouths shut.”

nHere Taesan was referring to politicians in general. But Moonkwang understood it as the Jong clan.

nTaesan spread out his hand and placed it on top of Moonkwang’s head.

n“Don’t worry. I won’t do something as foolish as plucking limbs.”

nMoonkwang’s eyes were painted with fear.

n“Are you…going to pluck out my head?”

nTaesan didn’t bother to reply and pulled out Moonkwang’s soul.

nTo be exact he pulled out half of it.

nAnd he burnt it slowly.

n“Kyahhhhh!”

nMoonkwang screamed in pain as he felt his soul burning from the deepest part of his body.

n***

nGyeongwan felt himself go limp but forced himself to move.

nThe fight was over, but there were things left to do.

nThere were not many fatalities from today’s battle.

nTwo had definitely died, while the rest were alive. Some of their bodies were completely wasted due to the martial energy they used.

nGyeongwan meticulously tied them up.

nHe blocked their critical spots to ensure they couldn’t move, then tied up their hands with a thick rough rope.

nA little further away, Yoo was doing the same thing.

nGyeongwan was having trouble maintaining his focus and continuously stole a glance at Yoo.

nHe had expected the side effect to wear off once the fight was over.

nBut that wasn’t the case. The moment he saw her, to be more accurate, the moment he saw Yoo dripping in sweat his lust flared up like a flame.

nIt was a much stronger urge than before.

nAs Gyeongwan felt the limits of his patience, a loud scream echoed throughout the pavilion that made him forget all about the side effect.

n“Kyahhhh!”

nHis lust was immediately forgotten.

nThis was the fourth scream. And the fourth time he felt the side effect wear off.

nIf it wasn’t for the screams, he might have done something to Yoo already.

nToday, Gyeongwas was learning the boundaries of his patience.

nAs soon as the scream ended, his lust crept back in.

nJust then Yoo approached Gyeongwan.

n“Are you alright? You don’t look well.”

nThe closeness of her voice was a catalyst to his side effect.

nBloodshot up in his eyes.

nHe slowly turned to face Yoo.

nThen placed both hands on her shoulders and grabbed them tightly.

nYoo looked right into Gyeongwan’s eyes with a look of surprise.

nGyeongwan who couldn’t hold on any longer was about to do something when the door opened.

n“What are you doing?”

nThe moment he heard Taesan’t voice, Gyeongwan released his hands and stepped back.

nYoo was equally surprised. But she didn’t drop her gaze from Gyeongwan.

nTaesan frowned at what he saw.

n“We still have things left to do. Get rid of those inside as well.”

nGyeongwan and Yoo suppressed their excitement and slowly entered the room to tie up those lying on the floor.

n“What was that?”

nTaesan muttered to himself, disturbed by what he had just seen. When the doctor suddenly approached him.

n“My prince, you are so mean.”

n“What?”

n“You really don’t know how to read a room.”

nTaesan looked at the doctor unable to make out what he was getting at.

n“Why would I need to read a room? I’ve never needed to do such a thing my whole life.”

nIt was more likely where the other party tried to read him.

nThe doctor sighed and shook his head, as Taesan didn’t seem to understand.

n“We should go and wrap up.”

n“Yes let’s go.”

nIt was time to wrap up today’s plan. Taesan took the doctor along to find Mdm.Rogue.

nAt the very top of the pavilion, which was a floor above from where they were, was where she was at.

nTaesan spread out his sense as they climbed the stairs.

nThere had been so many instances where he was ambushed right after a fight so he never let down his guards.

nAnd as expected, there were two hiding at the end of the stairs.

nTaesan who was climbing the stairs spread out both of his arms.

nGrip!

nThe neck of the two that had been hiding to ambush, was caught in Taesan’s hands.

nThe two passed out even before they could cry in pain.

nTaesan didn’t even glance at the two and walked down the corridor to the last door and opened it.

nMdm rogue was seated elegantly.

nTaesan spoke to her coolly.

n“Pay for today’s sins with your body.”

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