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Jeok-un and Bukri Seol-a followed the Beast Palace warriors toward the palace.The corridor was quite long.Massive wooden pillars lined both sides, and animal hides fluttered from the ceiling like draperies.The walls were covered in patterns carved with the claws and fangs of beasts.With their diverse colors, flamboyant yet exotic, they gave off a bold and spirited impression.The wild nature unique to the Beast Palace was on full display, such that even someone unacquainted with the place arriving here…-
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When Yang Munseok regained consciousness, the very first thing he felt was the touch of his spear shaft.The feel of solid, heavy wood.The cool grain of the sharp iron spearhead rested against his palm.It was a familiar sensation.No, it was more than just familiar.It felt as though he had reclaimed a lost part of his own body.Indeed, this sensation had been with him for decades, making it like a lifelong companion....It has returned.Yang Munseok slowly clenched and unclenched his fingers over and over.Once,…
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The Forbidden City is both the main palace where the Emperor resides and an impregnable fortress.The main gate of that fortress is none other than the Meridian Gate.Looking upon the layers of walls built around the Meridian Gate and the great gate that forces one to crane one's neck, one feels an overwhelming sense of just how colossal an existence the Emperor of Great Ming is."Hmm."Go Taeyun, the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, looked down from the edge of the…
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The night at the Palace of Upright Origins was silent.As it was the residence of an imperial prince, that would only be natural."W-What is the meaning of this!""How dare you bastards!"Right now, however, it could not have been more tumultuous.Taepyeong, a thousand-household commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was the cause.Taking the lead, Taepyeong set foot into the Palace of Upright Origins, followed by his fellow thousand-household commander, Haguk, and their guardsmen.The…
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The Emperor's bedchamber within the Palace of Heavenly Purity was dead silent.It was not merely because the night had grown deep.It was because a musty, gloomy scent hung so thickly in the air that it was difficult to believe this was the residence of the Emperor.On the bed within the chamber, the Emperor lay asleep with his eyes closed.No, he was not asleep."...Your Majesty."The imperial physician felt for a pulse on the Emperor's limp wrist.Yet no matter how much he searched the pulse…
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Beijing, the estate of the Divine Spear Yang Clan.A silence so heavy that even the darkness held its breath settled over the grand conference hall.The interior of the grand conference hall looked like this:Dozens of retainers sat around a wide table.At the head seat sat the current head of the Divine Spear Yang Clan, the Moonlit Spear Master, Yang Taejun.A meeting that had already been going on for eight hours.However, it was not over yet.No, it could not be ended."Patriarch! It has already been seven…
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Jeok-un stared at Yang Munseok beyond the iron bars, lost in thought.Yang Munseok.He was the head of the Divine Spear Yang Clan, a family that enjoyed the full support of countless martial clans and military officials within the Imperial Palace.At the same time, he was the former Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and before the Official Venerable Jo Geom, he was called the strongest martial artist in the Imperial Palace.And above all else, the greatest supporter of the First Prince, Ju…
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The Imperial Prison was a facility under the direct control of the Imperial House, designed to lock away officials and military personnel.And it was the Embroidered Uniform Guard that held and supervised the prisoners inside the Imperial Prison.Originally, the Embroidered Uniform Guard was one of the Twelve Guards, the Emperor's personal bodyguards, whose primary duty was to protect the Imperial Palace and the capital.However, under the pretext of defending the court, it had now transformed into an…
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Facing the uninvited guest, Jo Geom, Jeok-un appeared calm on the outside.Inside his head, however, his thoughts were racing without pause.It was all to figure out why Jo Geom had come looking for him.Why on earth did he come?For what purpose had he come?Or was there something he needed to verify?He had joined the Second Prince's forces as a member of the Snow Salt Society.Had there been some mistake during that process?Could his true identity have been exposed because of it?Jeok-un endlessly asked…
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'There isn't a single useful bastard among them.'Commander Jo Geom of the Embroidered Uniform Guard roughly shoved the reports on his desk aside."Hoo..."A sigh escaped him on its own.Not a single one of the reports he had just read contained anything of substance.'Incompetent fools.'Jo Geom ground his teeth inwardly.The Embroidered Uniform Guard. Going by the weight of its name alone, it ought to be the sharpest blade in the Great Ming.Yet reality was different.Compared…
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