Chapter 176: The Gate of the War King (5)
A dark night.
Tang Qing, the Dark King of the Nine Dragons Fortress, was plowing a small vegetable patch attached to a shabby hut.
Thud. Thud.
Dark clouds hung overhead, shrouding the surroundings in pitch-black darkness where one couldn’t see an inch ahead, yet he paid it no mind, silently plowing on.
Thud. Thud.
Like an aged farmer, he continued, ceaselessly.
He did this for half an hour.
Whoosh.
As a cool breeze blew in, Dang Qing set down his tools and looked up at the sky.
The strong wind pushed the dark clouds away, revealing the edge of the full moon that had been hidden behind them.
“……”
He stared blankly at the pouring moonlight, then turned his gaze away with an expression he couldn’t quite read.
“Were you looking at the moon again tonight?”
“It’s the only way I can remember Wol-ah.”
Moon-sang’s eyes wavered at Dang-cheong’s words.
Dang Manwol. Uttering the name of the Lord’s eldest grandson, the one certain to inherit the position of the next Lord of Guryongseong, was practically an unspoken taboo.
It was a rule the Lord himself had established, after all.
“…….”
Mun Sang, his lips sealed, strained to grasp the Lord’s true intentions.
Had he forgotten his vengeance?
That was impossible.
On the day Tang Man-wol’s death became known, the Lord had intended to lead the entire might of Nine Dragons City into an advance on Xingang.
Had Mun Sang not stopped him, that plan would have been carried out.
