Chapter 99
“Come in. Winners.”
Members of the Dragon-Phoenix Society, the winners’ association, gathered in the conference room to welcome Dan Wooseong and Baek Yak. Among them were young men around Dan Wooseong’s age, as well as members who appeared to be in their late thirties.
As past champions of the Dragon-Phoenix Grand Tournament, their prowess was among the most renowned within the Martial Alliance.
The eldest among them spoke first.
“Everyone present here is a member of the Dragon-Phoenix Society. We each belong to different designated departments and handle distinct responsibilities. We merely gather occasionally to exchange words. Please, take a seat.”
As Dan Woo-seong and Baek Yak sat down on the chairs arranged in the meeting room, the man spoke.
“I’ll skip the introductions. You’ll learn about them in time. I suppose I should get straight to the point. As you know, finding the base of the Dark Arts isn’t easy. That’s what we were discussing.”
The warriors of the Dragon-Phoenix Alliance turned their gaze toward Danwooseong. It seemed they had some private discussion to have, so Danwooseong and Baekyak listened in silence.
“The final plan proposed was Hwang Gae’s desperate ploy.”
Dan Wooseong nodded.
“Please explain it in a bit more detail.”
Of course, I know what Huang Gai’s desperate ploy entails. It’s a scheme to deliberately harm one’s own people. The most famous instance was when Huang Gai of Wu deceived Cao Cao with such a ploy and feigned surrender.
