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195: Grand Duke (2)
When asked to open the Gate, Duke Bevman showed a bitter expression. Duke Bevman was wary of the danger to his life, as Chun Yeowun was a god-like being on Earth.
‘What do I do?’
There was no one here to stop Chun Yeowun.
Which meant there were two options: either refusing the request and dying, or opening the gate and taking Chun Yeowun there.
‘If I bring him, rebellion will happen.’
Chun Yeowun’s purpose was obvious, but Duke Bevman was sure that the Grand Duke would not bow his head to this monster.
Although Grand Duke Kaliaf was known to be the most powerful amongst the Grand Dukes, he was at war with the Demon King’s aides at the moment.
‘I believe him, but
’
In the best-case scenario, only the strongest and most relevant people would be involved, but otherwise, all demons would be wiped out.
Then, someone’s voice was heard.
[Papa.]
It was from Marquis Irene. Duke Bevman looked at Chun Yeowun with a surprised look, scared that Chun Yeowun might find out about the telepathic communication.
[Papa!]
[Don’t do anything dangerous. The Demon God might hear you.]
[
 What are you saying? How can this Demon God do something that neither the Grand Duke nor the Demon King could do?]
[Stop talking!]
Duke Bevman was scared and warned Marquis Irene, but ignoring his words, she continued to talk.
[He might notice it, but he won’t know what we’re saying.]
[Hmm.]
[Let’s test it. Great being, can you hear this? Please look at me if you can hear this.]
Chun Yeowun didn’t move, still holding onto Duke Bevman’s hair.
“Did you hear me when I told you to open the Gate?”
‘Ah!’
Duke Bevman then realized that Chun Yeowun couldn’t hear them and was embarrassed for thinking too highly of him before. Then, Marquis Irene continued to send more telepathic messages.
[See that? Papa, this is good.]
He couldn’t hide his wonder as she continued.
[Well, this man has Arisha's weapon in his hands. We don’t know how many he has, but we need to collect all of them from him.]
She was right. In order for Grand Duke Kaliaf to win the war against the Demon King’s closest aides, utilizing Arisha’s armor was necessary.
However, the risk was too great.
[This would be like carrying an uncontrollable, ticking bomb.]
[We have to make it believable.]
[What do you mean?]
[We only need to change the gate’s coordinates.]
At those words, Duke Bevman’s eyes twinkled. Come to think of it, he could just teleport Chun Yeowun to the wrong coordinates.
The Gate entrance’s destination was limited to only one location, but when going back, they could return to any desired coordinates.
[That is a nice idea. But—]
[Papa. He might become suspicious, so act a little reluctant.]
Realizing that his daughter’s plan could work, he said,
“Are you sure?”
“Don’t make me say it twice.”
Duke Bevman acted like he didn’t have a choice.
“
 I understand. I’ll open the Gate.”
Whisper!
The demons, who didn’t know about his plan, were shocked by his actions.
‘Is he really fine with it?’
‘The Grand Duke will be angry.’
Even if they had surrendered here, they would have never taken another being back to their own planet.
“Lord, are you really going?”
Hu Bong asked Chun Yeowun, hearing Duke Bevman’s decision.
“Yes.”
Once Chun Yeowun made a decision, he never went back on it. Knowing this, Hu Bong didn’t ask any more questions.
But,
“Then, take us along.”
“No. I’m going alone.”
“Huh? Alone?”
It was not just Hu Bong, but even Baekgi and Mun Ran-yeong opposed it.
No matter how strong Chun Yeowun was, there was no way his subordinates would allow him to enter the enemy base alone.
The Golden Gumiho agreed with them.
“Chun Ma! You mean you know where you’re going but still want to go alone? Keep me with you.”
“No, you’ll look after this place.”
“Lord!”
“Chun Ma!”
Everyone objected to it, but Chun Yeowun didn’t change his mind for two reasons.
Because he was going to another planet, it was possible that if everyone went with him, something unexpected could happen and no one would survive.
And the second reason was that there would only be more chaos if they came.
“The war with MS Group is still ongoing.”
Although the current Sky Demon Order was stronger compared to the past, the MS Group had the ability to mass-produce humanoids who were strengthened through technology.
Taking these reasons into consideration, it was safe to say that the Golden Gumiho and his subordinates need to stay here.
“Lord!”
Hu Bong fell flat on the floor.
“If that’s the reason, since I’m weak compared to my wife and Baekgi, taking me shouldn’t really affect the loss of power here.”
Hearing Hu Bong’s words, Chun Yeowun rubbed his forehead.
Chun Yeowun was stubborn, but Hu Bong was even more stubborn. Strong and loyal, he always wanted to be by Chun Yeowun’s side.
“Lord Chun Ma, please let him go with you. As the Chun Ma of the Sky Demon Order, you cannot leave alone.”
Mun Ran-yeong, too, pleaded with him. Although she felt uneasy about sending her husband, she couldn’t let Chun Yeowun leave alone.
Baekgi added.
“Hu Bong is right. That guy staying or not staying won’t have any effect, so just take him along like a tag, Lord.”
‘Staying or not staying won’t have any effect?’
Hu Bong frowned while looking at Baekgi; it didn’t seem like Baekgi spoke with the intention to help him.
Hearing them plead, Chun Yeowun still shook his head and said,
“No.”
“Lord, why?”
“No more words.”
With that, he removed his grip on Duke Bevman’s head and urged him,
“Open the Gate.”
“Lord!”
Chun Yeowun didn’t turn around. He was grateful for Hu Bong’s loyalty, but that was why he couldn’t take him along.
‘What will happen if we’re both stuck there? What about the Great Elder?’
Whenever Chun Yeowun thought of Mun Ku, his wife, he was filled with sorrow. He didn’t want anyone else to go through what he did.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.”
There was shuffling around the emergency stairs of the Yongchun Group site.
Duke Bevman and Marquis Irene were heading to the roof to open the Gate. As they climbed, Duke Bevman asked his daughter with telepathy:
[Irene, where will we teleport him to? I suppose you’re not planning to teleport him to where the Grand Duke is.]
It was impossible to send Chun Yeowun, who had Arisha’s armor, to just anywhere without care. Irene answered with a smile.
[Papa, that place.]
[That?]
[Bamut’s underground water gate.]
[Bamut? No, that’s where the worst prisoners are locked.]
Bamut’s underground water cell was a prison for the worst criminals in their clan. It was an atrocious prison where those who entered never left.
However, this underground cell was also located in the middle of Grand Duke Kaliaf’s realm.
[That’s why we’ll send him there.]
[What?]
[We can lock him there and make him fight them.]
[Ah.]
Duke Bevman seemed to like her plan. Irene was the smart, analytical one from the beginning, which was why she stayed as his right-hand woman.
[I heard that some prisoners in Bamut are at the Duke level. We can offer pardons to those prisoners in exchange for killing him, and they’ll all rush to kill him right away.]
[I thoroughly understand the plan now.]
[Right, even if he is a human on par with a Grand Duke, he will end up exhausting all of his strength after dealing with those prisoners.]
[Once he’s exhausted, the Grand Duke can then lead his troops into the prison and deal with him.]
Duke Bevman wanted to applaud the plan, but he couldn’t risk Chun Yeowun noticing, albeit walking in front of Chun Yeowun.
Thud!
The iron gates opened and the large rooftop with a helipad came into view, and only those three were able to see the view.
The other demons were held as hostages and the Golden Gumiho was keeping watch to make sure that nobody tried any funny business.
Tak!
Marquis Irene put down a case-like device to open the Gate on the floor. The demons often seemed like barbaric, war-like beings, but they actually had advanced technology that could open Gates to other planets.
Taktak!
Chun Yeowun looked at her fidgeting with the device.
“I am warning you. Don’t even try to do something strange.”
At his warning, she responded,
“How can I try anything of the sort in the presence of a great being? We’ll be moving together.”
Despite saying that, she was changing the coordinates to where Chun Yeowun would be teleported. In order to avoid any suspicions, Marquis Irene kept showing the Gate’s display..
‘He doesn’t know our clan’s language.’
Duke Bevman was grateful for their luck; if Chun Yeowun knew their language, he would have been beyond angry with them.
Once the destination was set, she said,
“Please don’t move from your standing position. Any movements or changes can interfere.”
Although she said those words out loud, internally, she was thinking something entirely different.
‘That way, you will fall right into the Bamut’s cell! Huhuhu!’
Laughing inside, she pressed one of the buttons as a tremendous energy was released from the device.
Woong!
The Gate opened into the air as the space began to warp, which looked like there was a hole in the sky.
“Go.”
With those words, she moved her hands. Thinking she succeeded, her lips turned into a smile.
Tsssss!
Particles began to scatter around as everything was sucked into the Gate.
‘You stupid idiot. No matter how strong you are, there’s no way you can understand our extremely advanced technology. This is our victory!”
Tsss!
Moments later, the particles over her body scattered and her consciousness was cut off.
On a brown planet hundreds of millions of light years away from Earth:
Three planets several times the size of Earth appeared to be satellites around this planet.
Perhaps, these three planets were the moons of this main planet.
Unlike Earth, where clouds were visible, a sharp crimson hue filled the sky.
The huge planet had an unmistakable red sky.
In one city, there was a large castle with a pointed shape in its center.
This castle belonged to Grand Duke Kaliaf, who ruled the city. In the sky just above the castle, which was guarded by hundreds of demons, the space was twisted as a huge Gate opened.
Woong!
“Gate!”
“A Gate is opening!”
The demons guarding the place shouted, and not long after, demons inside the castle walked out to the courtyard wearing very colorful clothes.
In front of them was a man in a red cloak and golden crown: Grand Duke Kaliaf, who wore himself with dignity.
“Is the Gate from outsiders?”
In response to the question, a man with brown hair and green armor who was following Grand Duke Kaliaf answered,
“It is ours.”
The man was Duke Igor, Grand Duke Kaliaf’s left arm.
“So quick.”
It hadn’t been long since they were sent out, but they were already coming back so soon?
Then, particles started to gather in the castle yard and took the shapes of two people.
Tssss!
As the particles finalized the shapes, one of the people shouted,
“Duke Bevman greets the Grand Duke.”
It was none other than Duke Bevman.
Bevman breathed a sigh of relief seeing his lord and hurriedly said,
“Lord! Please, we need to hurry! You need to lead your troops to the Bamut Underground Cell right now!”
“To Bamut?”
“I will explain as we go. A dangerous being with Arisha’s armor is trapped there. Along with Marquis Irene
uh?”
Duke Bevman, who was speaking, noticed that something was off. All the demons, instead of looking at him, were looking to his side.
‘Irene
?!!!’
Duke Bevman’s eyes widened as he looked at his side.
“W-what?”
Where Marquis Irene was supposed to be stood Chun Yeowun.
He spoke in a cold voice to the shocked man,
“I definitely told you to not mess around.”
At the same time, in a cavity surrounded by darkness:
A white-haired woman was unable to hide her shock at the gloomy situation.
“T-this
”
She was Marquis Irene, and she looked around vigilantly, unable to understand what had happened.
‘Shit!’
Numerous red eyes were staring at her throughout the dark place, as if looking at their prey.
‘No!’
She knew right away where she was.
“W-why am I in here?”
This dark environment was none other than the Bamut underground cell, the worst prison filled with the most horrible kinds of criminals, and she was here instead of Chun Yeowun.
Before she could recover her senses, the voices started sounding.
“A woman!”
“I want to eat her!”
“A toy to play with!”
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t think more as her shock turned into fear.