The Scarlet Hawk and The Black Knights (Mina)✔️

36: Your New Allegiance

(A/N: Edited and Republished)

Previously...

Once everything had ended, Mal Gu let out a small sigh and turned to face his people.

"We cannot delay this any further." he stated and looked at his daughters and son. "My children, you will travel to Gariya, and you will set Myoui Mi Na and her allies free. Kill as many people as you want there, but remember, leave queen Song Ji An alive, I am certain Mi Na wants to end her by herself." the demon instructed. Gintang and Kareum were about to answer their father in compliance before Hitae suddenly interrupted them.

"Let me do it myself." she confidently stated, surprising Mal Gu who was taken aback by his eldest daughter's bravery. "Gariya is a weak kingdom I can easily tear apart to pieces, father." she hummed lazily. "A pretentious peaceful place with nothing but savages and mindless weaklings populating the wretched land, I can handle them myself. I'll take my leave then." she bowed and walked away before Jeong Yeon intervened.

"I'll come with you, Hitae unnie." she bit her lip. The older girl gasped and turned to face her with a refusing face.

"No you're not. You'll get hurt again just like how our sister got killed, understood?" Hitae scolded her, but her younger sister was persistent.

"You can kill them all you like, unnie, but I'm only taking one of them." Jeong Yeon breathed out, holding Hitae's shoulder. "I'm gonna make the bastard who killed Han Ri pay for his sin." she growled. Hitae hummed lowly and turned to face Mal Gu, seemingly looking if her father would let that. When she saw that Mal Gu only gave a little nod, Hitae sighed in defeat and agreed to her sister's insisting behaviour.

"Arachi, come with me, we leave now." Hitae breathed out and walked back to the gateway of the Outer Realm to bring themselves to the Living Realm, followed by her sister Jeong Yeon.

"F-father, you can't be serious! Jeong Yeon is still too young to fight, she'll get herself killed!" Gintang objected, looking at Mal Gu with raised eyebrows. His father chuckled at his words and held his left shoulder, looking at him.

"She's old enough to fight. I trained her good enough already, I'm sure your sister can do it well." Mal Gu breathed out and resumed watching Han Ri's cremation, smiling bitterly. "Oh yes, Gintang and Kareum." he called, earning his two children's attention.

"Yes, father?" Kareum asked curiously, awaiting his further instruction.

"Hangsae and Kamal are probably heading here right now, but in the meantime while we await our new recruits' arrival, there is another kingdom not so far away from the one you have just conquered earlier. Go straight north." he said and turned back to look at the two of them. "Destroy it, and leave no survivors."

"As you wish, father. We will not fail you." Kareum kneeled down and proceeded to leave the place along with Gintang who followed her from behind. Mal Gu smiled once again.

"Father's really pampering us with the kingdoms he gives us to play with, huh?" Gintang joked along the way as he walked fast with his sister.

"Be grateful for that, he's giving us some nice toys." Kareum smirked.

"I'm not complaining, just saying. Besides, I'm loving this." Gintang cracked his hooves and stretched his neck, stretching his extremely muscly arms as well. "However, I thought father's goal was to have the world with us coexisting with the wretched humans?" he hummed confusedly. Kareum chuckled and patted her brother's shoulder.