Chapter 566: Northern Emperor (6)
A king’s life is complicated.
Even the Northern kings—who might seem like tyrants at first glance—each had their own inviolable principles.
They gauged the people's livelihood, managed supply routes, kept an eye on the neighboring kings, mediated disputes among their lieges, and continuously honed their own martial prowess.
For this reason, despite their wild nature, they were monarchs through and through.
In a vast land where warlike rulers, mad with martial obsession, constantly grew stronger and carved out their own domains.
Jeong Yeon-shin now stood in Yeoklu Fortress as a king.
It had originally been taken by the Ice Palace of the North Sea, who placed Tae Yeom-ryong at the front as their great warrior—but now it had been taken back.
It was another place with a different hue of Jianghu.
Ssshhk.
Jeong Yeon-shin sat on the throne covered with pale wolf fur. He silently gazed down at those below.
“O King!”
A man shouted without hesitation.