Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 100

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Episode 100

“No, I mean, we have several of our guild members trapped in there right now!”

“Do you think only your side is in that situation? Do you think we’re just sitting here comfortably watching?”

“I’ve been patient, but do you think words will solve this!”

“Stop, everyone stop! Why are you all acting like this when you’re supposed to be guild masters?!”

The VIP Room of the Awakening Management Bureau.

A place that would never open unless someone at the level of a country’s president was involved.

Today, it was bustling like a marketplace.

A high-end solid wood table placed on a crimson carpet.

Around it sat about a dozen ordinary-looking middle-aged men—

No, the owners of top-tier guilds, facing each other.

“That’s right! The order of things is important!”

“People are trapped in a labyrinth, and you think that matters right now?!”

“It’s not just your people trapped there… Didn’t we gather here to have a meeting?!”

“What is Team Leader Lee doing, gathering us here and then running off somewhere?”

On the surface, they looked like ordinary middle-aged men.

Masters.

No, before that, they were all rankers who had made names for themselves in the past.

Of course, the same was true now.

Rattle rattle rattle.

Since the mana dwelling in their bodies hadn’t disappeared.

The table, sitting quietly, trembled at their every gesture and word.

‘This is driving me crazy… The team leader went down saying he’d escort someone, so why isn’t he showing his face?’

Because of this, Ji Min-gi.

The chief officer who had organized this meeting was truly having a hellish time.

Even though he was also a hunter.

With the anger and mana emanating from dozens of legendary hunters.

His legs were trembling uncontrollably.

‘Damn it… Even standing is difficult.’

If someone startled him, he might wet his pants right there.

“P-please calm down, everyone…”

“Calm down?! That bald old man disrespected our guild first!”

“What nonsense are you spouting!”

“Do you really want to die?! Where do you get off making noise when you were too scared to even enter the Past Labyrinth!”

Even though these were people who knew everything there was to know.

The scene was as chaotic as if four or five-year-old children had been gathered together.

Just as the VIP room was heating up.

Creak.

The glass door opened cautiously.

Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun’s head peeked out from beyond it.

“Team Leader!! Why are you only coming now?”

“Ah, sorry. I was a bit late because of parking.”

That’s not what’s important right now!

Ji Min-gi glared at Team Leader Lee with anxious eyes.

“More importantly, Manwol… is…”

Step. Step.

Before his words could finish, the door opened again.

As a man in a black suit appeared from behind Team Leader Lee.

The gazes of the rankers who had been noisily chattering until just now all turned to the opposite side at once.

“I see many familiar faces.”

Choi Seung-hyun!

The number one guild, Manwol.

As the owner of that place revealed himself, the expressions of the guild masters changed.

“Oh, look who it is! Isn’t that Chairman Choi!”

“That’s right. I was going to contact you to have a drink sometime. To think we’d meet in a place like this.”

Some welcomed him warmly with bright expressions.

Others glared at him with burning eyes as if facing an enemy.

“They had no one else to call, so they called that guy. Tsk.”

“To think they’d reach out even to Manwol, it’s the end, the end!”

“Ugh, I’ve seen something I shouldn’t have.”

Among them were people from the Phoenix Union who would grind their teeth at the mention of Manwol even in their sleep.

Of course, as if such people weren’t even worth his attention.

Choi Seung-hyun went to an empty seat and slowly sat down.

And once again, creak—

The moment the VIP room door opened.

“What? Who is it?”

People tilted their heads in confusion.

“Ah, hello…”

Gazes pouring in this direction.

As the eyes of the top rankers all focused on him, Choi Hyun-min’s face turned bright red.

“This is Chairman Choi’s youngest son.”

Choi Hyun-min, who had been turning his head frantically.

He hurried to the last remaining empty seat at the end and sat down.

“We know that, but I don’t think that young man has any business being here.”

“I heard he hasn’t even awakened?”

“Tsk, Chairman Choi must be getting senile. Bringing his son without being able to distinguish where he should sit.”

People muttering complaints.

It wasn’t the first or second time he’d heard such words.

Glance.

Still, it seemed unavoidable to be conscious of others’ opinions.

Of course, there was no running outside to escape like before.

Because…

‘Now I’ve awakened.’

As an EX-grade hunter, no less.

They probably couldn’t even dream of it.

Choi Hyun-min, as if unbothered by the rankers’ gazes.

Put on a rather solemn expression and looked ahead.

“Sorry for being late. I’m Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun from the Interdimensional Management Bureau. Most of you probably know me, so I’ll keep my introduction brief and move to the main point.”

Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun stepped onto the slightly raised brown platform.

When he tapped the old microphone, an unpleasant screech swept through the room.

“As you know, the Past Labyrinth has occurred. We have no information about what kind of place it is, what the internal structure is like, and so on.”

“That would be the case.”

“That’s not what’s important right now, is it?”

Lee Jung-woon, the leader of Phoenix.

Team Leader Lee nodded at his blunt grumbling.

“You’re right. That’s why from now on, we’re going to roughly assess the number of missing persons and combat power for each guild.”

“Combat power?”

“If top rankers are participating in the Past Labyrinth, we assume the survival rate would be higher.”

Murmur murmur.

The interior instantly became chaotic.

Lee Jung-hoon of Phoenix, who was watching this scene.

He shook his head and refuted Team Leader Lee’s words.

“It’s a useless endeavor.”

“Pardon?”

“None of the people who went inside have returned.”

“Well, that’s…”

“That place has now become a completely independent space from here. No matter how much of a show we put on here, we can’t help the people who went inside.”

His words were so cold that they seemed to drip with ice, beyond just being rational.

As if agreeing with him, several Masters from the Phoenix Union nearby shook their heads.

“Right. No matter how much we flap our gums here all day, there’s no way to help them, is there?”

“It’s a waste of time. We’d be better off looking for someone with items or skills that can interfere with other dimensions.”

His words were, in a way, correct.

It had already been over a full day since the Past Labyrinth opened.

Not a single person had returned.

No matter how good the rewards might be.

Hunting for more than a day would be practically impossible.

‘…Why can’t they return?’

And Choi Hyun-min.

In the midst of all the commotion, he alone had question marks floating above his head.

‘The people who entered the Past Labyrinth can’t return?’

Why?

Choi Hyun-min himself had clearly been in the Past Labyrinth until just a while ago and had returned.

Why were they all reacting like this?

“Or you have those ‘Observers’! Use them to find a way to help the people who went inside!”

“Do you think they have the brains for that? That’s why they made such a fuss about bringing Manwol people. Look, see who they brought here.”

At Master Lee Jung-woon’s words, people’s gazes turned toward them again.

Half pity, half contempt.

The mixed emotions could be felt just from their eyes.

“You shouldn’t criticize other participants in the meeting!”

“Criticize what? Is there anyone here who doesn’t know about that young friend?”

“It was plastered all over the newspapers.”

“It’s a Manwol problem. Does Chairman Choi even know how to distinguish front from back?”

It had clearly seemed like a meeting to rescue people trapped in the Past Labyrinth.

But as if that never happened, the Phoenix Union was now baring their teeth at the Manwol people.

At this sight, Ji Min-gi and Lee Hyung-jun.

The people from the Awakening Management Agency were sweating profusely.

“Please, please restrain yourselves. When we need to join forces, what kind of talk is this?”

“Isn’t that right? That friend isn’t even a Hunter to begin with. It seems like he doesn’t even qualify to be here?”

At those words, glance.

Lee Hyung-jun and Ji Min-gi looked this way.

They kept glancing around as if they were dying to say something.

“Should we just kick him out?”

“Right. It doesn’t seem like it would help even if he listens anyway.”

Regardless.

The Phoenix Union people were still busy glaring at Choi Hyun-min.

Did they not care about the people trapped in the Past Labyrinth from the beginning?

They seemed to be growling and only looking for reasons to attack Choi Hyun-min and Choi Seung-hyun.

“He probably doesn’t know anything about the Past Labyrinth anyway. We should just send him out…”

“…I know about the Past Labyrinth.”

“Huh?”

Choi Hyun-min, who had been quietly listening.

He answered in a low voice.

He had tried to just listen quietly.

But he couldn’t bear them bringing up Manwol to mock it.

Especially the fact that these were Rankers and Masters of guilds.

Made Choi Hyun-min unable to endure it.

“I’ve already been to the Past Labyrinth.”

“Wh-what nonsense are you talking?”

“You’re not even a Hunter, are you?”

“Right. A friend who hasn’t even awakened… no, couldn’t even awaken, sure talks big.”

“Young friend. Sorry, but the Past Labyrinth only made offers to awakened Hunters.”

“I received it too. Because I’m also an awakened Hunter.”

Snicker. Snicker snicker.

Hahahahahaha!!!

At those words, the Hunters in the VIP room burst into laughter simultaneously.

Even Phoenix’s Lee Jung-woon leaned back and squeezed out a few tears.

“Ahaha! Is, is that so? Sorry. I heard you struggled for over 10 years, congratulations! Hahahaha!”

“Hahahahaha!”

On the other hand, Choi Seung-hyun.

Chairman Choi, Ji Min-gi, and Lee Hyung-jun.

The three people stared at him with wide eyes.

As if asking ‘Are you really going to say it?’

“So, what rank did you get?”

“Though I don’t get along well with Chairman Choi, I hope you at least got A-rank or higher.”

“That’s right. After being unable to function as a person and being stuck in a corner for 10 years, you should get that much compensation for fairness, shouldn’t you?”

Still, the Rankers couldn’t stop their giggling laughter.

And for good reason, most Hunters when they awaken usually remain at D~F rank.

Even awakening at B or C rank was considered quite talented.

So there could be no expectations for Choi Hyun-min, who couldn’t even awaken for 10 years.

Chairman Choi, who had been maintaining dignified silence even in this situation.

He stood up without saying anything and went up to the platform.

“EX rank.”

“…What?”

Then instantly, people’s eyes turned to Chairman Choi.

“Others might not know, but it would be good to inform the Masters of the guilds leading the Republic of Korea. EX rank.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“EX?”

Had they heard wrong?

The Rankers asked back with completely distorted expressions.

Chairman Choi slowly looked around at them.

Then approached Lee Hyung-jun and received the microphone.

“I will announce this here and now. I inform you that Choi Hyun-min of Manwol has awakened as the first EX-ranked Hunter in the Republic of Korea. No, the first in the entire world.”

…

Momentary silence at the unbelievable words.

The Rankers who had been blankly exchanging glances burst into screams.

It was quite some time later.

“Bull, bullshit!!!”

“Th-that guy is EX rank?!”

“That’s an absurd lie!”

The Rankers shouted in screams close to hysteria, calling it nonsense.

They glared at Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun as if this was absolutely impossible.

Since he belonged to the Management Bureau that oversees all Hunters, he would surely correct that lie.

As if mocking everyone’s expectations.

Lee Hyung-jun grabbed the microphone.

“As an employee of the Interdimensional Management Bureau… I guarantee that everything Chairman Choi just said is the truth.”

At those few short words.

The hearts of the Republic of Korea’s Top Rankers sank with a thud.

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