Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 115

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Episode 115

“Th, that… F, first of all! For helping us last time, 50 billion…! We’ve transferred it directly to Manwol!”

Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun, who was standing beside Director Song Gyu-hyun.

He spoke urgently with an unusually troubled expression.

As if interrupting Director Song’s words.

At those words, Chairman Choi glanced at his phone and slowly nodded.

“Thank you. Of course, this money should have gone to Choi Hyun-min rather than me… But since it was given in Manwol’s name, I’ll accept it for now.”

“Ah, haha! Don’t mention it… We received help from Manwol and Mr. Choi Hyun-min, so it’s only natural!”

Was there something bothering them?

This was clearly just a situation of completing a request and exchanging payment for it.

Yet Team Leader Lee and Chief Officer Ji Min-gi’s expressions looked extremely flustered.

Their foreheads growing moist.

Their eyes moving restlessly as if they had nowhere to look.

Their lips, though closed, kept twitching continuously – it certainly didn’t seem like a normal state.

“…Let me speak directly, Chairman Choi.”

“Yes, please go ahead.”

“We received contact from China.”

“Chi…na?”

At Director Song’s casually spoken words.

Chairman Choi tilted his head in confusion instead.

China.

Although Manwol was involved in various businesses.

And they did export items to other countries.

Or send Hunters to provide services.

There hadn’t been any recent dealings with China.

No, before that-

‘If they had business with Manwol in the first place, why go through Director Song?’

Whether it was China or America.

Couldn’t they just contact Manwol directly?

Did he read Choi Seung-hyun’s expression?

Song Gyu-hyun cleared his throat deliberately.

Then pointed behind his shoulder with his thumb.

“Let’s take a seat first. This doesn’t seem like something to discuss here.”

“Ah, yes.”

With those words, Director Song turned first and headed to his office.

About to follow behind him.

Glance.

He looked back at Lee Hyung-jun and Ji Min-gi standing behind.

Flinch.

The two people startled at his gaze.

Though no particular words had been exchanged.

The two were reacting as if they were hiding something.

‘Strange.’

The four people followed Director Song into his office.

“Please, sit!”

A somewhat worn black leather sofa.

Director Song offered seats while settling into his own, almost lying down.

When Chairman Choi sat across from him.

Only then did the remaining two take seats a bit further away.

“So, what’s this talk important enough to meet face-to-face at this hour?”

A face worn with fatigue.

Plus their reactions of cautiously backing away, as if testing the waters.

Choi Seung-hyun’s brow furrowed slightly.

“Ah, Chairman Choi. It’s important, if you could call it important.”

Did he get scared by that reaction?

Director Song frantically waved his hands.

He glanced at them for a moment.

Then spoke in a considerably lowered voice.

“Well… we received contact from China.”

“Where in China? The Ministry of Commerce?”

“No, not there… It’s from the Interdimensional Committee.”

“Interdimensional… Committee?”

Choi Seung-hyun was well aware of the Interdimensional Committee too.

It was like Korea’s Interdimensional Management Bureau, wasn’t it?

A place that handled overall management of labyrinths.

As well as management of Hunters.

But why would they contact them?

“That’s right. Actually, I’m speaking on behalf of the Minister’s instructions… They want to have a meal with Manwol.”

“With the Committee?”

“The Committee Chairman spoke directly.”

Though it was a foreign country.

The position of Interdimensional Committee Chairman was absolutely not something to ignore.

Especially someone who influenced all of China’s Hunters.

Even as a foreigner, it wasn’t something to brush off casually.

However.

‘Something smells fishy.’

Choi Seung-hyun’s instincts kept warning him.

If it was someone of that caliber.

If they wanted direct contact, they could have flown over immediately.

Korea.

And yet they were conveying the message through Director Song.

“Well. This is awkward. I’ve been dieting recently… I’m controlling my diet, so attending a meal would be a bit difficult.”

Of course, it was nonsense.

Choi Seung-hyun threw out nonsense in response to Director Song’s vague probing.

Sure enough, there was a reaction.

“No no no- Chairman Choi. That’s not what I meant. Why would someone as knowledgeable as you act like this?”

“Please speak directly.”

Chairman Choi leaned forward in his seat.

Director Song slightly leaned back as if avoiding his gaze.

After struggling and pondering for a while, he lowered his voice enough for only Chairman Choi to hear.

“This… The Minister told me not to reveal this… But since it’s you, Chairman Choi, I’m giving you a special hint.”

“…”

“The Interdimensional Committee is interested in Manwol… Specifically in Mr. Choi Hyun-min, Chairman Choi.”

Choi Hyun-min!

The moment he heard those words.

Chairman Choi’s eyebrows shot up.

‘Not someone else, but Choi Hyun-min? They specifically named that guy?’

Everyone already knew about Choi Hyun-min.

From his history of being stuck in his room for 10 years.

To not being awakened until recently.

Even ordinary people and hunters all know about him.

An organization like China’s Interdimensional Committee couldn’t possibly be unaware of such information.

But the fact that they mentioned wanting to see Choi Hyun-min…

‘It seems the awakening has leaked out. Along with the fact that he’s been active.’

If that’s the case, China’s intention to make contact becomes clear.

They’re probably trying to poach Choi Hyun-min.

Since he’s the first EX-ranked Hunter, it might be a natural reaction.

However.

“That’s quite unfortunate, but my son has difficulty leaving his room.”

“Excuse me…?”

“Don’t you know? After being alone in his room for 10 years, he finds it difficult to socialize with others.”

“That, that’s…”

There wasn’t a single lie in Chairman Choi’s words.

After all, what he said was widely known even through the media.

It was difficult for Choi Seung-hyun to back out of what he’d said.

“Well, I appreciate the offer, but let’s postpone the meal for now. When Hyun-min can come out of his room and move around freely like other people. I’ll consider it around that time.”

Thud.

Chairman Choi’s words ended there.

As he stood up, Secretary Song hurriedly followed suit.

“Ah, no, wait! Chairman Choi! Let’s talk a bit more…!”

“I’ll see you next time.”

He desperately reached out to stop him.

But Choi Seung-hyun left only cold words behind and departed.

Step. Step. Step.

‘So this was their real purpose after all.’

Unlike when he entered.

Chairman Choi walked through the empty government building corridor, lost in thought.

Choi Hyun-min’s awakening.

From the moment he learned that he had awakened as an EX-rank.

He had expected something like this to happen.

‘What do they take people for.’

Of course, he had no intention of accepting their offer.

Did they think he’d abandon his guild and country for a few coins?

‘That can never happen.’

Considering what EX-rank means.

It would be no different from selling out the country.

But.

Why did he keep wanting to smile for some reason?

Even as he walked toward where his car was parked.

‘I’m experiencing all this because of our youngest.’

The smile never left Chairman Choi’s face.

***

“Hey, hey! Over there! Defense magic first!”

“Damn it!! This is fucking hard!”

36th Floor of the Labyrinth.

Hunter Kim Seung-woo had been absorbed in hunting monsters since morning.

It was his fourth day camping on the 36th floor because the items that dropped were quite profitable.

He was on the verge of exhaustion from the damn difficulty.

“We’re doing it because we have to… Hey, does this actually pay off?”

“Why? What’s wrong? The items that drop aren’t bad.”

“Are you kidding? You make money by quickly sweeping up monsters. Six people in a party, catching one every 30 minutes. How is this supposed to be profitable?”

“Then do something else. If you go down to lower floors, it takes 10 minutes to catch one and the items are just worse.”

“Tch.”

His mouth was parched dry.

His eyes were sunken, but he couldn’t quit.

Kim Seung-woo roughly swung his aching shoulders a couple of times.

‘Land Mermaids, those bastards. How many more can we catch?’

Those mermaid monsters that hopped around like rabbits.

Their scales were so hard that even dozens of magic-infused sword strikes.

Wouldn’t make those fish bastards budge an inch.

In four days, they’d only caught about 50 or 60.

This was the limit even with six B and C-rank Hunters working together.

‘First, let’s regroup…’

That’s when it happened.

Kyaaak!

At the scream coming from across the way.

Kim Seung-woo had an intuition.

This is…

‘We’re fucked!’

That’s our party member’s voice?!

And it was the scream of the mage Hunter in charge of healing magic.

When he looked up, he saw a Hunter collapsed and bleeding.

And a mermaid wielding a long trident, rampaging among the Hunters.

‘Damn it! That’s a Mermaid King?!’

The Mermaid King was a boss-level monster that appeared maybe once every few months.

Not only its size.

Its strength and destructive power were several times greater than ordinary mermaids.

It was said to be stronger than even the 35th floor boss.

‘Fuck! Why does that thing have to show up now?!’

He could feel his mouth going dry.

Could they win?

No, before that, could they survive?

Should he run away right now?

Even if it meant abandoning his party members?

All sorts of thoughts ran through Kim Seung-woo’s head.

If he charged in right now, he might be of some help…

How many minutes could he hold out?

Five minutes? Three minutes?

He could feel the hand holding his sword trembling.

“S-Seung-woo! Help… Urgh!”

“Hyaaak!!”

The Hunter formation collapsed in an instant.

Seeing them fall, spraying blood from a single thrust of the Mermaid King’s spear.

He unconsciously stepped backward.

‘No, no… I have to run…’

Slowly, slowly.

Following his instincts, he backed away.

Thud.

He sat down on the spot, feeling something blocking his way behind him.

Had mermaid bastards appeared behind him too?

‘It’s over… It’s really over…’

Kim Seung-woo’s eyes welled up with tears as if he would burst into crying at any moment.

With his moistened eyes, he hurriedly turned around to look behind him.

Rumble rumble rumble.

There stood a massive steel monster he had never seen before in his life.

‘Wh-what is this thing?!’

Had there been such a monster on the 36th floor?

Its overwhelming size and magical power.

The Mermaid King alone was more than enough to handle.

And now these monsters were appearing from behind too.

Kim Seung-woo squeezed his eyes shut tight against the fear that was closing in on him.

“….”

Then he flinched.

At the voice coming from the monster, he slowly opened his eyes.

-Hey, you there. Move aside. Don’t like human meat.

Human meat?

No, what does that even mean?

As he looked across with tear-filled eyes.

There, instead of a steel monster, stood something he had never seen before in the labyrinth.

“Ta… tanks?!”

And not just one of them.

52 of them.

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