Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 121

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Episode 121

“That bastard. You said he’s definitely on the 40th floor, right?”

“That’s correct.”

Cho Sang-young of the Phoenix Guild.

He had received a special order from Lee Jung-woon, the guild’s master.

“Choi Hyun-min. No matter how much that bastard flies around, from the 40th floor up, it’s bound to take time to climb higher.”

The assassination of Choi Hyun-min.

The news that he had climbed to the 40th floor was, conversely, good news for the Phoenix Guild and Lee Jung-woon.

‘Choi Hyun-min, that bastard is EX rank, that person?!’

‘That’s what I’m telling you!’

‘Then how are we supposed to beat him?’

‘Hey, you’re S rank too!’

‘But how can I overcome a two-rank difference?!’

‘I’ll attach 50 A-rank Hunters under you, so it’ll be fine. You didn’t earn the nickname Assassin King for nothing, right?’

‘Th, that’s true.’

From the 40th floor of the Labyrinth onward, unlike the previous floors, it becomes tremendously vast.

Naturally, there would be fewer watching eyes as well.

It was the perfect floor to deal with that bastard whose name alone made one’s teeth grind.

For this task, Master Lee Jung-woon.

He even called upon the Phoenix Guild’s elite, the Assassin King, Cho Sang-young.

The god of assassination, the emperor of assassination.

He was a Hunter unparalleled when it came to hiding, ambushing, and assassinating targets.

So much so that even top-tier Hunters.

Wouldn’t provoke the Phoenix Union out of fear of Dark Shadow Cho Sang-young.

“But how do we find out where that bastard is?”

“I’ve already finished the search. A few hours ago, I heard he was spotted near Anton Village.”

“…That’s our chance, isn’t it?”

“Exactly. With mine and your skills, if we quietly finish him off in a deserted place… Even if he’s EX rank, it won’t work out for him, hmm.”

Moreover, this time Lee Jung-woon was grinding his teeth so hard.

He attached 50 A-rank Hunters along with the Assassin King.

Hunters belonging to the assassin group called the Assassin Unit.

They were capable individuals who could assassinate those with the highest level of protection with just one or two people.

And there are 50 of such people, not just one or two?

With Assassin King Cho Sang-young together with them.

No matter how high Choi Hyun-min’s rank was.

If they poured all their strength while he was off guard, he surely wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Cho Sang-young was confident.

“…Choi Hyun-min.”

“He seems like a really lucky bastard. In the past, he was such a nobody that we’d just laugh and brush off his name when we heard it.”

“Choi Hyun-min…”

And the Phoenix’s Assassin Unit.

While they were approaching the Anton Village entrance following Choi Hyun-min’s trail.

-Master, it’s taking longer than expected.

Hans and the other Block Toys were still waiting on the outskirts of the village.

-Right. It seems like we’re waiting too long.

-When Master comes out, we should ask for chicken as a reward since we waited so long.

-Hmm, I think soup and rice would be nice for a change.

With the tanks parked(?) in a row.

The guys were chattering away with just their heads poking out.

Hans was also engaged in trivial chatter with them.

Then he paused.

-…Wait a minute. Be quiet.

-Why?

-Shh!

As if he heard something.

Hans spread his fingers toward the other Block Toys.

-There, can you see over there?

The place he pointed to was a thicket.

It certainly looked like nothing more than an ordinary cluster of shrubs from the outside.

But Hans caught strange noises leaking from within.

-Someone inside there keeps saying Master’s name.

-They’re saying Master’s name?

-Wait. Let me take a look.

Then he pulled out heavy binoculars from his chest.

Hans raised the binoculars toward the thicket and carefully brought his eyes to them.

-This… It looks like some strange flies have gathered.

-What is it, I should look too.

-Me too!

At that sight, the Tank Soldiers all pointed their binoculars toward the thicket at once.

-Can you see? There are humans hiding inside there.

-I think I can see them too!

-The guys inside there keep calling Master’s name!

-Their clothes are strange too! They look like Assassins.

Assassins!

The moment one of the Tank Soldiers mentioned the word assassin.

The eyes of the remaining Block Toys widened greatly.

-They’re definitely guys targeting Master!

-I think so too!

-They’re dangerous guys!

-If Master dies, there’ll be no one to give us chicken.

The guys who had been spouting useless chatter.

The moment they thought Choi Hyun-min was under threat, their faces became extremely serious.

-Distance?

-3 kilometers.

-They don’t seem to have noticed that we’re watching yet.

The Assassins were still hiding in the thicket, not changing their position.

They were probably waiting for Choi Hyun-min from that spot.

-Then… we shoot first.

-But we didn’t get Master’s orders?

-If we wait for Master, it’ll be too late. When Master returns, those bastards will immediately attack Master.

Hans, the leader of the Block Toys.

He decided to make an independent decision even though Choi Hyun-min’s orders hadn’t come down.

-Turn the direction. Be as careful as possible so those bastards don’t notice.

Creak. Creeeak.

The Tank Soldiers who had the same thought at his command.

They began rotating the tank turrets at a very slow speed.

And the moment they all aimed toward the shrub direction-

-Fire!!

His shout spread to the surroundings.

Thoom! Thudoom!

As if they had been waiting for this moment.

Dozens of tanks began firing.

Their target was singular.

The thicket where Phoenix’s assassins were hiding.

“…This is taking longer than expected.”

“That bastard Choi Hyun-min. Is he really in Anton?”

“Right. The village itself is small, so it’s not a place to stay long.”

And the assassins, unaware of this fact.

They yawned nonchalantly, glaring intently at Anton alone.

Then thoom! Thoom!

At the heavy bombardment sounds echoing from somewhere.

They looked around in startled surprise.

“What’s that sound?”

“It sounds like something exploding.”

“Did we hear wrong?”

“There’s no way we… Hyaaaak!!!”

The confused assassins.

Just as they were looking at each other due to the bombardment sounds.

Kwaagwang!

The entire area was devastated by the rain of fire pouring from the opposite side.

“Keuak!”

“Heueok!”

Even a single shot had destructive power that could turn the surroundings into ruins.

When dozens of them poured down consecutively.

No matter how skilled A-rank or S-rank Hunters they were, they had no way to endure it.

Some belatedly recognized the situation and deployed magical barriers.

‘…No way! That bastard Choi Hyun-min! Did he notice us and strike first!’

The overwhelming magical power of EX grade.

Was not at a level that lower-grade Hunters could withstand.

Before the shells fired by the tanks, they were merely at the level of ants’ struggles.

Pushuuu-

After a round of bombardment swept through the area where the thicket had been.

…

Phoenix Guild’s elite assassins.

The Assassin Unit composed of rankers and high-grade Hunters.

And Assassin King Cho Sang-young.

Not a single one of them survived, turning to ash and disappearing.

No one had seen it.

No one had survived.

Only the Block Toys that had spewed fire knew the truth.

-I can’t see anything now.

-Of course. We blew everything around here away.

-Hehe, when Master comes out, we should ask for praise.

-Let’s ask him to buy chicken too!

-I’m going to ask him to buy some for me too!

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‘This is too uncomfortable.’

Choi Hyun-min was still in his formal suit.

And the necktie was uncomfortable.

Click. Click. Click.

The hastily procured dress shoes were also slightly too big.

Every time he stepped on the marble floor, he felt them wobbling strangely.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t strip everything off and change into pajamas like usual.

Because-

‘Why would someone from another country, not even our country, arrange such a meeting?’

This occasion wasn’t simply arranged for Choi Hyun-min alone.

Choi Hyun-min was quite tense.

In front of him were Chairman Choi Seung-hyun and Choi Hyun-min’s brothers, also looking slightly nervous.

“He’s waiting in the room at the very end.”

“Thank you.”

The Korean Hotel VIP Room they arrived at with the escort secretary’s guidance.

Among them, the deepest location.

Was a place that would never be given up unless for state-level guests.

After passing through the straight marble corridor and standing before the pure white door.

“We’ll help you enter.”

Two other secretaries standing there opened the door like an automatic door.

Creak.

As soon as the door opened, what came into view was a pure white round table.

And unfamiliar faces sitting around it.

“Oh, you’ve arrived.”

As soon as Choi Seung-hyun entered first, people stood up from their seats to welcome him.

Minister Kim Chul-woo of the Interdimensional Management Bureau and Director of the Management Bureau Song Gyu-hyun.

The faces Choi Hyun-min might recognize were Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun and Officer Ji Min-gi.

“It’s been a while. Nice to meet you.”

“The honor is mine, Chairman Choi.”

While Choi Seung-hyun shook hands and exchanged greetings with each person.

The man who had firmly occupied a seat in the innermost area.

Tien-qin only glared sharply at the entering people with hawk-like eyes.

One by one, one by one.

As if taking X-ray photos, he scanned people from top to bottom.

Choi Seung-hyun, passed over.

Next was the eldest son… was it Choi Sung-joo?

Passed over.

After passing by people one by one as if they were nothing special, finally.

“Ex, excuse me…”

With a voice like an ant crawling.

Choi Hyun-min sneaked into the VIP room.

Just as he had done with the people before.

Tien-qin’s eyes began scanning Choi Hyun-min as he cautiously entered.

‘Is that guy the Choi Hyun-min I’ve only heard about?’

From the outside, he didn’t seem particularly special.

Compared to the other brothers before him, he even looked quite inferior.

‘Did the guys who investigated give me wrong information?’

While Tien-qin had such doubts.

People took their seats around the table one by one.

A situation where dozens of people were facing one round table.

“If you need any other services, please call us and we’ll help you right away.”

Click.

The moment even the server who had been helping with the setup closed the door and left.

From then on, an awkward silence settled inside.

“Ah, haha! Greetings. I am Minister Kim Chul-woo of the Interdimensional Management Bureau. The reason I invited these distinguished guests here is none other than….”

Gulp.

Minister Kim Chul-woo stood up from his seat first with a thoroughly nervous expression.

He swept his gaze over the people, then continued speaking with an anxious face.

“Chairman Tien-qin of the Chinese Interdimensional Committee here has proposed a 400 billion won investment in Manwol, so we urgently arranged this meeting.”

400 billion!

At those words, Chairman Choi, the person directly involved.

His eyes widened in shock.

The others were the same.

“400 billion, you said?”

“You’re saying you’ll invest that much money in Manwol alone?”

Their eyes went wide at the proposal of an amount they’d never heard before in their lives.

“…You’re saying you’ll invest exclusively in Manwol alone?”

The Master of Manwol, Choi Seung-hyun.

He still seemed unable to believe it as he slightly raised his hand.

He directed his question toward Tien-qin.

Then he showed a fishy smile.

He slowly raised his voice slightly as if for everyone present to hear.

“I have no interest in other guilds. You said Manwol is Korea’s top guild, didn’t you? It’s only natural to invest in the best, isn’t it?”

Along with those words.

Huh.

Tien-qin stopped speaking and swallowed.

Then with snake-like eyes, he began surveying his surroundings once again.

‘Let’s see….’

This time, Tien-qin glared at the Korean government officials, including Minister Kim Chul-woo.

He observed their movements very subtly, just enough not to be noticed by others.

What he discovered was.

‘…This is interesting.’

Glance. Glance.

The government officials.

Particularly two people in the lowest seats, closer to working-level staff.

They were especially watching one person’s reactions.

For such a large-scale matter, they should naturally be watching Chairman Choi, the leader.

Peek.

But those two were particularly stealing glances at Choi Hyun-min, positioned at the very lowest seat.

They were watching the reactions of Manwol’s youngest member.

The moment he saw this, Tien-qin was certain.

‘Finally…. I found him.’

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