Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 123

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Episode 123

Who could have known.

From the beginning to the end of the meeting, keeping his mouth tightly shut.

Choi Hyun-min, who hadn’t said a word.

That he would suddenly throw out a proposal.

At his words, both Minister Kim Chul-woo and Tien-qin’s eyes lit up simultaneously.

“What, what is it?”

“Please feel free to say anything!”

Both of them, as if they had been waiting.

Leaned forward over the table and waited for Choi Hyun-min’s next words.

“There’s something I need right now, and I was wondering if you could help me with that…”

“Just tell us!”

This was the opportunity.

Choi Hyun-min thought so.

The money was large enough that it didn’t matter which of those two people’s proposals he accepted anyway.

But Choi Hyun-min’s mind had been made up long ago.

‘400 billion is a lot of money, but… abandoning our country for money is absurd.’

Choi Hyun-min was born and raised in Korea after all.

How could he easily throw that away and leave.

Even so.

‘There’s no need to refuse what they’re offering.’

Choi Hyun-min didn’t bother to push away their proposals.

Of course money was good too.

But right now he had something he needed even more.

“I need a Source of Life… Because of that, conquering the Labyrinth has become a bit difficult…”

Source of Life!

The moment they heard Choi Hyun-min’s words.

Everyone’s eyes widened.

“S-Source of Life… you said?”

“Source of Life…”

Source of Life was a type of material used when making equipment or items.

If you used Source of Life in the crafting process.

It was an item that could greatly increase the item’s abilities.

So it was also something many people wanted to have.

The problem was that the quantity was extremely limited.

In terms of money, it was worth at least over 10 billion.

In the past 1-2 years, it had reached a level where virtually none had appeared on the market.

“Hmm… That’s certainly a difficult item to obtain.”

Tien-qin, who always spoke confidently.

Even he, upon hearing the words Source of Life.

Bit his lips and showed reluctance.

It was an item that even top guilds barely managed to obtain, and once obtained, they had no choice but to use it immediately.

So it wasn’t something you could just obtain with money.

“Ah, how about similar crafting material items? If it’s something like that, I could get you 10 times as much…”

How desperate he was.

Tien-qin spread both hands and threw out another proposal.

But Choi Hyun-min immediately shook his head.

“What I need is Source of Life, not other items.”

He hadn’t thrown out ‘Source of Life’ as a proposal because he needed crafting materials.

The ‘life force’ contained in the Source of Life item.

He planned to use that item to lure in gargoyles.

‘If my memory is correct… Gargoyle-type monsters are said to react to Source of Life.’

Before becoming a Hunter.

In his desperation, he had devoured all kinds of papers and research materials.

Gargoyle-type monsters that craved the life force emitted by living beings.

Like bees reacting to honey, they reacted intensely to Source of Life according to research results.

If that was correct.

‘I might be able to receive the Source of Life and clear this Quest.’

That no one had cleared.

No, the hidden Quest on the 40th Floor that no one had even seen.

He would be able to see its end.

Gulp.

Choi Hyun-min, who had thrown out the proposal.

He stared intently at Tien-qin.

At his restless appearance like a puppy that needed to pee.

His gaze naturally turned to Minister Kim Chul-woo.

‘This is… an opportunity!’

On the other hand, Minister Kim’s face was glowing with unprecedented joy.

Though he didn’t have it himself.

He knew the only person who currently had Source of Life.

‘Phoenix Guild! Lee Jung-woon, that person definitely contacted me directly recently. Saying he had obtained Source of Life for 30 billion!’

Minister Kim hurriedly turned on his phone and searched through his text conversation with Lee Jung-woon.

‘Found it!’

Exactly two days ago.

In the middle of his conversation with Lee Jung-woon.

A photo of Source of Life was clearly posted.

Thud!

The moment he saw the photo.

Minister Kim unconsciously shot up from his seat.

“Why, why are you doing that…?”

The confused people’s gazes all focused on him at once.

But Kim Chul-woo, as if he didn’t care about embarrassment.

Opened his mouth toward them.

“I will! Get it for you!”

“…You mean the Source of Life?”

At Minister Kim’s overly confident declaration.

Choi Hyun-min tilted his head.

“That’s right! If Choi Hyun-min wants it, I can deliver it within a few hours!”

“Oh my! Your scheming is going too far, Minister Kim. Do you even know what kind of item that is?”

Tien-qin across from him.

He too, as if it was absurd, narrowed his eyes and glared at Minister Kim.

If he knew what kind of item it was, he could never say such things.

But Kim Chul-woo was confident.

“If you want it, just give me exactly five hours. I’ll make sure to deliver it to Manwol as soon as this meeting ends.”

Nod.

At Minister Kim’s confident words.

Choi Hyun-min unconsciously nodded.

On the other hand, Tien-qin’s complexion darkened rapidly.

From his position, it must have felt like Choi Hyun-min was being stolen away.

“Oh, thank you, Choi Hyun-min! Thank you…”

“Tsk….”

With just one nod from Choi Hyun-min.

Minister Kim clasped his hands together as if praying, repeating the same words over and over.

Seeing this, Tien-qin let out hot snorts through his nose and stood up from his seat.

“…Mr. Choi Hyun-min. Our Interdimensional Committee will never give up on you.”

“….”

“So if you ever change your mind, please contact us here.”

With those words, Tien-qin held out a business card.

Thud-!

However, his business card never reached Choi Hyun-min.

“I’ll take this instead.”

Choi Seung-hyun.

The Master of Manwol and Choi Hyun-min’s father intercepted the business card from between them.

“…!”

“Since Choi Hyun-min is a member of Manwol, it would be better if you contacted me for any future matters.”

“Grrr, grrrr…!!!”

Hearing those words, Tien-qin.

He was so angry that his face turned bright red as he looked around the room-

Bang!

Without saying another word, he slammed the door shut and stormed out.

“Never! I’ll never give up! You better remember that!!!”

A voice close to a scream could be heard from beyond the tightly closed door.

But no one inside was shaken.

Everyone remaining except Choi Hyun-min simply breathed a sigh of relief at the fact that they hadn’t lost Choi Hyun-min.

‘Phew…. Thank goodness.’

‘We managed to hold out for now….’

***

“They really sent it?”

Choi Hyun-min, who had returned home.

His eyes widened at the gift delivered through Secretary Kim.

“This is an item urgently delivered from the Interdimensional Management Bureau.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“There were over thirty bodyguards accompanying just this one delivery…. It must be quite an important item.”

“I, I suppose so.”

Choi Hyun-min pretended not to know and smiled awkwardly at Secretary Kim’s words.

In fact, he had known since the item arrived.

After all, he could see several long limousines entering through the window.

Four people surrounding and carrying a small wooden box as if it were a sacred relic.

How could he not notice?

“Then I’ll take my leave now.”

After delivering the item, Secretary Kim went outside.

Only then did Choi Hyun-min carefully place the delivered item on his desk.

Click.

What he received was a small wooden box.

It was about half the size of a small tablet PC.

Of course, the box itself wasn’t important-

“Let’s see….”

The contents were what mattered.

Choi Hyun-min carefully lifted the box lid with both hands.

Instantly, green light burst out from inside.

Along with it, he could see a green gem nestled beautifully inside the box.

‘This is it…! This is the Source of Life…!’

A gem about half the size of a clenched fist.

From the outside, it resembled a well-crafted emerald.

“How on earth did they get this? It’s not something you can just buy with money.”

In amazement, Choi Hyun-min lifted the gem and brought it close to his eyes.

He briefly wondered if it might be fake.

‘It absolutely can’t be fake. The magical power inside…. This is undoubtedly real.’

The enormous magical power surging within the Source of Life was.

So tremendous that just touching it briefly with his finger made his body tremble.

‘With this, I should be able to summon the Gargoyle.’

They had offered him hundreds of billions, thousands of billions.

But Choi Hyun-min’s desire was for something greater than that.

More precisely, it wasn’t greed for money.

It was greed for honor as a Hunter.

Successfully completing a hidden Quest that no one else had been able to approach!

Just imagining it made Choi Hyun-min’s heart race violently.

‘Let’s go, to Anton.’

He quickly stored the box containing the Source of Life in his subspace.

Then immediately crossed through space to the 40th Floor of the Labyrinth-

He moved to Anton.

Flash!

After briefly closing and opening his eyes, instead of the familiar room structure.

The dimly lit scenery of Anton greeted him.

And a familiar voice.

-Oh, Master’s here!

The Block Toys who had been waiting for him at the outskirts of Anton waved in his direction.

-Master, where’s the chicken?

The guys immediately brought up food at a spinal reflex level.

To the Block Toys’ question, Choi Hyun-min naturally changed the subject.

“More importantly, did anything happen?”

Without any particular intention.

It was purely a casual remark, almost like a greeting.

But the expressions of the guys who heard it changed subtly.

-Uh…. Um….

-N, nothing special happened! Probably nothing!

“Probably nothing?”

Did something happen?

As he tilted his head, Hans stepped forward.

-There was a brief battle.

“A battle? With who?”

-They were guys who didn’t seem human….

“What do you mean by that? Ah, you’re talking about monsters, right?”

There’s no way these guys would fight Hunters.

It seemed they had battled some monsters that got tangled up while waiting.

Well.

The 40th Floor has monsters constantly appearing even near the village, so you can’t let your guard down.

-They were guys who didn’t seem human…. So, they seemed like monsters or something similar….

-They, they were similar guys!

-Anyway, we swept them all away!

“Really? That’s a relief then. Thank you.”

So monsters had swarmed in.

It was a good decision to station the tank soldiers outside.

Without even dreaming of what had actually happened.

Choi Hyun-min smiled with satisfaction.

He immediately headed to Todur’s basement.

-Have you arrived, Savior.

Beyond Ian’s familiar greeting.

He could see Todur rushing toward him urgently.

-You said you found a method… Have you perhaps found it?

Half tension, half expectation.

At the sight of the Village Chief looking at him with a completely frozen expression.

Choi Hyun-min nodded instead of answering.

-R-really?!

-As expected of the Savior!

-So what exactly is this method…

The Village Chief’s eyes stared directly at him.

Though he couldn’t finish his words.

Sensing the urgency from him, Choi Hyun-min slowly opened his mouth.

“I’m going to summon that bastard.”

-Pardon…?

“I plan to lure the Gargoyle to Anton.”

A moment of silence.

Todur froze like a statue at Choi Hyun-min’s words.

The Village Chief, who had been mulling over his words for a long time, screamed out like a shriek.

-That’s impossible!!!

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