Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 21

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Episode 21

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Slice cakes and sweet breads placed on the convenience store counter.

And the convenience store employee calculating them with an expressionless face.

Choi Hyun-min was watching them with an ambiguous expression.

“That’ll be 13,600 won.”

“H-here you go.”

The employee muttering as if everything was bothersome.

He held out his card with both hands toward him.

Once again, beep. Beep.

“Payment completed.”

“Thank you…”

Choi Hyun-min stared at the scene with a dazed face, then hurriedly received his card back.

In case someone might recognize him.

He gathered the breads, holding them full in his arms, and rushed out of the convenience store.

“Have a good day…”

Choi Hyun-min stepped outside, leaving behind the greeting that stretched like taffy.

As soon as he escaped the suffocating space, he let out a big sigh.

“Whew…”

This kind of experience had been far too long ago.

Having stayed only in his room for such a long time, everything felt unfamiliar.

Going outside and even talking to other people felt awkward.

‘I did it… I actually did it.’

Things had changed.

The day he awakened as the Transcendent Lord.

Since that day, Choi Hyun-min had also changed little by little.

He had become able to come outside like this, and could have conversations with other people, even if briefly.

And…

‘I became able to talk with father too.’

The bread and snacks contained in the pure white bag.

Choi Hyun-min spun the plastic bag around and around as he returned home.

Creak.

Click.

As soon as he returned to his room, twenty-two pairs of eyes focused on him all at once.

The gazes of the Block Toys who had been waiting for food(?) poured down on him.

-Master! Master has returned!

-He said he’d bring something!

-Did he make it? Too slow!

-You bastards! Can’t you speak with dignity? Master might have made sausages from far away!

“Wait just a moment. It’s not sausages though…”

This must be exactly how a mother bird feeding her chicks feels.

The guys gathered closely together on the desk.

Choi Hyun-min turned the plastic bag upside down next to them and poured out what he had bought.

Clatter.

-What is this?

-Master, is it something we can eat?

-It feels strange. There’s definitely something inside this.

Crackle. Crackle.

Half curiosity, half suspicion.

The toys narrowed their eyes and poked at the plastic with their spears.

Ah, that’s right.

Come to think of it, these guys are seeing this for the first time, right?

-Is it a toy?

-We can’t eat it like this.

“I’ll peel the shell for you.”

-Shell?

The toys filled their eyes with question marks.

At that sight, Choi Hyun-min smiled and tore open the sweet red bean bun’s package, placing it in front of them.

-Sniff sniff, what is this?

-It’s definitely not sausage.

-It smells sweet.

-We can eat it, right?

“I’ll show you how to eat it.”

The guys looking at the bread with curious eyes.

He slightly tore off a corner of the bread and put it into his mouth.

“You eat it like this.”

The savory and soft texture of the bread.

Following that, the sweet and rich flavor of red bean paste came after.

The guys stared intently at that scene, then-

Grab.

As if they had planned it, they simultaneously grabbed one side of the bread.

Perhaps because the toys’ hands were so small.

Small bread crumbs torn off to the size of fingernails.

The moment they put them into their mouths with suspicious eyes.

-!!!

-Th-this is…

-Sweet! Master! This is sweet!

-What on earth is this?

“It’s called bread. How is it, delicious?”

-Delicious. Where did you get this from?

-Food of the gods! This must be food of the gods!

The guys shouting while opening their tiny eyes as wide as possible.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen them like this.

Even the ‘sausage’ they sing about every day didn’t get this kind of reaction.

The toys had initially sent suspicious glances.

But once they got a taste, the brakes disappeared from that moment on.

-Move aside, I’m eating first!

-I’m going to eat it all!

-Bread! The bread is mine!

-I, I want to eat some too…

The guys rushing forward in a swarm to hunt for bread.

I wondered if they could eat it all with their tiny bodies.

But such worries were unfounded, as they devoured the entire bread in the blink of an eye.

-All gone…

-I barely got to eat any…

-Ah, what a shame… just a little more…

One lump of bread that disappeared in an instant.

The Block Toys quickly turned their heads this way and began sending earnest looks.

“Are you okay?”

-More than okay! Pang? Bang?

“Bread. It’s bread.”

-Bread is definitely food made by the gods. Master, we must erect a statue of bread.

-Mm-hmm, that’s obvious. It’s delicious enough food to build statues, monuments, and ruins for.

Good, is that so?

Choi Hyun-min glanced at the guys.

He gathered up the bread he had spilled earlier and put it away.

-Huh? Why are you taking it away?

-It’s mine, Master!

-He’s planning to eat it all by himself in secret!

“No, I bought it to give to you guys, so of course it’s yours.”

-Then right now too….

“Of course, it’s not your bread yet.”

-What do you mean by that, Master?

These guys who chattered distractedly every day.

Had their attention ever been this focused like today?

The guys in the form of Legion Soldiers, perking up their ears at my words.

Choi Hyun-min cleared his throat and slowly opened his mouth.

“To eat meat, you have to hunt, right? Just like that, we can’t just eat delicious bread for free either.”

-That’s….

“10th Floor.”

-10th Floor?

“Remember what you heard earlier? There’s a real boss hidden on the 10th Floor.”

Their eyes sparkled at those words.

Not wanting to miss the timing, Choi Hyun-min continued.

“I’ll give you new snacks each time you go up a floor. Until the 10th Floor.”

-R-really?

-Master doesn’t lie!

-The 10th Floor is nothing! We can just smash it to pieces!

-Woo! Woo! Let’s go!

Did their morale rise from Choi Hyun-min’s words?

Or were they completely dominated by the taste of bread they tried for the first time?

As soon as Choi Hyun-min finished speaking, they raised their spears and shouted-

-Woo! Woo! Let’s quickly go to the 10th Floor!

-What are you all doing! Why aren’t you moving quickly?

-Wait, Pang! I’m coming!

-First, it’s the 6th Floor!

Before he could add anything more, they all rushed off together.

When were they chattering about bread and sausages?

The Legion Soldiers disappeared in an instant.

Choi Hyun-min stared blankly at the maze toy they had disappeared into.

‘…I should put the leftovers in the refrigerator for now.’

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“What are these guys? Who told you to hunt here?”

“Ah, no…. We’re just trying to get a key for a moment…. Isn’t that okay?”

“Don’t you see we were here first? Damn, you should follow the order, the order.”

“Exactly. These days, guys who just became Hunters have no business ethics, no business ethics.”

Dungeon Basement 6th Floor.

Though it was close to the top level in terms of the entire maze hierarchy.

From this point on, quite a few Hunters were stationed even in the general areas.

The reason was keys.

Since keys that give the opportunity to challenge bosses can only be obtained from monsters on that floor.

To go further down, one had to pass through the general areas.

“Those bastards are from Phoenix Union, right?”

“They’re the ones doing lackey work within Phoenix Union. What was it? Lightning Guild?”

“Ah, those bastards? The ones who deliberately set up shop on the upper floors and collect tolls?!”

“They’re really dirty and petty bastards. Those who already cleared the lower floors long ago are openly interfering with other Hunters….”

Naturally, Hunters who deliberately monopolized monsters in general areas also emerged.

Those who monopolized limited monsters and exclusively sold the keys that came from them.

Because of this, ordinary Hunters had no choice but to buy keys from them at expensive prices.

“Damn it…. In the end, do we have no choice but to go up and collect money?”

“It’s dirty, but what can we do? Those bastards are doing such evil deeds with Phoenix Union backing them….”

“Sigh….”

If they belonged to a guild, they wouldn’t have to experience this.

But most Hunters were not affiliated with guilds.

“Let’s go. Lightning or whatever, it’s so disgusting….”

Hunter Kim Heung-soo was the same.

He came to collect keys to challenge the 6th Floor boss after a long time.

But seeing the guild that came in groups and didn’t give any chance to hunt monsters, he could only click his tongue.

Just as he was grumbling and about to return to the 5th Floor.

Strange people caught Kim Heung-soo’s eye.

‘…What?’

Suddenly, a dozen or so Hunters rushing into the 6th Floor.

No, were they really Hunters?

Their clothing gave off a sense of alienation from the start….

“What are those people doing?”

“Right. Are they doing some kind of event?”

The equipment that Hunters should naturally have was nowhere to be seen, as if they had sold it off.

Instead, they wore armor and helmets that would appear in history books.

And even spears and round shields.

“What was it called. Cosplay? Are they people who do that kind of thing?”

Kim Heung-soo tilted his head.

He muttered in a voice barely audible to his companion.

“Come on, no way. No matter what, they’re risking their lives entering the maze. Would they be crazy enough to throw away even their equipment to do such a thing?”

“R-right?”

Whatever they were doing, he could just leave them alone.

But his heart didn’t seem to feel that way.

Watching the Legion Soldiers approaching while chattering among themselves, Kim Heung-soo shook his head.

“Are they trying to hunt here?”

“That won’t work. Those damn Lightning Guild bastards have been camping here since yesterday lunch. If they’re unlucky, they might get beaten up.”

Those Legion Soldiers in strange clothing must have just come down to the 6th Floor.

The lower floors that required keys.

It seemed they were trying to hunt as usual without knowing the principles that operated within.

‘Should I tell them?’

If they just recklessly tried to hunt monsters, Lightning Guild members would obviously swarm them.

A fight would break out immediately, and they might suffer badly.

In Kim Heung-soo’s mind, he pictured the Legion Soldiers getting beaten up by Lightning Guild.

‘…They’re not people I know either. I might get involved too, so should I just watch for now.’

Whether they knew his inner thoughts or not.

The Legion Soldiers were busy giggling and chattering among themselves.

-Woo! Woo! Woo! Monsters!

-There are so many people too!

-Move quickly. We need to get the key to go down to the next floor.

-Bang! Bang! Bang! Master said he’d give us bang! We must return quickly!

Then they began pulling out long spears.

From the outside, they looked utterly clumsy.

They weren’t even wearing proper equipment, and their slouching posture looked completely unreliable.

‘They probably can’t even hunt properly.’

The Lightning Guild guys must have already noticed, as they were gathering around the Legion Soldiers.

‘Tsk… Those guys are going to be in trouble too.’

Just as he was shaking his head and turning around.

Swoosh!

“Wh-what?!”

A spear thrust by one of the Legion Soldiers.

Its sharp tip precisely pierced through the neck of an orc standing among the hunters.

Squeak!

‘How is it so fast?’

Did it even move?

He didn’t even see the spear move?

Then another Legion Soldier standing beside him.

The moment he extended his arm to the opposite side.

Squeeeak!

Another orc fell backward with a spear in its forehead.

“This is crazy… They’re impossibly fast?”

Was it coincidence?

Or was it real skill?

While Kim Heung-soo and his fellow hunters tilted their heads in confusion.

The Legion Soldiers began moving stealthily.

And with movements that were absolutely unbelievable.

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