Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 22

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Episode 22

“There seems to have been a minor clash on the 6th floor.”

At his subordinate’s report, Gu Hyeon-jun, the head of the Lightning Guild.

He tilted his head curiously while half-reclining in his chair.

“6th floor? That’s the upper levels.”

“That’s right. They seem to be hunters not affiliated with any guild—”

Hmph!

Even before the report could finish.

Gu Hyeon-jun snorted loudly as if it was ridiculous.

“There have always been guys like that. Fools who challenge guilds and unions without fear.”

From the 6th floor onward, they had planted guild members throughout most of the general areas within the maze.

Whether to gather materials to make money.

Or to obtain keys to conquer the lower floors, one absolutely had to get their permission.

Law? Government?

That only worked outside.

Inside the maze where fists came before rules, the situation was different, wasn’t it.

“What should we do?”

“Well… Give them a light touch. Just don’t make it noisy.”

“Understood.”

If they were breaking through the 6th floor now, they must be someone who hadn’t been in the maze for long.

The maze and monsters.

It would be necessary to kindly inform them who was above all that.

“Report back immediately when it’s finished…”

“No need. Don’t bother reporting every time you deal with a few small fries.”

“…Understood.”

Until then, Gu Hyeon-jun had no particular thoughts about the report from the 6th floor.

At least until a completely unexpected presence appeared.

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-I’ll find it first.

-Don’t be ridiculous. I’ll find it first and get praised by Master.

-Rather than that, I’ll…

-The key. I’ll be the first to give Master the key!

The Lightning Guild belonging to the Phoenix Union.

Sudden guests had barged into the Dungeon Basement 6th Floor that they controlled.

“What are those things?”

“Who knows. Did the guild receive any separate contact about this?”

“I don’t think so.”

“More than that, was there a guild that operated in that kind of outfit?”

Legion Soldiers who suddenly appeared and began hunting orcs.

Definitely… they were Legion Soldiers.

No matter how generously one tried to view it, their appearance was quite different from typical hunter equipment.

“This won’t do. I’ll go check it out myself.”

“Let’s go together. If they’re doing that without our permission… we need to properly smash them.”

Clank. Clank.

Two hunters belonging to the Lightning Guild.

Armed men who seemed to be well over level 20 approached the uninvited guests.

-Orc hide, lots of it.

-Strange items keep dropping.

-Don’t need any of this stuff.

-Key! Need to get the key and trade it for bread!

The Legion Soldiers were still frantically hunting orcs.

They babbled incomprehensible words while swinging their spears.

‘…These guys came in with full intention.’

Sim Chang-seon of the Lightning Guild, who was watching them.

He glared at them with his head tilted, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Hey, you guys.”

-Bread! Bread! Bread! Need bread!

“Can’t you hear me?”

-Don’t be ridiculous, I’ll get the key first!

He tried speaking to them casually, but they didn’t even pretend to listen.

Was he angry at their attitude?

Clang!

Finally, Sim Chang-seon drew the sword from his waist.

“You guys, who are you! What the hell are you doing barging into the 6th floor and hunting?”

Sim Chang-seon blocked one Legion Soldier’s path with a sharp tone.

The guild members who came with him also drew their weapons and blocked their way.

-…What?

“We asked first. Who are you affiliated with?”

-Us? Who are we?

-Well… Hans, do you know?

-…Master hasn’t given us a collective name yet.

-That’s what he says. We don’t know our name. What about you?

This was a question that any hunter entering the maze should properly answer.

If unaffiliated, then unaffiliated.

If guild-affiliated, then which guild and who.

It was such a simple question.

But those guys in bizarre outfits whispered among themselves for a few words, then gave an absurd answer.

“…You don’t know?”

“Does it even make sense to not know your own affiliation?”

The Lightning Guild hunters shook their heads as if dumbfounded.

Nevertheless, the Legion Soldiers’ attitude remained confident.

-Of course! We don’t know!

-Because we don’t have one!

-Come back later when we get one. We’ll tell you then.

Beating their chests like Primitive Humans and raising their chins.

This made Sim Chang-seon’s face turn red like a tomato.

It was clear he was gritting his teeth and holding back his anger.

“…Fine. Then how about this? Are you going to pretend not to know even after seeing this?”

He didn’t know if they were trying to escape the crisis by acting stupid.

But this time they couldn’t possibly not know.

Sim Chang-seon slightly turned his body to show the cloak that covered his back.

Flutter.

Then the cloak fluttered, revealing the phoenix emblem embroidered on the back.

And below it, the lightning pattern carved underneath was also revealed.

‘Phoenix Union Lightning Guild.’

The meaning was clear.

Who would dare keep their head held high after seeing this emblem?

If they understood even now, they should bow their heads and apologize…

-Get out of the way, we need to find the key.

-Bread is waiting… no, Master is waiting.

“What, what did you say?!”

He had naturally expected them to come apologize.

The moment he heard their words, Sim Chang-seon’s anger exploded.

‘These bastards. They’re going to pretend they don’t know and ignore us, is that it?’

They don’t recognize the Lightning Guild’s emblem?

That was impossible.

That meant they were intentionally ignoring them, didn’t it.

Unable to endure it, Sim Chang-seon.

He swung the sword he was holding.

‘Let’s see if you can maintain that attitude after taking this!’

These guys need some manners beaten into them.

As long as he didn’t kill them, they could receive treatment.

“C-Captain!”

A guild member’s startled scream could be heard.

But Sim Chang-seon’s sword was already flying toward the Legion Soldier’s shoulder.

‘I’ll make it so you can’t even hold a spear for a while.’

When it came to swords, Sim Chang-seon had no equal at his level.

Go ahead and regret it after you get hit!

The sword he thrust with that thought.

The sharp tip of the blade went straight through the Legion Soldier’s shoulder and…

Clang!

‘Clang?’

It was definitely a strike aimed at the shoulder.

The sudden collision sound.

And it was the sound of metal clashing against metal, making Sim Chang-seon’s eyes widen.

‘No way… Did he see my sword and block it?!’

He blocked it!

And not with the shield he was holding, but with his spear!

It definitely wasn’t a sword swing where he was going easy.

In that split second, he saw the attack and swung his spear to counter it?

‘It must be coincidence.’

His confusion was brief.

Sim Chang-seon stirred again.

This time the opposite side.

The attack aimed at the waist would definitely hit…

Clang!

‘Again… He blocked it?!’

The consecutive attack was blocked just the same.

At that sight, not only Sim Chang-seon.

The other Lightning Guild members and general Hunters surrounding them were also shocked.

Who was Sim Chang-seon.

Wasn’t he the vanguard of the Lightning Guild, the person called the ghost of the sword.

And they blocked his sword so easily?

And those guys who weren’t wearing any proper equipment or gear, like it was a joke?

‘Next comes the counterattack.’

Since he had failed to attack twice, they would naturally counterattack next.

Gulp.

How many years had it been since he was this tense.

Sim Chang-seon waited for the counterattack with an anxious face.

However, the counter he was waiting for didn’t come.

-Master, we were attacked.

-They seem to be other Hunters.

-What should we do?

Instead, as if communicating with someone, they began muttering into the air.

They definitely belonged to some guild.

Of course, it was a bit strange that they called that master ‘Master’.

-Ah, so you’re saying ‘don’t kill them’?

-You mean just don’t kill them?

-Understood, we ‘won’t kill’ them.

He didn’t know when ‘don’t kill them’ and ‘just don’t kill them’ became the same thing.

The Legion Soldiers nodded their heads several times after hearing whatever was conveyed.

As soon as their conversation ended, they turned toward Sim Chang-seon and the Lightning Guild Hunters.

Grin.

-Master said.

“…”

-Just don’t kill them.

“What are you saying-“

-From now on, we won’t kill you.

What are you talking about?!

The guys who were spouting words whose meaning he couldn’t even understand.

The eyes of those guys who had seemed endlessly stupid suddenly changed.

Flash.

-Spears… hurt less if you hit with them reversed.

-Let’s do that.

Then the Legion Soldiers grabbed their spears backwards so the blades faced behind them.

In the moment of confusion at that incomprehensible action.

Thwack!

“Guh!”

The sudden sound of a leather drum bursting.

Along with intense pain transmitted from his abdomen, Sim Chang-seon’s eyes rolled back.

‘I… missed it!’

He urgently tried to raise his sword to block-

Thwack again!

This time a heavy blow striking down on his back.

His body staggered and lost balance, collapsing.

‘This can’t be…! That I! That this body missed those guys’ attacks?’

He tried to defend!

Their attacks were much faster than he had thought.

No, in the first place, Hunters with this level of skill were on the 6th Floor?

-Don’t kill them.

-Master said don’t kill them.

-Won’t kill. Won’t kill them.

Thwack! Thwack! Thud!

Under the relentless beating, Sim Chang-seon couldn’t even scream.

When he glanced to the side, it was the same there too.

“C-Captain…!”

Some guys were being pummeled with spear shafts.

Others were being beaten with shields.

The guild members were quite numerous and their levels were fairly high too.

Yet not a single one of them could properly resist and were only getting beaten.

Crack!

“Ugh…”

The armor he was wearing shattered and bruises turned deep purple all over his body.

His hands were tingling, so several bones were definitely broken somewhere.

The Hunters of the Lightning Guild took a relentless beating for a long time.

Only when their consciousness became hazy did the confrontation—

No, the one-sided beating finally stop.

-Stop, they’ll die.

-Master said not to kill them.

-This much should satisfy Master.

-We got the key too, so we can go up to the 7th Floor!

“Crazy… bastards…”

Then they whispered something among themselves before rushing into the special room where the boss was.

He had to catch them.

At the very least, he needed to clearly identify which guild they belonged to.

Sim Chang-seon frantically rolled his eyes.

Perhaps there were traces of a guild left on their equipment.

But there were no emblems or markings whatsoever.

‘Meticulous bastards… Did they deliberately equip gear without guild emblems to attack us?’

Which major guild was behind this?

Manwol?

Or another guild hostile to the Phoenix Union?

If not that, then someone within the Phoenix Union who was jealous of the Lightning Guild?

His head became complicated.

‘For now… I’ll check when those bastards come out again.’

Sim Chang-seon barely managed to lift his staggering body.

One of his legs seemed broken, so even when he put strength into it, it was hard to stand properly.

He had to endure it.

With superhuman patience, he stood upright and glared at the entrance to the special room.

Since they definitely went in, they should come out within 10 or 20 minutes.

He could check for sure then.

Just as he was thinking that.

“Huh…?”

They came out.

But they had just gone in a moment ago?

Sim Chang-seon stared at the Legion Soldiers with bewildered eyes.

While he followed them with dazed eyes, the Legion Soldiers disappeared somewhere through the dimensional gate.

And Sim Chang-seon was left alone on the Dungeon Basement 6th Floor.

An unbelievable message notification arrived for him.

[The record for Dungeon Basement 6th Floor has been broken.]

[Previous record: 3 minutes 11 seconds]

[New record: 7 seconds]

“No way… Those guys just now…?!”

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