Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 28

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Episode 28

“That guy accepted the contract?”

Choi Seung-hyun, the head of Manwol.

He pressed his temples hard at the news his secretary delivered.

“That’s correct. The youngest master has unilaterally accepted that bastard Park Gi-han’s proposal.”

“This has become troublesome.”

Choi Seung-hyun’s brow furrowed deeply.

The ‘Secret Room’ investigation proposal from Ridim Guild.

It was a contract to receive 600 million just for discovering the Secret Room.

Though it was something accomplished under Choi Seung-hyun’s leadership.

He realized within a few days that something had gone wrong.

‘I never thought there would be absolutely no information or traces about the Secret Room.’

The 9th floor itself was such a low-difficulty upper level.

Since Manwol’s high-level personnel had spare time, they had easily accepted it.

But Choi Seung-hyun and the Manwol people ultimately couldn’t find the ‘Secret Room’, let alone.

Even a clue about it.

So he was thinking of giving an appropriate penalty fee and canceling the contract…

‘To think he would readily accept that contract!’

Since it was simply a matter of canceling the contract, he had tried to let Choi Hyun-min handle it to gain experience.

It got tangled.

It got thoroughly tangled up.

‘Of all people, to get caught by that snake-like bastard Park Gi-han.’

Choi Seung-hyun closed his eyes slightly and let out a long sigh.

The secretary watching this added fuel to the fire with another comment.

“He increased the penalty fee tenfold, with the condition of completing it within three days.”

“Tenfold?! Did you just say tenfold?”

The original contract fee was 600 million.

Ten times that would be 6 billion?

No matter how much Manwol was the number 1 ranked guild.

They weren’t so well-off that they could casually throw around 6 billion in cash on the spot.

“Y-yes… Park Gi-han made that proposal, and the young master accepted it…”

He hesitated while trying to continue speaking.

The secretary looked up to gauge Chairman Choi’s reaction.

With his mouth tightly shut, giving no response…

Was he angry?

After seeming to contemplate thousands of times internally, he slowly opened his mouth.

“Would it work if we contacted Ridim right now to cancel the contract?”

It was a foolish question.

Even as he asked it himself, could there be a more foolish question than this?

The secretary thought so.

Naturally, since they had accepted an impossible request, canceling it was the obvious thing to do.

Was there really a need to ask about that-

“…He must be that confident.”

“Chairman?”

“You said there are three days left?”

“That’s correct.”

At the response, Choi Seung-hyun said nothing for a moment.

“….”

He was probably thinking about countless possibilities internally.

Risk and expectation.

Manwol’s reputation and money.

And the slim possibility that Choi Hyun-min might succeed.

Weighing these factors, naturally canceling right now would be the right choice.

However.

However… Choi Seung-hyun did not do so.

“I’ll wait and see.”

“Are you… serious?”

Chairman Choi slowly nodded at the secretary’s question.

In fact, he too was calculating the possibility as equivalent to winning the lottery.

That’s about how he was calculating it.

‘If that guy had awakened like his other brothers, would the odds have been a bit higher?’

However, he didn’t want to crush Choi Hyun-min’s potential because of money.

He had been struggling alone in his room for years and was barely managing to break out.

As a father, if he could give strength to Choi Hyun-min.

Giving infinite faith despite low possibilities.

Wouldn’t this also be one of those methods-

Choi Seung-hyun thought so.

“Yes. Even if he fails, I will take full responsibility for this matter.”

“…Understood. As you command, I won’t contact Ridim separately. But what about the council of elders…”

“I’ll handle those old men’s chatter, so there’s no need to worry about it.”

To go that far?

Not only taking responsibility for the massive compensation.

But also taking responsibility for all the situations where they might be criticized both inside and outside Manwol?

The secretary internally exclaimed in admiration.

“Understood.”

He hurriedly bowed his head toward Chairman Choi.

The corners of his mouth seemed to rise subtly…

But Chairman Choi probably didn’t notice that much.

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“H-hiding something…! What kind of nonsense are you talking about…”

Park Gi-han of Ridim shouted angrily at Choi Hyun-min’s words.

However, seeing his words trail off weakly, there was clearly something fishy about it.

“Then why did you ask us to investigate the Secret Room? No, before that, how did you come to know about the ‘Secret Room’ that no other Hunter knows about?”

“Th-that’s… I don’t need to tell you that much, do I?”

So that’s how you’re going to play it.

Well, the client doesn’t necessarily need to spill every detail.

‘You’re going to come at me like this?’

Then there was a method on this side too.

“Secretary Kim?”

“Yes, young master.”

“Please tell them to come in.”

“Understood.”

Choi Hyun-min turned his head slightly to give orders to Secretary Kim.

Park Gi-han’s expression twisted as he listened to his words.

“You’re calling someone else here?”

“Yes.”

“No, we’re having an important conversation, so why suddenly bring an unrelated person…”

“Whether they’re related or not, you’ll know when you see them directly.”

What is this supposed to mean?

Park Gi-han raised question marks at Choi Hyun-min’s cryptic words.

Click. Click, click.

Then from across—

The moment he unconsciously raised his head at the sound of footsteps coming from behind Choi Hyun-min.

“You, you guys….”

“It’s been a while, Master.”

Park Gi-han froze like a stone statue.

Kim Jun-woo.

Bae A-hyun. Park Jung-min, Moon Seong-jun.

Clearly, they were the ones who had been sent on reconnaissance first before requesting Manwol….

They were Hunters belonging to Ridim.

“Why are you guys here!”

“Why, you ask. While you abandoned and neglected us for weeks, Manwol rescued us.”

Whoosh.

At those words, Park Gi-han’s head snapped violently.

His gaze staring directly this way.

His pitch-black pupils were trembling violently.

“That’s what happened, isn’t it?”

“Su, surely you didn’t prepare all this in advance and then propose that contract with me?”

“Of course not. We simply discovered the Secret Room as per our contract. And there…. we rescued those people that Ridim Guild had ‘abandoned.'”

“Li, lies! You’re not even a Hunter!”

Was he that desperate?

Park Gi-han bolted upright.

He pointed his finger this way and shouted without warning.

“Well, I didn’t go personally, but…. since we discovered the Secret Room, we rescued these four people, didn’t we? The contracting party is Manwol, not me, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”

“Grrr…!!!”

Park Gi-han’s body trembled with rage.

Moreover, his face turned red like a strawberry.

“Master, is it true that you tried to sacrifice us as offerings to the Secret Room?”

Kim Jun-woo, who had been quietly listening from behind.

When he asked in a calm tone, Park Gi-han firmly waved his hands in denial.

“Wha, what?! Who, who said that?! That’s ridiculous nonsense!”

But the fear and terror wavering in his eyes—

Only served to confirm it was a lie instead.

“A-hyun?”

“I heard it. A few days before we departed, I heard you talking with the Vice Master about the Secret Room!!!”

At Hunter Bae A-hyun’s testimony, Park Gi-han’s face contorted terribly.

“Th, that was—”

“We need to offer sacrifices to the Secret Room! Send some lowly ones as sacrifices, and we can just treat it as a failed conquest!”

“A, A-hyun…. Ca, calm down….”

“If only Ridim Guild had such incidents, the Awakening Bureau would find it suspicious, so let’s entrust it to Manwol and create a record of failure there too! I heard all of that clearly, and you’re saying it’s a lie?!”

Hmm, so that’s how it was.

At Bae A-hyun’s words shouted in frustration, Choi Hyun-min quietly nodded.

‘So ultimately, requesting Manwol was also to create an alibi while knowing it wouldn’t work.’

Though he didn’t know why they committed such an absurd act.

The Hunters and Park Gi-han.

As voices rose between them, Choi Hyun-min intervened.

“First, you should settle the payment.”

“Payment?”

“Since the four have returned, didn’t Manwol find the Secret Room?”

“We, well that’s….”

“Then apologize.”

“….”

“Won’t you do it?”

At first, he tried to deny the Secret Room conquest by throwing all kinds of tantrums.

But now it was no longer possible.

Those four Hunters.

With four people from Ridim clearly alive with their eyes wide open, how could he lie anymore.

Yet the reason he couldn’t easily bow his head….

Was probably because of Choi Hyun-min’s reputation.

As the master of a guild, to bow his head to someone from another guild—

Especially to Choi Hyun-min who was treated like a fool.

His pride clearly wouldn’t allow it.

“Then I’ll report our contract matter and everything about these four to the media.”

“Wa, wait!”

“It’s quite an interesting story, so media companies and government agencies will show great interest.”

At those words, Park Gi-han’s eyes rolled back.

For a guild leader, the guild’s honor was as precious as life itself.

Not only related to requests, money, and business.

It would greatly affect the morale of Hunters who would join Ridim in the future and those already affiliated.

Spreading bad rumors was exactly what a guild master should avoid most.

“Th, that’s the only thing…. I, I was wrong. So, so please reconsider that.”

Park Gi-han changed his attitude as soon as he finished speaking.

As if he had become a completely different person, he knelt down in front of Choi Hyun-min.

Thud.

“Throwing those four people as sacrifices to the Secret Room, and trying to involve Manwol to cause trouble. Do you truly repent?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

Park Gi-han broke out in cold sweat and prostrated himself flat.

Though it was clearly a posture of begging for forgiveness.

Choi Hyun-min’s expression remained rigidly hardened.

“You say that with words, but how can I believe you?”

“Th, that is….”

“The price for damaging Manwol’s honor. 600 million, which is 100% of the contract fee.”

“Ye, yes?!”

“And that thing in your pocket. If you give me that too…. I’ll make sure not to report to the media.”

How did he know?

Park Gi-han’s eyes widened at Choi Hyun-min’s words.

The stone tablet fragment in his pocket.

The fragment containing records about the Secret Room…. He wanted it?

“If you refuse, it can’t be helped. I’ve completed the request, so now Ridim has to pay the price—”

“I, I’ll give it!”

Even while prostrated, had he finished weighing which was more disadvantageous?

Park Gi-han urgently took something from his pocket and respectfully held it in both hands.

A single black stone fragment sparkled on his palm.

‘What could it be that he was handling so preciously.’

Choi Hyun-min stared at it intently.

He bent his waist slightly and picked up the stone fragment Park Gi-han offered.

“I’ve also contacted the guild to transfer the additional payment. So please, at least that much….”

“Understood. Since you’ve said that much, I won’t personally contact the media.”

A promise is a promise, after all.

At those words, Park Gi-han’s expression brightened considerably.

On the contrary, the faces of the four people standing behind darkened.

Choi Hyun-min was the only person who had been helping them.

The moment he spoke like that, they would have to bear the full brunt of Ridim and Park Gi-han’s anger.

However-

“Mr. Kim Jun-woo?”

“Y-yes?”

“Here, please take this.”

As soon as the conversation ended, Choi Hyun-min pulled something out of his pocket and held it out.

Hunter Kim Jun-woo tilted his head and accepted what he offered.

“This is…”

“It’s a recording. The entire conversation I had with that person is recorded in there, so whether you tip off the media or do whatever you want with it, that’s entirely up to you all.”

“What?!!!”

“Oh right, and if you need video instead of just audio, there’s CCTV that records 24 hours a day monitoring not just the reception room but the entire interior of Manwol, so I can give you that too.”

“You clearly promised!!!”

“I told you, didn’t I? That ‘I’ wouldn’t directly tip off the media myself.”

“What kind of ridiculous…”

“I don’t really need to listen to the rest of the conversation, do I? Have a good talk with these four, and I hope things get wrapped up nicely. Well then.”

With those words, Choi Hyun-min left.

After that, loud shouting seemed to go back and forth several times in the reception room.

But there was no need to get involved any further than that.

Just…

Crushing them.

That alone was sufficient.

‘If you disgraced Manwol, you should pay the appropriate price.’

Probably the moment today’s story spreads through the media, Ridim would essentially be finished.

Since it’s a place with a Master who tries to make money by sacrificing guild members’ lives.

Probably within less than a month, Ridim and Park Gi-han would lose everything.

What happens after that… there’s no need to bother knowing.

Choi Hyun-min returned to his room like that.

As soon as he returned, he pulled out the stone tablet fragment he had kept in his pocket.

“More importantly, what the hell is this?”

The stone fragment he had received from Park Gi-han.

Wondering if there might be something important about it, he carefully picked it up.

“It looks like something’s written on it.”

Choi Hyun-min lifted it up to eye level to look at it.

At that moment.

Ding!

A message he had never seen before suddenly flashed before his eyes.

[One qualified to be a Lord has obtained a fragment of XXX.]

[You have acquired the authority to know the truth of the fragment.]

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