Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 53

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Episode 53

 

-They were flying through the sky?

 

-How the hell did they do that?

 

-If they fell from that height… every bone in their body must be completely shattered.

 

-Tsk tsk, serves them right.

 

The Hunter Club used by countless Hunters.

 

The place was in an uproar over a single video someone had uploaded.

 

-Kang Doo-bin, that bastard deserves what happened to him. He’s a human who lives by exploiting low-level Hunters.

 

-It’s not just that guy, all the Brinden Guild bastards are like that. I had all my magic stones I’d collected for a month stolen by those guys before!

 

-I also had all the material items I’d worked my ass off to collect stolen from me.

 

-Just hearing those bastards’ voices makes my blood boil.

 

A video of several Hunters floating up into the air and then being slammed down on the opposite side.

 

Though it was only a few minutes long.

 

Less than a full day after being uploaded, the view count had exceeded 5 million.

 

And the comments alone had easily surpassed 100,000.

 

-Wow… if they fell from that height, are they even alive?

 

-They say they’re alive… but every bone in their body is broken, so it’ll take forever to recover, right?

 

-Brinden already made an official announcement. The injuries are so severe that not only can they not do Hunter activities, but normal life will be difficult going forward.

 

-Those bastards lived by exploiting people like that… serves them right, serves them right!

 

Of course, most of the comments were about the victims in the video-

 

That is, Kang Doo-bin and the Brinden Guild group.

 

Most were saying it was satisfying to see them get beaten so miserably.

 

And for good reason.

 

The evil deeds of Brinden Guild and Kang Doo-bin were quite famous.

 

And there were tremendously many people who held grudges against Hunters belonging to the Phoenix Union.

 

-But who did that?

 

-Who knows. Maybe it was some mage or something like that?

 

-I know a mage ranker, but they said there’s no magic like that?

 

-It felt like some invisible hand grabbed them and threw them.

 

-Nah, it couldn’t have been a person. Those guys were so evil that the system must have intervened.

 

-I don’t care who it was. Thank you so much for getting revenge for us!

 

-Hand of God! That can only be called the hand of God, right?

 

Some mysterious power of unknown identity.

 

While countless people were praising and expressing gratitude toward the owner of that power.

 

Choi Hyun-min.

 

The person responsible for that incident had no idea about such a situation.

 

He was just-

 

“Should I slowly head up to the 15th floor now.”

 

Like any other Hunter would.

 

Downward, further downward.

 

He was only thinking about going deeper into the maze.

 

-Um… Master.

 

“Yes?”

 

The Aldea matter had been somewhat settled.

 

And he had even gained an unexpected harvest.

 

Choi Hyun-min was about to return to his room in good spirits.

 

He turned his head toward Baldun, who was urgently grabbing onto him.

 

-Um… is your next destination perhaps the Labyrinth Dungeon 15th Floor?

 

“That would be right, wouldn’t it? I cleared up to the 14th floor before coming here.”

 

Naturally, skipping floors was impossible.

 

Since he had already cleared up to the 14th floor, it was obvious that the 15th floor would be next.

 

But why was Baldun asking such an obvious thing?

 

When Choi Hyun-min tilted his head and looked at him.

 

He struggled for a while before opening his mouth with difficulty.

 

-Um… I have something urgent to tell you before you go up to the 15th floor.

 

“What is it?”

 

-The maze’s 15th floor is a bit different from other floors.

 

“I roughly know that. At least that the difficulty is higher than other places…”

 

Ah, so that’s what it was about.

 

Choi Hyun-min chuckled at Baldun’s words.

 

He could roughly guess what he was worried about.

 

Naturally, just because the floor numbers increase by 1.

 

Doesn’t mean the monsters inside get stronger in the same way.

 

Certain sections might actually feel weaker than upper floors depending on the Hunter.

 

Conversely, there were places with monsters more than three or four times stronger despite only being one floor different.

 

‘The 15th floor’s difficulty is quite famous after all.’

 

The Labyrinth Dungeon 15th Floor, famous for being more than twice as difficult as previous floors.

 

Baldun was probably trying to warn him about that.

 

-No, that’s not it…

 

“Then what? Was there something else?”

 

-I would like to make one small request, Master.

 

A request.

 

Like a Quest?

 

“Please tell me.”

 

-If you do clear the 15th floor. You must. You must apply [Stealth Potion] all over your body before clearing it. All of your soldiers too.

 

Stealth Potion…

 

That would be an item used to hide one’s appearance.

 

“Not just me but everyone?”

 

-You absolutely. You absolutely must do so.

 

He wondered if it might be a joke.

 

But seeing Baldun’s unprecedentedly serious expression, it didn’t seem like it.

 

‘It doesn’t seem like a Quest either.’

 

Was it just a simple request?

 

Or did Baldun know something he didn’t?

 

“For now… I understand.”

 

-Thank you, Master. Thank you so very much.

 

Looking at the content alone, it didn’t seem like something very important.

 

But the moment Choi Hyun-min gave his consent.

 

Baldun kept bowing repeatedly while expressing his gratitude.

 

‘There’s definitely something to this.’

 

He had tried to brush it off casually.

 

But Baldun’s eyes seemed to be shooting fire.

 

So Choi Hyun-min hastily agreed and quickly left Aldea.

 

-You must use the Stealth Potion…

 

-You must use the Stealth Potion…

 

-Stealth Potion…

 

Even until the moment he was traveling through space.

 

Baldun kept shouting behind him several times.

 

Even after returning to his room, he could still hear Baldun’s voice in his ears.

 

‘Why on earth did he say that?’

 

I know well that the 15th Floor has high difficulty.

 

But that was something Choi Hyun-min already knew.

 

The firepower that the current Musketeers are unleashing.

 

If we combine Dehof’s military strength with that?

 

“It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult.”

 

But he couldn’t just dismiss it.

 

Baldun wasn’t an ordinary person like himself.

 

A resident of the village discovered in the maze.

 

That means….

 

‘At least there’s a high probability he knows something better than I do.’

 

Considering the relationship between Aldea Village and Choi Hyun-min.

 

At least following Baldun’s advice wouldn’t cause any harm.

 

“Using stealth potions is fine, but… where am I supposed to get these?”

 

The only problem was.

 

Stealth potions weren’t items you could easily obtain like recovery items.

 

The materials were quite expensive too.

 

And most importantly, the recipes and techniques to make them.

 

Were monopolized by a very small number of master Hunters.

 

“…If I think of places right now, it would probably be the Heukpung Guild.”

 

Heukpung Guild.

 

Like other guilds, it was mainly a guild that explored mazes.

 

But it was also famous as a guild that crafted and sold special items.

 

From items that amplified Hunter abilities to items with unique abilities like stealth potions.

 

‘The problem is there’s no proper way to contact Heukpung….’

 

He could make contact if he tried.

 

But outside, Choi Hyun-min was still someone who hadn’t obtained Hunter qualifications.

 

If he contacted them saying he wanted to purchase items as guild-to-guild business.

 

Naturally, it would only arouse suspicion.

 

‘If not Heukpung Guild, it won’t be easy to obtain stealth items.’

 

Isn’t there a good way?

 

Choi Hyun-min was pondering like this in his room for a while.

 

Knock knock knock.

 

“Secretary Kim?”

 

“Young master. The Chairman is looking for you.”

 

At the sudden summons from Secretary Kim.

 

He hurriedly ran to Chairman Choi’s office.

 

“Did you call for me, Fath- I mean, Chairman?”

 

“Sit down.”

 

The quiet office.

 

Chairman Choi pointed to the sofa across from him with his usual expressionless face.

 

As he awkwardly perched on the edge of the sofa-

 

Creeeeak.

 

The sofa sank down with a strange sound.

 

“The, the sofa seems… a bit old too….”

 

“Choi Hyun-min.”

 

Choi Hyun-min was fumbling to make excuses.

 

The moment his name came out of Chairman Choi’s mouth.

 

He almost let out a scream.

 

“Yes….”

 

Joy?

 

Or surprise? Fear?

 

He wasn’t sure which it was.

 

But his heart was definitely pounding.

 

Choi Hyun-min barely managed to answer while biting his lips tightly.

 

Choi Seung-hyun’s indifferent gaze swept past him.

 

“As I said before, I highly value your abilities.”

 

“Th, thank you….”

 

By abilities….

 

He’s probably talking about his skills as a merchant(?), right?

 

For some reason.

 

Chairman Choi had been thinking of him as ‘a son who belatedly awakened to business talent’ from before.

 

‘Even if it’s a misunderstanding, it’s something to be grateful for.’

 

As Choi Hyun-min bowed his head deeply, the corners of Choi Seung-hyun’s mouth curled up slightly.

 

“The incident during the last raid was very impressive. Although you didn’t participate as a Hunter, everyone at Manwol came to know of your abilities.”

 

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity.”

 

Their directions seemed a bit misaligned.

 

But at least Choi Hyun-min’s words were sincere.

 

If not for such misunderstanding(?).

 

He would still be nothing more or less than a nuisance within the family.

 

“So, this time too, I am. No, Manwol wants to entrust you with work.”

 

Work!

 

At those words, Choi Hyun-min’s head shot up.

 

“Wh, what kind of work?”

 

“There are two things. First is…. work related to handling spoils of war.”

 

“Spoils of war, you mean….”

 

“Right. Items obtained as rewards from the last raid. We want to sell some of them.”

 

Raid rewards are only given to the person who opened the Gate.

 

Even if multiple people joined forces to clear it like last time, it’s the same.

 

Because of that, exactly what the raid rewards were.

 

And how much there was, only those who received a share of the spoils knew.

 

Clunk.

 

The table placed in front of him.

 

Choi Seung-hyun placed a large stone on top of it.

 

“This is….”

 

“Part of the raid spoils.”

 

From the outside, it looked like a large yellowish stone like gold.

 

But if that were real gold, he wouldn’t have made such a request.

 

The moment he carefully reached out his finger to touch it.

 

Squish.

 

‘Huh?’

 

His finger sank in like clay.

 

Choi Seung-hyun crossed his arms watching this.

 

“I’d like you to sell that for us.”

 

“The price is….”

 

“At least 1 billion. Not a penny less.”

 

1 billion?!

 

This one strange lump?

 

‘A joke… but Father isn’t the type to joke about things like this.’

 

As Choi Hyun-min nodded slightly, Chairman Choi held up two fingers.

 

“The second is…. It’s not our work, but a request came in.”

 

“What kind of request?”

 

“Magic stones. They asked if we could urgently obtain 1000 high-purity intermediate magic stones.”

 

Magic stones?

 

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes widened slightly upon hearing those words.

 

Magic stones… I have those too.

 

“Even for Manwol, we don’t keep that large a quantity in storage. So I told them we’d put this matter on hold for now. Though they seemed quite urgent, so I feel like I should give them a quick answer.”

 

Choi Hyun-min pondered for a moment at Chairman Choi’s words.

 

He asked in a cautious tone.

 

“The place that wants to buy the magic stones… where might that be?”

 

“Heukpung Guild. You worked with them briefly not long ago… so it shouldn’t be an unfamiliar name.”

 

Of course I know them.

 

I actually have business with Heukpung Guild anyway-

 

Huh?

 

‘Wait… a minute.’

 

Heukpung.

 

Heukpung…

 

Choi Hyun-min stared intently at the lump placed on the table.

 

Seeing this, Chairman Choi added calmly.

 

“If it’s too difficult, I won’t force you…”

 

“No.”

 

“Hmm?”

 

“I’ll do it.”

 

Choi Hyun-min stepped forward, cutting off his own words.

 

Chairman Choi’s eyes widened at this unfamiliar side of him.

 

“Are you saying you’ll sell the items? Or are you talking about Heukpung’s matter?”

 

From Chairman Choi’s perspective, it had been a proposal made with some doubt.

 

So he had thought Choi Hyun-min would back out saying he couldn’t do it-

 

But his answer was completely different from what Chairman Choi had expected.

 

“Obviously…”

 

“Obviously?”

 

“Both.”

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