Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 61
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Episode 61
Complete conquest?
Choi Hyun-min’s eyes widened at a message he had never seen before in his life.
‘What does this mean?’
Usually, a conquest success notification would appear along with a record-breaking alert.
But this time was different.
As the terrain changed, a message appeared saying it had been restored.
‘Restored?’
If it was restored…
That meant it had been damaged before.
Was there some kind of story behind this?
-You don’t know how long we’ve waited for the Savior.
-We firmly believed you would come, O Savior…
The people still prostrated, repeatedly calling him Savior.
Choi Hyun-min looked at those bowing down and slightly bent his body.
“Um… I have something to ask.”
When he spoke cautiously-
Pop!
-Anything! Anything at all, just say the word, O Savior! I will tell you everything I know!
“Ah, no… You don’t need to call me Savior.”
Due to the pressure the word itself gave him.
Choi Hyun-min unconsciously waved his hands.
He stared intently at the man, then slowly opened his mouth.
“Um… Who are you?”
At his question, the gray-haired man looked dazed as if he had been hit on the head.
Then he burst into hearty laughter.
-I’m sorry. My introduction was late. My name is Gordon. I was… the village chief of Lennon Village.
“Was?”
-Since the village has already disappeared, wouldn’t it be correct to say it that way, hehe.
The man called Gordon slightly raised the corners of his mouth and looked around.
That ‘Lennon Village’…
“Was this place that village?”
-That’s right. Although nothing remains now… there was a village called Lennon here.
How fascinating.
Choi Hyun-min recalled his memories of Aldea Village.
Back then, the village’s foundation was certainly intact.
But this place had no trace of the village framework, not even house sites or remnants.
Moreover, wasn’t this place a snowfield where not even a blade of grass grew, unlike now?
Did Gordon read Choi Hyun-min’s thoughts?
Gordon shrugged his shoulders with an awkward expression.
-I fully understand that you find it strange.
“Ah, sorry.”
-Not at all. It’s been so long since Lennon Village existed… It’s natural that it ended up like this.
“How long?”
When he first saw them, they were frozen as ice sculptures on empty land.
At his question, Gordon seemed to think about something for a moment, then shook his head.
-I’m not sure. It was so long ago that I can barely remember, that’s all I can tell you.
I see.
‘I don’t know the reason, but… haven’t those people been living trapped in ice for hundreds of years?’
Like frozen humans you’d only see on TV.
Perhaps they were trapped in ice and skipped through time.
“I see.”
-As you can see, we were trapped in ice for so long that we don’t really know how much time has passed. And…
“And?”
-It was the Savior who rescued us from that eternity.
-Thank you, O Savior!
-We offer our spirits and souls!
“Ah, no, I didn’t ask to hear such things…”
At the sight of people prostrating and bowing again.
Choi Hyun-min was utterly flustered.
Being surrounded by so many people was already overwhelming enough.
But to have people bowing in front of him like this.
“Ah… Well, it seems like everything worked out fine… I’ll be going now?”
He had rescued the people too.
Since Choi Hyun-min had conquered the 15th Floor as intended, there was no reason to stay here anymore.
Plus, he had gained an enormous amount of free points.
Choi Hyun-min tried to slip away from the crowd by slowly backing away.
Grab.
-Where are you going, O Savior!
“Eek!”
Gordon suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm.
Startled by the sudden action, Choi Hyun-min staggered, and the village chief was also surprised.
-I’m sorry! I have committed a breach of etiquette!
“Ah, no. It’s fine.”
Did he have something to say?
Gordon looked at him hesitantly.
The people standing behind him shot silent glances at Gordon.
-You can do it, Gordon!
-You’re our leader!
-If not now, there won’t be another chance!
“…?”
Choi Hyun-min had a question mark floating above his head.
Then Gordon, who had been struggling.
He spoke with difficulty while watching Choi Hyun-min’s reaction.
-Please… please accept us!
“Pardon?”
-Although our village has nothing left now… since the Savior has returned our land to us… we will do our utmost to cultivate the village! Then someday we’ll be able to repay the debt we owe to the Savior… Please!
-Please!
-We beg of you, O Savior!
Ugh…
Choi Hyun-min’s head spun from the words pouring out from hundreds of people.
‘Should… should I say I’ll accept them?’
When he first obtained Aldea Village.
Was this a similar situation to that time?
But unlike that place, this was an empty field with not a single house remaining.
That’s probably why they couldn’t easily ask to be taken in.
‘There shouldn’t be any major problems with accepting these people right now…’
“I don’t have much to offer as you might expect… but if you want, then sure.”
-Are you really serious?!
-Thank you!
-Thank you, truly thank you!
[The owner of the first discovered ‘Lennon’ village has been decided.]
[From now on, all rights to this village will belong to you, and the residents will follow only your words.]
The moment consent was given.
His body sparkled along with a familiar message.
[Lennon Village has been attributed to you.]
[You can adjust the authority over Lennon Village in the Creation Management window.]
After Aldea, now Lennon Village has become mine too?
The feeling was strange.
The very concept of ‘owning’ a village didn’t sit well with him.
And for good reason, since it was something that would only make sense in medieval times.
‘Of course, even calling it a village… for this barren field to take the form of a proper village would take at least several years.’
Cutting down trees and putting up buildings.
To build the minimum infrastructure needed to live like humans.
It would require at least years of time.
Just as he was thinking this and about to help Gordon up from his prostrate position.
Rumble!
“Wh-what’s that sound?”
-Huh?
Suddenly, a thunderous sound like something collapsing could be heard.
Then the ground began to shake violently.
“B-be careful!”
-Savior!
-We will protect you!
An earthquake that seemed to turn the ground upside down.
Because of it, the residents gathered around, saying they would protect Choi Hyun-min.
‘Is this a real earthquake? Or a monster?’
Even in their terrified state, they said they’d protect him – it was touching, but…
First, he needed to figure out what was happening-
“Huh? That’s…”
That’s when it happened.
From beneath the violently shaking ground.
An unknown wooden pillar suddenly shot up.
-What is that?
At first, it was just one wooden pillar.
Rumble rumble!
Then two, three more.
Choi Hyun-min and Gordon.
And the people of Lennon watched the scene with blank eyes.
‘That’s not a wooden pillar… it looks like a house?’
At first, he thought wooden pillars were randomly shooting up.
But looking closely, an entire wooden house had risen up.
-A h-house?!
It wasn’t just one.
After the first one shot up.
As if competing, one after another.
Wooden houses followed, popping up.
In just a few minutes’ time.
Hundreds of houses were built on the meadow that hadn’t had a single wooden plank.
[The additional effect of Territory Development Level 3 ability is activated.]
[The development level of a territory significantly inferior to existing territories is automatically adjusted.]
Ah!
So that’s what it was!
The territory enhancement ability is more helpful than I thought?
-As expected of the Savior!
-The Savior has given us houses to live in!
“N-no, I didn’t give them, this is…”
-We will serve only the Savior forever!
-Thank you!
Uh… there seems to be some misunderstanding.
But since it was helpful anyway, I suppose it’s fortunate.
Thanks to the houses that suddenly grew(?) from the ground.
After that, Choi Hyun-min endured several more hours of torment before he could return to his room.
***
“Wh-what the hell is this?!”
Park Hyun-chul, team leader of the Monitoring Team.
For a moment, he thought something was wrong with his eyes.
‘I-I’m sure I came down to the 15th Floor of the Labyrinth, right?’
The system that monitors the entire labyrinth, the Observer.
The system said an anomaly had occurred on the 15th floor, so he hurried over.
“Was the 15th floor originally like this?”
No, that couldn’t be.
The 15th floor was no different from other floors, with monsters and bosses.
But…
‘There are no monsters!’
Just in case, he had stopped by the 14th floor on his way.
The 14th floor was still no different from the usual labyrinth.
“What happened here?”
There should have been monsters swarming in ruins-like places.
Instead of ruins, there was greenery full of grass.
Instead of monsters, there were over hundreds of wooden houses.
“And… there are people too!”
What was truly surprising.
Was that people were living here.
“Could it be… the 15th floor has transformed into a village?”
But why?
Team Leader Park Hyun-chul.
He fell into deep thought while quietly observing the village.
Then suddenly.
He remembered a message that had briefly flashed by earlier.
‘Come to think of it… didn’t the system notification say earlier that the 15th floor was completely conquered? Or was it healed?’
It had said something different from usual.
At first, he thought that strange EX-grade someone-
That person had set a new record.
But that wasn’t it.
The message that suddenly came to mind was something Team Leader Park had never seen before.
Step. Step.
As if possessed by something.
Team Leader Park Hyun-chul approached closer to the village.
-Huh?
Had someone noticed his approach?
From across the way, a gray-haired man looked at him and smiled brightly.
“Hello.”
Would our language even work here?
When he spoke with half-doubt, the man smiled brightly and greeted him.
-Hello there! Our village’s very first visitor!
“First… visitor?”
Was that really the case?
After all, he had never heard stories of discovering villages like this on the 15th Floor.
Team Leader Park approached the man with a bewildered expression.
He unconsciously turned his head this way and that.
‘…Amazing. It’s almost as developed as Aldea Village?’
To think there was another space like this besides Aldea Village.
Had his surprised feelings shown completely on his face?
The man smiled broadly and spoke with pride.
-Isn’t it incredible!
“It, it really is. I’ve hardly ever seen villages like this inside a Maze.”
-Of course not! Do you know whose masterpiece this is!
What?
Whose masterpiece?
At those words, Team Leader Park’s instincts kicked in.
‘This village wasn’t formed naturally… Someone created it?!’
He licked his lips with a tense expression.
Then he asked the man with a serious face.
“Who is the person… who created this village?”
Perhaps that person was related to the warning.
The one that had triggered his Observer ability?
At Park Hyun-chul’s question, the man placed his hands on his hips.
Then, with his chin raised high, he spoke boastfully.
-The Savior!
“Excuse me…?”
-The Savior gifted us this village! This house, that house! Even my own house was all gifted by that person!
Sa… vior?
Who was that?
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