Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 7

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Episode 7

[Your creations wish to return. Will you permit it?]

“Ugh… Of course I’ll permit it.”

Choi Hyun-min, who had been rummaging through the refrigerator just moments before.

He nodded his head while dumping food onto the desk.

Clatter.

Food items spilling out messily.

As if timing it perfectly, the Primitive Humans walked out from inside the Maze toy.

“You came back faster than I thought?”

This time he hadn’t watched the screen separately.

Instead, he had secretly gone to the kitchen to grab things for those guys to eat.

-Oo! Oo! Of course!

-The sausage… No, we couldn’t keep our master waiting!

-So where’s the sausage?

The guys looking for sausage as soon as they arrived.

Unlike when they entered the Maze, their eyes were half-rolled back.

“Wait a moment. First…”

He turned his head to look behind him, then stopped.

He took a step back just like that.

Surely the rewards should be pouring out around now.

Sure enough.

Thud!

With a heavy sound, goblin leather came pouring down from the sky.

One, two, three…

Let’s see…

“You collected this many?”

They definitely seemed to have returned much faster than yesterday?

In terms of time, it seemed like less than even 30 minutes.

Choi Hyun-min moved his hands to sweep the leather into his subspace.

[Goblin Leather: 1,283 pieces]

A number that far exceeded the target of 1,000 pieces.

That means they collected 500 pieces in such a short time?

-It’s because the bow master gave us is good.

-Actually, we wanted to eat sausage so we caught them quickly…

-Be quiet! Master mustn’t find out or he won’t give us any!

-Th, that’s… it’s thanks to master!

“You don’t have to say things you don’t mean.”

Though he spoke curtly, Choi Hyun-min wasn’t paying attention to those guys’ reactions at all.

Thump.

‘Finally… I’ve really become a Hunter too.’

1,000 pieces of leather.

With just this, I can finally help Manwol as a Hunter.

Right now I should call Secretary Kim-

-Um… that… um…

“What? What’s wrong?”

The Primitive Humans groaning like dogs that needed to go.

When he turned his head, they were fidgeting restlessly while looking at the food spilled on the desk.

At that sight, he couldn’t help but snort.

“Alright, alright. I’ll give it to you, so wait just a little.”

As he approached the desk, the guys swarmed over.

He took out the sausages and ham he had prepared in advance and gave them to them.

-S, sausage!

-Waaah!

-This is a bit different! It’s a different sausage!

“That’s ham though.”

-It’s sausage ham!

-Master really is a god! A god! He endlessly pours out food!

The Primitive Humans babbling incomprehensible words.

The moment he tossed them a sausage, they rushed over like a school of piranhas.

Then they gulped it down in an instant.

‘They must have been quite hungry.’

The next one too, and the one after that.

The guys devouring everything like it would disappear in the blink of an eye.

As if possessed by gluttons, they concentrated only on eating for a while.

-Phew… As expected, sausage… no, master.

-If we just do what master wants, he gives us food.

-Master is the best…

The Primitive Humans sprawled out limply.

Where did their earlier vigor and aggression go?

They lay sprawled on the desk like middle-aged men with beer bellies, half-closing their eyes.

Should I let those guys rest for a moment?

Just as he was about to organize the items.

[You have defeated the legendary Golden Goblin for the first time.]

[First Achievement reward: Legendary-grade ability enhancement provided.]

“Golden Goblin? What is this about?”

A Golden Goblin.

I definitely sent them to the 1st Floor of the Labyrinth to get goblin leather.

Was there such a monster?

-We killed the Golden Goblin.

“You guys killed it?”

Hans muttering while half-lying down.

He asked back at the guy’s words, but the answer that came back wasn’t very detailed.

-Don’t know. It was just there so we caught it.

“…”

What exactly did you do?

He stared at the guy with suspicious eyes for only a moment.

[Reward: Lord Points 300]

Huh?

Lord Points…

‘This is the ability I used to upgrade those guys’ weapons!’

Did this appear because they caught a Golden Goblin?

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes sparkled at the new message.

300 points was definitely not a small reward.

‘Then does this mean they can become even stronger than now?’

Curiosity stirred.

Just how strong could they become?

They had only gone through growth once, yet achieved such results.

‘If those guys could really handle weapons better than spears or bows…’

Downward. And further downward.

Hunters exploring the Maze pursue only one thing.

Reaching the deepest floor of the Maze.

The path there is treacherous and dangerous.

But wealth and honor come along with it accordingly.

As someone with Hunter blood, wanting to reach the end of the Maze was only natural.

Just as he was having happy thoughts about his newly gained points.

Knock knock.

“Young master?”

“Ah, Secretary Kim!”

The sound of knocking from outside the door.

He probably brought a meal.

When Choi Hyun-min opened the door, Secretary Kim entered carrying a small plate.

‘Oh, that’s right!’

Then he flinched.

He hurriedly turned around to look where the Block Primitive Humans were.

‘Good. They noticed right away.’

The guys who had been sprawled out like wet laundry.

They had somehow returned to their original toy forms and were scattered about carelessly.

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Thank you for the meal.”

The secretary asked a question, finding his surprised behavior strange.

He hurriedly waved his hands at those words.

Then he casually brought up yesterday’s story.

“That’s right. By any chance, was the goblin leather matter from yesterday resolved well?”

Sigh-

A reflexive sigh escaped at that.

The answer was obvious without even hearing it.

“How could that be possible… We’re inquiring here and there with other guilds, but there seem to be many guilds that usually view Manwol unfavorably… They have no intention of trading at all.”

“So you still haven’t been able to obtain 1,000 pieces.”

“We did ask the low-level Hunters belonging to Manwol to supply leather, but at most we’ve only gathered about 100 pieces.”

Choi Hyun-min’s eyebrows twitched at those words.

The thousand or so pieces of goblin leather he had collected over two days.

Finally, there was a use for them.

“Um… I obtained the leather I mentioned yesterday.”

“You don’t need to worry about it, young master. Others are searching everywhere… Excuse me?”

Choi Hyun-min spoke calmly.

Secretary Kim’s eyes widened as he had been laughing and waving his hands at his words.

“I obtained goblin leather.”

“H-how much?”

“Roughly… about twelve hundred pieces…”

“Tw-twelve hundred?!”

It was a mind-boggling number.

Secretary Kim just blinked at Choi Hyun-min’s words.

No, by what means did he obtain that much leather?

“It should be roughly that amount.”

“N-no, how could you get such an impossible amount…”

Unbelievable.

This wasn’t a matter of whether Choi Hyun-min had awakened or not.

‘A lie… It must be a lie, right? He’s probably just saying that to comfort me since I seem worried.’

Since he was such a kind person, that was more likely.

Moreover, obtaining that amount of leather in just two days?

This would be difficult even for top-tier rankers.

Besides, hadn’t he already confirmed several times that the market had run dry of such goods?

“First, please bring a cart or something that can carry the goods.”

No, or not?

For someone telling a lie, Choi Hyun-min’s face was far too calm.

“F-for now… I understand.”

The confusion was brief.

While Secretary Kim was away, he pulled out all the goblin leather from his subspace.

Thud!

A massive tower of leather poured onto the floor.

Even though it was quite a spacious room.

A dizzyingly tall tower had formed, reaching up to the ceiling.

“Ugh… the smell…”

The musty stench was a bonus.

As he stepped back and looked at the leather tower, Secretary Kim came dragging a small handcart.

“Young master, will this be enough… Huh?!”

Then the moment he encountered the massive tower at the door.

He froze completely.

“That cart seems insufficient. Will you be alright?”

“N-no… Wh-what is all this?”

Secretary Kim hurriedly approached.

He looked at Choi Hyun-min with a dumbfounded expression, then reached toward the leather.

“This is really goblin leather… G-genuine. It’s genuine…”

Certainly until yesterday.

No, even until he brought the cart, he hadn’t believed Choi Hyun-min’s words.

But when the leather was presented right before his eyes like this, how could he not believe it?

“I-I’ll contact the chairman immediately.”

This was something that needed to be reported right away.

In front of Choi Hyun-min, he called the owner of Manwol.

“Um… Chairman? I have something urgent to tell you.”

***

“It should be about time for talk of the Golden Goblin subjugation to come up.”

The leader of Phoenix Union, Lee Jung-woon.

He had been staying up all night since dawn, focusing solely on hunting Golden Goblins.

‘This time it must succeed. Only then can we narrow the gap with Manwol.’

Manwol, the number one ranked guild.

The guilds belonging to Phoenix Union were always below them.

That’s why dozens of guilds joined forces to form an alliance.

Even now that they had combined their strength, they only lingered below Manwol.

The decision to pour billions into summoning the Golden Goblin was precisely because of that.

‘By now, those Manwol bastards must be in chaos trying to get even a single piece of goblin leather, right?’

The goblin leather shortage that had occurred recently.

That was a scheme Lee Jung-woon had devised on his own.

Manwol, which was like a thorn in Phoenix Union’s side.

If it was something that could smear their name, hoarding was nothing at all.

After landing a blow with this, it would be Phoenix Union’s turn.

‘The Golden Heart that the Golden Goblin drops. If we just have that… we can aim for the number one position too.’

Since they had spread all the alliance’s Hunters throughout the entire Maze…

They could capture it immediately upon discovery.

Now they just had to wait for good news to arrive.

“Master, the Hunters who entered the upper floors have immediately gone into standby mode.”

“Good. Tell them to just observe and report properly in their current state. As long as they just stay on guard, there’s absolutely no way they’ll make a mistake.”

“Understood.”

Since he had already used the summoning sacrifice, all he had to do was wait for time to pass.

After quite some time had passed like that.

A single message appeared before Lee Jung-woon’s eyes.

[Due to your sacrifice, a Golden Goblin has revealed itself somewhere in the Maze.]

He shot up.

“It appeared! The Golden Goblin finally appeared!”

The notification he had been waiting and waiting for.

It was a message announcing the appearance of the Golden Goblin.

‘I’ve deployed multiple level 20-30 Hunters… They should be able to take it down within 5 minutes.’

Now all he had to do was wait for the report…

[Someone has defeated the legendary Golden Goblin for the first time.]

[First Achievement completion reward: Legendary-grade ability enhancement will be provided.]

“Huh? What the hell does this mean?”

Lee Jung-woon, who had been about to wait for the report.

His thoughts completely froze at the message that appeared next.

‘The Golden Goblin… someone caught it?!’

How much time had passed since he received the message that the Golden Goblin had appeared?!

5 seconds? 6 seconds?

It was really just about the time it takes to blink once.

And the subjugation was already finished?

‘That’s impossible! There’s no way that could happen!’

No matter how much its name was goblin, the Golden Goblin wasn’t such a weak existence.

Unless hundreds of level 20-30 Hunters poured all their strength at once, it was impossible to take it down this quickly.

The leader of Phoenix, Lee Jung-woon.

Cold sweat formed on his forehead.

“Don’t tell me… it wasn’t stolen by someone else, was it?”

He urgently made contact through the emergency communication network.

“10th Floor, did you guys catch it?”

-N-No, Master. We didn’t even see a trace of the Golden Goblin.

“9th Floor, what about you guys?”

-Same here.

“Did the other floors not see it either?! You had your eyes wide open, but really nobody saw it?”

-Um… This is the 1st Floor, Master.

“1st Floor?”

-The Golden Goblin did just appear on the 1st Floor, but…

The voice coming through the phone.

Lee Jung-woon’s spine went cold at the Hunter’s trailing words.

“B-But?”

-It disappeared.

“Disappeared? What do you mean by that!”

-Exactly as I said. Not even a few seconds after it appeared, it just took a few arrows and vanished without a trace…

Click!

Lee Jung-woon hung up the phone before the report was even finished.

No, his chest felt like it would burst if he kept listening to that.

“Just who! Just who the hell!!! What bastard was it!!!”

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