Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

Though I haven’t received many Quests.

There had never been a single case where this kind of notification appeared.

‘Why go this far…?’

Even for life-or-death contracts.

Or when standing as a guarantor, they probably wouldn’t ask this ominously.

‘The fact that they’re asking like this… probably means the danger is great.’

Even so, Choi Hyun-min didn’t refuse.

Because—

‘Naturally, the reward will be greater too.’

The system’s Quests were surprisingly fair.

Easy Quests gave small rewards.

Difficult Quests gave large rewards.

An extremely simple yet clear logic.

Because he knew this all too well.

Choi Hyun-min couldn’t refuse.

“I’ll accept.”

The moment he slowly nodded his head.

Flash!

The green mass that had been hovering above his palm burst forth.

From one, it became dozens, hundreds of small particles.

Then it was absorbed as if being sucked into Choi Hyun-min’s body.

[From the Lower Lands – You have accepted the Quest.]

[This Quest cannot be canceled or abandoned, and will automatically commence the moment you reach the 35th Floor.]

Like confirming terms and conditions afterward.

The notification that appeared made him slightly nervous…

But surely he could clear this one too.

He unconsciously clenched his fist tight.

-If my thoughts are correct… are you perhaps planning to go directly to the 35th Floor, Savior?

Directly… he said.

Choi Hyun-min pondered for a moment.

Then he nodded slightly.

“Probably… that’s how it’ll be.”

Was there something he was worried about?

Gordon’s expression became a bit serious.

-As you know, the 35th Floor is completely different from this place. The monsters there are also incomparably more vicious and fierce than those in this area.

He already knew that.

The monsters of the 10s and 20s were on a completely different level from those on the 30th Floor and above.

Not only would their attack power become much stronger.

But especially their defense would become remarkably stronger.

Resistance.

Some monsters had complete immunity to swords and spears.

And some creatures took little damage from heat and cold.

Since the 30s were where such creatures began to appear.

It was perfectly understandable why Gordon was saying such things.

“The monsters will certainly become stronger. But descending the Labyrinth is a Hunter’s job.”

Choi Hyun-min spoke calmly.

However, Gordon’s expression remained troubled.

-No. What I’m talking about… is about the 35th Floor itself.

“The 35th Floor?”

-It’s quite an old story… but there’s actually a reason why the 35th Floor became the [Lower Lands].

Huh?

What was he talking about?

Even Choi Hyun-min, who knew virtually everything about the Labyrinth, was hearing this for the first time.

His eyes widened like steamed buns.

-In the past… when Lennon was in its original form, our village was frequently attacked by monsters. Naturally, we formed a defense force to fight against the monsters.

When the village chief said “the past”…

It was probably the story from before he had rescued these people from the ice.

-But we were helpless. At first it seemed manageable, but we couldn’t withstand the endless waves of monsters pouring in.

“…”

-That’s when Ian, our village’s only mage, appeared… and fought the monsters in our place. And he did so… by sacrificing his own life.

A mage!

What seemed like an ordinary story.

The moment the word “mage” came from Gordon’s mouth.

Choi Hyun-min’s body flinched.

Rustle.

Along with those words, the village chief took something from his chest.

In his hand was a slender silver necklace.

“This is…”

-A necklace. It’s something Ian left with us before departing for what is now the Lower Lands. Well… that fellow became a person of long ago, so he won’t appear again. But if you happen to discover traces of Ian, I’d be grateful if you could place it beside his grave.

Such an item.

Choi Hyun-min carefully received it with both hands.

Both the Quest’s content.

And what village chief Gordon had said.

The mage Ian seemed like a figure from history.

But somehow.

‘Couldn’t he still be alive?’

He had a feeling that he might still be alive.

Not finding traces, but perhaps meeting him.

Choi Hyun-min placed the silver necklace on his palm and pondered something.

He spoke quietly in a barely audible voice.

“If I find him… I’ll make sure to deliver it.”

***

“4 billion?! Are you out of your mind right now?!”

“W-well, it’s the reward amount that Manwol proposed…”

“Where do we have that kind of budget?!”

Ji Min-gi returned to the office.

As soon as he came back, he had to endure a scolding from Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun.

“More importantly, what the hell were you doing that you’re only coming back now?! I sent you saying you were going to Manwol, but what’s the point of returning after all the Outskirts business is completely settled?!”

“Well… actually, the 4 billion story came up because of that, Team Leader.”

“What are you talking about?”

Lee Hyung-jun furrowed his brow at Ji Min-gi’s words.

He had snapped as if daring him to come up with an excuse.

But he froze at his subordinate’s next words.

“Well… the person who cleared the Outskirts this time was from Manwol.”

“Man…wol?”

There are various types of people.

But this team leader was among the quicker-witted ones.

The moment he heard Manwol’s name, only one name came to mind.

“Don’t tell me… you… are you talking about that person, Choi Hyun-min?”

His voice unconsciously dropped to a much lower tone.

When had he been shouting loudly enough to shake the office?

Team Leader Lee was now lowering his voice so much that it could barely be heard even up close.

“…That’s correct.”

Ji Min-gi nodded with a solemn expression in response to Lee Hyung-jun’s question.

At that moment, Team Leader Lee’s eyebrows shot up dramatically.

“You’re joking, right?”

“No, I’m not.”

“…”

Had he ever seen Ji Min-gi this serious before?

Always making mistakes.

He thought this guy only knew how to make silly nonsense and jokes.

Belief.

No, seeing his expression that was close to conviction.

Lee Hyung-jun’s mouth fell open involuntarily.

“H-how can you believe that? When Choi Hyun-min went to conquer the outskirts, did you actually follow him there yourself?”

“Team Leader.”

“Uh… Huh?”

An incredibly serious gaze.

Ji Min-gi closed his mouth for a moment and stared intently at the team leader.

Then slowly.

Very slowly, he opened his mouth.

“I… I think I saw God.”

“What?!”

“God, I mean God.”

“Are you… Are you in your right mind right now? Did you forget you’re on duty and chug some alcohol?”

Shake shake.

Ji Min-gi firmly shook his head at Team Leader Lee’s question.

He began to tell him one by one about the things he had witnessed at Manwol.

“Mr. Choi Hyun-min. I saw with my own two eyes how he cleared the outskirts.”

“…By going directly into the maze?”

“No.”

“Then how did you see it, man! In the first place, I heard it wasn’t Choi Hyun-min who cleared the maze, but some strange people with guns who swarmed in!!”

“That was Mr. Choi Hyun-min.”

This…

Something about this conversation seems oddly off track.

Lee Hyung-jun briefly pondered their conversation so far.

“Are you saying Choi Hyun-min, that person, went into the maze with a gun?”

“No.”

“Damn it! Talk so I can understand! Are we playing twenty questions or what?!”

Team Leader Lee bared his teeth and growled.

Even so, Ji Min-gi’s expression remained consistently calm.

“He never entered the maze.”

“…What are you talking about? You said with your own mouth that he cleared the outskirts.”

“That’s why I told you, didn’t I? He’s a god.”

“…What are you trying to say? How do you clear it without entering the maze?”

In the first place, those who have the qualification to enter mazes are called Hunters.

Choi Hyun-min, who had already completed his potential measurement, didn’t enter the maze?

That means.

Isn’t that no different from saying Choi Hyun-min isn’t a Hunter?

‘Did this bastard skip work and go drink at Manwol or what?’

Team Leader Lee thought Ji Min-gi had gone half crazy.

Or that he had suffered a sudden drop in intelligence.

That’s what Team Leader Lee thought until then.

“…Team Leader.”

“What.”

“Mr. Choi Hyun-min didn’t need to enter the maze.”

“I told you to speak properly, didn’t I?”

“…Because he’s someone who has the ability to clear mazes without entering them.”

Huh…?

The moment he heard Ji Min-gi’s last words.

All of Lee Hyung-jun’s thought processes stopped.

He can clear mazes without entering them?

Team Leader Lee’s mind got twisted up by the contradictory sentence from the start.

“…What kind of nonsense are you spouting, man? Are you saying he’s some kind of god? That he clears mazes with the press of a button?”

If he said something completely absurd, Ji Min-gi would speak properly.

Team Leader Lee threw out ridiculous words with that intention.

However, Ji Min-gi’s reaction was a little.

Just a little different from what he expected.

Nod.

“That’s… similar.”

“…Are you being serious?”

“It’s not quite clearing it with the press of a button, but.”

“Then?”

“He cleared the maze outskirts in real-time while sitting in his room at Manwol. How should I put it… Like playing a computer game?”

“A game?”

“That’s why I said he was a god. He only watched through a screen, while other people cleared the outskirts.”

“What kind of-“

About to snap back at Ji Min-gi’s words, he stopped short.

The information in Team Leader Lee’s mind suddenly.

Began to click into place like blocks.

“Don’t tell me those people with guns were… people sent by Choi Hyun-min?”

“Not people… They were beings like summoned creatures.”

Summoned creatures!

That’s it!

Only then could Team Leader Lee understand Ji Min-gi’s words.

“And Choi Hyun-min was controlling them?”

“Exactly.”

“From inside his room?”

“That’s right.”

Ha-

This is driving me crazy.

Team Leader Lee unconsciously let out a deep sigh.

Did he understand it correctly?

When he touched his forehead, it felt hot, as if he was getting a fever.

‘No, even as I’m saying this, it’s ridiculous.’

Does this even make sense?

A seven-year-old child.

Even if you asked a child whose dream was to become a Hunter what kind of ability they’d want.

They wouldn’t talk about such an absurd ability.

“Fine. Let’s say you’re right that he’s a Hunter who can control summons from his room. Then what about the rest?”

“The rest?”

“We already heard all the explanations from the survivors. There were over twenty people with guns, and among them was even a barbarian warrior with an axe. Even if one person was controlled by Choi Hyun-min, what about the others?”

At Team Leader Lee’s question.

This time Ji Min-gi made an expression of disbelief.

“That’s obviously… that person.”

“That person?”

“Mr. Choi Hyun-min!”

“You’re talking about all twenty-plus people?”

“Yes. That one person was controlling everything I mentioned earlier.”

It was unbelievable.

If what Choi Hyun-min said was really true.

What else could that be but a real god?

But precisely because of that.

Team Leader Lee simply couldn’t bring himself to believe it.

“What kind of nonsense…”

“Then would you believe it if I showed you?”

“Showed me?”

At Lee Hyung-jun’s reaction.

Ji Min-gi stuck his hand deep into his suit pocket.

And pulled out his phone.

“I recorded it.”

Then he turned on the screen and thrust it right in front of Team Leader Lee’s face.

That scene containing Choi Hyun-min’s ability.

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