Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 86

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Episode 86

“What? Are you trying to mess with me right now?”

Team Leader Lee Hyung-jun stared quietly at the phone Ji Min-gi had handed him.

He frowned and glared at Ji Min-gi.

“Excuse me? What do you mean by that?”

“Nothing’s showing up, you idiot!”

Ji Min-gi was startled by those words.

He turned the screen around and examined the phone himself.

“Huh? Really?”

He had clearly positioned it to capture Choi Hyun-min’s figure at the right angle.

Strangely, his phone only showed the inside of Choi Hyun-min’s room—

That is, just the walls and floor.

Oddly, Choi Hyun-min’s figure

Or the part where the virtual screen he had created was located flickered like a broken TV and wasn’t visible.

“What do you mean ‘really’? You’re going to play around bringing something like this?!”

“Th-that can’t be right…”

The video itself was quite long.

But what showed human figures in it

Was at most just glimpses of Chairman Choi Seung-hyun here and there.

“Here, the part with noise is exactly where that person was.”

“That may be so. But the screen isn’t showing up!”

With just this, Ji Min-gi’s words couldn’t be trusted at all.

He was already 100% convinced that Choi Hyun-min was EX-grade,

But seeing his abilities directly was a completely different matter.

He would show it no matter what.

With that thought, Ji Min-gi

Gripped the small phone tightly with both hands

And began analyzing the video frame by frame.

“Give it up, man. What are you going to do when you can’t even film a video properly?”

“Just a moment. Really just a moment… I’ll definitely find it, really.”

Team Leader Lee clicked his tongue and shook his head,

But Ji Min-gi didn’t budge at all.

Like a hawk eyeing its prey,

He just stared at the phone without blinking once.

After watching the unremarkable video for a while,

“Here!!!”

Ji Min-gi shot up and shouted.

“Hey, hey you crazy bastard! Why are you suddenly yelling!”

Team Leader Lee, who had been watching him with a blank expression, was also startled.

But Ji Min-gi acted as if he didn’t care about such things

And pointed to the center of the screen.

“Look here, here!”

“I already skimmed through it all. What else is there?”

He had already seen everything from beginning to end, so what was all the fuss about?

Just as he was thinking that,

“Huh…?”

“I’m right, aren’t I?! Aren’t I right!”

The screen where Ji Min-gi had stopped.

There, unlike before, Choi Hyun-min’s figure was clearly visible.

Choi Hyun-min gazing at something with a serious expression.

And…

Across from him was a large screen like an electronic billboard.

‘This… it’s exactly as this guy said?!’

It was definitely a scene that had never appeared in the video until now.

“Take your hands off. Press the play button.”

“Then it’ll disappear, won’t it?”

“Just try it.”

Choi Hyun-min frozen still in the screen.

When he pressed on his face, the paused video resumed playing.

But from that moment, Choi Hyun-min and the electronic billboard disappeared without a trace again.

“Just this one frame. Only this part seems to show up.”

“Really?”

“Even if I tear apart the entire video, this one shot is the only one that contains Choi Hyun-min’s figure.”

Ji Min-gi moved his finger to return to that scene again.

Team Leader Lee peered over his shoulder to look at the screen together.

“So… that screen is what you call his ‘ability’?”

“That’s right.”

Could it really be true?

Of course, he couldn’t believe everything based on just one moment,

But if this was real,

Then Choi Hyun-min saving 400 people and clearing the outskirts to close it would also be true.

Most importantly, Ji Min-gi—

He was from the Awakening Management Agency and had seen it with his own eyes.

Then Manwol’s 4 billion offer would be perfectly reasonable.

“Do you believe me now?”

Had he read Team Leader Lee’s expression?

Ji Min-gi placed his hands on his hips and puffed out his chest.

At his triumphant expression, Lee Hyung-jun rubbed his forehead.

“Sigh… Fine, I understand what you’re saying now. Though that’s become more of a problem.”

“Why is it a problem?”

“Do you think the higher-ups will give you money if you go with just this one scene and ask for 4 billion?”

“Of course they will! You know how big a job Choi Hyun-min accomplished!”

“That’s just what you think.”

Unlike that guy whose head was purely optimistic,

Lee Hyung-jun was a team leader in a position of responsibility.

‘If Choi Hyun-min really is that level of person… if he’s confirmed as EX-grade… spending 4 billion would be laughable. Even 40 billion wouldn’t be enough for such talent.’

People weren’t objects, but

Ironically, hunters’ “market value” was somewhat determined in the market in reality.

Starting from the lowest grades E and F,

Mid-level hunters of B and C grades,

And high-grade hunters of A-grade and above.

Even S-grade hunters sometimes joined guilds receiving signing bonuses of billions or more.

But…

Beyond S-grade,

Beyond SS and SSS grades,

EX-grade hunter, Choi Hyun-min.

In Korean history—

No, an unprecedented case in the entire world—

Even Team Leader Lee wasn’t sure what to do about it.

“Team Leader?”

“Hold on a moment.”

Should I just stay quiet and pretend I don’t know about this?

Or should I report it even if it means getting thoroughly beaten up?

Team Leader Lee grabbed his chin and stared at the floor for a long time.

‘Do I get destroyed? Or do I act crazy and report it…’

South Korea, the entire world.

No, discovering the first EX Ranked Hunter in human history.

And that person being a South Korean.

Could he really give up on that?

Clatter.

“Huh? Team Leader?”

“I’m going.”

“Where to…”

“Give me your phone. I’m going to report this right now.”

“To the section chief?”

“Yes.”

“At this late hour? He’s probably already asleep.”

At those words, Team Leader Lee snorted dismissively.

“If what you’re saying is true, he’ll wake up from his sleep and come running out barefoot. That’s exactly what he should do.”

“Then…”

“I’m going to visit the section chief’s house. Right now.”

At those words, Ji Min-gi instinctively looked at his watch.

1 o’clock.

Not 13:00, but 01:00.

It was a time when you couldn’t see anything around you without streetlights.

***

-Master, should we just push forward like this?

“You don’t need to ask me.”

-Then?

“As always, let’s clear it as fast as possible and go down.”

Choi Hyun-min returned to his room after receiving Ian’s necklace.

He immediately set out to conquer the Labyrinth.

The target was the 35th Floor.

From now on, he just needed to push forward without worrying about anything else.

-We can just sweep them all away?

-It’s nothing special.

-They’re much weaker than those disgusting guys we met before.

Having already faced monsters in the hundreds and thousands.

The monsters inside the Labyrinth posed no threat at all.

Rat-a-tat-a-tat!

Monsters that got swept away just by pulling the trigger.

Though it wasn’t intentional.

The material items that the monsters dropped were accumulating in real-time in Choi Hyun-min’s Subspace.

[The record for Labyrinth Dungeon 28th Floor has been broken.]

[Previous record: 6 minutes 11 seconds]

[New record: 6 seconds]

[The record for Labyrinth Dungeon 29th Floor has been broken.]

[Previous record: 10 minutes 1 second]

[New record: 9 seconds]

The Block Toys broke through two floors in an instant.

Although the monsters’ strength increased proportionally as the floor levels decreased.

The Block Toys’ power and force were already far above-

They were at a level that looked down on the 20th floor monsters.

Choi Hyun-min devoted himself solely to conquering the Labyrinth for several days.

[The record for Labyrinth Dungeon 34th Floor has been broken.]

In less than a few days, he was able to descend to the 34th Floor.

‘Now it’s time to conquer the 35th Floor.’

The 35th Floor.

A place called the graveyard of Veteran Hunters.

Most Hunters who made it down to the 30th Floor were those who could claim to be somebody anywhere.

In terms of rank, at least B-rank or higher.

It was a floor level that only mid-level Hunters with 5 years or more of experience could barely reach.

Nevertheless, the 35th Floor was a demonic wall that even such veteran Hunters couldn’t overcome.

“How the hell are we supposed to catch the boss on this muddy floor!”

“Damn it, how are we supposed to clear this?”

“What kind of boss is this strong?!”

“If you’re good enough to break through the 35th Floor, you shouldn’t even be here in the first place.”

“People who moved on to the 36th Floor say that the 36th and 37th Floor bosses are actually much easier?”

“Of course they would be. This damn Labyrinth, I don’t know who made it but… they really made it like complete garbage.”

So much so that those who couldn’t pass the 35th Floor would unanimously curse it out.

Even in front of the Special Room on the 35th Floor, hundreds of people would gather every day.

“Look, see that?”

“There goes another one.”

“Think that one can come out alive?”

“Obviously dead. Just look at how shoddy their equipment is.”

When someone who hadn’t experienced the 35th Floor boss appeared.

They would swarm over as if they had found entertainment and place bets on the clear attempt.

“How long you betting?”

“30 seconds. I’m betting they’ll come running out within that time.”

“Isn’t that too generous? You think they can last that long?”

“They’re not wearing much equipment, so their body should be light, right? If they get lucky and dodge a few times, they should last 30 seconds?”

“I’m betting on death.”

Of course, none of them bet on success.

Bets that absolutely assumed failure, wagering on how long they would last.

Hunters just killing time like this.

Today was the same.

Wondering if some foolish Hunter would become the subject of their bets.

Just as they were rolling their eyes and making jokes.

-This is the 35th Floor, right?

-It is.

-But something’s strange. The humans are sitting in just one spot.

-Those humans. Those humans seem to be looking at us.

Other toys came into the Hunters’ view.

“Here they come, here they come.”

“Wow… That’s not just one or two of them?”

“Funny guys. They even coordinated their outfits?”

“Same guild? Or a party?”

“What does that matter? When facing the boss, you have to go in alone anyway.”

“So. How much are you betting?”

They’ll fail anyway.

They pulled out small magic stones from their pockets.

Whether those guys would succeed or fail wasn’t even on their minds to begin with.

Meanwhile.

-Let’s go.

-Hurry up and get in. We’ll finish quickly and come out.

The new sacrificial victims who had been whispering among themselves.

Without anyone taking the lead, they all rushed into the Special Room together.

“They all went in at once?”

“They all seem like mediocre guys anyway. Let’s just throw one of them as a sacrifice and see what happens.”

“Right. What idiots. If they unluckily die like that…”

Today too, there would be victims due to stupidity and recklessness.

The Hunters muttered to themselves.

“Huh? Wait a minute. Did you guys get this too?”

“No way… You too?”

Had it been 10 seconds since the fools rushed in?

In the eyes of the Hunters who were giggling while placing their bets.

A single line of message appeared with content they had never seen before.

[The record of Labyrinth Dungeon 35th Floor has been updated.]

“No way… Did those guys just clear the 35th Floor?!”

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