My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 49
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Episode 49
Mir Guild Headquarters Top Floor.
I was invited to a penthouse overlooking Yongsan District.
“Coffee? Or beer? We have wine too, so help yourself.”
A casual attitude.
He had already cracked open a can of beer and was drinking it.
“I’ll have an iced Americano.”
“What about Manager Hong?”
“I-I’m fine.”
“We have a guest here. Feel free to have something.”
“Then I’ll have hibiscus tea, please.”
Tremble tremble tremble tremble.
The person who had been so confident when coming to pick up Yeondu and me.
Was now shaking with trembling legs.
【Be careful. That’s the one who sent voice transmission to that woman earlier.】
Voice transmission?
【He told her to proceed with the sparring.】
So she accepted my proposal after hesitating because of the guild leader.
He was watching this situation from the beginning.
I figured as much.
Something smelled fishy from the sparring proposal.
【Is it okay to be here without any countermeasures?】
【Girl will make a path for you.】
Don’t worry.
I came as a guest, so how could they harm me?
The news that I’m heading to Mir Guild has probably already reached the other Big Five.
If they try anything here, they’ll only be at a disadvantage.
“Your drinks are ready.”
I took a sip of the coffee the secretary brought.
Ugh.
Bitter.
Maybe it’s because I drank the coffee President Baek made for me.
It tasted worse than before.
“Is it okay if I speak casually?”
“Go ahead.”
You already were speaking casually anyway.
“About Hunter Park’s Summoned Being. Its abilities were incredible.”
“I think it’s a Summoned Being beyond my worth.”
“Having a strong Summoned Being is also Hunter Park’s skill. Take pride in it.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Don’t be so stiff. Relax. Just relax.”
Wow.
So. Un. Com. Fort. A. Ble.
“Guild Master. May I proceed with the discussion?”
“Recruitment is Manager Hong’s department. I’ll just watch, so talk comfortably.”
He’s acting like he’ll help me relax by laying me in a coffin and hammering in the nails.
I’d be able to sleep forever, so that would be comfortable.
“These are the benefits we can offer Hunter Park.”
―Contract Fee: 4,000,000,000
―Commission: 7%
―Dedicated Support Team formation.
4 billion with a 7% commission.
Compared to the conditions Chilseong Guild offered, each item was missing a screw.
The contract fee was less than half.
The Monster Byproducts commission was also ambiguously high.
【These shameless fools are undervaluing Master’s worth.】
【My lord! You should storm out of here immediately!】
Don’t get excited.
Honestly, I was dumbfounded.
4 billion was a large sum.
It was a bit less than half of Chilseong Guild’s proposal of 10 billion, but it wasn’t a small amount.
Even so.
I wasn’t surprised.
Normally my heart should be pounding just looking at the numbers.
I just thought, “It’s 4 billion,” and couldn’t think beyond that.
Am I gradually getting used to this kind of treatment?
Not long ago I was groveling in E-rank Gates, so it was deeply moving.
“Manager Hong.”
“Yes! Guild Master.”
“Don’t do that. Let’s spend a bit more.”
“Pardon?”
“Who was the newcomer with the best conditions in our guild?”
“Currently B-rank Hunter Kim Young-hwan. His contract fee was 5 billion.”
“It’s a feeling. Let’s give Hunter Park 15 billion.”
“Will that be alright? Our department’s budget isn’t quite that much.”
“I said I’d become the representative and guild master. What’s there that can’t be done?”
A contract fee that jumped to more than three times the original amount in an instant.
An amount that had grown even larger than Chilseong Guild’s 10 billion.
“I’ll think about it.”
“Good, good. It’s nice that a young fellow is being cautious.”
President Yong Cheon-woo spoke confidently.
“There won’t be anywhere else that can offer as much as us, so think it over more and contact me through Student Yeon-du.”
Yes.
But that wasn’t the issue.
“Thank you for the warm reception.”
“I hope we can meet again.”
A hand suddenly extended forward.
After staring at Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo’s handshake proposal for a moment.
I lightly grasped it with a relaxed hand.
* * *
A luxury sedan exiting from Mir Guild Headquarters.
It was the vehicle carrying Min-ho, the hero who resolved the brake incident and known as the Guui-dong Necromancer.
Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo looked down at the departing car from the penthouse on the top floor of headquarters.
“I’m sorry, Guild Master.”
“For what?”
“For the disgraceful behavior I showed at the training ground.”
HR Director Hong Yu-ri bowed her waist at a 90-degree angle.
“Fine, I get it.”
Yong Cheon-woo waved his right hand dismissively.
The fact that this gesture wasn’t ‘forgiveness’.
Hong Yu-ri knew this well.
“I will take full responsibility.”
“Of course it’s Manager Hong’s responsibility.”
An answer that came without a second’s hesitation.
The word Yong Cheon-woo wanted to hear was precisely ‘responsibility.’
‘Even though it was the Guild Master who gave permission for the sparring.’
She couldn’t point out that part.
Yong Cheon-woo didn’t like taking responsibility himself.
It was Yong Cheon-woo who accepted the sparring proposal with the C-rank Hunter.
But that responsibility belonged to Hong Yu-ri.
“Park Min-ho’s recruitment. Do you think it’ll work out?”
“I think the recruitment probability is fifty-fifty.”
“If it’s just about stabbing randomly, I think I could do that too.”
Yong Cheon-woo grinned wickedly.
The sharp thorns mixed in his voice kept pricking at Hong Yu-ri.
“So 4 billion wouldn’t have even been competitive.”
“It seems Seven Stars called out a much larger amount.”
“What’s the possibility they called out 8 billion or more?”
“…It’s not impossible.”
“Wow. It would have been a disaster if I hadn’t helped. Really.”
Suggesting to propose 4 billion.
Then stepping forward afterward to call out 15 billion.
All of it was Yong Cheon-woo’s instruction.
After speaking through Voice Transmission, he pretended to be generous and jumped in to raise the conditions.
“If things go well, it’s thanks to me. You know that, right?”
“It’s all thanks to Guild Master’s efforts.”
“Right, right.”
Blame others for responsibility.
Take credit for himself.
This was Yong Cheon-woo’s true nature that outsiders didn’t know.
“Then I’ll be going now.”
“Don’t forget the written apology about the Sparring incident.”
“…Yes.”
Creak―
The Penthouse that occupied an entire floor of the building.
Left alone in that vast space, Yong Cheon-woo looked out the window.
‘That wasn’t an ordinary Undead.’
The sharp Thrust that brought down Jang Min-seok in one strike.
Just for a moment.
But it was an attack that made even Yong Cheon-woo, watching from a distance, feel a chill down his spine.
It wasn’t because of its power.
Forget about Aura Blade.
It was a Sword Strike that didn’t even have Aura wrapped around it.
For him, it was an attack that wouldn’t leave even a scratch on his skin if he took it a hundred times.
Nevertheless.
The mastery of the Rising Attack contained in that Sword Strike surprised Yong Cheon-woo.
‘How could a low-grade Undead use such Swordsmanship.’
It was strange.
Undead species have their combat power rated slightly lower compared to their grade.
Decayed and rotting bodies.
Their average specs inevitably fall short.
On top of that.
It was a monster that moved only with hatred for the living, so its movements were simple.
Only when it reaches Dullahan level does it gain intelligence and can properly utilize its abilities.
‘He overturned that common knowledge.’
Min-ho’s undead transcended common sense.
A mere low-level undead.
To infuse the sword with the Mystery of Rising Technique that even Yong Cheon-woo couldn’t read at first glance.
It must be because Min-ho’s ability is special.
‘I must make him belong to our guild.’
A talented Hunter who could change the deadlock structure of the Domestic Big Five!
If.
The recruitment fails.
Then I’ll have to interfere by any means necessary.
‘If I can’t have him, it’s better to destroy him.’
Crunch!
The beer can in his hand was crushed beyond recognition.
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“Shall I take you home?”
“No. Please take me to Blacksmith District.”
“Understood.”
The ride out of Mir Guild was quiet.
No one else except the driver.
Thanks to that, I could organize my thoughts calmly.
“Voice Transmission. Thanks for letting me know.”
【Don’t mention it.】
When we were discussing contract conditions.
Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo instructed him to say he couldn’t raise it beyond 4 billion.
Did he think I couldn’t hear because it was Voice Transmission?
I have Continental’s Greatest Swordsman Sir Isra!
【Despite appearances, he’s quite cunning.】
“Indeed.”
I hadn’t heard any bad rumors about Yong Cheon-woo.
Before seeing him directly, I vaguely thought he must be an amazing person.
Without dirtying his own hands.
The type to shift responsibility to others.
“Not going would be the right choice.”
【But since Seven Stars changed their representative, won’t the conditions change too?】
“President Baek said it would go up if anything, but wouldn’t decrease.”
The 10 billion bet was made before the brake incident.
My name has spread through the mass media, so whoever becomes my successor won’t be able to impose conditions on me.
【Will you also have discussions with other guilds?】
“Let me think about it.”
Even though they’re called the Big Five.
There’s still a rough hierarchy established among them.
Mir and Hwarang Guild are old powerhouses that have been active since the early days of the Great Upheaval, building their skills.
Chilseong Guild is a corporate-type guild that grew rapidly with support from its parent company, Chilseong Group.
The remaining two guilds have somewhat less prestige compared to the ones mentioned earlier.
“If I were to have discussions, it would probably be with Hwarang Guild.”
I wasn’t particularly interested though.
Maybe it’s because I extorted, no, received a transfer of 300 million won from those Hwarang Guild Newcomers.
It feels a bit awkward.
Seven Stars also became ambiguous since the person I initially met with, Director Baek, was fired.
And there’s President Baek who’s willing to risk his life to serve me after retirement.
I wondered if joining a guild was really necessary.
【The Girl will support Master whatever choice you make!】
Right.
Thank you.
Having someone who’s always on my side besides family.
I never knew it could be this reassuring.
While organizing my thoughts, the Blacksmith District soon came into view.
“We’ve arrived.”
The Driver even opened the door for me.
Oh my.
How gracious.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
After greeting him, I headed to Hanil Forge.
“Hunter Park. You’re here?”
Nam Jin-woo approached with a bright smile.
“Um, is the Craftsman not here?”
“Master went to his Private Workshop to work.”
Phew.
That’s a relief.
Master Han Yo-han’s bloodshot eyes were creepy even thinking about them again.
Rather than that burdensome Craftsman, Nam Jin-woo, who I can at least communicate with somewhat, is better.
“Today we’re learning Long Spear crafting, right?”
“Yes. Please take care of me.”
The main purpose of the Workshop experience is to learn various weapon crafting methods.
What works well with Undead are Corpse-made Weapons.
Learning the structure of various weapons.
When you work according to the material called ‘bone’.
The Necrosmith’s abilities will also increase and the Undead soldiers will become stronger.
“But you’re doing really well.”
“It’s because Nam Jin-woo taught me well.”
“Come on. You learn faster than I do.”
When our country’s greatest Craftsman’s first disciple said that, even if it was empty words, it felt good.
Clang! Claang!
Following Nam Jin-woo’s guidance, I heated the metal.
Hammering and Quenching the iron dyed crimson.
A Magic Grade Spear was completed.
“If your Thrust level had been just 1 lower, it would have been Normal Grade.”
“Ha, haha. Just barely made it?”
“If you told anyone that someone making a spear for the first time got Magic Grade, no one would believe it.”
Is that so?
Since it wasn’t purely my skill alone that produced good results, I didn’t think much of it.
The Dexterity Stat I raised over 5 years of handling corpses.
According to Nam Jin-woo, it’s higher than most Apprentices.
I thought the good results came thanks to that bonus.
“You keep saying it’s not true.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
There’s no need to argue with someone who’s praising me.
“You should be able to handle the basic processes now, right?”
“Yes. Thanks to you.”
“There are various forms of spears, and the process methods are slightly different, so come learn again.”
“Thank you.”
Just as I was about to bow and leave.
[You have built the foundation of a Blacksmith.]
[Workshop Creation Skill is added.]
What?
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