The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 181
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
Chapter 181: Beyond Raid (1)
New Seoul Imperial Palace.
Emperor Ryu Tae-hyeon had gathered his family.
Three wives and eight children – five sons and three daughters.
The official reason was to discuss the imperial family vacation.
They usually took a vacation together once a year after all.
But given the timing, the family speculated it wasn’t just about vacation.
They knew too.
The Emperor’s approval of Japan’s independence.
And the fact that the Imperial Intelligence Agency was conducting thorough investigations on people who had belonged to anti-Korean independence struggle organizations.
There would definitely be talk related to that.
So everyone’s faces clearly showed signs of anxiety.
“Empresses, there’s no need to worry so much. Same goes for you all. This isn’t a meeting to interrogate anyone.”
The Emperor slowly brought his teacup to his lips and continued speaking.
“I have something to do, so I won’t be able to join you for this vacation. I’ll spend the vacation alone.”
Then Queen Choe spoke up.
“Your Majesty, we know you haven’t been in good spirits lately. But that’s all the more reason to spend quality time with family…”
Empress Yeon also chimed in.
“If Your Majesty goes on vacation alone, I’m concerned that disloyal gossipmongers will bring up discord in the Imperial Family and create all sorts of speculative stories.”
Queen Ju also opposed it.
She recommended spending the vacation together, but.
“Ah! How could I not understand your hearts? But there’s something I absolutely must do.”
Something he absolutely must do?
What could it be…
“There’s one thing I swore to accomplish when I established Samhan. I think the time has come, so I’m telling you now.”
He paused for a moment.
“I intend to subjugate the Beyond Elite demon beasts in the former Chinese lands, just Secretary Geum Su-ho and myself.”
“What?”
“Wh-what?”
N-no, Beyond Elite?”
“S-suddenly saying such things…”
Out of nowhere?
Rather than surprised, they were bewildered.
Because they hadn’t expected it at all.
“You remember the Black Demon Dragon’s northward advance that happened recently, right? You all participated in the battle, so you know. The Empire was almost in danger.”
Prince Ryu Jin-yeong answered.
“We know. But that creature died in the end, didn’t it?”
“The Beyond Elite isn’t just the Black Demon Dragon alone. And we don’t even know who killed that creature. We’re just speculating it was natural death. Its death was lucky.”
“Ah…”
“If we leave them be, incidents like the Black Demon Dragon affair will surely happen again. If not in my generation, then in yours.”
“…”
It was an irrefutable statement.
If the sea were blocking them it would be different, but the Chinese lands and the Samhan Empire are one continent.
“It’s like a long-cherished wish I must fulfill before I die. If we leave those creatures alone, the Samhan Empire’s peace will be like a sandcastle built by the seaside.”
The Emperor’s meaning was that as the ruler of the Empire, shouldn’t he naturally eliminate the Beyond Elite at all costs?
But even so, still.
The Emperor and Secretary Geum Su-ho going alone?
Does this make sense?
Is he being serious?
Or is this something he’s throwing out hoping to be dissuaded?
Right.
It must be his intention to be dissuaded.
If they prostrated themselves and made a fuss saying it absolutely couldn’t happen, the Emperor would surely pretend to be unable to resist and accept it.
“Your Majesty! This cannot be!”
“Pl-please reconsider!”
“We earnestly beg you to withdraw those words!”
“Rather, issue a total mobilization order for the Imperial Forces…”
Emperor Ryu Tae-hyeon chuckled.
“Words that come from an emperor’s mouth are never light. Even if spoken before family.”
“…”
“This must be kept absolutely secret from others. Same goes for the empresses. Please keep silent even to your maternal relatives – I’m simply going on vacation.”
With this, the bait was cast.
Would the secret be maintained?
What a joke.
Today’s conversation would spread throughout the Empire within hours.
So then?
Who would bite the bait first?
* * *
Baek Seo-yeon was waiting for someone in front of the TJ Group headquarters building at Gurye Bio Complex.
‘It should be about time for them to arrive…’
She had received advance notice from Chairman Kim Tae-ju.
A very precious guest was coming.
He and that person were practically one body, so she should treat them the same way.
He even said that if they wanted company business or confidential information that shouldn’t be revealed, she should share it without even asking.
Just what kind of person could they be?
There had been a guest who visited before.
That person came to Gurye briefly, then went around New Seoul spending money lavishly with the chairman’s card… would this visitor be the same?
‘When will they arrive though?’
He said she’d know just by looking.
She observed the passersby but didn’t particularly feel like ‘this is the person.’
But right then!
‘Huh?’
An old man walking steadily toward the company from far away.
He had white hair and a white beard, wearing what seemed like traditional white robes.
Around him, smartphones were floating in the air like magic, spinning round and round.
What was that? Superconducting smartphones, something like that?
But?
“…Oh my?”
She knew immediately upon seeing him.
‘The chairman?’
He looked very similar.
If the chairman aged and grew a beard, he would surely look like that.
‘That must be him.’
Baek Seo-yeon walked quickly to greet the old man.
“Excuse me, are you by any chance Mr. Danggumak?”
“Hm? Ah! Are you President Baek Seo-yeon?”
“That’s right. I’ll be attending to you from now on.”
“Nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you from Tae-ju. That you’re very capable. He bragged about you a lot.”
“…Ah!”
Baek Seo-yeon’s face brightened considerably.
His mood was soaring.
How could he express in words the feeling of being recognized by a superior he respected?
“Where shall I take you? To your lodgings first? You can use the chairman’s residence as it is.”
“No, let’s go to the factory first.”
“Yes, I’ll guide you there.”
While the Swordsman had gone off to play and eat, Danggumak had no such intentions.
Since he had come to Earth, he only thought about how he could help Tae-ju.
Inspect the factory facilities, improve anything that needed improvement, and also create new medicines if possible.
‘I should also take pictures of the shipyard, shipping company, and all the achievements Tae-ju has made.’
Though he wasn’t sure if the immortals would like such things.
Come to think of it, there was a lot to do.
Where would he find time to play?
Tae-ju had left for China because of important business.
‘I must guard his absence.’
* * *
The Chinese continent.
The place once called Henan Province.
This was the territory of identification number BEM – C04 Black Demon Dragon.
But currently, BEM – C09 Twin-Headed Demon Dragon had driven out the Black Demon Dragon and taken over Henan Province.
Tae-ju was in the monster-infested area north of Henan Province.
A somewhat distant location from where the Twin-Headed Demon Dragon directly occupied.
This was where it would begin.
Starting with awakening Ilisambaeyi’s wild nature.
“Sweep them away!”
“Grrrrrr….”
Ilisambaeyi’s roar in his true form echoed through the infested area.
Thoom! Thoom thoom thoom thoom!
Being such a massive creature, he killed most monsters just by stepping on them.
Even elite monsters were simply torn apart.
Either pressed down with his front paws.
Thud thud!
Or bitten and chewed up with his teeth.
Screech, crunch!
The three heads of the Three-Headed White Tiger—Ilbaek, Ibaek, and Sambaek—each brought elite monsters in their mouths and laid them down in front of Tae-ju.
Thud, thump, thud!
“Meow!”
“Mrow.”
“Mia.”
“…You guys are in your true form right now.”
Then.
“…Grung.”
“Grrr.”
“Grrrrrroar!”
“Right, that’s how you should roar.”
Tae-ju took out three Seondo and threw them one by one.
This should be enough to work together.
They could handle the small fry sufficiently.
Beyond Elite was his share.
He just needed to be careful of the qi barrier.
The qi of Beyond Elite monsters, emitted using densely concentrated mana, would shatter anything that came into contact with it into powder.
So if he could just neutralize the qi, it would be game over. The problem was how to strip away the qi barrier.
When he had defeated the Black Demon Dragon, he had received help from the protective talisman.
Danju Seonin’s treasure that provided invincibility for an extremely short 30 seconds.
But the cooldown was 24 hours.
If he couldn’t kill it within 30 seconds, he had to run away.
The protective talisman should be used more for defense than offense.
Then what would be his main means of attack?
‘Black iron hidden weapons might be possible.’
It was metal from Hell itself.
Needless to say, it was the natural enemy of monsters.
‘As long as it doesn’t break.’
Would black iron really withstand and not be destroyed by a Beyond Elite monster’s qi barrier?
‘I’ll find out when I get there.’
If worst comes to worst, he’d have to run away.
And besides, were talismans and black iron all he had?
He also had a hidden card that could reverse the situation.
Jecheon Daeseong’s golden fur.
A hunt where failure was impossible even if he tried to fail.
‘It should be about time….’
Tae-ju took out his satellite smartphone to check the time.
And the GPS coordinates too.
The location where he was supposed to meet the Emperor and Geum Su-ho.
First, to Ilisambaeyi who was happily hunting.
“Come here. Let’s rest for a moment.”
“Meow!”
He shrank to cat form and ran to Tae-ju, snuggling into his arms.
After waiting briefly.
Vroooom….
The faint sound of aircraft engines from high above in the sky.
It was a high-altitude transport aircraft operating in the stratosphere, having left the atmosphere to avoid flying monsters.
And two dots marked in the sky.
They gradually came closer.
Flutter!
Parachutes opened.
It was the Emperor and Geum Su-ho.
‘I hoped it wouldn’t be true, but they really came.’
And by parachute at that.
He had no idea what kind of plan they had come up with….
‘Well, they’ll figure it out themselves.’
* * *
The Immortal Realm.
The immortals were conspiring together for their plan to steal the Dragon Pearl from the East Sea Dragon Palace.
However, there was one condition that had to be met first to secure the Dragon Pearl.
The East Sea Dragon Palace did not exist in the upper realm.
It was located in the deep sea of Gangho Murim, the Human Realm.
In other words, to go to the Dragon Palace, they had to cross over to Gangho Murim.
“If we ask Yama to open the gate….”
“Would that work? They’re growling at each other just from making eye contact because of the soccer tournament.”
“And the gate to the Human Realm requires Sangje’s permission.”
“Ugh! Those Hwangcheon-gye bastards are no help at all.”
“Just opening one door and you’re bragging about it.”
“Right. When you can’t even touch the most important Earth door.”
They had to find another way.
“Wonsungi! Why are you just sitting there quietly?”
“Sigh, as I said before, can’t you leave me out of this? I’m already marked by the Dragon King, so if I do it again…”
“Do you want to die?”
“This bastard has been sucking honey while clinging to the Immortal Realm all this time, enjoying all the rights but avoiding the duties?”
“What kind of duty is stealing the Dragon Pearl supposed to be?”
“Shut up! If we’re doing it, we’re doing it!”
Swordsman gently coaxed Jecheon Daeseong.
“Wonsungi, listen carefully. Do you really have no intention of going to Earth?”
“…Well, that’s…”
“You know too. How incredibly popular you are on Earth.”
“…”
Jecheon Daeseong knew it too.
Movies, novels, animations…
That the multiverse world was overflowing with creative works based on him.
“You want to go too, right? You want to go and see for yourself?”
Jecheon Daeseong unconsciously nodded his head.
“Good, then give us your opinion.”
After thinking for a moment.
“I think there might be a way…”
“Tell us in detail.”
Jecheon Daeseong began his explanation.
“The Yoma Realm is quite an unstable place, unlike Cheon-gye, Hwangcheon-gye, the Immortal Realm, and Hwansu Realm. Because it’s located where it absorbs demonic energy from the Human Realm.”
“I know that too. The demons use that imbalance to escape to the Human Realm. You did that too.”
“…We call that a rift between the realms.”
“So you’re saying we should use the rift between realms to cross to the Human Realm? Hey! How do we know when that will appear?”
Rift between the realms.
It doesn’t appear regularly.
With extremely low probability, it appears and disappears at random locations, not fixed positions.
Demons also need luck to escape to the Human Realm through the hole.
“But what if there’s a rift between realms that can be forcibly opened?”
“Oh!”
“Good.”
“Wonsungi! Where is that place?”
“However, since we need to shake the balance of the Yoma Realm, tremendous physical force is required. Actually, that’s why I tried to steal the Heavenly Peach before.”
So they needed to shake the Yoma Realm with tremendous power to collapse the balance.
“If all of us Immortals combine our strength?”
“…Well, then it might be possible.”
“Guide us immediately!”
“I can tell you, but there’s a condition.”
“Condition?”
Jecheon Daeseong glanced around cautiously and continued.
“Leave me out of it. From the… the Dragon Pearl theft conspiracy.”
“Alright. I’ll leave you out.”
“Really?”
“Tsk tsk, what do you take an Immortal’s promise for?”
“Understood. I’ll guide you.”
Having received the promise from Swordsman, Jecheon Daeseong’s expression brightened considerably.
* * *
All the Immortals were mobilized.
About 50 people gathered in the Yoma Realm.
When the Immortals suddenly gathered, the demons scattered and hid.
They came to the place where they could forcibly open a rift between realms, guided by Jecheon Daeseong.
“…Here, there, and here need to be shaken. Pour all your power into it, whether it’s immortal energy or internal energy.”
“Really? Let’s start quickly.”
“Do we all need to cross over?”
“Right. If there are too many, we might stand out.”
Actually, they didn’t really want to go.
The Immortals who had once desperately tried to go to Gangho Murim and the Human Realm now found the Immortal Realm much more interesting than those places.
So everyone had hesitant expressions.
Swordsman summarized.
“Everyone shakes together, but only about 10 people cross over.”
“Who?”
“All Murim Immortals without exception. Either Gwi-gok or Gal Hong, and Danju Seonin too.”
“Good. Let’s do it.”
The Immortals took their designated positions.
And placed their hands on the ground.
Wooooooong!
Each injected immortal energy with all their might.
Crrrrrrrack!
The ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
Crack, craaaack!
It gradually intensified.
The trembling spread throughout the entire Yoma Realm.
“More, more, more, more!”
“…Ugh, why is this so difficult?”
“When will this ever end?”
“Just put in a little more strength!”
Crack! Crrrack, crrrrrack!
The vibrations spread not only through the Yoma Realm but also to the Immortal Realm, Cheon-gye, and Hwansu Realm.
Boom! Booooom!
Even sounds like bombs exploding could be heard.
Then.
Riiiiip!
The surface split open, creating a huge hole of unknown depth.
“Is it done?”
“It seems to be done.”
“It’s done.”
Jecheon Daeseong pointed at the hole and said.
“It’s a rift between realms. Go in quickly. We don’t know when it might close.”
“Really?”
Suddenly!
Thwack!
Swordsman kicked Jecheon Daeseong’s buttocks with all his might.
“Ahhhhh!”
Jecheon Daeseong fell into the hole after being struck hard on the buttocks, and an enraged cry could be heard from below.
“Damn it! I knew this would happen…”
It was the fault of the one who trusted an Immortal’s promise.
The Swordsman made exaggerated gestures as he made a fuss.
“No way! How could this be? The Monkey Demon has escaped to the Human Realm.”
“What a wicked demon!”
“A repeat offender. Old habits die hard, indeed! That’s right.”
“What are you doing? Let’s go catch it right now.”
The Immortal Jade Thieves also threw themselves into the Hole.
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
