The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70: Beyond Elite Black Evil Earth Dragon (1)

 

This current general mobilization order for active Imperial Forces also included regional armies from each domain.

 

So General Kim Woong-bang of Paju Domain was also preparing to depart for Beijing Stronghold City with his two sons.

 

“Be careful, honey. Please protect our sons from getting hurt.”

 

“Don’t worry.”

 

“You must stay close to the Third Prince too. The children need to catch his eye…”

 

“Enough. I’ll handle it myself.”

 

After finishing her conversation with her husband, Honda Mitsui looked directly into Kim Tae-pyeong and Kim Tae-cheon’s eyes and said.

 

“You both know this is a golden opportunity, right?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“Ah, I know.”

 

“You must make up for your mistakes. If you achieve merit before the Third Prince, you might even advance to the central Imperial Forces.”

 

Her two sons had become timid in everything after observing the Jirisan subjugation operation. In the end, they failed all their desired postings and had no choice but to be assigned to the Paju Regional Army.

 

She hoped this Wave defense battle would serve as nourishment for the children’s growth.

 

Honda Mitsui saw off her husband and children as they departed for Beijing.

 

‘Father must have departed from Kyushu Domain too, right?’

 

Her father Honda Kazuo was a supporting force for the Third Prince.

 

Influential Japanese figures within the Empire all stood on the Third Prince’s side without exception.

 

Until recently, the Third Prince’s power was equal to the Second Prince’s.

 

However, he was recently pushed into a corner, even falling behind Prince Oh’s faction.

 

He was seeking an opportunity for renewal through this defense battle.

 

Her father was a cautious and careful person.

 

He didn’t rely solely on the Third Prince.

 

How many insurance policies did he have in place.

 

Paju Domain was also one of his insurance policies.

 

Honda Mitsui took out a small medicine bottle from her pocket.

 

She still had the poison that her father had someone deliver to her.

 

Her father Honda Kazuo was a frightening person.

 

To poison the husband she’d lived with for 20 years?

 

Her own son-in-law?

 

‘…I could never do such a thing.’

 

Honda Mitsui loved her husband.

 

If she hadn’t loved him, she wouldn’t have borne him two children.

 

However, she didn’t throw away the poison bottle.

 

She simply put it back in her pocket.

 

* * *

 

Identification number BEM – C04, the Black Evil Earth Dragon’s sudden northward movement.

 

Wave warning notification messages for Beijing Stronghold City spread throughout the entire Empire.

 

The Ministry of Defense issued a general mobilization order for all active forces, and the media poured out articles daily.

 

【The Samhan Empire is in danger. A national disaster-level monster moves north.】

 

【Pushed by Beyond monsters, an enormous number of Elite monsters also move north together.】

 

【Ministry of Defense, total military mobilization order! Frontier development units returning one after another.】

 

【Also considering mobilizing reserves or civilian Awakened.】

 

Though it was a national crisis situation, there were those who saw this as an opportunity.

 

【Crown Prince Ryu Jin-yeong declares he will dedicate his life to defending Beijing Wave.】

 

【Second Prince Ryu Jin-su also joins the battle, vowing to stop the Black Evil Earth Dragon’s northward advance.】

 

【All five princes also join the battle, even the First Princess, Second Princess, and Third Princess.】

 

【This is noblesse oblige, the moral duty of noble status.】

 

The Emperor’s children, 5 sons and 3 daughters, all declared their participation in battle.

 

In fact, there were hidden motives.

 

This was all because of the youngest, Prince Oh Jin-cheol.

 

Prince Oh participated in the Jirisan monster subjugation operation, but for some reason it wasn’t made known to the public.

 

So his siblings all mocked him.

 

Saying he jumped into an operation that wouldn’t even be publicized and returned without any gains.

 

But something completely unexpected happened.

 

Their father the Emperor called Prince Oh Jin-cheol separately and praised him extensively.

 

He even bestowed upon him the highest grade elixir.

 

Saying that even in a life-or-death crisis situation, he never ran away and fought bravely to the end for the Imperial Forces soldiers.

 

Due to that incident, Prince Oh, who wasn’t even considered a competitor before, suddenly rose to become a strong candidate for imperial succession.

 

In the midst of this, the Black Evil Earth Dragon’s northward movement crisis erupted.

 

Naturally, the princes and princesses had no choice but to declare their participation in battle one after another.

 

As the situation escalated like this, the supporting factions backing each prince also went into emergency mode.

 

At Miri-nae Group, Chairman Lee Gi-eon personally stepped forward to lead support for the Second Prince. Of course, they would receive separate support from the royal family or military, but that wouldn’t be enough.

 

Just the military combat units and civilian Awakened following the Second Prince alone numbered in the hundreds.

 

Elixir support was basic. Various weapons and armor, consumables like healing potions and mana recovery potions, and financial support too.

 

“Did we secure all the military supplies the Second Prince requested?”

 

“Almost everything is prepared. But…”

 

“But what?”

 

Lee Gi-eon asked his eldest son, Vice Chairman Lee Byeong-u, in an angry voice.

 

“There’s something difficult to obtain.”

 

“Speak quickly! We need to run around everywhere even now.”

 

“It’s Taehong Recovery Potions. The Second Prince is currently demanding 300 pills.”

 

“…Damn it!”

 

Of all things, Taehong Recovery Potions?

 

He was so frustrated he could go crazy.

 

But business and personal matters must be kept separate.

 

The group survives only if the Second Prince succeeds.

 

Originally he tried to connect with the Crown Prince’s side, but too many people had already attached themselves there.

 

So he approached the Second Prince’s side.

 

He had no regrets.

 

The Second Prince’s faction was powerful enough to rival the Crown Prince.

 

Moreover, the Crown Prince was a person with many weaknesses.

 

That was precisely why the other princes didn’t give up and kept running for imperial succession to the end.

 

The Second Prince had to distinguish himself in this Wave defense battle too.

 

Then whatever he asked for had to be obtained unconditionally.

 

If the Second Prince ascended to the throne, he would kill Kim Tae-ju first, that bastard.

 

He absolutely wouldn’t let him die peacefully.

 

He would make him taste every pain imaginable.

 

For that moment, he would endure any humiliation now.

 

“…How many Taehong Recovery Potions do we currently have secured?”

 

“About 120 pills.”

 

“Phew.”

 

Medicine that couldn’t be obtained in New Seoul.

 

That medicine was only sold in Gurye.

 

“Send someone directly to Gurye. We can just buy it there.”

 

“Local sales have been suspended. All production is going to the military.”

 

“Damn it! What the hell…”

 

Suddenly!

 

Throb!

 

Sharp chest pain stabbed through him.

 

He must have overworked himself recently, working day and night.

 

“…Sob, is, is there a way?”

 

“We’re trying to obtain them by paying extra through Oi Market, a used goods trading site. But even that is running short on supply.”

 

“Even with money, we c-can’t buy them?”

 

Mirinaei Group also has a pharmaceutical company.

 

But it’s not even our medicine – we have to buy from another company’s drugs. And they say there’s no supply either.

 

This is all because of Kim Tae-ju.

 

He’s connected to everything that goes wrong.

 

Nothing works out because of that bastard.

 

Lee Gi-eon’s anger shot up to the top of his head.

 

His face turned bright red from his soaring blood pressure.

 

“N-no matter what, b-buy them! Even if we have to pay double, no, triple the price… b-buy… gah!”

 

Finally, Lee Gi-eon clutched his chest and collapsed.

 

“Argh!”

 

“F-Father! Father! P-please come to your senses.”

 

His son Lee Byeong-u was startled and supported Lee Gi-eon.

 

“Is there no one outside? Call an ambulance quickly!”

 

The ambulance arrived and he was taken to the emergency room for intensive treatment, but Lee Gi-eon, who had lost consciousness once, could not wake up.

 

The diagnosis was brain damage due to acute myocardial infarction.

 

In other words, a vegetative state.

 

It’s very rare for an Awakened to collapse from myocardial infarction, but what can you do?

 

That’s what the diagnosis says.

 

* * *

 

For three days, Tae-ju traveled around Seorak Mountain, Chiaksan, and Odaesan with Ilbaek-i, Ibaek-i, and Sambaek-i, hunting Giant Panda Bears.

 

To the point where he worried that the Giant Panda Bear monsters in the southern region of the Samhan Empire might go extinct.

 

But there’s no need to worry.

 

Do only Giant Panda Bears have bear gallbladders?

 

The Goliath Grizzlies living in the northern border region of the Samhan Empire with Siberia are also bear-type monsters, and the Blue-eyed Polar Bears above them too.

 

They must have gallbladders too.

 

He can catch them later and test whether their medicinal effects are useful.

 

One Giant Panda Bear gallbladder can make about 4,000 recovery potions.

 

Along with regular mana crystals, mutant ephedra, mana grass, and so on.

 

Tae-ju collected about 120 gallbladders this time, and there are about 60 gallbladders currently stored in Taehong Bio’s pharmaceutical warehouse, making a total of about 180.

 

Arithmetically, they can produce 720,000 Taehong recovery pills.

 

The actual quantity demanded by the military is only 20,000 pills.

 

There are sufficient materials, and there are three people making them: Tae-ju, Baek Chang-hun, and Jang Soon-cheol.

 

It would all be finished in a day.

 

However, since the situation is unpredictable, it would be good to make at least 300,000 pills.

 

So Tae-ju was busy making recovery potions in the pharmaceutical manufacturing room with his disciples.

 

“You’ve become skilled now, haven’t you? Both Yeolyang-gong and Han-eum-gong, even up to the Acupuncture Meridian.”

 

“Hehe, thank you. I can feel my skills improving rapidly too. At this rate, I’ll become a master.”

 

“Hey, what master! I don’t even expect it, how could we possibly…”

 

Tae-ju said with a smile.

 

“No, you’ll become masters within a year. There’s no problem if you just master the Five Elements Divine Art well.”

 

Currently, both are at the Middle Expert grade.

 

If he feeds them one elixir each, what’s so difficult about Superior or Master?

 

However.

 

“Still, don’t think Master is the end. It’s just the beginning. You know that even among Masters, there are vast differences, right?”

 

“Yes!”

 

The recovery potion manufacturing went smoothly.

 

They had made so many that they became proficient.

 

The quantity to be delivered to the military was already made and the first batch was handed over, so they could take their time making more.

 

Sometimes watching the news on the manufacturing room TV.

 

– What is today’s situation at the Great Wall of China?

 

– Currently, large groups of monsters have advanced to a point 20km south of the Great Wall of China. We’re reducing their numbers with concentrated bombardment, but we’ll have no choice but to stop the bombardment soon.

 

– Stop the bombardment? What’s the reason?

 

– It’s because of the elite monsters moving north behind the regular monsters. Half-hearted bombardment can never kill them, and we might accidentally give them a chance to evolve.

 

– Evolution?

 

– They’re gradually adapting to Earth’s scientific weapons. It would be like giving them vaccinations.

 

– Then Adapters and Awakened will be directly deployed. We’re concerned about casualties.

 

– Still, we think the damage will be much less than expected.

 

– Why…?

 

– It’s thanks to the miraculous new drug called Taehong Recovery Potion made by Taehong Biopharma.

 

“Oh! Our medicine was mentioned.”

 

“Hehehe, it was worth working hard.”

 

Baek Chang-hun and Jang Soon-cheol looked proud.

 

They couldn’t help but feel good when the medicine they made was directly mentioned on the news.

 

– Anyway, we can’t help but talk about the Beyond Elite Black Evil Earth Dragon, the culprit behind this situation. What kind of monster is it?

 

– As you know, it’s one of the monsters that survived nuclear attacks and brought down China. It’s about 100m long, about 20m tall, shaped like a crocodile, and has armored skin that can even block mana blades.

 

– What are its main attack methods?

 

– Its overall speed is slow, but the most frightening thing is its tongue.

 

– Ah! Its tongue.

 

– It has a long tongue, so its attack range is wide and its attack speed is very fast. Also, the saliva that comes with the tongue contains powerful corrosive poison. When touched by it, whether it’s people, cars, tanks, concrete buildings, or even elite equipment, they all melt away due to this terrible poison…

 

Flinch!

 

Tae-ju’s body, who was listening to the TV news, paused for a moment.

 

After thinking about something briefly, Tae-ju picked up Sambaek-i, who was sleeping soundly with his belly exposed, and stood up.

 

“Huh? Master, are you going in to rest?”

 

“Thank you for your hard work. We’ll take care of making the rest now.”

 

Tae-ju shook his head and said.

 

“It seems we’ll be short on materials. I need to get more gallbladders. This time it will take a while. It might take about a week, so work hard making them even without me.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Don’t worry, Master.”

 

He also called Baek Seo-yeon and Baek Hong-pyo to let them know he would be away due to material procurement.

 

‘Black Evil Earth Dragon, powerful corrosive poison from its long tongue…’

 

Just thinking about it makes his body heat up.

 

* * *

 

Doing something by lottery in the Immortal Realm presents many difficulties.

 

Are the Immortals ordinary people?

 

They would use all sorts of tricks to pick only the items they want.

 

So for a fair lottery, Danggumak put his heart and soul into it.

 

The so-called lottery-style ball drawing.

 

He asked the Iron Armor Immortal to prepare a circular container made of thick iron plates, and asked the Demon Valley Immortal and Galhong Immortal to carve various spell formations.

 

So that external forces could never interfere.

 

Then he put balls with numbers and item names written on them into the iron container.

 

The balls were all the same size and weight.

 

He also carved small spell formations to make the numbers and letters barely visible.

 

Why did he make it so complicated?

 

Because he couldn’t trust the immortals.

 

How can you trust people who would ransack Dowon just because they lack elixirs?

 

Danggumak slowly turned the handle attached to the side of the iron container.

 

Then the sound of a marble rolling around inside could be heard.

 

The immortals gathered demurely in front of the marble drawing container with expectant expressions.

 

Each held in their hands a numbered item exchange priority ticket.

 

Not an exchange voucher, but a priority ticket.

 

The right to purchase items with Seondo.

 

Tension flows.

 

Gulp.

 

The sound of someone swallowing.

 

Not a single person opened their mouth.

 

Rattle rattle rattle.

 

Finally, a marble rolls out from the iron container through the passage.

 

The immortals gripped their exchange priority tickets tightly.

 

Their palms were drenched with sweat.

 

Danggumak finally grasped the marble that had completely emerged.

 

When he held the marble forward, the hidden number and text were revealed.

 

“Number 24, the prize is a premium Godiva chocolate set! Can be exchanged for 5 Seondo.”

 

As soon as the number was called.

 

“I got it!”

 

Heolyeong Seonin came out dancing with joy.

 

“Haa!”

 

“Phew.”

 

“Thank goodness.”

 

“Damn it!”

 

Some sighed, others felt relief.

 

Swordsman was on the relief side.

 

There was only one thing Swordsman was aiming for.

 

The wristwatch.

 

If he won, he could exchange it for the treasure he possessed.

 

Was it only Swordsman?

 

Countless immortals sat anxiously, hoping their number would be called.

 

Then when a number was called.

 

“I got it!”

 

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In short, it was a festival.

 

And Wolgung Seonja, hiding her appearance while secretly watching the immortals play.

 

‘What the hell are those damn bastards doing for fun?’

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