The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 72

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Episode 72
Twenty million TP.
In Korean currency, that was twenty-six billion won.
A sum of that magnitude was beyond the reach not only of ordinary people.
But even moderately wealthy individuals would hesitate to dream of it.
Though it had been whittled down from the initial hundred million TP to this amount.
For Bronze Rankers, the figure remained difficult to covet lightly.
But Lee Kang-han was different.
‘First, I can receive fifteen billion as an incentive.’
The incentive contract he’d obtained by turning Congressman Ju Yong-wan’s machinations to his own advantage.
The most critical items within it were two in total.
Fifteen billion upon achieving C-rank Cheonma Body Constitution by month’s end.
Another fifteen billion if he reached the 50th position on the Score Ranking this month.
The C-rank had already been achieved.
So the fifteen billion was obtainable.
Of course, the money hadn’t actually been deposited into his account yet.
‘They’ll give it to me unless they’re planning to send me to the United States.’
With agents from the United States and China still continuously reaching out to Shin Yu-ri.
They wouldn’t overlook the existing contract and withhold the incentive?
Doing so would be tantamount to declaring they were abandoning Lee Kang-han to Korea.
He believed the Korean government wouldn’t make such a choice.
As for the second item—the 50th position on the Score Ranking—he thought it highly achievable as well.
‘But the results take two weeks to process.’
Today was August 17th.
The scores wouldn’t come out until September, yet Lee Kang-han wanted to proceed with founding the Cheonma Religion faster.
To do that, he needed to secure the remaining eleven billion.
‘I earned a decent amount this time… but not quite that much, I think.’
Lee Kang-han checked his TP reserves.
‘I’ve got a bit over four million.’
The TP had been nearly depleted when he built Cheonmyeong Tower and proceeded with the Flame Absorption.
But from the massive TP gained after receiving EX twice—once at the Infinite Tower and once at the Arena.
Combined with the flood of viewer sponsorship that followed his achievements, his TP reserves had grown to exceed four million before he knew it.
Still.
To earn this much in just a few days.
‘The EX rewards really are substantial.’
Lee Kang-han felt the gap between EX and S-rank rewards anew.
He decided to run some quick calculations.
If he converted his TP at a 120% rate of 1,560 won per TP, how much would he need to reach eleven billion?
‘Roughly seven point zero-six million TP, then.’
A considerable gap from what he currently held.
With a difference this large.
It seemed the time saved wouldn’t differ much from simply waiting the two weeks, collecting all the incentives, and then founding the Cheonma Religion.
‘Ah. That’s frustrating.’
When the total was twenty million TP, success had seemed within reach.
But once he ran the precise calculations and arrived at the conclusion that he’d have to wait two weeks, a sharper sense of regret settled over him.
‘Still, two weeks will pass quickly enough. I can wait.’
Just as Lee Kang-han was slowing his pace regarding the founding of the Cheonma Religion, considering things more deliberately.
[The Castrated Goblin Chieftain has submitted an urgent report.]
[Will you accept the communication?]
Ding.
A message materialized before Lee Kang-han’s eyes.
‘An urgent report all of a sudden? Ah.’
Earlier, when he’d summoned the chieftain a second time at the Golden Palace.
The chieftain had said he was measuring the value of the Gold collected during the first summoning.
Was this report related to that?
Lee Kang-han accepted the communication.
[Eternal Glory to the Cheonma! Eternal Blessing to the Demon Realm!]
As always, the Goblin Chieftain bellowed his greeting loudly and offered a bow.
[Master! The Gold extraction is complete!]
“Is that so? Did we get much TP out of it?”
[Yes! We’ve secured a whopping 2.5 million TP!]
“……What? 2.5 million?”
Lee Kang-han blinked at the chieftain’s words.
Wait—there was that much gold when the statue shattered back then?
‘I thought even if they gave me a lot, it’d be a few hundred thousand at most…….’
Did fifty goblins all rush in and collect so much?
While Lee Kang-han reeled from the sum that far exceeded his expectations.
[I shall present it to you right away!]
The goblin chieftain called out briskly.
[You have acquired 2.5 million TP.]
Then came the message that followed.
Lee Kang-han broke into a grin as he watched his suddenly swollen wealth.
‘Well…… goblins are surprisingly useful, aren’t they?’
Building a settlement doesn’t cost much either.
They just go ahead and gather the gold, then exchange it for me.
Maintenance costs are nearly zero, and if I transition to merchant I can expect additional income.
Among the first species to arrive in the Demon Realm Territory, he couldn’t imagine finding anyone with better value for money.
As he gazed fondly at the goblin chieftain.
[Then we shall present all the statues for sale right away as they are completed!]
The goblin chieftain ended the communication with those words.
‘So I’m still short 500,000 TP then.’
500,000 would be worth reaching for.
Unless the Clear Evaluation just keeps spitting out S-ranks.
If I got SSS+, I felt like I could gather that much TP within a week.
‘I should give it a try.’
For that, first though.
I’d need to recover that 15 billion won.
Lee Kang-han contacted his agent Shin Yu-ri to handle this matter.
[Ah, I was actually meaning to tell you about that…….]
Shin Yu-ri, who had received his call,
[suggested holding a Commendation Certificate awards ceremony this Friday and presenting the incentive at the same time. How does that sound?]
“Friday?”
informed him of the ceremony schedule.
[Yes. It is a bit late, isn’t it? I think it’s because the Commendation Certificate ceremony looked too shabby compared to FIPA. They handed out a sword that burns undead in one shot, while our country was offering 100 million won in prize money…….]
If only we’d held the Commendation Certificate ceremony earlier.
It got postponed because of contract troubles, and then FIPA poached one of our players.
From the South Korean Management Bureau’s perspective, the comparison must have felt unbearably awkward.
‘Today is Sunday, so that’s five days away.’
I can work on gathering 500,000 in that time.
“Understood. I’ll note that it’s happening on Friday.”
[Yes. I’ll contact you right away if there are any changes!]
With the schedule confirmed, Lee Kang-han
devoted himself fully to gathering 500,000 TP before Friday arrived.
And so four days passed, reaching Thursday evening.
[Clear Evaluation – SSS+]
[Commensurate with your evaluation, Clear Rewards are now granted.]
To Lee Kang-han, who had cleared the tower,
[the Clear Rewards are now unlocked.]
[Your Level increases by 3.]
[Your Level has reached the current Rank cap. Additional experience will accumulate as personal ‘Score’.]
[You obtain 120,000 TP.]
‘That was cutting it close.’
The rewards appeared.
* * *
Gathering 500,000 TP by Friday.
With only four days in which towers could actually be climbed—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday—
achieving this goal proved genuinely difficult.
‘It would’ve been impossible without the Adventurer’s Eye.’
Thanks to the hidden condition that surfaced within the Adventurer’s Eye,
Lee Kang-han received SSS+ on all four tower entries during those days.
If even one of those four days had failed to score SSS+ and I’d only gotten an S instead.
The founding of the Cheonma Religion would have been delayed by several more days.
‘Honestly, a few days’ difference wouldn’t matter much, but…….’
Whether I founded the Cheonma Religion on Friday or not.
Delaying it by a few more days—Sunday, Monday—didn’t seem like it would fundamentally change the bigger picture.
But now that the Cheonma Religion’s founding, which had seemed impossibly out of reach, was actually within sight.
I wanted to establish it as quickly as possible.
‘I’m satisfied with getting SSS+ for four straight days, but…… the species list in the Demon Realm Territory hasn’t changed.’
During four days of tower climbing, whenever I encountered foreign species, language proved impossible.
So I couldn’t add any new species to the Demon Realm Territory.
Except for that one time I ran into an orc on Wednesday and restocked dozens of them at the shaman’s altar.
I’d made no significant gains on the species front.
‘And no special rewards dropped either.’
Usually, scoring SSS+ came with special rewards.
It was disappointing that four days didn’t bring anything like that.
So, pooling together the TP I’d received as sponsorship and the TP the goblin had been earning on the black market.
I’d barely managed to scrape together five hundred thousand.
Still.
‘Once the Commendation Certificate ceremony ends tomorrow, I should definitely be able to establish the Cheonma Religion.’
The Cheonma Religion costs twenty million TP.
Surely it’ll be somehow different from an ordinary guild, right?
Just as I was anticipating this.
Ring, ring.
Shin Yu-ri called.
[There’s something urgent I need to tell you about tomorrow’s Commendation Certificate ceremony.]
“What is it?”
[Well…… apparently, the President himself will be presenting the Commendation Certificate tomorrow.]
“The President himself?”
[Yes. The special commendation is being elevated to a Presidential Commendation, and the President will personally be visiting the Management Bureau…….]
Unlike when Congressman Ju Yong-wan was involved.
Since the President was now the subject, I could hear the weight of burden in Shin Yu-ri’s voice.
And then.
[And there’s also likely to be a banquet after the ceremony…… would that be alright?]
She added the news about the banquet in an apologetic tone.
“I understand. I’ll have to go.”
I’d planned to come straight home after receiving the certificate and rebuild the Cheonma Religion.
But that would have to wait a bit.
Still.
‘If the President himself is stepping in, I should definitely secure the Score Incentive.’
I thought optimistically that the incentive I’d receive in September would be no problem.
Then I went to bed early to prepare for tomorrow’s schedule.
And the next day.
[Lee Kang-han the Cheonma: Special Commendation Ceremony at Management Bureau Today]
[President Kim Elevates Special Commendation to Presidential Commendation. Will Present It Personally Today.]
[Not 100 million—1.5 billion? The Management Bureau emphasizes the Incentive amount over the award money.]
At the news that the President would personally present the Commendation Certificate.
A flood of articles began pouring out about it.
-Why’s the President stepping in again? lol
-Approval ratings aren’t going well these days, huh? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
-Still, with the President personally involved, there won’t be any contract funny business…
-Isn’t this just showing the nation’s resolve to control the Cheonma?
-But wasn’t the commendation prize 100 million? That just disappeared and now everyone’s only talking about 1.5 billion lol
-The 1.5 billion is an incentive the Cheonma earned with his own strength anyway
-Yeah, anyone watching would think it was a prize they were giving him lol
About the President’s move in suddenly joining the awards ceremony.
Various opinions circulated.
But there was also a positive perspective—that the South Korean government had clearly signaled its intention to retain Lee Kang-han.
Such views did exist.
Meanwhile.
Screeeech.
A high-end sedan from GLASS pulled up in front of Lee Kang-han’s house.
The door opened, and Lee Kang-han stepped inside.
“…Director, the target has left his residence.”
A man watching from a distance adjusted his collar.
He whispered softly in Mandarin.
[Understood. The target happens to have a presidential dinner scheduled for today.]
A woman’s voice crackled through the earpiece pressed to his ear.
The owner of that voice was none other than
the young female director of China National Security Bureau Division 1014.
Director Jin.
“Then today is the opportune moment to move in.”
[Correct.]
“Understood. I’ll prepare, then. As for you, Director…?”
[I will also infiltrate and lay in ambush.]
“You as well, Director…?”
When she’d said she was coming to South Korea directly,
he’d assumed she was coming only to command the operation remotely.
But for Director Jin to personally infiltrate the target’s residence and lie in wait beforehand—
“Stepping in personally… isn’t that far too dangerous?”
[How do you think I reached the position of director in the first place?]
“Well, that’s…”
The man fell silent.
That Director Jin, despite her youth, had ascended to the director’s chair was precisely because
she maintained a one hundred percent operation success rate.
She had an extraordinary record—not a single dangerous mission had ever failed.
‘A mouse worrying about the cat, how absurd.’
He felt a flush of embarrassment wash over him as he
replied, “Understood, Director. I’ll begin infiltration preparations.”
Taking advantage of the moment when the target had left his home,
he began in earnest to prepare for Operation: Lee Kang-han Acquisition.
The Cheonma Demolishes the Tower (Serialized)
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