The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 85

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Chapter 85
‘Something to talk about?’
What’s this all of a sudden?
Lee Kang-han tilted his head and replied to the message.
-Yeah. But there are reporters camped outside the house.
Kim Ju-young: Really? You’ll head home in the evening though, right?
-I figure by evening most of them will have scattered anyway. The presidential security detail has the entrance blocked off.
Kim Ju-young: Yikes. Okay, I’ll stop by in the evening.
Normally, with security and reporters swarming the front entrance, someone would suggest meeting another time.
Yet his friend insisted on coming by in the evening.
‘Now I’m curious what this is about.’
Lee Kang-han thought to himself.
-Yeah, see you in the evening.
Kim Ju-young: Sure thing. I’ll bring drinks and snacks.
He ended the conversation with Kim Ju-young.
Then, shortly after.
Father: Saw the news. They tried to kidnap you from China?! Are you alright?
A message arrived from Lee Kang-han’s father.
-Yes, I’m fine. It wasn’t a big deal.
Father: Since things have come to this, how about coming to the States like President Alfred suggested?
-Korea feels more comfortable for now. I don’t have strong plans to immigrate at the moment.
Father: Hmm… I see. Alright then. It looks like I’ll need to make a business trip after all.
A business trip?
‘Now that I think about it, Father did mention having business to attend to in Korea before we parted ways.’
But judging by the flow of the conversation…
Now that he’d said he wasn’t immigrating to America…
It seemed his father was saying he’d come on a business trip instead.
If that’s the case…
-Could the main reason for the trip be me?
Father: Well… you’re about 70% of it. The other 30% is related to Angels Wing.
-Angels Wing—that’s FIPA’s direct-affiliated guild, right?
Father: That’s right.
Angels Wing.
A guild directly under FIPA.
Players belonging to this guild would volunteer in countries whose Scores were barely holding on,
helping manage their points to prevent Light Towers from appearing.
Experts assessed that without them, in the years since the Mogadishu explosion,
Light Towers would have erupted countless times across multiple nations.
Father: The guild seems to be bringing along someone quite remarkable… but it’s not completely finalized yet. Let’s talk in detail when I’m there on the trip.
-Understood.
Father: Take care of yourself then. You did brilliantly destroying those four towers yesterday. That person also spoke very highly of you.
That person would most likely be…
The angel with the watchful eyes—Kael.
As the conversation wound down shortly after,
Father: Then… I’ll pray that God’s grace and peace be with you. The Lord will always protect you.
Lee Kang-han’s father offered his blessing as a parting gesture.
‘Really… he’s become a proper believer now.’
After witnessing an angel firsthand at FIPA and having a curse lifted, what else could one expect.
Still, it felt strange seeing his father—who once had no religious affiliation—like this.
Lee Kang-han gave a rueful smile and set down his phone.
‘Still some time before Ju-young arrives.’
If tower entry were available, now would be the perfect time to run one.
But since he’d run the tower late last night, tower entry still wasn’t possible.
And with so many people crowding the outside, he couldn’t exactly head out to exercise either.
‘Might as well check the guild functions.’
Lee Kang-han recalled that the fundamental framework of Cheonma Singyou was a ‘guild’.
He made up his mind to open the guild system.
He opened the player system window
and accessed the guild menu.
[Cheonma Singyou]
On the window labeled Cheonma Singyou, there was nothing but
the Sacred Flame burning brightly.
“……What is this?”
Wait, I just wanted to check the guild functions.
Why is only the Sacred Flame showing up?
Lee Kang-han stared at the Sacred Flame with a bewildered expression and tapped it once.
[The Sacred Flame’s status is ‘Fading Flame’.’]
[Most guild functions of ‘Cheonma Singyou’ are restricted.]
A message appeared saying the Sacred Flame was weak.
Notification of restricted functions had popped up.
‘So this is connected to the Sacred Flame too.’
Just like it was in the Demon Realm Territory.
The Sacred Flame really is the heart of everything, isn’t it?
Next time I go to the Demon Realm Territory,
I’ll have to ask the Sacred Flame directly how to strengthen it.
As Lee Kang-han was thinking this,
[Capacity: 22 / 25]
the guild member count appeared next.
‘Twenty-two members…….’
That would be Lee Kang-han himself plus twenty-one Chinese operatives.
If out of these twenty-two members the Chinese people are the absolute majority,
‘Anyone who saw this would think it was a Chinese guild.’
Lee Kang-han let out a small laugh and closed the guild menu.
Besides, he had no intention of recruiting new members right now anyway.
Once the Sacred Flame’s status improved, perhaps the capacity would increase as well.
‘In the meantime, I should practice the Cheonma Divine Arts.’
So he passed the evening reciting the incantations of the Cheonma Divine Arts,
“Lee Kang-han, sir—a visitor has arrived. He says his name is Kim Ju-young and that he’s a friend of yours…….”
The bodyguard stationed near the entrance approached Lee Kang-han cautiously.
“Ah, yes. I forgot to mention it. Please let him in.”
With that, the front door opened,
“Wow…… Security is tight.”
Kim Ju-young stepped inside carrying bottles of alcohol and snacks in both hands.
“I told you that you could leave after work, but you’re working in shifts.”
“Well, after that commotion, I need airtight security. How’s your body—are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
“That’s a relief.”
With that, Kim Ju-young began setting up for drinks.
Once he’d finished the preparations and taken his seat,
“So what did you want to talk about?”
Lee Kang-han got straight to the point.
Kim Ju-young let out a heavy sigh.
Gulp. Gulp.
He drank down the alcohol immediately.
“Actually…… I’ve decided to quit my job.”
“Quit?”
“Yeah.”
“All of a sudden? Why?”
“My boss caught me editing your video during work hours.”
Strangely, he was quite good at editing during his duties.
So eventually he got caught.
“He’s always staring at stock charts, then he goes ballistic asking what I’m doing on company time. Well, fair point—it’s my fault. So I apologized profusely, and then he suddenly changed his expression and said he’d overlook it if I could connect him with you. That’s when I decided to just hand in my resignation yesterday and walk out.”
“Connect him with me? I can’t even join a guild anyway—why is this boss of yours so obsessed?”
“He just wants to build connections with the Cheonma, that’s all. So I figured I might as well quit.”
Well, I suppose there was no harm in throwing in the towel.
“I could have just given him a contact number anyway. I could’ve just ignored him.”
“But that’s not like you. Besides, I’ve actually wanted to try something.”
“Try something?”
“Yeah—become a video creator. Since only players can use TowerTube, I’m going to become a content creator on regular streaming platforms.”
“Ah. So that’s why you’ve been learning video editing?”
“Yeah, that’s right. So I have a favor to ask…….”
Then.
Kim Ju-young suddenly stood up from his seat with a serious expression.
“……?”
Lee Kang-han watched quietly, wondering what was going on.
“Eternal glory to the Cheonma! Blessings upon the Demon Realm!”
Suddenly Kim Ju-young shouted at the top of his voice.
And began striking his forehead repeatedly against the floor.
* * *
“What’s this, all of a sudden?”
He was bowing even though I hadn’t asked him to.
Lee Kang-han watched Kim Ju-young with a bewildered expression.
Ding.
[‘Kim Ju-young’ has offered a sincere bow of reverence.]
[The power of the Sacred Flame has increased slightly.]
‘Huh? The Sacred Flame is getting stronger?’
Without a sincere bow, the Cheonma Divine Arts cooldown only gave him a minute.
But the effect of this sincere bow was far more significant than expected.
It had actually enhanced the power of the ‘Sacred Flame,’ the most crucial element of both Cheonma Singyou and the Demon Realm Territory.
‘I think I’ve found a clue to how the Sacred Flame can be strengthened.’
Just as Lee Kang-han was discovering this unexpected path to enhancing the Sacred Flame.
[You may now accept the human ‘Kim Ju-young’ as a member of Cheonma Singyou.]
[Will you accept ‘Kim Ju-young’ as an Outer Disciple of Cheonma Singyou?]
With the Cheonma Singyou’s roster at 22/25,
a message appeared asking whether to accept Kim Ju-young as well.
‘So accepting guild members was done through sincere bows.’
This was something else.
Everything seems to require bowing.
Lee Kang-han let out a wry smile.
“Uh……? Cheonma Singyou?”
A similar message seemed to appear before Kim Ju-young’s eyes as well.
He jumped to his feet.
“Me, me—is there any chance you’d accept me?”
“Yeah. There’s still room in the roster, but why?”
“Ah. Well…… Actually, that’s what I was trying to ask you about.”
Kim Ju-young hesitated before spilling the details.
“The video platform industry is tough these days. TowerTube’s taking over, and celebrities are all hiring professional staff to launch their own channels, so the market’s getting saturated…….”
“Is that so? I wouldn’t know about that side of things.”
“Yeah. So actually, I do have a channel I set up for interviews and editing work…… but I don’t even have a thousand subscribers. Monetization is completely out of reach.”
“Oh, you already have one?”
“Yeah. The growth trend isn’t too bad, but…… I need some kind of viral moment to draw people in all at once. So here’s the thing…….”
Kim Ju-young pointed his index finger.
And made his request in an earnest tone.
“Would you do just one interview with me? Just one. That’s all I need, really.”
So this is what he wanted to ask for.
Just an interview?
“Why do you bow for something like that? You could just ask.”
“Still, I felt bad about it…….”
“Interviews are fine anytime, so let’s do it whenever suits you. But why do you want to become a disciple of Cheonma Singyou?”
“Ah…… I was actually thinking of making becoming a member of Cheonma Singyou into content too.”
Already thinking like a professional video creator.
“So do you want to be an Outer Disciple?”
“Oh…… Is that okay?”
“Yeah. The Lowest Grade Disciples are basically working like slaves, but since you’d be an Outer Disciple, you’d be fine.”
“……Slaves?”
Kim Ju-young’s expression grew uncertain at those words.
Lee Kang-han pressed ‘yes’ on the system message displayed before him.
Then.
[Human ‘Kim Ju-young’ has become an Outer Disciple of Cheonma Singyou.]
[This is the first Outer Disciple. ‘Kim Ju-young’s allowed time to remain in the Demon Realm Territory has increased.]
The first Outer Disciple, apparently.
Kim Ju-young’s message glowed—he could stay longer in Manma Hall.
‘So Outer Disciples can linger, unlike the Lowest Grade ones. They come and go, like I do.’
As Lee Kang-han parsed the system through these messages,
“Manma Hall? Isn’t that where your summons show up?”
A message had popped for Kim Ju-young too—”First Outer Disciple”—
and he was asking about it.
“Yeah, that’s right. We’ve got the Chinese agents locked up there.”
“Oh…… So I can go in too?”
“Want to check it out? Just a second.”
Yesterday he’d simply gone in when the message appeared,
but to enter on his own initiative—how would that work?
‘The guild window didn’t have an entry function earlier…….’
He’d have to open Manma Hall to find out.
Lee Kang-han opened the Manma Hall menu.
There—he tapped on the Sacred Flame.
[Do you wish to enter Cheonma Singyou?]
[You may currently remain for 9 minutes and 22 seconds.]
[For Outer Disciple ‘Kim Ju-young’: your stay duration is 1 hour. Should you remain longer, the Demon’s Seal will be branded upon you, and your body will become bound to Manma Hall.]
The entry prompt displayed these details
and how long each person could stay.
‘Ju-young gets longer than me?’
Of course, if he stayed in Cheonma Singyou too long, he’d absorb the Sacred Flame,
whereas Kim Ju-young would simply become trapped in Manma Hall instead.
Still, it seemed wise to respect the time limits shown there.
“Ready to go?”
“Ah…… wait, hold on. Can I grab my camera? I brought it for the interview you agreed to earlier.”
“Sure. Though I’m not sure if it’ll work in Manma Hall.”
At Lee Kang-han’s permission, Kim Ju-young pulled the camera from his bag.
Once he finished preparing,
Lee Kang-han initiated entry to Cheonma Singyou.
Then—
Whoosh……!
A crimson portal tore open in the center of the outer chamber.
“Whoa…… a portal!”
“Let’s go.”
“Y-yeah. Wow, this is my first time using a portal……!”
Kim Ju-young had never had cause to use portals—he wasn’t a Player.
Even as he gazed at it with wonder, he hesitated to step through.
“Why aren’t you coming?”
“Ah…… it’s just so strange…….”
“Should I go first?”
Swoosh.
Lee Kang-han stepped into the portal ahead.
Watching his friend vanish,
“Wait…… hold on……!”
Kim Ju-young quickly followed him through.
The Demon Lord Breaks the Tower (Serialized)
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