The Regressed Martial God Monopolizes Everything - Chapter 40

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Episode 40. Hunter Knight (1)
The brilliant light of the teleportation circle burned white-hot. His vision, which had been obscured, slowly cleared, and a colossal basin-shaped stone tower came into view.
The Sip-cheon Secret Treasure Vault, jointly established by the Ten Major Guilds.
‘The name sounds grand, but….’
The prelude to catastrophe hadn’t even begun yet, and this was an era when the Ten Major Guilds were desperate to devour one another—would they really keep actual treasures in a place like this?
Yet since they’d ostensibly signed an accord with each other and built this facility together, they couldn’t simply dump garbage here.
And so, despite its lofty name, the Sip-cheon Secret Treasure Vault was also called the Sip-cheon Worthless Treasure Vault.
It was a place where items too valuable to give away but too ambiguous in grade for immediate personal use had been carelessly thrown—that’s what the name meant.
‘Most of it is Discard Grade, but there are always pieces whose true value lies hidden, overlooked by those who don’t know better.’
“Are you this tournament’s champion?”
Pulled from his thoughts by the voice, Jung Hyun-su slowly turned his gaze.
A typical mage in robes was looking down at Jung Hyun-su.
Yet it was impressive how, despite the loose robes, muscle rippled visibly beneath—this one clearly didn’t neglect physical conditioning.
Jung Hyun-su clenched his teeth.
Hunter Knight.
The Korean branch director Yeon Cheong-ha had brought Hunter Knight with her too, but the instincts of Dark King Jung Hyun-su told him their natures were different.
These were the real thing.
Not merely so-called Hunter Knights, but Jung Hyun-su’s true target.
In other words, the loyal dogs of Association Chairman Seon-woo Hyun.
“Indeed.”
“Indeed…?”
The mage’s expression twisted with displeasure.
“So, having recently made a name for yourself, you’ve grown cocky and don’t respect anyone, have you? Your tongue is half out of your mouth, boy.”
“Why ask when you already know who I am?”
“Watch that mouth of yours, you little brat. Do you know why I’m here?”
“How would I?”
“I am Seon-woo Yong-nam.”
A cold, murderous intent crystallized in one corner of Jung Hyun-su’s heart.
He didn’t know what Seon-woo Yong-nam was in the grand scheme of things, but from the name ‘Seon-woo’ alone, he understood—this was Seon-woo Hyun’s closest blood relative, an enemy he would have to eliminate.
Seon-woo Hyun was originally the product of betrayal and ambition.
He had sacrificed all the blood relatives of the Seon clan—descendants who had been blessed by the original Arch-Mage they’d served together—and become an Arch-Mage himself.
After that, he made psychotic distinctions: he gave the name ‘Seon-woo’ to the most trusted of his loyal servants, while giving only the family name ‘Seon’ to his direct blood descendants.
‘In simple terms, Seon-woo means servants of the Association, while those with just the Seon surname are the lackeys who support him in the shadows.’
In any case, they were merely enemies to be crushed, so it didn’t matter much.
“Not knowing your place, you applied for Hunter Knight? I am the examiner assigned to evaluate you. Is that clear?”
Gang Hyun-woo’s maneuvering had been quite skillful.
In truth, seeing Jung Hyun-su’s rapid growth and harboring greed for the Dark King’s power, he’d probably overextended himself in various ways.
‘Not my concern.’
“Yes, then shall we begin the evaluation now?”
“We begin after your scheduled affairs are concluded.”
“Understood.”
“Follow me.”
Seon-woo Yong-nam turned, hands clasped behind his back.
“The tournament champion is permitted access only to the first level.”
It meant he could enter only the lowest-value section of the Sip-cheon Secret Treasure Vault, which extended five stories underground.
But it didn’t matter.
The target Jung Hyun-su sought—the Undying Coagulated Flesh—would be abandoned on the first level.
[Verifying access code.]
[Identity confirmed.]
[Opening the Cheon-jang Hall, First Level.]
The door opened with a mana voice created from magical power.
First level, low value—still, a space jointly funded by the Ten Major Guilds.
If one were to sell the items here through the Hunter Net auction house or the black markets of wanted criminals, a quite tidy income could certainly be obtained.
The Blood-Sealing Armor, which stored a user’s blood in normal times and granted Regeneration in emergencies; the Abyss Ring, capable of auto-activating several spells.
The Beacon’s Red Spirit, said to seal away demons, and other artifacts that would make a name for themselves in later times—all were visible before his eyes.
“Hmm?”
Yet Jung Hyun-su didn’t pause. He continued forward as though his destination lay elsewhere, and Seon-woo Yong-nam watched him carefully.
Setting aside his initial impression and his displeasure at the request to bring him into Hunter Knight, Jung Hyun-su was certainly a hot-topic Hunter drawing public attention.
The record he’d built was worth close observation.
One couldn’t become a Hunter Knight on raw power alone, and his current strength likely fell short of Hunter Knight standards, yet his potential was undeniable.
‘So taking the initiative isn’t quite in line with policy…….’
Regardless of his position, those above—or rather, he—had assessed the potential as worthy of high regard, which was why Seon-woo Yong-nam came in person.
To evaluate quickly and cleanly.
And the subject of that evaluation was…….
‘What in the world is this?’
He stood before a single piece of flesh suspended in bubbling liquid.
It had no name.
[Unnamed 999 Coagulated Flesh]
[Grade: Ungraded]
[Scheduled for Disposal]
Boom! Boom!
Behind him, three Archaia Guardians protecting Cheon-jang Hall thundered past with heavy footfalls.
“I’ll take this one.”
“Why?”
Held not in glass but in a mana-shielded box, the sticky crimson lump of flesh—this Unnamed 999—was something Seon-woo Yong-nam knew well.
An object of unknown origin, rumored to be useless and impossible to apply to anything.
As a reasonably skilled mage, Seon-woo Yong-nam had once spent time researching and analyzing its source, but it was an item that had left nothing but a scratch on his pride.
“Even if you own it and return it, there’s no reason you couldn’t substitute something else, is there?”
“That’s correct.”
“Learn that throwing a tantrum isn’t always the answer.”
Countless intellectual scholars had taken the Unnamed 999 and brought it back before; now a martial artist, not a mage, was carrying it away.
Jung Hyun-su simply picked up the Unnamed 999 and walked on without reply.
Seon-woo Yong-nam began processing the procedures with a twisted lip.
Boom!
The door to the Sip-cheon Secret Treasure Vault sealed shut.
“The Hunter Knight selection evaluation begins tomorrow. If you don’t participate, your request ends there. Any objection?”
Seon-woo Yong-nam had come on quite imperiously. But Jung Hyun-su took it in stride.
Hunter Knight was, after all, the Association’s symbol of power, and an elite unit where strict hierarchical order was maintained.
‘I’ll play along reasonably enough.’
“What time should I arrive?”
“I’ll come get you. At Garam.”
And so the exchange ended.
Jung Hyun-su had accomplished what he’d set out to do—obtaining the Undying Coagulated Flesh with ease.
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“You bastard!”
Greeting Jung Hyun-su upon his arrival at Garam was none other than Kwon Gang-pal’s roar.
“Have you lost your mind? Just like that, you cut off someone’s arm? Huh?”
The moment he was transmitted back, Kwon Gang-pal lashed out at Jung Hyun-su as if he’d been waiting, his expression as fierce as a demon’s wrath.
But Jung Hyun-su could sense it.
‘He’s taking the initiative on the mood.’
Kwon Gang-pal had moved first to seize control of the situation.
“Explain yourself.”
Jung Chul’s heavy voice bore down, and Jung Hyun-a tensed immediately.
The backlash she’d been dreading had come swiftly.
“Father… still, at least let him come inside first…….”
“Now!”
“You bastard! Aren’t you going to beg for forgiveness right now?”
Even under Kwon Gang-pal’s pressure, Jung Hyun-su faced Jung Chul with an untroubled expression.
“Garam was disrespected. More than that—mocked outright and struck down, humiliated thoroughly while being crushed under the weight of Mirae Group’s power.”
“And?”
“I intended to stop at an appropriate level, but they unleashed killing intent. I held back even then, so I’ve already shown considerable restraint.”
“You little shit!”
Kwon Gang-pal cursed bitterly.
“What about the aftermath? A war with Mirae Group could have broken out!”
“If you cower in fear of that, you’ll only stagnate.”
“What the hell are you saying?”
“Honestly, Garam wasn’t cowering because we’re afraid of Mirae Group, was it? We’ve been holding back to contain the Dungeon Breaks they’ve chosen to ignore.”
…….
“Them, not knowing any of that, they disparage Garam, call us the lowest rank, and insult us—there’s no reason to tolerate it. They should understand that it’s precisely because we exist that they can line their pockets.”
Kwon Gang-pal felt a sharp ache in the depths of his chest.
“No, you…….”
The one he’d least expected to understand was articulating Garam’s true nature with such clarity!
“In truth, the Mirae Group chairman isn’t foolish, and their fault is plain as day — so why declare war on Garam? The moment we step back, several Mana Stone Mines that Garam operates will slip through our fingers.”
“I have no intention of overlooking a Dungeon Break out of mere sentiment.”
His father, Jung Chul, was this kind of man — one who fulfilled his duty quietly, as a true Hunter when others turned away, a figure sacrificed to greed.
‘I don’t believe Father is wrong.’
Yet Garam must change.
“No one gives credit unless you speak up, Father.”
……
“That’s why I’ve come to say it. Garam shouldn’t be disrespected.”
Jung Hyun-su continued.
“I heard that Chairman Park came and left. What do you think made him retreat? Recognition of Garam’s devotion? No. It’s a calculation of the fallout that would occur the moment Garam stopped what it was doing.”
The talk of marriage and such that had unfolded with Jung Hyun-su as the other party was nothing but surface theater.
In reality, Mirae would become their backing, meaning they were still being told to clean up after Dungeon Breaks alone.
“But we can’t live like this forever. I respect Father’s will. Of course, if there are privileges that come with being a Hunter, then obligations must be borne.”
“So?”
“I’ll show you. How Garam will develop and move forward.”
“And the Association is what you’ve chosen for that?”
“You’ll see for yourself. If there’s nothing more to say, I’ll be going.”
Jung Hyun-su spoke those words and walked away, while his father merely watched his departing son for a moment.
Jung Chul understood.
The only fault in what Jung Hyun-su had done was that it had been excessive.
“Damn it all — if he’d only not planted his flag there. It could’ve gone down much more smoothly.”
Kwon Gang-pal had sided with Jung Hyun-su in his own way.
His hand had been a bit rough, and he’d thought this would become a problem going forward, so he’d intended to offer some stern guidance — but honestly, he never expected words like that to come from Jung Hyun-su’s mouth.
“Still, doesn’t it seem like something’s changed a little?”
……
Jung Chul’s thoughts had become complicated in many ways.
A Hunter’s duty. The fact that the price of a mission someone must bear was coming back as insult to one’s children — this had weighed heavily on Jung Chul as well.
When he’d heard Park Young-su’s recording, Jung Chul too had felt his blood boil in reverse.
In exchange for that, Park Young-su’s arm had been severed, so Jung Chul had simply agreed to a settlement and moved on.
The only concern was the excessive nature of the means. He worried about the resentment that would accumulate if such dealings piled up over time.
Garam’s sanctity, the victory in the exchange tournament — in the end, his child remained within his embrace.
To be continued in the next episode ▶
The Monopolizing Regression Martial God
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Cheon Ya
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