Chapter 71 – Chapter 71
“I… Over there…”
Baek Hwa-yeon could not answer easily.
Money is tight, but he’s not the one who took down Knoll.
I was a little taken aback by the sight.
It’s not your job, so if you refuse firmly, it’s enough, but please think about what to worry about.
How much money do you need in your family to be swayed by this ridiculous invitation?
I was very angry.
It is not because of Baek Hwa-yeon who is worried.
That was just crazy
More than anything, what annoyed me was Park Yu-ri, who openly tried to steal our teammates in front of me.
I don’t think there’s any difference between a transcendental person and an awakened person.
There is only one thing that is not polite.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll decline.”
I said narrowing my brows.
Park Yu-ri then looked me up and down.
“The general public is left out. It is a mistake to think that you can do anything you want because you signed a contract with an Awakener.”
“I don’t think so. You are the Transcendent, so don’t act rude. Like a child.”
“What?”
“Isn’t that so. I’m sitting next to you, the team leader, and you’re trying to take away my teammates… Aren’t you really that polite?”
It was the colonel rather than Park Yu-ri who was taken aback by my remarks.
Park Yu-ri was still calm and expressionless.
The colonel, on the other hand, hadn’t said anything to me, but she was angry, so she thumped the table lightly.
She shifted her gaze in surprise.
As soon as our eyes met, the colonel opened his mouth.
“This is why these corporate braggarts who are blinded by money… Hey you. Do you think the Transcendentalist is playing a joke!? You guys like money, don’t you know that money can’t be earned if the country collapses? Didn’t you see the Cheonji-dong incident there? How many soldiers and Awoken sacrificed…”
Park Yu-ri stretched out her hand.
The colonel paused and she continued hers.
“I lost a lot of colleagues there. So now I’m putting together a team again. I’m thinking of taking especially talented guys and training them myself. It won’t be a bad story for you, and I’m going to compensate your company enough, so don’t worry. All right. This isn’t a bad suggestion, would it?”
This answer is of no use to me.
Baek Hwa-yeon should appear to make her own choices.
I silently turned her head to look at her, and she also nodded her head to see if she understood her situation.
“I’m really sorry. I’ll decline…”
“Why?”
“I like this team… I like a team with a manager…”
“You might think that because you’re still a rookie. You probably don’t have any experience of playing for other teams yet. All of my team’s supporters are Awoken. It’s different. I can carry a lot more quickly and without getting tired. If you want, I can attach a special supporter for you.”
Bang!
Suddenly there was a roar.
The table it hit vibrated like it would break and actually cracked.
The protagonist who recklessly used magic in this situation and in such a place.
It was none other than Kim Isol.
Oh my god… It’s finally coming.
“Let’s listen, let’s listen, so… That’s why we have to kill all transcendentalists…”
Yes? Transcendent? Why?
Say something to me, Mr. Kim Isol.
Could it be that you were thinking of fighting Yu-ri Park?
Isn’t it too arrogant to say that I strengthened my magic a little yesterday?
Transcendental, transcendental!
I looked up at Kim I-sol, who had been sitting next to me with a puzzled look on her face, who suddenly stood up.
She was angry and angry.
Ever since Park Yu-ri entered the building, she hadn’t been able to look at her expression at all, but it seems that she was very angry from the beginning.
The reason I thought so was because of her next statement.
“You seduce people like that and eventually make them die. If you’re a transcendental person, that’s all!?”
“What… Are you talking about?”
“I’m saying don’t say something you can’t be responsible for! I’m going to take you away like that and make you die by overexerting yourself!”
I don’t know what Kim Isol is talking about.
Do you overwork it and make it die?
Who? Baekhwayeon?
Have you heard bad rumors about transcendents?
Or more than that, was she such a warm person who cared about her teammates?
Park Yu-ri stared blankly at Kim I-sol without any change in expression.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about all of a sudden.”
“Don’t make a rude fuss in front of the Transcendental One! He’s not someone you guys can easily talk to.”
“Huh. It’s only a little strong, but you’re just an Awakener anyway, right?”
I grabbed Kim Isol’s pants and pulled them down.
Please stop and sit down.
As I look up at her frowning face, she sits sloppy and noisy with her arms crossed.
He followed my words, but his anger didn’t seem to be resolved in the slightest.
“Sorry. Originally, he’s a bit hot-tempered.”
Park Yu-ri, who was still expressionless, did not respond.
Like the colonel, this woman has a real poker face.
I can’t read any emotions.
“Then, we only came because we were told to come, so can we go back? I heard that you’ve already finished clearing the dungeon… I’m going to reject the proposal…”
“Hmm… I can’t help it. It’s good for now. If there’s something to do, I’ll call you later. We’ve got a lot of work to do. Hey… Would it be okay with that, Transcendental Master?”
“Yes. I can’t help it.”
Park Yu-ri was respectful only to her colonel.
No matter how young I am, couldn’t you be a little more polite to me?
My first impression of her was a mess.
What would you do if you had crazy potential and already reigned as a strong person recognized by the world?
It’s really disrespectful to me.
As for my temper, I want to get rid of my magic right away, but the colonel’s words make sense.
Without her, not only Cheonji-dong but the whole of Seoul might have been blown away last weekend.
As a Seoul resident, it is right to be grateful, but…
Ah I don’t know
I want to go home soon.
“Then let’s go.”
I took my teammates and came out of the cramped atmosphere of the management office.
I want to copy the abilities of the transcendent, but will the day come when I achieve 100% synchronization rate with such an expressionless Yuri Park?
It probably won’t come until the sky splits.
With that splendid ability right in front of you… It’s a waste, it’s a waste.
I sighed again and asked what I was curious about.
“Hey, Mr. Kim Isol.”
“Why…”
“Why did you do that earlier? Transcendentalists! On the day when we do something wrong and get angry, all of us will be cut with a single knife.”
“Huh. There’s no way she would be like that, right? If it was that kind of bitch, she wouldn’t be in the military.”
My head is spinning quite a bit today?
What happened
“Anyway, I saw it again today. I didn’t know that Lee Sol would think of Baek Hwa-yeon and her colleagues that way.”
“Who’s thinking what! I didn’t mean it like that!”
“I know. Don’t know.”
I stroked Kim Isol’s hair.
It was the first skinship and expression of praise in front of others.
But like an angry cat, he strongly rejects it.
“Oh no!”
This is how our Daejeon expedition came to an end.
It’s time to go back to Seoul.
And I have to go to work again tomorrow.
***
Thursday.
Today is the day when our company C team has a meeting, and I also attended it.
The reason is, of course, because of what happened during the Daejeon expedition.
All of our team Awakeners are resting at home.
Naughty guys.
I, who only attended the F team meeting in the afternoon last Tuesday.
Today, however, permission was given to sit through the entire meeting from beginning to end.
It was a very beneficial time as I could hear the stories of various senior teams going back and forth live.
Said the lieutenant
“I heard that C-class dungeons are hot these days because of the orcs. How is it?”
“Yes. Orcs are rampaging again in the endless plains.”
“So? Is that all you have to say?”
“Well, if you give us a chance, go that way… But they say the competition is fierce.”
All the Orcs are wearing equipment.
From iron weapons with plenty of mana to leather armor to horned helmets.
That said, there are many things that can be obtained as loot.
Of course, all companies are supposed to flock to it, and if you are even a little late to the hustle and bustle, you will only come to see the corpse.
“Is he there?”
“Sure.”
“Hmm… Do the Awoken say they want to go?”
“I’m going to make a lot of money, so should I hate it… But…”
As the name suggests, the endless plains are incredibly wide.
Since many companies gather, it is only natural that the oaks near the gate will dry out.
I heard that you have to move around the dungeon for at least two days to see the orcs.
So, it is a long-term expedition that takes at least a week or more.
The risk is also high.
People collectively refer to the space beyond the gate as a dungeon, but they say that facing such a huge space feels like stepping into a world different from the Earth.
In fact, the same goes for other dungeons.
There is only a difference between big and small.
That’s why the gate was once called the door of the dimension.
There were scientists who called it a wormhole, saying it was a planet beyond the universe.
But nothing has been clarified yet.
It’s just an unknown space.
“Now, next is Kang Jeong-hyeok. Let’s listen to what happened in Daejeon.”
I confided in almost everything that had happened except for the secret of my teammates’ strength.
In the first place, just looking at the quantity and quality of the spoils obtained from stingrays should cause a stir.
However, it was said that he had hunted a C-rank monster, and he had 60 curved swords.
This amount was brought out on a two-day expedition.
The team leaders of Team C who attended the meeting all looked distrustful.
“Chief. Can I trust everything he says?”
“So what? Actually, 60 bags of songs came into the company, but if it’s a lie, where did you get all these songs? Would Jeong-Hyeok Kang spend hundreds of millions of won at his own money to buy them in order to inflate his team’s performance? Would it have been like you?”
“Oh, no. It’s an unbelievable story…”
“I am of the same opinion. 60 bags of songs… Our team has nothing we can’t do, but Team Leader Kang’s team is Team F. This is our third expedition, maybe?”
“Yes. This is the third.”
“Look at that, manager. Can we believe Team Leader Kang’s words just because he brought a curved sword in this situation?”
“So, didn’t I tell you that you can see the talent? At the last meeting, if you had sent a friend named Baek Hwa-yeon to our C-team instead of the D-team, wouldn’t she have readily agreed? She refused because she was sure to send a talented friend to the D-team. Didn’t you do that?”
The topic suddenly shifted to Baek Hwa-yeon.
I was wondering what the heck this was all about…
“Hmm… The government is asking for a double penalty, but we can’t refuse.
All eyes were focused on me at the manager’s remarks.
“You don’t have to worry about Baek Hwa-yeon. He said he would never join a team without me.”
“What?”
“Heh heh, what is Kang Jeong-hyeok? Is he in a relationship?”
“It’s not like that, but I can’t say it with my own mouth, but my evaluation is pretty good to my teammates.”
“Really? It’s nice to hear that.”
“At this point, Team Leader Kang should be put under me as an assistant, and Baek Hwa-yeon should send her to Team C, Manager!”
I was very excited with each other.
Whoever you want
By the way, the government has already sent an offer to scout Baek Hwa-yeon to the company?
Park Yu-ri, you can’t leave that bitch alone.
Where do you dare to cross someone?
You haven’t heard the news that there’s an Awoken lying in the hospital who lost his magic after taking mine out, right?
In fact, no one would have heard of it…
Anyway.
There is no way my guys will betray me.
That said, I have no intention of joining the seniors’ team as an assistant.
So speak well, Lim.
How much money did I make for the company this week?
“Chief Kang. What do you think?”
“What exactly do you mean? If you’re asking about going as an assistant to Team C, there’s not a single bit of it.”
“Not that, but Baek Hwa-yeon. I wonder how long I can’t keep her on Team F.”
I finally felt that the time had come.
“Why don’t you trust me and have everyone on my team take the D-Class Awoken license test? I bet on my name that they will pass.”
“What? Not Baek Hwa-yeon, but the power?”
“Yes! And if everyone passes, would you promote our team to Team D right away!?”
I have no intention of staying with Team F forever.
Of course, I have no intention of staying at this company for long, but I don’t have the money to go out and start a company right away, so let’s go up to D-level.
And when you’re at the company, you have to have them take a license test because the cost of the test is solid.
It’s pretty expensive too.
