Episode 145
Clink!
First, the teacup containing black tea flew and broke.
Next, the documents on the desk flew and scattered in a mess.
Then the name plate flew off and the ashtray flew away.
Even after that, Kim Seong-jin’s anger didn’t seem to subside, and he huffed with a red face.
Seongjin was the guild leader of the Sun Guild.
He had a different origin from the guild leaders of other large guilds.
It was the royal family of the IK Group conglomerate, Korea’s leading conglomerate.
As a third-generation chaebol, he has enjoyed a life like a crown prince since he was young.
However, in the early days, he even awakened as an A-level awakener.
IK Group, which had a keen interest in making money in the hunter industry, supported Seongjin and founded a guild.
And the guild that was founded rose to the top of the industry with great support from the IK Group.
To other people, it seemed like he was living a life where he had everything in mind.
Since he has lived a life of unstoppable success, he cannot tolerate even the slightest irritation.
Besides, this time it wasn’t just a little annoying.
Something happened that completely tarnished the guild’s name.
“Secretary Kim, are you thinking about it or not? If something like that happens, you should report it right away!”
Seongjin shouted at a man in a suit who appeared to be in his 40s standing in front of him with his head bowed.
“I’m sorry. They told me not to contact them as much as possible when I go abroad for vacation….”
“For things like this, you have to contact me! Don’t you have a brain?”
Seongjin kicked Secretary Kim’s shin.
There was a loud, bloody sound.
Even though I controlled my strength, it would still be incredibly painful.
Nevertheless, Secretary Kim kept his mouth shut and endured the pain.
“Ha, f*ck.”
Seongjin frowned and swore.
Even Seongjin, a third-generation tycoon and guild leader, could not take out his anger on the precious upper-class hunters.
So instead, he was pecking at Secretary Kim.
“You damn bastards, why do you work like that while making so much money?”
“….”
“Does it make sense to lose the boss to the Yangji Guild bastards? Does it make sense?”
“…They say you had very bad luck.”
Pow!
This time the fist flew into the abdomen.
Secretary Kim bit her lip so hard that it bled to suppress a moan.
My body trembled with pain.
“Are you an asshole? Look at the atmosphere and say something!”
“…sorry.”
Seongjin looked so annoyed that he was about to hit Secretary Kim again, but he barely stopped.
“Investigation immediately.”
“yes?”
“I mean the Yangji Guild. It doesn’t matter how much money you spend, so investigate all of your in-laws’ cousins.”
Seongjin was the type of person who couldn’t live with being abused.
This incident brought great shame to the industry as well as people.
I would never let go of my anger unless I somehow made up for what happened this time.
I felt like I wanted to cut off the food chain.
If the other party had been a subcontractor, he would have done so.
However, the opponent was also a guild with many high-level hunters.
I had to use a different move.
That’s why I first ordered a background investigation.
If you find a weakness, you can use it to shake your opponent.
“All right.”
Secretary Kim answered with his head down.
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Three weeks have passed since the above gate attack.
Sihyeon didn’t feel any difference from before.
Well, since Joo was a prison guard and Reid was vice, it was only natural.
There was no contact from Sujin again.
I don’t know if I was tired of struggling and just gave up or what.
However, the people in the guild clearly seemed to feel a difference.
The status in the industry has changed.
It was said that it was thanks to their success in putting a dent in the well-established league of their own among the large guilds located on the top floor.
To be honest, in this matter, the people of the Yangji guild, including myself, did nothing.
It was like eating pheasant and eggs while receiving free money.
Of course, such a joint strategy was achieved because high-level hunters, including Cheolhyeong and Mujik, had worked hard to raise the guild to this position.
“Why are you walking home from work today?”
As I walked toward the outer gate, the foreman on duty at the outer gate asked.
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Since Si-hyeon always commuted to work by car, that was what caught my eye.
“Because something like that happened.”
As Sihyeon answered that question, her gaze turned towards the parking lot for civil servants outside the main gate.
Since there were no complaints coming at this time, the parking lot was usually empty and gloomy.
But now, I noticed a car parked in the dark with its lights shining.
The chief, who followed Sihyeon’s gaze and saw it, made a knowing expression, smiled, and saluted.
“Ah, yes. Welcome in.”
“Yes, good work.”
Sihyeon smiled, saluted, and went out the outer gate.
And then headed toward the parking lot.
As I approached the car I saw earlier, the driver’s seat opened and a person got out.
It was iron type.
“Thank you for your hard work today, Chief.”
“What about hard work? It’s something we do all the time. Mr. Cheol-hyung worked hard to get here.”
Si-hyeon opened the seat next to her and got in, and Cheol-hyung also got into the driver’s seat again.
“There’s no need to come, why did you go through all the trouble?”
“The manager often comes to the guild, so shouldn’t I also visit him at least occasionally?”
“I think Cheolhyung is really strange too. Do you want to come here?”
After prisoners are released from prison, they usually do not want to even look at the place where they were imprisoned.
However, seeing as he calmly approached the special detention center, Cheolhyeong was not an easy person.
“I always come mentally prepared the day before.”
Cheolhyung said with a smile.
Sihyeon also laughed when he heard that.
“Let’s go, let’s eat dinner first.”
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Si-hyeon and Cheol-hyung had dinner at a grilled fish restaurant and went to a nearby coffee shop.
Perhaps because it is a busy area in Ganghwa Island, there were quite a few customers.
They sat down at the innermost table.
As soon as the drinks we ordered came out, Cheolhyung opened his mouth.
“The guild is crazy these days.”
“I heard roughly what the atmosphere was like… is that it?”
“Yes, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we are receiving a lot of inquiries about joining the guild.”
“Huh, I see.”
Sihyeon said as if she was a little surprised.
It seemed like what happened at that time became a more powerful advertisement than anything else.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but when I saw the industry’s reaction, it seemed like I had done something bigger than I thought.
“So, Chief.”
Cheolhyung started crying.
“Yes, what is it?”
“Do you still think that way?”
Just by hearing those words, I could tell what they were talking about.
So far, Sihyeon has been increasing the number of guild members by thoroughly targeting former inmates.
The only hunter in the guild who was not an ex-convict was Sihyeon.
“hmm.”
Sihyeon rested his chin and was lost in thought.
It was easier to manage it the way it is now.
However, there was a limit to the guild’s growth based on the number of recipients alone.
I had no choice but to admit that.
If the goal was to create a larger guild, there was a need to make changes here.
However, the purpose of the first vision was not to create the largest guild in Korea.
That’s why I’m worried.
At first, I just thought it was a win-win.
Although they were semi-forced to join by Sihyeon, they still needed a guild to make a living as hunters in society.
It may be okay if you are a high-level hunter, but if you are a low-level hunter, you are labeled as an ex-convict and it is difficult to find a proper guild.
For those who had given up on the idea that they would not be able to make a living through hunter work, the creation of Sihyeon’s guild was definitely helpful.
Maybe that’s why I felt that they not only had feelings of fear toward Sihyeon, but also feelings of gratitude.
It wasn’t just them.
As the guild grew larger and its position increased, it was visible that the guild members felt pride and satisfaction.
As I lived as a member of an organization, I naturally felt a sense of unity with the organization.
From Sihyeon’s perspective, it seemed like the guild members were secretly hoping that the guild would grow bigger and stand shoulder to shoulder with the larger guilds.
That was the reason why Sihyeon was worried.
This is because this guild is not just Sihyeon’s own guild.
“Chief.”
Cheolhyeong’s words broke Sihyeon out of her thoughts.
Sihyeon raised her head and looked at Cheolhyung.
“No one will be dissatisfied if you do as you think, Chief. However, it seems clear that now is an opportunity to take a big leap forward.”
Opportunity doesn’t come anytime.
If we passed it on without accepting ordinary hunters this time, interest would naturally disappear and this trend would soon fizzle out.
Cheolhyeong’s words certainly seemed like a correct prediction.
Ultimately, decisions must be made quickly.
Sihyeon also didn’t want to drag on with this decision.
Sihyeon opened his mouth after taking a sip of iced Americano.
“As the organization grows, it will be difficult to manage it, right?”
“Other guilds may be like that, but our guild has many like-minded people, so it’s okay.”
Cheolhyung answered without hesitation.
Obviously that was correct.
A sense of kinship as a former inmate.
And especially among them, the prisoners who died together in the Lee Sang Gate disaster were close to each other like brothers.
If they helped, there would be no major problems in running the guild.
“Okay. Let’s get a few good people as a test first.”
Sihyeon finally said that.
Large guilds usually had at least two excellent raiding units.
And not only the first attack group but also the second attack group had sufficient capabilities to attack the A-class gate.
That was a big difference between medium-sized guilds and large guilds that was difficult to overcome.
Even mid-sized guilds had at least one decent raid team that could attack Grade A gates, but that was all.
There was no ability to have another decent raid.
In order to keep up with the large guilds, they had to have the ability to recruit advanced hunters who could create a decent raid group.
This time, luckily, with the help of Lin Xue, a special S-class hunter, I was able to humiliate my opponent.
But that’s literally just luck.
Normally, this would have been the one to be humiliated.
There is a gap that is still difficult to overcome with large guilds.
Si-hyeon, without much greed, first planned to narrow the gap a little.
At the same time, we planned to see whether ex-convict hunters would get along well with ordinary hunters.
If they were the people they used to be, they wouldn’t have been able to do that for the general public, but they weren’t the people they used to be.
Anyway, if there was a problem, we could just go back to the way things were.
“I understand, Chief. I will select you carefully.”
Cheolhyung answered with a bright expression.
He seemed to like Sihyeon’s decision this time.
As the guild leader, it felt good to see the guild growing.
In fact, his personality was such that he did not discriminate between being an inmate and an ordinary person.
“Well, if it’s Mr. Cheolhyung, there’s no problem. Just one thing.”
“Yes, you say so.”
“Leave the first raid group as is and have Mr. Cheolhyung combine with the rest of the guild members to create and run another raid team.”
Si-hyeon himself continued to comfortably raid with the 1st raid team.
There was no need to hide anything when raiding with them.
There was no reason or desire to change that comfort.
There are many other guild members, so you can create another raid with them.
“Yes, manager. We will take care of this so that there is no inconvenience to you. We will use a different floor.”
Cheolhyeong, who is quick-witted, answered right away.
The first raid corps of other large guilds also have their own space.
If it is natural, then it is natural to receive special treatment.
After hearing Si-hyeon’s words, Cheol-hyung thought of using one more floor of the building and making one floor a dedicated space for the first attack team.
“As expected, I like Cheolhyung because he speaks quickly.
“Aren’t I the guy who graduated from Princeton University?”
Cheolhyung smiled and joked.
“Okay, okay. Then I’ll trust you and leave it to you.”
Sihyeon also smiled.
fantasy,
