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< Operation to subdue Shi-Balaam (2) >
The man looked around at the people gathered in the conference room and said.
“I think you all have seen the situation outside.”
They were in charge of survival shelters scattered throughout the city.
Soldiers, superhumans, politicians, etc.
A dozen or so people sat around with serious expressions, looking at the only person who had a clear understanding of the current situation.
‘This man is the landlord.’
‘Vice President of the White House Guild.’
‘They say he’s the person with the power behind the scenes…’
The man continued speaking, receiving everyone’s expectant gaze.
“About an hour ago, an unidentified structure began to appear in the middle of the city. From now on, let’s call that structure the ‘Demon Castle.’”
“The Demon King’s Castle···.”
“Wow. What a brilliant name.”
Kookookookookung!
The earthquake was still continuing. It also meant that the process of summoning the Demon King’s Castle was not yet finished.
The man recalled old memories.
‘It will take at least a week and up to ten days for the Demon King’s castle to be completely summoned to Earth. … I guess it would be right to calculate it as one week and move forward.’
When the Demon King’s Castle is completely summoned to Earth, the ‘Demon World’ will gradually take place on the surface of the Earth, starting from there.
Also, if the Demon King’s Castle settles on Earth, it will become a gate connecting the Demon World and Earth. From then on, the demons and demon tribes of the Demon World will flock to Earth.
In other words, the story was that we had to conquer the Demon King’s castle and defeat Balam within a week.
“According to our experts, we need to attack the Demon King’s Castle within a week to minimize the damage.”
Although he was the expert, he spoke as if he was analyzing the entire guild. It was a way to make him more persuasive.
At that moment, one of the delegates gathered there raised his hand.
“Let me just say one thing.”
He was a middle-aged man with half his head shaved, and he was the mayor of Busan. The mayor looked around and then spoke.
“I think it is more important to protect the lives of the surviving citizens than anything else. Instead of rushing into that monster den, we should evacuate together with the surviving citizens.”
The mayor of Busan paused for a moment and looked at the other representatives to ask for their agreement with his opinion. Some nodded slightly.
The mayor of Busan, encouraged by the response, raised his voice.
“We need to evacuate to Seoul right now! Most of the zombies have already gathered at the Demon King’s Castle or something, so it’ll be a lot easier to escape the city than before…”
“Mayor.”
The mayor of Busan, who had been expressing his opinion while spitting, closed his mouth at the gaze he felt from the other side.
‘It’s that girl again.’
Joo Da-hye was looking at him with a cold gaze.
“I told you last time that this story was impossible. Most of the civilians in the shelters have suffered minor and major injuries. If a large-scale evacuation begins, not even half of them will make it to Seoul.”
The mayor of Busan said, beating his chest as if he was frustrated.
“Isn’t the situation different now than it was then? So are you saying we should all die here together?”
The mayor of Busan thought of himself as a rational person.
So at first, I decided that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just stay in the shelter until reinforcements from Seoul arrived.
If it were President Kim Soo-ho, he would definitely send reinforcements as soon as he found out about the situation in Busan.
But now things are completely different.
“Go outside and look again. You said it was the Demon King’s Castle, right? Do you know what’s going to come out of there? If you stay here, everyone will die.”
The number of people nodding with dark expressions increased as if the Busan mayor’s words were persuasive.
But Joo Da-hye’s stern expression remained unchanged.
“Then what about the infected patients? Are you saying we should just abandon them all and go?”
Inside the shelter, patients called ‘infected’ were isolated. They were characterized by black spots on their bodies, and after suffering for several days, they would either turn into zombies or die.
“About 10% of the civilians in the shelter are infected.”
Once the evacuation begins, they will have no choice but to leave this place behind.
Of course, the mayor of Busan also knew that fact. That’s why the story of the evacuation was covered up last time.
‘You inflexible military bitch. Your words may have gotten through to people last time, but…’
The mayor of Busan had no intention of taking things easy this time and stepping down.
“What if that’s the way to save more people? This is a time when everyone here needs to make a decision.”
In the end, aren’t you saying we should just abandon the infected?
At the market’s shameless words, Joo Dahye gritted her teeth and muttered quietly. Her dialect came out without her knowing it.
“Mundi Jasek-i···.”
“What did you just say?!”
Before the mood between the two sides could get any worse, Dae-in intervened.
“Whoa, whoa. You two, calm down. Watching a fight is fun, but I don’t have time for that right now.”
The two people who were glaring at each other turned their heads to the opposite side.
Even though the mayor told him to stop, the mayor of Busan raised his voice as if everyone was listening.
“Some people may think I’m a bad person, but I’m also shedding tears of blood inside. Every single citizen is my family and my friend.”
With politician-like rhetoric, the mayor of Busan persuaded the wavering shelter managers.
“Everyone. Sometimes we have to make painful choices. Those choices can hurt or kill someone. But if those choices can save more people… I’m willing to make the choice to be a bad person.”
The mayor of Busan sighed with a gloomy expression.
The atmosphere in the conference room became somber, and more than half of the delegates nodded. Joo Da-hye opened her eyes and glared at the mayor of Busan.
The mayor of Busan continued speaking, ignoring the look in her eyes.
“So, please convince the citizens.”
The man narrowed his eyes and looked at the mayor of Busan’s face.
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‘You’re playing.’
He could clearly see through the Busan mayor’s intentions.
I don’t want to take all the responsibility on my own.
So, the plan is to persuade the heads of other shelters and get everyone’s ‘consent’ to evacuate to Seoul.
Even if nearly half of the refugees die in the process, it will be considered an inevitable sacrifice as everyone has already agreed to it.
‘The Demon King’s Castle must have appeared just in time. This is the perfect excuse to evacuate. Politician, you must have been waiting for this very moment.’
After returning to Seoul, the bald man will continue his career as a politician.
On the other hand, Joo Da-hye, who has a straightforward personality but is not good at speaking, could not handle the market.
“Absolutely not. We cannot abandon our citizens…”
“Isn’t staying here the same as abandoning all citizens?”
The man looked back and forth between the two men. Then he looked at the two groups of shelter leaders following them.
“I think it would be a good idea to evacuate too.”
“The sacrifices made by the citizens will be great…”
“Isn’t there a time when you have to sacrifice the cow for the greater good?”
“What nonsense are you talking about···.”
‘This is a total mess.’
The man sighed lightly.
I thought that I had to sort out this situation first before I could start the operation or anything else.
Boom!
As the man slammed the table, everyone’s eyes turned to him.
“To help you make your decision, let me tell you a few things.”
“I’m sorry, but it’s not something that an outsider should interfere with…”
Tsk tsk tsk!
As the mayor of Busan, who had been chattering like a bird, slightly raised his voice, his face hardened.
The man, satisfied with the silence, opened his mouth.
“I’m telling you clearly, if we can’t stop this situation in Busan, this disaster will eventually spread to Seoul.”
Hellgate has already begun.
A demon king came to Earth using a trick and began preparing for war in earnest, even summoning the demon king’s castle.
Therefore, the Great Man planned to punish Balaam as soon as possible, regardless of the means and methods.
Even if the method is a bit rough.
“If we don’t stop it, the entire Korean peninsula will become a battlefield. Then there will be no place to evacuate.”
At the same time, the man naturally expressed his prayers that he had usually consciously suppressed.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The presence of an absolute master filled the conference room.
“omg···!”
The audience was overwhelmed by his enormous presence.
The lips of the Busan mayor, who had been trembling in discontent, became glued together, and the superhumans who could sense magic broke out in a cold sweat.
‘What kind of magic···.’
‘Hey, is this really a human?’
The great man continued speaking, indifferently ignoring the astonished gazes of the supermen.
“That’s why I’m saying we need to stop it here, before it gets out of hand.”
Tsk tsk tsk…
The Great Man held his breath. As the suffocating energy disappeared, people began to breathe again.
However, the way they looked at people – especially the superhumans – was completely different from before.
Horror, horror, awe, admiration.
‘I think I’ve thrown the bait correctly.’
The man continued speaking, pretending not to notice those gazes.
“But if you want to go, go. Well, it’s a matter of personal freedom, so I can’t stop you.”
The mayor of Busan and several others breathed a sigh of relief. The mayor of Busan thought.
‘It’s wrong to go with everyone. I’ll have to persuade a few people…’
But the man’s words were not over yet.
“But please keep this in mind.”
As I said before, the Great One was planning to attack the Demon King’s Castle by any means necessary.
The man looked intently at the mayor of Busan and said.
“I will use all my connections and power to harass those who escape from here to Seoul until they die.”
The faces of the Busan mayor and several representatives turned as pale as corpses.
“what···!”
There was no one among them who did not know who the great man was.
Vice President of the White House Guild.
The name that Baek Chang-soo openly said was his successor – but he himself didn’t know it.
The man with the most power in Seoul, if not in Korea, was blackmailing them.
“Are you threatening us right now?”
The mayor of Busan barely managed to ask this question,
“Yes. It is a threat.”
The man smiled brightly and answered like this.
To the mayor of Busan, it seemed like the laughter of the grim reaper.
The man looked around at the other people and said,
“Okay, is there anyone who still wants to evacuate?”
“······.”
No one raised a hand. The great man nodded in satisfaction and gave everyone their first instructions.
“First, gather all the superhumans together.”
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Groan, groan.
The superhumans gathered in one place and talked amongst themselves.
“Why did you suddenly summon us?”
“Have you heard of that? The landlord from Seoul···.”
“What did you say? Gaga, gaga?”
The number of roaring superhumans is approximately 50.
These are the superhumans who survived until Busan turned into hell. Most of them were veterans with outstanding skills.
After a while, a great man appeared before them. The warriors of the Heavenly Demon Sect who followed him stood behind him respectfully.
“Hello, everyone from Busan. I am the landlord.”
The White House Guild’s reputation was already well known in the superhuman world, so there was no need for the great man to introduce himself further.
“The reason I gathered you all here is to cultivate your skills ahead of the operation to subdue the Demon King in six days.”
A hot-tempered superhuman shouted.
“Let’s get straight to the point!”
The gentleman shrugged and got to the point.
“In a nutshell, I plan to teach you all about martial arts. To put it simply, what martial arts is···.”
The great man raised his Pacheon Shingong in one breath.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The energy bursting out of his body spread out in all directions. The man’s hair rose into the sky and his clothes flapped wildly.
I intentionally went a bit overboard with the directing, but the effect was amazing.
“What, what is that!”
“That kid is crazy!”
The Busan superhumans could not help but be astonished by the tremendous magical power that the great man was emitting. Some of them collapsed with their legs shaking.
For the superhumans who had already experienced it once in the conference room, the surprise was a little less.
The great man who succeeded in capturing everyone’s attention in one breath spoke while gathering his inner strength.
“If you learn martial arts, you can do things like this. And many other things are possible. In front of skilled instructors.”
“Your name!”
The warriors of the Cheonmasingyo who had been standing behind the great man stepped forward.
Just like a magician who shows off his magic skills before selling medicine, the great man decided to show off his martial arts skills to the superhumans.
“First of all, light air.”
Swish, swish swish swish!
The warriors of the Cheonmasingyo religion jumped several meters from their original position, kicked the wall, ran up to the ceiling, and then fell down.
“Next is the sword.”
Chook! Choooooah!
A clear trace of black energy remained on the wall of the underground shelter.
“What else is there…? Anyone who can do Heo Gong-seop?”
“······.”
“Not a single one?”
In the end, the Heo Gong-seop thing had to be shown to the person himself.
“And the sparring.”
The warriors of the Cheonmasingyo sect split into two groups and engaged in a duel that was no different from a real battle.
Chae-ah! Chae-chae-chae!
The mouths of the Busan supermen opened wider and their pupils grew bigger as they witnessed the power and speed that was too much to follow with the eyes.
“I really miss you···.”
“Hey, what are you guys doing···.”
After showing off his martial arts skills to the fullest, the Great Man pushed back the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
And then he looked at the superhumans with a sales smile. It was time to slowly pull the bait.
“If you learn martial arts, you too can do this.”
Since that seemed like a bit of an exaggeration, the man quickly added.
“···Of course, it’s impossible to achieve this right away, but if you just learn the mind method, your magical power will at least double. If you train consistently, you can become as strong as the instructors here.”
‘If you practice until you die for about twenty years, you’ll be fine.’
Gulp.
I heard someone swallowing.
There is no superhuman in the world who does not want to become stronger.
Most superhumans would give up their entire fortune if they could become twice as strong as they are now.
‘If I learn that too···.’
‘You can become as strong as those guys?’
The man had thrown them an irresistible bait.
“I will learn! I will give you a ride.”
“I will learn too!”
“Sir! What should I do first?”
The superhumans were competing to learn martial arts. The great man looked at them with a pleased face.
“I didn’t say I would teach you for free.”
At every word from the great man, the expressions on the supermen’s faces went between heaven and hell.
““Ah, a little!””
The man, judging that he had taken enough time, took out a bundle of documents and a pen that he had prepared.
“If you want to learn martial arts, just sign here.”
After a while, the superhumans who checked the contents of the document looked at the adult with a bewildered expression.
“and···.”
“This guy’s sales are terrible.”
On that day, the White House Guild-Busan branch was established.
< Operation to subdue Shi-Balaam (2) > End
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