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Naturally, I decided to quietly cover up the incident where I assaulted Kim Hyun-tae and Jang Seok-hyeon.
Baek Chang-soo, who heard my story, reacted as if it was nonsense.
“Kim Tae-jin said let’s just cover this up?”
“yes.”
Our representative looked like he couldn’t understand at all.
“Why not! I came all this way!”
As Baek Chang-soo shook his body as if he was angry, the large call van taxi we were riding in shook.
···This gentleman. Just how heavy is the armor he’s wearing?
I shrugged my shoulders, saying I didn’t really know why.
“Well, I heard you accepted my sincere apology. I guess sincerity is something that gets through, don’t you think?”
“Does that make sense? What kind of guy is that guy? He’s as cunning as a snake!”
Baek Chang-soo knew Kim Tae-jin better than expected.
He continued, snorting.
“Damn. I was so looking forward to having a go at that guy!”
I squinted my eyes and looked at Baek Chang-soo.
I felt really sorry for some reason.
“That was your goal? Not to save me?”
Then Baek Chang-soo coughed in vain, looking embarrassed.
“Ahem. It’s a case of both. Anyway, Team Leader Lim, are you hurt anywhere? Were you threatened or something?”
“As you can see, I’m completely fine. I wasn’t even threatened.”
If it was a threat, it was actually me who did it, but Baek Chang-soo, who didn’t know that, said with a worried expression.
“If anything like that happens later, be sure to report it to me.”
At his words, which felt sincere, I smiled softly and nodded.
“all right.”
Suddenly, I thought to myself that it was a good decision to come to the White House.
Baek Young-hee, who sent her father to save me, and Baek Chang-soo, who came running without thinking about the consequences after hearing those words…
If the guild’s interests were the top priority, they would not have acted that way.
At that time, Baek Chang-soo looked at me and spoke in a quiet voice.
“It’s been a while since I came here, even wearing all my armor. I feel so tired when I just go back… Don’t you feel the same?”
“······.”
I naturally averted my gaze from Baek Chang-soo, but he continued to speak while poking me in the ribs.
“Hey, Team Leader Lim. When we get back to the guild, would you like to spar with me?”
This guy still hasn’t given up.
I sighed lightly.
“I respectfully decline.”
“Don’t do that, just this once···”
“Oh, I said I don’t like it.”
The middle-aged superman was persistent and even nagging.
“Just once! Okay? Just once! These days, even Team Leader 1, who used to be my opponent, is gone and no one will spar with me!”
“Take some time to reflect on why you are doing that.”
Baek Chang-soo, who had been bothering me until the van arrived at the guild, was eventually dragged away by his daughter who was waiting in front of the guild.
“Dad! Stop it!!”
In the place where Baek Young-hee had disappeared, Lily was standing with a discontented expression on her face.
“Little one. You waited well without causing any accidents, right?”
“······.”
Lily looked up at me and pouted.
“What? Why? Do you have something to say?”
He seemed to want to say something, so let’s wait a moment. After hesitating for a while, the little boy blurted out a word.
“···hungry.”
Then you are like that.
I nodded and smiled.
“Okay. Then let’s eat chicken today!”
But that day was a little strange.
The little boy didn’t look too happy while eating the chicken.
Of course I ate it all without leaving anything behind.
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The next morning.
A guest came to our tent.
A young man with a scruffy head and skinny body, carrying a large backpack.
Wang Guho nodded and said.
“Oh, hello.”
I wasn’t particularly surprised since I had heard that he was coming in the morning.
“Hmm. You’re early.”
As I yawned and answered, Wang Guho lowered his head once more.
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“Oh, I’m sorry about yesterday! Hyun-tae asked me to renew the contract···.”
“Okay. It’s all in the past. Just sit there for now.”
I pointed to the outdoor table. Wang Guho put down his backpack and sat down with a nervous expression.
“Would you like something to drink?”
“Okay, it’s okay!”
Since he was the type of guy who always said he was okay, I brought him a drink and put it down in front of him.
“Drink.”
“Thank you!”
It was still quite early. The little one was sleeping soundly, and Sirutteok was busy doing the work I had asked him to do since dawn.
I stared at Wang Gu-ho, who had a very tense expression on his face.
“······.”
“Why, why are you like that···.”
I had a rough idea of how this guy lived.
He was abandoned at birth and grew up in an orphanage. He was adopted when he was 7 years old, but was abandoned shortly thereafter.
It is probably because of this that Wang Gu-ho has a personality that makes it difficult for him to refuse requests from others.
Growing up always concerned about what others thought and with the fear of being abandoned, I became a pushover who did whatever I was told.
Wang Gu-ho, who had lived like a swindler in the past, died when the first ‘disaster’ struck.
Come to think of it, the first disaster is just around the corner.
Well, this time Wang Gu-ho won’t die.
I said with a generous smile, intending to start the conversation a little more comfortably.
“Please call me hyung.”
But Wang Guho showed signs of difficulty.
“I, I’m twenty-two years old···.”
“however?”
“I heard that the team leader is twenty years old… My brother is a bit…”
···That’s right. I’m twenty years old.
I was completely unaware of it.
But I didn’t intend to call Wang Gu-ho “hyung.”
I said, lowering my voice.
“Just know this. I’m actually twenty-three.”
“Yes, yes?”
“There’s something wrong with the family register. Why didn’t that happen so often in the past?”
“Isn’t that something that happened during the Korean War···.”
That kid is being so nitpicky.
I said, slamming my hand on the table.
“Then I should call you team leader. Anyway, from today onwards, you are our team’s tank.”
“···Yes, team leader.”
All the relevant paperwork was completed last night.
Black Hound handed over all rights to the superhuman Wang Gu-ho to White House, and Baek Young-hee took care of the rest of the procedures.
Now Wang Gu-ho was a superhuman belonging to the White House.
If Wang Gu-ho had chosen to stay with Black Hound of his own free will, things would have been complicated, but if he had done that, he wouldn’t have been called a fool.
Wang Gu-ho was the type of guy who would just do whatever others told him to do.
So, moreover, I found it surprising when the guy asked me a question.
“But why did you tell me?”
“what?”
Wang Guho bowed his head and said.
“No matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand why someone as strong as the team leader would want a tank like me.”
“I brought you here because I needed you.”
In response to my answer, Wang Guho spoke with a frightened expression.
“Oh, just in case you don’t know, this is my unique personality.”
Ddududduk.
Wang Guho’s skin began to turn to stone.
After a while, Wang Gu-ho, who had turned into a rock man, continued speaking slowly.
“This···is···all···.”
And then the petrification was lifted and it returned to its original state.
Wang Gu-ho, who had returned to his original state, looked even less confident.
“In the state I was in just now, my speech was slow, my feet were slow… My body was also slow, so I couldn’t fight properly.”
“I know that too.”
“···If you’re the team leader, you can easily get a better tank···. T, Team Leader?! Why are you doing this!”
Wang Guho looked surprised.
Because I was touching the guy’s chest right now.
“Try again.”
“yes?”
“Try
Ddududduk.
Wang Guho turned into a rock man again. I touched the chest of the guy who had turned into a boulder and patted it.
“···I was just hoping.”
Looking back, I could tell for sure.
Wang Gu-ho had a better personality than Geum Min-cheol, who was called a mobile fortress.
Moving Fortress Geum Min-cheol.
He was a superhuman who started to become active about 10 years later, and was admired as a hero with a personality similar to Wang Gu-ho.
With this ability, Geum Min-cheol saved countless people when disaster struck.
Wang Gu-ho had a
I had previously touched a rock sculpture that Geum Min-cheol had made during his early days, but Wang Gu-ho’s body was stronger than that.
And it will only get stronger in the future.
“Wang Gu-ho. Among the tankers I know, there is no one better than you.”
“No, don’t tease me. There are so many better tankers than me…. Someone like me is useless….”
“Idiot, who says this now?”
“yes?”
“One year, no, six months.”
Wang Gu-ho looked like he had no idea what was going on.
I said it with confidence.
“In six months, there won’t be a better tanker in Seoul than you.”
“That’s ridiculous…”
The guy seemed to be shaken by my confident expression, even though he said it in disbelief.
Wang Gu-ho was born in the wrong era.
Nowadays, there is almost no research on ‘individuality’.
Moreover, except for a select few, most superhumans had insignificant mana.
Superhumans who need a lot of mana like Wang Gu-ho to properly utilize their individuality were bound to suffer losses.
I could fill all of that.
And above all,
“You don’t know how to fight with that ability, do you?”
“yes···.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll teach you everything.”
I knew everything about how the mobile fortress Geum Min-cheol fought the enemies and how he utilized his abilities.
What would happen if you taught that to Wang Gu-ho?
The fire witch, the strongest dealer.
The best tank, the mobile fortress.
With these two together, I can clear countless dungeons just by carrying the luggage.
“I told you you had no talent?”
“···yes.”
I smiled at Wang Gu-ho, who still had an anxious expression on his face.
“I will give you talent.”
“ah···.”
For a moment, Wang Guho made an expression that could not be described.
It was then that I heard Sirutteok calling me from the kitchen behind the tent.
“Brother! I think it’s done!”
I nodded.
“The timing is perfect. Sirutteok! Bring that whole thing over here.”
“Yes, brother!”
I went into the tent and packed my utensils.
Today, there were four servings including Wang Gu-ho’s.
“Hey kid. Let’s eat.”
At my words, Lily rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up.
“Bab···.”
“Oh my. Go wash your face first.”
After a while, the three of us sat around the table.
The little boy pointed to Wang Guho with a spoon and said.
“Who are you?”
Yesterday, I taught them to always add the letter “yo” at the end of Korean words, and this is what it turned out to be.
I said, pushing the little one’s spoon aside.
“You don’t point at people with a spoon. And this is the person we’re going to live with here from now on.”
“Then you’re a servant? Like a rice cake?”
“Well, it’s not that wrong.”
Then Sirutteok came over carrying a large pot.
For some reason, the guy had a fearful expression on his face.
“Hey, hyung… this is really….”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
I patted Sirutteok on the shoulder, grabbed the pot lid, and said.
“Then shall we have a pleasant breakfast today?”
“Okay! Give it to me quickly!”
The little one, who had always been satisfied with his breakfast the past few days, was crying for rice.
I smiled brightly and opened the lid of the pot.
Inside, it was filled with a thick substance that seemed to have been excreted by some enormous being.
The third recipe for the Landlord Mana Nutrition Diet.
It was a dish made with monster entrails and intestines that I brought from Black Hound headquarters last night.
I filled a bowl with Mana Nutrition and placed it in front of each person.
“Now, drink up. Three bowls per person.”
““······.””
It’s now four days until we conquer ‘The Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’.
It was time to boost the team’s power.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
