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“Superhuman. That’s a bit···.”
The person who spoke with difficulty was the manager who first came to see me, named Kim Gil-su.
As I stared at him, he continued speaking confidently.
“The original contract terms cannot be disclosed to the outside. We will decide the order among ourselves, so how about you talk to each other separately?”
The other managers nodded at those words.
Of course, it would be awkward to ask for a deposit in a place where there are competitors.
I fully understand your feelings.
That doesn’t mean I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.
“You said it was the Royal Family Guild?”
Gilsu answered my question with a big smile.
“Yes! Our Royal Family Guild is a prestigious guild with a tradition of 1 year and 6 months…”
It’s ridiculous to talk about tradition after 1 year and 6 months. I cut him off mid-sentence.
“goodbye.”
“yes?”
“I told you to go back since I have no business with your guild.”
“Super, Superman···.”
“Shall I let you out?”
As soon as I hardened my expression, Gilsu made a face like he had chewed shit and got up from his seat.
“···If you act so arrogantly, you’ll regret it someday.”
-Bang!
“Close that door gently and go out.”
I muttered, picking my ears calmly.
Although I treated them coldly as an example, I had no intention of signing a contract with the Royal Family Guild from the beginning.
Because we already know that the guild master’s extravagant management will lead to its merging with another guild in a few years.
“What do other people think?”
Several people left one after another. All the small and medium guilds that were not confident in competing for the deposit dropped out.
After filtering out, there are five guilds left.
I looked at them while drinking my coffee leisurely.
“So how much will you give?”
“······.”
The value of one superhuman is at least several billion to several hundred billion.
That’s why guild managers try to make a deal happen by any means necessary, even if it means giving up everything.
They approach the newly awakened superhuman and offer him all kinds of pleasures, treat him like a king, and lure him with sweet words.
I used to fall for it too easily.
I thought that when I joined the guild, they would treat me like a king, so I signed the contract without even reading it carefully.
From then on, I became a slave, not a superhuman.
Oh, come to think of it, I didn’t come from there.
The first guild I ever signed a contract with.
I was secretly looking forward to seeing you again.
“I will give you 1 billion won as a deposit.”
As soon as one person spoke, the managers started to make offers one after another.
“Then we’ll give you 1.1 billion!”
“Up to 1.2 billion is possible.”
“We are 1.25 billion!”
“1.3 billion! I’ll have to talk to the CEO, but with the skills you’ve shown, it should be possible.”
“Profit! Then us too···!”
Soon the competition got heated and my contract fee kept going up. I just watched with my arms crossed without showing any reaction.
By the way, the price is higher than I thought.
This may be because he showed an impressive performance on his debut stage.
“1.3 billion!”
He’s young, he’s only been awake for a day, and he’s even shown hunting monsters without fear.
“1.33 billion!”
The treatment was bound to be different from when I fell from a construction site and woke up in a daze.
For reference, my first contract deposit was 600 million won.
···I squandered most of that money on alcohol and women. I ended up in a lot of debt.
The auction was slowly coming to an end. The manager of the Warriors Guild, who looked like a gangster, suddenly stood up and shouted.
“1.5 billion! I just got your approval!”
“That’s ridiculous…”
“1.5 billion for a new employee? Just the signing bonus?”
When the Warriors Guild asked for 1.5 billion, the other managers could not raise the amount any further.
‘Warriors. Not bad, but.’
When money didn’t work, other managers tried to persuade me in other ways.
“We have a deposit of 1.3 billion, but we can provide other options so that you can earn more money···.”
“You should look at the contract contents carefully, not just the deposit. In our incentive section···.”
Although the other managers had not yet given up on the possibility of recruiting me, the Warriors’ guild manager was already smiling triumphantly as if he had won.
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That is, until she opened her mouth to speak.
“I’ll bet 2 billion.”
“······.”
The cafe became quiet at those words. I looked at the person who said those words.
It’s as hot as rumored.
A woman appeared in front of me in a pure white limousine.
It was Baek Young-hee, the manager of the White House Guild.
“We’ll give you the best of everything else. Base salary, incentives, and loot commissions. You won’t get this kind of treatment anywhere else.”
The expressions of the other managers darkened as they sensed defeat. She smiled confidently as if she was certain of victory.
I thought the same thing.
“Other people, please go out. Oh, and just in case, please give each of you a business card.”
After a while, only the two of us were left in the cafe.
Baek Young-hee came closer to me physically. She sat right next to me and spoke softly, almost as if whispering.
“Do you have any further questions about the contract? Or… Personal questions are fine, too.”
Her hand secretly touched my thigh.
I don’t hate aggressive women, but this one is a special exception.
The rumors must have been really great. I remember seeing several articles about superhuman scandals related to her.
I said, gently pushing away her hand that was on my thigh.
“Isn’t 2 billion won too high of a signing bonus for a new employee?”
It costs a lot of money for a newly awakened superhuman.
Training costs, equipment manufacturing costs, and a high mortality rate of up to 50% within one year.
Therefore, the contract fee for a new superhuman rarely exceeds 1 billion won. Instead, the price skyrockets from the second contract onwards.
“Why are you investing so much in me?”
She looked somewhat surprised at my calm attitude, then smiled brightly.
“Because I saw the video of you fighting the monster.”
It seemed like someone had taken a video of me fighting and sold it.
Well, that’s what I intended to do.
“I’m sure other managers have seen that too.”
“That’s right. But I have one doubt. How can someone who just woke up today fight so skillfully?”
She came a little closer and sat down next to me.
And he pretended to smell my body.
“Don’t you smell like a liar?”
“To be honest, I don’t wash very often.”
She chuckled as I shrugged. We were close enough that our breaths were almost touching.
“So I did some background research. Your family history, how you’ve lived so far, and whether today’s awakening was really true.”
She was quite a meticulous woman. While others were only focused on finding me, this woman was simultaneously searching for me and conducting background checks.
“So what’s the conclusion?”
Baek Young-hee’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. It was an expression of unwillingness to admit that her prediction was wrong.
“Landlord. You were an ordinary person before you woke up today. You were a quiet child even during your school days.”
Have you already researched my school days?
When I looked at her with a tired face, Baek Young-hee smiled with her fox-like eyes.
“So I’ve come to this conclusion. Either you’re a genius, or you’ve gained a [personality] that’s very advantageous in battle with your awakening. Am I right?”
It was a pretty sharp deduction.
But they were all wrong.
I whispered softly in her ear as she looked at me with an expectant face.
“It’s a trade secret.”
The disappointed face was quite a sight to behold.
“···Okay. Anyway.”
Baek Young-hee crossed her legs seductively. Her thighs were quite toned, as if she had been exercising regularly.
“Please know that we highly value your potential. We want to nurture you as the future of our guild.”
As Baek Young-hee spoke like that, her eyes were filled with ambition.
Baek Young-hee, the recruiting manager for the White House Guild.
She was also the daughter of Guild Master Baek Chang-soo.
“I appreciate your high regards.”
White House Guild.
This was one of the best choices I’ve had.
It may be difficult to say that it is the best right now, but it has the potential to grow into one of the top three guilds representing Korea in 10 years.
There were many superhumans who would later become quite successful, so it was good for building connections.
Baek Young-hee took out the contract from her bag and handed it over.
“Read it slowly.”
As I read through the contract, I felt once again that my fate had changed.
Contract terms that are on a whole different level than before.
A huge sum of money that you couldn’t even imagine, and even a secret glance from a beauty that would make your eyes roll back.
Of course, I could remain calm about all that now.
“I would like to add a few items to the contract.”
“Please speak.”
“I think it would be better to write it here rather than say it.”
I wrote down all my demands on the back of the contract that Baek Young-hee handed me.
Her expression, which had been confident at first, gradually became distorted.
“···Are you kidding me?”
“No way.”
Baek Young-hee summarized the requirements I had written with a look of bewilderment.
“Four days a week. Guaranteed to leave work on time. Right to refuse long-term assignments… If this isn’t a joke, then what is?”
“I told you. These are my demands.”
I was planning to retire within three years.
To make that a reality, there was quite a bit of moving ahead.
It is true that a guild is necessary right now for various reasons such as a solid background, steady income, handling loot, and tax management.
However, I couldn’t be tied down to just one guild.
So my first requirement was to be guaranteed as much personal time as possible.
“I will definitely carry out the mission assigned to me.”
Baek Young-hee’s expression turned cold.
“Do you think we would accept these conditions?”
I held the business cards the managers had given me earlier in my hand and waved them from side to side.
“Then I’ll contact another guild. Surely there’s not a single one that meets my requirements?”
Baek Young-hee laughed in vain at my confident attitude.
“What makes you so confident?”
In times like this, it’s okay to be a little unlucky.
“The only thing I trust is my skills.”
I thought it was quite possible that the White House would back out of the contract, which I thought was a bit too much to ask.
Then, try to negotiate to some extent, and if it doesn’t work out, contact another guild.
But Baek Young-hee was hotter than I thought.
“···Okay. I’ll persuade my father, no, the guild master.”
“Really?”
Baek Yeong-hee spoke with shining eyes. There was a kind of jealousy in her eyes.
“I really want to catch you, so I can see how great your skills are.”
“I won’t disappoint you.”
We looked at each other and laughed. Baek Young-hee got up, taking the contract with her.
“I’ll bring back the contract with the additional requirements. It won’t take long.”
“Then please call this number.”
Before leaving the cafe, Baek Young-hee winked at me.
“Next time, let’s have a drink instead of coffee.”
“Well, I’m a little busy.”
At my words, Baek Young-hee made a dumbfounded expression, glared at me coldly, then turned around and left the cafe.
I watched the limousine waiting in front of the cafe pick her up and disappear.
“It’s a monster. I almost fell for it.”
If I hadn’t known about those outrageous rumors, I would have definitely fallen for that woman and laughed it off.
Queen Ant Baek Young-hee.
Among the flying and crawling superhumans, there were more than a few men who were charmed by that woman and stamped their seals on long-term contracts.
“Never get too involved.”
Having made that resolution, I drank the rest of my coffee in one go and got up from my seat.
It will take a few more days for the deal to be finalized.
Before that, there was a place I absolutely had to stop by.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
