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“···What is this?”
Baek Chang-soo looked at the documents on his desk as if they were something from another world that he had never seen before.
The landlord stood in front of him with a calm expression.
“As you can see, this is a vacation plan.”
“I can read Korean too… Huh.”
Baek Chang-soo laughed in vain.
Team Leader 7 said he had something important to say, so he asked me to come up and make time despite my busy schedule dealing with the aftermath of the disaster.
Then, the first thing he came and handed me was a
Vacation? You want to go on vacation?
Baek Chang-soo looked at the landlord with a bewildered expression. Next to the landlord, his daughter was making a similar expression to her father.
‘I guess Younghee didn’t know either.’
“Are you serious? You want to go on vacation? At this point?”
At those words, Team Leader 7 and the landlord nodded shamelessly and confidently.
“Yes. I’m going to take a vacation.”
“her···.”
He said it as if it was so obvious that I missed the moment to get angry.
Baek Chang-soo asked with the intention of just hearing it out.
“Okay. How many days?”
The man furrowed his brows and spoke with an expression that showed he was not sure.
“Well, maybe a month at most?”
“A month?”
At this point, even tolerating it was reaching its limit.
Boom!
Baek Chang-soo, who left a clear palm print on the desk, wiggled one eyebrow as he spoke.
“Are you out of your mind? How long has it been since the city suffered a disaster? Don’t you know how busy the entire guild is!”
Baek Chang-soo usually treated his people like the uncle next door, but that doesn’t mean he was the type of person who couldn’t distinguish between public and private life.
Baek Chang-soo pushed Dae-in’s vacation plan back to Dae-in. His eyes were sharp.
“Let’s pretend we didn’t hear that story. Go back.”
But the man had no intention of backing down.
“This is a vacation I absolutely have to take. I also have something personal to ask of you.”
If you were just going on vacation, there was no need to meet with the CEO and talk to him.
If I had just processed the documents through Baek Young-hee, I could have left quietly without seeing the CEO get so angry.
Still, there was a reason why Daein came to see Baek Changsu.
“Please? I don’t know what it is, but I have no intention of listening!”
But Baek Chang-soo seemed more stubborn than I thought.
He said in a serious voice.
“It’s a crazy busy time for everyone. If you really want to take a vacation, go next month. For about a week.”
Even so, it was a large concession.
If Team 7 hadn’t played an active role in destroying the Core Gate during the last disaster, it would have been impossible.
Of course, the story was different for those receiving it.
The man let out a deep sigh.
“Sir, are you really going to do this?”
Baek Chang-soo raised his head and said.
“Then what are you going to do? Are you going to hit me? Are you going to spar with me? If you beat me, I can send you on vacation right away.”
The man sighed at the childish – and frighteningly sincere – provocation.
‘This guy. It seems like he’s thinking of not letting others go on vacation because he’s busy…’
That doesn’t mean he wasn’t the type of person to go.
There is always a way.
I didn’t want to do this because it was fatal, but…
The man looked back at Baek Yeong-hee, who was standing next to him, and said.
“Younghee. What is the expected profit from WH Potion this month?”
“Huh? That is···.”
I wasn’t really asking because I was curious about how much it would be.
The man looked up at the ceiling and muttered loudly to himself.
“I heard that the number of orders is so huge that we can’t even keep up with the potion production. I wonder if it’s really necessary to supply it exclusively under the WH brand···.”
Baek Chang-soo, momentarily flustered, began to cough in vain.
“Ahem! What are you talking about now···”
At that moment, the man clapped his hands as if he remembered something.
“That’s right! The value of the loot brought from Core Gate is also enormous. Even if you combine the achievements of other teams, they’re not as good as our seven teams… Did I hear that wrong? Younghee. Am I right?”
When Daein looked at her, Baek Yeong-hee nodded with a shit-eating expression.
“You heard me correctly···.”
Baek Chang-soo’s expression gradually lost confidence.
“No, that’s… Are you threatening me right now?”
The man looked up at the ceiling again. He sighed deeply and lamented his fate.
“Do I have to stay in this guild while being treated like this… How much is the penalty for that little thing… Oh my. If it weren’t for that bastard’s affection, I would have… What does affection mean….”
“Ugh···.”
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The tables have turned.
The landlord held the patent for a potion that would eventually account for a significant portion of the guild’s sales.
Also, in the last disaster, 7 teams recorded overwhelming performance.
Even if you combine the performances of other teams, it is no match.
Even if the deposit for the person is over 100 billion, there are plenty of guilds that will take him.
‘I don’t plan on going to another guild, but… I can at least scare you a little.’
The man struck the decisive blow.
“I heard the Iron Wall Guild is looking for a career team leader···.”
I had less than two months of experience to apply for a career position, but that was enough.
“···Okay! Okay!”
In the end, Baek Chang-soo raised the white flag. He pouted as he took Dae-in’s vacation plan back.
“Why don’t you just send me on vacation? People are so mean.”
The man smiled brightly and said.
“Thank you. I’ll bring you a gift when I get back.”
Baek Chang-soo sighed and nodded.
“But where are you planning to go for a month?”
“I’m trying to find some people.”
Baek Young-hee, who was listening from the side, asked with a puzzled expression.
“A person? Wouldn’t it be faster for us to find that for you?”
The man shook his head.
“Because they live quite far away. And there’s a reason why I have to go see them in person.”
“people?”
The man nodded with an ambiguous smile.
“There are two people I’m looking for. I’ll find one and bring him here, and the other one…”
The man laughed, trailing off.
Because I couldn’t say, “I’m going to catch you and kill you.”
‘That goblin mask. I need to check its face to see what it looks like.’
The manager spoke to Baek Chang-soo, who was stamping his approval stamp on the vacation plan with a displeased expression.
“And sir, I have a favor to ask you as I mentioned earlier.”
Baek Chang-soo sighed as if he had given up on everything.
“Yeah. What else?”
When the story of the great man that followed ended, Baek Chang-soo had an expression on his face that said he could not believe it.
Baek Chang-soo, his eyes wide open, asked in a trembling voice.
“···You. Are you serious about what you said?”
The man nodded heavily.
“Yes, please.”
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Before going to the Gaia continent, there were quite a few things to prepare.
Among them, I asked Baek Yeong-hee to help me get most of them.
I went to the workshop and requested that they make the necessary equipment.
Departure was set for three days later.
Daein returned to his room and made travel plans with Lily.
“Look. This is a map of the Gaia continent.”
The man roughly drew a map of the Gaia continent in his sketchbook, relying on his memory. The two of them were lying face down next to each other on the bed.
Lily looked at the map with a curious expression.
“It looks like this···.”
The man snickered and teased Lily.
“You’re a country bumpkin, so this is your first time seeing me?”
“I’m not a country bumpkin!”
While the two were bickering, someone knocked on the door outside.
dripping-.
As the man opened the door, Jang Young-shin was standing there, timidly, with her mother.
“Huh? What brings you here?”
“Can I come in for a moment?”
After a while, two people entered the room. Lily, who had discovered Jang Yeong-shin, waved her hand from the bed.
“Hey, brother!”
“···hi.”
The two adults watched the boy turn his head away with a blush on his face, laughing.
“Please sit over there. I’ll bring you some tea.”
The four of them sat across from each other at the table and had a short tea time. Jang Young-shin’s mother cautiously spoke.
“I’m sorry. I’m sure the team leader is busy···.”
The man smiled while sipping his coffee.
“It’s our team members who are busy. But what’s going on…?”
Jang Young-shin’s mother said, poking her son’s side.
“Son. You decided to tell me yourself, right?”
Jang Young-shin, who was drinking orange juice and glancing at Lily, said hesitantly.
“···mister.”
“Huh? Why?”
“···I want to go too.”
“Where do you want to go together?”
“···I’m on vacation···.”
Jang Young-shin’s mother stroked her son’s head and added an explanation.
“I think the kid heard somewhere that the team leader and Lily were going on vacation. And then he came running to me and kept begging me to go too…”
“hmm···.”
You probably heard it in the workshop. I deliberately brought it here so that it would reach Jang Yeong-shin’s ears.
The man pressed down on the corners of his lips that were about to go up.
‘Well, I expected that.’
He spoke with a serious expression, trying his best to keep his joy to himself.
“It could be dangerous.”
The man, who saw Jang Young-shin’s mother’s expression change for a moment, quickly added.
“No, it’s not that dangerous… Monsters will appear occasionally. I’m sure you can defeat them easily, but I’m worried just in case.”
Jang Young-shin’s mother sighed, and Jang Young-shin gave the answer the king wanted.
“···You can take the golem.”
“Of course that is true, but···.”
For a comfortable journey, a porter and escort were needed.
If you have a tight mouth, know how to craft things, and have a giant golem, that’s the icing on the cake.
But showing off here is a lowlife thing.
The man withheld his answer and looked at Jang Yeong-shin’s mother with a worried expression.
“Even though it’s a vacation, we’re going to have to cross the restricted area. There are other things to do… It’s going to be a forced march. Yeong-shin is a superhuman, so it’ll be fine, but Mom….”
The elder said indirectly that his mother could not go with him, as he had no intention of making this vacation a family trip.
Fortunately, Jang Young-shin’s mother understood.
“I’m okay. The work here is fun, and I can trust my child to the team leader.”
The trusting gaze was quite burdensome to the man.
“Ahem. You trust me too much.”
“Of course. The team leader discovered my child’s aptitude and let me work here. And then···”
She sighed softly, stroking her son’s head.
“It’s not like he won’t go even if you tell him not to. You know how stubborn this kid is, right?”
The man chuckled and nodded.
“That’s true.”
He was a guy who followed me even when I told him not to. In that case, it would be better to take him and make him work properly.
The man nodded.
“I will return safely without any injuries.”
It was sincere. The Great Man went to the Gaia Continent and had no intention of getting hurt even a little.
Jang Young-shin’s mother smiled and said.
“Please bring me a gift when you come.”
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That night.
“Swoosh···. Phew···.”
The man took a deep breath, uncrossed his legs, and stood up from his seat.
Pacheonshinkong gathered his magical power within his body and settled down quietly.
After confirming that Lily was sound asleep, the man quietly left the room and got on the elevator.
Wheeing-.
It was late at night, so the lights were off throughout the building. The man went down to the basement of the building.
B1
B3
B5
B8
···
Ding dong-
The elevator stopped on the 12th floor underground. When I got off, I saw a huge iron door made of reinforced alloy.
“···I never thought I’d come here.”
The man sighed lightly and entered the password that Baek Yeong-hee had given him.
Beep beep beep beep-.
After a while, the iron door opened, revealing a huge cavity inside.
The interior was full of dents, tears, and crushed marks, as if it were the site of a mythical monster’s seal.
But inside it was a human being.
“Whoop··· Whoop···.”
His back muscles were bulging, soaked in sweat and extremely tense.
The man called out to the owner of the back with a troubled expression.
“···Representative.”
“You’re here.”
Baek Chang-soo looked back. He smiled, revealing his white teeth.
“You’re late! I was so excited that I jumped in and out first.”
“I came 10 minutes early, but···.”
This was Baek Chang-soo’s personal training center.
And the reason why the great man came here was because of something he asked Baek Chang-soo to do earlier this afternoon.
-I’d like to ask you to spar with me. Please be gentle.-
During that time, Daein read the 『Geomhwangbirok』 from time to time and learned the martial arts described in it.
But until now, there hasn’t been any proper use for it.
Now, even superhumans were no match for him, and there was no need to use martial arts against monsters.
‘My skills have been sufficient so far, but… I feel uneasy about this level on the Gaia Continent.’
The continent of Gaia had many powerful people that were incomparable to the current Earth.
Therefore, I needed to check my own skills before going there.
The Great One assumed the worst enemy that could be encountered on the continent of Gaia.
And he found a sparring partner who was most similar to him.
It was that gentleman who was laughing so hard right in front of me that he seemed to be dying of joy.
“I didn’t know you would be the one to ask me to spar first. You said no when I asked you to, but…”
At those words, the man let out a long sigh.
“It’s all because of that little kid.”
“Please take care of me for the next three days.”
Boom. Boom.
Baek Chang-soo took a stance, bending his neck from side to side.
“Did you do some warm-up exercises?”
The man drew his sword and sighed.
“I already feel like I came for nothing.”
“The young friend is joking. Then shall we begin?”
At that moment, an enormous amount of mana burst out from Baek Chang-soo’s body.
Puhwaaaaah!
The man’s face immediately darkened.
At the same time, the events that happened during the day flashed before my eyes.
“Representative? I was a bit arrogant earlier this afternoon…”
“No questions asked! This fist has no personal feelings!”
-Thuu …
The monster charged, tearing through space.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
