novelraw Chapter 48
Chapter 48
"First, our guild has completely cleared the LV.2 dungeon. There were no guild members who were seriously injured or died during the dungeon raid, and we are currently in the process of exterminating the monsters inside the dungeon."
Click- Click-
Tadadadak-
As if responding to Cheon Yuhwa's words, the camera flashes flickered, and the sound of laptop keyboards filled the room.
"As a result of checking through the system, the LV.2 dungeon is larger than the LV.1 dungeon, and it takes a long time to disappear, so it seems we will be able to obtain various materials."
Swoosh-
At that moment, a reporter cautiously raised his hand.
Cheon Yuhwa looked at the reporter for a moment and then opened her mouth.
"Yes, the reporter who is raising your hand. If you have a question, please ask."
"Ah, yes. Since you have cleared a LV.2 dungeon, it seems you will obtain a considerable amount of resources. I'm curious as to how [Wonderland] will handle the byproducts obtained in that way."
At the timid question of the reporter who seemed to be a newcomer, Cheon Yuhwa nodded once.
"It's true that, as the reporter said, it seems we will be able to obtain a lot of resources in LV.2. On top of that, perhaps because the mana is richer than in a LV.1 dungeon, the quality of the resources is higher..."
As Cheon Yuhwa was speaking, a man with a brazen face suddenly stood up, looked at her, and poured out questions like a machine gun.
"This is reporter Ji Cheol-soo from Jispatch. A huge number of citizens have been suffering recently due to the sudden appearance of dungeons. Do you have any intention of donating the profits from the dungeons..."
Thwack-
At that, instead of answering, Cheon Yuhwa lightly flicked her finger.
"Uh, huh! Wait! Ughbububub!!!"
Then, the reporter was dragged out in an instant by the waiting bodyguards without being able to put up much resistance.
Gulp-
The reporters, realizing that Cheon Yuhwa's words at the beginning were not an empty threat, quietly swallowed their saliva.
Cheon Yuhwa, in the much more organized atmosphere, smiled brightly and finished what she had been saying a moment ago.
"Half of the resources obtained from this dungeon will be taken by our guild, and the other half will be sold through an auction. We will inform you of the detailed contents of the auction later. And..."
Cheon Yuhwa paused for a moment, creating a slight pause, and looked at the reporters.
At her appearance, the experienced reporters instinctively brought their hands to their laptops and cameras.
"We would like to inform you that 6 new LV.2 players have appeared in our guild."
At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the reporters nodded and typed on their laptops without mercy.
Although LV.2 players were slowly appearing, the fact that there were seven LV.2 players was a first in Korea.
'It's certain that [Wonderland] is a guild that can look beyond Korea to the global level.'
'No wonder they were so quiet. Did they raise the level of their guild members with this dungeon raid?'
'An overwhelming number one guild ranking.'
The sound of keyboards continuing at a rapid pace represented the reporters' minds.
The reporters were happy that they had obtained enough material for an article from Cheon Yuhwa's words, but her words were not over yet.
On the contrary, it was no exaggeration to say that this was the beginning of this press conference.
"And the moment our guild came out after raiding the dungeon, we were systematically attacked by Chaotic Players."
Halt-
At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the sound of the reporters' keyboards stopped at the same time.
That's how huge the impact of what Cheon Yuhwa had just said was.
The eyes of the reporters who had been looking at their laptop screens moved toward Cheon Yuhwa.
"Fortunately, the level of the Chaotic Players was low, so we were able to subdue them without much damage."
The reporters' mouths fell open when they heard Cheon Yuhwa's words.
"We have arrested all of them and handed them over to the Player Association. Therefore, please direct any detailed questions about the Chaotic Players to them."
The reporters instinctively realized at this moment.
"Then, I will end this press conference with a word to the Chaotic Players."
That this was the finishing touch of this press conference.
Grin-
Cheon Yuhwa smiled brightly and said.
"Come at me as much as you want, you cockroach bastards."
Click-
The smile and line Cheon Yuhwa showed at the end were published in the articles and reached the people, and it took less than an hour for it to enter everyone's ears.
***
"Hoo~"
Cheon Yuhwa, who had successfully finished the press conference, returned to her guild master's office.
It was a posture of a delinquent, with the chair tilted back to its limit and her two legs on the table, but no one here could say anything to Cheon Yuhwa.
Clatter-
"If you fall over like that, I won't know."
"I'll never fall, so it doesn't matter. And thank you for the cake and coffee."
Cheon Yuhwa looked at the strawberry cake and sweet coffee that Kim Jae-hyun had placed in front of her with a pleased look, then put the cake and coffee in her mouth using a fork.
Watching her, Kim Jae-hyun muttered as if fed up.
"I have never seen a person so severely addicted to sugar as you, miss. Is it okay to eat like that?"
"Really? Isn't it normal to eat this much?"
Cheon Yuhwa, who had consumed sugar, said in a slightly more energetic voice.
"No, it's not. What you are eating now is food that would give a normal person diabetes right away."
"Really?"
Kim Jae-hyun, who had noticed that Cheon Yuhwa was listening to his words with one ear and letting them out with the other, placed a tablet in front of her instead of saying anything more.
"First, we have succeeded in raising our guild's recognition among the people and imprinting the perception that we are the best guild in Korea."
On the tablet that Kim Jae-hyun had placed in front of her, articles about [Wonderland] and Cheon Yuhwa were being uploaded like crazy, and the majority of them were positive.
Nom-
At that, Cheon Yuhwa looked at the tablet for a moment with a satisfied face, then looked at Kim Jae-hyun and opened her mouth.
"What is Yeonhwa doing now?"
"I believe he has returned home. He probably went to see his mother."
At Kim Jae-hyun's words, Cheon Yuhwa chuckled and placed her fork on the empty plate.
"That guy is still the same. Then what happened to Hyun-woo? He said he was coming today too."
"I heard he was on his way. However..."
"However?"
Kim Jae-hyun, who had been contemplating whether to say this or to wrap it up and say it, just said it honestly.
"Since it's been a while since he's been to Seoul, he said he has a lot of things to buy and places to look around, so he'll be late."
"...That otaku guy is still the same too. I bet he's late because he went to buy 'High School of God' merchandise."
Cheon Yuhwa muttered in a voice mixed with a sigh and drank the remaining coffee.
"For now, I need to meet Yeonhwa first."
As soon as she decided, she immediately picked up her phone and called Yeonhwa without any hesitation.
"Yeah, it's me. I'm sorry to bother you while you're busy, but let's meet for a moment. I'll go, so come out to the cafe below your house."
-I refuse.
Yeonhwa answered immediately as if it wasn't even worth considering, but Cheon Yuhwa was not one to back down so easily.
"You know I'm the one who helped you make your mother's phone, right?"
It was an incredibly childish method, telling him to come out obediently before she called his mom.
-...Ppadeuk, if you're asking to meet for a trivial matter, you'll be dead to me.
But it was an incredibly effective method for Yeonhwa.
Chuckle-
"Don't worry, if you hear my story, you'll think it's not a simple matter that can be handled over the phone."
-...Tsk, alright.
As Cheon Yuhwa came out like this, Yeonhwa finally decided to give in and hung up the phone.
At that, Cheon Yuhwa smiled lightly and stood up, walking toward the door.
But there was a part that was different from usual.
Kim Jae-hyun, who had always acted together with Cheon Yuhwa, was standing in that spot without following her.
Click-
Cheon Yuhwa, who had grabbed the doorknob, turned her head and smiled at Kim Jae-hyun with eyes full of trust.
"Please take care of the guild while I'm gone."
"Yes, I will handle it without any problems."
At Kim Jae-hyun's sincere words, Cheon Yuhwa nodded once and went out of the guild master's office without hesitation.
***
Cheon Yuhwa said, holding out a plate with a cake to Yeonhwa.
"Do you want one too?"
Yeonhwa said, clicking his tongue in annoyance.
"Don't waste time with annoying things and just get to the point."
At Yeonhwa's reaction, Cheon Yuhwa brought the cake back in front of her nonchalantly, as if she had expected it.
"Well, to put it simply, I called you because I have a favor to ask."
At Cheon Yuhwa's words, Yeonhwa's expression crumpled without mercy.
Yeonhwa, after confirming that the Dungeon Break had occurred, had thought it was dangerous to leave his mother in the countryside.
But since Yeonhwa and his mother had entered Korea using forged passports, it was not a situation where they could run rampant and earn money.
Then, what Yeonhwa chose was to ask Cheon Yuhwa for help.
He thought that with her wealth and power, she could easily solve their problems, and in fact, she had solved them very easily and had even received enormous support, so Yeonhwa's thought could be said to be correct.
But as with all things in the world, there was nothing for free.
Both Cheon Yuhwa and Yeonhwa knew very well that this was a debt.
"Ah, for reference, I've also prepared a separate reward, so it's a favor that has nothing to do with me helping you."
"In that case, it wouldn't matter if I refused."
Grin-
"Well, let's talk about whether you'll refuse after you've checked the reward."
Cheon Yuhwa smiled with the conviction that he couldn't possibly refuse and placed a book in front of Yeonhwa.
Yeonhwa, who had been looking at the book for a moment, looked at Cheon Yuhwa and asked.
"Is this the reward for this job?"
"Yeah, this is the reward I prepared."
Thump-
"It's a notebook with the incantations of the cultivation method you're learning written in it."
At Cheon Yuhwa's words, Yeonhwa said as if he couldn't understand.
"A notebook with the incantations of the Zixia Divine Art written in it? What are you going to do with that?"
Of course, it was an undeniable fact that the Zixia Divine Art was an outstanding divine art.
Because it was a martial art that could be said to contain all the essence of the Huashan Sect, which Mumyeong had belonged to in Pantheon.
But for Yeonhwa, it had no great value.
Because all the incantations of the Zixia Divine Art were in his head.
"No, what's written here is not the incantations of the Zixia Divine Art. It's the incantations of the Zixia Lotus Divine Art that you newly created. No, to be precise, that's not it either."
Yeonhwa's face gradually hardened, but Cheon Yuhwa continued to speak.
Rustle-
A page of the notebook on the table was turned.
"Because the incantations of the Zixia Lotus Divine Art written here are a much more complete cultivation method than the incomplete one you are currently learning."
Even after Cheon Yuhwa's words ended, Yeonhwa didn't say anything and, after being still for a while, slowly opened his mouth.
"...Explain."
The moment Yeonhwa opened his mouth, Cheon Yuhwa felt as if dozens of swords were surrounding her.
"So that I can understand and accept this situation."
(End of Chapter)