Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Evil Lair (1)

Lights flashed from the spheres as they continued talking .

"Kikiki! Decide carefully, Sovereign Lucan! As soon as you refuse, 200 creatures will turn into your enemies . But if you give us 10,000 nodes, we can be friends . ”

"Kukuku! We can be either friends or enemies . The moment you become our enemy, we will give information about you to another sovereign . ”

Then a message appeared .

[Do you want to accept the kajels’ offer? Yes/No]

[If you accept, your friendship with the kajels will rise but charisma will permanently drop by 1 . ]

Kang-jun had no intention of giving 10,000 nodes in response to their threats .

Furthermore, charisma would permanently decrease by one and that wasn’t worth it .

Still, it would be a problem if they told other sovereigns about Kang-jun .

At that moment, Keirun appeared and spoke to him .

(Lord! Don’t accept . It is just a plot . They are always trying something like this . Once you donate to them, they will keep using pretexts to rake in more money . In the beginning, some sovereigns escape from a crisis with the help . In the end, the sovereigns would be robbed of everything . )

Kang-jun just laughed coldly .

(I wasn’t thinking of accepting their offer . I will just get rid of them before they tell another sovereign . )

At that time, the spherical bodies once again threatened Kang-jun .

“Sovereign Lucan! Are you going to make this easy or difficult? If you receive our help then you will be in a better position than other sovereigns . ”

"Kikiki! Only 10,000 nodes! Just promise to give it to us . If you don’t have the money right now, you can pay some of it later . ”

Instead of replying, Kang-jun sent a look towards Germuz .

'You take the one on the left . I’ll go to the right!’

Germuz noticed quickly . He immediately ran with all his power towards the sphere on the left .

Kung kung kung kung!

Like a long jump athlete, Germuz jumped into the air . Like a lightning bolt, he grabbed one of the spheres and ripped off the tentacles .

Wooduk! Oduduk!

“Kuoook! H-How dare you!”

The sphere tried to breathe out fire from its mouth . However, Germuz had already seen that attack and slammed the sphere against the ground .

Kwatang!

“Kukuk! I won’t be hit by another fire . ”

Bam bam bam –

The sphere turned into a lump of meat and went limp from the merciless barrage of attacks .

Thus, one sphere died .

In the meantime, Kang-jun had used Heavenly Cut against the other sphere .

“Kuook! Y-you will see soon, Lucan . . . ! You will regret today’s decision . All the sovereigns nearby will find out about you . . . ”

The spherical body cursed Kang-jun and disappeared .

Kang-jun stared after it with a grim expression .

"They can’t just come from nowhere . I need to find that place so I can chase him . ”

They had come back after being killed last time, so he couldn’t feel relieved .

Keirun nodded .

"Their lair can’t be too far . I will look for them . "

At those words, his eyes started to shine weirdly .

[The military adviser Keirun has activated the skill ‘Navigation . ’]

[The search has succeeded . ]

[The lair of the kajels will be displayed on the map . ]

The 3D map showing the nearby terrain appeared in front of Kang-jun .

There were numerous buildings .

One of the buildings had dark red smoke coming from it .

Keirun smiled with satisfaction and said .

"Right over there . Kwangho building!"

"That is surprisingly close . But how did you find this?”

Kang-jun was amazed by Keirun’s power . Keirun laughed .

“Huhu, if I can’t do something like this then how am I qualified to be the military adviser? I will show you more things in the future . ”

"Okay, I will look forward to it . ”

The Kwangho building had eight floors and was located in front of the Eco and Dain buildings occupied by Kang-jun .

The tallest building that Kang-jun occupied was the seven storey Dain Building where Germuz was the boss . Now it was time to capture a taller building .

Kang-jun examined his subordinates .

"Keirun, I will go there . All of you should listen well to Germuz’s words . ”

Then Keirun said .

“Lord! If you go alone then you might suffer from their magic . I think you should go with Germuz . Germuz will sufficiently cover your back . ”

Then Germuz laughed .

"Kuahahaha! It is like the military adviser said . Lord! Please take me . ”

In fact, Germuz was polite to Kang-jun but rude to Keirun .

Keirun just gave a unique smile .

The moment Germuz saw the smile, he felt like Keirun was somehow ignoring him .

Of course, Keirun never ignored Germuz . Rather, he was cheerful about the additional power .

Germuz still didn’t like Keirun for some reason . It was a type of complex animosity .

Germuz felt opposed to anyone else in a position of power . But now he felt slightly better towards Keirun . Keirun laughed as he looked at Germuz .

'Heh, he is a big and simple guy . ’

Keirun was proficient in dealing with people like Germuz . It wasn’t because of his talent as a military adviser, but his experience in Hwanmong .

‘Even though his attitude might be hostile at first, he is okay once you get close to him . ’

Rather, the one that was difficult to be friendly with was Rodiam .

Rodiam looked like a cute cat on the surface but he didn’t easily give his heart to anyone .

However, he was never rude to Keirun who was the military adviser . He would just maintain the distance in his heart .

Of course, this was the case with Keirun .

Only Kang-jun could win the hearts of monsters such as Germuz and Rodiam .

It was the strongest ability that Kang-jun had .

His charisma was high enough to even capture the heart of Keirun, who was experienced in Hwanmong .

At that time, Rodiam rushed in front of Kang-jun .

“Lord! Take me too, ong . I will use heal, ong . ”

"Heal? You can use healing magic?”

"The power isn’t very good but it will be helpful when fighting monsters, ong . ”

Then Rodiam stretched out his hands and recited the spell .

A bright light emerged from Rodiam’s hands and wrapped around Kang-jun .

[You have received a recovery aura . ]

[3 health points will be restored every second . ]

[It will last for 15 seconds . ]

“Oh!”

Kang-jun exclaimed after seeing the messages .

45 points in 15 seconds! It was better than an inferior health potion .

Especially since he didn’t have the time to drink potions when encountering a strong boss . It would be very reassuring if Rodiam was with him .

"Okay . That will be helpful . ”

Kang-jun patted Rodiam’s head . Rodiam was in a good mood and rubbed his cheeks against Kang-jun’s hand .

"Leave it to me, ong . ”

“Then let’s go . ”

Kang-jun headed to the Kwangho building with Germuz and Rodiam . Then something popped into his mind and he stopped walking .

"Oh, wasn’t there a scroll last time?”

"This scroll? I held it for Lord . ”

Keirun pulled out the scroll that he had forgotten about . Kang-jun received it .

[Shining Scroll]

It was the scroll that dropped when Germuz killed the orcs .

'What will come out?’

It would be useful if it was a combat skill like Heavenly Cut .

That was the reason why Kang-jun stopped for the scroll before going to fight the monsters .

However, something unexpected came out when he opened the scroll .

[You can interfere with the business of a hostile sovereign . Once this skill is used, customers won’t easily gather in the target area . . . ]

[You have learnt the skill ‘Drive Away Customers (Inferior) . ]

"Drive Away Customers?”

Kang-jun was disappointed . Of course, management skills were useful in reality but he currently wanted combat skills .

However, Keirun was actually glad .

“Lord! Don’t be disappointed . Drive Away Customers is a very important skill . At first it isn’t very good . But if the rating is raised, you can deal a huge blow to the enemy sovereign . "

Kang-jun smiled .

"Then I'm glad . How do I raise the rating? Do I need to use the management skill a lot?”

"Yes, it is much faster when using it in related fields . And if you’re not in the field or hunting monsters, reading will give extraordinary benefits . ”

"Reading?"

Kang-jun asked incredulously . Keirun spoke with a firm expression .

"In the meantime, Lord couldn’t afford it because there was no money . Now that there is a foundation, we can delegate the chores and businesses to trustworthy people . ”

"Delegate?”

"Yes, it is important to recruit talented people . Don’t forget to read . ”

"Okay . On that note . I will be going now . ”

"Yes, Lord! Be careful . ”

The military adviser Keirun’s advice . Meanwhile, Kang-jun was thinking it over in his head .

Finding talented people to take care of business!

Kang-jun had never thought about it . It would be a good idea to hire talented people in reality .

Anyway, that was something he would worry about when he exited this world .

Kang-jun arrived at the Kwangho building .

[Kwangho building is the territory of the kajels . ]

Do you want to enter? Yes/No]

‘Yes! Enter . ’

As always, there was a barrier . At the same time, some slime-like monsters emerged from the ground .

Slime . Kang-jun swung his sword at them .

"I will take care of them while you smash the barrier!”

"Yes, please leave it to me . "

Germuz started using the barrier as a punching bag .

Kwang kwang! Kwang kwang kwang kwang!

The barrier around the eight storey building was quickly smashed by Germuz’s enormous power .

Meanwhile, all the slimes had been killed by Kang-jun .

[Mission 10] Occupy the Kwangho building and defeat the kajels!

-Compensation: Experience, 3000 nodes, 10 Essence of Darkness

A mission appeared .

At the same time, ugly slimes appeared on the 1st floor .

“Kuwaaaaaah! Kill!”

Germuz roared and rushed forward . Rodiam had transformed into the minotaur .

The monsters on the 1st floor were easy so there was no need for Rodiam’s healing .

“Kuwaaaaaah!”

“Kuwaaaaaahong!”

A minotaur and ogre were on either side of me .

Of course, he wasn’t a real minotaur but he still caused fear .

[12 nodes have been gained . ]

[18 nodes have been gained . ]

[One Essence of Darkness has been acquired . ]

[13 nodes have been gained . ]

He got money and japtem .

'This is great . But I can’t stay still . ’

At this rate, he would lose all his experience to them .

Kang-jun was about to rush towards the monsters as well .

“Hoh! An ogre and a transformed minotaur . It is quite decent . ”

A voice was suddenly heard from behind him .

Who was it?

Kang-jun was startled and looked back .

A mysterious woman with blue hair was there .

However, the red wings on her back indicated that she wasn’t human .

Of course, not being human didn’t necessarily mean she was evil .

“Who are you?”

The woman laughed .

"Lotuna . ”

"Lotuna?”

"Don’t be afraid, little sovereign . I just went for for a walk because I was bored . ”

She approached the wary Kang-jun .

"Ohuhut . . . ! How about it? Should I help you out?”

Kang-jun was instantly dazzled by her smile .

“Hohohoho!"

He felt a strange urge to embrace Lotuna . A pulse was suddenly released in his body .

‘Ugh! What is this?’

It was obvious . She had used something on him!

‘Heavenly Cut!’

Kang-jun reflexively used his skill .

Flash! Chwaack!

The feeling of cutting something . Lotuna stepped back in surprise .

'Only a light scratch?’

Kang-jun was startled .

The skill that split apart the kajels only gave her a light scratch!

Flash! Flash!

Kang-jun didn’t spare his black magic energy and used it continuously .

Pak! Seokeok!

He missed once . The second hit!

This time it seemed like she was cut properly . One of Lotuna’s wings was severed by Heavenly Cut .

"Ugh! This is ridiculous!”

Lotuna stepped back with an expression of astonishment . Kang-jun didn’t miss this chance .

"Just die!”

The Warrior’s Sword flashed . Lotuna panicked and faded away .