Chapter 294 – I Overlooked It (3)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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The Blue House was in a state of emergency.

Jeong Han-taek.

The face of the president famous for being gentle was distorted.

“Those fucking bastards don’t know the meaning of moderation, moderation.”

Just how much did they take and eat.

Even if they reached out, how far did their hands reach?

Jeong Han-taek resented his own fingers.

Grind!

He ground his teeth, finding it beyond resentful.

“If only I hadn’t made that damn treaty……!”

International AAU Treaty.

After the Cataclysm.

A treaty made out of the belief that players’ free activities would protect humanity from rift erosion. It was clearly stated on the first page of those clauses.

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A nation cannot exercise influence over players.

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Jeong Han-taek frantically protected the AAU Treaty.

As mentioned, wasn’t South Korea a lucky country chosen by Arcana?

Moreover, Arcana wasn’t his field.

It was obvious that no good results would come out even if he exercised influence.

Without having to go far, there was a good negative example in the neighboring country.

From China, which didn’t even join the AAU Treaty, exercised massive influence, and ended up being devoured by the player Liu Ouzhunchun. To the Japanese government, which broke the AAU Treaty, tried to put a leash on the players, and ended up losing the pillar called Inazuma.

‘I firmly believed.’

Nam Tae-min, and following him, Lee Ho-yeol showing outstanding performance.

Looking at them, Jeong Han-taek was relieved that his judgment was not wrong. Trusting and watching the players, he considered drinking ssanghwa-cha his best course of action.

But…….

“Even if you feed me a fuck you, you feed me like this?!”

Even in the world turned upside down by the Cataclysm.

Those bastards who are showing outdated politics.

To think they were causing this kind of uproar.

Jeong Han-taek blamed himself again.

“I should have known better than to trust those given bastards.”

It’s Jeong Han-taek who had rolled in the political scene together with them.

Because he had bumped bodies with them.

He didn’t genuinely expect them to quietly stay crushed.

But there’s such a thing as degrees.

If it was his fault…….

‘It must have started from looking the other way even after realizing those guys were clinging to Divine Flower.’

Affiliated with the Divine Flower Group.

Divine Flower Guild.

It’s not an ordinary guild.

‘Thinking it was a new subsidiary was a mistake.’

They were simply taking and eating bribes from the chaebol family.

Because it was the unusual Divine Flower Guild, ignoring it was a mistake.

Jeong Han-taek’s eyes flash terrifyingly blue.

“I should have cut it all out back then.”

I should have intervened even if it meant breaking the AAU Treaty.

Leaving it alone has brought it to this point.

Divine Flower became Inazuma and eventually even reached its hands out to World Unification.

As a result.

“How bad must it have been for Lee Ho-yeol, for him to personally come to me…….”

Jeong Han-taek was so ashamed he couldn’t bear to raise his head.

However, even as he dropped his head, time is flowing.

A sigh flows out.

“……Huu.”

He knows it’s far too late.

It might be like mending the barn after losing the cow.

The face of Hisagi suddenly coming to mind.

‘Perhaps, there is also the possibility of Lee Ho-yeol turning his back on South Korea…….’

Wasn’t there the precedent called Hisagi?

The ancient kingdom of Arcana that appeared in reality, Yusra.

It was Hisagi who cut ties with his ugly homeland and sought asylum in the Yusra Kingdom. And the one who exercised influence comparable to a king in such Yusra Kingdom was exactly Lee Ho-yeol.

Jeong Han-taek clenched his fists.

“If such a thing happened……. Damn it, it’s a unanimously impeachable offense.”

Nevertheless, what must be corrected must be corrected.

Because you can’t avoid it just because you want to.

Lee Ho-yeol, he had no choice but to express his will to him.

Like declaring a war on crime.

He had to show that he was declaring a war on the rats of Yeouido.

However, Jeong Han-taek felt at a loss.

“……Just where should I start shaking them off from?”

Shaking off just the rats won’t solve the fundamental problem.

Because those sly snakes were people who had mastered taking and eating.

In the end, he wouldn’t be able to solve the problem without receiving players’ help.

‘Would he know something?’

His head shakes automatically.

Incorruptibility that itself.

Regarding Lee Ho-yeol’s actions, he couldn’t possibly not know.

Even if it was a rat out of its mind, would it have asked him for a bribe?

Jeong Han-taek, who was agonizing, raised his head for now.

“I should hope for what I presumpteously wish for.”

To implicitly hope for Ho-yeol’s help.

“How can one have no shame like this, Jeong Han-taek.”

The moment the president gathered his wits.

Beep beep─!

A magic power reaction was captured in the Blue House.

After the Cataclysm, responding to Arcana’s threats were.

It was the long-cherished wish of all governments.

The threat delivered through the attendant’s radio.

“Mr. President……!”

The attendant spoke urgently, but Jeong Han-taek was already guessing.

Because checking his wristwatch, it was exactly on the dot of the appointment time.

“I know.”

Then he headed straight to the entrance of the Blue House to welcome Ho-yeol.

Soon, the figure revealing its appearance from the portal.

But.

……It’s not one person?

One, two, three.

Even all of them are familiar faces.

The moment he checked their faces.

Jeong Han-taek could put down his worries for a moment.

“I couldn’t be more glad……!”

Lee Ho-yeol.

And Nam Tae-min and Baek Yi-seol.

Because it seemed he could properly shake off the rats with this.

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I feel this anew but…….

You really don’t have a plan for the aftermath, Granfel.

To think you start with the President from the get-go.

‘Truly my destiny.’

Although there is a saying to pull out the bull’s horns in a single breath while it’s hot.

I never imagined I would suddenly be face to face with the President.

But I understand.

‘When am I supposed to dig into it, the corruption.’

No matter how meddlesome I am.

If I touched this side too, 24 hours a day really wouldn’t be enough.

Moreover, neither I nor Granfel are experts in this field.

That’s why I’m receiving help from these two people like this, right?

Nam Tae-min and Baek Yi-seol.

South Korea’s 1st and 2nd ranking guilds.

The Guild Masters of Gaon and Divine Flower.

“I thought I was dying from annoyance all this time, Mr. President. Truly!”

The perpetrator might not know, but the victim never forgets. Especially in Baek Yi-seol’s case, wasn’t there what she exchanged with numerous political figures because of the succubus?

Thanks to that, an expert’s aura was felt from Baek Yi-seol.

“In the Cataclysm era, there aren’t many cases of Sinsaimdang (cash) coming and going in apple boxes. Items or artifacts. Because there are Arcana world bribes that are hard to trace their substance, yet their value is definitely guaranteed.”

Well basically it makes gasp sounds (millions/billions)…….

Certainly, the information stemming from experience was substantial.

At Baek Yi-seol’s words, Nam Tae-min also swallowed his admiration repeatedly.

“Man, you guys exchanged them that meticulously? That was no joke, you guys? I guess that’s why the media always praised Divine Flower and picked fights and forced logic on us every day…….”

“Let me tell you again, that’s all a story of the past.”

“I know. It’s because I’m surprised, surprised.”

Of course, I swallowed a sigh of relief.

‘A day like this comes because I stay true to my main job.’

Exorcism Ritual.

Thanks to developing a point of contact with Baek Yi-seol.

I was smoothly, effortlessly finishing a matter that almost became incredibly annoying.

Let’s assume I visited the Blue House alone.

I feel like suffocating just imagining it.

‘The conversation probably wouldn’t have made any progress.’

I might have just poured out venomous remarks onto the President.

But for Baek Yi-seol, a specific list existed.

I realized from there.

Why the bastards who took and ate it.

Force logic putting forward nonsensical arguments.

‘Because if relations sour, everything will be revealed.’

In that sense, I become thankful for Granfel’s incorruptibility.

I, Lee Ho-yeol.

After awakening as a player, honestly.

‘I’ve lived looking up to the sky without a single speck of shame.’

Thanks to that, I.

Without even laying a finger on the ssanghwa-cha placed on the table.

Opened my mouth.

“If you didn’t know, it is incompetence, and if you knew and left it alone, you are an accomplice.”

“……!!!”

A fastball that makes the listeners’ hearts drop.

This is also due to that damn pride that cannot gloss over anything roughly.

As expected, cleaning up the mess is my job.

“However, if there was a procedure before that, I shall understand.”

President Jeong Han-taek.

The reason he couldn’t step forward was due to the complexly intertwined AAU Treaty. How complicated the treaty is, I, the General Manager of the AAU Yusra Branch, know very well.

I am a workaholic who cannot neglect anything, you see.

‘If it was any other excuse, he would have handed down that damn disposition but…….’

Thanks to that, I was able to generously understand and let it pass.

There was nothing more to converse at length about.

As I said, procedures and treaties are important.

‘I also decline maintaining a deep relationship.’

I don’t know about you, Granfel.

Going in and out of the Blue House through a portal.

Is quite uncomfortable for me, an ordinary citizen.

It was a relief that the President sorted out his words on his own.

“As much as you trusted me, I will definitely pull them out by the roots.”

Jeong Han-taek’s pledge became known to everyone in South Korea before long.

The ceaseless breaking news in the middle of the night.

Articles that would chill the livers of those claiming to be rats.

They literally didn’t stop.

-[Breaking] Jeong, “I will eradicate the forces eating away at the country.”

-[Breaking] Jeong, “The act of treason trading dirty money for national security cannot be forgiven……. Regardless of ruling or opposition parties, I will punish them severely.”

-[Breaking] Blue House Official, “List already secured……. Confessing would be beneficial for one’s personal safety.”

Does it mean the bold assertions weren’t empty words?

Strong statements rarely seen in the political section did not end.

Doing this much, there shouldn’t be anything for me to step forward for.

“As long as a stench does not waft over.”

The stench naturally means a demon’s presence. In the Blue House I unexpectedly ended up visiting, no demon’s presence was felt. If that’s something to be relieved about, I suppose it is.

The thought was also brief.

‘Let’s see.’

The time has come for me to be faithful to my daily routine as well.

The office in Yusra Kingdom.

I sit in front of the desk and look at the teacup.

‘Your mouth must have been itching since the ssanghwa-cha time, quite a lot?’

Clack─

As if quenching thirst, I took a sip of green tea from a teabag and.

Enter the main topic.

Didn’t I achieve a massive battle result in my own way?

Annihilation of Great Evil, Seven Deadly Sins Envy.

The messages that popped up dizzily before my eyes.

It means the time has come to appreciate those loots one by one……!

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Upper layer of the Sociality of Space-Time.

A half-baked transcender cannot enter the upper layer.

Because one had to prove the qualification of a transcender, and above.

“It certainly is unfamiliar.”

In the past, it was a boundlessly quiet place compared to the lower layer.

Even though only themselves, the heads of the 4 families, are staying in the upper layer.

It gave off a relatively crowded atmosphere compared to the lower layer.

“Because the ones dying out are not just one or two.”

“To be done in by mere mongrels of the Demon Realm.”

“It feels unfair to be treated as the same kind of transcender as them.”

Transcender.

Because they didn’t appreciate being bundled up wholesale.

Going down to the lower layer was something they didn’t feel like doing at all.

The Golden Maxima Family.

The Forest Yugrick Family.

The Brave Kansier Family.

The Trembling Akamond Family.

The four family heads conversed while hiding their inner thoughts.

“I see the Empire is trying to stand up again.”

Today’s main course was the Empire.

It was the Empire whose days before collapsing were clearly not many left. While they were observing each other’s tact, waiting for the opportunity of when to take action to grab the hegemony of the Arcana continent.

“Must it be boundlessly stifling to stay crouched in your territory?”

Even if they are omnipotent.

At the family territories located at the corners of the continent, they couldn’t be well-versed in the Empire’s news. Because right now on the continent, neither the cities nor villages to act as a window for rumors were intact.

However, they could predict.

“As expected, it must be none other than the Dark Dragon.”

Hmph, a sneer returns.

“Claudi? Well, that could be the case.”

Even if it’s Claudi, which fell and left only a sole survivor.

The crumbling Empire.

That much ability to make its last flame burn would be sufficient.

“Actually, the guys around the Empire are just mongrels of the Demon Realm, aren’t they? Even if it’s a Claudi missing its teeth, handling that much should be possible.”

“Thinking he couldn’t even achieve that much is definitely an insult to Claudi……. At the same time, wouldn’t it be spitting on the faces of our ancestors?”

“Huhu. It will only be a struggle anyway.”

The reason the 4 families do not fear demons?

It was simple.

It was themselves who were the practical owners of the Empire.

Even if they took pride in knowing everything about the Arcana continent.

They held information at a level where it wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

The information regarding the hierarchy of demons was just one of them.

At that time.

Flutter─

A piece of paper fluttering down from the chandelier.

“……An examination at a time like this?”

『Upper Layer Entrance Examination Request for the Sociality of Space-Time』

The 4 families who witnessed the specified achievement.

The pupils of the family heads widened.

Because it was clearly stated there.

“Annihilating Great Evil, Seven Deadly Sins Envy……?”

A true evil different from the mongrels of the Demon Realm.

The proof that a Great Evil was miserably hunted.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

“Just who achieved such an achievement……?”

Secrets do not exist in time and space.

The name of the one who left such an unbelievable achievement would surely be written.

Soon, the faces of the family heads who checked the name turned white.

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Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo

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Golden Maxima.

Family Head, Ignite Maxima.

His golden pupils shook helplessly.

“T, Time and space. This is definitely something wrong!”

He shouted towards the chandelier.

“That can’t be, that just can’t be true…….”

The five stages of accepting one’s fate.

First, denial.

He revealed that emotion fiercely.

“G, Granfel! That he is alive……!!”