Chapter 62 – That Difficult Thing (1)

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Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand…….

─Current Contribution : 897,340p

So is this high, or is it low?

Because there’s no object of comparison, I can’t even guess.

Because of this personality, I can’t even grab someone and ask.

It was when I was thinking that.

[You have fulfilled the conditions.]

[Rewards are provided according to your Contribution.]

[Your relationship points with Frost have reached the maximum.]

[Your influence in Frost has reached the maximum.]

[The ‘Authority’ function has been activated in Frost.]

……Fortunately, it seems I’ve been spared the trouble of asking.

Approximately nine hundred thousand Contribution.

With that much Contribution value, it seemed to be sufficient to raise the relationship points and influence to the maximum.

To the point of activating the [Authority] function due to that.

‘Wow shit. Hold on a second.’

Experiencing it once is better than explaining it a hundred times with words.

I am someone who had already tasted the power of the Authority function in the Yusra Kingdom in advance.

Thanks to that, I was accurately grasping the ability of Authority and its limits.

The fact that there is no particular limit is its limit!

The moment the Authority function was activated.

In reality, it meant it was no different from me possessing the same authority as the Lord of the relevant region.

To explain with an example.

In the Yusra Kingdom, the only one who can stop my decisions is Yusra’s King, Hakuna.

However.

‘Hakuna against my words?’

Since that was something unimaginable.

I possessed such enormous Authority function.

And activated it in Frost as well.

The value of Frost I saw on TV, internet news, and communities comes to mind afresh.

Even if it’s not to the extent of the Mage Tower of South Korea, everyone expected there would definitely be an immense economic revival effect.

‘It probably won’t be possible right away though.’

It couldn’t be helped.

“It will probably take a long time to restore this.”

“Just the collapsed buildings alone are no joke.”

“……Above all, we have to worry about the residents too.”

Because the current Frost was literally in a state of having fallen into a living hell and miraculously coming back to life.

But I wasn’t greatly concerned.

Why, because the Yusra Kingdom was much worse than Frost.

‘Let alone residents, there was singly one King.’

Look at the current appearance of the Yusra Kingdom that started like that.

Of course, it was possible because Yusra had that much value but.

Frost’s value shouldn’t be inferior to Yusra as much as people made a fuss about it.

“Only the production class Players will be excited again.”

“Considering how much they suffered, we have to acknowledge them for this.”

“Yeah, well. Since we took care of the experience points handsomely.”

I’ll decide to look into the functions of that authority gradually.

Right, experience points.

I checked the status window and flinched.

[Name : Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo]

[Class : Demon Hunter]

[Level: 295]

[Stats]

Strength : 38 / Agility : 42 / Magic Power : 213 / Luck : 5 / Aesthetic : Low()

[Possessed Points : 30]

Demon King, Decarabia.

Just by defeating that bastard, my level rose by 30.

Wow, it rose more than I thought. This.

Wasn’t it a bastard that descended upon the plaza?

It was subjected to a pincer attack from Players who swarmed from all directions.

In a word, it meant I shared the kill Contribution with them, and also shared the experience points.

‘Even so, my level rose by 30?’

Indeed, to spit out experience points fitting for a Demon King.

Of course, it would mean that I contributed that much to the kill.

Enough to automatically acquire the loot.

[Loot is automatically acquired due to high kill Contribution.]

Inventory open.

I checked the Demon King’s loot.

[Pentagram of Impure Knowledge]

[Grade : Epic]

[Restriction : None]

[Effect : Sealed]

[Description : It is imbued with a demon’s curse and its effect is sealed. To know its proper effect, it must absolutely be purified.]

First of all, I was not agitated.

The incarnation of integrity who has transcended material desires.

Moreover, a disposition that doesn’t easily rejoice or grieve over a single outcome.

It meant I was benefiting greatly from Granfel’s personality.

‘Calmly.’

I thoroughly read the newly popped up information.

[Pentagram of Impure Knowledge].

First, its grade is a whopping [Epic].

A step above [Unique].

It meant it’s an item of the highest grade among items currently existing in Arcana.

Furthermore, what’s more important than anything is that there are no equip restrictions including level.

‘If it had like a Level 700 restriction, I would have really died from unfairness.’

What is the meaning behind that information?

It meant that if I just undo the demon’s curse, I can immediately confirm the effect of the Epic grade item……!

Something like undoing a demon’s curse.

At least for me, it wasn’t a very difficult task.

As you can see, look at the items in the inventory.

Decarabia.

The three items used as sacrifices to invite the bastard to the ritual.

[Possessed Master Sword], [The Noble Lady’s Jewelry Box], [The Choking Necktie].

Those three items were safely stored in the inventory in a purified state.

So.

‘……Thank goodness. Really.’

Because I wasn’t swayed by this feeling of having hit the jackpot.

Agitation leads to mistakes.

Because thanks to that, I could roll my head calmly.

My personality is really this goo…….

Just as I was about to shamelessly sing my own praises.

“?”

What is it, why is it sparkling again. This thing.

My gaze headed to the blinking quest window.

Upon checking, it was a class quest I didn’t even expect.

─Defeat the Demon King Decarabia. (Success)

[Class Quest : Subjugation of the Demon King(”)].

……Wait a minute, come to think of it.

I reflexively stared at the place where the Demon King, that bastard was.

Count Ascura and the Seven Deadly Sins of Greed.

After defeating those bastards.

The thick smoke that bloomed up from their remains.

Unlike then, the Demon King, Decarabia was burned without leaving even a handful of remains. But……. Just the same, smoke was blooming up into the sky.

Due to smoke blooming up from all directions.

Others were brushing it off but.

My eyes definitely saw it.

Exceptionally thick smoke.

Because it was blooming up from the empty air where Decarabia was.

I stared at the smoke and counted.

‘Is this the third one.’

The class quest I cleared in the past.

There was definitely a mention of a ‘beacon fire’ there.

Then does that mean that smoke is acting as a beacon fire.

‘So, whose beacon fire is this supposed to be for?’

It was while I was thinking of it as nothing important.

“……!”

A new class quest popped up.

[Class Quest : Legacy of Akshan]

The beacon fire of survival has been definitively conveyed.

The Last Demon Hunter.

Retrieve your legacies that were lost due to evil.

─Train your weakened physical body. (Repeat)

……Hold on a second. What?!

Akshan?!

That Akshan I know?!

And on top of that, legacccccy?!

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Decarabia.

The moment the Demon King descended.

The world fell into despair.

Overwhelming intimidation!

The massive pentagram shaped from blood and flesh.

The image of Decarabia floating in the Frost Plaza was enough to induce nausea even from afar.

Not only the viewers but the cast members in the studio also couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

“To be facing such a Demon King, it’s marvelous. The Players.”

The fear felt instinctively.

Before that fear could even subside.

Breaking news arrived one after another.

“A-According to the news that just came in, it is said that a demon presumed to be the Demon King was disguised as the Lord of Frost! And the one who saw through that fact is…….”

“Could it be, Player Lee Ho-yeol this time too?”

“Yes, it is said to be so!”

Breaking news conveyed by Players at the scene.

Right, we had Lee Ho-yeol.

The moment everyone was casting off their fear with one heart.

Srk

On the turned script, there was a statement issued by AAU.

“Please wait a moment. According to AAU, the identity of the Demon King is said to be Decarabia……!”

And the data screen of Decarabia popping up simultaneously with that.

There was information there that would astonish everyone.

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Possesses knowledge of all minerals.

Expected to be immune to Earth attribute attacks, including minerals.

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“If it’s Earth attribute attacks……?”

The first person who comes to mind is Lee Ho-yeol as expected.

Earth attribute attacks.

Because that was one of Lee Ho-yeol’s main attack methods.

And the screen switching simultaneously with that.

The distance between Lee Ho-yeol and Decarabia had noticeably narrowed.

“Expert-nim, how do you view this?”

“A considerably dangerous situation……. That’s how it appears to my eyes.”

“I agree. Doesn’t each skill have its proficiency? To raise that proficiency, effort is absolutely required. Player Lee Ho-yeol being able to freely wield Earth attribute skills? It must have been possible because effort and time were invested!”

Right, skills were also the same as stats.

Digging one well alone was hard enough.

Because measuring the time and effort invested to raise a skill’s proficiency as well, it wasn’t an ordinary matter.

No matter if it’s Lee Ho-yeol.

He wouldn’t be able to use skills of other attributes as freely as summoning stone pillars or stone stairs…….

Fwoosh!

“W-What is that!”

……Anticipating it should have been natural common sense!

What in the world is that fire storm that seems to be alive and moving?

Immense heat.

The helicopter pilot urgently raised the altitude.

The camera hastily zoomed out and captured the overall image of the fire storm.

“What am I looking at……?”

The camera director who was filming muttered without realizing.

“……Doesn’t that look like a person?”

No, it wasn’t an illusion.

Real-time broadcast.

The studio that was also watching the same screen.

“Isn’t that a person, not just a fire storm?”

“The face, the long hair, and those look like hands too?!”

“It’s not an optical illusion. That is definitely the shape of a woman!”

“Expert-nim, what kind of skill could that be?”

“How would a lowly person like me know! Just watch.”

Like the shape of a woman carefully embracing and supporting Frost so it wouldn’t fall into hell.

Fwoosh!

The fire storm was becoming a reassuring protective shield for the Players, and simultaneously an inescapable prison for Decarabia.

There was no further reversal there.

“It’s over, everyone. The Demon King has fallen……!”

A truly overwhelming victory.

However, they couldn’t just rejoice.

Because victims existed without a doubt.

“However, it’s a victory full of scars.”

The camera zoomed in on the residents of Frost sitting on the ground.

Was the sky trying to comfort those who fell into sorrow?

Soon after, heavy snow began to pour down from the sky.

‘Right, if this were a movie or a drama.’

Around here would be the perfect timing to cut.

The hero who defeated evil has appeared.

Peace has returned.

A clean end while previewing the next season.

But this was reality.

‘It means it’s a reality where things remain to be sordidly argued about.’

The PD, Hyun Yong-seok, who was watching the angle, opened his mouth resolutely.

“Let’s catch just one more cut.”

What Hyun Yong-seok was aiming for was none other than Inazuma.

If they had even a little bit of sense.

They could predict the developments that would unfold right away.

‘It’s a common occurrence.’

Frost appeared in the new update.

What would be the reason the governments of various countries pricked up their ears at that news?

It was because the economic value hanging on Frost was massive.

‘Around now, the Japanese government must be dancing.’

When Frost appeared in Hokkaido, Northern Sea Route.

Their pitch-black ulterior motives were quickly revealed.

They hindered the ankles of guilds other than their own guild, Inazuma, with all their might. Although it is a strict violation of international agreements, they must have judged that Frost had enough value to violate them.

‘Although they withdrew quickly thanks to the Demon King popping out.’

Usually, the mind entering a toilet is different from the mind leaving it.

Now that the Demon King has disappeared.

It seemed obvious that the Japanese government would bring up territory again and claim rights to Frost.

Who would be the existence that could become the biggest obstacle to such a Japanese government?

Naturally.

‘The person who accumulated the highest Contribution in the recapture quest.’

It would be Lee Ho-yeol.

“……I knew they would come out like that!”

Right, the flow went exactly as Hyun Yong-seok expected.

All of the Inazuma Guild members headed by Hisagi.

They had begun to approach Lee Ho-yeol’s side.

Hyun Yong-seok ordered.

“Can we catch the sound?”

-I think that would be a bit difficult.

“Okay. Guess we have to be satisfied with the picture. Zoom in closer.”

-Focusing on their expressions and lip shape? I know without you telling me. Something like that.

“Good.”

Although a pity, trying to guess the situation through their expressions and lip shapes wouldn’t be bad.

No, not a pity, they have to salvage at least that one cut.

Korea-Japan conflict.

Even if other things fail, the viewership ratings will be guaranteed for this one.

Soon, Lee Ho-yeol and Hisagi Kazuma facing each other.

“……Eh?”

However, no matter how much they zoomed in.

Neither Hisagi’s expression nor his lip shape could be captured.

That was natural.

Hyun Yong-seok blinked his eyes unable to believe the screen unfolding.

“……Hey, Jong-jin. W-What am I looking at right now?”

How can they see the faces of people bowing their heads!

However, this was also reality.

Hyun Yong-seok, who grasped the situation, spoke urgently.

“Q-Quickly put up the subtitles!”

Breaking news popped up beneath the broadcast screen.

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The entire Inazuma Guild, including Hisagi Kazuma.

They appear to be bowing their heads to Lee Ho-yeol to express their gratitude……!

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