Chapter 202

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Translated by Jinmu
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‘An update?’

It was a task commonly carried out if it were an ordinary game.

However, in the case of Record Project, it was different.

Because he had definitely heard there had not been a single update since its release until then.

“Sometime tomorrow, examiners from the investigation team will arrive. Until then, stay in the Royal Capital and take a rest.”

“…Understood.”

Han-bit’s party, who had finished the conversation, immediately left the audience chamber.

It was because the King’s work was still piled up like a mountain.

“Black Dragon!”

At that time, Leon followed behind Han-bit as he stepped out into the hallway.

“What’s the matter?”

“Haven’t I not been able to properly convey my words of gratitude yet. Even if there’s no presence of mind, that’s not something that should be done.”

Leon, saying that, was also spending an incredibly busy time amid the situation where even the Knight Commander had disappeared.

Purposely following him like this and catching him was very much like her.

“It was also my objective to rise to become an investigation team candidate. Earning that qualification alone is sufficient.”

“I believe that is a reward that must rightly be given.”

Leon, who shook her head, took a step backward.

And displaying the courtesy of a knight, she said.

“As the temporary commander of the Royal Guard Knights, I speak representing the members. For assisting in the defense of the kingdom from the invasion of foreign powers and internal treason, I truly thank you.”

“…You went through a lot of trouble as well, Leon-ssi.”

Memories of the past brushed past at the words of gratitude received several times.

“Vice Commander!”

In the meantime, a knight came running from afar.

Leon, who straightened her posture, smiled lightly and said.

“It seems I have to get going. Rest comfortably, and I will see you again when the situation stabilizes. I hope we can share a conversation leisurely then.”

Along with such a greeting, Leon took her subordinate and left the place.

Han-bit’s party directly came outside the royal palace.

“I should also part ways around here. Please come if you have business to stop by Temosha.”

Zenith and the people of the criminal organization arranged residencies in nearby cities including Temosha.

They, whose crimes had all been absolved by royal decree, returned to their hometowns or built new lives.

Of course, the real criminals were in a situation of being caught or chased.

“I’ll go too. I was going to hang out with oppa for a bit, but I feel like I keep seeing Atsbel unni before my eyes.”

Reventia, whose investigation had finished, also decided to return to Edlen.

Since it was a situation where her education had inevitably been neglected, there were many things piled up.

“Then let’s see each other next time. Reventia, can you pass on my gratitude instead?”

“Got it. Still, make sure to drop by.”

Just like that, those two also left to prepare for departure.

Han-bit, watching their retreating backs, turned his gaze to his party members.

“There are quite a few things to talk about. Let’s go to the guild headquarters.”

***

“You’ve arrived!”

The guild headquarters was in Altea, a city in the southern part of Raven.

Kenji, who was waiting there, sprang up and welcomed Han-bit’s party.

“Huh? Where is Momo?”

Haneul looked around to find the unseen younger sister.

Then Kenji pointed at the kitchen and said.

“It seemed she wanted to try cooking.”

“Is that so? Then can I go help too?”

The question was thrown while looking at Han-bit.

Since there were no urgent matters yet, he nodded his head.

“It’s fine. You can go.”

“Yes!”

Haneul, who answered quickly, headed straight to the kitchen.

The remaining people moved their seats to a newly decorated space like a meeting room.

“First off, congratulations. No one would have thought you could reach the investigation team candidacy this quickly.”

“It’s just thanks to having a lot of experience. But I absolutely have no clue about the update.”

After ascending to the investigation team candidacy safely, the private area he had forgotten also newly appeared.

However, nothing that could be pinpointed about an update came to mind.

“Are there no differences from the other world you stayed in for a long period? If considered a general update, the addition of game elements seems like it would be the norm, but.”

“Well. Me too, but the things players progressed with so far are merely a fraction. Since just the domain of the investigation team alone is extremely wide.”

Not to mention the guidebook, the areas dealt with in communities were mostly not difficult to access.

There were places requiring quests, items, procedures, etc., but they couldn’t compare with restricted areas.

“What about the top-tier Advance Party? Might those people already be an investigation team?”

Kim Jae-ha, who was listening to the story, asked.

Top tier players whose names or anything weren’t known.

Though he couldn’t be certain, there was a high possibility they had already reached the investigation team.

Especially as even players belonging to the Holy State had appeared, expecting anything at all was difficult.

“If it’s the top-tiers, they sufficiently must have climbed up to the investigation team. Perhaps they might have achieved more than me who rolled around in the other world.”

Han-bit absolutely didn’t believe his abilities were amazing.

He had merely rolled through 55 regressions because of the Goddess.

It wasn’t strange even if a person truly like the crystallization of talent existed somewhere.

“The communities are in an uproar.”

At Avant-garde’s words, Han-bit also logged into RPG.

All sorts of screenshots were spreading in the communities RPG and Astra.

It was the golden message that popped up after clearing Episode 6.

Black Dragon cleared Ep 6, and an update message popped up.

Notice came up on the homepage too, go check it out

-Is this real?

-What more is coming out from here?

-Wow wow

-Are they expanding the map?

└There are many investigation team areas, so there are a ton of unopened places in the first place.

-Isn’t it a balance patch?

└Magic buff?

└Yeah, it’s a melee buff.

└Due to whatever reasons, player Black Dragon is nerfed.

└Stop the bullshit. He is our master who scatters walkthroughs.

└There’s no one who hasn’t joined the membership yet right?

-Emergency for the Advance Party

-Corporations will get fucking busy. Hahaha.

The community was rampant with all sorts of speculations.

Han-bit, who switched the screen, examined the notice on the Record Project homepage.

Hello. We are Record Project.

Following the achievement of specific conditions, we will proceed with the 1st Update.

The corresponding update will start from the coming midnight and is scheduled to take about two days.

Connection will be unavailable during the work time, so please terminate the game in a safe area.

Thank you.

“…”

A notice containing only a brief schedule.

In the end, there was no detailed information regarding what they were doing.

However, a point of concern clearly existed.

“It’s a worry that the game is closed for two days. I hope it doesn’t affect my daughter but…”

Kenji expressed concern over the time connection was impossible.

Not being able to see his daughter was one thing, but whether there would be systematic protection during the update progress time was the problem.

Since it was a matter Han-bit had also pondered over, he decided to convey the thoughts that had come to mind.

“If my expectations are right, there will be no problems. Because Momo escaped from the Goddess of Turbulence’s domain.”

“If you say domain…”

“I think Momo is a victim swept up in the power wielded by that Goddess. It’s a conclusion drawn considering the namelessness, given role, abilities, treatment, etc. I don’t know up to where the authority of the Goddess of Silence faction’s developers reaches, but they wouldn’t endanger an innocent child who escaped the Holy State’s hands.”

The image Han-bit had of the two gods was simple.

The Goddess of Turbulence was destruction and chaos.

The Goddess of Silence was protection and stability.

The Goddess he met in person valued life.

It was to the extent that he, a victim who had rolled through 55 regressions, possessions, and reincarnations, was confident of it.

If it were those who followed her, they would clearly join in that will.

There wouldn’t be things that put Momo in danger due to the update.

“Of course, just blindly trusting was also strange, so it would be good to carefully watch Momo’s condition in reality during the update’s progression.”

“If a problem occurred, they should try storming even the headquarters. Because for some reason I feel like there’s a method to threaten them.”

“…Hearing you say so, it is extremely reassuring.”

Kenji dropped his gaze slightly and smiled faintly.

He seemed to think of it as words mixed with comfort, but Han-bit was serious.

For some reason it felt like RP’s developers absolutely needed Han-bit.

“Anyway, as Holy State players had also appeared, the information handled and variables would increase. It would be good to verify things relating to Momo’s problem one by one too. There was also no knowing what Min-ho hyung might discover from the gear. Since it was not a matter that would be resolved urgently, let’s look at it long term.”

“Yes. I will keep it in mind.”

Lee Min-ho had already crossed over to Japan and was examining Momo’s condition.

If it were him, wouldn’t he discover even a small clue?

“Ah, come to think of it.”

Han-bit suddenly recalled one matter.

“How did the lawsuit against Adventurer A go? I did contact Yeon-woo regarding it though.”

“The influence of the law firm was quite substantial. I heard the lawsuit schedule got pulled forward significantly so police investigation thankfully began quickly. They say they are focusing efforts on pinpointing his whereabouts too, so it seems the progress will be good.”

“That’s good.”

Adventurer A was a fellow experiencer of the other world.

If he were a truly excellent player, he might have tried to maintain a good relationship to obtain information.

But looking at his guidebook and personality state, honestly, he was useless.

Paying for his crimes and disappearing into a prison was the best thing.

“Let’s leave Adventurer A’s matter to proceed. For now, we’ll have to wait until news of the update comes out. I’ll decide the future policy then.”

“Understood.”

Han-bit, who had finished the short conversation, purchased spirit stones and a few items from the exchange.

As items increased one by one on the table, everyone’s gaze gathered.

“Where are you using these?”

“Aren’t those spirit stones?”

“There are monster loot too.”

While questions gathered, Han-bit stood up from his seat.

And finding a spacious area, he slowly began arranging the items.

Sarak—

As the arrangement finished, a light slowly wavered from the spirit stones.

Simultaneously with that, the spirits wavered and revealed their appearances.

“You guys stay here together with Momo.”

[Yeah!]

The three spirits, including Sylph, comfortably took their respective seats.

Keureung—

The Heavenly Fox that was dug into his embrace stuck its head out.

After doing so, it wiggled its front paws, came outside, and approached the spirits.

It just looked like it wanted to play together.

Han-bit turned his gaze to the people watching the work from behind.

“I set up a space similar to the Garden of Spirits. It’s nothing more than an imitated level though.”

Even though it was a temporary measure, it should be able to block out any variable fairly well.

It would be a better choice than just blindly leaving Momo alone.

“Thank you, Black Dragon-nim.”

Kenji once again greeted him, his voice filled with sincerity.

He was a person without even a speck of an authoritarian mindset despite his position as the chairman of a large corporation.

Of course, his face was still fierce, so the sense of disparity was quite big.

“Not at all. Let’s look forward to it passing safely by any means.”

Around the time they finished such a heavy conversation.

Momo and Haneul came out from the kitchen for a moment.

“Hello.”

The noticeably stabilized Momo was a figure like an ordinary city girl.

“Hi. Did you make food?”

“Yes. Since it was fun while doing it… But what is that?”

Momo showed interest in the makeshift Garden of Spirits.

With stones and bushes and the like placed in an empty space out of nowhere, it was also natural.

“It’s like a resting place for the spirits. Play with them once in a while.”

“I’ll quickly finish it!”

Momo quickly returned to the kitchen and continued cooking.

Since she appeared to be playing well with Sylph, it seemed it would be fine.

Ttiring—

Right then, an alarm rang in the ears of Han-bit, who was about to sit in his seat again.

It was a message arriving from Yeon-woo.

「Hyung, contact came from the Vestige representative. Grace-ssi, the administrator of Astra, says she wants to meet hyung, what will you do? She says the time is possible from tomorrow afternoon.」