Chapter 119: Chapter 119 - Mercenary (3)
Chapter 119: Mercenary (3)
Translator: HH Editor: HH
But Yeon-woo couldn’t show his anger right now .
Yeon-woo laughed, and spoke .
“Sorry I’m late . I wanted to come right away, but it didn’t work out . ”
“It doesn’t matter if you come late or not . All that’s important is that we’re together now . ”
Phante tapped Yeon-woo’s shoulder with his hand .
Bahal welcomed Yeon-woo like they were really close, and all the players watching were surprised .
“Were Bahal-nim and the Hoarder close?”
“When he visited outside the Tower . I heard he scouted him himself . But I didn’t know it was that much . ”
“If they’re that close, why didn’t he come earlier?”
“Hm . He’s an interesting person . ”
They continued to speak amongst themselves .
But Yeon-woo knew why Bahal was welcoming him to this extent . The reason was simple .
‘It’s probably to raise his standing within Red Dragon . ’
The Hoarder was well known throughout Red Dragon . Some had checked him as a rookie they needed to get rid of right away . But it also meant that he was worth a lot . A novice that slumped a semi ranker . The disciple of the Martial King . A rookie with a view .
What if someone like this switched sides to the Red Dragon, with the Martial King’s children in tow? And also had information about Cheonghwado .
If the person that had overseen all this was Bahal .
‘His standing will increase . And he must’ve liked the present . ’
It was good for Yeon-woo . Since the bigger the welcome, the easier it would be to get a place within Red Dragon .
“But is it ok for the Martial King’s children to come over? He’ll be displeased . ”
Phante, thankfully, wasn’t clueless and just shrugged his shoulders and spoke .
“It’s been a while since I stopped listening to my father . ”
“Really? I guess . Since the children of Cheongram are so talented that even the tribe can’t touch them . Anyway, welcome . ”
Bahal had a big smile, and led Yeon-woo’s company inside .
“So, let’s go in now . We were just in a conference . There’s a lot of people to introduce you to . ”
As Bahal said, there were about 10 rankers in the strategy room waiting for them . And in the center of them was a player with a strong aura . They didn’t seem to want to pull back their presence at all . Yeon-woo squinted his eyes at them .
‘81 Eyes . ’
If Cheonghwado had their 5 Martial Gods, the Red Dragon had 81 high rankers at their center .
They were ‘81 Eyes . ’
It was from the legend that in a dragon’s single eyes, there were tens of compound eyes .
Also, they led independent powers as well, having their own fighting squads,
‘There’s a lot of familiar faces . ’
Yeon-woo could recognize a few of them from the diary .
‘White Draconian, Flame Beast, Blaze, Corona Anaconda, Red-Ringed Band…there’s a lot . Are they planning on flipping the 11th floor over?’
As Yeon-woo scanned their faces, when he arrived at the last face, he was taken aback . There was a completely unexpected person here .
A playful beautiful woman with long blue hair that reached to her shoulders . Unlike what the public knew, her hair was dyed blue instead of red, and she was wearing comfortable clothes .
Yeon-woo recognized her instantly .
“What’s wrong, Hyungnim?”
“… . Never mind . Nothing . ”
But it seemed like she didn’t want to reveal who she was, so Yeon-woo pretended like he didn’t know . His thoughts were a mess .
‘That person, here?’
Why was someone who detested the lower floors, saying they were places for insects, here?
He thought that the war had gotten bigger than expected .
Bahal introduced Yeon-woo’s company .
“So . This is the Hoarder and the children of the Cheongram family from the One-horned tribe . Even if you’re not interested in the lower floors, you’ve heard of them, right?”
A few nodded their heads . Some people showed interest, and others, wariness .
But most of them didn’t seem to care . They had eyes that said ‘So what?’
‘No . Is it because they’re not interested in Bahal?’
Like Leonte, people from Arthia were considered betrayers, and not welcomed to new organizations .
It seemed like that was the case for Bahal . However, he was known to be favored by the Summer Queen for his talents and wits .
“You all seem indifferent . But not after seeing this . ”
Bahal placed a pile of papers on the table . The rankers naturally shifted their attention towards it .
“Do you know what this is?”
“What is it?”
Bahal grinned .
“Where Cheonghwado placed their troops . ”
“Is that true?”
The rankers with careless expressions changed to one of surprise .
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Raul, who had been fighting with Cheonghwado even this morning, burst up from his seat and asked again .
“Of course . Do you want to check?”
Bahal threw the map he had at Raul .
Raul quickly caught it and spread it open .
A detailed map of the 11th floor . A red ‘X’ was marked in various locations .
Raul knew approximately where the troops were located, but he didn’t know the exact locations .
“… . . And the people that brought this?”
“Our friends here . ”
Bahal proudly patted Yeon-woo’s shoulder .
This was the present that Yeon-woo had given Bahal . He memorized the map he had seen when he entered the Martial King’s office with his Draconis Eyes, and he had copied it exactly down .
Of course, he left out the information that would hurt the One-horned tribe .
But this was enough to help Red Dragon . This was going to change the tide of the war .
“How is it?”
Raul flinched at Bahal’s question and lightly coughed .
“…I think we’ll need to confirm first . It could be a trap from Cheonghwado, right?”
Raul narrowed his eyes at Yeon-woo and Phante’s back . Bahal nodded .
“Shouldn’t you go check that at Red Wolf?”
“I’ll go confirm right now, sir . ”
Raul quickly left the strategy room . He looked excited .
If the map was real, they would be able to turn the tables .
Bahal looked around him .
“If the map is real . Then they’ve done a great thing for us . What do you all think? If there are no objections, I’d like to award them with a reasonable condition and rewards . ”
No one said anything . But they were all paying close attention .
Bahal accepted the silence as approval .
“So I’ll take it, everyone agrees . Cain . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
Yeon-woo stepped forward and bowed his head .
“The second team leader’s position of Foreign Legion is empty . I’d like for you to take charge . What do you think?”
Yeon-woo’s eyes shined . The Foreign Legion was composed of mercenaries . It was a large legion of over 3,000 people, and it was difficult to be accepted into it .
To be a leader of such a team meant that you would be in charge of hundreds of players . To place an outsider in that position was unheard of .
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That was how priceless the present Yeon-woo brought was, and how sought his talent was .
Yeon-woo welcomed it, because he would be able to do more with a higher position .
‘I’ll stay here and climb my way up . ’
Whether it be the Saber God, Leonte, Bahal…he was going to catch them if he got a chance .
‘This is a war, where knives and arrows fly around constantly . It won’t be weird if something happens . ’
Also . A warzone might be a place of fear and horror to some people, but to Yeon-woo, it was as comfortable as his own bedroom .
He spent half of his twenties in a dangerous warzone . Even with the addition of more magic, it was still the same .
Saber God? Leonte? Bahal?
No matter how talented they were, Yeon-woo was sure that he surpassed them in war .
So that was why he was planning on ending their lives .
‘Jeong-woo . Just wait a little bit . It’s boring with just Bild, huh? I’ll send the other guys your way soon . ’
The first person he would get was the Saber God . Then Leonte . And lastly, Bahal .
He had already chosen the order . And created a detailed plan . The map was only the first step .
‘That woman gets on my nerves…but it shouldn’t matter . No . It’s actually best . Since it’ll become more confusing as the gameboard gets bigger . ’
Yeon-woo’s eyes glinted sharply .
‘But first, I need to build up credibility with Bahal . ’
And so, hiding his thoughts . Yeon-woo bowed his head .
“I’ll do my best . ”
“I’m telling you in advance, but I don’t trust you guys . It’s best if you try to stay under my radar . ”
The person who took them to the Foreign Legion on Bahal’s orders was named Amber .
‘Head of White Draconian, member of Poison Owl . ’
Yeon-woo dug through the information of Red Dragon in the diary . He was also Shanon’s boss .
So Amber was glaring at Yeon-woo like he was going to kill him .
He was annoyed that they met like this . But his will to kill Yeon-woo for killing his subordinate could be felt . Whenever he got the chance, he would do it .
Yeon-woo thought that his life would be uncomfortable because of him . However, he had expected this much, so he didn’t worry too much about it .
Amber looked at Yeon-woo, who didn’t even respond, and kicked open the door to the second team of the Foreign Legion .
Bang!
The door almost broke .
There were about 250 people . It must’ve been freetime . They stopped smoking cigarettes or gambling, and looked over in their direction .
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A sharp aura could be felt from them .
“This is your new team leader, Cain, and new members Phante and Edora . Greet them however you’d like . ”
Amber scowled on Yeon-woo and turned on his feet to leave .
“Team Leader?”
“I did hear someone would be dispatched here . I guess they really came . ”
“But isn’t he unfamiliar? Was there someone like that?”
“Isn’t the One-horned tribe with Cheonghwado? Is it ok for them to switch sides like this?”
The team members narrowed their eyes at Phante, Edora, and Yeon-woo . They were scanning the new team leader and the new addition to their team .
Mercenaries were fierce . They prioritized setting a hierarchy amongst themselves to see if they were stronger or weaker .
Some of them looked at the pretty Edora with lingering gazes . Edora slightly frowned like she didn’t like them . But Yeon-woo didn’t worry about them and slowly walked towards the center . Naturally, their gazes turned towards him . A few of them made faces like they realized something .
“Hey . That mask, isn’t he the Hoarder?”
“What?”
“I think you’re right . The black mask that makes his look like a ghost, and that armor . And the One-horned tribe’s brother and sister pair that follow him . The Hoarder, right?”
The words started to spread among them . And they all scowled . A few of them pulled out their swords to show their intent . They were actually victims who had suffered when Yeon-woo hoarded all the hidden pieces of the 11th floor for himself .
Seeing Yeon-woo, their old days suffering came to mind .
“Hyungnim . I guess you got more popular when we weren’t around?”
Phante giggled seeing Yeon-woo .
Yeon-woo’s eyes behind the mask were annoyed . Although he had somewhat expected this, annoying things were still annoying .
Then . A few mercenaries stood up holding their axes and swords . Clearly showing what they meant .
“Look here . Team Leader . We’d like to speak with you?”
Looking at them, Phante shook his head like they were absurd .
“Geez . There’s sure a lot of ways to kill yourself . ”
Edora just quietly nodded her head like she agreed .
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