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nChapter 117: Repaying a Threat with a Threat

nIn no time, an ice storm rained down on the 30 monsters.

nOf course, they were not killed as quickly as before, but I could confirm one thing.

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n“Oh, I can kill them with just one attack.”

nThe monsters survived a little longer than before, but they still all collapsed.

nThe power of the functional sill was much stronger than I thought.

nOf course, the ice storm wasn’t strong just because of the ring. I was strong from the beginning.

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nMy ice-type skills, especially, were stronger than anybody else’s.

nBesides, I had 700 remaining stat points I had received from Monte for completing the quest.

nOf course, I invested all of them in Intellect.

nIn other words, my level had not changed, but there was obviously a big change in my status window.

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n“Hhhhhhhh.”

nI burst into a smile before I knew it because I could feel instantly I had become very strong.

nOf course, there was something I regretted, which was an increase in cooldown.

nCertainly, the cooldown of a level 4 and level 7 skill was different.

nBut I didn’t worry much because my ice-type skills had a very fast cooldown.

nAnd my willpower would continue to increase without stopping.

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nAnyway, I continued hunting with a smile on my lips.

nAt the Daeyu Guild’s headquarters.

n“How many in total?”

n“There are 5500 people in Group 1, 3700 people in Group 2, and 1200 people in Group 3 for a total of 10,400 people. And I can mobilize about 10,000 more.”

nWhen Chairman Suh asked, Pildu Oh, who recruited only strong players into these three groups, immediately answered.

n“Alright. They are enough. We don’t need those who are weak anyway.”

n“Well, I can mobilize 10,000 more who can do their job excellently…”

n“Even so, they may be nothing compared to Asirante, right?”

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nOh was the leader of Group 1, so from his perspective,, the 10,000 players that he could mobilize were very competent. So, he immediately balked at the chairman who degraded them as any random Tom, Dick or Harry. But he had no other choice but to shut up when the chairman compared them with Asirante.

nHonestly, compared to Asirante, the 1,200 people in Group 3 were just pebbles by the side of the street.

n“Good. You don’t have to feel ashamed because this bastard Asirante is an extraordinary man. He’s really like a bug character to us.”

n“Got it.”

nAfter that, Chairman Suh selected only the aces from the Daeyu Group and dispatched them to the Tombs of the Dead.

nOf course, Chairman Suh didn’t want to turn to this option from the beginning.

nHe originally planned to win over Asirante over time to gather information about his real life, then make him Daeyu’s subordinate by kidnapping and brainwashing him.

nBut he now decided that he had no choice but to admit that Asirante also knew that this “Revival Legend” was not an ordinary game given that Asirante so thoroughly kept his real-life information to himself.

nOtherwise, he didn have to hide his identity like this.

n‘Damn it! So, this guy was so abominable when he talked to me like that last time!”

nChairman Suh had no choice but to grind his molars at the thought that Asirante’s innocent expressions, which made Suh naively believe the Daeyu could win him over easily, were false, after all.

nOf course, Chairman Suh was willing to accept such humiliation as long as Daeyu could hire him. But when he confirmed the ability of Asirante to make the impossible a reality, he not only became impatient, but also even wondered if all his efforts to win him over were futile and useless.

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nHe was also not sure if Daeyu could keep Asirante even if they managed to win him over at the end of the day.

nDespite these pestering concerns, Chairman Suh still wanted to have Asirante because it was clear that Daeyu’s name would spread immensely if they successfully recruited Asirante.

nThat’s why Chairman Suh made this decision because over time, Asirante would be in a super strong position while Daeyu would keep losing power. Even now the relationship between Asirane and the Daeyu was pretty much of a boss and his subordinate.

n‘Yep, this is my last bet!’

nChairman Suh decided to have it out with Asirante with about 10,000 Daeyu Guild members.

nAt the Tombs of the Dead.

n“Ice Storm.”

nWhile I was in the middle of hunting, I felt the presence of people.

nOf course, the Tombs of the Dead was a hunting ground controlled by the Daeyu Guild.

nIn other words, I easily figured out that they were the Daeyu Guild members, but there were simply too many.

nIf the monster herding teams moved in a group of 40-50 members, this time the people around me were in groups of many dozens or even hundreds.

nWhen they actually showed up, they numbered almost 10,000.

nI stopped hunting and watched the large crowd.

nTramp, tramp!

nAt that moment, they made a path for several figures led by Chairman Suh to walk toward me.

nThat reminded me of something.

n‘Was Monte’s quest so difficult that Chairman Suh even thought I would also fail?’

nOf course it was really difficult. Moreover, Daeyu, the original owner of this quest, must have challenged it hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times.

nIn the end, they gave up. But I succeeded in just one try.

nSo, it was certain that they were deeply shocked.

nEven so, I didn’t expect Chairman Suh would react like this.

n“Hey, Asirante!”

n“Oh, Mr. Chairman!”

nI responded casually without showing any tension when Chairman Suh stepped up and spoke to me.

n“Let me ask you something. Do you happen to know what this “Revival Legend” is?”

n“Well, isn’t it a very popular game? That’s why you are also playing it, not to mention the other business group leaders.”

nI took pains to cite the other business group leaders.

n“Hahaha, that’s right. But do you think that’s all?”

n“Then, is there anything more at play here?”

n“Oh, if you ask me like that, I don’t think there is anything more. But I want to tell you that for me, this “Revival Legend” is worth more than you think. So, I really covet you because you are more competent than all the men I’ve seen until now.”

n“Thank you for saying so. I’m also proud that I belong to Daeyu.”

nIt was true that I was a member of Daeyu now.

n“Oh, yes. You also belong to my group. But I really want you to genuinely belong to Daeyu! Genuinely!”

nChairman Suh emphasized the word ‘genuinely.’

nOf course, I fully understood what he was talking about.

nBut I opened my mouth as if I didn’t get his point.

n“I don’t know what you mean by that”

n“If you don’t know what I mean, then let me tell you. Let me make you an offer right now. Are you going to be Daeyu’s enemy? What I mean by a genuine member of Daeyu is you and I need to be on close terms, confiding to each other freely.”

nAs soon as he finished talking, the 10,000 Daeyu Guild members began to move around busily.

nAs if they were prepared in advance, they surrounded me tightly.

nSo, I cast a glance at them first, and immediately discovered that they were the elites of the Daeyu Guild.

nOtherwise, it was impossible for them to show such an organized formation.

nAt that moment, I imagined fighting against them by myself. It would be tough.

nThese guys were the elites of the elites in Daeyu, and they also had experience cooperating with each other several times.

nSo, even if at least 5,000 or 7,000 damage dealers attacked me only once, it was still a whopping 7,000 attacks.

nOf course, I have no intention of allowing their attacks to hit, but I still didn’t want to fight these 10,000 elites.

n‘Well, I think I can deal with them thanks to Blink with zero cooldown.”

nProbably, if they see me moving from one place to another quickly, they would fall into extreme confusion. In that case, I might be able to get rid of them more easily than I think.

nBut I didn’t want to show Blink with zero cooldown here.

nSo I said to Chairman Suh, “I want to ask you something. Do you really want to be my enemy, Mr. Chairman?”

nThe strongest response to an opponent’s threat was to respond with the same threat.

nIf Chairman Suh really wanted to fight me, I had no other choice but to show Blink with zero cooldown.

nIn fact, Chairman Suh earnestly wished Asirante was just an ordinary petty bourgeois, and so he hoped Asiratnte would bow to the Daeyu’s intimidation. In other words, Suh didn’t want to fight Asirante. Of course, Chairman Suh was confident of beating him here.

nThat’s why he actually mobilized 10,000 elites.

nHowever, this was the world of “Revival Legend,” where death was not actual death, but a 24-hour access penalty. So, Suh knew he would have no proper countermeasure if Asirante turned to guerrilla tactics later to get even with him for his attack this time. It would be a great loss to Daeyu if he had to mobilize his forces just to fight only one man.

nIn other words, Chairman Suh’s threat to Asirante was in name only.

nBut Chairman Suh decided that this threat was his last bet.

nSo, when Asirante gave this unexpected response, Suh could not help but realize that his threat strategy was on the verge of falling flat, for he knew well that actually fighting Asirante was the worst option and was far worse than just letting him go.

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