Guild (04)
[Kang Mingyu has chosen you as King. Will you accept Kang Mingyu as your subject?]
[Kang Mingyu has chosen you as King. Will you accept Kang Mingyu as your sub… Save me… Please!]
Just because a system window appeared didn’t mean he intended to accept Kang Mingyu. Kang Mingyu in the practice dungeon had been truly the worst.
But the message that appeared at the end of the system window was strange.
Save me, please?
Jaehee stared at the message without saying anything. No matter how much he looked, the message didn’t change.
It didn’t seem like the system window would say “save me.”
Could it be that Kang Mingyu had sent it?
But was such a thing even possible?
[Kang Mingyu has chosen you as King. Will you accept Kang Mingyu as your sub… Save me… Please!]
The window that wouldn’t close even when he tried to close it kept blinking in front of his eyes. As if urgently sending a rescue request.
Even though he tried to ignore it, his eyes kept going to it with an uneasy feeling. Jaehee thought about various things and eventually let out a short sigh. Whatever happened later, it seemed like he would feel more at ease if he accepted Kang Mingyu for now.
Kang Mingyu was an annoying and somewhat lacking person, but he didn’t seem like a bad person.
As Jaehee thought that, he recalled Ju Serin and Yang Jeongil and shook his head. Well, Ju Serin and Yang Jeongil had made better first impressions than Kang Mingyu. But what they had done was unimaginably worst.
After accepting Kang Mingyu as his subject, Jaehee called up the system window.
Since he could check the status of his subjects through the system window, he wondered if there might be more information about Kang Mingyu.
[Subject List (232)
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Shin Yiyeong: Normal
Shin Hyeongho: Normal
Lee Jieun: Normal
Park Yongpil: Normal
Kim Jisu: Normal
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Kang Mingyu: Danger (Emergency) May die within a short time.
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(*) You can deploy King’s Veil on individual subjects. However, a veil where the King does not reside lasts only a short time and its effects are also halved.]
Since he had accepted all the new Awakened Ones and their families as subjects, the number of subjects already exceeded 200. Kang Mingyu’s name was added at the bottom, and the word “Emergency” next to it blinked ominously in red.
He had never properly used a skill, so he didn’t know what or how to do it. He had used the taming skill called King’s Radiant Majesty on Kyaeng-kyaeng—no, Mirang—but it had happened by chance, so he didn’t particularly remember what he had done.
To use a skill, should he shout the name? Or would just thinking about it work?
He felt somewhat embarrassed to say the skill out loud. But seeing the red letters next to Kang Mingyu’s name continuously blinking, he had no choice.
“King, King’s Veil. King’s Veil to Kang Mingyu!”
[King’s Veil is granted to subject Kang Mingyu.
Kang Mingyu can rest within the temporary veil.
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Wounds heal at a certain rate within King’s Veil. The rate is proportional to the skill level.
Detoxification and purification occur at a certain rate within King’s Veil. The rate is proportional to the skill level.
Complete protection from external harmful elements. The outside cannot perceive what’s inside the veil.
However, all functions are reduced in a temporary veil where the King does not reside. -50%
Duration 04:00:00
Recovery rate: 4%]
After some time passed, the red letters that had been blinking anxiously next to Kang Mingyu’s name disappeared.
Instead, it changed to orange letters reading, “Danger, not urgent but condition is not stable.”
Only then did Jaehee let out a sigh of relief. Just because he didn’t like someone didn’t mean he wanted them to die. If the person had died because he hadn’t accepted them, how heavy would his heart have become?
After checking Kang Mingyu’s status and turning his head, his eyes met Jeongwoo’s, who had been looking at him.
What…? Since when had Jeongwoo been looking at him like that?
Jeongwoo was standing a little distance away, looking at him with an expressionless face without moving. When Jeongwoo’s eyes met Jaehee’s, only then did Jeongwoo smile.
“Jeongwoo.”
“Huh? What’s wrong? What’s the matter?”
Seeing Jeongwoo approach with a nonchalant expression, he wondered if he had mistaken that cold expression from just before.
“Ah, well… Jeongwoo, you remember Kang Mingyu-ssi, right?”
“Kang Mingyu-ssi? You’re talking about that person we met in the practice dungeon, right? That well-built guy…”
“Right. The person who was our team leader because you suddenly said you’d team up with him. The student from Minguk University’s physical education department, I think. Anyway, that Kang Mingyu-ssi suddenly had a system window appear asking to be accepted as a subject. But it showed as danger, emergency.”
“Didn’t Kang Mingyu-ssi also apply for guild membership?”
“Yeah. I saw his application but hadn’t approved it. But this time when the notification window showed emergency and a warning that he might die appeared, I got scared so I accepted him now. And when I checked his status, it said he was in danger and to use a skill on him, so I used a skill for now. But what could be the reason Kang Mingyu-ssi is in such danger? Do you think you know?”
“Wait. Is that person in a dungeon right now?”
Jeongwoo asked Yang Yumi, who had been next to Jaehee until then.
All Awakened Ones were required to report to the Management Bureau before entering dungeons. So Yang Yumi, who had recently worked at the Management Bureau, would know where Kang Mingyu was.
Yang Yumi looked around with a startled expression.
“Actually, I’m not supposed to say this kind of thing without the section chief’s approval. You can’t say later that I told you, okay? When I quit, I signed all those confidentiality agreements and such. This isn’t really classified information anyway, and if the section chief were here, he would have just told you… That’s right, Kang Mingyu-ssi went on dungeon exploration a few days ago with several Awakened Ones from the Management Bureau.”
“Dungeon exploration?”
“Yes. Kang Mingyu-ssi still hasn’t completed his mandatory allocation, so he probably went along this time. There’s a dungeon in the Bukhansan area that was conquered, but the dungeon was so large that there are areas that weren’t properly explored. Until now, we just left it alone due to lack of manpower, but this time we had some spare capacity, so we organized an exploration team and sent them in.”
“Bukhansan dungeon?”
“Huh? Oh, yes, yes. The Bukhansan dungeon.”
When Yang Yumi spoke, Jeongwoo asked back and frowned. Jaehee quietly observed Jeongwoo’s mood. This was the first time he had seen Jeongwoo react like this.
“Yumi-ssi, if Kang Mingyu-ssi is requesting help to this extent, perhaps there might be a problem with the exploration team itself. We should contact the section chief first and dispatch a rescue team. Since it might cause misunderstandings if we say it, could you please convey this to the section chief?”
“Yes, that’s not a big deal. Then how much should I tell him?”
Yang Yumi glanced at Jeongwoo and Jaehee, then nodded.
Jeongwoo smiled brightly at Yang Yumi.
“I think working with Yang Yumi-ssi would be a great fit. I like how you handle work. The section chief recommended a good person. You can just tell the section chief exactly as it is. When Jaehee accepted Kang Mingyu-ssi as his subject and checked his condition, it was critical.”
“Yes, understood. Then I’ll report right away.”
Yang Yumi nodded while glancing at Jeongwoo.
Just as Section Chief Lim had said. He had said not to underestimate them just because they were young, and Woo Jeongwoo had considerable work handling ability despite his young age. Even now, he was telling her to say everything as it was, while precisely specifying what content should be conveyed. In other words, it meant not to convey unnecessary things he hadn’t mentioned.
“Now your number of subjects must be quite a lot too, Jaehee.”
“A little over 200.”
“Hmm. You haven’t accepted all the guild members’ families yet, right?”
“I accepted most of the immediate family members, but some people refuse.”
“Really? Unlucky people. They don’t even know who they should choose.”
“I guess so.”
Then the system window opened again.
[Earth people who are diligently approaching destruction one step at a time today as well. Perish! ヾ(´∀｀)ﾉ
This system has also learned a lot about how to handle you Earth people now. (ฅ˙˘˙ฅ)
The educational method you Earth people need is the carrot and stick.
Perfect for you all who easily become arrogant and pretentious despite having no knowledge or ability, right? ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
I was shocked while settling the first mission.
I thought Earth people had no brains. ¯(ºдಠ)/¯
There are those who call themselves Kings despite not meeting the qualifications for Kingship,
And yet there are quite a lot of people claiming to be subjects of such Kings? ( ｰ̀εｰ́ )
As of this moment, all Kings who do not meet the qualifications and the subjects following such Kings will be changed to unaffiliated status.
Everything comes with a price. d(ゝωб)
Subjects without Kings will wander in darkness and eventually be caught and devoured by that darkness.
The second Global Mission begins!]
