Guild (05)
“Huh? What’s this? A second Global Mission?”
“Oh? It’s really true?”
The moment the system window appeared, the office became chaotic.
After the first Global Mission ended, there had been no system notifications for a while. As that time grew longer, some people began to hope that maybe everything was over now. Some people called the system windows demons, others revered them as gods, but the earnest wish of all of them was for all these trials to end.
But the peace was brief – suddenly the second mission had started like this.
Clear fear could be felt on the faces of both Awakened Ones and ordinary people.
[Ta-da-da-da-da-ta-ta! ˚✧₊⁎( ˘ω˘ )⁎⁺˳✧༚
Second Global Mission: Those who dwell in the King’s Veil shall have rest.
For the next 100 days, an inerasable darkness will come.
Before the inerasable darkness, any light will lose its power.
In the darkness, those waiting for Earth’s end will strive to deliver despair.
Only the King’s Veil can repel the darkness.
Those who dwell in the King’s Veil shall have rest!
(*) D-4: We give you a four-day grace period before the second mission begins. Decide on a king within that time.
(*) This Global Mission is supervised by dark attribute Constellations according to their share percentage.
Supervising Constellation: Dark Night]
“Dark Night? That can’t be. He wouldn’t step forward already…”
“Hmm? Jeongwoo, what did you say?”
Jeongwoo muttered something, but his voice was so quiet it was hard to hear.
For some reason, Jeongwoo’s complexion seemed pale.
“Jeongwoo…? Are you okay? Do you know something about this mission?”
“Ah… No, I don’t.”
He clearly seemed to know something, but since he shook his head saying no, it was difficult to ask more. Jaehee looked around at those in the office. A few weren’t Eternal Guild members, but most belonged to Eternal Guild, and they were all people who had registered their names and families under him. Perhaps because of this, while the atmosphere was clearly flustered seeing the second Global Mission, there wasn’t much major disturbance. Rather, slight relief could be seen on their faces. Relief that their choice to join Eternal Guild hadn’t been wrong.
Seeing that made him feel proud and bitter at the same time.
Those who still hadn’t decided on a king or weren’t under a proper king and had been changed to unaffiliated status this time would be out of their minds right now. The fortunate thing was that there was a four-day grace period.
“Guild Leader! Guild Leader! The Management Bureau just contacted us, and the Section Chief seems to have almost arrived at the Management Bureau. They’re asking if you can come to the Management Bureau. They say they have something to discuss.”
“Yes? Ah… the Management Bureau. I understand. Tell them I’ll come. Yumi-ssi.”
“Yes! Then I’ll contact them.”
Yang Yumi, who had been running around with her sky-blue twin tails fluttering, suddenly turned around and ran to Jaehee.
“Oh right, Guild Leader! Were you offended that I was filming? But this is my unique ability… If you don’t like it, I won’t do it anymore.”
“Ah… if you’re going to keep broadcasting live on the internet, I find that a bit uncomfortable…”
Due to Kang Mingyu’s rescue request and the second Global Mission breaking out all at once, he had momentarily forgotten, but he remembered being surprised seeing Yang Yumi broadcasting.
“Guild Leader, actually I was thinking of actively utilizing other SNS platforms besides video. Would that be uncomfortable too?”
Jaehee, who had been planning to refuse, was a bit flustered by Yang Yumi looking dejected. Then Jeongwoo intervened.
“Jaehee, since Yumi-ssi is an expert, how about leaving this to her?”
“Huh?”
“Yumi-ssi is an expert recommended by Section Chief Lim. Now that the second Global Mission has started, broadcasting seems more important. Isn’t that right, Yumi-ssi?”
“Yes, yes! Of course! SNS platforms are already in chaos. It’s necessary for guild promotion, and I think building influence with ordinary people is important. We can correct wrong information and warn of dangers in advance.”
Yang Yumi added perceptively while glancing at Jeongwoo.
“Of course the Management Bureau will handle such things well, but since we’ve also made a guild now, I think it’s necessary. Why else would Section Chief Lim have recommended Yumi-ssi?”
“Guild Leader, I absolutely, absolutely won’t post anything that makes you uncomfortable. I can do real-time editing and filtering, so even during live broadcasts, editing is possible! How about trying it once and if you really don’t like it, you can stop?”
In the end, Jaehee nodded. Not only Yang Yumi but even Jeongwoo was recommending it, and with them saying this much, it was difficult to refuse without a particular reason. Besides, he had many things to worry about now and didn’t want to argue further.
“I understand. Then I’ll leave it to Yumi-ssi for now. If I say I’m uncomfortable, please stop then. And we’ll have to end today’s founding ceremony here.”
Everyone nodded at Jaehee’s words.
They were still in the middle of the founding ceremony party, but it was difficult to continue in this atmosphere.
“Guild Leader. Our website server has crashed.”
“The server? Why all of a sudden…?”
While they were talking about the website server crashing, phones began ringing from all directions. The gathered people each checked their mobile phones and smiled awkwardly.
With the second Global Mission starting, these were urgent contacts from those who still hadn’t decided on a king.
Eternal Guild was known for accepting ordinary people, and they had been broadcasting the founding ceremony live on the internet until just now, so even more contacts were flooding in.
“What should we do about this…?”
Before someone’s question even finished, phones rang again. Starting with the office phone to everyone’s cell phones. They rang incessantly.
Seeing this, Jaehee let out a long sigh.
“For now, there’s some grace time until the second mission starts, so let’s think about it. And for guild membership, let’s prioritize reviewing those who applied first. I’ll go hear more from the Management Bureau and come back.”
“Then until the Guild Leader returns, we’ll organize the office and keep working! It’s an emergency, so unfortunately we’ll be working overtime starting from the founding ceremony today. Come on, let’s organize quickly! There’s a lot of work, so much work!”
Yang Yumi energetically took up Jaehee’s words and began organizing the venue.
Jaehee felt heavy-hearted looking at the people in the office. Combining all of Eternal Guild’s guild members and their families, there were over 200 people. Thinking that all those people trusted and depended on him, his shoulders suddenly felt heavy. Could he really take responsibility for them? Could he always make the right decisions?
For the second mission to start during the guild founding ceremony was quite coincidental timing in many ways.
* * *
“Guild Leader Shin Jaehee. Thank you for coming despite being busy. Come this way. Jeongwoo-ssi, you come this way too.”
Section Chief Lim Yongtae had been with them just a while ago and they were meeting again, but in that short time his face looked like it had aged several years. Lim Yongtae guided the two to his office and let out a deep sigh.
“There’s a problem.”
“Are you talking about the second Global Mission?”
“No.”
Lim Yongtae shook his head and gulped down the water in front of him.
“The second Global Mission… it’s a big deal, but it wasn’t unexpected, was it? There will be major disturbance for a while, but it was still within expected parameters. The problem is Kang Mingyu-ssi.”
“Yes?”
“The Bukhansan dungeon that Kang Mingyu-ssi entered. Contact has been lost. It was an A-rank dungeon that Sahae Guild had conquered. However, since they took the shortest route to conquer the boss, there were many unexplored areas inside the dungeon. Since the initial conquerors were also Sahae Guild, this exploration team was also mainly composed of Sahae Guild members. One Management Bureau staff member accompanied them for records.”
“Kang Mingyu-ssi isn’t even a Sahae Guild member, so why did he participate?”
“Actually, Kang Mingyu-ssi’s condition wasn’t good. After coming out of the training dungeon, he didn’t participate in any dungeon conquests and was having a really hard time. But since he couldn’t stay like that forever, I recommended that he just do exploration with Sahae Guild. Bukhansan dungeon was just exploring an already conquered area, so it would be fine. But now we can’t contact any of the people who entered.”
“Ah…”
Come to think of it, he had never seen Kang Mingyu since coming out of the training dungeon. Of course, he had been busy with various things, but while he had encountered others once or twice, he had never seen Kang Mingyu even once, which was strange.
Maybe Yang Jeongil joined the Doomsday Cult because Kang Mingyu was so broken.
“What does Sahae Guild say? When their exploration team lost contact.”
It was Jeongwoo who asked the question. When Jeongwoo mentioned Sahae Guild, Jaehee remembered Jeongwoo causing a ruckus at the Sahae Guild building. Come to think of it, there had been no contact with Lee Shinhoo after that either.
“I contacted Sahae Guild first, but their reaction was a bit strange. There’s no reaction like this or that. They just say they understand… The reason I called you to the Management Bureau like this is because I have something to ask. Do you know this object? I remembered that during the training dungeon, there was an amplifier that could amplify dungeons.”
What Lim Yongtae took out was something like a stone tablet. It was a stone tablet that might be found in a museum, but it wasn’t very large. On the stone tablet, unknown characters and symbols were messily drawn, but they were so precise and complex that it was hard to think they were carved on the stone tablet.
“Where did you find this? Don’t tell me it was in Bukhansan dungeon?”
“That’s right. It was discovered at the entrance of Bukhansan dungeon. We don’t even know how long it’s been there.”
“Originally amplifiers aren’t in this form, but this is definitely acting as an amplifier. They work in pairs, so one is probably inside the dungeon.”
While Jeongwoo was briefly explaining the principles and usage of amplifiers.
– Sa, save me…
