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Chapter 338
Chapter 338
Chapter 338
Translator: rainbowturtle
Editors: LD & Jyazen
Crescent and the constellations arrived at the capital called Beatrice when the dark fog covered around half of the moon. They entered very easily. It was literally with no blood shed.
[What the hell...]
Aries looked blank as she led the constellations. The gates of Beatrice, which she expected to be closed, were wide open. They slowly went inside. The partially transformed Crescent flapped his wings and shrugged. All the vampires around them were unconscious. Crescent couldn’t understand it. Due to the dark fog, Crescent couldn’t contact Chunza.
Just then—
[Demon king!]
[D-Demon king!]
[It is really a demon king!]
There were shouts from the constellations. Aries, Crescent, and all the users who came shifted their attention. There was really a demon king. In fact, there were two of them. Demon King Lilith, who was called the ‘Queen of Desire,’ and the scorpion star, who was called ‘Pharaoh of Desire,’ the corrupted constellation, Asmodeus.
However, their appearance was different from expected. The two demon kings were kneeling with familiar faces behind them. They were Choi Chuntaek, Park Muyeol, and Park Maksun who headed to the capital first. Additionally, Mido and the painter star, Monet da Vinci, were present. They welcomed the people together. It was as if they had been waiting for the constellations and users to come.
[Asmodeus!]
Aries shot toward Asmodeus at a terrifying speed. Aries’ eyes were currently full of anger and she couldn’t see anything. She was only full of the desire to get revenge for Lupeon, the person she loved. Aries’ sword stretched out toward Asmodeus’ heart.
[......!]
However, Aries was pushed back. It was Choi Chuntaek who appeared and deflected the sword with a kick. Choi Chuntaek blocked Aries’ way and spoke, “Stop.”
[Stop? He killed Lupeon! You are telling me to stop now that I’ve seen him?]
Aries reached out toward Asmodeus again, but Choi Chuntaek appeared like a shadow and blocked Aries’ way. Aries gritted her teeth and expressed her anger. [This human dares...!]
The power of the stars started to appear around Aries. Choi Chuntaek showed a frustrated expression. ‘As expected, it isn’t easy to convince her.’
In fact, previously Monet had succeeded in blackmailing Asmodeus. He asked Asmodeus to be on their side if he wanted Lilith released. Asmodeus loved Lilith and agreed. Choi Chuntaek was reluctant to turn away the power of two demon kings. Sure enough, the problem was persuading Aries and the constellations. As expected, the constellations started to rage.
[Don’t stop Aries!]
[Revenge for Lupeon!]
[I can’t forgive him!]
The moment the constellations were rushing over, a wall of fire appeared between Choi Chuntaek and the constellations. Crescent slowly walked out from behind the bewildered constellations. There was a crystal ball in Crescent’s hand. “Now speak, Hecatiana.”
The goddess of magic and the moon, Hecatiana appeared in the light emanating from the crystal ball. Aries and the constellations fell to one knee.
[I was told that the two of you had been captured.] Hecatiana looked down at those in front of her and spoke, [We will come to the human world three days later. Their lives will be determined by the gods through a meeting.]
[But—!]
[It is Jupiter’s order.]
[......!]
Aries swallowed her anger helplessly and was forced to bow her head.
[...As you command.]
* * *
At Union headquarters, Yoo Minseok’s office...
“...Sigh.”
Yoo Minseok sighed and closed the file folder. There were so many papers piled up next to him. Fortunately, they were all documents that had been completed and approved. Yoo Minseok had been settling the documents for almost three hours and stretched his arms. Lunch hour was approaching.
Knock knock.
“Come in.”
His secretary, Kim Jisu, came through the door. She had a proud and cold face as always. Kim Jisu approached and handed him more paperwork.
“Is it more papers to be settled?”
“...Yes.”
“Sigh. I understand. Go out.”
Kim Jisu left again at Yoo Minseok’s hand gesture. Yoo Minseok looked at the papers in front of him and closed his eyes tightly.
‘Chairman-nim.’
It was less than a week after Lee Geonmyeong’s funeral. Union’s staff received a break to have a period of mourning. This was a decision made by Lee Seokjun, the new chairman who was about to take office. Around the world, a wave of mourning for Chairman Lee Geonmyeong had begun.
“Sigh.”
Yoo Minseok had a headache and took out the Tylenol he had placed in a drawer. He put it in his mouth and swallowed it with water. It didn’t work immediately, but it still felt like his headache went away. Yoo Minseok stared up at the ceiling and murmured to himself, “What the hell is the truth, Chairman-nim?”
Yoo Minseok recalled the face of the dead Lee Geonmyeong and fell into regret. Yoo Minseok recalled the first time he met Lee Geonmyeong. It was still unbelievable that someone so caring and warm would conduct an illegal experiment. Yoo Minseok still wasn’t certain despite seeing the evidence with his own eyes.
If it was true then what would he have done? Could he reveal the truth? He didn’t know yet.
“...Well, it’s all meaningless now.”
Chairman Lee Geonmyeong, who was holding the clue to everything, died. However, Joseph still didn’t give up. He was collecting information and recently formed an expedition to reach the place of the coordinates. Yoo Minseok said he would stop digging into the truth because it was useless now. Joseph understood him.
“......”
Yoo Minseok closed his eyes and thought about it. No, he didn’t want to think about it at all. The idea of just setting it all down and resting dominated his head.
Then knocking was heard once again. Yoo Minseok didn’t tell the person to come in, but he felt the door open. He opened one eye and stared at the person who came in. It was Cha Jincheol who had come from the monitoring room. “Brother-in-law!”
“Hmm, what’s going on?”
“The descent of the gods will soon begin.”
“Already?”
Yoo Minseok immediately stood up. Cha Jincheol followed after Yoo Minseok. Before long, the two of them reached the monitoring room located underground. All of Union’s employees were gathered there. The descent of the gods was one of the most important events in the world of Arkstar so it was probably natural.
“Welcome.”
“The chairman is here as well.”
Yoo Minseok bowed deeply to Lee Seokjun, who stood in front of him. Lee Seokjun smiled bitterly. “I’m not chairman yet.”
“Still, isn’t it correct to say you will be chairman soon?”
“In that case, you will soon be the department head, Department Head Yoo Minseok.”
Yoo Minseok smiled bitterly. He wasn’t sure if he was qualified for a promotion when he secretly investigated Lee Geonmyeong. Of course, Lee Seokjun would never even dream that such a thing happened.
“......”
Lee Seokjun read Yoo Minseok’s expression and realized this person hadn’t yet forgotten his father. Lee Seokjun coughed to relieve the atmosphere. “It will start soon.”
Yoo Minseok followed Lee Seokjun silently and moved his gaze to the screen. A reporter dispatched to the scene was talking. To his surprise, it was Metheus where Choi Chuntaek was.
-This is Gang Daegi in Metheus, the capital of the Atlan Kingdom.There are 30 minutes left until the descent of the gods.Indeed...
* * *
Currently, I was relaxing in a private space in Metheus. I was leaning against a chair with my eyes closed, all the strength drained from my body.
“Are you okay, Your Majesty? Here.”
“Um, thank you.”’
I accepted the towel Helena and placed it on my forehead to cool my head. For reference, I rose to the position of king not long ago. The players and NPCs had gathered here after the Orca Kingdom and Parta Principality were destroyed, so the conditions for becoming king were met. I abruptly became king and I named the kingdom ‘Atlan.’ Metheus naturally became the capital of Atlan.
Right now, I was in the royal palace.
“Um, let’s see. How do you use this?” I looked under the chair where I was sitting.
“Just give it a bit of magic power. That is what Great Magician Park Maksun did.”
“Ah, I see. Thanks for letting me know.”
I closed my eyes and injected some magic power into the chair as Helena instructed. Then the chair started to vibrate. I buried myself even deeper and smiled happily at the cool feeling.
“Uhut, uhum, uhuh, coooool. Uhuhuhu!”
I couldn’t help laughing. This was a magical item that Park Maksun had sent me to congratulate me on becoming king. It was said to have been made using the core of the earthquake slime living near Oz. The earthquake slime was a monster that caused small earthquakes. Park Maksun used its characteristics to make a massage chair. Wow, this was a really cool feeling. It was much better than being at home, right?
“Uhut, uhuh, huuut. He, lena. Hey.”
“Huh?”
“Uhum, uhum, let’s use this as the throne.”
“What? Are you serious?”
“Yesssss. Uhuhut. It is very coooool!”
It was very satisfying.