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◈ Our Precious Demon King ◈
Chapter 87: Cheon Yubeom
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Things really were easier with Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina around.
To Kim Junyong, they were guides to modern civilization, caretakers, and errand runners.
“I've placed the order!”
“Just for us?”
“No, I ordered for your niece and nephew too.”
“What about those workers?”
“Pardon?”
Cheon Yubeom's gaze wavered.
Quick on the uptake, Lee Mina stepped in.
“I'll go count everyone and order one chicken for every two workers.”
Kim Junyong shook his head and held up one finger.
“Oh! One chicken per person, then.”
Only then did Kim Junyong nod in satisfaction.
They were building his house. As the owner, he should at least buy them a snack.
Of course, he'd be paying with the black card provided for his Special Adviser expenses.
The nighttime view from the rooftop was quite lively.
Construction sites filled the area. There were workers and heavy machines here, and more heavy machines over there.
“These days, they just put buildings together like kits.”
“Yes. It cuts construction time dramatically.”
They weren't putting buildings on every patch of land left by the demolished villas. Most of it would become gardens. There were only three construction sites.
“That's the security building, and the one over there is the restaurant.”
“What's that one? It's still just a floor.”
“Oh, that's where the pool and indoor gym will go. The structure needs a reinforced concrete foundation, so...”
“Really?”
“I heard Yu Jihun strongly requested it.”
Ah, a place for his niece and nephew's hobbies.
Should he have them dig out more storage space while they were at it?
‘Nah. I've already got the tribute storehouse.’
At present, the only dungeon space he used for storage was the basement beneath this house.
It would soon run out of room as he piled things up, but there was still plenty of empty space in another dungeon connected to his mind, Belheim's Tribute Storehouse.
That dungeon was truly enormous.
“Everything except the pool should be done in a few days.”
“Yes. The security building should be finished tomorrow, and the restaurant within two days.”
They were simple, single-story buildings, after all.
The restaurant across the street was being built to Ed's specifications.
They called it a restaurant, but to Kim Junyong, it looked like nothing more than a luck stone factory.
“Oh, but where is everyone?”
“Pardon? Who do you mean?”
“The people who lived around here.”
“Oh, they've all been evacuated.”
“Hm? Why?”
“Because of the Conquest Monument's appearance. For safety reasons, until the investigation is complete...”
“Well, Team Leader Cheon. Look at you.”
Kim Junyong smiled.
“Lying right to my face.”
“Gah!”
Cheon Yubeom trembled.
This was why he couldn't quite feel that he'd become an SR-rank hunter.
Whether he'd been Grade 3 or his current rank, the gap between him and Kim Junyong was so vast that it was hard to notice his own progress.
“I-I'm sorry.”
“I didn't come back to Earth to live like this, without any neighbors.”
“I-I'll have the restrictions lifted right away.”
“Good.”
Looking pale, Cheon Yubeom hurried to report the situation in the Teukgoji group chat.
“The area around the Conquest Monument is the safest place there is. Safety reasons, my ass.”
Kim Junyong chuckled.
‘It wasn't the monument. We wanted to keep them away from you, Adviser...’
The plan to clear out the neighborhood, just in case he clashed with his neighbors, had to be canceled entirely.
[Teukgoji Group Chat]
TeamLeaderCheon - Cancel the entire Hansan 2-dong fortress plan!
TeamLeaderCheon - Adviser still lacks experience living an ordinary life!
TeamLeaderCheon - Still eager to experience everyday life.
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Just as he finished his quick report, Lee Mina returned.
“I've let them know.”
“Yeah? I'd better call the kids.”
Kim Junyong called Yu Jihun, who soon arrived with Jia.
“Wow, Uncle. Your rooftop's amazing.”
“Nice view, huh?”
The house stood on a hillside road in Hansan 2-dong.
Thanks to the high ground, the city lights made for quite a charming view.
“Man, chicken and cola would taste so good up here.”
Chuckles broke out around Yu Jihun.
Even Remi laughed at him.
“Hey! Remi, you're a high school girl!”
“I'm twenty.”
“Huh?”
Kim Remi proudly took out her resident registration card.
“No way! You were definitely nineteen!”
“I added a year.”
“...!”
A world where a new ID appeared just because you asked for one!
Was that really possible?
Yu Jihun felt a fresh thrill at his uncle's power.
“Huh? But how did you get enrolled in high school?”
Remi shrugged.
“Wow. So this is what power can do...”
The adults laughed again.
The chicken soon arrived, and the quick-thinking Lee Mina brought a pack of beer cans from the fridge.
“Have a drink, Adviser.”
“Sure. I'm proud of you two for doing so well in training.”
“Sniff. Thank you for recognizing our efforts.”
“That makes it all feel worthwhile.”
The two of them grew emotional as they remembered that hellish, endless hunt.
“Ah, that's the stuff.”
Having a beer with the delivered chicken filled him with the satisfaction of ending a good day.
“How was your trip?”
“Oh, the trip.”
Kim Junyong chuckled.
Thanks to teleportation, traveling was neither a burden nor tiring.
He'd been in Italy just an hour ago, but he didn't feel worn out at all.
“It was all right. People live pretty much the same way everywhere.”
Kim Junyong gave another small laugh.
“My sister liked it.”
“Oh!”
Tap-tap-tap.
Cheon Yubeom hurried to report that in the chat.
“I should send her on trips with Ed now and then.”
Tap-tap-tap.
“Is there anywhere you two want to go?”
“I-I'm a little scared to go alone.”
“Nowhere in particular for me.”
“Well, if you ever think of somewhere, tell me. Your uncle will take you.”
Kim Junyong's teleportation could take him along with others, or send only his party members.
All he needed were the destination coordinates.
“Oh! Come to think of it, I'll have to travel to nearby places myself now.”
The Conquest Monument.
Now that a dungeon suppressor had been planted there, dungeons would no longer appear around Hansan 2-dong.
He could reach the other side of the Earth with a click, but he'd have to walk or drive around his own neighborhood.
“Well, that's life.”
Taking a walk had its own charm, didn't it?
“Could you perhaps teleport to the monument?”
“Hm?”
“The monument is marked on the dungeon map too.”
“Oh, is it?”
Kim Junyong opened the dungeon map.
The monument stood outside his dungeon's territory.
He clicked it and tried sending his party member Cheon Yubeom there.
Pop.
Cheon Yubeom disappeared.
“Oh, it works.”
In that case...
“Should I put one at every tourist spot I visit often?”
Hadn't they said the Demon Realm map was divided into 256 regions?
They'd cleared one of them, so he could still put up another 255 monuments.
Lee Mina quietly waited for him to continue, her hopes rising.
“That sounds like a bit of a hassle, though.”
“...”
Kim Junyong chuckled.
Where would he get order points if there were no crises in the world?
Disasters and villains were the reason people needed heroes in the first place.
<...I agree that a certain amount of stimulation is necessary.>
Those Scales.
They were far too obsessed with balance, but judged by the standards of good and evil, they were neither.
They simply weighed the two and handed out rewards.
More importantly...
Pop.
A golden orb appeared in Kim Junyong's hand.
“Hmm.”
There were only a few things he could do with it.
He could buy a new dungeon ticket or a dungeon expansion ticket. That was about it.
‘I've already got three dungeon connections to Belheim.’
In the long run, being able to travel freely to Belheim would be better than reactivating every dungeon there.
‘But I need seven for that.’
He had one in his hand.
There were still three living G-rank hunters.
He'd left them alone because he had no need for the orbs, but if that changed, he could go get them.
‘That makes four.’
Since the thought had occurred to him, Kim Junyong spoke up.
“Oh, my point farmers.”
Ryu Jai and Logan Hayes.
Were those two hunting properly?
The righteous deeds they performed and the evil they destroyed would all build up as order points.
He could then collect the points they'd earned.
Just then, Cheon Yubeom, who had teleported to the monument, came rushing up the rooftop stairs.
“That startled me.”
“What took you so long?”
“Oh, I had to make a quick call...”
“Hmm.”
Holding the orb, Kim Junyong looked between Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina.
If he thought of them as secretaries, wouldn't one be enough?
Perhaps he could use one of them as a point farmer.
“Either of you want to go hunting?”
“...?”
Both went pale, perhaps remembering their trip to the Demon Realm with Luciel.
“Hey, play rock-paper-scissors.”
“Ugh. You should at least tell us what it's for...”
“Oh, just do it.”
At Kim Junyong's insistence, Lee Mina and Cheon Yubeom played rock-paper-scissors.
“Paper! Yes!”
“Ugh.”
Cheon Yubeom cheered. He didn't know what it was about, but at least he'd won.
“Oh, good. Team Leader Cheon, come here.”
“Pardon?”
“Here. Eat this.”
“What?”
Kim Junyong approached the confused man and put the golden orb in his mouth.
Cheon Yubeom was startled to find something like a large piece of hard candy suddenly in his mouth.
“Huh?”
Pop-pop-pop-pop.
The candy-like orb melted into liquid and slid down his throat in an instant.
<Judging the target, Cheon Yubeom.>
Golden scales appeared before Cheon Yubeom.
They weighed his sins against his good karma.
<Jaywalking: 37 times. Theft from a close relative (30,000 won): 1 time. Swearing: 198 times. Lying: 21 times...>
“...”
At this level, wasn't he practically a vegetarian in the world of crime?
“Petty. That's some really petty stuff.”
His offenses were so minor that they barely raised the chaos points at all.
On the other hand, his good deeds were considerable.
<Civilian rescues: 312 times. Villains subdued: 742 times. Minions of evil eliminated...>
<He is fully qualified to become a Guardian’s Knight.>
“Appoint him.”
<Cheon Yubeom has been appointed as a ‘Guardian’s Knight.’>
<Please allocate the power of order to the knight so he may oppose chaos.>
<1,000 order points remain.>
An entire divine orb had gone into him.
“All of it.”
Running an automatic point farmer took some investment.
Pop.
The golden light flowing around Cheon Yubeom's body entered through his mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and asshole.
Fzzzt.
The pillar of light that had suddenly appeared in Hansan 2-dong faded.
“Hah, hah.”
Since reaching SR-rank, Cheon Yubeom rarely grew tired, but now he looked utterly drained, as though he'd used every last bit of his strength.
Yet his eyes shone with perfect clarity, and his face was filled with joy.
He raised a hand, opened and closed it a few times, then looked at Kim Junyong and threw himself flat on the floor.
“As I thought, Adviser. You were never an ordinary person.”
“Oh, come on. Just act like you did before.”
“If that is your command, I shall obey.”
Cheon Yubeom sat up with a smile.
He was soaked as though he'd showered in cold sweat, but his voice sounded more refreshed than ever.
* * *
South Korea's Hunter Management Bureau.
An emergency meeting was well underway.
South Korea had gained new SR-rank hunters.
They couldn't afford to dawdle and lose them to private guilds or other countries.
They couldn't use patriotism as an excuse to treat people poorly.
“Their individual ranks matter, of course, but their roles are even more important.”
“By their roles, you mean...?”
“Since Cheon Yubeom and Lee Mina returned, hasn't supporting the Special Adviser become much more manageable?”
“Ah!”
The two stayed glued to Special Adviser Kim Junyong's side.
Cheon Yubeom's real-time chat reports had been a great help.
Lee Mina's quick thinking and ability to adapt on the spot were excellent too.
“South Korea needs these two.”
Just look at the incidents the Special Adviser had caused while they were away hunting in the Demon Realm. He would be visiting foreign countries even more often now. With those two beside him, they could at least feel somewhat reassured.
“Then let's improve the terms of their offers...”
Just then, a member of the personnel department opened the Demon Realm Forum and gasped.
“Department Head Cheon Yubeom's ranking!”
Department Head Cheon Yubeom, who had been ranked fiftieth...
[Sophie Giro: Rank 1]
[Cheon Yubeom: Rank 2]
[Vikram: Rank 3]
[Jabari Okoye: Rank 4]
...
He'd become number two in the Human Realm.
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