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◈ The Precious Demon King

Chapter 42: Apostle of the Goddess

The surroundings changed in the blink of an eye. Choi Hyunju was startled.

"Ah!"

Wasn't this Kim Junyong's house in Hansan 2-dong that she had only seen in reports?

Did we teleport?

Kim Junyong's teleportation ability had already been reported to her, but she hadn't realized that he could teleport with his party members too.

< You have arrived at the base "Junyong-hyungnim's House." >

"Whoa!"

She glanced at the phone alarm in her hand and sucked in a sharp breath. Speculation about the "Base" feature in the Demon Realm Subjugation app update had run rampant, but now it was clear.

This really is the base.

At the Hunter Management Bureau, it had only been a guess. Now it was confirmed.

Is the base like a teleport point? Does Andong also have a base?

The Special Advisor had also once gone to Andong in an instant. There was an easy way to verify it, but she couldn't bring herself to ask.

"Hahh. That was fun."

Kim Junyong stretched with a refreshed look, appearing as pure as could be.

It was unbearably sad and terrifying that the essence of that harmless joy had stemmed from the realization of evil. He had turned a father and son into enemies and slipped away by himself. No, she shouldn't think like this.

Pull yourself together.

She had to help the Special Advisor adapt well. As if the Mad Monarch's mentality could ever be normal. The fact that he was making an effort to adapt to society was almost something to be thankful for.

Choi Hyunju gathered her courage. She opened her lips, which wouldn't part, and dared to ask.

"Do you have any plans to deal with Daesan?"

"Daesan? What's there to deal with?"

Kim Junyong chuckled. If it had been Belhaim, at least a military force or knight order would have been mobilized. However, the noble families on Earth were rather clumsy.

"It had been a while, so I was looking forward to it, but for a trap, it felt uncoordinated. It was clumsy."

"...!"

Did he think Daesan had set a trap?

Ah!

One should be thankful that a massacre didn't occur. Choi Hyunju pondered.

Should she clear up the misunderstanding? Should she defend Daesan? How would the Special Advisor react?

"Let it go. If they crawl back up on their own, it'll be fun and good."

The first person to provoke Kim Junyong, Kang Hyunsik, was dead. But his grandfather and father were still alive.

Whether or not they fought, someone would survive, and one day, they might muster the courage to fight Kim Junyong again.

"Hehe, even these little joys are needed."

"..."

Kim Junyong stepped out onto the terrace and looked outside.

"Business is over, huh?"

Cheon Yubeom was moving between the tables in the yard, collecting the dishes left by the guests.

Kim Junyong looked at Choi Hyunju and Lee Mina, who had followed him outside. Unlike Lee Mina, Choi Hyunju was not his subordinate.

"Let's go to the Demon Realm later."

"Huh? The Demon Realm?"

"No, not you. Deputy Director Lee and that one."

Kim Junyong glanced and pointed at Cheon Yubeom on the first floor.

"Still, even as my first human subordinates, they're so pathetic."

"Ah, understood."

Training, huh. Lee Mina gave a determined look.

"I-I have a lot of work, so I must return to the Hunter Management Bureau."

"The Hunter Management Bureau is always busy."

"..."

It was all because of him. There was a mountain of cleanup to do now.

Before leaving, Choi Hyunju asked.

"Should I assign staff to the business if needed?"

"Eh, it's just a hobby. Leave it. If I need people, I'll pick them myself."

"Ah! Understood."

The realm of a hobby. So, the Special Advisor considered this business a kind of amusement.

"Well then, I'll be leaving now."

"Yeah, good work."

Choi Hyunju left Kim Junyong's house and called her secretary.

[ Deputy Bureau Director! Where are you? ]

"I'm in Hansan 2-dong."

[ Huh? We're in front of Daesan Hotel. ]

"I'll take a taxi back, so come to headquarters."

[ Got it! ]

"..."

Teleportation. She still couldn't believe it. More than that, there was a lot of cleanup to do.

"Hahh."

Daesan, Taiwan, and the crippled Asian Hunter Alliance.

As for Daesan, I'll toss it over to the bureau director.

Only a few people had witnessed Kang Hyunsik's death. And even those were all Daesan's people.

If a deal could be reached somehow, the matter might be buried surprisingly easily.

"Taiwan..."

She had no idea how Taiwan would react. Ryu Jai even went so far as to kneel before Kim Junyong.

Too many people had seen it, and even now, the information was spreading in real time, making it difficult to stop.

The real problem wasn't Taiwan's or Ryu Jai's protest. It was that Kim Junyong's fame had spread worldwide. The attention on him had become tremendous.

Is it possible to live quietly?

With the emergence of a new G-rank hunter already igniting interest, defeating Ryu Jai had only poured oil on the fire. Thinking about managing the agents from various countries who would soon be dispatched to investigate Kim Junyong made her realize that the road ahead would be difficult.

Then, suddenly, Choi Hyunju shuddered.

"...Am I feeling better now?"

Despite the urgent situation, she somehow managed to talk to the Special Advisor and even approach him. Could it be that she had fairly well overcome her PTSD?

A strange sense of satisfaction made her heart pound.

"Ah, by the way..."

No one would have recognized the Special Advisor's face, right? It was a place where quite a number of high-ranked hunters from across Asia had gathered.

"Hmm. I should be prepared."

The Mad Monarch's appearance on Earth would stir up even more trouble than the emergence of a new G-rank hunter.

* * *

Hardbank Guild in Japan. The reason this guild was considered the best in Japan was simply because they had two SR-ranked hunters.

While neighboring South Korea had only two SR-ranked hunters who weren't villains, Hardbank–despite being a private company–had as many as two SR-rank hunters of its own.

"Yo, Kenchi! I heard South Korea is in chaos?"

"Ryota."

"Haha, I should've gone myself."

Ryota Nozawa. He and Kenchi Takahashi were two of Hardbank's representative SR-rank hunters.

"Hmm? Why do you look like that?"

"Ryota, do you recognize the face of the Mad Monarch?"

"Mad Monarch? How would I know the face of that Demon Realm monarch?"

"Didn't you say you died to the Mad Monarch?"

Kenchi Takahashi's brow furrowed. Ryota Nozawa had also died at the hands of the Mad Monarch. For that reason, Kenchi Takahashi felt a certain inner kinship with him.

"Idiot. What's dying to that bastard got to do with knowing his face?"

"How could you not know?"

All returnees had experienced "death" in Belhaim. Ryota brought to mind a memory that was far from pleasant.

"I died from a flash from a distance. I don't even know what hit me."

"...You didn't see the face?"

"I was too far away. Besides, that guy always goes around with his robe pulled over him."

"..."

Kenchi Takahashi's face twisted into a sudden scowl. That punk Ryota Nozawa. So he had it easy when he died.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Damn, I figured you died painfully like me..."

"It hurt, all right. Do you know the pain of burning?"

"I know! Damn, I know!"

He had suffered all kinds of torture, only to die in the end.

"Ugh, damn."

"But why bring up the Mad Monarch all of a sudden?"

"He's on Earth."

"What? Pffft."

Ryota Nozawa laughed.

"Don't talk nonsense. Why would the Demon Realm monarch come to Earth? That would be at least A-rank."

Given the destructive power of a Demon Realm monarch, wouldn't something like an S-rank dungeon have appeared? For a demon to descend to Earth, it must pass through a dungeon break without exception.

"Are you saying that an S-rank dungeon appeared on Earth and erupted without our knowledge?"

"...The Mad Monarch was human."

"Don't talk nonsense."

There was no way. Ryota Nozawa thought Kenichi Takahashi had developed a new sense of humor since returning from South Korea.

"Enough with the nonsense about the Mad Monarch. Let's talk about Ryu Jai. Is it true that a Korean hunter destroyed Ryu Jai?"

"..."

"Ah, don't keep it to yourself. Talk about it. Everyone's curious because there's no video."

"The Mad Monarch."

"Hm?"

"The Korean hunter who destroyed Ryu Jai."

Fear welled up on Kenchi Takahashi's face as he recalled what had happened just half a day ago.

"Damn, the Mad Monarch was human."

"...Are you serious?"

"Why would I lie?"

Ryota Nozawa, seeing the seriousness in Kenchi Takahashi's face, became serious himself.

"Do you have proof?"

"I was caught by that guy and tortured for three days. How could I forget his face?"

"...Maybe he just looks similar?"

"Ryota!"

Seeing Kenchi Takahashi's face harden grimly, Ryota Nozawa waved his hands placatingly.

"Woah, calm down. If that Korean hunter is the Mad Monarch, why is the world so quiet?"

"Because even you, who died to him, didn't know the Mad Monarch's face."

"...That makes sense."

Ryota Nozawa had never entertained the idea that the Mad Monarch was human. He was peerless, even among the Demon Realm monarchs.

This wasn't simply a matter of recalling a memory. It was something that overturned the very concepts of the world.

Unless, like Kenchi Takahashi, the existence of the Mad Monarch had left such a deep wound on one's soul that it remained as PTSD, it wouldn't be easy to recall him just by seeing his face.

In the first place, few people knew his face. The Mad Monarch's external activities only began about fifty years after the summoning.

As many as ten million were summoned, but most died and returned to Earth within fifty years.

"...Isn't this a huge problem?"

"It's a massive problem."

"...Kenchi. This doesn't seem like something our guild can handle."

Kenchi Takahashi nodded.

"It needs to be made an international issue."

The Mad Monarch's descent to Earth. It was dangerous.

They had to stop the Mad Monarch, who was slyly concealing his identity and attempting to rule South Korea, supposedly.

It's up to me.

Kenchi Takahashi burned with a sense of duty. Although he didn't particularly like Koreans, he couldn't allow them to be sacrificed to the Mad Monarch.

For the sake of world peace, he had to eliminate him.

* * *

Ryu Jai had a long dream. She saw the Goddess.

She was rebuked for her indulgence and punished for her laziness.

After what seemed like endless pain and loss, she was given the opportunity for forgiveness and atonement...

She suddenly opened her eyes.

"..."

The ceiling, the shaking bed.

"Huh? Ryu Jai!"

She turned her head slightly and saw her third boyfriend.

"Where is this?"

"Where else? In your private jet."

"Why am I here?"

"Lin Hongwei carried you here. Should I call him?"

"Okay."

Soon, Lin Hongwei and Wu Feilong came in.

"Are you all right?"

"I'm perfectly fine."

"..."

Despite Ryu Jai's words, the two didn't look very reassured. There didn't seem to be any external injuries, but...

"Ryu Jai, your ranking has dropped."

"Ranking?"

Ryu Jai picked up the phone by her bedside and let out a small chuckle. When she checked, she saw that she was ranked 833rd.

"Now your rankings are higher than mine."

"This isn't something to laugh about. Ryu Jai."

"What happened? What did you get hit by?"

"Yeah. To us, it just looked like you were caught without resistance."

Ryu Jai nodded in agreement with Lin Hongwei and Wu Feilong.

"Right."

"What?"

"How could I have resisted?"

The divine power that had once filled her had vanished.

The Goddess has taken back her blessing.

< Ryu Jai >

Class: Knight of the Arbiter

Originally, her class was "Warrior of the Goddess."

"He's an apostle sent by the Goddess."

"What?"

Ryu Jai's face became dazed, like a believer who had received a divine revelation.

"I have a chance to repent for my sins and be forgiven..."

To destroy evil, she would follow the Goddess. Lin Hongwei and Wu Feilong exchanged glances at Ryu Jai's quiet determination.

She's lost it.

We need to report this.

Ryu Jai didn't seem to be in her right mind.

"Get some rest."

"Yeah, resting would be good."

As the two left, Ryu Jai lay back on the bed.

"Ah!"

She had to let her colleagues know too. The Final Seven Heroes.

They had received one more blessing from the Goddess before the Demon King raid and were reborn as "Warriors of the Goddess."

She entered the Guardian Club's chat room and shared the exhilarating news.

– The apostle of the Goddess has descended.

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