Chapter 140
Translator: uly
Chapter: 140
Chapter Title: Guild Master Isn't Enough with Just the Game
As the countdown continued, the number of broadcast viewers surged exponentially.
With rush hour kicking off, every crowded subway and bus was filled with people glued to their phones, watching GodGold's stream.
Korean Biva players had already been world-class, drawing plenty of attention, so Koreans hadn't been without expectations—but the results far exceeded anything they'd imagined.
[This is Korea for ya]
[Live from the 9th-inning grand slam comeback]
[Aaaaaah, it's so damn refreshing and thrilling I might lose my mind ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[I'd die happy locked in like this... National pride, come at me... *gulp*]
[Whole bus is watching this lololol]
[Gilgamesh is the MVP lololol thought it was over but comeback city lololol]
[What if oil pops up from that land now? Guilds turn into megacorps overnight and Korea becomes an oil nation??]
[God... Kaisha.....]
[I'm in my 50s and tearing up. Our young hunters are washing away the bitterness of a resource-poor nation]
[Don't jinx it till we know what resources they are ffs but holy shit amazing ㅠ]
[Is this for real?? Mind blown;;]
[Kaisha is just too damn cool I'm dying ㅠㅠ Not even human anymore wtf ㅠㅠㅠ First time seeing someone this badass in my life ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[Kaisha is a god]
[Sis... Sis, how far are you gonna drive me insane?? Huh????]
[Noona I love you]
[Kaisha's about to become ultra-mega-tycoon lololol Let's revive polygamy just for GodKaisha. Lining up first]
[Seriously too cool ㅠㅠㅠ]
[My balls hurt]
[Camen]
[Ouch but someone's belting out Hallelujah for real lololololol]
[Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~ Hallelujah~]
[Make Kaisha-ism the national religion]
The GodGold casters shouted.
["Ten minutes left!"]
["Europe ganged up with hand-holding swarm tactics from the start, only to get utterly wrecked by Kaisha!"]
["Agh, so satisfying!!"]
["Kaisha as expected. The king of crowd-pleasers. Born in the same era as Kaisha—I'm lucky, grateful, just camen."]
With the GodGold casters overflowing with faith, the chat was a full-blown festival.
["The central barrier rises again, blocking outside inflows, and the central weapons under Kaisha's control deploy en masse to support the Korean team."]
["Wonder what the foreign reactions are. Too much of a hassle to look 'em up though."]
["Truly a historic moment."]
Bolstered by Kaisha's focused support, Goldbunker pushed south unstoppable, Space King steadily shoved America aside to claim the east, and Fullminak fully seized the forest before fanning out from it at breakneck speed.
The GodGold casters fidgeted restlessly, legs jittering as they watched the dwindling countdown.
["Why's the countdown moving so fast?! Just a bit more! More more more more!"]
["Conquering the system takes time, limiting conquest speed, but we're already nearly halfway there!"]
["Oppa run! Noona run!"]
Time flew like an arrow, and the countdown hit its final stretch.
["Three minutes left!"]
On screen, Kaisha was yelling something to the guildmates and guild masters via voice chat.
Fullminak members started mopping up the overlooked territories.
["Filling in the gaps!"]
["Exactly! Can't leave enemy pockets in our land or it'll spark international disputes!"]
["EU dodges fighters and pushes north while Korea takes the entire south!"]
["Space King just hit the map's northeast corner!"]
["Korea claims the full diagonal bottom half of the map! Goldbunker chases EU to the bitter end!"]
Kaisha smiled quietly.
Glancing at the world map blanketed in red, the corners of her lips curved in a victor's grin. The already wild chat exploded, and the casters blanked out for a moment.
["Ah, seriously...... falling for her."]
Just as everyone shared the same thought, cheers erupted from the Korean hunters across the four split screens.
Countdown ended.
The casters leaped from their seats, howling in triumph.
["Waaaaaah!!!!"]
["It's over!! We won!!"]
Hyped viewers went berserk, chat scrolling too fast to read, while roaring cheers echoed through cities everywhere.
* * *
『Quest has ended.』
『Territories are now fixed.』
『Distributing rewards.』
『[Quest End Notice]
Channel 1004 quest has concluded. Territory conquest is now impossible, and Babel Tower logout is enabled. In 24 hours, hunters from the same nation can freely enter conquered territories.』
Babel Tower logout was now possible, but naturally, not a single guild member logged out right away.
"Everyone to the central nation."
I issued the all-channel voice command and turned around.
Questions flew in immediately.
"Have you handled neural drive devices before?"
"First time."
"......"
Lenox looked somehow shocked.
"Why? Was it tough?"
He clearly hadn't expected me to control the system so effortlessly.
Manipulating the neural drive device had been fun as hell, and honestly, I'd been so focused I'd completely forgotten Lenox was there.
Lenox spoke up again.
"So, what's the verdict?"
"Hmm."
I smiled enigmatically and gazed down at him intently. Lenox looked up at me with a hint of tension.
After a moment's thought, I said.
"First, we'll officially depose you and install Ophen in your place."
"Ophen? Lea's eldest son?"
"Yeah, that's right. Then we'll summon Philia, Euhyen, and the forest folk for a grand funeral for Lea. Kaizen, who died protecting her, gets buried alongside, of course."
"......Sounds good."
Lenox's attitude toward Lea softened my stance a bit.
Seemed like it did for him too.
A grand funeral would soothe my guilt over Lea, the regret and sorrow for the woman who'd died caught up in my mess.
Of course, I knew Lenox was fishing for something else entirely.
I couldn't fully trust a guy who'd gone berserk, but I didn't want to abandon someone clinging to life for my sake either.
As silence stretched, Lenox stared up at me persistently and said.
"Take me with you. I can't wield anywhere near the power I have fighting you all outside this place anyway."
It was a compelling argument.
I'd seen similar messages about him in my alerts during our fight.
But Lenox's 'divinity' ranked two whole levels above mine, so I wasn't confident I could control this man.
Might be fine in my home world with my buffs.
After some deliberation.
"Won't work without strings. Need a way to bind you—avatar or possession. We'll call it war prisoner for optics. Terra, Whistle. Bring him."
Terra and Whistle escorted Lenox, who followed without resistance.
The central control room door, which had clanged shut like a prison gate, slid open smoothly as if nothing had happened.
Because Lenox had granted me control earlier.
Outside was unchanged.
Everything but the reinforced control room vicinity lay in near-total ruins.
White-haired, blue-eyed folk had vanished into some passage, suggesting evacuation routes.
But instead of hunting those down, I planned to just jump from the building's edge.
Step step.
Reaching the end of the control floor hallway, I peered down.
Waaaaaah—!!
The crowd gathered in the front courtyard—where I'd fought Lenox—roared in cheers.
Lights everywhere near the building made it ballpark-bright despite the pre-dawn hour.
Kaisha's out!!
From their clothes, they weren't civilians—more like building admins, police, rescuers, that sort.
"What, what the......"
How'd they know my name?
Some sported eye-catching white hair, giving me a rough guess.
Guess they hyped me up as thanks for the save.
Turning to scan the area with that in mind, I jolted.
Absurdly, a nearby building's billboard was live-streaming my face in real time.
Lenox spoke from behind me.
"You're the hero who saved this world now. Or should I say god."
Kinda pointed.
Wouldn't feel great losing a world he'd ruled as god to someone else.
Then voice chat lit up with Kali's voice.
["Heading in through the defensive barrier gate you opened, whoa! Locals' welcome is insane. Says they stayed up all this time? Well, duh, they were about to die."]
Waaaaaah!!
Kaisha!!
A 'title' reward was surely incoming, but feeling like this was reality, not a game, hit weird.
Cheers swelled louder.
Far on the horizon, the sun began asserting itself, spreading light.
* * *
By morning, this nation's rulers had gathered in an intact building a ways off.
God's clan 'Lenoxa'.
All white-haired with blue eyes.
The three guilds I'd summoned had assembled fully in the central nation, and representing us were me, Dart, and Gilgamesh.
"We seek the resources out there, so we won't cause major harm to the central nation. But we want to depose Chancellor Lenox, appoint a new administrator, and take permanent joint control of central command."
I'd organized my points before coming and laid them out to this world's 'God's clan' and 'rulers.'
"For resource extraction, we'll deploy the central nation's mechanical forces. And going forward, we'll influence central nation policies through the new chancellor proxy."
Gilgamesh, who'd been sitting quietly, eyed me with sparkling interest.
"Oho! Mech troops for mining? You thought of that?"
"Naturally."
"As expected of Kaisha."
While Gilgamesh and I traded brief words, Dart peered at his status window with a bored expression.
Checking rewards, probably.
Gilgamesh glanced at Dart and whispered to me.
"That guy's just bored 'cause he can't swing his sword. Hasn't solved shit with talk since Midgard."
"I can hear you."
Dart grumbled irritably.
My declaration made the silverish-white-haired, blue-eyed folk exchange glances and murmur, but no strong backlash.
The many Lenoxa who'd survived thanks to me felt somewhat favorable.
Someone raised a hand.
"May we ask who you have in mind for administrator?"
"Ophen."
At my call, Ophen—who'd attended quietly—stood from his seat.