Chapter 121
Chapter 121
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 121
Chapter Title: Sex Empire
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‘100,000 points, huh. Not a bad price.’
Of course, that was only by the standards of ordinary summoners.
To me, with over 12 million points at my disposal, 100,000 was pocket change.
‘Might as well make one to check out the features.’
“Create guild.”
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Creating a guild using 100,000 points.] [Please enter the guild name.] “Hmm… what should it be?”
Now that it came time to pick a guild name, nothing sprang to mind.
It was a guild I was making just for my own convenience, so I could name it whatever I wanted. Still, since I was making one anyway, wouldn’t it be nice to give it a meaningful, cool name?
I pondered for a moment, then remembered my class.
‘My class is Sex Emperor, and emperor means sovereign… A sovereign ought to rule his own empire.’
Im Ji-hye was showering in the lodging using a water spirit.
“Hee hee hum~”
Judging by the humming, she seemed to be in a pretty good mood today.
“Ji-hye.”
“Yes?”
“What’s ‘empire’ in English?”
“Huh? Empire?”
Im Ji-hye blinked at the sudden question.
“Um, I don’t know why you’re asking, but… empire? Empire? I think that’s it? Probably?”
Im Ji-hye replied in an uncertain voice.
But I trusted Im Ji-hye.
‘Perfect. Sex Empire it is.’
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Would you like to create the ‘Sex Empire’ guild?] “Create.”
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ […The Sex Empire guild has been successfully created!] [You are the guild master of Sex Empire.] [You are the first to create a guild on Tower Floor 1!] [Achievement unlocked: 『Recruitment』!] ⚔ ACHIEVEMENT: RECRUITMENT ⚔ Effect: Recruit an additional 10 guild members per guild level. ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Achievement, 『Recruitment』 effect has activated!] [Achievement, 『Recruitment』 evolves to 『Additional Recruitment』!] ⚔ ACHIEVEMENT: ADDITIONAL RECRUITMENT ⚔ Effect: Recruit an additional 20 guild members per guild level. Once the system messages wrapped up, I fiddled with the tablet. A new guild tab had appeared next to the friends tab.
⚔ GUILD INFORMATION ⚔ Guild: Sex Empire Guild Master: Kim Joo-hyuk Guild Level: 1 Guild Members: 1/120 Guild Warehouse: (Empty) Guild Skills: (None) ‘Base member limit is 100, huh. Lower than I expected. Wonder if it can be increased later?’
Opening guild management brought up a list of customizable options.
I saw things like taxes and rules that looked pretty important, but with me as the only member, that stuff didn’t matter yet.
‘I’ll dump the annoying bits on Im Ji-hye and move on.’
I went into the member management tab and invited Im Ji-hye.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Would you like to invite Summoner Im Ji-hye to the Sex Empire guild?] “Invite.”
It was right then.
Im Ji-hye, who had just finished showering and was drying her hair and body with a wind spirit and towel, froze in place.
“Sex Empire…?”
Im Ji-hye muttered the name of the guild I’d created in a voice full of disbelief.
“Master? I just got an invite from a guild called Sex Empire… You didn’t make this, right?”
Her eyes pleaded for me to say no.
“I did.”
“……”
Im Ji-hye let out a deep sigh and pressed her hand to her forehead, looking like the tragic heroine of some drama bearing the weight of the world. It left me more baffled than her.
“It’s straightforward and cool. What’s the problem?”
“Master…”
Im Ji-hye called out to me in a quavering voice.
“The name’s too on-the-nose. Won’t other summoners or admins look down on our guild later? It might breed resentment.”
“Look down on us? Heh, that’s a good thing.”
I chuckled wickedly.
The dumber and more they underestimate us, the more profit I rake in.
“Think about it. Everyone sees us as easy prey and scoffs, but when they crack open the lid, they find a monster squad beyond their wildest dreams. What happens then?”
Im Ji-hye seemed lost in thought at my explanation.
“But still, this feels off… Can’t we change the name?”
She asked with desperate eyes.
“Not until a month from now.”
It was written in tiny font in the corner of the guild info window.
“Ah… Guess there’s no helping it, then.”
Im Ji-hye replied in a defeated tone.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Summoner Im Ji-hye has joined the Sex Empire guild!] [Summoner Im Ji-hye has become the vice guild master of Sex Empire!!] The guild system was way more useful than I’d expected. As guild master, I had full authority—everything from members’ levels, classes, and points to their active quests and real-time locations.
No more relying on pissypants losers to manually log and report info.
“Ji-hye.”
“Yes…”
I called out to Im Ji-hye, who still looked glum.
“I’ll give you the permissions, so run things as you see fit. And have some confidence! You’re the vice guild master of Sex Empire!”
……I really want to quit everything.
“What was that?”
“I said I’m thrilled.”
Im Ji-hye invited Han Yu-ra as the third member. Han Yu-ra, thrilled to share the joy, stared at me like I was an idiot for a good while.
*
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Day 22 begins!] [Consumables 2+2 event starts for the next 24 hours!] [Today only, buy 2 items from any ‘consumables’ category in the shop, and get 2 more of the same item free.] ‘Pellios tipped me off about this. Said to stock up on stat potions while I can on Floor 1, since later even money won’t buy them.’
Now was my chance to buy the mid- and high-grade stat potions I’d skipped during Day 11’s 1+1 event because they were too pricey.
Using my guild master privileges, I immediately summoned Im Ji-hye, Han Yu-ra, and Pissypants.
“Oppa, why’d you call?”
“Why? If it’s some lame request like turning off the lights like last night, I’m out.”
“Pissypants you bastaaard!!! Joo-hyuk-nim! You called for me!?”
The three showed up with wildly different reactions.
“You all saw the system message, right? I’m planning to bulk-buy stat potions this time.”
“Joo-hyuk-nim, a wise decision! Hoarding during events like this means big profits later!”
I tuned out Pissypants’ bootlicking. He’d praise me no matter what I said.
“But don’t stat potions have per-person purchase limits?”
Han Yu-ra was right. Stat potions were capped at 3 purchases per grade per person. Same limit on consumption.
“That’s why I need your help. I’ll divvy up points for you to buy 2 each of low-, mid-, and high-grade stat potions and hand them over to me.”
Low-grade cost 10,000 each, mid-grade 50,000, high-grade 100,000.
I transferred 320,000 points to each of the three via tablet.
“Gasp! 320,000 points…! This Pissypants is moved by your trust, Joo-hyuk-nim!”
“No. I trust my own power, not you. Betray me, and I’ll make your death so agonizing you’ll beg for it.”
I meant every word.
Pissypants immediately spent the 320,000 on 2 each of low/mid/high-grade stat potions—12 bottles total—and handed them over.
“Well done.”
I’d been ready to kill him and reclaim the points if he hesitated even a second.
‘…Wait. Hold up. Doesn’t this duplicate points if done right?’
If I gave all my points to someone, killed them, Pellios’ murder bonus of 50% point gain meant theoretically infinite 50% profits.
But there was a huge flaw: endlessly duplicating points would draw the Tower system’s attention, and if they spent before I killed them, I’d be chasing chickens like a dog.
‘Might work once as an exception, but 50% gain isn’t worth the risk right now.’
Better to try for 1000%+ multipliers if I was going for it.
‘Not desperate for points now anyway. Later it is.’
Once Han Yu-ra and Im Ji-hye stashed their potions in inventory, I sent them back to their duties.
Next, I called the warrior, mage, and healer trio from Kim Joo-hyuk’s raid—who I’d used as temp fuck-holes—to the lodging and pounded them until their legs gave out.
I had them proxy-buy potions the same way and wrapped up the exchange successfully.
‘Oh. Almost forgot my share.’
I bought 2 more mid-grade and 2 high-grade. My inventory now held 27 low-grade, 26 mid-grade, and 26 high-grade potions. Total spend: 2.22 million points.
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After savvy shopping, I headed to the village square. There, 59 soldiers stood in formation, equipped with the gear I’d rented them.
“From today, we challenge guild quests.”
To be precise, it was the Week 4 angel quest created by Angel Ariel. It could be tackled solo or in parties, but guilds worked too, so I gave it a shot.
(Note: Post-level 30, even 1-2 man clears of angel quests give crap EXP, hence the choice.)
I was still level 31; Im Ji-hye and Han Yu-ra hit 30 yesterday.
📜 GUILD QUEST 📜 Iron Golem Subjugation
📍 Goal: Subjugate the guardian ‘Iron Golem’ of Floor 1’s Rocky Zone and secure the area.
🎁 Rewards: 100,000 EXP, +100 Guild EXP