Chapter 111
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 111
Chapter Title: 109. Yongyong's Little Dream
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Choi Cheol-sik, who was unnecessarily building up the atmosphere, cautiously opened his mouth.
"Are you not joining Seoul because you can't, or because you won't?"
Oh, he went straight for the jugular.
The distinction between 'won't' and 'can't' was probably due to the citizens' monsterization.
"Honestly, it's closer to the latter."
"The Association estimates there are roughly thousands of them. Most of them are..."
Choi Cheol-sik lowered his voice.
"Yes, monsters. They might be fine at first, but it's obvious they'll end up isolated from society. That's why it's much better for me to handle them out here."
It's better for me to keep them than for them to live shunned in Seoul anyway.
And in the fights against the Seven Deadly Sins, I'll use the monsters' power to crush the enemies and make society recognize them.
"I see. Then I'll take my leave. But do you have anything else to discuss with Cha Ji-eun?"
"Ah, actually, we made a bet that if I won, I'd get to fuck her."
"Ho ho. It feels like just yesterday she was crying and begging that it had to be Yoo Jin-seok and no one else."
She's probably still like that. She's only doing this because she lost to me.
"No, I..."
"You didn't expect to lose, right?"
"Ah, well..."
Cha Ji-eun couldn't continue under the bald guy's sharp jab and lowered her head.
Until now, Yoo Jin-seok was the only one she'd ever lost to like this.
She'd never fought Seo Ji-yeon directly. She didn't really have a grasp on how to counter her matchup, and there was no reason to fight her anyway.
"Consider this a good learning experience. Yoo Jin-seok isn't interested in you anyway... Never mind, I get it. Clear the ice. You gonna keep going even after all this?"
Cha Ji-eun, murder flashing in her eyes, aimed her ice sword at the bald guy but then stepped back.
Well, if he asks if I'm gonna keep going, obviously yes. I'm gonna fuck her out of spite if nothing else.
Worst case, I can sneak into her house at night and pin her down.
"Yep. Girls who play hard to get are always the tastiest anyway."
"You bastard!"
"Whatever. We'll talk about this later. You can meet up anytime if you come to Seoul anyway."
"True enough."
I'll let it go for now.
Right now, there's Seo Ji-yeon. Things are progressing well with her, so no need to target Cha Ji-eun and drop her affinity.
Stoking jealousy could be good, but there's no real need.
After separately promising to meet Cha Ji-eun later, the Guild Alliance began their withdrawal.
The battle between Songdo and the government ended with Baekhwa Church's victory in Songdo.
The government suffered the humiliation of their president's head being shaved and trampled by villain beauties, with hundreds of Blue House hunters massacred.
The Guild Alliance took no major losses in their fight with Baekhwa Church, but Cha Ji-eun was defeated by Baekhwa.
Crazy, they actually won this?
Where's that guy who bet on the government and Guild Alliance winning?
LOL made bank betting against the country this time ㅅㅅ
So that means at least Cha Ji-eun level. She's fighting for 2nd or 3rd in Korea right now.
Yoo Jin-seok holding back against her? Doesn't seem like it.
But Yoo Jin-seok sat this one out too.
Guild Alliance was too passive.
That's because Songdo's forces are strong. Even if they win, they'd take heavy losses. If Korean Guild Alliance takes big damage, China jumps in right away. Can't deny that.
Baekhwa Church! Baekhwa Church! Baekhwa Church!
Even though the government got crushed, the public's reaction wasn't all that hostile.
If anything, it was more like, "They actually beat them?"
The Guild Alliance being passive definitely played a part.
And I returned to Rachel.
Ah, Rachel has fully settled into the main wife position now, huh.
"How was it? I came back before it dried, right?"
Looking at the bed, the fluids they'd sprayed were still soaking it.
I kept my promise.
Dragon fluids don't dry that quickly anyway, unless you wipe them off.
"Seriously? That's no way to talk."
While we were fighting, Rachel had been sitting at the computer.
"Mom, what're you doing?"
Reina seemed interested too and asked Rachel.
Come to think of it, she'd been playing around with the internet lately. What was she up to?
Peeking at her screen, an online shopping mall popped up.
"I'm selling a bunch of expensive stuff on the internet shopping mall I just started, and it's selling well. Rich folks are snapping it up."
"Rainbow snake liquor, elf honey mead, and more. Variety of booze?"
Rainbow snake liquor sounds gross, pass. Honey mead sounds tempting though. Never tried it.
"It's all handmade, so I didn't list a ton, but slapping the elf label on it with all the effects mentioned, and it sells like hotcakes."
"?? What do they do?"
"Rainbow snake liquor is made from iridescent rainbow snakes only found in the elf kingdom."
Ah, that explains it. Sometimes at night, I'd see them disappear somewhere. But I'd never seen the liquor itself.
"How come I never saw it?"
"You prefer smokes over booze. And rainbow snake liquor works better on men than women. I fed you rainbow snake stew pretty often though, right? Not daily, but occasionally. Rainbow snake stew can restore even a eunuch shot in the dick instantly."
"Oh, that's what it did."
Sometimes the snake stew made me rock hard like crazy. That was it.
They said it was some weird-colored snake. I'd feel bad feeding it head-first, but they insisted, so I ate it.
"I see."
"Did we win since we caught the president?"
"Yeah, we won. The Guild Alliance pulled back too. Still got work to do though."
If anything, this is where the real start begins.
"You sure you don't need help?"
"I'll call if I do. Fine for now."
Rachel's good for the moment. That elf online mall could come in handy for various things. Money earned now will be useful someday.
I gathered the heroines in the living room.
Want to send some off right now, but not the time.
After hearing Choi Cheol-sik, I did some thinking.
Yeah. For example, our forces are weaker than expected.
Since the original plot's already twisted, we need to prepare. So I resolved to expand our territory.
"What work? Isn't it over since we stopped them?"
"Yeah, we blocked them, right?"
"Doesn't look like we need much reconstruction either."
The heroines looked a bit tired and worn out too.
Lee Yoo-jeong, exhausted beyond human limits, was sprawled out sleeping, and Yin Spirit Mary was sleeping next to her with the No. 5 units.
"From what I saw, Choi Cheol-sik has no intention of attacking us. Ha Jung-seok, who was all hardline before, is down to two strands of hair now, bald as can be. No hunters left either."
Choi Cheol-sik's head only had antennae-like hairs left now.
It'll take ages for them to grow back.
"So what do you want to do?"
"Let's expand our forces like the Chinese warlords. Push down to Hoseo and Yeongnam. Chungcheong first for now."
Geographically, great spots to get smacked from Korean cities, but honestly, outside the capital region, the other cities' hunters are subpar.
Plenty of A-ranks, but not enough to actually go after Baekhwa Church.
"This isn't the Three Kingdoms or Japan's Warring States era. Isn't it dangerous?"
"Government abandoned the land anyway. Why not take it?"
It's doable. That'd make our monster numbers overwhelming. Probably tens of thousands.
In the original, most of these monsters die.
After Yoo Eun-ha dies, the gates that burst open are that dangerous.
Si-woo and the heroines handle mostly villains. Stronger-than-average monsters die a lot.
But now it's different.
Yoo Eun-ha didn't die and became Azi Dahaka's reincarnation.
What does that mean? We can consolidate the overflowing monsters under Baekhwa Church.
"We won't end up founding a country, will we?"
"...Should we?"
Ha Jung-seok's useless anyway. Just found a monster nation and play queen?
Baby dragon Yongyong, who dreamed of founding a nation, finally established the monster country.
...We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Don't know how many monsters we'll have. A million? The flood zone trapped about 6 million estimated.
Half would be great.
Hunter Association took devastating hits, and now Blue House hunters wiped out. The gap has to be filled by erosion zone monsters.
"Not a bad idea anyway. I'll make my own subordinates at Hansung too."
Choi Si-woo stepped up actively.
"Yeah."
We've proven our power this time, so the Korean government won't try to subjugate us lightly.
Blue House secret room
Shinohara Yuzuki, head of Japan's Shinohara regime, frowned at bald Ha Jung-seok's accountability report in the Blue House secret room.
"Why didn't Shinohara help?"
Ha Jung-seok wiped his shiny head, veins bulging in his eyes.
Before the Songdo attack, they'd secretly agreed to hunter info sharing in exchange for Shinohara's aid, but Shinohara hadn't moved.
Of course, since Shinohara broke the promise, they couldn't get Korean hunter info, which was regrettable, but there were reasons.
"If we'd helped, Your Excellency's position would be even worse."
"What?"
"Be honest, Your Excellency knows too. To deal with Baekhwa Church's monster horde, I'd have to step in with the Shinsengumi. The bigger the fight, win or lose, you'd lose support. And our country's PM would pressure me or Your Excellency for 'privately aiding Korea'."
Ultimately, no benefit for either side.
Personally, Shinohara had installed the current PM, but getting caught could mean handing over power.
"Ugh."
"Baekhwa routed even the Guild Alliance. Even if Shinohara helped publicly, odds are slim."
"Fine. Go."
Ha Jung-seok barely composed himself.
Shinohara Yuzuki covered her mouth and chuckled at the sight.
After a formal bow to Ha Jung-seok, she portaled back to Japan before he could pick a fight.
"Korea's president suits the bald look perfectly."
Back in Japan, Shinohara Mariko burst into belated laughter.
"Right? Baekhwa did good."
"But we got Yoo Jin-seok's proposal. Was telling Baekhwa about the president's secret room the right call?"
Indeed. Shinohara had initially planned to genuinely help Ha Jung-seok by deploying the Shinsengumi.
But during that, she met Yoo Jin-seok on mission with Blazing Bat Kim Ji-hye.
Drop the cooperation with Ha Jung-seok this time.
You knew? Why?
You can't win anyway. Not dissing Shinohara, but Baekhwa is strong. Shinsengumi are strong, but not all S-rank. Think of the clan before indebting to Ha Jung-seok.
Understood. If the First Divine Sword says so, we'll hold off.
Yoo Jin-seok, who once saved the world and sealed Pyongyang's hellgate, advised against clashing with Baekhwa.
Shinohara didn't have to listen, but wasting clan strength blindly against an unknown foe wasn't wise.
No need to listen, but couldn't outright ignore the First Divine Sword.
He'd fought Baekhwa before. So she decided to watch. But they struck the Blue House immediately.
Luckily, pretending to be a fan avoided trouble, but Baekhwa's power was real. Better to throw Ha Jung-seok under the bus than have Baekhwa sniff out Shinohara traces in the Blue House.
She'd given the signal on a whim.
"Anyway, now there's Yoo Eun-ha in the academy, and Baekhwa as a villain. Korea's a total mess."
"Tell me about it. My friend Bbeom-mi went with the Guild Alliance this time, saw Baekhwa fight Cha Ji-eun, and wet her panties."
That intense, huh.
Makes sense after seeing the Blue House battle. Can't underestimate that combat power.
"At least Japan's better off? The eastern erosion zones are fierce, but we can hold western Japan."
"Yes."
"Hmm, miss Yoo Eun-ha."
Yoo Eun-ha suddenly popped into mind.
Silver hair shimmering. Serpent eyes glowing gold.
Perfectly full breasts in one hand, overall slender figure.
Missing her like this, a slight tingle in the lower belly.
She really has that enchanting beauty that captivates even women.
"Pardon?"
"Nothing. Let's go in."
"Yes, Family Head."
Yuzuki glanced at her lower abdomen briefly and headed to the Shinohara estate.
Another peaceful day in Shinohara.