Chapter 405
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 405
Chapter Title: Demon Realm's Fury
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At the same time.
Demon Realm.
Boom!
Logos slammed his fist on the table as he watched everything unfold.
"That damned human dares to encroach on our territory!"
"Tch, now we can't see a thing."
Armageddon, sitting beside him, clicked his tongue.
He had rushed over upon hearing that the Heavenly Realm had intervened, only to learn it was some unheard-of event in a lower dimension.
The disappointment was crushing.
"Sigh, didn't I tell you not to do anything pointless?"
Psyche, watching from across the table, looked at Logos with pity and asked.
"You're blaming this on me now?"
Logos's mouth twitched in anger.
"Then you're saying it's not?"
"Hah, do you even know how many dimensions we've destroyed so far?"
Even those with the power of creation couldn't defy order.
To destroy a dimension, certain conditions had to be metone of which was controlling over 80 of it.
Logos had dominated and destroyed dimensions through the game.
"And that's what created this wildcard?"
Psyche smiled slyly, prodding at Logos.
But he had no retort.
The other three Named backed Logos, while Psyche had always opposed.
Her reason: intelligent beings could bolt anywhere.
And that fear had come true.
"Was there another way? Just leave Tenebris be?"
They had rampaged in destruction because the sealed Tenebris had hidden somewhere in a dimension.
A pawn of the Heavenly Realm.
Who would have thought he'd shed his angelic guise to play spy?
They had shared everything with him, unaware.
If 'that thing' fell into the Heavenly Realm's hands, their position would be precarious.
In the worst case, they'd be captured, thrown into the Abyss, and writhe in agony forever.
"Psyche, you're just plain weird."
Armageddon rested his chin on his hand, staring at her intently.
"Weird?"
Psyche tilted her head.
"You always bring up valid points, but in the end, it always favors the Heavenly Realm."
All eyes turned to her at his words.
"Be precise. I just pointed out the problems with valid reasoning."
"Don't play word games."
"Why? It's the truth."
Psyche smiled brightly.
"Then shouldn't you also provide solutions?"
Logos glared at Psyche.
She clicked her tongue and shot Armageddon a glance.
"Pointing out problems is enough to make them spout that crapwhy bother?"
"Amusing. You're so quick to shift the blame to me."
"Enough, everyone quiet down."
Ulion, who had been watching, finally intervened to mediate.
"Tch, in any case, we can't intervene in that dimension anymore with our own hands."
Beelzebub let out an irritated sigh.
The Named, including Logos, fell silent at his words.
They burned with deep rage at being backstabbed by a mere human, yet felt unease at having given the Heavenly Realm an opening.
"That human will come here."
Logos nodded at Psyche's words.
"Probably. The Heavenly Realm has bet everything on him now."
The Seven Archons' Box.
Logos knew the item well.
It was something the Lord God cherished deeply.
Handing it to a human meant they would do anything to catch them here.
"Rushing to grab the human blindly could backfire."
"So we just watch him strut around?"
Armageddon grinned mockingly in rebuttal.
Psyche sighed and added,
"He won't head straight to the Heavenly Realm. He'll probably start with the Demon Realm, where the Demon Lords reign."
"The Demon Realm? Starting from the bottom to take over?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm... Okay."
Armageddon stood up.
"Where are you going?"
"To monitor the Demon Realm."
"Did you not hear what I just said?"
"I heard with my ears. But no matter how much that human thrashes, he's just a created being. You think he can kill me with the Ark and Holy Sword?"
Psyche didn't deny it.
Armageddon could neutralize a Holy Sword easily enough.
The problem was that the human had more than just the Holy Sword.
They had to consider he might have something that could threaten Armageddon.
"Do what you want."
But Psyche didn't mention it.
No point; he wouldn't listen anyway.
"Then I'll go with you."
Beelzebub raised his hand.
He was the one who built the Demon Realm.
Unlike Armageddon, he knew it inside out.
"You can detect if the human crosses over?"
"That's why I'm coming along."
"...Fine. You go then."
After a brief deliberation, Armageddon sat back down.
"Huh? Me alone?"
"Do we really need me to catch one puny human? I only volunteered thinking no one else would step up."
"Tch, boring. Fine, you lot just sit here and watch quietly."
Beelzebub headed straight to the Demon Realm.
Psyche silently stared at Armageddon.
"What? Something on my face?"
Noticing her gaze, Armageddon smiled and touched his face.
"...Weirdo."
Psyche averted her eyes from his unpredictable behavior and muttered softly.
"Thanks for the compliment."
After finishing up in Murran, Jeong Hoon finally logged out and stepped outside.
Man.
His ordinary body never felt right after logging out.
"Hoon, you're out?"
In the living room, his mother was having a late lunch, with Ha-jin beside her.
"Yeah. But Ha-jin, why are you here?"
"Dude! You don't check whispers, so I came in person."
"Whispers?"
Jeong Hoon tilted his head.
No one had whispered him during the core destruction in Murran.
If he had seen one, he would have replied immediately.
"Yeah. How busy can you be?"
"...A bit busy. What was so urgent you came all the way here?"
"Oh, it's about HoneyTube."
"HoneyTube?"
"Yeah. Dae-hwi hyung keeps nagging about the next content."
Come to think of it, there was HoneyTube.
With Earth normalized, he had lost interest in running it, which must have made Jang Dae-hwi anxious.
'How many subscribers does HoneyTube have now?'
Jeong Hoon pulled out his smartphone and checked.
HoneyTube
- Subscribers: 4.7212 million
4.72 million subscribers.
Meager compared to over 100 million peak, but still substantial.
'Right, HoneyTube exploded after realization.'
Post-realization, HoneyTube had grown astonishingly.
Thanks to foreign influx.
This was pre-realization, plus sparse activity had stalled it.
"Ha-jin, you said you whispered me?"
"Yeah."
"Log in now and try whispering me again?"
"Whisper?"
"Yeah, something to check."
"Oh, got it."
As Ha-jin started to stand, his mother sat him back down.
"Eat first. Hoon, why rush your hungry friend?"
"Shall we then?"
Ha-jin glanced at Jeong Hoon and picked up his spoon again.
Jeong Hoon nodded and sat in the empty spot.
"Got it. Guess I'll eat too."
"Yeah. Wait a sec."
After eating, Jeong Hoon met Ha-jin in Atlas.
Spotting Jeong Hoon, Ha-jin's jaw dropped.
"You, you! What the hell have you been up to?!"
"What about me?"
Jeong Hoon tilted his head.
What had him so shocked?
"You're glowing! Glowing!"
"Glowing?"
"Yeah! So bright I can't see straight! And no info shows up."
"No info... Try whispering me."
"Oh, hold on... Sent!"
Ha-jin sent a quick ''.
But no whisper reached Jeong Hoon.
"Not coming through."
"What? I just sent it? Trying again."
Same result even on retry.
"Okay, got it now."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Next, I'll tell you the destination."
"Destination?"
"Arandis. Make it HoneyTube content."
Arandis.
Everyone should be able to enter by now with their growth.
Clear the quests like he did to open the path, and they could roam Arandis freely.
Reveal levels including Ha-jin's, and the impact would be massive.
That should satisfy Jang Dae-hwi.
"What about you, Hoon?"
HoneyTube's owner was Jeong Hoon.
He should host, but it seemed like he was handing it all to Ha-jin.
And that was exactly right.
"I've got other stuff. So you and Honey2 handle it for me."
"M-Me?"
"Yeah. You don't need me anymore."
"You mean...?"
"Handing it over. HoneyTube."
Ha-jin's jaw dropped at handing over a 4.72 million sub channel.
Jeong Hoon knew its value, nearing 5 million on YouTube.
Why hand it over?
"Dude... You're joking, right?"
Ha-jin thought it was a prank.
"What? Why would I joke about this?"
"But think4.72 million subs! It's stalled from inactivity. Steady uploads, and 10 million's easy."
10 million.
Tough, but Jeong Hoon could smash it.
"If you don't want it."
"Huh?"
"You said no. Forget it then."
"W-Wait! Changed my mind."
Ha-jin grabbed Jeong Hoon urgently.
"Why?"
"No, you're serious?"
"How many times? So, you in?"
"Hah, yeah!"
Turning down 4.72 million subs? Insane.
"Okay. You're Honey1 from now on."
Jeong Hoon grinned and clapped Ha-jin's shoulder.
"...So revenue's all mine?"
"80-20."
"80-20?"
"Yeah. I'm giving the channel, so you give me 20."
"...20's too much."
"I'll guide you in detail instead."
"Guide me?"
"Yeah. Like telling you where to go next. And spots for fortuitous encounters midway."
"Deal!"