The World's Toughest Tier-Up Quest and a Surprise Call

[Tier Advancement Quest < Why the hell does this bastard thing even exist?]

[For fuck’s sake, you have to level up all your units to clear the advancement quest???]

[If the advancement quest guide is way too blocked, is it right to just sleep well and push through after building tomorrow?]

[Fuck the advancement quest~~ I brute-forced it and now the farming won’t work.]

Galaxy Train’s world-tier advancement quest was infamous beyond imagination.

For most players, it was basically standard procedure to sign up for the free-pass profanity package and let the curses fly.

"The guide’s more annoying than I expected..."

In this world, there are hard guides and annoying guides.

The world-tier advancement quest belonged to the annoying kind, the sort that forced you to keep checking the buffs on your enemies over and over again.

Even worse, unless you used the right battle skills or ultimate to respond to those buffs at the proper time, the player would suffer a massive loss.

"Healing efficiency down... damage taken -50%... and it strips all your ultimate gauge? Wow, if you don’t know the gimmick, it’s set up to blow you up for sure."

It was so tight it almost felt hostile to beginners.

The developer’s intentions were painfully obvious.

"So basically they’re telling you to raise everything. Looking at how you can cheese it by dispelling the buffs or using a few battle skills."

After all, each party only held four characters.

If you wanted the highest ceiling, of course you had to build all four.

So this was just a little preventative shot in the arm: our game is one where you need to raise four characters, okay?

"Ha! But this Kwon Seah is going to clear it with one maxed-out, six-dupe Seere, not four!"

No matter how hard it was, what did it matter when I had a level-cap, six-dupe Seere?

《The first World Tier Advancement Quest has begun.》

『Defeat all the enemies that appear!』

"Those guys look a little strong."

【Trace of Mistilteinn (Lv. 21)】【Scourge of Ragnarok (Lv. 25)】【Trace of Mistilteinn (Lv. 21)】

Normally, the intended strategy was to kill the traces of Mistilteinn on either side of Ragnarok’s Scourge first.

Only after you took out those trash mobs would the enhancement buff on Ragnarok’s Scourge disappear one stack at a time, letting you deal normal damage.

"But I’ve got a six-dupe Seere."

I didn’t bother with any fancy thinking and shoved Seere’s battle skill straight into Ragnarok’s Scourge.

─ Flash!

『Quantum Damage 10,679!』

The instant Seere’s scythe smashed into Ragnarok’s Scourge, a huge number popped up and the bastard died on the spot.

「─ Next!」

─ Boom! Boom!

Before our Seere could even launch the next attack, the traces of Mistilteinn on both sides of Ragnarok’s Scourge blew themselves up and vanished.

"...Huh? That was absurdly easy. Are you sure that thing really had a 50 percent damage reduction buff on it?"

《Quest completed!》

〈World Tier has increased.〉

【1 → 2】

With the world tier going up, the rewards from all kinds of dungeons and monsters definitely improved.

At the same time, the enemies probably got stronger too, but compared to our house’s six-dupe Seere, they were nothing.

Did I really record a video just to show off?

...Still, I do want to hear people say something impressive, so maybe I should upload it?

"The reaction’s better than I expected..."

I thought the comments would be full of abuse, but there were way more people sincerely jealous of me or cheering me on.

And they were already calling me the server owner when I don’t think I’d even spent ten million won yet?

"Hmm... hmmhm..."

My heart was already pounding because I’d gotten a few nice comments!

How was it... why were the comments coming in nonstop?

Sure, there were a few people just swearing blindly, but when I imagined they were just jealous, they somehow started looking cute to me.

"This feels way better than I expected... I’m not first in combat power, but I’m getting treated like I am..."

I suddenly felt like the panties I was wearing alone were getting soaked, so I stood up from my chair and started fanning myself with my hand.

Come to think of it, clan talk had been popping up a lot lately.

What exactly was that? Because I was spending a bit of money, people were already waving invitation cards at me?

"Oh... so what they’re saying is that I look rich as hell, I seem good at games, and our house’s Seere is six-dupe and crazy strong, so they want me to join their clan and become a carry machine, right?"

They hadn’t even seen me really spend money yet, and they were already sizing me up and trying to reel me in somehow.

"But..."

If I got invited in there, in the end I’d just become a clan member, wouldn’t I?

"If you’re born a dragon, you should be a dragon! How could I possibly go under someone else? If I’m joining a clan, then of course I should be the clan leader!"

The clan I made.

The clan members I secured.

And then taking first place on the server with the characters I raised myself.

"That’s the kind of thing that makes me feel so good~!! Good! I’ll make the clan! Kwon Seah will make it!"

Honestly, people who spend money at my level would probably be hard to find as clan members.

Still, if I wanted to compete on rankings, then all the characters would have to be full-dupe—

─ Buuuuuurrrrnnng!!!

"Ah, Mom?! Who is it this time?!"

If I got a little excited lately, somebody was always calling me right on cue!

Who the hell was it this time? I was about to make a clan, promote it in the gallery, and recruit slaves too!

Lee Eunbyul, Chief of Staff

... ...

This was absolutely a call I had to take, right...?

If it was the chief of staff, that meant she was an important person!

Hah, it wasn’t Grandpa’s side, was it?

"Yes... I’ve received the call. This is Kwon Seah."

"Hello, ma’am. This is Lee Eunbyul, Chief of Staff. Do you have a moment?"

... Ma’am? I was the boss? Boss of what company, exactly?

No, was it even okay for a boss to vanish at home for a whole month like this?

There was no way. Was I screwed?

"Yes, I have time. What is it?"

"Do you remember the contract you handled in China late last year? The results came back quite well this time, so it seems the other side wants to continue the contract. Since this was something you handled personally, I thought you’d want to review any changes."

─ Buuuuuurng!

...Wait, this is a huge deal, isn’t it?

So the reason the chaebol youngest daughter had preordered some otaku game like Galaxy Train was business after all?

If I answered carelessly here, that could become a problem.

"... I’ve finished checking everything for now. But, Chief of Staff Lee Eunbyul? You do remember what state I’m in, right?"

"Yes, of course. Still, I thought I absolutely had to show you this report. Publicly, it’s known as Hanseong Lifestyle contracting with Honkai Saga, but the contract was made with you, ma’am, and it was a project you personally pushed forward."

Hanseong Lifestyle?

To clear up the confusion in my head, I searched quickly.

Is Hanseong Lifestyle in trouble? Can it find a new path after the CEO’s appointment?

The treasure left behind by former CEO Kwon Chuhee! A huge hit on the Macaron Girls YouTube channel.

It’s different this time: Hanseong Lifestyle teams up with director Eunwoo, the man behind two-billion-view blockbusters. Aiming for a breakout with a sci-fi film...

Kwon Seah, executive director: Games are the future! New strategy proposed through collaboration with a Chinese game company

When I clicked the last article, I was surprised to find an interview photo of Kwon Seah from a few months ago. Dressed in a suit and talking like an expert about the game industry and the IP business... it felt strangely unfamiliar.

The way she spoke with that bright smile and cheerful voice was honestly very much a proper young lady. In a way, she didn’t even feel like a businessperson.

Anyway, Hanseong Lifestyle seemed to be the company once run by Kwon Seah’s late mother, Kwon Chuhee.

...But something was odd. This article called her Executive Director Kwon Seah, not CEO?

"I’m drawing a blank right now, so could you remind me what Eden Haven does?"

"Pardon?"

"Please bear with me. I feel like I’m dying because of this lately. I woke up after lying around like a vegetable for a month, so my head’s just..."

"Ah, yes, that makes sense. Eden Haven is your company, Ma’am."

... I really was the boss of a company?

But I’d spent the last month eating and lazing around, hadn’t I?

Even my uncle and aunt hadn’t nagged me about the company collapsing if I didn’t work.

Grandpa hadn’t said anything, and my cousin, Kwon Siyoung, hadn’t said a word either.

"What does Eden Haven do?"

"You really don’t remember even a little bit? To put it simply, it’s a paper company."

"Ah..."

"Think of it as Hanseong Lifestyle’s tax-avoidance company. It’s an Irish corporation."

So I was the boss of a company built for loopholes, which meant I didn’t actually have to work.

"Then why did I personally handle the contract? Couldn’t someone else have taken care of it?"

"Ah... that part was a little sudden, yes. I don’t know the details either, but I heard that toward the end of your trip to China, you proposed this matter to former CEO Kwon Chuhee."

Could this be a miracle born from the youngest daughter of a chaebol family’s whim? Or did I actually have good instincts...?

But if that was the case, didn’t it mean the money I had wasn’t capped at four billion won?

Wasn’t there a bank account not linked to the banking app with hundreds of billions sitting in it?

Well, if you’re the youngest daughter of a chaebol family, then it makes sense that only the allowance account has four billion won in it! The real assets would be way more, of course!

"Ah... I think I roughly remember now. Thanks. Then please proceed with the matter as written in the report, and approve it as generously as possible. But if it feels like we’re getting taken for idiots, let me know again."

"Yes, then I’ll proceed that way for now. The open store that just opened was causing a stir on Chinese social media too, so I think they’ll want to move the contract forward favorably as well."

Good, I’d somehow managed to deal with the call for now...

So an open store had opened, huh? An open store—that was one of those shops where a game company sells all sorts of official merchandise, right?

Figures, acrylic stands, mice, huge mousepads, and a ridiculous assortment of other things, weren’t there?

...And there were definitely the super-limited, impossible-to-get items that even money couldn’t buy, stacked up somewhere in the warehouse I was allowed into, right?

"Where was that open store again? Hanseong COEX?"

"Huh? No! It’s open on the first floor of Hanseong Department Store’s Gangnam branch."

"Then would it be okay if I visited once to check the situation?"

Chief of Staff Lee Eunbyul, over the phone, didn’t hesitate for even a second, unlike how worried she’d sounded.

"Of course! It would be wonderful if you could come by, ma’am! When would be a good time for you?"

That kind of place was supposed to be something you had to line up for! As expected, if I just showed up, entry was okay!

I was really about to find fun in a place I never could have imagined...!