_ Volume 5, Episode 21,
121. Deciding the King (2)
People who saw the quest were perplexed-because it was a system window with a different content from Move and Block as before.
set the king A king can assign roles.
And the king can give orders.
People gathered and started a meeting. Easy or normal mode
was excluded because there were too many of them. The strongest of the hardmode players and Lee Tae-yeon Kang Jun-hyeok Kang Tae-san. A total of twenty gathered like this.
There were some who expressed their disapproval at the three of them interfering, but there was no way to stop it, so they prepared a seat while swearing.
“what do you think about it?”
Seo Jang-san asked from a chair in the conference room. Kim Hwi-yeon thought as she put her finger on the tip of her lips.
“Isn’t that the literal meaning? To put it mildly, he would be a leader. Or a manager
. Wouldn’t that mean we should systematically decide what has been there?”
“Perhaps.”
Groups need someone to lead them. The greater the number, the greater the need.
With a total of 100,000 people, someone had to be the leader.
“Then I will.”
Seojangsan said. It was an unstoppable attitude, as if it had already been decided.
“Isn’t anyone dissatisfied?”
The hard mode players
nodded as if it were natural. All of them were players from Yongin City.
Hwiyeon Kim was taken aback.
“Do you?”
“okay. Any complaints?”
“No, there isn’t really…
“I have.”
Junhyeok Kang smirked.
“What do you believe and tell me to be a king’?”
“Because I am the king.”
Seo Jang-san said confidently.
“I am the king of this place. You came here like refugees. Surely it doesn’t mean that you don’t follow the words of the owner of the land, right?”
“king? Refugee?”
Kang Jun-hyeok revealed this.
“Do not be ridiculous! The quest’s destination is only here, but you don’t have the right to give us orders!”
“But this has become the destination. Then, of course, you should follow my words.”
It was a word full of confidence, without the slightest doubt .
Kang Jun-hyeok twisted the corner of his mouth and laughed.
“I know. You’re already being called a king here? Are your words the law? You don’t want to miss that, do you?”
“right.”
Seojangsan looked at it as if it was what it was.
Kang Jun-hyeok frowned at his unwavering attitude.
“So what is it? The three phases are confused. We need a king who will rule strong. I just play that part
.”
“Should that be you?”
“Then who is doing it? you?”
Seojangsan laughed.
“No matter how strong, will people follow the words of a child who has not reached adulthood yet?”
At those words, Junhyeok Kang shut his mouth. He certainly wasn’t an adult yet. Among the players, he belonged to a fairly young axis.
There was no weight in his words
. It has become a world where strength is everything, but human nature did not change that easily. There was a high probability of ignoring them because they were young and not following them.
Seo Jang-san said sharply.
“Or should I follow the words of a woman who can’t even assert herself?”
“Nana?”
Lee Taeyeon, who had been listening quietly, pointed at herself in surprise.
She didn’t have the qualities of a leader. That was a fact that had already been proven in previous worlds.
“He’s… good enough.”
Taesan smiled.
Seojangsan tried to look away.
“Who believes in a group with only three decent powers? There are several players in Alone mode, but they are all weak. Are you sure you won’t sacrifice us for yourselves?”
“for a moment.”
Kim Hwi-yeon, who had been listening quietly, frowned.
“Isn’t that too much? Do it in moderation.”
“hmm. I’m sorry. Emotions are running high.”
Seo Jang-san, who backed away meekly, hit the desk with the palm of her hand.
“does not exist. I am the only one who is qualified to dominate and rule over people.”
It was a confident statement. There was no objection to him. Seojangsan looked at Taesan with a frown.
‘…why didn’t you say anything?’
Taishan silently mocked him. I assumed that it would interfere with him somehow, so I was preparing myself, but I didn’t see any movement
.
It was embarrassing, but there was no sign of interfering. Then it was a good thing for Seo Jang-san.
“I am the king. Any objections?”
“I don’t have anything.”
Kim Hwi-yeon had a relieved face.
Although Seo Jang-san’s words were a little harsh, they were right. Kang Jun-hyeok was too young and Lee Tae-yeon was weak in assertiveness.
In addition, Taesan refused at all, so Seojangsan was reasonable.
[The king has been decided.]
[Hard mode players. Jangsan Seo.]
“Good.”
Seo Jang-san raised an eyebrow and moved his hand.
“Then issue an edict.”
“phew.”
Hwiyeon Kim sighed. She had a happy face.
‘Finally, I’ll lighten the load a bit.’
It was a great burden to have to take responsibility for and manage everyone’s lives. Tae San said that there was no other suitable person besides her, but
he wanted to put it down.
Now, I was thinking of leaving it to Seo Jang-san and moving more comfortably.
After finishing the manipulation, Seo Jang-san said.
“This is our law.”
[The King gave the command.]
A system window appeared in front of them. Kim Hui-yeon’s face stiffened as she checked with a light heart.
[Easy and normal mode players should be allowed to eat. One meal a day if there is no particular result.]
[Do not reject the words of hard mode players. There is a penalty for refusal without a valid reason.]
[Choose between Iji and the normal player for external reconnaissance and securing food. If you don’t follow this, food will not be provided.]
[If you see a hard mode player, bow your head and show respect. There is a penalty for refusal.]
Other
than that, there are more than ten orders.
All of them were similar.
“…what’s this?”
“Uh…
Kim Hwi-yeon asked in a trembling voice. Geum Joong-geun looked at the system window with a stiff face. Kang Jun-hyuk’s face was distorted, and Lee Tae-yeon turned pale.
“This is the King’s first edict.”
“What are you talking about!”
Kim Hwi-yeon stood up from her seat. Confusion filled her eyes.
Kim Hui-yeon also knew that Seo Jang-san was asking to be the king for forcing laws on people.
But I didn’t think too much about it. In order to manage tens of thousands of people, someone had to carry the arms.
All kinds of noise comes out and thousands of self-assertion unfolds. Controlling all of them was not an easy task.
It can be a bit extreme, but
it is necessary to rule over people. That’s what she thought.
But this was more than she expected.
Every order was too radical and coercive. Are you restricting your diet? do not refuse to speak If you show respect, bow your head.
“This is a complete class society! You said you were just assigning a role!”
Kim Hwi-yeon shouted harshly.
Yongin’s Izzy and normal mode players refused to talk to her. She, too, realized that something was wrong
and looked into it.
But nothing else came out. Hard mode players said there was no problem, and Seo Jang-san also said how can he be happy in a world like this.
Kim Hwi-yeon accepted it without thinking.
It wasn’t because she was stupid, it was a matter of her values.
I didn’t think there would be such persecution because she believed that everyone should join forces to move forward in a hopeless situation.
“What’s wrong with that?”
Seo Jang-san had a face that he could not understand.
“It is natural. Hwiyeon.”
“Seojangsan!”
Kim Hwi-yeon’s voice rose. She barely calmed down and began to speak slowly.
“What are you going to do with permission to eat?”
“We don’t have much food. It will never reach the level of being generous enough for 100,000 people. That
’s why we put restrictions on it.”
“…What does it mean to not refuse to say something?”
“Because we are protecting them. A benefit for him is a necessary law.”
“There’s no reason for Izzy and Normal to be sent outside. We can make the performance safer…
“Why do we have to do that?”
“what?”
Seo Jang-san looked at Kim Hwi-yeon with an incomprehensible face.
“It’s dangerous out there. It’s full of monsters. Even hard mode players can’t guarantee 100% safety.”
“…So you’re going to order someone else?”
“Because that’s all they can show their worth.”
Seo Jang-san said bluntly.
“Players in Easy and Normal mode can’t fight monsters and win. Even with this machine, its efficiency is very poor. So all they can do is fetch food from outside.”
“…A lot of people will die in the process?”
“What does that mean?”
Seojangsan had a really puzzled face.
At those words, Kim Hwi-yeon finally realized.
So far, Seo Jang-san has been aggressive, but he has kept the line to some extent. So, Kim Hwi-yeon did not think of anything else.
But that was because the opponent was the same hard mode player and was on the same level as himself.
Conversely, it was not equivalent, but meant that the conceived opponent did not have that line.
Kim Hwi-yeon gritted it.
“So you’re going to kill them all?”
“It doesn’t kill. I just want you to do your own thing.”
Seo Jang-san said calmly.
“We have a hard mode. He is the one who leads everyone. It is a natural right.”
“You guys.”
Kim Hwi-
yeon looked at the other hard mode players with a miserable face.
“Do you think so too?”
“What…
” It’s not a mistake…
Everyone showed signs of agreeing with Seo Jang-san, although they didn’t reveal it directly. The only ones who were embarrassed were Kim Hwi-yeon and Keum Joong-geun.
“Ah…
Kim Hwi-yeon realized it belatedly. The hard mode players who came to Yongin with her had a long talk with Jangsan Seo.
“you guys!”
Kim Hwi-yeon could not stand it and cried out.
“Then what makes us different from beasts! What’s the difference if you throw it away as weak and use it!”
“Not different. We are human.”
Seojangsan replied. Kim Hwi-yeon gritted her teeth.
“You and I are just different people.”
She realized that her values and Seojangsan’s values were fundamentally different and that they were areas where they could not reconcile
.
“I understand your values. But… treating them like slaves is unacceptable.”
“Do whatever you feel like.”
Seo Jang-san looked at Kim Hwi-yeon expressionlessly.
“But this is the correct answer. All you have to do is throw away Easy and Normal and survive in hard mode.”
“well.”
Taesan, who had been quiet, murmured.
Silence came momentarily. Seo
Jang-san asked.
“What do you mean?”
“Is it really so? is this the correct answer? You are mistaken.”
“…Are you saying I’m wrong?”
“I can’t say that. It’s true that Izzy and normal players are weak. But… is there a big difference between you and them?”
Taesan remembered.
As time passed, stronger monsters popped out. Against the apostles and S-class monsters, hard mode players could not resist.
It’s a matter of how long you can hold out, but in the end hard mode players will also become useless.
Their goal is to win. In that sense, it seems that either side has failed.
“And it’s stupid. You are not that strong.”
I don’t know if it was at the clearing point, but in the middle of the process, the difference between Easy and Normal Hard mode wasn’t that big.
The difference was significant when viewed as an individual, but not when viewed as a group. There were
an absolute number of easy and normal modes
. It was hard to find even one hard mode player out of a thousand players.
“Can you resist if Izzy and Normal Mode all rush at you? If they trample on you and try to bite you, will you be able to survive?”
They flinched at Taesan’s murmur.
If you don’t have a skill like block, even an attack with less than defense will inflict 1 damage.
If you push with the violence of numbers, the current
hard mode players will die.
‘He was a smart guy.’
Easy Mode Player. Joonghyeok Choi.
Gathering Izzy and Normal Mode, they revolted at the right time. Killed several hardmode players and also killed Chief San.
Izzy and Nomal also sacrificed a lot, but they were able to win.
‘And it was over.’
Countless people died. Hard mode players in particular died a lot. They could not properly block the incoming waves
and only a few survived.
So on the next return, Kim Hwi-yeon could not stand it and sacrificed herself to save people.
Seojangsan left a miserable failure and was forgotten like that.
Although there is no Choi Joong-hyeok in this world, the accumulated anger and hatred somehow exploded. There was a high possibility that Seojangsan would fail again.
“I… don’t care much about your life or death.”
He is Lee Tae-yeon, Kang Jun-hyuk, Keum Joong-geun, Kim
Hwi-yeon. Other than a few others, I didn’t really care.
Those who realized that Kang Tae-san was really indifferent to their lives gave goosebumps.
“But what do you think?”
Kim Hwi-yeon bit her lip at the gaze directed at her.
After thinking for a while, Kim Hwi-yeon spoke.
“Jangsan. i can’t tolerate So, I will ask for a change of king.”
“I’m sorry, but that’s impossible.”
Seojangsan had a confident attitude.
“Have you read the explanation?”
[The king can be changed in some cases.]
[Condition 1: The death of the king.]
[Condition 2: The request of a majority of eligible players.]
[Condition 3: The king voluntarily resigns.]
“I intend to go down on my feet. there is no Same goes for the second condition. Hardmode players are all on my side except you two.”
Seo Jang-san raised the corner of his mouth.
“Or are you thinking of killing me? Are you taking the penalty?”
In the description of the quest, it was written that those who killed the king would have a huge penalty. It meant that if the system said so, it would definitely have a big impact.
“Then all hardmode players will be your enemies.”
“…I don’t know how.”
Kim Hwiyeon bit her lip. Once the king is released, there is no way to let him down. That is why Seo Jang-san revealed his true nature as soon as he became king
.
“But there are people who know.”
Kim Hwi-yeon looked away sadly.
“This… is what you said.”
Kang Tae-san had told her on his way to Yongin. Just because you’re strong doesn’t mean you can’t lead people well. it’s your choice
She understood the meaning of the words.
“It’s done. I know enough.”
Taesan nodded and said to Seo Jangsan, who was sure of victory.
“Why is there no way? There is a second one.”
“under. All hardmode players except two support me. You are talking nonsense.”
Seo Jang-san sent a mockery to Tae-san.
“So that doesn’t mean it isn’t.”
Taesan raised his hand as if taking an oath.
“Request a change of king.”
And the system window appeared in front of everyone.
[Eligible player requested a change of king. If a majority of players agree, the request for replacement of the king is made.]
[There are no other eligible players. Your request has been accepted.]
[Discussion You can change the king using various methods, such as dueling and fighting. Choose whatever you want.] Seo Jang-san
‘s pupils widened
at the system window that appeared in front of him .
Taesan smiled coldly.
“Did I tell you? I will kill you next time.”
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