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[Question and answer dance]
“…What is this? ”
Baek Chang-su looked at the documents on his desk as if they were something from another world that he had never seen before.
The landlord was standing in front of him with a calm expression.
“As you can see, it’s a vacation plan.”
“I know how to read Korean too… huh.”
Baek Chang-su laughed.
Team Leader 7 said he had something important to talk about, so he asked me to make time to come up while he was busy dealing with the disaster.
Then, what came out of nowhere and presented to me was a [vacation plan].
vacation? Are you going on vacation?
Baek Chang-soo looked at the landlord with an absurd expression. Next to the great man, his daughter had a similar expression to her father.
‘I guess Younghee didn’t know either.’
“Are you serious? Are you going on vacation? “At this point?”
At those words, Team 7 leader Lim Dae-in nodded with shameless confidence.
“yes. “I’m going to take a vacation.”
“Huh…”
I said it as if it was so obvious that I even missed the moment to get angry.
Baek Chang-soo asked with the intention of seeing if he could find out.
“okay. “How many days?”
The great man raised his eyebrows and spoke with an expression of uncertainty.
“well. “About a month at most?”
“one month?”
There was a limit to what I could tolerate at this level.
Quang!
Baek Chang-su left a clear palm on the desk and said, wriggling one eyebrow.
“Are you out of your mind now? How long has it been since the city suffered a disaster? “Don’t you know how busy the entire guild is!”
Baek Chang-soo usually treated his people like the guy next door, but that didn’t mean he was a person who couldn’t distinguish between public and private matters.
Baek Chang-su pushed Dae-in’s vacation plan back to Dae-in. Those eyes were fierce.
“I’ll pretend you didn’t hear what I just said. “Go back.”
But the great man had no intention of backing down.
“Because this is a vacation I absolutely have to go on. “I also have something to ask you personally.”
If you were just going on vacation, there was no need to meet the CEO and talk about it.
If he had just processed the documents through Baek Young-hee, he would have been able to leave quietly without seeing the CEO get angry like this.
Nevertheless, there was a reason why Daein came to visit Baek Changsu.
“ask? “I don’t know what it is, but I have no intention of listening to it!”
However, Baek Chang-su seemed more stubborn than expected.
He said in a serious voice.
“It’s a hectic time for everyone. If you want to go on vacation, go next month. “About a week.”
At least it was a lot of concessions.
It would have been impossible if Team 7 hadn’t made a great performance in the last disaster by destroying the Core Gate.
Of course, the story was different from the perspective of accepting it.
The great man sighed deeply.
“CEO. Are you really going to do this?”
Baek Chang-su raised his head and said.
“Then what are you going to do? Would you like to hit me? Would you like to spar? “If you beat me, I could send you on vacation right away.”
The great man sighed at that childish provocation, which was also mixed with terrifying sincerity.
‘This guy. It looks like he doesn’t want to let other people go on vacation just because he’s busy…’
But he wasn’t the kind of person who wouldn’t go on vacation.
Because there is always a way.
I didn’t want to do this because it was mean, but…
Daein looked back at Baek Young-hee, who was standing next to him, and said.
“Mr. Younghee. “What is the expected profit from WH potions this month?”
“yes? “That’s…”
I didn’t ask because I was curious about how much it really was.
The great man looked at the ceiling and muttered loudly to himself.
“I heard that the number of orders is so large that we can’t keep up with the potion production. I wonder if there is a need to supply it exclusively with the WH trademark…”
Baek Chang-su, who was momentarily embarrassed, began to clear his throat.
“Hmm! “What are you saying…”
At that time, the great man clapped his hands as if he remembered something.
“right! I heard that the value of the loot taken from Core Gate is enormous. Even if you combine all the achievements of other teams, they are not as good as our team 7… Did I hear wrong? Mr. Younghee. Right?”
As Daein looked at him, Baek Younghee nodded with a dumb expression.
“You heard correctly….”
The confidence on Baek Chang-soo’s expression gradually diminished.
“No, that’s… Are you threatening me now?”
The great man looked at the ceiling again. He sighed heavily and lamented his situation.
“Should I continue to be in this guild while being treated like this… How much of a penalty would that be… Ugh. If it weren’t for that damn affection, I would have done it a long time ago… What can I say about affection…”
“Keuung…”
The situation was completely reversed.
The landlord had the patent rights to a potion that would account for a significant portion of the guild’s sales in the future.
Also, in the last disaster, Team 7 recorded overwhelming results.
Even if we combined all the other teams’ achievements, they were no match for us.
Even if the fine for breach of contract was over 100 billion won, there were plenty of guilds that would take him.
‘I have no intention of going to another guild… but I can at least scare them a little.’
Daein struck the final blow.
“I heard that the Iron Wall Guild is looking for an experienced team leader…”
I didn’t have two months of experience to apply for an experienced position, but that was enough.
“…Okay! okay!”
In the end, Baek Chang-su raised the white flag. He pouted his lips as he took Daein’s vacation plan back.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to send you on vacation? “People are so mean.”
The great man said with a grin.
“thank you. “I’ll bring you a gift when I come back.”
Baek Chang-soo sighed and nodded.
“But where are you going for a month?”
“I’m trying to find someone.”
Baek Young-hee, who was listening next to him, asked with a puzzled expression.
“A person? “It would be faster if we found it for you, right?”
The great man shook his head.
“Because they live quite far away. And there is a reason why you must find it yourself.”
“people?”
The great man smiled vaguely and nodded.
“I’m looking for two people. “I will find one person and bring him here, and the other person…”
The great man trailed off and laughed.
Because I couldn’t say I was going to catch and kill him.
‘That goblin mask. I need to check the face to see what it looks like.’
Daein said to Baek Changsu, who was stamping payment on the vacation plan, with a disapproving expression.
“And Mr. Representative. “I’m going to ask you the favor I mentioned earlier.”
Baek Chang-su sighed as if he had given up on everything.
“okay. “What else?”
When Daein’s story ended, Baek Changsu looked like he couldn’t believe it.
Baek Chang-soo opened his eyes and asked in a trembling voice.
“…you. “Are you serious about that?”
The great man nodded heavily.
“yes. “Please.”
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There were quite a few things to prepare before going to the continent of Gaia.
I asked Baek Young-hee to get most of them, and
I went to a workshop and asked them to make the necessary equipment.
Departure was set three days later.
Daein returned to his room and made a travel plan with Lily.
“look. “This is a map of the Gaia continent.”
Relying on his memory, Daein roughly drew a map of the Gaia continent in his sketchbook. The two were lying side by side on the bed.
Lily looked at the map with a curious expression.
“It looks like this…”
The great man laughed and teased Lily.
“Is this your first time seeing you because you’re a country bumpkin?”
“I’m not a country bumpkin!”
While the two were arguing, someone knocked on the door.
smart-.
When Dae-in opened the door, Jang Young-shin was standing there awkwardly with her mother.
“hmm? “What’s going on?”
“Can I come in for a moment?”
After a while, two people came into the room. Lily spotted Jang Young-shin and waved her hand from the bed.
“brother. hi!”
“…hi.”
The two adults looked at the boy blushing and turning his head away.
“Please sit there. “I’ll give you some tea.”
The four people sat across from each other at the table and had tea time for a while. Jang Young-shin’s mother spoke carefully.
“sorry. “The team leader must be busy…”
Daein sipped his coffee and smiled.
“The ones on our team are busy. But what happened…?”
Jang Young-shin’s mother said, poking her son’s side.
“son. “You decided to tell me directly, right?”
Jang Young-shin, who was drinking orange juice and glancing at Lily, said hesitantly.
“…mister.”
“huh? why?”
“…I want to go with you.”
“Where are we going together?”
“…I’m going on vacation….”
Jang Young-shin’s mother added further explanation while stroking her son’s head.
“I guess she heard a rumor somewhere that the team leader and Lily were going on vacation. And he ran towards me and begged me so much that he wanted to go too…”
“Hmm…”
I probably heard it in the workshop. Because I deliberately made noise so that it would reach Jang Young-shin’s ears.
The great man pressed the corner of his mouth that was about to rise.
‘Well, I expected it.’
He spoke with a serious expression, trying not to show his happiness as much as possible.
“It could be dangerous.”
Dae-in, who saw Jang Young-shin’s mother’s expression change at that moment, quickly added.
“No, it’s not that dangerous… monsters will come out sometimes. “It may be possible to eradicate it, but I’m worried about what might happen.”
Jang Young-shin’s mother sighed, and Jang Young-shin gave the answer the great man wanted.
“…You can take the golem.”
“Of course it is…”
For a comfortable trip, a porter and escort was needed.
If you have a big mouth, know how to make various things, and have a huge golem, that’s the icing on the cake.
But making a good show here is a waste of time.
Daein withheld his answer and looked at Jang Youngshin’s mother with a concerned expression.
“It’s called a vacation, but I’m going to cross the restricted area first. There are other things to see… It will be a forced march. Youngshin is a superhuman so it will be okay, but my mother…”
Daein circled around saying that his mother could not go with him. I had no intention of making this vacation a family trip.
Fortunately, Jang Young-shin’s mother understood.
“I’m fine. “Working here is fun and I can trust my child as a team leader.”
Daein was very burdened by those eyes full of trust.
“Hmm. “You trust me so much that you don’t deserve it.”
“of course. The team leader discovered our child’s aptitude and allowed us to work here. Besides…”
She stroked her son’s head and sighed lightly.
“I’m not a kid who won’t go just because I can’t. “You know how stubborn this kid is, right?”
The great man chuckled and nodded.
“That’s right.”
He was the guy who followed me even when I told him not to. In that case, it would be better to take him in and treat him properly.
The great man nodded.
“I will return safely without any injuries.”
I meant it. Daein had no intention of going to the continent of Gaia and getting hurt at all.
Jang Young-shin’s mother said with a grin.
“Please ask for a gift when you come.”
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That night.
“Seup… Phew….”
The great man took a deep breath, relaxed his lotus position, and stood up.
The Pacheonshingong calmly settled down, conserving its magical power within its body.
After confirming that Lily was sleeping soundly, Daein quietly left the room and got into the elevator.
Weeeeing-.
Because it was late at night, the lights were off throughout the building. The person went down to the basement of the building.
B1
B3
B5
B8
…
Ding Dong –
The place where the elevator stopped was on the 12th floor underground. When I got off, I saw a huge iron door made of reinforced alloy.
“…I never thought I would come here.”
Daein sighed lightly and entered the password Baek Younghee gave him.
Beep beep beep beep-.
After a while, the iron door opened, revealing a huge cavity inside.
The inside was full of signs of being dented, torn, and crushed. It seemed like a place where a mythical monster was sealed.
But what was inside was a human being.
“Whoop… Whoop….”
My extremely angry back muscles were soaked in sweat and burning.
The great man called out to the owner behind him with a distraught expression.
“…CEO.”
“Are you here?”
Baek Chang-su looked back. He smiled, showing his white teeth.
“You’re late! “I was so excited that I went wild first.”
“I came 10 minutes early…”
This was Baek Chang-soo’s personal training hall.
And the reason Daein came here was because he had asked Baek Changsu for a favor earlier during the day.
-I’d like to ask you to spar. Gently. –
In the meantime, Daein read 『Geomwangbirok』 in his spare time and learned the martial arts written in it.
But until now, I haven’t really had a chance to put it to good use.
Now, most superhumans were no match for him, and there was no need to use martial arts against monsters.
‘So far, my skills have worked well… but I feel uneasy at this level on the Gaia continent.’
The continent of Gaia had so many strong people that it could not be compared to the current Earth.
Therefore, I needed to check my own skills before going there.
Daein assumed that he was the worst enemy he could encounter on the Gaia continent.
And he found a sparring partner who was most similar to him.
This was the man right before my eyes, smiling as if he were dying of joy.
“I didn’t know you would challenge me to spar first. “He said he didn’t like it when I asked him to do it…”
Hearing those words, Daein let out a long sigh.
“This is all because of a certain kid.”
“Please take care of me for the next three days.”
Uduk. Crunchy.
Baek Chang-soo took a stance by bending his neck to the left and right.
“Did you do some warm-up exercises?”
The great man drew his sword and sighed.
“I feel like I’ve already come here for no reason.”
“A young friend is dead. “Then shall we begin?”
At that moment, an enormous amount of mana burst out from Baek Chang-soo’s body.
Fuwaaaaaaaaaa!
Immediately the great man’s face darkened.
At the same time, something that happened during the day came to mind like a flash.
“That CEO? “I was a little arrogant earlier during the day…”
“No questions and answers! This fist has no personal feelings!”
-Toooooooooo!
The monster rushed forward, tearing up the space.
[Question and answer dance] End
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