Chapter 168: The Guest from Arica, Part I
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
It didn’t take us long to reach Seoul from Chuncheong. A huge feast was waiting for us when we arrived. Song Daechul even ca out to greet us himself.
“Thank you for everything, Jiwon.”
“Don’t worry about it. I had sothing I wanted to take care of, and it just so happened that we shared a common enemy.”
“Still, it’s true that Sunbin has benefitted the most. They’ve been quite the headache for us. Now then, I assu the person behind you is your mother?”
“Yes, she is.”
“Then I should greet her and ask her what her secret is for giving birth to a great son like you.”
I led Song Daechul over to et my mother and grandfather.
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“Damn! That’s him, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, that’s Chairman Song; the guild master of Sunbin!”
“Whoa. To think soone like that treats our young master so kindly…”
“Man, you’re dumb. Our young master is a global entity!”
“Oh, that’s right!”
“Besides, didn’t you notice on the way here how Vice-master Song acted towards the young master? You should be careful you don’t do anything to embarrass him.”
“I know that, too! Get off my back!”
The forr Sojung guild mbers who followed Lee Taejung to Seoul were touched that they had Lee Jiwon as their young master and were now standing side by side with the great Sunbin Guild. The older mbers who knew Lee Jiwon’s father were so happy that they couldn’t help but wipe away tears of joy.
Sung Sooyeon, Lee Jiwon’s mother, was especially proud to see that her son had grown up to be a strong, respectable man.
Just then, the forr Sojung guild mbers froze as Lee Jiwon and Song Daechul walked towards them. This was the legendary Song Daechul!
“It’s a pleasure to finally et you. My na is Song Daechul.”
“It’s a pleasure to et you as well. I am Jiwon’s grandfather, Lee Taejung.” Lee Taejung had decided not to use his forr title of Sojung’s guild master and instead carried himself as Lee Jiwon’s grandfather. He realized that had more weight than the forr, and that if he wasn’t Lee Jiwon’s grandfather, he would never have had the chance to et Song Daechul face to face.
“Your grandson is quite the determined and decisive individual. I’m pretty envious.”
“I haven’t done much. I’m just thankful you feel that way.”
“I’ve prepared a place for all of you to stay for the ti being. If it’s not to your liking, you can always look for another place and let us know. We’ll take care of everything. If you do like it, feel free to stay as long as you’d like.”
“Thank you for taking care of us.”
“Don’t ntion it. Sunbin has received so much more from Jiwon; it’s the least we could do.” After speaking with Lee Taejung, Song Daechul then turned to Lee Jiwon’s mother. “It’s a pleasure to et you as well. My na is Song Daechul.”
“Yes, hello. I am Sung Sooyeon, Jiwon’s mother.”
“You have quite the reliable son. I’d imagine you have nothing to be envious about with him at your side.”
“No, I’m just sorry that I couldn’t be there for him when he was young.”
“Well, that just ans you can start now, right?”
“Thank you for your kind words.”
Song Daechul greeted Lee Jiwon’s mother and grandfather warmly for all to see. With children and grandchildren of his own, Song Daechul knew what they were probably feeling. He also knew how treating Lee Jiwon’s family would make Lee Jiwon feel, as evidenced by the small smile on Lee Jiwon’s face.
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“I welco everyone else, as well. From today onwards, we are all allies and friends. Please, let us know if you need anything.” Song Daechul brought everyone into a banquet hall that could easily fit ten thousand people and addressed them.
“Thank you.”
“We won’t forget your kindness!”
What followed was a very festive party of eating, drinking, and playing. I decided to join in as well, as I was pretty exhausted after the past few weeks. I was much more tired than when I fought the Duke, but notbecause of the recent battle. I was more ntally and emotionally exhausted.
Learning the truth about my past when I had just wanted to have my revenge on Lee Kangchan really took a toll on . At least, these recent events weren’t without fruit. I finally got over my fear of my past trauma and had a boost in confidence of my abilities. It felt good when Lee Kangchan trembled in fear under my gaze. It was like I was finally free of the shackles that had been holding back all this ti.
“I want to thank the Myth Guild, the Ravi Guild, and the Werewolves for everything. I also want to thank the Sunbin Guild for fighting by our side and for hosting this wonderful party!”
“It wasn’t much. It was a aningful couple of weeks that we got to fight alongside you once again!”
“That’s right! As we’ve said before; this is nothing compared to what you have done for us! We still owe you much more!”
“Don’t forget; it was thanks to you that the Ravi Guild managed to achieve its dream!”
And so, the festivities continued for another week.
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anwhile…
New York City, the holand of Arica’s number one guild, the Shire Guild…
“So they failed this ti as well?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Hah! Of course they failed. If we couldn’t succeed, how could they?” Daniel Miller, the guild master of the Shire Guild burst out laughing when he received his vassal’s report. He cut his laugh short and quickly grew serious, however.
It was his guild’s turn now, but they had already failed three tis now. The source of this problem was a single high-grade dungeon, a dungeon that spawned at the border of Pennsylvania and Ohio, right between New York and Chicago.
Chicago was the city where the Spencer Guild resided. That guild was one of the top five guilds of Arica, constantly competing with the Shire Guild for the control of the dungeon. Normally, the guild that discovered a dungeon first would control it, regardless of distance from their territory but unfortunately, both guilds had discovered it at the exact sa ti.
Obviously, shared control was out of the question, especially because they were the two guilds controlling the east half of Arica. Be that is it may, they couldn’t just commit to a full-scale guild war over a single high-grade dungeon, either. All that would accomplish was an opportunity for the bastards on the west side.
The two guilds decided it would be best to compromise and ca up with a solution; the guild to defeat the dungeon boss and clear the dungeon the fastest would gain control over the dungeon. It was basically their own Ti Attack.
While the top five Arican guilds were similar in strength, the Shire Guild was still considered the strongest guild. When the Spencer Guild ca to them with the Ti Attack proposition, the Shire Guild didn’t and couldn’t turn them down, because of their reputation.
And so began the Ti Attack for control of the newly discovered high-grade dungeon.
On their first attempts, both guilds failed spectacularly. For the second attempt, both guilds amassed their experience and knowledge from their previous attempt, but still failed. Their third attempt yielded disappointing results as well, according to the report Daniel had just received.
Of course, investing that much effort over a single high-grade dungeon wasn’t a waste at all; in fact, they had to. They weren’t two of the five strongest Arican guilds for no reason, but the more they failed, the more annoying comnts they heard, especially from the west.
The Shire and Spencer Guilds wanted to scream at the other guilds to co try the dungeon for themselves. They were confident that any other guild would no doubt fail completely as well.
“Ha…is there no new information from the Intelligence Division?”
“They’re still saying the sa…”
“It’s already our fourth attempt! If we fail again, we won’t have the dungeon to worry about! The Shire’s reputation is on the line, damn it!”
“I know that as well, sir. We’ve pored over all three raid videos countless tis and we can’t co up with a solution against its unique battle style and its AoE attacks.”
“Shit!”
“What we need is a tank of legendary power. We can’t make do with tanks with only a bit more skill than most.”
“Are you serious right now? We’ve already raided with the three strongest Unrivaled tanks, that would even give deities a run for their money. Do you possibly an to say that we should raid with a full party of twenty-five Unrivaled devas? Then who’s going to do the damage and who’s going to heal? What about buffs and debuffs!?” Daniel roared at the officer who had just made the suggestion.
“Calm down, sir. There’s still one more Unrivaled we haven’t used yet.”
“What? Who are you talking about?”
“Jiwon Lee.”
“…” Daniel’s rage vanished when Lee Jiwon’s na surfaced. He knew as well what sort of deva Lee Jiwon was.
“Jiwon Lee… say we do get him over here; would the Spencer Guild even accept it? He’ll be a rcenary, not part of the Shire Guild.”
“Was there a clause that said we couldn’t bring rcenaries?”
“That’s true, very true.”
“If we don’t do it first, it’ll only be a matter of ti before the Spencer Guild gets the sa idea and reaches out to Jiwon Lee first. They’re as anxious as we are.”
“Hmm.” Daniel began to stroke his beard and thought about what his officer just said.
Frustrated at his guild master’s indecisiveness, the officer continued, “Don’t we already have history with the Sunbin Guild, who are already connected to Jiwon Lee? If we lose him even after all that, we don’t have the right to own that dungeon.”
“Fine! Use the Sunbin Guild to contact Jiwon Lee. Use whatever ans necessary to bring him over here.”
“Yes, sir. Only victors create history, sir.”
“That’s right. No matter what the Spencer Guild tries, we just need to show them through results.”
And so, the Shire Guild sent over a representative to Korea to et with Lee Jiwon.
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The base the Sunbin Guild had lent us could really fit more than three thousand people at once. The building was very clean, well-maintained, and already furnished. It was even pretty close to the Sunbin’s headquarters. That was just how much we ant to them. That wasn’t all to the good news, either.
“Mr. Lee, would it be alright if we leave a few Myth Guild soldiers here in case of ergency?”
“We wanted to leave a few Werewolves as well…”
“Our guild master wanted to leave so Ravi soldiers as well.”
The three factions wanted to set up a sort of embassy on site, and I was more than welco to the idea. I did notice Song Myungsoo frown when he heard about it, though. Either way, I felt extrely safe with four factions looking after and my people.
I wasn’t about to stay at ho forever. I already vowed to myself that I would beco the strongest in the world. It was extrely helpful to now that I didn’t have to constantly worry about what went on back ho.
There was one thing that I couldn’t figure out what to do. My mother was still against the idea of becoming a deva. But there was still plenty of ti to deal with that later, and I decided not to dwell on it too long.
After staying on base for about a week, I finally left to do so long awaited monster hunting!
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