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#Episode 67. The Fluctuating Map
Meanwhile, the monarch of the first force, Park Ji-su, exhaled cigarette smoke in the middle of a brutal battle scene.
She crouched down, wearing an Eskimo hat, and looked at the man’s head lying there.
Then he coughed.
“Cough… …! Cough!”
Park Ji-soo asked, wiping the corner of her mouth.
“… … So this little brat did it all?”
“……yes.”
Next to her, crouching down, her closest aides were nodding their heads.
Park Ji-soo’s close associates were extremely nervous about her emotional changes.
She was a ruthless monarch.
If anything got in the way of his work, he purged anyone who came into contact with him.
A world without proper law and order.
To hold power in that world was to possess a power that overwhelmed all powers that had ever existed.
“Ha. F**k.”
Park Ji-soo seemed to be in a bad mood and quietly cursed.
Then the middle-aged man knelt down in the snow and bowed his head to her and apologized.
“I’m sorry. Please, forgive me!”
Ts …
Park Ji-soo held the cigarette smoke in her mouth and then spat it out.
The situation that unfolded here was absolutely catastrophic.
Buildings were shattered into pieces and buried upside down, cars were crushed like cans, and human corpses were shattered beyond recognition.
In fact, Park Ji-soo was also aware of it.
She is the monarch chosen by the system.
Moreover, he was a monarch who held considerable power in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province.
If he could take down the huge power in Suwon, Park Ji-soo could be reborn as a true number one in southern Gyeonggi Province.
So, first of all, they built a wall to secure time for preparations to defend against the southern forces.
But even the design of such large-scale defense facilities was meaningless in front of the ‘players’.
The player is a being that transcends humanity.
The significance of players is so special that Park Ji-soo’s forces, which had grown based on overwhelming military power and edicts, were shaken by just one player.
Players are, in a word, an asymmetrical force.
The more players a force has, the more advantageous it will be in terms of future developments.
Eventually, Park Ji-soo’s forces had to devise a plan to counter the players.
We had to recruit talented people.
Park Ji-soo got up from her seat and threw her cigarette forward.
The cigarette she threw was buried in the snow.
At that moment, one of his subordinates approached and whispered to Park Ji-soo.
“Because of this incident, it seems that the woman also ran away.”
“That woman?”
“I’m Lee Se-beom’s older sister, Lee Joo-yeon.”
Lee Se-beom had been obeying Park Ji-soo until now on the condition of ensuring Joo-yeon’s safety.
But after Lee Joo-yeon ran away, he no longer had any reason to keep Se-beom by his side.
The man was concerned about that.
But Park Ji-soo just stared blankly at the man.
Then the man, who had become tense under the monarch’s gaze, bowed his head again.
“Do I… … even have to worry about something like that?”
From the beginning, Park Ji-soo had no intention of letting Lee Se-beom meet Lee Joo-yeon.
Because Lee Se-beom was nothing more than Park Ji-soo’s thorough ‘toy’.
“sorry.”
“Okay, aide.”
As Park Ji-soo gestured, a middle-aged man quickly approached her and bowed his head.
She spoke in a small voice.
“Let’s get started.”
The aide’s pupils shook as he heard Park Ji-soo’s words.
When there was no answer from the aide, Park Ji-soo looked back at them and gave the order again.
“What are you doing? Human hunting. Let it begin. Release those monster bastards.”
Those were the inhumane acts that Park Ji-soo’s forces had been committing since the start of Round 2.
A strategy to capture humans by shooting them with arrows as if hunting animals.
After all, players won’t die from something like an arrow piercing their neck.
Park Ji-soo has already brought 13 players into his forces using this operation.
And the human hunt will never end until Park Ji-soo finds a player with the abilities he wants.
“I will accept it.”
The middle-aged man bowed his head once again and followed the monarch’s orders.
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The police station parade grounds were filled with windows filled with notifications of the monarch’s proclamation.
It was a notification window with a gold border that shined like gold.
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[The first force of Manan, the monarch Kang Shion]
[Proclamation of the Edict]
[Proclaimer: Kang Shi-on]
In front of that notification window, Zion shouted at everyone.
“Article 1, Paragraph 1: All citizens belonging to a force may freely express their will and opinions according to their own will, and are guaranteed the right to life while they remain in the force.”
[The first force of Manan, the monarch Kang Shion]
[Proclamation of the Edict]
[Proclaimer: Kang Shi-on]
[Article 1, Paragraph 1: All citizens belonging to a force may freely express their will and opinions according to their own will, and are guaranteed the right to life while they remain in the force.]
The groundbreaking content of Article 1.
Everyone gathered here was surprised.
The right to life is not guaranteed simply by a monarch’s proclamation.
It is the same throughout history.
Even among countries with systematic structures and armies, there are many that fail to guarantee their citizens’ right to survival.
Joseon was like that at the time, and in modern times, many countries have neglected their own citizens for reasons such as civil war, economy, and coups.
The ‘right to survival’ that Zion speaks of means mobilizing all the power the power possesses to secure the safety of the citizens.
In other words, it was declared that the safety of citizens is the top priority, and that expansion of power, establishment of systems, and construction of economic markets are secondary goals.
It was an altruistic decision.
K looked at Zion’s proclamation with interest.
The proclamation of Zion did not stop.
[Achievement points -50p.]
Each time you promulgate an edict, achievement points are consumed.
Zion was able to declare all the necessary edicts because he had accumulated a lot of points through quests so far.
On average, a monarch who first took over a force could only issue two edicts, but Zion was currently able to issue up to five.
Zion then proclaimed the contents of Article 2.
“I declare.”
He immediately issued a second edict.
It was a thoroughly planned and enacted decree before the coup.
[Article 1, Paragraph 2: All citizens belonging to a force are responsible for all areas to ensure the development of the force and the right to survival as stipulated in Article 1, Paragraph 1.]
Zion believed that this was the only way to grow their power the fastest.
Citizens’ right to survival is closely related to the following two things:
Food, including drinking water, and national defense.
These two things were ultimately the most important factors in growing power.
Zion placed responsibility for these two elements on its citizens.
Article 1, Paragraph 2 contains such content.
In the end, Zion intended to carry out activities for the right to survival stipulated in Article 1 through Article 2.
But this was only a pretext, in reality it was a means for Zion to move the forces as they wished.
If this is stipulated, then all orders given by Zion will be for the purpose of guaranteeing the citizens’ right to survive.
In return for having the obligation to work, you are guaranteed the right to survive.
The citizens would ultimately have to follow Zion’s commands for their own sake.
‘… The right to survive is just bait. From today on, what I have to fight for are the citizens and the approval ratings within.’
Being the ruler of a power comes with great responsibility and power.
Because of this, all citizens belonging to the Zion forces are obligated to work.
The direction of development that Zion desires is one in which all citizens feel a sense of belonging and stability within the force and take on their own duties.
‘… … After the stabilization of power, there is only bloody wars of conquest.’
Zion thought.
Now that we’re determined to win this league, we won’t be playing defensively anymore.
Once we have raised our power within the force, we will turn our attention to the outside.
“That’s weird.”
First of all, the decree was promulgated only up to Article 1, Paragraph 2.
With this, the foundation of power that Kang Si-on had seized was established.
Article 1, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.
The Republic of Korea is a democratic republic.
The sovereignty of the Republic of Korea resides in the people, and all state authority emanates from the people.
Article 1 of the Constitution of every country sets out the fundamental principles of that country.
The fundamental principle of Zion’s rule was that in order to protect oneself, one must work for oneself.
Instead of guaranteeing your right to survive in power, work for the power.
Although it is only one sentence, through it Zion will be able to maximize the labor force of all its citizens.
Adults, men, women, even children, the elderly and the disabled.
Children, the elderly, and the disabled.
Should we give them a break since they were originally socially disadvantaged in the world?
That can’t be happening.
With the world ending, there are no longer any identities that need to be protected for free.
There is a price to pay if you want to survive.
Whatever the type, in this situation where each person’s life is at stake, there is no room to protect others without any cost.
At that moment, K approached Zion and clapped his hands.
“Excellent. I don’t know what the strategy is, but the colors of the forces will be determined by Article 1 of the Edict. In my view… … Sion’s forces will be a humanitarian force.”
“… … .”
It’s humanitarian.
Zion thought for a moment and shook his head.
Because the edict he had just proclaimed could hardly be called humane.
Perhaps the citizens will be given harder labor than the police chief did.
Zion is just adorned with a pretty package that guarantees the right to survive.
The citizens gathered around the guillotine were all looking up at Zion.
They all supported Zion.
What they needed most, above all else, was the ‘right to survive.’
Who would rebel when their leader guarantees their right to survive?
It was completely different from when we were under the control of the police chief.
The police assaulted, oppressed, and if necessary executed civilians.
Of course, Zion was involved in those things, but no one knows about it.
Even if they knew, no one would say anything.
The concealment of these facts will ultimately solidify Zion’s approval rating.
From beginning to end.
Zion reaped the fruits of her labor.
The moment Zion heard the news of his younger brother from K, there was no need to hesitate.
He will now expand his power.
This is because a specific goal of unification of Anyang City has been established.
So that no one can be faster, so that no one can catch up.
He will now begin to slaughter humans.
“Viva!!!”
At that moment, a skinny old man with white hair standing in the crowd raised both hands and shouted.
The old man’s voice was desperate.
But there was power.
“Long live my lord!!!”
The old man praised Kang Zion.
To them, Kang Shi-on was already their savior and they thought of him as a leader who would lead them.
100% approval rating
The numbers proved it.
“Long live Ma!!!”
“Viva!!!”
“Viva!!!”
“Viva!!!”
The entire crowd surrounding the guillotine began to praise Kang Zion.
Their cheers echoed throughout Manan-gu.
Zion heard their shouts and silently raised his head to look up at the sky.
Pure white snow filled his field of vision.
At that moment, a drop of water fell from the sky and fell on Zion’s cheek.
“Viva!!!!”
“Viva-!!!!”
“Long live the monarch!!!!”
In this place filled with the roar of the crowd, a drop of water fell on his cheek.
Zion stopped and swept the water that had fallen on his cheek.
And he confirmed it by rubbing the stop with his thumb.
It was sleet.
When it rains, the temperature rises and the water no longer freezes.
This also meant that winter was coming to an end.
(Continued in the next episode)