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#Episode 81. Meeting (2)
Clap, clap, clap, clap.
Park Ji-soo looked at Zion and clapped his hands slowly.
“Bravo. Excellent, Your Majesty.”
Park Ji-soo didn’t stop clapping.
Her movements were slow.
Like a snake.
“I thought you were different from other monarchs. According to my sources, you seized power through a coup. Perhaps you took power and sent me gifts because you were afraid of an imminent conquest. You’re smart. Ah, you’re really smart.”
Only after those words did Park Ji-soo stop clapping.
And I pulled the chair a little closer to the desk.
“You want to slowly devour my power.”
Park Ji-soo also came here to clarify his position among the forces.
“But, Your Majesty, that doesn’t mean anything. Right now, there’s a damn player on the Uiwang side who’s trying to gather forces and rule the southern part of Gyeonggi Province.”
“What does it mean?”
“I don’t know the details. I just know that he’s young. I also know that he’s strong. You shouldn’t be thinking about seizing my power right now, but rather find a way to deal with that crazy player. That goes for you and me. In other words! We’re not. enemies. From. The. Beginning.”
Zion wiped his mouth with his hand.
He had absolutely no idea what Park Ji-soo was talking about.
Not the enemy?
Midway through Round 2, the city’s borders collapsed, allowing movement between regions.
It was the beginning of the Warring States Period on the Korean Peninsula.
“Listen carefully. Monarch of the Mankyung. For my victory, I can annihilate all living beings in the force. Regardless of age or gender, I can use them all as meat shields for my victory. But think about it. Can you do that?”
Park Ji-soo said while looking at Man-gyeong’s living space.
Park Ji-soo thought that Kang Shi-on was a humane monarch.
The overwhelming approval rating supported this.
“Let’s do this. My real intention is the unification of Anyang. No, no. Unification! Let’s unify. There’s even a song, right? Our~ wish is~ Tooongil. Tooongil~.”
Park Ji-soo hummed along.
Zion frowned at the sound of the song.
Park Ji-soo didn’t stop talking.
Then he took something out of his bosom and put it on the desk.
It was a red glowing gemstone.
It looked like a jewel.
“Do you know what this is?”
“… … .”
“resources.”
“resources?”
“Yes, volunteer.”
Park Ji-soo put down the stone and lit a cigarette again.
Ting-.
The escort next to her casually lit a Zippo lighter.
Park Ji-soo lit a cigarette and said while blowing out smoke.
“Human scientific advancement has been achieved through resources, right? Oil, coal, nuclear power, natural gas, etc. And this red jewel is a new resource that has appeared in this world. It’s an energy source! Now, let’s think about it carefully. The system defines rivers as natural resources and uses them as a medium for territorial wars between monarchs. So what’s next? I guarantee it’s resources. You. You must have had a hard time with drinking water for a while. That’s why… …! You’re rebelling against me like this. Right?! Did I get it right?”
Half year.
Zion chewed on her words.
Park Ji-su already thought of Man-gyeong as his vassal state.
That’s arrogance.
Disgusting arrogance.
Park Ji-soo was still thinking about the past scenery.
Thud-!
Park Ji-soo picked up the red gemstone.
When touched by human hands, the stone began to shine even brighter and even shook slightly.
“Okay, sorry. I was just joking! No, it’s just that Your Majesty the King. So I was curious to see how Sion would react… … Anyway. The one who wins the league will be the one who grabs these resources. We’re the kings. The purpose of a king is to strengthen his power. And this resource. There’s a crazy amount of it buried in our Dongangu. At first, I thought it was just a part of a monster. But it’s different. It’s a divine resource. It’s an alien mineral that stores energy that’s incomparable to coal, oil, or gas. I think we have to protect it. We’re… … ‘Anyang City Residents’ who belong to the same Anyang, right?”
Chick, support support… … .
Park Ji-soo stubbed out her cigarette.
Ultimately, this was her goal.
He intends to win the coming rounds by placing Zion, who has caused such chaos, under his command.
The goal is to peacefully unite forces and fight the remaining rounds without seeing any blood.
In other words, this was a peace treaty, a proposal for an alliance.
If Man-gyeong and Dong-an were combined, the scale would be enormous.
Park Ji-soo wanted that.
Because I acknowledge and trust Kang Shi-on’s abilities to that extent.
“How about it? Isn’t this an offer you can’t refuse? I’ll give you more power than you have now. What do you want? I’ll give it to you. I have too many luxuries.”
To be honest, it would have been easier for Zion if he had just handed over the power to Park Ji-soo.
Zion’s goal was to unite Anyang City and find out his younger brother’s location.
but.
If the world went our way, there would be no war and no development of weapons.
“Will that really happen?”
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“……yes?”
Park Ji-soo knew one thing, but didn’t know two things.
The system doesn’t expect any ‘peace’ between players.
The two forces want to fight, spit blood, and kill.
In other words, it is only a matter of time before the two forces collide.
Looking at the characteristics of the manager so far, it seems that the board will never be organized in the form of peace that Park Ji-soo wants.
Even if that happened, Zion had no intention of joining the Park Ji-soo faction.
What kind of power did you build?
I won’t let things go her way.
And now Kang Shi-on was extremely displeased.
Park Ji-soo is completely ignoring his own power, a power that has grown to such a large scale.
Zion opened his mouth and glared at Park Ji-soo.
“Come in.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came into the conference room.
Rattling.
Park Ji-soo’s pupils shook when she saw him.
Park Ji-soo had expected what was happening right before her eyes, but she never dreamed that Kang Si-on would react like this.
The man walked over and stood next to Zion.
Zion introduced his identity.
“He is the monarch of the third power in Manan.”
Suddenly-.
Zion rose from his seat.
Now Zion looked down at Park Ji-soo and continued speaking in a low tone.
“I will end round 2 now.”
As soon as Zion finished speaking, the rulers of the three powers knelt before Zion.
“… … I surrender.”
The meaning was clear.
The third force in Manan declared surrender to the first force, Mankyung.
Round 2 ends at this very moment.
Round 3 is about to begin.
If that happens, Park Ji-soo’s suggestion to form an alliance to prepare for the third round becomes meaningless.
Park Ji-soo looked at Zion with a shocked expression, and Zion smiled faintly.
Unlike Park Ji-soo, Zion had some free time.
I had heard about the 3rd round from Jin Jae-hee, and preparations for it were progressing steadily.
Negotiation? Let’s form an alliance?
That’s nonsense.
Tiring-!
At that moment, notification windows started appearing one after another.
It was the end of the long, long ‘cold spell’ as the second round ended.
* * *
A barrage of notification windows appeared in front of the two monarchs.
[End of Round 3]
[Surviving Forces: Manan 1st Force, Dong-an 1st Force.]
[Congratulations!]
[Your forces have overcome the ‘cold’.]
[Our ancient ancestors feared winter. Winter was a season of death and a trial. The winter environment was like a huge trial that nature sent down on living things.]
[But winter also means another beginning. Why do we have January and February in winter? Do you know? It is the beginning of the new year, the preparatory stage for spring!]
[So, monarchs who have survived the winter, are your forces ready to welcome spring?]
The system was still chattering away.
The manager didn’t show up like in round 1.
But the notification window was still full of announcements about the end of Round 2.
Zion has now decided the end point of Round 2 on his own.
By using the system on his own, he ended the round at the most perfect timing, and at the timing that was most advantageous to him.
“… … .”
[Spring is the moment of birth and prosperity of new life!]
[Life forms that you have never seen before will wake up from their long winter sleep and be waiting for you.]
Brightly lit notification windows.
Gangsi temperature.
Jin Jae-hee too.
Park Ji-soo too.
I couldn’t say anything in front of him.
[Do you know what the first thing predators do when they wake up from a long winter sleep?]
[It’s about filling the hungry stomach first.]
[Your Honor and Great King.]
[Please protect my people from this hungry predator.]
[I will announce the topic for round 3!]
[The theme of round 3 is ‘predation and prey.’]
Kung… … ! Boom!!!!!!!
That was when.
Park Ji-soo’s body swayed as the entire building shook.
Her escort rushed in and supported Park Ji-soo.
But Zion, who already knew all of this, remained calm.
I sat down calmly and watched Park Ji-soo’s actions.
In fact, Park Ji-soo also vaguely realized it.
But it’s really only ‘vaguely’.
There is a world of difference between knowing something about the future and vaguely predicting it.
Uiwang is still in the second round, but Gwacheon is said to have entered the third round.
And as we headed towards Seoul, the amount of snow became noticeably less, and it became easier to spot bizarre monsters.
They were all monsters that hibernated under snow piled up to the height of a building.
So, in the 2nd round, there were only monsters that did not ‘hibernate’, but from the 3rd round onwards, there are ‘all monsters’.
That is to say, up until now, monsters have not even appeared halfway.
Rattling! Crunch!
Park Ji-su got up from her seat at once, opened the window, and looked beyond the castle wall.
Surprisingly enough, the King of Man-Gyeong, Kang-Sion, has been building walls throughout the last two rounds.
Did you ever expect this to happen, or was it just a coincidence?
-… … .
A swarm of unidentified flying monsters fills the sky.
Strange cries and appearances.
They were flying somewhere.
There were so many of them that in an instant, their shadows covered the ground thickly.
Park Ji-soo could guess where they were going.
They are the battlefield of Dongan and Uiwang.
They will head towards that place full of blood and flesh to feed on.
Kang Si-on spoke to Park Ji-soo, who was blankly staring at the sky.
“It’s a big deal. We have to fight a war, and we have to deal with the third round. I think your Majesty should be more concerned about the monsters than our Man-gyeong. But what’s wrong? Have you built a wall to block them?”
“… … .”
Park Ji-soo looked back at Zion with fearful eyes.
Until now, Park Ji-su has only kept the Uiwang and Manan forces in check.
But as we entered round 3, we had to prepare for the monsters that were now appearing randomly.
On the other hand, Kang Shion’s forces have already finished preparing for the monsters.
Zion was ready to devour the day.
With this, the hierarchical relationship between the two was established.
“You’ll be busy from now on. You’ll have to fight a war, build a wall, and make sure there’s no friction with us.”
“… … .”
Park Ji-soo’s pupils shook at Zion’s last words.
friction.
Park Ji-soo didn’t want to make any more enemies.
That is why I proposed an alliance to Kang Shi-on.
But now that their differences in position had become clear, Kang Si-on recognized Park Ji-soo as his enemy.
As prey, to be exact.
Kang Shi-on already knew.
It was she who ordered the human hunters to harass the workers of Man-gyeong.
And now she has come to insult him.
‘fu*k, fu*k, fu*k, fu*k… …!’
Park Ji-soo was in a very difficult situation.
Now, Park Ji-soo was in a situation where she had to kneel down and beg Zion.
Please don’t come in.
It was best for Zion to attack when their forces were at their weakest.
Of course, Zion had no intention of going to war right away.
This was also because I had not directly experienced the 3rd round.
“What do you want… … .”
Park Ji-soo’s hand holding the window frame shook violently.
Her shoulders shook too.
Zion came closer and looked out the window with her.
“… …What do you want?”
With this, Zion completely seized power within Anyang.
Only then did Park Ji-soo look up at Zion, who had approached her.
Zion opened his mouth, looking straight into her eyes.
“All you have.”
All that was left for Park Ji-soo to do was pay the price.
Paying the price for all the things he has done to Man-gyeong.
And for Kang Shi-on, the time has come for the merciless revenge he has endured for so long.
(Continued in the next episode)