Chapter 46 - Becoming a Building Owner in Gangnam (1) (1/2)
A dark cloud swirled in the sky after Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon collapsed.
Woorururu!
In addition, there were loud rumbling thunder sounds! Kang-jun had never heard such loud cracks of thunder.
Kwa kwa kw.a.n.g! Kwa kwa kwa kw.a.n.g!
What was going on? Was the sky falling down?
It was like the end of the world.
Then the thunder disappeared.
The surrounding scenery completely changed. The sky was full of beautiful clouds and the ground was a wilderness.
On top of that, the collapsed figure of Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon was in front of Kang-jun.
Where was this place?
Susu! Susususu!
At that time, black shadows reminiscent of h.e.l.l reapers appeared before Kang-jun and Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon.
They bowed politely towards Kang-jun. Then they shouted in unison.
“The winner will have everything!”
“The loser will give everything to the winner!”
”All the possessions that belong to Sovereign Herod will be given to Sovereign Lucan!”
Voices like thunder!
Then a message appeared.
[You have obtained the sovereign token, the Wyvern Ring.]
[Wyvern Ring]
-Rating: Only one
-A sign that you are a sovereign in Hwanmong.
-Strength +5 when worn.
-Immune to fear and confusion when worn.
-Sovereign t.i.tle: Herod
It increased strength by five points and gave the wearer immunity to fear and confusion!
Kang-jun naturally wore it on his right hand.
His left hand had the Demonic Dragon’s Ring! His right hand had the Wyvern Ring!
Kang-jun was stunned for a moment before asking the shadows.
”Who are you?”
One of the shadows bowed again and answered politely.
“Sovereign Lucan! You will naturally discover who we are if you are defeated. We despise the losers and are in awe of the winners.”
He continued.
”Today we appeared in celebration of your first victory. If you win after this, we won’t show up. All the possessions of the loser will naturally belong to you.”
The shadow kept talking.
”But if you lose, you will see us again. I hope that such an unfortunate thing won’t happen.”
In the meantime, two shadows had grabbed Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon’s arms. All the shadows bowed to Kang-jun once again and spoke softly.
”Then we will go.”
”We wish you luck.”
They started to drag Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon away.
“Where are you taking him?”
One of the shadows stopped after hearing Kang-jun’s question. He turned his head and replied.
”There is only one place for a defeated sovereign to go.”
“Where is that?”
”The winner doesn’t need to know.”
The shadow turned back and walked away.
'Perhaps it is h.e.l.l?’
Kang-jun suddenly recalled Keirun’s words.
‘It is a little different from the commonly known h.e.l.l. Rather than for sin, it is a place to go after losing the war.
‘After being defeated, you will have to spend unimaginably long years in agony.’
The loser went to prison!
There was no doubt that Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon was being dragged there.
”Oooh! W-who are you? Where are you taking me?”
It was Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon’s voice. He woke up.
He soon heard creepy voices.
”Kukuku! A place filled with other losers like you!”
“Kakakakat! You just have to go there.”
The shadows trampled on Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon.
Bam bam! Bam bam bam!
“Ack! Kuaaaak! Ack! H-help me...”
Horrifying screams. Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon shrieked as he was surrounded by shadows. The scenery in front of Kang-jun faded away.
”Heok!”
Kang-jun opened his eyes with a surprised expression.
'This place?’
It was his bed in Room 307 of the Eco Studio Apartments.
‘What? I am already awake?’
He checked his watch and saw that it was 6:30 a.m. It was a similar wake up time.
While meeting the strange shadows, time had pa.s.sed in Hwanmong.
The scene of Jung Kw.a.n.g-hyeon being dragged by the shadows lingered. His screams as he was dragged to h.e.l.l was clear.
's.h.i.+t!'
Even though he was a bad guy in reality, he seemed somewhat pitiful. But now wasn’t the time to sympathize with him.
Kang-jun didn’t know when he would be in such a disastrous situation.
He had won. However, he couldn’t settle for this victory and needed to prepare for a larger war.
And he needed to unconditionally win. He had seen with his own eyes the result of defeat.
At that time, Hayun looked down at Kang-jun and grinned.
”You woke up.”
She was sitting on a chair in front of the bed with a towel in her hand.
”What is that towel?”
”What? I was wiping the sweat from your face. Did it wake you up?”
“No. Anyway, you worked hard all night. Go and rest. Ah, that's right. Can you please make me some ramyun?”
It wasn’t hard for Hayun. She made ramyun surprisingly well, so he felt like eating.
Hayun wasn’t bothered by doing such things for him, especially if they were going to eat together.
”Then I should eat some ramyun as well. Should I boil a few? Do you want eggs as well?”
”I will have one but boil more if you want. Chop some chillies today and don’t put any eggs in. There is a big chili in the fridge.”
”Yes, come to the kitchen in 10 minutes.”
Hayun hummed as she went to the fridge and pulled our chili, kimchi, etc.
In the Eco Studio Apartments, the eggs and ramyun were kept in the shared kitchen. It was well stocked with a coffee machine, toaster, cooker, water purifier and other amenities.
Was that all? Each room had a small but private refrigerator.
‘Huhu, as expected from an expensive place. I will eagerly earn money today’
The studio room was expensive compared to the gos.h.i.+won.
Until this moment, Kang-jun hadn’t imagined a higher quality of life.
He was told that all of Herod’s possessions would go to him, but he thought it was only in the world of Hwanmong. He never imagined that property in reality would be handed over.
Although it would take time, collecting money to buy a building wasn’t very hard. He was determined to receive the monthly rent in reality as well as taxes in Hwanmong.
At that time, his smartphone rang.
Chiing!