Chapter 119 Mercenary (3) (1/2)
But Yeon-woo couldn’t show his anger right now.
Yeon-woo laughed, and spoke.
“Sorry I’m late. I wanted to come right away, but it didn’t work out.”
“It doesn’t matter if you come late or not. All that’s important is that we’re together now.”
Phante tapped Yeon-woo’s shoulder with his hand.
Bahal welcomed Yeon-woo like they were really close, and all the players watching were surprised.
“Were Bahal-nim and the Hoarder close?”
“When he visited outside the Tower. I heard he scouted him himself. But I didn’t know it was that much.”
“If they’re that close, why didn’t he come earlier?”
“Hm. He’s an interesting person.”
They continued to speak amongst themselves.
But Yeon-woo knew why Bahal was welcoming him to this extent. The reason was simple.
‘It’s probably to raise his standing within Red Dragon.’
The Hoarder was well known throughout Red Dragon. Some had checked him as a rookie they needed to get rid of right away. But it also meant that he was worth a lot. A novice that slumped a semi ranker. The disciple of the Martial King. A rookie with a view.
What if someone like this switched sides to the Red Dragon, with the Martial King’s children in tow? And also had information about Cheonghwado.
If the person that had overseen all this was Bahal.
‘His standing will increase. And he must’ve liked the present.’
It was good for Yeon-woo. Since the bigger the welcome, the easier it would be to get a place within Red Dragon.
“But is it ok for the Martial King’s children to come over? He’ll be displeased.”
Phante, thankfully, wasn’t clueless and just shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
“It’s been a while since I stopped listening to my father.”
“Really? I guess. Since the children of Cheongram are so talented that even the tribe can’t touch them. Anyway, welcome.”
Bahal had a big smile, and led Yeon-woo’s company inside.
“So, let’s go in now. We were just in a conference. There’s a lot of people to introduce you to.”
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As Bahal said, there were about 10 rankers in the strategy room waiting for them. And in the center of them was a player with a strong aura. They didn’t seem to want to pull back their presence at all. Yeon-woo squinted his eyes at them.
‘81 Eyes.’
If Cheonghwado had their 5 Martial Gods, the Red Dragon had 81 high rankers at their center.
They were ‘81 Eyes.’
It was from the legend that in a dragon’s single eyes, there were tens of compound eyes.
Also, they led independent powers as well, having their own fighting squads,
‘There’s a lot of familiar faces.’
Yeon-woo could recognize a few of them from the diary.
‘White Draconian, Flame Beast, Blaze, Corona Anaconda, Red-Ringed Band…there’s a lot. Are they planning on flipping the 11th floor over?’
As Yeon-woo scanned their faces, when he arrived at the last face, he was taken aback. There was a completely unexpected person here.
A playful beautiful woman with long blue hair that reached to her shoulders. Unlike what the public knew, her hair was dyed blue instead of red, and she was wearing comfortable clothes.
Yeon-woo recognized her instantly.
“What’s wrong, Hyungnim?”
“….Never mind. Nothing.”
But it seemed like she didn’t want to reveal who she was, so Yeon-woo pretended like he didn’t know. His thoughts were a mess.
‘That person, here?’
Why was someone who detested the lower floors, saying they were places for insects, here?
He thought that the war had gotten bigger than expected.
Bahal introduced Yeon-woo’s company.
“So. This is the Hoarder and the children of the Cheongram family from the One-horned tribe. Even if you’re not interested in the lower floors, you’ve heard of them, right?”
A few nodded their heads. Some people showed interest, and others, wariness.
But most of them didn’t seem to care. They had eyes that said ‘So what?’
‘No. Is it because they’re not interested in Bahal?’
Like Leonte, people from Arthia were considered betrayers, and not welcomed to new organizations.
It seemed like that was the case for Bahal. However, he was known to be favored by the Summer Queen for his talents and wits.
“You all seem indifferent. But not after seeing this.”
Bahal placed a pile of papers on the table. The rankers naturally shifted their attention towards it.
“Do you know what this is?”
“What is it?”
Bahal grinned.
“Where Cheonghwado placed their troops.”
“….!”
“….!”
“Is that true?”
The rankers with careless expressions changed to one of surprise.
Raul, who had been fighting with Cheonghwado even this morning, burst up from his seat and asked again.
“Of course. Do you want to check?”
Bahal threw the map he had at Raul.
Raul quickly caught it and spread it open.
A detailed map of the 11th floor. A red ‘X’ was marked in various locations.
Raul knew approximately where the troops were located, but he didn’t know the exact locations.
“…..And the people that brought this?”
“Our friends here.”
Bahal proudly patted Yeon-woo’s shoulder.
This was the present that Yeon-woo had given Bahal. He memorized the map he had seen when he entered the Martial King’s office with his Draconis Eyes, and he had copied it exactly down.
Of course, he left out the information that would hurt the One-horned tribe.
But this was enough to help Red Dragon. This was going to change the tide of the war.
“How is it?”