Chapter 115: Chapter 114: The Real King-Emperor’s Treasure, Part II (1/2)
Chapter 115: Chapter 114: The Real King-Emperor’s Treasure, Part II
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
I laughed to myself at the part where Wai Chung brought up 'noble sacrifice.' I could clearly see what his true intentions were, and his attempt to hide them was laughable.
”Don't we know someone who has already received quite the reward before coming in here?” Wai Chung said. Everyone else turned to look at me. ”What do you think, Jiwon?”
”Hmm? I don't know who you're talking about,” I said to Wai Chung with a straight face.
”Hahaha. You just received 2,774 Stat points; don't you think it's only fair for you to be the sacrifice instead? You're the only one here who could stand to lose 700 Stat points.”
”Oh, you're talking about me? I had no idea. But I don't know why that has to be me.”
”Obviously, it's because we need someone to step up to be the sacrifice here. We can't possibly just sit here twiddling our thumbs and leave the treasure in front of us alone.”
I made a frown at Wai Chung's obvious intent to make me the sacrifice for all to see. ”I don't see that as a good enough reason for me to be the sacrifice,” I said, even though I was secretly happy that things were going smoothly.
”Then do you suggest we all give up on the six random chests over there? There's a chance one of us could get a Rank 10 item.” I did expect Wai Chung to be a conniving little shit, but the way he was trying to shift all of the responsibility to me was getting annoying.
”Had I been the one to receive the 2,774 stat points, I would have immediately offered myself up as the sacrifice,” Weiban said to me.
”The same goes for me!” added Xia Fang.
”I'm not asking you to do this out of the goodness of your heart. I will make sure you are well-compensated.”
”I still don't want to.”
”Come now, at least hear me out.”
”It doesn't matter what you say; I won't do it. I don't want to take on seventy irreversible death penalties, and I want my random chest.” It was still too early to say yes.
”Then what does the Sunbin Guild say? Will you all give up on your random chests?”
”...” The three Sunbin Guild members had been quiet all this time. I completely understood their dilemma. They couldn't just give up on the treasure that was right in front of them, nor could they ask someone else to be the sacrifice instead.
”Or… will you offer yourselves up?”
”That is impossible, I'm afraid.”
”You can't give up on the treasure and nor can you offer up a sacrifice… how duplicitous.”
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Song Myungsoo was frustrated, as well. The treasure was right in front of them, but he just couldn't bring himself to force his daughter or Oh Dogun to be the sacrifice. For devas of their power, 70 irreversible death penalties was a huge blow. Of course, a Rank 8 item could be enough to make up for the loss, but seeing the occasional light from the chests didn't make Song Myungsoo that confident. There was a chance a Rank 7 could come out; in other words, a dud. If they were unlucky, only one of the items could be Rank 8 and the other five might all be Rank 7. Still, they couldn't just give up here.
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[Time left: 05:11]
They only had five minutes left now. The tension in the room continued to rise.
”Ha…fine. We only have five minutes now. All of you start coming up with ideas.”
Song Myungsoo and Wai Chung were the leaders of their respective guilds; the other four would have to follow their orders regardless.
-Just five minutes left.-
I needed to stall as long as possible. There was a chance I could squeeze out a favor from both guilds if I played this right. I carefully watched Song Myungsoo and Wai Chung.
”We can't give up on the random chests here. Do all of you agree?”
”We do.”
”In the end, they are the reason we're here in the first place.”
”Good. Then all we need to do is figure out who will stand on the pedestal.” In the end, we came back to square one.
”That's right.”
”Then think about it; think about what happened before we came into this room. Only one out of the 25 people obtained 2,774 Stat points.”
Once again, they turned to look at me. Their stares were saying that I should obviously be the one to take the loss for them; everyone, except for Haein.
”That has nothing to do with why I have to be the sacrifice. That just means that none of you here want to be the sacrifice either, doesn't it?”
”You're still the better choice out of all of us. You already benefited from the 2,774 Stat points earlier.”
”You keep saying that, but there's a big difference between benefits and sacrifice. I have no intention of taking on 70 irreversible deaths or giving up on a Random Chest.”
”Your greed will prevent all of us from tasting the fruit of our labors.”
”Why is that my fault? There are six others in this room, including someone who keeps crying about noble sacrifice or whatever. If you're that much in a hurry, why don't you have that person step up?”
Wai Chung's eyes flashed in anger, and I held his glare. Just then, I heard the words that I didn't wish to hear.
”I'll offer myself.” It was Haein.
Her sudden decision took me off guard. It had to be me!
”No!”
”Father, no. Vice-master, please!”'
”I'll never allow it.”
I sighed in relief as Song Myungsoo quickly stepped in to stop her.
”Wait! She's offering herself willingly, so why are you stopping her?”
”It's a misunderstanding.”
”How would you know it's a misunderstanding?”
”I'm her father and her vice-master. How can I not know?” Song Myungoo almost roared.
[Time left: 02:45]
I looked over at the timer. I've waited long enough. I should step in, now that Haein had really made things tenser.
”Fine,” I loudly cut in. ”I'll be the sacrifice. But, I won't do it out of the kindness of my heart. I thought about it and well, there's a chance I can't get much out of the chests. There are three of the Sunbin Guild and three of the Cheng Long Guild. You all stand to get more out of the chests than I do even if I get to open one. So, in return for being the sacrifice, I expect some compensation.”
”That's good thinking. We'll each pay you 25,000,000 golden rings…”