Chapter 38-40: Heaven’s Will (1/2)

Chapter 38-40: Heaven’s Will

The guild house located in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam.

It was a 5 storey building that the Heaven’s Will members could use at any time. In less than a year, Kim Yong-woo had earned enough from the dungeon to buy a building in Gangnam.

For some reason, today there were hundreds of people lining up outside the guild house of Heaven’s Will.

“Awakened number 359! Awakened number 359, please come in!”

Several helpers dressed in yellow were directing the people in front of the building. The people in front showed a number to the guild helper and were allowed inside the building.

Krasla looked at them with amazement and said.

“This place is Heaven’s Will, Master?”

“That’s right.”

I lightly nodded.

I had described Heaven’s Will to Krasla while descending the mountain. He was going to be staying here in the future so he was a bit stunned.

It was the first time I had seen so many people lined up outside the guild house.

‘Are they all Awakened?’

I used Mind’s Eye to look at the line and found that all of them were Awakened.

‘It must be a recruitment.’

The personnel of the guild was increasing.

Thanks to the safety zone, a stable core was formed and now they could raise the guild. Heaven’s Will was a presence that couldn’t be ignored in South Korea.

It was natural to increase the manpower.

“Earth is a fairly funny place. The buildings aren’t that high.”

Krasla expressed his admiration.

He had been in this state since descending the mountain.

Earth and the Demon World were completely different worlds. Krasla had lived in the poor area of the Demon World so it was natural for him to be amazed.

However, he wasn’t overwhelmed by it. Besides, he was aware of things like science and technology.

A zone of strong people. Krasla came from a place where the winners gobbled up everything. A warrior who was always tense found it a pleasure when they could relax.

Actually, it was difficult to Krasla to experience an unprecedented tragedy in South Korea. This wasn’t his home.

Krasla’s total stats equaled 362 and his strength was equivalent to an advanced Lv3 creature. At this level, he was impervious to most modern weapons.

I said to him.

“This is unusually severe. At any rate…let’s go.”

It wasn’t an uncommon sight in Gangnam. I could see it in the future anyway so there was no time to be surprised.

I walked towards the entrance of the guild house. It would be funny if a member of the Heaven’s Will raid group Devil Hunters needed to stand in line.

“What is that?”

“Don’t interrupt!”

“Bastards, are your eyes filled with knots! Don’t you see this line?”

There was a hail of protests. The Awakened cursed at him.

“Master. What should I do?”

Krasla frowned and asked me.

It was a good thing. I thought he might have moved after hearing the harsh words. Asking my opinion meant that Krasla was aware of his position. A slave wasn’t supposed to move without a command.

“Ignore it.”

“I understand.”

Reacting was a terrible idea.

It would just waste time.

I was at the entrance when a yellow dressed person blocked my path.

“If you are interested in joining the guild then line up.”

“Who are you?”

“A member of Heaven’s Wil, Kim Cheol-sun. If you don’t line up then you can’t go inside.”

Kim Cheol-sun. Who was this?

I had never seen his face before. He must be a new member that joined while I was gone.

“Randalph Brigsiel. I am the captain of the Heaven’s Will raid group, Devil Hunters.”

“There isn’t a raid group with that name in Heaven’s Will.”

“That’s impossible. I have a spot and Yoo Eun-hye and Lee Ji-hye are members.”

“There are no guild members with that name. I’m sorry but can you listen to the instructors?”

It was a strange twist.

I had frequently left the guild. Of course, I was gone for more than a month this time but for the raid group to be gone?

It was a really troubling reaction. There was also Yoo Eun-hye and Lee Ji-hye.

‘Strange.’

It was definitely odd.

It would be normal if he never heard about the raid group. But he also didn’t know Yoo Eun-hye and Lee Ji-hye’s name.

Kim Cheol-sun’s expression crumpled up.

“Can you stop standing here? Do you know how long people have been lining up? Ah, fuck. Or are you a foreigner who doesn’t speak Korean well? Randalph what?”

“Master. Should I also ignore this?”

Krasla asked.

The magic earrings gave unnecessarily detailed translations so he could understand all the vulgar words being spoken.

I thought for a moment and said.

“Is Kim Yong-woo here?”

“No, is the guild master your friend?”

“He’s not inside?”

“What does it matter if he is inside? You are really crazy.”

Kim Cheol-sun grabbed my shoulder.

I didn’t budge despite his attempts to forcefully throw me.

“Eh? What? Why aren’t you moving?”

He started doubting his own strength. His total stats barely passed 180 so of course I wouldn’t even tremble.

“Bring me to Kim Yong-woo. Or I will go find him myself.”

“What’s going on?”

Another yellow dressed guild member spoke.

He came over to Kim Cheol-sun.

Kim Cheol-sun withdrew his hand from my shoulder and shrugged.

“No…this guy called the name of the guild master like he is a friend. The captain of the group Devil Hunters? Do we have such a raid group?”

“Devil Hunters? Isn’t the naming sense like that of a king’s?”

“Both of them are foreigners. One black and one is white. Handsome. Are they models? Perhaps they have the wrong building?”

They seemed to be ignoring my words. I tried to handle this quietly but it couldn’t be helped.

“…I will go find him myself.”

I threw a glance towards Krasla.

Krasla nodded and took out his spear holder. A long, red iron spear popped up.

“Kill then?”

“Alive. Moderately breaking the body is okay.”

“I understand.”

The guild members, including Kim Cheol-sun, had absurd expressions on their faces. They had been selected to join the guild. Yet this person wanted to use a spear against them.

Kim Cheol-sun and the other guild members pulled out their own weapons.

“Aren’t those just good words? You will be the ones chopped up in combat.”

Kim Cheol-sun who was holding his sword in a leisurely manner laughed. The most outstanding new members had received a rare grade sword as a gift.

This was a treasure with a very high cutting force. Naturally he would look confident.

“This sword is familiar.”

It was similar to a sword that I sprinkled over the dungeon. In the end, it was a sword taken from my dungeon. It felt weird seeing him boast about it.

“I understand Master. 5 seconds will be enough.”

Krasla took an attack posture with his spear.

“Oh! Those dirty words! You will regret it……!”

Before his words finished.

Puhung!

“Keheok!”

Kim Cheol-sun was hit by the dull end of the spear and fell down like a frog. The remaining two guild members walked a similar path.

Three guild members were collapsed on the ground. Krasla said 5 seconds but it took less than 5 seconds. A truly overwhelming sight!

It had happened with hundreds of applicants watching.

“Master. Their bones are too tender so they fainted after I broke it. Should I continue?”

Krasla said as he placed his leg on Kim Cheol-sun’s right arm.

The force was different from a spear so he could control it to break a bone, not take their lives.

His actions were very cautious.

I shook my head.

“That’s okay. Let’s go.”

***

Familiar faces started to be seen after entering the guild house.

They were astonished when they saw me like I was a dead man who had returned alive.

‘I’m being treated as a dead man.’

I organized their reactions in my head.

It had been more than a month without any guild contact so they seemed to think I had died.

Of course, even the Devil Hunters raid group that I formed was disbanded. But it was still questionable where Yoo Eun-hye and Lee Ji-hye were.

I went to the elevator and pressed the button for the 5th floor. Just as the door was about to close, many guild members boarded.

“Y-you are?”

Among them, a man turned towards me with his mouth wide open.

I lightly greeted him.

“Your name was Kim Tae-hwan? It’s been a while.”

I lightly greeted him.

He was one of the 12 people that I cleared the 1st floor with. A moderately influential person in the guild.

In addition, he also planned some hell training in the dungeon so he was fairly popular.

He closed his mouth and frowned.

“I thought you were dead?”

I threw a glance towards Kim Tae-hwan who was going to the same floor as me.

Then I answered with a smile.

“Who said that?”

“A guild member saw you entering the dungeon.”

“Stupid. Don’t you know my skills?”

“It is natural to think you were dead after entering the dungeon for more than a month.”

“So the raid group Devil Hunters has been dismissed?”

Kim Tae-hwan’s eyebrows rose.

“It seems like you are going to meet the guild master but there is no room in this guild. There are many new people with good skills. I also have a rare rated skill. I can also deal with two orcs.”

A claim like he was showing off.

Handling two orcs.

But Kim Tae-hwan’s attitude was somehow awkward.

I was puzzled and asked.

“Is that something to celebrate?”

“I don’t want to hear those words. I’ll be leaving now.”

Ding dong~

Soon the elevator doors opened.

5th floor. The place where the guild members were resting could be seen. Kim Tae-hwan exited the elevator first. The others followed behind him.

“Master. Should I sweep everything away?”

“That’s fine.”

I said to Krasla.

I needed to know what the problem was first before solving it.

“I will meet the guild master.”

I would make a detailed assessment after hearing the story.

I didn’t think that Kim Yong-woo would dismiss my raid group.

Moments ago, Kim Tae-hwan had went off with the other guild members.

In their eyes, my raid was an eyesore.

Kim Yong-woo would have been helpless after I was away for a month or so.

I could understand that much.

On the contrary, I didn’t think he needed to be punished……

‘By the way.’

The piercing gazes that came the moment the elevator opened.

I turned and looked at them.

The 5th floor was a multipurpose room with many paintings.

Half the people had familiar faces while the other half was unfamiliar.

The personnel had significantly increased over the last month…most of the existing guild members were paying attention to me.

They weren’t friendly. I noticed that some were staring at Krasla and I like we were enemies.

Kim Tae-hwan had frowned but he hadn’t looked at me like an enemy.

Then,

‘Advice?’

Be careful of others since they would also grow, was the meaning behind his words.

I had thought his attitude was unnatural. There was no reason to suddenly boast of the new personnel and his rare skill.

I simply misjudged it as the logic of a strong man.

In the end, it turned out like this……

‘Ha!’

Laughter burst out.

A unique situation.

This was the 5th floor. A place that was like a picture gallery. But now it looked different from before. They were divided into several groups. A sight that was definitely discrimination.

Factions.

I came up with the word. At any rate, a lot of changes had occurred in a month.

I walked forward while ignoring them.

The guild master’s office was on the central left. I stood in front of the door and said to Krasla.

“Wait here.”

“I understand Master.”

Rattle!

I opened the door and sore Kim Yong-woo wearing glasses while looking through some paperwork.

“Who? I told no one to come for a while……”

“It’s me.”

Kim Yong-woo flinched as he heard my voice and turned towards me. He gave a cry of ‘heok!’ and fell out of his chair.

After a few moments, Kim Yong-woo sat back at his desk as he took his glasses off and rubbed his tired eyes.

“I’ve been awake for three days and three nights so I must be dreaming…”

“I heard that raid group Devil Hunters was disbanded.”

Kim Yong-woo was shocked as he heard that name.

“Y-you are really Randalph-nim?”

“Is there a fake Randalph?”

“Ohh, oh my god! Thank god!”

Kim Yong-woo trembled. He seemed like someone who was meeting a real god and didn’t know what to do.

“I want to know why the raid group was disbanded.”

I cut to the chase and Kim Yong-woo swallowed his saliva at the question.

“Everybody knew that Master-nim had died. O-of course, I didn’t think that.”

“Why is my death the cause of the raid group being disbanded?”

Kim Yong-woo had nothing to hide so he naturally said.

“No, that’s not it! It is a misconception. The raid group wasn’t disbanded. It’s just…should I say it is in a temporarily postponed state?”

“Postponed state?”

“Yes. That’s correct. 20 days ago, problems started to emerge as the guild expanded. It was pointed out that too much preferential treatment was given to Devil Hunters.”

“Go on.”

Kim Yong-woo licked his lips and started to tell a long story.

“At first I ignored it. There were protests but my heart considered it an easy matter. But the flames continued to spread. It became a witch hunt. They argued that it was ridiculous to keep a raid group that only had 3 members.”

Kim Yong-woo wiped the sweat off his forehead and continued.

“At the time, I was busying expanding the members and occupying the safety zones. I misjudged and didn’t take care of it properly. I thought I could resolve it when Master-nim came back.”

“But I didn’t come back.”

I was busy solving the problem of Krasla and Chrisley and was gone for more than a month.

This incident happened in the meantime.

Kim Yong-woo said with a gloomy face.

“Yes. More time passed…the atmosphere became worse for every new person that came. The new and existing guild members started speaking up. There are the people that I established the guild with. They decided to get directly involved with the operation of the guild.”

Kim Yong-woo shrugged.

“It is all my fault. The guild has become bigger and gathered more attention. I never imagined that guild politics would occur. So I have become useless, huu! Now I live my life buried in a pile of paperwork. Really, I’m really sorry.”

Kim Yong-woo bowed deeply.

A gesture that wasn’t false.

He himself admitted that he didn’t have an academic background.

He had risen to the position of a guild master but this was the first time he had operated a guild.

It became noisy and the guild split into factions. It was too late once he noticed it.

Without realizing it, guild politics had occurred and his power as a guild master weakened. The guild house and guild was established by Kim Yong-woo but it was jointly established and funded with other people. It was a reasonable decision.

‘Any guild would have the desire to grow.’