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“Nice to meet you.”
I said looking at the people gathered in the conference room.
“This is Jeong In-soo, the representative of Jeong-in Development.”
Having made a decision, I arranged an alliance meeting of 6 guilds, including the Jeongin Guild, as an excuse to have a meeting before going into the attack.
Thus, the top six guilds in Korea were gathered.
All of them were guilds that were skilled enough to catch D-class dungeon boss monsters in a funny way.
“Nice to meet you.”
“I’m Ha-jin Jo, the guild leader of Jinyoung’s guild.”
After a brief self-introduction to each other, I said with a smile.
“First of all, I think there may be people who wonder why I became the representative of the Jungin Guild, rather than a hunter.”
Then a guild leader burst out laughing and said:
“ha ha ha. Can it be? It’s CEO Jung, not anyone else.”
A guild leader who came out very kindly.
“I don’t even think like that, so don’t worry and go ahead with the meeting.”
It was Yeom Chang-soo, the guild leader of the Firebird Guild.
“···thank you. It is no different that I became the representative because there is one thing I want to ask you all. After seeing this business, I will miss out, and Guild Leader Lee Jae-jin will participate in the full-scale attack meeting as the representative, so please understand.”
I told the guild leaders who were curious.
“Some time ago, the Hunter Agency asked me to share information.”
At my words, the eyes of some guild leaders began to shine.
“It was about sharing the information I analyzed with you to minimize damage. This is what I want to ask you guys. What do you think about information sharing?”
Yeom Chang-soo, the head of the Firebird Guild, who burst into laughter at my words earlier, said with a bright smile.
“Of course, we would be grateful if CEO Jung shared it.”
In that way, some guild leaders, led by Yeom Chang-soo, expressed their welcome.
“I announced that I was working on a strategy with the government, but nobody here believes it?”
“Representative Jung’s analytical and informational skills have been famous for a long time.”
But then a guild leader said with a blunt expression.
“I think excessive blind trust is wrong.”
It was Joo Yong-seop from the Cheonmu Guild.
“Of course, I don’t know how the Jeongin Guild studies strategy, but unlike the Yongin dungeon, where there is quite a bit of information, this Busan dungeon is different.”
no different
Now, the government investigation team only took brief videos and photos of the wandering monsters and sent them to us.
It is said that nothing is known about how strong or what hidden characteristics are.
“It means that you may be harmed by inaccurate information. I think it would be better for each guild to slowly study strategies and characteristics of monsters according to their abilities, and then share them afterward.”
Then, Changsoo Yeom of the Firebird Guild said with a bewildered expression.
“Have you not heard of the rumors about CEO Jung’s intelligence and analytical skills?”
“I heard it. So even more so. Analysis is also based on information after all, but in my opinion, there is too little publicly available information for an accurate analysis right now.”
The two guild leaders had an argument for a while.
I said with a smile.
“now. Calm down.”
After drying the guild leaders, I carefully examined their faces.
‘Hmm.’
Currently, there are five top-level guilds except for the Jeongin Guild.
If so, will everyone here grow into a huge guild in the future?
Absolutely not.
Hunter’s growth rate and limit are different for each individual.
It is now that he is growing faster than others, and he is proud to be the leader of the guild, but he said that he did not know when the limit would come and his skills could be overtaken by the guild members.
There were cases in which the guild leader, who had stagnated in his previous life, was pushed out of an internal fight, or a guild member who had overtaken other guild members led other guild members to become independent.
Of course, among them, he was very good at politics, and despite his lack of skills, there were not cases where he maintained the position of guild leader until the end, but it was extremely rare, and the guild’s grip was relatively weak.
Anyway, out of the five guilds here, there are only two guilds that survive to the end and grow into huge guilds.
These were the two guilds: the Firebird Guild, which came out favorably to me, and the Cheonmu Guild, who did not trust my analysis so much.
In particular, these two guild leaders are among the most powerful in Korea, who maintained their positions even before their retirement.
If it goes according to the original plan, I should make my friend the Firebird Guild, which is especially friendly to me.
okay.
In case I don’t know about these two.
‘Yeom Chang-soo, you motherf*cker. They’re still cosplaying people.’
Naturally, these two are top-level hunters, so they were on the candidate list when I created the Jungin Guild.
But in the end, only people who gave up on myself.
First of all, Yeom Chang-soo is a famous racist who claims that Hunters are a new race and despises ordinary people.
Naturally, a person who fully enjoyed his own power and power, making people look like dog shit.
How can such a guy be kind to ordinary people like me and pretend to be meek?
Not to mention the power and influence I have, it’s probably because the Hunters themselves didn’t have enough power to resist the system.
The information I analyzed is also greedy, so it will be even more so.
When a C-class hunter appears and begins to lean toward an additional hunter of power, one of the first people to reveal his true nature was Yeom Chang-soo.
On the other hand, Joo Yong-seop of the Cheonmu Guild is a fierce rationalist.
It’s never meant to be nice.
There is no such thing as a giant guild who properly obeys the law, but there is no way the person who raised such a huge guild would be a good guy.
The kind of person who doesn’t care about anything that is beneficial to him and is always suspicious of doubts.
In a way, should I say that I am a person a little like me?
At first glance, you may think that he is a difficult person to deal with, but the more rational people are, the more comfortable they are to deal with when a symbiotic relationship that benefits each other is established.
So, it was the top priority for recruitment, but at that time, Joo Yong-seop had already formed his own guild and was expanding his guild, so he eventually gave up.
If so, it’s time to forge a friendly relationship with the Cheonmu Guild.
In order to do that, we need to calm down Joo Yong-seop’s suspicions.
“Master of the guild.”
“Yes.”
“I fully understand what you said. The lack of information in Busan Dungeon is also true, and there are many people who question the analysis I do, not even a hunter. But it is.”
I said looking at Joo Yong-seop.
“Even though I haven’t caught a monster myself, I don’t think anyone has dealt with more monster corpses than me.”
Since then, he is said to be a super veteran with 33 years of experience.
“I research every monster in every dungeon one by one. If necessary, ask a hunter to obtain the intact corpse of the monster, dissect it, and study everything from head to toe. And the information and knowledge that I gained is the driving force that has made my business what it is today.”
It’s not a lie.
It’s just that the dissection and research were not done by me, but by scientists and numerous researchers from previous lives.
“Is the knowledge gained in this way really limited to the function of by-products? no. Weaknesses of monsters and their characteristics. And they study ecological knowledge of how they live inside. What they eat and what monsters they have a more hostile relationship with.”
this is real
Because I was able to get a lot of unexpected experimental results while playing in the Monster Arena.
“Do any of you even know that?”
Then the guild leaders were silent.
All day long, I’m just focused on slaying monsters, and there’s no way I’m aware of this.
“My analysis is not limited to just videos from Busan Dungeon. Are there any similar types of monsters from other dungeons? If there is, cross-analyze where the monster was weak, etc. My analysis is also linked to all monsters in other dungeons.”
Isn’t this pretty reasonable?
“Of course, it is true that the accuracy is low as there is no direct data of Busan dungeon monsters. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good or bad if it’s right or not. But you are arbitrarily judging that information is uncertain…”
I looked at Joo Yong-seop and said with a smile.
“As a person who did a lot of analysis, I feel a little bit like that.”
Joo Yong-seop, who had been silent for a while, lowered his head slightly and said.
“If you offended me, I apologize. It just meant to be careful.”
In response to Joo Yong-seop’s words, Yeom Chang-soo said.
“okay. Wouldn’t it be nice if it came out like that earlier? Then, Mr. Jung. Are you sharing information?”
can it be
I said with a smile.
“no. Although I made excuses, I think the opinion of the main guild leader is correct. If my information is wrong and you are harmed, I will not be able to see you. So first, the Jungin Guild will try to attack based on my analysis, then collect and share more accurate information.”
Of course, I didn’t say when to share.
“ruler. Then we’ll have an attack meeting. I’ll just leave.”
“ruler. for a moment!!”
“…it was a waste of time.”
The meeting was really useless.
If Jung In-soo had disclosed the analyzed information, there would have been a debate over whether it was true or not, but since there was not even that, there was no reason to be skeptical.
Video analysis is not a meeting, but the guild itself continues to do it, so I don’t have much to say.
In particular, the guild leader of the Phoenix Guild said that he had created this division because he kept arguing with Joo Yong-seop, and the atmosphere was not good.
In the end, the meeting was ruined by wasting time in vain.
“let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Just as I was about to go back to the office with the guild members who came with me.
A man approached Joo Yong-seop and said,
“The main guild chief?”
“Yes. who are you.”
“I am an employee of the development secretariat of Jeongin. It’s not something else, but something our representative wants to deliver, so I brought it.”
Then the secretarial staff handed me a briefcase with a few sheets of paper.
Ju Yong-seop, who checked the contents of the document, said with his eyes shining.
“…analytical data.”
A document containing strategy and analysis for 4 types of monsters.
Ju Yong-seop, who checked the contents, said with a surprised expression.
“Are you so polite?”
Everyone knows that Jeong In-su provides strategy and analysis data to the Jeong-in guild.
However, since only Jeongin Guild insiders know how detailed and accurate it is, I thought that only vaguely simple content would be analyzed, but in reality, it was different.
Data that includes not only the monster’s estimated height and weight, but also the estimated weakness of the monster, in addition to the analysis of each part.
Joo Yong-seop, who quietly put the data back into the filing cabinet, said.
“Are you giving it to other guilds?”
Then the secretary shook his head and said,
“no. I heard that it is only available to the main guild leader. So, the representative asked us to protect the security.”
That data is provided only to the person who distrusted the most.
What is the reason?
Are you hurting your self-esteem by ignoring your analysis?
not.
Jung In-soo was not the person to throw such important documents out because of such emotions.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“The CEO said that if you have any questions about the materials, please come to us anytime.”
Joo Yong-seop reads Jung In-soo’s confidence that he will definitely need more of his data from the secretary’s words.
Joo Yong-seop, who was silent for a moment, said.
“For now, I will know.”
“Yes. Then I will.”
Joo Yong-seop muttered as he looked at the secretary as he was moving away.
“You have great confidence.”
Joo Yong-seop believes only what he sees with his own two eyes.
How many of the fake analyzes of experts actually match?
The same goes for Jung In.
Who knows whether the attack was successful thanks to the skill of the Jungin Guild, or if it was decorated as if the information was analyzed after the attack.
Therefore, Joo Yong-seop did not believe that it was an analysis data.
However, Joo Yong-seop felt uncomfortable to ignore Jung In-soo’s words and his confidence in giving out materials containing detailed information.
“…analytical data.”
The meeting ended without results, and in the end, each guild decided to attack on its own and started a full-fledged C-class dungeon attack.
Thus, the six guilds were put in.
The guilds who entered the C-class dungeon with enthusiasm ran out of the dungeon in less than an hour.
“Uh-huh.”
The guild leader of the camp guild muttered with a pale complexion.
“What. What’s so strong?!”
I didn’t even expect the boss monster from the beginning.
The goal of this attack is to slowly collect information about normal monsters while hunting them from the beginning.
But even that goal was not easy to achieve.
In addition to demonstrating an unbelievable level of movement on the subject of a normal monster, even toughness and leather.
Among them, there were monsters with the ability to emit lightning, which had not been seen in other dungeons, which further aggravated the confusion.
Three or four elite hunters had to cling to each other to catch a normal monster.
It’s fine so far though.
Because it wasn’t at a level I couldn’t catch.
The problem is that the catching speed is significantly lowered, and other monsters invaded during the fight, and there was a real mess.
For safety, the faction guild chose to run away after being pushed back even though half of its members were in reserve.
After that, other guilds also ran away from the dungeon one after another.
Among them, there was a guild where a boss monster broke in and as many as six guild members lost their lives.
“Damn it!!”
And the 4th firebird guild that jumped out of the dungeon.
Long blood flowed from Yeom Chang-soo’s head, and the other guild members were not talking.
“Why are these bastards so anomalous!!”
If the previous dungeons were close to a struggle, the difficulty of the monsters in this dungeon was even more difficult because there were quite a few species with unique abilities.
When the firebird guild came out like that, everyone was looking at the dungeon and looking at what kind of guild would come out next.
However, the dungeon where no one comes out after the Firebird Guild.
“Are the Jeongin Guild and Cheonmu Guild left?”
“Is it possible that it was annihilated?”
People who waited so long.
At that time, the dungeon shook and the members of the Cheonmu Guild appeared.
“Five!”
The Firebird Guild that lasted the longest lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes, but the Cheonmu Guild appeared after a whopping 2 hours.
The appearance was not much different from the other guilds, but the Cheonmu Guild proved that it was not time to play, and it was not only time, but also by-products.
A public official approached the guild leader Joo Yong-seop with a surprised expression and said:
“Are you okay?”
“···Yes. There are no fatalities.”
Joo Yong-seop has a serious expression on his face even though he has returned safely.
“Have you not seen Jeongin Guild?”
“…it went a little deeper.”
The official said with a worried expression.
“If something big happens because it’s too much…”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
Joo Yong-seop said with a firm expression.
“We came out just like this, but the Jeongin Guild won’t even talk about it.”
Joo Yong-seop looked at the guild members and said.
“I have a place to go, so I just pack up and go back to rest.”
“Where are you going? The Jungin Guild hasn’t come out yet.”
Joo Yong-seop looked at the folded paper and said.
“I have other important business to do.”
“I honestly didn’t expect you to come so soon.”
Joo Yong-seop came to my office just like he was fighting a monster until now.
Joo Yong-seop put the paper on the table and said.
“This analysis. How are you so accurate? Almost 70% of what was written there was hit.”
I deliberately made it look like it was analyzed incorrectly 30% for the sake of humanity.
It also focuses on relatively less important content.
“Didn’t I tell you? The experience and the amount of data they have accumulated are different.”
“How did you know that the main attack route of this monster was the mouth?”
“I decided that because the shape of the teeth was optimized for biting and breaking. like that of a shark. We analyzed that teeth simply for eating could not have looked like this.”
It is difficult to derive results.
However, it is simple to create an intermediate process based on the confirmed results.
I’ve made up all sorts of reasonable excuses to avoid suspicion.
“chaff. With only the shape of teeth…”
Such a reaction could be
But it doesn’t matter.
After all, the results prove everything.
I said in a calm voice.
“Are you any help?”
“…it helped a lot.”
Although there are only 4 types, it is probably because I was told mainly about the monsters that appear frequently on the first floor of the C-class dungeon.
I said to Joo Yong-seop, who was confused.
“How are you? My analysis data.”
“…I can’t believe it. So much so that I wonder if this makes any sense.”
“Since then, I have been called one of the best dungeon experts in Korea. You have to do this.”
“Without trying to catch the monster directly, this kind of analysis only with the video… Maybe it’s not that the Jungin Guild was instructed to hunt in advance?”
“Puhaha. No matter how much I am, it is not enough to push Jeongin guild members into a dungeon that is forbidden to enter.”
To be honest, I think I can do it… well, anyway.
“ruler. I think you’re ready to talk now.”
I said with a smile.
“Master of the guild. What kind of world do you think will unfold in the future?”
Joo Yong-seop is taken aback when he suddenly mentions the future.
“future···?”
“Yes. future.”
I said to Joo Yong-seop, who was silent.
“I think stronger dungeons will appear in the future and the hunters will also become stronger. And get stronger, then stronger, eventually.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“It will become a force that even those in power cannot take care of.”
Joo Yong-seop looked at me and said.
“Even those in power… recklessly.”
“Yes. In other words, Hunters and Dungeons will be the center of the world. Even now, various items from the dungeon are applied to real life and are changing lives. Also, energy production using crystallites is becoming more and more popular.”
This is a confirmed future, not my prediction.
“That’s why I created the Jeongin Guild. to prepare for such a future. I thought that there would be nothing to be afraid of if my analytical skills, financial resources, and the power of the Jeongin Guild were combined. But like all things, this world is not a world in which you live alone. Competitors are always there, and it is essential to have an ally to overcome them.”
I looked at Joo Yong-seop and said.
“I think the Cheonmu Guild and Joo Yong-seop, the guild leader, are our allies and fit better than anyone else. He has skills, but even the cold judgment of guild leader Joo Yong-seop.”
Joo Yong-seop said with a disappointed expression at my words.
“Looking at this case, I don’t think it’s that credible.”
“haha. It’s not like that. At that meeting, I listened to the main guild leader’s words, and I had more trust. Blind faith always leads to mistakes.”
I reached out to Joo Yong-seop and said.
“Master of the guild. Why don’t you go with me and Jeongin’s guild? Working together, we are preparing for the future to come. And we will rise to the top of Korea together.”
Of course, I plan to drive all the important things to the Jeongin Guild and give the Cheonmu Guild the rest of the crumbs, but this is normal.
The Jeongin Guild is the top of the human realm except for the heavenly realm.
I said with a smile.
“Let’s go together. Joo Yong-seop, guild leader.”