Main Character Hides His Strength

Where did it go wrong?

In a meeting room filled with anxiety, restlessness, and fear, Horneko focused on his own thoughts, not just one word.

His plan was endless.

Even if one fails, we have put a lot of effort into making sure the other fails.

However, his grand plan was smashed into the wall of reality, and now, instead of the principal, his lifelong status, wealth, and even life will fly away.

“Enemies of the world have departed from Nimpes. ”

A servant approaches him and whispers in his ear.

“What is he looking for? ”

Horneko said in a low voice.

“It's the governor.”

Hornico's eyes are closed. He takes a deep breath with his eyes closed.

Something has come, and the time has come for you to pay.

In the conference room, a man stood up.

He was a strange looking man with a golden robe in one very tall eye.

“You exaggerated. Horneco, not like you. ”

Grizzly, his father-in-law.

He sees the phenomenon even in the absence of any other information.

“I see. ”

Horneco spoke frankly.

Then, the subjects who defected to his left and right began to talk as they looked back at their neighbors.

Soon, the quiet meeting chairman turned to Aha like a street market in protest.

In the chaos, another man arose.

A man who has been arguing with Hornico and his long-time son as governor of the harbor. Now he has lost all his money, all his manpower, and even the target's position is worrying enough, but at least here, he was the only one capable of calmly criticizing Hornico.

“You fought with the Apocalypse, took away my son-in-law's country, and now you're going to destroy our homeland. ”

He sputtered and raised his voice. His face was reddened from midday and he smelled of strong alcohol.

“This city is finished! Horneco, because of you! ”

Then the Horneko's subjects immediately reacted.

“What do you know? You don't even know why the enemies of the world are here. Trust only a single piece of intelligence and don't talk nonsense about it. And even if the enemies of the world come here angry, what guarantee do we have that he'll destroy the city? ”

“Clariss said. ”

“Clariss? Are you talking about the girl singer? ”

“Yes, she did! Wherever the world's enemies come from, they turn into ruins. Panchuria, lagranze, ixion. Next up is Harbor to Aah! ”

“Enough nonsense! ”

Horneko watched the absurd legend unfolding in the meeting room with his faint eyes, and he also sensed a look of disbelief in him.

But what's the point of all this now?

Horneko thought so and took off the ring he had on his hand.

Grizzly's golden agenda prevails.

It's a Governor's Seal for an Admiral that dates back to the days of Ruthegina. The fact that Hornico took it off in front of people means one thing:

“Suddenly... I...”

You place the ring Horneco took out in front of the desk.

The sullen council chairman is as quiet as cold water.

Horneko pushes a polished metal seal out in front of his desk and speaks in a penetrating tone.

“I will resign from my duties as governor of protest to Ahe, the permanent free city, for lifetime reasons. ”

With the shock driven silence, Horneko leaves the meeting with his seal placed.

Boom.

Temporary silence passes through the closed door, but a wacky sound begins to erupt.

None of those many subjects followed him.

If it were normal, more than half of the crowd in the meeting room would have followed him out, and no one would care about his retirement now that he's given up his power.

A mindless world dominated only by interests. It is a general landscape of protests to Ahe.

‘I didn't think it would be like me. ’

The lonely exit scene of former governor Grizzly has been strangely overwrapped with the situation unfolding before him.

Without a flatterer, Horneko returns to his office, where he must vacate immediately.

There was a man waiting for him in the office.

Altuzius Zero of the Apocalypse.

It was ironic that the person who came out to meet the lonely exile of a man who had lost power and had nothing left was not a longtime comrade merchant, but a close business opponent who had just found out.

“The enemies of the world are coming here after your son-in-law. ”

Altuzius spoke in a distinctive, loud voice.

“I know. ”

Horneko replied, waving his hollow fingers at the mark left by the seal.

“But I'm nothing anymore. Go to the new governor who will soon be elected, not me. ”

That's what Horneko said. He opened the drawer and reached down to the depths and pulled something out.

It was a small bottle of blue liquid.

It is an extreme poison called the droplet of water.

One drop of this will kill you, and even your corpse will melt away, and you will be swept away as an undead.

It is a suitable finishing approach for those who care not only about death but also about their reputation after death.

Horneco was willing to use it.

In front of the enemies of the world.

believing it was the only blow he could now inflict on the enemies of the world.

“Go. To the new governor. ”

Horneco picks up the bottle and says,

But Altuzius was not moved.

Altuzius Zero opens his mouth after a heavy silence that lasts a second.

“I'm not here to make a deal, I'm here to be governor of the League of Merchants, but you, Private Drovis Horneco. ”

Artuzius stares at the scroll left on the table next to the window.

“... only you can bring the power of that document to its extremes. ”

“That was the point after all. ”

Horneko said as he settled the lawsuit.

“Somehow. ”

So Horneko did not lay a finger on the scroll and ordered the janitor not to move. As a result, there was a pile of dust lit up around the scroll and table receiving the light from the window.

“Why me? ”

Horneco asked.

“Why should I use that scroll? ”

Horneco knew what the Apocalypse scroll was. It's a tool of self-destruction that gives power to process the caster instead of sending it to its death.

But we don't know anything more than that.

Why would Altuzius want to make himself use that scroll?

“It grieves our leaders. ”

Altuzius said.

“Leader of the Apocalypse..? Fritz Schnelmer? ”

The question crosses Altuzius' head decisively.

“He's a capable and passionate man, but he's not our leader. There is a true leader among us. ”

“Oh…? ”

It looks like a Heavenly Merchant. Even in a dark situation where I can't guarantee anything, I secretly thought I could sell the information I just heard at a high price.

“You know him well. ”

Altuzius continued.

“Who?”

Horneko stumbles upon his memory.

But I gave up quickly.

Finding one person without any clue is half as much as finding sand on the white sand.

And then, strangely enough, one face crossed Hornico's brain like fate.

“He can't be...? ”

Horneko bursts into laughter as if he were overwhelmed.

“He pointed directly at you. ”

“ ……. ”

“He said he met you in person and made a decision. ”

“What kind of judgment? ”

Horneco asked.

Altuzius glanced at his brother and carefully said in a meaningful tone.

“You are the man who fits the incarnation of Chairman of the Merchant Class, Isaac Lachew. ”

Altuzius turns his back.

The black smoke rises and his men appear in the Oval Office. His men whisper something to Artuzius.

It's time to leave.

“The choice is yours. Drovis Horneko.”

Altuzius disappears with the black smoke, leaving behind his words.

There are only two options left in front of Hornico.

Different degrees, but the result is the same.

No matter what you choose, death is inevitable.

A blue disease means a humble personal death.

An ungodly scroll, on the other hand, means destruction.

Either way, he doesn't want Horneko to, but he has to make a choice.

He had lived his whole life in choice, but suddenly he felt a child-like strike rising out of the basket of dry hearts.

Horneco's unsealed hand grabs the blue bottle.

He picks up the lid and takes a quick puff of blue liquid, staggering toward the table with light leaking in, and lays his hands on the scroll.

I could not speak because of my esophagus, tongue, stomach, but my eyes were mixed with pain, despair, frenzy, and determination.

[Now, shall we make a deal? Asin.]

I was motivated, but I was confident that I made him do it.

Convinced that the existence beyond the scroll wants its opponent more than Horneko.

‘I can sell it for a lot of money. Even this old man. ’

The man's body begins to melt with a black flame.

Tuck.

Something falls to the floor.

It is the cross of the covenant that was pierced in the heart.

*

“ ……. ”

The entrance to the harbor to Ahe.

A man boards a griphon and lands at the entrance of a walled city.

The guards who were watching under the gate at the watchtower saw the man at a glance and murmured.

“Enemies of the world...”

“He's here...! ”

The persistent life force of the Merchant Guild comes from the rapid transfer of large amounts of reliable information and that information.

It was already known to the entire Merchants Guild that Kim Sung-cheol had come to kill Horneco.

Even though it's only been an hour since Kim Sung-cheol defeated Dihitter.

“By the way, can I smoke like this? What are you gonna do if that bastard gets away? ”

“He can't get away. ”

Kim Sung-cheol said in a bold tone.

“Why?”

When Bertelkia asked, Kim Sung-cheol pointed to the heart containing Bertelkia.

“In his heart is the cross of the Covenant. He will not leave here until he has a deal with me. If he breaks it, he'll burn up. ”

“Hmm…”

“Moreover, even without the Cross of the Covenant, he will not leave here. ”

Kim Sung-cheol captured a huge square building in the middle of the harbor in his eyes.

Infinite vault.

A building where all of the Merchant Guild has accumulated additional merchant guild itself.

It is said that there is gold in it that can buy everything in the world.

That's true. Kim Sung-cheol confirmed it with his own eyes.

The gate is open.

A mercenary captain in a broad bristled hat shouted at Sung-cheol Kim.

“Hornico is no longer our governor. Therefore, the harbor will open to you. ”

Kim Sung-cheol entered the harbor with an open child.

However, as soon as Kim Sung-cheol entered the gate, there was someone who ran out through the door.

She was wearing a beautiful dress, but the woman with the hood and the man with the ugly figure were running away without looking back.

“Huh? What is it? ”

It's like he's after a staggering moment.

Vertelgia waves and is curious.

I was a little curious about what kind of people Kim Sung-cheol is, but it seems that the sense of transcendence is not triggered.

Kim Sung-cheol walked to the governor's office, walking along the avenue of a port city that is no different from any other.

The entrance of the office was wide open to Kim Sung-cheol, just like the gate of the city.

A few subjects dressed in luxurious clothes were coming out of the driveway in front of Kim Sung-cheol.

Kim Sung-cheol told them that Horneco had already resigned from the Governor's office and had been banned from the Commercial Union temporary meeting.

In the corridor leading to the office, Kim Sung-cheol heard some young merchants roaring in the corridor.

“Was everything a sham? ”

“Getting kicked out reveals its true nature. ”

“I could eat something good before I die. What's the matter?”

They were gossiping at the door of the Oval Office.

Kim Sung-cheol walked past the young merchants and stood in front of the governor's office.

A slight crack opens the door and smells of aromatic food.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol opened the door slightly with his hands on the open door.

At that moment, Kim Sung-cheol doubted his eyes.

It was a feast of food.

There was an unspeakable number of dishes in the governor's administration room, and on one side the chef was smoking out an open window and cooking.

Beyond the table where there was so much food that the chairs of the table wobbled, Kim Sung-cheol was grabbing the food with his back.

‘Horneco.'

Kim Sung-cheol stared at his back and opened his mouth in a loud voice.

“Governor Aegean is the richest man in the world, but he has no shortage of black bread and a sip of water. I hear that's not the case either. ”

The man who had swallowed the food crazily stopped eating.

He still shows his back and picks up a luxurious bottle of wine. He takes a deep breath and turns around.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol's face became stiff.

“Hee...”

Vertelgia trembles.

His enemies have turned into mortal bones that are no longer human.

A pink ominous lump of flesh was shaking like gummy bears under the aged eyes and nosebleeds of an old man's forehead.

It looks like it's attached. Kim Sung-cheol remembered the image of a chimera that crazy wizards often produce.

“I'm sorry. But please excuse me."

The old governor said,

“For ten years, I've been eating nothing but junk black bread, and I deserve this much luxury. ”

He turns back to the table, pointing to the documents that fell below the floor.

“Here's a report from a group of contacts from all over the country. It's all about what the World Congress would look like if you read about it. ”

Kim Sung-cheol picked up the paperwork on the floor.

Indeed, the document contained the facts and results of Kim Sung-cheol's handover from the Merchant Guild.

One of them shook Kim Sung-cheol's heart.

[Human Empire - No]

‘William.'

Soon after Kim Sung-cheol read the documents, something other than humans and monsters woke up.

“I'm an honest merchant. I keep a promise once. With all my loyalty and faith. ”

A huge ship tucked beneath the black robe trembles like a wave.

Kim Sung-cheol took out his arm, feeling the profane energy of Asin.

‘Is it going to happen again? ’

The black flames of Horneko's body begin to burn.

The sense of transcendence of Kim Sung-cheol revealed its existence in front of Kim Sung-cheol.

[immortal isaac racquetball]

[The First Merchant, The Greedy One]

The immortal's name came to mind first.

At the moment Kim Sung-cheol was curious, another text appeared in front of him.

[Horneko, King of Illeboro]