Taming Master

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Drug-!

Large conference room.

On a conference room table extending in U, the people sitting around stood up all together.

“Chief Parts is coming in. ”

A middle-aged man dressed in a black suit walked in through the door of the conference room and slowly walked toward the top.

About 40 years old?

A man who looks young and sophisticated for middle-aged people, but looks deep enough to have wrinkled bones around his eyes.

He was the director of the planning part of Kailan's entire planning department, Nam Taehun, also known as a giant in the gaming industry.

A man who jumped into the game market in his early 20s, became a founding member of LB in his late 30s, and had a significant impact on Kailan's development.

Even though he was now forty lines away, his sense of game planning was outstanding and he was also a respected figure by most temples.

Tac-!

As he sat down with his documents on the table, the standing people sat down again.

A pretty heavy and serious atmosphere sitting in the conference room.

The reason it was so heavy for the gaming company was because today's meeting was very important.

Seven chiefs, deputy chiefs and three chiefs above each of the seven planning teams.

Moreover, starting with the marketing team and attending a number of other team practitioners, it was an important meeting twice a year.

It is no exaggeration to say that the issues determined at today's meeting determine the direction of Kailan's planning for the second half.

After looking around the left, Taehoon Nam opened his mouth slowly.

“There's more than one or two things to talk about... Let's start with the most pressing issue first. ”

And at the end of his talk, a huge screen that occupies the entire wall of the conference room turned on with an electronic sound pinging.

On the screen, there were about ten images that looked well organized.

Taehoon's gaze shifted towards the man sitting at the far right.

“You can start. ”

“Yes, sir. Yes, sir! ”

He is the Team Leader of Planning Team 3 and is currently the youngest of the Team Leaders of Planning Part, Kim Ui-Hwan.

A powerful reply stood up and approached the screen.

And as you reach out your hand, one of the images that was floating on the screen turns on in a big magnification.

And the enlarged image was reproduced directly into the image.

“The current game of guilds in both countries. You can see it on the right side of the screen, but it's almost exactly as you predicted at the beginning of the year. ”

The footage shows the continents of Kailan, largely divided into three.

And the territory of many guilds on the continent was a 3D video image that was drawn so that it could be seen at a glance.

Taehoon Nam nodded and opened his mouth.

“That red territory must be Titan's, and that blue territory must be Lotus'. ”

Kim said straight away.

“Yes, sir. Balance is maintained on the right lines. ”

“Hmm…. It was an excellent choice to set an upper limit on the number of territories a guild can own during the National Stage. ”

“That's right. If there were no limit, almost every occupieable Node would have been owned by Lotus and Titan Guild by now. The Guild Balance has already completely collapsed. ”

If you look at the map on the screen right now, Titan and Lotus' territory were not overwhelmingly large.

Around 20-30 guilds had similar territories.

Of course, the territories were all the territories of Lotus and Titan Guild, but compared to the strength of the two guilds, this map of forces was curious.

However, this structure was purely intended by the planning team.

I used my hands beforehand to worry about the destruction of the guild ecosystem.

The one set up on the system so that no more territories can be increased, unless we declare a kingdom.

Then two guilds with overwhelming power might be able to declare a kingdom immediately.

But it wasn't easy.

It didn't matter that the empire was within the fence of the empire, but the moment it became a kingdom, it was going to be out of the arms of the empire.

As soon as we left the Imperial fence, we had no idea which Kaimon or Ruspel was attacking us, and as long as Lotus and the Titan guild were strong, it was nothing compared to the empire.

A safeguard to literally prevent the collapse of balance.

It is intended to hold the ankles of two guilds that are growing too overwhelmingly and to buy time for the laggards to grow.

These developer interventions may seem unfair to Lotus and the Titan Guild, but in the end, they are not.

Since the ecosystem of the guild had to be maintained properly, the existence value of the top guild had to be increased even more.

Kailan is a virtual reality game.

Virtual reality games that make the most of reality.

However, since it was a ‘game’, there was also a need to constrain its reality.

It was natural to spend more time in the game than anyone else and reward the top rankers and guilds who excelled, but it was also necessary to keep the possibilities of potential candidates and middle rankers open.

The mission of the planning team is to maintain equity and balance in between.

After listening to Kim's briefing for a while, Taehoon slowly opened his mouth again.

“Good. Clearly the balance fits. But if we leave it like this, the Giant Guilds will start complaining, right? ”

“That's right. In the case of the Lotus and Titan guilds, the guild has grown to almost the maximum possible growth in the ‘Government’ state. If you don't create an environment for the Kingdom to be constructed, you will start complaining about a lack of Guild Content. ”

Taehoon Nam nodded.

“Great. Next week, we'll open a new episode. ”

“ …! ”

The other planning team leaders, who were taking notes on their conversations, stopped working together.

It was because the words of Nam Taehun were quite striking.

“Just next week? ”

“Isn't that a little fast? ”

“That's right. Lotus and the Titan Guild are still overwhelmingly powerful..." I think we should give the other guilds more time to grow. ”

However, Taehun shrugged his head.

“No, no. I've followed enough other guilds. Don't you see by looking at the screen there? Even the top 20 guilds declared their republic in the backyard. It's not a good shape to buy more time. ”

Team Leader Yoo Min-cheol, who was the oldest and most ranked of the team leaders, opened his mouth with a worried expression again.

“But as soon as the Empire's restraints are lifted... Lotus and Titan will be at odds again in no time." Alternatives are needed. ”

At that, Nam Taehun slowly nodded his head, smiling deeply.

“The leader is right. We definitely need an alternative. ”

Nam Taehun stood up and gestured to Kim, and he quickly returned to his seat.

Then, Taehoon Nam, who went directly to the screen, reached out to the screen.

Then a second video began to come to mind.

Taehoon said again, smiling.

“Here, we have a clear alternative. ”

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Ding-dong!

There's a ringtone.

Jinsung, who was lying on the couch and watching TV, suddenly woke up.

“Who are you?”

With a reflective question, the intrinsic gaze faces toward the screen next to the porch.

There were a few happy faces.

[Who the fuck are you, man! Open it up! It's hot as hell.]

In the words of Yoohyun, Jinsung quickly went out and opened the gate, smiling deeply.

Quee-!

And in front of him, Yoohyun and a few other motivators came and stood around him.

“Hey, Park Jin-seong! You moved into a very nice house. ”

“You know what? Some of them are poor college kids, and some of them are really good at playing games and buying houses. ”

“Khh, Godjin Sung. But I honestly don't understand how much he's made yet. ”

“Out here...?! I wouldn't do a billion if I didn't have this apartment. Whose name is Billion? ”

Seeing the noisy motives, Jinsung smiled, shaking his hands inward.

“Come on in, you guys. You should come in, too. I left the air conditioning on pretty good, but when I left the door open, it was a waste of electricity. ”

The only one of them, the three-year-old, said with a ridiculous look.

“Woo-hoo, salty bastard. We're going in, we're going in. ”

A few days ago.

Jinsung left Turum where she lived and moved to a luxury apartment in the nearby 30s.

It was more than a billion expensive apartments, but I bought it leisurely with the money I had earned.

And today, a few (?) It was the day I decided to call my close friends and comrades and do the houses.

“Wow, what's that smell, anyway? ”

“What else could it be? Harin must be cooking. ”

Mina sits on the couch snorting, and the three of you look frustrated.

And Harin, who came out of the kitchen, took his tongue out and said,

“Ding ding ding! Welcome to the home of Jinsung and Harin! ”

Three members asked Harin with a curious look.

“What? Why is this the home of Jinsung and Haryn? It's the home of Jinsung.”

Harin grinned, smiling freshly.

“Why? I'm staying here with you from today. ”

“ …! ”

Yoohyun and Mina open their eyes wide, and open their mouths simultaneously with a frightening expression.

“Eek? Do, comrade?! ”

“What? Live together? ”

Harin says one more thing.

“Yes, and besides, I have a stake in this house! ”

The sincerity of turning the channel next to me sounded strange.

“That's the deal. Harin is uncomfortable living in his cousin's house, and since he moved into a large house... ”

Moderately conservative (?) Yoohyun, who has a mind, said again with a blank expression.

“Phew... Motivation...! No, really, Harin or his parents are far away. Is there any big problem...? ”

Mina glanced at his boyfriend, Yoohyun, and added a word.

“Well, in some ways I'm a little jealous... ”

A bustling home in Jinsung.

It was noisy for a moment because of an issue that I didn't think was a motive, but it became quiet as Harin brought out the food quickly.

And eating delicious dishes, Jinsung fixed the TV channel.

Seeing the screen floating on the big wall hung TV, three circles smiled.

“There was a reason the houses had set the date today. ”

“I told you, brother. Kailan's doing a server check today, so he called in some people? ”

I answer with a genuine expression.

“Well, it's nice, isn't it? They're all users of Kailan. ”

The genuine channel, of course, was a game broadcast.

And today, it's been a long day since LB announced a major update.

through several major game broadcasting channels, announcing updates later this year.

Moreover, it was not just to publish updates like news.

According to the schedule published on the official website of Kailan, there are over six hours of high quality footage made like a movie.

Simply put, as users watch more than six hours of movies, they get information about new updates.

LB was the only way to break the frame of common sense.

Even server check times for large-scale updates, LB Soft provides this much fun for its waiting users.

The praises of the developers continued endlessly, and the world was amazed at Kailan's gaming class.

“Oh, here we go! ”

As sincere words ended, the gaze of everyone sitting around the living room turned toward the TV as a whole.

Although they mocked him for being a game-breaker, they were all inevitable users of Kailan.

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Muran, capital of the Rusfel Empire.

In the heart of Muran, the barren city of the illustrious and majestic Ruspel Empire is pictured.

And soon, the screen illuminated inside the castle.

Starting with the appearance of the emperor of the Ruspel Empire sitting on a silver platter, dozens of marshmallows strewn on both sides.

And before that, Helheim, the imperial approximation, faced Selius with one knee bent.

Celius, the emperor of the Rusfel Empire, gives a solemn expression.

“Yes, Helheim. Did you find out more?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

“Spit it out.”

Chuck!

Celius, who bent his right hand and took an example, opened his mouth slowly in a stealthy gesture.

“Juan Lucarf, emperor of the Kaimon Empire. He was right to die. ”

“ …! ”

The golden eyes of the emperor, deep as the abyss, glow deeply.

And a lot of the samples that were drawn, too, turned out to be splendid.

Selius opens his mouth.

“This... is an opportunity. ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Maresh, the god of war, took away the unspeakable trust, but returned to comfort the phone. ”

The war between the two empires that was fought at the same time the Middle Continent opened.

It was true that the Ruspel Empire, which suffered considerable damage at that time, was actually weakened militarily compared to the Kaimon Empire.

A situation that wouldn't have eluded Ruspel if the war had stayed afloat.

But fortunately, there was an invasion, and the god of war, Maresh, had made both countries trustworthy.

And that unfortunate trust, which has remained so far, has prevented the war.

But not long ago, the fortuitous trust was taken, and for the relatively low power of the Ruspel Empire, it was a fact that they were anxious for war to happen.

If there was a war, we must have given Kaimon a lot of money.

But something happened that I didn't think of.

The death of Lucarf, Emperor of the Kaimon, gives the Ruspel Empire a chance.

“Listen to the Guard Commander...! ”

“Lower your voice, Your Majesty. ”

The emperor slowly stood up on the dragon.

And I pulled out the golden sword that was on my waist, forcefully raising it toward the sky.

“A week from now. ”

Celius takes a quick look around the left.

And his golden eyes were filled with a bright yellow light.

“Jim will go himself! ”

It was the dawn of war.

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