Chapter 211

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Chapter 211: Up (3)

Thus it became certain.

The universal weapon brand 「Dogo」 led by Chairman Dogo, is evil incarnate.

‘Ah… I should have realized as soon as I saw that insane advertisement.’

In Yeongwoo’s mind, the image of Gepi, a Mon-o boy living on the planet Jarugal, flashed by.

Well, it’s not like a company that produces advertisement videos with such stories would be in a good state.

‘But why would they badmouth Lemu while they themselves are stacking up evil deeds?’

Although he didn’t have any thoughts of betraying the chairman and the company at this moment.

Because without them, it would have been difficult for him to survive until this moment.

However, it was a big problem that an unbearable level of evil deeds was unknowingly accumulating.

Unless this evil deed was merely a simple indicator for distinguishing tendencies.

‘They say if you delay paying your taxes for just one day, you’ll be thrown in a prison cell with a fatality rate of 84%. Would a world like that just leave those who have stacked up a lot of evil deeds alone?’

By becoming a model for Dogo’s advertisement, he acquired a whopping 51 million evil deeds.

In contrast, the evil deeds he managed to reduce by showering with golden ratio was only 2.9 million.

‘It’s like peeing on your own foot. And if I keep going with Dogo, my evil deeds will only increase.’

This is why large companies donate a lot and support public campaigns.

‘The chairman should do some good deeds too, right? This brand image is a mess…..’

Thinking like this, Yeongwoo realized that the most recent product Dogo released was ‘increase in damage to government officials.’

Now that he thought about it, Dogo had never hidden their true identity even for a moment.

So, of course.

‘Our customers’ evil deeds must be extraordinary too.’

Shock, despair, fear.

“……!”

Yeongwoo screamed silently.

To be born as a resident of a remote planet and accumulate tens of millions of evil deeds.

Even if this is a destiny, it’s still too much.

‘But this is too much. I never intended to become a universal villain.’

And there’s even the achievement of discovering the “main character” on this side.

[Ending Maker]

|Find the main character after the reset.

‘What’s with this flow… Meeting the main character with so many evil deeds, I doubt anything good will happen.’

If he meets the chairman again someday, he should discuss this evil deed a bit.

“……”

With an expression of disbelief, Yeongwoo repeatedly checked his evil deed history.

Then Jeonggu cautiously approached and spoke.

“…Are you okay?”

“I’m not okay. It feels like I’ve met a sponsor who’s too much for me.”

* * *

6:03 PM.

When the battle with the Kim Three Generations was slowly being cleaned up, Taewon’s Lim Suna came to the scene with her employees.

Or rather, it should be seen as her coming to find Yeongwoo, who is also Gangnam’s Strongest Sword.

“Yeongwoo!”

Eventually, she spotted Yeongwoo, but couldn’t approach him towards the Strongest Sword.

The whole area was blocked with Benzes, making the road practically impassable.

So Yeongwoo himself got out of the Benz jungle and headed towards her.

“Is everything okay? On Taewon’s side.”

When Yeongwoo asked like this, Suna, with a bewildered expression, looked around at the Benz forest and belatedly replied.

“Ah, yes. You’re okay too, Yeongwoo…?”

At this moment, her gaze fell on what looked exactly like a gun, ‘Evil Meter,’ and Yeongwoo quickly handed it to Goblin.

“Yes. Today’s mutant incident has been all resolved, and starting tomorrow, we will collect defense expenses from each region.”

“Defense expenses…?”

Suna asked again with a face that seemed to ask what mischief he had done this time.

So Yeongwoo briefly conveyed the ‘discussion’ with the Seoul Federation that he had.

Starting tomorrow, golden ratios will be distributed from each region of Seoul, and a large-scale collection will take place.

“Are all the Strongest Swords going to distribute golden ratios from now on?”

Suna still had a skeptical expression as she looked alternately at Yeongwoo and the Strongest Swords gathered on the other side.

The sight of Seoul being showered with gold was hard to imagine.

“Then should we prepare for collection starting tomorrow?”

When Suna switched back to work mode and asked, Yeongwoo nodded.

“Yes. We should collect 5 million karma from the residents of Gangnam as defense expenses.”

Since Taewon had been managing Gangnam for a long time, collecting defense expenses shouldn’t be too difficult.

However, in Gangnam’s case, the beneficiaries of defense expenses were slightly different.

“However, that money should be divided equally between Kwon Taeyoung and Kim Jongsu.”

“…Excuse me?”

Suna’s expression was as if she was asking if she had heard correctly.

“Are you saying that the defense fees collected in Gangnam will be divided between the two of them?”

“Yes. You understood correctly.”

After nodding his head, Yeongwoo looked vaguely eastward.

“If by any chance, I am absent from Gangnam for a long time, the two of them will take charge.”

This was a contingency plan for a possible visit to North America or other variables.

And also out of respect for the colleagues who had been with him since the beginning of the reset.

Moreover, leaving everything aside, shouldn’t there be reliable allies in Seoul?

Right now, even though Taewon is serving as Yeongwoo’s subordinate and he has a fairly friendly relationship with the Strongest Sword from Gwanak, it’s hard to see those two groups as firm allies.

‘The only ones I can trust and rely on right now are Chief Kwon and Jongsu… and…’

Swiftly.

Yeongwoo’s gaze turned towards Kim Jeonggu, a company man with 1.07 million evil deeds.

“What, again?”

Feeling his son’s strange gaze, Jeonggu furrowed his eyebrows, and Yeongwoo scratched his chin.

“Oh, it’s nothing. I just wanted to remind you to bring back the money later. You haven’t paid the 5 million yet.”

* * *

At the current time, 6:33 PM.

As the sun began to set gradually, Yeongwoo was once again riding on Negwig and heading north.

Clack, clack!

He needed to acquire one more golden sphere to use in tonight’s dungeon.

‘No matter what, there should be at least one mutant left in the north.’

It’s a really bad thought, but aren’t there very few Strongest Swords left in North Korea now?

Just by the fact that Kim Jong-un came down to South Korea, and even if it’s not that event, it’s a well-known fact that North Korea suffered a great blow from the inter-Korean war in Paju.

In other words, if you look closely at the land of the north without Pyongyang’s Strongest Swords and Kim Jong-un, you can probably find at least one mutant that hasn’t died yet.

Clack!

Negwig, sprinting at full speed, was already passing through Goyang and heading towards Paju.

‘If we assume that most of North Korea’s Strongest Swords are dead… what will happen next?’

In any case, won’t there continue to be mutants appearing in North Korea for a while?

‘There will either be only a few Strongest Swords monopolizing those mutants, or North Korea will collapse as a whole.’

Whichever it is, it’s clear that there will be significant repercussions for South Korea, so Yeongwoo needed to examine the situation in North Korea as well.

Clack!

As Yeongwoo and Negwig eventually reached the vicinity of Imjin River in northern Paju, they saw a stretch of greenery at Peace Nuri Park to the right.

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And along with it were the devastated military facilities.

“Hmm?”

Blam!

As Yeongwoo reflexively pulled the reins, Negwig stopped walking, and Goblin and Pofu, who were riding along behind, also felt something strange and turned their heads towards the park.

“What, was there a fight here too?”

At Yeongwoo’s words, Negwig automatically turned his head towards the park and started walking.

Clack, clack.

Negwig began to slow down as he walked on the grassy field in the park.

Then, after a while, someone familiar to Yeongwoo appeared.

“Huh?”

It was none other than Sergeant Jo Seongsik from Yeoncheon.

“Sergeant Jo!”

Blam!

Surprised, Yeongwoo jumped off Negwig and ran towards him.

At the moment he arrived in front of him, Jo Seongsik was still blinking his eyes without responding, lying on the ground.

“Oh…!”

Yeongwoo realized very quickly that the opponent was already dead.

Because Sergeant Jo didn’t even blink when he heard Yeongwoo’s call.

‘Oh, Kim Jong-un passed through here.’

Yeongwoo sighed softly and looked around.

In this area, not only Sergeant Jo but also soldiers from the Yeoncheon Army Headquarters were lying down.

Moreover, all of them had their equipment smashed into pieces.

This was evidence that they had encountered opponents different from ordinary mutants.

‘This is serious. If Sergeant Jo isn’t here, then practically the northern part of our country…’

If there’s a Guardian of the North in North Korea named Sinuiju’s Strongest Sword, then there’s Sergeant Jo Seongsik in South Korea.

But now that both figures have disappeared, it’s as if the border has collapsed.

‘For now, I need to check the situation around Yeoncheon and evacuate the residents to Seoul.’

Yeongwoo requested manpower from Jo Sangik using “Wave.”

He also told Taewon to send people to Paju.

After all, wouldn’t he have to hold funerals for those who died in battle?

Thanks to the former Strongest Sword of Gangnam, Jeong Hyunsik, Taewon still had a funeral system.

‘I should find the families first and offer to hand over the bodies. And if they want, I’ll offer to hold the funerals as well.’

This was the first time since the reset that Yeongwoo had thought about holding a funeral upon seeing the dead.

‘This means that the situation in North Korea is beyond critical.’

Clack!

Yeongwoo’s gaze shifted back north again.

And then, a reddish light, clearer than before, was seen shimmering in the sky, which had turned closer to indigo.

“Huh?”

As Yeongwoo blinked, the reddish light, which had come much closer in the meantime, took on a clearer form than before.

“What’s that?”

It was none other than a red light pillar indicating the location of a mutant.

A mutant from somewhere in the north was now descending towards Paju.

“Hmm.”

With a swift motion, Yeongwoo stood up and quickly headed towards the outskirts of the park.

Blam!

Then, on the other side, the Imjin River came into view, and beyond it, you could see a scene where a bear the size of a typical single-family home was charging.

[Soldier – Kim Daeryong]

Soldier, Kim Daeryong.

“Kim Daeryong? Never heard of him before.”

Well, if he’s a soldier from North Korea, it was natural for Yeongwoo not to know unless he was pretty famous.

Because of the opponent’s identity.

「I am guardian Kim Daeryong! Help me!」

It was none other than Kim Daeryong, the commander of the North Korean Army and the former Guardian of the Nation until just before the reset.

“What? Are you asking me for help? What the heck for?”

While Yeongwoo was muttering like this, Kim Daeryong hurriedly jumped into the river.

Splash!

He was trying to cross the river to get to where Yeongwoo was.

It was only now that Yeongwoo realized that the opponent was being chased by someone.

Blam, blam!

While Kim Daeryong was swimming, two very agile silhouettes appeared behind him.

And the titles each of the two figures had above their heads were:

『Dandong’s Three Swords』

“Dandong… Three Swords?”

Just as Yeongwoo was captivated by a foreboding feeling, Kim Daeryong, who had just crossed the river, opened his mouth with a grim expression.

「Do you plan to just stand there and watch? Help me first!」

The guy had been confidently asking for help from the beginning, so Yeongwoo wondered what the heck was going on, but then he realized.

“Oh.”

Wasn’t there the title ‘Strongest Sword of Joseon’ above his own head now?

So, Yeongwoo…

Swish!

『Strongest Sword of Gangnam』

After changing the title above his head, he swiftly swung his sword and beheaded Kim Daeryong in one stroke.

Splat!

Then, just as the Dandong Three Swords were about to cross the bridge, they hesitated in their steps.

They had only expected to fight 2 against 2 after Kim Daeryong’s words, and they hadn’t expected their opponent to kill a mutant.

Upon seeing this, Yeongwoo directed his voice towards the still hesitating Dandong Three Swords.

“If you turn back without crossing that bridge, I’ll let you go. Go back now.”

Yeongwoo’s words were sincere.

He had already secured the sphere, and soon he would have to recover the bodies of the soldiers from the north, including Sergeant Jo Seongsik.

He didn’t want to see any more bloodshed.

Especially since he had only recently confirmed the existence of the evil deeds, he didn’t want to wield his sword again without knowing the opponent’s identity properly.

And above all…

‘If I kill them, it’ll only add to the stigma of betrayal. It’s better not to cause unnecessary trouble as the situation could become chaotic soon when the land is redistributed.’

However, the response from the Dandong Three Swords side was not very desirable.

“…?”

After a brief discussion among themselves, they looked back at Yeongwoo again.

They were probably trying to gauge whether they could win or not.

Upon seeing this, Yeongwoo looked up at the sky and shouted suddenly.

“Earth! 482! 184! 3041! 27!”

Of course, the Chinese who didn’t understand the meaning of these numbers didn’t run away.

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