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Cale sat next to Alberu and looked at the semi-transparent screen he had activated.
“It’s chaos.”
“Brother, isn’t it normal for there to be chaos, considering what we’ve done?”
Alberu grinned widely, seeming in a good mood.
Cale ignored that smile with an expression of displeasure, and looked back at the screen.
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<Madness, the martial arts tournament is ruined!>
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Several communities centered on ‘RMPAG’ were in chaos, not only on the Kingdom of Lan’s bulletin board, but also on the unified bulletin board.
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<Hey, hey. Did the sky above the arena change strangely? What’s going on? What’s happening?>
-Is something happening in the Kingdom of Ran?
-The sky above the arena turned dark red.
-Is it like a field of hell?
-Total madness! It’s not a field of hell, I’m evacuating now.
-What? Explain more.
-The leader of the Justice Alliance was a spy.
-How was it?
-Actually, I didn’t see it well.
-Why?
-If I didn’t want to die, I had to evacuate, lol.
-But Kim Haeil and the leader of the Justice Alliance, they are clearly a key piece of a big mission.
-This isn’t the heir of the Kingdom of Ran. It seems more like a clue to a giant episode.
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Kim Haeil.
That name was gradually being mentioned on the main bulletin board.
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<The world’s best combat competition, surely there’s a hidden conspiracy!>
<White line, blood-red cloud. What kind of skill is that?>
<Mysterious groups, which even the Queen of Lan doesn’t know, have appeared!>
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Articles with all kinds of titles were being posted.
Then, one title caught Cale’s attention.
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<Video available.>
Posted by a user who had gone to watch the competition.
-Wow, damn. That means he’s an NPC. How strong is he?
-Can this skill be used for users too?
-Kim Haeil? Who is that?
-I don’t know. Originally, I thought he was an NPC that appeared in missions, but it seems like he’s not. Now that I think about it, it seems like there’s a conspiracy in the Kingdom of Lan.
-Is the Justice Alliance already out of the game?
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He followed the video link.
¡Kwang! ¡Bang, Kwang-Kwaaang-!
The white line was about to fall, enveloping the arena.
Rumble-
A blood-red cloud had formed, and the user, even while leaving the arena, had been hurriedly recording the video.
-Damn! Incredible!
The user’s words contained a lot. He could see the comments below.
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-Wow, you’re amazing for recording this. Isn’t it an illegal video?
-Yes, it’s not allowed to record videos in the world’s best combat competition.
-Not even the creators approved by Transparent?
-Yes, it’s not officially published.
-That guy is a nuisance. Look at how hard he’s trying to record a video, while everyone is evacuating.
-And you’re amazing for watching that video.
-Do you want to die?
-Yes.
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“Oh.”
Cale said one word, as he watched the video.
“Good thing. My face or Choi Han’s face doesn’t appear.”
Before Cale in a mask, or Choi Han, who had actually fought Sohyi, appeared, the common people had already left the arena.
Most of those who had seen Cale, Choi Han, and Alberu, were those who had been in the arena until the end, along with the king. Also, Cale and Choi Han had changed their hair color. If they saw them from afar, they wouldn’t be able to recognize them.
“Heavenly Demon, your face has been revealed, but it was already revealed, so it doesn’t matter.”
“And me?”
Cale smiled at Alberu’s words, who grinned mischievously.
“Your Highness, it would be good for you to appear from time to time, for the future. You are the hero of the future, recognized by the sun.”
“…”
Hero. His face turned in displeasure at that word. It seemed like he still didn’t like the word ‘hero’ very much.
‘It’s strange.’
He wants to be emperor without hesitation, but he doesn’t want to be a hero.
‘I don’t want to be either.’
Neither emperor nor hero makes Cale’s heart beat faster.
Just-
‘Unemployed.’
Only those two words make Cale’s heart beat strongly.
Cale leaned back on the sofa.
“The news of us has surely reached the Five-Colored Family.”
Alberu opened his mouth, responding to his words.
“The video has been taken down.”
“Already?”
“Surely Transparent did it.”
㈜Transparent had made the video taken down.
The meaning of those words was simple.
“The Purple Blood Family will be looking for us.”
“Especially the Heavenly Demon, whose face is known. What do you think?”
The Heavenly Demon, who was sitting cross-legged, with his eyes closed, in front of him, opened his mouth at Cale’s question.
“I don’t care.”
He didn’t care if it was the Purple Blood Family or the Wanderers. He didn’t care who was looking for him.
“I have no intention of staying here for long.”
The Heavenly Demon, who is a near-real NPC. He will disappear from the Kingdom of Lan when it’s all over.
“I have to go to the Demon Cult to check something.”
He planned to return to the cult, and train, while consolidating the power he had obtained.
Probably, the Heavenly Demon will be much stronger when he returns to this New World.
‘Besides the Demon Cult.’
The demons, who will become more savage under the Heavenly Demon’s Heaven, will surely be by his side.
“Hmm. Heavenly Demon?”
Alberu called him awkwardly.
“Is something wrong?”
The Heavenly Demon was also speaking to Alberu with respect, to some extent. Alberu smiled cheerfully at the Heavenly Demon, who had his eyes closed.
“How about, when I establish my empire, we build a branch of the Demon Cult in my land?”
The Heavenly Demon opened his eyes suddenly.
“…”
He stared at Alberu, who was smiling cheerfully, and then laughed.
“As befits the brother of Kim Haeil.”
Then, he closed his eyes.
“I’ll think about it.”
“I hope your thoughts are positive.”
Cale, who was watching Alberu and the Heavenly Demon, shook his head. Because he couldn’t believe that both of them didn’t doubt that Alberu could establish an empire.
“What’s wrong?”
Cale smiled at Alberu, who was looking at him with a bright smile, as if he was in a good mood.
“No, it’s nothing. It’s just, the friendship between Your Highness and the Heavenly Demon is beautiful.”
Tsk.
Alberu and the Heavenly Demon, at the same time, clicked their tongues and ignored Cale.
Toc, toc, toc.
At that moment, the sound of knocking on the door was heard, and Choi Han opened it.
He immediately said to Cale.
“The Sword Master has arrived.”
The three of them got up from their seats, at Choi Han’s words, who had put on his straw hat again.
And naturally, they split into two groups of two.
“Choi Han.”
Cale approached Choi Han. The Heavenly Demon was standing next to Choi Han.
“I entrust her to you.”
At those words, the Heavenly Demon smiled and opened his mouth.
“Interrogation is my specialty. Why don’t you entrust her to me?”
Ah.
He let out a gasp of astonishment for a moment, and then, as if he had understood Cale’s words, he said to Choi Han calmly.
“Don’t kill her until I interrogate her. It would be a problem if you kill her.”
Snick.
The Heavenly Demon smiled, and Choi Han shook his head, with an expression of discomfort.
“That won’t happen.”
He looked directly into Cale’s eyes.
“Don’t worry. I’ll do my best to get information.”
The Heavenly Demon and Choi Han.
Those two will go to the deepest underground prison of the royal palace, to face Sohyi, the Wanderer.
Those two would be the right ones to get information from Sohyi.
Charun, the sword master and the queen’s teacher, opened his mouth.
“Follow this person.”
A servant bowed to Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon.
The three of them left first, and Cale gestured to Alberu, who was standing by his side, and said to Charun.
“Please guide us.”
“Yes, come.”
The Sword Master, Charun, began to walk towards a secret place inside the royal palace, which had a different meaning from the underground prison.
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“Thank you for taking the time, despite being busy.”
Cale said that with a smile, and drank a cup of tea.
The taste, deep and delicious, gave him a pleasant feeling in his mouth.
“It’s truly noisy. It’s the first time it’s been this noisy since I became Queen.”
Queen Tamahi of Lan also responded with satisfaction, as she sipped her tea.
The capital of the Kingdom of Lan was full of noise.
All kinds of rumors were spreading, because of what had happened in the combat arena.
Especially, the world’s best combat competition, to choose the successor, had been temporarily interrupted.
The Justice Alliance, one of the five great powers, was being destroyed right now.
No matter how big the Justice Alliance is, with the most warriors among the five great powers, they can’t defeat the royal family.
Also, the other four great powers were also cooperating.
“So, can you tell me what happened?”
Queen Tamahi spoke to Cale with a little more respect.
Also, she did it with a smile.
But there was a sense of coldness in her.
“Hmm.”
Cale, who seemed to be lost in thought, shrugged and then looked at the queen.
“Do you know the Blood Demon?”
“…”
The queen didn’t respond. But Cale didn’t lose sight of her eyes, which were trembling.
“Ah, here she’s called Parang or Blue, right?”
The leader of the Blue Blood Family, the Blood Demon.
Also, he was also ‘Parang’, the number 4 user of RMPAG.
“Hmm.”
The queen let out a sound.
“Before the combat competition, who was the next successor?”
At Cale’s next question, the queen let out an ironic laugh.
“It seems like you already know. Why are you asking?”
Actually, those words were an admission that the Blood Demon was the next successor.
Cale said bluntly.
“Parang has disappeared, right?”
“…About that-”
“We killed her.”
“!”
The tea in the cup the queen was holding, moved.
“Do you know the Wanderers?”
Cale only asked one question. The queen, who was looking at him, closed her eyes tightly.
“I didn’t know about Sohyi.”
“That means you know other Wanderers. Have you been threatened by them?”
“I was a puppet.”
The conversation wasn’t long, but they were able to guess the gist of the matter. And for Cale, that was enough. Therefore, he asked.
“Are you trying to break free?”
“I do intend to. But it won’t be easy.”
Cale, who was staring intently at Queen Tamahi, who was speaking frankly, opened his mouth.
“Is it because of the king consort?”
“!”
This time, Tamahi couldn’t hide her surprise, and showed it clearly.
“Well, I-”
“Surely the king consort follows some religion of some God.”
“-!”
“And surely he’s also cooperating with the Wanderers.”
“Huu-”
Cale didn’t mince words with the queen, who was astonished.
“I want to meet the king consort.”
“…It seems like you didn’t want the position of successor.”
“Yes. I participated in the competition because I wanted to meet Your Majesty.”
“…What will you do when you meet the king consort?”
Cale smiled at Tamahi’s question.
“Whatever it is, it will be helpful to Your Majesty.”
She, instead of responding immediately, took a sip of tea.
She needed to calm down.
The Blood Demon.
The Wanderers.
The king consort.
She couldn’t imagine that all those words came from his mouth.
She needed to organize her thoughts. Therefore, she asked the first thing she needed to know.
“Who are you?”
The identity of the opponent.
She didn’t know it.
“We-”
Cale, who was looking at Alberu, who was calmly drinking tea by his side, looked away and said to the queen.
“We are an alliance.”
“…An alliance?”
“I come from the Kingdom of Darkness.”
Cale pointed to Alberu.
“This man will become the King of another place.”
Though he’s an emperor, not a king.
And though he doesn’t have a territory to claim yet.
Anyway, he’s the future emperor.
“W, what are you saying?”
Queen Tamahi, who couldn’t hide her surprise, began to stammer.
“Haha, it’s exactly what I said.”
And Cale was smiling kindly.
Alberu, who was calmly drinking tea, while watching everything, thought.
‘I must remain silent.’
When my brother speaks, I simply keep my mouth shut, and there’s no harm.
And-
‘It’s beneficial for me.’
Alberu didn’t reveal the truth, at Cale’s words, who was making him king without him doing it.
Though Raon would have said that they were both the same, both Alberu and Cale were serious.
At the seriousness of the two, Queen Tamahi stammered, and opened her mouth.
“…The Kingdom of Darkness… And this other one is a king…?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
Cale replied cheerfully, and conveyed his request to her again.
“I’d like to calmly discuss the details after meeting the king consort. Ah, but there’s one thing you should know.”
The king consort. He has to meet the Queen’s husband, to complete the mission quickly.
The Wanderer.
Those guys will surely know, through Sohyi’s contact, that we are the subordinates of the God of Chaos.
For ‘Arm’ to activate, Cale needed the power of the Saint.
Also, Choi Jung Gun also has to be rescued.
“…Something I should know?”
“Yes, you should know it!”
Cale said quickly and cheerfully.
“We’re with the hero of the sun, who will save New World! And the Kingdom of Darkness has come out to protect this world! Haha!”
Pff-
Alberu, who was elegantly enjoying the tea, spat out the tea he had in his mouth.
A while later, Cale, along with the queen, who was full of confusion, headed to the deepest place in the royal palace, to meet the king consort.
Of course, ignoring Alberu’s gaze, who was a little astonished.
