Chapter 167

Chapter 167

-The core purification factory exploded, and monsters are coming out! Requesting support...

-The Garyville Core Refinement Factory is now closed. Citizens, head outside...

Large factories not only in the United States but all over the world were exploding.

-The Ulsan Core Refinery...

-The core refinery in Shandong is...

Decades since the gate opened, the core energy monsters released became the largest source of humanity’s energy, surpassing even nuclear and oil. The nigh-perfect energy was environment-friendly and provided them with unlimited power.

However, cores couldn’t be immediately converted into energy. They first had to loot, process, and refine it before they could turn it into energy. The core refineries were in charge of achieving 99.999% energy efficiency from a core, which was humanity’s goal.

... However, all the core refineries around the world had just been sent into an uproar.

Hwang Gyeongryong screamed.

“The stocks are going down!”

If monsters ran amok all over the world, hunters could just say, “Go kill them.”

However, administrators couldn’t do the same. Even if they were to kill all the monsters, stock prices wouldn’t just shoot back up after they had fallen. Moreover, their facilities could be destroyed as well.

-US stock market panic... The Nasdaq crashed...

-The circuit breaker has been activated... Is Black Monday coming?

“This is insane. Call the people in charge! I’ll head out myself.”

“Yes!”

The secretaries didn’t stop him this time even though they usually told him to let other hunters do it whenever he tried to step out himself. After all, too many monsters had appeared at the same time.

***

The three A-grade hunters contacted their respective acquaintances to gather information about what was happening. They were receiving all forms of news, but the information they needed the most right now was detailed ones about the monsters.

Choi Yeonseung suddenly became curious. If he got his intel from Dragon Hwang’s group, where did the other two A-grade hunters get theirs from?

“Who are you two asking for information?”

“The US Department of Homeland Security.”

“The Korean government’s Hunter Management Department.”

“... I-I see. Make sure to gather all the intel that you can.”

Now that he had thought about it, officials visited him and gave him their contact information when he was promoted to A-grade. They said it was so he could contact them whenever he needed their help or if he was ever approached by anyone suspected of being a spy from another country!

-Uh, Yeonseung. Did you contact me about the monsters? I’m fighting one right now, but what monster is this? I’ve never seen anything like it before!

-... Hyung doesn’t know about them either?

Considering even Hwang Gyeongryong didn’t know anything about their opponent, Choi Yeonseung became even more certain that a constellation was playing a trick on them.

-You don’t know about them either? Why?!

-This is my first time seeing it as well. A constellation is probably toying with us.

-That’s just despicable!

Hwang Gyeongryong sounded extremely angry as he vented out his frustration. He knew that the evil god constellations could do all types of cruel things, but he didn’t think they would adapt to the capitalist society and do something so dirty.

-I’m forcefully incinerating it right now. If I burn it all, it shouldn’t be able to regenerate anymore. Have you dealt with the one on your end?

-Yes.

How did you kill it?

Hwang Gyeongryong was puzzled. Choi Yeonseung couldn’t use wide-range magic like Hwang Gyeongryong. He shouldn’t be able to kill it with sword energy, either.

-I just kept cutting at it until it couldn’t move anymore.

-......

Hwang Gyeongryong was speechless.

‘Such an ignorant method...’

-Anyway, please send me any information on them as soon as you get them.

-Got it... Anyway, where are you right now? Nobody told me you were at our group’s facility.

-I’ll call you again.The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.

-Hey! Don’t tell me—!

Beep—

Choi Yeonseung hung up. Talking on the phone for a long time wasn’t ideal.

“I just did what I had to do.”

“I’m really sorry that what I promised last time has been delayed. The company is in a complicated situation right now, which is why it keeps getting pushed back. Still, I promise you something. I will convince the other board members to give you the shares I promised.”

“......!”

Morales’ eyes trembled slightly. His idea about stealing the white dungeon and demonstrating his skills had been shaken.

‘He’s lying.’

-He’s lying.

[Lies!]

However, the three experienced constellations immediately noticed that Jacob didn’t mean any of the sweet words he had just said.

“You know that is nonsense, right? There is no sincerity in it,” Choi Yeonseung softly told Morales.

“... Is that true?”

“Yes. Once martial artists have reached the peak-class stage, we unlock the ability to read other people’s minds. It is an Asian mystery.”

“Really?”

Morales seemed as if he truly believed it, making Choi Yeonseung look at him with pity. Was this guy truly an A-grade hunter? However, Morales couldn’t help it. Martial arts masters were extremely rare. Moreover, Choi Yeonseung had a very strong presence. Even if Choi Yeonseung had said, ‘In fact, martial artists can only eat kimchi for breakfast, lunch, and dinner,’ Morales would’ve seriously believed him.

Rather than reading minds, martial artists could more acutely sense every change in their opponent’s muscles, behavior, and eye movements. Choi Yeonseung had reached the pinnacle of martial arts and had even become a constellation, so it was easy for him to tell if someone was being sincere or not.

‘This guy is amazing too.’

Jacob was grateful for his life being saved, but he still had the audacity to break his promise of giving Morales company shares! Was having such little conscience required to become the president of a company?

‘I’m glad to hear that.’

Fortunately, Jacob’s behavior made it easy for Choi Yeonseung to act without feeling any guilt!

“Oh, yeah. I just remembered. I think I pulled out some stuff and used it when fighting inside the factory. Is that okay?”

“Of course. You killed the monster, after all,” the executive director immediately replied.

The one who killed the monster that appeared in the factory was an A-grade hunter. If Lockstein said, ‘No, your battle destroyed the factory’s facilities!’ it could result in him getting buried in this industry. A-grade hunters could just as easily bury him six feet underground too. He had to take the other person’s status into consideration.

“You can take whatever is in the factory.,” Jacob said, “You worked for our sakes, so I think it’s only fair for you to be rewarded that much.”

“Ah, really? Thank you.”

“We are the ones who should be grateful.”

“No. We should be grateful.”

“No. We—Eek.”

Choi Yeonseung turned around. It was a simple move, but he did it with the brilliant martial art technique of kicking a lump of soil into Jacob’s mouth.

“Let’s go, Morales.”

It wasn’t until the two hunters coolly walked away to the car that Jacob and Lockstein realized they were still tied up.

“......”

“Mmmmph! Mmmph!”

***

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ is shouting that the constellations are currently in an uproar!]

-What? I didn’t even do anything yet.

The very sensitive Choi Yeonseung reacted immediately. However, he wasn’t the problem.

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ says that a constellation broke the agreement between constellations and went wild on Earth.]

The raid on the core purification factories wasn’t carried out by one of the constellations who signed the agreement. Surprisingly, there were rules even among the constellations of Earth.

Humans often thought, ‘These evil god constellations really just do whatever they want on Earth!’ However, they actually followed rules now due to the ceasefire agreement signed after the great invasion. Not all constellations signed that agreement, though. The number of constellations on Earth was increasing. Among them, one dared to ignore those who came first.

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ says that some constellations have put a bounty on this constellation.]

‘Oh...’

Choi Yeonseung was amazed. In fact, Choi Yeonseung had already thought about it.

How cool would it be if he were to proudly reveal his identity and say, ‘All constellations, come at me if you think you have what it takes to defeat me in combat!’

However, the constellations on Earth were strong, and Choi Yeonseung was still a long way from becoming a supreme constellation. He was forced to gather his strength and wait. Now, this guy showed up. Through this great opportunity, he could observe how the constellations normally responded to such situations.

-Wait. Can I get the constellation’s bounty?

-Successor... Don’t be too obsessed with that...

The goddess of sloth looked at Choi Yeonseung as if she felt sorry for him. It was heartbreaking to see her successor, who had been ambitiously planning to deal with the constellations, covet a bounty.