Chapter 116 – Stranger (2)

Stranger (2)

“If I say something first to prevent misunderstanding, I won’t be able to enter the King’s stronghold anyway.”

A little mouse winking at the main gate of Banseok University with drooping eyes.

“The moment I cross that door, the King gets a very immediate alarm. Will the rats be allowed in or not?”

He continued to speak in a flat tone that was too unsuitable for this threatening atmosphere.

“Well—they said so.”

A short smile and a shrug, devoid of any emotion.

I narrowed my eyes as I stared at him without answering.

“Then—you seem to be the king of this district, so excuse me for a moment.”

Ugh-!

As soon as he finished his words, a brilliant golden light dyed his entire body.

Even at the sight of the iron pipe, where the partial incompetence flowed very naturally, shaking, he began his next move without any disturbance.

Took-!

“Anyway, thanks to the temporary protection period, we can’t even touch each other—”

A rat that just took a step back and stared back and forth between the metal pipe in my hand and my face.

“The reason I stepped back now is not to use my exclusive skill. It just backed away.”

Match-! Match-! Match-!

“Clapping like this now is not a skill at all. It’s really like a short atmosphere to get people’s attention for a while.”

Look.

He said while gesturing alternately between my body surrounded by golden light and his own.

“I have no intention of using dangerous skills right now. Saying this is not a condition to activate my exclusive skill.”

Well, there are people who misunderstand that.

The guy who muttered briefly and added a supplementary explanation pointed at himself once more.

“My name is Lee Do-joon and my nickname is a delivery man. It’s not a daughter-in-law, it’s a delivery man. Actually, it doesn’t matter what you call it, but if you can, just call me a delivery man. That’s more comfortable for me too. The exclusive skill is, to put it simply, the ability to move freely between the two spaces I set as markers. As the name suggests, he is a delivery man.”

A rat who suddenly starts blowing my information as if some kind of confession was poured down his throat.

“I’m going to stretch out my hand for a moment, but I really don’t mean to attack the King, so please don’t misunderstand.”

A request in a tone that was far too dry compared to the words spoken.

I continued to keep an eye on him, not reaping the partial incompetence that was sprouting out of my body.

In spite of my reaction, the deliveryman very slowly stretched out his right arm.

Ugh-!

Along with the blue light emanating from the courier’s right arm, a column of appropriate length rose from under the bastard’s palm.

A blue pillar that flashed in the exact same color as the blue light rising from his right arm.

“What is it, did you just accept that you went to the alarm, my lord?”

He stared at the towering pillar, then stared at me with eyes that grew just a little bigger.

“Ah, it seems that this wasn’t the king’s territory yet.”

Instead of me, who didn’t respond, he answered questions and swung around Daehak-ro.

“Anyway—you see? This is the marker I was talking about. You just confirmed with your own two eyes that you weren’t cheating on your abilities. You confirmed that the marker rose just as I said, my lord.”

The courier pointed to a raised marker, reaffirmed a question he hadn’t asked so many times before opening his mouth again.

“The reason I visited the King who is now standing in front of me is because my employer invited him to a modest but elaborate meal.”
“… Employer?”
“Yeah, this one sticks more tightly to my mouth. To get back to the point, our employers and other kings are already present at the dinner to grace the occasion. As soon as the king in front of me accepts the invitation, I will safely take him to the table.”

The courier ends his speech by pointing to the marker he has placed.

However, the deliveryman who looked at me with his eyes still wide open let out a small sigh and opened his mouth again.

“My tone is like this because my body is just too tired. My eyes open like this because it just happened like this. If even this excuse is arrogant, I will politely apologize. If you don’t like this apology, I will apologize once more.”

A mechanical apology recited like a macro robot.

“It seems that the guests you served in front of you were quite picky.”
“… Little?”

Took- the deliveryman immediately answered the question thrown out, as if he had no intention of hiding it.

“It was difficult to attend because he doubted everything and tried to kill me no matter what he said.”
“Oh, these are people you shouldn’t even listen to.”

When I agreed with his complaint with a light click, the deliveryman looked at me with round eyes and replied.

“… Yes- what.”

Ugh-

A deep golden light reflected brightly in his pupils.

“I invited you to such a good place, but I’m sorry, so what? I have a pretty important internal event today.”

I still armed myself with partial incompetence and glanced at the camp members who were seated in a circle around the delivery man.

The courier, who had already overheard what was going on inside, like a rat, nodded slowly.

“My employer told me to tell this if there is a guest who refuses to invite me.”

The next words he spat out so calmly as if they had already experienced it many times.

“If you’re a coward who can’t even get on board, don’t whine and drag on even if you get worked on later.”
“… What-?!”
“This crazy bastard is now—!”

As soon as the deliveryman finished talking, the camp members were more enraged than I was and raised their voices.

I quickly raised my hand holding the iron pipe to stop them.

… A sudden rat, a sudden invitation.

A plate made by other kings and bastards who have already responded to the invitation.

“Usually even if you say this far, people with heavy hips stand up like they’ve been burned.”
“Am I already up?”

He shrugged his shoulders at the experience of the guy talking quietly and spat out an answer that reminded him of his current position.

“… Aha-.”

The courier and I are already facing each other at a very close distance.

The delivery man, who spat out an insensitive exclamation of no surprise, continued.

“My employer told me to say this if the response is lukewarm even after the first word.”

“If you respond to the invitation and shine, you will get the most important thing in the world right now.”

The most important thing in this world right now.

“Information.”

Information.

I repeated the words the courier had uttered over and over again and flicked my hand holding the metal pipe.

Tuk-tuk-

An iron pipe that beats your thighs at a faster beat as you keep thinking in your head.

Banseok University.

The capital of my country, which I personally designated, was a fairly large piece, based on Eunpyeong-gu.

However, if the range is taken as Gangbuk, it is not a very wide or large piece.

Furthermore, Seoul Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea—

An area that is already getting smaller like a dot without having to zoom in on the entire world.

Apart from the specialness of the capital, the territory I occupied is no different from a grain of rice that fell in Korea.

Except for the territory of that grain of rice, the outside is surrounded by the unknown.

To compare it to a strategy simulation game, everything except my territory was covered in pitch black darkness.

Usually, in this case, it is standard to use your own units to conduct reconnaissance to reveal the darkness.

However, my campmates aren’t game units that can order the next reconnaissance without incident if I lose them—

I chose a safe method without any uncertain variables.

He dared to use the strongest punching ability he could hold for reconnaissance.

“Maybe it’s the only right time to have a seat with peace of mind, isn’t it?”

Temporary Protection Period.

After making a hand that has a lot of potential.

It doesn’t sound terribly reckless, but it’s something I would never have tried.

The thought kept running around in my head, causing me to laugh.

Really—the world has become such a mess, but there are still so many different kinds of people alive.

No- other kings were alive.

“How many people are there in total?”

There were two possibilities.

Or, like me, a king who put more weight on reconnaissance than internal control and unity.

“It’s not that big of a dining spot. If the king joins us, this is a place for a total of four people.”

Or a king whose internal crackdown has already been completed.

“Four.”
“… President. It’s dangerous.”

The breath that tickled the face that slowly shook its head.

I met eyes with Linnea, who reverted back to politeness at the seriousness of the situation.

“Wow—a celebrity.”

A mechanical response as she turned her head to look at Linnea.

I uttered just that one word and licked her mouth again – I glanced at the courier who kept her mouth shut and smiled at Linnea.

“… You’re not really going to follow that person are you?”
“I go in first and set up the welcome party with the eunuch.”

Gojaya-!

Hoon, who was waiting next to the truck spitting out the engine sound, hurriedly nodded his head at my shout.

“Now-! Let’s hurry up and get in!”

Koh Jang-hoon claps his hands and shouts loudly, and the camp members dismantle the round circle with the shout.

I stared at the camper, who was the only one among the campers who started tidying up again, nailed to the spot.

Alone among the foreign camp members following her own group as she starts tidying up with her slightly awkward gestures, Linnaeus frowns on her face as she doesn’t understand English.

Took-!

I tapped her on the shoulder and walked towards her courier.

My arm, which I could put on his shoulder in just a few steps, as close as it was already.

I said, looking at my arm that I could put on his shoulder without resistance, as if I knew I had no intention of killing him.

“What kind of guys are the other three besides me?”
“Uh-to put it simply, you’re a bit unlucky guy, a guy who only pretends to have good manners, and an employer.”
“You express your customers a little rougher than I thought.”
“I’m just saying what I feel.”
“Then what will you do if your employer asks about me?”
“The president is just the president. He was much more gentle than the other two.”
“Oh—you said you wouldn’t answer that. Lip service is good?”
“It’s a basic service.”

The delivery man answered my questions very calmly.

Distribution that does not shake at all even indirect pressure through shoulder straps.

Even the sense of catching the title that calls me at once, and the ability that seems useful just by just hearing it.

The more I looked at it, the more I coveted it.

Ugh-!

The moment he looked down at his marker, I caused partial incompetence with my fingertips.

If this nullification worked, I was thinking of slowly coaxing him after arresting him.

Tuong-!

As soon as the brilliant golden light appeared at the fingertips, the right arm swung back.

“…”

It was only then that I turned my gaze from looking down at the marker to meet the eyes of the delivery man staring at me.

“Why.”

The courier shook his head as if he was unfazed by my question, and grabbed the hem of my clothes with his tongs and thumb.

“Then I will see you, President.”
“How can I just close my eyes?”
“Rather than closing your eyes tightly, just blink once and you’re done.”

Ugh-!

The blue light that blooms from the fingertips of the guy holding the hem of my clothes.

As if resonating with the blue light, I glanced at the marker that emitted moving sounds and raised my head.

Linnea, who is still looking at me with uneasy eyes, and the camp members who unknowingly and unknowingly keep looking at me.

The gaze that looked at them blinked – the moment when it was drenched in darkness for a very short time and then brightened –

The scenery changed in an instant greeted me.

Took-!

The courier walks away, letting go of his clothes without a word.

I naturally looked around, watching my courier walk toward the door.

Bright lights and classy interiors.

Three people were seated at a large wooden round table in an interior reminiscent of a private room at a high-end restaurant.

The voice of the deliveryman played again in my ears as I looked at the eyes and faces of the new attendees.

A young man frowning with a very annoyed face.

‘A little bit unlucky guy.’

A very familiar face that nodded with a bright smile as soon as our eyes met.

‘A guy who only pretends to have good manners.’

And-

Match-! Match-! Match-! Match-!

“Finally, all the people I’ve been waiting for are gathered in one place!”

‘Employer.’

Light wrinkles around the eyes of a guy who puts on a kind smile.

A man with a face that seems to be standing at the end of youth and the beginning of middle age.

“Everyone!”

He opened his hands, which he had been clapping, and smiled even deeper.

“The last axis of the four-nation alliance I envisioned has come to shine!”