Level 1 Player

Chapter 46 Transactions with the president of the association

‘It’s still not enough.’

Hyunseong, who left the battlefield, clenched his teeth in regret.

He had expectations that if he activated the survival instinct skill, he might be able to defeat the orc chieftain.

But that hope was in vain.

Even after activating the Survival Instinct skill, it was all about gaining a bit of an edge by forming an equal number.

But that’s just Hyunseong’s idea.

The surviving rankers were astonished by Hyunseong’s fighting power.

In particular, the shock of the rankers who recognized who Hyunseong was was really great.

At first, even the rankers did not recognize the identity of Hyunseong, who suddenly intervened in the orc warchief raid.

But after the battle, I figured out who Hyunseong was.

This is because many of the surviving rankers were members of the former Imoogi extermination squad.

In the eyes of rankers, Hyunseong was truly a monster.

Hyunseong played all his positions perfectly.

He took on the role of the tank when the tank was pushed, and the dealer when the deal ran out.

He even played the role of a secondary healer as Miss Hill, although it was hard to believe that he had learned it as a secondary skill.

In particular, by the time he retreated, he even briefly dealt with the legendary orc high chieftain, a legendary monster.

No matter how much buff-type passive skills are used, can a single player face a legendary monster alone?

All rankers had received the buff of Hana Kim.

However, even after receiving the buff, they could only work together to keep the orc warchief in check.

No, if it wasn’t for Hyunseong’s help, he could have buried his bones on the battlefield.

Rankers had a lot of questions about Hyunseong.

What the hell are the basic stats, how did you learn so many different skills, what your job is, how much the stat amplification of the passive skill of the buff type that you activated last, etc.

But no one could ask Hyunseong any questions.

This is because, as a player, he knew how rude it would be to ask about the skills, stats, and occupations of other players.

“Do you remember me?”

Then one of the rankers spoke to Hyunseong.

Hyunseong looked away.

He had a familiar face.

Kang In-hee.

He was one of the rankers I met when he came out of defeating Blue Drake.

She was also a member of the Imoogi Kill Squad.

“Yes, I remember. Was it Kang In-hee?”

“Oh, you remember my name.”

There’s no way I can’t remember

Because she was a dealer with exceptional skills among the rankers.

Having a unique job as a magician, she appeared on TV several times and was one of the famous rankers among the general public.He was also a person who played a great role together with Shin Yoon-a during the Lee Moo-gi raid.

“Thank you so much for your help. Without Hyunseong’s help, it would have been really bad.”

As Kang In-hee added her words, rankers who knew Hyunseong came up to him one by one and talked to him.

When we met before, the rankers didn’t really care about Hyunseong.

“Is this the guy who came out of Drake’s boat?” she just gave her curious glances.

But now it was different.

Rankers were looking at Hyunseong with the eyes of fans looking at celebrities.

Hyunseong continued the conversation with the rankers.

There is no need to distance yourself from rankers for nothing.

Rather, the more friendships you build, the better.

When Hyunseong was talking with the rankers for a while.

A man with red hair approached Hyunseong.

“Nice to meet you, Choi Hyunseong. My name is Kang Seon-young, the president of the Players Association.”

A middle-aged man with her bulging muscles introduced himself and held out her right hand.

A small laugh broke out among the rankers.

At this, her man looked at the rankers with her young expression.

Her rankers pretended they didn’t see her man’s gaze and smirked at her.

Hyunseong laughed a little too.

It was because his outward appearance and name did not match too much.

“Nice to meet you, President of the Association.”

Hyunseong also held out his right hand.

The two shook hands lightly.

“Can you give me a moment?”

“Anyway.”

Hyunseong readily answered her man’s question.

* * *

Hyunseong and the president of the association arrived at the office.

“Sit down.”

At the words of the president of the association, Hyunseong sat down on the chair.

“ We have received a lot of reports about Hyunseong. That’s why it’s the first time I’ve seen you in person, but it’s not unfamiliar.”

At the president’s words, Hyunseong smiled and opened her mouth.

“I don’t know much about the former president of the association, so it feels unfamiliar.”

At Hyunseong’s words, the president’s eyebrows were slightly distorted.

But it was only for a moment.

“Hahaha, it’s only natural that it feels unfamiliar because it’s actually the first meeting. Wouldn’t it be better to build friendships in the future?”

The president of the association said with a smirk.

“of course. If it’s mutually beneficial, there’s no reason to refuse. What did you come to me for?”

“The orc warchief and orc shaman have turned out to be legendary monsters. So, just like the Imoogi Killers, we plan to build a kill squad to eliminate the orc warchief and orc shaman.”“It will be a much more difficult battle than the Imoogi Raid.”

Imoogi was incredibly strong.

But there was only one.

As such, there was no element that could interfere with the raid of the kill squad.

But orcs lead a herd life.

Like the first battle, there was a high probability that a large number of hero grade orcs would intervene in the raid.

Aren’t there not even one, not two, legendary level monsters?

“Probably so. The biggest problem is the inability to use modern firearms.”

“Why can’t I use it? Is it because you are worried about destroying the facility?”

Hyunseong questioned that.

In fact, even at the time of the first subjugation, if a large-scale bombardment was carried out before players were deployed, the number of rare and heroic orcs could be greatly reduced without knowing the legendary orc warchief and orc shaman.

“The people are being held hostage by the orcs. So bombing is impossible.”

“A hostage?”

At the completely unexpected words, Hyunseong was not a bit bewildered.

Monsters take hostages?

What nonsense does that mean?

“Actually, they are not being held hostage, but they seem to be taking it as emergency food.”

“Emergency food?”

“Yes, there are about 7,000 civilians isolated at the center of the orc horde. Orcs would normally leave them alone, but when they were hungry, they would eat a few.”

Hyunseong was at a loss for words.

It was well known that orcs were cannibals.

It’s not terribly strange. Because most monsters eat humans.

However, this was the first time that a human had been kept alive and eaten like an orc.

“My head hurts.”

You cannot bomb where civilians are.

“Once again, we plan to deploy a large number of players together with the military. Together with him, we will organize two kill squads to target the orc warchief and the orc shaman at the same time.”

“Then why are you calling that story separately?”

That was strange.

Although it is said that Hyunseong did a great job in this battle, he didn’t need to call him and tell him this.

“I will tell you straight up. I plan to appoint Choi Hyunseong as the captain of one of the extermination squads.”

“Why me… … ?”

Hyunseong asked with a puzzled expression.

Among the rankers, there were many people who could play the role of captain.

“ Because Choi Hyunseong was alone with the orc warchief for a while. Could you please open the detailed information of the buff-type passive skill that you activated against the orc warchief?”

At the words of the president of the association, Hyunseong was able to understand what the opponent wanted.

“I can’t tell you the details, but I think I can tell you about the activation conditions, duration, and cooldown.”

“It is enough to open that much.”

“Before that, may I know why you are asking that? To be honest, even if I receive the buff from Hana Kim, I have no confidence to defeat the orc warchief within the duration of the buff-type passive skill.”“ I intend to provide one consumable item to Mr. Hyunseong.”

With those words, the president of the association took out a jewel red like blood.

“Let’s check the item information.”

At the words of the president of the association, Hyunseong confirmed the item information of the red jewel.

Ogre’s Blood – Heroic Rank

– Borrows some of the ogre’s physical abilities.

-Increases strength, agility, and stamina stats by 40% for 30 minutes.

-When the ogre’s true blood is consumed, the strength, agility, and stamina stats are permanently reduced by 10%.

– How to use: Ingestion

‘This is a complete upgrade to the heart of the werewolf king.’

The duration was reduced, but the increasing stats were rather increased.

The penalty was the same.

“Are you saying you’re going to use this to defeat the orc warchief?”

At Hyunseong’s question, the president of the association nodded his head and opened his mouth.

“ I think that if Choi Hyunseong’s buff skill and the effect of this item are activated at the same time, he will be able to defeat the orc warchief. If Hana Kim’s buff and rankers cooperate, even if the orc warchief casts the Berserk skill, we will be able to win 100%.”

After the speech, the president of the Association waited for Hyunseong’s answer with an anxious expression.

But he didn’t seem to be expecting much.

In fact, it was normal.

In order to become stronger for 30 minutes, do you have to risk a permanent 10% reduction in strength, agility, and stamina stats?

Which player would welcome it?

“ If Choi Hyunseong accepts, I will forgive all the debt I owe to purchase the legendary skill book. Also, I will give you one of the loot you want after the orc warchief raid is over for free.”

Hyunseong entered the long django.

‘not bad.’

If other rankers had heard it, it would have sounded crazy.

However, it was absolutely not a bad deal for Hyunseong, who can restore his stats.

You can cancel your existing debt and get one legendary item.

In reality, it was like receiving two legendary items.

Considering the price of a legendary item, the points to restore the consumed stats were like new feet of blood.

Currently, Hyunseong’s basic stats for strength, agility, and stamina are 400.

If 10% is reduced, strength, agility, and stamina will decrease by 40 each, evaporating a total of 120 stats.

With 36 billion points, it is possible to recover lost stats.

Considering the fact that he was given two legendary items worth hundreds of billions of points, it was a no-brainer.

Considering that Hana Kim’s buffs and the help of rankers were also included, the success rate of the Orc Warchief raid was almost 100% even when considering all variables including the Berserk skill.

‘But the president of the association doesn’t know that.’

That meant you could play around with a little more guts.

“After the Orc Warchief raid is over, give me two items I want for free. And apart from that, I want a loot sales settlement commensurate with the contribution.”

The president of the association thought for a moment.

But the answer he was going to give was as if it had been decided.

“I will.”

With the approval of the president of the association, Hyunseong called for delight.

One more legendary item has been added.

And even the loot sales settlement!

Since it was natural for Hyunseong to rank first in contribution, it was obvious that a large amount of sales settlement money would come in.

“Take good care of me.”

Hyunseong reached out and asked for a handshake.

“I wish you well too. And thank you very much for making this difficult decision.”

A satisfied smile appeared on the faces of Hyunseong and the president of the association as they held hands.

It was a transaction that both sides were satisfied with.

But the reality was different.

The president of the association thought that Hyunseong took a big loss.

For the player, stat evaporation was a permanent loss that could never be recovered.

However, from the point of view of Hyunseong, who can recover stats as long as he has points, stat evaporation was only a temporary loss, not a permanent loss.

Considering the benefits that can be obtained after that, it was like an unfair transaction that only took a lot of profits without any damage.

If the president of the association knew the truth, it would be a scam, but there was no way for him to know the truth.

“Oh, and I have a favor to ask you.”

“You tell me. I will listen to anything that is possible under my authority.”

“I would like you to raise my rank within the association to the level of team leader. And I want you to create a new team around me.”

At Hyunseong’s words, the president of the association thought for a moment.

There are several teams in the Players Association with the association president and vice president centered.

Those teams are, in fact, the mainstay of the Players Association.

The most representative being was the inspection team.

The head of the inspection team was Shin Yoon-ah.

The inspection team is also called the inspection team, and the leader is called the team leader or captain.

The authority of the team leader is quite strong.

There was a lot of budget allocated, and they were given the authority to run the team independently.

Besides, there was no one in the Players’ Association with a specific rank that he could touch with the exception of the association president and vice president.

No, even the president and vice president of the association cannot give instructions or discipline the team leader without justifiable reasons.

It was possible for the team leader to raise his own faction within the association as much as he wanted.

‘There’s nothing bad about it.’

After thinking for a while, the president of the association came to a conclusion.

Compared to the damage Hyunseong took, he was able to satisfy such a demand.

Besides, Hyunseong is a very special player.

He not only possesses unique skills, but has grown into a ranker-level strong in a short period of less than two years.

He was qualified to be the leader of the Players Association.

Crucially, the president of the association paid attention to Hyunseong’s change of attitude.

Hyunseong has continued to show a willingness to leave the Players Association.Therefore, the president of the association knew that Hyunseong would demand the termination of the life contract.

But surprisingly, he demanded the title of team leader.

Hyunseong’s request for the team leader position was the same as that he had completely stopped thinking about leaving the Players Association.

‘Did you have any greed for power?’

There was nothing bad about it.

Rather, it was a good thing.

From the perspective of the Players Association, we had to unconditionally hold on to Hyunseong, who possessed unique skills and showed an unimaginable growth rate.

What if Hyunseong is greedy for power?

stop giving

“great. We do that.”

When the president of the association gave permission, a satisfied smile formed on Hyunseong’s lips.

“thank you. In fact, I was thinking about what to do if I refused.”

“The Players Association puts skill first. If you have skills and personality like Choi Hyunseong, you are fully qualified to take the position of team leader.”

“Hahaha, that’s an exaggeration.”

“It’s not overdone. Wasn’t he the one who made great sacrifices for the cause?”

Hyunseong and the president of the association continued a friendly conversation.

“Could you give me more information about the buff-type passive skills?”

In response to the president’s question, Hyunseong gladly informed the activation conditions and activation time of the survival instinct skill.

“The trigger conditions are a bit tricky.”

Hearing Hyunseong’s explanation, the president of the association put on a troubled expression.

“I will face him alone. Then there is a high probability that the skill will be activated.”

“It can be dangerous.”

“You have to take that kind of risk. Don’t you know how many casualties there will be if we leave the orcs like this? We need to get rid of them as soon as possible.”

Hearing this, the president of the association decided to form a crisis response team without talking to Hyunseong.

Because the skill didn’t activate, so Hyunseong couldn’t be seriously injured or killed.

‘I thought I was an individualist who only cares about my own interests, but I made a big mistake.’

At the time of the first subjugation, I did not have to go out, but I did.

The point of accepting the operation at the risk of losing his own stats.

Even suggesting a way that could be life-threatening.

The president of the association was quite impressed by Hyunseong’s actions.

Along with him, he deeply reflected on his actions that had misunderstood Hyunseong.

But the president of the association did not know.

The fact that Hyunseong made such a choice was because it was thoroughly beneficial to him.

Also, from the standpoint of Hyunseong, who has a certain survival skill called Skill Blink and Immortality, it was never a gamble to risk his life to face a legendary monster alone.

* * *

The orc subjugation team was defeated.

This fact was made known to the public in near real time.

It was the two legendary orcs that were blamed for the massive defeat of the subjugation team.When they heard the news that not one, but two legendary orcs had appeared, the people fell into a state of panic.

In particular, the anxiety of the people living in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do has reached its peak.

As seen in the case of Kyushu, Japan, the monster wave, which has failed to subdue once, continues to grow in size.

Japan also failed to deal with the Fukuoka incident in the early stages, and eventually the entire Kyushu region became a monster’s den.

There was no law in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do not to do that.

The evacuation procession lined up.

People living in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do have abandoned their homes and started moving south.

The Korean government first became a member of the UN Allied Forces and brought in its own rankers and high-level players who were fighting monsters in other countries.

At the same time, he requested assistance from the United Nations Command.

And by publicizing that fact extensively, he announced that the second subjugation war would soon begin.

The government encouraged the public by announcing that in the second subjugation war, they would be able to subdue the orcs with certainty.

However, it was not possible to rectify the people’s chaos to such an extent.

* * *

Rankers and high-level players, including Shin Yoon-ah, returned home at once.

They weren’t the only ones coming.

Rankers from other countries and high-level players belonging to the UN Allied Forces also stepped on Korean soil together.

As soon as the reinforcements arrived, the Korean government immediately announced a plan to subdue the orcs.

Based on the overwhelming power superiority, the content was to wipe out the Orcs at once.

However, the United Nations forces expressed disapproval of the plan.

“Is there any way to stop the psychic attack skills used by the orc warchief? If you can’t stop the orc warchief, there is a high probability that the subjugation will fail in the future. Consider the case of the first Legendary-grade monster Imoogi.”

At Jason, who is leading the players of the UN Allied Forces, Kang Seon-young, the president of the Korea Players Association, frowned.

“Didn’t it say that the exterminator would take out legendary-grade monsters and deal with them?”

“Can you hunt a legendary level monster in a short time? Even if the psychic attack skill explodes once during a battle, it will cause a huge loss of life.”

“You have to take that kind of risk. So you mean to leave the orcs alone?”

“We cannot move unless we have countermeasures against the psychic attack skill.”

“Aren’t you reinforcements? Are you going to just avoid battles because of the danger?”

“I am willing to make any sacrifices for victory, but I do not intend to be killed by participating in such an imperfect plan.”

Kang Seon-young, the president of the association, and Jason, the leader of the Allied Forces, fought fiercely.

‘It’s a bitch.’

Hyunseong left a brief review.

Players belonging to the UN Allied Forces are not soldiers.

Their belonging to the UN Allied Forces is also only a temporary measure.

But still, I felt like I was pursuing safety too much.

Actually, I don’t understand it at all.

From their point of view, they would not want to risk their lives to subdue monsters in other countries.

The UN Allied Forces’ monster subjugation was carried out only when they had a thorough military superiority.

In the case of Kyushu, Japan, the subjugation began only after the overwhelming power was gathered.

Then, when he missed the joins, he gave up on subjugation altogether.If they had divided their forces and pursued the battle to the end, they would have been able to annihilate the Joining tribes.

However, it was eventually withdrawn due to the high risk of individual breakouts.

Actually, that was half an excuse.

It is not without the risk of being defeated, but the real reason for giving up the subjugation of the Joining tribe is that the UN allied forces are likely to inflict damage.

The strength and the most fatal weakness of the UN Allied Forces is that players from all over the world are gathered.

If heavy damage is expected, players will first refuse to fight.

In fact, even in Korea, when sending rankers to Japan, they were instructed to simply return to their home country if serious damage was expected.

The association president Kang Seon-young and the coalition leader Jason did not reach an agreement in the end.

Jason left first, and in the end, only Korean players were left in the meeting room.

“That damn player supremacist son of a bitch. You’re wasting time on purpose.”

Ranker Yoon In-hwan burst into anger.

The reason Korea is unable to conduct large-scale bombing is because of the hostages held by the orcs.

But the hostages were getting smaller.

Perhaps in two or three days, the hostages will all be thrown into the orcs’ ships.

It was clear that Jason was aiming for that moment.

When the hostage disappears, bombardment can be applied, and then the orc horde can be subjugated with much less damage.

It’s always been like this.

Jason was insensitive to the casualties of ordinary people.

On the other hand, he tried his best to minimize the damage to the player.

In the meantime, many ordinary people have been victimized because of Jason’s course of action.

Yoon In-hwan, who witnessed it countless times, hated Jason, thinking he was a supreme player.

“Isn’t it impossible to subdue alone?”

At Shin Yoon-ah’s question, the association president Kang Seon-young nodded her head.

Korea suffered great damage during the first subjugation.

Many rankers and high-level players died.

Under such circumstances, conducting the second subjugation alone in Korea was no different from suicide.

In the end, South Korea had to stay locked up until it was able to persuade the UN allied forces.

“There’s no guarantee they’ll stay still until then.”

Yoon In-hwan burst into anger again.

Orcs are monsters.

No one could predict how long they would remain quiet.

It could have been a genocide by scattering all over the place right now.

“For now, I think the only option is to hold the meeting again tomorrow. Everyone worked hard to come a long way. Let’s get some rest tonight.”

At the words of the association president Kang Seon-young, the rankers were scattered.

Shin Yoon-ah approached Hyunseong, who was about to leave the conference room.

“ Choi Hyunseong, can you spare a moment for me?”

At Shin Yoona’s question, Hyunseong nodded his head and opened his mouth.

“of course.”