The Reincarnation of Fusion Punk - Chapter 230



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#232.

Ahimsa lasted one minute.

That too, against a swordsman who has been through thick and thin in the battlefield.

A battle in which the adaptation to the enhanced body parts and artificial danjeon of the devil has not yet been completed. Although the power drawn from the danjeon was wasted meaninglessly, if he learns more of the ascending martial arts and adapts to the changed body, there seems to be great room for improvement.

I handed over the pocket watch with a rather satisfied heart.

And Dominic, the swordsman who failed to overcome Ahimsa, had to admit that he was wrong. He opened his mouth, trying hard to erase his expression of embarrassment.

“···I acknowledge the ownership and waive the right to recovery.”

“That aside, what about the other four swordsmen?”

“I will personally persuade them. They will not be evaded again.”

He was not a young man with a fresh face, but a middle-aged knight, and he bowed down politely. His hands were itching, but he held back. He had to send Lee Ja back safely from the beginning. He didn’t want those annoying guys to get entangled in the law and procedures and hold him back.

“Let’s just say that. We’re from the same Valhalla family.”

“Are you headed to Valhalla? If so, together-”

“I branched off from Valhalla a long time ago. Now, Ragnarok is my home.”

“I see. I understand.”

Dominic the Swordsman collected his own sword, which had been cut cleanly. Before he turned around, his hazy eyes turned towards Ahimsa.

“Long ago, the slaughter machine I remember never smiled brightly. So, the words ‘machine’ were a foolish slip of the tongue.”

“······.”

“And your artificial dagger seems to be far more powerful than the type normally supplied to the Federation. Judging by the energy flowing out of it, it’s no less powerful than our swordsmen’s artificial daggers. So I really hope that it doesn’t end up in someone else’s hands, especially the martial arts world.”

The gaze of the sword master passed Ahimsa and landed on me. The sword master bowed his head to me and quickly moved away.

By the way… It seems that even the sword masters don’t know for sure. It seems that the artificial short circuit of the five sword masters of Valhalla could not have been made with materials superior to the essence of the named evil masters.

Anyway, like that.

The Sword Master had to turn back without gaining anything, and we completely took possession of the artificial short circuit, the pinnacle of magical engineering technology that only some of the Federation forces and five Sword Masters can use.

I gained a lot from this trip to Al Heimdall City.

The broken ray returned to my second love, and even Ahimsa, whom I almost lost forever as I made my way through the barrier alone to Baldur, was returned to its original place next to me.

I soon boarded the ultra-luxurious carrier that Slomokin had prepared.

Hooooo—

The carrier quickly shot into the air, leaving behind the elven statue of Al Heimdall.

This concludes my half-year break.

Now back to Ragnarok City.

* * *

Ragnarok City. Van Company.

Knock knock—

“what!”

Lena, who had been spending time with a bored expression, pushed her chair and got up. The flat robots that had been cleaning the floor of the office moved around making a beeping sound as if they had caught dust. The office, which had been quiet like dawn, suddenly became lively.

“······.”

Lena, with the aforementioned face, unconsciously turned her head and looked out the window. It was the area where City Station was located. Of course, it wouldn’t be visible from this distance.

“Revan will arrive at Ragnarok Station?”

Lena cleared her throat in surprise.

I was so happy to hear that he was still alive after such a great incident in Baldur. However, the first city that Revan headed to after recovering was not here, but Al Heimdall. Of course, there must have been circumstances that made him go there. Besides, he had been traveling around the Federation for over half a year.

But I couldn’t hide the feeling of disappointment for some reason. The insomnia that had gotten better a little came back and tormented me at night. Was this also a type of emotional instability?

“······.”

After thinking for a moment, Lena hurried out of the office.

Lena’s office was filled with only dust-sucking robots. A doll suddenly popped out from a dark corner where shadows had fallen. It was the doll of Castra Vietang, who had been keeping a low profile.

“Hmm, since you’re running out like that, I feel like I want to go too?”

【It’s okay if you don’t come.】

“······!?”

Suddenly, the will that pierced her mind eerily hardened Vietang’s face. She too turned her stiff neck and stared out the window. Her field of vision endlessly expanded by magic. The scenery around the station became clearer and clearer.

But the sky above Ragnarok Station, where only lights blinked, was quiet. No carriers had yet been seen landing in the city.

To that fact.

“This doesn’t make sense.”

Bye-tang quietly swept his creepy arm down. It meant that the message was sent from a wider radius than the area he was aware of.

Vietang muttered with a strange expression on his face, as if he could not believe it.

“······How did you get there before me? I’m definitely not slow.”

Saaaaaaah—

A magical power that was noticeably thicker than before flowed out. A strange magical power that strongly weighed down the entire area. The formation of Unpyeong, which protected the anti-company, reacted greatly and calmed down the magical power that had flowed out.

A huge wall of realm that had been blocking the path of Vue Tang for over 30 years, invisible to others. Today, that solid wall is finally showing signs of collapsing. But a man who had been crawling at the bottom for a long time jumped over that wall in an instant?

“Haa~”

Castra Vietang simply let out a hollow laugh.

* * *

Ragnarok arrived safely.

Woooooooooo—

The carrier landed slowly at the city station.

However, the boarding gate was just opening.

Over there.

I could see Lena awkwardly waiting, kicking her feet. Her eyes were dark, as if she had not been able to sleep due to insomnia. Beneath her welcoming face, a feeling of disappointment was unconsciously being conveyed.

And even beneath that sadness, emotions that could not be expressed were clearly revealed. These were emotions that a person could feel naturally, regardless of whether he had reached level 10.

“······.”

Before I got off the carrier, my priorities were roughly like this.

Maybe it was because I couldn’t beat up Rudolph for long, but strange thoughts kept coming to my mind. Of course, this is quite common for me, who has a history of going crazy. So I looked for trash that I didn’t mind beating up and punching it, or I tried to sweep up the corpse outside the barrier until the thoughts disappeared. That was the first time.

Next, go to a reasonably delicious restaurant to fill your stomach, have a chat with Neung Gwang-gaek, the Seven Seated Ones of Ragnarok City, and then return to Ban Company to rest for a while······.

I made plans like that.

“hmm.”

But the moment I saw Lena’s black hair from afar, the complicated plan I had worked so hard on seemed completely useless. I felt like that time was wasted.

Because something came rushing in like a tidal wave and swept away all my distracting thoughts.

The Three Kings, the King of Gye, the Evil One, the Seven Seats, the dying residents, the Federation General whose neck I cut off with my own hands. The complex afterimages that had been rushing in and trying to mess with my mind at any moment shattered into small pieces like broken ice. The wall that had blocked and imprisoned those thoughts collapsed for a moment.

Jumped out of the carrier.

Hooooo—

A gentle breeze blows below Ragnarok Station.

The realization that I have finally returned has become very real, and the air of Ragnarok feels close to my skin. It is like when the upper chamber opens and accepts the energy of the world, the five senses become more sensitive. People are so unpredictable.

“!”

I took a step forward and hugged Lena, who was hesitating, and gently stroked her back. Lena, who glared at me with reddened eyes and buried her head, tried to say something, but her pronunciation was slurred as she tried to suppress her inexplicable sobs. I tried to comfort Lena, saying, “It’s okay.” I didn’t really know what was okay, but I said that anyway.

Some time passed like that.

The excitement and longing that no one could explain slowly flowed away, and it flowed to the point where we could throw funny jokes at each other.

During that time, the second hand must have made several turns. The minute and hour hands didn’t move at all. It was such a small movement compared to the time that had passed while it had stopped. But it was okay.

“let’s go.”

Eventually, Ahimsa and Lena left the station.

I could easily find a decent restaurant without having to beat up anyone. Ahimsa didn’t eat food. So Lena and I ordered bread and soup to fill our bellies. Objectively speaking, it was a tasteless place. It’s not easy for bread and soup to be tasteless, but it really was tasteless.

But I didn’t mind spending time with Lena catching up on the conversations I had been having, and the taste of the food wasn’t that important. I thought of it as a good place to reminisce instead of chewing on hard bread.

After filling our bellies, we explored the various areas of Ragnarok that had changed and arrived at the main gate of Ban Company.

Lena often opened her mouth as she ran towards him.

“I’ll call everyone to the conference room!”

“Has Rudolph arrived too?”

“You must have just fallen asleep when you arrived today. You look really tired. Should I wake you up?”

“Of course I should wake him up and call him out. He’s the type of guy who can’t sleep.”

While Lena gathers the executives of the company into the conference room.

The tallest building in the Ragnarok city center, the headquarters of Ban Company. I looked down at the night view of the city from the rooftop there. Unlike when I stood on the western wall of Baldur and looked at the blood-stained city center… It was really quite normal.

Baldur, many died in that narrow land. Living in a narrow land with a wall around them, when the time came, they all died as if it was fate. Like being locked in a chicken coop and slaughtered. I survived, but I am not in a very good mood.

I clicked my tongue.

About an hour later.

I went down to the conference room after feeling depressed on the rooftop. There was no empty seat at the long table in the conference room. There were many faces I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve gathered like this.”

Lena. Ahimsa. Rudolph. Dylan. Unpyeong. Chloe. Cassandra. Rubenka. Jong-hu-pyo. Wang-cho-sam… Vietang did not show himself, perhaps because he was worried about the intervention of the three gods.

Anyway, the executives and close associates of the company gathered in one place.

I sat down at the head of the table and declared immediately.

“As of today, I will stop resting and return to work.”

Then Dylan smiled heartily and greeted me happily.

“Aside from a fake representative with a title like me, you finally have a real representative. Did this Baldur incident change your mind? You were talking about some kind of achievement and you were taking a huge amount of essence.”

yet.

Dylan said, banging on the long, large table.

“Ban Company is now a complete megacorp. Not only is your chairman the Twelve Emperor, but he has also reached a level of madness. There is nothing left to do until this fucking world is destroyed.”

—···!

These were the words that confirmed that I had reached level 10.

The expressions of those who had been hesitating each changed strangely. No matter how great and powerful a group of powers is, it is extremely difficult to touch a company where a level 10 big shot is holding the position of chairman.

Even if a dispute with the infamous Sacheondang Corporation arises, it is a large corporation that can be resolved appropriately through rational dialogue and reconciliation. The areas in which the company can exert its power will increase several times.

The chip business linked to Al Heimdall will also gain speed, and even if even more powerful martial arts and magic chips are sprayed into the air right now, there will be few who will dare to object. Furthermore, even if there are a few, Ban Company is the king and leader in this Ragnarok City.

The atmosphere became one where those sitting at the table were waiting for my next words.

He quickly opened his mouth for those who were waiting.

“Yeah. What should our company, now a megacorp, do in this fucked up world?”

Dylan was the first to step forward and answer.

“I’m going to keep earning a ton of credits, spend them in a flashy way before I go broke, and then die. I’m going to sit on top of this city without worrying about what anyone thinks, enjoy all the power I can, and then die on the last day of the world.”

Poor Rudolph followed Dylan, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

“Oh, is that okay?”

Jong-Hoo Pyo also got excited for no reason and said something.

“This will be the smartest thing to say in this room. Most of the people who will open their mouths in the future are idealists who have no answers.”

“······Ah, how noisy. That stupid parrot.”

“······.”

Now, Rubenka, who had given up on me, was staring at the end table like a target, and Unpyeong was speechless as to what he was thinking. However, he was a character who felt pity for those who were dying, and wanted to bring out the monks of the monastery who were trapped in a fake world into the world. Even without asking, Unpyeong’s purpose was clear.

At that moment, the king of openness, Chosam, opened his mouth.

“But what does this company lack? It has enough funds because it has an abundance of hidden essence, and its connections are excellent, and it doesn’t have to fight over existing businesses… So all that’s left is to spend money. Even if it’s just buying up all the remaining land in the city and starting a real estate business….”

Lena shook her head.

“We don’t have that much spare money either.”

When the conversation was about to go in a strange direction.

Finally, Ron Cassandra, a former Academy professor, stepped in and sorted things out.

“This is not the time to be talking nonsense. Loki and Baldur City have been hit. Where will they go next? Surtr and Valhalla City are the strongest in the Federation, so the corpses will protect themselves, and Al Heimdall and Odin are also quite strong. Then, what’s left is Freya and Ragnarok, but if Freya, who borders the sea, disappears, the Federation will disappear as well. Most of the freshwater supplied to the Federation comes from there.”

—······.

“While many powerful people died, they either abandoned the city they had worked so hard to reclaim and fled, or they came up with a plan first. Isn’t that one of the two?”

The noise level has decreased. That wasn’t a wrong statement.

Ragnarok is a city with nothing special about it, just people flocking to it in search of a new city and a better environment to live in. It is also the closest place to Loki, who has completely fallen into ruin and turned into a land of corpses.

Of course, I didn’t want to pour cold water on the atmosphere.

He slowly opened his mouth.

“No matter which city you hide in, the ending is the same. Ragnarok. The name resonates. It’s better and cleaner to start over. There’s no force that can stop Ban Company in Ragnarok City… So doesn’t that mean we can do whatever we want?”

All eyes around the table gathered, and my thoughts were released.

“Starting with Ban Company, we will make this entire Ragnarok into one huge sphere of influence. If there are any residents who want it, we will train them with jaw-dropping martial arts and magic chips, and if there is not enough land, we will continue to expand the wall. We will not only go out and collect essence, but also literally grow the capacity of the city itself. As time goes by, this Ragnarok will become the front line of humanity. It may even become the last remaining city in the Federation.”

As soon as I finished speaking, a heavy silence fell for a moment.

And a little later.

The parrot, Jong-Hoo-Pyo, opened his beak and summarized my words briefly.

“I don’t know if the Seven Seats here will allow it, but it sounds like you’re planning to turn Ragnarok into a war city?”

Jong-hu-pyo flapped his wings with a look of weariness.

“Oh my, you crazy bastard.”

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