The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 115



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Episode 115

115. My mouth is on my fist.

dripping.

Before the owner of the room could even tell her to come in, Pyo Beom-hee opened the door and went in.

“Chief Kang.”

“yes.”

“Busy? Let me talk.”

Kang Mu-hyeok rubbed his heavy eyes and stretched his shoulders, which had been hunched over from working long hours.

“I’m never not busy, so it doesn’t matter when. What’s the matter?”

“There are some problems.”

Pyobeomhee sat down on the desk, handing over the tablet she had been holding at her side.

“This is a list of hunters who should be given special attention among those entering the Hunter Village.”

Kang Moo-hyuk read the document that appeared on the screen and spoke as if he was troubled.

“There are a few A-rank hunters here. There are also named ones. Didn’t you decide not to grant entry to those above A-rank?”

“It’s not just the A-rank that’s the problem. That list only picks out the ones that are worth noting. There are quite a few people who have changed from the original reservations, including hunters who don’t belong to any organization. And today’s entrants haven’t even been selected yet, and that’s already the case.”

“There is definitely a problem. How did so many people get in?”

“There’s no problem with individual reservations, but with parties. The policy of transferring authority when changing party members due to injuries or scheduling issues was a problem. I found out that our tickets were being traded online. I heard that some of them even mobilized brokers.”

“As expected, it seems like it’s a problem with the entry permission transfer system.”

Kang Moo-hyuk felt bitter when a problem arose in a place he had guessed.

Pyobeomhee’s eyes widened at his indifferent reaction.

“As expected? What? You knew?”

“Yes. Because it is a system that was created on purpose.”

“What are you talking about? Are you doing it on purpose?”

“I needed a criterion to filter things out.”

With an answer that was completely incomprehensible, Pyo Beom-hee asked for a more detailed explanation.

Kang Moo-hyuk said as he repeatedly touched the tablet to turn the screen.

“I’m currently conducting a risk assessment. However, since there was no base model from the Taesung era, I’m initializing everything and starting over.”

“Risk assessment? Do you have the people to do that right now? No, more importantly, do you have the ability to do it?”

It was no wonder that Pyo Beom-hee was surprised. Kang Mu-hyeok’s work was not a simple task.

It was a field usually only touched by large guilds of Class A or higher, or to broaden the scope, by mid-sized guilds with a solid foundation.

It was a system implemented to diagnose factors such as hunting, management, conflict, and supply crises by examining factors that pose a risk to the guild, such as the activities of other guilds, high-ranking hunters, gate raids, monster hunting, government policies, and public opinion trends, and to predict future incidents and prepare countermeasures.

The problem was that this work required enormous manpower and cost.

Because it is an industry with so many variables, there were many cases where modeling was not successful, but since the guild’s capabilities allowed it to respond within the margin of error, large guilds necessarily adopted it.

“I’m going through all this trouble now because I can’t afford to do ‘full modeling.’ That’s why we need a filtering standard.”

“Oh? It’s called the ‘minimum environmental sample’?”

“Yes. First, we tried to select the guilds that were interested in our guild. If they were interested enough to use tricks to enter, it means that they have the potential to influence Iron Will, whether through threats or cooperation. Rather than just keeping them tightly bound and then being hit by methods that we can’t control, it’s easier to manage if we just let them in through a hole.”

Leopard Hee said, “I’m so touched.”

“Huh? Even Chief Kang is really something. Doing work that drives him crazy all by himself. It would be better to do it later after the guild has grown bigger. Anyway, I’m telling you that the best in Korea is the one who suffers the most.”

“Since the guild leader has been ranked up, we can’t delay it any longer. We can’t be sure how long the existence of S-ranks will remain a secret. We need to prepare in advance.”

Iron Will was a rare and unique case not only in Korea but also around the world.

The guild’s capacity is C-class, but the scale of the business, excluding the gate, is closer to B-class. No, considering the potential of Rider Wolf, it was not even inferior to A-class.

The guild’s reputation was also no less than that of the Slayer Guild among the general public, thanks to the image it created through the Rider Wolf and Orc War Raids. Joo Sea’s popularity also played a part in this.

In addition, since they had S-rank hunters, their power was comparable to that of the Tier Guilds. Of course, the problem was that the average hunter ability, excluding Ju Se-ah, was far behind that of other guilds.

‘It grew much faster than I expected. Now it’s just a big-headed guild. It’s not very pleasant to stumble every time you walk.’

While the general members were filled with dreams of success, Kang Mu-hyeok saw through the current situation and saw just how precarious the tightrope walking was.

If by any chance an enemy force were to attack Iron Will’s weak stepping stone, it could collapse completely.

After hearing what Kang Mu-hyeok said, Pyo Beom-hee could no longer speak about risk assessment.

She also knew this because she had worked in the Titan Guild. During the risk assessment week, the entire guild would become so sensitive that they would go into a state of shock. It was absurd to handle such work alone.

‘Is our guild’s problem that we don’t have anyone to help ease this burden? Hey, what are all the other former employees doing? Are they still just watching out for Titan? No, maybe they’re just sick of this industry… . Because they experienced the truth at Titan.’

Pyobeomhee thought of her former coworkers who had been kicked out of Titan and retired.

When she joined Iron Will, Kang Moo-hyuk sent an offer to all of them, but only four people, including herself, actually joined. If the rest of the members join, it would be like a thousand troops to Kang Moo-hyuk.

Among them, one person came to mind, who was not cheap, but who did his job neatly.

‘Hyun Jeong-geon, he may be a sloppy guy, but he’s really good. Where the hell did he go? I can’t even get in touch with him.’

When Pyo Beom-hee sighed in regret, Kang Mu-hyeok asked.

“You said there were a few problems? What else?”

“Oh, that’s right. There are some issues with the members. On patrol duty. This place is too big for the current staff. There are also a lot of visitors.”

“That will be resolved soon. Once the hunters who enter the hunting grounds begin hunting in earnest, the regular work of cleaning up monsters will decrease. Of course, we are also considering adding more hunters. In the meantime, please take good care of the communication team.”

“Does it work if you try to appease me? I just have to endure it. I’m really going crazy these days. I don’t know if I’m a nanny or a hunter.”

“Please have the communications team take good care of it, as we will resolve it as quickly as possible.”

“Can I lose?”

“It’s not ‘hit’, it’s ‘care.’”

“Seriously. I was joking around, then I’ll go to work.”

“I know you’re not joking.”

Kang Mu-hyeok spoke again to Pyo Beom-hee, who was turning around while picking up the tablet.

“I emphasize once again, do not do it like on Titan!”

“I’ll try.”

“It’s not about effort… … .”

Before Kang Mu-hyeok could finish speaking, Pyo Beom-hee closed the door and left.

He turned his attention away from Leopard Hee. Although he spoke playfully, he was not the type of person to disobey work instructions.

Then suddenly I remembered the list that Pyo Beom-hee had shown me. For some reason, I felt bad that I hadn’t looked at all the people on the list.

‘It’s bothering me that I haven’t been able to see everything.’

Unfortunately, the workload that Kang Mu-hyeok had to shoulder was too much. He didn’t have enough physical time to check each person and process them right away.

The other employees were the same. They were all busy with work.

Moreover, the task of assessing the risk considering the interests of the guild and the tendencies of the hunters could not be entrusted to just anyone. It was difficult to write a reliable opinion unless you were a professional analyst who had been working in the industry for a long time.

It was an impossible task for Ironwill, which was short on talent despite the guild’s rapid growth.

‘I can only hope that it passes quietly this time. Well, I’ve put in place safety measures, so it should be okay.’

Contrary to my expectations, I had an ominous feeling.

* * *

“Just call me Joo Sea!”

Leopard Hee frowned at the ‘Mana Howling’ she heard as she left the building.

She turned toward the community center.

In the center lobby, a man was standing there, arrogant and threatening the members, even though he had caused trouble.

A vein appeared on Leopard Hee’s forehead.

“Whose child’s name is our Gilma?! Why are you calling her that?!”

The man tilted his head at Angkaljin Pyobeomhee’s voice.

‘Huh? It’s not easy?’

Seeing Leopard Hee, who was unharmed despite being exposed to Mana Howling, he immediately asked her about her identity.

“Who are you?”

“Who are you?

“You don’t know me?”

“I don’t know, so I’m asking. When you come to someone else’s house, be polite and introduce yourself first.”

“Park Beom-il.”

The people were stirred by the name the man revealed.

“Park Beom-il? That Baekho Guild tiger?”

“Why is fighter Park Beom-il here? Isn’t that guy an A+ rank?”

“If I see you looking for Joo Sea Gilma, are you here to pick a fight?”

Even though people didn’t reveal the man’s identity, Pyo Beom-hee also knew who the famous person was.

The first party leader of the expedition team of the ‘White Tiger’ guild, a guild of a different tier from Slayer.

Known as a martial arts tank, he was famous for challenging strong hunters to duels wherever they were.

To most hunters, the mere mention of him would make them tremble in fear, but to Leopard King, he was not a surprising opponent.

‘I’ve already fought with a tyrant, so what’s the big deal?’

If it were the past, she would have been nervous, but since she had faced a tyrant before and had been ranked up to A+, she didn’t feel particularly excited when her opponent was Park Beom-il.

Park Beom-il asked again.

“So what about you?”

“Ironwill Guild Communication Team Leader, Pyo Beom-hee.”

“Community, what team?”

“You can think of it as being similar to other guild management teams.”

“Are you talking about Shidabari?”

“Are you rolling your tongue recklessly? Are you talking nonsense? We’re not a team that acts like thugs like that guild.”

Park Beom-il glared at Pyo Beom-hee as if he found it ridiculous.

“Hey, punk? What’s wrong with your tongue? Seriously, comparing a Tier Guild to a C-rank one? That’s ridiculous.”

“Of course I am rude. How can you compare a strong fool with an elegant intellectual like me?”

“Hey, aren’t you being too rude when you say ‘open mouth’?”

“If you’re going to call someone, call them properly. What are you talking about, what are you talking about? You’re younger than me, Nomu Shiki.”

“What? You little shit?”

As Pyo Beom-hee took the blow without giving a single word, the expression on Park Beom-il’s face, known as the Tiger Face, became even more fierce.

The opponent was not an ordinary person who didn’t know anything. Even though he was a member of a C-class guild, he was a hunter in name. He would know better than anyone what kind of guild the Baekho Guild was. However, it was quite annoying that he was acting so stiffly.

“Ha, I was trying to put it in a nice way.”

“I am the one who behaves well when I am spoken to nicely.”

“Who treats you nicely?!”

The moment Park Beom-il clenched his fist.

Bam!

Leopard Hee’s hand quickly reached out. Park Beom-il blocked her fist with his palm right in front of his face.

He growled, baring his teeth.

“They say they’re a communications team, but they use their hands better than their mouths.”

“I have a mouth on my fist.”

Park Beom-il laughed.

“So it’s light? It tickles.”

“I’m better at using other things than fists. But this one’s pretty heavy, right?”

“what?”

Suddenly, Park Beom-il’s body was crushed as if hit by a dump truck and flew into the air. He broke the lobby window and was thrown outside.

The hunters who had been holding their breath while the two people fought were bewildered as to what had happened.

Leopard Hee turned her head and looked at the protagonist who had just given her the order.

“good morning.”

“You, Eulji, are late today.”

“I haven’t been caught yet. If only the team leader would pretend not to know.”

“I’m glad Gilma isn’t here because of her external schedule.”

“I knew it and was late.”

Pyobeomhee laughed in vain as she looked at the youngest prospect in the guild. While she was afraid of Joo Se-ah, she also teased him whenever she had the chance, just like a high school student who tried to skip out on night study.

‘Is it big or dull?’

Goeulji said, pointing out the broken window.

“But who is that guy? He’s making a fuss so early in the morning… What a mess. It’s already annoying to have to go to work during the vacation, and now he’s making so much noise.”

“You hit someone without even knowing who they were?”

“I told you to hit me.”

“When me?”

“Just nod your chin like this.”

“I just told you to catch it. I didn’t tell you to hit it.”

“I didn’t hit it. I threw it.”

“Match or not.”

At that moment, Park Beom-il, who had been thrown out, came in through the broken window, exuding murderous intent.

“These guys, they throw people around and make a fuss and fall over?”

His body was changing. His thick muscles were bulging, his hair was growing longer, his molars were poking out his lips, and his round pupils were dilated horizontally.

The special trait of Park Beom-il, the hunter representing the Baekho Guild, was ‘Suinhwa’.

“I don’t like transforming ones because they have high resistance. Will the poison work on them?”

“Oh, right. For breaking the glass. Am I going to get in trouble for this again? What if they take it out of my paycheck?”

A black current of air flowed through Leopomhee’s body. At the same time, Goeulji’s hand reached out to Park Beomil.

As both sides prepared for battle, a shadow appeared behind Park Beom-il.

Park Beom-il noticed this and was about to strike from behind, but the shadow first thrust its blade. The cool tip of the blade touched Park Beom-il’s chin. A warning was sent to him.

“Hunter Park Beom-il. Isn’t it difficult to do this here?”

“Jang, Deukgu… … .”

“Are you still chasing after our Lady Gilma? Sorry, but a clammy man is not your type, Lady Gilma.”

When Jang Deuk-gu spoke teasingly, Park Beom-il ground his teeth.

“You were annoying me by interfering with me even when I was a Slayer. Are you going to block me here too?”

“Go back when I speak nicely. I don’t want to see blood in my new house.”

“You should take care of it sometime too.”

Contrary to what Sibijo said, Park Beom-il reversed his transformation and returned to his original form.

‘Those two women seem to be doing pretty well, but Jang Deuk-gu too? 3 to 1 is impossible.’

On the surface, he seemed to be doing things in a reckless manner, but as expected from a member of the Tier Guild Expedition, Park Beom-il was cool-headed in battle. He acknowledged his inferiority and retreated. What he wanted was a duel, not a brawl. Above all, he did not want to lose strength before meeting Joo Se-ah.

The hunters reacted with surprise at his avoidance of fight.

It’s none other than Park Beom-il.

It was unheard of for a beast known as a fighter to back down without a fight.

Park Beom-il was annoyed by the hunters’ gaze. He lost face in both the process and the result. He felt extremely wronged.

‘Damn! These guys don’t know Jang Deok-gu, so that’s why they’re acting like that.’

Park Beom-il knew Jang Deuk-gu well.

The villain of villains.

An enforcer who is merciless to villains, to the point of being called a demon.

He was not well known to the general hunters because he was active in the dark longer than in the light, but he was called the ‘Weapon Master’ among the high-ranking hunters who knew him. There was no weapon he could not handle, and he used all of them to the limit. The more weapons he could handle, the more difficult it was to fight. This was because his fighting style changed depending on which weapon he chose.

Park Beom-il didn’t think he would lose to him, but he couldn’t guarantee victory either. What was certain was that he would have to risk his life to win. He expected that it would end in a double-cross.

Park Beom-il opened his mouth so as not to give the impression that he was being pushed.

“I don’t intend to make a fuss. I just want to settle the score between you and the Slayer that I couldn’t settle with.”

“How can we win if we’ve never fought before?”

“Aren’t you and Seongseonje the ones who stopped me every time?”

“You were quiet for a while, but it looks like you’ve gotten into a fight again. Take it easy. It’s still a tightrope walk.”

“Why? Are you afraid that your family will be embarrassed?”

Ilsun Jang Deuk-gu just felt the urge to throw Park Beom-il at Joo Se-ah. He needs to see an S-rank punch before he comes to his senses.

‘But I can’t let them fight. If they fight, no matter how hard I try to hide it, the one who fought will feel that something is different.’

If that happens, it will be impossible to hide the fact that Joo Se Ah has become an S-rank. I couldn’t ruin the captain’s plan just to educate one arrogant hunter.

Kang Mu-hyeok must have assigned him to patrol to put an end to these disturbances.

“You’ll get your chance someday. But not now. Stop causing trouble and back off before I kick you out of here.”

“Okay. Today doesn’t seem to be the day.”

Park Beom-il backed down obediently. Jang Deok-gu looked at his unexpectedly obedient opponent with a puzzled look.

As Park Beom-il left the community center, Pyo Beom-hee stepped forward to sort out the situation.

“Okay, the sightseeing is over. Everyone, get to work.”

She ordered the staff to call the facilities team and repair the broken window. Jang Deok-gu nodded at Pyo Beom-hee and turned away.

Pyo Beom-hee also slightly lowered her head and took out her tablet. She was also busy, so she had not checked the list of people to watch out for one by one. She had not even been able to filter out the people who entered today. However, since she had confirmed Park Beom-il, it seemed like she could not just ignore him.

Go Eul-ji approached Pyo Beom-hee, who was concentrating on her tablet, and asked her a question.

“By the way, who is that old man? I think I saw him next to Gilma last time.”

“I don’t know exactly either. I heard from Director Kang that Gilma-nim is a teacher? A guardian? Something like that.”

“Master? Somehow. I thought you looked scary, and you were right.”

“Oh? I heard you knew your maternal grandfather. Have you ever seen him?”

“I don’t really care about association work. The only people I know there are probably the grandfathers who taught me.”

“Grandfathers?”

“Yes. My maternal grandfather’s friends.”

Pyo Beom-hee, who had been talking without taking her eyes off the tablet, soon sighed as she noticed some familiar names.

“Oh, man. You should have kept these guys out in front. What are you going to do if you keep them in the back?”

There were mistakes that I couldn’t confirm, but the problem was that I thought that they would be organized and conveyed in order of importance like in the Titan days.

These details were in line with the difficulties that Kang Mu-hyeok felt.

Pyobeomhee, who realized the guild’s problems that he had not noticed, decided to deal with them. At the very least, he needed to warn them so that they would not cause trouble.

But it was difficult to do it alone. I needed someone to help me.

‘It has to be mobile and good at subduing. I can’t move because I’m busy with other things. Captain Lee Jin-ju or Hunter Noh Song-rin… No, they’re all busy. Then, who should I leave it to… Aha!’

That’s when the right person caught my eye.

“Hey, Eulji, you don’t have anything to do right now, do you?”

“It’s training. If you miss it, you’ll be killed by Gilma.”

“Gilma isn’t here right now.”

“Huh? So that’s what I’m saying?”

“Let’s do just one thing together.”

“Work? I don’t want to take time off from training to work.”

“Yeah. BTA photo album private B-cut.”

“How may I help you?”

* * *

The road from the community center to Hunter Village.

One of the hunters who was loitering there followed behind Park Beom-il.

“Is it Taeseop? I told you to wait at the dorm. Why are you out here?”

“How are you, party leader?”

“You don’t know, I came here in perfect condition. As expected, it’s not easy to give it to someone.”

“That’s only natural. Even if it’s a guild with no pedigree, they wouldn’t show off their own guild just like that.”

“I came here with some expectations. Seongseonje’s son is so stiff that I can’t even communicate with him. I came here thinking he wouldn’t be able to stop me, but there’s an even worse guy here.”

“A worse one?”

“Yes. You little shit.”

Ko Tae-seop, a member of Park Beom-il’s party, sighed deeply and spoke carefully.

“You have taken care of private matters, now it is time to take care of public matters.”

“I know. I didn’t forget.”

“You know you don’t have much time, right?”

“If you enter here once, you’re guaranteed a week, right?”

“The party leader caused trouble, didn’t he? You may be asked to leave soon. You should finish your work before then.”

When Ko Tae-seop blamed him, Park Beom-il frowned.

“Nimiral. How dare you throw away a high-level person like me like this. I don’t understand what the higher-ups are thinking.”

“The party leader is also one of the higher-ups.”

“My superior. Tsk! I can’t even fight the witch. I’ll just get stressed out if I stay here. What information did you get?”

“I followed you.”

“Just now? You haven’t done it yet?”

“I’m looking for an opportunity. I guess there are a lot of eyes watching here.”

“Tch! You’re being so slow. Anyway, none of those guys are trustworthy. If they’re not customers, they’ll just ruin it.”

“This is Jusea Gilma’s territory. Except for the party leader, all hunters have no choice but to behave well.”

“Oh, I’d rather die than suffer. Let’s go. If we rely on others, it’ll be a waste of time. Let’s do it ourselves.”