Chapter 299: The Demon King, Until His Advent (2)
Deep underground.
The elevator carrying Chairman Yoo went down and down.
Ding.
The elevator stopped, and the door opened.
The sight that greeted Chairman Yoo through the door was a vast underground plaza.
A magnificent, doughnut-shaped piece of machinery, large enough to fill the entire space, was showing off its presence.
It was a giant particle accelerator.
It looked very similar to Kyung-joon’s huge underground laboratory in Vladivostok.
“If only I had mana…… Damn it.”
The difference was that there was no mana here.
The presence or absence of mana was a major factor in Kyung-joon’s success and Seolha Group’s failure.
Chairman Yoo couldn’t just sit back and do nothing anymore.
He had to overcome the gap that had widened in an instant.
Chairman Yoo had come underground for this very trump card.
Thump.
As soon as Chairman Yoo set foot on the moving walk, it started moving without a sound or vibration.
After about 10 minutes, he arrived at the center of the particle accelerator.
There was one more giant piece of machinery standing tall and alone.
As Chairman Yoo arrived there, a voice was heard.
━Kukuku, old man. What brings you here after all this time?
The owner of the voice was the Demon King.
━Any good news?
The Demon King deliberately said so despite Chairman Yoo’s obvious look of displeasure.
This kind of expression was the Demon King’s favorite.
“I’m not here for idle chatter, Demon King.”
Chairman Yoo said with a grim look on his face, getting straight to the point.
“When exactly will the seal be broken? It’s too late.”
━Hey, hey. You were the one who made a fuss about the seal being broken too quickly and asked me to slow it down, and now you’re complaining that it’s too late?
“The situation has changed.”
Chairman Yoo’s original plan was to give the players enough time to adapt and then take over the World.
However, Kyung-joon had grown unexpectedly fast and was now completely out of control, surpassing even the Seolha Group.
At this rate, far from taking over the World, he was on the verge of losing it to Kyung-joon.
“That…… Infinite Knowledge Seeker bastard has grown too fast. I think he’s opened the ‘Gate’ before us.”
━Khahaha! Now you come crying over spilled milk?! I told you to manage that descendant bastard properly, but you wouldn’t listen! Serves you right!
“……. “
Chairman Yoo frowned even more deeply, his brow refusing to relax.
“You’ll regret it if this continues, you know? If this goes on, both you and I will end up with nothing.”
━Heh! It’s only you, old man, who’s going to end up with nothing! I can just stay sealed for a little longer and find another sucker!
“Do you think I’ll just let someone else do it instead of me?”
━You’re only human! What’s another 100 or 200 years after 700 years, kukuku!
“Hoo……. “
Chairman Yoo’s head throbbed as he struggled to suppress the anger boiling up inside him.
From the moment he first heard the voice 10 years ago at the ITER and CERN joint research site, Chairman Yoo had never once liked the Demon King.
“Enough with the pointless, selfish talk.”
Still, Chairman Yoo feigned composure, suppressing his anger.
The Demon King’s power was essential to his plans, both in allowing players to connect to The World and in opening the Gate wide open in the future.
“It’s going to be a bit difficult to completely take over the World as originally planned, but it can’t be helped. We’ll worry about cleaning up the mess later. For now, we need to break the seal as soon as possible.”
━Humph! Easier said than done. Do you think the seal is some kind of lock you can just open and close? The pawns you’ve planted are nowhere near enough!
The pawns the Demon King was referring to were the players.
Players who hadn’t even reached level 400 yet.
Even if he gathered all of them, it would be like trying to catch the stars in the sky to break the Demon King’s 72 seals scattered throughout the World.
━Ah, of course, it’s not entirely impossible.
“Is there a way?”
━You said you’ve got over 100 million pawns scattered around, right?
“We’ve already surpassed 150 million.”
━Wow, you’ve really scraped together quite a lot! Anyway, if you devour the souls of all those guys, I can break about half of the seals instantly.
“You’re saying to sacrifice all the players?”
━That’s right! Your brain’s still working fine, isn’t it? You understand me so well! If you’re desperate, let’s do it! Kyahahaha!
The Demon King laughed frivolously.
He found it even more amusing to laugh because he knew Chairman Yoo couldn’t do such a thing.
No matter how much he coveted the World, Chairman Yoo couldn’t kill all 150 million players.
That would mean losing everything Seolha Group had built up in reality.
“Listen, Demon King. I’m a greedy man.”
What Chairman Yoo wanted to gain was not just the World.
It was both the real Earth and the World, not one or the other.
“If you say another useless thing like that, I’ll make sure you never set foot on Earth again.”
━Do whatever you want! As if you could!
“Hmph.”
Ignoring the jabbering Demon King, Chairman Yoo rested his chin on his hand and thought deeply.
A way to break the Demon King’s seal as quickly as possible.
At the same time, a way to handle the aftermath.
There was only one thing that came to mind.
Chairman Yoo said with a wicked smile, as evil as the Demon King’s.
“Infinite Knowledge Seeker. I can use that guy.”
━……What?
“As you said, most of the 150 million won’t even be able to get close to the seal. But there’s one guy who can: him.”
━Don’t tell me you’re thinking of making that descendant break the seal for you?
“That’s right. That’s exactly what I’m going to do. Not only can he access it, but he might even be able to break the seal.”
Chairman Yoo’s prediction was accurate.
Half-and-Half Dragon.
If it was Kyung-joon, who had fought almost equally with him for four days in a row, a being said to be the strongest of the 7 Heroes who sealed the Demon King 700 years ago, it would be more than possible.
━Tsk, tsk, tsk, you’ve finally gone senile. He’s the descendant who’s going to seal me, why would he do that?
“We just have to make him do it.”
━Ha! You just said he’s out of control, and you think you can do that?
“It’s not me who’s going to do it, it’s you, Demon King.”
━What kind of nonsense is that? It’s interesting, so go on.
“You will contact Kyung-joon directly. Contact him and somehow persuade him to break the seal, whether it’s through a demon contract or whatever. No matter how smart he is, he would never imagine that I’m connected to the Demon King. So if you just show him some tasty bait, he’ll definitely come running.”
Chairman Yoo added the final explanation with a confident look on his face.
“Break the seal, take the bait, and seal it again. That’s what he’ll do, no matter what. There’s no other way.”
It was Chairman Yoo’s intuition.
━That’s a pretty interesting idea for an old man like you.
And it was convincing enough to make the Demon King nod his head.
━But there are two problems. First, what are you going to use as bait?
“There must be a lot of things that would appeal to him. I’m thinking of offering him a new buff that works by multiplying his study buff. You know, something like Black Concentration or Black Calculation Ability, something catchy like that. You’re the Demon King, you can do that, right?”
━Oh. That’s a really good idea. Then the next problem. Does he really need to take such a dangerous path?
“He’ll definitely take it. He’ll have no choice but to crave power. He may have won against me this time, but that will only make him more anxious.”
From now on, Seolha Group would do everything in its power to stand in Kyung-joon’s way.
Whether it was the World or reality, they would use any means necessary.
In such an extreme situation, Kyung-joon would definitely not hesitate to take a dangerous gamble.
Chairman Yoo’s intuition had a perfect grasp of the human being named Kyung-joon.
━Wow! That’s the first interesting thing you’ve said in 10 years, old man!
“It seems our thoughts are finally aligned. So, what’s it going to be?”
━Good! This Demon King will make a special exception and accept your proposal! The outcome depends on your abilities, but this will be entertaining nonetheless! Khahahaha!
The Demon King laughed loudly.
Chairman Yoo also burst into laughter.
It was as if there were two Demon Kings.
Soon, Chairman Yoo raised his hand and head toward the ceiling and shouted.
“Now, World! Kyung-joon! Yoo Seol-ha! All of them are within my grasp!”
━You’re in high spirits! But don’t forget about me, you damn geezer! Khahahaha!
“Khahahaha!”
━Khahahaha!
“Khahahahahaha!”
━Khahahahahaha!
“Khahahahahahahaha!”
━Khahahahahahahaha!
The two of them continued to laugh and laugh.
It was as if there were two Demon Kings.
And so.
Chairman Yoo’s plan, which had completely changed course.
Surely there would be many big and small problems that would arise in the process.
But Chairman Yoo was determined to push forward, sacrificing anything and everything, be it human lives or money, for the greater good.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
━There was this story.
“Aha. That’s amazing. I never imagined World was connected to Earth because of you, the Demon King. That’s really unimaginable.”
In the same ruins where they had played their parallel line game before.
There, Kyung-joon met the Demon King again.
After arriving home, taking care of his family, and crossing the East Sea with Isolated System and Vector Calculus, Jet Black Power suddenly activated and contacted him.
━Well, I was bored being sealed, so I was wandering around subspace and happened to find it. So, what are you going to do?
“How about you, Demon King?”
━Well, I’ve already made a contract with you and given you a quest, so it’s a win-win for me. Whether the old man wins or you win, my seal will be broken anyway.
“You’re one clever demon. I knew it from the moment you gave me the quest to break your seal.”
━Kuku, what can I say? I am the Demon King.
“Hahaha. I guess you’re right.”
Kyung-joon and the Demon King laughed together as if they were amused.
Then, Kyung-joon, who stopped laughing, said.
“This is actually better for me. I was wondering when I should break the seal, but now I can just break it all at once. The Jet Black Power you gave me will become stronger if your seal is broken, right?”
━That’s right. We’re connected.
“Good. That’s good.”
It was actually a good thing.
If he had started breaking the Demon King’s seal before today, Chairman Yoo would have definitely thought that Kyung-joon also had a connection with the Demon King.
But thanks to the way things had turned out, there was no need to worry about that.
Even if he were to break the Demon King’s seal from now on, Chairman Yoo would believe that Kyung-joon was acting under his control.
Even though that wasn’t true at all.
“The information gap creates such an interesting situation.”
━Right? I almost died laughing while I was acting in front of that old man.
Chairman Yoo didn’t know that Kyung-joon had already made a contract with the Demon King.
He probably thought this was the first time they had ever contacted each other.
This was because this place where the Demon King was sealed could not be monitored, and Jet Black Power was completely hidden thanks to the Parallel Imprinting left by Huma.
Another thing he didn’t know was that Kyung-joon had brought not only mana, but also the Kyung-joon in the game, into reality.
And while he knew that there was something in the basement of the Fael Alliance, Chairman Yoo was unaware of the existence of the quantum magic computer left by Huma and the vast amount of information stored within it.
“Okay. I’m glad things are working out better than I thought. I’ll start working on breaking the seal today.”
━Kuh-huh, yes. I’m looking forward to it. It’s been hell being stuck here for 700 years. I can’t even die if I wanted to. Please hurry up. How long do you think it will take?
“Hmm…… At most half a year?”
━Half a year? Where did you get that number?
“I have to finish within half a year to prepare for the entrance exams.”
━What? Entrance exams? What good is that now?
“I still need to get a degree. I’m a professor at Fael University in the World, but it wouldn’t look good if I was a high school graduate in reality.”
━You’re a real piece of work, you know that?
“Yeah, I think so too.”
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The Demon King and Kyung-joon.
Just like that, the two of them talked about everything from trivial matters to how things would unfold in the future……
The very next day.
“Y, Your Holiness! The seal…! The Demon King’s seal……! It’s suddenly starting to break!!”
The most unexpected place, completely unrelated to this incident, was the one that got hit by the splash.
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