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Chapter 112
Rewinding time to the start of the season.
― When it comes to guilds, he was inferior to Lee Shin.
On the day Lee Myung-hwan admitted his shortcomings and smashed all the treasured bottles he had been hoarding, everything changed completely.
Starting with moving from the hotel suite to the guild leader’s office.
From flashy attire to boring outfits of just a shirt and slacks.
Е̌n uma
From lenses to glasses, shoes to sneakers, long hair to pomade.
Even his outward appearance had changed completely, the opposite of his usual image. Even the front desk staff who saw him daily were taken aback, asking, “Who are you?”
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However…
“Sweetheart, you really got serious, huh.”
His long-time lover and aide, Jung Sumi, found his changed appearance oddly familiar because that was the true nature of Lee Myung-hwan.
He had immediately pushed aside Ryu Jaes-eok, who had gained attention a few years before him, and monopolized all attention in the LeeDo clan.
Ë ṅ um̄ а
Gossipers said it was because of Ryu Jae-seok’s “Ryu” bloodline limitations, naturally spotlighting Lee Myung-hwan.
Nonsense. That shows they knew nothing of LeeDo.
In an empire built by the iron-blooded idealist with neither mercy nor tears, does gaining attention over just one castle make a difference?
Actions speak by skill, results speak for themselves.
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That’s what the LeeDo Empire is.
And this would be enough to prove that Lee Myung-hwan had claimed the title of “LeeDo’s treasure” in this treacherous empire.
W̄èbn оv е l̀ Е̂ń ů m̆a
No matter how reckless someone was, without ability they could not earn such a title. Considering that before taking over the guild, Lee Shin only held the title of the greatest rogue on earth, this made sense.
“Everyone gathered? Then I will speak. I admit that I underestimated this guild… no, this ‘industry.’ I admit my arrogance in thinking that throwing money around would make people move. So.”
“From now on, I’ll do it my way.”
He trusts no one.
He looks at money.
He is not swayed by emotions.
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He moves only by numbers.
Lee Myung-hwan no longer lost his temper.
He was no longer excited, nor did he blame his subordinates for incompetence.
He simply…
Cut them off.
“You’re here. Pack up immediately. The reason for your dismissal is incompetence. Goodbye.”
Ẇe b̃ǹ o v̌ĕl̆ Еnú m̊а̀
Mistakes happen because of emotions. Numbers don’t lie.
To Lee Myung-hwan, these people were numbers.
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Thus, if someone is incompetent, even a president’s son could be fired. Conversely, if someone is capable, even a gorilla missing a leg could be given millions in salary.
“You there. Quit immediately and join our as a team leader. We’ll match the salary you want. Ah, we’ll also provide a wheelchair.”
In this process, there is no sacred ground.
If there is, it is only profit.
W̊ ёb ṅ о̌ v̊ е l̄ Еǹ ů mа
From front desk staff to executives who built the guild, and finally the main hunters.
Without anyone noticing, half of Dynasty’s guild was replaced, and Lee Myung-hwan filled the vacancies with competent talents he evaluated solely by numbers.
It was remarkably similar to what Lee Shin did when he first arrived at Mir Guild.
Having finished all preparations, Lee Myung-hwan stood up.
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[ League 2 Dynasty Guild Lee Myung-hwan: “Creating a super team with all my heart!” ]
Ultimately, the core of a guild is its hunters.
W ё b n̆ o̊ v е̃l Е ñumа̃
With this statement, he declared his intention.
He was reaching out to the conquest squads in earnest.
“Lately, I’ve been observing what some rogue did for fun. Yes, the one you’re thinking of. It was tough. My pride was hurt, I got angry, felt disgusted and nauseated, but I endured and watched.”
“From that, I thought, isn’t there something to learn? Among those, this is something I definitely wanted to try.”
“Congratulations on your transfers.”
He had indulged them long enough, thinking of the guild as a corner store.
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However, Lee Myung-hwan had clearly said “industry.”
Now the guild had become a ‘corporation’ in his eyes, and the conquest squads were no different from field staff; if their work performance (stats) was poor, it was only right to fire them, wasn’t it?
Again, for someone who had become the ultimate profit-seeker, there was no sacred ground.
During the process of organizing the conquest squad, he heard an interesting piece of news…
“Sweetheart, I got some interesting info. Lee Shin, he’s in Seoul right now?”
“The one I told you to assign someone to?”
Еńù mа̊ .і̃ d̂
“Yes. It’s too quiet compared to the situation, so I suspected it, and sure enough, he’s secretly contacting the available targets.”
This was not mere verbal acknowledgment.
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After recognizing Lee Shin, Lee Myung-hwan observed all his actions and tried to understand him.
As a result, during the early season chaos caused by a historic FA rush when others only paid attention to Lee Shin trying to inflate a ‘bubble,’ Lee Myung-hwan caught the faint stench of manipulation in the market.
“Feels like that rogue is causing chaos. What do you think?”
“No physical evidence, but the situation is way too chaotic. If it were Lee Shin, I bet he’d be drooling at the thought of stirring things up.”
Е n̈ u̇ m̊ а̇
“Agreed.”
“If we process it moderately and spread it, we could manipulate the market. What do you think?”
“Hold on, let me think.”
Soon after, Lee Myung-hwan showed why Jung Sumi rated him highest.
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Calm under pressure, colder than anyone else.
He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and affirmed.
W еb n о́ vе́ l Ē n u̇ m.a
“This can be used.”
To cut to the chase, Lee Myung-hwan recruited the first “Wooden Elf” Lee Shin had contacted, pushing all League 2 guilds into a “bubble hell.”
A strategy of giving flesh to take the bones. Although there was some bleeding from buying the Wooden Elf in a hurry, getting in and out early secured profits.
Results are always relative.
When he got a scratch, other guilds were already gutted.
However, just freeloading on Lee Shin’s board would ultimately mean he couldn’t win.
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Lee Myung-hwan did not want that.
He wanted to win. He wanted to trample on Lee Shin’s face by any means.
Therefore, he had to take one step further.
To beat that rogue…
“Sweetheart!! What we’ve been preparing!! It’s done! It’s a success!”
“…Let’s stand up.”
Е̂ ń ǔ ma . iď
[Baekgeom Guild Swordmaster Trouble? ]
[ Swordmaster unfollows Baekgeom Guild leader on SNS ]
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[ Baekgeom Guild Leader: “No such thing. Will firmly respond to false claims.” ]
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Е̃ n ü ṁ a .ĩ d̃
Baekgeom Guild.
“Wait a moment. Hold on.”
A man lowered his head, washing his face with a dry cloth. He was Jang Yohan, the head of this <Baekgeom Guild>. .
Jang Yohan quietly looked up at the man in front of him, forced a hollow smile, and then lowered his head again with a deep sigh.
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“Ha… damn it…”
The rumor that the relationship between Jang Yohan and the Swordmaster had soured was true.
Е̊ nû mа̊
A front-office employee who had been close to him embezzled guild funds, and in the end, Jang Yohan had no choice but to fire that employee.
Normally, for the sake of appearances on both sides, he should have handled it quietly, but… the amount was too large. Embezzling six billion? Is that even human?
The crime was so serious that there was no other way.
The guild was, after all, a kind of company. If he had gone in front of investors and said, “The employee stole your money, but let’s overlook it. Hehe,” they would have been fine with it?
Moreover, the other employees would think, “Wow, even then he’s not fired? I’m the fool working hard?”
For the guild’s discipline and the morale of other employees, he had no choice but to fire him.
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However, the Swordmaster was furious that someone he was close to had been fired without a single word with him.
Unaware of Jang Yohan’s predicament.
“Ha…”
The reality weighed heavily, and Jang Yohan’s face seemed to age in real time.
He still didn’t understand.
What exactly did I do wrong? What did I do so badly that I’m being shaken around by a mere League 2 guild head right now?
Ěnǔ m̂ ā
Yes.
The man in front of Jang Yohan now was Lee Myung-hwan.
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Sitting with his legs crossed, he wore the smile of a victor, the exact opposite of Jang Yohan.
“Guildmaster, there’s no need to blame yourself. The one at fault is the employee who embezzled a large sum, and you did what you had to. If the problem lies with the Swordmaster, who complained like a child, then that’s his problem.”
“Heh, you, who looks like you’re in your twenties, calling him a child… how amusing.”
“If that made you laugh, I’m glad. From now on, you won’t be laughing.”
Ѐ n̈û ḿа.і̂d̊
Jang Yohan had done nothing wrong.
Who in the world wouldn’t fire an employee who embezzled six billion?
However, from Lee Myung-hwan’s perspective, it was foolish.
“Six billion, that’s a huge amount. Let’s say you recovered half, so about three billion? Let’s round it up—call it four billion lost.”
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“Would you really jeopardize your relationship with the country’s third-ranked Swordmaster for a mere four billion? I don’t understand. By my calculations, that doesn’t make sense. Four billion… isn’t that just cute?”
If he wanted to punish for the sake of company discipline, there were plenty of more elegant ways.
Ё ǹ um а . іḋ
Even Lee Myung-hwan himself could think of a few off the top of his head.
But the Baekgeom Guild’s head, being from the front office, didn’t handle “political” matters very smoothly.
“If it were me, I wouldn’t have reported it. How dare someone embezzle my hard-earned money and then relax in prison? By whose authority?”
“……!!”
“Did you know? People are more expensive than you think. You can always make up for losses.”
As long as they’re alive.
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Seeing Lee Myung-hwan smile faintly, Jang Yohan, who had been washing his face, turned his head sideways and looked up.
“Judging by your eyes, the ice-breaking seems successful. So, how about we talk business now?”
At Lee Myung-hwan’s gesture, Jung Sumi, standing behind, placed a refined box made of magnolia on the table.
She slightly lifted the lid.
Inside was a long object radiating a multicolored glow.
“Nenekirimaru. The legendary sword you’ve wanted so desperately, Guildmaster.”
Е n u m̊ ȧ . i d̄
“…So it was you. The butterfly mask from the auction.”
“Not him. This friend here.”
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Well, it’s not important, so moving on.
“The Swordmaster has always said that if he could only wield one sword in his life, it would be ‘Nenekirimaru.’ And rightly so—it’s a national treasure-level artifact. Therefore… if you have this sword, Guildmaster, you can sway his heart and extend his contract. Isn’t the contract period until next year?”
“Damn it…”
He was right.
Wе́ b n̄ о̌v̀ е̌ l Е̌ nú ṁ а
Currently, there was no other way to sway the Swordmaster’s heart besides that sword.
Hence, he had taken time out of his busy season to travel to Japan but he lost at the auction and ultimately couldn’t obtain it.
“Ha…”
Thinking about the deals that would follow, he should have denied it, but he couldn’t bring himself to speak. He was cornered both as a guildmaster and as a man.
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Eventually, Jang Yohan shrank his body.
“…What do you want?”
Ẅе b̂_nо̀ v́е̃l̄ Ё ń.u m̃ а̀
“I want these.”
He handed over two profiles.
They were the profiles of the 20th-ranked Warrior and the 16th-ranked Hwarang.
“…Isn’t this crazy? Asking for two rankers for a legendary item?”
“In addition, we’ll include three promising players we’re nurturing. I’m not that unscrupulous.”
“Scruples aren’t like that!!”
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Snap―!!
The table cracked under the hand he slammed down. The excitement had unintentionally released some mana.
Jang Yohan, surprised, opened his mouth to apologize, but Lee Myung-hwan didn’t flinch at the brutal display.
“Aren’t you taking the deal?”
“…Rather, I want to ask you: do you think this is possible?”
“Well, since you asked… yes.”
E n.u ḿ а̌_
At Lee Myung-hwan’s gesture, Jung Sumi handed over the photos.
She planted the photos vertically on the broken table.
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“I am confident that the head of Baekgeom Guild will accept my deal.”
“!!”
Jang Yohan froze, holding the photos.
There was the Swordmaster. Alongside someone he absolutely didn’t want to see.
Wе bn̊ о̂ v̂ӗl Ё ňu m̆ а̄
“Joanna Lee. Head of <Royal Sword Guild>. I’ve heard the Royal Sword Guild is famous for the ‘Sword Derby’ with Baekgeom Guild.
And I also heard that recently, there’s been friction with Hwarang as well…
If the horse won’t move as you want anyway, wouldn’t it be better to just release it?
I won’t beat around the bush. If you don’t accept my deal, I will go to the Royal Sword Guild the moment I walk out this door.”
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The more he spoke, the more Jang Yohan’s head spun. Each word pierced his innards.
Where did he hear such information? More importantly, losing core hunters to a derby guild? Regardless of whether the hunter is insulted, the guildmaster’s position is at risk.
Ẃ ѐ ḃṅ о̊ v̄ еl̄ Е́ n u.ṁа̃
Putting aside strategies, Joanna Lee would accept the deal just to spite Jang Yohan. He knew that after twenty years of rivalry.
He pressed his forehead hard to endure the headache.
Then Lee Myung-hwan relaxed his posture, holding the rolling profiles and extended them.
“Lastly, I ask. Will you accept my deal?”
“….”
A moment of silence passed between them.
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“…Warrior will be loaned. If the main AD is fully replaced, my neck will be at risk.”
“Fine. I can concede that much.”
It’s settled.
Lee Myung-hwan grinned and handed over the pen in his pocket.
Finally, after signing all transfer contracts, a moment later, as Lee Myung-hwan turned to leave, Jang Yohan spoke.
“One question—six billion. Where did you hear that number?”
W̆ ê b̃n ov е̊ l Е́ n̄ ǔḿ а̃
“Well…”
Lee Myung-hwan turned and smiled.
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“Quite a coincidence, isn’t it?”
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