Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 276
by Jessie@AFNCC
Episode 276
Suho nodded at the guard captain’s last words.
“As the president of the association Woo Jin-cheol… I heard that the association’s strategy to target North Korea was taking longer than expected. Was there an inside story like this?”
Suho didn’t even think about it until he came here in person.
In the meantime I thought that Chairman Woo Jin-cheol of the association was only clearing out demonic beasts in North Korea but it turned out that he was dealing with not only demonic beasts but also villains.
I couldn’t even imagine that villains were living in a city like this.
Even so there were quite a few people in Korea these days who were dissatisfied with the long absence of the association’s president Jin-cheol Woo.
Actually who would like it?
At best after creating an association the president himself keeps leaving the position empty and moves to other places.
Moreover the biggest problem was that among the association hunters he had taken to North Korea ‘Choi Jong-in’ an S-class hunter was included.
If only Choi Jong-in had remained in Korea.
No if he had handed over the position of president of the association to Choi Jong-in and left no one would have been as dissatisfied with Woo Jin-cheol’s actions as he is now.
The presence of one S-class hunter a walking weapon of war was so great.
If you think about it the various cumbersome procedures that Su-ho had to go through to get permission to go to North Korea this time were ultimately a butterfly effect derived from Choi Jong-in’s absence.
‘But from our country’s perspective the existence of these cities is much more threatening than the magical beasts that move based on instinct.’
The existence of a city of villains directly overhead was a much more threatening situation than when North Korea was alive and well before the cataclysm.
So from the president of the association’s perspective it would have been a natural move to wipe out the city of villains.
Besides no matter how many villains were gathered together it wouldn’t have been much of a threat to him.
Above all isn’t there ‘Choi Jong-in’ by his side?
Just as Suho had burned Elvenwood so far Choi Jong-in was also an S-class hunter who mainly used flame magic so it would have been possible to turn Elvenwood into a sea of fire.
Thinking of Woo Jin-cheol and Choi Jong-in Suho suddenly became curious.
“But why is this city still so safe?”
[That’s right… because it hasn’t been found by Woo Jin-cheol yet. That’s what bailiffs do in the first place. Rebuilding the city in a place that is out of sight of Woo Jin-cheol. Moreover the walls of this city are stronger than ever.]
Suho nodded.
It would be impossible for even the amazing association president Woo Jin-cheol to check every single thing that happens in North Korea.
Moreover the blue fog was so thick in this area that even the satellite cameras did not work.
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If the executioners retraced the path that Woo Jin-cheol had already taken and created a new city it would not have been that difficult to avoid Woo Jin-cheol’s movements.
In the end as long as the executioners are safe a city like this will be reborn anytime anywhere.
“Really. “It’s not some kind of cockroach den…”
[The Lord of Plague the king of bugs perks up his ears.]
“Go in. “I didn’t call you.”
Suho fought off Queresha’s presence and thought about what he should do from now on based on the information he heard from the guard captain.
Ber added with a murderous look in his eyes.
[Solord how do you feel about this? If you burn everything as usual I will lead the soldiers outside and hunt down those who are secretly running away.]
“no. They don’t even know who the executioners are. “You have to consider the possibility of not being in the city to begin with.”
If no one knew who they were anyway there was no use killing all the villains here and turning them into soldiers.
“Ultimately I have to let them crawl out on their own feet… Wait what did they say about the role of the executioner? “It plays a role in maintaining order in the city?”
[Yes that’s right.]
“Then there is an answer.”
Suho spoke with a mischievous smile on his face at the guard captain’s words.
“I just need to make those guys want to maintain order in this city.”
Smirking.
For a lawless area the city is more well-organized than expected.
Suho had no shortage of ways to ruin the system here.
“hmm. Well let’s get started…”
Excluding the bailiffs there are a total of three forces that control this city.
bank.
Hunter Guild.
and the Free Market Coalition.
Of these three the one that looks the most formidable at first glance is of course a loose association of merchants and debt collectors.
It was a market.
“Let’s shake up the ‘market’ side first.”
After deciding on a rough plan Suho smiled and looked back at Sirka and asked.
“Are you tired Sirka? “Let’s go to sleep soon.”
“Where will you sleep?”
Sirka tilted her head at those words.
However even before the command was given to him the guard commander quickly moved and took out the money bag that he had kept in the chest of his dead body and politely presented it to Su-ho.
[It may not be much but this amount of money will be enough to get accommodation for a while.]
“Oh a kind person too.”
Squeak.
Suho grinned and gladly accepted the money bag.
but.
“Thank you but I don’t need accommodation.”
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Paaaat!
Suho took out the ‘Key to the Shadow Dungeon’.
“When you sleep you should sleep in a comfortable place. And I haven’t done today’s daily quests yet.”
[Enter the Shadow Dungeon.]
Just like that Suho disappeared through the shadow gate with Sirka.
* * *
And after some time.
“…what?”
The bank employee who had been leisurely waiting for news about Su-ho had a hard look on his face when he belatedly heard the news of the security captain’s death.
“The guard captain was found dead?”
“yes. Even the Ganghwa humans that were dragged along with them were all dead. And the whole area….”
“It was frozen?”
“yes. It was full of traces of a significant level of freezing magic. “With this level of power it’s at least Class A.”
“Class A? “They said he was a summoner…”
The bank employee who heard the report from the choker-wearing debtor burst out laughing.
But his eyes were more alive than ever.
The atmosphere is completely opposite to the expression on his face when he welcomed Suho earlier.
“Then what was that elf? Could it be that he was not a summoned animal but was captured and tamed directly? Or a completely different skill?”
Doubts continued to form in his head and numerous scenarios began to appear in his mind.
‘…If it’s just that an A-level villain appears in the city it’s no problem. ‘If you’re going to make a living here you’re going to need money anyway.’
There was no need for all citizens to become debtors in the first place.
Like today making a newcomer to the city into a debt collector is just a ritual.
Rather it had a greater meaning of testing the level of the newcomer.
I’m going to check out this guy’s skills and see where and how he can be used.
Moreover the fact that the guard captain who had dragged the reinforced humans against him was wiped out was not a very big event.
There were plenty of replacement troops in the hunter guild.
But the problem is…
‘For some reason I’ve been feeling strangely bad since a while ago.’
Yes this newbie gave me a strange feeling from the first time I saw him.
Relaxation subtly revealed in facial expression or attitude.
Something that can never be explained by bravado.
It was an expression rarely seen in apocalyptic North Korea.
Suddenly the banker’s eyes turned to the desk.
There was the civil registration document he left behind.
‘Name: Ver’
“…Tsk. Even if you use a pseudonym it’s like a second-year middle school student. “It’s not like I’m making a game ID.”
Anyway things these days.
Looking at him again isn’t he a pathetic guy?
It is said that everyone in this city uses an assumed name anyway but for those who will have to be called by that name from now on they have poor naming sense.
But what if even that name caught people off guard?
Why?
“…Is it possible that he is Woo Jin-cheol’s liaison?”
The debtor in front of him shook his head as the banker said the worst of the possible scenarios.
“It can’t be. “If that were the case I would have just moved on rather than escalating the situation like this.”
“but. Anyway he’s a very unpleasant guy so I’ll have to keep an eye on him for a while. So what accommodation is that guy named Ver staying at today?”
“There is… nothing.”
“what? “What’s missing?”
The debtor was embarrassed and responded to the banker’s cold gaze.
“It’s true. “Whether he disappeared into the sky or into the ground no trace of him disappeared from the alley where the bodies were found.”
“…Find it! “They said they took all the money from the guard captain’s pockets so there’s no way he would be sleeping on the street!”
“Really. Even though I am mobilizing all of my subordinates to search the entire area right now I just can’t…”
“These pathetic things! “Find it somehow even if it means staying up all night!”
“Yes yes!”
The debtor left the bank as if he was being kicked out due to the bank teller’s displeased order.
And according to his orders they stayed up all night searching the entire city to find the missing Suho.
But all the hardships were worthless….
In the morning Suho was leisurely walking in the middle of the market.
“I found the car! “Just now at the market…!”
“That’s not what you guys found! “Don’t even dream of canceling your debt!”
“…!”
A debt collector who is frustrated by those words.
I was so scared of debt.
But fortunately this was not the only thing he had to report.
“But that guy named Ver… started selling something at the market in the morning.”
“what? “You suddenly started a business?”
The bank teller made a strange expression upon hearing those words.
The first thing newcomers who had just arrived in the city did was make money by selling the goods they had brought from Korea.
But why?
This time too my instincts were not good.
“Where is it? “I guess I’ll have to see it myself.”
“I will guide you right away!”
The debt collector took the lead exasperated by the fact that his debt was about to be reduced even a little.
And after a while.
The banker guided by the debtor arrived at the place where ‘Ber’ was doing business and became stiff on the spot.
“…What are all those things?”
It’s absurd.
This is ridiculous.
The city’s market is wide and wide.
The citizens of this city go to the bank to pay off their debts.
Or they engage in fierce business with each other to avoid debt.
But where will all that stuff come from?
At most belongings brought from Korea.
They run out in just half a day.
Then like everyone else I had to take risks and go out of the city to find something that could make money.
however….
“Where did all that stuff come from?”
The banker could not help but be astonished.
Wow – what is all this?!
How long has it been since you last tried food like this?!
There’s even whipped cream cake!
…Berani Suho was selling Korean food in the middle of the market.
A huge amount of groceries as if an entire supermarket had been brought from Korea!
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