The conference room was dark. The lights were all off, and only the screen was shining white. Over 10 men and women were sitting in this conference room.
“Then tell me what you think. How can Alley Leader protect his territory?” Kale said while pointing at the white screen. On it, the words ‘Etono Defense’ were written in black.
A man raised his hand and presented his opinion: “The first thing we need to know is the degree of force that Alley Leader possesses. There is no need to worry if Alley Leader can beat an earl-grade demon.”
In the video Hyeonu sent them, it was said that earl-grade demons were very rare. This meant that the possibility of having the territory taken away was much lower if Hyeonu had a force above that of an earl.
“However, the demon king of iron blood has been deprived of his territory, and his power is now reduced. He will try to recover Etono by all means. We can’t be too complacent,” a blonde beauty refuted the man’s words.
There were 72 cities and a total of 7 demon kings in the demon world. On average, 10 cities belonged to one demon king. In other words, the demon king’s force had decreased by one-tenth after losing Etono. There was no guarantee that only earl-grade demons would come for Hyeonu.
“That makes sense. It can be said that his force has reduced rapidly. The demon king of iron blood might send demons of a level higher than the earl grade to Etono,” Kale agreed with the woman’s comments. The possibility was present, and it wasn’t a low one.
Another employee raised his hand and suggested, “Then how about giving it to another demon king? It will be under the command of a demon on the same side as the demon king of iron blood.”
Kale tilted his head and wondered, “The same side? Not the opposite side?”
He remarked inwardly, ‘Isn’t it a common idea to join with the opposing side?’
The staff member who put forward the opinion expanded on his idea: “As you said, a city is rare. This means it is highly valued. However, it is definitely less valuable compared with an alliance between demon kings.”
Kale noticed what the employee was trying to say. It wasn’t known what factions there were among the seven demon kings. Nevertheless, there would surely be relationships with conflicts. The use of force was normal in the demon world, so it might be even worse. In such a situation, what if your territory was absorbed by an allied demon king? It was possible to protest it, but breaking the alliance would ultimately be impossible.
Looking at it as a whole, the alliance had 20 cities. Yet when dividing it, it was a ratio of 11 and 9. One side had the advantage. Since the other side had already lost in the struggle for power, they had no choice but to put up with it.
“However, that is too much of a gamble. We still don’t know enough about the relationship between the demon kings. I’ll reserve this opinion for later,” Kale stated. He kept the man’s opinion in mind because it wasn’t ridiculous at all. It was just a pretty uneasy strategy to choose now due to a lack of information about demon kings.
“I will take opinions from others. There is still a lot of time left in this meeting,” Kale said with a smile. The other employees in the conference room started to actively express their opinions. They knew exactly what Kale’s smile meant—the meeting wouldn’t end until a satisfactory result was reached.
***
The next morning, Hyeonu looked at a banana that only had the peel remaining and pressed his lips together. He felt very hungry because he had been receiving personal training since earlier in the morning. Nevertheless, he wasn’t going to eat anything else as he had already eaten a chicken breast salad and a banana.
After placing the banana peel in the trash can, Hyeonu opened the door of the Cube and entered it. He was going to connect to Arena. Just then, Hyeonu’s smartphone started shaking, but his phone had been thrown onto his thick blanket. No matter how hard it rang, the ringtone didn’t enter Hyeonu’s ears.
The thick blanket covered all the noise. The vibration of the smartphone quickly stopped. After a while, the phone’s LCD screen lit up. A message from someone appeared on the screen.
-It is Kale. I have emailed the options to you. If there is anything you like, you can use it. If you don’t like them, please contact us again.
It was a message from Kale. He had chosen some ideas that felt pretty good after a few hours of discussion. Then he sent it to Hyeonu’s email. Normally, Kale would wait for Hyeonu to confirm it and give him an answer, but the situation was currently very urgent. He wanted Hyeonu to check the email quickly, so he got in touch like this.
However, Hyeonu had already accessed Arena and couldn’t see his message.
***
Hyeonu appeared in Etono and ran straight to the Colosseum. The most important thing for him right now was the restoration of the Colosseum. At the very least, the location of the room where Viscount Ergal had been located had to be cleared. This was the place where the magic power stone was probably located.
‘This way, I can use Magic Power Absorption.’
Hyeonu’s ultimate purpose for doing all of this was to absorb magic power. He had an opportunity to be strong easily. Not many people would ignore such an opportunity, even more so if it wasn’t illegal. Nonetheless, other players couldn’t gain a lot of magic power like Hyeonu even if they used Magic Power Absorption. Magic Power Absorption had the highest level of difficulty. The provided compensation was really great, so it was designed to be very difficult to get. Hyeonu’s successful result was abnormal.
Once Hyeonu arrived at the repair site of the Colosseum, his eyes widened at the sight in front of him.
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