The World Turned into a Game After I Woke up Chapter 223

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Translator: HunterW Editor: RED NCR Guild's headquarters… "He's not in Guadalupe, either?" "No, sir . He hasn't been there nor has he contacted them . " "Hmm…" Jose stroked his beard . Jose had received the report that his son, Cantana, had disappeared late in the morning . The entire guild was still reeling from the festivities the night before . Cantana had been seen turning in late the night before but now, there wasn't a single trace of him anywhere . He simply vanished into thin air . Cantana was the heir to the NCR Guild . The entire guild knew who he was, and he was always well-guarded . The only way he could have disappeared like this was if he used a Warp Scroll, but there was nowhere he would go while he was that drunk . Still, if there was anywhere he would go, it would be Guadalupe, Chiapas, the one place Cantana was allowed to do whatever he wanted . But the guild members there had not seen Cantana ever since the war against Pedro started . This did not sit well with Jose . Sure, Cantana was a fully grown man capable of taking care of himself, but Jose could not help but feel that something was horribly wrong . "I assume you've tried his Comm Link as well?" "Yes sir . We've been calling him every thirty minutes for the past ten hours, but he hasn't picked up . " "Very well . You may go . " "Yes sir . " The officer left, leaving Jose alone in his office . After thinking to himself for a while, Jose looked down at his right hand . "Was it the handshake?" Jose muttered to himself, but after that, he fell into a deep silence . The feast continued, however, as if nothing was wrong . --- 8 PM, back at the basement beneath the Abu Dhabi embassy in Seoul… I looked over at Cantana Alejandro, who was now chained to one side of the basement room . Imprisoning a deva sounded easy, but was extremely difficult to pull off, especially because devas no longer feared death . That was why I had five hundred soldiers prepared even though I was only going to imprison two devas, Cantana and Jose . There was a lot to be done . First, I needed a team that was combat ready 24/7 in case our victims tried to use a Warp Scroll to get away . We could not let that happen . Second, I needed another team that was combat ready 24/7 in case our victims tried to use a Comm Link to contact their friends . We could not let that happen, either . Third, normal steel shackles or cuffs only worked on mortals . Our victims were devas who might have immense strength or could use skills or spells to easily break out of those shackles . We also needed to make sure their HP, MP, and Fatigue didn't restore completely while not killing them all the way . Killing them would mean letting them go, letting them resurrect wherever their Respawn Point was . We had to make them beg us to kill them . You could see the dilemma we were now faced with . We couldn't give them too much room, which would allow them to use a Warp Scroll or their Comm Links, but we couldn't stay too close to them, which would prompt them to force us to hurt them too much . It'd be easier if they were devas who didn't have access to Warp Scrolls or Comm Links, but our victims were the highest ranking officers of a large guild . We had no choice but to go to this extent just to torture them . "You're here again, Mr . Lee," Khamil came up as I stared at Cantana . "Yes . I might as well bring the other one here now . " I walked over to the same place I had Called Cantana to the night before . "Call: Jose Alejandro . " Like the night before, I Called him at 8 PM . It was 5 in the morning in Mexico right now, so Jose should have been asleep, but he wasn't . He actually looked like he knew he was going to be Summoned, but I wasn't fazed by that . "Do you always get up this early or did you not sleep at all?" Jose turned towards me . "Didn't you hear that sleep is the best medicine? The same goes for devas . You really ought to sleep when you can . " Jose ignored what I said, however, and raised his right hand instead . "Was it the handshake?" "Handshake? We don't need to shake hands again . We're going to be spending a lot of time together, you and I," I said, shaking my head . I did know what he was talking about, though . I had made sure to shake hands for a minute long with both Jose and Cantana . To them, it was just an awkwardly long handshake but it had turned out to be a great chance for me to get them here . Jose heaved a heavy sigh before speaking up . "Fuck this world . If you thought you knew everything, you're always surprised by something worse . " "Isn't that just how life works?" I gripped my spear and raised it, poised to attack . We had plenty of time to talk . "Is it because of Pedro? But he's permanently dead . There's no reason for you to become our enemy just because of Pedro . I doubt someone like you would do something this shady yourself . " Was it his age or experience in these matters? Jose didn't even flinch when I raised my spear . "You're the type of man who only acts in his favor and not in honor or glory, are you not, Lee Jiwon? I will give you what you want . " I smiled when he said that, as if I liked what he was getting at . "Do you want a monthly stipend of golden rings? Or a yearly offering of worthy items? How about someone to do your dirty work? I can make any of that possible . Having a shadowy guild on your side is never a bad thing, Lee Jiwon . " I cackled . Jose was trying his best to appease me, but I saw what he was really doing . "It's so obvious you're just trying to buy time . " He did seem pretty sincere about it, as if maybe one of his suggestions could catch my eye . "Do you have Change?" Jose gasped in surprise and paled . I wasn't sure if he had it, but no matter how strong he was compared to other guild leaders, there was no way he could remain so calm about this . He was in an unfamiliar and hostile environment with about four hundred soldiers surrounding him . And his opponent was me . "Blink 1 . " "Gah!" My spear easily pierced his chest and I stabbed him twice more, keeping him alive by a thread . Cantana at least struggled and fought back while cursing me, but Jose just let it happen . --- Three minutes later… Jose was on the floor, laughing but the laughter came out as sharp, pained breaths . "Why aren't you struggling? Your son at least shot off a few spells . " "Is there a reason to?" Jose said as he struggled to sit up . "So why are you going to this extent? Is it really in Pedro's name? You're not the man to do that, though . " "Well, I've been thinking that it's time I made the world a little safer to live in . You know the saying; with great power comes great responsibility . " "Fuck off," Jose spat out . It would seem that Jose knew a little too much about me . I turned around and nodded to Khamil . I have one last look to the panting and bloody Jose and left the basement . Now that I had removed the head of the snake, it was time to skin its body . --- The next day… I had sent in an official declaration of war to the NCR Guild because last night, someone from their guild had raided my home, while leaving insults and a clear reason why they did that . Of course, no such intruders existed . I just needed a good enough reason to attack the NCR Guild, that way I wouldn't receive any fallout . I used the rumor the NCR Guild had spread, calling me a coward, and made it seem as if the so-called intruders didn't like the fact that I had received my payment when I had barely done anything to Pedro . And frankly, that was enough . --- The NCR Guild's headquarters… "Where is the guild master?" "Where has he disappeared off to?" "He's right . Lee Jiwon is obviously making this up . Why would anyone from our guild do such a thing? We need the guild master to properly address this situation!" Lee Jiwon's declaration had come out of nowhere . It was obviously built on false pretenses, but if the guild master wasn't here to deny those claims, Lee Jiwon would soon come to make good on his threats . What resulted was complete chaos among the guild's officers . Hugo, on the other hand, laughed to himself when he read through the declaration in Jose's stead . He knew there was no recovering from this . Hugo got up from his seat and quietly left the board room . Those fools hadn't realized by now that this was all going according to Lee Jiwon's plan . The end of the NCR Guild had come, and Hugo wanted to be long gone by then . And so, with Hugo's departure, the NCR Guild soon began to implode from the top . --- One week later… "I guess it's about time to go now . " I'd let things marinate for long enough now . I could have gone earlier and made sure not a single one NCR Guild member escaped, but I decided to just let them destroy their own guild first . That way, the name, Nuevas Chivas Rio, would completely disappear off the face of the earth . Behind me were six thousand soldiers . Each of my allied factions had sent over a thousand of their best soldiers . I hadn't even asked for help, either . They were the first to offer their help and I gladly accepted . Together, we were going to burn the NCR Guild to the ground . "Well, I'll be relying on all of you," I said to the captains of each guild . "Haha! We'll make them regret ever crossing Lee Jiwon!" "If they wanted to die that badly, then we'll gladly grant them that wish!" "Hey, you know what this reminds me of? A school field trip . " "Ha! I like the way you think! It's nice working together like this . We should do it more often . " "That's not a bad idea!" Everyone was in high morale . They were about to destroy one of the world's worst guilds that had already just about imploded . This was going to be an easy battle . ------ For the first time in this new world, six large guilds had come together as allies in battle against a single foe, all under one man's name; Lee Jiwon . The alliance had in short become a true force to be reckoned with, and it was no surprise that the NCR Guild was completely and utterly destroyed in an instant . The rest of the world had to react quickly . They knew that this alliance had existed, but it had never acted together until this day when it showed its power . Soon, no one guild or organization would ever be able to stand up to this alliance . --- Back at my home in Seoul… "Hmm…why did it stop at 99 points?" ==[The Chest Containing Pedro's Unfulfilled Desire for Revenge currently has +99 points . ]== Destroying the NCR Guild should have been enough to get the Chest up to +100 points, but it was stuck +99 . There was only a week left until the Chest was going to open on its own . "Is it because of him?" I left my house and headed back to the basement beneath the Abu Dhabi embassy . Jose and Cantana were still imprisoned here . I walked up to Jose first . His eyes were bloodshot and out of focus . He knew what had happened while he was here; I had placed a TV for the both of them to watch as I razed their guild . I even allowed them to use their Comm Links because there was nothing they could do about it now . I dragged a chair over nearby and sat down in front of Jose . "How much longer are you going to keep me here?" "You know, I'm not so sure myself . I'm still thinking on it . " It wouldn't matter if I let Jose go now and he tried to tell the world what had really happened . No one was going to care what he had to say . History was written by the victor, and I won . I was starting to worry for the Abu Dhabi Guild . These five hundred guards were some of the best of their guild and keeping them from their normal duties couldn't be good for the Abu Dhabi Guild . I wanted to let Jose and Cantana out soon . I had no reason to worry about Jose and Cantana trying to get revenge, since I was only going to get stronger . I might just keep them registered in Call for the time being, to kill them once every so often . "I'll let you go today . " Jose blinked when he heard that . He didn't even try to blackmail me into giving him golden rings or anything . He probably felt too… humiliated to try that . "Try and live a good life from now on, okay?" I said as I stabbed him . "Gah!" There was no way I was going to send him off nicely . Soon, Jose disappeared from his spot in a cloud of smoke . As soon as the smoke dispersed, I checked the Chest, and saw that it was still at +99 . "Yup . It's got to be you . " I walked over to Cantana . "Fuck you, Lee Jiwon! I swear to God, once I get out of here I'm going to kill you over and over! I'll sell my soul if I have to! I'll make you pay!" His eyes were still full of hatred and anger . Keeping him imprisoned just wasn't going to work, so I might as well set him free . "Fine, you win . I'll let you go . " I stabbed Cantana right in the face as his eyes went wide with shock, killing him in an instant . --- The next day… "Call: Cantana Alejandro . " "Huh?" This time, Cantana wasn't naked, but was covered in blood stains . They obviously weren't from hunting, which meant they were from Butchering more mortals . "Did you seriously kill more mortals again?" "How…why did you…?" Cantana was looked like he was about to cry from the shock . "I brought you here again because I was bored, but to think in that short of time, you went back to your old ways . " I slammed my spear into him repeatedly . Cantana tried to fight back, but it was all in vain . He was going to die again . "Fuck fuck fuck fuck! Why…why…?" Cantana was bawling now . "Why are you crying? I just wanted to see you again, so lighten up . I won't kill you right away, okay? Here, I have some tasty snacks for you too . Come here, have a cup of tea before you go . " Even Cantana could see by now that he wasn't going to get away from me, ever . He realized I could kill him every day, or whenever I wanted to . "You don't want to die today? Then do you want to spend the next week in my jail? I'll do whatever you ask, just say the word . " When I said that, I heard a weird sound come from Cantana . It sounded like glass breaking and soon, a red smoke oozed out of Cantana and vanished into the air . A message appeared before me at the same time . ==[The Chest Containing Pedro's Unfulfilled Desire for Revenge currently has +100 points . ]== I could tell from that message that the red smoke from Cantana's body was his Mad Butcher skill . He had finally lost it . "Please…please…spare me…" I finally heard the despair I was waiting for in Cantana's voice . It took him long enough .

Translator: HunterW Editor: RED NCR Guilds headquarters… Hes not in Guadalupe, either? No, sir . He hasnt been there nor has he contacted them . Hmm… Jose stroked his beard . Jose had received the report that his son, Cantana, had disappeared late in the morning . The entire guild was still reeling from the festivities the night before . Cantana had been seen turning in late the night before but now, there wasnt a single trace of him anywhere . He simply vanished into thin air . Cantana was the heir to the NCR Guild . The entire guild knew who he was, and he was always well-guarded . The only way he could have disappeared like this was if he used a Warp Scroll, but there was nowhere he would go while he was that drunk . Still, if there was anywhere he would go, it would be Guadalupe, Chiapas, the one place Cantana was allowed to do whatever he wanted . But the guild members there had not seen Cantana ever since the war against Pedro started . This did not sit well with Jose . Sure, Cantana was a fully grown man capable of taking care of himself, but Jose could not help but feel that something was horribly wrong . I assume youve tried his Comm Link as well? Yes sir . Weve been calling him every thirty minutes for the past ten hours, but he hasnt picked up . Very well . You may go . Yes sir . The officer left, leaving Jose alone in his office . After thinking to himself for a while, Jose looked down at his right hand . Was it the handshake? Jose muttered to himself, but after that, he fell into a deep silence . The feast continued, however, as if nothing was wrong . --- 8 PM, back at the basement beneath the Abu Dhabi embassy in Seoul… I looked over at Cantana Alejandro, who was now chained to one side of the basement room . Imprisoning a deva sounded easy, but was extremely difficult to pull off, especially because devas no longer feared death . That was why I had five hundred soldiers prepared even though I was only going to imprison two devas, Cantana and Jose . There was a lot to be done . First, I needed a team that was combat ready 24/7 in case our victims tried to use a Warp Scroll to get away . We could not let that happen . Second, I needed another team that was combat ready 24/7 in case our victims tried to use a Comm Link to contact their friends . We could not let that happen, either . Third, normal steel shackles or cuffs only worked on mortals . Our victims were devas who might have immense strength or could use skills or spells to easily break out of those shackles . We also needed to make sure their HP, MP, and Fatigue didnt restore completely while not killing them all the way . Killing them would mean letting them go, letting them resurrect wherever their Respawn Point was . We had to make them beg us to kill them . You could see the dilemma we were now faced with . We couldnt give them too much room, which would allow them to use a Warp Scroll or their Comm Links, but we couldnt stay too close to them, which would prompt them to force us to hurt them too much . Itd be easier if they were devas who didnt have access to Warp Scrolls or Comm Links, but our victims were the highest ranking officers of a large guild . We had no choice but to go to this extent just to torture them . Youre here again, Mr . Lee, Khamil came up as I stared at Cantana . Yes . I might as well bring the other one here now . I walked over to the same place I had Called Cantana to the night before . Call: Jose Alejandro . Like the night before, I Called him at 8 PM . It was 5 in the morning in Mexico right now, so Jose should have been asleep, but he wasnt . He actually looked like he knew he was going to be Summoned, but I wasnt fazed by that . Do you always get up this early or did you not sleep at all? Jose turned towards me . Didnt you hear that sleep is the best medicine? The same goes for devas . You really ought to sleep when you can . Jose ignored what I said, however, and raised his right hand instead . Was it the handshake? Handshake? We dont need to shake hands again . Were going to be spending a lot of time together, you and I, I said, shaking my head . I did know what he was talking about, though . I had made sure to shake hands for a minute long with both Jose and Cantana . To them, it was just an awkwardly long handshake but it had turned out to be a great chance for me to get them here . Jose heaved a heavy sigh before speaking up . Fuck this world . If you thought you knew everything, youre always surprised by something worse . Isnt that just how life works? I gripped my spear and raised it, poised to attack . We had plenty of time to talk . Is it because of Pedro? But hes permanently dead . Theres no reason for you to become our enemy just because of Pedro . I doubt someone like you would do something this shady yourself . Was it his age or experience in these matters? Jose didnt even flinch when I raised my spear . Youre the type of man who only acts in his favor and not in honor or glory, are you not, Lee Jiwon? I will give you what you want . I smiled when he said that, as if I liked what he was getting at . Do you want a monthly stipend of golden rings? Or a yearly offering of worthy items? How about someone to do your dirty work? I can make any of that possible . Having a shadowy guild on your side is never a bad thing, Lee Jiwon . I cackled . Jose was trying his best to appease me, but I saw what he was really doing . Its so obvious youre just trying to buy time . He did seem pretty sincere about it, as if maybe one of his suggestions could catch my eye . Do you have Change? Jose gasped in surprise and paled . I wasnt sure if he had it, but no matter how strong he was compared to other guild leaders, there was no way he could remain so calm about this . He was in an unfamiliar and hostile environment with about four hundred soldiers surrounding him . And his opponent was me . Blink 1 . Gah! My spear easily pierced his chest and I stabbed him twice more, keeping him alive by a thread . Cantana at least struggled and fought back while cursing me, but Jose just let it happen . --- Three minutes later… Jose was on the floor, laughing but the laughter came out as sharp, pained breaths . Why arent you struggling? Your son at least shot off a few spells . Is there a reason to? Jose said as he struggled to sit up . So why are you going to this extent? Is it really in Pedros name? Youre not the man to do that, though . Well, Ive been thinking that its time I made the world a little safer to live in . You know the saying; with great power comes great responsibility . Fuck off, Jose spat out . It would seem that Jose knew a little too much about me . I turned around and nodded to Khamil . I have one last look to the panting and bloody Jose and left the basement . Now that I had removed the head of the snake, it was time to skin its body . --- The next day… I had sent in an official declaration of war to the NCR Guild because last night, someone from their guild had raided my home, while leaving insults and a clear reason why they did that . Of course, no such intruders existed . I just needed a good enough reason to attack the NCR Guild, that way I wouldnt receive any fallout . I used the rumor the NCR Guild had spread, calling me a coward, and made it seem as if the so-called intruders didnt like the fact that I had received my payment when I had barely done anything to Pedro . And frankly, that was enough . --- The NCR Guilds headquarters… Where is the guild master? Where has he disappeared off to? Hes right . Lee Jiwon is obviously making this up . Why would anyone from our guild do such a thing? We need the guild master to properly address this situation! Lee Jiwons declaration had come out of nowhere . It was obviously built on false pretenses, but if the guild master wasnt here to deny those claims, Lee Jiwon would soon come to make good on his threats . What resulted was complete chaos among the guilds officers . Hugo, on the other hand, laughed to himself when he read through the declaration in Joses stead . He knew there was no recovering from this . Hugo got up from his seat and quietly left the board room . Those fools hadnt realized by now that this was all going according to Lee Jiwons plan . The end of the NCR Guild had come, and Hugo wanted to be long gone by then . And so, with Hugos departure, the NCR Guild soon began to implode from the top . --- One week later… I guess its about time to go now . Id let things marinate for long enough now . I could have gone earlier and made sure not a single one NCR Guild member escaped, but I decided to just let them destroy their own guild first . That way, the name, Nuevas Chivas Rio, would completely disappear off the face of the earth . Behind me were six thousand soldiers . Each of my allied factions had sent over a thousand of their best soldiers . I hadnt even asked for help, either . They were the first to offer their help and I gladly accepted . Together, we were going to burn the NCR Guild to the ground . Well, Ill be relying on all of you, I said to the captains of each guild . Haha! Well make them regret ever crossing Lee Jiwon! If they wanted to die that badly, then well gladly grant them that wish! Hey, you know what this reminds me of? A school field trip . Ha! I like the way you think! Its nice working together like this . We should do it more often . Thats not a bad idea! Everyone was in high morale . They were about to destroy one of the worlds worst guilds that had already just about imploded . This was going to be an easy battle . ------ For the first time in this new world, six large guilds had come together as allies in battle against a single foe, all under one mans name; Lee Jiwon . The alliance had in short become a true force to be reckoned with, and it was no surprise that the NCR Guild was completely and utterly destroyed in an instant . The rest of the world had to react quickly . They knew that this alliance had existed, but it had never acted together until this day when it showed its power . Soon, no one guild or organization would ever be able to stand up to this alliance . --- Back at my home in Seoul… Hmm…why did it stop at 99 points? ==[The Chest Containing Pedros Unfulfilled Desire for Revenge currently has +99 points . ]== Destroying the NCR Guild should have been enough to get the Chest up to +100 points, but it was stuck +99 . There was only a week left until the Chest was going to open on its own . Is it because of him? I left my house and headed back to the basement beneath the Abu Dhabi embassy . Jose and Cantana were still imprisoned here . I walked up to Jose first . His eyes were bloodshot and out of focus . He knew what had happened while he was here; I had placed a TV for the both of them to watch as I razed their guild . I even allowed them to use their Comm Links because there was nothing they could do about it now . I dragged a chair over nearby and sat down in front of Jose . How much longer are you going to keep me here? You know, Im not so sure myself . Im still thinking on it . It wouldnt matter if I let Jose go now and he tried to tell the world what had really happened . No one was going to care what he had to say . History was written by the victor, and I won . I was starting to worry for the Abu Dhabi Guild . These five hundred guards were some of the best of their guild and keeping them from their normal duties couldnt be good for the Abu Dhabi Guild . I wanted to let Jose and Cantana out soon . I had no reason to worry about Jose and Cantana trying to get revenge, since I was only going to get stronger . I might just keep them registered in Call for the time being, to kill them once every so often . Ill let you go today . Jose blinked when he heard that . He didnt even try to blackmail me into giving him golden rings or anything . He probably felt too… humiliated to try that . Try and live a good life from now on, okay? I said as I stabbed him . Gah! There was no way I was going to send him off nicely . Soon, Jose disappeared from his spot in a cloud of smoke . As soon as the smoke dispersed, I checked the Chest, and saw that it was still at +99 . Yup . Its got to be you . I walked over to Cantana . Fuck you, Lee Jiwon! I swear to God, once I get out of here Im going to kill you over and over! Ill sell my soul if I have to! Ill make you pay! His eyes were still full of hatred and anger . Keeping him imprisoned just wasnt going to work, so I might as well set him free . Fine, you win . Ill let you go . I stabbed Cantana right in the face as his eyes went wide with shock, killing him in an instant . --- The next day… Call: Cantana Alejandro . Huh? This time, Cantana wasnt naked, but was covered in blood stains . They obviously werent from hunting, which meant they were from Butchering more mortals . Did you seriously kill more mortals again? How…why did you…? Cantana was looked like he was about to cry from the shock . I brought you here again because I was bored, but to think in that short of time, you went back to your old ways . I slammed my spear into him repeatedly . Cantana tried to fight back, but it was all in vain . He was going to die again . Fuck fuck fuck fuck! Why…why…? Cantana was bawling now . Why are you crying? I just wanted to see you again, so lighten up . I wont kill you right away, okay? Here, I have some tasty snacks for you too . Come here, have a cup of tea before you go . Even Cantana could see by now that he wasnt going to get away from me, ever . He realized I could kill him every day, or whenever I wanted to . You dont want to die today? Then do you want to spend the next week in my jail? Ill do whatever you ask, just say the word . When I said that, I heard a weird sound come from Cantana . It sounded like glass breaking and soon, a red smoke oozed out of Cantana and vanished into the air . A message appeared before me at the same time . ==[The Chest Containing Pedros Unfulfilled Desire for Revenge currently has +100 points . ]== I could tell from that message that the red smoke from Cantanas body was his Mad Butcher skill . He had finally lost it . Please…please…spare me… I finally heard the despair I was waiting for in Cantanas voice . It took him long enough .

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