Dimensional Sovereign Chapter 38:
Chapter 38: Trampling those with Gold Spoons (1)
A military adviser .
A window describing the position immediately appeared .
[If you have a competent military adviser then the operations of the base will become more effective . ]
[Do you want to appoint Keirun as the military adviser? Yes/No]
The military adviser was the representative of the sovereign . He could summon troops and secure resources without Kang-jun present .
Naturally, Kang-jun wanted it .
Barrack upgrades, research institutes, mines, workshops, etc .
There were so many things to think about that he was started to get a headache . If Kang-jun installed a military adviser then they could do such tasks on his behalf .
Kang-jun only needed to receive the report .
"Okay . Keirun, you will be the military adviser from now on . ”
Keirun bowed again and said with a thrilled expression .
"Keirun is Lord’s subordinate! I will faithfully perform my duties as Lord’s military adviser . ”
[Keirun has become the military adviser .
[Strength of all allies has risen by 10% . ]
Surprisingly, the strength of his allies was raised by 10% .
This also applied to Kang-jun .
That wasn’t all .
[The status of the sovereign has risen by appointing someone as the military adviser . ]
[Charisma has increased by 1 . This effect will disappear if the military adviser is fired . ]
His charisma rose by one just because he promoted someone to the position of military adviser! This was called killing two birds with one stone .
"You should have asked me this sooner . ”
Keirun just smiled and replied .
"A sovereign needs to be higher than Lv10 before appointing someone as a military adviser . This also goes for the supervisor position . ”
It was due to the level .
Kang-jun was currently Lv12 .
Kang-jun looked at his status window with a proud grin .
Lv . 12 (Exp 00 . 00%)
[War] Beginner
Health: 310/310 .
Black Magic Energy: 45/310
Strength: 15
Agility: 16
Intelligence: 13
Good Luck: 6
Charisma: 8 (+4)
[Additional Effects]
-Combat power increased by 10% .
He was so much stronger compared to when he was Lv1 .
However, this was only the beginning . Kang-jun committed to focusing on his level even more in the future .
On the one hand, there was the Blue Stone Mine located on the roof of Sungkwang building .
Two sombre figures were using pickaxes in the mine .
Pak! Pak!
They were Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil .
Their faces were blackened as they struck down with the pickaxes .
‘Ah, fuck! This is **** . ’
'Ah! Fuck! What is with this scenario?’
They couldn’t understand why they were using pickaxes .
There was also a cave on the roof of a building .
‘Wahh! If this is a dream then please let me wake up!’
‘Fuck! It is a nightmare!’
However, they didn’t dare mutter these words out loud .
This was due to the cat monster Rodiam monitoring them .
At first, they had laughed when the guy with the face of a cat appeared . Then he turned into a giant monster and started to beat them up . Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil naturally froze in front of the monster and couldn’t fight back .
The result was that they were now working .
“Don’t slack off . I won’t forgive it, nyang . ”
Rodiam cried out . Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil flinched before diligently striking down with their pickaxes .
Pak! Pak! Pak pak!
It was the first time they had used a pickaxe, but it felt strangely familiar .
Furthermore, the area around them was dark but spacious .
Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil didn’t know it was the effect of having Rodiam as a supervisor .
After a long time had passed .
Clink .
At that moment, Cho Sang-jin uncovered a blue coin .
"T-this!”
Blue coins . Rodiam would give them a break whenever they found a blue coin . Cho Sang-jin quickly picked it up and handed it to Rodiam .
“Here is a coin . ”
Rodiam took the coin with a laugh and said .
"Good work . You can rest for 10 minutes, nyang . ”
"Thank you . ”
Cho Sang-jin bowed and enjoyed the break . Hwang Seong-gil also dug out a blue coin and received a 10 minute break .
[1 node has been stacked in the base’s warehouse . ]
[1 node has been stacked in the base’s warehouse . ]
That’s right . The blue coins they dug up were nodes .
However, those words didn’t enter Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil’s ears .
They were flopped down at the entrance to the mine .
‘Phew!’
'Dammit!'
There was a miserable air around them . Hwang Seong-gil glanced at Cho Sang-jin and said .
"Do you have a cigarette?”
"I don’t have any, Hyung-nim . ”
Cho Sang-jin was also thinking about cigarettes . They stared ahead blankly .
"Eat, nyang . ”
Rodiam handed something to them .
It was a small candy .
They placed it in their mouths as soon as they received it .
Chewing the candy would help with the boredom .
Chew chew . Jjap jjap .
The candy was sweet . At that moment .
[You have taken candy from Supervisor Rodiam . ]
[The fatigue while working as decreased . ]
[You have become motivated to work again . ]
Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil had no idea what was going on .
Their fatigue from working was reduced . That seemed to fit . Eating candy would help relieve some fatigue . But they also felt a desire to work again!
That really didn’t seem possible .
“Your 10 minute break has ended . Get back to work, nyang . ”
Rodiam exclaimed . Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil voluntarily jumped up and ran inside the cave .
“Ugh, it is strange! Why do I want to pick up a pickaxe?”
"My hand spontaneously moved towards the pickaxe . ”
"That **** cat must be doing something to us, Hyung-nim . ”
“I was thinking the same thing! Bloody cat! It can go to **** . ”
Then Rodiam’s ears pricked up and he asked .
“What did you just say, nyang?”
"Ah, nothing . ”
"I would never . . . ”
At that moment, Rodiam changed to an enormous size .
“Kuooooh! Don’t lie to me! Do you want to die?”
Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil freaked out .
“I-I did it . I was wrong . ”
“Kuhuk! I was wrong . I won’t do it again . ”
Rodiam returned to his original appearance .
"You will die if you do it again . Get back to work, nyang . ”
“Yes . I understand . ”
“I'll work hard . ”
Cho Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-gil starting moving their pickaxes again .
Pak! Pak!
So a day passed in their dream .
Yugang building, 5th floor .
Like always, Jung Kwang-hyeon woke up at noon but he was in a bad mood .
Mission 5: Scout the neighbourhood to find a nearby, hostile sovereign .
-Compensation: Experience, 1000 nodes
He had failed to fulfill the mission .
Last night, he had raided a nearby building and lost some forces .
It was the six storey Rose building across from Yugang . He sent scouts to check if there was a hostile sovereign there but the 10 goblins and 10 orcs didn’t return to his base .
They were annihilated by the monsters lurking inside the building . He never thought there would be unidentified monsters inside the Rose building instead of a hostile sovereign .
Of course, Jung Kwang-hyeon didn’t directly participate in the scouting .
'A hostile sovereign can be dangerous . ’
He would use his subordinates . If his troops were sacrificed then he could just summon more . Enough taxes were being collected form Yugang building to supplement his funds .
Thanks to that, he built a third barrack and a research institute last night .
Therefore, losing a few troops wasn’t a problem for him .
His troops composed of 30 goblins and 60 orcs would soon be completed . In addition, their combat capabilities were enhanced through the research institute .
It was important to build more barracks, causing his troops to increase even further .
The problem was the delay of the mission! It was disturbing that he couldn’t find the location of the hostile sovereign .
'Shit! Where is that person hiding?’
Individually searching every nearby building in Hwanmong to figure out the position of the sovereign wasn’t easy . Something else was required .
“Colt!”
The intermediate ghost wearing a black hood, Colt, appeared before him .
“Lord, did you call?”
"Did you find out anything?”
“No . I asked the ghosts again but none of them know who the sovereign is . ”
Jung Kwang-hyeon frowned .
“There is something strange . If there is another sovereign nearby then the ghosts should know about it . But they don’t know? Does that make sense?”
Colt’s expression stiffened .
"Lord, then perhaps?”
"There is no doubt . The other sovereign has done something . Go and grab a ghost . Pick one that looks as timid as possible . ”
"Yes, Lord . But what are you thinking?”
"I will question them myself . In the end, I will pull the truth from their mouths . ”
Jung Kwang-hyeon smiled as he visualized the punishment field .
He killed inside the punishment field . He would do it until they spoke! A mere ghost wouldn’t be able to withstand pain like that .
Colt bowed with a pleased smile .
“Kukuet, as expected from Lord . I never thought of that . Now I will go and grab someone . ”
Colt turned and disappeared into the shadows . After a while, he returned . His hands were clutching the neck of a young female ghost .
"I’m back, Lord . ”
"Well done . "
Jung Kwang-hyeon immediately used the punishment field . Then he summoned five orcs to the punishment field to brutally kill the female ghost .
“Sob sob sob! S-spare me . I was wrong . I will speak . Aang!”
The female ghost sobbed with fear .
Jung Kwang-hyeon nodded .
“Tell me . Speak honestly . ”
“In fact . . . ”
The female ghost told him everything she knew .
The look in Jung Kwang-hyeon’s eyes changed as he heard her words . Then a cold smile formed on his face .
‘Dafeng building! It is an old building where losers live in the goshiwon . ’
He finally found it . The location of the hostile sovereign .
At the moment, he received a message stating that Mission 5 was completed .
He rose from Lv6 to Lv7 .
1,000 nodes also piled up in his base back in Hwanmong .
Jung Kwang-hyeon immediately said to Colt .
"Don’t release that ghost . We can’t have the enemy finding out that I’ve discovered him . ”
“Yes, Lord . ”
Colt disappeared somewhere with the ghost .
Jung Kwang-hyeon pulled out his smartphone and called someone .
-This is Sky Realtor Office .
“It is me, Jung Kwang-hyeon . ”
-Ah, Boss-nim! What is going on?
"I wanted to know about the Dafeng building in front of me . What is the price for it these days?”
-The Dafeng building? The price is three billion won .
“Three billion? That is cheaper than I thought . ”
-Haha, rumours have spread about a ghost so people are reluctant to buy it . But that is just nonsense . Where is the ghost?
“A ghost . How funny . ”
-Why? Do you want to live there? If you want to buy it then I’ll get you a good quote from the landlord .
“Please look for me . I will pay you a 100 million fee if you manage to reduce the three billion by 500 million . ”
Jung Kwang-hyeon hung up and laughed out loud .
"I can avoid a needless war with money . That **** doesn’t even know that he is dead . ”
At that moment .
In the 3rd floor PC room, Hayun’s expression stiffened .
After being given an introduction by Kang-jun and Sang-min, Hayun received a five hours per day part time job at the PC room .
Thanks to her, the place was always crowded even during the day .
(What did you just say?)
(Seo-young has been taken . She hasn’t come back after going to the Yugang building . )
One of the ghosts hurriedly rushed to tell her the news .
The female ghost Seo-young was gone?
Hayun’s instincts warned her .
‘It is serious . Maybe he figured out this location . ’
She wanted to go and rescue Seo-young, but the Yugang building was inaccessible to Hayun .
Hayun could only exert force in the Dafeng and Sungkwang buildings that Kang-jun occupied .
It would be dangerous if she went outside these areas .
‘I need to tell Kang-jun . ’
Kang-jun came back from the market at 6 . 30 p . m .
After hearing the news from Hayun, Kang-jun immediately ran towards the real estate office on the 1st floor .
“Welcome . Haha! Are you hot? Sit and drink a cold coffee . ”
Today the realtor was the kind Kim Seok-cheol . However, Kang-jun wasn’t in the mood to drink cold coffee right now .
"I won’t have any cold coffee . Instead, has someone made an inquiry to purchase this building?”
Kim Seok-cheol glanced at Kang-jun with surprise .
“Haha, you are very quick . You have already heard the news? I only just found out . ”
“It is really being sold?”
“Yes . Probably . ”
"Do you know who is buying it?”
"Do you know the Yugang building? It is the owner of that building . ”
“ . . . . . . !”
Kang-jun’s expression became stiff .
'Jung Kwang-hyeon! Like Hayun said, he must have figured out my identity . ’
There was no other reason for suddenly buying the Dafeng building . If Jung Kwang-hyeon owned the Dafeng building then all of Kang-jun’s work would go to waste .
'Shit! I have no money . ’
He needed money to buy the building before the hostile sovereign did!
Was this the power of a gold spoon?
‘I won’t obediently step back . ’
Those who were strong would win .
Kang-jun exited the real estate office and stared coldly at the Yugang building .