◈ Episode 357. The Great Downfall

The Heavenly Unity.

The prestige within the Motherland is such that it would make even a flying bird fall.

Moreover, since the President, Jianwei, had sworn his obedience to Liu Zunqun, billions of Chinese had only one man. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that only Liu Zunqun would return.

It was the same now.

“Relay the situation to the lord……!”

The fall of the Heavenly Unity Branch.

Even one person had to survive and relay the situation to the Lord.

The target was clearly Five Stars.

‘You’re going to China just to capture the Five Stars?’

A quick tap on the calculator was enough to show that the math didn’t add up. But then, an unbelievable sight unfolded before his eyes.

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Early level 400. Combatants of Heavenly Unity who were categorized as high-level, if not top-ranked, players were falling one after another. It was neither skill nor magic.

“Tiresome.”

An action that didn’t feel like an effort at all.

Shhh─

It was just a swing of the sword.

The man shudders and asks.

“……Uh, why are you doing this?”

Kinver’s response is tasteless.

“I’ve heard that line so many times, I’m sick of it.”

“……You must be a supernova Kinver?”

“Supernova, Kinver, trash. It’s my name, so why don’t you say it a little differently this time? I’ve traveled all the way to Shanghai because of you. Don’t you think it’s better for both of us to spill the beans?”

“…….”

A clear threat.

But he kept his mouth shut. No, he couldn’t help it. His loyalty to Liu Zunqun didn’t want him to succumb to the enemy.

Of course.

[Status abnormality, ‘brainwashing’ occurs].

It was not a voluntary loyalty.

Again, silence.

Elsidor was curious at this point.

“It’s amazing. For someone who is trash, his mouth is unnecessarily heavy. Does this mean that the so-called leader is still useful? What do the adventurers say, green tea in the trash, or something?”

……Suddenly green tea?

What’s with the weird metaphor?

Kinver’s fat gaze turns to Elsidor.

Elsidor corrects him.

“Alas, it’s not just green tea, it’s green tea tea bags.”

Was this bullshit, not a joke?

‘From whom and what did you learn to speak in the Golden Palace?’

For a moment, Kinver was puzzled, but he let it go.

Heavenly Unity, you’re too big for your own good.

It had already been over an hour since he’d popped a few branches.

‘We’re not supposed to be seen.’

Elsidor, I didn’t know what potential this crazy blood elf was seeing in me and working with me. Kinver did not forget his situation.

‘Because both me and this guy are at a disadvantage.’

Kinver.

So much so that I can recognize him just by looking at his face.

One of the most notorious players in the game.

Elsidor’s brutal assault on Rockid was broadcast around the world. How can what they’re doing be considered normal behavior?

Broad daylight.

They broke into the Heavenly Unity branch multiple times.

They left a trail of blood wherever they went.

Elsidor raises his sword.

“I see, you don’t talk until you’re half dead.”

Knowing that fact, Kinver persuaded Elsidor. Just as the supernovas were separated, there may be a backlash if all the Heavenly Unity are separated and destroyed.

-“If you’re going to kill them all, how can there be a backlash?”

Elsidor still didn’t understand, but he relented. This was the world of adventurers. This was because he acknowledged that it may be natural that he does not understand from his own perspective.

“Well, stop it. No matter how much you torture me,……!!”

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Kinver looked at the screaming man wordlessly.

So far, so good, halfway to death.

As I said, I don’t have much time to spare from now on.

‘It’s time to start doubting.’

Five Stars, even if we have to fight them to the death.

I had to find out where they were.

And the location of Liu Zunqun, who would have given Five Star such an order.

“I’ll make you suffer.”

Horrible was the only word to describe Elsidor’s torture, which was gruesome from a different perspective. Even Kinver, who had seen many things in his notorious career, would frown upon it.

But it worked.

“……!”

The extreme pain drove any remaining loyalty into the man’s head.

[Status abnormality, ‘brainwashing’ is released].

No, it was enough to make him forget Liu Zunqun’s trick.

“Wait, I’ll tell you. The whereabouts of Five Stars and Liu Zunqun……! Shanghai, a hotel a few blocks from here. We’re renting out the entire hotel for the General Assembly.”

The Heavenly Unity General Assembly.

The location is fortunately in the same area, Shanghai.

The man cringed, coughed up blood, and barely managed to speak.

“Kuck……. However, if it is him, he’s probably trying to get his tail out by now. He’s too suspicious. Considering he’s even ‘brainwashed’ me, a man who swore true loyalty.”

Kinvér realized.

‘I understand if it’s a status abnormality.’

Even in a doughy state.

The behavior of a guild that never revealed its secrets.

The corner of Elsidor’s mouth twitched upward.

“Brainwashing. What a trashy method.”

Elsidor’s skills were literally like a sword. Kinver didn’t say anything else and immediately activated [Stealth].

Elsidor did the same, hiding himself in nature.

Once they were in place.

No more words were needed between them.

However, one thing needed to be confirmed.

“Six is ​​enough to take your breath away, you idiot.”

Liu Zunqun and the five stars, six in total.

The Heavenly Unity was achieved through the monarch’s brainwashing. They would be like a sand castle that would collapse without even a dream of revenge if the monarch disappeared.

Elsidor snorted.

“I know, trash. Anything more is a luxury. Let’s get this over with.”

He glanced up at the sun.

“It’s almost time to water the garden.”

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Beep, beep, beep!

A loud siren blares throughout the hotel.

At first I thought it was a fire alarm, but it wasn’t.

The hotel manager runs down the hallway, out of breath.

He bows to a member of the Heavenly Unity Guild.

“A fire alarm in the middle of the General Assembly, I can see how the Lord would feel about you, I’m afraid. I thought this hotel bed was rather plush.”

“I apologize. But it’s not a fire!”

“……It’s not a fire?”

Beep, beep, beep-!

I thought that was the only noise I could hear.

Maybe……?

The woman held up a mace from her inventory.

“If that’s the case, then it must be a rift!”

“I’m afraid that’s not it either……!”

“What?”

It’s not a fire, it’s not a rift, but what a fuss.

It didn’t make sense to her common sense.

Could it be a rebellion aimed at the General Assembly?

The last option came to mind.

‘How dare you go against my lord?’

In the woman’s mind, there was no one who had that much prominence in the Heavenly Unity.

Besides, what kind of a lord is he?

The Perfect One who immediately recognizes impure molecules and drives them out.

But the truth always surpasses imagination.

What awaited her was an unbelievable reality.

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“……!”

The radio crackled.

-“In, intruder……!!!”

Yes, someone had broken into the General Assembly.

“Some bastards.”

They had stormed the headquarters of the Heavenly Unity.

The woman relayed the news to the white-faced hotel manager.

First and foremost, she had to tell her lord the news quickly.

“You will relay this to the Lord.”

“I will.”

“For I must put these arrogant bastards to death.”

Tada tada tada!

The manager, who was running out, suddenly asked a question from behind.

“By the way, where is your master……?”

“……!”

The woman was stunned.

Her job was to help ensure a successful General Assembly.

But she didn’t know where the Lord was staying.

Of course, it wasn’t her fault.

‘……You didn’t tell me that in the first place.’

It was Liu Zunqun, the man who didn’t trust even his [brainwashed] subordinates. Upstairs or downstairs? No, is the Lord even in this hotel in the first place?

Wait…….

The beeping had long since ceased.

‘Didn’t He know everything in the first place?’

If he did, why didn’t he…….

‘……No action, no support?’

The woman was troubled.

A message flashes through her mind.

[A status abnormality, ‘brainwashing’ occurs.]

Her mind is filled with questions and blind loyalty.

The woman screams at the hotel manager.

Upstairs or downstairs?

“Upstairs or downstairs, you find it and deliver it!”

“I will, I will, I will!”

The manager starts to climb the central staircase of the grand hotel.

Soon, as did the woman.

Those drawn by the [brainwashing] wrapped in loyalty began to gather.

They had only one purpose.

To kill the raiders who had ruined the General Assembly.

Why were their masters doing nothing?

They greeted the raider without question.

A view like that.

“…….”

The restricted area in the basement of the hotel.

Liu Zunqun and Five Stars were watching the monitor.

Liu Zunqun, he’d gotten a handle on the situation early on.

Guangzhou, Tianjin, Beijing, Chongqing, and Shanghai.

The monitors that filled the walls showed the branch leaders.

Because a CCTV system was in operation that even the executives of Heavenly Unity were not aware of.

“Fast.”

So Liu Zunqun had been watching everything from the moment the Guangzhou branch fell.

He had been watching everything.

But as you can see, he’s only been watching.

Elsidor.

The absolute power of the elves.

The ability to ignore most conditions.

A ruthlessness that could not be swayed by ambiguous emotions.

‘In some ways, he is more dangerous to me than Lee Hoyeol.’

Liu Zunqun admitted his mistake at that point, as there was nothing in the world that could stop that blood elf at this time.

‘That was a mistake.’

A complete disconnect.

The withdrawal from the AAU agreement was the trigger for the Motherland and Heavenly Unity, which was completely isolated from the international community.

If they were to tell the world that they had been attacked by Elsidor and Kinver, and that they had been recorded, they would get nothing but sarcasm in return.

So Liu Zunqun spoke up.

“Have all records related to them deleted.”

“!”

The analyst operating the monitor was stunned.

He knew he didn’t dare to ask the Lord what he meant.

He don’t understand at all.

“This, this is evidence. Lord……!!!

This was the only proof that the Great Heavenly Unity had been dastardly ambushed and suffered heavy losses.

But to vomit in front of Five Stars’s eyes, let alone his lord, was impossible.

” ……I will follow your orders.”

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[Delete]

He presses the button and the monitor begins to black out at a rapid pace. The CCTV system is completely reset. The monitor lights went out. In the darkness, Liu Zunqun muttered to himself.

“A guild with no room for excuses, is this the great downfall of Heavenly Unity?”

But me, Liu Zunqun.

The throne hasn’t fallen yet.

It’s just that the timing has moved forward a little.

The method is just a little different.

“At the same time, it’s time to raise a new curtain.”

That’s right, only he and Five Stars would survive this meeting in the first place.

It was just him and Five Stars.

Liu Zunqun’s sinister voice rang out.

“Guild management system open.”

A system that only the Guild Master can activate.

A message appeared in front of Liu Zunqun’s eyes.

A top-tier guild, with countless features activated.

──────

[Guild Management System].

Guild Name: Heavenly Unity

Members: 48,491,954

Reputation: 140,683,492

1. Guild Inventory

2. Guild Skills

3. Guild member management…….

──────

However, Liu Zunqun’s gaze was directed to only one place.

[Your reputation is sufficient.]

That condition had long since been fulfilled.

However, there were too many people to share his accumulated achievements with.

It was just a matter of reducing the number of heads.

But not anymore.

Liu Zunqun looked at Five Star.

“I’m willing to give it to you.”

Immediately, he activates his monarch’s unique skill.

[Skill, ‘Selection Ticket’ is activated.].

[Guild, ‘Heavenly Unity’ is declared founding of the nation.].

[Title is distributed according to reputation contribution.].

[Five counts have been elected.]…….

Liu Zunqun stared at the flowing message.

‘No one would know.’

Only the [monarch] can recognize the [monarch]. The current founding message was for those who possessed the qualities of a monarch, that is, those of the [Monarch] class.

‘I am the only monarch among players.’

The Yusra king, Hakuna, was a monarch.

He was a native of the Arcana continent.

Which meant that he wouldn’t be able to witness the message.

So instead of sorrow, Liu Zunqun felt venom in the face of the great downfall.

‘I will grow stronger under your shadow, Lee Hoyeol.’

Only then did he have the backdrop of a class, a nation that could fully utilize the abilities of a [tyrant]. In other words, Liu Zunqun no longer needed his old country, China.

The same was true of Heavenly Unity, which was nothing more than a guild.

Liu Zunqun spoke harshly.

“Destroy all systems and information, every last bit of it.”

“……, my lord.”

China had become subordinate to the Heavenly Unity and could no longer function as a nation.

In such a situation, the system of Heavenly Unity would be deleted……. The aftermath would be evident from the collapse of the rift.

‘The people will not be able to withstand it.’

The analyst’s fingers trembled, but only for a moment.

[Delete]

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The six connectors were soon up and running.

Liu Zunqun and Five Star.

They have entered the Arcana Continent.

Abandoning the Heavenly Unity and the motherland.

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A message from nowhere.

[Guild, ‘Heavenly Unity’ proclaimed the founding of the nation].

[Titles are distributed according to contribution to prestige].

[Five counts have been elected.]…….

There was only one thought that came to mind when I saw the message.

‘Claudi, the Four Families, a great family that surpasses even the Empire……?’

Holy shit, how is this not similar?!

I was dumbfounded.

I was dumbfounded. ……Liu Zunqun, are you sure that the second year of middle school has finally arrived?

“How pitiful.”