The waiting guild office in the Sword Palace.
"Owner… … "It's been so long since I last saw you."
Lee Ha-yeon, with deep dark circles, greeted Seong Ji-han with a tired face.
"Since the owner is here too, I will leave work early today… … ."
"okay. "Go in, Gayoung."
"yes… … ."
Behind Lee Ha-yeon, Lim Ga-young is holding a document and looking equally tired.
I opened the door to the lounge next to the guild master's room and fell down on the bed inside.
'no. 'Is it okay for a bodyguard to act like that?'
Seong Ji-han looked at the unclosed lounge with a bewildered look in his eyes.
Lee Ha-yeon defended her instead.
"Gayoung stayed up all night for a few days instead of me. "Owner, I ask for your understanding."
"Oh, I see. But what happened? "Why have you become so busy?"
"What happened… … "Was it there?"
Crash.
Lee Ha-yeon gritted her teeth.
"As Battle.net entered the mainstream game, the maximum level was expanded."
"Yes."
"And all of the top players, from the world's No. 1 ranking, have entered the growth phase again."
"hmm."
"It's not like everyone is trying to get into the waiting guild right now. The positions of promising players have already been replaced by ranked players, and now we are receiving requests, cajoling, and even threats from all directions, asking if there are any seats left."
Doo doo doo doo.
Lee Ha-yeon went to the desk in the guild master's room and typed on the keyboard.
Then, Lee Ha-yeon's email appeared on the monitor screen.
"That individual is receiving sweet conciliation from all directions. In the US, they told me to come because they would give me 100 Akashic pages. "China called for 80 copies."
An email from Robert Gates of American First.
In it, there was a proposal for an eye-poppingly large salary and full national support for the Akashic Page.
'Many people recognize the value of nurturing skills.'
Many guilds around the world are starting to operate supporting gift training in earnest.
However, the number of people with training abilities was far short of the demand, even though Seong Ji-han lowered the difficulty level of the world.
Therefore, each guild had no choice but to set their sights on Lee Ha-yeon, the existing top talent.
"I don't know how they knew I was put on a work bomb, but they said I could just put my name up and relax in Hawaii."
"hmm. Didn't Hayeon want to show off her abilities? "I can do that whenever you want."
"no. what… … I also don't like just playing around. but… … ."
Lee Ha-yeon pointed behind herself with her finger.
There was a mountain of documents, half covering the window of the guild master's room.
"I don't want to die working like that!"
If things continue like this, Lee Ha-yeon looks like she's really going to escape.
Seong Ji-han decided to organize traffic for guild work.
"is it so. What exactly is the problem? "I gave you all the authority."
"authority… … is it so. Authority over all guild affairs was delegated. but."
Lee Ha-yeon jumped up from her seat and took the documents from behind her.
An application form from a player who has applied to join a waiting guild.
Lee Ha-yeon placed them one by one on her desk.
"Look at this. Every world ranked player submitted an application to join. Without missing a single thing! Even in the Chinese People's Association, where there was a big conflict with the owner, the ranker threw everything out. This isn't collusion, really... … !"
World rankings from 1st to 100th.
No, all players, including those in the later ranks, submitted applications to join the waiting guild at once.
Is that all?
An official letter was sent requesting cooperation from the guild they originally belonged to and even the national Battle.net Association.
'This would be difficult for the guild master to handle alone.'
This is a situation where the superpowers, the United States and China, are working together to bring in our players.
Even though Lee Ha-yeon was delegated authority by Seong Ji-han, it was difficult for her to handle it alone.
"… … The positions that were originally occupied by promising players from each guild were switched by agreement within their guilds."
"How about removing the American First prospect and putting in the No. 1 player instead?"
"yes. That's how America's number one player, Oliver, also became a member of our guild. but… … "There's still a lot of talk about positions that aren't like that."
It didn't matter how many times they switched between promising and key players in their guild.
Seats assigned to other guilds became a problem.
The argument is that for the sake of humanity, the growth effects of waiting guilds should be redistributed to the top rankers.
Where is such a thing? Disputes continued to arise as claims that we could not give up our share were clashing with each other.
"These are so. "It's not like I left you a seat."
"That's right. Still, the opponent is so competitive... … I just can't handle it. "But at first, I thought the owner was paying attention, but since the owner has stopped getting involved in the guild, it's gotten a bit worse these days."
Lee Ha-yeon then pointed a finger at herself.
"Attempts to take me away have become more and more frequent."
"I am coming?"
"well. Rather than working and dying, I might want to go to Hawaii... … ."
Lee Ha-yeon, whose eyes were half-closed, mumbled and spoke.
Seong Ji-han felt the need to sort out this matter quickly.
Because I didn't know if she would really go like this.
"great. I'll sort it out right away. first."
widely.
Seong Ji-han snaps his fingers.
The application forms piled up like a mountain on my desk and by the window all crumbled into dust and disappeared.
"Eh… … ."
"Guild members from other guilds, cut them all. What I leave behind... … ruler. Me and Se-ah. I only leave my brothers-in-law, Sophia, Masid, and Barron. And I also leave behind the people who were assigned to Hayeon's share. Like Gayoung."
"The only person worthy of me is Gayoung. But they cut everything else... … Uh, you left Barron behind?"
"This guy's gift is outstanding. "It is worth cultivating for humanity."
Barron was ranked No. 1 in the world in his last life.
Even though it was very Vulcan, the gift of two status windows was really outstanding.
In the long run, he was a talent worth nurturing.
"But if you cut everything like this, there would be protests from all directions… … ."
"Mr. Hayeon. Please keep this in mind. "We are super powerful."
"But the other party is China and the United States?"
"If they keep saying something there, I can just say I'm boycotting the Space League."
Lee Ha-yeon blinked.
Oh yeah.
Seong Ji-han was in this position.
A player who has established himself as a key player of humanity in less than a year since awakening as a player.
If it weren't for his precognitive dreams during the last Space League game, many players would have been executed.
Other regular players might not know.
Seong Ji-han declares that he will not participate in the Space League if his guild is further shaken.
It had the weight of being a real threat to everyone.
"And from now on, every month, you will be randomly selected from among the top 200 players in the world rankings to be admitted into the guild."
"random… … "Drawing?"
"yes. "The person selected is given a decent amount of money and allowed to become a guild member for a month."
"And then next month, they kick you out again and hire you?"
"yes. "It's going to be like this, right?"
"The players who were previously affiliated will protest… … ."
"Let's pay a penalty and let him go. "I made some money this time."
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Seong Ji-han showed the GP balance to Lee Ha-yeon in his status window.
"… … 1, 100 billion GP?"
"There are a lot of rich people in the Space League."
The GP price during the tutorial was $1.
After the Space League opened, it fluctuated a lot and was hovering around $2.50.
How much is 100 billion GP?
'It keeps climbing there…' … .'
Maybe it's because the hidden boss Seong Ji-han is active throughout the universe.
GP's numbers continued to rise.
A situation where your wealth increases just by staying still.
Lee Ha-yeon looked at Seong Ji-han with a sleepy face.
"Owner… … "Isn't there a need to run a guild at this level?"
"I run a guild anyway because of the growth bonus. Hayeon can keep all the money she makes through the guild."
"I-I'm everything?"
"Yes, how much does it cost?"
The owner doesn't seem to care at all about how much the guild makes.
"Recruit more people. I just spend money. "I can sell as much as I want."
"But how could I…" … ."
"It's better than having Hayeon take a flight to Hawaii due to overwork."
Seong Ji-han asserted that.
Open the guild management window in the system.
"Then I'll take care of cutting down the guild members."
"ah… … ."
Seong Ji-han's fingers move quickly.
[Player 'Oliver' has been expelled from the guild.]A guild system message appeared in front of Lee Ha-yeon.
The world's number one player, America's Oliver, was kicked out of the guild first.
After that, all players were kicked out of the waiting guild at once.
OK.
Grrrrrr… … .
Several of Lee Ha-yeon's cell phones started vibrating here and there.
"hello? You were kicked out of the guild? Please wait a moment. "Let's check the facts."
Even in the office outside the guild master's room, the phone rang non-stop.
There was an immediate reaction to Seong Ji-han's expulsion of all guild members.
"… … "People react so quickly."
"Ask the people who contacted you to watch Guild Battle Tube."
"Battle Tube?"
"yes. It's been a while since I played Guild Battle Tube. "I will definitely notify you of this incident."
After all the guild members were released, the guild's official Battle Tube was played soon after.
-I heard a lot of players were kicked out of the standby guild?
-What on earth happened?
Viewers who had already heard about this incident began to flock.
* * *
"… … In this way, the standby guild will change the method of selecting guild members to be entirely random in the future."
-It's all random. It's a cataclysm.
-How many seats are there in the waiting guild TO?
-We even received an expansion of the number of people distributed to the top 10 guilds... … Excluding the remaining people, there will be about 50-60 seats, right?
-It's roughly a 1/4 chance.
-If this is going to be the case, wouldn't it be better to just sort by world ranking?
At the waiting guild office, Seong Ji-han suddenly announced a change in the method of selecting guild members.
Viewers' reactions to his remarks were divided in various ways.
In particular, many people, if they are going to do this, just cut them in order of ranking.
He questioned why they were doing it so randomly.
"Then only certain countries benefit too much. "It will go randomly."
In the TOP 50, most players are from the US and China.
Seong Ji-han maintained a random approach to ensure that the standby guild positions were not concentrated in just two countries.
therefore.
"Oh, and. Please stop making recruitment offers to our guild master. If you send me one more email, I won't accept your guild. American first. "Be especially careful."
-You're talking about American First.
-As expected, it is a sacred place… … Even the world's No. 1 guild doesn't pay any attention.
-It's up to them to notice, why is it springing here lol?
A clear warning message was sent to Lee Ha-yeon not to make any further offers to recruit her.
[REGATES sponsored 100000GP.] [Okay. Holy owner. Let's not include any more offers.]Immediately, a sponsorship message appeared in the guild's BattleTube window.
Robert Gates, one of the five most powerful men in America First, immediately expressed his intention to apologize.
-I bow my head right away.
-The waiting guild was that attractive... … .
-In terms of growth, that place is the best. no place to compare
-I heard that after entering the Space League, China is also trying very hard to reconcile with the standby guild.
-Did they know that the world would turn out this way when they were abusing their power?
-ah. Seong Ji-han, then, if People's Association players are selected at random, will they also be selected?
A player from the People's Association who is effectively boycotting the waiting guild.
However, if the TOP 200 were selected at random, it was impossible for a People's Association player to not be included.
'hmm… … Although he acted in an annoying way there. 'China has many key players.'
Now that the Space League has opened.
In order to strengthen humanity's power, it was necessary to develop Chinese players with SSS-level gifts.
But I can't just accept it before I sort out old things.
'good. I'll have to get that.'
Seong Ji-han slowly got lucky.
"It's the People's Assembly… … "I have no intention of hiring that person because I have a bad relationship with them."
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋ You shouldn't accept it. Who knows, maybe I'll get stabbed again?
-Ah, but isn't it right to develop players like Zhuge Heon and Zhou Lingling to prepare for the Space League? …
-Sung Ji-han player. We urge you to make a great decision. A Space League match is about to be played, but are you planning on excluding one-fifth of humanity?
-That's right. How long are you going to drag on the problem that arose due to Wang Sichong's personal deviation?
- Seong Ji-han, think about the greater good!
-Haha, the coordinates were captured;
-There are so many Chinese flags in the ID.
IDs with the Chinese flag on them began to flow in and dominate chat windows.
Seong Ji-han smiled at that and opened his mouth.
"However, as you said, at this point in time when we entered the Space League, we cannot exclude only one country… … "As long as one condition is met, we will also accept Chinese players."
-condition?
-What are the conditions?
-Are you really accepting the People's Association from the waiting guild?
The guild chat window now shows the Chinese flag, the five-star red flag.
"'Guild of the Year' selected by the World Battle.net Federation. Please suggest that China select our standby guild. "If this passes, the People's Assembly will also accept it."
However, let's talk about Seong Ji-han's actual conditions.
The people who were plastering the chat window, urging a Mahayana decision, fell silent for a moment.