Closed Beta That Only I Played

Chapter 204: Collapsing Wall (2)

I was startled by Sungyop suddenly bringing up this topic, but I thought that I didn’t have to confirm what he said even if the circumstantial evidence was very clear.

Besides, he said that they were done confirming that the two IDs Lumen and Asirante were separate.

I was confident that they would never be able to find out that I possessed two IDs.

Anyway, I was feeling relieved at that moment when he again opened his mouth.

“However, we have recently found out that another powerful individual has access to two IDs.”

“…”

I didn’t say anything, nor did he ask me to respond

“Of course, I am not pressing you for a definite answer. We also reached out to the US’s Shaipe Group for information on you,, but they didn’t reply back. Of course, we have no intention of revealing what we know to any organization including the Shaipe Group. . We want you to know that Mirae is always willing to accept any offer from Myongjin, not to mention Asirante. If you want to join hands with us, we’ll be there for you anytime. That’s what Chairman Yon has asked me to tell you.”

“Well, thanks for telling me that interesting story,” I replied as casually as possible.

Having said that, he left the place, adding that I could hunt anytime here in the Giant’s Grave and that it would always be open to me.

Two hours later I was in the thick of hunting.

“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice!”

Pasasasasak!

“Blizzard!”

Puck! Puck! Puck!

Of course, the Giant’s Grave was still an attractive hunting ground.

However, the absence of the four monster herding teams was quite painful.

The sabre steel tooth tigers which I herded by myself in my previous hunting ground were very quick. They were also small compared to these giant monsters, so I could herd about 100 monsters within a short time.

These giant monsters were big and slow compared to the sabre steel tooth tigers, so it took quite a while for me to herd about 40 in one place before hunting.

That’s why I acutely felt the lack of the herding teams in this hunting ground.

Of course, Myongjin also had hunting grounds like this, but I chose the Daeyu or Mirae hunting grounds to allow the Myongjin players close to level 1200 achieve it as soon as possible

“Yeah, anyway, it will be very hard for me to get the support from the herding teams in the future.”

This hunting ground required around level 1200 to hunt in, so not just anybody could be a member of the herding teams. They needed to literally be the ace members of each guild.

However, if the hunting ground required higher level players for herding, it would be impossible for me to get the support of herding teams at all.

In other words, in the near future it would be impossible to herd monsters even in the type of hunting ground where it was possible to herd monsters, so it would be inevitable for me to hunt alone without the support of herding teams some day. But it seemed that the time came a little too quick. Anyway, I continued hunting while thinking so.

[You have leveled up.]

Although the message rang later than before, it was still encouraging, so I continued to hunt .

A week later, the shocking incident in India’s Taj Mahal which caused a big fuss as if the world was about to end, quietly disappeared from newspapers and the internet.

However, there was something that saw a dramatic change, namely ‘Revival Legend’.

First of all, its users increased enormously. So much so that their growth could be described as explosive.

Of course, I could understand why there was such a rapid increase in its users, for there were rumors circulating that the incident in Taj Mahal, India, had something to do with ‘Revival Legend’.

If the incident had happened in the past, such a story would have disappeared instantly by the powers of the United States and other countries, but this time, it seemed that they could not control it perhaps because of the solid evidence and the multiple witnesses. Of course, there were still lots of people who didn’t believe such a story.

Anyway, a message rang while I was busy hunting in the crowded “Revival Legend.”

The message rang not only for me but also all the users in Region 53, Korea.

[Thank you for enjoying ‘Revival Legend’.

Now ‘Revival Legend’ moves on to its next chapter, which will lift some of the walls blocking different regions.

-Regions that will be affected: Region 47, Region 52, Region 53.

-From now on, you can move between Region 47, Region 52 and Region 53.]

“…”

As far as I knew, Region 47 was Mongolia. Region 52 was Japan, while Region 53 was Korea.

Although I confirmed it later, it was not only Korea, Mongolia, and Japan that were connected by the walls between them disappearing.

The message only rang for the users in those regions where they belonged to. As a matter of fact, I found out that the walls of not only the United States and its neighbor Canada, but also those of China, Vietnam and India were lifted.

In general, two or three walls have been lifted for each country.

So, I realized that the changes within the game were also beginning to take place in line with the change in reality.

At that time in Japan.

Chairman Ryu Sechi of the Mitsuya Guild that dominated all the guilds in Japan, also confirmed the message that the walls blocking Japan, Mongolia, and Korea were about to disappear.

That meant that the Mitsuya Guild could move into another region.

So, Chairman Ryu Sechi immediately called an executive meeting.

When the meeting was convened ten minutes later, he mentioned a certain thing.

The invasion by the Mirae Guld some time ago?

Of course, Chairman Ryu Sechi didn’t forget it and he wanted to take revenge.

But there was something more important to him right now.

It was the ‘Stone Squirrel’s Undigested Mineral Mass’ that he tried to collect by using Soktae Kang of the Gahwa Guild.

After confirming the use of the stone squirrel’s undigested mineral masses, he was full of anger and regrets that there was no hunting ground where stone squirrels appeared within Japan’s “Revival Legend”, for the mineral masses could turn into coins after being processed.

So far, he had the impression that the coins could be obtained only through quests.

Especially when the Mitsuya Guild produced a level 1200 user, the chairman racked his brains about how to collect more coins day and night. When he could not collect any more coins, he wanted golden rings with which he could exchange for coins.

Anyway, Chairman Ryu Sechi decided that he had to take control of that place with stone squirrels again because the wall blocking off Korea from Japanwas lifted now. This time he wanted to dispatch his players directly instead of using the proxy called the Gahwa Guild.

So, he first asked, “Who is in control of that area right now?”

Of course, Chairman Ryu Sechi already knew who took it over because he had been briefed about the incident back then.

Nevertheless, he asked the question again with a strong determination to take it back.

Even if Myongjin, the current occupant of that place, was one of Korea’s top five guilds, he had no intention of yielding it to them.

That evening we had a meeting in the safe house of the Myongjin Guild located inside Rodon Castle because we were quite a distance away from our main house in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, and our conversation within the safe house was much more secure than an internet conversation or a video call in the real world.

It was a big event that the walls among Korea, Japan, and Mongolia were lifted so that users could go between each country freely, but it was equally a big incident that the Mirae Guild was confident that I, Juyoung Hong, was behind the ID Asirante.

“Um… the Mirae guys are really smart.”

Like my father said, the Mirae Group was unique among Korea’s top five business groups, given that other business groups were afraid of expanding into other sectors where other businesses dominated.

Come to think of it, I thought that they must have been aware for a long time that I, Juyoung Hong, was behind the name Asirante.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have chosen a site in Kangwon Province among many other places and built their own shelter right next to the Myongjin Shelter.

Mirae’s construction of a shelter in Kangwon Province made it possible for the Daesung and Kusan alliance to build their shelter in Jeju Island, which was the supposed best place to build a shelter.

Anyway, Mirae’s intelligence about me was an important issue, so we talked about the matter for nearly an hour. But we could not come up with any good solution.

Honestly, it was impossible to have any solution from the beginning.