Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 46



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Episode 46 – Automatic Merit (1)

The net of heaven and earth.

This, which means the net of heaven and earth, was a world-wide encircling net and a type of ‘planning method’ for hunting targets.

As expected of a formation called Cheonha Iljeol, it was an extremely noble formation, and even the Supreme Master Laojun mentioned how noble it was.

The net of heaven is wide, but it is not missed.

The net of heaven may seem wide and loose, but it will never miss anything, so those who commit evil will surely be punished.

In other words, Cheonrajimang was a siege net and formation mainly used to track down ‘criminals’ with strong military power······.

-Find the traitor who is trying to defy His Majesty’s reward, the Dragon of the Yangtze River!!!

······I wondered if this was right.

No, are you saying that you would spread out a net of hell just to catch me? And you even brought along the ‘Geumuiwi’ soldiers.

And what about ‘traitor’?

“······.”

Seriously, I was speechless.

Anyway, I had to run away quickly, but the problem was that I had no idea what to do.

If you run away, you might become a real traitor.

I thought it was unlikely that he would go that far, but you never know.

Moreover, the warriors who spread their nets were none other than the warriors of the Imperial Guard, and each and every one of them was no different from Jo Gye-ak, so there was absolutely no way for me to escape.

This is especially true in the current state where the innate electricity has been consumed.

It only took a moment for my location to be discovered.

The atmosphere was so terrifying that I wondered if anyone would call it the Golden Guard.

So, the warriors of the Golden Guards came around me.

I made a face that said, “Please look at me just once.” But paradoxically, my face was hidden by the mask and they couldn’t see it.

“Here it is!”

“Found it!”

The warriors of the Royal Guard who found me shouted with all their might.

Then, the other warriors of the Golden Guard who had spread their nets flew in like lightning and surrounded me in an instant.

-Ugh, hahahahahaha!

I could only sit there and listen to the mad laughter of Ju Gwan-cheon, who was getting closer and closer.

* * *

The face of Gu Cheol-san, the leader of the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan, was still pale.

“Unryong, you bastard!!!”

It was because of none other than the shout of Ju Gwan-cheon that was heard all of a sudden.

That roar, like that of an angry tiger, was ‘anger’ at the absence of the Great King.

···It seemed like something was seriously wrong.

The Yangtze River bandits were fundamentally ‘thieves’. They were thieves who had been controlling the waters of the Yangtze River and were committing plunder and atrocities.

And he was a thief who had colluded with Cheon San-ja, and the Great King of the Yangtze River could be said to be the leader of the thieves, so it was enough for the upright and honest official Zhu Guan-cheon to be so angry.

In other words, it seemed that Jukwancheon was trying to capture the Great King along with Cheonsanja.

Because of that, Gucheolsan’s face turned pale, but fortunately, the King had already left.

However, it was only a matter of time before the King’s guards found the King. So Gu Cheol-san risked his life once again to buy the King some time to escape.

however······.

“Where have you been running away to?! Why don’t you come out immediately and receive His Majesty the Emperor’s ‘reward’!!”

······huh?

Was there something strange about what you heard?

Of course, it is a ‘reward’ from His Majesty the Emperor?

Did I misspeak when I said, “Come out now and get ‘arrested’!”?

That is, like the people of Cheonsan and high-ranking officials who are tied up with ropes and transported one after another.

“Even so, you!! Do you really intend not to accept His Majesty’s reward?! Do you think you will be able to leave this place alive!!”

······What the heck is that?

Gucheolsan’s face, which had turned pale, suddenly tilted upward.

Soon, the warriors of the Golden Guard, who had spread their nets, searched for the Great King who had disappeared, but for some reason, the Great King had not been able to run away very far.

Well, since the Golden Guard had spread its nets, there was no way to escape anyway…

“Ahhh, ahahahahaha!”

Ju Gwan-cheon, who discovered the Great King, burst into rage like a madman.

Then, as he took out a long scroll from his bosom, the great king, who had been standing still, reluctantly knelt down.

“All public achievements are not based on personal selfishness···.”

Thus, the great king’s ‘achievements’, which were longer than the ‘crimes’ of Cheon San Ja, poured out one after another. The most important of them were ‘the devil’ and ‘Cheon San Ja’, and the achievements related to these two were continued for as long as this engraving.

Only after this angle of time had passed did the end come into sight.

“···I highly value all of these achievements!!”

A moment of silence fell.

“I hereby grant to the Lord of Jiangsu Province, Cheonsanja, a portion of the confiscated property!!!”

······Shock, amazement, and fear settled in.

The ratio of work (一割).

It wasn’t a very large percentage.

But depending on ‘what kind’ of work it was, the size of it varied greatly.

And the lord of Jiangsu Province, Tian Shanzi, was not simply the lord of Jiangsu Province. He was the ‘leader’ of the Jiangnan region, and furthermore, he was the real power holder who controlled the Yangtze River.

Most of the wealth that Jo Gye-ak took from the Yangtze River also flowed into bribes given to Cheon San-ja, so the wealth he possessed was enormous.

Moreover, Jiangsu Province was a ‘center of trade’ and a ‘center of food production’ that fed the world, so the amount of wealth possessed by the people of Cheonsan was, dare I say, ‘immeasurable.’

What is the work of such an unpredictable property?

Likewise, it is ‘unpredictable’.

“crazy!!”

Gu Cheol-san shouted without realizing it, and as everyone’s attention was immediately focused on him, Gu Cheol-san hurriedly covered his mouth with both hands.

At that level… you could say he was the richest man in Gangnam.

And as money naturally comes with power, it was a huge sum of money and a reward that could make the King the new ‘Rogue of Gangnam’.

Gucheolsan’s two wide-open eyes turned towards the Great King.

The King’s face was not visible because he was wearing a mask.

However, Gucheolsan could see that the King’s body was trembling.

It was natural.

No one in the world could help but tremble in front of such a treasure. Soon, the voice of the great king behind the mask was heard.

“I am deeply moved by Your Majesty’s kindness, but I cannot accept it all. Please share the reward I will receive with the people of Jiangsu Province who have suffered under the hands of the Heavenly King.”

······Huh? What did you say?

Gucheolsan wondered if he had heard correctly. He also wondered if the King had lost his mind.

No, why on earth would you refuse that property!

“Hahahaha! Did you think I didn’t know about your trick? Of course, I already compensated you for it!”

······what?

Did the King know this would happen and already compensated for it?

Who? The person who is the subject? Instead of eating the people’s backs, he ‘compensated’ them?

With this, Gu Cheol-san was able to clearly see what kind of official Ju Gwan-cheon was.

Well then, anyway, the reward the King will receive is the same-.

“The Cheonsanja did not only commit evil deeds in Jiangsu Province. They spread their evil deeds to all the places where the Yangtze River flows, so please share with them as well.”

······what?

“Did you think I didn’t know that? I know Cheon San Ja better than you. Of course, I’ll compensate them sufficiently, just like last time, Nam Gung Se Ga and Murim Alliance… Oh, right. Anyway! This time, there will be no loophole to escape! Hahahahaha!”

······what?

What is this···..

Since then, there has been a lot of debate about rewards like ‘Big Brother First, Little Brother First’.

‘Huh? Huh?’

I was curious about what was going on at Gucheolsan.

Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

So, isn’t it ‘normal’ for Ju Gwan-cheon to be satisfied with this level of reward and for the King to throw a tantrum and ask for a little more?

But the scenery that unfolded was a case of giving back rewards in the form of older brother first and younger brother second first······.

‘Huh···? Huh huh?’

Gucheolsan couldn’t understand what was going on at all.

* * *

I should have known from the time I had firmly prepared the charges and justifications for ‘capturing’ Cheon San-ja.

I am also saying that I have been thoroughly preparing for the ‘reward’ that Jukwancheon will give me.

Ju Gwan-cheon was really going crazy, as if he was a mad rewarder.

A portion of the property confiscated from the owner of the mountain.

This was unconditional.

I don’t know exactly how much merit there was in defeating Jo Gye-ak, but it was unconditional.

You will definitely die.

So I tried to come up with excuses and tricks to refuse, but nothing worked.

No, but is it okay to just distribute confiscated property like that to one individual?

Judging from the fact that even the royal guards didn’t say anything, it seemed like the matter had already been decided. So it seemed like the ‘Emperor’ had given his approval.

I don’t know if the emperor was also a traitor or if the emperor was also taken advantage of by Ju Gwan-cheon, but either way.

No matter what excuses and justifications were put forward, he refuted them one by one and beat around the bush, showing that the position of inspector general was not a position obtained simply through ‘blood relations’.

Ju Gwan-cheon, who was equipped with the ‘legitimacy’ of being the emperor and the ‘force’ of being the Imperial Guard.

The fiercely contested ‘reward debate’ ultimately ended in my defeat.

“Then let me know. Hahahaha!”

Ju Gwan-cheon left like that, and my heart sank.

‘······Something big has happened.’

In common parlance, it was all messed up.

I hurriedly searched through my pockets and took out the folding chair.

Fortunately, we were able to confirm that the merit figures, which were full of errors, were displayed normally.

It seemed that the existing errors were due to the conversion of the merit value exceeding the convertible value.

In other words, the reward from the main god was an amount that could correct the errors of merit that could not even be converted.

[Conversion of Merit] – 1 Da-gyeong

A lamp burning before the wind.

I was able to confirm that my life was not in danger, but a ‘light in the wind’.

The Tea Classic

A very short time that passes by while you drink a cup of tea.

It wasn’t a day, it wasn’t an hour, it wasn’t a degree, it was just······a few days.

If I have time for a cup of tea, I am doomed to die.

He says heaven is right and tries to kill me.

My merits in the past must have been enormous.

Although the exact number was not displayed due to an error, my merits were accumulated to the point where I could conquer not only ‘Jogye-ak’ but also ‘Cheonsanja’.

It was truly an ‘immeasurable’ merit, but how much wealth must one have had to have come to this point with just ‘work’?

······It was truly absurd.

But I couldn’t just sit still and die.

I racked my brain desperately to think of things I could do to accumulate virtue during the day.

But in just one day, there was nothing to accumulate merit for.

Like last time, there was no cause or organization to hand out rewards, and above all, there was not enough time.

It’s a situation where you literally have no choice but to die.

It was just then.

[Conversion Merit] – 1 day (+1 day)

“······huh?”

Suddenly my fame and virtue increased?

I rubbed my eyes, thinking I must have seen something wrong, and straightened my vision.

As expected.

It turns out I was definitely seeing things wrong.

[Conversion Merit] – 4 days (+3 days)

······For some reason, the conversion merit increased even more.

* * *

The rumor that the Great King of the Yangtze had been replaced spread throughout the world.

Now, there was no one who did not know the news, and following it, those who held ‘hope’ set sail on the Yangtze River one by one.

The birth of a new king, not the collapse of the Jang River Surochae.

But at least we can hope that there won’t be the same looting as before.

Most raids on the Yangtze River were carried out by ambushing ships using the river’s wide width and then raiding them to plunder their cargo.

And now.

“Kyahahaha! How long has it been since we’ve seen a sailing ship on the Yangtze River?”

“It’s overflowing with delicious goods and pretty women!”

The faces of the people on board the sailing ship turned pale as they saw a group of bandits appear as if they had been waiting for it.

“Kill all the men, but leave the women alive!”

“Khehehehehehe!”

······Nothing had changed.

The Yangtze River was still a den of thieves.

Despair appeared on the faces of many on board the ship.

The warriors of the Pyoguk stood in front of the bandits. However, their numerical inferiority was obvious, and the outcome was obvious.

That was when.

“Do you guys want to get behind?”

A voice was heard all of a sudden.

Then hundreds of drones came rushing in like a torrent of overflowing water.

Jang River Waterway.

Because the Yangtze River, which crosses the world, is so large, there were many bandits and plunderers stationed in addition to the Yangtze River waterway.

However, the real ‘owner’ who seized control of the Yangtze River was the Yangtze River Waterway.

It seemed like this place was the area of ​​the Jang River Waterway.

Waaaa …

They beat all the raiders who came with a roar that seemed to pierce the sky. Since they were the Surochae who had originally controlled the Yangtze River, they were no match for them.

The thieves of Surochae who defeated the looters in an instant.

But no one on the ship was happy.

After all, they were all the same thieves.

The only difference was who was plundering, but the result of the plundering was the same, so I couldn’t be happy.

Soon, someone who appeared to be an executive of the water tower came walking with a limp.

The flag bearers of the flag blocked his path, and the officer glanced at them and spoke.

“Guys, here, treat some of the patients.”

Then, didn’t the bandits of the water well come running from all directions and use all kinds of medicinal herbs without sparing any effort to treat the injured soldiers?

The executive nodded his head as if satisfied with the sight and said:

“Are all the pedestrians okay?”

People nodded, observing.

“Ah, yes···. Thanks to that···.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“That too···.”

“Haha! That’s good. Then, I hope you have a safe journey and a pleasant journey!”

And then, again, it just went away, step by step?

There was absolutely no plundering of goods or persecution of people.

The thieves of Surochae, far from plundering, actually dealt with the plunderers, and far from persecuting, actually treated the injured soldiers.

As I was watching the Surochae executive leave with a blank expression, the Surochae executive suddenly stopped and looked back as if he had forgotten something.

Everyone quickly lowered their eyes.

As expected, there was no way they wouldn’t loot.

“If anything dangerous happens while using the Yangtze River, please call our Yangtze River Swordsman at any time.”

······to?

People’s faces suddenly appeared in the sky.

“The Yangtze River···.”

“The Swordsmen···?”

Aren’t you the Yangtze River bandits?

“The new King of the Yangtze River has spoken! I will entrust the security and safety of the Yangtze River to our Yangtze River Knights!”

Waaaa …

“Let’s go, children! The King’s praise and rewards await us!”

And then suddenly, the water pipe disappears… No, isn’t that the swordsman group?

They came like the wind, solved the case in a flash, and then disappeared like the wind again.

-Reward! Reward! Reward!

-Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Their shouts could be heard on the wind.

···But it felt like I was seeing some crazy people.

Their ‘loyalty’ and ‘faith’ towards the new king were beyond crazy and almost fanatic.

The Jang River Religious Group… no, what was it?

Ah, the Changjiang Swordsmen.

That was the moment when the name stuck in people’s minds.

Furthermore, the thirty-six Yangtze River Swordsmen are stationed along the great waters of the Yangtze River that crosses the world.

“How dare you plunder the Yangtze River!”

“If you do something bad, we won’t stay still!”

“We are the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan!”

The heroic deeds of the Yangtze River Knights occurred simultaneously in all places along the Yangtze River, and the reputation of their leader, the ‘Yangtze River Dragon’, continued to soar as if it knew no bounds.

* * *

…Am I crazy?

As I blinked in bewilderment, the number of the folding screen suddenly changed.

[Conversion Merit] – 8 days (+4 days)

······It went up again.

All I did was blink my eyes, and my ‘merit’ and my ‘life’ were extended by four days.

At this point, it wasn’t a conversion merit, but rather an ‘automatic merit’, but the problem was that the speed at which the merit increased was really crazy.

[Conversion Merit] – 20 days (+12 days)

[Conversion Merit] – 26 days (+6 days)

[Conversion of Merit] – 41 days (+15 days)

[Conversion of Merit] – 62 days (+21 days)

[Conversion Merit] – 103 days (+41 days)

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The numbers were rising with a ‘chalalalalak’ sound without any exaggeration.

The merit of conversion that had been accumulating like crazy reached ‘999 days’······.

[Hwan─ ─Deok(─)] – ──9──9──

It caused the same error as last time.

“······No, what is it?”

I also thought that maybe I had made an ‘error’.