HBWnovel Chapter 295
Chapter 295
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Chapter 295: New Capital, Seoul (5)
"Three kill records?"
Moreover, they were records that could be registered.
This meant they were records of defeating "legendary enemies."
Since no further text appeared afterward, Yeongwoo could only speculate.
"One must definitely be the Kim Jong-un family. Thanks to them, I even cleared an achievement."
The achievement "Black Legend," which was completed when he killed Kim Jong-un, was one that required facing legendary evil.
"Then who are the other two?"
There weren't many opponents worthy of being called "legendary," so Yeongwoo quickly thought of another one: Beijing's evil overlord, Im Dupyeong, who was once the President of China.
Even before the reset, he was the ruler of China, and after the reset, he dreamt of conquering the continent again by blocking three hundred million arrows.
How could he not be considered legendary?
"Then who is the last one?"
There were a few more candidates, but without certainty, Yeongwoo immediately mounted Negwig again.
Click!
Then he said to his father,
"I'm going to Sajikdan. I need to see how much the glory score increases per kill record."
"You're going to Sajikdan, leaving all these people behind?"
Jeonggu asked as he looked around at the people filling Gangnam District.
The business briefing time Yeongwoo announced was soon, and not only the Strongest Swords from various regions came, but also residents from various places poured in.
"Yes. The monument is there, so I have no choice. Let's hold the business briefing in front of the monument."
"...!"
At Yeongwoo's words, not only Jeonggu but also the residents in the hall were surprised.
"S-Sajikdan is in Jongno, isn't it?"
"And you want us to go all the way to Jongno now?"
As the hall grew noisy again, Yeongwoo gestured for them to calm down.
"The business briefing isn't anything grand, most of what you heard earlier here covers it. We will start the planetary conquest, with Metal Seoul as the base."
In fact, those who had arrived early were quite fortunate.
They were there when Yeongwoo unfolded the core and established Metal Seoul.
However, the residents didn't seem satisfied with just that.
"But isn't Gangnam Yeongwoo's district? Shouldn't the business briefing be held in Gangnam?"
"Yes, let's do it in Gangnam!"
As people clamored, Yeongwoo's brow furrowed slightly.
Originally, the business briefing was intended to be conveyed to the Strongest Swords representing each region, so it was enough if only they followed.
"But everyone came thinking the business briefing would be held at COEX... So it's understandable they'd feel wronged after making the trip."
Yeongwoo pondered for a moment.
The people gathered here were citizens paying the defense tax and potential voters who could wield influence in a possible future re-election.
He couldn't ignore them.
‘I can't just pretend I didn't take in millions in salary.’
Yeongwoo shifted his gaze to the city development module of Dogo to solve this issue.
Jeonggu tilted his head and approached Yeongwoo.
"Why? What are you looking for again?"
"I don't know. Something that might be useful right now."
If the Victory Monument was Metal Seoul's first building, theoretically, there should also be a second or third construction option somewhere in the module.
As Yeongwoo fiddled with the hologram interface of the module, he soon found a menu that caught his eye.
[Basic Facilities]
"Oh, what's this? Basic facilities?"
As soon as Yeongwoo pressed the button, new construction items appeared at the bottom of the menu.
[Relay Screen]
| Install relay screens throughout the city to allow the mayor to broadcast to the area. The screens only operate when the mayor is in the city.
*Base cost: 20 million karma
“...Base cost?”
“There’s a base price?”
Both Yeongwoo and Jeonggu reacted sensitively to the "base cost" at the bottom of the tooltip.
Because having a base cost meant...
[Angle adjustment: +10 million karma]
[Sound system upgrade: +10 million karma]
There were additional costs depending on the options chosen.
"These crazy people are really greedy."
Jeonggu immediately spat out a curse, and Yeongwoo shook his head at Dogo's method of recouping advertising costs.
Because...
Ping!
[Quest Complete - "Heavenly City"]
[Reward Issued]
|30 million karma
The timing couldn't have been better.
The Dogo quest was completed, and 30 million karma was credited to Yeongwoo, significantly increasing his wealth once again.
*Available Karma: 65,212,500
*Available Defense Fund: 78,967,105
His current personal fortune stood at 65 million karma, with an additional 78 million in defense taxes.
"Is it finally time to dip into the national treasury?"
Although he didn't like that the additional option prices were the same as the base price, the fact that it cost only 40 million karma to install screens throughout all of Seoul was practically a bargain.
"If we install it now, it'll be used almost permanently, right? I don't think it's an expensive price. They could have charged even more."
Ultimately, Yeongwoo was the decision-maker, so for the first time, he used public funds to purchase the "relay screen."
"Proceeding with the purchase, including both additional options."
Although the national treasury decreased to about 38 million karma, Titan screens appeared in the sky across all of Seoul, including Gangnam.
Zap!
"Huh?"
[The Beijing Archfiend is a legendary evil! You will earn 100 glory points if you inscribe it on this monument.]
By this point, it wasn't hard for Yeongwoo to infer that he, too, might have some glory points allocated to him.
‘But I haven't been taken down yet.’
With confidence, Yeongwoo opened the next record.
Zap!
[The Titan of Kromonius]
|The rebel Gameta registered as a temple keeper to escape the pursuit of the Vesedel royal family. However, it seems he couldn’t escape the cycle of karma. Found dead in the temple, his body bore clear marks of a brutal beating and the blade of Vesedel...|
‘Ah, poor Gameta.’
The last legendary enemy was the Titan Gameta.
[The Titan of Kmonis is a legendary traitor! You will earn 165 glory points if you inscribe it on this monument.]
"What? 165?"
It was a strangely uneven score.
The previous two enemies were exactly 100 points each, so why was this different?
"Oh."
Blinking, Yeongwoo soon figured it out.
‘A base score of 150, plus a 10% bonus from Sajikdan.’
[Sajikdan]
|When an enemy not native to Earth is inscribed, you gain an additional 10% glory points.|
This was why additional points were granted for beings not from Earth.
‘Cosmic entities have different base scores to begin with.’
If he inscribed all three elimination records on the monument...
"We'd have 365 points for Seoul’s glory score."
When Yeongwoo said this, alternating his gaze between the camera and his father, Jeonggu’s eyes lit up.
"Oh, really? Then how many more points do we need to undergo the upgrade evaluation?"
Yeongwoo turned back to the Victory Monument and inscribed all three records.
"Let’s find out."
Swoosh!
The Victory Monument, now receiving the elimination records, began to burn white, shooting a pillar of light into the sky.
Boom...!
And soon, an announcement was broadcasted across all of Seoul.
―Mayor Jeong Yeongwoo07 has inscribed 3 legendary elimination records.
―The current glory score for Dogo Special City, Metal Seoul, is 365 points.
"And?"
As Yeongwoo waited for the next message, the system soon provided the desired response.
―The required glory score for this planet to undergo the upgrade evaluation is 635 points.
"What?"
"Huh? They want us to reach 1,000 points?"
This time, both Yeongwoo and Jeonggu stood with their mouths agape in identical expressions.
Despite all the havoc Yeongwoo had wreaked, he hadn’t even gathered half the required points.
Moreover...
"......."
The announcement had just been broadcasted across all of Metal Seoul.
In other words, a significant portion of voters in the Korean Peninsula had just witnessed this outcome.
After choosing status elevation for the city’s development instead of preparing for civil war, they had failed to achieve their goal.
Of course, given enough time, they could eventually gather the remaining points, but it was obvious that public opinion would turn hostile immediately.
"Th-This is bad, isn’t it?"
Even Jeonggu, not entirely oblivious, subtly pushed the camera beside Yeongwoo away and asked in a small voice.
At that moment...
"......."
Yeongwoo, blinking rapidly in a way he never had before, quickly scanned the system messages in his field of vision.
Then.
You have 48 hours from the construction of the monument to inscribe enemies not eliminated in the name of the city.
[Time remaining – 47:51:37]
His eyes landed on the time limit given for the retroactive application of elimination records.
‘Enemies not eliminated in the name of the city can also be inscribed....’
As Yeongwoo silently blinked, unable to speak, Jeonggu finally broke the silence.
"First, let’s just turn off the broadcast for a while..."
"No."
"Huh?"
"We haven’t finished the business presentation yet."
“...What are you talking about? We’re already in Metal..."
As Jeonggu stared blankly at the Metalized Seoul, Yeongwoo picked up the camera in the meantime.
Swish.
He then turned the angle to point at the timer displayed on the Victory Monument.
"I’m now announcing our new business for Metal Seoul. The business is called 'The Legendary Invitation Exhibition!'"
"......?"
Had he finally gone into a panic and decided to spout nonsense?
Jeonggu thought he had to stop his son before things got worse, but unexpectedly, Jeong Yeongwoo’s eyes were sharp and clear.
"Over the next 47 hours, I’ll invite the world’s strongest to stand before the monument!"
"What?"
"At least some of them will have legendary elimination records. And I’ll add one or two more during that time."
In simple terms, he planned to receive elimination record offerings.
The only problem was that the method was essentially...
"Y-Yeongwoo, isn’t this practically kidnapping, threatening, and assaulting people? If you really go through with this..."
There was no need to finish the sentence by saying he’d become an irredeemable villain.
Jeong Yeongwoo was already exuding an aura more fitting of a demon king than a mere villain.
"Are we villains? We are...!"
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