Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 113

The Three Kings’ Disciple (114)

113

A three-story building.

Large letters were engraved on the sign.

[Heater Guild]

A man with his arms crossed, nodding as he looked at the sign.

“Finally… !”

He said in a joyful voice.

“It’s a new beginning.”

The Heater Guild was a medium-sized player guild with a decent scale.

With a total of over a hundred members, the guild leader of the Heater Guild, Kim Pil-jong, was a skilled player who had reached the ranker level.

A guild with a solid foundation and a good reputation.

That was the Heater Guild.

“Guild Leader, are you happy?”

At the voice from beside him, Kim Pil-jong nodded.

“Of course, I am.”

A deep emotion settled in his eyes.

“Now that the hardships are over, how can I not be happy?”

Originally, Heater was a guild that had established its base in Seoul, which was under Hwasan’s sphere of influence.

Kim Pil-jong had become independent from the Hwasan-affiliated guild and started his own guild.

However, reality was far different from what he had imagined.

“When was the last time we properly attacked a gate?”

Although he had become independent from Hwasan, Kim Pil-jong did not follow Hwasan.

“It must have been three months ago.”

It was because he was tired of the trashy things they did under Hwasan and the acts that disregarded human dignity.

Nevertheless, the reason he established his guild in Seoul was because all the connections and wealth he had accumulated were in Seoul.

However, the price for establishing a guild in Seoul and not following Hwasan was too high.

“What about our guild members who died in that attack?”

“Six died.”

It was not a proper guild.

Because the players who originally trusted and followed Kim Pil-jong had become independent together, it became a medium-sized guild, and with Kim Pil-jong’s considerable efforts, it received a decent evaluation.

“Yes. That’s right.”

The reality was no different from a rotten corpse.

The price for not following Hwasan in Hwasan’s sphere of influence.

They could not secure proper gate attack rights, and even if they did, they could only participate in attacks in the form of joint attacks or being used by Hwasan’s subordinate martial arts guilds.

They were treated as nothing more than porters or arrow fodder.

It was a time of enduring such hardships.

“Then, what about the attacks we have scheduled now?”

“There are five.”

Kim Pil-jong smiled.

A new opportunity.

“Gyeonggi Province is a land of opportunity.”

Kim Pil-jong abandoned everything he had built up and relocated the Heater Guild to Gyeonggi Province.

‘Eunha.’

It was a gamble with Eunha, who had made a name for herself in the recent Gyeonggi Province gate, in mind.

Eunha, who was considered to have a good treatment of players.

Most people distrusted and did not believe the rumors, but Kim Pil-jong, who thought he could not die like this, secretly contacted Baran and promised to relocate.

And.

“We seized that opportunity.”

In conclusion, Kim Pil-jong’s choice paid off.

Thanks to the quick promise of relocation, he was promised many benefits from Baran, which was under Eunha, and he realized that the rumors that others did not believe were true.

“Eunha doesn’t have any special discrimination against players.”

It was not like they were treating players well, but rather a form of neglect.

But that was something.

There was no place in Seoul, where Heater was originally located, or anywhere in Korea that offered such treatment.

The same was true for China and other parts of Asia.

Even if there were differences, Gyeonggi Province was the only place that gave players such opportunities.

Smirk.

Also, what about it?

Gyeonggi Province was an incomparably larger land than Seoul.

There were so many gates being generated there that Baran or Eunha could not monopolize them.

A land of opportunity.

“We will make a new start here.”

Kim Pil-jong said, unable to suppress the overwhelming emotions.

“From now on, Heater will…”

It was then.

“Congratulations on your opening.”

A guest had arrived.

***

“That’s ridiculous!”

Kim Pil-jong shouted in a frivolous manner, forgetting his age.

“How can… !”

The trembling of his chubby cheeks showed how angry he was.

However, the man facing him.

“What do you mean it’s ridiculous?”

The man with his hair neatly slicked back maintained a relaxed attitude.

“Are you denying that Guild Leader Kim Pil-jong borrowed 2 billion won from Money Carry five years ago?”

“How could I!”

Kim Pil-jong barely controlled his emotions and sat down.

“I definitely borrowed it.”

Five years ago was when he became independent and founded the guild.

At that time, he had borrowed money to establish the guild because the money he had saved for independence was not enough.

“And you borrowed an additional 5 billion won three years ago.”

“………”

That was also true.

During his guild life in Seoul, Kim Pil-jong, the guild leader, was buried in debt rather than striking it rich.

Since he could not properly attack gates, there was no way to make money, and he could not let the hundred or so players who had followed him starve.

He sold his house and disposed of all his assets to survive, but he had no choice but to borrow more money.

“A total of 7 billion won. You borrowed it.”

All of that man’s words were true.

But…

“I am paying back both the principal and the interest!”

Kim Pil-jong was properly paying back the money.

“But you’re saying you’re going to transfer the ownership of the Heater Guild!”

However, the man said that if he could not repay the debt, he would take the Heater Guild.

“Didn’t you check the changed contract?”

The man shook the documents at Kim Pil-jong.

“Clearly, Guild Leader Kim Pil-jong’s seal is stamped here.”

“… !”

Kim Pil-jong’s eyes widened.

“The seal…”

He had lost it.

He had lost it due to a thief who had broken into the guild, and then he had it reissued.

However, Kim Pil-jong knew.

‘I’ve been had.’

That his cries would only echo emptily.

“…”

Kim Pil-jong, who had closed his eyes, carefully opened them and said.

“How much is it in total? My debt.”

Money Carry, where he had borrowed money, was a loan company, but it was an enterprise started by a player who was a former colleague.

Because of that connection, he had borrowed money at an acceptable interest rate, even if it was excessive.

“31.5 billion won, 62 million won.”

However, even though he thought he had been steadily repaying the principal and interest, the answer he heard was absurdly unreasonable.

‘I’ve heard of this before.’

That this kind of thing often happens.

“Has Money Carry… been acquired?”

It had been about two years since he had lost contact with the president of Money Carry, where he had borrowed money.

He was too busy trying to make a living to look for him, and he had just moved on because there was no problem in fulfilling his debt even if he did not contact him.

That was his mistake.

Smirk.

The man smiled at Kim Pil-jong’s words.

“That’s correct.”

Darkness fell on Kim Pil-jong’s face.

A case he had often heard about.

That players who were in urgent need of money borrowed money and steadily repaid it, but were bound by a changed contract they had not made and lost all their assets.

That this absurd fraud, which violated the law and targeted players, was still happening.

The entity committing the fraud.

“Geumgae Group acquired it.”

Geumgae Group.

“The Beggars’ Sect…”

It was the Beggars’ Sect.

“How can there be such an absurd measure!”

At that moment, the vice guild leader, unable to hold back, stepped forward and shouted.

“I will formally report this to the association and the council! This kind of scammer-like behavior…”

He could not hold back his anger, but he was careful because the name was too high.

“Scammer?”

However, that was only the vice guild leader’s thought.

“Did you just… call us scammers?”

“That’s what I meant…”

“How dare you.”

The man, who had been sitting calmly, had a murderous aura on his face.

“You beggar-like bastard, who are you calling a scammer?”

A completely changed tone.

“Ca, calm down… !”

Kim Pil-jong tried to stop him as he stood up, but his voice did not come out as if it were blocked by something.

“If you borrowed money, you have to pay it back. Can’t you see the seal stamped here? Am I a scammer? Or are you the scammers who borrowed money and are now trying to deny it when asked to pay it back?”

The man, who had now stood up, glared at the vice guild leader.

“Th, that is…”

The vice guild leader also tried to argue at that sight, but.

“Kill him.”

The man’s order was given too easily.

Thud!

A dull thud echoed in the Heater Guild’s guild leader’s office.

Flinch. Shudder.

The vice guild leader, who had collapsed and was trembling, had a large dent in his head.

The man in a suit who had been standing behind the man had moved at some point and was holding a thick club in his hand.

“You bastards. How dare you call someone a scammer?”

The man was smiling with a murderous aura.

Kim Pil-jong closed his eyes tightly.

‘It’s over.’

He thought it was an opportunity, and he thought it was a new beginning.

But…

Clench.

For them, the players, the residents of Earth, a dreamlike future did not exist.

“The council? The association? Do whatever you want. But today, we’re taking the Heater Guild. Empty it out, or I’ll kill you all if you don’t get out right now.”

* * *

“Guild Leader.”

A voice calling Kim Pil-jong.

Shudder.

The guild member was trembling.

It was because he was terrified and also because he was angry.

“Are we really… emptying it out?”

Even at this moment, the guild members, who had cleaned up and filled their luggage, were leaving the building again with their luggage.

“Guild Leader… !”

It was maddening.

Because they were players who had followed Kim Pil-jong, they knew the affection and hard work Kim Pil-jong had for the Heater Guild.

However, the sudden guests had taken everything away.

“Guild Leader!”

Nevertheless, there was nothing they could do.

They knew it was wrong, immoral, and illegal.

“Guild Leader…”

Nevertheless, there was nothing they could do.

“Then what can we do?”

There was no one who would take their side.

If the opponent was players, or a large corporation created by players or ordinary people, they could fight back.

Because law and morality still existed in this world.

However, all those standards only applied to the residents of Earth.

“The opponent is the Geumgae Group.”

Eun.

“It’s the Beggars’ Sect.”

No one could help them against the Beggars’ Sect.

The vice guild leader, who had died with his head blown off, had mentioned the association and the council, but.

‘Will they help us?’

Will they, who have been silent about so many things and only take rough measures?

No.

“Ha, haha…”

Could they even be compensated for the life of the vice guild leader, who had died in broad daylight as if he had died in his own room?

“Hahaha…”

This was the world.

Clench.

He was so resentful that he had held hope for even a moment in this world.

At that moment, the man from Geumgae came back to Kim Pil-jong.

“Now, the Heater Guild building and the list of assets that the Heater Guild had, and…”

He said, looking at the documents.

“We will set the value of Heater at about 15 billion won. So…”

Smirk.

“There’s a little over 150 won left. Please continue to take care of us in the future. Guild Leader… no, Player Kim Pil-jong.”

At that voice, which was clearly mocking him, Kim Pil-jong thought.

‘Let’s die.’

A murderous aura swirled in his eyes as he opened them again.

Since his life was going to fall into hell anyway, he would struggle like a dying dog before he died.

“From now on, everything that happens will be done by me, Player Kim Pil-jong, not Heater, as you said.”

Kim Pil-jong tightly gripped the sword hilt at his waist.

It was then.

“I came to congratulate you on your opening.”

A languid voice was heard from behind.