Perfect World [EN]: Chapter 226

After sending Aula away, Beom-seok returned to the villa with Emma and Rapine. He had planned to end this game smoothly, and he had agreed to cooperate. It was a way to embarrass Julien without hurting anyone’s pride, which seemed reasonable enough.

“Beom-seok, you’ve done really well. Thanks to you, we’re very comfortable here.”

As soon as he returned, Director Vincent, who was in charge of the team’s command, greeted him at the door. He wanted to commend them for taking out 13 people without any losses. With this, the numerical strength ratio between the two sides was 56 to 43. Victory was almost certain.

Beom-seok gave a sheepish smile.

“It’s nothing. I just did my part.”

“Hahaha. Doing your part, huh? Yeah. If you took Cash, you had to do that much. Is she any good?”

“Well, I know how great Cash is.”

Vincent followed Beom-seok into the villa, looking regretful.

“But I was hoping you’d reduce the number of the opposing team even more. Didn’t you come back too soon? I thought you could carry out more jungle warfare.”

“No. I couldn’t do it anymore. We ran out of supplies, and I’ve been eating dried food and jerky for over ten days, so my stomach feels queasy. I suddenly wanted some warm food.”

“Is that so? Then there’s nothing we can do. So, what are you going to do now? Refill your supplies and go back into the forest? Or join the main force in the defense?”

“Hmm. Well, I should participate in the defense. If I go and the LHN [Likelihood of Hostile Neutralization] has already sent an attack team to the villa, it would be a wasted trip, wouldn’t it?”

It made perfect sense, so Vincent nodded. Today was the third day since the game started. By the time they gathered supplies and crossed over to the LHN camp again, four days would have passed. If there were no time limit, it might be different, but with a week’s limit, there was a good chance that the LHN would launch an attack today or tomorrow. Rather than fighting the enemy without Beom-seok, a key force, it was better to operate strategically in a stable manner.

“Indeed. That’s right. Our side is far ahead in terms of strength, so there’s no need to take risks. Besides, the elders would be satisfied even if we just tied this game.”

“Oh, really? That’s great. Then we don’t have to adopt reckless offensive tactics, so there’s no chance of losing absurdly, right?”

“That’s right. We just need to concentrate our forces and defend the 4th floor of the villa. If we prepare well for ambushes and thoroughly block the staircase entrances, we won’t lose.”

“Of course, that’s right.”

Vincent, walking up the stairs past the entrance, frowned as he looked at the stacked sculptures and paintings. If he stepped on one wrong, tens or hundreds of thousands of Krang [currency unit] would be lost, so stepping on the stairs was quite annoying.

“By the way, you said you had data that Julian had bribed the referees, right?”

Beom-seok, feeling a pang of conscience, waved his hands wildly. This data was not to be disclosed for the time being.

“Ah, that. I think I was mistaken. After looking closely, the money was given to someone with the same name as the referees. So, it’s completely unrelated.”

“Really? This is troublesome. I’ve already told the elders everything.”

“Hahaha. I’m sorry. I’ll visit the elders separately and apologize.”

Vincent, who had been racking his brains for a moment, stared at Beom-seok.

“That aside, you said that one death was missing during the attack on the first day, didn’t you? I’m sure you said that.”

“Hahaha. I don’t know about that. The forest was so dense that one place looked like another. I think I was mistaken.”

Vincent tilted his head with a strange expression. He had a strong feeling that Beom-seok was hiding something. It didn’t make sense that he, who had been running around the forest and caught thirteen opposing team members, would say that he was confused about the terrain. But if he were to question him, it seemed like there would be no gain. Since he hadn’t watched Beom-seok’s actions from the side, there was no way to refute him if he was lying.

“Ahem. Is that so? Well, if you say so, then that’s how it is. Now, let’s go up to the 4th floor quickly. The elders said they want to meet you, especially Vice Chairman Louis.”

“Vice Chairman Louis wants to see me? Why?”

Vincent, with his hands behind his back, looked at the ceiling as if he were in trouble.

“Well, I don’t know, but… there must be a reason.”

“Really? Maybe they’re trying to offer me a recruitment proposal?”

“I don’t think so. There’s no one among the World League officials who doesn’t know that you won’t leave the Gods Knights team.”

After the one-on-one duel with Amelie, Beom-seok had been constantly receiving recruitment offers from World League teams. Of course, he flatly refused, saying that he could never leave Gods Knights, and the people in charge of the trades all licked their lips and returned. Now, everyone knew that Beom-seok would not leave his team.

“Well, that’s probably true. Then what could be the reason?”

“I don’t know, so don’t ask me.”

Vincent, who had gone up to the 4th floor of the villa, turned the right corner and strode towards the room at the very end. It was the place where Vice Chairman Louis was staying. He arrived in front of the door, knocked, and said,

“Vice Chairman Louis, I’ve brought Beom-seok.”

Then, there was a loud sound of footsteps from inside the room, and the door opened so violently that Vincent was pushed back.

“Welcome, Director Vincent! So, where is the gladiator named Oh Beom-seok!”

At the sight of the vivacious woman, Beom-seok, who had been looking at the window, instinctively turned his body to observe her appearance.

‘Oh? Who is she? Her style is pretty good? Judging by her small, round ears, she’s not an elf…’

She looked about 175cm tall, but she looked much taller because she was wearing high-heeled red stilettos. Her curly red hair was neatly arranged with a yellow headband and fell down to her waist, and her legs, revealed outside the crocodile-leather-patterned black miniskirt, were long and well-proportioned, disproportionate to her body ratio. Her S-shaped, curved figure was as beautiful as looking at a perfect sculpture, and even a hint of sensuality could be felt in her deeply drawn eyes. Her face was a pretty oval shape, and a black dot between her sharply raised nose and pointed jawline was quite impressive.

Although her height was a bit of a flaw, she could be argued to be an outstanding beauty with her ripe figure and beautiful appearance. However, one strange thing was that she was definitely a woman he had met for the first time, but she looked somewhat familiar.

Vincent introduced the woman.

“Say hello. This child is Vice Chairman Louis’s youngest daughter, Sheila.”

“Hi. I’m Sheila Louis. Nice to meet you.”

Beom-seok, who shook the hand she boldly extended, immediately dropped the honorifics. If the other person didn’t use honorifics in their first meeting, he couldn’t use them either.

“I’m Oh Beom-seok.”

Then Vincent immediately poked him in the side.

“Sheila is 15 years old in modified human years.”

That meant she was 35 years old in real age. She was definitely older than Beom-seok.

“Oh, is that so? You’re quite old. I thought you were trying to be friends since you dropped the honorifics at our first meeting. You looked like you were only around 20 years old.”

“You too. Shouldn’t you have some sense since she’s Vice Chairman Louis’s daughter?”

Well, even if she was the youngest, there was no way that the old man’s daughter would be a young maiden. Beom-seok, reluctantly, bowed his head to Sheila as if apologizing.

“I’m sorry for not recognizing you. A. ju. meo. ni [aunt/older woman].”

With those four words that stabbed her heart, she trembled her red lips. No matter how old she was, calling a childless woman an old lady… it was an insult that ordinary women could never endure. However, Sheila soon relaxed her expression and fawned over Beom-seok.

“Come on. What’s with the old lady between friends? Just call me Sheila and drop the honorifics.”

“How can I dare to do that? Considering what Director Vincent said, I’ll just call you Sheila Ajumma [aunt/older woman].”

She glared at Vincent with sharp eyes. It was a sign to quickly resolve this situation. If the current conversation were published in the media, she would be globally disgraced. ‘Oh Beom-seok, the best prospect in the professional gladiator world, calls Sheila Ajumma.’ Just thinking about it was terrible.

In response, he coughed repeatedly and patted Beom-seok on the shoulder.

“Just call her Sheila. Anyway, at my age, it’s common to drop honorifics with someone 20 years younger. There won’t be any problems if you drop the honorifics a little early. Ahem.”

“Oh, how can I do that? Once an Ajumma [aunt/older woman], always an Ajumma [aunt/older woman].”

“You, do as I say. It’ll be good for you.”

“Good for me? What does that mean?”

Vincent glanced at Sheila and said quietly in his ear.

“You really don’t know Sheila of the Horror Beres GC [Gladiator Club] team?”

Beom-seok rolled his eyes and searched his mind. Horror Beres is a team in the mid-tier of the World League, and its reputation is quite well known worldwide. This team is very famous for playing attack-oriented games based on a strong vanguard, and it mainly adopts an unusual strategy of placing only one rearguard to protect the chief gladiator in order to strengthen the attack power. So the game is either win or lose. Thanks to this, the team’s performance is not very good compared to its good squad, but it attracts the attention of many spectators and the media with its exciting games, and it is the only World League team that is spared from deficits.

But there is one very unique specialty in this team. It is Sheila in front of him, and her bizarre behavior hits the sports media from time to time, making viewers frown.

‘I knew she looked familiar from somewhere.’

Sheila’s actions were bizarre in themselves. When she was in a good mood, she would take off her top and run around the Colosseum, and when she was annoyed, she would kick the head of an incapacitated opponent with her shin, receiving a suspension order for several weeks. She would also get kicked out for flipping off the audience who were booing, and once, she deliberately threw her sword at the transparent acrylic panel blocking the stands to scare the opposing team’s supporters. In addition, the anecdotes that caught the attention of the media were her dirty lifestyle. She was playing around with countless men based on the huge salary she received from the team, and she was spreading countless scandals. Thanks to this, she was ridiculed with nicknames such as the passionate seductress, the lewd woman of the sunset, the madwoman of Beres, and in severe cases, the whore of the Colosseum.

Beom-seok opened her information window to confirm that his memory was correct.

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Name: Sheila Louis.

Classification: Modified Human (15 years).

Affiliation: Horror Beres GC.

Fame: 27092.

Infamy: 33182.

Favorability: 68.

H Availability: Yes.

Stamina: 9900/9900.

Sociability: 92, Strength: 98, Stamina: 99.

Agility: 97, Balance: 98, Intelligence: 88.

Mental Strength: 82. Judgment: 100, Skill: 86.

Luck: 92.

Current Skill/Potential: 932/936.

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Characteristic: Lewd Goddess.

Special Notes: The youngest daughter of Federation Gladiator Association Vice Chairman Balbar, she has received systematic gifted education since she was young and is excellent at swordsmanship. For a game that suits her taste, she left her father’s World League team, Real Heroes, and transferred to the Horror Beres team. She is becoming a gossip topic in the media due to various scandals. She wields a greatsword and her position is specialized in the vanguard.

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‘As expected of a World Leaguer. Amazing.’

Her potential was 936, and most of it was currently developed. Thanks to this, her stats were so high that there was nothing to criticize except for her mental strength, and her fame was also considerable. The problem was that her infamy was too high, exceeding 30,000. If such a child came into the team, the number of home spectators would increase exponentially with expectations, but the hostility of the opposing team’s spectators would increase, and many boos would erupt on the road.

‘Oh, her characteristic is so bizarrely awesome.’

Her characteristic was ‘Lewd Goddess’, and she had a bizarre option that increased all stats by 5 to 15 for three days depending on the satisfaction of having an affair with a man. In other words, if she had a chaste man as her lover, she would show top-notch physical abilities. In addition, she had been steadily honing her swordsmanship skills since before she became a modified human. Then she would also be rich in technical aspects. She was truly a desirable talent.

However, Yang Beom-seok lowered the information window with an indifferent face as if he had no interest. Such a gladiator would have a huge price tag and salary, which Gods Knights’ finances could not afford. And the fact that the H Availability item was Yes was also a bit of a concern. No matter how much of a playboy he was, he had selfishness that emphasized the moral aspects of the opposite woman.

“Hmm. I see. I thought she looked familiar. So it was that Sheila.”

“Then you know how to act now, right?”

Vincent’s words meant to be careful. It was not thought that Beom-seok would lose by force, but if he got involved with her, it would not be easy. She was calm now, but it was necessary to be careful because he didn’t know when her fiery temper would erupt.

“Well, I shouldn’t call her Ajumma [aunt/older woman]. If I said that word next to a reporter, it could be a nuisance to each other. Are you both pretty well known?”

“Hehe. That’s probably true.”

As a strange conversation flowed between the two, Sheila squinted her eyes and glared at Vincent. It was not like a compliment at all.

============================ Author’s Notes ============================

[(A+B+C)÷ 3]× Age Coefficient

A: Previous salary

B: Next salary offered by the original gladiator team C: Salary offered by the gladiator team to transfer to

Age coefficient.

1～10 years old 8

11～15 years old 6

16～20 years old 4

21～25 years old 3

26～30 years old 2

31 years old or older 0

The above is the legal compensation that the team to transfer to must pay to the previous team when recruiting a free agent gladiator. Usually, it is resolved through negotiation, but there are such regulations in preparation for cases where it cannot be resolved.

Then everyone have a nice day. I’ll see you again tomorrow.