Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 276

Chapter 276

Suho nodded at the captain’s last words.

“Association Chairman Woo Jin-cheol… … I thought the association’s North Korea strategy was taking longer than expected, but there was this inside story.”

Suho didn’t even think about it until he came here himself.

I thought that Chairman Woo Jin-cheol had been only eliminating evil spirits in North Korea, but it turned out that he was dealing with villains as well as evil spirits. 1

Moreover, I really couldn’t have imagined that villains would live in a city like this.

Even without that, there were quite a few people in Korea who were dissatisfied with the long absence of Chairman Woo Jin-cheol.

Actually, who would like that?

After all the effort to create an association, the president of the association himself keeps leaving the position vacant and wandering around to other places.

Moreover, the biggest problem was that among the association hunters he had taken to North Korea, there was an S-class hunter named ‘Choi Jong-in’.

If only Choi Jong-in had remained in Korea.

No, if he had just left the position of association president to Choi Jong-in, there would have been no one who was dissatis fied with Woo Jin-cheol’s actions like they are now.

The presence of a single S-class Hunter, a walking weapon of war, was that great.

In the end, the many cumbersome procedures that Soo-ho had to go through to get permission to go to North Korea were ultimately a butterfly effect resulting from Choi Jong-in’s absence.

‘But from our country’s perspective, the existence of such a city is much more threatening than the demons that move according to their instincts.’

The presence of a city of villains right above their heads was a far more threatening situation than the days when North Korea was still intact before the cataclysm.

So, from the association president’s perspective, it would have been a very natural course of action to wipe out the villains’cities as soon as they were seen.

Besides, no matter how many villains there were, they wouldn’t really be a threat to him.

Above all, isn’t there ‘Choi Jong-in’ by his side?

Just as Suho had burned down Elvenwood up until now, Choi Jong-in was also an S-class hunter who mainly used fire magic, so it would have been possible for him to turn Elvenwood into a sea of fire.

Thinking about Woo Jin-cheol and Choi Jong-in, Su-ho suddenly became curious.

“But why is this city still so safe?”

[That’s because… …Woo Jin-cheol hasn’t discovered it yet. That’s what the Executors do in the first place. Rebuilding the city in a place where Woo Jin-cheol can’t see it. And the city walls this time are stronger than ever.]

Suho nodded.

Even the great Chairman Woo Jin-cheol would be unable to check everything that happens in North Korea.

Moreover, the land was covered in thick blue fog, so even satellite cameras were not working.

It wouldn’t have been difficult for the executors to avoid his path if they went back along the path that Woo Jin-cheol had already taken and built a new city.

After all, if only the executors were safe, cities like this would be created again anytime, anywhere.

“Oh my. It’s not like this is some cockroach den… … .”

[The King of Bugs, the Lord of Plagues perks up his ears.] 3

“Go in. I didn’t call you.” 1

Suho fought off Quresha’s presence and thought about what he should do from now on based on the information he heard from the captain of the guards.

Berga added with a murderous look in his eyes.

[Your Majesty, what do you think? If you continue to burn everything as usual, I will lead the soldiers and hunt down those

who are escaping outside.]

“No. We don’t even know who the executors are. We have to consider the possibility that they might not be in the city in the first place.”

It would be no use killing all the villains here and turning them into soldiers if no one knew who they were anyway.

“In the end, you’re saying that I have to make them crawl out on their own two feet… … Wait, what did you say the role of the bailiff is? The role is to maintain order in the city?”

[Yes, that’s right.]

“Then we have the answer.”

Suho said with a mischievous smile on his face at the captain’s words.

“We just have to make them want to maintain order in this city.”

Hehe.

It’s a city that’s better organized than you’d think for a lawless area.

Suho had no shortage of ways to mess up the system here.

“Hmm. Well then, let’s start… … .”

Excluding the Executor, there are three factions that rule this city from the outside.

bank.

Hunter’s Guild.

And the free market coalition.

Of these three, the one that looks the easiest at first glance is, of course, a loose confederation of merchants and loan sharks.

It was a market.

“Let’s start by shaking up the ‘market’ side.”

Suho, who had decided on a rough plan, smiled and looked back at Sirka as he asked.

“Sirka, are you tired? Let’s go to sleep.”

“Where are you going to sleep?”

Sirka tilted her head at those words.

But before the order could be given to him, the captain of the guard quickly moved, took out the money bag he had hidden in the bosom of his dead body, and respectfully offered it to Suho.

[It’s not much, but it’ll be enough to get you a place to stay for a while.]

“Oh, what a kind person.”

Clang.

Suho smiled and gladly accepted the money bag.

but.

“Thank you, but I don’t need a place to stay.”

Phew!

Suho took out the ‘Key to the Shadow Dungeon’.

“When you sleep, you should sleep in a comfortable place. And I haven’t finished my daily quest yet.”

[Enter the Shadow Dungeon.]

So Suho disappeared into the shadow gate with Sirka.

* * *

And a little later.

“…what?”

The bank employee who had been leisurely waiting for news of Suho’s return had a stiff expression when he heard the bad news from the captain of the guards.

“The captain of the guard was found dead?”

“Yes. All the enhanced humans that were dragged along were dead. And the entire area… … .”

“It was frozen?”

“Yes. There were traces of a considerable amount of freezing magic. With this level of power, it would be at least A-class.”

“A-class? You said you were a summoner… … .”

The bank employee burst into laughter after hearing the report from the choker-wearing debt collector.

But his eyes were more alive than ever.

The atmosphere was the complete opposite of the expression on his face when he welcomed Suho earlier.

“Then what was that elf? Was it not a summoned beast, but something you captured and tamed yourself? Or was it a completely different skill?”

Doubts were running rampant, and many scenarios were running through his head.

‘… … If a simple A-class villain had appeared in the city, it wouldn’t be a problem. After all, money is needed to survive here.’

There was no need for all citizens to become debtors in the first place.

Today, it is just a ceremonial event to turn a newcomer to the city into a debt collector.

Rather, it had a greater meaning of testing the level of a newbie.

I’m going to check out the skills and see where and how I can use this one.

Moreover, the fact that the captain of the guard who had brought the enhanced humans against him was annihilated was not a particularly big deal.

There were plenty of replacement troops in the Hunter’s Guild.

But the problem is… … .

‘I’ve had a strange feeling about this since a while ago.’

Yeah, this newbie gave me a strange feeling from the moment I first saw him.

A relaxed attitude that is subtly revealed in one’s facial expression or attitude.

Something that can never be explained by vanity.

It was an expression rarely seen in North Korea, which had become an apocalypse.

Suddenly, the banker’s gaze turned to the desk.

There was the civil registration papers he had left behind.

‘Name: Ber’ 2

“… … Tsk. Even if I use a fake name, it’s still a middle schooler-like name. It’s not like I’m making a game ID or anything.”

Anyway, these days.

Even looking at him again, isn’t he still a pathetic guy?

They say that everyone in this city uses fake names anyway, but in any case, if you’re in the position of having to be called by that name from now on, you don’t have a very good sense of naming.

But what if even that name was intended to lull us into letting our guard down?

Why?

“… … Is there any possibility that it could be Woo Jin-cheol’s trick?”

The debt collector in front of him shook his head at the banker’s words, who had just mentioned the worst of the possible scenarios.

“That’s not possible. If that were the case, it would have been let go rather than making a big deal out of it like this.”

“Right. Anyway, he’s a really creepy guy, so we’ll have to keep an eye on him for the time being. So, that guy named Ver, where is he staying today?”

“That… … isn’t there.”

“What? What’s missing?”

The debt collector answered in a panic at the banker’s cold gaze.

“Yes, it is. Whether it fell into the sky or into the ground, all traces of it disappeared from the alley where the bodies were found.”

“… … Find him! He couldn’t possibly be sleeping outside after he took all the guard captain’s money!”

“Really. Even now, I’ve mobilized all my subordinates to search the entire area, but I can’t… … .”

“These pathetic things! I’ll find them somehow, even if it means staying up all night!”

“Yes, yes!”

The debt collector left the bank as if he was being chased out by the banker’s scolding.

And under his orders, they searched the entire city through the night in search of the missing guardian.

But all that hardship was in vain… … .

When morning came, Suho was leisurely strolling in the middle of the market.

“I found the car! It’s just at the market… …!”

“You guys didn’t find it! Don’t even dream of debt forgiveness!”

“… … !”

The debt collector is frustrated by those words.

Debt was this scary. 1

Fortunately, this wasn’t the only thing he had to report.

“But that guy named Vera… … started selling something at the market this morning.”

“What? You suddenly started a business?”

The banker looked puzzled at those words.

The first thing newcomers do when they first arrive in the city is to sell the goods they brought from Korea to make money.

But why is that?

This time my instincts weren’t good either.

“Where is that? I guess I’ll have to go see it myself.”

“I’ll guide you right away!”

The debt collector took the lead, beaming with joy at the thought that his debt would be reduced even a little.

And after a while.

The banker, who had arrived at the place where ‘Ber’ was doing business, following the loan shark’s instructions, froze on the spot.

“… … What are all those things?”

It’s ridiculous.

That’s ridiculous.

The city’s market is wide and spacious.

The citizens of this city have to pay off their debts to the bank.

Or, in order to avoid debt, they do business fiercely with each other.

But where do all those things come from?

At best, belongings brought from Korea.

They quickly become dull in just half a day.

Then, as everyone eventually does, he had to take a risk and go out of the city to find something worth paying for.

however….

“Where did all those things come from?”

The banker couldn’t help but be astonished.

Wow- what is all this?!

How long has it been since I’ve had food like this?!

There’s even whipped cream cake!

… … Ber, or rather Suho, was selling Korean food in the middle of the market.

A huge amount of groceries, as if they had brought an entire supermarket from Korea!