Max Talent Player

to 60.]

Now, it wasn’t 40, but 60.
A very meaningful change.

‘In the end, there won’t be any need to clear the Gran Seoul Dungeon, huh?’

It had to be cleared once in order to prevent the dungeon break, but it wasn’t something that absolutely needed to be cleared.
The Gran Seoul Dungeon wasn’t nearly as important as it was in the past, at least until level 60.

‘It’ll be amusing if I can put Song Junghye’s efforts to waste.’

A new scenario instantly came to life in my head.
Done well, I would be able to deal a significant blow to Junghye’s spirits.

[Receiving the ‘Clue Regarding the Sky of Freedom’.]

[Receiving a ‘Sky Feather’ as the ‘Clue Regarding the Sky of Freedom’.]

I also got an additional bonus.

[The dungeon title ‘True Ruler of the Gran Seoul Dungeon’ has been generated.]

[The dungeon title ‘True Ruler of the Gran Seoul Dungeon’ is a hidden reward given to the Player who destroyed the Gray-Ringed Clear Crystal.]

A hidden piece even my Observer’s Eye had failed to pick up was triggered.
There might have also been a hidden reward attached to destroying the Black-Ringed Clear Crystal.
But… ‘True Ruler’?

I already had a title called ‘Ruler of the Seoul Station Dungeon’.
Unlike regular titles, dungeon titles often didn’t have much use, and they only applied inside the relevant dungeon.
But the ‘True Ruler’ title turned that notion completely upside down.

[True Ruler of the Gran Seoul Dungeon]

Grants you the authority to fully control and govern the Gran Seoul Dungeon.
The True Ruler of the Gran Seoul Dungeon exercises great power in every Gran Seoul Dungeon field.

*Unlimited resurrection within the Gran Seoul Dungeon.

*Can invoke ‘Death Sentencing’ within the Gran Seoul Dungeon.

*Can adjust Gran Seoul Dungeon entry conditions.

*Can adjust Gran Seoul Dungeon difficulty.

My jaw dropped without me realizing it.

‘What the hell… is this?’

I had never heard of a title like this.
Regular ‘dungeon titles’ had worse effects than normal titles.
But this one? It would be no exaggeration to call this an absolute title.

‘Unlimited resurrection… Death Sentencing…’

At least within the Gran Seoul Dungeon, I could reign almost like a god.
Of course, things would be different if some kind of authority with a higher setting parameter than this title were to be exerted.
But at least in the beginner period, no, in the intermediate period, there probably weren’t any Players with those kinds of authorities, no matter what manner of Irregular they were.
For the time being, there shouldn’t be any Players capable of overpowering this title.

‘This is insane.’

The title effects were just too busted.

“What’s wrong? Why the face?”

“It’s nothing.”

Vela grumbled.
“Tch.
It was super hard and complicated to get in here, but I only got a measly 3,000 Coins and one linked quest.”

Sorry.
I took the lion’s share of the rewards, so not much was left for poor Vela.
I probably maxed out the rewards here.

“A linked quest?”

“Yuh.
I got some kind of labyrinth map.
It looks like this is something I need to find and clear on my own.
It’s also linked to my class scenario.”

Just one question, and he voluntarily blabbered all the details on his own.

“Aren’t you miffed about this? We went through all that, and this is all we get as a reward.”

“…”

I didn’t give him an answer.
This single-celled organism truly saw the world through rose-tinted glasses.
He hadn’t even begun to suspect that he got so little because I had taken so much.

‘There’s… no need to correct his misunderstanding.’

But I did feel indebted in some ways to Vela and fully intended on volunteering my assistance if he was ever in trouble later on.

“By any chance…”

Vela came up to me, his expression quite serious.

‘Oh? Did he notice it?’

With a look of utter seriousness, he asked, “Could you introduce me to some good Korean restaurants? Korean food is super delicious.”

* * *

After clearing the Gran Seoul Dungeon’s hidden field, I went to the Player Center in the DMC to meet Song Kiyeol.

“The importance of the Gran Seoul Dungeon has now faded.”

“…How come?”

I could understand how this might be baffling to Song Kiyeol.
I explained the whole story, summarizing it with the fact that the Growth Fruit was no longer necessary, for the time being.

“It feels like we’ve toiled in vain,” he said, his expression calm.
He didn’t seem terribly displeased, but he was still voicing his opinion.

‘Good.’

Yes, it was important to voice one’s opinion.
I didn’t want my partner to be someone who foolishly followed my every order.
It was only right for the guildmaster of Taeguk Shield to make some complaint.

“If you think that, then I have no choice but to be disappointed in you, Guildmaster.”

“…”

Song Kiyeol thought in silence for a moment.
He had clearly picked up on the barbs in my words.
The reason why I was disappointed in him wasn’t because he complained.
I was disappointed because he failed to see past this situation and think ahead.

‘But Song Kiyeol as he is now…’

He would be able to figure it out.
A little clue would be enough for him to understand.
Before long, his expression brightened.

“I see.
I understand what you mean.” He continued calmly, “If we use this situation well…”

Because he hesitated a little, I answered for him.

“We can crush Miss Junghye.
At least once.”

“…”

“With a very legal and reasonable method.
From what I saw, she is once again using Players with gate abilities to occupy the Gran Seoul Dungeon.”

It wasn’t unexpected, considering she knew from Jackson and Song Kiyeol that the dungeon was very important.
But things were different now.
The flow was greatly altered by my clear of the hidden field.

“…”

As her older brother, Kiyeol was incapable of enthusiastically approving the ‘crushing’ of his sister.
But our thoughts were probably not very different.
Song Junghye lacked both the qualifications and capability to represent this country.

“Alright then, let’s draw the concrete picture.”

“The concrete picture?”

I smiled lightly.

“We’ll meet CEO Song Kiyoung.
The two of us, together.”

And,

“Leak that information to Miss Junghye, too.”