Chapter 457: 871
[Chapter 217]
[Establishment of Causality]
23rd year of Seonryeok, Noh Eun-ha 28 years old.
The damage from the Seven Devils' terror was still ongoing even after a year passed.
Naturally, Pandora Clan which came to manage even Dongdaemun-gu had to live buried in work.
"Now that I live buried in work every day, I feel like I've adapted without realizing. Rather, I feel uneasy if I'm idle now. It seems good to live like a slave."
Like <Little Giant> Kang Si-hyeong.
Years of experience was enough to make clan members into excellent slaves now.
Clan members who ended up accepting the unacceptable as acceptable had to be called around here and there from the beginning of the year.
Meanwhile, Noh Eun-ha could spend relatively leisurely time.
I'm busy too, but unlike the kids I don't work directly in the field so it's somewhat comfortable.
Of course, no matter what excuses he made.
Undoubtedly, clan members like Cha Eun-woo and Bae Su-bin would proudly give him the middle finger.
Having eaten all the curses from the new year, Eun-ha could be confident his life would be long.
'You guys work hard. Me working hard rather means disaster has struck and the situation isn't good. It's good that I'm like this.'
''''Yeah, go die!!''''
Recently Eun-ha even received killing intent from clan members all at once for joking like that.
He felt a crisis of life then.
Meanwhile, after even Armageddon was defeated.
As the Fairy government's authority strengthened.
In fact, Eun-ha had achieved the purpose he resolved in 5th grade elementary school.
At best, the remaining disaster was the disaster that would occur 3 years later.
In 1-2 years, Southern European players will conquer the <Dungeon of the Deep Sea>, and the world will be in an uproar as the secrets of black dungeons are revealed to the world but...
I won't be pushed by public opinion to enter the <Dungeon of the Abyss> like in the previous regression. Originally I was pushed to enter because people who disliked me tried to get rid of me.
3 years later, a 3rd rank overrank monster appears in Gangneung.
Though he couldn't know detailed information about what happened in Gangneung.
<Yama> Kang Hyeon-cheol and <Thunder God> Lee Do-jin who participated in the operation to subjugate the monster die without even leaving corpses.
Also, <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim goes mad from shock, and <Silent> Yu Su-jin goes missing too.
<Time Witch> suddenly went missing before that too.
I'm not sure about the timing for this one.
It could be said a peaceful period would come for the time being except for the disaster 3 years later.
That was why Eun-ha was leisurely relaxing and came to meet Jung Ha-yang right after coming out of the Mana Management Organization meeting.
"Baby, daddy's here."
"Pipipi papapa pupupu!"
"Kang!"
"Lalala♬"
"Shh! She just fell asleep."
Jung Ha-yang gave birth to a daughter.
Alice Hospital VVIP room.
The child born receiving the world's blessings was soundly asleep in the bed beside her.
Eun-ha carefully entered the hospital room with Buldak, Kang, and Lala.
"Is the meeting over?"
"Should I say it's over? Since there will be more meetings in the future..."
"You'll be very busy. I should help too, I feel sorry to the kids."
"The baby's mother is resting comfortably in the hospital. The kids said that too."
Eun-ha embraced Jung Ha-yang and patted her bottom with his hand.
Jung Ha-yang was still the same even after giving birth.
She acted cute snuggling into Eun-ha's body.
"Hey."
"Yeah, what?"
"Have you thought about the baby's name?"
"Hmm..."
At that moment, Jung Ha-yang asked.
Eun-ha gave a bitter smile.
It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it since Jung Ha-yang kept nagging before giving birth.
He released the hug and said.
"How about Yu-ran? Yu-ran. The 'Yu' character for flow, and the 'Ran' character for shine."
"Yu-ran? It doesn't seem bad."
It was hard to even think of a child's name.
He had to think of a name for Lee Yu-jung's child to be born soon too.
But it was a pleasant deliberation.
So much that time passed without realizing while thinking of names imagining the future the child would grow up in.
Like that, Eun-ha decided to give the name Yu-ran to the child who would be his first daughter and second daughter after pleasant deliberation.
Jung Ha-yang seemed to like it too.
It was then.
"Waaah!!"
"Our baby, did you wake up? Sorry, were mommy and daddy noisy?"
The child woke up from sleep and cried.
Jung Ha-yang hurriedly moved her body and tried to hold the child.
Then, Eun-ha approached the cradle first and held the child.
"She doesn't seem to have pooped."
"She's probably hungry. Or maybe Yu-ran recognized daddy came? Look, she stopped crying now."
"Yu-ran, daddy's here."
"Awoo."
"Did you just answer?"
"It seems like it? Yu-ran, do you like daddy holding you?"
After taking care of Noh Yu-seong.
Eun-ha was confident in childcare.
There was no problem holding the child.
So Noh Yu-ran who just received her name stopped crying in Eun-ha's arms.
It's amazing.
Is she really recognizing me?
Eun-ha smiled seeing Noh Yu-ran looking up at him.
The baby girl felt lovely.
"Eun-ha, give her to me now. Yu-ran seems to want to eat."
"Really? Here."
"Yu-ran, it's mommy. Let's eat, eat."
Jung Ha-yang unbuttons her top.
Eun-ha contentedly watched her breastfeed Noh Yu-ran.
Then his eyes met with Jung Ha-yang.
"Does Yu-ran's daddy want to eat too?"
"I was curious before so I ate..."
"When? I never did that."
"Ah, memories from when I was a baby remain..."
"You call that an excuse?"
"..."
The atmosphere turned savage.
Today too, Eun-ha made a slip of the tongue.
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After <First Sword> Ji Yong-hyeon passed away.
Fairy Im Ga-eul temporarily appointed Eun-ha as a Twelve Seat to fill <First Sword>'s position.
So originally, it would have been right to retrieve the Twelve Seat qualification temporarily appointed to Eun-ha after officially ending the Seven Devils' terror.
"Make <Lord> a Twelve Seat!!"
"Just try quitting being a Twelve Seat! Then I'll know to terrorize the Blue House!!"
But Eun-ha's status rose.
The situation was very different from 8 years ago when the Fairy government officially declared the Seoul disaster and retrieved Eun-ha's Twelve Seat qualification.
Even then there was fierce opposition limited to some people.
This time it was too severe.
If the Fairy government retrieves Eun-ha's Twelve Seat qualification, a riot might really occur then.
No, a revolution would occur then.
[...Therefore, considering player Noh Eun-ha's merits which no players have achieved so far, we will formally appoint him as a Twelve Seat. I hope player Noh Eun-ha will become a person who devotes himself to the country and citizens as a Twelve Seat from now on.]
In the end, Im Ga-eul had to officially appoint Eun-ha as a Twelve Seat when making a public announcement about merit recipients.
As a result, the number of seats Pandora Clan occupied among the twelve seats became three now.
"─Then shall we talk about the player to replace the 3rd generation Twelve Seat, <Earth Dragon> player Chong Eun-ju's position?"
Nevertheless, there was one more vacant seat.
Samra Clan Lord <Earth Dragon> Chong Eun-ju.
She fell victim to Lilith.
They couldn't leave the Twelve Seat position vacant any longer since the Seven Devils' terror ended and the new year changed.
Uncle Gi-jun has regained his strength.
I was worried, but it's fortunate his face looks good.
3rd generation Twelve Seat additional selection meeting.
People qualified to attend the meeting were the Fairy, Twelve Seats, Mana Management Organization directors, and high-ranking officials appointed by the Fairy.
S-rank clans' attendance was excluded.
However, Eun-ha who became a Twelve Seat could attend the meeting.
He looked relieved seeing Seon Gi-jun sitting opposite.
Seon Gi-jun also made eye contact and greeted Eun-ha with a smile.
"If possible, I'd like to select a player outside of Pandora, Regulus, Silla, Myeongwang, Blaze, Tempest, Donghae Clan where Twelve Seats are immersed."
Im Ga-eul had the initiative in the meeting.
Though there was the Seven Devils' terror.
She was receiving evaluations that she minimized terror damage by appropriately organizing personnel and excellently prepared follow-up measures.
As a result, the Fairy government's support was rising day by day, and Im Ga-eul's grip on power grew even stronger.
All of it was possible because Noh Eun-ha was there.
"Please speak if you have opinions."
So she could boldly exclude casters from clans where Twelve Seats were affiliated.
The range of choices narrowed.
They had no choice but to nominate candidates among S-rank clans without Twelve Seats or casters from the Mana Management Organization.
And there were very few people worth nominating among them.
Mana Management Organization?
Samra Clan?
Zenith Clan?
KK Clan?
People narrowed down the choices and narrowed, finally reducing to 4.
From here, people deliberated.
They're all similar or ambiguous so that's why.
Eun-ha could understand why people were deliberating.
Frankly, the Mana Management Organization's candidate was no different from being nominated as a candidate to save Im Ga-eul's face.
Samra Clan's candidate was to save former Clan Lord <Earth Dragon> Chong Eun-ju's face.
It was the same for Zenith Clan too.
At least Zenith Clan's caster was quite renowned.
KK Clan's situation was similar.
So if we reduce one more here, we could reduce Samra Clan.
It seems Samra Group's current situation isn't good so their power to lobby the Fairy government has fallen.
If we judge based on meritocracy.
People thought the Mana Management Organization candidate wasn't suitable either.
In the end, Zenith Clan and KK Clan.
Only two clans remained.
The problem is Zenith Clan's internal circumstances aren't very good...
People here should know too.
After <First Sword> Ji Yong-hyeon passed away, Zenith Clan was almost divided in two and waging internal strife.
The faction of players saying to make a clan for Galaxy Group relying on Galaxy Group's power this time.
And the faction of players saying they should continue to be a clan for the Fairy in honor of Ji Yong-hyeon's will.
Im Ga-eul must be worrying a lot too.
Even if she raises a Twelve Seat from Zenith Clan, she has to consider the worst case scenario of Zenith Clan turning away from the Fairy.
Eun-ha coldly analyzed the situation.
Everything was as Han Seo-hyeon predicted.
No one was trying to rashly push a specific candidate.
To this, Eun-ha raised his hand.
"Yes, Pandora Clan Lord."
Im Ga-eul's gaze turned to him.
She allowed him to speak.
People's gazes gathered on Eun-ha.
Eun-ha opened his mouth.
"I recommend KK Clan's <Summoner> player Kang Ye-sol."
""""..."
<Summoner> Kang Ye-sol.
She was an Academy 027&27th generation player like Noh Eun-ah, Ryu Yeon-hwa, and Han Chang-jin.
She was a person who used high-level summoning magic to control various summons.
There were no disqualifying factors as a Twelve Seat.
"I agree too."
"I'll agree too."
Then Jin Pa-rang and Han Chang-jin agreed with Eun-ha's opinion.
Everyone clicked their tongues.
Pandora Clan gained three seats, so their right to speak strengthened.
""""..."
Furthermore, the reason Im Ga-eul could wield power in this place now was because of Noh Eun-ha.
Eun-ha was essentially the real power.
Im Ga-eul couldn't recklessly block Eun-ha's remarks, and had to raise her hand to his remarks.
It was the same for other people.
"Then I'll nominate KK Clan's <Summoner> player Kang Ye-sol as the 3rd generation Twelve Seat."
And so without any particular debate.
Also without any particular complaints.
That day's meeting decided on KK Clan's Kang Ye-sol as the new Twelve Seat.
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The reason Eun-ha raised his hand for KK Clan rather than Zenith Clan who swore loyalty to the Fairy goes back to a few days ago.
That day, a call came from KK Clan's direct line Kim Geon-ung.
[Are you doing well? <Lord>-nim.]
"Don't call me that, it's cringy. It's been a while. How are you doing? Is there no particular damage there?"
[KK didn't send out many people to subjugate the Seven Devils, so the damage isn't very big. But...]
"But what?"
[There's a problem because people are saying every day to entrust neighboring Pandora Clan as the clan to manage Mapo-gu.]
"Hang in there."
[Hah... I understand Yu Do-jun's feelings. Can't you please rampage moderately?]
"Is that something I can control?"
Eun-ha chuckled.
It wasn't his business.
It was something Kim Geon-ung had to be mindful of.
So Eun-ha treated it as someone else's business and asked the reason Kim Geon-ung called.
Then Kim Geon-ung said─
[─You surely don't forget the promise you made with me before, right?]
"Promise? What promise?"
[Think carefully about who <Navy Wind> and <King of Shadows> were able to become Twelve Seats thanks to.]
"Ah..."
Eun-ha recalled the memory then.
There was something he promised Kim Geon-ung.
Then he could grasp Kim Geon-ung's intention in calling for once.
"So you want me to put KK's player in <Earth Dragon>'s position?"
[Yeah, there happens to be a capable person. <Summoner>, you've probably heard the name once. I hear she often keeps in touch with your noona. Though she's far behind Jo A-ra or Bae Su-bin's skills, she has ability.]
"<Summoner> would be fine."
[We could aim for the next opportunity but... Personally I covet the caster position. Since it's also former Clan Lord <Beast Tamer>'s position, it's a somewhat symbolic position for KK Clan players. So I'm exerting effort like this. Let me ask a favor.]
While talking on the phone with Kim Geon-ung.
Eun-ha recalled the current business group landscape in his head.
Donghae Group's rising trend was broken due to this disaster.
KK Group rose up in that gap, becoming almost equal in class with Donghae Group.
If we add a Twelve Seat to that─
─Donghae Group and KK Group will fight and clash among themselves.
It wasn't bad.
At this point, KK Clan was no longer a threat to Eun-ha either.
If KK Clan tries to show hostility by baring their fangs at him─
─Then well, I can just swallow up Mapo-gu even if it's a bit forceful.
That's what Eun-ha was thinking.
It wouldn't be very difficult for Ship-o and Han Chang-jin to control the darkness and incite Mapo-gu residents.
If KK Clan has brains, they should know well by now that they can't oppose Pandora Clan.
To this, Eun-ha finished thinking.
He decided to grant Kim Geon-ung's request.
"Okay, I'll grant your request. But you know, right?"
[Sigh... Alright. As long as it doesn't particularly harm KK Clan, I'll try to raise my hand to your opinions as much as possible.]
And so Eun-ha and Kim Geon-ung's negotiation was concluded.
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Meanwhile, Eun-ha was also tentatively working on Zenith Clan.
After the meeting ended that day, Eun-ha immediately met with Zenith Clan Sub-lord Kim Cheol-sik and had a conversation.
"This way, Pandora Clan Lord."
"Yes, hello. And as I said on the phone, about the Twelve Seat..."
"It can't be helped. How could we recommend a Twelve Seat when our clan's opinions aren't even united now?"
Luminous Hotel Myeongdong Branch Cafeteria.
The two met secretly.
The meeting began when Kim Cheol-sik first contacted Eun-ha after <First Sword> Ji Yong-hyeon died.
'I want to take on the work our Clan Lord was doing.'
Previously, Eun-ha had proposed to Ji Yong-hyeon to create a new clan.
Ji Yong-hyeon, who was gradually being pressured by Galaxy Group direct line Choi Jeong-hoon, viewed the proposal positively.
Afterwards, he came to harbor thoughts of creating a new clan with like-minded people.
But with Ji Yong-hyeon's passing, his and Eun-ha's plans were frustrated.
That's when <Winter Cypress Sword> Kim Cheol-sik appeared.
"Have you gathered many people?"
"Since we're secretly recruiting, it's not easy to contact people. But we're gathering steadily. Now including me there are 20 people... 3 sub-lords including me."
Kim Cheol-sik was to be the second-in-command in the new clan Ji Yong-hyeon would create.
So he didn't want the plan to be frustrated like this.
That's why he sought out Eun-ha, trying to somehow revive the plan.
There was also the reason these people gained goodwill towards me as I'm marrying Yeon-hwa noona.
Meanwhile, starting with Kim Cheol-sik, players supporting Eun-ha appeared.
As Eun-ha was marrying Ryu Yeon-hwa, people who received teachings from the previous <Divine Spear> came to take his side.
To this, Eun-ha decided to create a new clan with Kim Cheol-sik at the helm.
And not just a simple clan, but─
"─Do those people agree too? That sometimes they may play a role like a satellite clan while receiving investment from Pandora Clan?"
A satellite clan.
Eun-ha asked again to confirm.
"Everyone agreed. They judged that Yeon-hwa wouldn't be blindly following the Pandora Clan Lord against the master's will."
"I'm benefiting thanks to Yeon-hwa noona. That's right. Even Yeon-hwa noona would try to stop me if I end up going down the wrong path. Anyway, thank you for responding to my proposal trusting my wife."
"We who are receiving investment should be thankful. But you're calling Yeon-hwa your wife when you're not even married yet... I'm saying this before the marriage, but if you make our niece-like Yeon-hwa cry..."
"...I won't do that."
Han Seo-hyeon's prediction was right.
As Eun-ha welcomed Ryu Yeon-hwa.
All the people who received teachings from <Divine Spear> Nam Gung Seong-un came to support him.
Thanks to that, Eun-ha was able to make plans to newly establish Zenith Clan.
"So where are you thinking of establishing the clan?"
"If possible, I'm thinking of taking one district Zenith Clan has when leaving Zenith Clan. If the Pandora Clan Lord thinks..."
"Then Dobong-gu."
"As expected. It will be difficult but I'll try."
Eun-ha decided the direction of the clan to be established while conversing with Kim Cheol-sik.
He was thinking of establishing a clan that moves only for the Fairy in Dobong-gu.
Dobong-gu was adjacent to Uijeongbu.
As long as northern development continues, Dobong-gu will come to play the role of connecting Seoul and Uijeongbu.
It's prime land.
It had to be taken to weaken Galaxy Group and Zenith Clan's power.
Galaxy Group, Samra Group...
The situation isn't very good.
Samra Group which even lost a Twelve Seat will now become a slave to other top 10 groups.
And Galaxy Group will greatly lose power as Zenith Clan divides.
No matter how much Choi Jeong-hoon struggles, the group won't be able to wield the same influence on players as before.
They won't be able to be my match anymore. They'll all tremble watching my mood.
They won't be able to defy the Fairy either.
28 years since Eun-ha regressed.
He was now almost close to the purpose he so earnestly wished for.
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Not long after that.
Kim Cheol-sik withdraws from the clan with Zenith Clan members and establishes a new clan in Dobong-gu.
The clan name is Habaek.
The clan named after Habaek, the river god appearing in Goguryeo's founding legend, rapidly grew in power.
It was possible because of Pandora Clan's full support behind the scenes.
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