Level 1 Player

‘Why are you so surprised?’

Hyunseong looked at the elves with a puzzled expression.

He was just curious and asked.

But her face turned pale as if he had met a demon.

In the case of the young elves, the tears in their eyes seemed to burst into tears at any moment.

dump!

The elf player sat down as it was.

It was the same with the other elves.

If it had been before seeing Hyunseong and half-man Ban-ryong fight, he would have thought of resisting or running away.

However, the elves, who already knew the difference between them and non-standard monsters such as Hyunseong and the half-human, half-dragon, gave up on their escape.

“Don’t play tricks, just kill them cleanly.”

The elf player closed his eyes tightly and shouted.

The other elves also hugged each other and closed their eyes tightly.

But no matter how long I waited, the pain did not come.

The elves carefully opened their eyes.

What they saw in the eyes of such elves was Hyunseong, who looked at them with an absurd expression.

‘What are they going to do now?’

Hyunseong was absurd.

He saved him from dying at best, but he was treating himself as a monster, not saying thank you.

“I think I briefly explained the situation to you?”

Hyunseong looked at the elf player and asked.

“Aren’t you going to kill us?”

“Why do I kill you?”

“Am I really not an invader player?”

"no. For the first time, ask Partisha or Hepat for details, so we can meet soon.”

With those words, Hyunseong opened the subspace and took out the aerial legend-grade undead monsters.

- Kyaaaaah!

- Crumble!

When the undead monsters with only the bones left appeared, the elves made a frightened expression.

However, the undead monsters were completely under Hyunseong's control.

The undead monsters lowered their bodies and gave their backs to the elves.

"get on."

“Hey, you want to ride this?”

The elf player asked with a trembling expression.

“That would be quick.”

The elf player, who had thought for a moment at Hyunseong's words, nodded his head.

Common sense is that if Hyunseong is going to kill them, he will just kill them. There is no need to deceive them by deceiving them with lies.

‘Let’s believe it first.’

He had already prepared himself for his death.

Nothing could get worse than the worst.

The elves quietly rode on the backs of the undead monsters.

After Hyunseong meticulously applied defense skills, he started the undead monsters.

- Kyaaaaah!

With a powerful roar, the undead monsters flapped their wings and flew into the sky.

* * *

Hyunseong took the undead monsters with the elves on their backs and headed over the defensive wall where the humans led by Partisha and the dwarves led by Hepat were there.

‘Do you think there would be such a large group of survivors?’

‘Isn’t this the level of a country, not a city?’

On the back of the undead monster, the mouths of the elves who witnessed the city built beyond the defensive wall opened wide.- Kyaaaaah!

The undead monsters that burst out a long roar landed.

Humans and dwarves on the ground were not afraid of undead monsters at all.

Rather, it was a strangely welcoming atmosphere.

“You brought the elves with you.”

Particha smiled and greeted Hyunseong.

“Yes, we met by chance.”

“Partisia-sama!”

As soon as Hyunseong finished speaking, the elf player, the head of the surviving elves, called for Partisha.

“Eloff-sama!”

Partisha welcomed the elf player as well.

“Are you familiar with this elf?”

Partisha nodded her head at Hyunseong's question.

“Yes, Elf-sama is one of the high elves who lead the elves.”

“A high elf?”

Hyunseong tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

On the surface, it was because there was not much difference from a normal elf.

“Oh, it’s been a long time, sweetheart.”

Upon hearing the news that the elves had arrived, even Hepat, the king of the dwarves, appeared.

Then they talked among themselves.

After a while, not only Partisha and Hepat, but also people who were acquainted with the Elves gathered.

“Thank you so much for your great grace.”

The high elf elf bowed politely to Hyunseong.

When she heard Partisia and Hepat's story, she realized that she had misunderstood Hyunseong.

“Even though there are not many of them, the elves will definitely be of great help to Choi Hyunseong. So please take it.”

“I will. Just straighten your back.”

At Elrov's plea, Hyunseong meekly nodded his head.

He also changed his tone of voice to John.

‘I was trying to hold it anyway.’

Elixir and item manufacturing is faster when there are elves.

"thank you. New Elves I will be loyal to Choi Hyunseong as the monarch of the elves, though weak.”

-You have received the oath of allegiance from 3 monarchs.

-You have completed the 5th job advancement quest, Road of the Overlord.

- You have changed to a semi-mythical class occupation overlord.

Whoa!

Several messages came to mind, and Hyunseong's body was enveloped in a bright light.

-All stats are increased by 40.

- Class-only skills have been added.

-The control over his subordinates becomes stronger.

-The lord's subjects under his command are affected by the overlord's dominance.

- The buff limit of the Lord's Flag skill has been increased to 20%.

‘The elf was the lord of the elves.’

Finally, he completed the 5th job advancement quest that he had not been able to complete for a long time.

The occupation, which had been fixed as a monarch for a while, was also changed to an overlord.

'Everything else makes sense... … What does it mean that the lord's subjects under his command are affected by the overlord's control?'

I didn't quite understand this.

But Hyunseong noticed the effect in just a few hours.

“I see you, Overlord!”

“Oooh! Overlord!”

“Overlord, give me any orders!”

A person who had previously only shown light courtesy showed an excessive level of loyalty.It was the same for the blunt Dwarfs, and the same was true for the elves who were implicitly afraid of Hyunseong.

‘Did you mean to be affected by the overlord’s dominance?’

Human race lord Partisha, dwarf lord Hepat, elven lord Elof.

The servants under these three treated the overlord Hyunseong as if they were their own monarch.

No, on the contrary, there were cases where he showed more loyalty than the monarch who swore allegiance himself.

'great.'

For Hyunseong, it was a huge gain.

The subjects under the command of the monarch are perfectly reliable allies.

The number of allies increased significantly.

‘Even if I take the Partisha level players to Earth, there will be no buying and selling.’

Even if you come across modern culture, you probably won't think to deceive Hyunseong and take advantage of it.

‘It’s going slow.’

Now it was my turn to interrogate the man trapped in the subspace.

* * *

An uninhabited island with only marine monsters around.

Hyunseong built a small prison inside a deserted island.

The skills of the dwarves and the secret arts of the elves were mobilized, and Hyunseong also strengthened the prison by using all the skills he had.

The magical force field was also set in five layers.

‘Come on, come out.’

Hyunseong, fully prepared, opened a subspace containing a half-human, half-dragon.

percussion!

As soon as the subspace opened, a half-human, half-dragon holding a dragon blood sword rushed towards Hyunseong.

'Summons.'

Hyunseong activated the Dragon Blood Sword option.

Then, the dragon blood sword that the half-human, half-dragon was holding disappeared and was held in Hyunseong's hand.

- Aaaaaaah!

The half-human half-dragon did not give up even though he lost his weapon.

He drew up all his remaining magic and swung his nails towards Hyunseong.

Scratch!

Hyunseong lightly swung his dragon blood sword and cut off the right arm of the half-human, half-dragon.

- Whoa!

A desperate scream erupted from the half-human, half-dragon's mouth.

“Did you draw a dragon blood sword?”

Hyunseong thought the half-human half-ryong was out of his mind.

However, he came to his senses, recovered his physical strength and magical power to a certain extent, and it seemed that he drew the Dragon Blood Sword.

- Whoops!

The half-human half-dragon raised his magical powers again.

He looked like he was trying to use a space movement skill.

Crisp!

However, there was no way the space movement skill could be activated in a situation where there were five magical force fields.

“Are you going to stop giving up?”

At Hyunseong's words, the half-human half-ryong looked around.

Items with strong magical power were all around.

Escape seemed impossible.

- Crumple!

The half-human half-dragon, who was growling low, thrust his remaining left arm toward his heart.

Scratch!

Hyunseong swung his dragon blood sword and cut off the left arm of the half-human, half-dragon.

At the same time, the items prepared in advance were activated.

👌👌👌👌👌

The dark-blue color chains emanating from the item wrapped around the body of the half-human, half-dragon.- Kyaaaaah!

The half-human half-dragon screamed and swung its wings and tail.

But he couldn't shake off the chains of magic that sourced Hyunseong's magic.

“Give up. Skill activation was also blocked.”

Hyunseong clearly remembered the time he had missed Lee Kye-in before.

So he invested a lot of money to buy an item that seals the player's magic.

Of course, there was a premise that in order to seal the opponent's magic, it was necessary to have an overwhelming advantage in the battle of magic.

But that didn't need much to be considered.

Although his body had recovered to some extent, the half-human half-dragon's body was still in full swing.

“Kill it.”

At the cry of the half-human, half-ryong, Hyunseong shook her head.

“It can’t be. I don't want to ask you one or two things."

“You won’t get anything from me.”

With those words, the half-human half-dragon tightly closed his eyes.

It was an expression of his will to never open his mouth.

“You are only going to suffer.”

Hyunseong stood up with those words.

"Come on in."

At Hyunseong's words, interrogation experts made up of humans, dwarves and elves appeared.

“You have to get all the information out of that guy's head. But he must never be killed.”

At Hyunseong's words, the interrogation experts flashed their eyes.

In particular, in the case of the elves who came to represent the elves, their eyes flashed with life.

“Of course, Overlord.”

"I'm going to pull out all the information in his head, including his name, age, level, and job."

“I will never give him a restful rest.”

Hyunseong nodded his head as if he knew what the interrogation experts looked like, and then pulled out the dragon blood sword.

Whoops!

Hyunseong stabbed the dragon blood sword into the body of the half-human, half-dragon.

- Aww!

The half-human half-dragon let out a painful scream.

A hemoglobin sword is not just a sword.

He was a greedy predator, sucking his stamina and mana through dragon blood.

Hyunseong left the place with the dragon blood sword behind.

* * *

‘Let’s look at the job-specific skills.’

Hyunseong opened the status window.

‘Most of them have only changed their names.’

To give an easy example, it was a change to the extent that the monarch's flag was changed to the overlord's flag and the effect was increased.

There were only three new skills.

[The Overlord's Call – Class-exclusive Skill]

- Summon the servants you have gathered under your command.

-Magic consumption is consumed according to the distance and number of the servants.

[Overlord's Blessing – Class-only skill]

- Give a blessing to one of your subordinates.

- Blessed servants can borrow part of the overlord's power.

[Overlord's Mercy – Class-only skill]

- Restores the stamina and magic of subordinates.

-The overlord's stamina and mana are consumed according to the number and range of the target of the skill.

The only skill that would be of direct help to Hyunseong was the Overlord's Call.

The overlord's blessing and overlord's mercy were not for Hyunseong, but for the servants.

'I don't think the Overlord's Call will be of much help.'

Inwardly, Hyunseong, who wanted a job-only skill that was helpful to both the monarch and his subordinates, such as the monarch's flag or territorial declaration, had no choice but to be slightly disappointed.

‘Well, it will gradually increase in the future.’

Isn't it something that can't be satisfied with the first drink?

‘Also, in the case of Lucia, it certainly helps when summoned.’

If not, I thought it would be good to use it for the purpose of saving the servants in crisis, like when the servants fell into the trap of a stranger.

The half-human, half-dragon persisted by persistently resisting the continuous persuasion (?) of interrogation experts.

‘Because he’s a tank type player, his mental stats seemed quite high.’

Spirit stats don't just affect skill resistance and skill casting speed.

As the mental strength stat goes up, it becomes quite strong mentally as well.

‘Still, it will be difficult to hold on for a long time.’

The Dragon Blood Sword sucks the dragon's blood and robs it of stamina and magical power.

However, it does not simply take away the recovered stamina and mana.

‘It will probably affect the loss of stats.’

Monsters that have sucked a lot of blood through the Dragon Blood Sword do not spit out items that match their grade.

In the case of a red dragon caught in the United States, it sucked so much blood that it only spewed out one rare item, even though it was legendary.

This was like evidence that the Dragon Blood Sword absorbs the stat itself, not just the recoverable stamina and magic.

‘It’s just a matter of time.’

There were many ways.

Anyway, the result was decided.

The half-human half-dragon had no choice but to open its mouth.

The introduction of interrogation experts was only a preliminary work to exhaust the physical and mental power of the half-human, half-dragon.

A week later.

Hyunseong found the prison where the half-human, half-dragon was sealed again.

- Crumble!

The half-human, half-dragon was completely destroyed.

But even so, the moment he saw Hyunseong, he growled revealing it.

‘It hurt a lot.’

It's not just the body that hurts.

I was also very tired mentally.

“Have you not opened your mouth yet?”

"I'm sorry, Overlord."

"Fine."

Hyunseong looked at the half-human, half-dragon with a calm expression.

‘Maybe?’

There was a high probability that it wouldn't.

But it was necessary to give it a try.

‘The Dragon King’s dominance.’

A skill that dominates lower-class monsters.

I've never used it against a player.

‘Failure.’

No matter how much he waited, the skill showed no sign of success.

‘Then next… … .'

I was about to try using a family skill.

Hyunseong dropped his blood into the half-human, half-dragon's mouth.

The half-human half-dragon must have been starving for a long time, so he frantically ate Hyunseong's blood.

‘Royalty.’

Hyunseong used a family skill.

But there was no response either.

‘Are skills that target monsters not having any effect?’

Although it is a dragon, the skill does not seem to be activated because it is a player and not a monster.

‘Employment.’I even tried it out just in case.

But still there was no response.

'Isn't that the only way?'

Hyunseong opened the system shop and bought a new skillbook.

[Chaos Barrier – Mythic Rank]

-Active skill book

-Reverses the division between enemies and allies.

The skill description itself was simple.

The effect I found out through the post in the review was simple.

It is a mental attack skill that changes the distinction between enemies and allies during battle.

'It's usually used during large-scale battles.'

It was usable enough in the current situation.

Hyunseong bought the Chaos Barrier skillbook and learned it.

‘Sigh.’

Fragile!

Hyunseong stunned the half-human, half-dragon using the breath of the black dragon god.

After that, he immediately activated the chaos barrier skill against the half-human half-dragon.

The correct way to use the Chaos Barrier is to make the enemy see your allies as enemies and fight each other.

However, there are no allies of the half-human, half-dragon here.

All are enemies

What if I use the barrier of chaos in this situation?

“Creep! Bar, Bartro!”

The half-human half-ryong recognizes Hyunseong as an ally rather than an enemy.

“How did the mission go?”

“It failed. There was an incredibly strong human.”

To Hyunseong's question, half-human and half-ryong answered with half-opened eyes.

“You mean the level is impossible to occupy?”

"no. If the safety barrier is completely neutralized and the main force enters, it is judged that the occupation will be sufficient.”

“What if the safety barrier is disabled?”

"Yes that's right. In fact, it was a dimension that collapsed so horribly that it would have been more than conquered if it wasn’t for the pact.”

“When will the safety barrier be neutralized?”

"Yes? It depends on the situation in each dimension, so I can't be exact... … .”

“If the safety barrier is really broken, can it be conquered with certainty?”

"of course. There are very few survivors in this dimension. Perhaps the Confederates will not open the dimension gates and send troops to save this dimension.”

'Union? You mean our ally?’

Hyunseong interprets the acquired information and asks a question again.

“How far has the invasion of the other dimensions progressed?”

"Yes? Isn't that the jurisdiction of our Yongin clan and allies?"

“Still, shouldn’t you be aware of some information?”

“I’m sorry. It will probably be similar to ours.”

"I'll have to check the power of my allies again. How strong is your unit?”

“Players below level 1000… … .”

Half-human, half-ryong, who was answering Hyunseong's question, hesitated for a moment.

Then, the half-opened eyes found the gun again.

- Whoa!

The half-human, half-dragon twisted its body with a scream.

But nothing changed.

‘The barrier of chaos.’

Hyunseong used the barrier of chaos skill again.

However, the half-human half-ryong lost his reason and only ran wild.

‘For now, I have to get here today.’I didn't get great results.

But he made small achievements.

‘Safety barriers and unions and alliances.’

The Earth and Partisha planes are protected by a safety barrier.

But it looked like it would be destroyed someday.

Union.

The dimensions of Earth and Partishia seemed to belong to a place called the Union.

‘People like Gespit-nim and Baekhwa-nim must also belong to a place called Union.’

The players Hyunseong could meet through the system shop and the mercenary recruitment system seemed to be classified as allies.

‘It seems that those guys have allies too.’

The half-human half-dragon put the word alliance in its mouth.

This meant that the faction to which the half-human, half-dragon belongs was also highly likely to be part of a huge coalition.

‘Is there a dimensional war going on? But why the hell did the earth get involved?’

The sudden appearance of dimensional gates and monsters, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cataclysm... … .

There was still a mountain of things to ask the half-human, half-dragon.

‘I will take all the information you know.’

So far, I have only been able to extract a few small pieces of information.

But it will be different in the future.

'Even if it takes weeks, months, or years to extract all information about the enemy.'

If you're tired, it's a hundred battles.

For Hyunseong right now, it was most important to find out information about the enemy.

* * *

The White House in Washington, D.C., USA.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

President Wilson burst into laughter with a bright smile on his face.

“It’s really great, it’s really great. How could I have already surpassed level 1000?”

“I think the power of Karen’s unique skill is really strong.”

“I think so too. Are you stealing the level and stats of the monsters you forcibly hunted?”

“Given enough time, there is a good chance that Miss Karen will outperform Choi Hyunseong.”

“It may have already been surpassed.”

“Oh, it could be.”

The staff and ministers gathered at the White House smiled brightly.

It was all thanks to Karen.

Karen was like light and salt to the US government, which had to be dragged around by Choi Hyunseong.

“What is the status of the players under Miss Karen?”

President Wilson asked Secretary of the Dimension Gate.

“The patriotism towards the country is great. They are also very keen on hunting. It is safe to say that he spends almost all of his time hunting, except for time to eat and sleep.”

“It looks just like the players under Choi Hyunseong.”

The influence of players with the profession of a monarch was no joke.

‘You just need to hold onto Miss Karen.’

If the U.S. government can control Karen, then the players under her can control it.

‘Gives great wealth and honor.’

I have so much in America that I plan to make it so that even if I want to go to another country, I can't leave.

“What is the stat boost from the monarch’s flag?”

“It still seems lower than Choi Hyunseong player. But as long as we continue to increase the number of players under Miss Karen, it is possible to come back.”

“Good, very good. Continue to put players of your own country's nationality under Miss Karen's. It will be difficult to overcome Choi Hyunseong’s power right now, but it might be different later, right?”

“I think it’s better to accept players from other countries rather than just accept players from your home country.”

“Is it because of influence on other countries?”

"That's right."

The United States was a country with enormous influence on the world, both economically and by force.

However, things have changed a bit since the appearance of Choi Hyunseong.“We need to make friendly players in other countries as well.”

“Well, I doubt they will take it easy.”

Other countries are probably aware of the effect of the monarch, which is Choi Hyunseong's job, to some extent.

To the player Choi Hyunseong, he handed over his country's top rankers by crying and eating mustard.

But now things have changed.

Will other countries try to hand over their own players to the American player Karen, who doesn't even have the Korean national Choi Hyunseong?

“You have to put pressure on them to do it.”

“It’s pressure… … .”

“Why don’t we start with pro-American countries that are strongly influenced by foreign countries?”

“I’ll try to convince you once.”

There is enough possibility.

Just as the US government felt insecure when its top-ranked players became the hands and feet of Choi Hyunseong, there was a high possibility that other governments would do the same.

“Two is better than one.”

It's not a bad choice at all, as they can check each other out.

From the standpoint of other countries, it was more advantageous to play the tightrope between Korea and the United States by increasing the options of the United States rather than being dragged by Korea alone.

Of course, if that happened, it was none other than the United States that would benefit the most.

* * *

‘The numbers are getting bigger and bigger.’

A deep smile appeared on Karen's lips.

The number of subordinates under her has already exceeded 1,000.

Most of them were high-level players who had completed their 5th job advancement.

‘It’s still not enough.’

No matter how high-level players are, there are only about 1,000 at most.

Of course, there were those who followed the 1,000 or so, but Karen needed a solid side.

A sure ally who will stand by her side even if her true identity is revealed.

‘The general public should also be included.’

The US government did not readily expose itself.

‘ Choi Hyunseong is really afraid of the player.’

The US didn't seem to plan to open it up to the public until it was convinced that player Karen had a skill level on par with that of Choi Hyunseong.

‘Actually, Korean solo is too big.’

Korea was originally a player powerhouse.

But now things have changed.

All of the world rankings from No. 1 to No. 5 were Koreans.

The first place in the ranking is Choi Hyunseong.

2nd place in the ranking is Wuxia Player.

Ranking 3rd is Choi Hyunseong's father, Hyungkyu Choi.

The fourth place in the ranking is player Baek Woo-shin, the agenda of player Choi Hyunseong.

5th place is Shin Yuna player.

All of the rankings from 1st to 5th were Koreans and had a deep relationship with Hyunseong.

‘First, I need to increase the growth rate a little more.’

We had to give the US government the impression that Karen's skills were on par with Choi Hyunseong's.

‘I think it would be better to make a glamorous debut before too.’

It was necessary to show how to reliably subdue semi-myth grade or myth grade monsters to get the public's attention.

‘I think it would be nice if a transcendental level monster appeared… … .'

Perhaps it was difficult for me to be more confident than I was.

Earth's power will be underestimated than in the past.

Because the servants under Karen's command must have been separated from Earth's power.

‘The players under her should also develop a little more.’

Although he is ranked as a ranker, he has fewer numbers and less power compared to Choi Hyunseong's subordinates.

‘In the worst case, it is enough to activate a job-specific skill, but… … .'

It really should only be used in the worst case.

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