Chapter 293
“Hey, don’t ask that question. We have to avoid it.”
Reporters from French news agencies were taken aback and tried to stop the reporter who was talking to Choi Yeonseung.
The French media had to pay attention to Alland, since it was a company from their country. If the reporters screwed up with Alland, the best case scenario was getting away with a warning, but they could also face firings, lawsuits, and even personal sanctions.
Of course, reporters from other countries couldn’t care less about that.
“Aren’t we French??”
“Hey, I’m German.”
Even though it was a city founded by a French company, reporters from other countries had also arrived at the scene. Unlike the French reporters, they were actually excited about the question received by Choi Yeonseung.
“Very exciting! Would you please go into more detail?”
“No... Hey... Stop it! Mr. Armon. Please stop them!”
The French reporters were frightened and called out to Kevin. He was a fellow Frenchman and was working with Alland, so they thought he would put Alland in a better light.
“What Hunter Choi Yeonseung said...”
The reporters sighed in relief when Kevin started speaking. He would definitely smoothen things out!
“...He was actually downplaying the situation. In reality, it was actually worse!”
“No!”
The French reporters felt their hearts sink. They had called him to improve the situation, but he ended up pouring oil on the fire.
-Is he crazy? What is this?
-Stop it!
They shouted to him, but Kevin pretended he couldn’t hear them.
“At first, Hunter Choi Yeonseung went ahead and made a proposal for the safety of the city, but Alland blatantly ignored it. I was embarrassed when I saw it. No matter how much Alland tries to hide it, this type of behavior is unacceptable, especially when it comes to the safety of the city!”
Unlike the French reporters, the reporters from other countries looked very impressed as they clapped. It was always interesting to see controversial incidents occur in other countries.
It was rare for someone as high-ranking as an A-grade hunter to blow the whistle like this.
“This is too much, even if it’s Alland.”
“That’s what companies do. However, they crossed the line this time. Spitting in the face of an A-grade hunter like that. How could they blatantly disregard his offer like that?”
“In addition, Hunter Choi Yeonseung has ties to France. Tsk tsk.”
The reporters were already sending the videos they recorded. They couldn’t get any more satisfied than that. All the broadcasting companies on Earth would quickly air those videos, eager to get those ratings.
‘There will be an uproar in France.’
‘What if Alland complains?’
‘We can just ignore them. What can they do at this point?’
***
Some of the executives would’ve jumped off the building if they had known what was happening outside, but now they didn’t have the guts to do so.
The angry dwarves had captured them and were growling at them.
“So you are asking us to leave a recording on this magic crystal to make our demands known?”
“It’s not a magic crystal, it’s a camera. If you broadcast it live to the world, you can accuse them of what they’ve done. If it blows up then no company will be able to ignore it, no matter how big it is!”
The employees whose lives were being threatened by the dwarves were desperately trying to come up with something to get out of that situation. Given how the internet functioned in the present era, Alland had no way of stopping the scandal if all of this was broadcasted live in the entire world.
Of course, to the dwarves, what the employees suggested sounded like gibberish.
“Do you expect us to believe this? What a bunch of nonsense! You snake-tongued bastards!”
“N-No! It’s going to work, really!”
“Shut them up! We’re doing it our way!”
The dwarves raised their axes in a threatening manner, which caused the employees to tremble in fear as they could make an educated guess about what the dwarves planned to do with the axes.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a loud bang and a dwarf warrior standing guard flew in from the corridor and rolled over.
“????”
“What’s going on?!”
Realizing that there was an intruder, the dwarves looked around in a panic. Even though they had placed a spell on the building meant to prevent humans from easily breaking into the building, someone had still managed to enter without anyone noticing.
“There’s an intruder! Those humans are unexpectedly capable, so be careful!”
“Yes!”
As the dwarves inside were talking to each other, Choi Yeonseung came out of hiding and revealed himself. The dwarves had used great magic, but it didn’t matter much to Choi Yeonseung. He had easily nullified the alarm magic and entered the building.
“Let’s talk!”
“Human! There’s nothing to talk about! If you take even one more step, your tribe bastards here will die one by one!”
“Oh...”
Choi Yeonseung was a bit embarrassed. He hadn’t expected to be threatened with people who had nothing to do with him. He replied, “I have nothing to do with them.”
“Don’t lie!”
“I’m not. If anything, I actually don’t get along with them.”
“Do you expect me to believe that?”
It was a tense standoff. In the meantime, one of the executives, who had been in hiding and watching the scene, took out a ring from his pocket and threw it away.
-Exploding Light!
It was 1st circle magic, but it was enough to distract the dwarves. The executive was glad to have it.
“Hunter Choi Yeonseung! Over here! Over here!”
The executive left the room and hurried down the corridor with all his might. He was tied up, so he stumbled and fell. Still, he somehow managed to escape.
“As expected, that human bastard!!”
“You were trying to deceive us. Don’t come near here! Take another step and I’ll kill someone!”
Seeing how the dwarves were now enraged, Choi Yeonseung couldn’t help chastising the executive.
“Look what you’ve done. What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“N-No, Hunter Choi Yeonseung. Now is not the time to be saying that! Hurry in and save those people!”
“That’s right... Looking at your face, I suddenly remember. Weren’t you laughing along with your managing director when he tossed my offer into the trash?”
“...”
The executive was speechless. However, the situation was urgent, so he kept trying to convince Choi Yeonseung.
“I-I apologize for that. I’m asking you… I’ll give you a good reward once you save those people!”
A verbal promise could usually get things done. The executive tried to somehow appease Choi Yeonseung.
‘By the way, what the hell is that bastard Kevin Armon doing?’
Something happened outside, and the A-grade hunter who came to rescue them was Choi Yeonseung, not Kevin Armon. The executive gritted his teeth.
“But if I just barge in, some of those people will die regardless of how fast I act, right?”
“That’s right... Can you save the executives first, including Gaston?”
“Aish! You’re asking me to save the executives first, including Gaston??” shouted Choi Yeonseung in disbelief. He could hear the employees inside cursing in French. It sounded like they were cursing the executive’s parents.
“They’re good at cursing.”
“Why are you saying that?!”
“Listen, I have to respect the wishes of other people as well. Shouldn’t I ask the employees if they want to die?”
“Wha… They’ll obviously say ‘no’! But you have to save the important people first!”
“Aish! Hey, listen up! This guy thinks that the lives of the executives, including Gaston, are more important than yours...”
“Huh? STOP! What the hell are you doing?!”
The executive exploded in a tantrum, and then Choi Yeonseung bluntly asked him, “Are you getting angry with me right now?”
“N-No, that’s not it...”
“As expected of the one who laughed when Gaston insulted me. You’ve finally shown your true colors. How much were you looking down on me?”
“I-it isn’t like that...!”
The executive was struggling to appease Choi Yeonseung. After around five minutes of useless talking, the executive was finally about to soothe Choi Yeonseung.
“I understand. I’ll try to enter as carefully as possible. But you have to cooperate as well.”
“I’ll do anything!”
“I’m glad. I really need your cooperation.”
“???”
The executive wondered what he was talking about. There was no way that an A-grade hunter like Choi Yeonseung would need the help of an executive, a person with no fighting abilities.
‘What? Ah. Does he need me to identify people?’
The executive devised an order in his mind as to whom they had to save first. First of all, they absolutely had to save Gaston and then General Manager Babre. Team Leader Michel was rude and disagreed with many of his opinions, so there didn’t seem to be any need to save him...
Bam!
“!”
The executive felt a sudden shock in his body and then realized that his voice was gone. He had been hit with the Pressure Point Attack, a martial art skill, but he was too inexperienced to realize what had hit him.
‘What?’
“Dwarves Look! I have nothing to do with this person!”
Choi Yeonseung broke off an iron bar from the staircase railing and proceeded to relentlessly swing it at the executive, producing a loud, dull sound. It got to the point where even the dwarves who were watching it couldn’t help but frown.
“Look! Are you watching?!” yelled Choi Yeonseung.
“Stop! Stop beating him! Isn’t it cruel to beat someone who’s already down?” shouted a dwarf warrior who was absolutely appalled by the relentless violence. Humans were truly greedy and terrible beings, devoid of honor.
“What?”
“Stop beating him! I believe you!”
“No, I should give him a few more hits so that you’re absolutely convinced!”
“I believe you! I believe that you hate the tribe members here! Now stop it!”
It was only after the dwarves pleaded with him that Choi Yeonseung stopped hitting the executive.
“Can I come in?”
“...Come in, but don’t try anything! If you try to pull off something, we’re also ready to kill somebody.”
The moment Choi Yeonseung entered the room, the captured people looked like they saw an angel in the fiery pits of hell. That was how happy they looked.
“Hunter Choi Yeonseung...!”
“Ohh! Thank you for coming...! I thought you wouldn’t come! These bastards are being absurd!”
‘What the hell happened here before I came?’
Choi Yeonseung was puzzled. Of course, the executive outside said things like ‘Leave the employees and save us first,’ but the employees were too quick to get rid of their current bosses and get used to the new management.
The other executives wanted to protest, but they couldn’t talk because they were silenced by the dwarves.
“How’s the situation outside?”
“It’s stable.”
“I’m glad...!”
“...???”
The captured executives felt something was off. If the situation outside was stable, why hadn’t they sent help faster? Did those bastards...?
“I saw how you swung that iron bar at that guy... Is he dead by any chance?”
“No. Learning martial arts increases your control over your own body, but also over the body of your adversary.”
“Ah...!”
The employees were both impressed and slightly disappointed.
“Then you just made loud noises and didn’t actually hit him...”
“What? No. I did in fact hit him.”
“Huh?’
Choi Yeonseung explained, “I just didn’t let him die.”
“...”
“...”
The executives felt a chill running down their spine. Choi Yeonseung had explained that in a calm manner, which made it even more terrifying.
Choi Yeonseung shifted his attention to the dwarves.
“Dwarves, I’ll tell you why I’m here.”
“...?”
“I came here to convey your proposal to the other members of the tribe and persuade them. Note down your requirements here. Anything is good.”
“...?!?!?”
The captured executives looked at Choi Yeonseung with wide eyes. They hadn’t expected him to say something as insane as that.
‘What is he doing?’
“Why are you looking at me like that? You didn’t think I would save your lives after you ignored me like that, did you?”
Some of the executives averted their eyes as they heard that.
In reality, these people had formed their expectations of Choi Yeonseung based on his public image. However, seeing him like this, they could tell... The image portrayed by the media was completely fake!
‘What kind of person spreads false rumors that they’re a hero...?’
The dwarves asked as though they didn’t understand, “And what are you getting out of this?”
“I want to get to know you. Aren’t I much more trustworthy than them?”
“...”
The dwarves exchanged looks with each other. Choi Yeonseung seemed more reliable, but he was also way scarier.
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