Chapter 106

Chapter 106After posting a massive recruitment drive.

It was about two days ago that I realized there were too many people.

Rona came running up to me out of nowhere and told me that there was a large group of people, so I went out thinking it was about twenty people.

I could see a bunch of people standing around in a performance hall with swords drawn.

How did this get so big all of a sudden?

I was like, “I’m an asshole, I’m trying to organize a unit, and I’m getting shot in the head by this group of assholes.” What’s going on? Is my reputation getting better...... I’m sure it’s not.

I quickly interrupted my happiness circuitry and stepped outside.

“Is everyone here?”

“Yep. All 1192 men and 126 women who pre-applied are here. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty long test.”

“I see.”

“Annoying. It’s going to be in moderation, not all of a sudden, what is this?

Just as I was thinking that, I saw a figure waving from the back of the room.

It was Grine, Nox’s second brother, and now my confidant.

I get it now.

He’s the one who started this.

‘I didn’t even ask him to.......’

He hadn’t even turned up his nose at me when I returned from the Chasers the other day after hearing about his arrival. I figured he’d been gambling over there.

But I didn’t think much of it. What’s done is done, right?

There’s no point in thinking about anything else here.

After all, if I can hire good resources at a reasonable salary, what could be better than that?

Things aren’t going so badly.

I just need to showcase some of my abilities in moderation.

As easy as this is, is it too easy?

For a moment, I thought to myself.

“Just tell me what the test is and how to take it.”

At that moment, a questioning voice cut through the audience.

‘Oho. Look at this.’

This guy has some serious magic. Someone who is at least at the level of an Eldain initiate.

I looked at him with that thought.

He has a scar running vertically across his rough face, and his body is a coppery color. He doesn’t look very strong, but his body is serviceable.

This is not the kind of man I want in my private army.

I don’t know who paid for this, but it’s laughable. How dare any lord have such a trashy attitude toward a ragtag bastard from House Reinhafer.

I was convinced.

‘First. It’s Garen.’

Garen started to keep me in check.

He must have heard my news, but so be it.

Someone with this much power shouldn’t be able to take me on.

I point my finger at him with an innocent expression.

“I’ll teach you. You’ll be the first one up.”

“Sure.”

An octagon of smoke.

Hundreds of people crowded around the spot where I fought my first battle. But I’m not nervous at all. A trait? That would be one reason, of course.

But right now, my heart is pounding with joy.

I need to rip off that asshole’s face and show him why he’s an asshole. I’ve got some fun things in store for him.

“The rules are simple.”

I rhymed dryly.

“You will try kill me by any means necessary. I declare right here and now that I will not be held responsible if you kill me in this battle.”

The more provocative the game, the better.

Turn your head to face the entire audience and continue.

“The same goes for all of you. I want you to be ready to kill me, and I want you to stumble over your pyramid scheme, but keep one thing in mind.”

I smirked, my lavender eyes shining.

“If you come ready to kill me, come ready to be killed yourself.”

* * *

Daniel.

The copper-skinned, long-scarred man is lost in thought.

“You’d better mean it, or I’ll blow off one of your arms.”

* * *

‘This... I thought about it, but it’s too weak...?’

I am genuinely perplexed as I look at Dan or Daniel from the front. The thought “why are you so weak” crosses my mind.

A guy with quite a bit of magic came at me, so I waited until the last second to dodge his attack with enough ki to keep him alive.

But he wasn’t talented enough, and he was too careless.

As a result, he didn’t show his true skill.

This brought unnecessary attention to me.

Already, some people were clicking their tongues at the fight between Daniel and me.

From what I’ve heard from Zitri, Daniel was a mercenary drifter who was quite skilled. She’d already figured out that he was in Garen’s employ.

It was indeed the analytical skills of a [Throne Genius].

But......

‘It has to be this level of skill.’

Shit.

(jegilal.)

No matter how much I love growing my units, it doesn’t change the fact that they’re not good enough.

No matter how realistic it is, Inner Lunatic is still an open-world game where the absolute strongest can easily wipe out hundreds of the weakest.

I can’t help but be troubled by this.

So I sighed and decided to give him one more chance after seeing how stupid he was.

He’s at least useful, and I might be able to get some information out of him about Garen, so I figured I might as well get him on my side for now.

“Didn’t you hear? I’m giving you one more chance. Take the sword.”

So I had no choice but to say it.

But guess what?

The unexpected words came out of his mouth.

“‘I’m sorry. Please... forgive my rudeness.”

“......?”

I don’t know why this Daniel asshole is suddenly apologizing to me.

I’m sure I was being generous and giving him a chance... but I wonder what he intends to do with this rotten mindset.

He probably came to humiliate me under Garen’s orders in the first place, so it’s absurd that he’s this good.

‘Well, if he had sent someone too strong, that would have raised suspicions as well.......’

Anyway, it’s not funny at all.

I slammed my fist down on his unfortunate face.

His face spun and a couple of white teeth popped out.

“Scum like you don’t have the guts to join the Temp Unit. Now, who’s next to challenge me?”

There was silence for a moment after my words.

Why? What the hell?

Isn’t that pretty docile for a bully?

...Meanwhile, a smile tugs at the corner of Grine’s mouth as he watches.

At that moment, I finally realized why.

‘That bastard......!’

I wonder how much money he’s making now thanks to his reverse betting?

* * *

Grine watches his youngest brother, Nox, compete with a tearful smile on his face. He was sure that his brother would be like that, but he was wrong.

Nox is probably in top form.

Grine is genuinely impressed.

‘To grow up like that... Now this hyung has nothing to teach......!’

He hadn’t taught him anything to begin with, but he was taught again and again by him. It was the line that had already had a filter put on it since it had already passed a reasonable amount of time in his mind.

Much less.

From the sounds of it, the bet would generate about the same amount of money as recovering the Griffin’s body.

It wasn’t a lot of money for the second son of the Reinhafer family, but that wasn’t really the point.

At last, his youngest brother, his only brother.

Nox von Reinhafer had begun to impress the lord with his skills.

‘Now all that remains is to give him wings.’

It would also boost his reputation, Grine was perfectly certain.