Chapter 567.5

Chapter 567 – You’re mean, even behind your back (1) #PART 2

A small office.

A man hunched over his desk.

Choi Changwoo muttered.

“What can you do, huh?”

You haven’t changed a bit, Lee Hoyeol.

“You pretentious bastard.”

But Choi Changwoo’s muttering didn’t last long.

“Mr. Changwoo, have you finished what I asked you to do earlier?”

“What? Oh, I’m still working on it!”

“Still? You’re still holding on to that simple thing?”

If it’s that simple, why don’t you do it yourself?

The words rose in his throat.

Choi Changwoo swallowed hard.

“I’ll make it quick.”

“Of course you will, and .......”

The man approached and lowered his voice.

“I’m not an asshole, and I’m not the owner of this company, and I’m not going to tell you what you’re doing on your own time, since we’re on the same payroll, but let’s keep our lines, Mr. Changwoo.”

Choi Changwoo’s gaze drifts to the internet window he’s skillfully hidden.

“No matter what, let’s just finish what we have to do and move on. You’re the only one who’ll lose if we do this already, right? It’s because I didn’t tell you, your name keeps popping up these days.”

Choi Changwoo clenched his fists.

Anyway, it’s a damn company. I’m just trying to work for what I’m paid, so why do I have to argue about everything.

“Even if you don’t do that shit, I’ll beat you first.”

A head that bows differently from his heart.

“..... I’ll fix it.”

tsk-tsk, an unpleasant shake of the shoulders.

“Okay. I’ll ask you to do it before the meeting.”

You think it’s over.

As he turns to leave, he adds one last thing.

“Oh, and don’t talk to yourself too much.”

” ..... Oh, yeah.”

“And this is purely out of curiosity, but what’s so much to talk about? I thought you were just admiring them. Changwoo, you don’t have any contact with the players, do you?”

Choi Changwoo gritted his teeth.

What he meant was simple.

What’s the big deal about a world where you don’t live?

“Well, don’t bother answering. I’ll leave.”

The man left like that, but Choi Changwoo was unable to let go of his anger for a while. It has to be that way. Because that bastard was talking without knowing anything.

That’s because he was talking without knowing anything.

‘Why is there no contact?’

I know Lee Hoyeol.

Is it a normal acquaintance?

The corner of Choi Changwoo’s mouth turned up.

‘Lee Ho-yeol, that bastard used to crawl when he saw me.

What gives him strength in his damn social life?

None other than memories of the past.

To be precise.

It was Seongsun Middle School, a decade and many years ago.

Recalling the past seemed to restore his self-esteem, which had sunk to rock bottom.

Choi Changwoo tapped the keyboard once again.

“Mr. Changwoo, I can’t let this one go.”

Choi muttered.

“Do it or don’t do it, asshole.”

Choi Changwoo’s face was gradually moving closer to the monitor.

A video was playing on the monitor.

With it.

[Exclusive] Today’s Arcana – Ask Barbatos

Choi Changwoo’s pupils gradually began to blacken.

*

No ordinary silver chain.

“Unbelievable.”

Not only has he sealed the power and the Objective Eye, but he’s also severed the link to the curse. Barbatos has lost his faith. There was no time for him anymore.

‘I need to make the right decision.’

Barbatos assessed the situation soberly.

His opponent was Lee Hoyeol, the Tenth Seat.

The one who had sent Buer, Paimon, and Gamigin to Hell.

It was the demon’s natural enemy.

‘Then.’

That was why Barbatos spoke from the heart in response to the barrage of questions.

As if he had truly succumbed to Lee Hoyeol.

To show everyone that Lee Hoyeol was beyond even the Ten Thrones.

He wanted everyone to know that he was truly terrifying.

Soon, awe began to sweep through the Crystal Hall.

At the same time, Barbatos unleashed a curse.

The price was Charmen’s sacrifice.

The curse, 《Cracked Vessel》was already nullified.

A lesser curse, 《Inherited Malice》is manifested.

The effect is simply to possess the one with the deepest grudge against the target.

In terms of effectiveness, it was a weak curse.

But Barbatos was well aware of human nature.

‘It’s a world where even the most innocent are maligned, isn’t it?’

Hence the hatred for you.

You cannot count the number of those who would seek your place.

It didn’t matter which of the adventurers became the vessel.

‘I just need a trick.’

If it caused fear.

If the world is filled with fear of Lee Hoyeol.

With that, the goal is achieved.

Barbatos swallowed a smile.

‘A man who claims to be great and the Ten Thrones.’

May you witness the moment when my reverence for you turns into fear.

“!”

With that, Barbatos opened his eyes in his new body.

“....”

Why is this bug worse than an ant?

What right do you have to be here.

What right do you have to harbor such great envy and jealousy.

“What is it, this trashy body?”

In Choi Changwoo’s filthy body, who is neither a player nor anything.

“Nonsense.”