Chapter 60 The Sword Saint Society

The country is bound to be very chaotic right now.

With the disappearance of Frozen Heart, the unrivaled #1 guild that was responsible for the security and order of hunter society.
Naturally, society can’t help but want a guild to establish order to succeed Frozen Heart.

And among such guilds, of course, the current three major guilds are receiving a lot of attention.

The Order, Witch’s Temptation, and the Sword Saint Society.

Which of these three guilds will gain real power is something that can’t help but draw attention more than anything else.

This was a very important issue.

One might say it doesn’t matter who takes control as it would be the same anyway, but this isn’t as simple an issue as one might think.

Because depending on who takes control, the future direction of society will be very different.

Anyone who knows the hunter industry to some extent would naturally have to guess about that.

The three major guilds—while ordinary people might not know the differences between these guilds, those who have eaten their share of salt in the hunter industry know that these guilds have very different tendencies.

Their backgrounds, the personalities of those who run them, and the purpose of the guilds themselves—all of these things are too different among these three guilds.

Naturally, society will face very big changes depending on who takes control.

So how are they different?

The first major guild, The Order.

The Order’s purpose is to carry out God’s will, and they always aim to lead people with the chosen people ideology.

The Order, centered around Saint Reytana, appears outwardly to be open and accepting of everyone, but in reality, it is the most closed among the three and has many things hidden behind the scenes.

Also, they don’t care about the means if it’s to save more people. They have the mindset that, depending on the situation, it’s okay to sacrifice a few people.

The second major guild, Witch’s Temptation.

In the case of the Witch’s Temptation guild, its purpose is in leaping toward the future, learning, and developing the world.

Centered around Witch Min Seo-jin, they focus on the essence of hunters, the structure of gates, and fostering future talent through the Hunter Academy. But if you go deeper, the essence of Witch’s Temptation also has quite cruel aspects.

It’s a group that has become somewhat morally lax, not hesitating to use various dangerous research materials if it’s for learning. They don’t particularly fear sacrifice when it comes to learning through truth.

The third major guild, the Sword Saint Society.

The Sword Saint Society can be said to be much closer to the essence of a hunter guild than the two major guilds mentioned earlier. They are people who believe in the growth of individual hunters, in creating a world strictly for hunters, and that this directly leads to the safety of the world.

Centered around S-class Rank 3 Sword Saint Lee Narin, they are using their power to build a society that establishes rules related to strength and to build a society for hunters, but in reality, that’s all there is to it.

Like other guilds, they also have an extreme tendency to believe that power is everything. The strong can command anything from the weak and can take anything from them. This is the basic rule of the Sword Saint Society.

Originally, all of these major guilds were controlled by the overwhelming guild led by Yoo Eun-ha, Frozen Heart, and couldn’t run wild.

So the world flowed around the Frozen Heart guild and sanctioned actions by guilds that slightly crossed the line.

But now, after Frozen Heart has collapsed, these three guilds can’t help but run wild like unrestrained colts.

Everyone doesn’t care about means or methods for their own interests, for opportunities, for their purposes.

So the opportunity was only now.

The guild masters of the major guilds couldn’t help but have the busiest day.

And the head of the Sword Saint Society was no less busy, definitely not falling behind other guild masters.

“Is this child certain?”

“Yes… that’s right. According to my prophecy, that child will certainly become an S-class talent.”

Lee Narin, the head of the Sword Saint Society who arrived at the Sword Saint Society headquarters, showed the sleeping Si-eun to a female guild member who was waiting for her at headquarters.

And the female guild member examined Si-eun for a moment, placed her hand on her chest to feel her power, and then nodded as if it was right.

“Honestly, I don’t feel a very great power, but since the Prophet says so, it must be certain.”

At those words, Narin smiles brightly.

The woman in front of Narin, wearing a black hijab, is an A-class hunter commonly known as the Prophet, who provides information to the head of the Sword Saint Society through unspecific prophecies.

She had heard that a student attending Jae-ah Girls’ High School named Si-eun would soon awaken as an S-class, and immediately informed her guild master of this story.

A-class hunter Prophet Kim Na-in—her prophecies are unspecific and it’s unknown what information will come down, but they are quite accurate.

So far, she has had a total of 3 prophecies, and none of them have been wrong.

Therefore, the head of the Sword Saint Society, Lee Narin, also has great trust in her prophecies.

“But Guild Master… even so, bringing her like this is a bit… no matter what, kidnapping…”

However, separate from that, she was a very moral person.

What she could see now was her guild master, Lee Narin, carrying the sleeping Si-eun, and she couldn’t help but look at Narin with disapproval.

She certainly hadn’t dreamed that her guild master, who said she was going to scout, would kidnap someone like this.

Therefore, she gave a look suggesting this wasn’t right, but…

“Oh my. Kidnapping? What are you saying? Shouldn’t the story be that I rescued Miss Si-eun who had collapsed?”

At her words, Narin smiled slightly as if brazen.

What Narin said was all true.

That is, if you include the fact that Narin was the cause of her collapse.

“…”

The Prophet tried to say something in response but then stopped speaking.

There was no point in speaking as no one would listen anyway.

She only had one question to ask.

“Guild Master… may I ask just one thing?”

“What is it?”

“If… you fail to bring that child into the Sword Saint Society, what do you plan to do?”

“That’s an obvious question.”

Guild Master Narin left a meaningful smile and answer to the Prophet’s question.

“Then I’ll be resting in my office.”

She then entered her office.

“…”

The Prophet only let out a slight sigh.

“Hmm♬”

Lee Narin, sitting in her chair, glancing slightly at Si-eun who was laid on the sofa.

She couldn’t help but be very happy with this situation.

“This child will become S-class, they say.”

And that was the most primitive joy.

Currently, the three major guilds are engaged in the most fierce competition, and each S-class is really precious.

In such a situation, the fact that she has obtained a child who will become an S-class in the future.

The fact that she could get ahead of other guilds, naturally, as a guild master of a guild, she couldn’t help but be happy.

Because an S-class guild member directly correlates to the guild’s power.

She was so happy about the fact that she had taken a step forward for her purpose.

“Phew… As long as you have power…”

After stroking Si-eun’s head, Narin stood up.

And she walked to the window and looked down at the busy people and the city.

And for a moment, she was immersed in lingering emotion.

‘After all, the world is all about power.’

Her purpose and values are ultimately frozen by power.

Thinking that everything in the world is all about power, she doesn’t hesitate to do anything for it.

She wanted to reign as the empress of the world.

With tremendously great power, able to control the world according to her will.

She wanted to rise to such a lofty position where no one in this world could touch her.

That was her purpose.

‘Because only then…’

The reason she is obsessed with such a purpose… it’s very simple.

Because only then can she protect herself.

Because she wouldn’t suffer unreasonable things.

‘Because I won’t lose… again.’

After losing her parents in a gate accident in the past.

She couldn’t help but crave for the existence of power.

If she had had power, wouldn’t her parents still be alive?

Isn’t it because of the lack of power that such unreasonable things happen?

After going through such thoughts and regrets.

After finding the culprits who killed her parents.

After killing them in the same way.

She couldn’t help but show an excessive obsession with power in essence.

Because if you’re strong, you don’t have to lose.

Because if you’re weak, you can only lose.

That’s why now was the opportunity.

It was the beginning of her steps to become the empress, succeeding Frozen Heart.

Because she doesn’t want to experience being deprived of something ever again.

“Huhuhuh.”

Narin, who was momentarily immersed in thoughts of the past, continued to look out the window.

During that time.

The office door opened.

“…”

And a woman entered the office.

“I wonder what’s going on with our little sister…?”

A woman with blonde hair, a different style but a face very similar to Narin’s.

It was Lee Na-ri, Guild Master Narin’s younger sister.

Narin smiled at her younger sister.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.