Ch.278[Chapter 278] Repayment

“I never thought these bugs would be causing such a riot.”

Wang Yi, one of the top executives of Mountain Bridge Marsh and Mister Wang’s son, looked down arrogantly at Sir Dominic from his flying vehicle.

“While I was briefly heading to headquarters, you pulled this stunt? Should I applaud your audacity?”

Wang Yi smiled and clapped his hands.

Of course, only his mouth was smiling widely; his eyes weren’t smiling at all.

Though he was putting on a confident front, inside he was filled with rage toward Sir Dominic for wrecking this secret base.

In truth, Wang Yi shouldn’t have been here right now.

He had been on his way to Mountain Bridge Marsh headquarters to discuss the issue of missing wizards, and by now he should have arrived there.

So why was Wang Yi here glaring at Sir Dominic?

The answer was quite simple.

Because the secret base had contacted him.

…

Wang Yi had established a communication network to operate the secret base even in his absence.

It was structured so that if any anomalies occurred, reports would immediately go to Wang Yi for him to address.

When the first report came in about intruders, Wang Yi ignored it. He trusted his subordinates.

Even when they reported that optical weapons had penetrated the lowest level, Wang Yi ignored it. He still trusted his subordinates.

And even when they suddenly reported that a massive bronze knight statue had fallen into the secret base, creating a huge hole in the center, followed by an incredibly powerful laser that burned everything, Wang Yi still ignored it.

He believed that as long as they could still report, they could handle the situation.

However, Wang Yi heard the final report and angrily turned back in a hurry.

‘We cannot stop Sir Dominic! I don’t understand how a tank like Sir Dominic can be so good at infiltration but—’

Wang Yi gritted his teeth when he heard those words.

You should have said that first, you idiot! He barely managed to hold back his curse.

Wang Yi returned to the secret base and looked down at the massive hole created by the laser.

So Sir Dominic is down there.

After being burned once by Sir Dominic, Wang Yi had vowed never to let his guard down against him again.

Yet seeing the secret base compromised, he couldn’t imagine how badly he would have been burned if he had been careless.

Yes. This mishap occurred because I was absent. Things would have been different if I had been here.

Thinking this, Wang Yi slowly ordered the pilot to descend into the pit.

This foolish man who claimed he wouldn’t let his guard down yet never lost his arrogance finally descended to the lowest level, which had been his private room, and could see two people.

Sir Dominic and Brigadier General Joseph.

…

“You dare infiltrate my secret base and cause this chaos? You know this is all property damage, right?”

Wang Yi sneered while maintaining a minimum safe distance from Sir Dominic.

Wang Yi knew Sir Dominic well.

He had no ranged attack capabilities and was a plodder without even a basic movement skill.

So he knew that if he maintained an appropriate distance like now, in a place where Sir Dominic couldn’t even jump, Sir Dominic couldn’t do anything.

This was intelligence on a completely different level from the idiots at Mountain Bridge Marsh!

This scene demonstrated why he was one of the top executives of Mountain Bridge Marsh.

“How do you plan to compensate for this damage? What did I ever do to you?”

“You don’t even think about what you people did to me last time.”

Sir Dominic growled at Wang Yi.

Sir Dominic was thinking about the ambush that occurred while he was on his way to protest to the Executive branch after the equipment enhancement error incident.

He was referring to the incident where Brigadier General Joseph and Mountain Bridge Marsh personnel attacked Sir Dominic together.

“Did? What did I do?”

However, Wang Yi began to deny everything, as if he didn’t understand what Sir Dominic was talking about.

“The people who attacked the Executive branch. They were members of Mountain Bridge Marsh.”

Wang Yi hesitated at Sir Dominic’s words.

He seemed to be referring to the time when they set fire around the Executive branch to recruit Sir Dominic.

“Brigadier General Joseph was there, and Brigadier General Joseph is here too. Brigadier General Joseph uttered the words ‘that person’ back then. That means you planned all of this.”

“My, it seems Brigadier General Joseph sold me out. Betrayed me, you mean?”

Sir Dominic pressured Wang Yi, but Wang Yi was no pushover.

Rather, he shrugged as if he had nothing to do with the attack on Sir Dominic.

“I should punish Brigadier General Joseph. Why did he sell my name and incur the wrath of someone like Sir Dominic?”

“…”

Sir Dominic couldn’t continue the conversation.

Wang Yi’s shamelessness was truly executive-level, and Sir Dominic had no more logic to penetrate that shamelessness.

In fact, Brigadier General Joseph had only referred to “that person,” and had never directly mentioned Wang Yi.

Perhaps it was done by another force aiming to create conflict between Sir Dominic and Mountain Bridge Marsh—

Just as Sir Dominic was about to fall into a labyrinth of thoughts, someone’s shout rescued him from his contemplation.

“Wang Yi, is that Wang Yi?”

Sir Dominic was startled by Mister Wang’s booming voice and looked up.

Wang Yi must have heard the voice too, as he had the pilot change direction.

After barely maintaining his balance on the hull that momentarily swayed while changing direction, Wang Yi searched through his still-shaking vision for the person who had called his name.

“Who dares to call my name so casually? Wait, I didn’t know there was another person here.”

Wang Yi arrogantly addressed the person who had called his name.

Wang Yi looked at the speaker with narrowed eyes.

And soon, with wide eyes and an open mouth, as if he couldn’t believe it, he spoke with a nasal tone.

“…Papa? No, Father?”

“Wang Yi, it really is Wang Yi! It really was you!”

Mister Wang smiled brightly upon seeing Wang Yi.

However, Wang Yi’s expression was dark, as if for some reason he wasn’t happy about his father coming here.

“Father, why are you here?”

Wang Yi spoke with respect, still acknowledging him as his father.

“I came looking for you. We’ve been out of contact for a long time. I just wanted to see if you were doing well, but to think you’ve become a top executive…”

“Enough! Go back now that you’ve confirmed. You know I’m fine, don’t you?”

Wang Yi coldly shouted at Mister Wang.

Yet Mister Wang continued to speak as if he was happy to see his son.

He took one step, then another, trying to get a better look at his son’s face.

“Stop! Stop! Don’t approach me with such pretense!”

As Mister Wang drew closer, Wang Yi had an outburst.

“B-but it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other and talked like this—”

Mister Wang struggled with his son’s anger but still tried to add one more word.

However, Wang Yi shouted with all his might, as if even that effort from Mister Wang was unnecessary.

“How dare you stand before me again after abandoning me and disappearing one day?”

“…What?”

Mister Wang’s voice began to tremble in shock at Wang Yi’s words.

“W-what are you talking about—”

“You were the one who cut off contact first, Father. You were the one who suddenly disappeared one day, dumping all the duties and rights of an executive on me!”

Wang Yi condemned Mister Wang with all his might.

In fact, this stemmed from Wang Yi’s misunderstanding.

Wang Yi had joined Mountain Bridge Marsh on Mister Wang’s recommendation.

However, at that time, Mister Wang had to leave Mountain Bridge Marsh for some reason and had accepted the condition that he could no longer contact Mountain Bridge Marsh personnel.

It was a measure to hide the most secret parts of Mountain Bridge Marsh.

But from Wang Yi’s perspective, it wasn’t like that.

From Wang Yi’s perspective, it seemed like Mister Wang had brought him into Mountain Bridge Marsh, then dumped everything on him and disappeared.

“That’s not true. Because of Mountain Bridge Marsh’s confidentiality agreement—”

“Fine. Let’s say that’s true. Then why didn’t you read my letters?”

“Let…ters?”

Wang Yi continued to press Mister Wang while still very angry, but Mister Wang acted as if he was hearing about the letters for the first time.

Wang Yi found this behavior detestable.

“You won’t pretend you don’t know, will you? I sent letters every quarter. I even included our secret code to meet secretly!”

Wang Yi fumed.

However, Mister Wang seemed genuinely unaware of this fact and remained in a daze.

“I don’t remember receiving such things…”

“Enough. It’s all in the past now.”

Wang Yi cut off Mister Wang’s words and delivered a final warning.

“Choose now, Father. Either leave right now and live as you did before, or keep lingering in front of me and die by my hands.”

Wang Yi smiled viciously.

“Since you were once part of Mountain Bridge Marsh, your sin remains, so death would mean exile for you.”

That smile was so bright, yet so dark.

“Father, would it ease your mind if I made things comfortable for you?”

Looking at that contradictory smile, Mister Wang could only remain silent.