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Expo (4) – One Mind Salvation Church Paradise

The office of the vice-priest of the temple.

Suddenly-

“No matter how much you are the leader, just knock before coming in.”

A calm voice and busy hand gestures moving in the air.

I am yesterday’s – no, today’s.

I couldn’t hide my admiration as I saw Seong Ga-eul showing no trace of today.

“Wow- Anyone who sees it will think you have the Eucharist skill.”

“Unfortunately, I can’t use that.”

I sat down at the office table and looked at her concentrating on something.

[Unprofitable Lv.20]

[Agency scope: , 100% of religious leader’s faith points, religious leader’s inventory.]

[However, you cannot use the cult leader’s exclusive skills on his behalf.]

Functions that were gradually unlocked as you leveled up were integrated into as soon as you reached level 20.

Now, I am a vice principal who can take care of everything except for my exclusive skills.

Perhaps thanks to this, during my brief visit to the fair, things that had not occurred to me already caught my eye.

“What is that doing again?”

My finger pointed towards the platform of the neutral power ‘train’.

Dozens of believers waiting on a fairly high platform.

She followed my gaze and opened her mouth.

“What to do. We are gradually training believers who will guide us to paradise professionally.”

The face of a woman who was in the middle of saying something to the believers on the platform was familiar to my eyes.

“Aha.”

She was one of the believers who kindly guided the hotel maids who were brought to the sanctuary.

“Certainly in the beginning, citizens will be controlled to avoid riding that suspicious train, but…”

Seong Ga-eul slightly shrugged her shoulders.

“Wouldn’t the idea of not doing something make you want to do it more? Just because you’re told to run to the right instead of the left, there really isn’t a society where everyone runs to the right.”

This time I shrugged my shoulders.

Seeing me like that, Seong Ga-eul added softly.

“… … Of course, except for Salvation Church.”

“No problem. If the leader tells you to run to the right, you must go right.”

“True.”

Peek – I made eye contact with her as she smiled, and we smiled at each other for a while.

“So what you’re saying is that the citizens who escaped from the city will be absorbed into paradise?”

“Yes. It shows true happiness to those who run away with hope.”

happiness.

I thought about the second time we had a conversation at the ‘banquet’ and the smile that remained on my face disappeared.

The last words of the woman as she confidently kicked away the words of persuasion that she had said quite sincerely and left.

A world where everyone lives happily.

“What is it? Why do you suddenly look like you chewed shit?”

“Did I tell you where I just went?”

“Well. I know you got a lot of items through lottery or auction somewhere.”

“… … How do you know that?”

As I looked at her with wide eyes, she summoned a bundle of hearthstones from the air.

“I know because I saw the item.”

“Ah… … .”

Even if I stretched it out as long as possible, her awakening still happened yesterday.

I was still a little unfamiliar with the fact that I was sharing my inventory with her for no profit.

Of course, contrary to its unfamiliarity, there are endless ways to utilize it.

“Now all my private life will disappear.”

“Huh, if anyone hears it, they’ll think I’ve strictly banned something.”

She muttered in an exasperated voice and asked me again.

“So. Where did the person who was anxious because he couldn’t catch Yeongdeungpo-gu right away go?”

In response to her question, I told her about what happened at the ‘Seoul Expo’.

Numbers 2 and 3 that I met at the ‘auction’ and ‘banquet’ where I monopolized all the items.

She nodded after hearing the whole story, which was neither long nor short.

“Good job.”

“… … Is that the end?”

“In the worst case, I thought they killed all the awakened people in Seoul and stole the items.”

At her joke, I once again looked at the waiting platform for the train.

“I’m still thinking about it.”

The train will not only pass through ‘Paradise’.

Obviously, it will also pass through ‘Daehan’ and ‘Minguk’.

It didn’t suit my temperament to give time to an enemy who was about to kneel.

Especially Number 2, who stuck to his beliefs until the end.

Number 2 was actually more obnoxious than number 3, which confronted me openly.

Would she be able to be so confident even if a large rock hits the ‘Minguk’ she passionately loves?

“… … Are you serious?”

“Killing is a joke. We need to catch them and make them repent thoroughly. Of course, I will definitely kill you the third time.”

“Ha- Han Gu-won.”

Her deep sigh made her look away from the platform.

She was leaning on the desk with both arms and staring at me with clear eyes.

“You know very well that I have not interfered or given any advice regarding the battle. And that thought still remains unchanged. Because there aren’t many experts in that field greater than you.”

She quirked her eyebrows as if she was worried.

“Still, I hope you listen to me this time.”

“… … For some reason, it feels predictable.”

“Your guess is right.”

ha-

Originally, I was going to speak after occupying Yeongdeungpo-gu.

She looked at the floor and muttered softly, then raised her head again and said.

“I’ll tell you now that the flow has been interrupted thanks to the expo. I hope we don’t take the city by force. For us.”

“… … .”

She hurriedly opened her mouth at the sight of me tilting my head.

“I know, I know. We said something that was contrary to the way we had been doing it.”

Semen master, Sergeant Kim, and technically zombies too.

The Salvation Church was a religion that had expanded its power based on the victories I had achieved so far.

The reason why missionary work and evangelism were able to proceed smoothly was because I thoroughly crushed the obstructionists.

“But it’s ‘morning in Seoul’ and look at the neutral powers built by the system.”

‘Train’ and ‘Broadcasting’ are neutral powers issued to the city.

“Now, although limited, information will be distributed to citizens. Also, think about what you said in Guro-gu that the system was repeated to the point of neurosis.”

This is what I said to number 2 at the expo.

What the system expects from us.

“It’s about trials, suffering, and stories. If I were a system, there would be a way to pull out the above three at once without having to use the dragon like I did in Guro-gu. Of course, the system is using that method now.”

As expected, I became more and more interested in her story.

She met my eyes and spoke quickly.

“Guro-gu at a small library in Incheon. From Guro-gu to Seoul. in Seoul… ”

An ever-expanding range.

I knew immediately what she was going to say next.

“… … Earth.”

“Yes, that’s it. What’s happening to us now is probably happening in China and the U.S.”

It seemed like the outlines of her thoughts were becoming clearer.

“The system is clearly expanding the scope of competition. For the trials and tribulations and the stories. After we take over Seoul, a wider stage will definitely await us.”

“In that sense, Seoul. The rulers of Seoul are the so-called awakened all-stars of Korea. If we step on those people because they have power now, the future competition will be at risk.”

Certainly, Korea was not a country with a large population.

Unless we are particularly lucky and many awakened people have awakened in Korea, there will inevitably be more awakened people competing in other countries.

Among them…

“Even after this disaster strikes, people are still as numerous as stars, salvation. If that range were to be the Earth, it would still be as distant as a star.”

I couldn’t be sure that there was no awakened person with the ability to threaten me.

“It’s a matter of choice and concentration again.”

“Yes. If you want to dominate quickly, just hop on a train and massacre all the cities as if you were touring. But you are the cult leader.”

The desire to dominate, wanting everyone to kneel at his feet, whether ordinary or special.

Especially when I see someone special, the possessiveness that boils in my heart.

It was only after reflecting on the two driving forces that made me up that I was able to nod to her.

The superiority of power had to be tilted toward the Salvation Church in order to later gain awakened people in other countries who would fuel my desire for possession.

In the current apocalypse, the total amount of power is the amount possessed by the awakened person.

In particular, the awakened people in Seoul were already proven gems.

“… … Are you really seeing far ahead?”

“Ha- Are you listening?”

“Rather, I have never not heard it if it were a sacred word, so why were you so nervous? It’s so absurd all of a sudden.”

She laughed at my answer and sat back down in her chair, gesturing comfortably in the air.

“No matter what happens, you are the leader of everyone in the end, Han Gu-won.”

An answer that seems to contain quite a lot of meaning.

Using telekinesis, she turned her head towards me, looking into space.

Maybe, and I’m not exaggerating, the greatest treasure I’ve ever acquired is actually Seongga.

I exaggeratedly lowered my voice as a joke.

“The leader especially listens to the assistant leader, so work even harder for the Salvation Church.”

“Are you flattering me? Is this a threat?”

“It’s a compliment.”

under-!

In the end, I raised my finger at her as she let out a bewildered laugh.

“Still. If possible, I have no intention of accepting number 3 as a believer.”

“Yes. That ‘if possible’ is important. If you reject missionary work, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to show the power of Salvationism by setting an example.”

They nodded together with a satisfied expression on their faces.

good.

It seems like the guidelines have been roughly set.

I, who had been leaning back comfortably in my chair, paused.

… … wait for a sec.

Originally, I was going to go straight to Yeongdeungpo or Republic of Korea.

So, what do we do now?

As she was tapping the air under my blank gaze, she opened her mouth.

“Wait a moment. Because I already have something to show you.”

“But why are you touching me like that?”

“I’m buying broadcast time for ‘broadcasting’.”

At her answer, I looked at the huge towering screen outside the window.

“First of all, as a matter of urgency, I divided it into two months’ worth and secured it. If only the Salvation Church was broadcast all the time, there would be a sense of resistance.”

Togak- Togak-

The sound of Seong Ga-eul’s high heels gradually approached the table where I was sitting.

“The system is of course stupid, and the number of points required has also increased dramatically every time the broadcast time is increased to prevent monopolies, but… … .”

She shrugged to indicate that there was no problem and extended her arm to me.

“First of all, I have to talk to you at length about the broadcast a little later. Before that, what you need to see is this.”

Camcorder in her hand.

“It happened a little while after you disappeared somewhere with Sim Soyoung.”

The edge of the protective shield was reflected on the screen of the camcorder she held out.

It was a place where people waited with the vigilante group for the protection period for latecomers to end.

bang-! bang-!

A loud roar played through the camcorder.

The protective shield was shaking due to some kind of impact.

bang-! bang-!

Something that constantly strikes the impenetrable shield.

I narrowed my eyes at the camcorder screen.

“Is that an awakened person?”

“Maybe.”

It was an ambiguous answer, unbecoming of Seong Ga-eul, but it was inevitable.

“That bastard, what is he riding on? Is that really true? Do horses live in Seoul?”

An unexpected sight was captured on the camcorder.

Yeongdeungpo-gu is full of green.

A man on a horse jumped out from there.

The guy who was barely covering his bottom continued to stab the protective shield with a stone spear.

bang-! bang-!

Naturally, I pressed my hand to my temple and whispered.

I can’t do it anymore… …

“You’re talking shit.”