episode_0578

After the cataclysm.

The dollar is destroyed.

After a meteorite fell into the East Sea and Korea became the center of the world, the world’s dollar hit rock bottom, dropping to around 600 won per dollar at one point.

Based on this world, it was around 800 won in 2024.

The reason it was barely able to recover to around 1,000 won by 2025 was because the key currency of the ‘American Federation’, not the United States, was the dollar.

In other words, it was only after the entire North and South Americas became an economic community and received desperate backup that it was barely possible to restore the level to 1,000 won per dollar.

But the future will be different.

Soon the world will change.

As the term ‘center of the world’ gradually moves from Korea to America, a fierce competition between the won and dollar will unfold.

At the same time, the value of the dollar will rise.

For now.

‘Because I have no intention of completely handing over the center of the world to America.’

The meteorite fell next to the Korean Peninsula.

As long as we do not eradicate the ‘will of return’ that has taken root in the Korean Peninsula, the world will still revolve around Korea.

Even if the axis was forcibly twisted, the center of the world would eventually return to Korea due to homeostasis trying to return to its original state.

If America dominates the world, a great hero will be born in Korea who will make Korea great again.

That is not what our organization wants.

What the organization hopes for is a peaceful world without chaos and conflict.

For that, we need to remove the cancerous mass living in Korea.

Surgery involves pain.

Blood must be shed, cells must be killed, and already contaminated areas must be excised.

In the process, it is inevitable that the won will plummet, that the KOSPI and KOSDAQ will fall, or that the bubble in the real estate market will burst and a slump will follow.

Some may point fingers at the association, calling it ‘the economic culprit that caused the economic crisis’, but I would dare to describe this process this way.

[If you’re drunk on soup, now you need to come to your senses.]

“!!”

The Dogebi is embarrassed.

He was embarrassed not because I told him to change the won to dollars, but because of the sparkling mana on my bill.

“Uh, how…?!”

[Goblin special. I freely spread information to those who are unlikely to spread information to others, who will faint and be retired anyway.]

“!!”

[In other words, I am telling you the secret of this price.]

“Are you trying to make me… ZenLos? ㅡㅡ!!”

The demon bursts out in anger and runs towards me.

“You fake bastard!”

[Goblin does not attack while the opponent is using a skill.]

“Shut up!”

[And if you rush in like this.]

I swung the coin lightly, very lightly.

[I have prepared all methods to deal with those who attack while casting the skill.]

Pa-ang!

The sound rings.

The sword’s fist and the metal collided, but the sound was noticeably different from before.

“What, what…?!”

That’s ridiculous.

You probably won’t believe it.

I hit Daegeum with a fist that could make a hole in a concrete building, but what kind of ‘sound of a fist hitting a bed’ is heard?

“What have you done!!”

[The era is no longer one where we fight only with this ability, fake.]

“What, what…?!”

[You may have increased your speed to the limit like a goblin to imitate a goblin, but times have changed.]

I made myself change.

[Do you know ‘Enchant’?]

“That’s-”

[In today’s era, you don’t just wear mana-flowing equipment as if it’s wrapped around your arm.]

Blue mana, ‘dokabi’s mana’, began to sparkle in the daegeum.

[This is an era where equipment also contains this ability.]

“!!”

[I’m sorry. I met the wrong person.]

Phew!

I pulled the daegeum back and then swung it forward.

I swung it lightly as if shooing away a fly, but the demon threw its body backwards wide, as if avoiding an electric shock gun, increasing the distance.

“Gasp, gasp, gasp…!”

He even had sweat on his forehead and was genuinely nervous.

“What…! What have you done!”

[If I tell you, you will be ZenLosed.]

“……!!”

[Goblins don’t spread information. Why?]

“Even if I tell you the information, I killed all the targets…!”

[That’s the correct answer, Dogebi.]

If you are confident that information will not be leaked, there is no problem in talking about your abilities like villains usually do.

[If I tell you, that’s the same thing as making sure my secret doesn’t spread.]

If the opponent comes back alive, it would be a stupid thing to do, but if you just destroy it, it’s just teebagging.

[Still, do you want to know?]

“…….”

[If you want to know, tell me. I’ll let you know. Instead, you will be torn to pieces.]

“……Huh.”

The demon clenched his fist again.

“If it were a goblin, it would have done this.”

Then, he gathered mana into his fist and rushed at me again.

“If you’re not going to tell me, I’ll find out myself!”

[It’s perfect.]

I know it very well.

[There is a saying in times like that. If you don’t know-]

“It has to be right!”

Pa–ang!

When I swung the daegeum in my fist again, this time it made a sound like a cushion popping.

“Ugh!”

It sounds like it, but the person who received the money is not like that at all.

The demon’s lower body twisted in pain, and red liquid splattered out from under the leather gloves.

“Haaaab!”

The demon lands on the floor with great enthusiasm and runs towards me again.

He swung his leg as if he was trying to trip my ankle, but I jumped up lightly and hit the daegeum vertically.

Sigh!

As soon as I hit my knee, the sound becomes softer and softer.

If I had to express it, it would be the sound of poking pudding with chopsticks.

“Kaaaa!!”

However, the tokebi was stabbed precisely in the side of the knee by the daegeum and rolled on the floor screaming.

“K, ugh, keuhuh…!”

Rolling over and widening the distance.

I landed lightly on the floor, straightened my posture, and stretched out my hand toward the end of the daegeum.

[Hint, should I give it to you?]

“……!!”

Blue mana was sparkling at the end of the daegeum.

The demon’s mask was distorted, but he raised his fist again, glaring at me with sharp eyes.

“…Piercing damage?”

[Wrong.]

Although it is similar, it is completely different.

[It’s not such a simple principle. One hit for an incorrect answer.]

Wow!!

I swung the coin forward and threw it.

Seeing Daegeum flying round and round in the air, the demon lowered its body.

To avoid?

or.

[It’s not a goblin, but it’s manly.]

“Haaaa!!”

Infuse magical energy into both fists to directly hit incoming throwing weapons.

“Ghost’s Strikeㅡㅡ!”

Extend both fists forward at the same time.

The moment when the daegeum I flew and the demon’s fist touch.

Pa–ang!

The daegeum bounces into the air with a sound as if it is hitting the air layer.

The Dogebi who fought against Daegeum-

Kwa—-!!

It flew backwards and landed on the table in the president’s office.

The distance flown was almost 5m.

If the place where he rolled backwards was a glass window and not a wall, he would have definitely broken the window and fallen straight down.

[It seems like it’s not enough to notice yet.]

I spun around in the air and grabbed the returned coin with my hand.

[I have good understanding, but I lack creativity. The ability to look at and study other people’s work and make it your own is excellent, but the ability to develop your own original work is lacking.]

“Heo, heo-eok, heo-eok…!”

[The lack of creativity results in an inability to understand the opponent’s technology, so this is the result.]

I leisurely walked in front of the demon and aimed the coin at his mask.

[Last hint. The weapon I use, why is it ‘Daegeum’?]

“…….”

[If you don’t know, you should be right. Just because I don’t know the answer doesn’t mean I’m the kind of person who will teach you.]

“……Did you steal my magic power…?”

Again.

The mask split.

The mask imitating the goblin was removed, and the goblin’s own face was revealed.

“That weapon is a weapon that absorbs magical power…? Wow, right…? It worked at first, but it took more and more of my magic power…”

[Absorption is the correct answer, but robbery is not. It’s not about taking away magic power.]

Knock knock.

I lightly touched the demon’s head with the end of the daegeum.

“Wow!!”

On the outside, it didn’t look like it was being touched very strongly, but the demon was coughing up blood and shaking.

Like someone who has been hit with a mat, his body trembles and suffers.

[If you worked at Sunshade and received such a high salary, you would have to pay this price. Didn’t you ever think it would turn out like this, taking on someone else’s image and earning 200 billion won in annual salary?]

“K, keuh…!”

[Choose. Would I die as a person with extraordinary abilities, or would I die as a bodyguard hired by Sunshade?]

“…….”

The demon is still just staring at the money I aimed at.

[good. Then, I will treat you as someone with special abilities.]

I aimed the coin at the demon’s temple.

[This is a great price, but it is a very special weapon made of managold.]

“!!”

[Unlike the mana copper plate you wore, you can use this to achieve special abilities.]

Actually, it is not a special ability.

If you can come up with an idea and realize it, it is an ability that anyone can have.

[I matched the wavelength of your magic power. For this price.]

“…….”

[Should I say it was in sync? Since he looks dizzy from being beaten repeatedly, I’ll summarize it in one line.]

I held the daegeum high.

[Your magic wave has been scanned.]

Baaah!!

[What I wield is not pure magical power. It’s magic power with the same wavelength as your magic power. Thanks to that, one effect can be created.]

For those with this ability, the most lethal attack.

[Ignore the shield.]