I Became a Goblin Ancestor

It took less than 5 minutes for Hyun-woo’s party, who had illegally infiltrated the gate and attacked me, to be completely dealt with.

After pouring boiling water on them a few times, Hyun-woo’s party was incapacitated, trembling their fingers.

And only after the Punishment Team’s security guards who came in a few minutes later took them away, I was able to start conquering the gate again, and quickly went around the remaining areas with Hyun-seop, fighting monsters.

Starting from the swamp area we hadn’t entered yet, to the desert area, plateau area, and volcanic area.

I enjoyed the pleasure of trying various things while fighting against monsters… youkai I hadn’t seen in my previous life.

Eventually, the time it took to finish battles against monsters in all areas and come out of the gate was 2 hours.

In just 2 hours, which could be considered a short time, I cleared the Snake People’s dungeon and was finally able to come out of the gate with Hyun-seop, and currently, Hyun-seop was checking the content that had been live-streamed until now.

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“Wow, this is really an excellent result. Although there was that incident in the middle, even with just this much, all the hunters who watched the live stream would have already acknowledged you.”
“So there won’t be any more controversy now, right?”
“Well… since it was such a hot potato, it won’t disappear right away, and there might be some who try to nitpick forcefully… but it will probably disappear within two to three days.”

Hyun-seop exclaims in admiration as he fiddles with the camera that stopped streaming and watches the battle scenes I fought.

Hearing his subsequent words, he said that fortunately, the controversy about me would be completely resolved in at most three days.

Hyun-seop’s confident words made me sigh with relief.

And in the midst of sighing like that, I asked Hyun-seop, who had started tidying up the camera.

“So what are you planning to do now?”
“Ah, even though we live-streamed your gate conquest, there will be people who couldn’t watch it, so I’m thinking of editing the footage we shot today and broadcasting it. That way, it will spread to people through various media.”
“Hmm… I see. I guess I don’t need to worry then.”
“Yes! You don’t need to worry. We work sufficiently for the money we receive. I’ll do my best to edit it!”

Hyun-seop exclaims with a hearty laugh.

If what Hyun-seop just said is true, it means I no longer need to do anything to resolve the controversy about myself.

In other words, this meant that I was given free time again, so I saw off Hyun-seop, who was leaving first for the downtown area of the 23rd district.

“Then I’ll be going first! It was an honor to be your dedicated cameraman for today, Hunter Shin-yeon!”
“Alright, thanks for your hard work.”

Hyun-seop waves his hand vigorously at me and eventually disappears between the buildings.

Only after confirming that he had completely disappeared did I approach the flagship that was being protected by security guards behind me.

Whirr—

As I approach, the flagship opens with its still mysterious operating principle, creating stairs.

I climbed up the flagship following those stairs, and expressing disappointment at the bucket inside the flagship still full of wine and champagne instead of makgeolli, I leaned back against the backrest.

“Usually, after fighting like this, a glass of makgeolli with freshly fried jeon is the best.”

『Hearing that, I want to drink some after a long time too.』

I heard that Yeon-ah started working on developing makgeolli right after hearing what I said while going to the association, but of course, the makgeolli that didn’t exist yet as only a day had passed caused disappointment.

Moreover, my throat was parched with thirst that made the disappointment boil even more, as it had been a while since I had a proper fight.

In such disappointment, I gulped down cold water unnecessarily and muttered softly amidst the vibrations of the flagship that had started to depart.

“Should I try testing if I can create makgeolli too…”

Although food created with the ability to materialize imagination is said to be inferior to reality, I wanted to drink alcohol more than ever right now.

I looked down at Hwa-gon with such desire and asked, but unfortunately, the answer that came back from Hwa-gon was negative.

Therefore, having no choice but to swallow only disappointment now.

I just entrusted my body to the flagship that had started heading towards the tower and quietly closed my eyes.

“Mmm…”

In a room filled with dreamlike colored lights.

A girl who looked not just seductive but exuded decadence let out a mellifluous voice while lying on the bed in such a room.

And a pair of wings fluttering on the girl’s back and a smooth heart-shaped tail swaying above her tailbone.

The girl watched a white-haired girl wielding a club and weaving between monsters on a huge screen floating in front of her, and asked the man in front of her.

“So this Shin-yeon is the General Management Team’s new exclusive hunter?”
“Yes, that’s right. Ancestor.”
“Heheh, interesting.”

A man with pomaded hair bows his head, calling the girl ‘Ancestor’ in response to her question.

The man, called the Gold Flow Team leader by those around him, answered his ancestor like that, and at his words, the girl let out an impish laugh and then ordered the man.

“Go to the General Management Team and bring this one before me. I’ll give you four days.”
“…As you’ve seen, she’s an exclusive hunter that the General Management Team is protecting. Even for us, it would be quite difficult to bring her…”
“Go and tell that General Management Team leader girl this: ‘I saw this one at the 12th district gate.’ But if you still can’t bring her even after that… then you’ll really be punished, okay? You understand?”
“…Understood.”

At the girl’s words that went beyond coercive to forcibly demanding a choice, the man finally accepted the girl’s order and left the room.

And when the man left, only the girl remained in the dreamlike room.

The girl glanced once at where the man had just been, once at Shin-yeon in the screen floating before her eyes, and then recalled the memory of that day she had seen through her minion a few days ago.

“I didn’t expect to see such a sight…”

The usual walk through the defense city via shared vision with her minion, which the girl often did due to the overprotection of the Gold Flow Team leader who usually restrained her.

That day a few days ago was an ordinary day looking around the defense city like any other, but that day, the girl saw Shin-yeon from the screen at the 12th district where a pillar of fire had risen.

Shin-yeon, who had killed the Punishment Team’s ancestor ghoul and her exclusive hunters and leisurely returned with the General Management Team’s leader.

And because she saw Shin-yeon that day, the girl was able to know a secret that probably most people didn’t know.

“The General Management Team’s ancestor…”

That Shin-yeon, whom she had seen that day and saw today in the live broadcast, was the General Management Team’s ancestor who had been said to be sleeping until now.

Therefore, the girl, who was the Gold Flow Team’s ancestor, swallowed the seductive laugh that flowed out without her realizing and imagined the appearance of Shin-yeon whom she would meet before long.

“That supposedly great ancestor of the General Management Team… I wonder what kind of person she’ll be?”

Hoping that she would be a toy that could entertain her as much as she expected.

The girl buried herself in the bed with such hopes.

“Indeed, the General Management Team’s ancestor… impressive power.”
“Just as you say.”

In a simple room of white and light blue, different from the dreamlike room of the Gold Flow Team’s ancestor.

Arashi, the Punishment Team’s ancestor and the leader of ghouls, muttered like that while watching Shin-yeon’s battle that had been broadcasting until just now, together with Ahn Seo-hyun, the team leader.

It was completely different from her own fighting style that relied on immortal life and magic.

An aggressive fighting style that swept away enemies with tremendous strength that was unbelievable from that slender body and control of the four elements close to natural disasters.

Arashi couldn’t help but be fascinated and admire Shin-yeon’s overwhelmingly dominant fight.

“I felt it when she killed me then too… but she’s really an interesting person.”

Shin-yeon, whom she had marked as someone who would stimulate her boring daily life, now seemed like she could completely shatter this boring daily life, not just stimulate it.

“I want to meet her soon.”

If she could start forming a relationship with her, even just as friends or acquaintances, it felt like so many interesting things would happen from now on.

How could it not be interesting to attach herself to someone who moves around so freely and acts as she pleases?

Moreover, since Shin-yeon was the General Management Team’s ancestor, couldn’t she block even a little of Seo-hyun’s overprotection directed at herself?

And when her thoughts reached that point, reason and emotion that gulped down happiness by the bottle made her hair stand on end.

Therefore, Arashi turned to Seo-hyun beside her without any more hesitation and said.

“Seo-hyun, can you possibly arrange for me to meet Miss Shin-yeon? I really want to meet her at least once.”
“…If that’s what you wish, I’ll try my best to arrange a meeting.”
“Come to think of it, Seo-hyun, you were close with that team leader Yeon-ah, weren’t you? That should make it easier, right?”

Come to think of it, her team leader Seo-hyun did have quite a special friendship with Yeon-ah, the General Management Team’s leader.

It was also for that reason that the Punishment Team was barely holding onto second place, suppressing the factions of the other major powers.

Therefore, Arashi’s eyes lit up at the thought that things would become even easier, but at this look in Arashi’s eyes, Seo-hyun only dripped cold sweat.

“Th-that… if I were to define our relationship, rather than being close, it’s more like she judges me as a useful tool and provides convenience…”
“Huh? What did you say?”
“Ah, no… it’s nothing.”

When Arashi asked again, unable to hear Seo-hyun’s voice that had become small, Seo-hyun hurriedly shook her head.

Then she quickly wiped away the cold sweat she had been dripping with her sleeve.

Eventually, Seo-hyun seemed to have collected herself and bowed deeply to Arashi once again.

“Then I will try to arrange a meeting with Shin-yeon as you wish, ancestor.”
“Yes, please do, Seo-hyun. Ah… but don’t make demands forcefully. I don’t want to get on her bad side. I’d like to get along with her if possible.”
“As you wish.”

Seo-hyun, receiving the order given by Arashi, slowly left the room.

After a while, listening to Seo-hyun’s footsteps fading away in the distance, Arashi twirled her light green hair around her finger.

“I hope we can meet soon.”

Because until now, it had really been just a too boring daily life, and she wanted to break out of it as soon as possible.

Arashi calmly opened a book while waiting for Shin-yeon, whom she wanted to become friends with.