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【You guys…!】

[You’ve made a mess.]

The God of Balance glared at them as they appeared, holding onto his unstable mind while opening the door.

The upper management of the Management Bureau.

Known as the Trinitas, or the Triad, they managed the Bureau by dividing it into three fields: ‘User Management’, ‘Dimension Access’, and ‘NPC Regulation’.

Although there were overlapping areas, each commanded and controlled numerous teams from their respective positions.

Hwanggwak, dressed in a gold-tinged formal outfit, held onto his disheveled hair and sighed.

[Wrap it up quickly. If that guy goes on a rampage, it’ll become a hassle to deal with.]

[Right. But why hasn’t Cheongsu shown up? He was supposed to come with everyone.]

[Ha ha… He must have a lot on his plate.]

[Who do you think has no work to do?]

He’s an NPC who has earned the power of the ‘Left’.

No matter how much he is under the control of the Management Bureau, the raccoons wouldn’t dare to act against him.

Thus, it was decided that all three of the renowned upper management had to be present, and they clearly needed to gather in one spot.

However, only two upper management members had gathered.

The most talked-about director of the Bureau these days, ‘Cheongsu’ did not show up.

[Why is Cheongsu’s ‘left arm’ here?]

Fizz…!!

The raccoon, ‘Gumin’, dressed in a golden outfit infused with golden lightning, glared at him.

Cheongsu’s left arm, the raccoon dressed in blue, shook his head with a smile.

[It’s the right arm. I was told he recently got reassigned…]

[I don’t care if Cheongsu’s underling got changed or died.]

[…Ha ha. I don’t mind you calling for it, but my master is your senior—]

Kwaaarrrr!!!

A massive bolt of lightning split the dimensions.

A bolt so powerful it could incinerate even the strongest demon race’s body without a trace.

Even the raccoon, under the Bureau’s protection, was too weak to resist that level of power, but the right arm, protected by ‘Cheongsu’, barely preserved his life.

Swoosh…

A shield made of blue water-like light flickered around Cheongsu’s right arm.

[Arrogant punk. Do you really think you can represent Cheongsu just because you came in his place?]

[…Hmm. That’s not quite it—]

[You’re in the same directorate no matter if Cheongsu started this job before you. And currently, all the upper management should be gathered.]

[Yes, yes. That’s right.]

[You broke the rules. Do you want to die?]

[Excuse me?]

[Your tone sounds quite rude. Does that mean I can kill you?]

Kaagaagagak!!!

The lightning colors the world.

As Gumin’s lightning spread through the world, although not to the extent of wielding the ‘Left’ power, the world began to tremble.

Even Cheongsu’s right arm, who had been smirking, became serious, channeling power in that moment.

Fizz…

The lightning faded away.

[Stop it. Let’s handle what’s right in front of us first.]

Hwanggwak stepped in to block.

As ‘power’ emanated from Hwanggwak’s hand, the lightning suddenly lost its strength.

Gumin, instead of summoning more lightning to counter this, waved his robe to recover all the lightning.

[…Hmph. That works for now.]

[Thank you, Senior.]

[Who’s your senior? I’ll pass this matter to Cheongsu, so don’t mess around and tell him to handle it.]

[Understood.]

Cheongsu’s right arm exaggeratedly bowed and stepped back.

Gumin’s fierce glare followed, but he soon turned back to focus on his original target.

[You must have been waiting for a while?]

【Cough. Cough. I needed time to get used to this power…】

Kuugugugu…!

The God of Balance started to move.

They were powerful upper management that could burn the world to ashes, but the opponent was the one who had ascended to the ‘Left’.

Even though it was at a very weak level and couldn’t be compared to the true ‘Left’, it was definitely not something to be underestimated.

The celestial scales in his hand emanated power.

The protective powers shielding the upper management were about to break.

!

They widened their eyes in surprise and enhanced their powers to block the attack.

[!]

[Oh… For a fake, you’re quite something.]

[Ha ha! So you’re no insect after all?]

Kuugugugu!!!

The world flipped upside down.

The power to overturn all worlds beyond the Heavenly Realm.

However, Hwanggwak initiated his power, and Gumin and Cheongsu’s right arm supplemented the power of the ‘Dimension Barrier’, suppressing the spread.

Now, no matter what they do, the effects of the scales won’t escape the Heavenly Realm.

The area around the three upper management members was now filled with bolts of lightning and water-like power.

A small-scale form of the Dimension Barrier, a sort of sealing device capable of binding even the ‘Left’.

If they could bind him completely like this…

Tududu…!!

[What is this…]

【How could something like this! A beast dares to underestimate my great power!!!】

[Looks like we might need to change strategies.]

【Don’t mess around! I am a god! I will return to the great throne!】

The Heavenly Realm shook.

Hwanggwak sighed.

‘If only Cheongsu had shown up properly, we could have sealed it without much damage.’

Because one side wasn’t complete, the sealing wasn’t executed perfectly.

At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before the sealing was undone.

As Hwanggwak and Gumin glared at the source of the problem, Cheongsu’s right arm scratched his head with a laugh.

[Ha ha, but there’s something really, really important…]

[Shut up.]

[Yes.]

Whew…

Flash!

A bolt of lightning gathered in Hwanggwak’s hand.

[Response team. Prepare for recovery.]

■

“What the heck is going on?”

“Who knows. But why was Lily’s stream cut off?”

“Seems like there’s been seismic activity for a while now…”

“Why did he commit suicide?”

Somewhere in the Deoen continent.

Lily had defeated the angel boss, and the people were freed from the explosion’s grip.

No longer would they be forced to leave just because they made a contract with an angel.

The people sighed in relief and scrambled to grasp the bizarre situation unfolding.

So evidently…

‘The angel boss suddenly committed suicide, and then the boss was defeated. After that, Lily’s stream was cut off.’

At the end, it felt like the system message had changed strangely, but it wasn’t certain.

Deoen was famous for being a game with no bugs.

It could simply be a misunderstanding.

The real problem was that Lily’s stream had cut off, and no news was coming in.

“Is the quake and lightning some kind of culprit? The rewards aren’t coming in either, what is this…”

“Hey! Look at the sky!”

“What is that…?”

“Huh?”

Everyone in the ruined village looked up at the sky.

And everyone saw it.

‘Golden Lightning.’

A bolt stronger than any attack, power, or phenomenon they had ever seen, tearing something apart.

It was a powerful ‘force’ that left them all gaping.

“…Wow.”

“…But what’s that gathering in the sky? Is it a raccoon?”

“Isn’t that the Administrator?”

■

Fizz… Crackle…

‘This is more than I expected.’

Somewhere that used to be the Heavenly Realm.

I was floating in the flow of lightning.

Having lost my body long ago, all the divine and powerful recourses and everything else had been exhausted.

All I could do was float aimlessly and witness the battlefield.

I smiled wryly, watching the crumbling God of Balance and the Heavenly Realm, or more precisely, a very small part of the ‘real’ Heavenly Realm.

Of course, this wasn’t the wry smile from my physical body.

‘Hwanggwak… was stronger than I thought.’

Even if it was power received from ‘them’, using that level of power as if it were your own isn’t an easy feat.

It necessitated a soul vessel of tremendous size.

It couldn’t even be compared to when I was at the Growth Altar before.

I would have to think carefully about traversing the golden heavens where the Administrators resided.

[…Things have turned chaotic. Hwanggwak.]

[Wasn’t it an expected outcome?]

[Your attack was larger than I thought. The dimensional rifts have become severe. The connection management team will probably be in an emergency, heh heh.]

[Handle it appropriately. I’m tired.]

[U-um, can I just say one thing, Senior?]

[Don’t say it.]

[Get lost.]

[What about that user?]

Pointing at me through the tired upper management raccoons, the raccoon known as Cheongsu’s right arm drew attention to me.

Their gazes fell on me.

I smiled and waved my hand.

‘Hello?’

[…Why isn’t he dead?]

[That girl must be the key figure. Now that I look closely, she resembles him for real.]

[Ah, so that’s it…]

[If you seniors are having a hard time, I could handle it—]

[I’ll do it.]

“!”

My body regenerates.

In an instant, not only was my body restored but my divine presence was also adequately recovered, and I found myself sitting in the middle of a white circular space.

At first glance, the place seemed similar to the shrine in the Heavenly Realm, but upon closer inspection, it was different.

‘This place…’

“Resurrection Waiting Place. You should’ve arrived a long time ago in such a condition; I hope the Management Bureau understands that it’s an emergency.”

“Oh, I see.”

I nodded.

Having lived here for quite a while, I had never once been resurrected by the system.

In the past, my body had been obliterated a few times while fighting against the Black Lily, but I had revived with my own power each time, and never once was I resurrected by someone else.

This was my first time being resurrected by someone else.

The raccoon sitting before me, Hwanggwak, seemed to sense something unusual and furrowed his brows.

“Damn it. Did the resurrection team also fall into chaos? This has become troublesome.”

“Resurrection team?”

“It’s the management team that helps restore your foreigner’s mental state and resurrection. If it was under my jurisdiction, I could handle it immediately, but… it seems it will take some time.”

“Hmmm…”

“If it’s a reward, then it’s on us, so if you’re curious about anything, feel free to ask. I’ll tell you everything within permissible limits.”

“Anything?”

“Within permissible limits…”

In that case… the secret I had been most curious about from the start.

“Who is the head of the Management Bureau that granted you your power?”

 

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