Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan

Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan – 054

As expected, isaac in the ‘Final Finish’ state seemed to possess magical power at the level of most S-class heroes.

It was challenging to control the magical power because I was inexperienced, and I didn’t feel the surge of quantity. Moreover, since it wasn’t originally mine, using magical power recklessly wouldn’t make me tired or harm my body.

‘The instantaneous output in the highest moment was around a thousand mps.’

In the end, the elixir manufacturing failed, but I saw greater potential. Since elixirs can be made by Alchemist, it’s not a big deal.

‘Although I waste some of the ingredients.’

I didn’t regret wasting billions, including the main and supplementary ingredients. This is because one must invest money and time like this to improve one’s skills.

More urgent than that was finding an effective way to handle a body with an S-class specification for a limited time.

‘There’s nothing better than a unique magic stone.’

Just look at the Specter Art absorbed from the unique magic stone. Even though I couldn’t unfold the harvesting fist using magical power, isn’t controlling Spirit amazing just as I imagined in my head?

Acquiring everything through skills is the best way to maximize the abilities of this body.

‘The problem is how to get a useful unique magic stone.’

In Clan of Heroes, players naturally acquired unique magic stones by following the story. The hidden piece ‘Specter Art’ was a special case.

‘The acquisition difficulty is the problem.’

However, unique magic stones are treasures that even other heroes or villains cannot obtain even if they pay a fortune. Especially villains or monsters can obtain powerful mutations by absorbing unique magic stones, so if there’s a rumor about where a unique magic stone appeared, they will rush to it.

Moreover, it’s not unusable for heroes. If you make a special equipment with unique magic stones as the main ingredient, it will exhibit tremendous performance.

‘I need to recall and organize a unique magic stone that suits me.’

There might be unique magic stones that are useful and relatively easy to obtain.

Anyway, let’s stop here for today and cool our heads. I was eager to go home quickly because half of my combat gauge was depleted.

‘Ah.’

It was on the way out after using the elixir material for practice. Seo Eun-ha popped out from the opposite training room. It seemed like she had just finished her personal training. It’s awkward every time she appears like this.

“Ah! Leader, hello.”

Fortunately, she smiled first from over there. I naturally raised my hand to greet her.

“Oh, right. You know about that. We’re going to the event this time. Leader, are you going too?”

If it’s awkward, she might have thrown something to break the ice. Anyway, if we’re going together, is she talking about the Hero Memorial Park? It’s called ‘Hero’s Day’, and there’s a national annual event where well-known heroes from all over the country gather. This time, the Harmony Clan is also invited. Unfortunately, I had to participate as well.

I shouldn’t show hostility towards the Association if I want to get a bonus at the end of the year.

“Sure.”

“Great. On that day, the museum and restricted areas will be open. So, I guess they’re going to be strict to guard against possible villain attacks. Heroes will be participants and guards at the same time!”

“… I see.”

It feels like I’m trying to continue communication on a social level. Thanks to that, a useful piece of information flashed through my mind.

Hero Memorial Park, commemorative museum, and restricted area.

Somewhere deep underground, a hidden secret space. Sealed ancient undying monster with a quite useful unique magic stone, probably.

“You said it well.”

“Yes. Uh, thank you?”

It seems like the next farming target has been determined.

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In the downtown area as the night deepens, a colorful world of lights shines brilliantly, and neon signs on the streets flash wildly in the night.

Passing through the bustling district filled with laughter from those seeking rest and enjoyment, if you go down the stairs adorned with neon signs, you’ll find an ordinary-looking wine bar.

Interestingly, inside there were only a few guests enjoying wine alone, all of them in suits, looking like office workers who came to soothe their minds after work.

Then, at the exact moment the electronic clock pointed to 10 o’clock at night,

“Long time no see, everyone.”

The bartender, who had been responding to guests with a warm smile, uttered a mysterious sound.

“Welcome, boss.”

“Surely, no one stepped on the tail, right?”

“Oh~ Would there be such a thing?”

Surprisingly, one of the guests was the villain Beard Whale, who had sacrificed heroes to Wendia Lord.

“We’ve been together for over 10 years. We know enough about each other. Let’s skip the awkward greetings.”

“Yes. But, one of them died. What do you think now?”

“That’s right. As Beard Whale said, the fire-controlling monster, barsavlsa Lord, was defeated by a hero a few days ago.”

The identities of those gathered at the wine bar were the members of the mysterious villain organization in alliance with the Lord from the Other World. The woman in a red coat, shocked by the bartender’s words, asked with a dark expression,

“I heard it this morning too. What should we do now? If we let this ‘Hero’s Day’ pass, DRR might lose the opportunity.”

“We decided to proceed as planned. Wendia Lord took Barsavlsa Lord’s loot and magic stone to achieve another mutation. Although the mutant is dead, it’s not impossible to open the entrance with two Lords.”

Even with the bartender’s answer, the woman in the red coat couldn’t hide her uneasy feelings. Surviving as a villain for a long time implies a deep understanding of danger. The woman wanted a more certain answer.

“Impossible, you say? I don’t have the desire to risk my life on a low probability.”

“No. We should consider the probability of the operation’s success has actually increased. Do you think the Lords will trust us? In the final moments, the alliance will most likely break. At that time, capturing two Lords will be easier than three.”

“Hahaha! To be honest, I can’t even trust humans, let alone monsters… Huh. Puhak!”

Just as Beard Whale, who was chiming in with the bartender, burst into hearty laughter, the moment was when he suddenly turned pale, and it seemed like he was about to vomit black dead blood.

“What… Kuk… Kukh!”

As he trembled in fear, other three men and women who had gathered at the wine bar also clutched their chests and spewed blood. Only the woman in the red coat, who had been expressing dissatisfaction with the bartender, remained unchanged in color.

“You, what is this?!”

– Slash! –

The woman in the red coat drew out a strangely shaped dagger and aimed it at the bartender. The bartender, after scrutinizing the guests vomiting blood, emitted a chilling aura towards the woman.

“Yes, you were a hero.”

“… What’s this!”

“Huhuhu, you might beg for death sooner or later.”

– Thud.

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– Swish! –

As the bartender leaped through space, his form appeared next to the woman, swinging a powerful punch. The woman, with reflexes not to be underestimated, wielded the dagger accurately towards the bartender’s neck with a fast trajectory.

– Thunk! –

However, the bizarre dagger was blocked by two fingers of the bartender. As the woman attempted to counterattack, a thick blade descended on her neck.

“Kuk.”

The woman lost consciousness with a single blow and collapsed. The bartender’s prowess seemed to far exceed the woman’s skills.

“Ugh… Fuck. What is this?”

Beard Whale, who had vomited black blood several times, staggered to his feet. He seemed reluctant to engage in a direct confrontation with the bartender and stepped back unsteadily.

As the remaining guests tried to catch their breath and regain their composure, the bartender coldly explained.

“I’m sorry, everyone. I should have identified the spies before engaging in this fight.”

“What nonsense is this?”

“The wine I gave you was actually a special potion that causes a surge in psychic energy and suppresses magic. With that, I recognized that this guy is a hero. Thanks to that, it was easy to subdue him.”

“Well, should we be amazed or criticize it? Boss is truly not an ordinary boss.”

The guests, while raising their eyebrows at the bartender’s eccentric method, did not express any particular complaints. They had never dreamed that the woman in the red coat would be a spy.

At that moment, the big man in a suit, who had been silent, pointed to the unconscious woman in the red coat and raised a question.

“Boss, but wasn’t the information about the ancient relic in the Rift beneath the memorial brought by that witch? Is the operation canceled?”

“No. We proceed as planned. According to the Lords, deep in the Rift beneath the memorial, a sealed ancient monster called ‘Jellyfish’ with a ‘unique magic stone’ exists. This information is unknown to the Association. Our goal is Jellyfish’s loot. We promised to hand over the unique magic stone to the Lords, but that’s something we’ll have to see.”

“Hehe… Boss, you had a plan all along, huh?”

“Hehe, those Association bastards will have a headache. It seems like they planned to scrutinize us through this guy. Now that it’s exposed, they’ll be confused whether we’ll appear on Hero’s Day or not. Anyway, forget all the previous plans. We start a new briefing from now.”

“What about this one? Shall I take care of it?”

“Sure. Beard Whale, you have experience in interrogation. Extract as much as you can and handle it yourself.”

“Oh~ Thank you for the opportunity. Khehehe.”

Beard Whale’s gaze looking at the unconscious woman in the red coat became ominously gleeful.

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🎶JJ 🎶~8🎶

A stooped shoulder and a sore waist.

Eyelids that keep trying to close.

“Kkueung.”

At the grumbling alarm sound, I reluctantly got up from the bed.

“Kraang!”

Gunggi quickly got up, urging me to get up all over the place. I playfully patted his head and belly.

The soft feeling of his flesh under my fingertips was satisfying.

Gunggi seemed to enjoy it as he flipped his stomach in excitement.

Slowly getting up.

– Swoosh.

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– Slip.

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“!?”

Surprising. My foot steeped on something.

Opening my eyes, I saw a necklace. Why is this lying on the floor like this? I almost tripped over it.

“…… Stay still.”

The necklace had a Mobius strip-shaped ornament symbolizing infinity.

‘Isn’t this mine?’

It was the ‘Self-Harm Necklace’ that I always wore around my neck, whether sleeping or bathing.

[Comfortable Pendant]

▶ Category: Equipment, necklace

▶ Grade: Normal (Corrupted)

▶ Description: A simple accessory. A decent fashion item.

▶ Effect: Enhances your charm (Caution! This equipment has been corrupted).

“Why is this?”

I quickly picked up the necklace and tried to put it around my neck.

– Swish! –

Gunggi swiftly threw himself forward to catch the necklace. Holding it in his mouth, he shook his head left and right as if to say, “Don’t wear this.”

“It was you.”

It seemed that he had taken off the necklace while I was sleeping. It appeared that he detected the corrupted energy emanating from the corrupted necklace and decided to protect me in his own way. Since I slept without a shirt yesterday after a day of wearing it, the necklace must have caught his attention.

“No wonder the bed felt lumpy.”

I had a nightmare where I was being chased by a murderer, caught, and slammed into a choke slam, then resurrected to continue the dizzying pursuit. That was apparently the work of this mischievous troublemaker.

If I received such a choking blow to the neck even in a nightmare, I could have woken up. But… I must have been too tired preparing for various things.

“Give it here.”

“Kkruang!”

– Wriggle, wriggle.

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I felt like crying in the face of Gunggi’s tearful loyalty, promising to protect his owner from evil items. Tears were welling up in my eyes due to the overwhelming emotion.

“I was wearing it because I needed it. Give it here.”

“Grrr? Grrrrrrr…”

Swiftly, I took back the pendant he reluctantly released and quickly put it around my neck.

Of all times, such a tragedy had to happen when I consumed the combat gauge.

“I’m doomed.”