Chapter 1327

Chapter 1327

Chen Wuhan found it very hard to believe that a famous player from a mere game could make those powerful big shots to move. However, the most surprising part was that even the paramount leader was somehow summoned.

He realized that when the paramount leader, the true god of China, declared,

‘If that’s the case, then China’s god shall die today,’

he would disappear today just like the dew in the execution grounds.

Minhyuk, who was still grabbing him by the collar, chuckled deeply as he began to hit him without any hesitation.

Chen Wuhan screamed as his teeth got knocked out one after another. “Keheok! S-stoooop!!!”

Despite his gut-wrenching screams, Minhyuk did not stop. He growled, “It’s fine with me if you touched me and made a move against me. But you dared to touch my sister. That’s something I can’t forgive.”

What would happen if Rausch were not here and Minhyuk did not receive his help? Perhaps Philos would be dragged back to China and become one of their citizens. Then what?

When Minhyuk first found Philos, she was in an even worse shape than when he first started Athenae. If she were dragged back to China, there was a high chance she would be neglected. In the end, she would most likely walk the path that led to death.

What Minhyuk found truly infuriating was knowing the fact that Chen Wuhan dared to try and use the girl for his own and the Chinese Communist Party’s benefit, even though she was a minor who was not even fourteen years old yet.

At that moment, Rausch stepped forward and stopped Minhyuk. He said, “You don’t need to get blood on your hands.”

Rausch’s gaze was nothing but serene and calm. Because of that, Minhyuk could finally connect the strings of reason that had snapped from his anger earlier.

‘That’s right. As expected of a person dealing with the world, Rausch has remained calm despite the situation...’

“How dare you...! That’s my daughter...!”

“...?”

Only at this moment did Minhyuk realize what he meant when Rausch said that he did not want blood to get on Minhyuk’s hands. It turned out that Raush intended to get blood on his own hands.

Rausch beat up Chen Wuhan until he was black and blue. He growled, “You dared to mess with my daughter?! Our dear and precious Philos?!!!”

“Hey, hey. Deep breaths.” Minhyuk dissuaded Rausch.

Not long after, the public security officials came in. They immediately tied up Chen Wuhan and dragged him to their vehicle before speeding off.

“Mr. Minhyuk, it would be an honor if you appeared in our company’s advertisements. I hope you can do it sometime.”

China’s big shots greeted them as they returned to their cars and left. Then, the paramount leader, who still had his windows rolled down, said, “Tell your father I said hi.”

“Yes. Thank you for your help.”

There was something that Minhyuk did not know. His father, Chairman Kang Minhoo, was quite close to China’s paramount leader. The paramount leader would not appear here just because of Rausch.

The paramount leader looked at Minhyuk and said, “You’ve grown up well.”

Then, he left. And soon, Minhyuk came back to Korea.

***

The people of China had strongly criticized Minhyuk. People worldwide demanded an explanation for why he had taken the girl named Philos. The voices of those who questioned him if he truly brought her for clinical trials, just as the Chinese claimed, for his own sake, were the loudest.

In answer to all their words, Minhyuk posted a picture of the document detailing his legal guardianship over Philos and his family registry with her name on social media. Their opinions changed all at once.

[Oh my god... Then, you’re saying that Minhyuk flew to China so he could save that girl? For real?]

[He did not take her for clinical trials, but to save her? He’s young himself, putting the name of an orphaned girl in his registry and taking her in must be very difficult. How much merit and virtue does Ilhwa Group’s Kang father and son have?]

[I feel the same! Minhyuk is literally like an angel! How can they talk nonsense like that about our Minhyuk? As expected, China is a country filled with people who like to make a fuss.]

[China! Are you still trying to insist that Minhyuk is Chinese?!]

What was surprising was the fact that the Chinese also changed their attitude.

[We support Minhyuk.]

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

[He came to China to save a little girl and help with her treatment. Minhyuk has our support!]

[Minhyuk is Korean! He’s a very cool and handsome Korean whom we respect and acknowledge!]

The Chinese also admitted what they had to admit. They had no choice but to show their support for Minhyuk for saving such a young girl and taking her in. After all, the Chinese government had put a nail in the coffin by declaring that the girl named Philos was adopted formally and through correct procedures.

China, with its 1.5 billion people, had the largest population in the world. On this day, many of these people became Minhyuk’s fans. Minhyuk’s fan cafe, Eat ‘til You Die, gained over three million new fans.

***

When the turmoil in reality settled down, Minhyuk logged back inside Athenae.

[You will soon participate in the first Pillar Assembly.]

As the pillars supporting Athenae, there was a high chance they would discuss the world's direction in this assembly.

‘And we’ll also probably discuss what we must do from this point forward as the Pillar representing our fields.’

The only way for him to know what they would discuss in the meeting was to go there.

Ring!

[The

Quest

: First Assembly has been created.]

[

Quest

: First Assembly.]

Rank

: SSS

Requirements

: One of the Pillars.

Rewards

: After the assembly ends, points will be combined and added as stat increase.

Penalty for Failure

: After the assembly ends, points will be decreased and added as stat decrease.

Description

: You are the only foreigner among the Pillars. Various topics will be discussed in the assembly. You can contribute sometimes. Everything that you say and do will have an impact on your Assembly Rate. Your assembly rate can be + or -. If you get -, your stats will decrease. If you get a +, your stats will increase. If you achieve a high Assembly Rate, something special might happen.

The system this time was fascinating.

[In ten seconds, you will participate in the Assembly.]

Minhyuk held a bit of expectation for the assembly.

‘It’s exciting and interesting knowing that I will have a conversation with Athenae.’

He was very curious about her. After all, Athenae was both the God of Origin and the supercomputer. Maybe her personality was blunt and stubborn. Or maybe not.

[The Assembly has started.]

A flash of light enveloped Minhyuk as he got warped to the assembly.

***

Pillar Evaluator Ruba was sweating anxiously as he kowtowed between Athenae and Chaos, the God of Origin, and the Ruler of Pandemonium and Balance, respectively.

He listened as Athenae and Chaos talked with somber expressions on their faces.

[This is a grave matter. The Creator has rejected our request...]

Philip the Creator was no longer forced to carry out his supposed duty. He was stuck initially, living in his

own

world. But now? He had gained freedom. Pillar Evaluator Ruba did not know the reason why this happened. For one, he was only awakened whenever a Pillar Candidate or a Pillar was selected. Hence, he did not know what happened or what was happening in the world.

Chaos asked gravely and sternly...

[He said, ‘Even if you point a sword at my neck, I will never make another Pillar Disaster for you!’

Correct?]

“That’s right.”

Captain Evaluator Ruba and the other evaluators tracked down Philip and met with him under the orders of Athenae and Chaos. When they met Philip, who was wandering the world freely, he refused firmly and declared that he would never make another Pillar Disaster again.

Athenae and Chaos could not intervene directly with matters of the world. The only ones who could intervene were the evaluators. This was where the problems started. Captain Evaluator Ruba did not back down when facing Philip. Because of that, the supposed discussion turned into a physical confrontation. In the end, the evaluators were beaten black and blue.

Just recently, the Master of Life and Death, Hephaestus, and Evil God Obren took on the post of the new Pillars. Fortunately, their Pillar Disasters were easy to solve. Their Pillar Disasters were essentially powers that would be unsealed once they became Pillars. What about the Pillars like Minhyuk who did not possess such powers? They needed Pillar Disasters created for them.

[If we can’t solve this matter, we have to put on hold the matter of promoting those who have the qualifications to become Pillars into Pillars.]

Chaos sounded uneasy. They needed to find a replacement. Alas, how could they find someone else? No one could replace him.

[I will relay this to the Pillars.]

Chaos turned to look at Athenae when he heard her words. Then, he nodded. As for Ruba? He flinched and trembled in his position.

[You took all the evaluators with you but failed to persuade him. I’m doubting your qualifications at this moment.]

“Forgive me!”

[If you can’t bring Philip back next time, I will dispose of you.]

Chaos disappeared after leaving those words. Ruba clenched his palms into fists.

“Dispose... just like that?”

Dispose meant throwing away those that could not be used. It was different from extinction, death, or capital punishment. It just meant that they would be thrown into the trash because they were dirty and no longer needed.

Ruba’s expression grew ugly.

All Pillar Evaluators had one thing in common: They just appeared in the world one day. They did not know who they were or why they became evaluators. They also had no right to breathe, feel, or think freely. They were only allowed to awaken if there was something related to the Pillars or the balance of the world.

If this had been a few days ago, Ruba would have accepted that they would be disposed of as they were. Why? Because they all believed that Chaos’ hands had created them. If he created them, he had every right to throw them away.

However, a fragment of memory appeared in his head. It was a memory of a time before he became an evaluator. Why did such a memory appear? Perhaps it was because it had already been so long since he became an evaluator? Anyway, the memory was fleeting. Nonetheless, he was able to learn one thing because of that memory.

‘We weren’t born and created by his own hands.’

He did not know anything else aside from that. And even if he wanted to, Ruba had no time to delve deeper into it. They had to find a way to coax Philip somehow and have him help them out.

Ruba stood up and walked out. His face was growing uglier the longer he walked.

‘The Pillar of the Gourmands...’

Ruba gritted his teeth. They had a terrible relationship. And it all started when Ruba broke the arms and legs of the Beyond the Heavens Empire’s two guards. Ruba was beaten black and blue by the vassals of the Beyond the Heavens Empire, Minhyuk, and even the Transcendentals back then. His second encounter with the man was in Pandemonium. Ruba, who briefly awakened as the Supreme Sovereign, died in Minhyuk’s hands.

In Ruba’s opinion, Minhyuk was a foreigner and should never be a Pillar. He did not like that someone like Minhyuk could become a Pillar just because he excelled and outperformed others in some things.

‘If the seats of the Pillars were not vacant then...’

They would have never promoted Minhyuk to the Pillar’s seat if there were no vacancy. Unfortunately, Ruba was in charge of leading Minhyuk to where the assembly would be held.

Ruba, who met with the man again, bowed and greeted him through clenched teeth, “We. L. Co. Me.”

The way he almost snapped his greeting clearly showed how tense and vigilant he was against Minhyuk.

“Oh, you’re here.”

“...?!”

Ruba clenched his fists tightly.

“You’re not breaking the arms and legs of guards these days, right?”

“Just for those...?!”

Ruba still could not forget how they got cheated and how their arms and legs were broken one after another just because of those two insignificant guards.

“Juuuuust?!”

Ruba immediately swallowed the rest of his words when he heard Minhyuk’s mocking tone. It was not the time for this. He could not give this man a handle on him.

Ruba breathed deeply and exhaled. Then, he explained the basics of the assembly and discussed the meeting’s main agenda. Minhyuk would find out about it once he arrived at the gathering place.

“We have a huge problem. There’s no one to make the Pillar Disasters anymore. Have you met anyone whom you could recommend to take that position?”

Ruba was now in danger of being disposed of. He needed to get his hands on any information.

“Well, I don’t have anyone to recommend. But if we’re talking about Philip, I know him quite well.”

Captain Evaluator Ruba was far more ignorant of the world than anyone imagined. Why? As mentioned before, the Pillar Evaluators would only be awakened if something was happening related to the Pillars, the balance of the world, and the Pillar Candidates. They weren’t even given any information about anything else, as if they did not need to know about them.

Because of that, the evaluators did not know how and why Philip left his world and wandered around the world. Of course, it was not just them. Even Athenae and Chaos did not know that. After all, they did not have the time to monitor someone every single day, let alone monitor Minhyuk. They were busy looking over the entire world.

“That’s ridiculous... stop making things up.”

In the end, Ruba failed to hold it in. He clenched his fists tighter and hissed, “My life and the lives of the people under me are at stake here.”

“So, in the end, you’re human too, huh?”

Ruba looked at Minhyuk in confusion.

“I could feel a sense of urgency when you spoke of your men.”

‘Did I have a sense of urgency? Maybe?’

“My men are the only ones whom I can confide in...”

“The same bastards who broke the arms and legs of my men?”

“Hiiiik...!”

“Anyway. I know Philip well.”

“Hoo...”

Ruba felt like it was not worth dealing with Minhyuk anymore. From what he heard, foreigners always acted high and mighty and were filled with pretense. And it seemed like that was the case this time, too. Now that a man like this had become a Pillar, he could already tell what the future would look like.

“If I say,

‘Huh? Philip Summon!’

Philip will come rushing and say,

‘Oh my. My dear Minhyuk.’

?

In the end, Ruba exploded, “Why don’t I just call you grandfather! Huh?! If you call for him, he would come running and say,

‘Oh my. My dear Minhyuk’

?! What the hell?! Philip is the God of Martial Arts and created all Pillar Disasters. The Spark of White Flames and the Descent of the Evil God were born from his hands. But you?! What the hell are you?!”

Ruba hated the fact that humans would always make a joke of something.

“Philip will come when you call for him?! Then, if that day comes, I will slap Chaos on the left cheek and Athenae on the right cheek! Also, you will be my grandfather from that day on! I will even show you some tricks if you want to! No. I will show filial piety and respect you as grandchildren respect their grandfathers!”

“Do you swear on those words?”

“Swear?! I will swear in the name of the Captain Evaluator!!!”

[Captain Evaluator Ruba has sworn an oath.]

The corners of Minhyuk’s mouth curled up as he continued to watch the raging Ruba.