The Protagonists Are Murdered by Me
chapter-104

In the early morning, unlike usual, Yekaterina went to work with a very lively mood.

“Hello, uncle spirits!”

“Hello, Miss! You have a nice complexion today!”

“Yes! I had a really good rest last night.”

“Did you also have a good meal?”

“Unfortunately, no….”

The Spirits were not particularly hostile towards different races. On the contrary, they preferred a race that dealt with ‘Mana’, thus, the spirits in Floating Garden really liked Yekaterina because of her kind personality and her disposition as a race who deals with ‘Mana’. She was the most Popular human among spirits in the Floating Garden.

Unlike usual, when she greeted everyone powerlessly, Yekaterina greeted all of the spirits one by one. She even hummed on the way to her office.

Since she fell asleep in Yoo Seodam’s arms last night, her body was full of energy.

It was a good 12 hours of sleep!

Because of insomnia, she could only sleep for about three hours every two days. But last night was different. It could be said that last night was miraculous for her.

Of course, she felt sorry towards Yoo Seodam who had to stay in the same position for 12 hours while caring for her.

‘…I’ll have to buy some rice cake cake for him later.’

The first thing Yekaterina did when she entered her office was make a cup of Americano for herself. It was her routine to start the day with a cup of Americano.

She grabbed the cup of hot Americano and looked out of the window. Outside, she could see 52 hunters running through the Garden

“How many times?”

“200 times!!”

“Your voice is too small! 300 times!”

“300 times!!!”

Yekaterina stared at them. To be able to enjoy every second in peace was something so beautiful for her.

Unfortunately, it was a little disappointing that she couldn’t enjoy a warm morning sun in the Floating Garden. It was always night time with a lot of stars in the Floating Garden.

‘Well, come to think of it, didn’t Yoo Seodam say that he will buy another building outside the Floating Garden later?’

This dimension where you could use the entire space however you want was really convenient and good, but there were many inconveniences as well.

Yekaterina sipped on a little bit of Americano that left. Then, she started her computer.

Today, Yoo seodam wouldn’t be coming to work. He went to America to tend to some business with the New Murim League. So, most of the work would be done by her, just like usual.

First, Yekaterina checked her email.

Due to the fact that Another league was willing to teach both Magic and martial arts to the people, she received quite a lot of mail. Yekaterina herself was yet to have the opportunity to teach Magic or Martial arts to anyone. So, all she could do was exchange some emails or bring some businessmen to discuss the technological side of both of it. However, she still read all of it carefully because all of the senders were potential business partners in the future.

‘Um, that’s why I need to register as a hunter, right?’

The 50 swordmasters who trained under Ha Sun-young had already been registered as an E Rank ‘Mystical ability’ hunter. So, it would be better for her, a more senior member of the guild than the sword masters, to debut as a hunter as soon as possible.

As she browsed through her email, she noticed one email that stood out from the rest. It was none other than an invitation for the ‘Hunter Association conference’. It was an event where veteran hunters with at least 10 years of experience were invited to discuss the hunter industry.

And Yoo Seodam was chosen as the representative of F rank for the conference.

“….Yoo Seodam-nim is still registered as an F rank, huh?”

Because there was no other F rank hunter who qualified to represent the rank for the conference, Hunter Association had started sending the invitation to Yoo Seodam since a year ago. It was the time when Yoo Seodam still couldn’t make any difference in the world.

While Yekaterina was still busy browsing through the e-mail.

THUMP!!

The door was kicked open. Then, Taylor Nine walked to the room and sat on the sofa.

“Oh!! Kiddo! Did you go to work early?”

“I’m not a kid!”

Yekaterina had always been called out by Taylor for her short stature.

But ironically, Taylor Nine wasn’t that tall either.

“There is a separate waiting room for hunters.”

“I’m bored there.”

When Taylor Nine came in, Yekaterina checked the emails related to her.

In fact, there were more emails addressed toTaylor Nine and Ha Sun-young rather than Yoo Seodam.

[Hunter ‘Taylor Nine’ re-examination and promotion review]

What stood out among them was about Taylor Nine’s promotion to SS rank.

Recently, Taylor Nine began to train her ability to shape her light-attribute into various forms. It was a difficult task. But as soon as she succeeded, her talents that were locked up until now began to burst out!

Even though it was possible to change superpower into different forms through magical formula, it was difficult to show such a ridiculous level of proficiency like what Taylor Nine did.

With only 1 month of training, she overcame the limit of her ability. She had been constantly copying the ability that her eight siblings used. She was really showing a monstrous rate of growth.

Although Taylor Nine said that she received a hint from Yoo Seodam, his hint was only at the level of laying a brick at the bottom of the soon-to-be foundation. It means that it was because of Taylor Nine’s own efforts that the whole house was built.

‘Even though we need to focus on the SS-rank examination….’

Yekaterina sighed as soon as she opened the news page on his computer. There were several controversies about Taylor Nine’s recent activities.

They were none other than Taylor Nine’s controversy over the baseball field!

When Yekaterina played one of the videos, she could see Taylor Nine who went to see a baseball match. She’s pretty famous, so when she’s on the pitch, dozens of cameras tend to be focused on her.

-Hey, f!%$!r why the hell are you throwing the ball to the ground!!

-Not like that.. That way!! That mothafuka… hey! That way!!.

-Right! If you are bad at playing baseball, at least you should be good at laughing. Hey! f$#@[email protected] you can laugh right now?

-Do you have any appointments for dinner? What are you going to do at home after losing the game that fast? uh? Answer me, you son of a gun!

-Hey mtfxin azzhole are you just gonna say ‘I am happy to stand at the ground’ and go home?

Perhaps, she thought that no one could hear her swearing. She was only one spectator among many, and it was common for the spectators to swear.

Soon after, when someone ran towards her to tell her that the camera was focused on her, and asked her to curse less, her expression turned ugly and she started to scream even louder.

-Aigoo, it’s wrong for me to be born. It’s my fault that I was born. It’s my fault that I was born and cheered for Hwade!

-Puh haha! It’s really funny. Korean entertainment shows will be ruined soon! KBO is the funniest. Why are you watching an entertainment show? Hahaha!

-Did I come to the wrong stadium? Is this a special match featuring a junior high school baseball club? No? So why did you play like that f$%#%r! Let me go! Hey! Let go!

Eventually, all of her remarks were captured as gifs and videos, and spread through the entire Internet in just one day. Her refreshing remarks as well as ‘Hwade 18th consecutive loss’ ranked number one as the most searched keywords on the portal site.

Of course, because she was now an official hunter of Another league, she had to apologize properly.

“Phew…… Miss Taylor. Did you post an apology on social media yet?”

“….for now?”

Hearing Taylor’s stuttering answer, Yekaterina could only shake her head. It was obvious that she only wrote it roughly.

By the way, after joining Another league, Taylor Nine tended to be careful with both her words and actions, but it seemed like she finally exploded at the baseball stadium. She only had herself to blame for catching too much attention when all she wanted to do was watch a baseball game.

Fortunately, the public knew that it was her usual behavior, so there was no blow on her image. Rather, thanks to that attitude, her fanbase was quite big.

While Yekaterina was checking the documents about Taylor, the door of the office opened once again. This time, it was Ha Sun-young and Ye Sa-hye. It looks like they wanted to take a break after jogging.

“Oh, my white friend! Seems like Yoo Seodam isn’t coming today?”

“It’s always the case.”

“Tsk Tsk. You really became the boss.”

“Even though Yoo Seodam-nim is the master, the real boss is me, don’t you agree?”

“Right! Just eat this guild. That guy is quite good, but his welfare is terrible.”

“Master! You can’t say that…!”

Ha Sun-young was always talking like a middle-aged man, and Ye Sa-hye was always reminding her to fix it. As they sat on the couch, Yekaterina once again browsed through the e-mail

Ha Sun-young. She, too, had her own share of problems, albeit completely different from Taylor Nine.

As about three thousand Murim people were recognized worldwide, more and more SS rank superhuman or even higher appeared. The number of SS rank under the new Murim League alone was 20!

Considering the fact that there were only 37 SS rank superhumans worldwide, it was a controversial matter that one group had a whopping number of 20 SS rank superhumans affiliated to them. However, the Murim League had already been officially recognized. Hunter Association couldn’t touch them easily. So, they changed their target.

Their new target was Ha Sun-young who worked outside the new Murim league.

She was showing rapid growth with Another League, but because the scale of the guild itself wasn’t world-class yet, they were constantly poking here and there.

The Hunter Association tried to use Ha Sun-young to impose restrictions on the Murim people, they even went as far as borrowing money from several companies and guilds just to win Ha Sun-young over.

Of course, Ha Sun-young always ignored them. However, she couldn’t openly antagonize them, so in the end, it was all up to Yekaterina to solve the problem.

“Oh, then, Seodam, that guy. Will he be gone for a long time again?”

“Probably.”

“Hm…. But our Hellony said, she wanted to visit the guild hideout.”

“Eh? That bish, really? “

Whether or not they knew about Yekaterina’s hardship, Taylor and Ha Sun-young looked quite carefree.

Yekaterina, who was about to start working in earnest after reading all the mails, opened the last email that she received just one minute ago.

[International Supernatural Phenomena Association: We would like to inquire about ‘supernatural phenomenon’ that occurred in various parts of the world in recent years with magician Yoo Seodam.]

It wasn’t an email addressed towards another league’s guildmaster Yoo Seodam or hunter Yoo Seodam.

It was an email for the magician Yoo Seodam.

* * *

[House of the Goblins]

Just like Floating Garden, it was a special dimension that was impossible to enter in a normal way.

Over the horizon, the sunset was setting. It may look very beautiful for those who don’t know, but it signified that this world was running toward the end. The one who was aware of this fact like Yoo seodam can’t simply enjoy it peacefully.

-Kuoohohoh…!!

‘Mang-ryang’, a SS+ rank monster as well as the Goblin King, roared. Their world was on the verge of perishing, the only thing left for the goblins who already lost their purpose was ‘desire to win’.

“That’s pretty cool-“

Shin Hye-ji, who was shooting the whole battle with a high-quality camera right next to Yoo Seodam, muttered so.

“-it’s also beautiful.”

Certainly, Yoo Seodam understood her sentiment.

The House of Goblins was a pure white space. Together with the light from the setting sun, a golden hue illuminated the whole dimension. It matched so well with Seol Jungyeon’s hair, and there was even an object similar to ‘cherry blossoms’ all over the place.

The cherry blossom-like objects were also a kind of goblin. They were goblins that became an object as their soul left their body. In other words, the dead goblins still left their mark on this land as a beautiful thing even after their death.

The size of house of Goblins dimensions was about a quarter of China, and there were also three SS rank Goblin Kings who occupied this land. Even so, people of Murim who longed for their own Jungwon Murim succeeded in eradicating the goblins and occupying the dimension in just a few months.

Tumble!! Rumble!!

Mang-ryang, who had a stature as large as a mountain, fell down. Then, Seol Jungyeon, dressed in a white traditional Korean clothes, climbed to the top of its body. With her every step, cheers erupted from people of Murim.

Shin hye-ji pondered for a moment. Everything was good. After such a beautiful battle, Murim people come out victorious! The story so far certainly had enough impact…

But Shin Hye-ji couldn’t help but to feel something was still missing.

‘More! Some more!’

Shin hye-ji sent a signal towards Seol Jungyeon in the distance. The latter’s expression became rigid.

Recently, Shin Hye-ji started SNS and YTUBE activities under the name of Seol Jungyeon. Of course, both accounts didn’t have much content except for Seol Jungyeon’s battle video. But the response was explosive nonetheless. The number of her YTUBE subscribers exceeded 5 million in a short period of time. And the number of followers on her SNS also had already exceeded 30 million.

Originally, Seol Jungyeon was reluctant to reveal her own face to the world just like a celebrity, but Shin Hye-ji persuaded her by saying “It is an act to let the world know about master’s ‘dignity’ and ‘show off’ the power of Murim Leader through ‘multimedia’”

Seol Jungyeon couldn’t easily ignore Shin Hye-ji’s passionate signal. So, she tried to find something to show off.

‘Oh, that is something good.’

With a faint smile, Seol Jungyeon lifted the severed neck of Mang-ryang, the great Goblin king, and threw it in the air!

“Wow ahhh!!!”

“Long live the Supreme Cheonma!”

“Cheers for the New Murim Alliance’s Leader!”

As blood from the dead goblin’s head starts to taint the pure white background, all people of Murim begin to shout louder.

“Ah ah! No!”

At the same time, Shin Hye-ji screamed and covered the camera with her hand.

It seems like it would take a considerable amount of time before Seol Jungyeon could really adapt to SNS.