“Hyung, is it okay for things to progress like this?” Choi Yong-Su said to Choi Yeong-Seong worriedly. While he knew the way the situation progressed wasn’t going to be okay, he thought that it might just maybe be part of that person’s plan. It was clear that he still held onto a glimmer of hope. However, Choi Yong-Su soon got his answer.

“Damn it,” Choi Yeong-Seong cursed, biting his lip. Did he think this was okay? Not a chance. Everything was falling apart. Their plans were going wrong, no, the plan itself was becoming meaningless. Choi Yeong-Seong’s original scheme was to gradually let the useless guild members and mobilized Hunters be consumed by the waves, only leaving the necessary storytellers alive when he finally began the real attack.

[<The Ruler of the Riverside> is beginning to doubt your skills.]

But everything had gone wrong. To display his strength, he needed to obtain the unconditional support of those inside the gates. Things couldn’t be going this way for him to fully display the Authority given by <The Ruler of the Riverside>, the Rule of the River.

‘The guild members are also agitated.’

Not all of the Northern Army Guild members were aware of Choi Yeong-Seong's plans. He had only informed them of what they needed to know. Some of the Northern Army Guild members had already begun to look at him suspiciously.

‘Did they notice I was using them as disposables?’

The plans that...