Leveling Up Alone

There was a tin the past when the Hunters’ Association almost faced financial difficulties. The sudden fluctuation in the price of mana stones was revealed to be the cause, but it was actually due to Woo Jin-Cheon exploiting the drop in price to smuggle the mana stones into China.

“I guess it’s almost time.”

A fishing boat was coming to pick him up three hours from now. It would transport him all the way to where a Chinese cargo vessel was waiting, and he would take that to smuggle himself into China.The most update n0vels are published on ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt

He already possessed a fake Chinese identity, so he was not going to run into any trouble even if he was stopped and checked.

His preparation was perfect, and all he had to do was reach China and live a new life there.

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Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in capturing one of the prsuspects, Woo Jin-Cheon. He was surprisingly extremely resourceful, and he was always three steps ahead of those tracking him. He was gone by the tthe Hunters tracked him down to the motel.

What greeted the Hunters were twenty rotting corpses, presumed to be silenced by the suspect they were after.

The Hunters sent to track Woo Jin-Cheon bowed ninety degrees and apologized to Han-Yeol for their incompetence.

“W-We apologize!”

Their task was not that difficult. All they had to do was track down one A-Rank Hunter, who already knew everything, and arrest him, but they failed and allowed the criminal to escape to China.

“Hmm…”

Han-Yeol was quite astonished by the turn of events, as he did not expect the incompetent ex-chairman, Woo Jin-Cheon, to smuggle himself to China while being tracked down by expert trackers.

Han-Yeol did not personally join the hunt for Woo Jin-Cheon because he did not feel his effort was warranted. After all, the Hunters tracking down Woo Jin-Cheon were extremely capable, and they even placed first in international competitions.

Han-Yeol let out a sigh and said to the Hunters, “Please raise your heads.”

“W-We apologize!”

The leader of the trackers was greatly ashamed. He had confidently told Han-Yeol that they would catch Woo Jin-Cheon and make him kneel in front of him, but he did not imagine in his wildest dreams he would fail.

“I mean, there’s nothing we can do since he’s already gone. But I hope you’re not going to let the others get away too,” Han-Yeol said.

“Yes! We will make sure every single one of them is caught!”

“Good. I’ll leave it to you then.”

“Yes, sir!”

Having the other executives of the association arrested and tried was meaningless unless Woo Jin-Cheon was one of them. The turning point of the Hunters’ Association was supposed to start with Woo Jin-Cheon’s arrest, but that was no longer possible.

Han-Yeol was currently South Korea’s acting president. Truth be told, he did not want this position as he found it to be bothersome, but he had no choice but to do it to take responsibility for his actions. After all, he was the one who had toppled the government.

Fortunately, he had one of the brightest minds in the world beside him, so he did not really have to do all the thinking.

“Is this really where your country’s government runs things…?”

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“It is a mess here. I suggest you raze this building to the ground and build a new one.”

That bright mind belonged to no one else other than the demon, Stewart.

Stewart was the one who would be doing the administrative work and running the entire country, while Han-Yeol’s job was to merely be a symbolic figure.

Actually, Han-Yeol thought of bringing Jason Kim, but he was currently too busy. The mana firearms that Yoo-Bi recently developed and showcased during the Crasraid becan instant hit, and there were orders piling in from all over the world, forcing the HY Group into a state of emergency.

The firearms used currently were just coated with extract from mana stones, and Porters mostly used them, but the one Yoo-Bi developed created bullets out of the mana from the mana stones. It was somewhat similar in principle to Han-Yeol’s shoulder cannons.

Yoo-Bi purposely limited the functions of the mana firearms to make them easier to mass produce, but they were still much better than the ones that the Hunters currently used.

The development of firearms to be used by Hunters was something that attracted international attention. Most Hunters wanted a weapon they could use as a means of attacking without using their skills, and the firearms Yoo-Bi developed were extremely easy to use as long as the user could channel mana.

Because of this, the HY Group was currently understaffed, and they could not afford to send a single worker to help Han-Yeol.

He was currently stuck in the Blue House the entire day dealing with things, and this was the price he had to pay for his actions. Only a few days had passed since the government had been overturned, but Han-Yeol was already regretting his decision.

This was a stark contrast to how Han-Yeol felt, as he wanted to destroy the entire Blue House and just run away to Atarinia.

Stewart was aware of what Han-Yeol was thinking right now, and he found it intriguing.

The tthey spent together had not been that long, but it was very easy for him to figure out Han-Yeol as the latter was still a human.

This human nature of Han-Yeol’s only caused more work for Stewart, but the demon did not really mind it at all.

Of course, seeing the demon work without grumbling really impressed Han-Yeol.

Han-Yeol sincerely thanked the demon. “I think this is manageable thanks to you, Stewart. I would’ve died if I had to tackle all this alone…”

“This is nothing. I am merely carrying out Lucifer-nim’s command.”

“Damn it… Now I’m annoyed! Why did you have to mention that old geezer? You’re making it sound like I’m thanking him now!”

A vein bulged on Stewart’s forehead after he heard Han-Yeol badmouth Lucifer, but he did not say anything, as it would be strange for him to start a fight over someone who was not here.

“Oh right, please take this,” Stewart said as he placed a stack of documents on the table.

“What’s this?” Han-Yeol asked.

“These are requests from each ministry asking for quick approval. I could take care of them, but I thought it would be wise for you to deal with them instead. After all, I am a demon, so my standards could be slightly different from what you humans are used to.”

“Please letknow once you have gone over them.”

Han-Yeol grimaced at the stack of documents as if they were a pile of dung on his table.

“…”

Then, Han-Yeol’s eyes instantly changed the moment he started going through the stacks of documents. He was definitely not ssort of genius, but his concentration when it cto reading surpassed most geniuses thanks to his skill, Infinite Library.

This was another opinion Stewart had of Han-Yeol. He was the type of person who would focus on the task once he started something, even though he would grumble and even throw a tantrum before doing it.

Of course, there were numerous reasons why Lucifer was interested in Han-Yeol, but this was probably one of those reasons.

The documents Han-Yeol was going through were simple yet extremely important.

To summarize, Congress recently passed an additional thirty-two trillion won budget requested by the previous acting president, and each of the ministries was currently trying to get a slice of that budget.

Their request was not that difficult, but Han-Yeol knew he had to allocate the budget carefully.

There was an incident that happened a long tago before the president was ousted. He had to go to Congress, fight with them, scream at them, and then finally get the additional budget approved.

However, a mere acting president was able to get thirty-two trillion won as if it was nothing.

That was the only explanation Han-Yeol could think of.

What if the acting president was merely a front, and the ones who really requested the additional budget were actually the political parties? What if the two political parties were actually working together to milk the country?

Han-Yeol could feel his head pulsating again. He grabbed his head and closed his eyes to calm himself down.

It went without saying he had no plans to settle this according to the law. There was no reason for him to abide by the law when those bastards did not abide by the law.

What happened to trial by law, the right to a fair trial, and innocent until proven guilty?

Han-Yeol sincerely believed that the protection of the law should only be extended to those who abided by it. He also believed that it was pointless to use the law against those who drafted the law according to their benefit, and doing so would only be a massive waste of tfor him.

Han-Yeol slammed the table and got up with completely resolute eyes.

“Have you finally made up your mind?” Stewart asked.

“Yeah, I think it’s tto show them who’s the real boss—no, the only boss in this country,” Han-Yeol replied with a smirk.