Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan

Become Overpowered CEO of Hero Clan – 200

Attack, Defense, and Development (4)

As Isaac gazed at the murky sky where only an ominous red moon remained after the massive sun that dimly lit Terraria had set, he reviewed the simulations organized by his supercomputer-level brain.

‘Even eccentricity has its limits.’

Although he had blurted out the absurd statement that he would promote the members who had just earned [Soldier] rank to royal guards, he was still pondering it until the moment of choice approached. He couldn’t be sure if the system would look favorably upon this.

Conversely, wouldn’t he risk getting stuck with an anti-achievement like ‘Dull-witted Sentimentalist’ or something?

“Cock-a-doodle-doo.”

[It’s 8 PM.]

[Today’s all-out war has ended.]

Even the system messages that usually flashed before his eyes were now delivered through the notification chicken. Suddenly, a chicken he had never met before became the second most important VIP to protect after the king.

At this rate, would he end up receiving all types of messages through this single chicken?

Isaac securely positioned the notification chicken, which occasionally flapped its wings, between his knees.

“Cluck cluck?”

[Calculating war results…]

[Applying policy adjustment coefficients.]

The notification chicken, showcasing the peculiar bird movement of rotating only its head while keeping its body still, soon started spewing messages that could determine the outcome of the cosmic war.

[Calculation complete.]

[You have acquired a total of 151 Terra Coins!]

Ba-ba-ba-ba-bam!

Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep.

An image of golden coins appeared in front of his vision. With a flashy jingling effect, 151 golden coins entered Isaac’s inventory.

「Terra Coin」

▶ Classification: Resource

▶ Grade: Ancient

▶ Effect: You can use coins to reinforce or resurrect troops. You can also unlock the king’s authority.

It seemed that resources were supplied at 8 PM when the day’s all-out war ended. The resource was named Terra Coin, sounding like a speculative cryptocurrency prone to sharp declines.

‘So this is the resource of the king game.’

Ziiing-

As the lone wolf king absorbed new information, the entrance to the captain’s room opened. Behind it stood the avatars of celestial beings who had been commanding the staredown of millions of troops.

The interference of these high-ranking individuals, who were still full of energy after fighting in an all-out war that hardly seemed like a war, was unavoidable.

Quite a few deities were impressed by the cutting-edge facilities of the Ark of Trials.

“Indeed, could there be a more suitable place for a royal palace? Our king seems to be talented in many ways.”

“The Ark of Trials, huh. Such an ancient vessel would be hard to find even in the celestial realm.”

The avatars observed every corner of the aerial palace, which rivaled the celestial Titan-class battleships, with eyes full of desire.

They were all, without exception, the highest-ranking deities representing the celestial realm. Angels and immortals with relatively less impressive achievements couldn’t even compare to these members.

As a result, the Earthlings, classified as cosmic dust, had to hurriedly stand up from their seats.

“Th-those people!”

“Let’s quickly withdraw!”

Woowoong-!

Among the deities creating an overwhelming sense of discomfort, the ones leading the front were the unpolluted Maitreya Bodhisattva and Uriel, who had taken possession of Ophelia Grace’s body.

One was the final boss of Season 5 and the source of the Midnight Miracle drop, while the other was an archangel who had stolen the body of a saint with whom he had briefly shared life and death.

Although he knew they were high-ranking nobles from the celestial realm, both had histories that couldn’t be viewed entirely positively.

“Your Majesty~ Ophelia says she’s glad to see you.”

“Is her consciousness still intact?”

“Of course. I’m trying my best not to damage the body. I might return it later, you know.”

“I see. Please tell her I’m glad to see her too.”

Despite the gentle gestures of Uriel, the Archangel of Fire, the stubborn king of the Ethereal faction maintained a businesslike attitude.

After all, emotional exchanges with these beings would be meaningless. Even if they were to win the cosmic war, these were faces he would never see again.

‘His smile is truly benevolent.’

Unlike the king who was putting up a wall, Maitreya’s kind smile seemed to contain even a hint of gladness.

“Brother, we meet again like this. I saw it in the principles of all things. Please forget the Maitreya you encountered before.”

Surprisingly, it wasn’t a misunderstanding; he really seemed glad. Isaac asked a question without lowering his guard.

“You know me?”

“I can see beyond the four-dimensional line. You… resemble that brother who ascended to Lucita’s sky more than anyone else.”

Although his chest tingled at the religious figure’s characteristically implicit metaphors, it seemed that Maitreya did indeed know some of Isaac’s secrets.

‘I think he mentioned something about Lucita’s sky back then too.’

The four-dimensional line and Lucita’s sky. And the brother who resembled Isaac.

While curiosity arose at the parade of puzzling metaphors, his clever mind decided to postpone the task of figuring it out and just noted that the Maitreya of the Deep Night who was a boss in the game was connected to the current Maitreya.

Although he didn’t understand how this was possible, the genre of this world was originally a flight of imagination mixing fantasy, cultivation, and sci-fi.

‘And things that make such things possible actually exist.’

The transcendents, also known as demiurges.

Their true forms existed outside the three-dimensional space-time, and thus they could directly or indirectly intervene in the infinite timelines of the multiverse.

Of course, that was just the setting, and even Isaac, as a possessor, had no way of knowing exactly how they governed fate.

“Have you glimpsed the realm of transcendence?”

“While it’s not a realm to be discussed so simply, you could say it’s somewhat similar.”

“Interesting. Then, can you read the near future?”

“You want to know Satanael’s methods, I see. However, he is a demiurge who achieved complete transcendence long ago. Even Tetragrammaton cannot fully read his intentions.”

In the end, it meant it wasn’t possible.

Isaac still found the concept of escaping the timeline puzzling, but he decided to set aside such metaphysical abilities and focus on the immediate matters at hand.

The rest of the deities had roughly driven out the [Insignificants] and [Soldiers] and taken their seats. Isaac opened his mouth dryly.

“Since we’re short on time, let’s leave other discussions for later. I’ll brief you on the assassination battle and resource utilization.”

Even though the celestial deities still disregarded the king’s authority, they had to share what needed to be shared.

After all, while celestial convention might regard the underworld’s civilization as less than insects, it was certain that these were reliable allies serving Tetragrammaton.

“…That concludes it.”

After finishing a general explanation of the three options regarding the assassination squad, royal guard system, and resource utilization, Isaac tried to derive the best strategy while listening to and dismissing the various deities’ unsolicited advice.

‘First, I’ll check again.’

Tap.

[Troop Reinforcement]

[Troop Revival]

[King’s Authority]

The three options that appeared when touching the Terra Coins in the inventory window. While the first two were related to military power, it was ambiguous to gauge what kind of help the King’s Authority would provide in the war.

“In this case, it would be better to reinforce with Camael or Raphael who haven’t arrived yet. Your Majesty, how about choosing troop reinforcement?”

Raziel’s advice, which had changed from a unilateral command tone to a recommending one. While Isaac found significance in the fact that the celestial soldiers had at least started to show outward courtesy, he still had to deliver the bad news.

“We can’t specify who to bring in. If we choose [Troop Reinforcement], only ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ confirmation messages appear.”

The somewhat unfriendly king game system closely resembled the asymmetrical structure of Clan of Heroes, where you’d lose out if you didn’t know.

It was unclear what kind of troops would be reinforced if reinforcement was chosen, or which individuals among the dead soldiers could be resurrected if revival was chosen.

If national policy was a high-level psychological warfare, resource utilization was that with an added element of luck. Isaac, who knew the terror of the gacha system better than anyone, only wished for heaven’s blessing to be with him.

‘Whatever I choose, it probably won’t be a disaster.’

In fact, since the heaven called Tetragrammaton was helping Isaac, the misfortune of drawing tens of thousands of [Insignificants] that wouldn’t contribute to the military power at all through troop reinforcement wouldn’t happen.

‘First, I’ll check what the King’s Authority is.’

However, what filled the king’s mind was an extreme gambit.

Wouldn’t choosing an unknown option like the King’s Authority at this crucial timing also be close to an eccentric action?

The idea was that an achievement reward with unparalleled performance might pop out as a bonus.

“Then, make your own judgment on resource utilization, and let’s start with forming the assassination squad and royal guard.”

Just as Isaac’s internal conflict was about to reach a conclusion, Gabriel, who had a strong voice among the highest-ranking deities, took the lead.

“For the assassination squad, how about fixing the Thunder Treasure Heavenly Lord, the archangels Gabriel and Uriel, and adding Sun Wukong to it?”

“That sounds good. This Heavenly Lord has forged the Thunder Sound Treasure Spear for times like this, so if we can get within 10 zhang (33 meters) of Satanael, we can pierce his heart in one breath.”

The white-haired elder, Thunder Treasure Heavenly Lord, actively agreeing with the list compiled by the young holy knight Gabriel.

Having spent eons together, the avatars of the deities who understood each other’s characteristics well soon submitted a list of assassination squad and royal guard members in rapid succession.

The final reporter was, of course, Archangel Gabriel. His young gaze was trying to dissuade the other party affectionately.

“Your Majesty. Please set aside your previous impulsive statement.”

Behind Isaac, whom he glanced at, stood the members of the Harmony Clan, clearly tense.

These were the insignificant talents that Isaac, the king whom the system had specified as a tyrant, had put on the royal guard list.

Gabriel was the celestial leader among the archangels who valued common sense, moderation, and communication.

The fact that this lowly king could achieve a policy victory by a slight advantage was due to a flash of the principle of 70% luck, 30% skill.

‘Just bend your stubbornness a little!’

If he kept throwing unstable gambits, he would face inevitable ruin. Gabriel’s strategy for running the king game was to achieve victory by steadily building up in the early stages.

“Yes. I’ve received the list well. I’ll think it over.”

“This time, please follow our words. The fate of all Ethereal is at stake.”

“I’ll review it positively.”

“…Yes.”

The dead fish eyes that strongly conveyed the stubbornness to do whatever he wanted regardless of what they said left the celestial commander Gabriel’s chest feeling heavy.

Given the structure of the king game where rank was everything, there was no way to stage any further insubordination. It was a moment when the will of heaven that had appointed such a character as king became particularly resentful.

Swish. Click.

While Gabriel’s insides were burning black, Isaac was doing his best in the duty given to him.

[131 Terra Coins will be consumed.]

[Unlock the King’s Authority?]

[Yes/No]

An insane price consuming as many as 131 resources.

The reason Isaac was fixated on the King’s Authority was curiosity, along with the price exceeding 100 coins.

This cost was an amount that couldn’t be purchased if the ‘development policy’ hadn’t been chosen on the first day.

‘I’m going for it.’

With the assassination battle about to begin in this tight timeframe, Isaac, recalling the saying about making a bad move after long deliberation, boldly moved his finger towards [Yes].

[Acquired the King’s Authority ‘Account Synchronization’!]

「Account Synchronization」

▶ Classification: Combat Skill

▶ Grade: Unknown

▶ Effect: Synchronizes your account for 10 minutes once a day.

Heaven had openly helped.

Glancing at the hazy and ominous sky, Isaac coldly returned the assassination squad and royal guard list that had come up from the celestial meeting.

“As I said earlier, I will appoint these children as royal guards.”

The audience’s jaws dropped.