Tae-Han leaned against his arm while sprawled out in the luggage compartment heading to the Sky Guild. Odin was a monster who had not only dealt with twenty thousand people alone, but had also eliminated all the people who had been in power in the South at once. It was hard to believe that the man was human. He was being dragged into the monster’s mouth, but Tae-Han felt fine. He thought meeting Odin could bring him benefits.

***

During the 1997 IMF financial crisis, the Ilsung Group had faced bankruptcy along with Daehyun and Daehoo. To Tae-Han, that moment that occurred more than twenty years ago was more impressive than the day when monsters invaded the earth and the Stage of Advent began as Joshua von Karjan, the head of the German Karjan Group, had predicted. Every time he looked back, he thought that there wasn’t an event that was more shocking than the IMF crisis. After all, it was the turning point of his life.

He was the youngest out of the two daughters and three sons of the Ilsung family, so he wasn’t qualified to even try to get the crown. The succession structure was clear. His eldest sister was smarter and wiser than his brothers, and she was outstanding enough to overcome the limitations of being born a woman back then. Therefore, his father, the founder of the group, had no qualms about having her succeed him instead of his sons.

“Are you sad?”

“No, but my eldest brother must be disappointed. But why did you have her succeed you already, Father? You are still hale and hearty.”

“Jeonil Investment… They are such a lump of greed.”

“...I thought things sorted out after Daehoo collapsed.”

“Their greed is out of...