The Final Boss Has Returned 97

Chapter 97

Lightwing Intertainment. Building!

The building where Lightwing Intertainment. is located, situated in Gangbuk across the Han River, opposite the Jeil Content Hub Building that stands tall in Gangnam, Seoul, is relatively small, about 8 stories tall, unlike the Jeil Content Hub Building that is over 10 stories tall.

“This is it.”

Drakan, a rough-looking man who got out of Shin Ha-yeon’s Rolls Royce, turned his gaze to the Lightwing Intertainment. building.

On top of the building was a sign with a wing pattern that he had seen so many times in the previous game.

It was the symbol of the Lightwing Guild.

A beautiful woman who looked like Eugene, whom he had never seen before, was standing at the entrance, waiting for Drakan.

“Are you Drakan?”

“Yes. Who are you who say that?”

Drakan’s gaze turned to the woman standing in front of the entrance.

Lightwing Guild!

Drakan remembered the faces of Eugene and the members who fought for supremacy over Ard World, as well as their personalities, but he had no recollection of the face of the woman standing before him.

“I’m Cha Yu-na, the manager of Lightwing Intertainment.”

“I see.”

Drakan nodded.

I wondered why he didn’t remember, but it turned out that she was not the person playing the game, but the manager who supported them.

So it was clear that she didn’t particularly remain in his memory.

Drakan, what he had to deal with was Eugene and his colleagues, not the manager.

Since ancient times, support has a separate area for support.

In that sense, Drakan’s manager could be said to be Team Leader Lee Ki-joon, the support team leader, but the one who actually took on the role of manager was Shin Ha-yeon.

And Shin Ha-yeon already knew the identity of Cha Yu-na, who introduced herself as the manager of Lightwing Intertainment.

“Drakan-nim.”

Shin Ha-yeon, as always, clung to Drakan’s side and whispered in his ear in a small voice.

“That person. She’s Eugene’s younger sister.”

Drakan’s lips formed a smile at Shin Ha-yeon’s words.

“I see.”

Drakan answered in a small voice.

In Eugene’s interview, he had seen a passing mention of a younger sister, but he didn’t know she was his manager. Drakan stared at Cha Yu-na.

“Follow me. Sister Ji-hye is waiting for you.”

Drakan followed Cha Yu-na into the Lightwing Intertainment. building without saying a word, taking Shin Ha-yeon and Ignis with him, and finally arrived at the conference room.

“Welcome, Drakan.”

Verda was sitting alone in the conference room.

Unlike the silver-haired Ard World, the cold-looking beauty Verda, or rather Kim Ji-hye, had black hair like other Koreans, and Drakan sat across from her, with Ignis and Shin Ha-yeon sitting on either side of him.

“Are you the only one?”

“Yes. I have full authority in this negotiation.”

Drakan clicked his tongue at Verda’s words.

‘You’re clever!’

Eugene!

Because Eugene, who was kind and innocent to the point of being a pushover, could not possibly be skilled in negotiations, Verda’s intention to step forward and lead the negotiations as favorably as possible, or even break them off if necessary, was clear to Drakan.

And Drakan had absolutely no intention of moving according to Verda’s intentions.

“I came here to negotiate with the Guild Master of Lightwing, not to come all the way here to negotiate with you.”

In other words, at Drakan’s words, telling her to bring the owner instead of the hunting dog, Verda still maintained a calm, expressionless face.

She had already anticipated this level of remarks.

Drakan, although he was an enemy, was never stupid, but rather a cunning human being.

Verda had already anticipated that such a Drakan would call out Eugene, who was clearly not accustomed to negotiations, for the ease of negotiation.

“Eugene-nim has delegated full authority to me, so I am here to represent Lightwing Guild, so please speak to me.”

Verda replied to Drakan in a cold voice.

‘How dare you try to call Eugene-nim to this place, you have no chance.’

Verda’s cold eyes scanned Drakan.

She checked to see if there was any change in his expression, but as expected of the experienced Drakan, there was not a single movement in his expression.

He still only had an unreadable, relaxed smile.

However, Verda was not naive enough to be fooled by Drakan’s attitude, which could be a bluff.

“What is your intention in purchasing the Twilight Stone?”

Verda, the reason she was sitting across from Drakan.

One of the reasons was to find out why Drakan wanted to purchase the Twilight Stone.

Although the Twilight Stone was a Legendary grade item, it was ultimately a material item, and although it was currently left as stock in the guild warehouse without any particular use, it didn’t mean that Drakan and the Lightwing Guild were on friendly terms enough to generously provide it to him free of charge.

No, rather, although there was an atmosphere of reconciliation on the surface, they inwardly considered Drakan, and Ignis and Shin Ha-yeon next to him, as potential enemies.

‘The reason for needing a Legendary grade item is either a quest or an item. It must be one of the two.’

Verda thought so and stared at Drakan with cold eyes.

Quest strategy or item creation!

Everyone knew that there would be little use for the Twilight Stone if it wasn’t for one of the two, but what Verda wanted to know wasn’t such a simple intention.

Before the negotiation, Verda thought from Drakan’s perspective once more.

Judging from her experience of countless confrontations with Drakan and her analysis of him as a potential enemy, the fact that Drakan had come all the way to the Lightwing Intertainment. building, which was practically the enemy’s heart, meant that the item ‘Twilight Stone’ was just as necessary for him.

No matter how Drakan had transformed into a more cunning villain who could sell his lofty pride as needed after his return, the fact that he had high pride and was surprisingly thorough in his calculations remained unchanged.

‘Even when Drakan knelt, he thoroughly calculated the cost-benefit in his head before putting on the performance of selling his pride.’

Verda recalled the time when Drakan knelt during the interview a while ago.

Drakan!

The fact that the man, who was second to none in terms of pride in the world, knelt and apologized in front of all the users, shocked everyone who watched the interview.

The scene of a man who would rather break than bend throwing his own pride to the ground was that shocking, and even Verda herself had a slight suspicion that ‘Maybe Drakan has really changed for the better?’

But to put it bluntly, no, he had simply transformed into an even more evil and cunning villain who could sell even his pride for long-term gain, unlike in the past when he was obsessed with only short-term gains.

Drakan’s essence had not changed.

He had simply learned the skill of skillfully packaging his essence.

Verda evaluated Drakan as such, and therefore, she judged that Drakan’s visit here also proved that the item ‘Twilight Stone’ was an important item that he had to obtain even at the cost of his pride.

So, in this sense, she was the one holding the bargaining chip in this negotiation.

Of course, if she entered the negotiation in this state, she would be able to drive down the price considerably, maybe even ten times the market price.

Regardless of anything else, Shin Ha-yeon, who had more money than she could count, was stuck to Drakan’s side.

However, they also had enough money to be called ‘rich’ by ordinary people, although not as much as Shin Ha-yeon, and most importantly, there was no need for this kind of power struggle if they were aiming for money.

‘I need information.’

Information!

Verda wanted information about Drakan.

Unlike other management companies that were still at the level of large entertainment agencies, Jeil E&M, Drakan’s agency, had a conglomerate as its parent company, and it was very difficult to extract information from them, as they seemed to receive special treatment within the company.

Therefore, using this negotiation as an excuse, Verda intended to gather information about the item Drakan was trying to create or the quest he was trying to conquer through the Twilight Stone, and furthermore, if the quest or item expected to be completed through the Twilight Stone would significantly help Drakan’s growth or expansion of power, she planned to break off the negotiation.

Step on Drakan and eliminate the trouble before he grows!

That was the grand strategy that Verda had consistently pursued from the beginning, and Drakan was a dissident element with enough potential danger to warrant such vigilance.

“Well, why should I tell you that?”

The moment she saw Drakan grinning mischievously, Verda was convinced.

That the Twilight Stone was not just important to Drakan, but a very important key item.

“Drakan-nim, you are not on friendly terms with us. Moreover, you have a history of flamboyant misdeeds from the previous game.”

Verda’s sharp gaze scanned Drakan’s face once again.

There was still no change in his expression.

“How can we trust and hand over a dangerous item like a Legendary grade material item to someone like you? We don’t know what dangerous things you might do with that item.”

You have a history of misdeeds from the previous game, so how can we trust you with a Legendary grade item!

You might commit another atrocity with that item!

It seemed like a forced logic at first glance, but it was true that Drakan had committed evil deeds, and most importantly, it was a logic that could be enforced because Lightwing Guild was the current victor of Ard World.

As with everything in the world, the relationship between organizations fundamentally revolved around the logic of power, and the guilds of Ard World were no exception.

Of course, this was possible because it wasn’t entirely without justification.

‘Now, what excuse will you come up with?’

Verda smiled inwardly and looked at Drakan.

In Verda’s opinion, the current situation was no different from checkmate.

The fact that he was reluctant to reveal its purpose meant that the item was that important to Drakan, and to obtain such an important item, he had no choice but to answer her question.

Of course, he could lie, but if he did, she could just hand over the item, confirm the result, and then use the Infinite Eugene Church to manipulate public opinion and frame him for lying, destroying all the public opinion Drakan had built up so far.

People tend to be much angrier when someone who has once repented commits another evil deed, so Drakan would fall miserably.

Therefore, if Drakan lied, that would be the best outcome for Verda.

Even if the negotiation broke down like this, it would still be beneficial to Verda.

This was because giving up such an important item, whatever it was, would mean that Drakan’s growth would be stunted.

Feeling like she had the winning hand, Verda looked at Drakan’s lips.

And Drakan also looked at Verda and smiled, the corners of his lips rising.

‘She’s still cleverly using her head.’

Drakan had already figured out Verda’s intentions, and he had prepared a way to catch her off guard.

This was because the ‘negotiation plan to persuade Eugene’ that he had prepared was the joker card that could defeat Verda.

Drakan looked straight at Verda and slowly, with a still relaxed attitude, finally revealed the card he had prepared.