Junho stepped forward and shouted looking at Kim Changsoo.
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Like I said you can’t go to the mountain in the back. There’s an owner for that mountain. How can you go there without the permission of the owner?”
The owner of the mountain.
It seemed like Kim Changsoo, who has a lot of land in this area, was referring to himself as the owner of the mountain.
Junho’s expression was slightly distorted as if he was dumbfounded.
“Didn’t you hear what I said? They’re going to solve the problems in the village.”
” According to the law, if Rifts or monsters show up, awakeners can enter without permission, but, if no such thing is clearly identified, of course, they have to get the owner’s consent.”
Usually, if a crack occurs, awakeners and guilds can start eradication without the owner’s consent.
After all, in an urgent situation, there won’t be any time to visit the owner and get consent.
But this time, the situation was a little ambiguous.
The issue with the Rift was already resolved, and there were no monsters that were running wild.
It’s the ordinary wasps that bother the villagers.
Of course, it seemed certain that the wasps that turned aggressive were affected by monsters, but there was no evidence to prove it.
Unlike Taeho and Sehe, who are dumbfounded, Jin and Yerin showed troubled expressions as they watched the turnaround.
“Jin. I think this is getting a little complicated.”
“I know. The situation is ambiguous.”
“Are we really not allowed to go in without permission?”
Jin replied with a nod to my question.
“That’s right. Unless the government officially checks the occurrence of cracks or monsters, or the landowner reports them first, we cannot enter at will. If the procedure is not clear, it is no different from unauthorized intrusion.”
“Um….”
Jin’s explanation made it easy to understand.
If you can enter anywhere under the pretext of Rifts and monsters, it will also be a problem in many ways.
Yerin murmured as if she didn’t understand Kim Changsoo’s behavior.
“But why is he stopping us? Isn’t it better for him if we solve the problem?”
“That’s….”
I briefly explained the story of the villagers, Kim Changsoo, and the construction of the factory.
After hearing the explanation, the group nodded as if they understood the situation.
“What a bad guy!”
“That’s very selfish. Even after knowing that the villagers are suffering, how could he act like that just for his own benefit…”
Taeho was huffing and angry, while Sehe stared at Kim Changsoo with cold eyes.
But he didn’t mind our reaction at all.
“If you want to go, you’ll have to leave your hunting gear behind. Instead, I’ll allow you to collect mushrooms or wild vegetables.”
“Hahaha!”
“Hahaha!”
The people who came along with Kim Changsoo laughed at his remark.
We frowned seeing their reaction.
Unfortunately, their laughs didn’t last long because of the arrival of an unexpected obstacle.
“Why are there so many people? What happened?”
“Didn’t you hear about the town meeting yesterday? Didn’t Sihyeon say he would bring his guild members?”
“Oh! Have they arrived already?”
Villagers slowly started gathering one after another as if they were informed by someone and soon even the village head also came running.
As there were more eyes around, Kim Changsoo, who kept his cool, began to get nervous little by little.
It was very clear how his actions would reflect in the eyes of the villagers.
To not miss this opportunity, Junho raised his voice so that everyone could hear.
“Everyone! Please listen to this. These are the people who came to solve the wasp problem, and as you can see, these guys are blocking their way and not allowing them to enter the mountain…”
Junho appealed to the villagers.
Villagers immediately responded after hearing the situation.
” What’s wrong with him? Is he already suffering from dementia?”
“I knew it. He pushes ahead with the construction of a factory that everyone was completely against and when someone comes to help the village, he’s completely against it.”
“Hey, Changsoo! What are you doing? Do you want the elderly here to become prey to those wasps?”
Residents began pointing fingers at Kim Changsoo.
There seemed to be a lot of accumulated anger against him, and there were even a few people who uttered swear words.
“COUGH…”
Kim Changsoo coughed and looked at the distant mountain in an increasingly dismal atmosphere.
However, he never backed down despite strong opposition from residents.
He seemed to think he was the one who had the advantage if he held out.
There were no signs of a change of heart.
At this rate, there won’t be any solution to this problem.
If we can’t force the opponent to back down, all we have to do is to throw the right bait and make him back away.
I came forward and approached Kim Changsoo.
As I approached, he shook his chin as if there was nothing to say.
“I don’t think you’re just going to step aside. But wouldn’t you be in trouble if we didn’t back away?”
He didn’t answer me, but there was a slight shake on his face.
“So I’m going to make a suggestion… Would you like to hear it?”
“Hmm… tell me.”
“It’s not complicated. Please allow us access to the mountain for just one day. Then we’ll clean up the problem in the village. If we don’t succeed in solving the problem within a day, we’ll admit our mistakes and step down completely. We won’t get involved in the wasp problem anymore. If we succeed, you’ll have to pay for it. After all, we’ve solved the problem of the land you own. What do you think about my suggestion?”
Kim Changsoo’s expression crumbled when he heard my suggestion.
Because it was a proposal that was overwhelmingly favorable to him.
Just one day.
It would be enough time to remove a common Rift, but this time it was a very unusual situation.
Already, the monster had adjusted to the natural environment and hid very well.
He must have heard from the awakeners who were previously commissioned and wandered in the mountains for several days to find traces of the monster.