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Chapter 59: Last Hope (8)

Chapter 59: Last Hope (8)

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Inner Gorgon Fortress, meeting room. Three newly appointed department heads were sitting in front of Chancellor Euren.

“Don’t worry, the Master knows what he’s doing!”

Jahir, the newly appointed head of the Department of Security, seemed especially excited.

“…And what would that be? Are you talking about opening up a tournament without a proper meeting with the head of departments?”

“Hmph.”

“Jahir, this is serious. All warriors of <Chaos> are gathering here.”

“I know that…”

Gorgon Fortress was overcrowded with visitors, from tournament attendees to just plain spectators. Teleportation stations were having a hard time and all of the four gates were packed with people trying to get into the fortress.

“Karlton, any word?”

“Yes?”

“About the situation.”

Euren sighed at Karlton. The opening of the tournament, even if it was started without a proper meeting, was not illegal at all. If half of the officers in Gorgon agreed, the Master had the authority to proceed with projects that would cost more than 300 million horuns. And surprisingly, Jaehwan had earned more than half of the approvals.

How?

It was simple. When Jaehwan became the Master, out of the five officers, four had died and one had been injured. Jaehwan then appointed three members to become the new head of Security, Law, and Finance departments. They were all people that Jaehwan knew, so it was apparent that he could get any approval he needed.

Karlton asked, “I guess the Chancellor doesn’t approve of his ideas?”

“It’s not about that.” Euren frowned, “It’s not about if I like it or not, but the principles.”

“Enough with your principles.”

Someone interrupted. It was the new head of the Department of Finance.

“When will you quit talking about that nonsense?”

Euren’s expression turned cold.

“Everything runs on principles. I guess you wouldn’t know because of your background.”

Euren did not like the new head of the Finance Department. He was only okay with Karlton being the head of the Law Department and Jahir the leader of Anti-Evil taking on the head of the Security Department.

‘But this is too far.’

Gorgon was under an emergency, but a 2nd stage Adapter who managed a saloon was not fit for such a job. Euren could not forget when Jaehwan first brought Claire into the fortress to appoint her as the new head of the Finance Department.

-To me, a saloon or Gorgon Fortress are all same. It’s just a matter of size.

After Claire took the position, she quickly kicked out the corrupt officials and changed all the policies in Gorgon to fit the standard of the common citizens.

The result was outrage. Even now, there were a lot of high ranked Adapters complaining about the new policies being piled up at the Master’s office.

“Don’t think of me lightly, Chancellor,” Claire said to Euren. “It seems that you don’t like how Master is running things. Do you know what values he’s bringing in?”