Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 1)

Chapter 185: Empire's Eight Seats (2)

I think I could understand what that meant.

'The Eight Seats?'

What was the intention of the Holy Empire to create such a system?

The Holy Empire did not give such high positions to players. It was already unusual for me to be appointed as Honorary Bishop of the Pope's side, and this alone had brought great tumult to the Empire. In simple terms, it was not an exaggeration to say that players other than me had nothing to do with the imperial officials.

Though Guild Masters of large people were also considered important, there were boundaries in place so they wouldn't be able to intervene in the actual politics within the Empire.

With this, I could understand the Empire's position.

It wouldn't be nice for the Empire if the players got too deeply involved in their work.

'But now...'

Perhaps this new development was brought by the players who tried to protect Castle Rock by risking their lives, but then again, perhaps it wasn't.

Although this may stem from an external reason, it was a business that did not make sense if it had been brought about by the occurrence of just one monster wave.

'Have they become conscious of the Republic?'

That was not a bad guess. The Republic and the Holy Empire had been in a strange rivalry since a long time ago. When the Holy Empire raised tall buildings, the Republic also raised tall buildings. When the Republic published research on new magic or dungeons, the Empire soon published a similar kind of literary work.

This meant that there was always such a struggle in international relations. If I were to think of Shaolin, who had a high position as the Five Tiger General of the Republic, there was a high probability that the Holy Empire had chosen to take action.

Whether or not there was an official announcement about the generals of the Republic, I had not heard anything about that. Still, it was a good possibility since I had planted some of my own spies into the Republic. Besides that, there must be a strange tug-of-war and conflict of interest between the Emperor and the Pope's forces, as well as political factors that I did not know about. They might have given me, a player, the Honorary Bishop position as a way to spite the Emperor's side. Considering that they might be picking someone from Blue...

'Won't they still pick an imperial person for the position, though?'

Whether my predictions were correct or not, I would be able to find out by talking to Kim Hyunsung. Because of our past misunderstandings, it would be awkward to meet with him now, but it wouldn't matter much as this was a meeting where everyone would be present.

"Hehehehe..."

"Why're you laughing?"

"It's good to have everyone here again."

"Ah, you're right."

Jung Hayan laughed, evidently unaware of my complex thoughts.

'It wouldn't be Jung Hayan.'

Most likely not. No, in fact, it would be difficult to find a person who would be fit to take on the position in Blue. Obviously, people saw us as rookies with rising potentials, and this was mostly due to Jung Hayan, Kim Ye-ri, Sun Hee-young, and Cho Hyejin.

'They'll probably pick Hyunsung.'

If only one person would be picked, it would undoubtedly be Kim Hyunsung. Of course, he hadn't shown anything big yet, but if I were to think about him filling up the position Cha Hee-ra had left vacant during the monster wave, it made sense.