# Chapter 457: Side Story 130
The golem army’s show of force in Washington DC.
A request for a meeting with the US President.
After it was accepted, bilateral talks commenced at the White House.
And then,
Reconciliation and peace.
But everyone knew.
That America had completely surrendered.
Well, of course.
When someone summons a golem army right in the middle of a nation’s capital and advances, what country wouldn’t surrender?
In a way, it was deeply humiliating.
Not even to a nation, but kneeling before a single individual.
However, President Timothy didn’t mind at all.
Rather, with a confident smile at the White House briefing, he said,
“Is this America’s humiliation? Absolutely not. Grand Master Tower Lord Bong Ju-hyeok is a god… no, I swear to God, he is someone worthy of respect. If told to bow my head to him, I could do it a hundred times over.”
Ju-hyeok was satisfied with Timothy’s comment.
He had almost slipped up.
Now it was time to return to Korea.
Boarding a chartered plane at the Las Vegas airport.
Ju-hyeok spoke with South Korean President Park Gyeong-min on the phone before the plane took off.
But he received an unexpected proposal.
“Another welcome celebration parade?”
– I’m sorry. I know it’s a bother, but… please, I’m asking you.
The event itself wasn’t a problem.
They wanted to congratulate him, so there was no reason to refuse,
And although the tournament was canceled so he didn’t actually win, he was bringing back considerable achievements.
He had secured America’s promise for large-scale investment in Korea’s magic science industry.
He had also gotten Korea selected as the host nation for the next World’s Greatest World Tournament.
Of course that was worth celebrating.
But the method was the problem.
They wanted him to lead the golem army in a parade.
Just like he did in Washington, but this time in Seoul.
“The roads will all be destroyed, though.”
– That’s fine. We’ll repair them quickly. The people are desperately hoping for this. And honestly, I want to see it too.
He understood.
In Washington it was a show of force, but in Korea it would be a parade of national pride.
“Alright. Have the government plan the parade route. I’ll try to walk carefully.”
– Thank you.
Having received Ju-hyeok’s permission, President Park Gyeong-min immediately issued a public address.
And then the golem army parade began.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The super-massive Magnus Gigant appeared in downtown Seoul, along with various enhanced Gigants, 300 Fission Golems, and dragons and Micro Angels filling the sky.
MacKenzie wasn’t one to sit still.
The visual grand mage who had transcended the 9th circle.
Fireworks burst ceaselessly in the air.
Red rose petals fluttered down gracefully.
Seoul citizens, as well as those who had traveled to the capital from other regions to see the parade, cheered until their voices went hoarse.
It was a feast for the eyes.
The difference between watching on TV and seeing it in person was incomparable.
ㄴ Damn, seriously, Seoul people should pay more taxes.
ㄴ What happened to balanced regional development?
ㄴ Can’t they do this in other regions too? Even if the roads get destroyed, they can just repave them.
ㄴ Agreed, I’ll gladly accept this kind of tax waste.
ㄴ Instead of complaining, let’s do a Blue House national petition. Asking for the other regions to get it too.
National petition.
Please hold golem army parades in other regions too.
Hit 3 million signatures in just one day.
“Geez.”
“What should we do?”
“…We have to do it. What choice do we have?”
Parades were held in five major cities across the nation.
For several days, South Korea was thoroughly intoxicated with golem-fueled national pride.
***
Parallel Earth 561.
Ju-hyeok had roughly achieved the goals he had set.
He had played enough, so now it was time to wrap things up and leave.
Thus, he established an exit strategy.
First, the Daejeong City Martial Arts and Magic Academy.
Making sure it could operate without issues even after he left.
He selected those with exceptional talent as instructors and gave them intensive training.
Raising them to at least the Hwagyeong level or higher.
He also created an academy library.
He wrote general martial arts theory in physical books and placed them there.
He also filmed videos showing how to practice techniques, making them available for academy students to view.
These weren’t special secret manuals, just ordinary martial arts.
He had simply organized them to be easy to understand.
What about the dimensional travelers who had been serving as temporary instructors?
When he expressed gratitude for their hard work and said they could now return home,
“Could I stay here for a while longer?”
“Me too.”
“I’d like to stay as long as possible.”
“I can train the next generation while I’m at it.”
The dimensional travelers had no intention of leaving.
Fusion or not, this was still a scientifically advanced Earth, wasn’t it?
Electronic smart devices that would cost at least 1 million Choe-ma at the Dimensional Auction House were everywhere here.
And that wasn’t all.
Thousands of pieces of content being released every single day,
He hadn’t even seen 5% of it yet.
He would stay a while longer.
Until he got bored.
Though he wasn’t sure if he ever would.
“Go ahead and do that. Just let me know when you eventually decide to leave.”
If the dimensional travelers would take responsibility for the academy, he had nothing to worry about.
He also met with Nam Ga-jin, the Sect Master of the Geumgang Taegeuk Sect.
Currently Korea’s top celebrity martial artist,
When he told her he was leaving,
“Wh-what, a-already? I haven’t even repaid my debt of gratitude yet.”
Oh come on, what debt between us?
“I have a favor to ask.”
“Please tell me. I’ll do anything.”
“Train hard and make the Geumgang Taegeuk Sect the number one sect in Korea. That’s my request.”
“…Ah!”
Gosaguk, who had been quietly listening from the side, let out a deep sigh and shook his head.
“Haaah.”
“What? Is there a problem?”
“No.”
“Then why the sigh?”
“I have an ominous feeling that the Bong family line will be cut off.”
“…”
What about him?
Weren’t they both equally hopeless at romance?
“Don’t worry about it. I’m in my mid-twenties. I’m still in my prime. Once I meet the right person, sparks will fly in an instant.”
What did he take him for?
“Hmph! Your twenties will pass in the blink of an eye. Open your eyes once and you’re around thirty, drift off for a day and you’ll be young-forty before you know it.”
So what if he was young-forty?
Living young was wonderful.
Young-fifty, young-sixty, young-seventy, he’d keep it going.
Finally, Ju-hyeok went to the Blue House for a private meeting with President Park Gyeong-min.
After revealing that he was a dimensional traveler,
“I’m planning to leave soon.”
“…”
Park Gyeong-min’s face was a mixture of disappointment and unease.
“Will you be going far?”
“Probably.”
It was a different dimension, after all.
“Will you not come back?”
“That’s not the case. I’ll visit from time to time. We’ll stay in contact.”
“Ah!”
Only then did he seem relieved.
“Then I will wait. Please visit whenever you feel like it.”
With this, the travel schedule for Parallel Earth 561 came to an end.
He didn’t leave immediately.
He met with people he had formed connections with to say goodbye, checked that the academy was running well, and donated all the money he still had.
Ju-hyeok entered the White Tower together with his summoned beings.
-Spot!
Goodbye!
Parallel Earth 561.
I’ll come again.
Though I don’t know when.
***
Time passed quickly.
The peaceful daily life of the White Tower flowed by.
Ju-hyeok was spending time on his Earth for the first time in a while.
Meeting Jeon Gwang-il, going to Rajiks Trading to see CEO Jeong Dong-hun, getting together with friends…
‘Oh right! I don’t have any friends.’
He had no choice but to spend time with family.
But that wasn’t easy either.
“When are you getting married?”
A surprise attack from his father, Bong Su-cheol.
“I’m still in my twenties, you know?”
“People in their twenties can’t get married?”
“Min-hyeok is there too. Tell him to get married first.”
“Think he could? A guy who can’t even talk to women.”
Ju-hyeok nodded.
Min-hyeok was a bit extreme, true.
“But you talk to women just fine.”
“Who?”
“Dal-rae-gongju, Captain Vae, Incubus, Baek Dan-a, Dorothy… Hmm hmm, I rather like Mari myself.”
Father.
They’re summoned beings.
You don’t do that kind of thing with family.
It goes against the Five Relationships.
“My friend Duu got married at seventeen and has over 100 children, you know.”
“…”
“I got married early too and had you two. And I’m living comfortably in my later years because of it.”
“…”
“You’re just like me in everything else, so how come you didn’t inherit my dating skills? You and Min-hyeok both, it makes me so frustrated every time I see you.”
“…”
Ugh!
See if I ever come home again.
He retreated to the White Tower again,
This was the most comfortable place.
Without even showering, rolling around lazily, eating when hungry, blankly watching shorts videos when bored.
Then one day.
-Bee-beep!
‘Hm?’
What?
Not a ding, but a bee-beep?
In that moment!
A message transmitted to his consciousness.
[Is this Dimensional Investigator Bong Ju-hyeok?]
Huh?
That voice was…
‘Team Leader Eina?’
[Yes, that’s right. You still remember my voice.]
‘Oh please, how could I forget your voice, Team Leader? I was actually about to come visit.’
[Thank you. Then could you come to the Bureau now?]
‘Hm? Did something happen?’
[I’d like to request you to carry out a mission as a Dimensional Investigator.]
Whoa!
‘W-was there an illegal time regression incident?’
[No. It has nothing to do with that. Think of it as a side investigation of sorts.]
Phew… What a relief.
‘Got it. I’ll be right there.’
[I’ll be waiting.]
How could he just casually go to meet Team Leader Eina?
He brushed his teeth, showered, changed clothes, and told his summoned beings,
“A Dimensional Investigator mission came up. I’m going to stop by the Bureau.”
Kozak was startled.
“Ahhh! Is it an illegal time regression incident?”
It wasn’t, though?
Even if it was, why was he so startled?
“Is the dimensional travel over now? I told you before, didn’t I? A cosmic disaster is a finale-ending cliche.”
He remembered.
“Is there nothing left to write about? If a major incident breaks out, doesn’t the dimensional travel go into epilogue mode?”
Tsk tsk,
This guy couldn’t distinguish between reality and fiction.
Did he think they were protagonists in a novel?
“It’s not an illegal time regression incident, so don’t worry. She said it’s a side investigation.”
“Oh!”
Kozak was relieved.
“Thank goodness. We can keep the dimensional travel going.”
Keep it going, he says.
“Anyway, wait here. I’ll find out what this is about and come back.”
***
-Spot!
Ju-hyeok arrived at the Dimensional Management Bureau.
Team Leader Eina greeted him.
“Oh my, Team Leader, it’s been a while. How did you get even prettier?”
“…Nothing has particularly changed, though.”
Really?
Anyway.
“The mission you mentioned earlier definitely isn’t an illegal time regression, right?”
“Yes. It isn’t.”
Then?
“I have an acquaintance, and he came asking me to help resolve a problem that occurred in his dimension.”
If it was Eina’s acquaintance… it was obviously a god.
“What kind of problem?”
“Why don’t you hear it directly? I’ll summon him to the Bureau.”
A moment later.
-Spot! A being appeared at the Bureau.
‘…Hm?’
Eina was a goddess.
The newly appeared being?
‘A male god.’
He was slightly disappointed.
A male god was kind of… you know?
He gave off a solemn and fierce feeling.
But he was handsome.
His ears were pointed.
Could he be the god of an elf race?
“Welcome. Wignar.”
“Eina, how did it go? Did you find a suitable human?”
Eina pointed at Ju-hyeok as she spoke.
“This is the person. He can handle any problem.”
“Oh! Nice to meet you, human. I am Wignar… Mmm, wait, what…? Haah.”
The god Wignar tilted his head and let out a sigh.
“Eina! This person isn’t human! I definitely told you I needed a human.”
Wignar’s face crumpled as he confronted Eina.
“This is something that needs to be resolved in the Mortal Realm. How can a god descend to the Mortal Realm? What about causality? If it were that simple, I would have gone down and handled it myself.”
That was true.
A god couldn’t descend recklessly.
But.
“Look closely. This person isn’t a god. Not yet.”
That’s right.
I’m not a god.
Although I have Divine Power in my body, and Underworld Energy, and Immortal Energy, I am definitely human.
“Hmm, no matter how I look, he seems like a god?”
I’m telling you I’m not!
“Regardless, that’s not what’s important. This person can go anywhere. Whether it’s the Mortal Realm or the Divine Realm, he can stay in whatever world he wishes.”
Eina was a god.
There was no way she would lie.
Wignar gazed at Ju-hyeok intently,
Then suddenly extended his hand.
“Pleased to meet you. I am Wignar, the Main God of the Skaldion dimension.”
“I am the human Bong Ju-hyeok.”
“I envy you.”
“What do you mean?”
“The authority to stay wherever you please.”
Was that an authority?
Well, maybe!
Even gods were bound by the constraints of causality.
Meanwhile, he was quite free.
“I have a favor to ask. Would you be able to do it?”
Let’s not commit to anything.
“Let me hear it first.”
“The Demon God of Skaldion’s Demon Realm fled to the Mortal Realm. Please capture him.”
Huh?
“Didn’t you just say gods can’t cross over to the Mortal Realm?”
“He discarded 90% of his godhood and escaped.”
Ah!
“But even 10% of godhood is an extremely threatening existence in the Mortal Realm. He could disrupt causality and shake the laws of the world.”
Oh no!
This was bad.
“Do you know where in the Mortal Realm he is?”
“Well… I don’t know the exact location, but I have an idea which country he’s hiding in.”
A country.
“Is it big?”
“By Earth standards, about the size of France.”
That was big.
How was he supposed to find him there?
“He’s probably disguised himself as a noble. That should narrow the range further.”
Hmm.
Ju-hyeok pondered.
It was difficult, but he also wasn’t particularly drawn to it.
He had just finished a trip not long ago and was resting.
Even if Team Leader Eina was asking, she wasn’t the directly involved party.
This was the matter of a Main God named Wignar.
“I’m quite busy at the moment…”
“If you successfully handle this matter, I will give you a fragment of attribute-less godhood.”
“Busy or not, I need to make time. I accept the mission.”
A fragment of attribute-less godhood.
If he gave it to his Godly White Lord, he would be pleased.
How hard could catching a Demon God be?
He had caught a Demon Immortal before.
He had dealt with a Dragon God too.
“Then first, take a look around the Skaldion dimension. But! I’d prefer if you didn’t cause too big a commotion.”
Was he telling him not to cause trouble?
Had the Lee Bong-kkaeng rumors spread here too?
“If you reveal your presence, the target might notice and flee, hiding his identity again.”
Ah!
So that was the reason.
“I’ll also arrange an identity for you to make it easier to operate, along with detailed information about the target’s true nature.”
Ju-hyeok nodded.
Then Eina said,
“I’ll open a dimensional gate for you. Even a brief survey of the dimension should help you plan your investigation.”
Yes yes,
Please open it.
-Vzzzt!
The dimensional gate opened.
-Swoosh! Whoom! Arrival,
Simultaneously, an alert sounded.
-Ding!
[Dimensional Investigator Bong Ju-hyeok is currently in mission status.]
[The Dimensional Investigator’s unique system has been successfully applied to the Skaldion dimension.]
[Granting the Dimensional Investigator language proficiency of the Skaldion dimension.]
[Granting the Dimensional Investigator the identity of a descendant of the fallen nobility, House of Count Delian, in the Skaldion dimension.]
[Transmitting information regarding the identity, authorities, and other details of the escaped Demon God to the Dimensional Investigator.]
