104: This time, you have to choose land warfare!

Kim Chan-hoon shook his head in disappointment, looking at the mess in the hall.

Although his son currently had a high score and was on the Hero Ranking, it was clear that his intelligence and magnanimity were still far from sufficient.

Scores could be inherited, but a person’s military experience and dungeon raiding experience could not.

“I told you long ago, Lin Ye would never be so easy to deal with. Someone who can quickly rise to the top 50 must have something extraordinary about him.”

“You challenged Lin Ye without any preparation, so failure was inevitable.”

As he spoke, Kim Chan-hoon pointed his cane at the sofa that Kim Geun-seok had overturned.

“Clean up what you’ve ruined.”

Kim Geun-seok gritted his teeth but dared not disobey his father.

After some tidying up, the living room of the Kim Family villa returned to its original state, and Kim Geun-seok was sweating profusely from the effort.

Kim Chan-hoon sat down and pointed to the seat opposite him, motioning for Kim Geun-seok to sit down properly.

“Geun-seok, do you know where you went wrong?”

Kim Geun-seok lowered his head and stammered, “Please instruct me, Father!”

“You… you take everything for granted.”

“Our South Korea’s aerial combat is very strong; do you think Lin Ye wouldn’t know that? Wouldn’t he consider this when designing the dungeon?”

“Since it’s a duel between you and him, this dungeon is naturally tailor-made for you.”

“Now, because of your carelessness, the family and the entire Settlement have been shamed.”

Kim Geun-seok let out a long breath and slowly clenched his fists.

“Geun-seok, I ask you, what will you do next?”

“Father! I must defeat Lin Ye. I will reclaim the dignity I lost myself!”

Hearing Kim Geun-seok’s words, Kim Chan-hoon finally showed a look of relief on his face.

“That’s more like it. The head of my Kim Family must never give up easily!”

“Fortunately, the score setting for Lin Ye’s dungeon this time is relatively low. 800 points are nothing to you. You have many chances to try his dungeon… Defeating Lin Ye is not without hope.”

“However, to defeat Lin Ye next, you must think thoroughly.”

“My advice to you is, for the next dungeon challenge, choose land combat!”

As he said this, a cold expression appeared on Kim Chan-hoon’s face.

“Land combat? Father… you want me to choose land combat?”

“But, if we choose land combat, wouldn’t our Kim Family’s trump card be exposed to the world?” Kim Geun-seok looked very surprised.

The trump card Kim Geun-seok referred to was a plan implemented by the South Goryeo Settlement five years ago, called “Operation Strong Nation.”

At the behest of Park Chengwan, the leader of the Settlement, the Kim Family, along with the Lee Family, Park Family, and Cui Family—the four major families—spent a large amount of money to purchase technology from other Settlements.

This primarily included two aspects: first, purchasing warship technology from the neighboring Da He Settlement, and second, acquiring a tank blueprint named Hans 7V from the distant Teutonic Settlement!

The Teutonic Settlement was the undisputed master of land combat on the entire Azure Star, and the Hans 7V tank designed by the Teutonics was a major weapon in land warfare.

Although this model was already the Teutonic Settlement’s secondary flagship model, for South Korea, which had always lagged in land combat, it still held immense research value.

The purpose of this operation was to compensate for the South Goryeo Settlement’s shortcomings in naval and land warfare.

Although it was just a small place, the South Goryeo Settlement’s ambition was unusually great. They also wanted to become a top Settlement on this Azure Star and enjoy the best resources.

This operation was very covert. After the purchase, several major families made corresponding modifications to the Hans 7V.

The Kim Family utilized the Hans 7V blueprint to transform it into the Kim 7V, which had even more ferocious firepower.

However, this tank model had never appeared in a South Goryeo Settlement Designer’s dungeon before; it could be said to be a completely hidden card belonging to the South Goryeo Settlement.

It was meant to make a splash when it was finally revealed!

“Some things, if kept hidden, will eventually become scrap metal,” Kim Chan-hoon sighed and said.

“If there hadn’t been this challenge between you and Lin Ye, everything would have been fine, but now that things have come to this, there’s no more hiding, because the whole world is watching you.”

Kim Chan-hoon stood up, leaning on his cane, leaving only his back to Kim Geun-seok.

“There’s less than a day until the dungeon reopens. Gather all the company employees who have mastered Kim 7V technology. If there aren’t enough, find employees who are good at land combat.”

“Then issue a statement: the next round of Winter is Coming must ensure that every Challenger is from my Kim Family!”

After speaking, Kim Chan-hoon got up and walked onto the escalator.

Kim Geun-seok looked at his father’s departing back and couldn’t help but gasp.

The next opening of Winter is Coming would be on a scale of 50,000 people!

It had been a long time since such a large-scale group battle, leading 50,000 people from the company and family to challenge a dungeon together.

He truly hadn’t expected things to escalate to this extent.

He had only acted a bit foolishly, and it had turned into a desperate, no-holds-barred fight!

…

Soon, Kim Geun-seok’s response video was also released online.

In the video, Kim Geun-seok still had an arrogant expression, showing no sign of discouragement from his defeat.

“Lin Ye! In the first round, I indeed made a misstep and fell for your scheme, but you’re right, our duel is far from over!”

“Next, I will bring the warriors of my Kim Family conglomerate to continue challenging your Winter is Coming, only this time, you won’t be so lucky.”

“This is a grudge between my Kim Family and Lin Ye; all irrelevant people, disperse!”

Kim Geun-seok’s final remark, “irrelevant people, disperse,” was extremely arrogant.

It meant to tell the Challengers of this world that this was a top-tier dungeon battle, and no one else should get involved.

Seeing Kim Geun-seok’s still stubborn demeanor, Lin Ye, on the other end, nodded in satisfaction.

He then glanced at the Winter is Coming dungeon backend.

Sure enough, the entire Challenger list for the dungeon was filled with Koreans.

[NO1, Name: Kim Geun-seok; Level: LV3; Representative Work: “The Chaebol’s Grandfather”]

[NO2, Name: Kim Dae-yong; Level: LV3; Representative Work: “Battle of Banpo Bridge”]

[… ]

[NO49999, Name: Song Zi-hao; Level: LV1; Representative Work: “Secret Teaching”]

[NO50000, Name: Yeon Sang-ho; Level: LV1; Representative Work: “Train to Busan!”]

Looking at these uniformly Korean names, Lin Ye could only give an awkward smile.

It had to be said that the Koreans’ style of doing things was indeed somewhat arrogant.

LV1 Challengers even dared to actively sign up for Winter is Coming.

Did these people really think that Winter is Coming would only deduct 800 points?

That was truly a bit whimsical.