* "Wait, what is this? I thought he’d be some scheming villain because he seemed like an ordinary merchant lord, but why is he... good?"

* "A guy who bribes officials and runs shady businesses is good now?"

ㄴ "He’s saving people who would’ve died with that money, you idiot."

* "It’s impressive, sure... but he’s not exactly a hero, is he?"

* "I thought ‘Thunder King’ meant he was some kind of lightning-powered hero, but instead, we get an incompetent old guy."

The newly released [Thunder King] McGuy Zaborg.

He wasn’t someone with extraordinary abilities, nor did he make any grand sacrifices. He was just another corrupt merchant lord of his era.

Born in a provincial territory, he bribed his way to Imperial citizenship and exploited laborers labeled as heretics to increase his mines’ productivity and cut labor costs. He seemed like a run-of-the-mill villain, yet he was posthumously honored as a hero and even ascended as a Constellation.

How could such a thing happen?

At first, it was all for business. McGuy sought to expand his operations, boost mining production, and slash labor costs by replacing his workers with heretics.

Heretics didn’t require wages, nor did they need good treatment.

But as McGuy worked alongside these outcasts, something about him began to change.

Even though he was in a secure position as an Imperial citizen and had no obligation to help them, he started risking his safety to assist the heretics.@@novelbin@@

At first, he faked the deaths of some laborers, smuggling them beyond the Empire’s borders.

Gradually, his efforts expanded.

He disguised women and children as adult male workers to sneak them to safety.

The title [Thunder King] was not because he wielded lightning powers but was earned posthumously, a name born of his quick thinking and resourcefulness.

A Constellation without extraordinary powers.

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