Chapter 1 – 1. S.L.U.S
When I opened my eyes, the sun was already in mid-heaven.
I headed for the refrigerator, listening to the screams of the muscles in my body.
As I poured a glass of cold water down my throat to drive away the drowsiness, I suddenly remembered what I had on my phone right before falling asleep.
When I turned on the smartphone lying carelessly on the bed, the status window was open.
*Kang Dae-woong
Class: S.L.U.S manager (X)
Unique Attribute: [S.L.U.S (lv1)]
General Attribute: [Weapon skill (lv3)]
SinB: [Official manager (X)] [Magic deficiency (-)]
[Muscle:12][Agility:10][Endurance:14]
[Spirit: 13] [Mag: 3] [Stamina: 8]
Points: 100
-Contractor Management[0/2]
-Sage’s Random Box
-[Locked]
…What?
Accidents stop for a while.
A word that suddenly pops into my head.
‘Awakening?’
The moment I saw the status window, I realized that I had awakened.
In other words.
Until yesterday, I was an incomplete being.
A half-hunter who has not fully awakened.
So it was weak.
That’s why it was not easy to catch even one slime.
The reason for the lack of mana was so…
‘No.’
Mystery: [Lack of magic (-)]
-Curse. It has inherently low magic attribute.
– It is canceled when magic power is 10 or higher.
It was just weak from the beginning.
Well, whatever. It didn’t change the fact that I was awakened.
‘But it’s the ability to manage status.’
To be precise, it is the ability to raise characteristics, mysteries, and abilities in the status window.
Even that wasn’t the end.
Unique Attribute: [S.L.U.S (lv1)]
-Status Level Up System. You can manage the levels of yourself and your contractors. Current number of available contracts (0/2)
-Activated skill
*Contract: You can make or break a contract with the other party. All stats of the contractor are increased by 5.
‘It raises all stats by 5?’
My current agility is 10.
If you think that other F-class hunters are also stubborn, they will raise your stats by as much as 50% without any conditions.
One downside was that it didn’t raise my stats.
What is ok
Just having this skill was a huge benefit to me.
‘Unconditionally? There’s no way.’
Laughing at the dream-like future that was soon to come, I checked the rest except for the magic deficiency.
SinB: [Official Administrator (X)]
-As a full-time manager, you are protected from external threats.
-Rating does not exist.
‘I’m going to get rid of magic deficiency, official manager… What is this?’
It’s hard to say anything because the explanation isn’t clear. Once you let it go, you’ll find out naturally.
The following were the tabs attached to the bottom of the status window.
Since there is no contractor, there is no need to look at the Contractor Management tab yet, so go straight to the Sage’s Random Box tab.
The status window disappeared and a draw button appeared with a large circle.
Under the button, in small letters, an explanation was written, “Please set the amount of points to use. (Minimum 1P ~ Max 1000P).”
I wanted to try it out, but I gave up.
Raising the magic level was the priority. Returning to the status window, I touched the part marked with magic power.
「Would you like to consume 10P to increase your magic power?」
No need to worry.
Immediately press the YES button.
7 times for 10 points each.
When I spent 70 points to raise my mana to 10, the lack of mana that had been bothering me for the past two months vanished in vain.
30 points left.
I thought about raising my magic attribute more, but from 10 onwards, the cost of raising 1 ability level was 20 points, which is doubled.
After thinking about it, I decided to raise my stamina to 10 and put the rest in a random box. After setting the points as explained, I exhaled briefly and pressed the draw button.
* Chew Chew Tablets [1 tablet]
-It’s an aphrodisiac guaranteed by Incubus.
-Once a day. Lasts 10 hours.
“…Chew.”
Maybe I should have divided it by 1 point.
Still, it’s not useless at all, so I decided to put it in my wallet and started preparing to go out.
Originally, I was going to take a good rest today, but I should be able to stay still.
I headed for the anthill.
* * *
Puck!!!
With a dull sound, the large slime lost its life. It was a splendid feat achieved in just three cuts.
“Yes, this is my original skill.”
It wasn’t the best condition, but let alone hard, I didn’t even break a drop of sweat.
On the contrary, the fact that he had so easily killed the large slime he had suffered so much from was enough to make him feel omnipotent.
‘At this rate, an F-class dungeon would be no problem.’
I gently stepped on the body of the large slime, feeling the landscape blur.
This fucking bastard
“It sucks that we met for two months, and let’s not see each other again.”
After handing over the final farewell of the most disgusting bad relationship, I felt a vibration inside my jacket.
「Disable the non-level dungeon gate ‘Slime Sewer’. I got 10 points.」
‘If it’s 10 points… I’ll just have to draw or spin it.’
After confirming that there were no people around, I launched the level manager app. This time, unlike before, I plan to split it by 1 point.
‘Please, just one jackpot.’
After praying reverently, I set the points and pressed the draw button.
*Pebble
– Gravel gravel.
*Empty plastic bottle
– Separate collection thoroughly.
‘…I was pressed twice.’
Swearing comes out of nowhere.
After that, I tried again and again, but all that came out was garbage. Not a metaphor, real crap. Like an empty plastic bottle.
‘Cheukchukjeong… I miss it. Fuck.’
The good news is that there is still one chance left. Now, I don’t expect much, so I casually press the button.
*Life force absorption potion
– Recover health and wounds whenever you kill a monster.
-Once a day. Duration 10 minutes.
‘Five.’
Finally, the jackpot hit.
After all, is it possible to receive the light only when you have to throw away worldly desires?
I looked at the red liquid in the flask.
‘Heal health and wounds…’
Yesterday, I was quite overworked, so my current physical condition is not very good. It came out impulsively, but originally, I had planned to go back only after seeing the effect of magic.
‘This came out.’
There is also an option to save it and use it later, but to be honest, time was wasted.
Top grade as soon as possible. No, it was because I wanted to become a guardian and play power.
Besides my ability.
This is clearly a double-edged sword.
In order to keep the promised brilliant future, it was necessary to become stronger as quickly as possible. Only then will I be able to protect myself even if my abilities are revealed.
The result of putting those thoughts into action.
I was in the F-level dungeon gate ‘Tooth Frog Cave’.
I proceeded cautiously, relying on the light of the luminous moss that tightly covered the entire cave, but when I saw the monster in front of me, I grabbed my sword.
‘Four.’
The Tooth Frog was a frog-type monster with a dog’s head and human-like teeth.
Its toughness is weak enough to be compared to that of a slime, but it has the bite power of a small dog, and has a habit of running in groups of up to five.
When I held my breath and drank the life force absorption potion, a sense of exhilaration began to fill my entire body. It must be the effect of the potion.
I lowered my stance and kicked the ground in an instant.
What!?
One of the toothed frogs spotted me and jumped up with its mouth wide open, but my sword plunged straight down before its teeth could reach it.
The one who split in half and fell to the floor.
What? GREAT GREAT!
At the sound, the other guys started moving.
I swung my sword without even checking the effect of the potion. When the guys who had been jumping up and down with their teeth slammed on the floor one by one, struck the head of the guy they thought was the last.
‘What?’
I felt pain in my forearm.
He didn’t find the guy in the blind spot and allowed the attack. Thankfully, the jacket didn’t bite my teeth too deep.
I hit him on the head with the pommel, knocked him off, and stabbed him with a knife to finish it off.
“Whoa…”
It’s not as difficult as you think.
Surprises were allowed, but there was no particular danger.
It’s definitely different because the magical power level is 10.
“Big,”
Leaving behind their admiration and speeding along, they saw another group of toothed frogs not far away.
I rushed without delay.
As I swung my sword again and again and dealt with all the attackers, the elation in my body faded.
The effect of the potion had ended.
When I checked my body condition, I felt that I was noticeably lighter. The effect of the potion seems to be better than I thought. The bite wound had already healed.
‘If this is enough, I can go around one or two more times.’
Of course, there were still boss monsters left, but there was no need to worry too much.
Unlike the ‘male’ tooth frogs I’ve killed so far, the ‘female’ boss monsters can’t jump high or move fast because of their virtuous bodies.
In fact, it was like a bonus monster, not a boss monster.
‘But just in case.’
Arriving at the place where the female tooth frogs are gathered, I threw a pebble from the draw under my feet to lure one of the females in and inserted the sword I held in reverse.
Repeating a series of actions, I charged as soon as I saw that the number of females had halved.
Fu-wook!
As expected, the stupid females didn’t get to my state.
Even the last one was carefully sent to the side of the husbands who left first, and when I came out of the gate, I saw some strangely familiar faces.
-Uh? Hey, isn’t that a sewer official?
-I guess that’s right. But that’s the Tooth Frog Cave. Why are you out there
‘Ah.’
I remembered.
They were the ones who laughed at me yesterday when they saw me.
These syvalums.
“What you looking at! Isn’t it strange that an F-rank Hunter comes out of the F-rank gate!?”
When I shouted at them, the startled guys just blinked their eyes like dumb people who had eaten honey.
Even though it was just words, it was refreshing.
It felt like all the stagnation I had been feeling for so long had gone down. Even after that, I went back to my room after deactivating two more F-level gates.
‘It’s 120,000 won for 90 points.’
Lying on the bed, I ordered food, recalling the points and bounties I had earned today.
I was thinking of throwing a small party for me who has worked hard so far and for me in the future.
The menu is, of course, chicken and beer.
‘Hey, this is Yasu.’
