Chapter 2461 – 2461. Seventier
The recent S-Class dungeon break caused Bluebird’s prestige to plummet. However, they weren’t completely ruined. Although half of Bluebird’s raid team died, the top 10 guilds typically operate 2-3 raid teams.
And Kwon Il-chan, who could be considered the core of the Bluebird guild, was safe. As was his successor, Kwon Han-woong.
I turned on the TV.
Bluebird’s guild master and the first raid team were holding a press conference.
-This dungeon break incident was caused by our guild’s greed and complacency. We are deeply sorry to the public.
Kwon Il-chan bowed his head in apology. It was a bit unexpected. He looked like a man with immense pride and stubbornness.
‘The public’s reaction isn’t bad.’
To be precise, they were less interested than I thought. This was because the public hadn’t suffered any damage. Although a dungeon break occurred, the monsters that came out of the dungeon were dealt with by hunters from the association. Since a boss monster didn’t appear, there was no property damage or casualties.
‘Bluebird will stay quiet for a while, and after some time, they’ll resume their activities as if nothing happened.’
I also checked the internet. Bluebird’s reputation was significant, but my name was mentioned even more frequently.
-S-Class candidate Sung Yu-jin. Smashes an S-Class boss monster in one go!
Articles like that were popping up. The hunters who were with me gave interviews and talked about me.
My power was becoming known.
‘It’s been hard to even go to the convenience store lately. People recognize me right away.’
My name had been gradually spreading, but this incident made it explode. S-Class candidate. That title had a huge effect.
The internet was buzzing with my name.
-If Sung Yu-jin becomes an S-Class hunter, will Korea truly become a hunter powerhouse?
-Fact) Korea was originally a hunter powerhouse. They have a higher number of hunters and a higher ratio of A-Class hunters per capita than other countries.
-I heard Sung Yu-jin has a terrible personality?
-Han Ah-young is the best.
-I’ve seen Han Ah-young in person. Han Ah-young is not human, she’s a goddess. I’ve seen celebrities in person, but they don’t even come close to Han Ah-young. She has everything: looks, body, and ability…
-Who will Han Ah-young marry…?
-Probably a chaebol.
My story often transitioned to Han Ah-young. She was a current S-Class hunter, so it was understandable.
‘Idiots. Han Ah-young is my woman.’
-Why are you guys fawning over Han Ah-young, that big-boobed bimbo? It’s surgery.
‘Who dares to slander my personal milk tank!’
I can tolerate being insulted. But I can’t tolerate my woman being insulted even more.
‘Hacking!’
[Hacking successful.]
The target was a woman in her early twenties. She wrote the post on her smartphone, not a computer. I also checked her location. Her name was Hwang Eun-ji. I checked the photos in her smartphone gallery and could see her appearance.
‘She’s a pig.’
She looked like a pig weighing 100kg, but her chest was flat as a board.
Looking at the posts the pig had written, she consistently posted photoshopped pictures on social media and wrote posts anonymously slandering beautiful female hunters and celebrities.
Her recent search history included “how to awaken.”
She seemed to believe that awakening would make her prettier and lose weight.
‘That’s not entirely wrong. Awakened people are healthier than ordinary people, so their skin and other things look better.’
Lose weight? That’s not true. Even awakened people get fat if they don’t exercise. The reason there are no obese hunters is because of training. If you don’t train consistently, you’ll get killed by monsters.
‘Anyway, this bitch needs to be socially destroyed.’
I spread all the posts she made on the internet to her acquaintances. I posted her original photos, not the photoshopped ones, on social media. I also revealed her activities as a feminist to her family. She was living off her father’s allowance while insulting him! I exposed that contradiction.
‘Be grateful that I didn’t go find you in person, you pig.’
It was too much of a hassle.
After socially destroying the pig who insulted my woman on the internet, I took out a dark red stone from my inventory. It was a reward I received for clearing the dungeon.
‘I forgot about this.’
It didn’t look special at all, so I didn’t have high expectations.
‘Still, it’s a reward from an S-Class dungeon, so it should be useful.’
I took out an appraisal scroll sold at the hunter shop. It cost about 20 million won. If you go to the hunter shop, you can get items appraised for half the price.
‘The problem is that information about the item can spread.’
A-Class hunters or higher use appraisal scrolls. A-Class hunters know the importance of information.
‘This appraisal scroll is really amazing. It can appraise not only items from dungeons but also items from random draws.’
I placed the dark red stone under the appraisal scroll and tore off a corner.
Text appeared on the appraisal scroll. It was the item’s usage.
‘If you put in some mana, it will create a lava golem for 10 minutes. The lava golem will obey the user’s commands. It’s a one-time summon item.’
The downside of the appraisal scroll was that it didn’t tell you the name of the item. I decided to call this dark red stone the Lava Golem Creation Core.
‘It’s intuitive and good. The ability itself is trash, though.’
What am I supposed to do with a lava golem that’s only summoned for 10 minutes?
“Wait a minute. If it’s the lava golem that appeared as the S-Class dungeon boss?”
A 50-meter-tall lava golem that spewed toxic substances and lava.
Just summoning it could cause mass destruction.
‘If it’s used like a tactical nuclear weapon… it might not be bad.’
It was an item that would be terrible if it fell into the hands of a terrorist organization.
I smiled contentedly and fiddled with the Lava Golem Creation Core.
• • •
Three of the top 10 guild masters in Korea gathered in one place.
Park Tae-jin of Sampark, Kwon Il-chan of Bluebird, and Choi Seo-jung of Ewha.
They had agreed to jointly keep the Seventier guild in check a few days ago.
“Bluebird will withdraw from this.”
“Our Ewha will also withdraw.”
“Wait a minute. What are you two doing? Don’t you know that if Seventier grows, our guilds’ positions will be shaken?”
“Seventier is already beyond the level we can keep in check.”
Choi Seo-jung said calmly.
“The Korean government, the Hunter Association, and the World Hunter Association are all paying attention to Seventier. The only thing we can do is petty tricks. And those petty tricks won’t work. Even if they do, Seventier will eventually rise to the top 10 guilds.”
“Sung Yu-jin is in the Seventier guild. I don’t know about the others, but that guy is the real deal.”
Park Tae-jin chuckled. Just a few days ago, these two were actively trying to keep Seventier in check, but now they had completely changed their attitude.
The reason was the recent dungeon break incident. They saw Sung Yu-jin in person and changed their minds.
“…Are you saying Sung Yu-jin is the real deal like Han Ah-young?”
Not everyone who is an S-Class candidate becomes an S-Class hunter. There are hunters who remain S-Class candidates for 10 years and retire without ever reaching S-Class. China and the United States are like that. They have a lot of S-Class candidates for some reason.
Han Ah-young, the current S-Class hunter, is different from Sung Yu-jin.
She awakened at the age of 12 and received all kinds of support for her potential at a young age. The fact that her parents were hunters also played a big role. And she was recognized as an S-Class candidate at the age of 20.
“I guarantee it. Sung Yu-jin will become an S-Class.”
“I agree. I could tell after seeing him in person. Sung Yu-jin has more talent than Han Ah-young. It took him three years to awaken his abilities and become an S-Class candidate. I predicted there was some behind-the-scenes work, but after seeing him in person, I realized he has an exceptional talent. Sung Yu-jin is a genius beyond Han Ah-young.”
Choi Seo-jung praised him highly. Park Tae-jin’s face hardened.
“This is crazy. We’ve already become enemies with Seventier… Should we change our course?”
“It’s not like we’re enemies. The important thing is the future, isn’t it?”
“…What about the other top 10 guilds? They’re definitely going to be wary of Seventier.”
“Don’t worry about them. We just need to focus on our own work.”
“Even if we don’t know about the others, Suwol Guild won’t take action.”
Han Ah-young, an S-Class hunter, belongs to Suwol Guild. And there’s what Suwol Guild has built up over decades. They wouldn’t even notice Seventier.
Not to mention Koryo Guild, the number one of the top 10 guilds. They don’t have an S-Class hunter, but they overwhelm Suwol Guild in terms of size.
And it’s a known fact that Koryo Guild is where the prestigious families, including the five great families of Korea, belong. Koryo Guild also wields tremendous influence in politics. It’s also a place with connections to retired S-Class hunters.
“We’ll forget about keeping the Seventier guild in check. This isn’t a suggestion, it’s an order. You’re dismissed.”
Kwon Il-chan got up from his seat and left.
Park Tae-jin swallowed a hollow laugh.
“That guy’s still got a temper. Choi Seo-jung. Do you agree?”
“Yes. There’s no good way to keep Seventier in check, and it’s only a loss to become enemies with them. I’ll be leaving now too.”
“Wait, Choi Seo-jung. Do you know what Kang Seok-soo and Sung Yu-jin like?”
“I don’t know. Find out yourself.”
Choi Seo-jung left without any regrets.
Park Tae-jin sighed.
• • •
I went down to the parking lot of the officetel after receiving a call from Kang Seok-soo. Kang Seok-soo, wearing a designer coat, waved at me. Behind him, I saw a supercar and a truck unloading luggage.
“What’s this? Are you moving in?”
“I brought you gifts. Bluebird, Ewha, and Sampark gave me luxury goods as a sign of apology. They must have thought you liked luxury goods since you were wearing them at the time.”
“What about that car?”
“It’s a gift from Bluebird. They said they happened to hear that you were looking for a supercar recently.”
It probably wasn’t a coincidence.
I walked towards the supercar. A Ferrari. I liked it. It was even more so because it wasn’t something you could get right away just because you had money.
“Did you get anything too?”
“Yeah. I didn’t get a supercar, though. Well, it’s a sign that they want to forget the past and get along in the future. And… Kwon Il-chan asked me to give this to you.”
Kang Seok-soo handed me a small box. I opened the box on the spot.
There was a necklace. It was a fancy necklace with a sapphire in the shape of a bluebird. There was a note under the necklace.
“Thank you for saving my son. Did Kwon Il-chan write this?”
“No way. It’s Kwon Il-chan’s wife. She’s a well-known magic artisan. The name and ability of the necklace are on the back of the note.”
The name was Bluebird’s Journey.
The effect was a 10% increase in mana recovery speed when worn.
Kang Seok-soo’s eyes lit up when he heard the effect.
“Increased mana recovery speed? That’s the perfect artifact for a mage. If you don’t need it, sell it to me. I’ll give you a good price.”
“I’m not selling it.”
I immediately stored it in my inventory.
It wasn’t something I needed right now, but it was a design that women would like. If I gave it to a woman, it would increase her favorability. It was even better since it had an ability.
I received all the gifts and put them in my inventory.
“Sung Yu-jin. Do you have any intention of joining the Seventier raid team? I want to start raiding S-Class dungeons, but the association doesn’t trust Seventier yet and won’t assign us any S-Class dungeons. If you’re included in the raid team, things will be different.”
“Later. If I feel like it.”
