Chapter 39 – First Gate (2)
Lim Kang-tae explained it before.
There are some students who are trying to increase their performance by hiring active hunters from the outer gate and subjugating them instead.
However, it is said that those who falsely increased their self-worth by doing so become active, and in severe cases, they are sued by the guild.
In other words, there was no need to receive a single offer from C-class hunter Joo Dong-hyun.
“We’ll just take care of it ourselves.”
I was trying to pass by.
However, Joo Dong-hyeon moved his feet quickly and blocked my way.
Anyway, it’s an active C-class hunter.
It is not pushed by quite a few first-year students.
“Don’t do that, huh? Is it harder than you think?”
He put his mouth into my ear and whispered softly.
“You don’t want to be embarrassed in front of a woman, do you? Did your brother do it once or twice? I’ll set everything up to look good in front of a girl, huh? If my brother kills most of the monsters, you’ll beat me up and hit me!”
“…”
Do you do business like this?
I have seen many stories in the news about so-called wandering hunters who failed to sign a contract with a guild and whose skills are ambiguous, trying to make money somehow, and doing illegal things.
In fact, it is an act that is on the border between legal and illegal.
“It’s okay.”
“Don’t do that~”
“If this continues, I will report it to the management office.”
“Oh, what a man.”
At my words to report, Joo Dong-hyeon frowned.
And he yelled at me again.
“Does this kid look funny when he asks me if I’m coming?! Damn, I think you guys won’t be able to enter the gate today.”
He put his hand on the scabbard at his waist.
Willingness to fight if it goes wrong.
If we do get into a real confrontation, the police will have to prove self-defense, which is really annoying…
He let out a deep sigh.
I thought I should neutralize the pleasure 3000 times as I did with the student council vice president.
He said that he would have to go through the eye gang again, so he felt a little disgusted.
The moment I tried to cast a skill on Joo Dong-hyun,
“You bastard is like this again!”
A young woman with short brown hair interjected out of nowhere.
“Are you threatening students like that again?!”
“Oh no, that’s it.”
“Would you like to be beaten by me today?”
“Oh, no. I’m sorry, sister.”
Joo Dong-hyeon bowed his head and ran away.
The young woman clicked her tongue, “Oh hey, when will you wake up?”
Then he turned to us and said.
“Were you scared? He wasn’t originally that bad, but…”
“Thank you.”
I got rid of it without suffering an eye pit.
I really appreciate that part.
“Come on in.”
“Yes.”
A young woman kindly got out of her way.
She started to put her feet back together with Irin.
But a young woman from behind spoke to her.
“But do you have any helpers?”
“A helper?”
What is it?
She turned her head to Irin and asked with her eyes.
Then she whispered in my ear and explained.
In short, he was a porter.
Pick up the corpses of subdued monsters instead and dig up resources in the dungeon.
The professional helper seemed to have the skills to put a large amount of luggage.
“It’s comfortable to have.”
If it was simply to increase performance, there was no need for a porter because neither monster corpses nor resources were needed.
However, if you want to make even a little more money, you have to bring monster carcasses and resources out of the gate and sell them.
A young woman presented us with her darling and her hunter license.
“This is Ko Shin-hye. C-class hunter, professional helper. I’ve been to this gate many times, so I know all the trap locations. I also have a paramedic license.”
… This person was also here to do business after all.
Still, compared to Joo Dong-hyeon, it wasn’t coercive, and it wasn’t the kind of thing that was unnecessary.
Irin said as she tapped my body with her elbow.
“I’ll give you all the money from the resource sales, so I’ll pay for my mother’s hospital bills.”
“That’s a bit. I have to share.”
“Are you okay. Oh, then, after today, pay for the massage.”
“Yeah, if that’s the case.”
I heard specific conditions from Ko Shin-hye.
The down payment is 80,000 won and the final reward is 10% of the resource sales amount.
It was cheaper than expected.
I hired her by paying 40,000 won each for her Lee Rin and her.
“The better the students perform, the more money I earn, so I will work hard to help.”
“Yes, thank you.”
To be honest, I felt like I was in sales, but…
A total of four of us, including me and Katrin, walked towards the gate.
Soon after, the gate that I had only seen in pictures appeared.
An elliptical black hole with a blue border.
“You can go on like this.”
When I stopped walking, Ko Shin-hye spoke from behind.
A year ago, I never would have imagined that I would end up in the gate.
Step forward to enter the gate.
It is a place where various electronic devices become jammed, and you can die by monsters or traps, let alone controlled by the instructor.
Irene took my hand.
“What is it, fell?”
“No way.”
She chuckled.
It seemed he was trying to ease my tension.
She braced her legs and walked towards the gate.
Starting with her feet, her whole body went into the black hole, and her eyes darkened.
It wasn’t long before a cave came into view.
‘There’s also a torch on the wall.’
A thick air flowed.
It meant that the mana in the air was thick.
The most common cave type dungeon.
The boss room is also in a separate form by looking through the data in advance.
Ko Shin-hye, who came in after him, said.
“Be careful ahead. If you look closely there, the floor is slightly sunken, but it is a pit trap.”
It seemed to be the kind that would fall into a pre-dug abyss if you set foot on her.
Although there are torches, it was basically dark because it was a cave.
I usually break through with the long jump, but I have a hard time believing in my physical abilities.
Therefore, I asked Catherine.
“Can you catch me and fly away?”
“Of course!”
Katrin wrapped her arms around my waist.
A flap of her wings lifted her feet off the floor.
It’s a bit scary because it’s the first time I’ve been flying, but the feeling of wonder was bigger.
Lee Rin and Ko Shin-hye just did a normal long jump.
The late Shin Hye-ya is an active hunter even if she is a helper, and Lee Rin has been trained since she was young, so she was relaxed.
Came down to the floor again.
Ko Shin-hye said with a small smile.
“Did you say a servant? He listens very well and seems competent.”
At her words, Katrin grabbed her waist with both hands and shouted, “You know me!”
She secretly liked compliments.
She started walking through the cave in earnest.
After taking about 10 steps, a monster appeared.
“Stick.”
It was a D-class monster, a ‘man-eating rat’.
Even at the academy training ground, it is classified as the lowest class.
It’s okay for Irin to kill it with an arrow, but it’s basically a mouse, so it’s small.
A bow is difficult to hit if the target is small.
I just wrote the skill.
‘Three thousand times the pain.’
“Jjiik-!!”
Almost identical to the simulation at the training ground, the mouse fell on its side and died instantly.
Ko Shin-hye said, “Oh… !” He said.
“Do you have poison-type skills? Incredible.”
“Yeah what.”
She has no reason to tell me about her skills, and she has no benefit from being recognized for her skills.
Whether you are mistaken or not, you just have to be faithful to your role as a helper.
The late Shin-hye picked up her man-eating rat corpse with her hand without hesitation.
She then tossed her backpack on her back.
It was a very small mini backpack on the outside, but it seemed that the capacity could be increased with a skill.
“Ah, master’s favorite rabbit.”
“Huh? Do you like rabbits?”
“…”
Katrin pointed to the D-class monster, ‘Horn Rabbit,’ and smirked.
It was as if they were making fun of me for falling for Jegal Ji-yeon’s bunny girl yesterday.
Irin just tilted her head because she didn’t know that background.
I yanked Katrin by the leash and put her next to me.
“I know you’ll get scolded later.”
“Master’s corporal punishment, I’m looking forward to it… ♡”
“…”
Was this even her intention?
It was really demonic.
In the meantime, Irin killed the ‘horned rabbit’ with an arrow.
She grabbed her rabbit carcass by the scruff of the neck and lifted it onto her.
“If you eat it as a stew, it will be delicious.”
“You are quite carnivorous.”
“I like meat openly, not secretly. Conversely, I don’t know why they eat grass.”
Weeding also has its own unique taste.
Catherine nodded at Irin’s words and shouted.
“Plants only eat lower animals! If you are at the top of the food chain, you must eat meat!”
“You know something.”
… Two carnivores were talking fervently about meat.
The two seemed to have similar tastes.
After receiving the rabbit carcass from Lee Rin, the late Shin-hye said, “Wait a minute,” And stopped us.
Then, he took out a pickaxe and a shovel-like tool from his bag and started digging the cave wall.
“It is also around here.”
A green stone came out of the wall she dug hard.
Irene opened her eyes wide.
“It’s a mana emerald!”
“That’s right. This dungeon has a lot of mana emeralds. I’ll remember all the points, so I’ll do this in between. Please understand even if it takes a little while.”
Both Irin and I nodded her head.
Mana Emerald is an expensive mineral.
I don’t know exactly how much the rough is worth, but it’s probably not shit.
The three of them chatted while Ko Shin-hye mined the mana emerald.
***
‘I like the students because they’re naive.’
Go Shin-hye — Real name Kang Shin-ye, smiled grinning at Engineering College Seung, Lee Rin, and Katrin talking affectionately behind her.
She had no intention of working from the beginning with a down payment of 80,000 won and 10% of her resource sales.
It was just a bait offered at a slightly lower price than the market price.
Joo Dong-hyeon, who approached them saying he would help them, was her younger brother.
She forged her hunter’s license and made her look like a blatantly badass pout, threatening him.
Moreover, these days, the side effects of dope are widely known, so it is natural that they are very wary.
‘There is nothing easier to cheat than the task of getting rid of bullies and gaining favor.’
Much more effective than just approaching and selling with kindness.
It is easy to contrast, and above all, it gives the impression of conscientious business.
Seeing Daeseung Gong and Lee Rin advancing through the dungeon, it didn’t seem like their skills were very low.
Rather, it was one of the best celebrations among the first-year student parties she met during that time.
‘No matter how good he is, it will take time to catch the boss.’
Usually, for safety reasons, helpers do not enter the boss room.
When three people, including the familiar, enter the boss room and the boss room door closes.
Kang Shin-ye aimed for that moment.
The value of boss monster corpses is not very high.
The most expensive resource in the Chuncheon C-level dungeon is the Mana Emerald.
While the students entered the boss room, it would be over if they carried all the cans of mana and emeralds up until now.
‘I should eat something delicious with the money those hukou earned.’
What should I buy to eat? Kang Shin-ye wielded a pickaxe while thinking happily.
