Chapter 15
Luck is also created (8)
“Is everyone okay? It looks like there was a dungeon overlap!”
Contrary to his concerns, everyone appeared fine.
Shin Dae-hoon looked around with wide eyes, but everyone only had minor injuries, no one was seriously hurt.
“Yes, that’s correct. There was an overlap with a C-rank dungeon, but we cleared it safely.”
“What? The four of you cleared a C-rank dungeon…. Ah, the blond hunter must have come too. That’s a relief!”
It was a huge relief.
A dungeon overlap occurred, but there were no casualties. However, it was hard to believe, so Shin Dae-hoon clapped his hands in realization.
He had been told beforehand that the blond hunter couldn’t join the raid today but would help in emergencies, so he naturally assumed that was the case.
But that wasn’t the reality.
Han Sang-woo shook his head.
“No, my friend couldn’t come. He had other matters to attend to.”
“What? Then did the four of you clear it?”
Shin Dae-hoon’s eyes widened even further.
From his perspective, the current four-person team could never defeat a C-rank boss monster.
Three D-ranks and one F-rank.
Shin Dae-hoon had naturally learned Han Sang-woo’s rank and name during the process of issuing the temporary special hunter license.
Issuing a special hunter license required minimal personal information, and as the head of the Hunter Bureau’s Personnel Department, he could know the ranks of domestic hunters with just that much information.
Han Sang-woo was the lowest rank, F-rank, and had awakened less than a month ago.
So.
‘The dungeon team must have handled it. They were lucky since there were no high-rank hunters around.’
He naturally thought the government hunters had handled it.
There was no way an F-rank hunter could help defeat a C-rank monster. In fact, it was remarkable he had returned unscathed.
But then, Seo Chun-bok said with a broad smile.
“Haha, we did clear the dungeon overlap, but it was more thanks to this mercenary here. He defeated the boss gargoyle alone!”
“What…?”
It was completely different from what Shin Dae-hoon had thought.
‘An F-rank defeated a C-rank boss alone?’
For a moment, Shin Dae-hoon wondered if the government hunters were joking, but they weren’t.
Park Nam-il and Ahn Jin-su came over and shook Shin Dae-hoon’s hand.
“Thank you. Sending this mercenary hunter was truly a stroke of genius!”
“Chief, you should join us! We survived thanks to the excellent hunter you sent us, so we want to treat you!”
“Ah, haha…. I didn’t really do anything.”
Embarrassed by the flood of compliments, Shin Dae-hoon laughed awkwardly.
‘Didn’t he just come to get the rewards without any effort?’
He thought Han Sang-woo had come to collect the dungeon clear fee with the help of the government hunters since the blond hunter couldn’t make it, but that wasn’t the case.
Despite being newly awakened, he had single-handedly defeated a C-rank boss monster.
Although Shin Dae-hoon hadn’t seen the battle scene, if it was true, Han Sang-woo certainly deserved attention.
Shin Dae-hoon turned his attention to Han Sang-woo along with the dungeon team.
“What’s your schedule like? If you have time, why don’t you join us for a meal?”
“Sorry, I have things to do. You all did well today. I’ll be going now.”
Han Sang-woo gave a short bow and started to descend the mountain.
“Hey, Hunter! Hunter!”
“Thank you for today!”
Park Nam-il and Ahn Jin-su hurriedly called out to the departing Han Sang-woo, who raised his hand in response.
Watching this, Seo Chun-bok approached Shin Dae-hoon.
“Is this mercenary hunter on a daily contract?”
“What? No. He’s on a temporary contract for now….”
“He’s incredibly skilled. Make sure to secure him for a long-term contract. You said it’s hard to find people these days, but where did you find such a talent?”
“That skilled?”
Shin Dae-hoon stroked his chin.
He had thought of Han Sang-woo merely as a connection to the blond hunter, but considering the recent information he learned about him, Han Sang-woo had merits as a hunter himself.
However, it was still a mystery as to what his actual skill level was, but Seo Chun-bok continued with a look of certainty.
“Perhaps… he might be even more skilled than we think.”
“Phew, finally back.”
As the sun set, I returned to my studio and let out a sigh of relief.
I had left at dawn and returned home in the evening.
If I had joined the Hunter Bureau’s dungeon team for their dinner?
I probably wouldn’t have made it home yet.
I was relieved that I had managed to leave quickly. While I didn’t dislike dinners back in my dungeon guard days because they saved me money, now I needed to minimize external interactions and focus on training
Though I wanted to join the team for a meal after my first raid, it couldn’t be helped.
Vrrrr-!
While I was showering and resting, Shin Dae-hoon sent me a message on my phone.
“Hunter Bureau, Chief Shin Dae-hoon – Thank you for your hard work today.
The dungeon team hunters were very disappointed that you couldn’t join the dinner. Despite the late hour, the items from today’s dungeon have been quickly sorted.
The proceeds will be deposited into the account you provided, and the reward for clearing the dungeon will be paid in two weeks. Additional compensation for the dungeon overlap and differential distribution based on contribution will be included. Thank you.”
The message was simple.
After the dungeon team’s dinner, the items obtained from Dungeon No. 135 were immediately sorted.
The money deposited into my account was about 30 million won.
Sure enough, despite splitting it four ways, the amount was considerable, likely because a C-rank dungeon overlapped with a D-rank one.
Of course, there was also my contribution to the dungeon clear.
The combination of the low taxes and swift processing that Shin Dae-hoon had boasted about resulted in this outcome.
To earn over 30 million won from a single raid.
Although it was the highest amount of money I had ever earned, I couldn’t feel too excited because money was a secondary concern for me right now.
There was something far more thrilling for me at this moment.
In fact, the reason I came home early was because of this.
[Third Achievement – Clear a D-rank dungeon (1/1)]
[You have completed the third hidden quest.]
[Tap the message to receive your reward.]
It was the reward for clearing the third achievement.
The message appeared right after defeating the Hell Gargoyle.
I could claim the reward immediately.
Just tapping the message would grant the reward as before.
But earlier, there were too many eyes on me to claim it.
Considering the nature of past rewards, it was hard to predict what it would be.
If an item were to drop out of nowhere, it would have caused all sorts of problems.
So I had rushed home.
It wasn’t a situation where I could comfortably join a dinner, here, I could claim the quest reward without any worries.
“Let’s see what the reward is.”
What kind of reward would it be?
I slowly moved my hand to the message.
And then.
[You have claimed the reward for the third hidden quest.]
[The skill level of Character Summon increases from 2 to 3.]
[Unique Skill: Lv 3. Character Summon]
[As the skill level of Character Summon increases, the summoning charge is replenished by one.]
[Current summoned characters: (0/1)]
[Owned characters: 1]
[Summonable charges: 1]
“It’s here!”
I cheered inwardly.
The reward for the third achievement was the long-awaited second character summon.
“Finally, I can summon another character.”
[Character Summon] would allow me to summon not just Taeseng GilgeoI but other characters I had.
Even when I first summoned Taeseng GilgeoI, it was mentioned that I could summon other characters, and the skill’s name was [Character Summon], not Taeseng GilgeoI Summon.
Finally gaining the opportunity to summon another character, I didn’t hesitate and used the second character summon.
[Summoning the second character.]
[The summoned character is selected at random.]
“Random? That’s a bit disappointing.”
While the first summon was an automatic choice due to the emergency situation, I had hoped to choose directly from the
second summon onwards, but that wasn’t the case.
Still, there was no need to be disappointed.
Most of the characters I raised were max level, so it didn’t matter which one appeared.
But then.
Flash-!
As the flash flickered and the second character appeared before me, I had to revise my thoughts.
“My name is Jejang! The blacksmith who forges willpower in the volcanic furnace. Are you the lord I must serve?”
A short figure with sparkling eyes and a small hammer in one hand appeared. This male child character was:
[Character Name – Jejang]
[Level – 10]
[Class – Blacksmith]
[Strength: 35] [Agility: 14] [Intelligence: 18] [Stamina: 26] [Magic: 11]
[Hammer Strike] [Forging] [Trade]
[Loyalty: 110 / 999]
He was an event storage character.
