A gorgeous chandelier.
Expensive liquors set on the table.
Vice President Lee Min-seong was drunk again in the VIP room today.
Normally, they would be busy with loud laughter and intimate skinship, but today, somehow, the atmosphere was different.
Clang!
“Whoa!”
The girl serving him screamed in surprise at the sound of the glass he threw breaking.
“Oh my. Why is my brother in such a bad mood today~?”
After a while, Madame came into the room and sat next to him with an elegant smile.
At the same time, he sent out all the other employees with a nod.
The girls quickly escaped from the room during that gap.
The room became silent in an instant.
One by one.
Madame poured the liquor into a new glass and glanced at Lee Min-seong.
He had been staring at his cell phone with wide-open eyes since a while ago.
‘What’s going on?’
Madame glanced at the screen he was looking at.
‘Comment?’
Madame’s eyes furrowed slightly.
-So who is the hunter who annihilated the hyena?
-That’s right. You said you went into Gwanaksan Mountain alone and saved all the people?
-Wow! Who the hell is this?
-Information) They say they couldn’t see the survivors’ faces because they were wearing masks.
-No, what are you hiding? Why are you hiding your face after doing such a good job?
-Isn’t that obvious? There’s a rumor that the Hyena’s back is the Sashin Guild, so of course they have to hide their identity.
-Okay. Whoever you are, don’t ever get caught. You’ll get revenge on the grim reaper. Haha.
The Internet was still abuzz with talk of the Gwanaksan field.
People were speculating about the identity of the Hunter who solved this case on his own, but there was too little evidence to begin with.
-But who is it really?
-You said you killed the boss mob by yourself, so you’re at least an A-class hunter, right?
-No, if your skills are good, B-rank is theoretically possible.
-No, if your skills are good, C or D rank is possible.
-Even D-class is this crazy lol
-Ah~ Write the novel in a diary.
There were thousands, tens of thousands of comments, all wondering about the identity of the hunter.
There was a lot of nonsense and jokes among them, but the general public opinion ultimately came down to one sentence.
-hero.
As the vicious behaviors that the Hyena Guild has committed so far are revealed one by one.
As their image gradually becomes more and more demonic.
In return, the popularity of the Hunter who single-handedly destroyed them was soaring nationwide.
“What? They still haven’t found the identity?”
moment.
Lee Min-seong’s expression suddenly crumpled at the words that Madame blurted out.
Splash.
Lee Min-seong glared at Madame, gritting his teeth.
“Who are you kidding?”
“Oh, you’re kidding. Of course I’m worried. I wonder how bad our vice president’s informants are that he’s trying to get hints from comments.”
Thud.
“Then you’ll hurt your teeth. But you told your informants to go find the survivors. What did they say?”
“… …Wielding dual swords.”
“Write it?”
“They said they summoned demons.”
“Summon? Oh my.”
Madam covered her mouth with a look of surprise at Lee Min-seong’s answer.
“This is a big deal. Is there a Hunter among the Summoners who can do this?”
“does not exist.”
“no?”
“A summoner like that killed that Broki? That’s absolutely impossible.”
Lee Min-seong, who had seen the giant hyena Broki in person, could be sure.
“It’s clear that the summoning skill was used to confuse information. It could be an illusion skill, or it could be that there wasn’t actually just one person. Or that the summoner was hiding behind it. No, I’m sure.”
No matter how much I thought about it, this was absolutely not something that a single individual would do.
Anyway, there was one fact that was most significant.
That he killed Broki with dual swords.
“If that’s the logic, then you can just hold the twin swords in your hands.”
“That’s right. So you’re saying there’s no information.”
“What the~ This is not fun.”
Madame picked up the glass of whiskey on the table with a look of exasperation and drank it down.
‘I thought it was a big deal when you made a fuss, but it turns out you were just taking medicine. Anyway, it’s childish.’
But I understood.
Lee Min-seong has always lived a winning life since he was born.
Born with a silver spoon in my mouth when I was young.
A young Hallyu star.
When a cataclysm occurred there, he immediately awakened as an A-class hunter.
It’s a smooth ride.
At this point, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the entire universe revolves around immigration.
‘But then suddenly your driver turned into an S-class hunter.’
And that too at a time when Lee Min-seong was awakening and the whole world was congratulating him.
That very evening, his long-time friend and chauffeur, Tae-gyu Lim, suddenly became an S-class.
At that moment, Lee Min-seong… … .
Blinded by jealousy.
Because the hierarchy that seemed like it would never change was overturned in an instant.
‘… … Well, that’s a good thing, though.’
There’s no one easier to deal with than someone with a complex.
Madam smiled and poured a drink into Lee Min-seong’s glass.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ll get caught eventually. Instead, should we talk about business now?”
“hmm.”
At those words, Lee Min-seong’s expression became calm.
“Stardust.”
Madame asked with an incredibly captivating smile.
“There were some defective products in this prototype?”
“… … There is no defect in the product. It is the person who ate it who is defective.”
“A person is a bad person? How bad does one have to be to take a magic booster and die? Would you use it because you’re scared?”
Contrary to what she said, Madame didn’t look scared at all.
And immigration too… … .
“Who died and how many?”
“Hmm. Just from what I heard, about 30 people? But strangely, only low-level hunters died. Are they really bad guys?”
“Only the lower-ranking ones died… … So stardust is also affected by magical constitution. Hmm.”
Even though a person died, Lee Min-seong showed no emotion and focused only on the effectiveness of the prototype.
“So. When will the next batch come out?”
But Madame went one step further.
“Anyway, the people who aren’t dead are just waiting for the next batch.”
“soon of late.”
Lee Min-seong coldly glared at the madam who was smiling bashfully and complimenting him.
“Let’s hurry up the demons.”
* * *
At that moment, Suho was about to make an important decision.
[You must choose one of two random boxes.] [Blessed Random Box]
Provides the ‘player’ with the desired item.
[Cursed Random Box]
Provides items needed by the ‘player’.
[Which one would you choose?]
“What you want and what you need? What kind of puns are these?”
[The two options for this hidden reward may seem like puns at first glance, but there is a distinct difference.]
Berga, who was watching from the side, gave an additional explanation.
[‘What you want’ may turn out to be something you don’t need when you actually receive it. On the other hand, ‘what you need’ may turn out to be something you don’t want when you actually receive it.]
“So it must be a cursed random box.”
[That’s right. For example, in a situation where a powerful weapon is needed, a terrible bomb appears that blows up the entire area, including you… …!]
“How could that be? It’s a system that my father passed down to me. There’s no way he would put me in danger for a quest reward, right?”
[Hehe. That’s true too.]
Suho didn’t have to worry any more.
“Cursed random box.”
[Oh! That? How bold!]
“Maybe it’s because I’m still low level, but I don’t know exactly what I want. But I need so much.”
To begin with, I didn’t even know what items existed beyond the system, and the categories I could imagine were too vague.
Suho grinned and chose the reward.
“Besides, my father knew what I needed better than I did, even long ago.”
[This reward is not given by the lord, but by the system… … .]
“That’s it, that’s it.”
Suho responded by spreading out his hands.
Then a small box appeared above it.
It was a box wrapped in plain colored paper and tied with a ribbon.
I opened the box with careful hands.
Tiring!
[You have acquired the ‘Item: Volcan’s Horn’.]
At that moment, the box disappeared, and in its place a sword was caught in Suho’s hand.
“What is this?”
[Item: Volcan’s Horn]
Difficulty to acquire: ??
Type: Sword
Attack power +40
A sword made from the horn of the greedy demon Volkan.
Empowered by Volcan, dealing more damage.
-Effect ‘Destroyer’: Increases physical damage by [30%].
-Effect ‘Demon Predator’: The more demon souls you devour, the stronger Volkan’s power becomes.
[Predatory Demon Souls: 0]
As he read the item description, Suho’s eyes grew wider.
“It’s a growth item!”
[Kiyoot!]
The description ‘Increase in physical damage by [30%]’ clearly means that the increase will increase as you hunt more demons!
Moreover, the basic attack power itself was a whopping 10 times higher than Rakan’s Fang!
-Ahem. Instead, I have the ‘Contempt for the Weak’ and ‘Fatal Wound’ effects, so if you think about it, I’m a bit more…
Next to him, Rakan’s fangs were muttering something, but no one was listening.
“Wow! This is exactly the item I needed.”
Suho smiled contentedly and lifted Volcan’s horn with one hand.
Boooow-!
Let’s take a spin with some vigor, the sound of the windmill cutting through the air was very overwhelming.
However, the sword was a little heavy.
Suho invested all the ability points he received as daily quest rewards into strength, and it became a lot easier to handle.
“I really like it. Now all I need is a devil.”
But I haven’t heard of a dungeon with demon-type monsters recently.
‘I think it was subdued a long time ago.’
I guess I’ll go out and do some searching on the Internet.
Suho immediately took out the key to the Shadow Dungeon.
Swaaaah!
[Exited the Shadow Dungeon.]
But when I came outside, I saw that there were 5 missed calls on my phone.
The sender was Assistant Lim.
“Why, Assistant Professor?”
Suho was curious and called him right away.
And then I received an unexpected offer from Assistant Professor Lim.
-Suho, do you want to do a part-time job?
“Suddenly?”
-Oh. A few of the collectors who were supposed to come suddenly disappeared.
* * *
“Thank you so much for coming, Suho! I survived thanks to you!”
Assistant Lim was ready to bow down to Suho, who arrived on time for the appointment.
“No, really, this kind of thing doesn’t happen often, but today, several people disappeared at the same time.”
“Have you written up a contract?”
“Yeah! That’s what I’m saying.”
Assistant Lim clenched his fists as he thought about the hunters with whom he had lost contact without saying a word.
“Those people must have gone somewhere and been drinking in a group and are lying down and sleeping.”
Assistant Lim’s anger was justified.
Since collectors and miners usually work in teams, in this case the entire team was fined for breach of contract.
But now there was no need to worry.
Because Suho came right away!
Assistant Lim rested his chin on Suho’s shoulders with both hands and spoke seriously.
“Suho. Today, you really have to be one against a hundred. I’m counting on you.”
What he believed in was none other than Suho’s summoning skill.
Didn’t the guardian summons play an incredibly active role last time when we were mining?
“Since I brought you here in a hurry, I’ll give you a generous daily wage.”
[I’ll give it to you?]
Berga suddenly appeared, opened his eyes wide and glared at Assistant Lim.
Assistant Professor Lim was startled and hurriedly corrected himself.
“I will, I will give it to you. No, I will offer it to you.”
[That’s right. Since we have invited your noble person to this wretched place, please maintain that posture.]
Or else I will chew your whole head off… … was Ber glaring at Assistant Lim with an expression that said.
Meanwhile, Suho turned his head slightly and looked at the dungeon he was going to enter today.
[Seoul Station Field]
※ Dangerous area
The entrance to the subway station with blue fog rising slowly.
The Seoul Station field has been abandoned for a year because its underground level is too deep and its structure is too complex.
Looking at that place, Suho suddenly had this thought.
A cursed random box that promises to give you the items you need.
And the horn of Volcan that came out of it.
Was the reason that the sword that devoured that demon came into his hands really because he needed a ‘dual sword’?
Or maybe… … it’s because I’ll have to deal with the ‘devil’ sooner or later.
“Assistant, so what are we catching here today?”
Suho smiled and asked Assistant Lim.
