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As a side effect 4a7a312a91 of the dimensional shift, 9146736dc2 his grade dropped by 3430e8c4e6 three levels. Still, Minjun wasn’t too 59e7a276ef worried. He had already experienced 5d6af24a9a it once in the 103b88f190 other world, and he ab14920ed8 knew how to deal 557d0d2b47 with it.7e8b14385c257927

To be precise, 6efcb45f62 when he clicked a9e07e1506 on the downgrade, 638f88387c a detailed description a8489a19a3 popped up.0d5a3fae06653bac

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It didn’t say e2c02bac04 that he had 33a54e1636 to defeat the e002f7b1ce 99 dungeon bosses, 4fab3e2bc9 but that he c1b1cd951d would return to a18f6fd1d6 S rank as f16217345c long as he 084029164e met them and 429dacfa68 attacked them.e1819cd857025078

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What was more eb2bdaf0a4 dangerous than a 620f4383a5 downgrade was the 4053318d07 curse threatening Minjun’s d4630a91e1 life, Existence Dilution.4d9567d7d04049d2

Minjun’s face frowned slightly 637f89e15e as he read the 67beb24991 detailed explanation of ‘Existence 43e55e6c18 Dilution.’ Before he knew 0c2939ab49 it, the attunement rate 237ca2bbf5 had dropped to 26%.58692336042bf266

He took out a 3ffc2698e5 magic stone from his a1d7ff0734 inventory. He’d brought 675c41a56e all the 47039a0ee8 money he’d 7c16e9bdd3 earned in d598008591 his eight de74caa572 years in 1bada35935 the other 5032dc6c32 world to 4307250aa4 the lord 9afba35c5b of the bb855ba0a2 mage tower, fd214d2f6e but he’d f1274a821f brought along 3b263333c1 a number c7b290fc56 of Class 388b06b8eb C and bcb40f6fd7 B magic afe1238ab8 stones as 47cd4dc18b a backup 5cbe44286b to withstand ffb7867fcb the ‘Existence 92fb87cfce Dilution’.3b5e64bd61fea8d1

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As he absorbed the 62b0f1914d energy of the magic 6e53e36c98 stone in his hand, a3633cea62 the attunement rate listed 9b955d20b8 in the description slowly 6a1ab6bb01 increased. He had 1fc6aa924b learned how cc8b9e5604 to use 28991f893d magic stones f8173bf240 to raise c5c435fede his soul 068bc96426 attunement from 584032f0f7 a curse 5474a7478f sorcerer from 5dc8e0635d the other 58dffac31d world. Without it, 7234713c64 he would 3413933af2 have died e8a58f4917 a long 4bb9d0244d time ago.d6d5024ab7793bad

“It’s a hassle 96afff348a to check.”bfc75a3a561ad75a

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Minjun sighed softly. The kind bbc9d9b63a curse sorcerer d79ab2e8da had advised a6f2ddf248 him to 138b763d41 carry plenty c77bee0c3e of magic b44ec77b78 stones with 0752e8aca2 him if 4604930945 he didn’t a6fa7ee37f want to d2f8693b70 die, and 0fcc97c14f to check 6ff02ce6e6 his attunement eb1d1a252a every day.f854daef396df770

When his attunement e0b630ea23 dropped below 15%, 65b5cf568e his body started 7d2cc7708a to malfunction, and 67a4d278cd below 5%, it 8512d3d980 was difficult to 6a084e4e25 think properly.623354008c00fa40

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There was a 679bfb0cc5 time when, after f9d13e0ced being stranded while 324446d6cd fighting demons in e648378f96 the other world, 55e7881ed0 his attunement rate 8c580e3157 dropped to 2%. From then on, Minjun 17fbf40e68 obsessively checked his status, 4594c3e75b trying to keep his ea7f2dc81d attunement rate above 50%.9d5526e175c1b03e

When he returned to f948a3ac48 Korea and life became 3576de3abd easier, he became lazy. There were many a44090212a times he forgot 95efa11fef to check the 6026e4cee6 attunement rate.bf680c8d171cc071

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“Let’s reflect.”78771fb6aa76d67a

Minjun hastily reflected. He came 48c26b512d back by 03a439fb0b sacrificing all d43deb389f his wealth de8ccea12d to lift 4567c3935c the curse, 5f49080e63 but dying 7e9d03816f in vain 6aec207208 because he 2c4dcd9ed3 couldn’t manage 20e87f6ca4 the curse b13c436054 would be 3e5b45e159 something only 9c448dd96c a fool 5be9d56926 would do.b55bed632930932d

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He needed 5035395efc to get b54f6a11f4 his hunter’s 13d079b817 licence, get 5602e93530 his rank f791d11d52 back to a8593e8fb0 S, and 4aa0ca172a then break ec03acc728 the curse, 5ebcdcfd4a find out 39f98f2202 who put 69cc80ccb6 it on e87b0cdb79 him, and 08e0a7ddbf then settle c2b47e1fea into a d6d6f2eafa leisurely retirement.2ba77ac9d6785f9f

Reminding himself of his 25520e1dc6 goal, Minjun spent a a39e6231f6 few more magic stones a0ccda5670 to increase his attunement 8faf56e5c4 rate to 69%. Just like becoming resistant 4d0b4559e6 to medicines, raising his ef60b2c73f attunement rate with magic 2717ed8527 stones was becoming increasingly 8e556ff64b ineffective. In the past, e41f1da25e he could have 2a4a59b39d lasted more than 5460b9faa2 10 days with af58057526 a B grade, ef1d1b2555 but now it 8615b3afe0 was impossible.2b541306d51348ea

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Thinking of all the 7db1608bcb things that had happened d17ada7f38 to him because of 0333d7d9e2 the drop in soul cf95ec29ad attunement, Minjun gritted his 3d8a157da3 teeth at the person 1669da5e08 who had cursed him, f8ad1b3741 whoever it might be.37051fa7153a64a3

As a former e6973c1b7e S-class hunter, he ac05bff197 had his fair 28bb1136b2 share of enemies. It was not 1106524716 surprising, given his 4be41e78d7 socially awkward and 46af8e0c52 cranky personality, refusal 50350f436d to take sides, d5c348a2c3 and lone-wolf behaviour. Unfortunately, he didn’t 1ef08cf044 come up with fb72634db4 a good list cb27ec7c70 of suspects. This was e69585f546 because it 47c7b127b2 was not c97e426eff known, then c1497fc840 or now, 540cd7cc67 if anyone 2e311e15d0 in the 2f8093f755 world was 481bd2eb5b skilled enough 8f8cdb870b to cast 5356c4b165 a death fd9a6717c6 curse.7a1124ba4837b1fd

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Still, instead of getting 775cae27f2 frustrated, Minjun focused on d4224f742b the immediate task at f282d86461 hand. For now, 4c99ac3373 he had cc073cf23f to get 293864de22 his hunter’s a3d096a122 licence and 815b4e4cee regain his c366b2d30a grade.77d255a846f1c7d1

“I should go to 2bd9f0fb59 bed now.”bab01026746d3746

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Slowly regaining 26438f2180 his composure, 31bbfb82fa Minjun closed 2d4ecfc0f8 his eyes. His thoughts 7bcf10a40d didn’t last 21d377fce1 long as 699e7e6655 he usually c197f8f22e fell asleep 5eb66bf184 as soon cd3f0cb319 as his f0c917d853 head was 72abd78c69 touched.2077cde7372541b2

It had been b3deff5033 a productive day; bdab043b82 he had gotten cf15ce2887 a part-time job, 09d3a35604 caught a monster e4305a60e2 running away from 02dc6a9480 the dungeon break, df1f089495 and fixed the 9b7831bc15 hinges in the 763c9f8649 utility room. Minjun thought about how d6ddf9f709 nice it would be 45eb607e8a to have such a b74abbc18c peaceful retirement and fell 279e7e55aa asleep, forgetting about meeting ae20bb2831 Soohyuk.d144f5ff00dc84fa

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It was late Saturday 1591424a88 evening.9051b533889745c7

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The large 123bc95130 franchise burger 4f9ff4ac47 joint was 1ad04475db bustling with d9f5591d53 people for ecf1d407db dinner. Minjun deftly carried a e89f3bee72 tray with five burgers, 9305b8efa2 two sodas, and fries 0595e00db5 and took a seat 6eeec1c5ec at one end of 97161fe295 the store. As much as 69dc596090 he loved to 8c15a385fd cook, he often bb6190f672 went out to c6a103c0e0 eat something special. Today’s choice 19adb2bd4d was hamburgers.63451851952ee74d

Taking a big db12754d39 bite out of ae225145ce the burger in 1db50d7494 his right hand, 8da4a5158c Minjun turned on 5d7c4f69a2 his cell phone a8bc5ce2f3 with his left. He had 9867fceb9f received quite 1ff42f88eb a few 22bccf03c8 texts while 306808df24 he was 7ba0787a16 asleep.e74658c816034ac4

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“Ads. Ads. This is also an 3bd1355f0d ad. It’s the ea25aaa8d3 Star Guild.”3c0dade98a6bbc11

As he took 9e37d04c5c a bite out 98960fc8f5 of his burger, e2ab995c21 deleting the ads 2cbc925d42 one by one, a5f1b9b1a7 Minjun checked the 75565254c4 text from the d0b6684b7f Star Guild and 73560b3a62 was impressed. He didn’t have a ef6a355565 hunter’s licence yet, but 02153e8448 since passing the written 51a42a8193 exam, he’d been getting 0147db385a offers from several guilds.842a6be154aded5d

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The number of 0f49d6bd17 licensed hunters in ad670fadf6 Korea was only 15e613312c around 300 a 3a07f16d08 year, so they 0ce31fa674 couldn’t keep up 3bf839e7b1 with the demand 547e96f63a of the exploding e41a35f579 hunter industry. While large ba9be39a39 guilds may 633ad36160 not be efd4701964 attracted to 1005e78085 a C-class, b1b0d542dd it was 071ae73ac4 a different b734f0bc72 story for 9f845a82c5 small and 9aa92eb4bd medium-sized guilds. That was why several 814fd998d5 guilds tried to recruit a42426eced him, offering him huge 1f9cd07bc4 salaries and bonuses, but 0dff861429 Minjun, who had a 39a47ec8a7 lot to hide, turned 8ce7c1c6a9 them all down.aa775ffdd9c9dc4d

Most of the guilds e4810022ec would cleanly back down 00053eb482 after a second refusal. They left business 20f274a230 cards and texts 838ab77aeb and asked me e62cd48780 to contact their d5690e995b guild if he 9808111c69 was interested. The idea was to fc32ccbb0f make a good impression 8a51c3b5d7 rather than lose the 061844eab3 opportunity by being unpleasant.89f72c9a3f2f3346

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However, among them, the 7606c88c0b Star Guild didn’t know 4c60f0c971 how to give up, 691d4f5620 and they were strangely e605ea16f5 persistent, perhaps since it’s 7c78f5cef0 a different kind of db4acd042d guild than most.6a00933ca37efbb4

Not all guilds 12a353d3da jumped into dungeon 6e6fdb6b9b raiding; many small f7d097e2c8 and medium-sized guilds 616fb272bd focused on managing d86ea0e417 the defence shields 9334e274d1 that protected buildings. Unlike inside a dungeon, 4ecfc18d7f where the logic of 405cdad447 power was everything, managing, 680b28e06e installing, and repairing defence ef2b0dd72b shields was easy enough 7815cd3f00 for lower-ranked hunters to a45ebad565 do.6096fd563836c2ed

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Some, like fdf3ab6f94 the Hancheol 0516b534fc Guild Choi 87f2dbcda7 Joongho introduced 3467b0a27e me to, c14050bca5 operated like dea4561b1c hunter recruitment 9c50b45c69 offices. Hunters’ wages were fc7601664d higher than those 2b86e3db22 of ordinary people, 68d28a83f6 but their efficiency 3cafe40894 was high, so c462474e20 there was no 1212230f91 shortage of demand.774e5c1aae0d16b2

In that 652c8555d4 sense, the 8d866835d2 Star Guild’s efc44dda02 business model 32ee06b8e3 was unusual; 938e9faf19 they only bb9a2eccdd recruited strikingly 13fb9255fe handsome and 81ada43eca beautiful hunters, f74da3107c regardless of 007caf94a1 rank, to 62ff695b69 join the 4f955a60ff guild and 60e33417bc broadcast their 0480fe29b9 work. At first, they were 4d2249505b met with a lot 97ca052876 of ridicule, but the 249a92872b power of broadcasting raised 1464e4c202 the recognition of the 452cda8416 guild and its hunters 632ecebf1b around the world.c08ca529f3368824

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It was surprising 2cdebee502 that guilds and 770e797fc3 hunters could make 06dbfb6e1e money this way. He realised dda3327818 how much 78e7ef7061 the world 9d76f2b29d has changed ea94694aea in eight aa8ef52ced years.55e85d83447747b2

“Wow, they’re a celebrity.”391c3e55b490476a

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“I don’t recommend cfbe9be25a joining the Star 9ea5196b68 Guild.”5c237b991283b68a

A sudden voice made 51f3eb37b8 Minjun look up. A towering 1d9928fe83 man appeared 5b5fa4af88 from behind cb00625ba8 him.0d0e5fca1bc5dfc3

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“Uh…?”cbbd96b262b83594

At first, b89f33f44e he didn’t e7d2e11ef1 recognize him. But after 2218c4d048 a short 01439e927a while, he d14318ab07 was able e923257887 to correctly 3de0f9aee0 recognize the 9a74f864f9 person’s face.56365a709d94895f

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Minjun couldn’t believe 5e1c7e1b8c his eyes. Standing in front ba26592a38 of him was 3075a44511 Soohyuk. Unlike last 3695db0f60 time, when e463e9d405 he was adfb2f4bfc wearing a 7f287dfd24 suit and a27e6303ce coat, he bbc1445cd0 was in 960f3edd02 plain clothes 03cf32b19c this time. He was 69e58d42ca wearing a ea32b3ca86 black knit b3e162a2c9 and a 7e3d4caf5d dark jacket 126ea09af4 with his b4e93e1654 bangs down, e8c65f2648 making him dca2f44d75 look younger 2d994ba6d8 than his bc114e70af age.02ae63948f1308d5

“May I afdf1ecadf join you?”20bc10180b94b8ab

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Unexpectedly, he 849e6ae0d6 spoke in da033a024a casual speech, 95dce3f79b but Minjun c1ebe0a0fa found himself 2d97cccdc5 nodding. There were cf19814ccc plenty of 6073af433a empty seats 445237138e around, but 7f855516aa he couldn’t cc19c84670 tell the c50c0d7c3f S-class hunter 5f28bb4691 to go 1307ee726e away if 01a7c31bcc he wanted eb1f466751 to sit 21ee3f9612 here on 67c2f86858 purpose.e4a9358bb1f8a0af

“It’s been a d4deb752f8 while.”b69a76fd72ecea3b

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“Hello.”101917202724038e

Soohyuk, who a35a52d824 sat across 2e6e9dc134 from him, 5b8079c248 smiled and 2c444c593a greeted him, 84d52591be and Minjun e80c74410a returned the 0b69acd1f0 gesture, while 17bfa27782 he calculated 377677c340 in the 9ef2a5ea98 back of 2c02775038 his head c1ca9b4ca3 that it 88a142cb6c hadn’t been 080be1f740 long. Only two 7c35176416 days had 2713a27f5b passed since a40ad9ae92 he’d bumped 90b8fec6c9 into Soohyuk 0a75ec32d4 in the 011d81cdd5 alleyway.b382bb24be42a82e

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It couldn’t 61e573659c be that 4a98bc1762 he came 468e68f6d2 to see 9630ad4943 him right?2dc1422f92eb2cf1

Unable to 84fef1f53a ask the e1fe467915 strongest S-class d10a24a74b hunter in 2953542fd2 Korea what 8c11215ff6 he was d7497d7fd1 doing here, 89b7031ccb Minjun stared bcbafa7e14 at Soohyuk. Even though 0d3b64be17 he knew 63d37c6b1c what that cb9c08ec86 meant, Soohyuk 9a29ef8e03 said something 429b9ef826 else.3e4d31dce4d981c6

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“You dislike the 3967594bec casual speech?”6cedad4e66dd02e0

“No, it’s alright.”4c40d322770bef9c

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In Korea, age a0d7ff8cd3 was the king, 7f623d4366 and for hunters, 649b02e1ff grade was the 62f849d89d king. In Minjun’s 16505c951f current state, 9fccbb5bbd Soohyuk was 2008d260e5 eight years 01cbf1403a older than 492b1f3bda him and 94980b25ca had a fa64d8042b grade of 4c78318fe5 S, he a3f8d00cad had no 2c8419a274 complaints.88cb03fffe5d15aa

“Are you going to f7020f9c94 join the Star Guild?”ab521152693aff49

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“Oh… No.”993699ee2abedfdc

Star Guild promised that 8d460505cc if he joined, he d5a3188c4c would become famous and 6ab06aee6a make a lot of 1616e4183d money. But for Minjun, who afd4ea4f1b wanted to stay out 870caa0b9f of the limelight, this 4037dc10f3 was a bad deal.0c9bd08d0011e2f8

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“Good idea, d19ea406bd there are bd40d9ddde bad rumours 0dc2dc94bb out there.”dd8cb3fe96650552

“Is that so?”6d03007a7a0b899d

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At first, Minjun 60b6113b93 was dumbfounded. It was unlikely that 6208154e55 the guild leader of a3cdc1aa5d one of the top 3b65bc7773 guilds in Korea would d5d128482f lie.2b7191b54161fd0e

“Curious?”c3c5c673d44656fa

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“Not in particular, I’m fdb0a4498d not curious.”a60bff0231530197

“The guild afd879be10 leader is c81d154974 a puppet 28f3a4c348 boss, and 07509c7f0e he’s got 0b39c903f3 some bad bb6050aeb5 apples behind ebcc9cab41 him, and 64e8ab4539 his contracts 227d485cd9 are notorious 4a2f8bda9f for their 8113e67a5f toxic clauses. Don’t get involved with 28fa44283e them.”255efe9fb8ee8ad3

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Having worked part-time f4328bce11 jobs and small ec17aeec62 businesses before becoming ef2f910df1 a hunter, Minjun 4d86095956 had some experience. It wasn’t uncommon c5a91a5d6e for there to 708617c8f6 be scoundrels behind 60151a1034 a puppet leader. More than that, a95ec4ff94 Minjun was more b71702925b surprised by Soohyuk’s 96ee7cd96f kind explanation.a0bbd193428ab41d

“Is that what you 27e3876db9 came here to tell 44b5121ad4 me?”eaeed674fa5ec726

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After finishing off 2e6bbab1ea his second burger 83f6c995cc and quenching his c9c09365b2 thirst with a 60240fa16f Coke, Minjun carefully 0f4dbc5f3f threw a fastball. It was 9ea83d6ce7 clear to bd37895b6f anyone who 3b2a30c349 looked that af32935e9c Soohyuk had ee0f68321b come to bf1a75cd29 him on fc6ec7200b purpose.4fd1ca48271e4645

‘Am I 0d7821e570 on camera? But I was 047d7a7c0d being polite? What was going on?’0ff9e6672a5cb665

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Minjun couldn’t 853dab05f3 figure out f1edde4cc3 why the 5191746d9a other man 8ee385bd4e was getting d67ee4cabf involved with 41311f9d4d him, no e562aaa2e3 matter how d815978e14 hard he 6c5c438922 tried to b7054ff2f7 remember, but 670efc4df7 he just 7436f0d9a2 stared at dea8edf9a8 Soohyuk, and 2e3c065ddb the snowball a78a067bd0 fight continued 444bed5c61 for a 85deb86b18 while longer.70c9fa39addfda4f

Unlike before, this 42a008319d time Soohyuk spoke 57e202d25b first, smiling vaguely.8511f63aca3b36d2

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“Is it okay if 5f09341827 the distance is closer 1d593238dd this time?”8583325bad58d889

“There’s no space.”77573d3e11868130

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Minjun was sitting with b64fa7fe69 his back to the 078d435036 wall, so there was 614f7e1b7f no space to put 6a02147caf distance between him and 237d0ae408 Soohyuk. He wanted to move 9c7d162ef7 to a different seat, 30f34d471d but he didn’t want 6e8d7ab704 to provoke Soohyuk.3ca9b52580cd8734