GM Ch46

The monsters in the F-class dungeon were weak and the scale was small. Based on their previous experience, they were able to meet the boss after running for about 10 minutes. Instead of fighting the monsters blocking their path, they simply kicked them away.

“Oh. Wait a minute. Over there!”

“What is it all of a sudden?”

Soohyuk stopped walking at Minjun’s urgent shout. Then Minjun stretched out his arm and pointed to one side of the icy terrain.

“There are flowers over there.”

“Huh?”

Soohyuk looked at the place Minjun pointed at. There was nothing except a large chunk of ice sticking out like a tree stump. But when he looked closely, he saw that there was a small ice rock inside the stump. If Minjun hadn’t pointed at it, he would have passed it by, thinking it was just a crumb of ice.

“Let’s go get that. It’s an item.”

“How do you know that?”

Not all plants and ores in the dungeon were items. Information about the grass covering the meadow dungeons, for example, didn’t show up on the status screen.

As 12 years had passed since the first cataclysm, information had accumulated. However, new monsters, items, and by-products continued to appear in the dungeon. It was Soohyuk’s first time seeing the ice stone that Minjun pointed to. It was also smaller than a 100 won coin, and it was surprising that Minjun recognized it.

“The spirit told me.”

“Really?”

“It’s an ice land, so I summoned a water spirit.”

“You have a lot of talent.”

Soohyuk didn’t know much about elementalists. Moreover, Minjun’s characteristics were completely different from those of the elementalists known so far. He thought that if it were Minjun’s spirit, that could be possible. And so, Soohyuk was convinced. Thus, he didn’t recognize Minjun’s desperate act to avoid being found out that he was lying.

It was by chance that the small ice rock caught the eye of Minjun, who was being carried by Soohyuk like a koala stuck in a tree. If it was an ordinary item, Minjun would have passed it by, but it was quite rare. So, without even realizing it, he instinctively stopped Soohyuk.

Only after Soohyuk got close to the ice stone did he put Minjun down on the ground. Minjun stretched for a moment and then knelt in front of the stone.

“Ice and Moon Drop? Everything except the name is locked. What’s this?”

Soohyuk said after reading the item information. Minjun was also seeing the same thing.

Minjun was wondering how far he should lie before opening his mouth.

“Apparently it’s because the flowers haven’t bloomed yet.”

“How do flowers bloom?”

“Like this.”

Minjun summoned the spirit of fire and started a fire around the pile of rocks. A band of fire shaped like a small hoop wrapped around the stones gathered together.

Soon, the ice melted and purple sprouts began to sprout. And in an instant, it grew and leaves and flowers appeared. A small flower with transparent petals fluttering around sparkled like a jewel.

As the flowers bloomed, the item information updated.

All locked information had been unlocked.

The grade of magic tools made by special-type hunters was usually determined by the quality of magic stones and additional materials. In particular, additional materials had a significant impact on detailed effects and skills.

For that reason, legendary attack power increasing materials were traded at very high prices. It was effective because it was rare.

The blooming condition for the Ice and Moon Drop was fire. The stronger the flame exposure, the higher the grade.

“Wow, it’s legendary with an attack power increase effect.”

Feigning surprise, Minjun cheered as if he knew nothing. Despite feeling incredibly awkward, he managed to convey his excitement convincingly enough to surprise Soohyuk.

“It’s amazing.”

“Right? It will sell expensively, right?”

“Of course. Sell this to our guild.”

“Half of it belongs to the guild leader.”

“I need the other half too. I’ll give you the highest price. I’m sure the workshop will be thrilled.”

Minjun remembered that there was a production workshop at the June Guild. To be exact, it was a guild that was similar to a subsidiary. Most of the equipment, including weapons and armor made here, was delivered to the June Guild.

Large guilds all had at least one production workshop like this to easily supply equipment. It was a new structure created while Minjun was away from Earth for 8 years.

“Yes. I’ll hand it all over to the guild leader. Take it.”

“Thanks to our baby chick, I’ll get to strut around with my nose in the air for a while.”

Soohyuk smiled and picked up more than ten flowers. Minjun, who had decided to be nice to his first believer, squared his shoulders in pride. Seeing Soohyuk happy, he felt satisfied.

“Let’s go.”

Minjun was placed on Soohyuk’s back again. After running for a few more minutes at almost motorcycle speed, the boss appeared.

The boss of the F-class dungeon was a huge hedgehog covered in ice thorns. It was about the size of a light car and had a wide range of enemy recognition. As soon as the ice hedgehog spotted Soohyuk running in a straight line, it roared and stretched out its thorns.

Soohyuk did not stop running despite the sharp roar.

“Attack.”

Minjun took out a sharp blade from his arms and threw it at the ice hedgehog. The key to eliminating the side effects of dimensional travel was to directly attack the 99 dungeon bosses.

Slash! The fast-flying blade got deeply lodged in the ice hedgehog’s right front paw. Minjun’s attack power was much higher than the defense power of the F-class dungeon boss.

The moment Minjun’s attack was successful, Soohyuk swung his sword with explosive momentum, closing the distance at once. With just one bell slash, the ice hedgehog was shattered into pieces.

With that, the F-class dungeon raid ended.

When the hunters who entered the dungeon came out of the escape gate less than 30 minutes later, the National Security Agency employees who were waiting greeted them with surprise. He then made a fuss, saying he didn’t know it would be this fast. The National Security Agency staff, who thought they would have to wait for hours, confirmed that the dungeon was closing and registered the fact that the dungeon raid had ended on the server.

The two hunters and two National Security Agency employees parted ways with a smile in a friendly atmosphere. Minjun and Soohyuk headed to the next dungeon with light steps.

***

It took only a few hours to clear two F-class dungeons and one D-class dungeon. It took more time to move than a dungeon raid.

After emerging from the third dungeon, Minjun and Soohyuk decided to have a slightly late lunch. Minjun agreed without hesitation to Soohyuk’s suggestion to go eat snow crab.

The place where Minjun followed Soohyuk was a seafood restaurant. After eating a mountain of snow crab, they headed to the cafe in the building right next door.

“If we continue like this, it’ll be a waste of time. Should we go to one more dungeon?”

Minjun, who was happily drinking coffee, looked at Soohyuk sitting across from him. It wasn’t difficult for him to figure out that he was asking to go to the dungeon one more time.

“Isn’t there a limit on same-day auctioned raids?”

This was a question that frequently appeared on the hunter license written exam. The maximum number of dungeons that a one-person guild could bid on in a day was three. And, unless it was a very urgent case, you could enter the dungeon you had won the bid on only from the next day onwards.

“Not those. I’m talking about joining a party. There are a few places that are looking for party members urgently.”

Soohyuk thrust his cell phone at Minjun. HunterNet had a separate bulletin board looking for party members. He saw a lot of posts looking for a hunter to enter the dungeon with them this afternoon with the prefix ‘Very Urgent.’

Before joining the June Guild, Minjun was also a freelance hunter and had planned to join the party and enter the dungeon. But things were different now. To enter a dungeon that was not managed by June Guild, he had to obtain prior permission from the guild.

“Uh… I won’t be able to enter a guild without prior permission?”

“I’m the guild leader.”

“That’s an abuse of power.”

“It’s okay. No one says anything. Let’s go to just one more place. Since it’s the first day, I have to work hard. See what the atmosphere of other parties is like.”

Saying he was going to find a party, Soohyuk moved quickly. Within the June Guild, he contacted Jeong Seongwon, the guild’s deputy guild leader, and received verbal permission in advance, then sent a note to the hunter looking for party members.

It was right after he decided to join the party that Minjun’s cell phone vibrated on the table. Minjun tilted his head when he saw that the number in the middle was 5500, starting with 02. It was a call from the National Security Agency.

“Huh? National Security Agency?”

Soohyuk also recognized the phone number.

“Was there a problem with the dungeon raid?”

“No way. In that case, the call should have come from Yoon Junmin’s guild, not you. I won the bid in my name.”

“Hmm?”

“Answer the phone. Turn on recording first. I can roughly guess what it is, but I need to hear what they’re saying.”

Minjun pressed the record button as Soohyuk instructed and then answered the phone.

“Hello?”

— Hello. My name is Park Gyuyoung, an officer of Team 3 of the Dungeon Management Department of the National Safety Agency. Are you Hunter Kim Minjun?

“Yes, that’s right.”

— Nice to meet you, Hunter Kim Minjun.

Park Gyuyoung’s voice rang cheerfully over the receiver. Minjun greeted Soohyuk appropriately.

The reason Park Gyuyoung called Minjun, after asking about his well-being in detail, was because of the Poison Jar Dungeon, as Soohyuk expected. Park Gyuyoung, who had been talking about how difficult the Poison Jar Dungeon raid was, emphasized that Minjun’s detoxification ability was absolutely necessary.

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