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As a 289002de80 side effect 738cf06199 of the fa2a2afbda dimensional shift, 010733fd54 his grade 562cc5c4cf dropped by 421bd1744d three levels. Still, Minjun wasn’t too 71f88978ce worried. He had already experienced 208071feac it once in the 2cbc5aad0c other world, and he b191a4e215 knew how to deal ffdbdb7181 with it.89c472d8fae4119a

To be precise, when b2957d63e2 he clicked on the 3295a23866 downgrade, a detailed description 8e6216c394 popped up.78fb744a4125f16f

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It didn’t say that b0ce92f756 he had to defeat 8338762b32 the 99 dungeon bosses, df953d9069 but that he would f464a7017e return to S rank 813e3c38ff as long as he 81c86b9f19 met them and attacked 071f99e60c them.7c9f0b8eee602cdf

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What was 072cc612e4 more dangerous fdc768340a than a 1898bc4d67 downgrade was 071c5d3297 the curse 443997cfa1 threatening Minjun’s 8b38a3ddbf life, Existence 0570d86648 Dilution.6c8b14b0671cf5d9

Minjun’s face f7726dc7b3 frowned slightly 884e84b3a2 as he af80a08a21 read the 6063663175 detailed explanation 76f845fc9a of ‘Existence 897116251f Dilution.’ Before 749d98d494 he knew aa655fd5d8 it, the 3ae019a2a5 attunement rate f41d6b5e45 had dropped e96d7d8f46 to 26%.41b33734c3d0dedd

He took 363b464281 out a dd6dfe0e73 magic stone 318ccdbaa0 from his 2aad839be6 inventory. He’d brought 1e5675c09c all the 13127e7a83 money he’d c2db8c367e earned in e67c315b6a his eight 713988139f years in 2ed9cc807c the other 2e15b93307 world to c833d4641e the lord 5dd6701eda of the bbb3ecce3d mage tower, dae3bb87ab but he’d ca0c85aa10 brought along 2127cd9d12 a number 927487b186 of Class d99eb767c4 C and 3c83e4e60f B magic b563203b80 stones as 794960e8f0 a backup 3a5918d690 to withstand ebac40a73c the ‘Existence e81f2aed8d Dilution’.a0cb7c794009b4bb

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As he e3820d279b absorbed the 17e22d0a88 energy of 4507ff60e3 the magic 4bd0603566 stone in b9c8b5752b his hand, b3c4611f5a the attunement 87796a66a0 rate listed 2c9a002886 in the b391f23183 description slowly 48c02fb72e increased. He had learned how c351fd9323 to use magic stones 5d2838e4b1 to raise his soul e48e7d2ce6 attunement from a curse 3e74ce6a52 sorcerer from the other f330a09f1d world. Without it, he 72ec436bc7 would have died dec2afebed a long time fa12fcdff9 ago.c8076d78588e6043

“It’s a hassle to 4d52f3ae47 check.”7c188467d748f959

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Minjun sighed softly. The kind curse sorcerer d2d3b6fb74 had advised him to 2d711a8413 carry plenty of magic f8575dcf26 stones with him if 60811710fe he didn’t want to 1fba861726 die, and to check 3447ddf927 his attunement every day.8160a0685a131624

When his attunement dropped 7ac4b06584 below 15%, his body d58fcc148c started to malfunction, and e23ddc78d0 below 5%, it was c75e42ed0f difficult to think properly.5369ffcef2a4d29e

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There was 3d8fd2f52b a time 4044b53794 when, after a92e15c2d0 being stranded dd0b1e9461 while fighting 99541f87c8 demons in 5ef0933874 the other 5a14699e8c world, his c71217be7e attunement rate 530caf5497 dropped to 11980db51c 2%. From then on, Minjun f0fc081759 obsessively checked his status, b471fd1967 trying to keep his a3a352e144 attunement rate above 50%.5dd4ef0715af79de

When he dfcfdbabe0 returned to fbcec5a243 Korea and 8517242faa life became e8bb8b41cd easier, he d151cd6735 became lazy. There were many times b46b790849 he forgot to check c644f149d3 the attunement rate.72072ad27b4c83d6

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“Let’s reflect.”763da1e65a65682f

Minjun hastily reflected. He came 46a6075627 back by 1336990a53 sacrificing all 4ecbfb8c37 his wealth 9d0a03ba1d to lift 4ccb4c338b the curse, ca29a3a32c but dying 7e29c89d39 in vain ae1f68b9d1 because he ae430437ff couldn’t manage c90fe373d3 the curse 8e930ff90b would be 9c6e300a58 something only 70295784dc a fool e7d6984b05 would do.a3e11cc20a0f3135

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He needed c6ae5cfddf to get 12e5fb55c5 his hunter’s 38904d5bc3 licence, get 465c56d5ba his rank 47fb4d0df5 back to cd3ba376df S, and 2cf97f9daf then break 53c947989e the curse, 49f2c70522 find out 020ba035b4 who put 837e501877 it on 38bcbe94bc him, and 8eae7450ab then settle a4cc72ee34 into a a1a59c92d1 leisurely retirement.c1dfedd76d105b17

Reminding himself of his d25519f3b3 goal, Minjun spent a 76b6bb2d4b few more magic stones 41be29cced to increase his attunement 32574a7ae3 rate to 69%. Just like 6afc315ffe becoming resistant 342ac930cb to medicines, 1ad0d4b3ca raising his d25d8226d0 attunement rate a067b2ec21 with magic 55ec634d89 stones was 9294372bae becoming increasingly 74496450ec ineffective. In the cfbb551ed0 past, he bddc41af5d could have 0814862e51 lasted more 250248fd3e than 10 531c02c959 days with f91c3acf13 a B 5e253e4635 grade, but 3cc8a6779e now it ba807ee502 was impossible.83789e4146b715dc

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Thinking of 740279401c all the d0fcc3b308 things that cd87a826a0 had happened 2020f1b2ae to him 5ec99563a2 because of 327d2aaf14 the drop 7063fdbd25 in soul 0d3aa77e3f attunement, Minjun d730378a85 gritted his 93b2e65efc teeth at 79cf6d8039 the person 0f00869f40 who had aa1a859c42 cursed him, fd125a63d0 whoever it 6c6408fec1 might be.525b00638e75f0e5

As a former acbeba490c S-class hunter, he 18cf6a6b7b had his fair b02e2dce67 share of enemies. It was f8124371d3 not surprising, b1c048c137 given his 34d546c5fd socially awkward b18e0fe20c and cranky 86494c5853 personality, refusal e1ba6013f2 to take 3b70ba24bb sides, and ba19d34491 lone-wolf behaviour. Unfortunately, he didn’t b5d3243451 come up with bba7338e03 a good list 22bf9fedfa of suspects. This was because d3342f6820 it was not c4d26f2d30 known, then or 93b95ec2b7 now, if anyone c4deb6e19e in the world c0d03afe39 was skilled enough 5243f43787 to cast a 940a6a07aa death curse.e16001efa7223813

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Still, instead of getting 18f4436ffe frustrated, Minjun focused on 3b8ca683bf the immediate task at d404d72ce6 hand. For now, he had d1fb26700e to get his hunter’s 10a8da00d3 licence and regain his 6a1f1ce63f grade.5d360ee9ab3ebe1d

“I should be77972efa go to 5d97c97cf3 bed now.”759b4679394018df

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Slowly regaining his f01c5ab692 composure, Minjun closed ae0fbb6e36 his eyes. His thoughts didn’t 4dbc630a7c last long as 2134dd932a he usually fell ef12a72a6d asleep as soon 422b3fe458 as his head 10896fc8f1 was touched.e2e98df9a2d2c49b

It had been a f399dfa467 productive day; he had 7e1bcd1b20 gotten a part-time job, 9c8f719c44 caught a monster running 59eb46200a away from the dungeon f4b2605367 break, and fixed the ae925d83c0 hinges in the utility 755c3da080 room. Minjun thought about fe2d264896 how nice it 44f9d16bdb would be to 4b85c65366 have such a fe58788676 peaceful retirement and c13f039f80 fell asleep, forgetting e83ddd68fc about meeting Soohyuk.67aeba4dca3ce7cd

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It was late a69aebc778 Saturday evening.97d850666d12efce

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The large franchise burger c5a1085195 joint was bustling with 9d8bf09d0b people for dinner. Minjun deftly carried a 18d8f7f733 tray with five burgers, cca45b90c0 two sodas, and fries 81747ba6fa and took a seat d3fa2f4f14 at one end of 40370fdbfc the store. As much 61633add54 as he 9e5d12da04 loved to 796393638f cook, he 5c23138c6b often went f160c24f45 out to 413592f1c7 eat something 6edc5e0c01 special. Today’s choice was hamburgers.897220a64f0df1a4

Taking a big 8fcb84ad35 bite out of cc99336d52 the burger in 58398699b8 his right hand, 22ae2a9b01 Minjun turned on 45ef766579 his cell phone f29b4b8779 with his left. He had 5275cc0e9a received quite 741b5381b8 a few 8df77ebf50 texts while a3c865c486 he was 36471b3eac asleep.ea6d7495f35801aa

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“Ads. Ads. This is also 1959854c37 an ad. It’s the Star 081b7c6756 Guild.”2d08e4bb04b0af25

As he took e4cea9b40c a bite out e2780221e8 of his burger, 51b20d9599 deleting the ads 42871223d8 one by one, 9238940254 Minjun checked the 9f610f1338 text from the a97e273f91 Star Guild and 72a6b38ad1 was impressed. He didn’t 45ea6be13a have a a1c29bf62c hunter’s licence bf9899315d yet, but 30a674ed9e since passing 7bcdd8244c the written f73fc3f04f exam, he’d 18e2e90a88 been getting 9d64a19b26 offers from bffb5332d8 several guilds.9cb0029f780b7978

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The number of licensed f09e9bd135 hunters in Korea was 077ec1ffda only around 300 a 6800cabb59 year, so they couldn’t 97c6b296ec keep up with the ae759c6733 demand of the exploding d49bb375f3 hunter industry. While large guilds 233580cd2d may not be 2dda32968d attracted to a 1c7a7a74c8 C-class, it was 344a0dac68 a different story 3c7689162e for small and 86999e4ce2 medium-sized guilds. That was why several 04e3e1fff3 guilds tried to recruit 3b5911667e him, offering him huge 149d5a603c salaries and bonuses, but 29285e6bfd Minjun, who had a 933dbefb70 lot to hide, turned 8f49347741 them all down.bd42fe35d90bd923

Most of the 6149e5941e guilds would cleanly e61692985c back down after 12a34b3ce0 a second refusal. They left a3bcf84250 business cards 8186ea2456 and texts bfe28110cd and asked 185162a580 me to e375a51074 contact their d1b883850f guild if 792fa9d448 he was fe0926cb61 interested. The idea was e776dc493c to make a 06e666451e good impression rather b4fb9f0805 than lose the 03ba318d20 opportunity by being f318949356 unpleasant.3e5122db67bc5e6d

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However, among them, the 57baaf6144 Star Guild didn’t know dc44d6495f how to give up, ce23f92a53 and they were strangely 9c83752af8 persistent, perhaps since it’s 5e1b86a15e a different kind of 0099aa8b60 guild than most.06c1497e3dedf36f

Not all guilds c1a675d7e4 jumped into dungeon b573009b2f raiding; many small 2d0fa3bbb5 and medium-sized guilds 112b5dcdfb focused on managing 30554385e8 the defence shields 7b34e0f646 that protected buildings. Unlike inside a dungeon, aa74f8c143 where the logic of b65bc9401a power was everything, managing, 886e3844ee installing, and repairing defence 659f41ef28 shields was easy enough 339495459c for lower-ranked hunters to 3963b70181 do.61e114f9eba45411

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Some, like the b06710c681 Hancheol Guild Choi fc2bc1995d Joongho introduced me 104cb4355a to, operated like a52142d13c hunter recruitment offices. Hunters’ wages were 85f65865a1 higher than those 3bcc4717be of ordinary people, c13006de53 but their efficiency 3cd9bb3f95 was high, so 4c1cac5a38 there was no 5a05d63b61 shortage of demand.a932e718ce66eb31

In that b1827b9b2f sense, the ce28281c03 Star Guild’s 0b5fd9ca1e business model 2d391e713f was unusual; 67b8046a2f they only b185793384 recruited strikingly bddde23e1b handsome and a1122efb4d beautiful hunters, a12a188b8f regardless of 58f988663f rank, to 8aef2861ef join the 3e1a37fd07 guild and 71dbc83162 broadcast their 0df88014c7 work. At first, they were 1ecea41478 met with a lot 78e56bc542 of ridicule, but the 277256350c power of broadcasting raised 2ea0623940 the recognition of the 4e5568b864 guild and its hunters f46f5447fb around the world.77bfa5d7a3c2ef8d

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It was 499e94efe8 surprising that 31693e9d4f guilds and 13306fb746 hunters could 56bec2776a make money 8033a14713 this way. He realised how much 87bd505f40 the world has changed 1476d4fc2a in eight years.facffe28783cd6ad

“Wow, they’re a celebrity.”32ff50d7ce092d92

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“I don’t recommend e49bfaf957 joining the Star 4b69e62c82 Guild.”c8ec28d7e7682626

A sudden voice 3aab9337ee made Minjun look ac26c1dad5 up. A towering man 09eb11ab67 appeared from behind 07547b4bed him.6c4d4a006baff7bc

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“Uh…?”661495b3a40dbece

At first, he 0a32fe9385 didn’t recognize him. But after a short bccec66a9d while, he was able fc0e59a3ab to correctly recognize the b506ee2cf1 person’s face.f77d74f647ea9b94

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Minjun couldn’t believe his 837a331421 eyes. Standing in front of d89a658e7c him was Soohyuk. Unlike last time, 53c2a60176 when he was 766d5b7689 wearing a suit fb3c985c5f and coat, he 5139ca3cca was in plain 7c03371a47 clothes this time. He was wearing a cacdffc1d1 black knit and a 90ca18bf26 dark jacket with his 1886dbe9a3 bangs down, making him 8798469f4f look younger than his 7e0f8fd72f age.40e10c7c52ae8cc1

“May I join you?”1017ac3cc088dccc

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Unexpectedly, he d945a83081 spoke in 0d003d7712 casual speech, 267fc6972c but Minjun 898ee16cf4 found himself 446c2e1463 nodding. There were plenty ad4b674753 of empty seats e3c2a00bb0 around, but he 77e620f744 couldn’t tell the 10c64890bc S-class hunter to 898eb6a950 go away if 2531ed46ba he wanted to 4b77e26af9 sit here on cafb3dca08 purpose.a29a76e3ea88f28b

“It’s been a b81fccdc02 while.”152bbd3b9d09bfed

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“Hello.”07d0e1e71aa8c7a3

Soohyuk, who sat across a45798e76c from him, smiled and 8178ab6dc9 greeted him, and Minjun 680d77224d returned the gesture, while 806ab4aee9 he calculated in the 93157e5d34 back of his head 5eb059c077 that it hadn’t been 1898f79eeb long. Only two days 0e6a86a934 had passed since 8cfb44b04a he’d bumped into cba0778e82 Soohyuk in the e7af184371 alleyway.a9ef57a2e3abf5aa

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It couldn’t be that 368dfd6f1f he came to see 92e51fdd88 him right?a74209aefc69fcee

Unable to ask 8e31b85e98 the strongest S-class 164837eed7 hunter in Korea 4ed2028c61 what he was 1fa89a16e5 doing here, Minjun 1870ff703f stared at Soohyuk. Even though he knew 0bdbc8deff what that meant, Soohyuk dce2b875be said something else.2a612c7006be4f55

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“You dislike the 4212668397 casual speech?”8af91fc796a1fcf3

“No, it’s alright.”aa9118c14693aa93

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In Korea, a374f60763 age was fe8b42e616 the king, af66277ca6 and for ad4add06af hunters, grade ef8136b667 was the fc98eb2db9 king. In Minjun’s dcb8589454 current state, 54c6fd48a0 Soohyuk was 2f54d4889e eight years 6bde64c200 older than 061a4966c4 him and 652393f962 had a e777739dae grade of ef867effb8 S, he a59c881b1f had no 00bec52793 complaints.d6a4013a01f2bf24

“Are you going to 92446dd246 join the Star Guild?”f3b0a1110db3b670

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“Oh… No.”b926e2e9e945ce0e

Star Guild promised 9c31b4fd2e that if he b10e1b154a joined, he would 0b3bdfb961 become famous and 0be89fed01 make a lot ee553e7a4d of money. But for Minjun, who 1f6d91fde3 wanted to stay out bd0db1101f of the limelight, this 2e92a4ecda was a bad deal.f6d841fe5b3054b8

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“Good idea, a93734641b there are 64711f2a10 bad rumours 6d455c7dbf out there.”74646ca326b5cf48

“Is that so?”da0523b445ea6b29

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At first, Minjun was eea62ab254 dumbfounded. It was unlikely f81dc76e43 that the guild d8df1ef301 leader of one a14f24271c of the top 4c73013e7b guilds in Korea 81a9555a94 would lie.4fcc7d813f97ab07

“Curious?”7c7cc27fd8e31bee

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“Not in e57f26ba6f particular, I’m 0ac3288432 not curious.”c5ec6bb411676fca

“The guild leader 17d5b27d2a is a puppet 0ad8789f08 boss, and he’s bc0d8e9cf4 got some bad 33ab95d4bb apples behind him, 789d100a2e and his contracts 8c59d8ce21 are notorious for e765f6a33a their toxic clauses. Don’t get 0ca1891db9 involved with a50a60e56e them.”c48d248667f33bc1

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Having worked part-time e1c06ce3ac jobs and small cbae46d90e businesses before becoming e6a492188b a hunter, Minjun 5ad7061126 had some experience. It wasn’t uncommon a3135ffba1 for there to 656da6cc8d be scoundrels behind 014f61f978 a puppet leader. More than 2c754759d5 that, Minjun 164903f5c2 was more 0a2aa2a632 surprised by 0f20e3dfae Soohyuk’s kind 164060273d explanation.7b36f099b59f12d0

“Is that 6a052e1a1d what you bd5717f789 came here f66c12da65 to tell 2e7ea83e8c me?”c3c077b8553dbcdb

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After finishing 94ad1e18d4 off his afaa1d8d1a second burger 458d81d76f and quenching d7a0f4a5a3 his thirst a986f40e7c with a ca1939a8f6 Coke, Minjun 35cb6c9940 carefully threw 12def6f35d a fastball. It was clear to 93e35eea2e anyone who looked that 64ae0558fc Soohyuk had come to 4590f43fba him on purpose.d9842759885b1f15

‘Am I on b2cad0a398 camera? But I was being 5392b50b64 polite? What was going on?’3086ee029e616f8d

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Minjun couldn’t figure out f6d7e401bd why the other man fc313fb26e was getting involved with 5b7fe079d7 him, no matter how 3a39e90793 hard he tried to 444ca02e01 remember, but he just d39962afc3 stared at Soohyuk, and ca5fb95f6f the snowball fight continued c2a729b7c3 for a while longer.e6259787d08f41ce

Unlike before, this time 1a45e0040a Soohyuk spoke first, smiling 3e2f671a0e vaguely.9915cc62c027c138

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“Is it okay 48191f5da8 if the distance e151a95be1 is closer this 59bdcb4944 time?”4a848d58743d1a1a

“There’s no space.”df401269cbb3f023

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Minjun was sitting 48c8be03de with his back 4f3728eafc to the wall, 79996bd08e so there was b40319cb7c no space to be5106cb73 put distance between 5dd60e5abc him and Soohyuk. He wanted to 0e486a0f6e move to a 4c9b340538 different seat, but a4ea65d5ad he didn’t want b075f9ecbb to provoke Soohyuk.c1256691ca2795f8