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Chapter 32

Hajin Kang entered the A-Market.

Jeong-ah-yeon, who had been waiting for her contact in advance, greeted Kang Ha-jin with her anticipatory face.

“You came sooner than I thought,” she said. Please come this way.”

Jeong-ah-yeon, who had taken Kang Ha-jin to her usual meeting place, asked urgently.

“So, how many will you sell this time?”

“Is there still a lot left over from what I sold before?”

Last time I sold ten thousand. Even if it is used for research like water, it will be able to survive for six months.

It’s not like the fangs disappear with just one experiment, it’s like studying the characteristics until the power that resides there disappears.

Jeong Ah-yeon sighed deeply and shook her head.

“Sigh. Researchers are going crazy with some new achievements all of a sudden. I think it will be gone in two weeks.”

“Two weeks? How long has it been since I sold ten thousand copies?”

“So. I have nothing to be embarrassed about.”

Jeong Ah-yeon said so and looked at Kang Ha-jin with her twinkling eyes.

At the pressure of her words, Kang Ha-jin smiled bitterly at her and placed her palms on her table.

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Remono’s fangs poured rainwater from the subspace.

Jeong A-yeon’s eyes became hazy when she saw it.

“Another ten thousand. The price will be higher, you understand?”

“Okay, then. I didn’t know you were going to sell another 10,000. Can’t you just raise the price of the rest of the laver and sell them all?”

“Today’s one is 5 million won each.”

Although her price has almost doubled compared to the last time, Jeong-in nodded her head willingly.

The amount was within the expected range. In fact, this time, I was prepared for up to 10 million won each.

Of course, she still had to pay a huge sum of 50 billion, but 50 billion wasn’t a huge burden on A-market.

“By the way, in the end, we are the only place that can digest it, so wouldn’t it be better to sell it now when the price is good?”

A-Market was the only place where Ha-jin Kang would sell Remono’s fangs as A-market monopolized the research.

“why? Will you slap the price later?”

“no. Probably not. But that’s just my opinion, and when it actually happens, it won’t depend on who’s in control of our company.”

At those words, Ha-jin Kang looked at A-yeon Jeong with a slightly interesting gaze. To say something like that would mean that there is a possibility that the incumbent will change.

“It looks like something complicated is going on inside.”

“It doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s a common faction fight. If the problem is that the two sides are so tight that it doesn’t end easily, it would be a small problem.”

“How about Jeong A-yeon?”

“Yes? Me? I do not know. Maybe the person in charge will change.”

“That’s a bit troublesome.”

Jeong-ah-yeon smiled and gently waved her hand.

“Ah, there is no such thing. After all, all I do is buy Remono’s fangs and negotiate at a reasonable price, but even that, Kang Ha-jin decides everything on her own, right?”

In a word, no matter who was in this position, there was no difference from Hajin Kang’s point of view.

But Kang Ha-jin didn’t think so.

“If other people come, I may feel uncomfortable and raise the price even more. Or he pretends to be crazy and smashes all of Lemono’s fangs.”

Jeong A-yeon was surprised and looked at Kang Ha-jin. For some reason, what I was saying didn’t sound like a joke.

Kang Ha-jin changed the topic with a smirk.

This room has a wiretapping device. So, what I said now would have been passed on to the rulers of the A-market.

So he didn’t need to talk any more.

“I’m thinking of making a guild this time.”

“Yes? A guild all of a sudden?”

Because it was such a nonsensical story, Jeong A-yeon’s eyes grew bigger there.

“However, the members of the guild are receiving a little attention here and there, so we need some support.”

“Do you need sponsorship…?”

“To be precise, I want to make sure no one touches me. We will also remove some of the disadvantages at the same time.”

“······ Do you want us to report that to our A-Market?”

“Yes. do you have a problem?”

“Until now, A-Market has never officially sponsored a guild created by the Awoken.”

“Then we can start now. I just got a chance.”

“It could be a start. But if that happens, the Kang Ha-jin guild may belong to our company.”

Hajin Kang shook his head.

“That’s only if you get financial help. All I want is just a name. You may have to pay the price, so let’s take a look and try it.”

“What is your name?”

Jeong-in looked blankly at Ha-jin Kang. She did not expect to hear her so openly about her that she would take the name of A-Market and use it as a shield for the guild.

She said, “Say that you pay 500 Fangs of Remono for each protection you get.”

At those words, Jeong A-yeon’s eyes twinkled again.

If she had 500 Remono’s fangs every time she protected it, it was definitely an appetizing condition.

Remono’s fangs are not a problem with price, but a fixed number, so you won’t be able to get them even if you pay money later.

“I will make it happen. By the way, who are you bringing us into?”

“The Jaeyoung group.”

Jeong Ah-yeon tilted her head with a strange expression.

“Jeyoung’s group? Something is a bit vague.”

“They are very sneaky guys. Outward appearance is not everything.”

“Well… you’ll find out if you research it.”

“Then we will wait for good results.”

Hajin Kang said so and got up from her seat. Now that we’ve solved the most important problem, it’s time to tackle the little things.

For example, things like reporting the establishment of a guild.

* * *

Ha-jin Kang called all the people she had met with. When she got together, she saw that there were quite a few people.

Once she was, she became fifteen people with Kim Ji-Hye alone. At first, there weren’t that many, but Kim Ji-hye drew in one by one and eventually gathered like this.

She’s the ones who vouch for Kim Ji-hye that she can trust, so she didn’t think she’d have an accident for a while.

Including Yoo Dong-hoon, Myung In-hyeok, and Myung In-soo, there were 18 people in total. Including Ha-jin Kang, the number was 19.

However, it is not enough to create and operate a guild like this.

No matter how small a guild it is, it takes more than 25 people to do something smoothly.

Even when you go hunting in a dungeon, you have to be of that size to be able to easily get permission.

Of course, you can join other guilds hunting, but that was not wanted by Hajin Kang or other people at all.

Anyway, at their meeting, Ha-jin Kang brought up the story of guild establishment.

Everyone was very surprised when we talked about the purpose and the A-market.

“Uh… it’s a bit sudden. To be honest, I thought I was going to keep working in hiding.”

Kim Ji-hye and her party have also been active as quietly as possible.

After all, they only attacked the dungeon through the black market, so there was no trace of them outside.

Attacking the dungeon through the black market is advantageous for maintaining secrecy, but you must be prepared for damage when you get magic stones, monster by-products, or special items that appear very rarely.

In addition, if you are not strong enough to level up, you could go beyond the disadvantage and be robbed or be terribly devastated.

That was the reason why Kim Ji-hye and her party couldn’t hunt properly in the past and the level was stagnant.

As they entered Hajin Kang, a new path was opened for them.

And Ha-jin Kang’s experiences and behaviors were also perfect for them.

So far it has certainly been.

“Are there any difficulties in joining the guild?”

Kim Ji-hye hesitated for a moment with a perplexed expression before opening her mouth.

“Because I lost some Chuck with a large guild.”

“Which guild are you in?”

As Jihye Kim smiled awkwardly, she put her fingers one by one at her companions with her.

“Taeseong Guild, Blue Dragon, Fame, Cloud.”

And finally, Kim Ji-hye pointed to herself and said.

“The Healer’s Guild.”

Hajin Kang nodded her head indifferently.

“It’s more than you think.”

She had expected that there was something wrong with her, and she had given enough consideration that it wasn’t the only place.

When such a large number bounces from one organization, it usually gets a little louder.

“So we had no choice but to work on the black market. Well, to be honest, even though that was a limitation. If I hadn’t met Ha-jin Kang, it would have been terrible by now, right?”

Kim Ji-hye laughed and said it like her joke, but the others with her didn’t laugh like her.

Because she knew that everyone knew she wasn’t joking.

“But how did you end up pretending like that? Kim Ji-hye was also quite high-level.”

When she first met Ji-Hye Kim, she was at her level 129. She must never be alone to raise her to that level.

“Actually, in the beginning, I was an assistant, not a therapist. You have defense skills. I had to be included in any hunting, so the level naturally went up.”

At that time, Lee Ji-young, who was next to her, said softly.

“Ji-hye unnie, I was very abused back then. I slept less than 2 hours a day. Sometimes I stay up all night hunting for about three or four days.”

“But thanks to that, I leveled up and gained new skills.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Is that a healing skill?”

Jihye Kim nodded her head.

“Yeah. From then on, things went awry. You know? The therapists are very well-received.”

“I think the defense skill would be better…”

That’s what Kang Ha-jin thought. She knew that Ji-hye Kim had her defensive skills because she had watched her hunt.

It was a pretty good skill.

At least, it was clear that it was a much more useful skill than a common healing skill.

‘Oh, it must be a few more years for the number of therapists to increase.’

As the number of Awoken increased after the first disaster, the number of Awoken with healing skills also surged.

So later the treatment of therapists became commonplace. It will probably be fine now.

“After I got the healing skill, I moved to the Healer’s Guild. Jiyoung here helped me a lot. Thanks to you, we are together now.”

“We were originally in the cloud. It’s a really messy guild there. I also came out just before I used it in the body lobby. How big of a threat.”

Lee Ji-young glanced at the rest of her party and spoke.

“Actually, all the kids here are just like me. It came out because I didn’t level up and tried to make her into a whore. There are a lot of people who adapt to that, but we couldn’t.”

Ji-Young’s expression darkened slightly. As she talked, memories of her past came to mind. Not so pleasant memories.

“I suddenly remember what the Cloud Guild Master said. Awakeneds have a special taste, so many people are looking for them.”

Kim Ji-hye said that before Lee Ji-young became more gloomy, she rushed out.

“Anyway, I moved to the Healer’s Guild,” she said. “I was released from the Healer’s Guild not long after.”

“Release?”

“At first, I wondered why I was here, but then I found out that it was made with Cloud. Both are the same guys.”

Hajin Kang tilted her head.

“You don’t understand? Why did they make things so complicated?”

“Because I hid one skill. I found it in the Healer’s Guild.”

Ha-jin Kang looked at Ji-hye Kim with her intriguing gaze.

There was still only one main skill that could be confirmed with the peek skill. She only checked [Wound Healing], but it was interesting that she had other skills.

She was not even level 200, but having such a variety of skills meant that she was a considerable talent.

“It’s a skill called disease absorption.”

“Disease absorption?”

Hajin Kang frowned. Because I knew for sure what skill it was.

I understood why Jihye Kim hid that skill.