Return To Level Up

Chapter 37

In Korea, he began to conquer dungeons in earnest.

But compared to other countries, it was definitely less active.

Compared to those who were chosen by Gaia in other countries, Hwang Soo-young’s influence was much lower.

Also, Korea’s giant guilds or large corporations were not favorable to dungeon conquest.

Efficiency was inevitably reduced as they had to turn around the neglected dungeons while continuously extracting profits from the dungeons they managed with a lot of profit.

Ignoring profits and moving only to close the dungeon, there were only two guilds, the Dungeon Breaker and the Guardian.

The rest of the guilds prioritized profits in some way.

The number of dungeons that had to be closed depending on the size of the guild to be subject to the tax reduction proposed by the Awakening Management Office was filled up to just that, and the rest were focused only on hunting for profit.

In fact, most of the profitable dungeons were dominated by large guilds or large corporations.

Large guilds and large corporations gave their quota to small and medium-sized guilds as a condition of allowing them to hunt in the dungeons they controlled.

Ha-jin Kang sent the Guardians’ guild members to Su-yeong Hwang to hunt with the Dungeon Breaker.

And for each team, he assigned an appropriate level of dungeon.

Based on the level, ability, and skill of the Awakeners who make up the team, he found a dungeon that was helpful for leveling up while being able to hunt quickly and safely.

Hwang Soo-young was impressed by Kang Ha-jin’s ability to find suitable dungeons.

He watched closely as he found the dungeon, but had no clue how to do it or where to get information.

Actually, Hwang Soo-young’s goal was to clear the quest.

Her quest given to her was to close 30 dangerous dungeons.

The problem was that he had no idea which dungeon was a dangerous dungeon. I had no choice but to close the dungeon recklessly.

Of course, the success rate was low. She was like that until she met Ha-jin Kang.

However, the dungeon that Hajin Kang matches was highly likely to be a dangerous dungeon.

“Obviously there’s something secret, I don’t know,” she said.

Hwang closed one more of her dungeons, then sat down on the floor to rest and glanced around at her companions who had hunted her with her.

Two women from the Guardians and six Awoken from the Dungeon Breaker were sitting and resting where the dungeon had just been.

The Awakeneds belonging to the Guardians were really great. If it wasn’t for those two, conquering this dungeon would not have been so easy.

The level was also level, but the fighting skills were amazing. He seemed quite experienced.

The Guardians who were mixed in with other teams all said that they were doing great, so it seemed like Ha-jin Kang had a special secret to raising Awakeneds.

‘It’s also about choosing the right dungeon.’

Hwang Soo-young, who had been thinking of Kang Ha-jin while resting for a while, got up from her seat.

“Now that we have rested enough, let’s go to the next dungeon. We can only go around two more places and eat.”

Everyone’s faces turned pale at her words. They shouted inwardly at the same time.

‘Crazy for fighting.’

Hwang Soo-young checked how much of her magic potion was left in her leather bag that was tied around her waist.

“Enough.”

When I saw the magic potion, I thought of Hajin Kang again.

I used to say that something good would happen soon, but this magic potion came out soon after.

Now, without this magic potion, I didn’t even dare to enter the dungeon. For Hwang Soo-young, this was no different than a combat drug.

However, you don’t know how surprised I was to say that Ha-jin Kang was the person who made a decisive contribution to the creation of this magical potion.

‘What is your real identity?’

In Hwang Soo-young’s heart, greed for Kang Ha-jin and the Guardians continued to grow.

Originally, she thought she could absorb it easily, but seeing how it goes back, it was fortunate that this one didn’t work, let alone absorb it.

‘That biribiri weak bone!’

Ha-jin Kang is also Ha-jin Kang, but the guy named Kyung-min Yoon, who is in charge of the overall operation of the Guardians, was also a problem.

There were times when I got goosebumps at how resolutely he handled his work with a body that seemed to break with just one hit.

Anyway, absorbing the Guardian was close to impossible right now. Unless Yoon Kyung-min seduces him.

Hwang Soo-young moved towards the next dungeon at a slightly weak pace.

* * *

Hajin Kang considered several factors when assigning dungeons to the dungeon hunting team.

Among them, the most important factor was the risk to the world when a disaster occurred, that is, when a dungeon exploded.

Among the monsters living in the dungeon, there were some types that were difficult to hunt but were less dangerous when they came out.

Conversely, hunting in the dungeon is simple, but there were some very dangerous monsters when they came out into the world.

And although the dungeon that Hajin Kang is aiming for now is easy to hunt and the value of by-products obtained from hunting is high, it is a place where monsters that inflict enormous damage when the dungeon explodes into the world live.

Moreover, this dungeon poses a greater threat to this catastrophe because it is a double dungeon.

No, more precisely, it was a dungeon that turned into a double dungeon as soon as a disaster occurred.

This is a case where dungeons are created by overlapping, but unless it is a disaster, the probability of occurrence is infinitely converging to 0.

Even if it were a disaster, the probability of it happening was about ten million.

If there are 10 million dungeons, there is only one such case, so it rarely happens.

But unfortunately it happened in Korea.

Due to overlapping dungeons, the existing dungeons just exploded even though they were well managed, and the dungeons that were created overlapped in the aftermath also exploded.

If they were separate, they wouldn’t have exploded.

It’s such a dangerous dungeon, but the reason I left it untreated was because there were people who managed the dungeon.

This was a dungeon managed by a giant guild, the Dragon Hunters Guild.

It was because of this dungeon that the Dragon Hunters Guild named it that way.

A dragon appears in this dungeon.

Of course, it wasn’t a real dragon, it was just a dragon-like monster, but anyway, it looked very similar to a dragon on the surface.

Each one was a powerful entity, but once captured, it was an expensive monster with nothing to throw away.

The heart was a large manastone, and blood becomes the material for healing potions. Bones and scales are useful for making equipment that deals with magic, and flesh can be used as a food filled with magic.

It was a monster with a value ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars if caught.

Therefore, it was a valuable dungeon that the Dragon Hunters Guild had no choice but to cherish.

Hajin Kang looked at the dungeon from afar.

As an important dungeon, there were many guards.

First, he built a large building surrounding the dungeon so that no one could enter.

In addition, a professional security company was closely guarding the perimeter of the building.

There were even the Awoken intertwined here and there. He seemed to be an awakening member of the Dragon Hunters Guild.

Getting in there was a problem, but it was also a problem to clear the monsters and destroy the dungeon core while avoiding the eyes of the awakenings of the Dragon Hunter Guild in the dungeon.

The biggest problem above all was that when the dungeon disappeared, it came out again without being detected.

If the Dragon Hunters Guild finds out that Ha-jin Kang has done such a thing, there may literally be a war between the guilds.

Once strong, he did everything he could. He wore a mask made of a special material, and wore equipment of irregular thickness to hide his body shape.

And I was planning to approach it by using the [Hide and Seek] skill, which I have been using frequently recently, which has increased my proficiency a lot.

This time, he had no choice but to reveal himself in some way. If you break the core, the people in the dungeon will be thrown out at the same time.

‘I have to do it anyway.’

Should be. If the monsters in that dungeon spill out, there will be a lot of chaos.

The biggest obstacle in this invasion was the tightly closed iron door. The chain was wrapped around and locked with a thick padlock.

The method Kang Ha-jin chose was timing.

It was aimed at the point where the dungeon hunting team would take turns after completing one hunt.

After watching for a while, I heard a knock on the iron door. Then one of the guards opened the lock and unwrapped the chain.

It was at that time that Ha-jin Kang moved.

He approached quickly and jumped over the barbed wire fence. He used [Hide and Seek] to pass through the guards’ blind spot, so he didn’t get caught.

The iron gate swung open. And from within, the Awoken came rushing out.

At that moment, Ha-jin Kang passed by the legs of the Awakened in a posture almost lying on the floor.

“Huh?”

One of the Awoken felt strange and looked around. But by that time, Ha-jin Kang had already entered the portal.

The Awoken, who could not find anything, immediately stopped paying attention and started walking again.

Dragon hunting is very difficult. It’s not dangerous to hunt in groups, but the time it takes to hunt one is too long.

After one hunt, it felt like all the gin was gone.

Everyone left the place with the soft bed in their mind. And the waiting shift team entered the building.

The iron gate was closed again and sealed with chains and padlocks.

It wasn’t any different than usual. At least on the surface it was.

* * *

Hajin Kang, who entered the dungeon, quickly went inside. I knew the replacement team was coming right away, so I had to hurry to avoid being noticed.

He went inside a little, and saw a monster.

[Chungryong’s Larvae][Level: 159][Health: 99432, Magic Power: 12000](Read more @ wuxiax.com)

[Poison (A), Breath of the Wind (A)]

It looked like a dragon, but it wasn’t just a dragon, it was a dragon, that is, an insect dragon.

‘Compared to the level, the stamina and mana are very high.’

The skill wasn’t too surprising because it was what I expected. Because of those two skills, I don’t know how many people died in the disaster that occurred before the return.

However, hunting in the dungeon was not difficult.

The larvae of the Chungryong inside this place, once the battle begins, it concentrates only on the fight until the end.

It was possible to hunt relatively safely by taking a seat in all directions and dealing with aggro with a steady long-distance attack and cutting down on stamina.

‘Isn’t the monster too close by the way?’

Kang Ha-jin first felt an unusual feeling and looked around him a little more.

‘Too many.’

There were too many monsters. It didn’t seem like a dungeon that was constantly hunting and managing.

For some reason, no matter how many dungeons overlapped, it seemed like it would burst too easily, so it must have been like this.

Because this dungeon was located relatively far from the city, it’s a shame, but if it were near the city, it would have dealt the most serious damage of all the dungeons.

Because the venom carried by the wind and spreading in all directions would have caused a mass destruction.

Apparently, the hunting method was the problem. A team faces one or two birds, and it takes a lot of time by being too careful.

In the early days of the dungeon, it would have been possible to maintain it, but eventually the number of new monsters will exceed the number of monsters hunted. And later, the monsters will increase out of control.

That was the situation right now.

Perhaps even the Dragon Hunters Guild is aware of the seriousness to some extent.

Come to think of it, I remembered that when this dungeon exploded in the past, there was not only the Dragon Hunters Guild nearby, but also other large guilds and guilds belonging to large companies.

There was even a member of the Jeyoung group there.

‘Anyway, that’s not going to happen this time around.’

Ha-jin Kang tapped the protector and belt buckle wrapped around his forearm with his hand.

This was a newly created subspace. To make these, I decided for one day and dug into the mine to dig up a fairly large space of mana stones.

All of this was for today’s hunting.

The caterpillars of the Chungryong are a treasure with nothing to throw away. Even though closing the dungeon is the top priority, it is impossible to leave all these treasures behind.

There are more monsters than I expected, so I think I’ll have to leave a few of them behind, but that’s unavoidable. You just have to pick out the important ones and take them with you.

Hajin Kang checked the hunting plan in his head and went deeper into the dungeon.

Now is the time for hunting and harvesting.