The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 1
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“Hunter Kim Jun-woo! How does it feel to be the first in the world to achieve SSS rank?”
“You have reached the top of the world in just one year after achieving the top spot in the domestic hunter rankings. I am curious about your future goals!”
“I heard that you received a scouting offer from the International Hunter Association. “Is this true?”
“I heard that this dungeon is extremely high-risk, so please be prepared before conquering it!”
“What advice would you give to juniors who are watching Kim Jun-woo Hunter?”
I cleared my throat loudly in front of the microphones rushing towards me.
It was truly the first operation in a long time.
I don’t remember talking about it around the neighborhood, but the front of the dungeon was already crowded with reporters who had gathered like a flock of birds.
It has been quite rare for me to personally participate in a subjugation in the past year, so for them, today was an opportunity they could not miss.
“sorry. A detailed answer will be provided later through the association. “For now, I just want to focus on subjugation.”
The response was that it was an expected answer.
It wasn’t the answer they wanted, but their expressions said it was enough.
Just being able to get my voice heard in the media would be a great harvest for them.
Of course, it wouldn’t really be polite to end it like this.
“One thing I can tell you clearly is that my team and I prioritize the safety of our citizens above all else. “This will not change in the future.”
A model answer given in a serious voice.
After looking at each other, the reporters rushed to put the microphone back.
“Okay then.”
With one additional word, they eventually hesitated and opened the way.
Me and my men, Operation Team 1, followed the path and approached the dungeon entrance.
The surrounding area, which was reminiscent of Dottegi Market, had suddenly become solemn.
There was no one blocking the road or asking questions anymore.
Well, it’s natural.
16 of the country’s top hunters were selected for subjugation today.
A heavy tension hovers between them.
No one can dare to stop those who risk their lives to protect citizens…
“Hunter Kim Jun-woo! Do you have anything to say about the recent ‘cleaning team assault incident’ that made a lot of noise?”
A loud voice came from the back of my head, breaking the silence.
“…yes?”
I couldn’t believe my ears and reflexively turned my head when I heard a voice that contained something very embarrassing.
“Why the incident where the dungeon cleaning team employee was assaulted? “I heard you threw me against the wall?”
“What is that….”
“Ah~ I understand that you want to pretend not to know, but I also heard something. Well, the person who was hit by Hunter is someone I know a little bit.”
The young man smiled angrily.
“Well, being ranked number 1 in the world is amazing. “If you look at the fact that you beat up a man as old as your father and don’t get a single article published.”
“….”
Without realizing it, my eyes tightened.
The attention of all the remaining reporters was focused at once.
I immediately smiled calmly.
“It’s an unpleasant rumor.”
I barely answered and turned my back.
I tried my best to ignore the young man and entered the dungeon as if running away, but…
“Anyway, today’s subjugation fight. “Hunter Kim Jun-woo.”
His voice followed me until the end.
***
Korea Ability Dimension Management Association.
Common name association.
An organization established to protect the country and citizens from haunting dungeons and monsters.
The association gathered talented individuals with extraordinary powers and created four teams to conquer the dungeon.
Among them, those in charge of actual subjugation are the so-called hunters, an operations team.
Among them, ‘Operation Team 1’ is considered the most elite.
A total of 50 people.
Each member of the team is a hunter competing for the top spot in the country.
The strongest team in Korea, boasting a 100% success rate in subjugation.
And the leader of that team is….
“The world’s first SSS-level hunter Kim Jun-woo is actually an SSS-level assault hunter? – Read the full article”
“What is that person?”
An angry voice rang out from a car driving on the highway.
“Why are you doing this? “Finish the subjugation well.”
A short-haired woman sitting in the driver’s seat.
Director Lee, my exclusive assistant in the support team, glanced at me through the rear-view mirror and opened his mouth.
It was still a flat tone without any emotion.
“Are you asking because you don’t know? “I told you not to let it get out, right?”
“I did.”
“But where did the story leak out?! “Even the internet is going crazy!”
“….”
I threw the cell phone I was holding into the passenger seat.
Nevertheless, Director Lee stared straight ahead without even blinking.
「Controversy over the personality of the world’s top hunter」
「Abusive verbal abuse against the dungeon cleaning team! Kim Jun-woo, what is his true identity?”
“Isn’t this the first time? Testimonies pouring in one after another”
“In front, ‘acting like a hero’, behind are ‘acting like an abuse of power’” “The
‘world’s most powerful’ association on the chopping block consistently ‘didn’t know’”
“Kim Jun-woo, the center of the controversy. Articles with provocative titles filled cell phone screens,
“Concerns over failure of International Hunter Association Scout.”
However, as if the details had not yet been investigated, only speculation and suspicion were rampant.
However, the tens of thousands of comments posted all show consistent responses.
Criticism and swear words poured out at me as if I had made a promise.
In just a few hours, my job changed from hunter to ‘Xterer.’
“Where does that reporter belong? Koryo Ilbo? JoongAng Ilbo?”
“I’m not a reporter.”
“…what?”
“I’m not a journalist, I’m an ordinary citizen.”
“What do you mean? “How does someone who isn’t even a reporter know about that?”
“They said it was my son. “The son of Park Geun-tae, the leader of the dungeon cleaning team.”
Damn it.
I ran my fingers through my hair.
“The problem is not just this one. Now, thanks to public opinion, testimonies about previous events are pouring in. It will probably continue to get worse. Please rest at home for the time being. There are no future operational schedules anyway, so consider this a vacation…” “
Director Lee.”
I leaned forward and made eye contact with Manager Lee through the rear-view mirror.
“I mean. “I hate people who stand in my way the most.”
“I know.”
“If you know, you can solve it somehow. “If things get worse here, it’s over.”
“…I will try my best.”
He answered in a calm tone to his still unresponsive face.
Ugh, it’s not like I’m talking to a machine…
“Okay, what does the president of the association say?”
There was nothing more I could do at the moment, so I immediately started talking about something else.
“Nothing to say. You’re busy with the International Association’s scouting project. “Why are you waiting until it calms down…”
“You’re laughing. The fact that that person doesn’t say anything just means that he doesn’t want to even talk to him. just in case. “I wonder if they will cut it off soon.”
“…Is that so.”
“Ha, I have a lot of experience stabbing people down their throats, but if something like this happens, I won’t be quiet either.”
“Nothing will happen. No matter how messed up public opinion is, the rankings will not change. “The scout will never fail.”
“Of course I should.”
Puuk responded by throwing his back on the backseat.
Soon, I quietly stared at the streetlights passing quickly outside the window.
When I checked the article right after the subjugation, I was filled with indescribable anger.
The team members were busy trying to stop me from going to see the reporter, and they even forced me into the car and asked Director Lee to go straight to the association instead of going the other way.
I’ve calmed down a bit since then, but that doesn’t mean my anger has subsided.
The youngest hunter in Korea.
Korea’s first S-class.
The world’s first SSS class.
No. 1 in Korea and No. 1 in the world.
There was even an offer to be scouted by the International Hunter Association.
It’s strange that I can hold back my anger when the modifiers I’ve perfected over the years have turned into scraps of paper in an instant.
Still, I admit to having some guts. How dare you think of blocking my path.
Of course, there must be a price….
“So why did you do that?”
At the moment when I was lost in thought, Director Lee broke the silence and opened his mouth.
“I told you. “He grabbed me by the collar first?”
“So that’s why you were grabbed by the collar. “You don’t usually have a good opinion of the cleaning team, but you’ve never had a direct conflict like this.”
“…I don’t know. “I don’t even remember.”
Director Lee had no answer.
Judging from his expression, it seemed like he had no intention of asking any more questions.
“Anyway, when we arrive at the association, what is Park… Park… Ah’s name?”
“Team leader Park Geun-tae.”
“Yeah, that guy. “Call me.”
“…Any reason?”
“The shape doesn’t need to be refined. “We need to at least make a justification for agreeing to it.”
“All right.”
“Tsk, this guy, that guy, this guy, that guy, the guy that’s good, won’t leave him alone…”
The moment I suddenly looked straight ahead.
“Hey hey!! Before!!”
A truck traveling in the opposite lane crossed the center line and rushed towards us.
Good!
Manager Lee’s swearing and the ear-piercing sound of brakes were heard together, and his body was heavily tilted in one direction.
At that time, the twin lights of a truck that came at me at an alarming speed completely consumed my vision.
“Time out!”
[Acquired skill: Timeout]
[Skill activation]
Bright light erupted from my fingertips.
At the same time, the truck stopped dead in place, and Manager Lee managed to take advantage of the gap and turn the car around.
“Hahaha…”
Director Lee of the world continued to let out heavy breathing sounds, as if he was truly embarrassed this time.
It’s not that it wasn’t, but to say it was close would be an understatement.
If I had been just one second late, I would have been covered in blood on the asphalt.
No, putting that aside…
I didn’t even think about stopping that truck.
“what! “Did that person drink alcohol?!”
“…I don’t know.”
“I’m already in a bad mood, so wait here. “I’m going to come see that person’s face.”
I hurriedly got out of the car and closed the door roughly.
I walked towards the truck that was stopped at an angle in the middle of the road.
bang!!
Suddenly the world turned upside down.
At first, I thought it was dizziness when the ground looked like the sky and the sky looked like the ground.
‘uh…?’
It felt like a few seconds had passed.
The world was still turned upside down and the dizziness showed no signs of getting better.
Only then did I realize what had happened to me.
‘what…?!’
Now I was floating in the sky.
I don’t know if my body or my neck was turned, but my vision was spinning.
Then, what caught my eye was another truck that had crossed the center line and rushed towards me.
‘Did we take some medicine as a group today?’
The moment that thought crossed my mind.
Bang bang.
Bang bang bang.
Five?
Or maybe six.
My body continued to fly in the air according to that number, and after a short flight, I barely reached the ground.
Tang-
Quagwagwang-!
Bubbling bubbling—!!!
All kinds of firearms, including guns and bombs, were thrown out.
“…Kahahah.”
Nevertheless, seeing as his consciousness had not yet disappeared, I thought he must not have died.
I fought over a thousand battles in a dungeon where life and death came and went.
You won’t die at this level.
I seriously thought so.
Clap –
a blue gun pointed at the head.
Until I saw the ‘Titan’, a subjugation weapon with special abilities.
‘That’s a bit dangerous…!’
No gunshots were heard.
Just black out.
***
In a pitch-black darkness that seems to have swallowed everything.
[Fatal damage to lungs, heart, liver, brain and other organs detected]
[Cardiac arrest confirmed]
[Calculating probability of resuscitation]
[Probability of resuscitation: 0%]
[Your death has been confirmed.]
A voice piercing not my ears but my head.
[The condition for acquiring the hidden skill has been achieved due to your death.]
[Hidden skill: Karma]
[You will return to the past 10 years due to the hidden skill]
[After returning, the job will be assigned according to the karma of the previous life.]
[Job assignment Middle]
[Job assignment completed]
[Your job belongs to the Korea Ability Dimension Management Association]
[You have been assigned to the dungeon cleaning team.]