The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 333

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334. Side Story – Episode 12

“I think this operation will have to proceed tomorrow.”

An operational meeting urgently convened by the control team.

As soon as all the punitive forces took their seats, control team leader Pyeon Chang-hyeon immediately spoke.

At the same time, the punitive forces showed puzzled expressions.

And it was the same for me too.

“You mean tomorrow? “Is there a reason?”

When I asked, Team Leader Pyun displayed a screen instead of answering.

A table with complicated graphs and gauges.

Team leader Pyeon pointed to the beginning of the graph with his finger and said.

“This part is about two weeks after the appearance of the dungeon. As you can see, it’s just at the yellow level. And this is… this is the Abnormal Sect that was upgraded to orange level three days ago.”

“It’s definitely gone up significantly.”

I answered in a very serious voice.

Then Team Leader Pyeon nodded and continued speaking.

“As a result of sending a drone reconnaissance inside the dungeon, it is assumed that there has been some kind of change in the boss. As I said, it is a monster that increases its population by laying eggs, so it is highly likely that its population has increased rapidly.”

The information had already been delivered up to that point.

But the problem started after that.

“And this… is the supernatural wave that was observed again this morning.”

Soon, Team Leader Pyeon passes the screen.

“What is it…?”

“Crazy…”

The punitive team members looked dumbfounded.

Of course.

“As of 3 a.m. today… the Lee Neung faction has risen sharply by about five times.”

“….”

The graph soared vertically, breaking through the existing figures.

“If you look at the numbers, we are already close to the red level. But the more problematic thing is that the number of traitors continues to increase. At this rate of increase, the day after tomorrow, which was the original start date of the operation…”

Team leader Pyeon stopped talking and took a moment to catch his breath.

And then he slowly spit out the words.

“It is expected to enter the omega class.”

“…!”

“…!”

At that moment, everyone’s faces froze and mine also became serious.

Omega grade, judged virtually impossible to subdue.

The day six months ago when the association, including Seoul, almost collapsed.

The dungeon where countless hunters and citizens lost their lives.

Regen Dungeon, which terrified the entire Republic of Korea, was also Omega rated.

The fact that a dungeon of the same level as then was being created now was enough to make everyone gathered here recall the trauma of that day once again.

No, this time it does not stop at simply inflicting trauma.

The Seoul headquarters has not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the Regen Dungeon.

There is a shortage of both personnel and equipment.

In this situation, if an Omega-level dungeon appears again…

‘Fuck…’

Then Seoul may really collapse.

“Still, I think it will be okay if we proceed with the subjugation tomorrow. Of course, it won’t be easy since we have now upgraded to red level, but…”

Team leader Pyun trailed off.

At the same time, fear and fear were clearly revealed on the faces of the punitive forces.

But the bad news didn’t end there.

“But there is one more problem. “This is an emergency subjugation… Due to the schedule, it is impossible to organize additional personnel.”

“….”

“….”

A quiet conference room.

This means that the red level subjugation must be carried out with the 10 people who were in the yellow level.

The punitive forces looked at each other and kept their mouths shut.

After I glanced at their faces.

“…All right.”

I answered quietly on their behalf.

Then Team Leader Pyeon asked back with a serious expression.

“…Are you sure it’s okay?”

“There is no choice anyway. But we can’t leave it alone until it reaches Omega level.”

“We are planning to ask for cooperation from private guilds… but it’s probably best not to have high expectations.”

“Well, since the Regen Dungeon, our relationship with the Association has become extremely strained.”

When I spoke, Team Leader Pyeon nodded.

Then he looked at the other members and asked the same question.

“Are the others okay too?”

“….”

“….”

The punitive members still looked at each other with serious faces.

It seemed like they were already thinking about how to withdraw from this subjugation.

I frowned at that sight, but at the same time, I could understand their feelings.

Like them, I also lost many colleagues in the Regen Dungeon.

That day was like hell. I, too, know very well the fear and shock they experienced without even having to say anything.

In fact, if the conditions were right, I would like to exclude them all and go out on my own to subdue them.

But… if you’re Yellow, it’s impossible based on common sense to defeat Red grade by yourself.

At that time, I was struggling between that dilemma.

“it’s okay.”

Someone broke the silence and opened their mouth.

At that moment, everyone’s eyes turned to that direction, and soon they found a hunter looking straight ahead with a calm expression.

That person is none other than that.

“As the deputy team leader said, there is no room for choice anyway.”

It was Kim Min-ju.

As always, the expression and voice show no emotion.

Her rank was the highest in the team other than mine, but she had the least experience among them.

Among them, there was a senior colleague who was more than 10 years older than her.

For a guy like that to be the first to express his opinion over other seniors, it was quite a blow to the pride of the others.

And thanks to that.

“…I’ll do it.”

“Yeah, well, I haven’t defeated the Red level once or twice.”

“Hunter Kim Jun-woo is the master planer, so it will work out somehow.”

One or two people nodded.

I looked at them all one by one, including Minjoo Kim, and then looked at Team Leader Pyeon again.

When we made eye contact with him, we all nodded.

“Then we will set the operation time for tomorrow at 8 am. And we will coordinate schedules with other teams to remove all remaining operations for you today. “I hope you all get off work and get some rest.”

“…yes.”

“All right.”

Heavy voices.

The members soon stood up with their eyes 180 degrees different from when they first entered the conference room.

One by one, they began to leave the conference room, and I also slowly stood up and walked away.

‘Red level…’

Although he is the ace of the team, he cannot be said to have much experience in terms of years of experience.

To begin with, it was a grade that could only be seen once every two years, so I didn’t have much experience participating.

However, the risk is too great to ‘experience’ this dungeon.

An evolved dungeon that has been upgraded by two levels in just one week.

There is an overwhelming lack of personnel.

Crews consumed by fear and trauma.

Moreover, if we are not careful, another Omega-level dungeon could be created in just 6 months.

‘….’

Memories of that time that I didn’t want to recall began to flood my mind.

But I tried to shake my head and come to my senses.

okay.

All you have to do is prepare more thoroughly to succeed.

No…

you must succeed no matter what.

As I thought about it, a person I had forgotten for a while came to mind.

Employee Ha Eun-hye.

Didn’t she also say she would follow?

I don’t know if she, who is on sick leave, will come to work tomorrow, but since the situation is like this, it would be better to tell her in advance.

With that in mind, I took out my cell phone and made a call.

Ring ring ring ring-.

“….”

The beep continues for a moment.

“The other party couldn’t answer the phone, so it went to voicemail…”

It wasn’t long before it passed as a missed call.

Thinking that he was resting because he was sick, I opened messenger instead of calling again.

“This is Kim Jun-woo. This subjugation has been postponed to tomorrow. It seems dangerous because the level has been upgraded, so it would be better not to participate in the subjugation even if you go to work tomorrow…”

After writing the text, he paused for a moment.

‘I guess it’s a bit wrong to just talk about work when I’m sick…’

After thinking about it for a while, I erased all the text I had written and started writing again from the beginning.

“Are you feeling okay? It’s no different, this subjugation has been postponed to tomorrow…”

That moment as I continued typing slowly.

Ringing -.

Suddenly a phone call came.

It was none other than employee Ha Eun-hye.

“Oh uh… are you taking a break? I already tried to leave a message. It’s nothing else…”

「….」

I closed my mouth before speaking.

This was because a loud, unidentifiable noise was heard from across the street.

“Oh, were you sleeping by any chance? I’m sorry. “I’ll leave a text message, so when you go to work tomorrow…”

“Huh, Hunter.”

Her first words were finally delivered.

As soon as I heard her voice, my face stiffened.

Because her voice was shaking tremendously.

“…What’s wrong?”

I asked quietly, feeling foreboding.

“…Please help me.”

A hushed voice.

But the words that clearly rang in my ears made my body move before any other words.

***

“Whoa….”

Late at night in a messy studio.

Men in black suits visited there.

One of them let out a long sigh.

Kim Bae-su, leader of the Dowon faction that dominates Gangdong, Seoul.

He was a man who was notorious for being particularly cruel in his industry.

“It’s a bit difficult to be too harsh on ordinary people…”

Kim Bae-su’s gaze was directed straight ahead.

There was a man kneeling there, his face covered in blood, his whole body shaking.

None other than Ha Eun-hye’s college classmate and company colleague.

It was Eom Gyeong-hoon from the control team.

“Now, let me ask you again.”

Soon, Kim Bae-su flipped his bangs and opened his mouth again.

“Who opened the archive room door?”

“I told you. “I had some business to do so I went in for a bit…”

Pew!

A fist flew in without even hearing what was said.

As Eom Gyeong-hoon fell to the ground, Kim Bae-soo grabbed his hair.

“Hey you bastard. I checked everything that was in the situation room at that time. Where did you get your teeth from? Or do you have two bodies?”

“That…”

Eom Kyung-hoon trailed off and closed his mouth.

Then Kim Bae-su looked at him blankly and burst into laughter.

“Hey, do you know what my nickname was back in the day?”

“yes yes…?”

“It was a refrigerator.”

He raised the corners of his mouth and continued speaking.

“I cut off the fingers of people like you who couldn’t communicate and kept them in the refrigerator in my office.”

“….”

“Now you have ten chances. From now on, if your mouth doesn’t respond, your fingers will respond instead. okay?”

“Save me…”

“Hahahaha! What are you talking about? “When will I kill you?”

Kim Bae-soo burst into laughter with the members of the organization, wondering what was so funny.

But even for a moment.

He looked straight at Eom Kyung-hoon with life-filled eyes.

“don’t worry. “Because you won’t die if you don’t have a few fingers.”

Soon, Kim Bae-soo nodded to his subordinates behind him, and at the same time, members of the organization rushed in and caught Eom Kyeong-hoon.

Kim Bae-su asked the same question while holding Eom Kyeong-hoon’s wrist in front of him.

“Who went into the archive room?”

“….”

Eom Kyung-hoon’s lips began to tremble.

Nevertheless, it seemed like he still had no intention of opening his mouth, and Kim Bae-su nodded after confirming that.

“I lost a chance.”

Immediately, he raised the pole he was holding.

The moment when he was about to hit Eom Kyung-hoon’s thumb.

“for a moment!”

A voice came from behind.

Then Kim Bae-su’s movements suddenly stopped.

At the same time, I stood up and turned towards him.

“…Why are you doing that?”

I asked him in a polite manner.

Eventually, the man who had been hiding behind him walked forward.

Eom Gyeong-hoon’s pupils gradually widened as he saw the face slowly emerging from the shadows.

Eventually, the man’s appearance was fully revealed.

Seeing that, Eom Gyeong-hoon became thoughtful.

Of course.

“Director Bo…?”

That man is none other than the head of operations at the Seoul headquarters.

It was Seo Min-cheol.