The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 4

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Korea Ability Dimension Management Association.

There are four major teams in the so-called association.

A command and control team that monitors dungeon occurrences and collects information on dungeons.

The Hunter Support Team produces weapons and items suitable for each hunter and supports the overall activities of the hunter.

An operational team that actually enters the dungeon and subdues monsters.

And…

“Heejang, are you disinfecting?”

“I’m doing it, but the passage is wider than I thought. “I don’t think there will be enough medicine for this.”

“Sprinkling it widely will be enough. Sanghyuk, please check the location of the boss room. “Soyeon, check your internal gas levels carefully!”

“yes. all right.”

“This boss is quite large, so it will take some time to dismantle it. “Let’s hurry.”

The dungeon cleaning team didn’t even know what they were doing.

As I watched them walk down the aisle in a row, I had only one thought.

‘Why am I pretending to be so busy?’

Of course. Instructions came and went non-stop from the front, but I, who was at the back, couldn’t hear them clearly.

I didn’t really want to hear it in the first place.

At that time, I was thinking about something else and walking unconsciously.

“Huh? Mr. Junwoo! Where?!”

Team Leader Park urgently called him over.

“yes?”

“This is a cave-type dungeon. “If you go around alone, you’ll be in big trouble!”

“I heard you were going to the boss’s room.”

“I know yeah! So, follow me carefully. “The boss room is over there.”

“What are you talking about? “The boss room is over here.”

“…what?”

The team members’ attention was focused on those words that were suddenly spoken.

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

“Let’s ignore it and go our way.

“Hey… if you don’t want to do it, just say it.”

A torrent of criticism.

“Hey, this is the dungeon map given by the control team. “Look with your own eyes where the boss room is.”

Han Sang-hyuk, the man who had been making harsh remarks earlier, handed me the map he was holding.

This is a cave-type dungeon.

Its characteristic features are complex paths reminiscent of a maze and numerous rooms.

This is a place where even experienced hunters can get lost if they make a mistake…

but even so, the dungeon has already been conquered.

This means that the mapping has already been completed by the hunters deployed to the operation.

If the map created by the control team was based on that, then of course there would be errors…

“The map is wrong. Anyway, this is right.”

I didn’t see the control team that way, so why do they work like this?

“driving me crazy. manager! “Did you take your medicine?”

“You… why are you so sure?”

Eventually, Team Leader Park approached and asked.

His face showed a different seriousness than before.

“I’m confident that I conquered this dungeon…”

I sighed before speaking.

done.

What can I say? I wouldn’t even believe it.

“Defeating this dungeon…?”

“no. Just keep going the way you are going.”

I said, shaking my head.

The team members continued to walk along the damp passage, glaring at me until the end, and I followed them again at the back.

Perhaps because Team Leader Park was anxious about me, he clung to me instead of leading.

So we silently moved deeper into the dungeon.

“But… what do you mean when you said there were 45 minutes left?”

Something I had been curious about earlier suddenly came to mind and I vaguely asked Team Leader Park.

“There is still time left until the dungeon closes. Have you ever heard of it?”

Ah, that was the story.

All dungeons naturally disappear after being conquered.

The time varies slightly from dungeon to dungeon, but on average it is 2 hours immediately after subjugation.

Of course, there is mana for hunters who leave the dungeon immediately after the subjugation is over, but it is only a matter of mana.

So, in some ways, it would be natural for people to completely forget about it like me… but

it’s a different story for the cleaning team that enters the dungeon after the subjugation is over.

“Honestly, what I don’t understand is why they even create a cleaning team to clean the dungeon when it’s going to disappear anyway?”

“ha ha ha! “I don’t know.”

Although the question was asked with an unexpected twist, Team Manager Park smiled brightly, perhaps because he was just happy to see my interest.

“The dungeon is not disappearing, it is entering a period of rest. Until monsters settle here again.”

“I know that.”

“Then you will understand quickly. “What if the dungeon opens again and there are corpses of previous monsters and other things piled up inside it?”

“…I don’t think it really matters.”

Team Leader Park shook his head.

“First of all, it is difficult for hunters to find their way, and monster corpses emit very deadly gases as they decompose, so it can be dangerous if left as is. Above all, not knowing what’s left in the dungeon will limit hunters’ actions. That means it will directly affect subjugation.”

“…Oh yeah.”

“Well, to put it bluntly, our job is to help hunters focus on subjugation with peace of mind. It’s okay to be proud. Because without us, there are no hunters. ha ha ha!”

dog sound.

I snorted in my mind and let it go out of one ear.

“Anyway, our main job is to dispose of monster corpses. Clean up the by-products left in the dungeon and make sure no information about the hunters is left behind. Well… rescuing any remaining hunters is also part of the job. “There has never been anything like that before.”

Of course.

A janitor rescuing a hunter is a story I have never heard in my life.

‘But still…’

It wasn’t like I was having fun.

“You’re all there. According to the map, it’s that room.”

One large entrance located at the end of the passage.

The team members who were walking ahead entered there without hesitation.

“What is it?”

Immediately, Han Sang-hyuk’s embarrassed voice was heard.

When Team Leader Park and I followed him into the room, he also showed the same reaction as Han Sang-hyuk.

That room was clean, without a single monster hair, let alone a monster corpse.

“So you said it. “It’s not here.”

“What is it really?”

“How on earth…?”

Everyone on the team, including Han Sang-hyuk, looks like they can’t believe it.

“If this has happened, I guess I’ll just ring the bell for today and leave…”

“What should I do, team leader?”

“How many minutes are left until the limit?”

“22 minutes.”

“22 minutes….”

The atmosphere suddenly became heavier.

Their voices actually became calmer.

“…What is it?”

I asked, but the team leader seemed to be lost in thought and couldn’t hear his voice.

“I think that’s enough, but what about you?”

“Me too.”

“It’s better than criticizing me.”

“Then I think it’s unanimous, so let’s go right back.”

Moon So-yeon, the only female member of the team, finished on her own.

In that situation, this time I was the only one to raise a voice of confusion.

“Wait a minute! “What is enough?”

“Well. “I have to work.”

“They said there were 22 minutes left. What are you going to do if the dungeon closes in the meantime?”

“A week at the earliest until a once closed dungeon reappears. If it’s too late…”

1 year.

“You’ve been locked up all this time.”

Team Leader Park laughed.

In one word, it was the sound of death.

“They are out of their minds. “You’re risking your life for this cleaning job?”

“What’s new? “That’s the way it is.”

“If you tease me, you can leave first. “Because I didn’t expect it.”

“That’s Okay. Let’s go by ourselves. “I think this is my first time in a dungeon.”

“….”

Han Sang-hyuk and Lim Hee-jang clicked their tongues one after another.

Moon So-yeon also did not speak, but she had the same facial expression as them.

That expression was one I had never seen before in my life.

‘Haha….’

It’s been 15 years since I had Dungeon Jjambap.

So far, there has never been a failure in subjugation.

The result was the world’s first SSS rank achieved and No. 1 in the world rankings.

No one could criticize my dungeon career.

I…

am being ignored in the dungeon?

World’s Kim Jun-woo in the dungeon?

“There is a small passage inside this room.”

“That bastard, he’s starting again….”

“Shut up and listen.”

Han Sang-hyuk’s eyes widened at the one word he said with a straight face.

“The distance from here to the boss room is about 500m. If you take the shortest route through that passage, it will take 8 minutes. “If you run, you can do it in 5 minutes.”

“…Yes?”

“Aren’t you going to the boss room? But this time, I am taking the lead. “If you have any complaints, you can leave first.”

I turned my back first without hearing an answer.

***

I ran as fast as I could through the maze-like passage.

There was no need to look at a map or anything.

Because it was a dungeon that I conquered, every single hole was already stored in my mind.

So it was obvious even without looking at the expressions on their faces as they followed closely behind me.

At the same time, everyone is probably saying something to themselves.

‘What the hell is that guy?’

We arrived back at the boss room before we knew it.

As expected, a huge monster was there, dead, with sticky green blood spilling out.

Foxtrot Centipede.

It was a boss monster that boasted a size of over 10 meters.

Looking at the state of the room, I could picture the battle in my mind.

A fairly fierce battle.

Assuming it was a 20-person team, there would have been at least 5 to 6 casualties.

‘Still, I managed to find the vital point.’

The vital spot of the Foxtrot Centipede is the hollow gap between the eyebrows, just above its huge chin.

There was evidence that the sword had been inserted precisely there.

“Is this your first time seeing a monster?”

“…what?”

“I thought you were in a daze. It’s okay, so if you can’t touch me, I’ll come out. “Leave the dismantling to us.”

As I was quietly observing the dead creature, Lim Hee-jang intervened.

His tone was harsh, but he didn’t seem to have as much hostility as Han Sang-hyuk.

“This is absurd.”

Suddenly, I snatched the thick dagger that Lim Hee-jang was holding.

“What is this all of a sudden?”

“They said it would be disassembled. “If you start by pointing a knife at someone without knowing anything, your wrist will be cut off first.”

I walked closer to the centipede’s body.

At the same time, without a moment of hesitation, he plunged the knife into the upper part of the Centipede.

“As you can see now, the knife only goes in between the 3rd, 6th, and 12th shells. A knife will never go into the head or tail, so don’t put any effort into it. It looks like the nerves are still alive, so it will probably squirm when you cut it. “I won’t attack you, so just ignore it.”

“….”

“What are you doing? Are you just going to watch?”

The team members stood still and looked dumbfounded.

After I urged them on, each of them took out their knives and came next to me.

“If I just push it in like that, will it get cut? “You have to put it in at an angle and raise it straight up!”

“….”

“Don’t touch the tail. “There were more than one hunter who died from that poison.”

“….”

“And the blood is not poisonous, but the adhesiveness is extremely strong, so don’t step on it. “Once you step on it, you may never be able to move.”

In the boss room, the only sounds were the clanging of knives and my voice.

But even for a moment. Soon, I heard Han Sang-hyuk and Team Leader Park whispering next to me.

“…manager. “You showed that bastard a sneak peak of the control team file earlier, right?”

“no.”

“Oh, don’t lie. There is no way a beginner would know something like that. Same thing when I was looking for the boss room earlier. “Didn’t you show me the file to save the newbie?”

“Show it and then sleep… It’s not in the control team’s files in the first place. “That kind of information.”

silence.

Then, I felt several people glancing at me.

“Then…how does that bastard know such things?”

“I know.”

I didn’t necessarily join in on the conversation.

It was too bothersome to answer or explain, so I just silently dismantled Centipede.

It was really strange, but even though I was so absorbed in the work, I didn’t question it at all.

Why am I suddenly stepping in and doing something like this?

Why are they dismantling the monster’s corpse and wiping the blood splattered around?

So why am I cleaning?

I wasn’t even conscious of that.

[Acquired Passive: Mysteriousness]

[Passive Activated]

I was so engrossed that I completely ignored the voice ringing in my head.