The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 5
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“Huh….” Only
after completing the disassembly work and cleaning up all the traces that had splattered around the room did I straighten up.
After all the work was done, it was the final stage.
Now all that’s left is to take the decomposed body outside.
When I took a quick look around, the place that had been a mess had suddenly become much neater…
‘Fuck. ‘What am I doing now?’
I lowered my head in a sudden feeling of shame.
What on earth.
What is it that I feel rewarded for here?
“Hey Junwoo, is this your first time doing this?! “Why are you so good at this!”
“…Well, it’s enough for one person.”
“What is one serving? “Junwoo almost did it all by himself.”
I was taken aback by their facial expressions and tone of voice, which were quite different from before.
Cleaning work at best.
Even if you get a compliment, it’s just the same.
“good. Sanghyuk, what is the limit?”
“Five minutes.”
“That’s enough. Thank you all for your hard work. “Let’s get out now.”
Eventually, we left the boss room with each piece of the disassembled monster.
Not long after I started walking along the passage, I saw the exit.
The moment when everyone is close to the exit, following Team Leader Park, who is at the forefront.
“…what?”
Suddenly my legs stopped moving.
When I looked down, I saw blood flowing from the disassembled section, covering me from my knees to my toes.
“manager! “This bastard can’t move!”
“What’s wrong?”
“There’s blood! “Something that can be pulled out quickly…”
Han Sang-hyuk and Moon So-yeon were genuinely confused and started looking around.
In that situation, I was the only one who seemed indifferent.
Well, it’s not the first time I’ve stepped on this…
“No fuss. “Everyone is backing off.”
I calmly reached for my leg.
Centipede’s blood boasts tremendous adhesive power. Its power was such that even I as a hunter would have been unable to escape by force.
Of course, it doesn’t respond in the usual way.
“Burning fire.”
I cast a flame skill with the intention of completely melting it. This should be enough.
[Acquired skill: Flame]
[Skill cannot be used]
[The skill is locked]
“…Ah.”
I forgot that all skills were locked.
But there is no need to panic. I immediately calmed down and moved my head.
‘Hmm…. you’re screwed?’
I came to the conclusion that there was no way.
“Sanghyuk! “Did you bring a rope?”
“Yes, it’s here!”
“Tie it up quickly! Hee-jang grabs you from behind, So-yeon too!”
In the meantime, the team members continued to try something.
“One, two, three!!”
Soon, Team Leader Park’s loud voice echoed through the passage.
The struggle of the four people was felt throughout their bodies, but they did not move.
Of course.
Even before the regression, when my strength status was almost at its maximum, it was impossible for even me to escape simply with strength.
“What the fuck is the limit?”
“One minute… no, 55 seconds left.”
“I can’t do it. Junwoo, quickly take off your protective clothing!”
“Now wait a minute. The gas level is too high! It’s too dangerous…”
“Then do you want to all be trapped here together?”
Team Leader Park looked at Moon So-yeon’s words with a straight face.
But I didn’t understand Team Leader Park’s words at all.
We’re all trapped together.
What does that mean?
I’m the only one who can’t move, so why are we all trapped together?
Cutting off a lizard’s tail is a very inefficient method.
However, no matter how inefficient and how great the losses are, they cut their tail when a crisis arises. Because that’s how you live.
That’s what a last resort is.
But something.
“What are you doing! “Take off your protective clothing quickly!”
“First, let’s take off the top and pull it again with the rope!”
“hey! “Hey, you idiot, are you out of your mind?!”
Anything worse than this lizard.
“I can’t do it. “Everyone go out first.”
“yes?! “What are you going to do!”
“What are you doing? “Those who will live must live!”
“Then what about the team leader?”
“Do you know why I am the team leader?”
“Are you saying that again? This time it’s really dangerous…”
“Get out quickly!!”
After seeing that the team members had turned their backs, Team Leader Park quickly took off my protective clothing.
As soon as my upper body was exposed, my whole body started to feel hot.
But it didn’t last long.
Team Leader Park immediately took off his protective clothing and covered it for me.
“10 seconds left!”
When I heard Han Sang-hyuk’s voice coming from outside the dungeon, my body began to move without me realizing it.
As I urgently took off the blood-stained protective clothing, Team Leader Park immediately helped me up and ran as fast as I could toward the exit.
“2 seconds!!”
The moment I threw myself out of the exit.
Jiying –
The dungeon has disappeared.
“Huh, huh, huh…”
Someone’s heavy breathing and the noisy voices of team members.
The team leader waves his hand saying it’s okay.
A feeling of relief that I somehow managed to survive in the midst of all this.
‘what is this.’
It wasn’t until they all started to hit me that I started to realize what had happened to me.
‘I can’t believe it….’
Am I almost dead?
In a dungeon where the subjugation has already been completed and there are no monsters?
You almost died while doing cleaning work?
Quite a shock.
No, it was a time when I couldn’t get over a pretty big shock.
“Junwoo, are you okay?!”
Team Leader Park held out his hand.
“Ah… well yes.”
“I’m glad though. The gas concentration was lighter than expected. “I almost got into big trouble.”
“…yes.”
I grabbed Team Leader Park’s hand and stood up.
At the same time, his hand, which was burned in several places, came into view.
From the looks of it, it wasn’t that serious. If first aid was done well, there would be no scar left.
“Wow, you had a hard time starting from the first dungeon today! Let’s think of it as a trick! ha ha ha!”
Team Leader Park still laughed loudly in a cheerful voice, and the team members then let out a light sigh as if they were relieved.
And at that moment, I almost smiled unconsciously too.
“…for a moment.”
Suddenly, I noticed something strange in Team Leader Park’s words.
“hmm? Something?”
“I just said today was the ‘first dungeon’…”
“Of course! “There are still a few more left.”
“How many more…?”
Team Leader Park smiled broadly at the insinuating question and opened one palm to show it.
***
There are 8 operational teams at the Seoul headquarters alone.
There are a total of 96 teams in branches nationwide.
Including all private guilds and freelancers not affiliated with the association, the number of registered hunters in Korea is approximately 11,300.
The number of large and small dungeons that appear every month amounts to hundreds across the country, so considering stability, that number was natural.
However, there are only five dungeon cleaning teams affiliated with the Seoul headquarters.
And the total number of people is…
25 people.
In other words, each team must clean an average of 3.3 dungeons per day.
Of course, that’s just an average.
The team leader said that if you are unlucky, you will have to enter the dungeon more than 5 times a day.
Unfortunately, today was that ‘unlucky day’.
Even after getting over that difficult time, I had to do cleaning work four more times.
“good. “Today was an ‘unlucky day,’ so it’s a company dinner!”
It was well past 10 p.m.
After all work was completed, Team Leader Park said.
“Surely the team leader is not alive this time?”
“What are you talking about. “In the first place, this is what bosses buy.”
“Every time the team leader buys something, the team leader eats something. How big is the difference in salary? That’s Okay. “I’m happy today.”
“Please save your spirit, even just at times like this.”
Despite Lim Hee-jang’s dissuasion, Team Leader Park did not back down.
The team members immediately shook their heads and followed Team Leader Park.
“Are Junwoo going too?”
Team Leader Park turned his head and called me.
Before I knew it, Team Leader Park’s title to me was missing the word ‘Mr.’.
“You’re the number one contributor today. Honestly, I didn’t know it would be this bad.”
“What on earth have you been doing, you idiot, to know everything about the dungeon?”
“Is it just a dungeon? “I know all the monster characteristics.”
For some reason, his attitude towards me was quite different from the morning.
“Now, let’s move on and continue with the questions. “I have a lot of questions too.”
“Let’s go somewhere nearby today. “I’m also tired.”
“Let’s go to my car. “I can just call a substitute.”
“Hey, what are you doing! Come quickly!”
“…I didn’t say I was going.”
The atmosphere became cold at my one word.
Well, I expected it to be like this, but I definitely have no intention of getting into it.
But that’s it…
“That…”
After hesitating, he opened his mouth to Team Leader Park.
“Today…”
“Hmm? Don’t worry too much. Because I don’t force dinner parties. It would be nice if I could talk less! ha ha ha!”
“No, that’s not it… no. That’s Okay.”
I quit because I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.
Just like that, I turned my back without even saying hello.
Let’s leave first and walk a few steps.
“You worked hard today, kid.”
Han Sang-hyuk’s voice was heard.
And then.
“…see you tomorrow. Mr. Junwoo.”
Moon So-yeon added in a low voice.
***
As soon as I arrived at the pigsty-like house, I lay down on the bed.
‘Not Team Leader Park.’
The person who killed me in my past life was not Team Leader Park.
He is not ruthless enough to instigate murder out of spite.
Then who is it?
‘If any of the other guys have a grudge against me…’
Ha, damn it.
There are too many people to point out.
Now that I think about it, each and every one of them is suspicious.
Yang Kwan-mo, the youngest member of our team, always cursed at me.
Hwang Dong-hwi, a member of the control team who criticized the joint to me on a fake day.
Min Yu-jin and Min Yu-jin fought each other to the death and broke up.
Etc.
Just take a moment to wrap your head around what kind of guy this is.
‘Ugh… what’s the use of that now?’
The overwhelming feeling of doubt drained all the strength from my body.
Everything just felt pointless. After all, I’m just a cleaner with no skills.
Besides, the person who killed me was probably a complete stranger here, so I wondered if there was any point in taking revenge now.
In the end, if you really want to get revenge, the first thing to do is to solve this damn karma and go back to your past life.
And to do that….
‘The Secretary-General of the International Association of Supernatural Talents….’
I scratched my head nervously.
Damn, if only I had the skills, it would be worth a try.
Either become a hunter again or join the control team.
Of course, the cleaner will hit you right away.
Haha, if only I had the skills…
At that time, I was complaining in my head.
I jumped up at the memory that suddenly flashed through my mind.
“System open!”
[To unlock existing skills, you must meet each condition – see details]
Yes, that’s right.
When I looked at it in the morning, I couldn’t check it properly because I wasn’t in the mood, but I was able to unlock it when I met the conditions.
good.
Now that it’s like this, let’s get rid of the cleaner and all and just focus on getting our skills back.
Whether it’s finding the culprit or the Secretary General, everything else comes second.
With that hope in mind, I opened the unlock conditions.
[Fallen Angel – Unlock condition: Average annual salary for dungeon cleaners is 60 million won or more]
[Breaking the limit – Unlock condition: Competition rate for joining the dungeon cleaning team is 30:1 or higher]
[Almighty – Unlock condition: Dungeon cleaner Achieved 1st place in job preference among young people in their 20s ]
[Rolling Paper – Unlock condition: Dungeon cleaner full-time employee conversion rate of 50% or more]
….
[Demon King – Unlock condition: Unconfirmed]
“Wow, fuck.”
At the same time, I was desperate.
These are all conditions related to the cleaning team.
It’s too much to do.
Moreover, all the conditions were like telling the cleaning team to bury their bones.
‘Karma, this bastard… he’s so fucking thorough.’
I lost all my strength again.
I collapsed on the bed and covered my head with the blanket.
But that didn’t last long either.
[Acquired Passive: Myelophobia]
[Passive Activated]
“Mr. Ao…”
I got up again, looked around the pigsty-like room one more time, and started cleaning.
***
That night.
I must have been quite tired, so I fell asleep like the dead.
[Unlock conditions met]
[Commuting to work once]
I vaguely heard a voice in my head.
[Acquired Skill: Hyper Boost – Unlocked]