Chương 3: Chapter 2
-Ah! Jin-Woo, you're all beat up again! Why is your whole face injured?!
The young, beautiful girl using healing magic standing in front of Jin-Woo, Lee Ju-Hee, surveyed the boy in front of her with a sour expression.
- I don't know. Somehow it turned out the same. I hurt myself when I was a dungeon.
When you entered the gate, you entered a place called "the dungeon". The rating of this particular dungeon should be D.
Normally, the task of treating wounded Hunters in the rear fell to the Healers. Since he always got injured during raids, Jin-Woo was quite well-known among the lower-ranking Healers.
- Is that how you ended up in the hospital? - She asked the boy with concern.
- We were in a category E dungeon and I got hurt... The others had higher ranks so they didn't take a medic.
- It was very selfish of them. They should think about others on the team, not just about themselves! - The girl huffed indignantly.
- It's not their fault... If I wasn't so weak... I'm used to it by now. Come on now
let's go.
They both walked closer to the gate, standing among the waiting hunters. Song Chi-Yul stood closest to the gate, with his back to it.
- You're listening! Another hunt awaits us. I may not be the best person for this, but on this expedition, I would like to be in charge. Does anyone mind?
- Mr. Song, you have the highest rank here. Of course, no one minds. - Mr. Kim said calmly, crossing his arms.
- I think we can trust you, although it's been a while since I saw you in action. - Baku agreed, nodding his head.
- I agree.
- I have nothing against it.
- Neither I.
- Me neither.
Seeing no objection from any hunter in the group, Mr. Song nodded.
- Okay, then we're going to the dungeon.
- Boy, try not to get hit too hard this time. - Mr. Kim, walking in front of him, turned to Jin-Woo.
The boy laughed awkwardly.
- I'll try.
When Mr. Kim and Ju-Hee entered the gate ahead of them, Jin-Woo pursed his lips in determination. I promised myself that I would do my best today.
***
However, as it turned out, in his case "everything" was worth as much as "nothing".
He wanted to try hard and give his hundred percent. But even that was worthless. After just twenty minutes of fighting, he was injured and fell to the ground, unable to continue.
Seeing that the healer, Ju-Hee rushed to tend to his wounds while everyone else, not too surprised by his condition, fought the monsters.
Around him, on all sides, the sounds of weapons, the growls of monsters, and the screams of hunters communicating during the fight rang out.
- Is there any reason why you can't give up raids? - Ju-Hee asked nervously, tending to his wounds and looking at him with worry in her green eyes.
Sighing, Jin-Woo replied grimly.
- Yes. But I can't tell you which one. These are... my personal matters. Sorry.
Ju-Hee pouted at his words for a while, obviously not expecting such a response.
- If you can't stop... I understand. But if it continues like this, you'll be going on raids in the afterlife.
Jin-Woo was surprised by her remark and started giggling quite loudly.
This made Ju-Hee's grumpy expression intensify.
- Hey, stop laughing! Your wounds will open!
Jin-Woo chuckled again.
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
As they talked, his treatment was nearing completion.
But by then it was too late. It looked like the rally was almost over.
Jin-Woo's expression hardened.
He only killed one monster today.
An E-rank creature, no less. Sung Jin-Woo began to play with the E-rank magic crystal in his hand.
The magic core of even C-rank monsters is worth about five million won. (5,000,000 WON – ~3697 USD)
The magic core of the lowest rank monster was worth less than one hundred thousand won. For something he put his life on the line for, it was pitifully small. (100,000 WON – ~740 USD)
It's a shame that an E-rank Hunter like him couldn't even attempt to kill a monster as high as C.
He would die in the first ten seconds of such a fight.
Such a fight would be deadly for an ordinary E-rank hunter. Let alone someone as weak as him?
Suddenly someone shouted.
- Hi! There's another entrance here!
Nearby Hunters moved towards the person who noticed this.
- Huh? There is actually something here.
-Another path? It's weird.
Just like that Hunter said, there was a hidden entrance in the dungeon itself.
Although "hidden" may not be a good definition of a big, tall hole resembling a cave entrance
Could this be a double dungeon? It's often called the Lair of Bane... so it really exists.
Mr. Song, who had more than ten years of experience as a Hunter, looked into the hidden entrance and gasped softly in surprise.
The inside of the hidden, cave-like passage was shrouded in darkness impossible to see. Mr. Song used his magic, summoning a small fireball into his open palm.
Then he threw it with all his might into the pitch-black passage.
The flame flew forward and illuminated the interior. The corridor seemed to go on forever.
Soon the flame lost the momentum given to it by its creator and began to fall until it hit the ground, smoldering for a moment, then extinguished, and in front of their eyes, there was only blackness.
- Attention please! Gather here! We need to discuss further. As you all know, the gate will not close until we kill all the monsters. First of all, the boss. It's very possible that the boss is much further away. Over there.
Song pointed to a hidden entrance.
The hunters exchanged significant glances and nodded. No one could disagree with that.
Mr. Song continued.
- Usually, in such cases, we contact the Association and wait for guidelines, but...
Mr. Song hesitated, his face showing frustration for a moment.
- If other hunters get to the lair, we will earn less.
If the further area behind Mr. Song's back was cleared by some guild with ranks C and B, they, as hunters of ranks mainly E and D, would make some ridiculous money from it. Only Mr. Song was a C rank and Ju-Hee was a B rank healer. But the rest were the two weakest ranks.
The weakest hunters always earned less and were treated worse.
That was the ugly truth, no matter if the Association denied it, they probably would be denied it. But even among these officials, there were those who looked at the weakest hunters as mere stale meat.
Baku's face hardened more than anyone else's because he needed a lot of money for his wife's pregnancy.
With what he currently had, there would be no point in risking his life to go on this raid.
- I'd like us to take care of it ourselves. – Mr. Song admitted thoughtfully and clearly unsure.
The hunters fell into deep contemplation.
The truth was that no one here could figure out the current situation, so their safety could not be guaranteed.
However, the difficulty of this particular dungeon turned out to be very low.
That's why many hunters here decided that the hidden dungeon couldn't be that difficult either.
Unfortunately, many hunters here had virtually no knowledge of double dungeons.
The double dungeon was a phenomenon that had only appeared a few times around the world until then.
Therefore, many simply considered it a myth and knew practically nothing about it except its alleged existence.
After all, why waste time delving into a myth that hardly anyone believed?
The problem with proving the double dungeon was that an hour after killing the boss, the gate closed forever. Therefore, there was no time for any outsider to investigate the allegedly found "dungeon within the dungeon".
For this reason, there were only empty words from hunters who cleared such dungeon areas several times over the course of ten years.
According to those who cleared this incredibly rare dungeon, the inner dungeon may have been of a different category than the outer one hiding it. So far, apparently, there have only been cases where the second dungeon was more difficult than the first one. Never the other way around.
It could have been one category harder, or even four.
That is why such dungeons were called the Lair of Doom.
Going from a Category E dungeon to a Category B dungeon was suicide for hunters.
However, most of the hunters gathered here did not know this.
Song coughed to get everyone's attention.
- This is a very difficult decision. It might be dangerous to get in there, so it's best if everyone votes. The entire seventeen-person team. No whining regardless of the result.
Others nodded after hearing Mr. Song's suggestion. No one showed any opposition.
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