Looking through the posts, the current market price of Strength Increase was roughly 500 million.
There were posts about Spiritual Power Increase too, and it seemed mainly Debuff-type Jobs bought it.
Jobs such as Curse Practitioners or Soul Mages.
And it was more expensive than he had expected.
The market price fluctuated, but the average was two billion.
It was an incredible item!
Of course, that standard of “incredible” was from the perspective of low-Grade Hunters like Park Il-sang.
From the start, Universal Skills in the “Increase” series, such as Strength Increase and Spiritual Power Increase, seemed to be classified as basic Skills.
They were Skills that any Hunter who earned a decent amount of money bought as essentials.
In that sense, the commission fee for this job came to 2.3 billion.
After looking up a few more facts, Park Il-sang turned off the [Hunter Gallery].
That was because Park Il-sang mostly lurked and read; he did not write posts on the [Hunter Gallery].
‘I have been looking at it on my phone all this time… Should I buy an Internet Skill or something?’
He earned plenty of money. If he ran himself ragged all day, he could earn 100 million, so buying one Internet Skill with that was not impossible.
And he had several hundred million in cash on hand right now too.
He had simply been saving it in case he bought Items.
‘Since I am buying one anyway, should I buy some Skills?’
Thinking about it, Universal Skills were good to have.
Some were cheap, and some were expensive, but the more one bought, the more beneficial it was.
‘Let us see…. I will open the Hunter Market app….’
Hunter Market.
It was a brokerage app where Hunters bought and sold goods.
All sorts of Hunter goods were traded there.
When he tapped the Universal Skills tab, a great many things appeared.
“As expected. There is no Walking Skill.”
The Skill he had suddenly and inexplicably acquired in the past, “Walking.”
It was a Passive Skill that provided various benefits, such as reducing Vitality consumption and increasing speed while walking. But when he looked through the market, there was not a single Walking Skill.
When Park Il-sang thought about it, he had never heard of the Walking Skill on the [Hunter Gallery] either.
Well, of course. Cases of people being Reincarnators like him were not written about on the [Hunter Gallery] either.
The [Hunter Gallery] was not some Akashic Record containing all knowledge, so it was only natural.
‘In any case… once I finish this commission, I should buy some Skills.’
Thinking that, Park Il-sang turned off his phone and put it into his pocket.
Then he looked into the distance.
He saw a large cargo truck standing there, equipped with three track wheels instead of ordinary wheels, and caterpillar tracks attached to them.
That seemed to be the vehicle he had to escort this time.
But why caterpillar tracks?
Because the entirety of Korean territory had gone to hell.
Roads connecting the cities existed, but since Monsters roamed around constantly, there was no way the roads could be intact.
So ordinary tire wheels were prone to bursting along the way.
With caterpillar tracks, the speed was limited to around 50 to 80 km/h, but even so, it was impossible to travel around without a vehicle like that.
“Who is this! Is that you, Mr. Park Il-sang?”
And
there, Park Il-sang unexpectedly met a shocking figure again.
It was Kim Dong-su of the Barbarian Warrior Class!
And he
was still half-naked.
If there was any part of his outfit that had changed slightly from before, it was that he had a leather belt wrapped around his waist, and he was wearing some sort of tiger-skin underwear.
It was not tight like spandex, but rather shaped like boxer shorts.
Even so, it was an exceedingly bizarre fashion choice.
On top of that, he wore some kind of leather shoes.
Aside from the shoes, the belt, and the tiger-skin underwear, he was wearing nothing.
Still, he was more tolerable to look at than before.
Back then, he had looked exactly like a middle-aged man with a beer belly, whereas now, unlike before, he had become a fairly impressive, muscular man!
Was this the effect of his Job?
The moment Hunters obtained a Job, their bodies slowly changed according to that Job.
For example, even a person who was naturally scrawny would become a muscular macho man if he obtained the Warrior Class.
Since Barbarian Warrior was also a Warrior-type Class, that was likely how he had obtained such a body.
‘At least I do not have to look at a beer belly anymore.’
Park Il-sang thought that inwardly.
“It has been a while. Have you been well?”
For now, he gave the sort of greeting a member of society ought to give.
“I have been well enough. But I hear you are quite the hot topic these days, Mr. Park? Wow! Seeing that you have ten Summons, I suppose the rumors are true!”
The exploit of putting a [Corpse Box] inside a [Corpse Box] was impossible.
Because of that, Park Il-sang had created ten Necro Guards and brought them with him.
Naturally, [Corpse Boxes] were hanging from the backs of the Necro Guards.
And a [Corpse Box] was hanging from Park Il-sang’s own back in the form of a backpack as well.
“Me? That is the first I have heard of it.”
A hot topic? Who was? Me?
“I heard you clear the Frog Nest three or four times a day. Is that not true?”
The Frog Nest was located right beside the shantytown that was the 5th-class Residential District of Yeouido.
Because of that, it was also a place F-Grade Hunters who had just become Hunters and wanted to level up somewhat would come and go from.
Even if it did not make money, it was good for leveling up.
Because of that, double bookings happened there fairly often, just like before.
So there was no way rumors would not spread about Park Il-sang, who spent the entire day grinding through that place.
Of course, recently, a change had occurred in the Dungeon. Since it had not been very popular to begin with, the current situation was that no Hunters other than Park Il-sang entered it at all.
Unless they were going there for the Hunter License Exam, no one came.
Even so, since it was a place that appeared after passing through just one passage from the Great Wall beside the shantytown, there were many people who saw it.
“That is true, but to say I am a hot topic over just that is a little….”
His tone carried the nuance of, Did clearing out the Frog Nest a few times really make me a hot topic?
But instead, those words made Mister Kim Dong-su snort with excitement.
“Of course you are a hot topic! If you enter every day alone, how much money is that? But do you not run short on Mana? How do you keep clearing Dungeons like that?”
Was his Mana recovery superior to that of others?
If so, he could be called a rookie.
Was his Mana capacity several times larger than that of other Hunters?
If so, that also made him a promising prospect.
“Well, I have my own secret method. You have lost your belly too, Mr. Dong-su. You seem to have become stronger.”
“Heh, heh. You noticed? I may not look it, but I am E-Grade.”
“Oh.”
That was certainly surprising.
Park Il-sang had risen quickly to E-Grade because he had continuously raided the Frog Nest, but how exactly had Kim Dong-su become E-Grade?
Was the Barbarian Warrior Class that good of a Job?
As Kim Dong-su had said, what had he done about the Mana problem?
Did he, like Park Il-sang himself, have a way to solve the issue of Mana?
This was something he had to ask.
“It seems you had a way to recover Mana too, sir.”
“No. I do not.”
“What?”
What did that mean? Then how had he become E-Grade?
“Barbarian Warriors do not use Mana in the first place. We use something called Blood Force.”
That is similar to Necromancers, Park Il-sang thought.
“This Blood Force fills up when I drink Monster fresh blood. In other words, endless hunting is possible.”
Kim Dong-su bared his teeth and smiled.
Aha. Barbarian Warriors truly were barbaric.
So he could simply gulp down steaming fresh blood, direct from the source?
Park Il-sang was impressed. In that case, that growth rate was understandable.
“That is impressive.”
It meant he had continued running Dungeons while drinking Monster blood, did it not? However, Kim Dong-su probably could not solo-play like Park Il-sang himself, so he likely had party members.
“Heh. If you want to earn money, you cannot afford to be picky.”
Indeed. He was the very image of a father in this era!
It was then.
“I believe you are Mr. Park Il-sang. I will confirm once.”
“Ah, my apologies. He is someone I worked with during the Hunter Registration Exam.”
Good grief.
He had lost track of himself and only talked with Mister Kim Dong-su. He could see everyone looking at him and Kim Dong-su.
The person who spoke looked like a typical Hunter.
He wore combat clothing known as a Tech Suit, and three Drones flew above his head. One side of his face was a Cybernetic Face.
That meant he had modified his body to some extent…. It seemed he had installed a system to control those Drones.
“Yes. Here is my identification chip.”
Park Il-sang showed the back of his hand.
Light shone from the man’s eyes, and then came a BEEP!
He had scanned the identification chip embedded in the back of Park Il-sang’s hand.
“Identity confirmed. First, I will introduce myself. I am Kim Sang-in, a Hunter in the Supporter position, and I will be serving as the leader of this escort team. It is a pleasure to meet you.”
“It is a pleasure to meet you as well. I am Park Il-sang, in the position of Tank and Damage Dealer.”
What position would a Necromancer be?
The correct answer was exactly as he had said: Tank and Damage Dealer.
He blocked Monster attacks with Undead and attacked Monsters with Undead, so it was only natural.
In truth, he could also perform the Supporter position.
After all, the Necromancies corresponding to a Necromancer’s Debuffs were also fairly powerful.
“Please come this way. I will introduce the other team members as well.”
***
“I am Kim Ye-rin. As you can see, I am a Damage Dealer.”
A short-haired woman holding a firearm dipped her head.
Firearms could not be used inside Dungeons, but outside Dungeons, using firearms was fine. However, whether Hunter abilities applied to firearms was a separate matter.
She was probably someone with an Archer-type Job. Only then would she receive Skill effects such as increased ranged Attack Power or increased accuracy.
It was known that such Passive effects applied even if the weapon one held was not a bow, but a firearm.
“I am Han Shin-woo, a Supporter. To be precise, I am a Scout.”
A man who had replaced his entire face with a metallic robotic face introduced himself.
A Scout was a position that scanned or detected a wide area, whether in a Dungeon or the Field, to identify terrain and locate enemies.
They were also counted as Supporters.
In certain kinds of Dungeons, they were absolutely necessary.
‘There are two Tanks and Damage Dealers, me and Mr. Dong-su. The team leader is a Supporter. Kim Ye-rin is a Damage Dealer. Han Shin-woo is the Scout. It is a basic composition, but…. Is this much of a lineup fine for traveling through the Field? The fatally powerful Monsters in the areas south of the Han River have all been subjugated, but still….’
That was right.
The areas outside the city protected by the Great Wall were dangerous because Monsters established themselves there and bred, but that did not mean there were Monsters powerful enough to threaten the city.
Such creatures had long since been subjugated and eliminated.
It had to be done for the sake of safety.
If two or three extremely powerful Monsters suddenly charged madly toward the city and managed to breach the Great Wall, it would become a disaster.
However, the standard for Monsters that could “threaten the city” was extremely high. It meant Monsters that did not meet that standard still established themselves and survived there.
In other words, with a party of this level, they might die while driving the truck.
After all, if swarms of Monsters attacked from every direction, there was no way a mere five Hunters could win.