Baek Cheon-myeong turned his head to the side at the sound of the voice.
Then Kang Ha-min, seeing through Baek Cheon-myeong, slowly widened his eyes.
‘C-Crazy?!’
He unconsciously screamed and rolled around the corner of his room.
Rainbow-colored hair.
The handsome appearance of a boy beneath it.
He looked like a small boy.
But the strange pressure flowing from him clearly revealed that he was strong.
‘Jeong Ho-jun!’
Transcendent Grade Class: Weather Mage
One of Korea’s few S Grade Hunters.
A man evaluated as a calamity all by himself had suddenly spoken to them.
Why all of a sudden?
“Mr. Jeong Ho-jun?”
“I did not hear that he was coming today.”
The employees had apparently not known that Jeong Ho-jun would appear either, as the people around them reacted with surprise.
While everyone stood flustered.
“Are you not going to accept my greeting?”
A disappointed look appeared on Jeong Ho-jun’s face.
Only then did Kang Ha-min realize that he had been greeted.
‘Mr. Baek Cheon-myeong, say hello! Accept his greeting!’
At Kang Ha-min’s fussing, Baek Cheon-myeong finally opened his mouth.
“Yes, good to meet you.”
“You accepted it.”
Jeong Ho-jun’s face brightened at once.
There had always been many stories about him.
He had an unusual personality and did everything at his own pace.
Even among S Grade Hunters, he was one of the most troublesome people to deal with.
But his abilities were beyond comparison.
The reason Korea had not recently been swept by typhoons and droughts had disappeared was because of him.
He was a calamity itself.
‘And yet, even someone like him only reached Transcendent Grade.’
Kang Ha-min had obtained a Mythic Grade class.
Mythic Grade was a rank that had never appeared before.
That meant it was a rank above the currently known Transcendent Grade.
What exactly was the Gravekeeper class?
“I came to take a look around, but I saw something good. Sky Tower can feel a little more at ease now.”
As he spoke, Jeong Ho-jun smiled brightly at Baek Cheon-myeong.
“Please take care of the Tower.”
Baek Cheon-myeong was merely a corpse raised by Kang Ha-min.
But there was no way for Jeong Ho-jun to know that.
“Yes, understood.”
“Thank you. If there is a problem anywhere outside the Tower, call me. Since I am entrusting the Tower to you, I will help you.”
Kang Ha-min felt dazed.
He had unintentionally gained a connection with Korea’s greatest Hunter.
Any other Hunter who heard this would be shocked.
Jeong Ho-jun was famous for never forming relationships with anyone.
“Ah, come to think of it, what is your name?”
There was no way he could reveal Kang Ha-min’s name.
“Baek Cheon-myeong.”
Baek Cheon-myeong gave his own name.
“Then, I will see you next time.”
With that, Jeong Ho-jun abruptly left.
There was not even the slightest trace of hesitation in his actions.
Kang Ha-min could understand why he was known as a Hunter who did things at his own pace.
‘......Ugh, that nearly gave me a heart attack.’
What had he really come here for?
Oh Na-ri, the employee before them, was only moving her lips soundlessly.
One of the highest-ranked VVIPs had appeared without notice.
Even as a professional, her mind had gone blank over how to respond.
Having once been a civil servant, Kang Ha-min felt a small sense of kinship with her.
“When will the appraisal be done?”
Then Baek Cheon-myeong spoke again.
Kang Ha-min had been startled too, but more important than that was selling the herbs.
Perhaps because he had spent so much mental energy suddenly meeting Jeong Ho-jun, he wanted to earn the money and leave as quickly as possible.
“Ah, y-yes! I-I will assist you right away!”
Oh Na-ri hurriedly came to her senses.
“Hunter Baek Cheon-myeong.”
A sweet, refined voice rang out.
Kang Ha-min, who had already expended a considerable amount of mental energy, tensed up at once.
Who was it this time?
When Baek Cheon-myeong turned his head, there stood a woman wearing a captivating smile.
A woman with striking beauty and round glasses pushed up on her face.
The moment Oh Na-ri saw her, she bowed with a start.
Kang Ha-min recognized her too, and his eyes widened.
“C-Chief Administrator!”
Chief Administrator of the Hunter-only Trading Post
Yoo A-rin
An A Grade Hunter and a woman renowned as Korea’s greatest appraiser.
She served as the dedicated appraiser for S Grade Hunters.
Excluding Hunters who had achieved Tower Ascension, there was no appraiser as capable as her.
That was why every S Grade Hunter who remained on Earth entrusted their appraisals to her.
In effect, Yoo A-rin’s network extended throughout all of South Korea.
It would not be wrong to call her Korea’s queen of connections.
Following an S Grade Hunter with Korea’s top A Grade appraiser made Kang Ha-min feel as though his mental energy had been drained once again.
‘Yoo A-rin right after Jeong Ho-jun.’
What exactly was happening here?
‘Ughhh.’
Even though he was only sharing Baek Cheon-myeong’s vision, his body shrank back.
If he had personally gone there, he could not imagine what would have happened.
The thought made his head spin.
But Kang Ha-min was not there.
The one standing there was Baek Cheon-myeong.
A man who considered himself alone supreme beneath heaven and earth.
Baek Cheon-myeong was the sort of man who looked upon anyone before him as though they were an ant.
Just as with Jeong Ho-jun, Yoo A-rin held no interest for him.
‘Hmm.’
Yoo A-rin was intently observing Baek Cheon-myeong’s appearance.
She had worked as an appraiser for a long time.
Naturally, she had seen countless Hunters with her own eyes.
‘There is no one who judges Hunters better than I do.’
She was certain.
‘The owner of the new Floor 1 achievement is this man.’
The emergency order had suddenly come down from Hunter Management Headquarters.
The moment she heard it, she immediately checked the achievement.
Sky Tower’s New Floor 1 Achievement Updated
That caught Yoo A-rin’s attention.
Most people did not care much about Floor 1 achievements.
It was only Floor 1.
Whether a record was broken or not did not affect them.
But the higher-ranked a Hunter was.
The more they understood its value.
Floor 1 of the Tower.
It was a place that every Hunter could enter.
That was why countless Hunters had challenged it to earn the highest possible Floor 1 score.
The floor that had received the most challenges.
‘That is Floor 1.’
For that reason, it had been virtually impossible for a higher achievement to be updated on Floor 1.
No matter how much someone tried to improve the record, a Hunter who had entered before them had already recorded the first floor’s maximum difficulty.
In other words, a new record was impossible unless Floor 1’s difficulty rose further.
The Tower’s difficulty was tailored only to an individual’s capabilities.
There had been only one reason why Floor 1 had never been updated.
The strength of all Hunters had been at roughly similar levels.
Even the strongest S Grade Hunter in history had been unable to raise Floor 1’s difficulty further.
‘And now.’
Floor 1’s achievement had been updated.
What did that mean?
It meant that someone with greater capability than every Hunter who had come before had appeared!
‘I have no great talent for combat.’
But her talent as an appraiser was among the best in the world.
For her, a woman proud of possessing Korea’s greatest network, connections were both her pride and everything she had.
There was no way she would miss the appearance of a new Hunter.
She had remained on standby at all times, prepared for this person to appear.
The moment she heard the news, she had rushed to the Trading Post at top speed.
But then.
‘It is certain.’
She knew the moment she saw him.
‘This man is a giant among giants.’
People possessed innate qualities.
The aura flowing from Baek Cheon-myeong’s entire body.
His arrogant demeanor, confident and unbowed before anything.
The charisma that naturally seized people’s eyes.
She had never seen a person of this caliber among Korea’s S Grade Hunters, or even those overseas.
‘Where did someone like this suddenly come from?’
The world really was vast.
Thinking that, Yoo A-rin studied Baek Cheon-myeong closely.
This man.
He would certainly change the world.
Yoo A-rin was convinced of it.
Without knowing who stood behind him.
‘This woman’s thoughts are plainly visible.’
Baek Cheon-myeong looked at Yoo A-rin with disdainful eyes.
He had seen many people of this type until now.
Intoxicated with themselves, they believed that whatever idea came to their mind had to be correct.
‘When, in truth, I am merely a stand-in.’
From Baek Cheon-myeong’s perspective, it only looked like a foolish waste of effort.
“Nice to meet you. I am Yoo A-rin, Chief Administrator of the Hunter-only Trading Post.”
“Baek Cheon-myeong.”
Yoo A-rin had never met a man who remained so indifferent even after hearing her name.
He acted as though he did not know who Yoo A-rin was.
‘Since he came to have an appraisal done, there is no way he does not know me.’
As expected, his composure seemed different from other Hunters.
In truth, he simply did not know her.
“I will assist with the appraisal.”
“Do so.”
When Yoo A-rin shifted her gaze, Oh Na-ri hurried over.
She handed over the herb, which had already been placed in a premium box.
Yoo A-rin accepted the herb box and immediately began appraising it.
Oh.
Soon, her eyes slowly widened.
Name: Moonlight White Flower (Moonlight White Flower)
Classification: Elixir Herb / Mystic Plant
Grade: S Grade (Rare)
Attributes: Moon (Moon) · Purification (Purification) · Life (Life)
Description:
A pure white flower that blo■ms bathed in moonlight.
It fully blooms only on nights when the full moon rises.
It was long ago used as an elixir herb, a sacred offering, or a powerful restorative material.
Effects:
— Removes impure mana and toxins from within the body.
— The flow of mana circuits (meridians) becomes smoother, increasing training efficiency for a period of time.
— Reduces the chance of a Heart Demon arising.
It was the first time that even after using her Appraisal Skill, some characters remained hidden.
With a stiff expression, Yoo A-rin slowly turned to Baek Cheon-myeong.
Yoo A-rin had spent her life intoxicated with herself, priding herself on being the greatest appraiser on Earth.
Today, for the first time, a crack appeared in that pride.