Chapter 5

Jinhyuk prayed earnestly in his heart as he entered the attic.

When his body had fully entered the dungeon, an alarm sounded in his head.

[You have entered the dungeon.]

[Current location: Floor 1 - Goblins Labyrinth.]

A message appeared in front of Jinhyuk. This was what he had expected.

As expected, this place was a dungeon.

"Screech?"

While Jinhyuk was reading the message, a goblin inside the maze approached him.

He noticed it when he heard the goblin screech.

"Screech!"

As the goblin charged at him with a stone axe, Jinhyuk ran away.

He may be able to take on a single goblin, but he still has something to check first.

Kang Jinhyuk hurriedly left the dungeon and returned to his attic, leaving the goblin stunned.

Then the goblin stood at the boundary between the attic and the dungeon, swinging his stone axe.

The place where the goblin struck made a sound as if there was a transparent wall there.

"Not only can't the goblin see through it, he can't get here."

His face brightened when he saw this.

Now that he had made sure it was safe, there was only one thing left for him to do.

Kang Jinhyuk immediately swung his bat at the goblin as he re-entered the dungeon.

"Screeeech!"

The goblin, hit hard by the aluminum bat, cried out and collapsed.

It seemed like Kang Jinhyuk was trying to make a pulp out of the goblin, because he kept hitting it on the head.

"Screech!!! Screech!"

After a few moments, the goblin, who kept screaming, was completely defeated.

At the same time, Jinhyuk felt his strength increasing.

[Level Up]

When he had risen from level 3 to level 4, Kang Jinhyuk felt moved.

It was the first time he had taken out an enemy since he had become a hunter.

He had shouldered the burden alone.

It was just him.

He chased the monster without caring about his set limit.

"Grrrr...."

Kang Jinhyuk could not suppress the laughter that formed inside him.

It's been three years.

He stayed at level 3 for three years, but only a single goblin like this made him rise immediately.

Jinhyuk realized how ridiculous the big guilds were.

"Those b***h-a** bastards. They don't have an ounce of conscience."

Right now, he could earn 30 million won just by catching this goblin.

Big guilds dominated these kinds of monsters all the time, so they must have made a lot of profit.

"It's only because those guilds monopolized the monsters that their rewards are so expensive now. Fxxk them."

The corpses of monsters are expensive, so the equipment and items used to hunt them are also sold at high prices.

Hunters below C-rank who lack money and capital are trapped into becoming poorer and poorer.

Jinhyuk became more and more angry when he thought about the crimes of these big guilds.

Even this morning he felt helpless and could do nothing, but now it is different.

He was offered an opportunity in the form of this "dungeon."

As long as such natural good fortune comes to him, he no longer has any reason to be heartbroken or resentful.

If he were to complain, he could simply hunt monsters and become stronger.

But that's not possible right now.

An alarm clock in his cell phone rang, telling him it was almost time for his next part-time job.

"Ah ..."

Kang Jinhyuk felt like he wanted to quit his part-time job and just hunt here instead.

But he knew that he would cause a big nuisance if he quit his job without notice.

Not wanting to be a burden to other people, the kind-hearted Jinhyuk left the dungeon and went to work for the last time today.

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After finishing his last work shift, Kang Jinhyuk visited the Association's trade market.

Although it was already night, the market was quite crowded.

Hunters were selling their prey and buying items for their next hunt.

Since the market has many customers, the number of employees was not small either.

"Come in, come in! What are you doing here today?"

"I'm here to sell a monster corpse..."

"Get a queue number and wait, I will evaluate it once it is your turn."

Kang Jinhyuk followed the clerk's instruction and got a numbered tag from a vending machine near the entrance.

Considering the large number of people in the market, the queue was not very long.

Only three people stood in front of Kang Jinhyuk.

After 10 minutes, his turn finally came.

"What are you selling here?"

The appraiser who greeted Jinhyuk looked like a middle-aged man with a lot of experience.

Instead of simply answering, Jinhyuk took the monster's corpse from his inventory and placed it on the table.

"Umm, a goblin..."

This was very unusual material here, even in a place where numerous hunters gathered.

The appraiser looked at the corpse presented by Jinhyuk and looked disappointed.

"I see you don't have much hunting experience."

"What, how would you know..."