Episode 6
As if drawn by something, Kang Jin-hyeok grabbed the handle of the bat.
‘This is the presence detection effect.’
I didn’t know that it would not only detect enemies, but also automatically defend against them.
Kang Jin-hyeok was able to relax thanks to the baseball bat automatically blocking the enemy’s attacks.
Kang Jin-hyeok swung his bat without hesitation before the retreating orc could regain his stance.
“Eeeeeeeeeee!!”
The orc, hit in the shin, screamed and fell to the ground.
Lee Jun-cheol opened his mouth in surprise when he saw the orc’s leg bent like a reverse joint.
“You break an orc’s bones with one blow?”
The bones of an orc are harder than titanium alloy and thicker than the thighs of an adult male, making it difficult to break them even with moderate force.
Only an A-class hunter could break it with one blow.
“I thought you were a beginner… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok was also surprised.
The power of the Durability S enchanted into the baseball bat was greater than he had imagined.
It’s not just hard, it can also give this much damage.
“Come on!”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who had gained confidence, hit the head of the orc who was sitting down with a bat.
With a cool tone, the orc’s head turned 360 degrees.
With his skull and neck broken, it would be difficult for even an orc to survive.
As the dead orc fell to the ground, Kang Jinhyuk saw numerous messages announcing level ups.
My level skyrocketed from 15 to 27, but there was no time to celebrate it now.
“Profit!!”
The orc, seeing his comrade dead, rolled his eyes and charged forward.
Kang Jin-hyeok wasn’t flustered at all this time.
As I gained confidence that I could win, I realized that the orcs’ attacks were not only threatening on the outside but not very fast at all.
It was at a level that could have been avoided if only one had responded calmly.
“Kkuuuu!”
The orc let out a mighty roar as he swung his club, which only passed through the air.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was one step ahead, bent down and aimed for the orc’s flank without missing a beat.
“Eat this!”
The orc tried to swing his club quickly, but it wasn’t enough to block Kang Jin-hyeok’s attack.
Even if I tried to move my fat body, it would be too late to use a heavy club.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s baseball bat dug straight into the orc’s flesh, completely shattering its ribs.
“Kuk-uk!!”
The orc fell down with a pig-snapping sound.
While the orc was still unconscious from the pain, Kang Jin-hyeok swung his bat at the guy’s temple.
The orc, struck in the vital spot, could no longer scream.
The orc died on the spot with his head shattered.
Kang Jin-hyeok checked the level up message that appeared before his eyes once again and realized that the battle was over.
“I… … killed two orcs? Really?”
Even seeing the orcs lying in the parking lot didn’t feel realistic at all.
Just a day ago, Kang Jin-hyeok was a D-class hunter who could only hunt goblins.
It was only natural that he didn’t trust himself, since he had taken care of a task that required four or more B-class hunters.
“Wow!!”
“This is awesome!”
Lee Jun-cheol’s subordinates, who were busy running away, cheered.
They weren’t the only ones who were impressed by Kang Jin-hyeok’s skills in dealing with orcs in an instant.
Lee Jun-cheol felt like he had discovered a precious gem that no one had ever discovered before.
“I never thought there would be a hunter I didn’t know who had that level of skill… … .”
Lee Jun-cheol thought he knew all the faces of famous hunters.
So when I first saw Kang Jin-hyeok, I thought he was just a beginner, and I never considered him a veteran hunter.
But I realized that it was my own delusion.
“You are very talented.”
Lee Jun-cheol approached Kang Jin-hyeok and clapped his hands.
“In return for saving my life, I will buy all these goblin corpses for 600.”
“Is that true?”
“Yes, I have no intention of lying to my benefactor.”
After hearing Lee Jun-cheol’s words, Jo Hyeong-il thought that the sun might rise in the west tomorrow.
If the organization bought these corpses for 6 million won, the profit it would make would be close to zero.
It was the first time that Lee Jun-cheol, who only pursued profit day and night, voluntarily made such a proposal.
‘Do you have some hidden agenda?’
As expected, Lee Jun-cheol made a proposal to Kang Jin-hyeok as Jo Hyeong-il had expected.
“Instead, please sell us the orc’s corpse as well.”
“Orcs?”
Kang Jin-hyeok was troubled.
Unlike the goblin corpse, the orc was a monster caught outside the labyrinth.
There was no reason to sell them to them since there was no problem revealing the hunting location.
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When Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t answer right away, Lee Jun-cheol realized that he needed more conditions to attract Gu Mi.
Lee Jun-cheol, who had been lost in thought for a moment, soon opened his mouth.
“If you give us the orc, we will give you an extra 10% on every sale you make to us.”
“Are you saying that you will give me 10% more than the price suggested by the association?”
“Of course.”
Even if you pay more than the regular price, selling the monster’s supplies is still profitable enough.
Lee Jun-cheol wanted to continue doing business with Kang Jin-hyeok even if it meant accepting some losses.
If you trade with him consistently, you will be able to continuously receive monster materials, so it will be possible to expand the size of the market.
“Please give me 5% more.”
Kang Jin-hyeok tried to bargain by spreading out all the fingers of his right hand.
5% was by no means a small number, but Lee Jun-cheol nodded without hesitation.
It was because Kang Jin-hyeok proved right in front of his eyes that he had the ‘power’ to be treated that way.
“Okay, let’s settle on 15%.”
Lee Jun-cheol approached Kang Jin-hyeok and asked to shake his hand.
“I look forward to working with you in the future.”
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After the deal was made, Kang Jin-hyeok’s situation changed 180 degrees.
Until yesterday, I was worried about paying rent.
Now, there is over 200 million won in the bank account.
“600 per goblin, so 90 million in total. And if you add in all the orcs… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who confirmed that the amount was correct, clenched his fist and enjoyed a sense of accomplishment.
“So the big guilds have been monopolizing all this money so far?”
The more I think about them, the more disgusting they are.
I know that money is the most important thing in life, but it is against the law to be too greedy.
How much do you have to earn to live that you don’t even give up small monsters?
Even if you just look at the articles posted on the Internet today, the harm is still there.
If you look at the comments on the article reporting on the activities of the large guild, they are all filled with complaints and anger from lower-level hunters who have had their hunting rights taken away by the large guild.
“Let’s just leave it.”
By hunting orcs, I have already reached level 30.
Since he had enough capital, Kang Jin-hyeok decided to prepare good equipment and challenge the labyrinth.
“The dwarf uncle’s items looked nice, but… … .”
The quality of the equipment was the best for dwarves, but there were difficulties in purchasing it with money.
Since the currency here wouldn’t work with dwarves, you’d have to prepare other items to get equipment from him.
“… … Should I take a bunch of aluminum cans?”
If the dwarves valued aluminum as orichalcum, it would seem like something they could use as a condition of trade.
Since the goblins had drunk all the beer he had left in the attic, Kang Jin-hyeok stopped by the mart to refill his bottle.
Kang Jin-hyeok filled an envelope with beer and soju and headed straight to the labyrinth.
As I reached the blacksmith shop, I saw a dwarf swinging a hammer at the anvil, making a loud noise.
The dwarf didn’t even break a sweat, even though it felt hotter than a summer day.
The dwarf, who had been hammering for a while, picked up the red-hot lump of iron with tongs and tempered it.
As smoke rose with a hissing sound, Kang Jin-hyeok’s eyes met the dwarf’s.
“What? When did you come?”
“I just got here.”
“What’s that in your hand? Why are you carrying so many things?”
As Kang Jin-hyeok had expected, the dwarf showed interest in the envelope he brought.
“Would you like to try one?”
Kang Jin-hyeok took out a can of beer and handed it to the dwarf.
The dwarf who accepted it had his eyes wide open.
“What is this? This is also an Orichalcum!”
“There was alcohol inside too.”
“You made the goblet out of orichalcum? Was this the Holy Grail?”
Outside, it was a common aluminum can, but where the dwarves lived, it was a luxury that not even the Pope or the Emperor dared to try.
The dwarf believed that Kang Jin-hyeok was definitely not an ordinary person.
You brought in not just one but so many of these things.
I was certain that it would definitely be the warrior.
“Try it.”
When Kang Jin-hyeok opened the can and handed it back to the dwarf, he took it and drank it in one gulp.
And then he immediately spat it out on the floor again.
“What the f*ck! Who the hell peed in here!?”
“Oh, pee?”
“Yes! This is the first time in my life that I’ve tasted something so tasteless! What on earth is this?”
“Beer.”
“… … Beer? Is this alcohol?”
“yes.”
“Do you humans call alcohol alcohol just because it’s in your mouth?”
The dwarf looked dumbfounded.
I felt sorry for the people who called this bland and tasteless thing alcohol.
“Could it be that the one in the green bottle is the same type as this one?”
“This is called soju, but it’s a little different.”
“Give it to me. I need to know what the hell you guys are drinking to live.”
The dwarf snatched the bottle of soju away from him and opened the cap.
And I felt the fragrance rising from within it.
“Ceeeeeeel. There’s no fruity scent, it just smells like plain alcohol.”
You can guess what it tastes like just by smelling it, but you never know until you try it yourself.
The dwarf drank the soju straight from the bottle with a glimmer of hope.
The dwarf, who took a few more sips than the beer, expressed his impressions with a short sigh.
“It tastes like crap, but I think it would be okay if I added a little something.”
“Add more? What?”
“Hold on tight. Something is about to come to mind anyway.”
The dwarf thought for a moment, then brought a large wooden barrel and poured all the soju that Kang Jin-hyeok had brought into it.
And then he immediately said to Kang Jin-hyeok.
“You go and get some mithril.”
The dwarf, who had put all the remaining soju into a wooden barrel, spoke to Kang Jin-hyeok.
“Huh? Mithril?”
“Yeah. I’ll have to borrow the power of Mithril to save this damn liquor.”
Mithril was a mysterious metal that contained mana of its own.
The dwarf believed that by combining the mana of Mithril with his own skills, he could greatly enhance the flavor of this drink.
“Hehehe, if you do it right, something unexpected might come out of it.”
Thanks to the alcohol that Kang Jin-hyeok brought, the dwarf’s spirit of challenge was once again boiling over.
“What are you doing? I told you to hurry up and get some Mithril.”
“Do you know where it is and can you dig it up?”
“If you go downstairs, there’s a cave. If you go there, you’ll see something that looks like mithril.”
As the dwarf continued speaking, he picked up the pickaxe that was hanging on the wall and handed it to Kang Jinhyeok.
“I’ll make some equipment for you while I’m at it, so don’t complain and go.”
“If you would do that, then… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok was already about to ask the dwarf for equipment, so he readily accepted the request.
