Episode 23: Crisis of Death (1)
23. Crisis of Death (1)
“Thank you so much. I don’t know what would have happened if it weren’t for Kang Hyun-ssi…”
Kang Hyun smiled at the sight of Kim An-seong bowing his head to greet her.
“No. I should have moved a little faster.”
After the battle, the raiding party gathered at the core after collecting the magic stones.
“Is this the core?”
“Whoa… It’s over!”
A core that beats like a heart.
As I lightly removed the connection with my sword, the movement immediately stopped. At the same time, a blue portal leading outward opened.
-Whoaaah!
Finally, the raid party left the dungeon after four days.
Most people cheered in relief at being alive, but some people glanced at Kang Hyun.
“Hey.”
“…?”
“If you had that kind of power, shouldn’t you have come forward a long time ago?!”
“yes?”
As one man spoke, others began to join in.
“That’s right. If you had come from the beginning, you wouldn’t have had to struggle through the dungeon like this.”
“And the accident wouldn’t have happened.”
Kang Hyun’s expression gradually became distorted as he listened to the story.
“Are these guys joking right now…”
“What? These?!”
“You there.”
“What is it?”
Kang Hyun looked at the person who had first shouted at him that he had done something wrong.
“When you get older, you have to pay for your age.”
“what…?”
“I’m your nanny? Why should I step forward and clear the dungeon?”
Kang Hyun’s patience quickly wore off.
“When did they fight for their own survival? Now that they have a life, they are going to harm the people who helped them? Damn it. This is ridiculous.”
“Everyone, stop now.”
Kim An-seong, who couldn’t stand to watch anymore, stepped forward.
“Mr. Kang Hyun is the one who actually jumped into the monster horde for us.”
“But still, from the beginning, in front… .”
“And besides! When you all ran away, I stood alone to stop them.”
“…”
“If Mr. Kang Hyun hadn’t been there, do you think we would have been able to get out of the dungeon alive?”
People became quiet as Kim An-seong continued to speak.
“Mr. Kang Hyun, how about you hold back your anger and stop here?”
Kang Hyun felt somehow calmed down by Kim An Sung’s words.
“Yes. What…”
“Thank you. Haha.”
“Mr. Kim An-seong over there.”
“yes?”
“Do you have any skills to calm people down?”
Kim An-seong looked surprised at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Why do you ask that…”
“Whether in a dungeon or just after fighting, people quickly find peace with just one word from Gamsung Seong.”
Kim An-seong smiled awkwardly at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Actually, my unique ability is related to dealing with people. It’s not that great. Haha.”
Kang Hyun nodded, convinced by those words.
“If it’s okay, can we go to the dungeon together again next time?”
“yes.”
As Kim An-seong spoke while handing over his contact information, Kang Hyeon reluctantly nodded.
“Then thank you for your hard work.”
Kim An-seong greeted Kang Hyeon, who was leaving, politely until the end.
“Ha, sir. I’m sorry.”
Although he received the contact information, Kang Hyun had no intention of running dungeons with anyone in the future.
“In fact, they are a burden, not to mention helpful. If I had gone alone, I would have broken through everything in two days and made a lot more money.”
Kang Hyun, who had put the armor in his inventory, shook his head.
“First, we need to confirm the compensation.”
▫Name: Kang Hyun
▫Title: Tutorial graduate and 1 other
▫Level: 29 → 30 new!
▫Detailed Ability:
·Strength 21 (+2.5)
· Agility 20 (+2.5)
· Stamina 20 (+2.5)
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·Magic Power 20 (+2.5)
·Additional stats: 0 → 1 new!
▫Unique Ability: Resurrection
▫Abilities: Intermediate swordsmanship (D), low-level shielding (E), lowest-level crossbowmanship (F)
▫ Skills: Lion’s Fury (C), Intermediate Physical Regeneration (B), One Sword and Two Cuts (E), Giant’s Strength (B)
Kang Hyun, who checked the status window, invested additional stats into stamina.
“Hehehe… Finally level 30.”
There was also a lot of growth in stats.
Total stats: 82.
10 additional stats gained from the title.
It was a huge number, approaching 92 in total.
“Compared to the beginning, it has really gone up tremendously.”
While Kang Hyun was smiling happily, a taxi arrived.
“Welcome.”
“Yes. Please go to the nearby Magic Stone Exchange.”
**
“How much?”
“It’s 27.6 million won.”
At the employee’s words, Kang Hyun’s jaw dropped so low that it almost touched the floor.
‘Why are there so many?’
I went to the Magic Stone Exchange and cashed out all the Magic Stones I had accumulated in my inventory.
The amount is a whopping 27.6 million won.
Kang Hyun was dumbfounded by the amount that was much larger than expected.
“Yes, please change it.”
“The money will be deposited into your account within today. Here is the receipt.”
“yes.”
Kang Hyun, who received the receipt, greeted him and turned around.
“take care.”
“goodbye.”
After leaving the Magic Stone Exchange and catching a taxi, Kang Hyun blankly stared up at the sky.
Although he was holding a receipt with 27.6 million won written on it, Kang Hyun didn’t feel it at all.
“The total is over 35 million won…”
Including the 8 million won worth of equipment from the skeleton knight that he sold to the middle-aged man, the money he earned in three days exceeded 35 million won.
Most of the money was earned from Kang Hyun’s tutorials.
“If you consistently clear dungeons every day, it wouldn’t be a dream to earn a million won a day.”
Kang Hyun realized this clearly through this dungeon raid: Being with other people doesn’t help at all.
The difference in level was too stark.
There are some exceptional people like Kim Yi-hyeon and Ahn Yu-seong, but they are literally a very small minority.
Kang Hyun began to realize that he was one of only three people in Korea to pass the tutorial.
“I don’t have to worry about money anymore!”
I felt the taxi driver sitting in front of me glancing at me, but I thought, well, whatever.
**
Kang Hyun, who arrived home, forcefully opened the front door.
“I’m here!”
“You’re here. Ugh, the smell.”
As soon as she opened the door, Ahyeon blocked her nose at the smell of the smell coming in with Kanghyun.
“Sorry, I haven’t showered in three days. That’s why I gave the taxi driver a free shower.”
I cleared the dungeon and changed into the new clothes I had brought, but I couldn’t hide the smell of not having washed for three days.
“While you’re washing up, think about what you want to eat.”
“What? Looks like you made some money?”
“Haha. You’ll be surprised.”
A while later, Kang Hyun, who came out of the shower, showed me his bank account balance.
“Huh? Three hundred and five million won?!”
“Is your respect for this older brother bubbling up?”
“You really did it? In just three days?”
“Oh, that’s short.”
“How did you earn so much money?”
Ahyeon lay down on the floor and imitated the speech patterns from historical dramas.
“Ahem. It’s all thanks to my excellence. Hurry up and get ready to go shopping!”
“Yay~”
Ahyeon hurried to her room and started changing her clothes.
“But are you really that troublesome? Even looking at reviews on the Internet, I’ve never seen anyone make this much money in a few days.”
“That shows how great I am. Let’s go quickly!”
“okay!”
Although Ahyeon didn’t like Kang-hyun’s constant bragging, she adjusted to the mood.
‘What do you want me to buy for you first?’
**
Kang Hyun was a person who lived his entire life without knowing anything about money.
The same goes for Ahyeon.
When those siblings were given a large sum of money, they had no idea how to spend it.
“Welcome.”
After much thought, we finally arrived at a nearby department store.
We entered a luxury store that could be considered the pinnacle of luxury by Kang Hyun’s standards.
“Hey. Even so, isn’t that too much to ask?”
“You probably want to carry a nice bag or something. Choose one before you change your mind.”
“Really? There’s no other way to say it.”
For a moment, Kang Hyun considered setting a limit, but soon shook his head.
‘Men have pride.’
While Ahyeon was frantically looking through the items, Kanghyun checked the price tags of the products on display.
‘Why is this bag so expensive?!’
The price of a bag that was slightly larger than Kang Hyun’s palm started at 1 million won. Looking around a little more, I saw bags that were often over 2 million won.
“Hmm. Will it be okay..?”
Kang-Hyeon, who had never seen a place like this in his entire life, couldn’t help but drool at the prices of the products, which were much more expensive than he had expected.
“Is there a product you are looking for?”
“Oh, I’m just looking around.”
The employee’s face, which had been kind, crumpled at Kang Hyun’s answer.
The employee looked Kang-Hyeon up and down with a displeased expression, then turned around and went to find another customer.
‘What? Am I being ignored?’
In fact, among the people here, no one was dressed as shabbily as the siblings.
If you add up the prices of the clothes most of them are wearing, it would be easy to buy a compact car.
‘f*ck… let’s go somewhere else.’
Just as Kang Hyun, feeling offended, was considering going to another store, Ahyeon approached him.
“Is this okay?”
The bag Ah-hyeon chose was really small, like the palm of her hand. When Kang-hyeon checked the price tag, it said 750,000 won.
“Is this okay?”
“uh.”
At that moment, Kang Hyun’s eyes met the employee from earlier. The employee was clearly laughing.
‘That bitch…’
Kang Hyun, who had a fever, roughly swept his hair back.
“ha…”
“Why? Is it a bit expensive..?”
“Hey. Choose something else. Something more expensive.”
“I said we’ll do it like this?”
Kang Hyun grabbed Ah Hyun and picked up the most expensive bag he had seen earlier.
“How about this? It looks good.”
“It’s pretty, but it’s too expensive.”
“If you’re going to buy something, you should buy something good. Do you like this?”
“Yeah… it’s good, but…”
“Then buy this. Over there.”
When Kang Hyun called the employee, the employee who had ignored Kang Hyun came running over, out of breath.
“Do you need anything?”
“I want to buy this.”
“Yes. Then… .”
“But please call another employee besides you.”
“yes?”
The employee made a dumbfounded expression at Kang Hyun’s words.
“I’m not going to buy it from you, so call another employee.”
**
The siblings returned home after finishing shopping at the department store and having a late dinner.
“Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard today?”
“I said it’s okay. Then you should return it right now.”
“Ahem!”
Ahyeon hurriedly took her bag into the room.
“Thank you. I will treasure it for the rest of my life. But why did you do that to that employee earlier?”
In response to Ahyeon’s words, Kanghyun explained what happened at the department store.
“What kind of bitch is that?!”
“Right?”
“You did a great job. If you had caught me, I would have given you a proper scolding!”
Kang-hyun laughed at the sight of Ah-hyun clenching her fists and shouting.
“Anyway, I’ll be earning a lot of money from now on, so you should dress up and meet guys too.”
“Why are we talking about men when things are going well?”
Ah-hyeon has been working so foolishly that she only knows about home and work.
Objectively speaking, she was a beauty that would not go out of style no matter where she went, but because life was so difficult, she didn’t even have time to think about anything else.
“You do well. I’ve been single for over 5 years.”
“It’s not that I can’t meet you, it’s that I don’t want to meet you.”
Kang Hyun gave a regular excuse to millions of solo fans.
“Ha, I should rest now. You worked hard today.”
“uh.”
Kang Hyun, who entered the room, picked up his smartphone.
“I need to buy a car too…”
I had a bigger expense today than expected, but I couldn’t not buy a car.
Kang Hyun took out his smartphone and searched for used cars.
“Why are these used ones so expensive?”
The average price of the cars that appear on the first screen right now is over 10 million won.
As Kang Hyun continued to scroll down and search for a cheap car, he finally found a car he liked.
“5 million won…”
A mid-size sedan with quite a bit of history.
It was a common national car that could be found anywhere on the street.
“I’m just going to go back and forth to the dungeon anyway, so this is enough.”
Kang Hyun, who completed the application using the number written on the site, smiled with satisfaction.
“I think the name should be Buntley.”
There was a price difference of 100 times, but Kang Hyun liked it no matter what the nickname was.
