Chapter 7

Translator: Ayana

Editor: Effefille

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Some people might be shocked at the fact that on the 10th floor, there were already monsters from the lizard tribe, the ogre, the undead, and even the golems that poured out.

They might have thought what’s on the 50th floor then? Right now they were in trouble and should stop. It might be impossible for them to do it.

Actually, it’s not like that and they should calm down.

On the first floor, I became <The Goblin Disaster>. Or if I ‘played’ hard with the goblins, I would become <The Coward Goblin Hunter>. Afterwards, even if I hunted like crazy, I would only become <The Coward Goblin Massacre> in the end.

Just like everyone, what I met on the 10th floor was a malnourished ogre, a lizard tribe archer with dementia that forgot how to shoot, a skeleton soldier with a broken leg, a ghost who was on verge of purification, and a golem with a broken nucleus. These kinds of monsters.

It was common to get a title, whether or not it was meant to be a praise or just being sarcastic, such as <Slim Ogre Hunter>, <Old Lizardman Massacre>, or <The Broken Skeleton Soldier Hunter>. I have extended the tutorial’s achievement to various, or maybe whole species of monsters. And it’s not just me. It is said that once one has reached the S-Rank tutorial, they would have at least one or two titles, whether it’s <Disaster> or <Natural Enemy>.

Trained lizard soldiers will be available on the 30th floor. The undead troops like skeleton soldiers with more than 100 units could be seen in the early 40th floor. The ferocious ogre appears only in the late 40th floor

Meanwhile, I distracted Sehwa.

“Sehwa, look over there!”

My effort to not show Sehwa a moment when life disappeared, I might count it as dazzling.

“Hah~um.”, My daughter yawned.

Good. As a result, she didn’t see it.

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So we arrived on the 10th floor.

The 10th floor was the so-called resting floor, which exists on each 10 floors, where people could take a break or attract hunters different from the other floors. As the name, resting floor, no monster would appear and the location of the stairs was fixed. So this won’t be another game of an unexpected escape.

But something happened.

“Damn. Should I do something like this in my spare time?”

“Haha, hyung-nim really. Didn’t you say that you were managed on the 10th floor because you have free time, right?”

“That’s right, I can’t leave and put just anyone in the guild as the Mirage gatekeeper.”

“Hmm. Is that so? Haha, you’re right.”

(T/N: Hyung is a term used to address an older male by a younger male.)

Three boys proudly blocked the stairs and were chanting sneaky lines.

In the middle, the dumb one who was called as ‘hyung-nim’ looks slender. The guys next to him, who laughed and pumped him with flattery, were fat and muscular. They were very evenly matched, and in the meantime, the fatso and the muscles were looking and keeping in check at each other.

(T/N: From here on, they will be called ‘slender’ ‘fat’ ‘muscles’, don’t do this IRL. It’s rude XD) 

“Look over there!”

Then the muscles found me. I thought he’s the best worker among them.

“What, why are you already here?”

“It’s weird. It’s been less than an hour since you’ve entered?”

The slender and the fatso were also confused. They seemed to be surprised with my speed. I smiled with dignity and waved my hand.

“That bastard, you’re laughing at me right now”

The slender man became jealous of me. Does that mean that they haven’t been able to accept me yet? As I thought to myself, slender and muscles looked around, turning their heads fiercely.

“It looks like that damn rat did some tricks…….”

“But where’s that rat, Kim Joohan?”

Kim Joohan? I remembered that name before … That’s right, it’s Sapal’s nickname! Does that mean Sapal has ‘Beast Mode’ as his active skill?

“Hey, you. Are you alone?”

Slender pointed at me with his chin.

Meanwhile inside the barrier, Sehwa struggled with the dandelion seeds that fluttered in the flower field beyond the barrier.

“Ppaaaht! Pabababababat! Ppaht-!”

She beamed in excitement while looking at the flying dandelion seeds.

“Pueng! Hatchoo! Hatching!”

It seems like her nose tickled as she sneezed continuously.

-Hatchoo!

At the moment, I got very nervous.

-Hatchoo! Hatchoo!

At first it was a breath, and then the two others were accompanied with a small spark. Her skill seemed to appear.

Even though I could bear being hit by those continuously, I felt no happiness or joy for it. Besides I was not a man who would take it as self-mortification. Even so, I knew well that a dragon won’t get physically tired or weak because it got out of breath.

“Sniffle.”

Instead, a clear runny liquid formed under Sehwa’s nose. Cu….cute. I should take a picture of it and clean her nose later.

“I’m asking, are you alone?”

For a moment, I was drunk under my daughter’s beauty, then I looked back at slender who yelled.

“I’m sorry. You’re totally not my cup of tea.”

(T/N: He misunderstood alone as single. So in his mind, the slender man was asking if he was single.)

I wasn’t quite sure he was single like me. I showed a polite refusal to the question that has explicitly led to the answer.

“…….What?”

At a glance, the slender man looked embarrassed when I gave his offer a pass. And I turned to see the fat and the muscle afterwards. Or was it one of them that was aiming for me?

“Your friends aren’t my taste either.”

Again, I politely refused. Even though I was a heterosexual, I didn’t refuse them because their figures were fat or muscular. I would’ve still refused if it was a member of a girl group or a top actress that approached me. And it was not because I was a father of a child. Even a single father has the right to date.

Just… I just couldn’t forget Sujin.

Although she was a three-legged dragon with a 30cm tall belly convex. It’s been over a thousand years since we’ve lived together, but it’s too much to forget her in a day.

“You bastard!”

“You dare to challenge The Realm Guild?”

Muscle and fatso were fuming because I distorted their conversation meaning. I feel wronged! In this conversation, the victim should be me …

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The Realm Guild was one of the leading conglomerates in Korea, an affiliate of the Chunseong Group.

Like their parent company, Chunseong Group, that regarded domestic politics and economy as its main organ, the influences of The Realm Guild were strong enough to shake the domestic hunter community.

They were the guild members who entered The Mirage with a high free pass when I come in.

“Alright! Don’t make a fuss. Hey, you. Just pay the toll pass and go.”

The slender, the fatso, and the muscle blocked the stairs and demanded a toll with confidence, because they were from The Realm Guild. To put it simply, the Seoul Mirage is the area of the Realm Guild. Hunter Administration and other giant guilds were also acquiescing in the extortion of tolls from The Realm Guild.

“How much is it?”

(T/N : He is talking in informal (banmal) speech, for the first time, he had responded by using formal speech before this)

My polite refusal was over, it was right to respond according to the other’s manners. I couldn’t believe he was speaking informally to someone he had never seen before. Did the slender study abroad in the west?

“5 million won.”

I heard about it before, but I couldn’t believe it would really cost 5 million won. Bus fees do not include tolls, so if I had come with Sapal together, they would have dedicated 5 million won each. I am proud that I saved 5 million won.

“What if I pay all at once?”

“It’s 460 million won.”

My destination is the 50th floor of Mirage, and the tolls were only paid until the 50th floor. The reason why the tolls were only paid until the 50th floor was not because they couldn’t bother the top hunters. Instead, because The Realm Guild has top hunters above that floor, they could also take care about that.

Mirages are located all over the world. The floors until the 50th floor were independent zones, but the 51st to 70th floors of the Mirage were zones that were integrated from all over the world. If one entered the 51st floor of the Seoul Mirage or New York Mirage, they would stand in the same space.

“I’m using CS Telecom, so can I get a telecom discount?”

CS Telecom was a telecommunication company of Chunseong Group. Even though my contract expires soon, there were still points left.

“……”

Seeing the slender’s grim expression, my offer doesn’t seem to work.

“Then what about accumulating points?”

“Crazy bastard, you don’t know the end of it because I said I’ll let it go. That bastard, hold him up.”

“Yes!”

At the slender’s command, the fatso and the muscle stood on both sides of me and held my arms as if they were holding me back.

……..Gasp.

Goosebumps flew all over my body as they worked to fold my arms.

“I’ll show you something bitter.”

At slender’s words, a question mark popped up in my head. I’ve repeatedly refused, but I can’t believe he was going to force me to eat.

Besides, bitter taste? I hated it! I hated bitter, I hated sour, I hated spicy, I didn’t like cold, and I didn’t like hot either! Sweet and salty, only that!

(T/N: He misunderstood again this time. *sigh*)

“Follow me! I’m going to the 9th floor.”

“Huh? But I don’t want to go.”

“It’s too late to beg now. Hyung-nim is already angry.”, the fatso made a mean laugh.

“Kyaah!”

I didn’t want to go because Sehwa was playing well with dandelions.

“You will pay the price if you only believe in rules that forbid use of skills.”

There was a rule that forbade the use of skills in the rest floors. It was prohibited from all skills except when necessary for personal training. If one went to the 9th floor, they could use the skills…… Ah! So, that was what he meant by something bitter.He didn’t mean to force me to eat, he meant to kill me, didn’t he?

(T/N: Duh.)

I misunderstood again.

Hold on. Come to think of it, this was weird.

My purpose was to purify myself from Sehwa’s ‘breath’ attack and deceive the senses of others including Sehwa. Could this be called using skills for personal training?

Let’s test the slender, who was making the atmosphere by rubbing his neck for nothing.

“Yap.”

-Kwadeuk

Huh! As expected, it worked well too!

“Hyung-nim!”

The fatso and the muscle were appalled and pulled out their weapons from their inventory. In this situation, they have been trained well enough to take out their weapons reflexively. I was a little impressed. Just a little bit.

“Yap yap.”

-Kwadeuk

I sent them out with a happy feeling. They tried to kill me, but I showed them the least mercy.  For your information, I didn’t do this because I didn’t have money.

[The first area was conquered.]

[55 Crystals are paid to the inventory as compensation.]

When one arrived on the rest floor, they would get these Crystals. This is the reason why Sapal tried to drive the bus without even checking whether I had money or not. If I registered this in the transaction window, ta-da~

[Balance: 40,000,000 won]

We were way out of debt!

[Account is linked.]

[Balance: 40,000, 130 won]

When the account got connected, all existing assets and fortune would be combined.

Sehwa! Your Daddy has made money!

“Ppah! Ppah!”

Our princess was still playing hard with dandelions.When children were hooked on one thing, they couldn’t turn their attention to something else. It’s true because I was experiencing it right now.

At this point, I want to prove that I have not forgotten the promise that I made on the first day of my return. Live as a hunter but not fight! I could speak confidently.

The result was this. I never fought. I looked it up in the Standard Korean Dictionary of the National Institute of the Korean Language.

Fight. Noun : Fighting. What is a fight? Two or more beings are clamoring to determine their superiority. There needs to be ‘violence’ give and take for the ‘fight’ word to be established.

Then what did I do to the boss monsters, Sapal, and The Realm Guild Triplets?

That was just violence. It was said that ‘violence’ was when it was harsh and fiercely overpowering others.

I’m a hunter, who doesn’t fight!

[You committed a serial murder.]

[The chaos level is greatly increased.]

[Chaos Level: 70]

This was the price for not fighting.

The end of my recollection!

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