Episode 1
Thirty years ago, dungeons and hunters appeared, and a cataclysm occurred in the world.
The things the Hunters had obtained from the dungeon were mysterious things that could not be found on Earth at all, and some of them had a huge ripple effect enough to completely change the structure of the industry.
Of course, people flock to where there is money.
Those who became hunters through awakening headed to the dungeon, and those who did not awaken rushed into the dungeon aiming for the Congo.
So the world was completely reorganized around Hunters and Dungeons.
taken from noblemt l
My life has always been a series of ups and downs.
I ended my life as an orphanage in the first place, so I said everything.
Anyway, somehow I grew up and became an adult, so I immediately got a job at the company and worked hard to save money.
Looking back now, I think that was the happiest time.
Although it was not much, the balance was steadily accumulating in the bankbook and I was able to dream of the future.
But suddenly a dungeon situation broke out.
Now, when we talk about dungeons, we are reminded of money, but at that time, people’s panic was at an incredible level.
People were terrified by the appearance of an unknown dungeon, and the system of the country was also messed up.
Thanks to this, the company I worked for went bankrupt in an instant.
The exchange rate and prices have gone wild, and the government is in a situation where the dungeon is an unprecedented situation, so where is the ingenuity of a small company with 50 employees?
Anyway, I became a beast and spent gloomy days at home, but as time passed, a hunter appeared and the dungeon began to slowly change from a fearsome object to a place of opportunity.
Bring new items from the dungeon and hit the jackpot.
As the perception of the dungeon gradually changed and the hunters made a lot of money, new industries targeting such hunters began to develop.
Companies that distribute and process materials brought from dungeons have been created, and shops dealing with hunters have increased in the vicinity of the dungeons.
It’s a ruined country, but as the dungeon area becomes more and more active, many people flock to the dungeon in search of a way to eat and live.
And one of those people is me.
Since then, I haven’t really done anything.
I’ve worked at a bar that specializes in hunters, and I’ve also worked at a store that buys things from dungeons.
Although my salary was not much, I was grateful that I could still make a living and worked hard.
But all that comes back to me is a monthly salary that barely pays rent and I won’t starve to death.
Even so, the area near the dungeon became more active and the monthly rent increased, making life more difficult.
But I was able to survive there.
If the monthly rent goes up, it’s okay to move to a more remote area, and you can save money.
I’ve never been rich in the first place, so I’ll just eat that much.
The problem is the hunters’ dog-like personality.
Since they are thugs who made money through awakening in one day, they have no dignity in spending money.
Of course, the bosses who take the money would be nice, but for the employees like me who had to deal with them directly, every day was hell.
Especially when a hunter younger than me wags a bunch of money and acts like a gangster, I really wanted to grab him by the neck and even have a fight… Yeah.
I wanted to, but I had to be patient.
I couldn’t win in the first place, and if I did, I’d almost be cut off at the store overnight.
Anyway, I don’t know if I’ve only experienced such hunters, but most of the hunters I’ve seen were garbage.
Of course, it is not incomprehensible.
Once you enter the dungeon, you risk your life for several months and fight monsters, so I understand that you want to relieve stress when you come back.
But knowing that doesn’t reduce the pain I’ve suffered.
That’s why I hate Hunter so much that my teeth tremble.
But, ambivalently, they yearn at the same time.
Because awakening is the only Dong-a line that can lift my life up at once.
The problem is that the Dong-A line hasn’t come down for over 30 years.
Anyway, he lived like that.
If you work hard and save money, one day you will have a good thing.
And today was the day that hard work paid off.
“A day like this is coming.”
I said, looking at the acquisition contract in my hand with a happy expression.
“Now I am the boss.”
In the meantime, he used the money he had accumulated while not using it and took over a small shop located a little far from the dungeon.
It’s a shop that sells alcohol and coffee to hunters, but it was a place with a lot of regulars and good sales.
There were a lot of people looking for it, and it was difficult to even cover the rights with the money I had saved, but the boss treated me so well that I handed over the store on the condition of paying the insufficient amount in installments over several years.
“It’s worth living hard.”
It was the first complete thing I had as I was living a life of being beaten by the upperclassmen, moving between monthly and jeonse.
The sense of fidelity that it gives is indescribable in words.
“ah. Sunshine is nice.”
Although he is not young, this is where Jung In-soo’s second heyday begins.
That moment when I crossed the crosswalk with such high expectations.
Awesome profit!!
A red sports car rushes at great speed and hits me.
“···uh?”
Suddenly, the body spins around and falls to the ground.
thud.
“Ahh!!”
“It’s an accident!!”
Were you hit by a car?
There is no strength in the body.
Then a man got out of the sports car and stumbled towards me.
“Damn it!”
Eyes are gradually closing
I desperately looked at the man and shouted.
to call an ambulance.
But I can’t keep my mouth shut.
“··················”
“Ah-oh. It’s been a while since I’ve felt this way, but what the hell is this?”
The man takes out his cell phone and calls somewhere.
“I am. Did I have an accident now?”
Is it an ambulance?
please save me
How did you get my store?
I’m just about to realize my dream, but why now…
“uh. alcohol? I had a drink… Okay. okay. Come quickly and take care of it. what? no f*ck Isn’t that what the guild says?”
alcohol? Guild?
Am I being hit by a drunken hunter now?
It was also the most splendid moment in my life for the first time.
“okay. Call a lawyer.”
“eww···”
Eyes are gradually closing
I want to live.
I don’t want to die.
It’s too sad to die like this.
What have you been working so hard for all this time?
Just to end like this?
no.
I can’t end it like this.
“uh?”
But people looked at me and pointed at me.
“The person who bought it. It’s shining!”
light?
“Did you see an awakening?”
Awakening?
I?
“Wait a minute. Is this uncle here waking up?”
What the hell happened
Then can I live?
would that be?
But why does my body keep losing strength?
“damn. What about this?”
He took over the store and is now experiencing the awakening he has been waiting for for decades.
It’s the moment when everything I wished for came true, why can’t I open my eyes?
Why now!!
What the hell did I do so wrong to do this to me?
“ah···”
consciousness is blurred
“Stop it at once. Because I know.”
I can’t hear people’s conversations more and more.
“mister.”
At that moment, the voice of the Hunter was heard from a distance.
“I’m sorry. think it was unlucky Understand?”
And at the same time, my consciousness was completely cut off.
“Ahh!!!”
I screamed and got up from my seat.
“I will live!! I can’t die like this!!”
I got up, gasping for breath, and looked around the room where I was lying.
“What. what. Did I buy it?”
I hurriedly began to examine my condition.
“I’m fine. It has legs and moves arms…”
While checking my body like that, I looked at my hand and muttered in surprise.
“Why is your hand…?”
A firm, soft hand, not a hard, wrinkled hand from hard work.
I got up from my seat with a puzzled expression and headed to the bathroom.
And when I checked the bathroom mirror, I had no choice but to freeze.
“What is this.”
Firm skin with no wrinkles.
Decades ago, when he was still young and full of energy, he was just as he was at the time.
“Come to think of it···”
I didn’t know because I was embarrassed earlier, but when I came to my senses and looked around, it was a familiar place.
“This is… my old studio room.”
On the day I took over the store, I was in a car accident by a drunken hunter, and I was awakened at that moment.
I turned on the computer, checked the date, and muttered.
“But when I opened my eyes, it was 30 years ago. Is that even before the dungeon crisis exploded?”
I sat down on the chair and said with a blank expression.
“what’s this.”
The moment I got everything I wanted, everything was reset.
“Do I have to live that fierce life again?”
Like that day when you were chasing only hope in the midst of pain every day?
“By the way, that Hunter. sorry at the end? Did I tell you to think it was bad luck?”
What the hell does that mean?
taken from noblemt l
Maybe the person who caused the accident was unlucky, so I used my hand because I thought it would hurt my head to wake up. What the hell is this?
“You bastard like a dog!!”
I’m usually reluctant to use profanity, but I can’t stand this tantrum that comes out.
Even if it’s not really an apology, it doesn’t matter if it’s just an apology for a car accident.
Because at that most splendid moment I met for the first time in my life, the person who gave up my everything is the same Hunter that doesn’t change.
“b*tch! Damn Hunter bastards!!”
taken from noblemt l
My anger spreads not only to that hunter, but also to all the hunters who have abused me.
“Uh-huh.”
I said, gasping for breath.
“okay. This is rather an opportunity.”
I have 30 years of experience and knowledge, and that experience and knowledge will be the best weapon to deal with the unprecedented situation of dungeons and hunters.
“I’m putting the dog hunter cubs under my feet.”
All you need is money for that.
have to make money
Huge amount of money that even hunters can overwhelm.
It is possible in the present country.
“You worked hard once. I saw the results.”
No matter how hard I work, no one recognizes me, and my life is hit even by F-class, the lowest level among hunters.
The life of the lower class is like a swamp from which they cannot escape no matter how hard they struggle.
I don’t want to live like that anymore.
“Now, live like a real dog.”
I will crush and crush everything that stands in my way.
I will no longer live a life that is swayed by others again.
I checked the date again and said.
“The next 15 days until the dungeon incident explodes.”
The moment the dungeon crisis breaks out, the world is in total chaos.
And chaos gives people like me the best chance.
Anyway, it was difficult to make great progress as a hunter.
So don’t succeed with anything else.
And the hunter who caused me a car accident.
The revenge I couldn’t do back then, I’ll do it here now.
even more vicious and cruel.
Without knowing why he was being retaliated against.
Kneel in front of me and make me deeply repent of my mistakes that I didn’t even know existed.
I said while grinding my teeth.
“certainly. Absolutely. by any means.”