The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 33

Episode 33: The Great Beheading (2)

Han Seung-hyuk tilted his head.

The amount offered was attractive.

In fact, it is common for guilds to not lend dungeon licenses to outsiders they are meeting for the first time.

So it wasn’t surprising that they were asking a slightly higher price.

From the lender’s perspective, if it’s not right, they just don’t lend it out.

However, Han Seung-hyuk did not understand why Kang-hoo was interested in the Baltic Dungeon.

I don’t know if you can get a lot of honey from the experience points in the dungeon or if you can definitely obtain high-grade magic stones.

The Baltic Dungeon was not a place with such certain privileges.

It is true that the boss ‘Baltman’ is a unique monster, but the reward is not special.

Han Seung-hyuk asked.

“Can you tell me why?”

“It’s a dungeon I’ve wanted to conquer for a long time, and I had such a good dream last night.”

“I think I might get some good items?”

“Well, that’s it.”

Just because I had a good dream, I’m willing to burn 1 billion won on that dream.

Han Seung-hyuk was dumbfounded.

This dungeon isn’t a lottery, after all. To get 1 billion won worth of items, you need to get at least one level 4 item.

Anyway, since he seemed pretty excited about renting the dungeon license, Han Seung-hyuk changed his words.

“Hmm. Since there are so many people looking for it, I guess you’ll have to give me 1.2 billion won.”

Knock knock.

Kang-hoo pushed the chair away and stood up immediately.

He didn’t respond and didn’t even look at Han Seung-hyuk.

If they were going to give more here, it would be better to go to the warlords and negotiate from the bottom up.

Since warlords always want to secure ample military funds, they often engage in licensing business.

“… … Over there, over there?”

Han Seung-hyuk was embarrassed.

The license rental fee is 10% of the manager’s allowance. Even with the existing proposal, 100 million won was confirmed, but things are getting complicated.

“1 billion! Let’s do it at 1 billion! I was a little greedy for a moment, but let’s cut it cleanly at 1 billion!”

Kang-hoo stopped.

Han Seung-hyuk probably thinks he got it right.

Because they sold a dungeon that didn’t even sell well.

But it had a different meaning to Kang-hoo.

For the assassin class, skills like beheading are difficult to obtain.

Even if you get it through a skill book, it is expensive to call it.

At the very least, it would be around 10 billion won.

If you can learn such skills for 1 billion won using tricks, it is bound to be a profitable business.

Of course, from Han Seung-hyeok’s perspective, who doesn’t know the inside story, Kang-hoo will look like a fool.

It’s better if you think about it that way.

The deal was done.

“When can I go?”

Kang-hoo turned his head and asked Han Seung-hyuk the most important question.

* * *

The timing was perfect.

You will be able to enter the Baltic Dungeon after 6 hours.

It is said that the initialization is finished at that time.

So Kang-hoo rented a motel near the Baltic Dungeon and moved in.

My body was feeling a little sluggish, so I washed it with cold water to wake up my mind, which was becoming damp.

Kang-hoo, who came out of the shower, checked the remaining amount of Solarkyum stored in the refrigerator.

7 is not enough.

Baltman is a guy who needs a lot of firepower, so if he gets tangled up once, his Solarium can be consumed like crazy.

‘This picture has no choice but to go to Ground Zero one way or another.’

Even if it wasn’t a request related to Cho Gu-bin, it’s a situation where I should have visited Ground Zero at least once.

Once I actually decided to go, there were many things to worry about.

Ground Zero is wilderness in the true sense of the word.

It is a place where all kinds of mutant monsters and criminal hunters are running wild.

In addition, since hunters from North Korea often come down, there was a possibility of meeting them.

Of course, I’m not on good terms with the North Korean Hunters. If I’m unlucky, I might fight them as enemies.

Beep.

I turned on the TV news about Hunter just in case.

– The organization ‘Taehwagang’, which has its base in the Taehwagang Station area of Ulsan, has begun a large-scale attack.

The target is Red Blood, an organization in disarray due to the fatal injury to its leader.

Taehwagang seems to be trying to rally all the surrounding organized forces to use this opportunity to drive them out.

“Suddenly, it became the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.”

Kang-hoo snorted.

It doesn’t matter how it flows.

Even if Gong Tae-soo dies, another Gong Tae-soo will emerge.

When a bad guy dies, an even worse guy usually takes his place.

Driving out the villains and opening up a better world and a better era is something that only happens in novels.

Just then, a phone call came.

It was obvious who would call first among those who knew his number.

“Yeah, Seoyeon.”

– Hey, brother, how are you?

“I don’t think you’re calling me out of the blue to check up on me. Just tell me what you need to know.”

– Cha So-hee went down to Jeonju. I don’t know why she went, but she seems to have obtained relevant information.

“Did you close your eyes?”

– Yeah. I hired a personal eye because I was worried about my brother. There won’t be a problem.

“Thank you. But you don’t have to force yourself.”

– I’m not overdoing it. I’m just paying attention to the parts that I can.

“okay.”

– Brother.

“huh.”

– If you want, I can open the way to Seoul too. It’s really safe there.

Although he used an indirect metaphor of Seoul, it means that he will create a kite for the Purification Guild.

For Kang-hoo, the Purification Guild was a place filled with resentment, as it would become his greatest enemy in the future.

Of course, I didn’t think that Han Seo-yeon had said that to me with malicious intent. It was probably her consideration.

“It’s okay. Thank you for your concern.”

– If you ever need help, just let me know. Okay, oppa? Don’t struggle alone.

“Okay. Seo-yeon, stay healthy and stay safe. Always be careful when you go to the dungeon.”

– Yeah, I will!

“I’m quitting. You’ve worked hard.”

Kang-hoo hung up the phone.

In the original work, Han Seo-yeon is a person who only looks at Shin Gang-hoo.

Could this be called the epitome of purity?

In the latter part of the story, he sacrifices his life for Shin Kang-hoo.

That sacrifice ultimately causes Shin Kang-hoo to go berserk and lead him to tragedy.

He, who had always remained cool and confronted Jang Si-hwan, became emotional for the first time.

It becomes a fatal weakness and he is killed by Jang Si-hwan.

If it’s a cool ending for the villain to decorate the ending of the story, it could be the end.

“Hanseoyeon… … .”

In the time they loved, Shin Kang-hoo from the original work did not spare any sacrifice for Han Seo-yeon. He loved without regret.

She, who still holds the memories of that time in her heart, must be repaying her debt of gratitude to herself now.

* * *

If I had 6 hours to spare, I would have just gone to bed and fallen asleep without waiting.

I couldn’t fall asleep today because I had a lot to worry about.

So I turned on ‘Huntergram’.

It is a SNS exclusively for hunters and is often used for promotional and cover videos.

Since they often reveal their skills to the public, there are usually a lot of videos of skilled hunters.

Of course, there were also videos of Jang Si-hwan and Chae Gwan-hyeong.

The number of pure views without duplicates also exceeded 1 million in just one day of upload.

The popularity of both of them is ‘crazy’.

“hmm.”

Kang-hoo’s expression hardened as he watched the promotional video.

Jang Si-hwan and Chae Gwan-hyeong are both high level and have many contracted constellations, so it is natural that they are difficult.

In fact, the biggest problem was that the combination of their abilities was highly fraudulent.

Jang Si-hwan is a magic-space hunter, and Chae Gwan-hyeong is a swordsmanship-space hunter.

What this means is that you can attack your opponent by freely changing the space.

It is guaranteed to have the ability to flash in the east and flash in the west. It also does not cause any overload to the body.

As a hunter, you are specialized in spatial movement. You can use short-distance movement skills without any restrictions.

There is no one to blame, because in the original work, it was he who was shaped that way.

“No matter how well you disguise yourself and hide your fingernails and toenails, it’s dangerous inside the Purification Guild.”

I considered joining the Purification Guild to grow faster, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought it would do more harm than good.

As a recent example, wasn’t Ahn Young-ho almost kidnapped after being used to his full potential?

In addition, it is concerning that Yu Qinghua, one of the thirteen stars, is already in the Purification Guild.

If it’s not the case, Kang-hoo’s skills can be copied by her. It’s not a good picture.

“If you want to settle down in a certain power, the warlords in Gangwon Province aren’t a bad idea.”

Kang-hoo wasn’t only interested in the metropolitan area.

In Gangwon-do, there are some warlords who have some ‘human scent’.

Hunters who gathered together with their own righteous beliefs, such as maintaining peace and eradicating crime.

I thought that place was worth going too.

If you look at many animals in the wild, it is difficult for them to survive from predators when they are born.

As they grow into adults, they are difficult to survive as they grow into attractive prey.

Kang-hoo thought that he was exactly like that now.

I always thought I needed to be on my toes until I got to around level 200 at least.

Because the risk of death is always present wherever you go, you can’t be at ease for even a single second.

* * *

After the waiting period is over.

As Kang-hoo arrived in front of the Baltman Dungeon, hunters dispatched from the Onnuri Guild were guarding the entrance.

‘This service is good.’

As it was an official license rental business, they were meticulous about follow-up management.

A few hunters looked at Kang-hoo curiously, and the hunter who seemed to be the team leader spoke to Kang-hoo.

“You’re level 33. Can you enter the Baltman Dungeon, a level 100 dungeon? And solo?”

Since level scanning was mandatory during the rental process, it didn’t really matter if information about the level was known.

but.

‘That numbers game is always the problem.’

The team leader’s words about judging one’s potential in numbers were irritating.

Everyone judges everything by numbers, and if there is a big difference, they tremble and think they will die. They just give up.

“… … .”

Kang-hoo ignored them and entered the dungeon.

Kang-hoo’s idea was that he just had to avoid one-on-many battles.

Kang-hoo carefully, slowly, and calmly conquered the Baltic Dungeon from the beginning without pushing himself too hard.

It’s not a request where every second counts.

Since it was a dungeon that I had paid a lot of money to enter, I didn’t want to give up even a little bit of experience.

I leveled up that steadily.

Thanks to the passive skill, Contempt for the Weak, the rear attacks inflicted more damage, making it easier to attack.

However, throughout the entire campaign, there was one thing that was disappointing.

“The class can’t ignore the weapon redemption.”

It was a regret for the Joy of the Sky, which was Gang-hoo’s main weapon and dagger.

Hunters, who are usually called named, have really expensive, rare, and functional main weapons.

Such weapons were at least level 3 or higher and had various uses.

However, Sky’s Delight had no other configurations except for the non-combat recovery-related options at level 5.

This was such a pity.

Of course, it is surprising that he is able to demonstrate this level of skill without even having a weapon.

But because I was always aiming for higher places, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of deficiency and regret every moment of the present.