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Episode 61 Imbalance Point (1)
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The task of mining a generous amount of Latheus Jasper was easily completed after clearing out the gang at the entrance.
Kang-hu was worried that the traps were set up elaborately to deter intruders.
It seemed like an overestimation of them.
It was strange that I couldn’t avoid the trap that clearly showed the tea.
Of course, it only seemed easy to Kang-hoo, but if another hunter had come, the story would have been very different.
Things worked out well.
However, I saw a few gangs coming this way, saw a battle unfolding, and went to the entrance.
So even if there was nothing wrong here, it seemed like there would be some problems later when trying to leave the dungeon.
Open dungeons have the same entrance and exit, unlike closed dungeons where the exit opens after the dungeon is cleared.
‘I’ll think about that later.’
Kang-hoo put off his worries.
There’s no point in thinking about what might be at the entrance right now or how things might go wrong.
You can think about it, check it, and decide when you go out. You can also set up an escape strategy then.
Kang-hoo called Ban Se-young and shared a meal with her.
He gave her the promised quantity, and also took a little more than the requested quantity for himself.
The battle at the entrance was resolved more easily than expected, and Ban Se-young did nothing, but he still did not act cruelly.
Her mere presence would surely have intimidated some Hunters or prevented them from engaging in active combat.
Ban Se-young, who received the stone tablet from Kang-hoo, bowed her head gratefully.
“Thank you. I thought things were going to be difficult.”
“Well, thanks to you, I don’t have to go far to get the jade stone, so it’s a win-win.”
“Brother Seon-gyu.”
“huh?”
“Where are you affiliated with? You seem to belong to a pretty famous guild, right?”
If the hunters seem to have some skill, they first ask about their affiliation.
Is this a prejudice? I think the world would never leave a skilled hunter like this alone.
Of course, there are cases where people act as mercenaries even though they have the skills.
The person right in front of Kang-hoo, Ban Se-young, is such a case.
Contrary to Kang-hoo’s thoughts that she has the skills, she herself says that she does not participate in guild activities because of her ‘fatal weakness’.
Anyway, in Kang-hoo’s eyes, she was a perfectly optimized support gunner.
In particular, the hit rate of Matan was great.
Unlike regular guns, guns that shoot bullets must take into account the flow of mana, output, and air resistance.
It is not easy to get it right because you have to consider the target’s toughness and magical power as well.
There is a reason why the Gunner is called a rare profession.
At the same time, it was also considered a job with greatly reduced efficiency. But she was a little different.
“No affiliation.”
“Really? You have this kind of skill, and you’re just going to leave me alone?”
“Because the choice is mine.”
“That’s ridiculous. Looking at the battle just now, I saw that you used a lot of skills in that short period of time.”
Ban Se-young naturally thought that Kang-hoo was a hunter who received full support from the guild.
I think he would have received support from skill books from time to time. That shows how diverse Kang-hoo’s attack repertoire was.
But when he said Dokgo Da-ira, something seemed to be out of place, so she narrowed her eyes.
It was because I thought that maybe Kang-hoo was lying.
But I also wondered if it was really necessary to lie about my affiliation.
“Okay. I guess that’s all we have to do. If you don’t mind, can I get your number?”
Kang-hoo, who rarely asks for a number first, asked for it this time.
I’m not trying to do anything nice for her.
If she sticks with the support concept and can play as a team, I think the efficiency will be maximized.
“I’m fine! But am I the right person for you?”
Ban Se-young was already feeling very intimidated by Kang-hoo.
If you had seen Kang-hoo’s level information, you probably would have wanted to hide in a hole.
In her mind, Kang-hoo was portrayed as a skilled hunter, level 250, or even higher.
“We’ll have to meet again and see if we match or not.”
“but.”
In response to Kang-hoo’s plain answer, Ban Se-young immediately wrote down her number.
I quite like Kang-hoo’s style, which seems quite reserved, but speaks his mind.
“See you later.”
Kang-hoo, who received the number, left immediately.
Now that the mining of the Jayo-seok has ended, there is no reason to guard this place that has become a grave.
Now it’s time to find the imbalance point.
It is time to reap the benefits of the errors created by space, time, and dimension.
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Same time.
Jang Si-hwan continued to review the information about the mysterious person who took Gong Tae-soo’s left arm.
He was spending more time on it than usual, to the point where Chae Gwan-hyung was nagging him for being so interested.
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It was instinct and intuition.
Up until now, Jang Si-hwan has trusted his own thoughts and feelings a lot in the process of increasing his useful colleagues and subordinates.
I have this feeling that if I just connect with that person through some kind of fate, that person will be a great strength to me.
The most representative example of a relationship formed in this way was Chae Gwan-hyung, and all the executives of the Jeonghwa Guild were like that.
The CCTV footage from the scene where Gong Tae-soo was ambushed made it impossible to tell who he was.
So, we secured all the CCTV footage from inside all the buses that were operating in the area that day, as well as footage from the streets and even the rooftops of buildings.
And we completed the first filtering by mobilizing the information team personnel.
For example, exclude from the candidate pool anyone who clearly looks like an ordinary person.
Furthermore, hunters who appear to belong to the magic and healing worlds were also excluded from the list of interests.
Since you can tell them apart by looking at the weapons they are wearing or their attire, the classification process wasn’t difficult.
In addition, all hunters with guild affiliations were excluded from the faces identified in the video.
Unless he was crazy, he would never have gone after Gong Tae-soo’s arm while belonging to the guild.
In this way, the names of the mercenaries identified in the reserve list were being filled in.
The hunter who cut off Gong Tae-soo’s arm must be a mercenary.
however.
“huh?”
Although he was not a person known to the public, Jang Si-hwan saw a face that was not his first meeting.
The face is familiar, but I can’t remember it right away. Why is that?
I turned my thoughts back to the past again.
“Ah. The observatory?”
Only then did the memory come back to me.
The hunter who was next to him at the observatory.
It was the hunter whose expression didn’t change even when he saw himself.
I remembered his first impression because he was different from other hunters, and then I saw his face on video.
“Heh heh… … . You moved alone. Are you armed with a dagger? You even left the comfortable bus and moved to the roof of the building?”
The corners of Jang Si-hwan’s mouth went up.
Kang-hoo was caught thanks to CCTV, which was turned to the wrong direction due to a loose seam.
Because the picture quality was good, Kang-hoo was captured on screen for a very short time, but it was very easy to recognize his face.
Of course, there are times when Hunters with good jumping ability will jump from building to building.
When you need to urgently chase after someone or, on the contrary, run away.
But it was rare for him to do so for fun, and there was one more thing that was suspicious.
At this time, Gong Tae-soo was riding a bus and moving on the road.
That is, Kang-hu, the main character in the video, was clearly moving along a route similar to the bus’s route.
“Hey, this is going really well.”
My curiosity boiled over as I thought that this might be the man who cut off Gong Tae-soo’s left arm.
The man at the observatory who I thought was unusual from the first time I met him.
The possibility that he was the hunter targeting Gong Tae-soo was quickly growing in Jang Si-hwan’s mind.
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Around that time.
“The dungeon is big, and there are a lot of crazy people.”
Kang-hoo killed the two hunters who had followed him and attempted to ambush him, and was looking at the list of constellations he had stolen.
【The Great Dictator】
【When playing solo, it provides an additional 10% experience. Stamina recovery speed is doubled.】
【Desert Fox】
【Additionally assists with 25% experience gain in desert dungeons. Stamina recovery speed doubles.】
At first, the two hunters had similar constellations to the point where I thought they were a couple or twins.
anyway.
The Great Dictator constellation had good synergy with Kang-hoo, whose solo play rate was almost 100%.
Desert Fox was also a very efficient constellation if you could choose to go through desert-type dungeons.
It’s just pathetic that these two guys died while trying to launch a surprise attack with such a constellation.
“He died after giving me the item, so this is a tree that gives generously.”
I also took 1 billion won worth of items from the two hunters.
Since it was a mana-related item, Kang-hoo had no need for it, and he later decided to sell it to Lee Ye-rin.
There was a brief commotion.
Kang-hoo, who had returned to his original path, quickly found his destination while recalling his memories.
If you don’t remember the original content clearly, there was an imbalance point in a place you would never find.
“It is visible.”
The features are revealed.
It’s a sight that you would never see if you didn’t look closely, but it’s a sight that you can find if you know the errors.
Among the branches swaying in the wind in a dense forest, there is one that continues to sway in the opposite direction of the wind.
Since dungeons are ultimately a product of systems and data, this is a type of error that occurred during the implementation process.
Among hundreds of trees, only that one branch moves differently from the natural order.
There is a hidden space behind that tree where you can activate the imbalance point.
Because space is transparent, it was a location that could not even be estimated unless you knew that there was something called an imbalance point.
‘In martial arts novels, it’s an elixir, and in fantasy novels, it’s a mandragora. It’s the exclusive possession of the main character in the novel.’
The imbalance point has that meaning. It is a definite turning point that helps the protagonist grow rapidly.
In the original, Jang Si-hwan regularly enjoyed the privileges of all imbalance points.
That won’t happen anymore.
Kang-hoo, who had come right up to my nose, stretched his hand into the air and slowly began to release mana.
I’m also ready to take some solar energy in case the pressure gets too much.
I could tolerate a mild headache, but if the pressure got worse, I was going to eat.
Woof. Woof. Woof.
The air that was as transparent as the mana that Kang-hoo breathed into it began to gradually become covered in an opaque sky blue.
It was only for a very short time, but in an instant, the imbalance point consumed a whopping 100 mana.
It was fortunate that Kang-hoo had a near-infinite supply of mana, otherwise he would have failed in the attempt.
How much time has passed?
The energy of the space, which had completely turned sky blue, began to rotate around Kang-hoo.
Shaaaaah!
Soon, it began to be absorbed into Kang-hoo’s body as if it were being drawn to a magnet. It happened in an instant.
and.
【Level up!】
【Shin Gang-hoo Lv. 55】
【Level up!】
【Shin Gang-hu Lv. 56】
【Level up!】
【Shin Kang-hoo Lv. 57】
The level information in the status window began to update upward, with numbers changing continuously.
It was the beginning of a bumper crop of experience!