Level 1 Player

Chapter 32 mercenary system

A total of three achievements were created when the Dragon Blood Sword was raised to Legendary rank.

One of them was [the first one to acquire the only legendary weapon – hero grade].

Then this thought came to my mind.

Wouldn’t new achievements be added if the unique hero level skill grows into the only legendary level skill?

Accepting Shin Yoon-a’s proposal and participating in the Black Dragon’s Punishment Auction was not only because of the skill itself, but also because of the expectation that new achievements would be obtained.

Even if they were not merged into one, there was nothing to lose.

Because the Black Dragon’s Punishment was a good enough skill in itself.

Fortunately, the punishment of the Dark Dragon and the Breath of the Thunder Dragon were merged into one.

As a result, Hyunseong added one of the first achievements.

‘Thanks to the Imoogi, I can drink honey properly.’

There were a whopping five hero-level achievements obtained through hunting Imoogi.

Of course, in the case of one of them, [Those who contributed to the hunt for the first Legendary level monster – Hero level], the same reward as the first rare level title of increasing all stats by 10 was given.

However, the initial titles of other hero ranks were different.

-First to obtain Legendary weapon – Heroic level

-The first to acquire the only Legendary weapon – Heroic level

-The first to obtain a Legendary skill – Heroic rank

-The first person to acquire the only Legendary level skill – Hero level

All four of these titles had the same options.

All stats increased by 20. The total of stats raised by the title obtained through the Imoogi hunting was a whopping 450.

‘It was also the best choice.’

This was a reward obtained thanks to all of them learning unyielding mental skills and entering the Imoogi Killing Squad.

‘Now, we need to check how the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath has changed.’

Hyunseong pressed the breath of the newly born unique legendary skill Black Lightning Dragon in the skill window.

Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath – Unique Legendary Rank

-Active skill

-Changes the nature of magic to dark attributes.

– The power of attack-type skills is greatly increased.

– The power of healing skills is greatly reduced.

– Activates by consuming the caster’s stamina and mana at the same time.

– Fires black lightning at will according to the caster’s will.

-All skills and actions are given the power of lightning.

-Temporarily paralyzes the body of enemies hit by the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath.

– This skill has no cooldown.

-You can grow by absorbing lightning-type skills and items.

Nothing special changed.

It just felt as if the existing thunder dragon’s breath and the dark dragon’s punishment were properly mixed.

‘This is enough of a jackpot.’

The only legendary level, Breath of the Black Lightning Dragon, still had potential for growth.

‘What is the next level of legend?’

Growing the Black Lightning Dragon’s Breath, I didn’t know if I would monopolize the first achievement again.

‘I’ll have to do a power test first.’

Hyunseong headed to the dungeon.

Fragile!

Black lightning fell like rain and covered the whole area.

The monsters that attacked Hyunseong turned into charcoal as soon as they were hit directly by the black lightning.‘It’s amazing.’

The monsters that they hunted while wielding swords and shields and shooting skills melted away in an instant.

Of course, even then, it was easy to hunt.

But it wasn’t like now.

It was like a storm swept away the monsters on the ground.

‘The hunting speed will be faster.’

But there was one problem.

‘There aren’t too many monsters.’

It’s good to be strong, but the prey has diminished too quickly.

‘You have to work hard.’

I had no intention of trying to trick myself into making it easier.

It was just moving harder.

It’s been a long time since I hunted like crazy.

To the extent that the seeds of dungeon monsters are dry.

Of course, the speed at which achievements were accumulated was also faster.

The problem was the lack of monsters.

This dungeon is not used by Hyunseong alone.

Hunting speed was inevitably slow as several people were catching monsters that were not enough even if they were caught alone.

‘I need to find a place like a vampire bat dungeon.’

A dungeon that players avoid.

I had to find such a place and wipe out the monsters at once.

‘Is there no suitable place?’

I thought it would be better to go outside and look for information.

Hyunseong came out of the dungeon.

He turned on his smartphone and checked the accumulated texts and messengers.

‘uh?’

Shin Yoon-ah received a text message.

She had something to discuss, so she asked me to call her as soon as she checked the text.

Hyunseong called right away.

-Hello.

“This is Choi Hyunseong.”

– Looks like you came out of the dungeon now.

“Yes.”

– Hyunseong, do you have any plans to hunt in the northern dungeon?

“What do you mean?”

Hyunseong’s question was followed by Shin’s detailed explanation.

The South Korean government recaptured all of North Korea.

But there was one problem.

It was just a lack of players.

As the territory doubled, the dungeon also increased no less.

Moreover, the dimensional gates that occurred due to the 2nd Cataclysm were also turned into dungeons.

There was no shortage of players.

When the dungeon becomes saturated, a monster wave occurs.

Then North Korea becomes a monster paradise again.

China, who has been humiliated, is still coveting North Korea.

In such a situation, what if Korea fails to manage the dungeon properly and a monster wave occurs?

It will give other countries, including China, an excuse.To prevent this from happening, the dungeon should be cleaned periodically.

In this case, the best way is to dispatch a large number of high-level players to sweep out the middle and low-level dungeons.

But no high-level player would have welcomed such a thing.

This is because there is nothing to be gained by catching monsters in the middle and low level dungeons.

Moreover, due to the newly created dungeons, there are hunting grounds for high-level players to hunt.

For high-level players, they had no choice but to prefer high-level dungeons where they had experience points and also had manastones and items.

– Can you help me? The pay is set at twice that of emergency standby duty.

“Of course I have to help. Aren’t I the one who made a life contract with the Players’ Association?”

For Hyunseong, it was an unintentional petition.

Even if not, he was looking for a dungeon where he could comfortably hunt.

But the Players Association asks for help first?

For Hyunseong, it was a one-of-a-kind opportunity to earn money, collect points, and even get magic stones and items while hunting comfortably without noticing other people.

Also, in fact, Yoona Shin said it was good, but this is actually a command.

It was because the players directly under the association were the first to be mobilized in a national emergency.

-thank you. We will prepare the helicopter for you to depart immediately.

“It looks like the situation is very urgent.”

– The dungeon has increased too much. It’s not like we’re going to issue an emergency call for players right now, but it seems like it could happen if things get longer.

It seemed that there were many dungeons that were in danger of monster wave than expected.

“I’ll do my best.”

The dinner was once again set before Hyunseong’s eyes.

* * *

Hyunseong bought several rare-grade backpacks.

It was an item with a similar effect to the subspace, but the price was significantly cheaper than the skill book subspace.

He filled the purchased backpack with supplies for sale and emergency food.

After that, I put it in the subspace.

I thought I might fail, but I succeeded lightly.

Thanks to this, it seemed to be possible to avoid having to wear a backpack all over the body and dabbling with monsters.

Hyunseong, who was ready, headed straight north.

After arriving in North Korea, Hyunseong immediately entered the dungeon.

His hunting methods were simple.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

As Hyunseong ran through the dungeon, he used the wide-area taunt skill Strife’s Shout.

Then the monsters scattered throughout the dungeon started pouring out toward Hyunseong.

It was like a monster wave had taken place.

Hyunseong kept running, using the cry of struggle.

‘All the monsters in the dungeon have gathered.’

Hyunseong smiled satisfied and looked at the monsters following him.

‘I think I have collected almost all of this.’

Hold on!

The black dragon’s breath exploded at the monsters following Hyunseong.

Black lightning fell like rain, and the monsters turned into black charcoal lumps.

After repeating the same thing several times, one dungeon was thoroughly cleaned.

Hyunseong headed to the next dungeon.

Hyunseong cleared the middle and lower dungeons quickly in the same way.

Also known as massacre mode.

It was overkill in high-level dungeons, but the middle and low-level dungeons were cleaned up with the cry of struggle and the breath of the Black Lightning Dragon.The results were also pretty good.

This is because the residual magic that often occurred in the vampire bat dungeon occurred, resulting in higher-order items than the dungeon grade.

Movement between dungeons and dungeons was done via military transport helicopters.

As a result, his mobility became significantly faster than when hunting in South Korea.

Accumulate achievements quickly, earn money, get items, and get points.

For Hyunseong, it was like heaven.

‘You have to move as fast as you can.’

Clearing the dungeon could not be deprived of other players.

* * *

Hyunseong devoted himself to hunting.

As a result, middle and low-level dungeons in North Korea began to stabilize at a rapid pace.

The government was quite satisfied with Hyunseong’s fast hunting speed.

This is because among the players directly under the association, there was no player who performed better than Hyunseong.

Shin Yoona asked if he could take charge of North Korea for the time being.

Hyunseong of course accepted.

Losing this honey jar was something Hyunseong didn’t want either.

Hyunseong traveled dozens of dungeons a day in a military transport helicopter to hunt monsters.

As a result, his achievements began to grow rapidly.

As achievements increase, stats increase and Hyunseong becomes stronger.

Hyunseong visited South Korea for rest and replenishment of daily necessities in between.

And he replenished the sale.

Points began to accumulate quickly.

Hyunseong used the points directly to purchase skills.

He also learned the skill of the wild instinct, which he had been craving, and in addition, he tried to develop the Book of Immortality and the Breath of the Black Lightning Dragon by acquiring minor recovery-type skills and thunderbolt-type skills.

How much time has passed?

Gradually the hunting speed began to slow down.

This is because the level of the dungeon has risen.

However, there was nothing he could not stand alone, so he continued hunting.

A strange thing happened to Hyunseong, who was constantly hunting.

-Accumulated acquisition points have exceeded 300 billion points.

– The mercenary system is now available.

‘Huh?’

Hyunseong was not a bit bewildered by the message that suddenly came to mind.

‘A mercenary system? Was there anything like that?’

I didn’t know there was such a thing.

Hold on!

Hyunseong wiped out the monsters with Black Dragon’s breath and opened the status window.

Name: Choi Hyun-seong

Player Level: 1

Main Occupation: None

Title: [Horned Rabbit Slayer – Legendary Rank] [Blood Fox Slayer – Legendary Rank] [First Hero Rank Achiever – Hero Rank] [First Legendary Achievement Achiever – Legendary Rank] [Vampire Bat Slayer – Legendary Rank] [Blood Rat Slayer – Legendary] [Giant Ant Slayer – Legendary] [Blue Lizard Slayer – Legendary] [First Level Destroyer – Normal] [Red Mane Wolf Slayer – Legendary] [Toadman Slayer – Legendary] … … aftermath… …

Stats: [Strength 300 +257] [Agility 300 +257] [HP 300 +260] [Magic Power 300 +261] [Spirit 300 +257]

Undistributed stat: [0]

Unique Ability: [Sell] [Buy]

Active Skills: [Heal – Normal Rating] [Fireball – Normal Rating] [Taunt – Normal Rating] [Magic Missile – Normal Rating] [Shield – Normal Rating] [Secret Strike – Normal Rating] [Stealth – Normal Rating] [Shield Stun – Normal Grade] [Cure – Normal Grade] [Subspace – Rare Grade] … … aftermath… …

Passive Skills: [Solid Body – Normal Grade] [Tough Stamina – Normal Grade] [Samjae Heart Technique – Normal Grade] [Beginner Swordsmanship Knowledge – Normal Grade] [Beginner Magical Knowledge – Normal Grade] [Beginner Shield Skills Knowledge – Normal Grade] [ Stone Body – Normal Grade] [Book of Immortality – Unique Hero Grade] [Survival Instinct – Hero Grade] … … aftermath… …

The status window did not change much.Started purchasing a unique ability.

Then the change caught my eye.

[Hire mercenaries]

In addition to purchasing skills and items, a new window was created.

‘Let’s press it.’

When you press the mercenary hire, several windows popped up.

The first thing that came in was the profiles of numerous mercenaries.

Rare and Epic mercenaries were shining brightly, and Legendary mercenaries were dyed a dull gray color.

More than that, the mercenary grade could not be confirmed with the dark red light.

‘Let’s check it out first.’

First, Hyunseong tried to press the hero grade mercenary, which is the highest grade available for hire.

Heroic Mercenary Bolshevik

-A tanker and dealer with strong defense and attack power.

– We have a number of defense skills that can protect our employers.

– The hero grade mercenary Bolsheviks will be a strong shield and spear that protects the safety of their employers.

– Hire a healer or ranged dealer in crisis right now.

– Hired mercenaries are subject to the instructions of the employer according to the contract.

-If the employer’s instructions are judged unreasonable, the hired mercenary may cancel the contract and return.

– The employer may terminate the contract if it is determined that the hired mercenary is acting in bad faith.

-Points are consumed according to the time of employment when the contract is broken.

-Minimum employment time: 2 hours

-Minimum hiring cost: 599,999,999,999 points

‘600 billion points? In two hours?’

It was exorbitantly expensive.

After awakening, the accumulated points that Hyunseong has acquired so far are 300 billion points. Of course, it was impossible to hire him.

‘There are a lot of things I want to ask you.’

There was no need to hire mercenaries for immediate combat.

But Hyunseong needed information.

‘Let’s go down first.’

The hero grade mercenaries gave up and downgraded to the rare grade.

However… … .

‘It’s expensive here as well.’

This is Hyunseong, who has continued to use points.

Currently, there are about 10 billion points remaining.

However, if rare-grade mercenaries are also expensive, the minimum hiring cost was quoted at 100 billion points.

Hyunseong continued to lower his window.

Gradually, the cost of the mercenaries fell.

However, most of them were demanding tens of billions of points as the minimum employment cost, so it was burdensome for Hyunseong.

‘uh?’

Then, a special mercenary caught Hyunseong’s eyes.

Rare Grade Mercenary Lucia

– A knight-type mercenary with a good balance of air defense.

-Rare mercenary Lucia has excellent ability to break through enemy lines and is good at defense.

– But don’t trust too much.

-She is a fugitive and a loser.

– Hired mercenaries are subject to the instructions of the employer according to the contract.

-If the employer’s instructions are judged unreasonable, the hired mercenary may cancel the contract and return.

– The employer may terminate the contract if it is determined that the hired mercenary is acting in bad faith.

-Points are consumed according to the time of employment when the contract is broken.

-Minimum employment time: 3 hours

-Minimum hiring cost: 299,999,999 points

It was the cheapest mercenary.

100 million points per hour.

Not a small point.

100 million points equals 3 years of lifespan.

At 300 million points, that’s 9 years’ worth of lifespan.

However, Hyunseong has over 10 billion points. And even now, the points continue to increase.

From Hyunseong’s point of view, 300 million points was not a burdensome point.

‘But that’s what caught me.’

Don’t trust too much.

She is a fugitive and a loser.

‘What does that mean? Does that mean you’re good at breaking contracts?’

she wondered

‘First of all, securing information is a priority.’

I wondered what the identity of the mercenary was.

And she had to ask the identity of the unique skill and why the dimensional gate occurs.

‘I can’t help it.’

It’s not the spec you want to hire.

However, it was not possible to spend tens of billions of points to verify information.

Although she is said to be a fugitive and a loser, it seemed that she would not be in much danger unless she was in a combat situation.

Hyunseong pressed her hire button.

-She has hired a rare mercenary Lucia.

– Pay a minimum hiring cost of 299,999,999 points.

– 180 minutes of remaining hire time.

Wrath!

Lucia was summoned in the dungeon with a bright light.

“Thank you for hiring me, my employer. I will fight with all my might. Where are the enemies?”

Lucia asked, holding her own sword and shield and staring sharply around her.

Her words were the first language I had ever heard.

Fortunately, there were no communication problems.

It was thanks to the basic abilities of the players.

But she didn’t believe her words at all.

Hyunseong’s face was stained with embarrassment.

A rare mercenary, Lucia.

She was an old woman with gray hair and a lot of wrinkles and age spots on her face.

The armor she wore and the sword and shield she held in her hands also looked of very poor quality.

‘Why the old man… … .’

It was frustrating.

But she once had to explain the situation.

“Hey, I’ve never been here.”

“Yes? Then why did you hire me?”

“I have a few questions for you.”

“Is this your first time using the mercenary system?”“Yes, it was just activated.”

“i See. Feel free to ask. As far as I can answer, I will tell you everything.”

Lucia relaxed his fighting stance and flopped down on the floor.

“What is the identity of a mercenary?”

First, she asked the most curious thing.

“You are a player like your employer.”

“Are you a player like me?”

“Yes, to be more precise, a player with the same unique skills as your employer.”

“If it’s the same unique skill?”

“I’m talking about buying and selling.”

Also, the prediction was correct.

The creators of the numerous items listed on the purchase window.

Lucia, a rare-class mercenary summoned before Hyunseong’s eyes, was one of them.

“Then the world where Lucia-sama lives is also being attacked by monsters? Why do dimensional gates happen?”

At Hyunseong’s question, Lucia’s eyes were filled with regret.

“The world I lived in was also attacked by monsters. I don’t know what causes dimensional gates to happen.”

Upon hearing Lucia’s answer, Hyunseong’s expression was colored with regret.

“If you want to know the cause of the dimensional gate, you will need to hire a mercenary with a legend rank or higher. Even the hero-level mercenaries didn’t know the cause of the dimensional gate.”

“i See.”

I thought too hastily.

“The world I live in has been 20 years since the Dimension Gate occurred. We’ve had two cataclysms, but we’re fairly stable now. May I know when the next Cataclysm is coming?”

“As far as I know, it was done twice.”

“Is that really true?”

Hyunseong’s face brightened.

If twice is the end, doesn’t that mean there will be no more cataclysms?

“Probably not another cataclysmic event in the next 20 years or so. But I can’t guarantee any more than that.”

“Why?”

“Because the world I lived in was completely eroded by monsters 40 years after the first cataclysm.”

Hyunseong’s face hardened like a stone.

“There must have been a fugitive and a loser in my employment phrase. Do you know why that phrase exists?”

Hyunseong couldn’t help but answer.

He feared that his guesses would come true.

“I’m a loser who ran away from the world I used to live in.”

Lucia’s words flew like a dagger and pierced Hyunseong’s chest.

After a while.

Hyunseong, who barely calmed his heart, continued the conversation with Lucia again.

“Can I hear the story of the cataclysm from the time of the cataclysm to its destruction?”

At Hyunseong’s question, Lucia nodded her head and opened her mouth.

The world Lucia lived in was a world in which scientific civilization had not developed at all.

It was not a world where supernatural powers such as aurora, magic, and martial arts existed.

There were no monsters that appeared in fantasy novels.

The most terrifying enemy was the same human being.

The most dangerous enemies other than humans were natural disasters and attacks by wild beasts.

It was a world where civilization was at a level similar to that of the Middle Ages on Earth.

But suddenly the first cataclysm began.

The dimensional gate opened and monsters poured out.Lucia’s world suffered tremendous damage.

Lucia was a knight.

She led her soldiers against the monsters.

However, more and more powerful monsters appeared, and the knights and soldiers did not have much power.

The only hope was the players born at the same time as the Cataclysm.

While Lucia was fighting monsters, she awakened as a player.

And that’s a very special player.

“You are a level 1 player.”

At Hyunseong’s words, Lucia nodded her head.

Lucia was also a level 1 player like Hyunseong.

She said, “At first, I used the accumulated points to quickly raise my stats and learn skills. But I soon regretted it.”

Lucia, who awakened at the age of 31, quickly turned into an old woman.

From then on she was fighting for survival.

Lucia’s world had nothing to sell exclusively like Hyunseong’s world.

She collected her points by hunting, and she barely lived her life by learning the skillbooks that appeared in the middle and selling duplicated skillbooks and magic stones.

“After 16 years like that, I saw hope.”

Lucia got stronger.

She also regained her lost youth.

Then she had a second cataclysm.

Lucia’s world did not properly respond to her Second Cataclysm.

Kingdoms and empires around the world did not cooperate with each other.

Although the existing resentment relationship was deep, there were many powerful people who thought the suffering of other countries as an opportunity due to the lack of information.

Belatedly, the situation worsened and they tried to unite as one, but at that time, the lack of traffic hampered them.

There were no modern firearms in Lucia’s world.

There was no tightly connected communication network.

There were no means of transportation such as airplanes or helicopters.

I didn’t even know how to use magic stones.

Manastones were just useless by-products from hunting monsters.

At least, it was the Mana Stone that helped Lucia’s growth.

Lucia sold the Mana Stones of little value in her world as his main force.

Lucia has become a dominant force in his own world.

He gathered other players and did his best to fight the monsters.

However, as time passed, the cycle of legendary monsters began to appear more and more quickly.

The level of the legendary level monsters that appeared has also gradually increased.

“There was no way to stop the increasing number of legendary monsters.”

Then, he fell into a crisis from which he couldn’t get out.

“Since the magical force field was spread out, it was impossible to use space movement skills or items. I had no choice but to use the dimension shift item I had for an emergency escape in order to plan for the future. There was a high probability that she would become a dimensional lost child, but it was an inevitable choice. And I failed to get to another dimension. I became a lost child of a dimension.”

A space between a dimension and a dimension.

An empty space where nothing exists.

Lucia wanted to return to her dimension again.

But there was no way.

That’s when I thought of the mercenary system.

“If you go into the unique ability sale, there will be a window called Mercenary Support.”

With those words, Hyunseong opened a sales window.

[Mercenary Support]

It was just as Lucia said.

When I pressed the mercenary support, several messages came to mind.

Hyunseong’s mercenary rank was rare.

His minimum hiring time was 1 hour and the minimum hiring cost was over 1 million points.

He couldn’t lower it any more, but it seemed possible to raise it up.

“I registered as a mercenary and waited. But the caller didn’t show up easily.”

Time continued to pass.

Although hired in the middle, Lucia, a rare-grade mercenary, did not help much in the war.

He even asked his employer to let him live in that world, as he would keep his hiring costs to a minimum.

But he was rejected.

The minimum hiring cost for the rare mercenary Lucia was by no means low.

One million points per hour.

24 million points in one day, over 700 million points in a month.

1 year?

That’s 8.7 billion points.

Lucia’s power was of no help to the players who could use those points without much burden.

Conversely, it was an outrageous expense for low-level players that Lucia could help.

Then a player suggested a new condition.

It was a request to exceed Lucia’s minimum daily employment cost of 24 million points.

“Can I pass the points on to someone else?”

Hyunseong asked with a bewildered expression.

The point is life.

Is it possible to hand over your life to someone else?

It was something I had never imagined.

“It is impossible to hand it over to other players or the general public. But players with the same unique skill can do it.”

Lucia reached out his hand as if asking for a handshake.

Hyunseong took Lucia’s hand.

-Do you want to trade points?

– Tradeable points 10,431,435,876 points

“It’s really amazing.”

I didn’t know this would be possible.

“Can I increase the accumulated points by using this?”

What if Hyunseong and Lucia keep exchanging points?

The accumulated points can be increased indefinitely.

“It is impossible. If you trade points between players, your accumulated points will also decrease. The same goes for hiring mercenaries.”

“Ah!”

The way Hyunseong thought about raising the rating was a failure.

The method of raising Lucia’s ransom and getting the points back after Hyunseong hired him was also a failure.

But if you think about it, it was also natural.

If such a trick was possible, raising the rating would be like lying down and eating rice cakes.

“Then you must have accepted the offer.”

It was a proposal that had nothing to lose to Lucia.

“I refused. Like the sale of goods, the mercenary system also takes a commission of 20% of the hiring cost.”

“Ah.”

It was then that I understood.

Accepting the offer meant losing 4.8 million points per day.

“But things were getting worse.”

Points ran out as there were no players to hire them.Depletion of points meant death.

The situation has worsened to the point where you have to sell the items you have and convert them into points.

“Then he hired me again.”

“You must have accepted it.”

At Hyunseong’s words, Lucia nodded her head.

It was a situation she had no choice but to accept.

There are no monsters in the dimensional gap.

Of course, there was no way to earn points.

However, if you go to another dimension through hiring mercenaries, there are monsters.

“I collected points by hunting monsters and handed over 24 million points paid for mercenaries by my employer.”

Although the loss of 4.8 million points per day occurred, it was an inevitable choice.

The good news is that if you hunt while saving time to sleep and eat, you can earn more than 10 million points a day.

I had to pay my employer in points for nearly half of my daily income, but I thought it was a no-brainer.

Because Lucia needed the strength to return to her own homeland.

He couldn’t die waiting to hire a mercenary who never knew when he might be chosen.

“But employers are getting more and more greedy.”

The original terms of the contract were to conduct hunting and battle in the area desired by the employer.

It went well at first.

However, as time passed, Lucia began to claim the points and items she had collected.

“They said 4.8 million points a day was too little and they asked for more points. The loot obtained by the originally hired mercenary is the employer’s share, so it’s a natural result.”

It is true that there is such a rule.

But that was a possible demand when the employer paid the mercenary enough for hiring.

Even though he hired Lucia at a low price, he made excessive demands.

“Did you accept that request?”

“At first I strongly refused, but later I was forced to accept it. But the demands of the employers became more and more severe, and later it went beyond the limits. So I ended up breaking the contract.”

Waiting for a new employer, he endured and survived the dimensional rift.

But no one hired Lucia.

Lucia continued to lower her hiring costs.

But he had no one to call.

“I needed points to live and I needed points to buy food. Fortunately, I was learning water-related skills, so I could make my own drinking water.”

Lucia said with a soft smile.

“But it also has its limits.”

In the end, the point exposed the bottom.

“At first, we sold armor. After that, they sold shields, and eventually swords.”

Lucia’s armament, which was armed with legendary grade equipment, was changed to normal grade equipment.

“But even after that, no player hired me.”

All that was left was despair.

death drew nearer.

“Then my employer hired me. To be honest, I couldn’t even last three months.”

Lucia candidly confided her situation.

And he pulled out the real thing.

“I have a suggestion for my employer. I’ll hand over the minimum hiring cost of 24 million points for my employer to hire me once a day. I will fight on the battlefield that my employer demands. So will you allow me to live in this world?”

At Lucia’s words, Hyunseong paused for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Would you mind giving me some time to think?”

“of course. That being said, I don’t have much time left to hire. I guess I’ll just have to go back… … .”

Wrath!

Before she could finish speaking, Lucia’s body was engulfed in light and disappeared.My mind was complicated.

‘I was really lucky.’

Hyunseong said he was grateful that he was born on Earth.

Just because he had buys and sells wasn’t all that good.

If he doesn’t have anything to sell, he’ll end up in a desperate situation.

Although the Earth suffered a lot of damage, the first cataclysm was successfully suppressed with the power of modern weapons.

The 2nd Cataclysm also contributed greatly to modern weapons.

It was possible because of modern civilization behind Hyunseong’s rapid growth.

What if the First Cataclysm occurred hundreds of years before modern civilization and civilization?

Earth might have come to the same end as Lucia’s world.

‘What should I do?’

Objectively, there was no loss for Hyunseong from Lucia’s suggestion.

Points spent on mercenary hire are returned to Hyunseong as it is.

Conversely, Hyunseong gains the authority to control a powerful person from another dimension called Lucia.

In addition, if you acquire points through trading, the accumulated points are doubled.

However, there are also disadvantages.

‘It could be a problem.’

Hyunseong’s rapid growth comes from the selfishness of modern civilization.

What if Lucia uses it?

An extremely rapid growth was possible.

From Hyunseong’s point of view, a competitor was created.

‘But the mercenary system makes sense.’

The contract period is fixed.

The moment Hyunseong does not extend Lucia’s employment or breaks her contract, she is expelled from modern society.

Hyunseong was holding Lucia’s collar tightly.

‘We need to find a mutually satisfying agreement.’

Like Lucia’s former employer, she had no intention of forcing her to make unconditional sacrifices.

A mutually beneficial proposal was needed.

Hyunseong hired Lucia again.

Wrath!

With a bright light, Lucia appeared.

“Seeing you hired me again, I think you made a good decision.”

At Lucia’s words, Hyunseong nodded her head.

“That’s right. But before that, there is something I want to check.”

“You seem to be curious about my skills.”

“Can you show me the status window?”

“If it’s about the level and stats, I think it will be possible to disclose it.”

Levels are meaningless to level 1 players.

This means that only the stats will be disclosed.

“great.”

“Status window.”

With Lucia’s shout, a status window appeared in front of Hyunseong’s eyes.

Name: Lucia

Player Level: 1

Stats: [Strength 300 +413] [Agility 300 +382] [HP 300 +425] [Magic 300 +384] [Spirit 300 +414]

Undistributed stat: [0]’high.’

The total stats exceeded 3,500.

For a normal player to have such a total of stats, he would have to go beyond level 700.

But it wasn’t as strong as I thought it would be.

The difference in stats with Hyunseong is about 700.

It was at a level that Hyunseong could catch up with as time passed.

‘You must have a lot of Legendary or Heroic skills. But Lucia-san, who has these specs, wasn’t of much help… … .’

Those with unique skills from other dimensions will be much stronger than Lucia.

That was expected enough.

However… … .

‘How on earth are these powerful monsters installed and carried around, so that the strong people are even hiring mercenaries?’

I started to worry about the future of the Earth.

“Are you satisfied?”

At Lucia’s question, Hyunseong nodded.

“I would like to go to temporary employment.”

“Temporary employment?”

Lucia asked with a puzzled expression.

“Yes, I will call Lucia from the dungeon. After that, when the hunting is over, the employment will be terminated. I will provide food for free.”

“It means that you will only call me into this world for hunting.”

“Yes.”

“great. It’s a no-loss offer for me.”

Upon Lucia’s acceptance, Hyunseong canceled his employment once.

And he went out of the dungeon and moved on a military transport helicopter.

In fact, even if not, hunting efficiency was gradually falling.

The stabilization of the low-level dungeon had almost reached its final stage.

There were many dungeons, but there were many overlapping ones.

In order to further increase the title, relatively high-level middle-level dungeons and high-level dungeons also had to be attacked.

However, there was a disadvantage that the hunting speed was slow.

It seemed that Lucia could solve that shortcoming.

And if you continue to grow rapidly… … .

If Lucia gives Hyunseong strength… … .

I thought that hunting would be possible even in the hero grade dungeon.

After arriving at the rare dungeon, Hyunseong hired Lucia again.

And he started hunting.

“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

Lucia used a wide-area provocation skill.

Monsters flocked from all directions.

The dungeon Hyunseong and Lucia entered was the highest dungeon with a rare rating.

The average level of the monsters reached the mid 200s.

Normally, I would have struggled.

Although there is a difference in the basic stats, it is because there was no business in the Ini Tactic.

But today was different.

Wow!

When Lucia used her skill, translucent blocks in the shape of a shield blocked the front.

Fragile!

The breath of the Black Dragon Dragon used by Hyunseong exploded on the monsters.

While maintaining his defense skills, Lucia continued to use wide-area provocation skills.The monsters flocked endlessly.

However, they could not penetrate the shield-shaped blocks made by Lucia.

As Lucia played the role of a avant-garde in front, Hyunseong’s burden was greatly reduced.

All you have to do is just use your skills comfortably.

It was possible to create a shield with the breath of the Black Lightning Dragon, but the consumption of stamina and mana was too great.

However, using other skills was not enough to block hundreds of monsters.

‘It’s comfortable.’

Hunting speed has increased significantly as all you have to do is deal with the tank in front of you.

Besides, Lucia wasn’t the only one standing still.

He used several skills to defeat the monsters in front of him.

‘He’s very different from me.’

Although he raised his stats through leaps and achievements, Hyunseong’s skill was concentrated in the attack series.

Conversely, Lucia’s skills were concentrated in the defense series.

However, that did not mean that Lucia’s attack power was weak.

Step by step, he steadily reduced the number of monsters.

However, since the types of skills used are concentrated on short-range attacks rather than long-range attacks, the destructive power of wide-area skills that wipe out a large number of monsters at once like Hyunseong fell considerably.

Hyunseong and Lucia cleared the dungeon neatly.

‘The synergy is good.’

The hunt ended much earlier than usual.

Lucia’s provocation skills were far superior to those of Hyunseong’s.

He seemed to have the lowest hero level, maybe even a legendary level taunt skill.

For Hyunseong, he was constantly moving and had to use his taunt skills.

However, Lucia stood still and drew all the monsters in the dungeon.

He was also concerned that his achievements might not be accumulated.

But luckily it wasn’t.

Lucia’s provocation skill was not a skill that inflicted damage, but a skill that attracted monsters.

When monsters flocked there, Lucia no longer used the provocation skill.

It would have been a problem if Lucia continued to use her taunt skills to help Hyunseong hunt.

However, there was no penalty because he only used the provocation skill for collecting monsters and did not help with hunting.

The level was the same as Hyunseong’s level 1.

Perhaps because of that, the monsters killed by the skill Black Lightning Dragon used by Hyunseong were counted as unbelievable achievements.

It was recognized as a solo hunt.

Conversely, the monsters that Lucia killed alone were also recognized as hunting alone.

Because the two skills overlap, there were cases where independent hunting was not recognized.

In such a case, it was not included in the achievement count.

But since it was so small, there was no need to worry too much.

“It’s a really good hunting ground.”

A satisfied smile appeared on Lucia’s lips.

Hunting efficiency was beyond imagination.

There were many difficulties when hunting in the world of my former employer.

First, there were too many players to hunt, so they could not monopolize the monsters.

In addition, the efficient hunting grounds were owned by the lords, so they had to pay a huge fee.

However, in Hyunseong’s world, he was able to monopolize one dungeon.

There was no fee to pay.

“Are you one of the monarchs in this world?”

Lucia asked with a curious expression.With her common sense, the only person who could monopolize such an efficient giant dungeon was the monarch.

“no. I was asked to deal with this for a while. Can you fight more?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll call you back in a little while.”

“I’ll wait.”

Lucia is back.

Hyunseong moved again in a military transport helicopter.

And that day, Hyunseong and Lucia cleared a total of 11 dungeons.

After the hunt, Hyunseong got the points back for hiring Lucia.

* * *

the next morning.

Hyunseong and Lucia quickly started cleaning the dungeon.

It was beneficial to Hyunseong, Lucia, and the government.

The next day and the next day, the two continued hunting.

A week passed like that.

‘The speed of accumulating achievements is very fast.’

The time required to clear one dungeon has been greatly reduced.

Naturally, I was able to run a greater number of dungeons than before.

In addition, in the case of Lucia, melee attacks are the main focus.

On the other hand, Hyunseong wipes out monsters with wide-area skills.

Naturally, Hyunseong’s achievements had to be accumulated much faster.

Lucia had no complaints, despite her catching fewer monsters.

No, she was rather satisfied.

Although Hyunseong is said to catch a larger number of monsters, Lucia also hunted a small number of monsters.

The points obtained in that way were being stored up one after another.

Achievements didn’t matter much.

Lucia’s top priority was survival.

Among them, she had already achieved many of the achievements that could be obtained with low-level monsters.

From Lucia’s point of view, there was no need to be greedy for achievements in a hurry.

Rather, Lucia was relieved that he was hunting fewer monsters.

It’s because he’s so successful that even if his employer, Hyunseong, goes against his plantings, it’s a problem.

Lucia didn’t want to lose Hyunseong.

Hyunseong is the employer who hired him when he reached his limit.

From Lucia’s point of view, it was no different than the only friendship line.

In addition, the points that can be obtained from the hunting grounds provided by Hyunseong, the current employer, were the difference between the sky and the ground compared to the hunting grounds provided by the previous employer.

Previously, he earned 10 million points by focusing on hunting all day, but now he has earned more than three times that amount.

Manastones and items were also able to fully own what they hunted.

Over the past week, Lucia has earned a whopping 300 million points through hunting and selling magic stones and items.

Also, since Hyunseong provided food, he did not have to use points to purchase food.

Lucia, who looked over a hundred years old, looked a little younger.

Well, yes, it’s still not that much different than before.

However, in just one week, this was achieved.

300 million points per week.

If he hunts non-stop for a month, he can collect 2.1 billion points.

From Lucia’s point of view, there are many points that she can earn, but she needed a long-term job that could earn points stably rather than a short-term job that she never knew when she would be called.

Lucia wanted Hyunseong to keep him hired.

Hyunseong felt a lot when he saw Lucia who was very satisfied with the current situation.’I’ve been really lucky. With only about 300 million points a week, I love you like that… … .’

From the point of view of Hyunseong, who sells large-capacity camping batteries for tens of millions of points and other electronic equipment for hundreds of millions of points, 300 million points was less than half a day’s income.

When sales are high, billions of points are received per day.

From Hyunseong’s point of view, to purchase a hero grade skill book, you need to accumulate points for a few months.

However, from Lucia’s point of view, it was possible to collect enough years.

There was a huge gap between rich and poor even among players with the same unique skills.

“I… … Hyunseong?”

At Lucia’s call, Hyunseong turned his head.

The hunt was over, and Lucia was going back after lunch.

“Why?”

“If you don’t mind, I have a question for you.”

“You tell me.”

“Today, you see that you are fighting directly with monsters at close range. Do you plan to continue close-range battles as well as long-distance battles?”

“of course.”

“Well.”

Lucia hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth.

“Have you never formally learned swordsmanship?”

At Lucia’s question, Hyunseong nodded his head.

“Yes that’s right.”

But he never felt any discomfort.

It was thanks to the swordsmanship knowledge skill.

“It is recommended that you hire a swordsman and formally learn swordsmanship.”

“Is there any reason for that?”

“ Hyunseong’s swordsmanship is so honest. You may not feel any discomfort now, but it will be overwhelming to deal with humanoid hero-grade monsters.”

“Will it make that much of a difference?”

Hyunseong asked with a questionable expression.

Skills are absolute.

The moment he learns the skill book, it makes a beginner who doesn’t even know how to hold a sword a master of swords.

“Why don’t you play a match with me without using an active skill?”

“Dalian?”

“Yes, I’m saying this because I think you have to experience it for yourself.”

“great.”

Hyunseong and Lucia faced each other and aimed their weapons.

percussion!

It was Hyunseong who took the lead.

As the stats fell behind, it was necessary to go out aggressively.

Break!

Hyunseong’s sword was blocked by Lucia’s shield.

As soon as Lucia’s sword moved, Hyunseong stepped back.

But Lucia followed.

Break! Break!

Hyunseong’s sword and Lucia’s sword collided in mid-air.

‘I don’t think it’s power.’

Although it was Lucia who had the upper hand in stats, he did not press Hyunseong with strength or speed.

Dalian literally put pressure on Hyunseong and came in.

Hyunseong attacked with all his might.But it just kept getting stuck.

It seemed that the shield knew in advance the path the sword was moving.

Lucia’s sword, Hyunseong, tenaciously attacked the difficult path to defend.

Within three minutes, Hyunseong was on the defensive.

‘Why is there such a big difference?’

Hyunseong was also aware that there was a difference in skills.

There was nothing favorable to Hyunseong, either in combat experience or stats.

But I didn’t know it would be so unilaterally driven into a corner.

Rather, Lucia would have understood if she had attacked the superior stat with a weapon.

However, Lucia’s current strength and speed were lower than Hyunseong’s.

He gave him less power and lowered his speed.

Rather, it has become a situation where Hyunseong has the upper hand in terms of stats, but is pushed back.

“I lost.”

Hyunseong declared surrender after less than five minutes.

“I guessed it roughly, but your skill level is quite low.”

“Are you skilled?”

It was the first story I had ever heard.

“It doesn’t exist in the status window, but in a way, this mastery is more important than stats or skills. A passive skill or an active skill, from the player’s point of view, is a sudden power. It doesn’t end just because you know how to use it.”

“Yeah, but isn’t the operating method automatically imprinted?”

“That alone is not enough. Let’s take a skill called horsemanship as an example. If you master the skill, you can run, stop, and change direction freely while riding. But that doesn’t mean you’ve mastered horsemanship. Even if you have mastered the same skill called horsemanship according to your proficiency, your combat power is vastly different. Not all of them have the same power just because they have mastered the same skill. It makes a huge difference depending on your skill level.”

“Ah!”

It was easy to understand when I compared it to horsemanship.

Comparing with modern cars, even with the same driver’s license holder, the driving skills of a novice driver and a professional racer cannot be the same.

“It’s not just about passive skills like swordsmanship knowledge. Even in the case of thunderbolt skills, which Hyunseong uses as his main skill, the difference in damage he can inflict on the enemy will be significant depending on his proficiency.”

‘Actually, even if you play a game with a character with the same specifications, the difference between what I use and what pro gamers use is heaven and earth.’

proficiency.

Although it was not recorded in the status window, it was clear that it was an ability that had a huge impact in practice.

In addition, Hyunseong is a player who has only been awake for over a year.

Compared to other players, the combat experience and skill proficiency were inevitably lacking.

“Can you help me increase my proficiency?”

Lucia nodded at Hyunseong’s suggestion.

“If you want, we can help.”

“thank you.”

After that day, one more schedule was added to Hyunseong and Lucia’s daily life in addition to hunting.

It was just Dalian.

At first, he did not use any skills, but did battles with swordsmanship and gave guidance.

After that, he also used skills.

Whenever Lucia saw a part where Hyunseong was lacking, he pointed out that part right away.

Not only during Dalian, but also during hunting, he generously passed on the know-how he had.

Whenever Lucia pointed out, Hyunseong immediately corrected it.

Hyunseong started improving his skills so quickly that he was surprised.

As I could feel it right away, Hyunseong was also more passionate about it.

The satisfaction that comes from getting stronger through one’s own efforts rather than stats and skills was truly enormous.

‘Until now, I was only using the skill by licking the watermelon.’

Swordsmanship was full of loopholes, and his improvisation was also low.

Even in the case of active skills, the efficiency varies enormously depending on how much magic power is used at what time and how much power is used to activate it.

The fuel efficiency of horsepower has increased tremendously.