Return To Level Up

Chapter 23

Ji-hye Kim, Ji-young Lee, and Dong-hoon Yoo stood blankly and watched Ha-jin Kang’s fight.

Hajin Kang was fighting the boss of this dungeon.

The boss of this dungeon was a sword toad. Except that the frog part turned into a toad, it looked the same as a sword frog.

But his power was the difference between heaven and earth.

Once upon a time, the sword-toad constantly spewed poison.

Venom gushed out of his mouth and skin, and poison in the form of smoke flowed from the soles of his feet and took over the surroundings.

The poison was so bad that there were no living creatures near the toad.

Nevertheless, Ji-hye Kim, Ji-young Lee, and Dong-hoon Yoo were holding out about 2 meters behind Kang Ha-jin.

This is because, in Kang Ha-jin’s hand, the magic of the young wind attribute is controlling the poison and pushing it so that it does not go towards them.

The sword-toad attack method was the same as the sword-frog except for the poison. Except for the three times difference in power and speed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Kang Ha-jin successfully deflected the sword toad’s attack with his shield.

After blocking a few attacks like that, I managed to create an opportunity. The sword toad’s balance was slightly disturbed.

Whoops!

Ha-jin Kang’s sword pierced the sword-toad’s mouth and stirred up his brain.

Unlike the sword frog, the roof of the mouth was weak. You have to stab it right there and kill the brain.

Koo!

The sword-toad fell.

Ha-jin Kang whipped his hand and swept away the poison and venom that remained nearby with the back of the sword toad.

Ha-jin Kang skillfully ripped off the sword from his hand, split his head, and pulled out a magic stone, and cut the sword toad’s stomach apart, unlike his sword frog.

Purple pouch-like things were hanging from the sword-toad’s ribs.

That was the sword-toad’s poison sac.

Hajin Kang took it all off and put it in his ah space.

After finishing the work, Ha-jin Kang turned and looked at the group.

“Did you level up a bit?”

Everyone nodded reflexively.

After Knife Toad died, Jihye Kim rose two levels at once. Jiyoung Lee added. It’s because I’ve gone up seven levels.

It was an amazing leveling up speed.

Suddenly, I was curious about Kang Ha-jin’s level. If you’ve been hunting alone in this way, how high would your replacement level be?

“Now let’s break the core.”

At Ha-jin Kang’s words, Ji-hye Kim could not hide her regretful expression.

“Do I really need to break the core? It looks like a really good dungeon to level up here…”

In particular, it was very rare for a dungeon where such a small number of Awakened people could enter and hunt.

Besides, the sword frog’s attack is really simple. It was enough to block even Kim Ji-hye, a healer, with a little care.

It was a honey sucking dungeon.

But Kang Ha-jin had no intention of letting this go. These frogs are prey for the Awoken only when trapped in a dungeon.

The moment you get out of the dungeon and gain freedom, you become a beast that hunts humans.

Hajin Kang turned his body and headed towards the center of the dungeon. That’s where the core will appear.

Ji-hye Kim and Ji-young Lee followed Kang Ha-jin with an expression of utter regret.

Ha-jin Kang did not break the core until the party came closer. We need to be nearby so we can share the power of the core and raise the level together.

The power contained in the core is so great and the tendency to scatter is strong, so I can’t accept it all alone anyway.

Rather, it was much more efficient to wrap around the core and secure as much power as possible.

Hajin Kang crushed the core with the power of crushing.

I could feel that strange yet high-order power seeping into my body.

I focused as much as possible because I could feel it most clearly when I broke the core rule.

‘I’m not used to it.’

Perhaps if you get used to its mysterious power, you will surely gain something.

So the sword frog dungeon disappeared.

* * *

Hajin Kang selected only the dungeons Taesan possessed and conquered them quickly.

Ji Chang-gi noticed that the dungeon was being robbed, but he couldn’t afford to take it.

Joo Myeong-woo, who was given a new opportunity thanks to Ha-jin Kang, did not fight a war but fought a dog fight in the mud.

He poured everything into a fight that gnawed at my Taishan.

A fight in which neither side is left at the end of a fight.

In the meantime, he was trying to get information about the dungeon that Taesan had. The dungeon information obtained in that way went to Ha-jin Kang, and Ha-jin Kang received it and conquered the dungeon with Ji-hye Kim and others.

Jihye Kim and her party took turns participating in dungeon hunting. Everyone has increased their level, experience, and skills.

There were so many things to gain from hunting with Hajin Kang.

They tried not to miss a single word from Ha-jin Kang, and carefully observed every action of Ha-jin Kang.

That alone has greatly accelerated her growth rate.

Hajin Kang conquered all of Taesan’s dungeons, and then stopped his hunting.

It is not enough just to raise the level blindly. He needed time to digest what he had gained through hunting and leveling up.

And Dong-Hoon Dong started to make equipment in earnest.

In fact, he’s been closer to practice so far. Although he made the equipment for Ji-hye Kim and his party, he was definitely inferior to the equipment made by large corporations or large guilds.

But now that I have leveled up enough, and I have acquired a few new skills, the quality of the equipment will definitely change.

The first job that Ha-jin Kang entrusted to Yoo Dong-hoon was to make a weapon using a sword frog’s sword.

A knife made by deforming the bones of a knife frog is very hard and sharp by itself, but when a special secret is added, it exhibits great performance.

It will take some trial and error, but since Ha-jin Kang passed on basic technical information, it wasn’t long before Yoo Dong-hoon would make successful equipment.

Ha-jin Kang, who cleaned up the surroundings a bit, went out on the road to deal with one thing that he had been putting off without taking care of.

Hajin Kang’s destination was the Han River Dungeon. To be precise, it was the A-Market inside.

He was going to sell Lemono’s fangs today. And it had one other purpose.

Last time, they sold for 20,000 won each. And she said that next time she would sell it for 1 million won.

Of course, it wasn’t decided. Looking at the atmosphere, I could have sold it a little more expensively.

“How many more do I have to sell to succeed in the research?”

It took quite a while before returning. In addition, there were many people who obtained information because the secrets of the research were not kept properly.

Of course, there was no such thing as hoarding, and no one bought canines by collecting fangs from A-markets around the world like now.

Remono’s fangs were sold at each branch of A-Market to nearby people.

So, research was conducted simultaneously in all directions. It took a lot of time because the power was dispersed.

But now the situation is very different from then.

Even if you want to research, you need Remono’s fangs to do research.

Ha-jin Kang’s sense of walking with these and other thoughts caught on several alien signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

He didn’t notice it quickly and clearly because he didn’t have any sense-related skills yet, but he was able to detect the presence of unusual people because he was excellent at using basic magic.

He calmed himself down and looked around to make sure he wasn’t caught.

As I knew it, I could feel the eyes staring at me from all over the place.

They were obviously looking at Kang Ha-jin. It looked like someone was using a skill.

‘Is it a spy-type skill? Are you using this very openly?’

Of course, there was nothing to worry about. Because Ha-jin Kang was already using [Ability Concealment].

It’s rude enough to attack right away later, but for now, there are no restrictions on such behavior. It’s just a little awkward.

Even so, in order to notice that he is using the spying skill, he must have a certain level of control over his magic power, and I don’t know if there is such a person on Earth right now.

‘By the way, the peeping skill is a scam.’

The peeping skill was not to search for the person itself, but to peek at the system, so there was absolutely no fear of being caught.

Now, Kang Ha-jin was just maintaining the level at the time of awakening registration by using ability concealment.

In the meantime, there was no official hunting and no other activities, so it had to be.

So everyone is underestimating it.

‘Still, no one approached me recklessly.’

It didn’t come from one or two places. There are about twelve groups of people who are clearly visible.

So, if you include those who have not yet appeared, how many are there?

‘Lemono’s fangs are worth the effort.’

Ha-jin Kang pretended not to notice the gaze that was pouring on him and entered the Han River dungeon.

* * *

Ha-jin Kang went into her A-market and lightly scratched the back of her head.

Her back was a little itchy. It was because of the people who followed her to the dungeon and followed her.

Perhaps they will continue to do so until they achieve their purpose.

‘You must have been looking for me a lot.’

Anticipating that, he was also careful when using his cell phone. The call was short, and the storage was done in a space.

She always moved away when she took out her cell phone, and only after the call ended she returned to her original seat.

Being so careful and wandering around mainly conquering dungeons, it was not easy to find strong Ha-jin, no matter how great the people.

Ha-jin Kang, who entered A-Market, could see A-yeon Jeong waiting for her.

Jeong A-yeon bowed politely to Kang Ha-jin.

She “was waiting.”

Probably the moment she entered the Han River dungeon, or no, the moment she appeared around the Han River dungeon, it seemed that Jeong A-yeon knew right away.

“For now, I will take you to a quiet place inside.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Ha-jin Kang nodded and followed A-yeon Jeong.

The place Jeong A-yeon showed me was not the same room I had come to before. It was a much more secure place that was set in a deeper place.

“What would you like to drink? By the way, I recommend this coffee. It is for the Awoken only.”

“Give me that.”

If it contains magical power, the taste and smell are definitely different. And depending on how you use it, you can activate your magic power quickly.

Ha-jin Kang savored the taste and aroma of the coffee that A-yeon Jeong gave her for a while.

“You don’t know how long I waited.”

“I thought it would. A thousand isn’t enough, right?”

Jung Ah Yeon smiled awkwardly and nodded her head.

Anyway, it was a mess now. It was a torch because dungeon research institutes around the world were stuck together.

Jeong A-yeon cleared her expression. She was young and confident in her eyes.

“Ten thousand dollars each. How is it?”

Hajin Kang’s eyes widened slightly. She never thought she would bet like this.

“However, it is a condition of passing all the quantities. Haven’t you been selling it elsewhere? There are 186,198 left, right?”

Hajin Kang nodded her head. She said that she actually robbed one dungeon and had about 3,000 more than she said, but she didn’t bother to tell me about it.

Anyway, if you follow that saying, you can make over 1.8 billion dollars in one go.

It was close to two trillion dollars.

She was enough to understand Jung-in’s confident expression.

Kang Ha-jin’s expression quickly returned to normal. She was a bit surprised by the hot bets, but the truth is that Lemono’s fangs are worth much more than that.

“Today, only ten thousand will be sold.”

“Yes? Think again. Because this is a great opportunity, isn’t it? No matter how much reinforcement stone is used, ten thousand dollars per piece is not an easily obtainable amount!”

“They sell for 3 million won each.”

The original price she was going to offer was about 1 million won, but when she got a deal for 10,000 dollars, she didn’t want to sell it for 1 million won.

That alone is a huge sum of $300 billion.

Jung Ah-yeon couldn’t understand it at all.

She couldn’t hide her troubled expression.

Kang Ha-jin still spoke her words with a calm face.

“Can I make a suggestion?”