Return To Level Up

Chapter 45

During the break, Kang Ha-jin carefully checked her plans for the future.

When he first returned, the plan he had made was very different from the current situation.

In fact, at that time he was planning to go alone for a while. Eventually, he would gather people to form a guild later, but it had to be done much later than now.

It was as he had planned at the time.

But things have changed so much.

First, disaster struck too soon than before the return.

Not only that, the regulars who were chosen by Gaia appeared.

They became variables and were creating a situation that was slightly different from before the regression.

What Kang Ha-jin did as soon as the disaster was over was to understand the situation.

He said it was not a situation that only happened in Korea, but since it was only Korea where Ha-jin Kang could directly intervene, he needed to properly understand the situation in other countries.

As a result of the confirmation, the damage was so small that it could not be compared with before the regression.

All thanks to the heroes of each country who did not appear before the return.

Of course, there were also people in Kang Ha-jin’s memory like Hwang Soo-young.

But they were all like Hwang Soo-young.

Before the return, they were not able to stand out. Although Hajin Kang was active enough to hear his name.

Hajin Kang speculated that they were all irregulars chosen by Gaia. No, I was sure.

Hajin Kang made a lot of different guesses about Gaia and Irregular.

There were some suspicious things, but I didn’t make hasty conclusions in an uncertain situation.

Just leave it as a suspicion and keep it in mind.

Anyway, the disaster was well prevented, and the Awoken began to appear in large numbers.

Among them, there will be some really good Awakeners, and there will be some who are only Awakened by patterns.

Yoon Kyung-min has already begun to identify people who are only awakened by patterns.

He seemed to want to start mining in the Manastone Mine. As I was thinking about the magic stone, something suddenly came to my mind.

Hajin Kang took out the magic stone he had stored in the subspace.

Before returning, obviously, after dealing with the chaos monster, the 9th level Manastone was released.

Level 9 Manastone was a truly great treasure.

Once you set the price of the Manastone, the value is not fixed from the 6th stage onwards.

It was so hard to find, so it was worth calling.

However, it must have been a lot of turmoil since the 9th level Mana Stones came out.

At that time, even Kang Ha-jin was able to see the 9th level magic stone through various routes.

Of course, higher level manastones will come out later, and when the Awakeners who have reached a certain level gather their strength, raiding monsters with level 9 manastones is often done.

However, the level 9 Manastone that appeared at this time was a valuable resource that could not be estimated.

There have been several such things in the world.

There were many places where monsters of chaos appeared, but not all monsters of chaos spit out level 9 magic stones.

As always, there were cases where there were no manastones, and there were cases where stage 8 or stage 7 mana stones were spit out.

Anyway, the 9th level magic stone that appeared in Korea was used as a research material by the government and large corporations rushing in.

Hajin Kang could only watch.

At that time it was

And this time, the magic stone is in Kang Ha-jin’s grasp. Ha-jin Kang turned the magic stone in his hand and looked at it carefully.

“By the way, this manastone feels a bit big…”

The degree of cohesion was enormous. Once the 7th stage was reached, the degree of cohesion was inevitably high. Only manastones of level 6 or lower are required to measure the degree of cohesion.

Even so, there is a significant difference up to level 3, but the level higher than that is also insignificant.

Anyway, my memory of that time may not be very accurate, but it must have been smaller than this Manastone.

“Should I even buy a magic stone measuring device…”

If this manastone is at level 10, depending on how you use it, it has infinite value at this point.

And there were speculations as to why this manastone was bigger.

Perhaps it was because he had dealt with the chaos monster in the dungeon.

Korea was the only country that dealt with chaos monsters in the dungeon.

Ha-jin Kang, who had been looking around the magic stone for a while, put it back into the subspace and this time took out a black marble.

‘It’s a piece of Marbas’ manastone…….’

It was clear that the reason why this Marbas’ Manastone Piece came out was also because he had dealt with the chaos monsters in the dungeon.

Hajin Kang placed his marble on his palm and rolled it around. A rainbow seemed to flow slightly on the surface of the black luster.

In fact, he wanted to find out something more about Marbas and Gaia.

However, it was impossible to confirm the information about the two of them even with [Stunningly Peeking].

It felt as if something was stuck in it.

“I think I can put a lock on it.”

Kang Ha-jin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

It certainly has come so easily so far. Of course, he suffered a lot until he returned, so that was not much of a reward.

Anyway, this definitely looked like it would be of some use. But right now, there was little I could find out.

Hajin Kang put beads in the subspace.

Again, the magical energy slowly swirled around Ha-jin Kang, who was drooping on the sofa.

Gradually, the magical engine that had been under load had entered a stable stage.

You can go hunting right away, but it is better not to overdo it. If you overdo it now, you might get overloaded again soon.

Ha-jin Kang had sufficiently stabilized his magic engine and then left the house.

His destination was the Guardians’ headquarters.

He didn’t even need to get a car because the hostel was right next door. You just have to walk to change buildings.

Originally, the residence was located on the top floor of the Guardian’s headquarters, but it has recently been moved to a neighboring building.

After the disaster, the Guardians were also in the process of quantitative growth, so it was necessary to secure space for the building in advance.

Ha-jin Kang, who entered the headquarters, went straight to the place where In-hyeok Myung worked.

Since Myung In-hyeok started to create and lead an intelligence organization with the support of Yoon Kyung-min, he became a completely different person, as if he had been peeled off a few times.

Maybe he’s bigger than before his return.

Of course it will take some more time.

“uh? master. Are you here!”

As soon as Myung In-hyuk saw Kang Ha-jin, he jumped up from his seat and bowed 90 degrees to greet him.

To him, Ha-jin Kang is also a boss, but the meaning of being a benefactor is much greater.

“Well? takeover?”

This office was used by Inhyuk Myung and Insoo Myung.

It was also to stabilize Myung In-hyeok, but the purpose of monitoring Myung In-soo was even greater.

The skill that Myeong In-soo possesses carries the risk that his life may be blown away in the unlikely event of an accident.

However, the absence of such a mastermind was a problem that should not be overlooked.

Unsurprisingly, Myung In-hyuk answered with a bitter smile.

“I went to level up.”

“level? with that body?”

Myung In-soo had no skills other than extorting information. He was an Awakener who made it almost impossible to hunt.

“Dungeon Breaker has decided to help.”

“Are you Soo-Young Hwang? Why?”

“I think Director Yoon Kyung-min did something, honestly, I don’t know.”

“Are you Kyung-Min Yoon?”

Hajin Kang made a strange expression.

Yoon Kyung-min was Hwang Soo-young’s subordinate before Kang Ha-jin returned. And he was in a relationship with Hwang Soo-young.

However, it was a little strange to see that the relationship continued like this, even though Ha-jin Kang preempted Kyung-min Yoon.

‘I don’t want to lose it though.’

Probably Yoon Kyung-min won’t go to Dungeon Breaker. But he shouldn’t let that happen.

In any case, it would be nice to raise the level of his argument. After all, his skill might be of great power.

Dungeon Breaker is the hottest guild these days, and as the number of people continues to increase recently, it probably won’t be too much of a burden to ride a bus for each master.

“How are you? Is it worth the job?”

When Ha-jin Kang, who had organized his thoughts, asked, a smile appeared on In-hyuk Myung’s face.

“It’s fun.”

“okay? I’m glad.”

“Ah! I still have something to report to you.”

Ha-jin Kang nodded his head as if telling him to do it, and Hyuk, the mastermind, continued.

“A strange movement was detected in some guilds.”

“It’s a strange movement…”

“Taeseong Guild, Blue Dragon, Fame, Cloud and Healer Guild.”

Kang Ha-jin’s lips rose slightly. These are the guilds that Kim Ji-hye talked about in the past.

“What are you doing?”

“We are investigating our guild members.”

“Yeah, you have to come out like that. Have you done any research on those guilds?”

“Yeah. To be honest, they are not very good guilds. Originally, the guilds were often doing illegal things, but this time they took a lot of damage, so they’re making it harder to make up for it.”

“Did you take a lot of damage this time?”

“Yes. There were too many dungeons open at the guild headquarters, so we couldn’t properly block them.”

Since they were all guilds with a structure that exploited lower-level Awakeneds, there were a lot of open dungeons, but there were not many Awoken who knew how to fight properly, so it was only natural that they suffered a lot of damage.

“Are you still investigating our guild members?”

“Yeah. The reason is still under investigation, but there is no relevant information as expected.”

“It’s kind of weird.”

Kang Ha-jin stroked his chin and pondered for a moment.

No matter how much he had bad feelings for Kim Ji-hye or Lee Ji-young, he had no reason to disperse money and manpower in a situation where the guild was staggering.

“Check more. Because there must be something.”

“Yeah. I’ll pay more attention.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“But don’t take the risk.”

“Yes.”

Myung In-hyuk smiled pleasantly. Whenever this happened, he remembered the time he used to work under the chief executive officer.

If it had been there then, what would it be now?

He couldn’t even imagine.

“By the way, how is the overall mood these days?”

“The public opinion to clear the remaining dungeons quickly and those who want to calm them are fighting fiercely.”

“You mean to silence public opinion? Giant guilds and large corporations?”

“Yeah. They claim that closing dungeons is foolish. It’s something you can manage.”

“It’s funny.”

Hajin Kang smirked. Even the dungeon managed by the Dragon Hunters Guild would have exploded if Ha-jin Kang had not closed it.

Even if this is not a disaster.

“What do you think?”

“It must be closed.”

“The reason is?”

“Obviously more difficult dungeons will appear. If you don’t plan ahead, you become a risk factor at the critical moment.”

Ha-jin Kang nodded his head at Myeong In-hyuk’s words.

“You’re looking right. They will probably be in a situation sooner or later. The dungeon that will appear in the future will be very different from the past.”

“Yeah. We will collect information with that in mind.”

Kang Ha-jin looked at Myung In-hyuk with a satisfied expression.

As I watched, I thought of the Jaeyoung group. And naturally, I remembered those who were with Team Guardians before returning.

‘What are they going to do now?’

In particular, I was most curious about Jason, who was at the highest level before the return. What level are you at now?

Jason was also one of the heroes of this disaster.

‘By the way, I think it’s time for Spencer to start promoting…’

DM, run by the Spencer family, explodes after the second disaster.

Of course, growth has been significant even before that.

The reason the A-market went down was because of the DM.

‘I need to organize my country quickly and turn my attention to foreign countries.’

Ha-jin Kang finished the conversation with In-hyuk Myung and left the office.

I didn’t want to do anything more today. I decided to just wander the streets in vain.

When I went out into the street and walked for about five minutes, I found a very familiar face in my memory.