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Chapter 67

The new type dungeon explosion has ended.

First, both the Paju and Cheongju sides blocked it well. There was not much damage to the general public compared to the situation in which the explosion occurred.

However, public opinion was getting worse in that even though the same accident happened once, the situation was neglected and caused a second accident.

If there had been no damage to the general public, there would have been an excuse to calm public opinion, but that was not the case, so no matter how hard I tried, there was no sign of improvement in public opinion.

Even the military units deployed to Paju were crushed by monsters, causing severe damage.

There was no casualty, but in Korea, the military is a place where all men go through, so in reality, it was as if ordinary people had died.

And unlike the Cheongju side, the Paju side suffered a lot of damage from the awakened ones.

The giants that appeared at the end were really strong, and the Awoken’s damage was exponentially accumulated as the giants ran wild.

Due to this incident, the popularity of Dungeon Breaker increased even more. In particular, Hwang Soo-young’s popularity was steadily rising.

If it wasn’t for Dungeon Breaker, the status of the Cheongju dungeon was getting higher and higher as testimonies continued to come out.

Next was the Guardians.

The Guardians played a really big role in blocking the dungeon in Paju, so the name kept coming and going.

Even the Guardian’s guild members were the awakeners who fought with Hwang Soo-young during the first disaster, creating a great synergy.

In fact, until recently, many people knew that Kim Ji-hye and Lee Ji-young belonged to the Dungeon Breakers Guild.

However, as this incident occurred, the fact that they belonged to the Guardians was firmly entrenched in people’s minds.

While the value of the Guardian’s name was going up like that, Hajin Kang was in the opposite situation.

In fact, the person who played the biggest role in this situation was by far Ha-jin Kang.

Had it not been for Hajin Kang, would he have been able to capture Chungryong without taking any damage?

However, there was not much talk about Kang Ha-jin.

It was slightly buried in the story of Dungeon Breaker and Hwang Soo-young, who were active in Cheongju.

And as rumors circulated that the person who dealt with Chungryong was Hwang Soo-young, the story of Ha-jin Kang was almost buried deep.

The only people who knew the truth were the person and the Awakened who stopped the monster in the Cheongju dungeon.

Whenever they heard such a word, they actively came forward and talked about Ha-jin Kang, but it didn’t have much effect.

Hwang Soo-young was very sorry. She said so she would go out and clarify on her own.

But Hajin Kang told him not to do that.

From now on, he didn’t want to hide himself from him, but he didn’t want to earn a name for himself by working hard in this way.

And in this case, it was not bad for her to plant at least one feeling of sorry for Hwang Soo-young.

Hajin Kang checked the status of the guild members who were put in this time.

She asks if anyone was injured, and if there is anyone who suffers after-effects after the injury, and if there are no deaths.

No one died, and there were many wounded.

Most of them were minor injuries, so they were treated with potions prepared in advance. There were four people who were seriously injured, but they were diagnosed that if they received proper treatment, they would be able to continue their Awakening activities.

The Awakening Management Administration set a compensation for this incident and delivered it to each guild and Awakened.

Of course, most of the compensation came from the large corporations and guilds that managed the dungeon that exploded this time.

There was no such thing as fairness because the management agency decided unilaterally.

But they never thought that there would be complaints about this.

In any case, the only precedent was the compensation paid to the Dungeon Breaker and the small and medium-sized guild union that had just happened a while ago.

Of course, if you go inside, there are more complicated stories, but it wasn’t a matter for the Awakening Management Office to worry about.

So, the team dispatched by large corporations or large guilds were given a lot of compensation, and the rest were done with nothing but condolences.

Of course, the amount itself was considerable, so I did not expect that the words would come out at all.

But the unexpected happened.

* * *

“Hey, what is this now? What are you doing without taking measures quickly and not evolving!”

The director of the Awakened Persons Administration shouted in the conference room. No, it was more like a glow than a shout.

His face was so red that I was worried that it might explode.

The manager looked at his staff with terrifying eyes.

“If you have a mouth, speak it! hurry!”

“Gee, I’m taking a closer look at a more accurate situation now…”

“What do you grasp? I was so upset!”

The beginning was a question about compensation.

Someone raised the question as to why they didn’t disclose the compensation payment standards.

Naturally, the Awakening Administration did not even snort.

However, how did someone find out the compensation payment standards and publicize them on a large scale.

From then on, it began to burn as if a fire had been lit on a parched field.

It was an unbelievable payment standard.

The Awakening Management Agency hastily started to evolve that it was not true, but it turned into a handshake.

Someone has disclosed the details of the payment of compensation.

From then on, the real light went out.

He was hit directly by the winds of public opinion so strong that it was impossible to even think of catching the culprit.

A lot of complaints about the Awakened Management Office started pouring out.

It wasn’t just about this incident.

In the meantime, the countless abuses and chaebol promotions performed by the Awakening Administration, and even the magic stones, dungeon by-products, and items that they purchase at low prices and with huge taxes.

The dissatisfaction and absurdity that had been suppressed until now exploded at once.

“It seems that someone is systematically manipulating public opinion.”

At the words of the deputy chief, the chief spewed fire again.

“If someone controls public opinion, why do we stand still? All the people here are bales! We shouldn’t have to do something else to fire it up or change public opinion again!”

Not only the manager, but also the staff could not hide their troubled expressions.

It wasn’t that they didn’t do anything and stood still. No, he worked harder than ever.

However, no matter how hard I tried, this incident exploded so loudly that I couldn’t do anything about it.

Now, the government and the National Assembly were also showing signs of moving slowly.

I had no choice but to do so. The public opinion was so strong that if I didn’t move, I thought there would be a real riot.

Even this time, there were a lot of Awakened people at stake, so if it spreads into a fight between the Awoken, it was not clear how far the confusion would go.

“There is a way to use it well at times like this! Put a fight against my opinion! What are the chaebols and big guilds doing all the time?”

The chief was so excited that he used a mixture of slurs and respectful words.

The conductor replied with a bitter expression.

“I am already doing it. But it doesn’t work.”

As time went on, the Commissioner felt deeply that this was not usually a big deal.

“If you think that this will be the end of taking off my clothes by myself, you are mistaken. Everyone, be alert. We are all one. Do you know what I mean?”

The director spoke up there and hurried out of the meeting room.

You’ll probably have to go somewhere and have a drink with a bunch of girls to get rid of all that anger.

When the deputy chief left, he led the meeting on his own initiative.

“Now that we’ve heard all the reprimands, let’s take action. How did each of you go?”

Everyone shook their heads.

“Nothing works.”

“I think it was his work from the start, but he couldn’t even catch his tail.”

“I also looked into the bank, but it seems that they couldn’t find it either.”

The reports that followed were all grim.

The deputy knew that the time had come to make a decision.

“Let’s abolish the dungeon quota system. Let’s move public opinion once with it and discuss follow-up measures.”

It was a possible way for the management office to hold and shake all the rights related to the dungeon.

In the first place, it was a regulation that the quota system management agency made itself.

“Even if I… shake public opinion with that, wouldn’t it be difficult to see an effect if follow-up measures are not immediately followed?”

The deputy manager frowned at the opinion that one of the employees had secretly suggested.

That was it.

“Then what do you want to do?”

“We need to adjust the prices of Manastones and items from the dungeon.”

“Are you saying that most of the price is tax?”

“So, we have to make sure that the tax can be spent here.”

The conductor’s eyes twinkled. Then the staff spoke.

“How about paying compensation to those who close the dungeon in the future? Wouldn’t it be possible to somehow calm public opinion by paying the taxes that fall in this way?”

It certainly made sense.

Anyway, dungeons are dangerous now. must be closed unconditionally. And to do that, you have to bait something.

A fairly large amount of compensation will help close the dungeon, which is worthless and only dangerous.

Of course, some coercion is needed, but it should be presented with a little more time.

For now, we need to silence the public opinion that has erupted.

“Good. I do that. And don’t tell anyone what happened at this meeting for the time being. Everyone knows what I mean, right?”

“Yes. Of course I know.”

All the staff answered with one voice.

What the deputy chief said now will not go out to anyone. even to the chief.