Food Truck Owner Inside the Dungeon

**Dungeon Food Truck Owner Episode 10**

As the box creaked open, a bright light burst forth.

Whether it was an item or a skill, Kamang had mentioned that it probably wouldn’t be anything good, but Ji-eun couldn’t hide her excitement as she clasped her hands and stared at the box.

[You have obtained a Unique Item: Immaculate Kitchen Towel!]

A towel that never gets dirty, no matter how much you wipe with it. It stays clean without needing to be washed or boiled.

Unique grade bonus effect: “The wiped area shines!” option added.

Class special effect: “Restores all dirty areas to their original clean state!” option added.

A single towel from a unique draw ticket was rather disappointing.

Kamang, who was about to offer comforting words to her, was left speechless as he watched her gaze sparkle with wonder, her hands clasped tightly as if in ecstasy.

“Wow… Is this real?”

“A towel that doesn’t need washing! And it makes things shine when you wipe them? Is this for real? How did I get such a good item?”

“Of course it’s good! It’s the best!”

Just today alone, she had used three towels.

The tedious process of soaking towels in boiling water with detergent to clean off grease could now be completely skipped with this fantastic item!

On top of that, it was a must-have kitchen item that made surfaces shine without needing any cleaner.

With trembling hands, Ji-eun picked up the unique towel.

“Look at this! Look how clean it is! Where did this treasure come from? This isn’t just a towel; it’s an invincible towel!”

In reality, it was common to receive level-up boosts or quest completion tickets as tutorial rewards, which were much more practical.

However, now that she had obtained the invincible towel, she spread it wide and began dancing with joy.

Her mood soared as she felt she could fly after acquiring the towel responsible for kitchen cleanliness.

Immediately, she rubbed the towel on the cutting board, which had become dirty from the ingredients she had just used, her face glowing with delight.

“Look at this! Look at this! This is the cutting board I used to cut onions, carrots, and even bacon. Just wiping it makes it shine!”

<…>

“Wow! The towel didn’t even get dirty! I just wiped off the bacon grease!”

After cleaning the frying pan, which sparkled as if it had been washed with dish soap, Ji-eun was overjoyed like a child. Watching her, Kamang shook his head and walked over to the sofa.

In the meantime, Ji-eun spent a long time wiping various places with the newly picked invincible towel.

“huh!

“Yep!”

Ji-eun smiled brightly as if she was very satisfied when she saw that the frying pan handle, which had been burnt by the fire, had returned to a shiny silver color.

“Oh right. This isn’t the time for that!”

Ji-eun, who was cleaning frantically, suddenly got up from her seat, amazed by the invincible towel. She found cleaning more fun than she had thought, and before she knew it, she had invested an hour just in cleaning.

The kitchen, which had been carefully cleaned with a towel over time, was sparkling. It was a moving sight, but there was still so much to check.

“Where should I spend the 100 skill points?”

Ji-eun glanced at Kamang, who was annoyingly grooming its front paws.

.

Currently, she has 100 points.

This was the experience needed to raise a skill by 1 level. Since she can raise the skill level without leveling up, it seems like it would be better to use it for active skills rather than passive skills.

As she petted Kamang and opened her skill window to check her skills, Ji-eun pondered for a moment before speaking up.

“To maximize the effectiveness of the [As the Wheel Goes] skill, I think it’s better to delay leveling up a bit.”

The passive skill [As the Wheel Goes] allowed her to enter dungeons randomly, so it would be more efficient to level up after entering as many dungeons as possible. By maximizing the number of dungeons she could randomly enter, she could broaden her options for future sales.

So far, she had only entered the Ariadne’s Libra dungeon, which was the central area of the fourth floor.

It was clear that if she kept doing business on the 4th floor, where nobody came or went, she was bound to fail. Honestly, it felt like a miracle to have met Joo-hyuk there.

“When I level up, the passive skill level will also increase automatically, so I should go for ‘Enhanced Class 1 Large License.’”

When she clicked on the ‘100 Skill Points’ in the inventory consumption window, a prompt appeared asking her to select a skill to apply it to.

Upon selecting ‘Enhanced Class 1 Large License,’ a fanfare sounded, and a system notification appeared indicating that her skill level had increased.

[You have achieved ‘Enhanced Class 1 Large License (Lv.2)!]

Level 2 special effect.

The range of light coming from the truck has increased.

The influence of dungeon terrain on you is reduced by 30%.

You can now recognize traps present in the dungeon.

“Of course, getting a license first is important!”

Ji-eun shrugged her shoulders with a proud expression.

Though there weren’t many options, the essence of a food truck was mobile selling.

There was no guarantee that she wouldn’t need to move within the dungeon, and thanks to leveling up, she would be less affected by terrain resistance, and recognizing traps would help her avoid them automatically, making it a very helpful skill.

While checking her status window, she also learned that completing quests would grant her experience points.

Thanks to the quests she completed during the tutorial, she currently has 80% experience.

Kamang mentioned that she could only achieve that 80% because she cleared the tutorial quickly, and Ji-eun nodded, bringing up the fundamental issue of leveling up.

“But how do I level up?”

“Again?”

At Kamang’s words, Ji-eun waved her hands dismissively, her expression was sour.

“How am I supposed to defeat monsters when I’m not even a combat-type hunter?”

<…By any means necessary?>

“Is that for real? Are you serious? Do I have to defeat monsters? Me? Personally?”

Ji-eun’s face turned pale at Kamang’s words.

The idea of personally defeating monsters was absurd to her, who prioritized safety above all else. Before becoming a food truck owner, she had never even been near a dungeon.

“The Awakener Training Center?”

Taking out her smartphone, Ji-eun searched for “Awakener Training Center” and nervously clicked on a website with a terrifying skull logo.

[Welcome to the Awakener Training Center homepage!]

Admission guide for training courses.

“…No way! I can’t do this!” 

[You have to wake up at 6 AM, conduct a roll call, and then complete a 5 km mountain run.

After breakfast, you have to use monster holograms to gain practical experience.

Before lunch, you must spend an hour on strength training, among other activities.]

The moment Ji-eun checked the schedule for the training course, which was divided into almost minute-by-minute segments, she threw her phone onto the sofa as if she had seen something shocking news.

“How can a person do this?!”

Combat-type hunters receive stat distributions necessary for battle upon awakening, allowing them to possess physical abilities far superior to non-awakened or non-combat classes.

Despite having such physical abilities and stat enhancements, the reviews from those who completed the training course were consistent.

Many described it as hellish, something they didn’t want to think about, or horrific, expressing a desire to escape over the training camp’s barbed wire every day.

[Free Board] I’m entering the training course tomorrow. Any questions?

Forget it; I want to be alone, I can’t do this.

┗ Hahahaha, congrats!

┗ XXXXXX, you think you won’t go?

┗ Nope, I already graduated. Bye!

Moreover, combat-type hunters were required to enroll, so there were plenty of posts from those who had already graduated mocking those who hadn’t.

With a dazed expression, Ji-eun muttered, “Do I really need to level up?”

<…There’s no rush. After all, you’re a non-combat class and a hidden class, so you’ll receive job quests while running your food truck.>

Kamang’s words relieved Ji-eun slightly from the pressure of leveling up, and she sighed.

Next, she decided to check the Hunter Market and the auction house.

Among the various options in the system window, she clicked on the shining ‘H. M’ icon labeled ‘New!’ to open the Hunter Market.

Items ranging from equipment to consumables were being updated in real time by other hunters.

[Beginner’s Dual Blade: 1,000,000 won]

[Intermediate Mage’s Staff: 3,500,000 won]

[Advanced Healing Potion 5EA: 35,000,000 won]

“Then the auction house is where I can register my items, right?”

Ji-eun noticed the gold coins shimmering in her inventory. There were 9 gold coins from the sandwich trade and an unidentified stone.

“But how do people like me, who have no idea what this is worth, set prices?”

“Oh, that’s a good system!”

Ji-eun clicked the item registration button in the auction house and selected her 9 gold coins, whereupon the recent market price appeared on the screen.

As she checked the displayed price, Ji-eun’s eyes widened.

“Is this how much… one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand… hundred thousand?”

[Named Giant Spider’s Coin]

 A coin obtained from the giant spiders that randomly appear in the 4th floor dungeon of Ariadne’s Libra.

This item has a special effect of ‘Status Effect: Poison’ embedded in it. However, a separate solution is needed to extract the poison component.

“Are you telling me it’s a million won each?”

Unable to believe it, Ji-eun checked the recent market price multiple times, exclaiming in disbelief.

So, this meant she had just sold a single sandwich for a million won.

“No way, Juhyuk is insane! He paid a million won for a single sandwich?!”

She recalled Juhyuk’s embarrassed face, saying he had nothing else to offer.

She felt extremely flustered.

What had she been thinking when she handed over a sandwich for those gold coins?

“I… scammed him…”

“Still, it’s nine million won…”

With her mind in a whirl, Ji-eun registered her 9 gold coins in the auction house at 1 million won each, and within less than 30 seconds, a system notification announced that all the gold coins had been sold.

[Hunter Market Balance: 8,910,000 won]

1% of the amount from the auction house will be deducted as tax.

If you link your personal account to the market, you can freely deposit and withdraw funds.

Alongside the unbelievable price and transaction speed, a rather realistic notification was added.

Not only would they deduct taxes, but they also required linking an account for free transactions.

Ji-Eun, who had never paid attention to the hunter world, felt overwhelmed with unfamiliar information.

Thinking that something good was better than nothing, she quickly linked her account to the market and withdrew the entire amount, receiving a text message on her phone.

[Web Sender]

Hunter Market Deposit

8,910,000

“…This is unbelievable.”

On Ji-eun’s food truck’s first day, her total sale was 8,910,000 won.

Net profit: 8,910,000 won.

She had achieved an astonishing daily sales record.