Round 2 Starts With 990,000 Points

27 – Growth

The next day. Hero Association Small Lecture Room.

“The cadet above said about a series of monster appearance incidents that occurred during the lessons of the academy dungeon practice on the 3rd….”

The awards ceremony was held with the association staff presiding.

I was receiving an award in a small lecture room at the association.

This is kind of like a bounty.

It was like a reward for taking on the job of dealing with monsters, which the Association should have taken care of as a cadet.

“… Despite a sufficiently dangerous situation, show courage, coolly and calmly cooperate with your teammates….”

I glanced sideways and saw Mo Ye-ji and Yoon Sam-won.

I’m sure they’ll receive a reward as they are the parties to the incident.

However, Mo Yeji’s expression is unusual.

“… ….”

A precarious figure that looks like it could collapse at any moment.

Did he sleep less?

Maybe I slept too much.

You look so deep, you look sick since yesterday, and you seem to be in really bad shape.

“… Since the case was resolved satisfactorily, we are rewarding him for his ability.”

I licked my lips while listening to the reward.

Aside from the association staff, there were a few local newspaper reporters, but there weren’t many of them.

Perhaps it’s an effort to at least shrink the case.

Those who can receive points through influence are limited to members of the academy or major characters in novels.

So, it will be difficult to attract their attention with this kind of publicity at the level of local newspapers.

“For the cadet Ymir who has made the most contributions, a ticket to the association blacksmith market worth 30 million won will be awarded as a reward. In addition, cadets were given a voucher worth 10 million won each….”

That’s not too bad though.

Originally, this is the reward that Choi Ji-seong should receive… It’s honestly sweet.

* * *

Sunday afternoon. Booyeong Park in Incheon was crowded with more people than usual.

It was not difficult to spot her in the crowd.

“Hey~ here.”

Shin Jae-eun found me and shook her hand.

“Hello. Did you have lunch?”

“Yes. Who is the manager?”

“I did too. Lol.”

Single single Smiling, she still had a scruffy face, but her eyes were full of energy.

“I didn’t expect that they would contact me to hunt first… I prepared it right away. Fortunately, it’s not too late.”

Shin Jae-eun yawned, ‘Huh-a-am’, as if she was drowsy from hunger. Her tears welled up.

“I’m going to make money anyway.”

“Yes. Then I will guide you.”

I was just stopping by this place for the purpose of training and to obtain magic stones.

It’s a problem from the assassin of the reading circle right now, so I have to grow even a little more before that.

“Originally, hunting point guidance is a manager role….”

Shin Jae-eun said with an apologetic expression.

“Where is such a role defined? It’s just people who know better.”

“Mmm.”

“Anyway, let’s go this way.”

I took her to her Booyoung Park tunnel hunting ground.

Because it was a weekend, there were so many people hunting.

On weekdays, he would do guild work or other work, and then on the weekend, he would be running a hunting ground with two jobs.

“This is the seat of the Hi-Tech Mercenary Office. Please go somewhere else.”

“This seat is reserved by the Gymnema Guild until 18:00.”

Amidst groups declaring seats, there were also people who quarreled.

“This is my seat.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“I went to the bathroom for a while while hunting until now.”

“Once you get out of the way, that’s it. Where is your seat in the public hunting ground?”

“What? This chewy. Do you want to die?”

“You are dead. b*tch.”

This is probably why the monster ownership dispute never ends.

Especially in tunnel-shaped field hunting grounds like Booyeong Park, there are many cases where monsters suddenly jump out of the ground, so the competition for a seat is fierce.

What can I do if there are no seats like this?

I evaded them and headed to a dark place.

Shin Jae-eun said.

“There aren’t many monsters on this side, are there?”

I shook my head.

“No. There are a lot of them in places like this.”

While talking, I lit the lantern I had prepared in advance.

Looking at the ground, you can see lumps of soil that are distinctly different from the normal ground.

Sometimes the pores are visible.

It’s usually not easy to tell the difference, but I was able to spot it easily just by using Conversion without having to use mastery.

“What is this?”

“It is a clay worm.”

“Clay Worm?”

“Because it is a non-first attacking monster, unlike other monsters, it does not come out and hides on the ground like this.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes. It is said that leather has good elasticity, so it is used in many places. It’s not expensive, but it’s easy to hunt, so it’s a good value for money monster.”

“Oh… You know a lot of things. You are great. Maybe it’s because he’s a cadet at the Hansung Academy.”

This is the information the girl from her future gave me.

For some reason, I laughed and started hunting.

It’s not a dangerous monster, so Shin Jae-eun helped too.

That’s how we hunted comfortably.

『Clay Worm’s Spinal Cord Necklace』

[Intermediate][Monster][Accessory]

A necklace that increases fire property resistance, general resistance, and vitality.

* Increases stamina by 1.5.

* 5% Resistance to fire property attacks.

* Increases general resistance by 5%.

I couldn’t find any useful magic stones, but I was lucky enough to get the equipment, so it wasn’t a loss.

* * *

7 O’clock at night.

Arriving at the dormitory, I checked the settlement of today’s hunting after finishing a simple meal and shower.

First of all, proficiency.

[Consistently hit a living target with bare hands. Talent mastery increases by 0.3%.]

[You have won a battle against an opponent with low combat power. Talent mastery increases by 0.1%.]

[You have won the battle against the hidden opponent. Talent mastery increases by 0.1%.]

[Continuous conversion was used. Conversion skill increases by 3%.]

[You have used conversion beyond the limit. Conversion skill increases by 11%.]

……

The proficiency of the talent has risen significantly.

Perhaps catching a lot of weak monsters had a positive effect.

If this is the case, sooner or later I will be able to learn another skill.

Conversion efficiency increased as the 10th grade became the 9th grade.

[Talent skill: Conversion has been upgraded from 10th grade to 9th grade.]

[Conversion: The ability to identify weaknesses is strengthened.]

[Vitality consumption is slightly reduced compared to before.]

In addition to that, achievements were also achieved.

[Hidden Achievement: Achievement of ‘Hunting Master 1’!]

[I got 3,000 points as an achievement reward.]

Hunting Master is one of the achievements related to hunting. It can be obtained by killing any monster or a specific number.

“… It’s a pity that I couldn’t find the magic stone.”

Magic Stone is a kind of probability drop item. If you’re lucky, you’ll get it easily, if you’re unlucky, you won’t get any.

Depending on the monster’s strength and grade, the speed at which magic crystals accumulate on its body is different, but sometimes it does not accumulate magic crystals on its body at all.

So even weak monsters who have lived for a long time have a high probability of spitting up high-grade magic crystals, and even strong monsters who have just been born have a low probability of spitting out magic crystals.

Still, it’s not bad since I got the equipment item.

With that thought in mind, I checked the payment I received today.

[413,000 Won has been deposited into your account.]

About 400,000 won.

This is the money I earned from hunting on Friday.

Today I caught more monsters than the other day.

The settlement amount will be much higher than then.

“… Get some sleep now.”

There’s not much time left to eat the tentacles, but I’m too sleepy.

I yawned and went to bed.

***

Monday morning.

Before morning training, I fed the remaining intermediate magic stones to the tentacles of the void.

[The fire extinguishing ability has been used. Void Tentacle mastery increased by 55%.]

[Time remaining until digestion is complete: 48 hours….]

[After digestion is completed, all general stats are permanently increased by 2.]

Then the skill level rises and the tentacle’s grade rises.

[Secondary Arm: Void Tentacle has been upgraded from Grade 10 to Grade 9.]

[The body becomes a little more alert.]

[The correction of all normal stats is slightly strengthened.]

[The increase in all stats is increased from 10% to 11%.]

[All talents, skills, and skill proficiency increases are increased from 150% to 155%.]

[Void Tentacle – Mimicry: General purpose, expandability, range increase.]

[Void Tentacles – Extinguishing Ability: Decreased Extinguishing Time.]

The words of light are dazzling.

[Void Tentacles: Due to the grade upgrade, the time required to complete digestion is reduced.]

[48 Hours → 42 hours.]

[Time remaining until digestion is complete: 42 hours….]

[Proficiency correction due to grade upgrade.]

[After digestion is completed, all general stats are permanently increased by 2.]

Bitter, it’s dizzy.

Feeling that my stats had increased, I moved on to my routine.