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CH 83S

Jin Woo felt his heart sink into his stomach.

"When did he come?"

Because he was too focused on the boss, he didn't realize anyone else was coming.

"I got caught."

Jin Woo clicked his tongue in disappointment.

tsk

Now that a witness was here, he passed his greed on to the boss.

Hunters Guild had purchased the rights to the Gate raid; in a sense, the boss

it belongs to the Hunters Guild.

Moreover, if he were to drop the boss now, Gates would be shut down and that job has not

the completion of the collection and mining team would result in huge losses for the Guild.

"I almost did something terrible"

Blinded by the leveling greed, he almost puts his hands on someone else's property.

Jin Woo regained his senses and heaved a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, the voice owner approached,

"I'm sorry, I'm asking you a question"

Jin Woo smiled awkwardly and turned around,

"I got lost and ended up here"

"You're lost?"

The voice was confused.

Jin Woo realizes who the owner of the voice is.

'uh? This woman ...? "

The face he saw before entering the Dungeon.

It was the female Hunter Rank-S, Cha Haein.

He slowly closed the gap towards Jin Woo and looked at the man's hand.

"I swear I saw him holding a gun"

Am I wrong?

Whatever he was holding had disappeared as if it had never existed.

The woman looked at Jin Woo from up and down.

"Protective hats and workwear ... Is he Hunter from our mining team?"

It seemed that the reason the man was lost was not a lie.

However, regardless of the reason, the boss room is a dangerous place.

Cha Haein decides that sending her away from here is more important than searching

know truth.

"This is the place where the boss is."

As she always did, Cha Haein covered her nose with a handkerchief

and stand in front of Jin Woo.

"Please get out of here.If you accidentally take his attention, everyone

here can die”

"Ah, forgive me"

Fortunately, it seems like his acting worked.

Jin Woo walked past Cha Haein with a satisfied face.

When he passed by,

'Huh?'

Cha Haein turned towards Jin Woo.

Something impossible happened.

With eyes wide open, Hunter Rank-S stopped Jin Woo before he realized it,

"Hey, excuse me."

"Yes?"

"Wait a minute."

What is this woman doing?

Like a caught thief, Jin Woo does not feel happy when Cha Haein

approached him.

The woman makes Jin Woo uncomfortable when close to her.

"Er ... What's wrong?"

Jin Woo asked with an awkward face.

However, Cha Haein did not reply.

Instead, the woman boldly sniffed the man.

He's already got rid of his handkerchief.

'What what?'

Jin Woo has no idea what's going on.

"Why did he kiss me?"

Jin Woo is confused.

But that woman is more than that.

"Nothing ... foul smell"

This was the first time he had encountered a Hunter without a foul smell.

Cha Haein looked at Jin Woo with her eyes wide open.

Question marks appeared on Jin Woo's face.

"Is something wrong?"

"Are you ... really a Hunter?"

Is there a need to explain it in more detail?

Jin Woo shows Hunter's license around her neck and gives it to her.

The woman takes the license and compares between Jin Woo's face and the photo in the license.

"Rank-S ... Sung Jin Woo ..."

Is it because the rating is too low?

There is no foul smell from Jin Woo.

In fact, he even smelled a fragrant aroma from her.

Jin Woo carefully takes the license from Cha Haein's hands.

"Thus ... Can I go?"

"That's ..."

The woman realized that she no longer had any reason to keep him here.

"...Please be careful when returning.This Dungeon is very big"

"Ah, fine"

Jin Woo says goodbye, then walks back towards the work area.

His back quickly disappeared in the distance of the cave.

However, Cha Haein stood silently looking towards the man walking for some time.

"He smells good ..."

________________________________________

After finishing lunch, the Hunters from the mining team returned to the work area.

Walking in while cleaning his teeth, Team Chief Bae jumped in after

finding Jin Woo back from afar into the Dungeon.

"Well, wah.Sung-ssi, why did you come from there?”

"Ah, that ..."

Jin Woo turned his head towards the boss room.

"I can't explain exactly if I'm curious about what it's like

the appearance of Dungeon Rank-A boss, right?"

He's back to team leader.

"I got lost while looking for the bathroom."

"Oh no! You must be careful! Many Dungeons are like labyrinths.If you get lost, you

maybe you'll never find your way back.Actually, how could you

finding a way back? "

"I met Hunter Cha Haein-nim on my way back ..."

“Ah, Hunter Cha-nim? He went on guard just in case the boss came out of his room.

Just like you, he's a rather worried man"

Team Leader Bae laughed excitedly.

It seemed like Jin Woo's previous questions about the boss had given the wrong impression

to that guy.

Jin Woo smiled bitterly.

"The team leader can laugh because he doesn't know how scary his boss is"

This is the difference between the work team and the attacking side.

Knowing the true terror of monsters, Cha Haein stands guard and prepares

worst-case scenario that these people don't think about.

"Even with that expressionless face, she had such a side to her."

If the boss leaves his room, the one in danger is not the one who attacks.

It was a team of manpower working while the astonished side did not exist.

To protect their lives, the woman had taken a break and left

stand guard in the boss room.

‘... She's an amazing woman.’

This is Jin Woo's honest opinion of Cha Haein.

Suddenly, he recalled the strange habits of the woman.

"Why did he cover his nose with that handkerchief?"

Now he thought about it, aside from the present time, he was constantly

holding a handkerchief on his nose.

"Team leader,"

"Hmm?"

Instead of being distracted by the negotiations, Chief Tim Bae was rather friendly and accommodating

every time Jin Woo calls her.

"He seems to be responding well to my previous work"

It seemed that his prowess had gained some brownie points with the team leader.

Thanks to that, Jin Woo could comfortably ask here and there.

If anything, Chief Tim Bae was the one who urged him,

"Why are you silent after calling a man, Sung-ssi?"

Jin Woo grinned and replied,

"No, it's nothing .. I just want to know why Hunter Cha Haein brought

the handkerchief's going nowhere"

"Oh that? She's a little special"

"Special?"

What does that mean?

The team leader explained patiently,

“From what I've heard, Hunter Cha can smell something from Hunter.And it seems that

not a good smell"

"You Hunter?"

"Something about unique physiology."

A unique physiology.

Jin Woo has something similar: his keen sense of hearing.

Even before he became like this, Jin Woo already had good ears.

on the level above the others.

"His sense of smell was also definitely enhanced after the Resurrection"

He understood it a little.

"Any, right?"

As if liking Jin Woo paying attention, Chief Tim Bae continued,

"I heard because of the smell, it made it difficult for him to breathe around Hunter"

"..."

Is that the reason?

"Why did he ask me if I was really a Hunter"

Is it because he doesn't smell like Hunter?

Jin Woo recalled the words of the leader of the White Walkers in the Red Gates, saying,

[“In our head, there was a voice whispering to us without rest.It tells us to

'kill all humans'.But in front of you, the voice becomes silent"]

Does it have anything to do with what he said to her?

It has no smell associated with Hunteru, it is not told to be killed like other Hunters.

"Because I'm a Player ..."

The absolute single existence chosen by the System.

What is Player?

Briefly questioning his own identity, Jin Woo quickly shook

her head, her,

"It's not like I can get an answer to that question right now"

He cleared his mind.

Worrying about a puzzle he couldn't solve would only be mentally exhausting.

Cracks! Cracks!

Soon, the sound of mining his co-workers began.

And Jin Woo also grabbed his axe back.

"Bos Rank-A ... I really want to kill him."

What would happen if Cha Haein did not arrive on time?

Jin Woo turned around while thinking about it.

________________________________________

Due to Jin Woo's outstanding performance, the mining team successfully completed

their work before dinner.

According to the team leader, it was two hours earlier than usual.

Because of this, the eyes of his teammates staring at him had changed.

"Good work today, Sung-ssi!"

"Not bad!"

"I thought someone had brought a mining machine, haha!"

The Hunters surrounded him and gave him compliments.

The cold attitude they had before had all disappeared.

Jin Woo is also in a good mood.

The experience of working as a miner was interesting, and he succeeded in his goal

to find Dungeon Rank-A.

"Let's go!"

"Yes sir!"

"Let's go, go, go!"

On the orders of Team Leader Bae, the mining team moved towards the exit.

"One! Two!"

"Pull!"

They passed the collecting team that was still working.

Immediately, the mining team left the Dungeon and paced around while preparing to leave.

Compared to the official members of the Guild, apprentices like Sung Jin Woo would be straightforward

paid on the spot.

"Sung-ssi, here he is, this is yours."

"Thank you."

While handing over the envelope, Chief Tim Bae wisely filed

question to him,

"We're going to get some food, do you want to join us?"

While the question was asked casually, the eyes of the team leader were serious.

"I think he has something he wants to ask me ..."

Jin Woo feels the sincerity of the man.

However, he politely declined.

"I'm sorry"

"Hm ... It's okay."

The team leader scratched his chin.

"I wanted to ask him when we were in a good mood with alcohol ..."

But the man had to change his plans a little bit, though,

"You know, I've met a lot of people while working on this job."

"Mh."

"But I've never seen a man like you, you were born to be a miner"

It seems the team leader likes him.

‘Haha ... That's a little ..’

Jin Woo could not confirm or deny the team leader's words.

Instead, he awkwardly laughed.

Feeling that it was a good sign, the team leader began to tell her the real business, the statement read,

"I don't usually do this but ... What if you work under me? I guarantee you

you'll be paid well"

His name is Sung Jin Woo.

On his first day as a miner, the young man had finished the job

several times more than veteran miners.

If he could not obtain this genius, it would be his failure as

mining team leader.

Even if he had to talk to the superior to give special consideration

for Jin Woo, the team leader still wants to hire the young man.

However, Jin Woo's rejection was very firm.

"I thank you for your words but ... There's something I've prepared"

In that sentence, the cheerful mood of the team leader fell.

"What ... is that so?"

Jin Woo swallowed a laugh.

"A fun guy"

Thinking that his feelings would be clearly shown on his face.

It seemed like Team Leader Bae thought he had discovered some hidden talent

to a Rank-E.

After thinking for a moment, the team leader carefully asked,

"What about tomorrow? Do you think you can get out again? "

"Tomorrow ... Hm ..."

Well, he's still free tomorrow.

The re-measurement is two days from now.

But Jin Woo wonders if there is a reason for him to work as a miner again.

He had already observed the attack methods of large Guilds and had even seen an A-rank Dungeon boss.

Suddenly, Jin Woo realizes something, and,

'Wait'

He would refuse when a question flashed through his mind,

"Does that mean the Hunters Guild has another Raid tomorrow?"

"Other Rank-A Gates"

“Is that possible? They just finished Raid today”

It was a common practice for Raid to rest for a week after completing one Raid.

"They said that today's Raid started last night"

That meant the main Raid group of the Hunters Guild had conducted a Raid for two days

successively.

Moreover, by the time they returned to defeat the boss after the gathering team was done, the,

it'll be dawn.

Jin Woo could not imagine that they would attack again tomorrow.

When Jin Woo looked interested, the team leader continued,

"Instead of Party Raid A, Party Raid B will appear tomorrow"

Party Raid B?

They were going to clear a Rank-A Dungeon with a second Party?

"This is the power of the Hunters Guild.We may be the only Guild in South Korea that

can clean two Gates Rank-A with two separate teams"

Team Leader Bae spoke proudly.

"Is this how the Hunters Guild always conducts a Raid?"

"No no. Usually they won't split the team like that

his work overlaps this time”

Since two Gates Rank-A simultaneously appeared in the Hunters Guild territory, the leader

the team explains that Guildmaster Choi Jongin has to pull a lot of ropes to

get the Raid right for them both.

"Oh, so that's why Guildmaster Choi was in the Association yesterday ..."

Busy men like Choi Jongin would not carelessly visit the Association.

Jin Woo nodded, though,

"So, does that mean this is the first time the second party has been the only team

the attacker in the Raid?"

"Yes.But don't let that fool you.The secondary team Hunters Guild is not just any secondary team

they were better than most of the major Guild main teams"

"Stay, that should be a lot more dangerous than today, right?"

Team Leader Bae was confused by Jin Woo's words.

Jin Woo is right.

Two Rank-S have participated in the Raid today.

Compared to that, there was only Rank-A that would be a part of the Raid tomorrow.

Although they have heard that Gates tomorrow is smaller than Gate today,

the absence of two S-Ranks would be a big deal.

The team leader remembers how Sung-ssi was worried about the boss despite the nearby S-Rank.

"Stay, I don't want to lie to that guy"

Team Leader Bae looks forward to working with Jin Woo tomorrow.

Realizing that would not happen, the man replied disappointedly,

"It would be much more dangerous.If anything goes wrong, Raid itself may fail"

Jin Woo's eyes sparkled.