Chapter 70: Back on Duty
Chapter 70: Back on Duty
“Toss it back.”
Ji-woo asked for his wrist weights back while Dong-hyun got still dazed in awe. He didn’t expect the little trick that he did would surprise Dong-hyun so much. It should be a common thing in a world where magic exists.
“Ouch!”
“Don’t Daydream in the middle of practice.” Ji-woo took the weights back and woke Dong-hyun from his reverie with a light blow to the head as usual. It was a habit now to hit Dong-hyun when teaching him something.
Ji-woo put the wrist weights in his hand. The total weight he carried reached 80 kg. Of course, That was still less than what he wanted.
“Let’s continue our practice tomorrow. Ah, right. Want to come with me to the food stall?”
Dong-hyun nodded in agreement to the invitation while massaging several parts of his body. His body ached with pain from being beaten by Ji-woo. The two then walked toward the bus stop.
“Hyung, isn’t that way of training too old-fashioned way to be used anymore? Nowadays, who uses the weights? Ugh, it seems useless.”
“Old-fashioned or not. It doesn’t matter. The important thing is that it can be useful for the person using or doing the training.”
The fastest way to increase muscle mass was to rely on weights. And Ji-woo had just the right thing for it. An object whose shape did not change or became too large. And more importantly, the substance could get increased as he wished.
Dong-hyun just agreed nonchalantly. He didn’t continue to pester about that matter because Ji-woo’s bow became his new interest.
“Hyung, from where did you get that bow? Was it the result of borrowing the money from me yesterday?”
“Some sort of.”
It couldn’t get entirely said that Dong-hyun’s money was related to it. Even though the Portal Gate got prepaid with it. The problem was that 25 million won was just a bit of money compared to the bow’s value.
Ji-woo could estimate how much the Fiery Bow would cost if he wanted to sell it. Of course, it was extraordinary when viewed from the uniqueness of the weapon, which was able to summon the real arrows, whose material was much sturdy and sharp enough.
Dong-hyun kept looking at the bow and asked Ji-woo about the name of the weapon.
“Huh!? I don’t know.” Ji-woo stopped in his tracks after hearing the question.
“How come? Hyung, you haven’t made a contract with that bow yet? You should be able to figure out the weapon’s ability and name when it’s bound to the owner.”
Ji-woo stared at the Fiery Bow after coming upon realization about the magical weapon. He forgot something crucial because he took a fancy with the bow. He clearly had no Mana in the first place. And he also couldn’t be bound with the weapon. That was to say. It was just an ordinary piece of weapon in his hand.
It made Ji-woo feel irritated, and his expression became sour. The next time he had the chance. He decided to sell the bow and bought Magic Crystals and Magic Stones for his weights with it.
Both Ji-woo and Dong-hyun continued on their way. Dong-hyun kept talking with him. But, it mostly got ignored all the way to the food stall.
Elijah was happy to see her son and Dong-hyun visited the food stall. Ji-woo then helped her to clean up and get ready to close the place.
Dong-hyun also helped, and afterward, he offered to accompany them home. But, Ji-woo refused the suggestion and told Dong-hyun to go back.
The next day, it turned out that there was a call from the Demigod guild, and Ji-woo went straight to the headquarters.
Ji-woo arrived at the headquarters. He went inside, and in the midst of the crowd, Dong-hyun came closer to him. There was an announcement that they would start their hunting activities again. Even though in the end, Dong-hyun’s Red Crimson armor still got confiscated by the guild.
Ji-woo also noticed Dong-hyun currently had several people monitoring him. In every corner, there was a hunter watching like an eagle locking on to its target.
Surprisingly, Ji-woo didn’t notice another pair of eyes staring intently at him in the crowd of hunters.
“Alright, we’ll focus on the tier-3 Portal Gate now. There are quite a few ready to enter. We need to squeeze our profits and close them as quickly as possible. So, for E-rank, D-rank, C-rank, and B- rank hunters need to be prepared, and a team will get formed with 50 hunters in it.”
The Demigod Guild had 240 hunters as members. And about 200 hunters were B-ranks and below. So, they had enough hunters to attack three tier-3 Portal Gates simultaneously.
“The guild is currently in a period of reform. So, this is an opportunity for you to get into the team that conquers top-tier Portal Gates based on your performances later. So, do your best.”
“Yes!!”
“Got it!”
“Wow!”
The hunters cheered and were delighted with the words of promotion. That meant they had the opportunity to earn more money than before. The chances of them gotten items and weapons of better quality than before were also higher.
The low-ranked hunters would not have the courage if they went to the top-tier Portal Gate alone. They couldn’t afford to hunt in the dungeon without the help of higher-ranked hunters that were still within the threshold of the Portal Gate at each tier. But, that still didn’t guarantee their safety.
Tier-1 to tier-2 was considered low, and tier-3 to tier-4 was a transition to medium. Meanwhile, tier-5 to tier-6 got categorized as the most obstinate thing. However, it corresponded to high risk and high return. Those two tiers had a lot of valuables and had a total net worth of over millions of dollars.
All the hunters appreciated the opportunity the guild had given them. Meanwhile, Ji-woo was on the back of the crowd with his icy cold gaze, typical placid expression, already showed his disinterest in the speech. He had started to lose interest in the guild because he could carry out the dungeon raids by himself without went through complicated procedures.
Currently, Ji-woo only stayed in the guild to honor the late Eun-bi’s kindness to her mother. He also needed a means of information related to hunters. It was because his intelligence agency had not yet get formed.
Ji-woo yawned. He couldn’t help but start a conversation with Dong-hyun to get rid of his sleepiness.
“Did you know any spatial items? Something related to a dimensional space that can store anything.”
“Hah!? What are you talking about, hyung? Ah, right. You mean where you can put so many items into one bag?”
“Something like that.”
“Of course, I don’t know.”
Dong-hyun answered casually and realized that Ji-woo was already giving him a glare for making a joke. He flinched at the cue, where he would get hit again if there was no justification. He swallowed hard and opened his mouth again.
“Hyung, wait. Please wait a minute! I do have some friends. I can ask them. They might know about it. So please keep your hands away from any part of my body.”
Ji-woo exhaled. He began to feel the need for a practical bag. In the previous Portal Gate, he was lucky there was a hunter carrying a duffel bag. Otherwise, he likely wouldn’t be able to bring out all the loot from the dungeon.
Spatial items were something more complicated than average items that Ji-woo usually knew how to craft. The materials vary a lot. Even Sphere alone was an optional material for that type of item.
If Ji-woo wanted to make his own spatial items, there were no guarantee other materials would be available in the dungeon.
Sometimes buying was better than making.
Ji-woo and Dong-hyun went back after more than 2 hours of updating themselves about the news from the guild.
Dong-hyun also had to continue his training. He couldn’t waste time. Moreover, Ji-woo had already said if the practice took too much time. Then he would drop the course. Dong-hyun certainly didn’t want that to happen. He himself had felt how fast the improvement with the training was. It was perfect for a hunter with limited Mana like him. So, he was eager to learn more from Ji-woo.
Meanwhile, the Artates guild made a headline in South Korea by storm, at the same time as the Demigod guild preparing for their tier-5 Portal Gate and some of their tier-3 Portal Gate. The Artates guild was successfully closing tier-5 Portal Gate in a span of 20 hours.
The Artates guild’s record time entered the world rankings. It had the same record as other famous guilds such as the Maverick guild, the Morpheus guild, the Marchen guild, the Exodus guild, and the Gaijin guild.
Most of the top guilds in various countries took an average of 25 to 30 hours. Going any faster than that required extra effort, not to mention the casualties each guild would get when challenging a tier-5 Portal Gate. If that happened, it would weakened them. So, it was a difficult thing to do.
That was why only those six guilds could get called the supreme among the top, places where the world’s famous and mighty hunters flocked around.