Episode 70.
Soeun walks in briskly with a lively voice.
Soeun was still full of energy.
“What’s the matter? You’ve been quiet lately.”
“I stopped by because I was passing by and it occurred to me. Are you secretly upset that I’m not around much! As expected, I’m the only pretty girl who comes to this sweaty workshop…”
“Even though I haven’t seen you for a few days, the plague is still there.”
“What the hell is a disease to a pretty girl like me? A disease.”
“That’s what a plague is. A pretty girl who is worth talking about is a plague.”
“Then you’re a virgin?”
Seo Pal-gwang shook his head as if to tell him not to talk.
Soeun approached the workshop with a bashful smile.
Then he noticed Siwoo and stopped.
“Huh? Mr. Siu?”
He made a surprised puppy face.
A smile that just comes out for no reason.
Soeun asked with a happy face.
“How long has it been since you came to the workshop? What have you been up to?”
“There were various things that happened.”
“What’s going on?”
“that is….”
I raided an S-rank dungeon.
I almost died because of that.
After being hospitalized for over a week.
Fenrir… no, I ended up raising a black stone.
And fighting Pandemonium… .
“A lot of… things?”
Siwoo gave up explaining.
Why bother explaining it in such a complicated way?
“…is that so.”
Soeun showed a slightly disappointed expression.
It seemed like Siwoo was drawing a line.
I didn’t mean to do that.
“If you ever need my help with anything, please let me know!”
But Soeun quickly smiled brightly and said.
Soeun was always bright and full of positive energy.
Siwoo said with a sly laugh.
“Well, while we’re on the subject, can I ask you a favor?”
“What is that?!”
Then So-eun suddenly pushed her face in.
A close distance where you can even feel each breath.
As expected, So-eun’s breath brushed the tip of Si-woo’s nose.
Eyes meeting.
“Huh!”
So-eun was startled and took a step back.
His face turned bright red and he started to act like he didn’t know what to do.
A very embarrassed look.
The bright and positive energy that had been there just a moment ago was nowhere to be found.
Did you know So-eun could make that kind of expression?
But I think it happened once before.
Siwoo shrugged and said.
“Could you please get me some building materials?
“Those, construction… materials?”
So-eun came to her senses and said at Si-woo’s words.
He stuttered a little but quickly recovered.
“That’s not difficult, but why construction materials all of a sudden?”
“Oh, I’m going to build a house.”
“……to?”
Soeun’s expression became blank for a moment.
Suddenly home?
There was a certain amount of randomness.
“Suddenly the house… No, wait a minute. Are you sure Siwoo is going to build it yourself?”
“yes.”
Soeun wondered how she should take this.
Of course, he knew better than anyone that Siwoo was skilled at making equipment.
But it wasn’t architecture.
Equipment manufacturing and construction were very different.
“Here, I’ve written down the materials you need.”
So-eun accepted the paper that Si-woo handed her.
And I checked what was written in it.
“A turtle dragon’s shell, an ore golem’s core, a death knight’s armor… These are just byproducts of monsters?”
And they weren’t ordinary monsters either.
It was written only with things that represented firmness.
It was by no means a low-ranking monster.
Starting from a minimum B- grade up to an A+ grade.
It was written only as things that could be obtained from higher-grade monsters.
“This isn’t building material.”
In short, it was not something that could be called building material.
No, wait.
No way this is it.
“Are you planning to build a house with monster byproducts?”
So-eun asked in a voice that seemed to be saying, “Isn’t it possible?”
And of course.
“Is it hard to get?”
Siwoo just answered with an expression as if to ask what the problem was.
* * *
Siwoo’s words about building a house with monster byproducts.
“I plan to equip the house itself.”
So, what Siwoo meant by saying he would make the house like a machine.
I have no idea if that’s a lie or a fart.
So-eun felt as if her spirits were ascending.
And, as expected,
“Did you know how to build something?”
Seo Pal-gwang, who had been listening to the story, also opened his eyes in surprise.
“I’ve never built one, but I think I could.”
What does that mean?
No, is that a horse or a fart?
Soeun still couldn’t understand.
In such an ascended state.
“Is it hard to get?”
Siwoo asked again.
“It’s not about saving and giving….”
Oh no.
When and what did Siwoo ever understand with common sense?
You could tell just by looking at the equipment being made.
Common sense should not be imposed on Siwoo.
So-eun came to her senses by slapping her cheeks.
And I looked closely at what was written on the paper.
“I think I might be able to get it….”
“So how much does it cost?”
“Money isn’t the problem. No, money is a problem too.”
Soeun said with a small sigh.
“It’ll be hard to meet the quantity that Mr. Siu wants. Here, the turtle dragon shell is the most valuable and widely used material for armor among equipment. The ore golem fragments react well with magic and are often used to make wizard staffs. And also… .”
Soeun continued her explanation, pointing to each item written on the paper with her hand.
And the content was that all the items were very useful.
“That means….”
“There is no supply. To be exact, the hunters don’t sell them. They use them as materials to make their own equipment as soon as they hunt.”
“ah….”
“It’s not that there is no supply at all. On the contrary, the competition is fierce. If you pay a premium, you can do it. But…”
“Are you saying that I literally have to pay extra for it?”
“Yes. I think we’ll have to ask for about three times the market price.”
3 times, yes.
I had to think about it a lot.
“Even that is difficult to meet the quantity that Mr. Siwoo wants.”
I thought the complicated administrative procedures would be resolved.
I ran into another problem.
Of course, it was something that could have been solved if I had just given in.
So, all we had to do was lower the level of the materials.
But it was a bit difficult to build a house with mediocre materials.
Isn’t this the house that Siwoo lives in?
It was also a house that was responsible for Seo-ah’s safety.
It was impossible to build such a house half-heartedly.
Unless there was a special reason, it was a house I would live in for the rest of my life.
“Hmm….”
A moment of thought.
Siwoo said to Soeun.
“How much does it cost?”
“If I could get it at market price… I think it would be around 1 billion.
10 billion.
The cost of pure construction materials alone was 1 billion.
They were also byproducts of high-ranking monsters, and there were more than one or two of them.
From the beginning, it was impossible to sum it up with just one or two.
It’s impossible to build a house with just one or two materials.
It can contain at least several hundred and up to several thousand.
“But it’s only based on the market price. To meet the quantity you mentioned, as I said, you have to give a premium. So… you should think about around 3 billion.”
3 times the market price.
It could be said to be a huge amount of money.
But it wasn’t that big of a problem.
Because there was an income.
In particular, thanks to signing up for Han Chae-rin’s pension, 10 billion won was coming in every month.
but.
“Even this won’t be easy to obtain.”
If there was no quantity, even if there was money, it was meaningless.
“Can you please help me save as much as you can?”
“I will try my best.”
Soeun nodded.
But his expression didn’t seem very confident.
So Siwoo fell into thought again.
The crux of the problem was simple.
That there is no quantity.
And the reason was that the hunters did not sell.
That means.
‘Should I do the farming myself?’
It didn’t mean that there was no quantity at all.
It was just that there was no quantity because they weren’t selling.
So, it was possible if Siwoo farmed it himself.
However, this also had one problem.
‘They say my hunter rank is D-class…’
Siwoo’s hunter rank is too low.
The monsters that Siwoo had to hunt were at least B-rank.
Of course, hunting permission is not granted to D-class hunters.
So there is only one solution to this.
‘I need to level up as a hunter.’
I had been indifferent for a while, but I felt like it was time to upload it.
There were two main ways to increase your Hunter rank.
First, build up your achievements and get your skills recognized.
The second is to have your Hunter rank raised through re-evaluation.
Originally, the first method was the only way to raise your Hunter rank.
However, a rare phenomenon called reawakening has occurred, and a second method has been added.
Reawakening literally means to awaken once again.
Reawakening is divided into two cases.
Or awaken a new individuality.
Or the existing individuality is strengthened.
Nothing has been revealed about him.
At the time of the first awakening, was there an error in the measurement?
Or is it really a reawakening?
Nothing has been clearly revealed yet.
In any case, such a phenomenon of reawakening occurred occasionally.
This allowed me to have my Hunter rank readjusted through a re-evaluation.
And the individuality that Siwoo currently possesses.
Why is there a need to build up achievements?
That was just a waste of time.
So, did he tell you to pull out the Minotaur’s horn and tear it apart in one go?
“I’ll be back shortly.”
Siwoo headed towards the Hunter Management Bureau.
* * *
Hunter Bureau, Seoul Branch.
Siwoo sat at the very end of the seats in the retrial waiting room.
‘I didn’t know there was anyone else who wanted to be retried besides me.’
The number is a whopping 5.
Have they all reawakened?
I wanted to, but of course that couldn’t happen.
Because reawakening was a rare, almost non-existent phenomenon.
Still, the reason there were five people in this waiting room was simple.
“Me, me, an F-rank? That can’t be possible.”
Denial of reality.
The psychology of those requesting a retrial is 100 out of 100.
It was like them.
Everyone was anxiously waiting for their turn.
As I was looking at them, suddenly…
‘I was like that too.’
Old memories came to mind.
Siwoo was awakened by the magical resonance of the dungeon explosion.
After the grief over losing my mother had subsided somewhat.
At the time of the awakening measurement, Siwoo was a little bit expectant.
I wonder if I have also awakened an S-class or A-class personality.
But the result is nothing.
He was nothing more than an ordinary person who didn’t even reach an F grade.
But what about now?
Siwoo sat leisurely in the waiting room and waited for his turn.
One, two like that.
“Nonsense!
“T, this can’t be happening!”
I watched people being dragged out, denying reality.
“Next person in line, please come in.”
And soon it was Siwoo’s turn.
Siwoo slowly moved to the retrial location.
The re-examination was conducted to confirm the individuality of the Awakened.
A device that scans the entire body.
When you’re in there, you know, subatomic magic, mechanical molecules, whatever.
Such complex concepts determine personality.
A device invented after the 5th industrial revolution.
-Please stand in the shape of footprints in front.
The words of an employee can be heard over the speaker.
Siwoo appeared to be standing in the shape of footprints drawn on the floor.
-Start measuring. Don’t move.
The employee’s words are heard again over the speaker.
And then, jiiiiing─.
At the same time as the mechanical sound, a silent force pierced through Siwoo’s entire body.
Siwoo closed his eyes calmly.
And soon.
I imagined the management office being turned upside down.
The world’s first SS-rank Awakener.
No, the birth of an Awakener who is beyond SS rank, but SSS rank.
And that’s not all.
There were as many as six or more multiple awakened beings.
The world would probably be in chaos, if not turned upside down.
In fact, there was no sense of hesitation because of that.
As attention and interest increase, the threat also increases.
But this time, in the fight against Pandemonium, Siwoo was able to gain confidence.
You can protect yourself.
There is a strength that will not be swayed or influenced by anything.
So there was no reason not to come forward into the world any longer.
Beep-beep.
A mechanical sound was heard indicating that the test was finished.
just as expected.
-What, what is this…?
A shocked employee’s voice could be heard over the speaker.
Siwoo slowly opened his eyes.
And then I checked the test results that appeared before my eyes.
[Awakening Personality] – Nothing
[Judgment Grade] – Below F grade.
“…what?”
A dumb spirit.
“Oh, this can’t be happening?”
Siwoo, like the previous candidates, denied reality.
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