Part 0: Prologue

[Daily Quest is now available.]

An articulate voice of a young female.

This was definitely not a game. Of course, it wasn’t a dream, either.

But, her voice definitely resounded within my head. Hell, I could even see the quest window floating in mid-air, too.

‘Could it be… Even today?”

While fervently praying in my head, I cautiously opened the information window.

Ttiring….

[Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong]

Press-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Sit-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Squat, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)

Running, 10 km: Incomplete (0/10)

※Warning: Incompletion of Daily Quests will result in appropriate levels of punishment.

As soon as I got to confirm the contents of the Daily Quest, I began cussing out reflexively.

“Awww… Just how many days has it been already?!”

***

Part 1: Rank E Hunter

Rank E Hunter, Seong Jin-Woo.

No matter where he went, this title always followed him around.

Jin-Woo’s overall strength was almost the same as a regular human being. With the exception of being a bit stronger and his wounds healing slightly faster, Jin-Woo was about the same as regular people in every other aspect.

It was par for the course then, that he’d always end up getting injured. He nearly died several times, too.

Of course, it wasn’t as if Seong Jin-Woo liked being a Hunter.

The work was dangerous, others made fun of him, and to confound the matters even further, the pay was pretty pathetic, as well.

If it weren’t for the medical aid paid out by the Hunter Association to the Hunters in their “payroll”, he’d have turned in his hunter licence and quit by now, and live his life like a regular person.

Unfortunately, someone like Seong Jin-Woo, in his mid-twenties and lacking in any tangible job skills, there was no other way but to remain as a Hunter if he wanted to pay for his mother’s hospital fee of millions of won every month.

Should one say that he had no choice in the matter?

That was why, even though he didn’t want to, he simply had to participate in the raid supervised by the Association.

***

Hunters operating within the same area tended to know each other pretty well. In the event of a Gate opening up, all the Hunters in that district would be asked to come, that’s why.

The Hunters who had arrived early sipped on the cups of coffee handed out by the Association’s employee and shared cordial greetings with each other.

“Oh, hey. Mister Kim, Over here. Here.”

“Oh? Mister Park, what are you doing here? I thought you were giving up on being a Hunter?”

“Well, that… My wife is pregnant with our second child.”

“Hahahaha, is that so. Yeah, for a Hunter to earn big in one go, participating in a raid is the best, isn’t it.”

Mister Kim jovially burst out in laughter. Mister Park followed suit with a sheepish chuckle, before asking Kim.

“By the way, why do I feel like that the Association is calling on us less and less nowadays? Did the number of Gates decrease or something?”

“Eii, of course not. That’s only because the Guilds are getting all worked up over clearing the Gates; it’s got nothing to do with the Association. I hear that various Guilds are jumping in with both feet since there is big profit involved in this whole thing.”

“Well, in that case, since this raid is being supervised by the Association, it should be safe, no?”

Mister Park took a glance around as if he was getting nervous.

If a Guild was not involved today, that meant there wasn’t enough profit to be had, and if there wasn’t enough profit to be had, then that could only mean that this particular Gate’s difficulty would be low.

Of course, nothing in this world was 100% absolute.

It wasn’t just Mister Park; other Hunters were nervously glancing around as well.

“Hmm. I wonder….”

Mister Kim finished the rest of his coffee while avoiding answering his friend, before spotting a certain someone and raised his hand in happiness.

“Uh! He’s here. Hey, Mister Seong!! Mister Seong!”

Other Hunters also displayed joy at discovering that young man.

“Ah, hello.”

It was none other than Seong Jin-Woo.

Jin-Woo performed a simple nod of the head at the joyous Mister Kim and walked by.

After making sure Jin-Woo was well out of earshot, Mister Kim began sniggering while confidently speaking up.

“So, Jin-Woo showed up. Then it’s going to okay today, too.”

Mister Park’s eyes widened up and he hurriedly asked Kim.

“What was that? Is that Hunter Seong Jin-Woo really strong?”

“Ahh. Right, of course, you wouldn’t know who he is. He’s a Hunter who started working shortly after you left, you see. However, every Hunter here knows who that kid is by now.”

“He’s really that strong? Wait, why is he working for the Association, then? Why not for a Guild or as a freelancer?”

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