Dungeon Hunter - Chapter 109

Chapter 109: Episode 31. Party (1)

The Guild of Heaven’s Will was located in Gangnam, and it was one of the best guilds in the world.

Everyone admitted that it was a top-notched guild.

Kim Yongwoo’s eyes filled with tears. He was very concerned when he first arrived in Saudi Arabia with his attack unit. However, everything had changed.

Randalf had returned.

His return could solve all problems.

“Unit leader…!”

Yoo Eunhye hugged me as soon as we got off the airplane.

She had been quiet for the past few days. However, as soon as we came back to Korea, she changed.

I gently patted her back and looked around.

Everyone was curious about my revival. A lot of media wanted to interview me, but I ignored them all, and the attack unit took a detour to Korea.

The guild members wanted me to tell them what exactly happened to me.

“Guild master, I need to talk to you when we go back.”

I made sure that the reporters could not come here. When we returned home, I wanted to work with Kim Yongwoo and come up with a surprise show.

“I will be waiting for you.”

Kim Yongwoo gently smiled. He did not reveal his emotions in front of the others because of his position as a guild master. However, he did not hide his emotions here.

I also did not mind him showing emotions in front of the others.

When I shrugged my shoulder, Edward Windsor, who was standing behind Yoo Eunhye, spoke.

“This is the last time. I won’t let you make my sister cry again.”

“You have gotten close to each other.”

“She is my savior. I can even die for her.”

Although Yoo Eunhye took care of his injury, I was the one who actually saved him from the monsters.

I could not help but snicker.

“Don’t you like me?”

“It is better than not having you around. At least Yoo Eunhye started smiling because of you.”

Edward looked at Yoo Eunhye and stared longingly.

Yoo Eunhye was everything to him now; she was his beginning and his end.

“He will never get away from me now,” I thought.

The closer Edward was to Yoo Eunhye, the more loyal he would be to me. He would get more obsessed with her over time. Edward was one of the Ten Great Warriors in the future. Since joining my team, I had not had an opportunity to look closely at his progress or growth. Now that I looked at him, he had grown quite well. Edward was showing good progress, and at this rate, he would even be able to combat high monsters in about three years.

“Now everyone, get ready. The world will go crazy because of this conquest. It is the first time in history that a dungeon was destroyed.”

Kim Yongwoo told everyone in a playful manner.

Lee Jihye sighed silently.

“I don’t think we will have time to relax next month.”

“The only time to take a day off is today. I told reporters not to come here on purpose. Please go and get some good rest.”

The guild members stretched their arms and cheered happily.

“Ahh! I’m home! It’s my bed!”

“I want to have my mom’s soup.”

A bus arrived and started moving people out.

Despite their departure, Yoo Eunhye stuck to me like gum. She continued to stick to me in the bus. Edward was getting jealous of me, but I did not stop her.

However, when the bus arrived at Gangnam, I had to pry her away forcefully.

“…Ah, why can’t I hug you?”

Yoo Eunhye wiped her tears and complained.

“I will see you tomorrow.”

“Are you sure you are not going to disappear tomorrow?”

She sounded bitter. After all, I had disappeared without a trace many times in the past.

The bus stopped, and Kim Yongwoo was waiting for me. The others looked at me and Yoo Eunhye, but she did not care.

“I won’t disappear for a while.”

“Are you sure?”

“Trust me.”

“Hmm, I cannot trust you. Do the pinky swear.”

“I will see you tomorrow.”

I ignored her finger and walked out. Kim Yongwoo looked at me and smiled bitterly. Yoo Eunhye, who was behind me, yelled out loud.

“If you are not here tomorrow, I’m not going to forgive you! Don’t you dare disappear without telling me! I will kick your ass!”

The next day, people swarmed the guild house.

There were many reporters and citizens, who came to congratulate the guild for the safe return of the awakened heroes. There were also many awakened heroes, who were curious about my “revival.”

However, I did not greet any of them. My personal information was top secret. When I had to go outside or interact with other people, I always wore my skeleton mask. Furthermore, Kim Yongwoo was quite serious about information security.

Unfortunately, I could not continue ignoring the people.

Some would not believe that I had returned. In addition, the more I ignored them, the more curious they would become.

In the end, I had an interview with a reporter, who was known for high-profile exposures.

The tape which contained my interview was released to various broadcasting stations and became a hot issue in Korea.

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Hello, please introduce yourself.

</ul>

“I am Randalf, the unit leader of the Devil Hunter attack unit, which is a part of the Guild of Heaven’s Will.”

<ul>

Nice to meet you, Randalf. Without further ado, let us go straight to the point. A few months ago, angels appeared and monsters from all over the world gathered in Korea. Back then, you fought the monsters and were heavily injured. Rumors said that you were taken into a dungeon. Is this true?

</ul>

“Yes, I was taken into a dungeon with the angels.”

<ul>

That is very strange. Could you please tell me what happened after you were taken inside?

</ul>

“I met the owner of the dungeon.”

<ul>

What…?

</ul>

“I met the owner of the dungeon.”

<ul>

When you say the owner of the dungeon, do you mean the lady with long ears, who appeared when the monster wave took place?

</ul>

“You are correct. The dungeon owner was very curious about me, so she cured my injury.”

<ul>

She cured your injury herself?

</ul>

“That is correct. She wanted a powerful being to join her at the top floor of her dungeon and entertain her. The owner thought that I was the right person. If she hadn’t thought so, she would not have cured my injury and would have let me die.”

<ul>

I remember what happened. It was a hot issue in the entire country. And you saved the day again back then. What about the angel that you went into the dungeon with?

</ul>

“The owner of the dungeon is not kind. She turned the angel into a fallen angel. The sight of an angel transforming was so cruel. I shivered at the sight.”

<ul>

A fallen angel… it sounds very ominous. Were there anything else?

</ul>

“I managed to explore the dungeon.”

<ul>

W-was that even possible? Did the owner of the dungeon allow it?

</ul>

“Yes, she allowed it. However, I could only go up to the fifteenth floor. The higher I went, the stronger the monsters were. The terrains also changed as I advanced to higher floors. I could not bring back the treasures that I discovered in the dungeon. And the higher floors, of course, had more valuable treasures. I was told that the top floor was the thirty-first floor. The owner of the dungeon was also very interested in the affairs in our society.”

<ul>

Wait a minute. From what you said, it sounds like the owner of the dungeon can fully control the monsters inside?

</ul>

“She told me that she cannot control all the monsters. And she believed that letting her monsters be would help them grow. Perhaps… there may be another monster wave.”

<ul>

It gets more depressing. What does she want from us?

</ul>

“She wants a powerful being, who can conquer other dungeons. The owner of the dungeon wants the awakened heroes to reach that level. I don’t know anymore. She was also very strict. She told me that this was my last chance. I will never enjoy another privilege of touring her dungeon.”

<ul>

I don’t know how much the awakened heroes can grow. They are already superhumans to normal civilians like me.

</ul>

“Go into the dungeon. She told me that that was the only way to get more powerful quickly. And… she told me that she could make very powerful armors and weapons using the Dungeon Core. I would like to see if that is true.”

<ul>

Ah, I heard that the dungeon in Saudi Arabia had collapsed. And I also heard that you and the Guild of Heaven’s Will did some great work in the dungeon. However, I have never heard about the term Dungeon Core.

</ul>

“I think that the Dungeon Core stores mana, which maintains a dungeon. In Saudi Arabia, I killed the owner of the dungeon and found a Dungeon Core, which was already half broken. However, I did not have much time to play with it, so I don’t know much about it.”

<ul>

Wait! Did you really kill the owner of the dungeon in Saudi Arabia?

</ul>

“You are correct. I did kill him, but not by myself. Without the support of many others, I couldn’t have killed him. Almost one thousand awakened heroes died because of him.”

<ul>

Yes, that is very tragic. In particular, I heard that no one in the Dark Society, which is a guild from China, returned home alive. That was very tragic.

</ul>

“That is indeed too bad. Everyone who gathered in the dungeon had different purposes.”

<ul>

I want to express my sincere condolences for the fallen heroes. By the way, if you could conquer a dungeon in Saudi Arabia, perhaps you can do the same in Korea…?

</ul>

“That is impossible. The owner of the dungeon in Korea is in a different league compared to that in Saudi Arabia. Different dungeons have different characteristics, and so do the owners of different dungeons.”

<ul>

It is still an achievement that will forever be remembered as a milestone. Now there is one less dungeon from the original seventy-two, and mankind has gained hope from this conquest.

</ul>

“If all awakened heroes around the world grow quickly, then it would not be impossible to get rid of the remaining dungeons and bring peace to the world. The owners and the monsters of the dungeons are great threats and hardships to us, but such hardships help us grow.”

<ul>

Thank you for your encouragement. And I thank you once again for your time today.

</ul>

That was the whole interview.

The interview lasted only a little over five minutes, but it had a big impact on the world, because it contained so much information.

Of course, the interview itself was very symbolic because it proved the “revival” of the unit leader of the Devil Hunter. However, other pieces of information revealed during the interview about the different floors of a dungeon, fallen angels, upcoming monster waves, and the existence of Dungeon Core, were as important as, if not more than, the revival of the unit leader.

All the information were very surprising to people.

This interview quickly spread all over the world. And everyone around the world started to shift their focus to Korea.

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I looked at the Dungeon Core, which was half-broken.

The White Tiger broke it, and the core had lost its light. However, it still contained densely concentrated mana.

The fairy, who was supposed to be next to the core, seemed to have returned to nature.

I let the guild “Blacksmiths,” which had the best blacksmiths, repair the half-broken Dungeon Core. The blacksmiths in this guild were not as good as the Dwarves, but they were the best among humans.

The best weapons and armors, which the Dungeon Core of a duke’s dungeon can provide, are of exceptional unique grade at most. After all, this dungeon is not an archduke’s dungeon. Since the armors and weapons can get better by only so much, I would rather use this opportunity politically.

I had done the math and decided to make such a move in the end.

Using this opportunity politically would empower the Guild of Heaven’s Will and, in particular, Kim Yongwoo.

So far, no human had weapons of exceptional unique grade (Ex U). Many would be interested in getting one, and many would be willing to pay an astronomical amount of money for it. Using such weapons, I wanted to shift everyone’s attention away from the dungeon.

“Ugh, let’s stop this and get outside. I can’t breathe.”

Yoo Eunhye’s shoulders drooped.

Many reporters were gathering outside, requesting interviews, and she got fed up with them.

Yoo Eunhye could not take any more, so she decided to hole herself in the guild house.

For me, going out would not help me with anything. Therefore, I had been checking on the growth of the attack units and updating myself about human society.

“Get away from me. It’s hot inside.”

“Ah, I know you like it. A lot of men tried to ask me out. Let’s be honest here.”

Yoo Eunhye was sitting very close to me.

She became more outgoing after I returned alive.

Yoo Eunhye would be called the Queen of Thunder in the future. Furthermore, there was Edward Windsor. So I bore with it and let her be.

“Are you going to the party today? Do you have suits?”

There was going to be a party in the evening, where members of the large guilds were invited.

It seemed that there had been similar ones in the past, but this one was the first party that I was going to attend.

Rumors spread quickly. People heard that I was going to this party, so almost all the guild masters and important people would be attending the party, which was scheduled for the evening.

Yoo Eunhye continued to chatting excitedly.

“I have been saving, and I can buy you a suit. How about that?”

“I don’t need it.”

“Ah, don’t be so cheap! We can use a teleportation scroll to get away from the reporters. I saved one for occasions like this; it can teleport us to anywhere within two hundred meters!”

She was telling me this serious matter so calmly.

Had Kim Yongwoo heard her, he would have gotten mad.

“Suits,” I thought.

I had been inside the dungeon for a while, and I did not have the time or chance to get one.

I nodded slightly and got up.

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At that very moment, my monsters, which were sent out for conquests, had returned.

It was the White Tiger’s first time to leave the dungeon, and it looked very tired.

However, it returned with a treasure.

It was a strange organism. The tiger had never seen anything like that, but it had a lot of mana.

It thought that the master would like it!

After the humiliating combat with the master, the White Tiger had completely surrendered.

“Huh? How did the piece of flesh get so small?”

Lyhee frowned when she looked at what the White Tiger brought back.

It was the Infinite Flesh, but its size had reduced to about that of a human fist.

The Infinite Flesh was moving and scrambling, and it looked like slime.

The White Tiger started playing around with it. When Lyhee saw that, she cried out loud.

“Don’t! Whity, don’t play with that.”

The White Tiger put the piece of flesh back on the floor.

Lyhee started to think.

She did not know what to do with the piece of flesh.

It had significantly shrunk, and it did not look as dangerous as it had been.

The tiger was biting it, but the piece of flesh could not retaliate against the bite; it must have gotten weaker, too.

After her transformation to the Spirit of Origin, Lyhee became more thoughtful than before.

However, she was still very playful.

“Before Lyhee thinks more about it, Lyhee will play around with it first. Hehe!”

Lyhee started poking the piece of flesh with her finger and smiled mischievously.