Chapter 6
After breaking through the floor with 2 minutes of Regression Mode, he hunted goblins on the 6th floor and kobolds on the 7th floor during the remaining 2 hours of cooldown.
A total of three Regression Modes, along with six and a half hours of hunting to improve his Stats.
As a result, he was able to clear the 10th floor late in the evening.
“Status Window.”
== Status Window ==
[Name]: Bang Hyuk-min
[Level]: 24
[Class]: Immortal Warrior
[Stats]
Strength – 50
Agility – 61
Intelligence – 33
Stamina – 34
Mana – 21
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His Level, which was only 4 when he came out in the morning, had risen by 20 in a single day, showing an amazing growth to 24.
He couldn’t help but be satisfied with the result.
“There’s nothing like hunting to Level up.”
Frankly, such rapid growth would have been impossible without Regression Mode.
The memories from his past life were also a great help, and while Regression Mode was important, the Immortal Demon Art and Immortal Demon Sword were just as helpful in speeding up his Stats.
“Well, I wouldn’t have been able to hunt like this without the Hidden Class.”
All the lifesteal attached to the Hidden Class Immortal Warrior as a basic passive effect was today’s MVP.
No matter how much he fought, he didn’t get tired, and even if he took damage, the lifesteal effect filled him up as much as he dealt damage.
It allowed Hyuk-min, who was only Level 11, to fight against hordes of goblins and kobolds without worrying about his health.
He opened his Inventory to welcome the growth of today’s MVP.
[Class D] Immortal Demon Sword
-A sturdy, blunt, and old dagger that cannot be sharpened. Its unbreakable sturdiness has become a poison that takes away its sharpness.
-15% Lifesteal ( T/N: It was supposed to be life drain but I play DOTA so lifesteal it is lol)
-Experience: 138 / 200
Another satisfactory growth along with the Level up.
The experience gained from hunting transformed the Immortal Demon Sword from Class E to Class D.
“This is good enough. Ugh.”
Although it was old, rusty, and blunt, making it not very useful for cutting or stabbing, it was still 100 times better than a box cutter when he used it.
When he hunted with a box cutter, he thought he was going crazy from frustration.
The blade was thin, and above all, it bent easily, so no matter how much force he put into swinging it, it wouldn’t work. The box cutter was so terrible that he would have thrown it away immediately if it weren’t for the Hidden Class.
The Immortal Demon Sword, which had the form of a weapon, albeit in poor condition, from the stationery store.
He couldn’t help but welcome it.
“Satisfied.”
How could he expect to be full on his first try?
He was greatly satisfied just by obtaining the Hidden Class and seeing the potential of a growth-type weapon that could make him stronger, and he put the Immortal Demon Sword back into his Inventory.
As he opened his Inventory, this time the full Inventory became an eyesore.
The sight of the Inventory filled to the brim with Magic Stones to the point of making him dizzy made him shake his head.
“It’s a mess. I need a bag. How many Magic Stones did I not bring because it was full?”
Considering the time when he didn’t have an Inventory, it was an unbelievable feat, but he was still disappointed.
The number of Magic Stones he threw away was about 1/3 of the Inventory.
“I need to empty it quickly and organize it. It’s a mess.”
His regret was only temporary, and Hyuk-min turned away from the Tower and headed to the Rogue Guild, knowing it was an unavoidable choice.
= = =
“Wo, wow….”
Was it because he had clearly divided the top and bottom from their first meeting?
The Rogue Guild employee who was looking at the Magic Stones that were pouring out stared at Hyuk-min with a surprised expression.
But the position of her gaze was a little different.
“I told you not to pay attention.”
There was no harm in being careful in the Rogue Guild, where rumors spread even with the slightest peculiarity.
When he warned the employee who was carefully looking at the location of the Inventory, she quickly lowered her head.
“I’m sorry.”
“How much is it in total?”
“Just a moment.”
He thought that they wouldn’t be able to rip him off for a while, at least, since he had been scammed before.
And that prediction was accurate.
The employee brought an electronic calculator and the current price list for thorough and transparent calculation, and began to calculate each one meticulously.
The result of the hunt that lasted for 6 hours was amazing.
The employee took 30 minutes just to calculate the Magic Stones, as the amount was obviously enormous.
Soon after, the employee, who had gone inside the guild, came back with a bag that looked like it contained money and placed it on the table.
“There are a lot of Magic Stones, but unfortunately, the Class of these Magic Stones is low, so this is the price that has been set. Here you go.”
When the bag was opened with a click, there was a considerable amount of money inside.
He took out two 50,000 won bills with a yellow tint and handed them to the employee.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Ah! Thank you!”
The employee repeatedly bowed her head and expressed her gratitude.
However, Hyuk-min’s hand continued to take out money.
He took out exactly half of the 10,000 won and 50,000 won bills in the bag and placed them on the table, causing the employee to look puzzled.
“Why is this…”
“Let’s buy some information.”
“The information that our Rogue Guild sells is about Tower strategies or the location of desired Dungeons, but what are you trying to buy?”
He closed the bag with a click, put it in his Inventory, and said in a small voice so that no one else could hear.
“Find me a Class B Dungeon near Goseong, Gangwon-do. One where an NPC is selling something right in front of it.”
“Ah, we can definitely check that. There are very few Dungeons with NPCs, so you should be able to get an answer in a day or two. But more than that….”
The employee who was receiving the information request looked at the money on the table and gave an awkward smile.
“The amount is too much to buy Dungeon information…”
“One more.”
The information he was trying to buy this time was a little different.
Hyuk-min gave a meaningful smile and gave his next request.
“Recently, a company called Jisu Construction is building a building in a Shrine. Please find out who the client is.”
“Um… that’s not the kind of information we handle. If you want that kind of information, you should go to the Information Guild….”
“I know. I know very well. Just ask someone above you. If you compare the amount and the value of the information, well, the Rogue Guild will gratefully accept it. It’s not like I’m asking for difficult information, and the Information Guild that the Rogue Guild itself operates is enough.”
“I, is that so? I understand. I’ll ask.”
He took out a paper and pen from the table, wrote down his phone number, and handed it to the employee.
“Then, thank you for your hard work.”
As he left the Rogue Guild, Hyuk-min chuckled as he watched the employee making a phone call to someone.
“Hey, I know more about the Rogue Guild than you do. Tsk, tsk.”
He clicked his tongue, took a taxi, and headed home.
Hyuk-min looked out the window as it passed by and quietly muttered to himself.
“What the hell did you do to my family in this era, Park Chung-ho?”
= = =
He had dinner late in the evening because he had Leveled up and visited the Rogue Guild.
His mother was very happy that Hyuk-min had gone out and done something, and she hummed throughout the entire time she was preparing dinner.
Not stopping there, she sat across from Hyuk-min as he ate dinner, asking him what he had done today and showing him all the attention she could give, she was so happy.
Thanks to that, it was so overwhelming that he didn’t know how to eat, but even this situation was a joy to Hyuk-min.
It was then, as he was talking with his mother, that she suddenly grabbed Hyuk-min’s arm and tilted her head.
“But was your arm always this thick?”
“….?!”
He was so startled that he almost dropped the spoon he was eating with.
‘Ah!’
He had forgotten something obvious.
When Stats increase, the body naturally transforms to maintain that strength.
Therefore, his mother would have seen a completely different person from this morning when he was Level 4 to now when he was Level 24.
Since the Stats were more than 10 times different, it would have been stranger if he hadn’t changed.
But it wasn’t just his arms or build that had changed.
“Not only your arms, but was your jawline always this sharp?”
“E, eh, no way. Maybe it’s because I’ve been in my room too much?”
“That’s strange.”
It seems that parents’ instincts are truly scary.
Her suspicious gaze caught another unexpected part.
“You didn’t do honorifics before. Why are you suddenly doing that?”
“Th-that’s….. Ah! I decided to become a new person as I came out of that room. That’s why. And you didn’t know about my body because I was only in my room. I worked out so hard before I came out of that room.”
Was it because his Intelligence had increased?
The fact that he had lived as a shut-in suddenly came to mind, and he decided to tie everything to that.
And the answer was effective.
“Is that so? Oh, my son, you’ve worked hard.”
His mother believed him completely.
Perhaps because of the change in emotions that night brings, tears began to well up in his mother’s eyes, who had been smiling brightly.
“Now that my son is going out and doing things, and eating in the living room, I feel like I have no regrets even if I die now. Is it okay for me to be this happy?”
“Mom….”
“It’s true. I’m so happy.”
His heart was about to break again.
It was just living like a person.
She would only think that he was living normally like his peers.
Just that alone made her feel so happy, and Hyuk-min resented his dark past when he had lived as a shut-in and cut himself off from the world.
“Don’t worry. I’m never going back in there again. I’ll come out and have dinner every day from now on. Don’t be too happy yet. You’ll be even happier as time goes on.”
He deliberately spoke in a happier and brighter tone.
‘Thank goodness. Really thank goodness.’
The resentment he had towards the Hyuk-min of his past life was only for a moment, and now he couldn’t do that.
He had a new opportunity to correct his wrong choices.
Instead of resenting the past, it was now time to make choices without regrets and move forward.
He could now prevent the family he had left behind and abandoned in his past life from suffering the same fate.
Wrong choices, time that had passed, and a new opportunity that had come.
He would only make the right choices from now on.
“Was my mom always this young?”
He wiped away the tears flowing from his mother’s eyes and flashed the happiest smile in the world.
Then, he changed the topic of the gloomy conversation.
He deliberately scooped up a large spoonful of rice and stuffed it into his mouth, laughing loudly as if to show off.
“It’s so delicious. Mom, you’ll cook for me for the rest of my life, right?”
“Of course~ Of course. I wish this wasn’t a dream.”
“Hey, of course it’s not a dream. I wish this was a dream…. I mean, I wish it wasn’t.”
Although he changed the topic of the conversation, the sad topic that kept coming back made Hyuk-min want to hide his choking voice, so he scooped up another large spoonful of rice and stuffed it into his mouth.
“Ha, hahaha. It’s choking me.”
He smiled awkwardly at his mother.
“Looks delicious.”
He scooped up the kimchi stew that his mother had made and put it in his mouth, smiling again for no reason.
If he continued like this, he really felt like he might cry, so he looked around.
Then, he pretended to look for his father, who was obviously not there.
“Mom, hasn’t Dad come home yet?”
“Your dad will be here soon….”
Ding-dong.
When his father’s face appeared on the intercom, his mother neatly wiped away her tears and tapped him on the back.
“I guess you can’t be a gentleman.”
“Hahahahaha.”
His mother opened the door, and his father came in with a bright smile.
He spread his arms wide and shouted towards Hyuk-min, who was eating in the living room.
“My son! You’re eating here!? Oh, you’re looking so good.”
Hyuk-min also smiled brightly and looked at his father.
“Welcome home?”
Then, his expression gradually hardened as he looked at the work clothes his father was wearing.
[Jisu Construction]
It was the name of the construction company he had requested information about from the Rogue Guild.
It was also the reason why Hyuk-min had tried to buy information.
“Oh, gee! Go wash up quickly. Who are you going to hug with that dirty body?”
“Okay. Hahahahaha. I’ll go wash up quickly. Wait a little bit, son~”
“Yes, I’ll wait.”
He immediately fixed his hardened expression and smiled brightly at his father.
“Oh, gee, you only see your son? Can’t you see me?”
“How could that be~ How have you been, my dear?”
“Oh, stop it~ Just go wash up. I made kimchi stew.”
It was a happy family.
Just looking at them made him smile, but because there was something he had to do, his eyes turned to the other side.
His father’s work clothes, which were passed from his mother’s hand to his father’s shoulder, were hung on the hanger in the living room.
The long-awaited sight of a happy family and the words ‘Jisu Construction’ written on the work clothes.
These two words collided in Hyuk-min’s head and created one determination.
‘Just you wait. I’ll destroy you so you can’t touch my family.’
Clench.
‘Just like then.’