Chapter 15

Chapter 15

[10,290,500 won]

It had actually surpassed ten million won!

Excluding the juvenile Basilisk, which had been a boss-class monster, this was the first time his income from pure hunting alone exceeded ten million.

‘The deeper parts of the Demonic Realm really are a gold mine. The scale of the numbers is completely different.’

Adding the streaming income brought it to a whopping twelve million won.

To earn this much money in a single day.

Moving to a slightly more dangerous hunting ground had definitely been the right choice.

After receiving the settlement in cash, Haejin leisurely returned to his truck while humming.

‘Normally I’d celebrate with a little beef party or something.’

But instead of enjoying himself today, he went straight home.

Because he needed to sleep early.

‘I have a lot to do tomorrow.’

The more money he made, the more work piled up.

Yet it didn’t feel difficult at all.

He was now a man earning ten million won a day. What was a little labor compared to that?!

* * *

The next day, Haejin woke early and prepared to leave.

Instead of the truck, he climbed into his car and immediately started the engine.

Today’s destination was Incheon.

Following the navigation system, Haejin arrived before an enormous used-car complex.

‘They said this was the biggest in Korea, but wow... This really is on another level. How many cars are even here?!’

Incheon had a massive used-car complex so huge he couldn’t see where it ended.

An incredible sight where enormous parking lots and towers were packed entirely with used vehicles.

The moment he called to say he had arrived, a dealer in a suit hurried out to meet him.

Naturally, he had come to buy cars today.

And what Haejin planned to purchase was.

“I’m looking at camper vans.”

“Yes, sir. As you requested yesterday, I prepared a list of camper vans available for immediate purchase. Here, I have ten prepared for now...”

“Hmm, looks good. I’ll take all of them.”

Camper vans.

And not just one or two—he intended to boldly buy ten of them at once.

“Y-yes? I’m sorry, did I hear you correctly?”

“You heard me right. I’m buying all of them.”

“Ah, yes! I-I’ll prepare everything immediately!!”

Finding this many at once had required some legwork.

He had never imagined there would come a day in his life when he bought ten cars at once.

‘I feel like one of those Saudi billionaires from MiTube Shorts. Heh.’

Wasn’t this what real FLEX looked like?

Perhaps because he was spending so much money, everything proceeded smoothly.

Once he boldly finished signing the paperwork, the dealer brought over a whole bundle of keys.

“That completes the transaction. Thank you so much, my beloved customer!!”

“Come on, beloved is a little much.”

“By the way, if you don’t mind, may I ask one thing?”

“What?”

“You bought ten vehicles, so I was wondering how you intend to transport them.”

“Ah, that.”

“If you’d like, our company operates a private tow service. I can give you a good price, so perhaps you could consider...”

“No, I’m good. Yep. Thanks for your help!”

Sensing a rip-off instinctively, he immediately escaped.

A private tow service? Not a chance.

Haejin was far too hardened a miser to fall for such an obvious overcharge.

Of course, he couldn’t personally move ten camper vans one by one either.

“Did you call for a chauffeur?”

“Yes, yes. You can leave right away!”

So he solved it by calling a whole bunch of designated drivers.

There wasn’t anything seriously wrong with the vehicles themselves.

A tow truck would certainly be more convenient.

‘But that’s expensive, isn’t it? Chauffeurs are cheaper even if it’s more annoying. Gotta save money. Absolutely.’

His extreme miser mindset exploded.

No matter how much money he made, wasting it still hurt.

* * *

There were a few complications, but Haejin eventually succeeded in moving all ten used camper vans.

Their destination was a pension-style country house near the used-car complex.

There was a pension district on nearby Ganghwa Island, so he rented one country house for two days and one night.

-Ding!

[New real estate has been registered!]

Even though it was only for one day, he had legally rented the house, so it registered as real estate without issue.

There was a reason he had specifically rented this country house instead of an ordinary pension.

‘The gate really is huge. This will be plenty.’

To put it simply, he needed to move all ten camper vans into the Demonic Realm.

But driving them individually all the way from Incheon would be absurd.

Whether chauffeur or tow truck, nobody would enter the Demonic Realm even if he offered double or triple the normal rate because it was too dangerous.

So what could he do?

He had no choice but to transport them himself.

Haejin threw open the rented house’s main gate, then used ‘Go Home.’

‘Connect to... The Forest Pension.’

Fwoosh-!

The space within the gate distorted slightly, and soon the inside of the pension appeared beyond it.

The two locations had been directly connected through the power of the Skill.

Then everything became incredibly simple.

With the gate of the Incheon house connected to the gate of The Forest Pension in Gangwon Province, all he had to do was drive each camper van through.

Moving all ten vehicles took less than ten minutes.

“Kuuu! Nice and clean!”

This was exactly why people needed to use their heads.

He felt incredibly proud of himself for handling things so intelligently.

Vroom-!

Climbing into the camper vans one by one, Haejin immediately headed for the Demonic Realm.

Sitting in the driver’s seat, he unfolded the map he had prepared.

The map showed the locations of every base he had established so far, centered around his headquarters at The Forest Pension.

And in addition, ten red dots were marked throughout the Demonic Realm.

“Let’s hit them one by one.”

Exactly.

Haejin’s plan was none other than ‘claim staking.’

Now that he knew camper vans could be recognized as real estate, he intended to park one at every major point in the Demonic Realm.

The bases hadn’t been chosen randomly either. He had thought carefully and selected meaningful locations.

Places where many monsters appeared, areas where boss monsters had been sighted, and so on.

After driving for the entire day.

“Ughhhhh... I’m fiiiiinally done!”

Just as the sun began setting.

Haejin finally succeeded in planting camper-van bases at all ten locations.

Of them all, he liked the final camper van he parked the most.

This region was infamous for its particularly high mana concentration and frequent appearance of dangerous monsters.

Almost nobody ever came here, and expensive monsters appeared often. Wasn’t that practically a gold mine?

That was why he had deliberately brought a particularly good camper van.

[Royal Camp]

Royal Camp.

A high-end Swiss camper-van specialty brand.

A luxury camper van worth eighty million won used and over two hundred million brand-new.

Since he planned to use this location as his main base, he had splurged on it.

Of course, there was another reason.

“Look at that shine. Just reselling it would make me more than a hundred million won in profit. Wahaha!”

It was to exploit ‘My Comfortable Home,’ which automatically repaired vehicles and buildings.

If things went wrong, he could simply sell it.

Either way, there was no structure where he could possibly lose money.

And on top of that.

-Ding!

-New real estate has been registered!

-‘The Weight of a Landlord’ has been strengthened!

[Attack Power Increase – 5.4%]

“Kuuuuuh! So sweet!!”

Camper vans were also recognized as real estate with financial value.

He had boldly spent money buying them, and on top of that, his Skill had restored them to brand-new condition.

Their value was added directly to his attack power.

His attack power had risen by more than 4.5% just today.

That was definitely a meaningful number.

‘Very nice. Mm-hmm!’

With this, worrying about running out of monsters was completely over.

He had more than ten bases now, so if one area ran dry, he could simply move to another.

“Kyaa... Now this is what I call an idea. Lee Haejin, you were seriously smart. Just how brilliant are you?!”

He spent a moment grinning and indulging in self-admiration.

“Woof woof!”

“Right? Pasu, you agree too?”

“Bark bark bark!”

He had already spent the day developing hunting grounds and building bases, so naturally he had to at least sample the results.

He set up the grill to spread the smell of meat and laid out his hunting weapons.

Finally, after covering his face, he started the stream.

[Current Viewers – 167]

“Huh?”

Something was strange about how quickly viewers were arriving.

[Current Viewers – 205]

“Wait, what the.”

Less than five minutes after starting the stream, he had already passed two hundred viewers.

Apparently, yesterday’s broadcast had gone viral across multiple online communities after it ended.

The reaction was far better than he had expected.

[Yeombani – Hey streamer, you’re in the Demonic Realm again today?]

Watching the chat fly upward at incredible speed, Haejin delivered the line he had prepared in advance.

“All right, everyone. First, I have one announcement today. I thought about it, and from now on, I won’t accept any questions or missions involving my personal identity. That’s the rule, so if you break it, you’re getting kicked.”

[Yeombani – Huh? Why?]

“Why? Well, because.”

Screeeeeech--!

As always, a Ratra appeared today as well.

Watching it ram its head against the invisible wall, Haejin pulled out his gun.

He smoothly aimed at the Ratra’s head.

Bang-!

“I’m a little shy, you see. Hope you understand?”

He neatly blew its head apart.

[RedWorld – Um...]

[Kadida – I won’t mess around, sir ^^7]

[Yeombani – rip]

[ShuraKkakkari – If streamer says obey, we obey]

Discipline was established instantly.

Looking at the suddenly clean chat, Haejin was about to continue the broadcast when.

“Wait. But the monsters today seem... strange.”

Haejin instinctively felt something was off.

Of course, he was currently extremely deep inside the Demonic Realm.

A dangerous region so close that crossing just one mountain would reveal North Korea.

But even considering that, there were far too many monsters.

And.

Screee- Screeeee!

Kieeeeeek!!

Ratatatatatat--!

Even though the smell of meat was spreading, the monsters reacted far less than expected.

They were appearing from somewhere, but rather than trying to attack Haejin, they hurried somewhere else.

“They look... almost like they’re running away from something...”

It was strange.

Extremely strange.

At that moment.

“Bark bark! Grrrr... Bark bark bark bark!!”

“Pasu, what’s wrong with you all of a sudden?”

Pasu began furiously tugging on Haejin’s pants.

There was something deeply uneasy in his expression.

And as if to confirm that dread.

Beeeeeeep-

Beeeeeeep-

Beeeeeeep-

Haejin’s phone began screaming wildly.

It wasn’t a call or text.

A disaster-warning siren flashed bright red.

With trembling hands, he read the message.

[Emergency Disaster Alert]

[<​Demonic Realm Regional Management Headquarters>]

[An extreme mana reaction has been detected within the Demonic Realm. A Dungeon may emerge shortly.]

[An emergency evacuation alert has been issued.]

[Citizens located near the border between the Demonic Realm and Hunting City are advised to evacuate immediately.]

Beeeeeeep-

Beeeeeeep-

Beeeeeeep-

[Emergency Disaster Alert]

[<​Demonic Realm Regional Management Headquarters>]

[This message has been sent to citizens currently located inside the predicted Dungeon emergence zone.]

[Evacuate. Head south.]

[If you become caught within the Dungeon, hide yourself and calmly wait for government Hunters to enter...]

“Huh?”

A disaster alert had arrived without warning.

It said a new Dungeon was about to appear inside the Demonic Realm.

Most importantly, the message showed the predicted location.

“This is... here?”

He opened the map.

It matched perfectly.

Exactly where Haejin was standing right now.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

Rumble--!

The ground began shaking as though an earthquake had struck.