Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Yu Ji-seong Office

The hunt was successful.

But the mental consumption was that much enormous.

Is that why.

As soon as I returned to the motel, I fell asleep as is.

How much time passed like that.

Knock knock.

I opened my eyes to the sound of knocking on the door.

I opened the door.

The motel owner is looking at me with irritated eyes.

“Why aren't you answering the phone when you're here?”

“...”

“Ugh, I thought you died or something? Are you extending?”

I shook my head.

If I sell what I brought from the labyrinth, it should make decent money.

I didn't want to sleep here anymore.

As soon as the door closed, I immediately headed to the bathroom.

The bathroom of the cheap motel even had a musty light.

But fortunately, warm water comes out well.

Shaaaaa!

Now Mana Thread has reached the mature stage.

The subtle creaking like moving a doll has disappeared.

There's no sensation.

But mimicking a normal person has become possible.

Life is rather much more convenient than a normal person.

Shampooing is also with Mana Thread.

Washing the body is also with Mana Thread.

Wiping the body is also with Mana Thread.

To think controlling a body with completely severed nerves to this extent is possible.

People called it trash, but in reality it was an all-purpose skill.

Of course, there's the condition of having to raise it to the maximum level.

“...”

At the entrance, Lee Heeja's slippers were placed.

Because she's a woman with a large build and large feet, the size fits quite well.

But I can't keep wearing that and going around.

I opened the door and stepped outside.

The midday sunlight stabbing the eyes.

Feeling the unfamiliar reality air brushing past Mana Thread, I turned my gaze.

A street where Korean signs and Chinese signs are mixed similarly.

The unique appearance of Daerim-dong that I saw on TV.

I entered a shoe store and bought the most plain gray sneakers.

I bought a basic T-shirt and training clothes set at a sports store.

Putting on a hat and looking in the mirror, it looks quite plausible.

“Oh my, it suits you well.”

At the employee's praise, I turned my gaze and looked at the mirror.

A somewhat sharp impression.

The overall facial features were acceptable, but the overall feeling itself was a dark and gloomy face.

While quietly looking, awkwardness surged in.

It was even more so because I hadn't properly seen my face in the past 8 years.

From my position, the face changed from middle school 3rd year to a 24-year-old youth.

I quietly finished the payment and moved near Daerim Station.

Around the station, hunter-related stores were lined up.

I entered one of them.

Ding-!

A subtle medicinal scent wafted from the air.

Slowly walking to the counter and lifting the bag, an elderly old man grinned.

The gold tooth stuck in one front tooth sparkled.

“Put it here.”

I poured the spirit grass into the basket the old man extended.

The number was quite a lot so the basket became piled up.

The old man counted the spirit grass one by one with worn hands and opened his mouth.

“Total 12, 1.2 million won.”

Eyes that looked like they had jaundice lightly scanned me.

“Young but talented. Since it's the first transaction, I'll add 50,000 more. Here.”

1.25 million won in cash was put in a white envelope.

I wanted to check it on the spot but stopped.

I don't even know how to count money.

I didn't want to show the sign of not having done social life.

I went to the alley one block over and counted the money with Mana Thread.

It was much faster than doing it by hand.

Almost at the level of a bill counting machine.

Ding-!

The next destination was a motel with a clean exterior.

“Welcome. Is it hourly or accommodation?”

I nodded at the accommodation timing.

I raised three fingers and handed over 240,000 won.

Holding the key, I went up to the room.

I took out the plastic case from the pocket.

I swallowed the elixir and checked the remaining quantity.

7.

Even if I conserve and eat 2 a day, it ends in 3 days and a bit.

‘It's insufficient.’

First, money was urgent.

I rummaged in the pocket and took out the business card.

[Yu Ji-seong Office]

The location wasn't far.

It was Mapo.

#

Bright red potion dropped onto pure white skin.

Yu Ji-seong furrowed his brow.

“...You met a Vine Creeper?”

The wound on his younger sister was considerable in depth.

It was fortunate that the most urgent part was temporarily treated.

Her life might have been in danger.

“...Yes.”

Yu Seo-ha answered while making a face.

Toward such a younger sister, Yu Ji-seong clicked his tongue.

“I told you to be careful. It's basic common sense that plant-type monsters settle around magic minerals.”

Yu Seo-ha shook her head.

“No.”

“No?”

“Yes. It wasn't just a Vine Creeper. It had five heads.”

Yu Ji-seong narrowed his eyes.

“You must have seen wrong.”

Vine Creeper.

A vine plant that parasitizes around magic minerals containing mana.

A monster famous for pretending to be an ordinary plant and then ambushing.

But it was also a somewhat unique monster.

The number of additional heads according to the amount of absorbed mana.

Five branches rivals an intermediate monster.

If it was really a Five Vine Creeper, it wouldn't have ended at this level.

“No, I clearly saw it.”

“...You saw all five heads?”

“Yes. I really saw it.”

The wound that was completely healed at some point.

Yu Seo-ha lifted the cloth and wiped around the wound.

She raised her head, and while glaring at her older brother who narrowed his eyes as if suspicious, said.

“I clearly saw it with my own eyes. The vine that was one instantly split into five.”

“That burned and disappeared in one flame shot?”

“Yes.”

Yu Seo-ha who nodded confidently.

Yu Ji-seong who inwardly sighed nodded.

“Let's say that's the case. I don't understand why a mage who can blow away a Five Vine Creeper in one shot is staying near the goblin village···.”

That was when it happened.

Chime!

A chime rang from the entrance side.

It's not the front door.

It was the direction of the small side door made at the back of the building.

It was definitely locked.

Thinking it might not be a welcome guest, Yu Ji-seong hardened his face.

He lightly swept the dagger at his waist and raised his body.

“...”

The other party had already entered inside the door.

Standing blankly as if there's no aggressive intention.

A young man who looks to be in his early 20s.

Wearing light training clothes and pressing a hat down.

The face is not well visible.

“What's the matter?”

The man didn't answer.

He sat on the chair in front of the table prepared for personal consultation, and slowly raised his hand.

Mana gently swaying above the palm.

He's a mage.

“...?”

Suddenly Yu Ji-seong's eyebrow twitched.

Something thin soared above the man's palm.

One, two, three···.

But.

The number was a bit strange.

“What is this···?”

Mana Threads that increased to hundreds wriggled above the man's palm.

Then mana was engraved in the empty air.

The engraved mana turned into letters and embroidered the empty air.

[I came to find Yu Seo-ha]

Yu Ji-seong's pupils shook.

Th-that, what is that?

It's not even a jellyfish.

Yu Ji-seong who distorted his face turned his head and shouted.

“Seo-ha, a guest came!”

The voice trembled.

Scary.

Come out quickly.

#

I've often seen about offices on TV.

The place varies widely according to the owner's personality.

There's an office set up in a bar like fusion punk.

There's also a quiet library-like atmosphere.

The office of Yu Ji-seong confirmed with the Detection ability was extremely ordinary.

A space that ordinary office workers would work in.

Several people holding drinks were naturally laughing and chatting.

“...Oh, you've come!”

Yu Seo-ha came out.

Not to the pale complexion seen in the dungeon, but still the face wasn't good.

It must be because the injury was quite serious.

[You've recovered a lot. That's fortunate]

I engraved mana in the empty air as a substitute for voice.

A method of openly scattering mana in the empty air.

Mana consumption was enormous, but it didn't matter much.

Thanks to the maximum level Meditation, mana filled immediately as used.

“Thanks to you, I've almost completely recovered. Thank you once again.”

Yu Seo-ha who was flustered by the bizarre conversation method soon politely bowed her head.

She hurriedly brought a chair and sat opposite.

Soon the three sat facing each other with one table between them.

“...Amazing.”

The one who opened his mouth first was Yu Ji-seong.

His gaze was fixed on the Mana Thread the whole time.

An expression as if he saw something he shouldn't have.

“Honestly, I didn't believe Seo-ha's words. Dealing with a Five Vine Creeper in one flame shot.”

Yu Ji-seong shook his head.

“But now I have no choice but to believe. Seeing this monstrous Mana Thread, and scattering mana in the empty air like water.”

“I told you. It was real.”

“Got it, sorry sorry.”

Yu Ji-seong who smiled awkwardly scratched his head.

He didn't seem like a bad person.

Yu Ji-seong's gaze headed toward me.

“Thank you so much for saving my sister's life. If there's anything you need, I'll help with anything.”

There were many things needed.

Most were related to money.

But simply asking for money is not a good choice.

Requesting something that can't be done with money was the priority.

[I need a new identity]

I earned 1.2 million won in one day of labyrinth exploration.

From now on, earnings will increase even more.

I can't keep carrying money in cash forever.

A new identity and account were needed.

“...Hmm.”

Yu Ji-seong's expression slightly stiffened.

The reason is somewhat expected.

The government's control that has already loosened as much as possible.

In such a situation, making one forged ID is not a difficult matter for an office of this scale.

The face hardening wasn't because the work was difficult.

[It's not something like a criminal, so you don't need to worry. Just think of it as a personal matter]

He's worried that I might cause an accident.

Appropriate accidents can be roughly covered and passed over.

But a big accident might have the responsibility go to the office side.

Yu Seo-ha stepped forward.

“I'll take responsibility.”

“...Seo-ha.”

“If it wasn't this person, I would already be dead. If it was even 3 seconds late, the Vine Creeper would have burst my heart?”

Her expression was serious.

I quietly waited for the next words.

“If I handle it with full authority, it's fine. If you say you didn't know, that's it. Don't think it's difficult.”

Yu Seo-ha said to me without even looking at her older brother.

“You saved my life, so I shouldn't be afraid of going to prison. Is there anything else you want by any chance?”

Resoluteness flashed into the large and round eyes.

···As expected.

I noticed when she bowed her head first even while blood was flowing, but.

Unlike the soft appearance, she has a strong character.

Very much.

[Phone, and account]

“Please come at this time tomorrow. I'll finish the work.”

Yu Ji-seong kept his mouth shut.

An expression that the situation isn't to his liking.

But a position where it's awkward to stop it.

Logically, there's no loophole.

A forged ID that has entered the gray zone to some extent beyond illegality.

For a benefactor who saved a life, it was a problem that could sufficiently be made.

“...It seems I can't stop it after all.”

Yu Ji-seong is just uneasy.

Having seen me as too high-level a mage.

He's probably afraid that I might cause too big an accident.

“Then I'll see you tomorrow. If my attitude was rude, I apologize.”

[It's fine]

I left a simple message and was about to turn around but paused.

Looking at Yu Seo-ha, I added a message.

[By any chance, is a car also possible? A plain one]

#

The next day.

I opened my eyes in a motel without cockroaches.

The 80,000 won motel was okay to stay in.

I immediately entered the tower.

[You have entered the tower lobby floor]

Remaining points are 7760.

I bought some equipment from the knight.

[Utility Belt (1800)]

I couldn't keep carrying the wooden doll forever.

It's like giving up over 400 Mana Threads.

I put the cursed wooden doll into the space that looked like a pocket on the back of the belt.

Fortunately, the Detection skill was maintained as is.

As expensive as it is, the effect is certain.

[Healing Potion (200)]

I also filled potions in preparation for injury.

I bought five.

It's not a high-grade potion like the one Yu Seo-ha used.

But it should be sufficiently useful for appropriate injuries.

I raised my arm.

“...”

A subtly glowing silver flash.

A luxurious bracelet is wrapping the wrist.

Equipment over 110,000 points.

[Mithril Protector Bracelet]

-A bracelet made by lightweight compressing a large amount of mithril dozens of times, then embedding functional jewels.

-A mana field of the same level as the bracelet's defense forms along the body's contour.

A bracelet that creates a mana field protecting the whole body.

The most necessary equipment for me in a situation without a shield.

Later, when I can pursue safety with magic, by replacing the jewels, it can produce a completely different effect, it was said.

“With this, safety is secured to some extent.”

It was time to start tower climbing again.

My heart pounded.

Tower 4th floor.

If I clear this floor, a new skill book opens.

Red Flame.

Magic in charge of the [Expand] side of flame.

“...Shall we go.”

The eyes that were briefly dark gradually brightened.

Then a message floated up.

[You have entered the 4th floor of the tower]

[Hunt the orcs of the forest]

The section most infamous among beginner hunters.

It's orc hunting time.

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