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Chapter 19
That afternoon.
Bzzzz. Bzzzz.
“Maybe I underestimated Yanghwa Group’s influence. This is driving me crazy.”
I was going through hell with non-stop text messages and calls from unknown numbers.
I answered a call out of curiosity, and it was some classmate I didn’t even remember, who immediately asked if I remembered him and started boasting, ‘Didn’t I treat you really well back then?’
I didn’t even know who he was.
Moreover, the text messages were even worse, with unknown numbers sending messages about grabbing a meal together or offering to treat me like a big brother.
It seemed everyone was contacting me after seeing the contract announcement from Yanghwa Group.
I could fully understand the interest.
Simply being contracted with Yanghwa Guild meant passing the ‘challenging interview’ with Jin Seong-tae and the two executives.
[Today, Yanghwa Guild has established a guild membership contract with Awakener ‘Kang Shin-hwa’.
Contract period is 1 month.
However, the contract amount and contract details have been mutually decided to remain undisclosed.
Additionally, we have good news!
Thanks to Kang Shin-hwa, Jin Seong-tae’s daughter, Jin Bo-mi, has been completely cured!
We would like to express our gratitude to Kang Shin-hwa once again through the group and guild’s platform.]
“No wonder the contacts are flooding in.”
I scratched the back of my head while looking at the massive notice posted on Yanghwa Group and Yanghwa Guild’s official websites.
My smartphone wasn’t the only thing buzzing.
The Awakener community forum, Unsung Hero, where I had previously posted, was also flooded with comments.
It seemed like there were no secrets in the world, and information about me was spreading through various channels.
Well, there weren’t a few people who knew about me. Awakeners and porters from Sochung University knew me.
Moreover, the fact that I had healed Yanghwa Guild’s Jin Bo-mi was known, so it would have been easy to piece together the puzzle.
[Gabung: Brother, sorry for not recognizing you. I’m going on a pilgrimage. Stay well, and please remember me.]
[10-year F- rank: Brother…… I also want to experience a D- rank miracle like you.]
[Lurker: Kang Shin-hwa, get rid of your past struggles as a porter, and definitely succeed. Quietly cheering for you.]
[Monk: Going on a pilgrimage.]
[Lunch King: Please let me do well in next year’s college entrance exam.]
“The mood is good.”
Things seemed to be going well.
Anyway, I earned a large sum of 55 billion won in just one day.
[Kookmin Bank: Account holder Kang Shin-hwa]
[Balance: 56,704,305,252 won]
“If someone sees this, they’d think it’s cyber money. But even if it were cyber money, this amount would be a scam?”
Looking at the balance made me smile proudly.
About 56.7 billion won.
It’s not a small amount, but considering my dream of a luxurious retirement, it’s still far from enough.
“Billions won’t cut it.”
Just buying several beautiful uninhabited islands in the South Pacific would cost billions.
To set up the vacation, leisure, and entertainment facilities I want would require trillions.
In the past, I couldn’t even dream of such things, but now it’s different.
I have the knowledge in my head to achieve amounts that seem unrealistic to others.
“I’ll just sleep for a bit?”
Perhaps because I had exhausted all my magical power and concentration to heal Jin Bo-mi, I was already sleepy in the afternoon.
Thanks to my transformed liver, I only felt this level of fatigue. With a normal liver, I would have been pale and collapsed by now.
I turned off my smartphone and lay down on the new bed I had recently ordered and arranged.
Though it had a strong new smell, the expensive purchase made the texture soft and comfortable.
‘Tomorrow, I’ll go buy auxiliary artifacts, dungeon camping gear, and reinforcement suits. Preparedness is key, safety first.’
I planned ahead for tomorrow.
I need to continuously clear dungeons, acquire loot, and secure the things I need to earn more money.
To do this, weapons, armor, and camping gear that can protect my D- rank body are essential.
In my previous life, I was praised for being meticulous and thorough in everything.
Being reincarnated won’t change that. No carelessness is allowed. Even as a returner, I only have one life.
* * *
When I opened my eyes, it was 7 AM.
I had fallen asleep around 5 PM the previous day, which meant I had been in a deep sleep for about 14 hours.
‘The aftermath of the high-difficulty heart transformation can’t be ignored. I’ll pause transformations for now.’
Though many body parts still needed transformation, I didn’t plan to overdo it.
Forcing transformations would be like shoddy construction work, which is worse than not doing it at all.
A few minutes later, I roughly put on a cap and left the house in the training clothes I was wearing inside.
I stopped by a nearby store and purchased dungeon camping gear.
The price was 700 million won.
It was expensive enough to be called a walking house, but it was definitely worth the value.
When unfolded, it wasn’t just a regular tent but could function like a small fortress.
Verified sources showed it could build a barrier that could withstand attacks from 30 C- rank monsters for 30 seconds.
It was densely embedded with dimensional stones and had an automatic detection sensor that would respond to monsters.
It also included a high-end water purification system and all camping essentials.
‘This is how spending money feels good.’
I happily completed the 700 million won payment and packed the gear.
With this, I won’t unexpectedly die in my sleep in a dungeon.
When the barrier is constructed, noise is generated to wake up the sleeping Awakener.
Unlike the 100,000 won tents carried by poor porters, this had no such limitations.
If a monster quietly and stealthily approached, one would be helpless and lose their life.
“It’s as heavy as expected.”
The camping gear I carried in a bag was as heavy as anticipated.
It weighed at least 60kg, like carrying three rice sacks.
Of course, considering an Awakener’s strength, it was manageable, but it wasn’t a burden-free weight.
This is why Awakeners bring porters along.
They need someone to handle various big and small miscellaneous items.
‘Rather than bringing a porter, an interdimensional artifact seems essential.’
I know the artifact’s owner.
‘Calais, the elusive one.’
True to the nickname, it’s a dungeon boss monster difficult to catch, with nimble mobility.
If you kill it through a special method, you can obtain a necklace called ‘Calais’s Chaos’, which is an interdimensional artifact.
Its internal space is known to be of infinite size, and you can open the interdimensional space and summon desired items simultaneously.
Of course, there must be some kind of ‘intention’ from the owner about what item they want to summon.
‘Wasn’t it Na Mi-na, who was the KSA Seoul branch manager in 2023, who obtained it through a special strategy? How much she bragged about it on Face Gram.’
In my previous life, it had a different owner, but this time, I intend to get it myself.
With Calais’s Chaos, I won’t need a single porter.
I can perform monster butchering, skinning, and cooking, so I don’t need a porter’s help.
In other words, I’m an all-rounder.
Ding-.
I made the call right away.
The good thing about a guild?
You can request a dungeon clearing license when you need to clear a dungeon.
Especially with my guild, Yanghwa Guild, which has strong influence in KSA.
“Yes, this is Jin Bo-mi!”
“Huh?”
The number passed to me by Guild Master Seo Ye-hee was a smartphone number that had been activated.
I thought they would assign a suitable staff member and then hand over the smartphone.
I expected they would assign a first-year rookie Awakener who just shed their newbie status.
But Jin Bo-mi answered the call.
“I’ll be managing Kang Shin-hwa’s schedule! I need to follow my father’s order not to enter dungeons immediately. I’m quite the filial daughter!”
“But isn’t this a bit off?”
I spoke frankly.
Of course, my potential and possibilities are incomparably higher than hers.
But right now, I’m D- rank, and she’s A- rank.
It felt like things were reversed.
“Please consider it a personal repayment to the lifesaver. Rank doesn’t make something insignificant or great, right?”
Jin Bo-mi’s answer was serious and seemed deep.
Perhaps due to her father’s influence, she seemed to have no prejudices or preconceptions.
“Are you saying to speak comfortably?”
“Yes, until my physical strength and combat sense are perfectly recovered, I’m Kang Shin-hwa’s manager.”
“Understood.”
There was no need to drag out the conversation. Since she wanted to do it, I could accept it gladly.
Well, the term ‘lifesaver’ wasn’t wrong.
“Please tell me what you want!”
“The K-911 dungeon at Uijeongbu Station. Is it possible to secure a clearing license? The sooner, the better.”
“Just a moment.”
The call was briefly interrupted afterward.
Usually, securing a license takes more than a day.
But Yanghwa Guild would have its own direct line, so she was likely checking there.
“Kang Shin-hwa?”
“Yes.”
The interrupted call resumed quickly.
“It’s possible. You can clear it from 5 PM, and it can be issued immediately!”
“Please secure it right away.”
“How many people? Do you have any guild members or external party members in mind?”
“Solo.”
I said it indifferently.
“What? The 911 dungeon is a C- rank dungeon, and you’re going to clear it alone? Don’t you need support?”
“It’s fine. You said 5 PM, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. Starting from 5 PM today, I’ve secured a license for about 2 days just in case.”
Two days?
Two hours would be enough.
But I didn’t want to show off or pretend in front of her, so I accepted her words appropriately.
“Thank you. Please send the license. I’m planning to go right after seeing the work.”
“Understood.”
“Then, goodbye.”
“See you later!”
“Huh?”
The call ended with her incomprehensible closing comment.
* * *
One hour later.
Hwang Seok-cheol.
Also often called Old Hwang, he was dealing with a unique customer among the numerous guests in his store.
The suit he was personally manufacturing and creating was already a special suit with multiple modifications.
It wasn’t for nothing that it was priced at 200 million won.
Considering that regular suits are traded around 20 million won, this was already quite expensive.
However, the customer’s request today was beyond imagination.
“I’d like you to engrave high-grade dimensional stones on both knees and the foot pad of the suit. Can you mix the dimensional stones with shock-absorbing cushions and remove the hard feeling?”
“How would you do that, sir?”
It was a possible technology.
But it was a manufacturing method that Hwang Seok-cheol was still researching and hadn’t publicly disclosed.
Yet a young man who seemed to have just left college was ordering it as if he could see right through Hwang’s methods.
With 10 years of manufacturing and business experience,
Today’s customer seemed like no ordinary customer.
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