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Chapter 39
A moment of silence passed.
Am I crossing a line beyond the level of pretending to know? Everyone was looking at me with suspicious eyes.
I could understand fully.
Because I said I could defeat an SS- rank boss monster that even the guild had tried multiple times to conquer without success.
Naturally, they would wonder how someone who has never been to this dungeon before knows the strategy.
The boss monster Bazart.
Of course, it’s not an easy opponent.
Befitting its SS- rank level, each of its attacks can lead to instant death with powerful strikes.
However, by my standards, it was overinflated.
It had grown by consuming dimensional energy excessively due to not being properly conquered until now.
In other words, it was a creature with insufficient inner substance, only having a flashy exterior.
In my previous life, I had defeated Bazart countless times.
To become a basic opponent for me, who had reached the EX- rank at the end, it needed to be at least SS- rank.
So, before touring the high-level dungeons, stopping by this dungeon and defeating Bazart as a warm-up was routine.
Of course, defeating Bazart alone right now is impossible. I could definitely assess that much.
‘I still need more time to grow and conquer it alone. If I join the guild’s conquest before that, I might miss the Transcendence Flower.’
I thought realistically.
Flowers are better in abundance.
Collecting as many as possible will greatly help in acquiring diverse talents and powerful abilities.
Conquering high-level dungeons helps earn money as much as stocks and real estate.
The highest dungeon level I can currently manage alone is at most A- rank.
I still have a long way to go.
I need to be able to solo dungeons of at least SS- rank to regularly scoop up billions.
Only then can I properly plan my retirement.
With my current skills and rank, even if I work hard for years, I’d only be able to buy a few islands.
‘It will take time to monopolize. It’s best to take advantage of the opportunity right now.’
I felt the fixed gazes of my teammates and quickly organized my thoughts.
I’ll definitely conquer it.
Instead, if we obtain the flower from Bazart through prior agreement, I intend to ensure I have ownership.
Except for the flower, the loot is just a feast of high-grade dimensional stones.
Those can be obtained elsewhere, even without Bazart, so there’s no need to be disappointed.
Moreover, since we’ll be conquering it as a 5-person team, it will also serve as proper compensation for my teammates.
I immediately spoke up.
“If you promise not to ask about the source, I can provide a definite conquest strategy.”
“This dungeon belongs to our guild. We’ve never brought in external personnel before. Don’t worry about that. I don’t know how you know the strategy, but…”
Seo Ye-hee tilted her head.
I pointed out the important part first.
“If we successfully conquer Bazart and obtain the flower, I want ownership of that flower.”
“If one person develops a strategy without prior know-how, naturally it belongs to the strategist. There can be no objection.”
She responded immediately and decisively before I could finish speaking.
Yoon Tae-ho, Jeong-hoon, and Jin Bo-mi nodded vigorously, agreeing with her.
It was an instant reaction typical of a guild that values trust and faith.
“In exchange, I’ll give up ownership of the remaining loot.”
I continued the back-and-forth. If you receive something, you should compromise to maintain good relations.
Even if I wanted more, it would only mean getting a few extra high-grade dimensional stones, which wasn’t particularly important to me.
“No! That’s absolutely not acceptable! Unfair distribution is what our guild hates and abhors the most!”
Jin Bo-mi raised her voice.
“Then?”
“If the flower drops, let the strategist (Kang Shin-hwa) have it. And for the remaining loot, we’ll divide it exactly into equal parts.”
“No objections.”
“This has always been the guild’s policy, so I have absolutely no complaints. I think it’s a fair decision.”
Yoon Tae-ho and Jeong-hoon also agreed.
‘What a charming guild.’
I smiled.
It was definitely different from the self-serving, profit-obsessed top-tier guilds I knew.
It wasn’t different from the Yanghwa guild I remembered from my previous life.
Because of that, they had to endure mockery, or near-mockery, about being ‘scholars’.
Anyway, the troublesome negotiation was cleanly resolved with this.
The Transcendence Flower that Bazart will drop is absolutely necessary for me.
The core of cores that will maximize the efficiency of brain modification!
An essential element that will bring me to the level of a living supercomputer after modification.
“Then let’s start the briefing. Let’s confirm one thing. If we go in and the strategy I developed doesn’t match the internal flow…”
“If it doesn’t match?”
“We’ll leave the boss room without hesitation.”
“That means you’re that confident. I’m dying to know the source of the information, but I promised, so I’ll hold back.”
Seo Ye-hee forcibly closed her eager mouth and focused on what I was about to say.
“Bazart is…”
The briefing began immediately.
* * *
The two-stage briefing, from basic to detailed, ended in an instant.
Since he fundamentally had a definite conquest strategy clear in his mind like the palm of Buddha, explaining it was easy.
After several rounds of questions and answers, the team members had clearly understood their roles.
And they were surprised.
Kang Shin-hwa, who had definitely never faced Bazart before, knew too much about its internal structure and patterns.
Listening to Kang Shin-hwa’s explanation was like watching a direct video, which naturally drew exclamations.
After finishing the briefing.
A two-hour rest was given.
This was needed to recover magical power consumed in previous battles and accumulated fatigue.
Unlike Kang Shin-hwa, whose resistance to fatigue had increased due to modification and whose condition barely changed, the others immediately fell asleep as soon as they set up camp equipment.
Only Jin Bo-mi, who had somewhat managed her stamina, remained awake and stayed beside Kang Shin-hwa.
“I brought high-grade magical power potions just in case. I thought Seo Ye-hee might need them, but it seems everyone’s magical power management went well thanks to Kang Shin-hwa.”
“When the team’s average firepower is high, you end up consuming less magical power than expected.”
“Why does Kang Shin-hwa hide so much? Why haven’t you revealed these abilities to the world until now?”
Jin Bo-mi’s eyes sparkled.
It was pure curiosity.
All the abilities Kang Shin-hwa had shown so far couldn’t be said to have been suddenly acquired overnight like a nouveau riche.
They boasted a proficiency and utilization that would require at least several years of experience.
“I haven’t hidden anything. No one just asked me before.”
Kang Shin-hwa spoke matter-of-factly.
“Knowing the Bazart conquest strategy perfectly and all. You’re just like someone from the future! There are movies about this, right? Like Terminator.”
“Haha, come to think of it, the ability to change my right hand into various weapons is similar to a villain from that movie.”
“That’s exactly what I mean! I keep thinking about that movie!”
The movie talk.
In his previous life, Kang Shin-hwa had heard this many times from his teammates.
“Well, you can think of it as me having some foresight. A short glimpse of the future, perhaps?”
Kang Shin-hwa deflected appropriately.
Nicholas would change the subject with ‘In the future!’ when explanations became frustrating.
In other words, he never hid the fact that he had regressed.
‘For someone who talked about inflection points and butterfly effects, this guy’s explanations were a bit inconsistent.’
The problem was the typical response such statements would generate,
‘So what happens to me in the future? Do I do well? Or fail? Do I die?’
‘If you know my future, won’t I just flow into that future without making any effort?’
Nicholas would take such questions seriously and give long explanations.
But Kang Shin-hwa wanted to avoid such situations.
Honestly, it was annoying.
Even now, while running two tracks for rapid retirement—physical and economic growth—his head was about to split.
Revealing himself as a regressor would inevitably raise curiosity and require extensive explanations.
‘I absolutely hate troublesome things.’
He was already sufficiently busy.
He didn’t want to broadly predict others’ futures or do favors for them.
There were still future knowledge resources everywhere that needed to be monopolized, and he barely had enough time to collect those.
Kang Shin-hwa emphasized,
“Don’t ask ‘why’. Just look at things as they are right now.”
“Hmm…”
“I mean, look at the abilities I currently possess, just as they are.”
“That’s a precise point.”
“Let’s avoid troublesome questions and answers unless I decide to blabber about them.”
“Understood.”
Though Kang Shin-hwa’s words had a slightly sharp edge, Jin Bo-mi actively empathized with his intent.
It was like she had become immune to being surprised?
She, and the guild executives who came with her, were thinking the same thing.
An irregular that anyone could clearly see!
Kang Shin-hwa was a hidden gem that the guild absolutely must not miss.
* * *
Two hours later.
After sufficient rest, our 5-person conquest began.
“Since the core of this strategy is Kang Shin-hwa, everyone should focus on their own roles. Absolutely do not step out of line.”
Seo Ye-hee made eye contact with each teammate and firmly instructed them.
“Yoon Tae-ho, got it?”
“Master, this is already the third time! Even if I get called attention-seeking, I won’t cross the line!”
“Good. Message received.”
She particularly obtained a definite confirmation from Yoon Tae-ho, who had a distinctly unique temperament, by repeating the same message three times.
Eventually, the team formed a V-shaped formation centered around me, facing Bazart.
The distance between them was about 100m.
Not very close, but a distance that could be reached in just a few seconds if they deliberately ran.
“Na an… Ji reo du eun i eun jeu.”
Bazart’s cold voice, seemingly touching the abyss, resounded.
“What is he saying?”
“How would I know his language?”
His teammates tilted their heads, unable to understand his words.
“Are you not afraid of death.”
I could understand him.
Because he was a monster born in the Pan Continent, that is, the Nas Continent.
All preparations were complete.
The plan was fully set.
What remained was to cook him according to the predetermined recipe and obtain his flower.
A rare flower that 99.99999% of Awakeners might never obtain even if they lived their entire lives in dungeons!
The time had come to begin the second monopolization.
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