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Chapter 10
Kang Shin-hwa left Magos’ Room’ 30 seconds later.
He finally used this to bite and tear Magos’ legs and escape the flames.
Of course, he collected all the spoils while coming out.
Precisely three top-grade dimensional stones, the Steel Flower, and Magos’ eyeball.
The Steel Flower, about the size of a thumb, was shaped exactly like a small flower petal.
To be precise, it was like looking at a rose flower?
The texture was soft, and typically the flavor of such a flower is close to chocolate, with sweetness being its characteristic.
‘I’ll think carefully about how to spend the money from selling the dimensional stones. I should take care of the Steel Flower and eyeball at the right time.’
Kang Shin-hwa organized his thoughts in front of the exit and prepared an appropriate reaction, neither too calm nor too excited, and then stepped out of the dimensional door.
“Whew! Whoosh! Ow, it’s hot! Magos, you bastard! How could you struggle so hard until death? You almost burned all my hair. Whew!”
It wasn’t a wrong statement.
Thanks to barely escaping the flames, half of his clothes were burned.
Though he had minor burns, he cleanly treated them by applying healing saliva transformed with magical power.
“Kang Shin-hwa….. You, now, did you clear this dungeon alone? The exit dimensional door should only open that way, right?”
Kim Cheol-geun, the porter team leader, looked Kang Shin-hwa up and down repeatedly with an unbelievable expression.
No matter how much he looked, the dimensional door in front of him was not one, but two.
One was always the open entrance dimensional door, and the other was the exit dimensional door that could only be opened by clearing the boss monster or key monster.
This was proof that Kang Shin-hwa had somehow finished dealing with either the key monster or boss monster.
The key monster, despite having ‘key’ in its name, was essentially a monster with specs similar to a boss monster.
Regardless of which type he cleared, it was undoubtedly an incredible fact.
Thud. Thud.
Because it was a cold winter, steam rose from Kang Shin-hwa’s body with every movement, heated from the battle.
“Impossible…….”
“I-I’m scared.”
The porters bowed their heads preemptively.
The porter colleagues who had sent mocking glances before Kang Shin-hwa entered the dungeon now couldn’t even make eye contact with him.
They were worried that Kang Shin-hwa might do something to them because of their previous words.
After all, Kang Shin-hwa was now someone who had cleared a C-rank dungeon.
In other words, if he wanted, Kang Shin-hwa could easily kill the porters here like flies.
The fear of death.
It was a fear of the strong that even awakeners could not escape, a survival instinct.
Kang Shin-hwa walked and first made eye contact with Kim Cheol-geun.
“…….”
Kim Cheol-geun also remained silent like a mute who had eaten honey.
This was because of their past where he had pushed all sorts of dirty and particularly unpleasant tasks onto Kang Shin-hwa.
He had somewhat bullied the young man who couldn’t even complain properly when threatened and coerced.
“Team leader.”
“……Yes?”
“Didn’t you say before? That I’m too lacking in skills, so I can only do a short-term contract per dungeon, not a one-year long contract?”
“Y-yeah. I did say that.”
Kim Cheol-geun awkwardly nodded. His fingertips were trembling against his own will.
Normally, porters often make a one-year contract for stable employment and income guarantees.
This is because porters typically move as a team.
But Kim Cheol-geun had imposed harsh conditions only on Kang Shin-hwa.
He had decided to renew the porter contract for each dungeon clearing.
Sometimes, to save on labor costs, he even excluded Kang Shin-hwa on the same day.
Kang Shin-hwa, who received such unilateral waiting notice, had to become unemployed until the next schedule was set.
Because he lacked connections to find another team, and Kim Cheol-geun was the only place Kang Shin-hwa could rely on.
“Team leader, team captain, I’m leaving the team as of today. Is that okay? It was basically just a short-term part-time job anyway.”
Kang Shin-hwa spoke to Kim Cheol-geun and So Jung-hyun, alternating his gaze with a flat tone.
A porter team exit declaration!
This was something a porter wanting a stable lifelong workplace could never say.
So Jung-hyun, who was standing with a dumbfounded expression alongside Kim Cheol-geun, swallowed hard and added,
“Kang Shin-hwa. Were you hiding your strength until now? To clear a dungeon alone, you’d definitely need to be over B-rank.”
“Whether I was hiding my strength or not, you don’t need to worry about it now. Anyway, I’m leaving. Everyone, work hard day and night!”
Kang Shin-hwa smiled brightly and waved his hand energetically.
A farewell to his previous life, where despite being awakened, he lived a life no different from a commoner in the Awakener’s world.
There was no one here to be particularly grateful to or indebted to.
If there were, this farewell wouldn’t have been so dry.
“Hey, Kang Shin-hwa! Don’t do this and stay in our team…….”
“Kang Shin-hwa! I-I’m sorry for everything! Are you leaving us like this? Don’t go, at least hire us as dedicated porters……!”
Although So Jung-hyun and Kim Cheol-geun’s various nonsense could be heard from behind, Kang Shin-hwa cleanly ignored them and left.
He wanted to end the vicious cycle of a commoner’s life. A life where being ignored by others becomes routine.
‘Now, I don’t need to live like that anymore. The enlightenment and knowledge I have will dramatically reduce the 30-year past trial and error!’
Kang Shin-hwa clenched both fists.
He was planning to go to the awakener’s exchange first.
Total three.
He needed to sell the top-grade dimensional stones worth a total market value of 2.7 billion won.
But just then.
Unlike other Awakeners and porters who were afraid to even follow, Yun Byeol-i ran and grabbed Kang Shin-hwa’s shoulder with her right hand.
“Hey! Wait a moment!”
“Yes?”
The moment he turned back.
Thwack!
Seeing Yun Byeol-i’s hand suddenly appear before his eyes, Kang Shin-hwa reflexively struck it away.
It was an unconscious reaction.
The sensory reflex from his previous life, which would immediately respond when his life was threatened, was activated.
“Ah……!”
With Kang Shin-hwa’s instantaneous response, the power in his right hand was tremendous, and Yun Byeol-i touched her painful hand.
His physical strength was considerable enough for a C-rank like her to feel pain.
“What is it?”
Kang Shin-hwa asked her in a sharp voice.
Due to being distracted by So Jung-hyun and Kim Cheol-geun, she hadn’t noticed that an agent had already arrived at the scene.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t intend to attack, it’s just that I was in a hurry to catch you… If I upset you, I apologize.”
Yun Byeol-i immediately bowed her head and apologized. This was because she had suddenly raised her hand against him, regardless of the reason.
Her personality had some cold edges, but she would never be rude to the point of ignoring courtesy.
What surprised her was the instantaneous power Kang Shin-hwa had displayed, which could completely suppress her own strength.
It was an incredible power that could absolutely not be considered the power of an F-rank Awakener.
‘It’s Yun Byeol-i, right?’
Meanwhile,Kang Shin-hwa, looking over her features again, could immediately recognize who she was.
A connection from a previous life.
Someone he had encountered just once when forming a team before the great disaster.
She was an SSS-rank awakener at the time.
Unfortunately, she was not an EX-rank like Nine Lords and ultimately couldn’t overcome her limitations, dying during the battle of the great disaster.
While he could think about her memories in various ways…
‘How troublesome.’
Right now, he didn’t even want to recall and ruminate on those memories.
Having just returned and fought his first battle, what he wanted most was to rest.
“What’s the matter?”
“What exactly happened inside? Was there an internal explosion, or some kind of change?”
Yun Byeol-i asked, her eyes sparkling at Kang Shin-hwa’s words.
If possible, she wanted to use a detection device to measure Kang Shin-hwa’s rank, but she hadn’t brought one.
She hadn’t even thought such a thing would happen.
“Do I necessarily have to explain that? I don’t think I have such an obligation.”
“That’s not true.”
“If there are procedural issues or if individual questions are needed, contact me here.”
Kang Shin-hwa handed her a crumpled business card from his pocket.
[Kim Cheol-geun Luggage Supply Team]
[Affiliated Luggage Carrier: Kang Shin-hwa]
[010-3498-XXXX]
A business card he had cherished and valued in his previous life had now become a relic of the past.
“Hey, Kang Shin-hwa?”
“I’m leaving. Don’t hold up a busy person, check the dungeon status. Use a DS detection device to confirm internal stabilization. The core energy reading should be below 3.0 to be safe, right?”
“…How would you know that?”
Yun Byeol-i kept tilting her head, surprised by how naturally Kang Shin-hwa spoke about follow-up procedures and danger level standards.
Meanwhile, Kang Shin-hwa was already rushing away from Sindorim Station without hesitation.
An ultra-fast departure.
Some time later.
Yun Byeol-i, who entered the dungeon to inspect its internal condition, could confirm precisely:
“Internal stabilization is complete. Core energy reading is 2.3… It’s real. Kang Shin-hwa cleared the dungeon alone.”
She, who rarely gets surprised, couldn’t close her mouth.
A dungeon that would require at least B-rank to clear, solved by a single F-rank luggage carrier just yesterday.
Big News!
The only thing filling Yun Byeol-i’s mind was the thought of reporting to her superiors as quickly as possible.
Something incredible had happened!
* * *
“The highest-grade dimensional stone is currently priced at 1 billion won. As you know, after deducting the special tax of 10%, it’s 900 million won per stone.”
“Good. I’ll sell all three dimensional stones.”
“2.7 billion won. Shall I transfer it all to Awakener Kang Shin-hwa’s account?”
“Yes.”
“One moment. I’ll process it right away.”
Just like a famous cafe always exists in a transit-oriented area, an Awakener’s trading center also exists at each station in Seoul.
I stopped by the Sindorim KRX closest to Sindorim Station and quickly sold the highest-grade dimensional stones.
As soon as I heard the KRX employee say he’d process it immediately:
Ding.
Money was deposited into my account.
[Kookmin Bank: Account Holder Kang Shin-hwa]
[Current Balance: 2,704,305,252 won]
“Wow… This is it! Thank you for your service. It’s been deposited.”
“Thank you. Please come again.”
My account, which previously had at most two commas, now had three commas.
In other words, it had transformed into a balance of over 10 digits!
On one hand, it felt scary, but I was also truly proud.
Having the knowledge to see through the future from my regression.
Just with that, within a day of returning, I had acquired an incredible sum of 2.7 billion won.
“First, I’ll change where I live. It’s a hundred times better than living in the Red Zone, always worrying about my life.”
Without hesitation, I set my first goal.
The area called White Zone, an area known as heaven, is incomparably safe.
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