studiobondurri Chapter 58
Chapter 58
I thought Han Jae-young, who was blinded by the item, would take me to the dungeon right away.
“Even if you signed a contract with our guild, if you bring Jeong Da-on Hunter to a real dungeon raid, you’ll get scolded.”
“You care about that?”
“And I don’t want to take a piece of luggage with me either.”
A piece of luggage!
It was a word I’d never heard before.
When I widened my eyes and froze at the word that I had never heard before, Han Jae-young clicked his tongue.
“Of course, I admit that Jeong Da-on is different from a normal hunter. He has potential S-class abilities and can use the spell of the spell. But that’s all?”
“What... ... ?”
“Do you know what kind of dungeon Da-on brought? Aside from the information registered in Dungeon 24.”
Han Jae-young, who said that, took out a pad and showed me a map.
An empty map that looked vast at first glance. The terrain is only crudely drawn.@@@@
“What is this?”
“It’s a map of the dungeon in Yeongjongdo. It’s a map shared by the company that has the dungeon strategy rights. Even if they monopolize the strategy rights, they have to submit the map to the government. The guilds can see it. It looks pretty big, right?”
“... ... That’s right.”
I felt a little disappointed.
Usually, fixed dungeons are places connected to some other dimension, so they usually have limited space.
But it was this big.
“There’s a reason they use it as a garbage dump. It’s a dungeon with nothing to see except the vastness, but it’s on Yeongjongdo, so it’s perfect for dumping all the trash from the metropolitan area. However, if we go into that dungeon and explore based on unclear information... ... No matter how much transportation we bring, we don’t know how long it’ll take. In the end, it’ll be a battle of stamina.”
That’s how it was.
Of course, in the case of hunters, their physical strength and stamina are usually better than ordinary people... ... .
“Mr. Daon, what are your physical strength and stamina stats?”
Yes, I knew you’d say this.
Since magicians are generally weak in stamina and stamina.
“... ... It’s not as low as you think.”
But I was a little different.
It wasn’t something I did by choice, but something the system forced me to do.
“Oh, are you saying that I didn’t make the mistake that beginner magicians usually make, which is to focus all my stats on magic?”
No, what’s wrong with focusing all my stats on magic?
... ... I wanted to say that, but I kept my mouth shut.
Of course, I was thinking about focusing all my stats on magic if the system promised me a 5-level increase... ... .
In reality, even for magicians, focusing all my stats on magic was dangerous.
If this were a game, a wizard would be called a trash character if he focused his stats on stamina and strength, but if he was stuck studying magic or something, stamina and strength were actually quite important issues.
The dungeon where he killed Lee Man-bok was the same.
If he hadn't been lucky enough to tame the desert whale, he wouldn't have been able to get to the oasis where Lee Man-bok was even after walking for more than a day and a half.
On top of that, the sand was so deep that his feet sank. How long could he have endured it with the injured?
If he had just safely attacked from a distance behind the swordsman who always tanked, it would have been okay,
but it's hard to have those kinds of situations all the time when clearing dungeons.
This is especially true for potential S-rankers like me.
There will come a day when he has to clear dungeons that haven't been cleared yet.
"Usually, Korean wizards cry after going through basic military training once and force themselves to increase their stats on stamina and strength. That's the only advantage. When is the training?"
Basic military training.
It’s mid-February, so there’s a little over a month left.
I suddenly started to get annoyed. I barely endured the annoying group life until high school, and now I have to do the same thing for another 6 weeks. Even while doing physical training.
Han Jae-young chuckled, as if my expression wasn’t good.
“Oh, but it’s probably a little easier these days. Back when I was young, they didn’t let us use our phones, but now they let us use our phones in the evenings~”
Wasn’t it only a few years ago that we were allowed to use our phones in the military?
When on earth did this guy finish his military service?
No matter how high the face value, he looks under 30, but is he actually a gumiho who’s been alive for over 100 years?
“The story is a little long, but anyway. Even for me, it’s a bit much to take a low-level magician who just became an adult.”
“So, you’re not confident?”
“You can’t scratch this. Mr. Jeong Da-on, try to pass out in the dungeon. I can’t possibly get hit by Yoo Han-ul at this age, right?”
Yoo Han-ul hits Han Jae-young?
That was something I wanted to see.
Han Jae-young, holding the record chart, gave me instructions.
I sighed and started running.
After about an hour of physical test.
Han Jae-young tilted his head while looking at the chart.
“This isn’t a problem with stats. Basically, I don’t know how to use my body at all. My stamina, flexibility, and strength are all trash?”
“... ... Isn’t trash too harsh?”
I timidly protested as I fell to the ground.
But I was immediately refuted.
“Who would tell a hunter named Jeong Da-on to fight monsters with a sword? At least he should be able to avoid monsters and run.”
It reminds me of the time I hid in the mud to avoid ants.
In reality, I couldn’t run away because I didn’t have enough stamina at the time, so I somehow managed to squeeze out a few.
“... ... If that situation didn’t exist in the first place.”
“Except for such unrealistic talk.”
Han Jae-young shook his head.
“No matter how much I awakened, this is too weak. It’s not that the Hunter is the problem, it’s that I’ve never exercised in my life.”
What if that’s true?
I wasn’t completely speechless either.
‘I was completely planning to live as a normal person.’
That’s why I only studied until my third year of high school.
Physical education? I was already malnourished, so running during physical education would only make me hungrier.
And above all, fundamentally, wizards themselves are not a race suited to combat in the first place.
The profundity of magic has nothing to do with barbaric acts like combat, and the destructive power of the discipline of magic is merely a byproduct discovered while studying magic.
So, wouldn’t it be much better to just study a way to quickly replenish the depleted magic power while exercising?
... ... No, but wait a minute.
“You’re a wizard too.”
Han Jae-young is also an S-class hunter, and more than anything, a wizard.
No matter how S-class you are, it would be difficult for a wizard to overcome chronic physical problems.
Didn’t you say that solo clearing was impossible because of your water body during the Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break?
Then Han Jae-young looked at me as if he was looking at an incredibly pitiful person.
Even without saying anything, I could clearly see that it wasn’t to this extent.
“That’s something that Da-on needs to figure out now. This dungeon will be a time for us to get to know each other better.”
“Ugh.”
Han Jae-young smiled at me as I looked at him disgusted.
“There’s also good news. I just got a call from Bitnaerim, who owns that dungeon. They said they’d transfer the right to clear it for next week. They also set a condition that they would bring their own guild members.”
“You negotiated that quickly?”
“That’s the HP Guild’s name. They paid quite a lot for a one-time raid ticket.”
“They didn’t seem suspicious?”
“They said they needed a place to use wide-area magic. It actually happens quite often.”
As he said that, Han Jae-young covered the chart he was looking through.
“But even so, I can’t let you into the dungeon in this condition. I can’t bring a swordsman who will only mark Jeong Da-on, right?”
“... ... Hey.”
“This is really the minimum requirement. What if a hunter can’t even run for 10 minutes? Even if he’s a magician. What if he has infinite magic power that doesn’t run out?”
“... ... ... ... ”
It seemed like it used to be, but now it sounds like a distant story.
Han Jae-young’s nagging continued.
“Why did you run off alone during the Gwanghwamun Dungeon Break when you have so little stamina? Even if the Shadow Ghost’s physical attack power is weak, it’s still like that. How come you didn’t dodge even once and just passed it all on? It wasn’t that you didn’t dodge, it was that you couldn’t?”
“No, that’s all under my calculations... ... .”
“That’s okay, you have to complete the practical training for magicians that our guild made for you until next week’s raid. This is just the minimum requirement.”
“... ... ... ... ”
I looked up at the sky.
How did I end up like this?
Han Jae-young smirked at my despair.
“Don’t worry. I have pride in creating the most efficient training for magicians to survive dungeon raids.”
... ... Is this guy a former demon or something?