Chapter 151 – Black Slime Material Delivery (1)

Since Eunyeong noona’s next class was scheduled for three weeks, what I had to do in the meantime was not particularly different from what I had been doing.

Carrying out the B-class quest to be promoted to a B-class hunter and collecting awakening points by having as much sex as possible.

For the time being, we concluded that we should focus only on these two actions.

In order to go up to a higher level anyway, becoming a member of the company was a necessary process, so carrying out B-level requests was something I had to keep doing.

In addition, there was a designation request from senior Choi Hwa-young, so there was a high possibility that she would continue to perform in the future, independent of belonging to the company.

In this world, the relationship with the apothecary for the Awoken was as important as the relationship with the weapon maker.

Collecting awakening points through sex was a big part of the sense of crisis because of the previous Kraken subjugation, and collecting points itself was a factor that made me stronger in the first place, so it was a natural thing to do.

『Remaining awakening points: 360』

Still, thanks to the sex I had with Doshi-hee on the yacht, and the sex I had with Eun-young’s sister or Hye-eun over the course of two days, I was able to recover my awakening points that had been consumed to this extent.

From now on, let’s aim to have at least 500 points to spare.

If you have that many points, you will have a way to get out of a crisis situation or solve it.

Of course, during the Kraken raid, I was in danger of dying even though I had accumulated over 1200 points, so if I had to argue, I would have to say that I was unlucky.

To kill him anyway, I needed a Mithril Greatsword, and putting most of my remaining points into it was the right choice in the end.

The points were lost, but the weapon remained. A semi-permanent weapon that can be used over and over again.

Of course, it wasn’t that Mithril didn’t need maintenance at all, so sometimes you’d have to ask for help from a knowledgeable weapon maker.

This was going to be resolved somehow by being introduced to the person Eun-young noona knew.

Not right now, but to be introduced later if needed.

As I was walking with such thoughts in mind, my body arrived at the Gangdong-gu branch of the Hunter Autonomous Guild.

The last time I visited must have been about 5 days ago, but it felt like the period had passed, as if it had passed more than a month.

Well, there were quite a lot of things like this, so I can’t help it.

After entering the Hunter Guild, I ran into an unexpected situation when I headed to the request management window to accept the request that Esilla had chosen for her like the last time.

“Ah, it’s been a while since you came, Mr. Kim Seongcheol.”

It was that the information staff remembered my face.

… Even though I haven’t shown my hunter badge to the opponent yet.

Of course, I could say that it would be strange that I didn’t recognize it because I handled a lot of requests within the Guild, but that was when the performance of this artifact I was using was completely excluded.

It was understood as a function that blurs my impression with an ‘unidentified mask’ unless someone knows my face.

She brought her hand to her face just in case, but her mask remained intact as if it were natural.

Feeling something strange, I immediately asked Esilla about the situation.

‘What happened, Esilla? Wasn’t it not possible to recognize someone wearing an unknown mask?’

‘In a one-time encounter, the impression is blurry and can’t be remembered, but there are cases where you can remember the impression if you encounter it several times even while wearing a mask.’

‘… Then, doesn’t the meaning of hiding your identity disappear?’

‘For those who do not know the face behind the mask, the artifact creates a completely new impression, so it is impossible to recognize the owner’s original face.’

‘… Aha.’

So, it means that the act of wearing a mask itself has a similar function to transforming into someone other than the human male Seong Tae-kyung.

It is ambiguous whether he is a man or a woman, it is difficult to estimate his age, and he is an ambiguous person who is difficult to remember.

However, no matter how memorable it was, it was bound to be remembered after seeing it several times, so in the end, it meant that the receptionist at the request window, who had had a lot of face-to-face encounters these days, remembered my impression.

‘You mean gender doesn’t make you look like a man?’

‘It looks neutral due to the artifact’s effect, but it’s highly likely that you wouldn’t expect that the owner who has completed B-class quests many times is male.’

‘Yeah, that’s enough.’

Rather, this was exactly what I was hoping for.

There were not too few people, including the guide staff of the Hunter Guild, who I had to meet in a state of hiding their identities, so it would be beneficial for me in many ways to keep this impression intact and interact.

As far as I thought, it had the most efficient function in its own way.

“… Seongcheol Kim?”

“Oh, sorry. I was thinking about something else for a while.”

As soon as he greeted me, I gave a simple apology to the receptionist who made me feel embarrassed, and immediately showed my hunter certificate and accepted a request that Esilla searched for.

The reason why I won only one order instead of three is that today was the day I finally delivered the black slime material to Hwayoung Choi.

There was a possibility that the delivery date could not be met if we received two additional requests in a situation where we already had one request.

She had already told her by text that she would be visiting this morning. It is a transaction based on credit in its own way, so there is no need to show a bad appearance from the first impression.

I felt a little anxious as I had already postponed my schedule once.

Even if you don’t necessarily think of Hwayoung Choi as a target to collect awakening points, as I said before, it was important to build a friendship with a technician who can make potions.

If necessary, you can give it to kids like Hyeeun, Cha Yu-ri, Si-hee, or Min-ah, not me.

The chance to get awakening points was always a ‘bonus’.

“The order has been completed, Mr. Kim Seong-cheol.”

“Thank you.”

While I was about to walk to the dungeon entrance with the returned Hunter certificate, the information staff stopped me once again.

“Wait a minute, Mr. Kim Seongcheol.”

“Yes?”

“Actually, there are other things to be delivered from the guild.”

A message from the guild? Did the receptionist at the request counter usually do that?

I asked about it briefly, and the explanation came back from the staff right away.

“Seongcheol Kim had no means of contacting the guild because he did not have cell phone information. Instead, it seems like you can hear the request window every time, so I was in charge of delivery.”

“… Oh, I see. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

… It was all my karma.

“No, I’d rather talk about the delivery.”

“Yes.”

“Sooner or later, Seongcheol Kim’s B-class promotion test will be held, but if you do not wish to take the promotion test, please tell us now.”

Finally.

It seems that the light of day has finally come from carrying out only the commissions that have been lying on the ground for several days.

The Guild must have thought that it was a bit unfortunate that they would leave me alone in Class C forever. It was the moment when he benefited from the fast-paced guild system.

Of course, as soon as I was promoted to Class B, I thought of changing the stage I saw as a company, so I’m a bit sorry, but….

I couldn’t ruin my plan to become the best hunter in the world because of such cruelty.

“I will take the promotion test.”

“Yes, then I told the upper management that Mr. Kim Seong-cheol had an intention to be promoted….”

“When is the exam date? I am tomorrow… No, you can do it even today. If you do it as soon as possible….”

“Oh no! The test date needs to be rescheduled! I’m not going to go that fast!”

“… Sorry.”

I apologized to the information staff who showed an embarrassing appearance for a moment, perhaps because I was excited at the thought of being able to rise to a B-class hunter.

“First of all, since we have confirmed Seongcheol Kim’s intention to promote, the guild will arrange for a Hunter to take Seongcheol Kim’s promotion test. Most likely, one of the A-rank hunters will be the supervisor, but if there are no applicants, a B-rank hunter may become the supervisor.”

“Is that so.”

“The test date needs to be rescheduled with the person who will be the supervisor, so I will tell you again at that time. As per Kim Seong-cheol’s intention, we will make a plan to take the promotion test as soon as possible, so please wait.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

After that, after listening to a few guidelines on the promotion test, I moved my body back to the dungeon entrance window.

And the staff at the entrance to the dungeon also greeted them as if it were natural.

“Ah, Seongcheol Kim. Which B-class dungeon are you going to today?”

If even this person remembered my face, I realized in my own way that I had been in and out a lot.

“… I will go to the tar pit.”

“All right. I will be operating the warp gate from now on, so please get on top of the gate scaffold.”

I thought quietly as I felt the pure white light move my body into the tar pit.

… For no reason, I thought it would be better to move to another job sooner rather than later.