Chapter 518 – Meeting Minutes (3)

The promotion statement that came out of the boss’s mouth was enough to surprise me.

“A promotion?”

“Uh, promotion.”

… It’s a promotion.

Of course, moving up to a higher level was something I had hoped for, but moving up so quickly was something I had not expected.

That’s because less than half a year has passed since my last promotion date.

I transferred from the union to the company around the end of October last year.

Considering the date of taking the promotion test, the promotion occurred approximately 4 to 5 months later.

Please note that, at the earliest, you can only take the promotion exam once a year due to company rules. The same goes for retaking a test after failing it.

So, I was actually giving up on getting a promotion until the end of this year.

It was something I had never thought about telling my boss about my promotion first.

“… “It’s faster than I thought.”

“That’s true, but you have achieved so much. “It would be even more of a waste to keep you stuck in B-class like this.”

“I think so too.”

“It’s good to be confident.”

The boss is flipping through the documents on his desk.

When I roughly looked at the contents, I saw that they were documents detailing my activities at the company over the past four months.

“First of all, since you started working in Azure Shield, your overall efficiency has increased considerably. To be honest, I never thought I would get to this level.”

“Is it that much?”

“You may not know this since that’s all I’ve seen since you started working, but originally, killing two queen spiders in the Crystal Spider Cave was the most efficient thing your party could do. “What about now?”

“If there is a white crystal spider queen, there are three. Otherwise, there are usually about four.”

“It’s almost twice as much. Of course, your awakening ability is useful in all directions, but it is still ridiculously efficient for adding just one person.”

“… “I guess so.”

The existing four-person party had almost doubled its performance, but in terms of efficiency, of course, the increase in efficiency was ridiculous.

A big reason why they were even able to attack the White Crystal Spider Queen’s nest was because I came in.

He also said that he had tried and failed several times before.

Of course, the synergy created by me and the other party members working well together in many ways may have played a role, but even taking that into account, doubling efficiency was definitely a rapid growth.

… Of course, the growth of the Azure Shield was not simply due to its combat ability in ‘party activities’.

“Besides, it seems like you’re working hard in the company’s recovery room these days. The praise from other hunters is quite high. “Even though he is a male healer, the wounds actually heal as if they were washed away.”

“Well, I only treat wounds that I can treat.”

“So it’s a little early, but I’m just thinking of raising your grade to A level right away. “Actually, I want to raise it to A+, but you know you can’t jump two levels because of the rules, right?”

“I know that, but according to the original rules, wouldn’t it be possible to even advance to A level? It hasn’t even been half a year since I was promoted to Class B…”

“Huh. He was raised to ‘Kim Seong-cheol’ by the ‘Hunter Autonomous Association’. When he moved to the company, he joined from the beginning as Seong Tae-kyung, a B-class hunter. “Strictly speaking, it’s not a violation of the regulations, so it doesn’t matter.”

“… “I guess that’s true.”

There is no reason to include the promotion test taken before changing jobs in the company’s internal regulations.

Since he was the CEO who ran the entire company, he seemed to be able to take advantage of loopholes in the internal regulations.

I had no reason to refuse. Becoming a high-level hunter was always welcome.

… By the way, I think it was only around June of last year that I first manifested my awakening ability.

Although he used a few tricks, it wasn’t an unusual promotion to be promoted to A-level hunter in less than a year.

In the first place, according to the company’s internal policy of taking a promotion test once a year, it was a promotion that was completely impossible through the normal method.

“Originally, upgrading from B level to A level is usually done by taking a test, but since your performance is so good, I will just take a short test.”

“… “But you still have to take the test.”

“You don’t have to worry about it because you’re bound to pass if you have the skills. “Maybe we don’t even have to hunt?”

“Yes? “It’s a promotion test. Is that okay?”

“I said it was informal. And it may not work for other people, but it’s okay for you to do it this way.”

“I can do this… ?”

I wondered if they were giving me convenience because I was the only male hunter, but it seemed like that wasn’t the case.

Well, the meaning of providing convenience was correct, but it was a bit far from the convenience given to me because I was a male hunter.

It was closer to providing convenience for a type of awakening ability I had.

“Do you know what day next Friday is?”

“Hmm… “The day before next weekend?”

“… “It’s the integrated management of the shared B-class dungeon, ‘Abandoned Village.'”

“Ah.”

… Yes, I remembered.

In the shared dungeon ‘Abandoned Village’, there is an integrated manager who regularly reduces the population of monsters.

As I said before, the abandoned village was a type of public dungeon managed by the three major guilds in Korea.

Eun and Jade Co., Ltd.

Hunter Autonomous Association.

And even though it is not a Korean company, the Ariel Foundation is an international guild.

The reason why only the abandoned village was specially managed while other dungeons were left to the hunters’ natural management was because that dungeon was an area that had occupied part of the Republic of Korea and turned it into a dungeon.

The reason was that, unlike other dungeons, if you did not periodically reduce the number of monsters inside, you never knew when the barrier would break and monsters would leak out.

In this way, a date was designated once a year to reduce the number of monsters inside as much as possible, and it was called ‘Abandoned Village Integrated Management Day.’

… To be honest, the dungeon itself is not a place that I have very good memories of.

I guess I was also one of the victims who lost my parents in the ‘Abandoned Village Dungeon Incident’ 12 years ago.

As soon as she became a C-class hunter, she managed to sort out her emotions to some degree by killing her parents’ enemy, Tre Ralodon, with her own two hands, but it would still take a little more time for her to completely shake it off.

But what does this suddenly abandoned village integrated management have to do with my promotion exam?

“Isn’t the abandoned village a B-class dungeon? “What does that have to do with my abbreviated promotion test?”

“Listen to the end. “Do you know that integrated management day is a day to efficiently kill monsters rather than individual achievements, so it is a day to gather people of the same occupation regardless of guild and operate as a group?”

“Yes. In the past, Hye-eun… “I heard it from the party leader.”

“But no matter how much I collect from the three guilds, what is always lacking is a recovery hunter like you. “In particular, the number of true applicants for hunters who treat the wound itself is extremely low.”

“… I guess so. “There are very few recovery hunters who like to go directly into dungeons.”

“So the three major guilds got together and reached an agreement. Recovery hunters are essential, but they are very difficult to collect, so let’s treat the recovery hunters who participate in the abandoned village integrated management day as just taking the promotion test and give them a reward that allows them to advance to one level.”

“… Ah.”

“Now you look like you understand what I’m saying.”

As she said, I was finally able to clearly understand what the boss had mentioned about the short promotion test.

Although I was promoted up to B level by proving my swordsmanship skills, there was no need to prove my swordsmanship skills when promoted to A level.

Since I joined the Azure Shield in the first place and my efficiency has doubled, my abilities as a combat agent have already been recognized.

President Seo Ok-hee already thinks of me as an A+ level hunter in her head, so she must feel that the promotion test itself is meaningless.

So, rather than going through the trouble of taking a separate promotion test, it meant using some tricks to quickly move up to A level.

Because I was a multi-awakening person who could use my awakening abilities not only for swordsmanship or magic, but also for recovery.

“I’m glad it’s comfortable, but is it okay to use tricks like that to get promoted?”

“Why not? It doesn’t matter because I guarantee your skills anyway, and even if you tried to abuse it in the first place, you wouldn’t be able to. “If you are a recovery type hunter with combat skills, your value is not even A level.”

“… “That too.”

“If you understand, take this with you, fill it out, and submit it to the human resources department. It’s an external activity report for recovery hunters. “I’ve roughly filled in the rest of the information other than your personal information. All you have to do is roughly write down your name, resident registration number, and awakening ability and submit.”

“Oh, thank you.”

After receiving her external activity report, I immediately checked the contents of her report concisely.

As the president said, the blank spaces for writing down external activities or participation dates had already been filled in with her handwriting.

Unlike his cynical attitude, when I look at him like this, I get the feeling that he is a person with a warm heart.

“So, is this the end?”

“Huh. For your information, the last hunter level you can advance to using this is A level anyway, so it’s better not to think about using tricks next time.”

“I wasn’t even thinking about it. Even if you do it anyway, you will probably reject it.”

“I know. Then go in with it. If you don’t understand while writing this, is she Han Min-ah from your party? “If you ask him, he’ll tell you roughly.”

“Yes, boss.”

After folding the ‘external activity report’ I received from my boss in half and holding it in one hand.

Before making her final exit, she bowed her waist 90 degrees to indicate her exit.

“Thank you for your consideration in many ways, boss.”

“Okay. “Don’t overdo it and go in quickly.”

“… Yes.”

Anyway, he is a really cool person in many ways.

However, when I saw that he personally took care of external activity reports and even paid attention to promotions, I could feel that he was definitely a good person.

So, I went down to the Azure Shield conference room with the external activity report I received from the boss and filled in the remaining information.

Without delay, she submitted it to the personnel management department on the 3rd floor and left work.

There was absolutely no reason to put this off and submit it late.

“… Phew.”

Grade A. He’s a class A hunter.

“… With this, we can finally stand on an equal starting line.”

Other companions of Azure Shield.

In particular, she has risen to the same level as Hye-eun, who grew up dreaming of becoming a hunter since she was young.

It was a great achievement achieved less than a year after officially manifesting the awakening ability.

… Well, I haven’t been officially promoted yet.