Chapter 106 – S-Class Hunter Kang Seong-Gi (17)

“I heard you. You said you were graded today.”

The boss asked as he guided me into the store.

“Yeah.”
“I really hope you like it. I think the world is really unfair for someone as young and handsome as Hunter to even become an S-class Hunter.”
“Haha. Thank you.”

The store wasn’t huge, but it was clean and well organized.

The building had a total of three floors.
In fact, compared to the department store I went to before, this place had more equipment.
This place literally deals only with hunter equipment and weapons.

Many of the people who run or work in these places are also awakened people.
Just like I worked at the Dungeon Management Office, normal Awakeners.
However, strictly speaking, Awakeners working in the Dungeon Management Office only needed to meet the conditions to enter the dungeon, while Awakeners working in the equipment and weapon industries needed their own special skills.

Something like the ability to discriminate between ingredients, or the ability to discern basic items.
Normal Awakeners know how to do this, but those who work in this field have sharper perceptions.

Because this industry is an industry where a huge amount of money is being rolled, it was because fake equipment and items were prevalent.
Having the minimum appraisal ability was a condition for becoming a general employee, and those with more talent and ability became professional connoisseurs or developers.
This is also a job group that is completely different from the hunter job, so depending on the reputation, he made a lot of money and became famous.

In other words, not all awakened people go into dungeons and only hunt monsters.

I recently learned that there is a shaman like Ajin Kang, and I also heard from Valentina that there is a class called a soul mage.
I thought that there might still be many fields in this world that I don’t know about.

I grew up to S rank in a short time, but in terms of overall experience, I was still just a beginner.
Although the problem is that the novice killed Jo Dong-geun, who was proud to be the number one player in Korea.

“Do you have any special equipment you are looking for?”
“Well…”

I thought.
Even if he did not know the details, he knew the basic types of Hunter equipment.
Most of that was the knowledge I gained the last time I went to the department store with Seulbi Kim.

“I just want the armor to be normal and sturdy.”
“If you’ll excuse me, which ability do you have…”

When I spoke broadly, the boss cautiously asked if it was difficult to get a sense of it.

“I am just an ordinary dealer. You can use both close-range and long-range skills.”

I answered roughly.
Not only did I not need to go into detail, but I doubted if anyone would believe me if I said this.

What kind of hunter in the world is magic and hunter skills and can use them all?
In addition, the abilities I had were generally difficult for a single Hunter to use.
It is rare to awaken completely different skills in one body.
Because mana itself was concentrated on one side in the first place.
Would you say it’s physically impossible?

Until now, that was common sense, and I thought so too.
When I realized my own abilities outside of common sense, I was confused about what was right.

“Ah, yes…”

The president thought for a moment, then smiled as if she had forgotten.

“You have such a great ability. You use both melee and ranged abilities.”

It is also a professional in that it does not miss the customer service remarks that missed the timing for a moment.

“Haha, yes.”

“Which one is your ranged ability? Do you use a weapon like a bow, or magic type?”
“If I had to say it, it would be better to call it magic.”

I had never had the skill to use a bow-type weapon yet, so I remembered his sorcery and answered like that.

“Okay~”

The boss led me to the elevator.

“I will guide you to the third floor for now. That’s because it’s an S-class exclusive store.”

It wasn’t common sense that there was an elevator in a 3-story building, but it was more surprising that the entire 3rd floor was for S-class only.
How many S-class hunters are there, and an entire floor dedicated to them?

Naturally, I was curious and asked.

“Do S-class hunters come to this store often?”
“Yes, of course. In addition, our store has a contract with the Hunter Management Department, so those who have awakened to S rank often come to our store first~”

The president spoke in a tone full of pride.
It was a story to be proud of.

At that level, it was understandable that an entire floor was reserved exclusively for the S class.
Because they want to get special treatment in some way, and that’s natural.

The elevator was larger than necessary compared to the size of the building and felt neat.
Even this must have been with the S-class Hunter in mind.
When all S-class hunters come here, I will take this elevator to the 3rd floor.

When the elevator door opened, the staff on the third floor bowed.

“Welcome to visit! Hunter!”

They greeted more moderately than the staff outside, and somehow gave off a sharp impression.

It’s probably because their emotional ability or ability to select items is better.

Just as strong hunters radiate their own auras, I wondered if the talented people in this field had the same reason.

“Come over here.”

The boss led me into the store.
There was a luxurious sofa lying proudly there.

After sitting me there, the boss asked with a soft expression.

“Can I bring you a drink, Hunter?”

I already had a glass of iced Americano at the Hunter Management Office, but I thought it wouldn’t matter if I had another glass.
Shall we drink a latte this time?
I was about to order coffee, but suddenly changed my mind and asked the boss.

“Do you have any alcohol?”
“Yes, whiskey, wine and beer by type.”

Then he turned around and said.

“Kim-kun, please bring me the menu.”

A man with all-back hair and silver-rimmed glasses called Kim-goon came over with a menu board on his side in an angled motion.

He bent down and he handed me the menu with both hands.

With the hospitality as if it were at a high-class bar, I wondered if this was a equipment specialty store.

Anyway, I opened the menu, and as the president said, there was a list of alcoholic beverages by type.
Of course, these were prepared for entertainment purposes, so the price is not listed.

I don’t usually enjoy alcohol, so I had no idea what a really good drink was.
All of them looked good, so I returned the menu to Kim and said.

“Whiskey, please.”
“Yeah! All right!”

The president sat next to me this time and opened a pamphlet.

After flipping through a few pages, he said while showing the pictures from there.

“These are what Hunter-nim said, but they are relatively normal and have good defense.”

I admired the pictures of the armor.
Do you want to feel luxurious just by looking at it?
It seemed to be a material problem rather than a design problem.

Previously, when I saw the equipment worn by Seulbi Kim, Eunbi Kim, and Ayoung Jo, I vaguely thought it was a good thing, but after I became S-class myself, it seemed that my eyes had changed a bit.

Even if it’s not much, I must have had the ability to discriminate good materials to some extent like the Awakeners in the equipment field.

“Well…”

I glanced at the equipment on the page opened by the president.
Among them, I took a picture of one that stood out, and the president said.

“Wow, what an eye! This armor is made from a material newly unearthed on the African side a month ago. It is said to be about 10% stronger than the existing high-end materials. To be able to recognize that at a glance, you are the first person like Hunter~”

It wasn’t just a comment for customer service, it seemed like it contained sincerity.
Well, it’s probably the specialty of service workers here to make even customer service comments audible.

“Then…”

When the story goes like this, it comes down to a natural question.

“It must be quite expensive.”

If it is 10% stronger than existing materials in S-level equipment, wouldn’t the price be significant?

“Yes, unfortunately, the material itself is very rare and the equipment itself is made very little. In fact, in Korea, only one suit was worn for men. I can’t tell you who it was, but when he came and saw me, he was greedy, but he gave up because his specialty and compatibility didn’t match. Maybe the reason I couldn’t connect with him at that time was because I wanted to connect with Hunter.”

The president, who gave a quick sales comment first, talked about the price.

“This armor is currently priced at 60 to 70 billion units. If Hunter wants it, we will calculate and provide it at the lowest price.”