Chapter 243 – Kang Seong-Ki, the Strongest Man in Korea (64)

Of course, it was not a good thing for the outside world to know that Baek Seong-hoon died.
However, Han Cheol-gwan focused on the fact that X-I is a group that benefits from information.
They never give out information for free.
Baek Seong-hoon’s death was judged by information worth over 1 billion, but it was a matter of life and death of an S-class hunter, so it was taken for granted.
Who would pay more than 1 billion and want to know about the death of an S-class hunter in Korea?
Even if the information was traded, I thought it would be after everything had already been completed.
If you solve this problem well and announce the death of Baek Sung-hoon, the value of the information will go down.

His idea was rather short for a minister of a country, but he tried hard not to complicate it, perhaps because he was in a hurry.

Han Cheol-gwan and X-I exchanged information with each other.

– Thank you for the transaction.

Han Cheol-gwan thought it was fortunate that the other person did not notice that he was not Jo Dong-geun until the end.

‘A soul mage?’

He found out that the woman Baek Seong-hoon called was a soul mage.
It was expected to some extent, but the men lying dead at the scene were of little value.
I don’t know her story, but they had her soul mage woman and it seems Baek Sung-hoon needed her.

Additional expenses were incurred here.
To know what a soul mage is.

Even the minister himself did not know that such talented people existed.
He didn’t think there was at least one in Korea, and he had no business dealings with foreign soul mage organizations.

Since it was to obtain general information about the soul mage, the price of the information was not that high.
That was the reason Han Cheol-gwan bought the information from X-I rather than other routes.
If you listen through them, at least the accuracy will be high.

“Well…”

Han Cheol-gwan was basically not a bad-headed person.
At least he had enough brains to assemble the situation from the unfolded information.

It was obvious what Baek Sung-hoon was aiming for.
What I wanted to become stronger.
All hunters long for growth, but Baek Sung-hun’s case was more desperate.
Because a man named Kang Seong-gi had blocked his path.

It was said that the soul mage had the ability to extract the soul and store it separately or inject it into a specific hunter.
X-I didn’t tell me if such an ability existed.
However, because it exists, it must have happened to Baek Sung-hoon.
Even if it is real, it is difficult to use it.
As is often the case when attempting a dangerous task, a mistake had occurred, and Baek Seong-hoon died in the process, and the woman had run away, he thought.

‘Then how can I do this…’

Han Cheol-gwan was thinking about one thing.
How to weave all of this with the rigidity.

He was a Hunter not yet well known to the general public.
On the other hand, most of the people knew the names of Jo Dong-geun, Baek Sung-hoon, and Kang Dong-kwon.
What if we told you that a new S-class hunter appeared who took power by killing them?
The country was overturned, and no matter how S-class hunters were, they would lose their place.
True or not, it doesn’t matter.
While Kang Seong-gi’s position faltered, he himself would push for the passage of the dungeon privatization law.
80% has already been completed.
It was a trend that more and more countries passed the same laws abroad.
Kang Seong-gi thought that if the gate was blown up loudly and the public did not pay attention to this side, it would be possible to finish this work quietly.

‘Although there may be regrets.’

When facing a strong enemy, you have to go out even stronger.
Kang Seong-gi, who was accused of murdering Jo Dong-geun, Baek Sung-hoon, and Kang Dong-kwon, would not be able to do anything about the Minister of Hunter.
It was terrifying to recall the poisoning of Kang Dong-kwon, but he had eyes to see people.
Kang Seong-gi was basically not a person who would commit murder for no reason.

As he was contemplating how, his cell phone rang.
Han Cheol-gwan frowned at the name of the person he didn’t like.

‘Fuck, look at the timing.’

It’s as if he’s been monitoring X-I to end an information deal and then called.
I didn’t like Lee Tae-gil, who put off all dangerous things to himself and went backwards insidiously.
However, now that Baek Sung-hun is gone, he couldn’t recklessly show his teeth to the few remaining allies.

“Aigoo, Hunter. Even if you don’t, I tried to contact you right now~”

#

“Whoa, what is this?”
“You really made this in one day?”
“It looks like brand new equipment.”

I was pleased to see the women, including me, Kim Yeon-hwa, and Choi Na-ri, admiring the upgraded equipment and weapons.
Choi Na-ri’s joining was like a divine move.
I learned that designers play more roles than I thought when making equipment and weapons for hunters.
The equipment and weapons that went through her hands not only took on a sophisticated shape, but also became able to produce stable output.

I learned a lot from working not only with Kim Yeon-hwa but also with Choi Na-ri.
The synergy created by the three of us was much greater than expected.

The idea of ​​taking a day off to upgrade equipment and weapons was successful in the end.
Unlike the other members, I worked even on my days off, but the results were so good that I didn’t feel any regret at all.
It’s not because it was fun to make equipment and weapons with Kim Yeon-hwa and Choi Na-ri.
Entering a dungeon and attacking it is basically exhausting.
It’s a completely different thing from hunting monsters while playing a game.

Moreover, as it was the first attack, I had to be very careful even if there were Kim Seul-bi and Park Hye-na, who were experienced.
On the other hand, working with equipment and weapons in the lab was like a game with guaranteed success.

There was one more thing I did while taking a day off.
It was to settle the crystal stones obtained while clearing up to the 5th floor.

He called an appraiser to collect the crystal stones and make a settlement.
The money earned from doing so was about 3,500 billion won.

I couldn’t see the employee doing the settlement, but according to Kim Seul-bi, I was so surprised that I was on the verge of going backwards.
Because it definitely broke the record for the amount of Crystals obtained while attacking the Hongcheon Dungeon.
Even if they completely attacked the 7th floor, there were more cases where the settlement amount did not exceed 300 billion won.

Considering that there were two more floors left, and more crystal stones would come out on those floors, it was not surprising if the staff fell back.

Even though it wasn’t a solo raid, it wasn’t an S-class dungeon raid that you do every day, but the raid hasn’t even been completed yet, yet it’s 350 billion won.
The notion of value for money I had had seemed to be shattered.
Considering the value that S-class hunters create, I thought it was nothing to build and operate a dedicated hotel next to the dungeon for them.
This is the amount of money falling to the hunters, and more profits will be created in the process of processing and distributing it.
Literally, S-class hunters are the pillars of a country’s economy.
I knew there was a saying that one S-rank hunter is better than 10,000 A-rank hunters, but I naturally thought that was an exaggeration.
However, when I actually became an S-class hunter, it was only natural that such words would come out.
Because no matter how many A-rank hunters there are, it’s impossible to clear an S-rank dungeon.

The value extracted from an S-class dungeon cannot be compared to that of an A-class dungeon.
In addition, if there is no S-class hunter in your country, you have to call in from abroad, but in that case, you have no choice but to depend on other countries not only economically but also in terms of security.
The rank of the nation is determined simply by clearing the dungeon.

‘Only the crystal stones are this much…’

By-products from the dungeon and new materials have not yet been appraised.
In addition, we greatly expanded the map of Hongcheon Dungeon.
It greatly expanded the possibility of the dungeon that was believed to come out.

The future benefit from this would easily exceed many times that of crystal stones.

‘Money is not like money.’

In contrast, I was still living in a one-room apartment.
In the eyes of others, it went beyond the level of being unnatural and deserved to be considered an eccentric.

Tonight, Sein Kim came to my room.
She said that she went hiking with Eunbi Kim during her break.
I wondered if it was necessary, but in fact, the scenery of Gangwon-do was difficult to experience or imagine when living in Seoul.
Since the creation of the S-class dungeon, the population has decreased and nature has become more untouched by humans.

Considering the fact that Saein Kim and Eunbi Kim were combat hunters who mainly used their bodies, it was worth it to feel itchy even on holidays.
A day’s climbing must have been like play for the two of them.

“I saw a bear too.”

Saein Kim spoke in a pleasant tone.
It was like a girl who went to the zoo.

“A bear?”

Are there bears in Korea?
I think I’ve heard of it before.

“How did you do it?”
“It ran away. She killed Mana and tried to soothe her that she was fine, but she ran off so that her tail would fall out and I couldn’t even pet it.”
“Well…”

It must be so.
Bears are afraid of S-rank hunters, but S-rank hunters are not afraid of bears.