Chapter 262 – You Can’t Just Skip It.

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A few days had passed since I attacked Kim Seo-yul’s quest.
In the meantime, it went by quietly without much happening.

I thought this was unexpected.
Because Kim Seo-yul was never the type to just get over humiliated.
Moreover, what about his father?
He was the typical daughter fool.
The pattern I remember was for Kim Seo-yul to mobilize his father when there was something he couldn’t solve on his own – or when he wanted to trample his opponent.
Her father, the heir to Korea’s three largest conglomerates, listened to his daughter unconditionally without regard for face.
That’s why she was scared.
The fact that there is a father who has a beautiful appearance and A-class hunter ability, but at the same time cannot be touched.

‘Is it because it’s a quest?’

This life was meant to overcome the curse of the past life.
Kim Seo-yul also NTRed me in her previous life, and since it was given to her as a quest, I thought that she might be causing problems anymore.

‘Still, I can’t be careless.’

I knew about Kim Seo-yul well.
Even if she accomplished the quest, it’s hard to say that she got revenge this cool on her.
I didn’t know if I should be more vigilant because the quest had passed.
What will happen next may be something that escapes the yoke of fate represented by the system.

It’s been 3 weeks since I started training.
Originally, this training was done to develop B-class hunters Shin Hye-yeon, Park Eun-ha, and Kim Ea-na into A.
They were still receiving a 500% training effect buff.
Nevertheless, ironically, I was the first to stand out in this training.
After completing Kim Seo-yul’s quest, her agility stat became S.

Needless to say, her A-rank stats and S-rank stats were the best.
Even if I didn’t consciously try to reveal my movements, women couldn’t keep up with me in training.

Kim Eana complained to me that she was also a genius, and as if she was stimulated by Shin Hye-yeon and Park Eun-ha, she practiced even harder.

While she was almost forgetting about her work, Kim Seo-yul, Kim Ea-na, who was looking into her cell phone, said strangely.

“Uh? Our guild name has disappeared?”
“Huh?”

I haven’t checked my party’s rankings since I last saw it ranked #24 on the national party rankings.
Not only was it not counting every day, but I thought it was meaningless to keep checking since I had already completed the quest.
In the first place, I also knew that it was based on popularity and not the ranking achieved by objective performance of our party.

Still, it was strange that he suddenly disappeared from the rankings.

“Okay? Did you see it right?”

I looked at the screen of her cell phone that Kim Eana was looking at.
Certainly no matter how much I looked, I couldn’t see the name of ‘SG-Team’.

It was the same even when I looked down the leaderboard to the 200th place.

I took out my phone and held it in my hand.
I wasn’t obsessed with rankings, but I thought it was strange for some reason.

Looking at the momentum, it would have risen if the rankings had risen, but it was not a situation where it would fall.
If there were no fluctuations within the party, it meant that something happened outside.
I swallowed the ominous feeling and contacted the reporter who had interviewed our party the other day.

– Ah, Mr. Seong-gyu!

Since she had my contact information stored, she said my name right away.

“Yes, there is something else I want to ask.”
– Oh, I mean…

I didn’t say anything, but the reporter reacted first.

– Wait a minute.

She lowered her voice and heard her moving somewhere.
It seemed to move to a quiet place where no one else could hear.

– Mr. Seong-gyu.
“Yes, I am listening.”
– I know. That it’s unfortunate Actually, there was some external pressure.
“External pressure?”

I was heartbroken.

– Yeah, why didn’t I resist? Our president is also a person who doesn’t budge, but I don’t think it’s usually outside pressure. To be honest, I’m angry too, but that doesn’t mean I can quit the company.

The reporter was very apologetic.
She was a real fan of me and Rua Kim.
She also expressed that kind of heart in her interview.

“All right.”
– Huh? Aren’t you asking who I am?
“No, it’s okay. I’m sorry to trouble you, reporter.”
– In fact, I don’t even know who put the pressure on me, so I’m just suspecting that it’s one of the big companies that are putting ads on our side. Seong-gyu, do you know anything?

Again, the reporter was trying to satisfy my curiosity.

“No, I have a lot more to do than that. I just don’t want to pay too much attention here.”
– Oh yeah. Anyway, sorry for not being able to help you. I don’t know if I put too much air into it…
“It’s okay. It will work out.”

I hung up.
Large advertisers.
And external pressure.

There was only one answer that came out.
Indeed, Kim Seo-yul was using his father’s chance.

It was a kind of warning.
Of course, it won’t stop as much as making it disappear from the party rankings.
It was read as a warning that it would make it impossible to work in the Korean hunter world at all.

“Why?”

Seeing my serious expression, Shin Hye-yeon and Kim Ea-na looked curious.
Only Park Eun-ha sighed.
She realized what had happened.

“It’s no big deal. There was just some misunderstanding.”
“Error? Really?”

Kim Eana had an expression of disbelief.
But I didn’t ask any further.

“It’s just a ranking anyway. Our goal is not to just party and end.”

Hyeyeon Shin said.
As she said, no one here, including myself, was obsessed with the weekly tally of party rankings.

“Now that we’ve rested, let’s start training again.”

At my words, the women immediately refreshed the atmosphere and prepared to practice.

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I hoped that time would pass smoothly until at least a month of training was over.
Until then, I don’t have much energy to care about anything else.
With such a desire, I practiced day by day, and three days before the first month,

【Shin Hye-yeon’s overall grade has become A.】

The desired results began to appear.

“Ah…”

Shin Hye-yeon, who had just finished her training, let out a sigh as she touched her abdomen, as if she herself felt the change in herself.
He smiled as he looked at me.

The next day, pleasant messages appeared one after another.

【Park Eun-ha’s overall grade has become A.】
【Kim Eana’s overall grade has become A.】

As promised, all grades rose to A at the same time.

【Quest “Specify 2 to 4 party members and raise at least two of them’ overall rank by one or more.”]

The content of this quest was not to fill the entire month of training.
Since the conditions were fulfilled, the quest was considered accomplished.

The most notable part of this quest was the large reward.

【The level of all Shin Hye-yeon’s skills and special abilities has increased by 1.】
[The level of all of Park Eun-ha’s skills and special abilities has increased by 1.]
[The level of all of Kim Eana’s skills and special abilities has increased by 1.]

【The level of all your skills and special abilities has risen by 1.】

‘It was good!’

The level of all skills and special abilities possessed rises one by one.
It was good for the members I trained with, but it was especially good for me.
Because I have many skills and special abilities.
They were upgraded one level at a time.

I felt a tremendous sense of exhilaration.

I declared the end of the training in the morning after confirming that Park Eun-ha and Kim Ea-na’s grades had risen.

“You’ve been through a hard time. Now let’s finish training.”

“Okay? Will you be okay though?”
“Can I do more?”

Unlike those who have been through arduous training for more than three weeks, Shin Hye-yeon, Park Eun-ha, and Kim Ea-na showed a spirited appearance.
However, judging from their own eyes, they seemed to realize that a fundamental change had occurred to them.

“I’ve had enough. You guys will feel that you have grown too. Let’s do the dungeon raid this Sunday as planned. At that time, Ye-seo, Lua, and Seung-ah noona will also join. Before that, I think it would be a good idea to go to the management center and measure your grade.”

At my words, the women faced each other face to face.
You too will feel it.
The great sense of growth they felt at the end of this training.
Since it was by no means small, it was clear that he was also expecting that the ratings would rise.

No one objected to my words to go to the kwanliso as evidence.

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It was a celebration that Shin Hye-yeon, Park Eun-ha, and Kim Eana’s ratings rose as planned.
It was also good that my skills and special abilities were upgraded as a reward.

But something happened there that was worth splashing cold water on.

“What?”

I was taken aback by what Lua Kim said on the phone.

– It’s on TV right now. Toxic substances were detected in Potion-R…