Chapter 8: (1): Season 1 Preparation


    Jong-won and Hyun-seok decided to form a temporary guild. One of the things that Jong-won talked about endlessly, until his mouth went dry, was the freedom thates with being a yer. Although he belonged to IUET, he often established temporary guilds to go ying outside of his designated work hours or allocation.


    Hyun-seok asked Jong-won to join him in ying on weekends. They usually went after the male deer monsters that appeared in the Bukhansan area, and Hyun-seok, with his immense strength, achieved the exhrating feat of a one-shot one-kill repeatedly.


    It was winter.


    Min-seo achieved the promised feat of being in the top 10 of the entire school, and she was able to go ying with them at least during the winter break. With a quite pleased expression, Min-seo and Hyun-seok, who was not at all happy about this, established a temporary guild and headed to Bukhansan, where they had previously surveyed the terrain and monster appearances.


    As soon as Jong-won of IUET gathered a temporary guild, people quickly joined in. Thebat yers were Jong-won and Lee Chae-rim. Chae-rim, a femalebat yer, used a thin rapier-like sword, and mainly performed the role of dispersing the monsters attention through fast attacks rather than strong blows. However, Chae-rim viewed Hyun-seok very unfavorably. She saw him as not even a yer and only following along as if he were protecting his younger sibling, rather than actually being a part of the team.


    So, although there was a brief scuffle in the beginning, they were able to quickly settle it by using the excuse that they knew the terrain well. As recovery yers, Kang Boo-reum and Go Bum-soo, ordinary men, participated as auxiliary yers. They seeded in ying about three male deer monsters in Bukhansan, and everyone was delighted, especially Min-seo, who was participating in ying for the first time. She was extremely happy about the achievement of ying three monsters in just one day.


    Dont be so cheerful. Theres a guy like Jong-won whosfortable ying monsters, but in general, even a male deer monster is a very dangerous creature.


    Upon hearing those words, Lee Chae-rims mood seemed rtively sour as she retorted, You seem to know a lot for someone whos not a yer.


    Hyun-seok simply chuckled in response. He didnt need to advertise himself as a yer unless it was necessary, especially since he wasnt nning on living his life as one anyway. If Hyun-seok were to put his name in as abat yer, there would be threebat yers in total. However, male deer monsters were part of a weaker species with strong defenses but low attack power, making it unnecessary to have threebat yers for them. In fact, one of thebat yers was already Jong-won. When ying male deer monsters, most teams would exclude recovery yers, so theposition of having threebat yers was a bit excessive.


    If Hyun-seok were to add his name to the list, theposition would be incredibly inefficient. Even Jongwon would have a hard time finding a team with such an inefficientposition. Rewards would be wasted unnecessarily, as ie is usually divided by 1/N, reducing the overall ie.


    At that moment, Lee Chae-rim discovered something. But what is that?


    Jongwon frowned. I dont know. Its my first time seeing it too. It looks really strange. Its not an animal-type monster?


    Lee Chae-rims expression became even more serious. That form She had seen it somewhere before. It was simr to the orcs that appeared in the movie The Lord of the Rings!


    What should we do about that?


    Jong-won smirked.


    What can we do?


    Excuse me?


    We run.


    Run?


    Look at it. It doesnt seem particrly fast. We wont be able to outrun it.


    The monster standing before them had two legs, a reddish-brown body, held a club in its right hand, and had a face that resembled a squished pig. It was a monster that even Jong-won had never seen before. In situations like this, there was no need to rush in. There was nothing wrong with being cautious when there was no information avable.


    Well report back ande back with more firepower.


    Fortunately, monsters tended to have a habit of not straying too far from their spawn point. It wasnt true for all monsters, but it was generally known to be the case. There were even ims that stronger monsters had a wider radius, but that was not yet confirmed.


    Lets run.


    Jong-won was a member of IUET and a well-known battle yer, and he started to run recklessly. No, to be more precise, he tried to run recklessly. But Min-seo had noticed something.


    Oppa, look over there. Someones trying to y that.


    What did you say?


    Jong-won turned around. It wasnt the same monster as before; it was apletely new form. It was a monster that could only appear in a fantasy novel. Nobody knew how strong it was; they had to face it themselves. It could be strong or weak, but safety was important. Rushing in blindly was insane.


    These crazy people


    However, the yers running toward the monster looked like rookies. Jong-won quickly made a call somewhere. He had nned to handle things slowly, but it became urgent. Those thoughtless, crazy people were still running around.


    Because of those bastards, the number of deaths in statistics isnt decreasing.


    They seemed to be newbies who had just gained some confidence. But to Jong-won, they were still rookies.


    Yes, I have my GPS on right now. This is my location. Pleasee quickly if possible. I dont know, its apletely new form. But there are some crazy peopleing towards it. I think they might die. Yes, I understand. I will keep an eye out.


    Min-seos feet shuffled anxiously.


    Oppa, are those people okay?


    Min-seo was an ordinary 19-year-old girl. When she saw someone in danger, she naturally wanted to help. Hyun-seok replied gruffly.


    Theyre probably okay since they got involved.


    But the situation was far from okay.


    Being a yer was a highly acimed profession in recent times. It wasnt a job that anyone could do. The ie was also quite substantial. On average, it was around 200 monthly ording to statistics, but the statistics were inurate. They included people who were not involved in ying, so it was not urate. yers who did not participate in ying had an ie of zero won.


    Jong-won earned about 700 monthly, which made him quite a high-ie earner. At the young age of 29, he was making close to 100 million won annually. But on the other hand, it was difficult to say he was a highly paid person. This was because Jong-won was part of the top 10% elite group of yers. Even in regr professions, elites in the top 10% receive a simr level of ie. (This doesnt mean that Jong-wons ie is low; it just means that hes not an incredibly high-ie earner.)


    Regardless of the ie aspect, the reason why yers were highly acimed was because of the romance. Especially for young male students, there were many who wanted to be yers. A yer who hunted monsters. It was the romance of a man. At least for them, yers were almost objects of envy.


    And Park Su-hyung, Shim Hyung-jae, and Oh Jun-hwan, who were childhood friends in their third year of middle school, were a somewhat unusual case of awakening as yers at the same time. They grew up together since they were young and were alley leaders who grew up dominating the alleys. They were also quite good at using their fists, so they were always confident kids even in school. Moreover, they were quite decent yers. They were no longer beginners. At least they thought so.


    Hey, look at that. Its a new monster.


    That thing looks like it might drop some really good loot.


    That bastard looks like an orc.


    Should we hunt it?


    Isnt it too dangerous?


    Are you scared, you idiot?


    Shut up.


    They were confident. They were the ones who, despite the usual practice of five or sixbat yers teaming up to hunt a male deer monster, had the skills to take it down with just three people. In fact, they were not particrly strongpared to others, but rather, because others prioritized safety, they were able to team up in groups of five or six. Nevertheless, they were the best in the area at hunting male deer monsters with just three people, and above all, they were not afraid.


    Whats the worst that can happen? Well just die.


    So the three of them charged at the newly appeared monster. They did not use any weapons separately. They were the type who fought using their fists and feet, relying on their stats, which were quite decent.


    Eat this!


    Park Su-hyung was the first to throw a punch. His fist collided with the face of the monster that seemed like an orc.


    Great. Its hitting well!


    With a smirk of confidence, Park Su-hyung eximed,


    Ahhhh!


    He immediately let out a scream. Park Su-hyungs fist seemed to be shattered due to the recoil from the monsters shield. In a situation like this, its best to run away. He had embedded his fist in the weakness of the most confident authority, his face, but if his fist had been crushed, he would have to run away first. This means that he needs to find another way, whether its going to get a weapon or learn a new skill.


    But they didnt run away. This is not a game, but a reality. Such behavior is reckless. It was neither more nor less than proving that they were beginners, even though they thought of themselves as intermediate or higher.


    Damn it! This bastard got Su-hyung!


    Following that, Oh Jun-hwan kicked the orcs thick calf with a low kick.


    Bang!


    With a loud noise,


    Ahhhh!


    Jun-hwan had to feel tremendous pain in his ankle. The orc gritted its teeth and breathed out hot air. He swung his right hand, which was holding arge wooden club. Fortunately, the attack was directed at Su-hyung, whose legs were still intact. If it had been Jun-hwan, whose legs were broken, he might have been a corpse by now.


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