Dungeon Monsters Keep Offering Sacrifices

45 – You must pay the price for your choice

Early in the morning, Jinsu Kang came out.

After walking for a while, she turned her head and looked around.

After he confirmed that there was nothing, he entered a remote alley.

“It’s been a while, civil servant.”

Two men appeared in front of Kang Jin-su as he entered the alley. One was a large man and the other had a young-looking face.

The large man spoke first.

His face was full of scars.

The already grim face was full of scars, adding to the fierce feel.

“Ah, Taehoon. “You came early?”

Jinsu Kang smiled slightly and greeted the man in front of him. He also gave a short greeting to the person who came with his man.

The name of the man full of scars was Ji Tae-hoon, Hunter.

The person he carried by his side was his favorite son.

The son was also a hunter like his father Ji Tae-hoon.

“So what happened all of a sudden? “You called me in such a hurry.”

After greeting each other, Ji Tae-hoon got straight to the point.

Jinsu Kang contacted me first and this meeting took place.

“Looking at your expression, I guess it’s not such a good thing this time either? “hehehe.”

Ji Tae-hoon gave strength to the word ‘this time too’. The fact that he grinned while showing his teeth was a bonus.

He was currently working as a C-class hunter, and his guild also existed.

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He looked like a normal hunter on the outside, but the reality was different.

First of all, the guild I belonged to was not normal.

The guild that Taehoon Ji belongs to is the Heukil Guild.

It was only a horse guild, but it was not officially licensed.

Despite this, the guild was run well.

Because there were quite a few people who wanted to join the Black Sun guild.

I was doing work that helped people.

Of course, it wasn’t legal.

It was a guild that handled tasks such as solving various dirty and unspeakable problems.

Ji Tae-hoon entrusted himself and his son to such a guild.

I lived a rough life before the world changed like this.

It was a rough life, but it was just a job similar to what he is doing now, but that experience put him in a position where he can speak out in the Black Sun Guild.

The world had come to this point anyway, and there were no strong people.

The one who survives is the strong one.

Taehoon has lived recalling those words until the cataclysm occurred.

But as time went by, he realized that survival wasn’t everything.

It was the existence of his son.

I was teaching my son, who was born late, to gain experience and help him survive in the world ahead.

And now.

“I don’t know what this is, but I guess it’s something I’ve always done. Instead, in this case, I would like to receive something else instead of money. Is it possible?”

I haven’t heard the details of the request yet, but the only things about the problem of being a troubleshooter were surprisingly obvious.

As Taehoon said that, he brought his face closer to Kang Jinsu and spoke in a low voice.

“My son is still in grade F. He wants his grade raised to D level. Jinsu, you can do that much, right? Is not it?”

It was a request to raise my son’s hunter level.

Ji Tae-hoon’s son Ji Seong-min was an F-level hunter.

There is E grade above F grade, but Taehoon mentioned D grade.

The request was to raise the level by two levels.

In fact, grade E did not mean much.

Newcomers who had just entered Hunter Academy were immediately given an E grade, so it was safe to say that there was virtually no difference between E and F.

However, the son’s weak mind seems to be holding him back, and even getting promoted to Class E is a struggle every time.

Taehoon was always worried about his son because he had to be a D-class hunter to be recognized as a hunter.

So now he is saying a request, not a request.

He wants his son to be promoted to D rank if he successfully completes the request.

It was some kind of transaction.

Class D Hunter is the minimum qualification to apply for a civil servant hunter position.

I wanted to at least provide a safety device so that my son could survive when his father is not around someday.

That’s why I asked for it.

No, it was closer to a semi-threat than a request.

Kang Jin-su also did not know this.

“It’s obvious what I always ask for. Well, if this goes well, I’ll try my best.”

And then the desired answer came out of the other person’s mouth.

In Kang Jin-su’s position, it was difficult to easily raise someone else’s hunter rating. In fact, it was close to impossible.

But in this case, there was someone trustworthy behind him.

It was Kim Su-ho.

Who is Kim Su-ho?

Isn’t he the talent to lead Korea’s No. 1 Guild, the Holy Guild, in the future?

Such a great guy is a classmate of himself at the academy.

And.

‘Kim Soo-ho also wants to follow Lee Kang-hyun for the first time in a long time.’

In short, it was as if Kim Soo-ho was behind this incident.

If it goes well, the grade can be easily adjusted.

“It’s something I’ve always done. So are you going to do it?”

When Kang Jin-su spoke confidently, Tae-hun smiled.

I haven’t heard what happened yet, but it was always the same anyway.

“It’s nice because it’s cool. Okay, let’s hear what it’s about.”

From now on, the story of just the two of us was going to begin.

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Taehoon headed to the dungeon with his son.

To carry out the request that Kang Jin-soo told me about.

“Anyway, the opponent is only an F-rank hunter.”

Ji Tae-hoon clicked his tongue.

The request to raise his son’s grade was one that occurred to him once.

I thought Tae-Hoon himself would get an answer right away saying that it would not be possible.

However, the answer came out of Kang Jin-su’s mouth that if he completed his work well, he would raise his son to the level of his son.

How difficult of a request is this?

That thought occurred to me at that moment.

But when I looked into the details of the request, the other person was only an F-class hunter.

There is no killing either.

It is okay to cut off a limb, so inflict as much pain as possible and bring him back alive.

They even said that if you contact me after work, they will take care of the cleanup.

‘It’s this easy?’

He even double-checked whether what he heard was really true.

Then, Kang Jin-su’s reaction was to nod his head and even ask to film the other person in pain.

‘That bastard is crazy too.’

He accepted this request, and although it was not his place to say, what kind of grudge did he have against the other person that led him to make this request?

No, in the first place, is there any reason for an F-class hunter to hold a grudge?

Of course, it wasn’t a difficult task and of course I accepted.

If I complete this task well, my son’s grade can be raised, so who would refuse?

‘You definitely said it was in an orc dungeon, right?’

Jinsu Kang, who entrusted the request to himself, is a hunter who works at the Awakened Center.

Although he was a low-ranking official, he had many advantages because he was a civil servant.

One of them is that, like now, you can know where the person receiving the request is.

“You entered the dungeon so early in the morning. “He’s a sincere guy.”

I like honest guys.

But this time, the opponent got it wrong.

He had no choice since he too had received a request, but he prayed for peace in his heart.

After entering the dungeon, he checked his equipment once again.

First, he inspected his son’s equipment and then inspected all of his own equipment.

Taehoon made a final inspection and gave a request to his son.

“Seongmin, do you have to stay behind dad? Understand?”

“Yes… Ah, Dad….”

Ji Seong-min answered in a crawling voice from behind.

After completing the inspection, Ji Tae-hoon entered the dungeon.

From now on, it was real combat.

As he walked inside, he kept making sure his son was following along.

My son had a very weak heart.

Still, he believed that if he continued to take him with him, he would one day fulfill his role as a hunter.

He waited for that day and continued to take his son with him as he did now.

A few minutes have passed since I walked with my son.

I was able to find another person in the distance.

Ji Tae-hun stopped a short distance away and injected mana into his eyes.

As he injected mana, even distant objects seemed close.

‘… ….’

The other person’s name is Lee Kang-hyeon.

I heard he was an F-class hunter.

Characteristic: Necromancer.

From what I heard from Kang Jin-su, he said he carries a skeleton with him….

He also carried something that looked like a summoned animal next to the person he was watching from afar.

The summoned beast was covered in robes and a mask, so it was impossible to determine exactly what it was.

But it didn’t matter.

‘It must be a skeleton, just like I heard.’

That guy probably also put something like that on his summoned beast to hide his skills.

Necromancer is not a trait that receives much attention.

A trait that allows you to summon and control an undead army.

It sounds really good when you just listen to it, but in reality it has been neglected.

No matter how capable a necromancer was, there was a clear limit to the number of undead he could summon.

This is because as the level of undead increases, there is a limit to the number you can command.

Currently, the C-level undead that a necromancer can stably demonstrate is the highest level.

If it went beyond that, it would be difficult to maintain.

And there was another big problem.

More than anything, the necromancer himself is exposed to danger.

This is a chronic problem for all summoners, and no matter how strong the summoner is, there is no point in getting rid of the summoner.

Well, if you had a lot of money and paid a lot of attention to your equipment, you wouldn’t know it, but the guy in front of you was a child.

‘The level of equipment is low, so it won’t be a big problem.’

The opponent is not very capable, and at most he is an F-class hunter who carries only one F-class skeleton.

There didn’t seem to be any major variables there.

‘It was completely for nothing.’

The initial wariness gradually faded.

You just have to decide how to cook that guy.

However, I couldn’t figure out why a guy with a level F hunter came to a level D orc dungeon, but it wasn’t a big problem.

Because there were people like that sometimes.

Hunters who go to pick up the by-products of monsters hunted by others.

Maybe that guy was like that too.

‘Anyway, why are there so many orc corpses?’

There were many orc corpses scattered throughout the dungeon.

‘Hmm.’

The number of visible Orc corpses was enormous.

Someone probably came and caught it first.

There was no way the F-class hunter in front of me and the skeleton he summoned were hunting Orcs.

I couldn’t even imagine it.

It seemed like several parties had come in.

‘Let’s wait and see.’

No matter how expensive the mission was, there was no harm in being careful.

Ji Tae-hoon continued to look at the other person.

If I keep looking at it, will it still be different?

I couldn’t see my opponent hunting.

‘Well, you can’t hunt orcs.’

In fact, he showed a sense of relaxation while checking his smartphone.

‘What is it?’

He felt so relaxed after entering a dungeon that didn’t even fit his level.

And not long after that, I moved.

I went out of the dungeon.

Taehoon also took care of his son and chased after Lee Kanghyeon.

After a while, Lee Kang-hyeon entered a dungeon.

‘Skeleton Dungeon?’

It is even an F-class dungeon.

A dungeon where only simple skeletons appear and no dangerous objects appear.

Have you finally found the dungeon according to your level?

Ji Tae-hoon thought so, but also felt that an opportunity had come.

If it’s an F-class dungeon, you don’t have to worry about the monsters around you, you just have to take care of the opponent.

Now it was time to put the plan into action in earnest.

Taehoon openly entered the dungeon with his son.

I was planning to immediately overpower the opponent.

And.

As soon as I entered the dungeon, I saw Ji Tae-hoon.

The fact that the man in front of me, Lee Kang-hyeon, is looking at me.

‘Huh?’

I was embarrassed for a moment.

An alarm bell rang in his head that there was danger.

The moment when the body reacts immediately and lifts the weapon.

Hook-

He felt pain in his side.

“Ah, Dad… ?”

And then the son shouts in a surprised voice from behind.

Ji Tae-hoon endured the pain and turned his head to the side.

There was a familiar-looking being there.

The summoned beast of the man I saw earlier.

The black robe and mask matched strangely well.

There was even a sword showing off its black color.

“Huh….”

The sword pierced right through his side.

At the same time, blood was flowing out.

It was literally overflowing as if the sword was craving blood.

“Look… “Listen to me.”

Ji Tae-hoon raised his hand to his opponent.

The opponent’s summons were never simple skeletons.

Just looking at this, he was definitely not an F-class hunter.

All he could think was that he had been wronged.

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“You… To harm… The intention is. Pfft, it never happened….”

I could barely continue speaking while enduring the pain.

“Just a request… “I just received it, really.”

Then he begged desperately.

“My… Please do this. “Please at least spare my son.”

My son’s life.

Currently the bleeding was too severe.

He needed treatment right away, but he thought there was no way the other person would let him go.

Since he himself was hopeless, he wanted to save his son at least.

And at his words, the man, Lee Kang-hyun, laughed.

At the same time, the sword that was stabbing his side was pulled out.

“Pfft.”

The pain increased further.

It was strange.

The pain was so great that I felt like I could die at any moment.

I thought it would be fortunate if I could end it here.

And at the same time.

The sound of a sword stabbing something else was heard.

“?”

I wasn’t even given time to think about what that meant.

“Kwaaak!”

Because my son Ji Seong-min started screaming.

The sword that pierced himself now pierced his son.

Ji Tae-hoon trembled and turned back.

The only thing that existed there was the image of my son being pierced between his legs by a sword.