Maxed Out Leveling Novel

Chapter 96

34. Subspecies (1)

A guild is different from a typical company.

You don’t make money by selling a lot of stuff, nor do you make money through sales.

Most of the revenue comes from monsters that are dropped by catching monsters in dungeons.

“The types of monsters that appear in a dungeon are fixed, and the respawn rate hardly changes. You’re judging the risk based on that in the first place, isn’t it?”

“right.”

“Whether you go hunting often or occasionally, the maximum number of monsters you can catch is the same anyway, and the quality of monsters is almost the same. In other words, the amount of income that can be earned in one dungeon is fixed. The margin of error is within a few percent.”

“okay. Since a certain amount of income is guaranteed, they fight each other for possession of the dungeon.”

After saying that, Cha Shin Hyeon’s eyebrows narrowed slightly.

“But if the profits suddenly increased, there is no explanation other than the fact that the number of monsters increased as you said.”

“Yes that’s right. As a result of actually conducting an investigation, we confirmed that the number of monsters has increased compared to before.”

“Is this recent?”

“First of all, we are a company, so we are constantly counting our monthly, quarterly, and yearly results. It also records all the profits from individual dungeons. Looking at the trends over the years, of course, there has been no change… … .”

Lee Ji-hye, who had blurred the end of her words, reached out to her side.

The aerodynamic energy slowly flows out and connects to the bookshelf attached to the wall.

swish.

The file folder that was stuck to one side was dragged by the assault weapon.

As she flipped through her pages, she stopped her hand and handed her papers to Cha Shin Hyeon.

“Read this way. It’s a good example of what the situation is.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who was handed the documents, paid attention to the contents.

It was a graph that summarized the monthly revenue of a certain dungeon located in Uiwang. From January last year to April this year, 16 months of profit were displayed.

“Hmm?”

Monthly earnings for the six months through the second quarter of last year ranged from a minimum of 40 million won to a maximum of 43 million won. On average, it is around 42 million won.

Then it jumped to around 47 million won in the third quarter, broke through 50 million won in the fourth quarter, and finally broke through to 60 million won in April last month.

As you go to the right, the slope of the graph rises steadily.

“… I think something has broken since the end of last year.”

Cha Shin Hyeon’s expression became slightly serious.

“Did this dungeon also increase the number of monsters as the revenue increased?”

“Yes. Compared to this time last year, this is a whopping 50 percent increase. Especially this year, it is accelerating. As you can see if you turn over more documents, there are not one or two dungeons like this.”

Lee Ji-hye’s voice was heard through Cha Shin Hyeon’s ears, who scan all the documents in an instant, like a martial arts expert.

As she said, there were dozens of dungeons in this folder alone. It sounds like there might be more.

“It’s not something I, as an outsider, would meddle with.”

Closing the papers, Cha Shin Hyeon said.

“Shouldn’t we have known this a little sooner? If there is a change in the number that has been maintained steadily, it would not have been difficult to notice that much.”

“Yes. That is normal.”At the tone of Cha Shin Hyeon’s slightly reprimanded tone, Lee Ji-hye sighed.

“Around the third quarter, when changes were just starting to occur, I was busy preparing for the solar festival. Until then, it wasn’t too bad, so I thought it was just a temporary phenomenon.”

“It could be.”

“And you know, in October there was a twilight raid. A year has passed since I was working on it. Even this year, I have been so busy running high-risk dungeons and raising new hunters.”

Even though the head of the organization was so busy, he had to manage everything, so it was an excuse in the end.

But it was a good enough reason. Right now, Cha Shin Hyeon herself is working as a one-person or two-person guild because of the hassle of management. He nodded with a look of understanding.

“It must have happened at a very bad time.”

“Yes. At one point, I saw that it had risen to a level where it could no longer be overlooked. In fact, knowing it sooner didn’t mean that I could stop the progress.”

Lee Ji-hye shook her head flutteringly.

“Especially, the level of the dungeon also played a part in responding to the situation late. Did you see the information about the dungeons in the documents?”

“okay. The risk was only lower than 5.”

Risk 5. Appropriate level 20 to 25.

The standard for an intermediate hunter is from level 25. In other words, when it comes to dungeons with a risk level of 5 or less, even middle-level hunters go to places that are not good enough for sloppy guys.

Of course, even in very large guilds like Dawn and Twilight, there are of course hunters below level 25. Newbies usually graduate from the academy at level 15 and join the company right away, so most of the junior employees were non-middle-level hunters.

So, I can’t necessarily denigrate it as a ‘huge’, but… In the eyes of Cha Shin Hyeon and Lee Ji-hye, who are located high above the body, there was nothing much different from a clown.

“The problem we’ve been focusing on recently was filling the vacancy of the high-ranking hunters, and all eyes were focused on it. It’s no wonder we don’t take low-risk dungeons seriously.”

“Thank you for your understanding. Ha, I thought it would be worthwhile to buy with the addition of a new high-ranking hunter, but now a problem arises at the bottom again. It’s difficult.”

“Has there been any reports of such cases before?”

“do not have. never. At least in Korea. So that’s what I said. I don’t know about foreign cases… … .”

“I think we can recognize North Korea and China.”

Recalling Linmei, Cha Shin Hyeon said.

It should not be difficult to obtain information as it is Cheonjo, who has managed the entire North Korea and is also reaching out to China. Even now, just one phone call will give you a line up of things you don’t even know about.

“Would you like to find out?”

“Then thank you. You can refer to how they respond.”

Lee Ji-hye elegantly expressed her gratitude.

“Fortunately, we are still in the stage where we can cover. Somehow, thanks to the increased income, the level at which you can hunt with strength? But if it increases here… Then you should lend a hand. Partnering with small and medium-sized guilds or hiring a large number of freelance hunters.”

Fortunately, the proliferation of monsters only appears in low-risk dungeons. Thanks to this, I was able to utilize the freelance hunters, most of whom were staying at low levels.

Aren’t they worried because they don’t have a job? There were a lot of people who rushed to say that they would like to post a notice that they would be hired. There was no need to worry about manpower.

However, it was not a very pleasant choice for Lee Ji-hye.

Even if it’s like a subcontractor, hiring an outside hunter is inevitably seen as lacking in Dawning’s ability.

but what to do The number of guild members is limited, but if monsters appear more than that, there is no way. However, receiving those who do not have qualifications as guild members would be even worse.

“It’s a lot of trouble.”

Cha Shin Hyeon comforted Lee Ji-hye. Other than that, she had nothing else to say.

“Aren’t you lucky that there were no problems in dungeons with medium risk or higher? Let’s hope things don’t get any worse here.”

“I wish it were. really.”

Lee Ji-hye muttered gloomy.

“But other than this, there is something else that gives me a headache.”

“Well?”

“I know, me too. What I’m saying right now is just a complaint. The situation is different from when you complain about not having enough hands in a high-risk dungeon, isn’t it? This is not something I would ask Cha Shin Hyeon to do.”

The number of low-level monsters in the low-risk dungeon has increased, would you like to reduce it?

can you please If you ignore Cha Shin Hyeon or see him as a hogu.

It’s a request that shouldn’t be done, and Cha Shin Hyeon can’t even listen to it. As Lee Ji-hye said, this was a simple information transfer, and it was a personal lament.

There was something else she wanted to show.

“Let’s go together for a while.”

Lee Ji-hye got up from her seat.

Cha Shin Hyeon followed her out of her office.

“Have you not been to the lab yet?”

“No. You don’t show it to outsiders well, don’t you?”

“It is. Well, from Cha Shin Hyeon’s point of view, it’s not really a place of great interest.”

In fact, it was meant to be a laboratory, but in reality, it had to be seen as a space like the personal laboratory of some hunters.

That’s not to say it wasn’t an unimportant space.

There are 3 upper classes of Wizard.

A mage who wields elemental magic.

A sorcerer who wields special magic.

And a crafter specialized in enchantment magic.

A crafter is a class that creates a type of item called a ‘magic tool’. To be precise, they were the ones who made things with machines, etc., and gave them magical functions.

Skills were far from battle, so it was extremely difficult to level up, and the enchantment itself required a lot of research. Instead, magic tools are sold at a high price, so they make a lot of money. It was a class with a lot of likes and dislikes.

However, Hunters by the time they moved to a higher class tend to prefer to wield superhuman powers, so Crafters were not as popular as they thought.

So, crafters, especially the higher the level, the higher the guild level, the higher the rare talent.

The laboratory was the space provided by scholars, inventors, and nerds to research new magic tools.

“I’m the one who buys what was made, and I’m not really interested in making it myself. Except for the inventory level, I don’t really feel the need for magic tools.”

After hearing Lee Ji-hye’s explanation, Cha Shin Hyeon meekly agreed.

It was a natural reaction because he possessed abilities close to omnipotence, so he was not attached to items like other hunters.

“I am not interested in it as I am writing for convenience rather than necessity. They give preferential treatment to guild members to improve their equipment.”

Lee Ji-hye also shared a similar feeling because she is from a Moorim who believes in skills rather than weapons.

“So, of course, I’m not here to show you something like a secret weapon. The place we’re going to now is a kind of secret lab. Well, to put it bluntly, it’s a human laboratory.”

“what?”

Cha Shin Hyeon frowned.

“Have you ever touched something like that?”

“No, no. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not strange!”Lee Ji-hye hurriedly waved her hand.

“It is a mutually agreed experiment, and there is no malicious intent,” she said. For example, what is the limit of Cleric’s healing skills? Experimenting with these things. Or to find out to what level the combination of medicine and magic works. It’s essentially no different than what you do in a hospital.”

“What else do I say? I thought you were tying people up and poking them with a needle.”

“… There is no way to introduce such a space to you proudly in the first place. What kind of hatred do you want?”

Lee Ji-hye pouted her lips. Cha Shin Hyeon smiled bitterly.

“I apologize for making a hasty prediction. But what are you going to show me? Are there any terminally ill patients who need my help?”

“It should be a corpse rather than a patient.”

“dead body… … ?”

“The story will be faster if you see it for yourself.”

Without further ado, Lee Ji-hye led Cha Shin Hyeon.

She took the elevator down a few floors and passed through two iron gates that only pass through. She finally walked through the door she had closed and she found a fairly large room.

It was like an operating room.

Medical equipment that could only be seen in a drama was placed here and there. The space is large enough to operate three or four people at once, and there are many machines.

“It’s really like a hospital.”

“Probably the most expensive room in this building? They are all money.”

Lee Ji-hye shrugged her shoulders.

“Anyway, this is what you should see.”

A large bed in the middle of the room.

What looked like a small wooden coffin was placed there.

“Isn’t it big enough for an adult?”

“I’ve never been called a human.”

Briefly answering Cha Shin Hyeon’s question, Lee Ji-hye manipulated her wooden coffin. It was not a simple coffin, but a magic tool with internal preservation magic.

profit.

As dry ice seeps out, white smoke leaks through the cracks and the lid of the coffin is opened.

“… OK?”

A strange moan escaped Cha Shin Hyeon’s mouth.

What was inside the coffin.

it was a rabbit

So it’s not a metaphorical meaning, it’s a cute little animal with big ears, bright eyes, and jumping around. Even though the body was a bit damaged, it might have been roadkilled.

“No, what is this?”

For Cha Shin Hyeon, who was even a little nervous, it was ridiculous. It’s like opening a treasure chest and it’s empty.

“Did you weigh so much to show the rabbit body?”

“It’s like that.”

There was no playfulness in Lee Ji-hye’s voice.

“This rabbit is a dungeon rabbit.”