EP.90 Stained Rock Pile (2)

A month has passed since I joined <Judgment of Fire>.

At first, I didn’t even know what kind of office there was in the Clan Tower, so I, too, was now a full-fledged clan member.

“Good morning, sir.”

“Ah, good morning. Intern, right? A new member of Hunting Team 5.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The number of people greeting each other at work has increased.

I started to memorize the faces of the 5 hunting team as well as the entire hunting team clan members, and I did not forget to greet each time I met them.

How to create your own image within the clan.

Thanks to that, the clan members who were greeted also roughly remembered me.

After about a month, my face seemed to be engraved.

“Ummm- Mr. Intern?”

“Yes, Sumi Lee Holder.”

“Would you like me to write a report in accordance with the content and form I just compiled? Just like I submitted last time.”

“All right. Shall I send an email to the administration team as soon as I finish writing it?”

“Huh- you know everything even if you don’t tell me now?”

There were also paperwork that had to be dealt with inside the hunting team.

At first, I thought it was difficult for the holder to write a report in front of some computer, but…

Now, this kind of work seems to be getting used to.

The clan’s complicated tasks were gradually getting used to it.

‘It certainly helps.’

Intern clan member.

This is ultimately a preparation process for becoming an official clan member.

Even for a short period of time, I am also a clan member of <Judgment of Fire> anyway.

By doing my best as a clan member, I was able to understand the world of the holders and the clan a little more deeply.

One rune holder, not an academy student.

It felt like stepping into that real world.

‘Well, there are actually a lot of things to gain.’

It wasn’t just mental growth.

If that was the case, I wouldn’t have even thought of joining the clan in the first place.

[You have won the duel! With the mysterious power of the Rune Hunter, you can duplicate one of your opponent’s runes. Please select a rune to duplicate.]

[You have selected Magic Boost. Since it is a normal rune of level 11, the level has dropped, and it is registered as level 6.]

[You have obtained a new rune.]

[Acquires 3 magic power with rune tendencies.]

“I lost, I lost. The warrior class is also difficult to overcome.”

A B-class holder of the wizards of the 5 hunting teams.

Kim Seong-cheol abstained.

It was the result of a confrontation that was accomplished after countless requests.

Thanks to you, I was able to get a new rune.

[Magic Amplification], one of the core common runes of the wizard series.

It’s also a pretty decent rune level of level 6.

[Magic Amplification] is a rune that can amplify the overall power of the holder when he uses a skill that uses magic.

For example, if [Magic Amplification] is added to [Scoring Flame], the destructive power becomes much stronger than using the existing runes.

It consumes more of my magic power, but the container itself expands.

In addition, this is not only when using a magic rune, but also when putting magic into a weapon.

In other words, it means that the efficiency is good even when using warrior-type magic-related skills such as [Wave Sword] or [Living Sword].

Kim Seong-cheol, the standard B-class, had many other runes, but I picked the one that can be used most universally.

The rewards you get didn’t end there.

[I was satisfied with the special effect of the ‘Seeker’s Sweat’ rune. All 100 training hours are filled, and a new time is counted.]

[You have acquired 1 Holy through a special effect.]

Fierce competition is also counted as training time.

[Seeker’s Sweat] has the effect of randomly acquiring stats after a total of 100 hours of training.

A stat of 1 obtained through constant training.

It piled up and piled up, and it was getting to a level that could not be ignored.

‘It’s not bad to get divine.’

The stats obtained from this effect are random.

In the early days, I only prayed for strength and speed, but now that my abilities are growing evenly, no matter what ability I get, there is nothing wrong with it.

In particular, as I recently acquired the [Battle Healing] rune and the epic item [Sword of the Confessor], the influence of the divine stats on my battle itself has increased.

Now, the activity of the divine ability could not be ignored.

“Good job, senpai.”

I wiped the dripping sweat and greeted Kim Seong-cheol on the other side.

A battle between warriors and wizards.

He was the one who accepted the matchmaking battle against him.

I felt grateful and respectful at the same time.

Kim Seong-cheol shrugged and asked.

“Jaehyun, are you really a C-class? When we met, it felt almost like a B grade.”

A month is both short and long.

During this time, I became quite close with my teammates, and Kim Seong-cheol was comfortable talking to me.

Now, there is no team member who speaks respectfully to me, except for Lee Su-mi.

“I think my skills have improved a lot. However, B-grade is not a grade that can be upgraded only by the ability level.”

“That’s it, that’s right.”

The promotion of holders is managed by the Korea Holders Association.

Up to level C, the standard is clearly defined.

Achieve 30 of the main stats and evaluate the association’s abilities.

And evaluation of monster hunting performance as a rune holder.

If you fill these points, you can finish the promotion to a C-class holder.

That’s how I became a C too.

‘B grade, the evaluation criteria are a little different.’

Although there is a standard of achieving 50 of the main stats, from B-grade, the focus is on rune level and performance rather than stats.

This is because the higher the level, the more difficult it is to raise the stats, and the more often the battle composition depends on the use of runes rather than the stats.

Therefore, simply because the main stat was close to 50, it was not possible to be promoted to a B-class holder.

“What, these days, seniors say they are breaking their seals.”

Kim Seong-cheol asked, wiping his sweat.

After the ‘Snake Covered Forest’ dispatch ended and the team had more time, I politely asked the clan members to fight each other whenever I had free time.

It is mainly aimed at members of the Hunting Team 5, among them, B-class personnel.

I just want to win the Dalian to get the runes… I didn’t have this kind of mindset, and I had a great desire to develop my senses by competing with senior holders who graduated from the academy.

Not only the battle with the monster, but also the battle with the holder.

Gradually, I had to prepare for it and develop my practical sense.

‘Because I might be fighting a villain soon.’

I wanted to distance myself from that psycho group as much as possible, but now I have to avoid clashes.

I got involved with Kang Joo-yeon and Park Jin-woo and entered the mainstream, and in the process, <Villain> may have noticed me as well.

Anyway, it was me who stopped Ando-kwon at the forefront.

Even in preparation for the clash, it was necessary to fight the holders a little more often.

“Oh, it’s not until I broke the seal… ”

“haha. It’s a joke, it’s a joke. A spirit of improvement is always a good thing. Did you hang out with the manager?”

“Yes. It was terribly broken.”

In fact, I won Dalian for the first time today.

In the past, they have not been able to beat A-class Kwon Oh-jun, or B-class Choi Dong-wook.

Both of them were veteran holders with quite a bit of experience in the clan, and there was nothing that did not overwhelm me in terms of stats and rune levels.

I’ve bumped it a few times, but never won.

Kim Seong-cheol, too, barely won through his team matchmaking, rune diversity, and the variables I made in the battle composition, but there was a career gap between him and me that could not be crossed.

‘Other clan members… Without fighting.’

Since Su-mi Lee is a divine member, it was difficult to establish a match in the first place, and Joo-yeon Kang somehow rejected the match itself.

– I can’t.

If you only try to fight, you won’t be able to cast magic on me.

… Maybe it’s because I’m afraid I’ll get hurt.

No matter how many times I said okay, it was no use.

We became close these days and forgot about it for a while, but Kang Joo-yeon’s stubbornness can’t be stopped even by Moon Ga-eun.

So, the confrontation with her had to be postponed until a later date.

“haha. Once you get along with the team leader, everyone is like that.”

“Have you ever had a match with the team leader, Kim Seong-cheol?”

“Of course. Now, the team leader is an A, but a year ago, he was in the same B-class as me. As a wizard, I tend to have a bit of a win-win.”

“You look different.”

“I hear that a lot.”

We exchanged frivolous stories and organized our luggage.

It was already past the time when I left work.

I had to leave before the clan tower closed.

Then Kim Seong-cheol turned his head and asked.

“Ah, if I have time tomorrow, shall I have a drink? I don’t think I bought one for our intern.”

To that, I answered with a puzzled expression.

“ah… Tomorrow is going to be difficult.”

“Do you have an appointment?”

“Yes. It’s an important promise… ”

Tomorrow is the last Saturday of July.

The day I went to the Seoraksan field hunting that I promised with Kim Chae-eun two weeks ago.

Of course, that was a formal justification, and in the process, we were planning to find a ‘spotted rock pile’ dungeon and attack it together.

* * *

And the next day.

I shook my head and looked at Kim Chae-eun.

“… What did you pack like that?”

After coming to Gangwon-do via the warp gate.

Kim Chae-eun came with me to the entrance of Seoraksan Field.

She whimpered while carrying a large hiking bag.

‘No, I have a magic bag, so why am I carrying it?’

Such a question was medicine.

Kim Chae-eun’s hiking bag had everything really special.

Starting with various cooking utensils such as burners, pots, and frying pans, vegetables that seem difficult to count all of them, meat brought by type regardless of land, sea or air, and other seasonings and sauces…

All kinds of materials were occupying the inside of the bag.

… This is cooking preparation, not hunting preparation?

However, to the absurd situation, Kim Chae-eun answered with a bright smile.

“There is a safety zone in Seoraksan Field. I think it would be very delicious if you cook ramen there.”

safety zone.

It is one of the shelters often found in large fields like Seoraksan.

In general, the field is the residence of monsters driven out of the barrier, but it is the safety zone that creates a new magical barrier within the field.

Naturally, there were no monsters there, and it served as a shelter for holders who were tired of hunting.

It was a device to reduce the risk even a little in the field with a high level of monsters and too many amounts.

‘Are you eating ramen there?’

It’s not really hunting, it’s hiking.

Besides, there is one more absurd thing.

These ingredients are not ramen ingredients.

“Teacher. This isn’t ramen, it’s like a barbecue ingredient, right?”

“I will eat meat! I’m going to make it anyway, so all you need to do is eat Jaehyung.”

“Oh, no. I’ll do it. i’ll make it Actually, I also wanted to eat meat ramen. haha.”

I hurriedly dried Kim Chae-eun.

I was about to get in trouble for not doing anything else.

I have felt a lot of things since the last ‘Pajeon Makgeolli’ incident.

Kim Chae-eun needs to make everything she wants to eat.

… That way my stomach can be safe.

“Well… good! Because Jaehyun’s recipe is much tastier.”

After Kim Chae-eun said so.

I put a large hiking bag in a small magic bag.

Seeing that makes me laugh.

‘… Was it a show bag?’

Anyway, only after going through a crisis like that.

We were finally able to enter the entrance to Seoraksan Field.

It was the third field outside the barrier to meet after Bukhansan and Inwangsan.

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