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After the two Newtype dungeons exploded, fire fell on the feet of those who managed the remaining Newtype dungeons.

The first thing they did was to see what the omen was before the dungeon exploded.

But it was really hard to figure that out.

Once near the dungeon, most of the awakened people died, and even if they survived, the injuries were so serious that it was difficult to talk.

Still, I managed to gather information, but the amount of information was so small that it was impossible to draw an accurate conclusion.

All I knew was that if there had been a harbinger, it wouldn't have been easy to find it.

However, it was too wasteful to just close the dungeon.

The gain from the new type dungeon was too great to just throw it away.

In the end, they decided to try to maintain the dungeon a little more on the premise that the defense was more thorough.

* * *

The Changgong Guild was originally one of the top three guilds in Korea.

However, it has recently grown in size by absorbing the Dragon Hunters Guild, and now it is almost the first guild to be counted.

The Dragon Hunters Guild was also a huge guild with a lot of influence, but how big would it have gotten after absorbing it?

To become one of the first guilds in Korea, it also meant that they had the money and power that are comparable to many chaebols.

Recently, no matter how large a company is, it is very important how many awakened people it has.

Now, when we were running a group, we didn't even talk about the dungeon business without mentioning it.

Therefore, the influence of the giant guild had to grow naturally.

Because the number and quality of Awakenings possessed by a giant guild surpassed that of a large corporation.

The expanse guild was managing one of the new type dungeons.

And now it's time to decide whether to close the dungeon or not.

The Master of the Sky Guild, Matthew Seok, was deeply troubled.

This new type dungeon was like a bonanza.

The manastones and by-products of monsters obtained through hunting are also the same, but the probability of discovering special items is much higher than when hunting in other dungeons.

Besides, the dungeon was so wide that he hadn't even checked the end yet.

That means closing it is also not an easy task.

So the scales of decision were leaning more and more towards maintenance.

Instead, you need to be really well-defended to maintain it.

If you mess it up and the monsters get out, it won't be easy to fix it.

The guild's executives, including the two deputy guild leaders, were silently watching the Matthew Stone.

Soon after, Matthew broke the silence and opened his mouth.

“It seems that it will no longer be difficult for our guild to manage the new type dungeon alone.”

The deputy guild leader quickly asked.

“Then you mean you’re going to open the dungeon?”

Matthew shook his head.

“It can’t be. First of all, we want to attract small and medium-sized guilds that talk a lot these days.”

“Are you talking about small and medium-sized guilds?”

In fact, there were several huge guilds that had not yet been assigned a dungeon. But is there any reason to attract small and medium-sized guilds?

Matthew Seok, who read the questions that appeared on everyone's faces, continued his explanation.

“The giant guilds will not participate anyway. If we wait a little bit, a new dungeon may appear, but there is no reason to act as a side bridge.”

Surely it is. Of course, we don't know when the dungeon will reappear.

However, since two dungeons just exploded a while ago, the possibility of a new dungeon appearing is very high.

“First, secure as many small and medium-sized guilds as possible. And I'm going to give them a stake to participate in dungeon hunting in return for defending the dungeon perimeter.”

“Then won’t you give yourself too many tickets?”

“I haven’t even checked the end of the dungeon yet. It is enough to take some off of small and medium guilds. However, you should not hunt excessively enough to close the dungeon, so you will need to adjust it based on the situation.”

Everyone was lost in thought at Matthew's words. What would happen if such a thing was actually carried out, he entered into the calculation in his head.

“In that way, there is no need to remove manpower from the defense side, so we can create more hunting teams.”

"right. And the more small and medium-sized guilds you attract, the more people will be around the dungeon.”

At those words, the vice guild leader's eyes lit up.

“Maybe we can repair equipment or sell consumables.”

Of course you won't get permission. Even the Awakening Management Office will turn a blind eye to such illegality.

If not, you can pay a bribe. as it has been so far.

“The key is to collect as many as possible and control the hunting speed. Keep those two things in mind and proceed.”

"Yes. Okay."

After that, the meeting continued.

How to operate, how to check hunting speed control, and how to deal with existing dungeons assigned to the guild were decided one by one.

* * *

The expanse guild moved very carefully. Because the rumors spread, there was nothing good about it.

And before others moved along, we had to secure as many small and medium-sized guilds as possible. The number of small and medium guilds is limited. So you have to hurry before you go anywhere else.

The expanse guild moved quietly but quickly.

However, recruiting a guild was not as easy as expected.

This is because a very large number of small and medium-sized guilds joined the alliance and were moving as one.

At the center of it was a high-class guild.

In fact, in the Sky Guild, I believed that if I moved quietly and quickly, I would be able to finish everything really simply.

Because I knew that the situation of small and medium guilds was not very good recently.

The Sky Guild also helped make their situation worse, so they had more accurate information than anyone else.

But no matter how much money they shook, they were not shaken.

When I figured out the reason, the high-class guild was providing money to other small and medium-sized guilds.

Enduring like that, he was campaigning to abolish the dungeon quota system.

In fact, public opinion was also on their side.

Of course, the quota system will not be abolished so simply. However, if there are a few more accidents while shaking like this, then it will get out of control.

The expanse guild was recruited from small and medium-sized guilds that did not join the guild union.

And he tried to contact Choi Jun-hyeok, a high-class guild master.

It was also directly from Matthew Seok, the Master of the Sky Guild.

* * *

Hajin Kang tilted his head as he looked at the map spread out on the table.

The map marked the location of the remaining Newtype dungeons.

It was exactly the same location as the memory before the return.

New type dungeons didn't just appear in Korea. It appeared almost simultaneously in other countries.

On the wall of Ha-jin Kang's office were maps of the world, and the location of the new type dungeon was marked on each map.

Of course, only those that were confirmed were displayed. There will certainly be unconfirmed dungeons.

Opened dungeons and closed dungeons are marked with different colors.

So, just by looking at it, I was able to see the situation of the New Type Dungeon at a glance.

Now, something is slightly different from before the return.

In the seven Newtype dungeons that originally appeared in Korea, two explode first, then another two, and finally three simultaneously.

The interval was not very long.

Because the second explosion occurs a week after the first dungeon explodes.

But now, it's been over a week, not a week, and the dungeon hasn't exploded.

Although there are cases where an incident occurred earlier than before the return after the regression, it was the first time that it was delayed this way.

The current atmosphere was moving towards maintaining the dungeon.

Since the first two dungeons were successfully blocked by the Dungeon Breaker and the Small and Medium Guild Alliance, it was decided that the other dungeons would evolve early even if they explode.

So, large corporations and giant guilds were gathering Awoken at random.

Choi Jun-hyeok was busy reading the atmosphere of the guild union.

He contacted me today and complained that the situation was getting worse.

When he was with the masters of the guild union, Matthew Seok came directly to him and asked to join the expanse of the guild.

Hearing this, the Masters began to shake.

It was almost as if the Master of the Sky Guild came to visit him, so he decided that now was the time when the ransom was the highest.

As time went by, I thought that the price might drop, so my body heated up as soon as I could.

Choi Jun-hyeok paid each guild with a subsidy, so he still works, but it is only a matter of time before that disappears.

The next two dungeons are much more dangerous than the first one.

And the three dungeons that explode at the end are so powerful that they cannot be compared to the dungeons that exploded before.

So I tried to close the remaining three dungeons by driving public opinion using the second popping dungeon.

But the plan was faltering. Because the dungeon doesn't explode.

Even Kang Ha-jin was in this situation, but he couldn't tell Choi Jun-hyeok to wait blindly.

So he said it was okay to intervene by looking at the situation in moderation.

But he warned me that it would be very dangerous. It is up to Choi Jun-hyeok whether to accept it or not.

Choi Jun-hyuk said that he would never move even though he didn't know about other guilds, but that was something he had to go to know.

“Why doesn’t it explode?”

Kang Ha-jin muttered while tapping the two dungeons on the map and the next two dungeons.

And as if he had heard the story, Yoon Kyung-min jumped open the door and came in.

“Hey, it exploded!”

Hajin Kang jumped up from his seat. And he pointed the map to Yoon Kyung-min.

Kyungmin Yoon pointed to two of the dungeons on the map.

“We are filming the situation with a drone right now. Would you like to check it out?”

“It is.”

Kyungmin Yoon took out his tablet and opened the screen.

Sixteen screens appeared simultaneously. All the videos shot by each drone are displayed.

Touching one of them made the screen bigger.

It had become a mess.

There was no damage from the explosion because the explosion radius checked in the last dungeon was empty.

But the number of monsters that came out was much greater, and the monsters were much more powerful than they were then.

I had prepared and prepared in advance, but I was being pushed back helplessly.

It was really dangerous like this.

Hajin Kang's expression hardened slightly. ‘Do you think there are more monsters and stronger than your memories?’

No, it was definitely not the same.

“Let’s check the other dungeon as well.”

Yoon Kyung-min manipulated the tablet to display another screen.

It was the same too. More monsters than before the return were powerfully driving the Awakened.

There was even an army, which was lobbied by the company it managed, and the monster literally crushed the army.

“What about Dungeon Breaker?”

“They say you are going to the dungeon you saw for the first time. And the request came from the Awakened Administration.”

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"Yeah. I want you to go to the Paju Dungeon.”

Paju Dungeon was the second dungeon we checked.

When Ha-jin Kang looked at Kyung-min Yoon, he continued.

“Such a request went to all guilds of our size. The Guild Alliance also received the same request.”

“Then, are you going to leave the other side to the Dungeon Breaker?”

“Actually, Dungeon Breaker was also asked to go to Paju, but it seems that Hwang Soo-young just moved arbitrarily.”

After a moment's hesitation, Yoon Kyung-min said his thoughts.

“If Paju is opened, it will lead directly to Seoul, so the management seems to have taken such measures.”

“Are you throwing away the cheongju?”

Another dungeon was located a little far from Cheongju.

If it is opened, there will be chaos in Cheongju.

Hajin Kang made a cold judgment.

Will Dungeon Breaker be able to solve the dungeon in Cheongju alone?

‘Impossible.’

Judging from the screen I checked earlier, there are quite a few and strong Awakeners on the Cheongju side, but just joining the Dungeon Breaker could never solve it.

On the other hand, in Paju, the Awakened Management Agency is concentrating its power on its own, so it will be possible to solve the situation sufficiently.

‘If only other dungeons don’t explode during this time, it will be.’

Are there other dungeons near Paju Dungeon? That's a dungeon that could explode.

Ha-jin Kang, who made the decision, told Kyung-min Yoon.

“Is the Dungeon Breaker the only guild that moved to the Cheongju dungeon?”

“All guilds active in Chungcheong-do went to Cheongju. But there are only 4 of them, and they are all medium-sized…”

However, the situation will not expand as the guilds and awakeners who are active in the lower part of Chungdo are steadily heading towards Cheongju.

The army is also busy moving.

“Our guild is going to Paju.”

“You mean Paju?”

Yoon Kyung-min looked at Kang Ha-jin as if it was surprising. Hajin Kang decided that he would go to Cheongju.

"Yeah. I go to Paju a lot, so it will be relatively safe. Send in all the newcomers.”

“Isn’t it a little heavy for newcomers?”

“This is a great opportunity to grow. Send them all.”

As he listened to the story, Kyungmin Yoon noticed something strange.

“Send? Wasn't the Master leading you?"

Hajin Kang said with his eyes shining.

“I’m going to Cheongju.”

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