Episode 130. A place that only accepts private requests
It was the next morning when Karen opened her eyes. Since she fell asleep in the dungeon because of the sleeping powder, she never woke up until she moved to the hotel.
‘I guess I was a little tired.’
Kim Jin-seong guessed as he looked at Karen, who had just opened her eyes. Because he also slept soundly last night.
I walked around all day yesterday and experienced a lot of incidents. Above all, it seemed like the aftereffects of sleeping uncomfortably on a moving bus were serious.
“… … .”
Karen sat up in bed and looked down at her Hunter watch with blank eyes.
Name: Karen
Age: 29
Occupation: Hunter
Demon World Dungeon: Clear level 10.
Tower of Trials: No experience.
“… “It was buried properly.”
I fell asleep and woke up to become a level 10 demon dungeon clear hunter.
Karen was confused as to whether she should like this situation or not.
Losing consciousness after receiving a near-death shock wasn’t a good memory, but I made it through the level 10 dungeon anyway. And without lifting a finger.
“How did you catch that giant golem by yourself?”
Karen asked as she looked at Kim Jin-seong, who was already washing up and getting dressed.
“No, more than that, how did you defeat all the bosses by yourself in half a day?”
“secret.”
Jinseong Kim answered without even turning his head.
As Karen furrowed her eyebrows, Jinseong Kim continued.
“It’s a long explanation. So next time we attack together, check it out with your own eyes.”
“… together? also?”
Kim Jin-seong looked back at Karen with an expression of wonder.
“I have to keep going with you until I get paid for my life. So, were you going to just relax in the hotel room alone while I ran the dungeon alone?”
Kim Jin-seong immediately showed three fingers to Karen.
“Including yesterday, you have already saved my life three times. do not forget.”
“This time it was because you ran to where I was hiding!”
When Karen got upset, Kim Jin-seong raised his eyebrows and answered.
“Who told you to hide? “If you had tried to help by finding some vines from the nearby forest that could tie the golem’s ankles, you wouldn’t have fainted there.”
“… … .”
Karen has nothing to say and closes her mouth.
Meanwhile, Jinseong Kim, who was fully dressed, spoke to him.
“Get ready to leave quickly. It’s check-out time soon. “Let’s go out and earn your life.”
The only way for hunters to risk their lives and make money was by accepting requests.
In other words, Kim Jin-seong’s words now meant to guide Karen to the mercenary guild.
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After checking out, the two took a taxi and left the B15 area.
The taxi, which was heading toward the destination Karen had mentioned, had already entered Zone B10.
Kim Jin-seong was looking outside through the car window.
As we got closer to our destination, the surrounding buildings became more and more shabby.
Then, at some point, no one was seen passing by on the street.
“… “It’s not a place where mercenaries frequent.”
Kim Jin-seong says it’s a very remote place.
Karen, who understood what he meant, nodded.
“That’s right. “There is no mercenary guild at the destination we are currently heading to.”
As Kim Jin-seong twitched his eyebrows, Karen chuckled.
“Let’s get off first. “Because it’s a place that no one else should know about.”
As she spoke, Karen gestured to the taxi driver in front of her.
The taxi driver said that he was not allowed to come in, so he would get off and talk.
Eventually, Karen got out of the taxi and brought Jinseong Kim to a corner alley.
Then he looked around, walked down the alley, and opened his mouth.
“The name of the place we are going now is ‘Adria.’ “It’s a secret request that only those who know really know.”
“Request office? “Is it different from the mercenary guild?”
“A typical request center is not much different from a mercenary guild. In places like that, requests often overlap with mercenary guilds.
But the secret request office is different. “We only handle ‘private requests’ that are not generally handled.”
“Private?”
Karen nodded and continued speaking.
“It literally means requests that cannot be revealed to anyone and that must be kept secret. And usually, dishonest demands have much greater rewards.
“You will know it when you see it, rather than explaining it in words.”
Karen, who finished explaining up to that point, stopped in front of a building.
The sign at the entrance to the shabby three-story building had the word ‘HOTEL’ written on it.
‘… It’s worse than a Korean inn.’
“Let’s go in.”
Karen guides Kim Jin-seong to the entrance, looking at the panoramic view of the building.
There was a small counter in the dark lobby.
As they stood in front of the counter, the bearded middle-aged man who was sitting inside watching TV glanced at them with a sullen expression and opened his mouth.
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“Two of you?”
The middle-aged man didn’t even look at them properly.
Just by looking at their outward annoyance, it was hard to tell whether they wanted to do business or not.
Karen said to him.
“Please give me room 311.”
At those words, the middle-aged man turned his head and looked at him.
After being silent for a moment, he answered.
“There are only rooms up to room 310.”
“I’ve stayed in that room before.”
The middle-aged man looked intently into Karen’s eyes.
Then, he quickly looked over Karen’s whole body and opened his mouth in a much quieter voice.
“It’s my first time seeing this face.”
“There were circumstances. “Are you not going to do business?”
Despite Karen’s urging, the owner stared in silence for a while longer, then opened his mouth and spoke in a low voice.
“ID.”
When the code on the screen of the Hunter watch the two held out to me was scanned with a meter, their identity appeared on the monitor on one side of the counter.
Then, after checking the monitor and their faces in turn, he handed Karen a card with the number 311 written on it.
“Follow me.”
Karen took Jinseong Kim to the third floor.
Karen walks to an unnumbered door at the end of the hallway and opens the door with a card.
Surprisingly, when the door opened, there was not a room inside, but another elevator door.
Karen naturally pressed the lowering button and opened the door.
As Kim Jin-seong entered the elevator, Karen pressed the only button. The button had ‘B’ written on it.
The elevator door opens only after going deep underground for quite a long time.
Beyond the door, I could see the inside of a spacious room.
The walls on all four sides were completely filled with bookshelves, and inside each of the bookshelves were thick document files.
There was a large wooden desk in the center of the room, and behind it a thin middle-aged man wearing round glasses was working on a computer.
Karen, who came closer to him, opened her mouth.
“Nice to meet you, Cesaro.”
A middle-aged man called Cesaro raised his head, looked at Karen, and then opened his mouth.
“I thought you were dead, but you somehow managed to survive.”
Karen flinched at those words.
Cesaro smiled when he saw Karen’s eyes shaking rapidly.
“Not many clients come here. So you can tell who it is just by hearing their voice. “Sit down.”
Jinseong Kim and Karen sat across from the desk.
Cesaro opened his mouth as he looked at the two’s new faces on the monitor.
“Karen, and Jinhwan Lee?”
“jin.”
“jin… . Yes, we both cleared the level 10 dungeon. “How many people got through it?”
In response to Cesaro’s question, Karen pointed to herself and Kim Jin-seong with her finger.
Cesaro opened his eyes wide.
“Alone?”
Cesaro looked at Karen, who nodded, with an expression of disbelief.
“As far as I remember, you would never be able to clear a level 10 dungeon on your own.”
“That’s right. But it is true that the two of us cleared the dungeon together.”
At those words, Cesaro’s eyes naturally turned to Kim Jin-seong.
To interpret Karen’s words, it means that the black-haired young man in front of me named Jin is much stronger than Karen.
“… “If what you say is true, I can give you a request that is one level higher than what I was thinking of.”
“To what extent?”
“Level 10.”
“oh… !”
Karen let out an exclamation and looked satisfied.
Cesaro stood up from the chair.
“You were once a regular, so I won’t bother testing your skills. Let’s see… .”
Cesaro moved to the left corner and took out a thick document file from inside the bookshelf.
“Now, let’s choose.”
Jinseong Kim received a file with the title ‘Average Lv 10’ and opened it.
Inside was full of documents with various requests written on them.
There were two requests written on the first page.
Request: Assassinate the branch manager of ‘Selepo Bank’ in area B31.
Note: The branch manager’s skills are at the level of an ordinary person. However, if you fail to commit the perfect crime, you may become the continent’s official wanted person.
A state-of-the-art surveillance system has been installed in banks and homes.
Request Level: 9
Reward: 2 billion blanc if successful
Request details: ’69 st. Destroy the B6 district branch of the ‘Gangster’ clan.
Note: There are usually at least 15 people living here, and the branch leader, Uber, is known to be a skilled person who has cleared more than level 10 of the Demon World Dungeon.
Request level: 11
Reward: 500 million Blanc for each clan member killed. 3 billion blanc for killing Uber.
Jinseong Kim turned the page and checked other requests.
It was mostly similar to the previous two. These were all illegal requests, including assassinations, kidnappings, terrorism, and raids.
‘… That’s why it was said to be a private request.’
There was nothing wrong with Karen’s explanation that it was a secret request center.
Even though I kept turning the pages, I couldn’t find a single request that was worthy of being openly disclosed to people.
“Just in case, look for any requests related to those ‘pigs’.”
That’s what Karen said to Jinseong Kim as he turned the pages.
Conscious of Cesaro, I deliberately said ‘Nature Animal’ instead of saying it out loud.
Jinseong Kim noticed him, nodded, and continued turning the pages.
At one point, Karen, who shared the request with Kim Jin-seong, suddenly took out her smartphone from her pocket.
“… Oops, I only have 5% battery left. Why didn’t I charge it? Oh, I fainted yesterday… .”
Karen’s gaze naturally turned to Kim Jin-seong, but Kim Jin-seong paid no attention and continued to focus on confirming the request.
Karen glanced at him and touched the smartphone a few times before holding it out to Cesaro.
“Is it possible to charge it?”
Cesaro’s eyes naturally turned to the smartphone screen.
A notepad-like app appeared on the screen, with this text written in the center.
– I would like to make a separate personal request. After you leave here, please send a text to the number listed below.
After reading the text, Cesaro glanced at Karen.
“… … .”
He looked at Karen for a moment, who was giving her an almost pleading look, and then returned the smartphone and said.
“It’s not in this room.”
“this… ! “What kind of office doesn’t have any chargers or cables?”
“That’s my heart. “Maybe buy an auxiliary battery on the way.”
“Should I…?” .”
Karen mumbles and tries to act as naturally as possible.
At that time, Cesaro looked at the monitor and moved both hands to the keyboard.
Karen glanced at his hands.
Soon he saw Cesaro’s hand correctly entering his smartphone number.
‘it’s okay!’
Karen is feeling happy inside.
It was then.
“found.”
At that time, Kim Jin-seong’s voice reached his ears.
Karen immediately read the request Jinseong Kim was looking at.
Request: Destroy the secret drug manufacturing plant on the outskirts of area B16.
Note: There are always at least 4 Nature Animal Clan members stationed here. And recently, there are rumors that Nature Animals is supplying drugs to the Triunfo Clan.
Request Level: 13
Compensation: 10 billion blanc
(Continued in the next part)
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