Ordinary Art Factor [EN]: Chapter 61

I quietly clenched my right fist tightly.

How long I had waited for the Black Core!

Once the Black Core is created, I can produce Lightning Shamans and Dark Assassins in addition to Zealots and Dragoons from the Gateway.

The Dark Assassin is, as the name suggests, a mechanized dungeon unit with invisibility, which is very useful.

It can be considered invincible as long as its invisibility is not detected, and the Assassin’s attack power is the strongest among ground units.

Furthermore, combining the characteristics of two Dark Assassins creates a new unit, the ‘Corrupted Warrior.’

The Lightning Shaman can also summon the Lightning Spirit ‘Torcan’ with the characteristics of two units, but above all, I’m looking forward to the Corrupted Warrior.

The Corrupted Warrior has unique characteristics instead of attack abilities, one of which is replication.

It can replicate both mechanized and bio dungeon units, and the replicated target is treated as the Corrupted Warrior’s possession.

Soon, someday, I will definitely use the Corrupted Warrior’s replication ability to replicate Dran from the Bio Dungeon.

Using that Dran, I’ll create a Mature Tower, make another Dran, and with that Dran… ahem.

For now, I must not let my guard down until I can produce Dark Assassins.

Of course, I don’t know how much it costs to produce a Dark Assassin yet, but I’ll be able to figure it out after clearing the dungeon.

If I get ambushed as soon as I enter like before, a Dark Assassin might be slicing me up.

One by one, if I take care of things, the day will come when I can summon the Corrupted Warrior.

‘All in on Stamina? Or divide between Enchant and Stamina? Strength or Agility?’

The dilemma is about distributing the 10 stat points I have.

In the last level-up, I ignored Stamina and went all in on Luck, but now I deeply regret it.

Being backstabbed as soon as I entered the dungeon because of my terrible Stamina made me think, ‘Ah~ I’ve been living my life too carelessly.’

Even though I’m a Warrior-type Awakener, I’m only Rank 7, and I almost got killed by a Rank 9!

Since I don’t know when an emergency situation will strike, I need to be able to control at least the short amount of time it takes to summon Zealots or Dragoons at my will.

To do that, I need to raise my physical stat abilities, but here’s the problem again.

The stat points are fixed, and I’ve already raised many stats, so there’s no way. I can only distribute them little by little.

After much deliberation, I ended up investing 3 in Stamina, 3 in Agility, and 4 in Enchant, just in case.

Reason tells me to go all in on Stamina, but instinct whispers that Enchant is important. First, all tests will be done after clearing the dungeon.

I put aside the trivial thoughts and moved to see the face of the guy who hit me in the back of the head, where my party members were.

“So, you don’t know?”

“Kuh-huh. You’re just… an object… to be taken care of… by me. I have to… protect… my… brother… Kuh-huh.”

“What’s wrong with this guy? Was he always like this?”

“He’s like this because I roughed him up a bit too much in the initial suppression process.”

“Ha, this is really something.”

“Should we hand him over to the branch [presumably the Awakener’s Guild branch] or the police after leaving the dungeon? Or….”

“Hand him over. I’m going to get cursed trying to lift the curse on that cursed guy. Make sure to identify him properly when you hand him over, and report the results in the meantime.”

“Understood, Party Leader.”

I passed the damn guy to Gilsu and spoke to the party members.

“An unfortunate incident happened in the middle, but I was able to survive thanks to you all. Thank you all, really.”

“Ah, no, Party Leader!”

“We just did what we had to do.”

“Everyone does this when there are casualties.”

Everyone says a word as I bow my head politely to thank them.

“No, only those who have experienced it know. Let’s finish clearing the dungeon quickly and return. I will distribute my share of the Seongpanak Rank 8 clear reward equally to all party members today. Let’s proceed with the clear from now on. Summon all Zealots!”

[Ding! Summons 120 upgraded Zealots (Attack Power +100%).]

Jihye and Hanteuk try to say something to my words, but then close their mouths.

Probably because of the clear reward.

Let’s clear the dungeon first.

I looked at the upgraded Zealots filling the nearby open space and gave the order.

“10 Zealots guard this guy, and the rest destroy the units and buildings in the dungeon. Priority is Nexus, Defense Tower, Gateway, Dragoon, Zealot. Go!”

At my command, the upgraded Zealots began to run over the mounds.

“Establish a moving formation. Party Leader in the center, one on the left, two on the right. Go!”

As the Zealots began to run, Hanteuk broadcasted the clear situation, and Team 1 took its place on the left, and Team 2 on the right, centering on me, and began to move.

“Rapid movement, then Battle Formation B! Warriors, charge out!”

‘Koo-koong… Kwaaaang.’

‘Koo-wooo… Koo-wooo’

The Zealots, running ahead, ignored the cannon fire from the defense towers and began to focus their attacks on the Nexus.

The Nexus was destroyed in an instant.

The Zealots, who had not yet reached the Nexus, rushed towards the defense towers and Gateway buildings spread out in all directions, and the Seongpanak Rank 8 Mechanized Dungeon was quickly cleared by the 120 upgraded Zealots.

As the dungeon clear notification appeared, people began to murmur around me.

“Wow~ how long did it take to clear Rank 8?”

“I’ve only heard about the Party Leader’s summoning ability, but it’s really awesome to see it in person.”

“Are those upgraded Zealots? I heard there are Dragoons too?”

The new Awakeners who cleared the dungeon with me for the first time this time are looking at the upgraded Zealots and me, constantly exclaiming in admiration.

So what if they do?

I’m the guy who gets backstabbed by a Rank 9 Warrior… tsk.

As I grumbled and moved towards the Nexus, Hanteuk and Gilsu followed, maintaining the moving formation.

After arriving around the Nexus, I instructed Hanteuk to mine the minerals according to the dungeon clear reward, and after having the upgraded Zealots who survived the clear survey the area, I moved to the back.

Because I saw hazy steam rising from behind the Nexus.

[Ding! A Gas Refinery has been created. Total amount 82.311L]

“82 liters, roughly 270 pieces [units of measurement for gas]? That’s pretty good.”

Every time dozens of Probes brought black steam from the Gas Refinery to me, a notification that I had absorbed a piece of gas rang out.

First, I summoned the Crystal, created the Gateway, then created the Dragoon Core, and then the Speed Core, all in quick succession.

The gas pieces used up to this point were only 100.

With the remaining 170 or so gas pieces, including one more gas piece, will I be able to create a Black Core and produce Dark Assassins?

“Create Black Core!”

[Ding! Not enough Mineral Pieces (60), cannot create Black Core.]

Damn Mineral Piece shortage!

I was so focused on gas that I didn’t even think about Mineral Pieces.

The Mineral Pieces I had absorbed before were 210.

From there, I used 100 to create the Gateway, 40 for the Dragoon Core, and 30 for the Speed Core, so the remaining Mineral Pieces are 40.

Seeing that I’m short 60, it seems that 100 Mineral Pieces are used to create a Black Core.

I sighed, took out the minerals stored in my inventory, summoned the Idea Awl [a tool for splitting minerals], and started stabbing them.

‘Thwack… thwack thwack… crack. Thwack thwack thwack….’

“How can an awl split minerals so well? Isn’t this really for splitting minerals?”

The mineral chunks that Gilsu has to hit with a greatsword to break little by little are easily pierced by the Idea Awl.

If you wiggle and pull out the pierced awl, the mineral cracks along the grain and splits.

It’s nice that I don’t have to ask Gilsu to split the minerals every time, but it doesn’t look good at all. What am I even doing?

I sat on the floor, put the mineral chunk in front of me, stabbed it with the awl, and absorbed the small pieces for a few minutes.

A notification that I had absorbed the maximum amount didn’t appear, but the maximum absorption amount had increased from 210 pieces to 260 pieces.

It’s because the maximum amount of Mineral Piece absorption increased as my level went up. Well, that’s a good thing.

I got up from my seat, recognized the Probes, and shouted once again.

“Create Black Core!”

At my shout, the Probe scurried to a spot 3m next to the Speed Core, and the guy’s body began to glow blue.

‘Poo… chi…chijik.’

[Ding! Black Core has been created. Dark Assassins (requires 120 Mineral Pieces and 50 Gas Pieces per unit) and Lightning Shamans (requires 120 Mineral Pieces and 80 Gas Pieces per unit) can be produced from the Gateway.]

The Black Core created by the cute Probe.

The exterior is similar to a long, black coffer wrapped in geometric patterns and designs.

“Black Core Status Window!”

[Ding! Checking the status of the building Black Core. Category: Building, Name: Black Core, Upgrade: Lightning Shaman Lightning Trait (requires 200 Mineral Pieces and 100 Gas Pieces, Inactive), Corrupted Warrior Replication Trait (requires 300 Mineral Pieces and 200 Gas Pieces, Inactive)]

Looking at the Black Core status and the activation of traits, the Gas Pieces required to activate the Lightning Shaman’s Lightning Trait were 100, and the Corrupted Warrior’s Replication Trait required 200 Gas Pieces.

Since I consumed 80 more Gas Pieces while creating the Black Core, I now have 90 Gas Pieces left.

Both the Lightning Trait and the Replication Trait are grayed out in the trait window because my level is not high enough, but somehow, I feel very disappointed.

With the remaining Gas Pieces, I can only produce one Dark Assassin or Lightning Shaman. Furthermore, the Lightning Shaman is in an inactive state where it cannot use the Lightning Trait.

I produced a Dark Assassin from the Gateway.

“Produce Dark Assassin!”

[Ding! Producing Dark Assassin from the Gateway. Time required 6 minutes 59 seconds, 58 seconds, 57 seconds…]

While waiting for the Dark Assassin to be produced from the Gateway, I looked around.

Seeing the murmuring sounds coming from behind the destroyed Nexus, it seems that Gilsu and the party members have mined all the minerals.

Once the Dark Assassin is produced, I’ll put it in my inventory and leave the dungeon.

I’ll hand over the bastard who hit me in the back of the head to the police, and if I investigate his identity, something will come out. I don’t know who targeted me, but I’m never going to let it go.

Because in this world, if you stay still thinking that good things are good, you become a doormat.

Thinking this and that, I bent down to put the minerals I had been splitting earlier into my inventory to clean up, but the Crystal I had summoned in front of me suddenly caught my eye.

A 1m-sized Crystal.

Rhombus-shaped hexagon up and down, transparent, long, and the sparkling surface is quite similar to minerals.

Something, a vague memory, comes and goes in my head.

What is it?

It feels like I’m about to remember something, but nothing comes to mind.

I don’t know what this is.

Minerals and Crystals, similar but not similar….

I picked up one of the split mineral chunks and approached the Crystal to compare them.

The bluish mineral and the white Crystal.

This tickling feeling in my head… I sat down on the floor and examined the Crystal in detail.

The surface of the hexagonal pillar Crystal is smooth and shiny as if someone had carved it… smooth? It’s smooth?

I looked back and forth between the mineral and the Crystal in my hand, suppressing the frustrating feeling.

‘Mineral… Crystal… Smooth… Plate? Mineral Plate? Idea Awl?’

I summoned the Idea Awl again and stabbed only the innocent minerals, then changed the target and stabbed the Crystal….

‘Tick!’

When I stabbed it, it bounced off.

Um, the Crystal is much stronger than the mineral… huh? Well, well?

The handle of the Idea Awl began to glow blue, and a white light began to appear at the tip of the awl.

Is this the effect of giving the Enchant stat before clearing the dungeon?

Just in case, I tried to draw a circle on the surface of the Crystal… ha, it seems that it can also recognize it.

It recognizes circles, triangles, and squares, and if you move the Idea Awl with your hand, it is engraved on the surface of the Crystal in the same shape or size as you thought.

As the Idea Awl carved the surface of the Crystal, carving out what I was thinking, I became interested.

Thinking of a fire-type magic circuit I found on the internet, I drew a large circle, and started drawing a hexagram inside….

“Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend]. What are you doing?”

Hanteuk asks, looking at me, when he came.

Damn it, if you come, make some noise.

“Uh. I think I can use this here, but I don’t know. It’s originally a mineral chunk….”

“The Idea Awl on the Crystal? Isn’t it a mineral chunk? Last time….”

“I don’t know. I tried it by chance, and it works?”

“That’s amazing. Anyway, I’ve mined all the minerals. Should we practice that and go out?”

“No, that’s enough. Let’s just go out today. I’m not in the mood, and I have to hand that guy over to the police. By the way, how much mineral did you get?”

“Maybe because we spent time when we entered, it’s less than last time. About 190kg.”

“Well, that’s a good amount.”

“Yes.”

Rank 8 Mechanized Dungeon clear reward 190kg of minerals.

Converted to money, it’s about 660 million [currency not specified].

Originally, according to my authority as the party leader and my contribution to the clear, 40% of the clear reward minerals, 76kg, 260 million [currency not specified], is my share, but today I plan to divide it neatly among the party members.

The healers and priests worked the hardest, but if the warriors and mages hadn’t taken care of the initial Zerglings [a type of enemy], the rest would have been obvious.

Dividing it among 14 people excluding me, no, excluding that bastard, so 13 people, would be about 20 million [currency not specified] per person, but if you combine it with their original share, it will be quite a large amount.

I would have died today if it weren’t for the party members, so I have to give them this much reward. That way, if something like this happens next time, won’t they protect me first?

No.

You have to throw away the thought that this kind of thing can happen in the future.

Once is enough for this kind of shitty thing.

You must not let your guard down and always be vigilant.

Because the Awakener world is a world where anyone, anytime, anywhere can hit you in the back of the head.

I didn’t know how time was passing while playing with the Crystal and minerals with the Idea Awl, and talking with Hanteuk.

“Wait a minute.”

I looked at the Dark Assassin standing tall in front of the Gateway.

About 180cm tall. Similar attire to the Zealot, black cloak, holding a long greatsword in his hand instead of the Zealot’s gauntlet, and spreading dark darkness around him.

It should be invisible because it has invisibility, but is it because I produced it that I can see it?

“Hanteuk-ah [informal way to call Hanteuk].”

“Yes, Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend].”

“Can you see it?”

“What is it?”

“Can’t you see? That guy over there.”

I pointed to the Dark Assassin standing in front of the Gateway.

“Wh, what are you talking about? What’s there? Did you develop some other ability?”

“Never mind. It’s nothing.”

“Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend]. Please tell me. What is it?”

Hanteuk doesn’t seem to see it.

Good. If other Awakeners can’t see it either, it seems like it could be quite useful.

Of course, there are magical items that detect or identify invisibility skills, but not many Awakeners carry them around all the time. If I summon it at the right time and place, it should be useful.

I’ll use it in a different situation instead of clearing dungeons.

Just you wait. You son of a bitch who stabbed me in the back, you’re dead!

After instructing Hanteuk to prepare to leave the dungeon, I approached the Dark Assassin standing in front of the Gateway.

A Dark Assassin in a long, black cloak that reaches down to the ankles, surrounded by a dark aura regardless of the surrounding brightness, with empty eyes. The thin, long sword is unique.

Does it use its invisibility to slice up units with that sword? Or who will be its next prey?

I can always check later. I reached out and put the cloak into my inventory.

Just wait there for a moment. I don’t know when it will be, but I’ll use you very usefully.

But can units be summoned outside the dungeon too?

Zealot, Dracan, and the Dark Assassin are not magical items.

Just like how surprised Hanteuk was when I summoned the Idea Awl, all the items in the Awakeners’ inventories can only be summoned inside the dungeon.

Well, magical items have minerals mixed in, so they can be absorbed outside and put into the inventory, but only a portion can be taken out.

Magical items that I have absorbed.

Among them are objects such as defensive gear, offensive weapons, clothing, and accessories.

Purification of Flame or Purification of Ice, Idea Pouch, etc., are characteristics that change the state when an Awakener absorbs them, not summoning targets.

In other words, whether it’s a dungeon or reality, only objects and things among the absorbed items or magical items can be summoned, but units are also objects… Ah, my head hurts.

I’m worrying about things that can be checked outside… I’m crazy. Tsk.

I won’t ask for anything else, please just let me summon them.

I sighed and started the last work before leaving the dungeon.

I created more Gateways, produced the Zealots that were consumed during the clear, and put a 5kg mineral chunk and Zealots into Hanteuk’s inventory.

Returning to the dungeon entrance with the party members, I checked my status for the last time.

“Status Window!”

“[Art Factor: Han Ji-won (Lv-4)

Nationality/Affiliation: South Korea/Ji-won Party,

Age: 40, Height/Weight: 178cm/78kg,

Agility: 6, Stamina: 3, Strength: 4,

Health: 6, Intelligence: 2, Luck: 13,

Enchant: 7, Inventory: 8/9

(Awakener Boots, Gloves, Cloak,

Zealot (Speed Upgrade +100%) (120), Dracan (32),

Dark Assassin (1),

Minerals (5.815kg), Idea Awl (2)),

Buildings: 11

(Nexus, Battery, Gateway, Dracan Core,

Gas Mining Station, Speed Upgrade Core, Land Core, Stargate,

Black Core, Light Core, Land Spore Core),

Crystal: 0/40, Personal Stats: 0,

Summon Target Stats: 251 (Probe),

Zealot’s Top Armor 1,

Possessed Artifacts: Mineral Fragment (260),

Gas Fragment (2), Idea Pouch (Absorbed) 1,

Idea Awl (Absorbed) 2]”

As a stroke of good luck, I was upgraded to level 4. The personal stats given were divided and distributed to physical characteristics and enchant. The characteristics of the new building and the increase in the maximum amount of absorbable mineral fragments are the gains from this dungeon clear?

Ah, no.

Seeing that the summon target stat is 251, it seems to have increased by about 50.

And to what extent did I figure out the party members’ ability to respond in urgent or emergency situations?

It’s a problem that my neck was on the line in that emergency situation.

Is Awakener stat 400 the 6th rank?

Then how much stat does Hong Tae-sung, the guild leader of the Four-Star Guild, who is a 4th rank, have? Tsk.

I compared myself to the guild leader of the Four-Star Guild owned by a large corporation, recognized as the best guild in South Korea, the highest-ranked Awakener in the country, and moved towards the Nexus.

Since I became an Awakener like this, my goal is high and big, but the reality is… a gutter. Well.

But so far, it’s been pretty good.

My earnings and Awakener stats, compared to others, are leveling up at a tremendous speed… or not?

Just my delusion, self-admiration?

I stopped imagining and came out of the dungeon, filled out and submitted the clear completion statement to the management office, and headed to the Jeju Eastern Police Station in Inje.

To hand over that son of a bitch to the police. First, before entering the Awakener Task Force, I called the Jeju branch manager of the Korea Awakener Association.

These things should be said in advance so that cooperation will be good later.

If the branch manager doesn’t ignore me.

“Hey, Ji-won Party Leader!”

He answers happily before the signal even rings a few times.

Since I was designated as a defense party this time, I had a few more dinner parties, so we became quite close.

I need to bring it up at times like this so that the background check of that son of a bitch can be processed quickly, accurately, and reliably, right?

“Yes, Branch Manager-nim [term of respect]. This is Ji-won. It’s not that, there was a PK [Player Killing] when clearing the Seongpanak Dungeon today.”

“PK? Wh, who? Who? You weren’t hurt? In your party? What are you talking about?”

“We recruited new Awakeners related to the defense party this time. One of them. He tried to stab me in the back.”

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I almost died, but I lived because of them. If there was even one less healer or priest among the party members, I wouldn’t be talking to Branch Manager-nim right now.”

First of all, I have to exaggerate a lot.

Even if the contents are small and cheap, the packaging should be big, pretty, and expensive.

“Which bastard is targeting the Jeju branch defense party, the party leader? Which group does that bastard belong to? Is this me being ignored now? Where are you now? I’ll go there.”

“No. You don’t have to come. I’m in front of the Eastern Police Station for now. I’m thinking of handing it over to the Awakener Task Force here. I called you first to ask you to make a phone call.”

“Is that so? I understand. I’ll call the team leader right now. Hang up first….”

The branch manager couldn’t overcome his anger and hangs up the phone while talking to himself.

Okay.

If I go in about 5-10 minutes, they’ll take care of it well.

I took out a cigarette from one side of the parking lot.

It’s cold.

Let’s hand it over quickly and go to the sauna.

I’m in the mood today, so I should run a little at the company dinner. Damn it.

As expected.

After smoking two cigarettes in the parking lot and entering, a person called the team leader of the task force led us.

I kindly explained the PK situation statement, background check, and circumstances of the incident, and the party members made separate witness statements.

All 13 party members wrote and explained the statements one-on-one, and it seems that all the members of the Awakener Task Force at the Eastern Police Station were attached.

Well, I don’t know exactly.

I need to have been here before.

Still, I don’t know what I heard, but the fact that they are explaining it kindly makes me shrug my shoulders.

Ordinary people wouldn’t come here, but just looking at this attitude of not looking down on a 9th-grade Awakener makes me think that saying a word to the branch manager was a good thing.

After about an hour of investigating the PK situation and witness statements, we were able to head to the sauna only after putting that son of a bitch in the detention facility.

While washing away the surprised heart and mentally tired body, I looked at my left chest, and there was a thumbnail-sized scar.

It seems that the scar remains even if so many people cast healing and blessings.

Should I buy a bottle of low-grade potion and drink it in the near future?

Or should I buy a first aid kit and put it in my inventory?

Who is the backer of that son of a bitch?

Was I really stabbed in the back because of the selection of the defense party?

I came out after thinking about miscellaneous things until my body was wrinkled in the hot tub.

After finishing the sauna, I stopped by the Awakener shopping mall, exchanged the clear reward, minerals, and moved to a beef restaurant for a late dinner.

The clear party, which had 15 members before entering Seongpanak, was reduced to 14, and the party members seated look at me carefully.

I took the lead in making a somaek [soju and beer mixed drink] and proposed a toast, opening my mouth.

“Today, everyone, thank you so much. Thanks to you, I am sitting in this place and able to have a drink like this. I look forward to working with you in the future.”

“Ah, no. Party Leader-nim [term of respect].”

“Oppa [term used by a female to address an older brother or male friend], that’s a bit of an overreaction.”

“Haha. Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend], if you say that, I’m embarrassed.”

Everyone laughed and accepted my words, and understood.

The world of Awakeners.

Words that are often heard in the news, newspapers, and the Internet: PK [Player Killing].

Someone because of money, someone because of items, someone because of interests, affairs, and retaliatory PK, etc.

A survey that there are more incidents involving PK than being killed by dungeon clears or dungeon units.

The dirty, difficult, and dangerous dungeon clear of Awakeners. Numerous Awakeners who act like that even though they know and feel it.

Wherever you go, it’s the same, wherever you are, what does it matter.

My situation is like this now…

I feel uncomfortable because I feel like I’ve just stepped into this shitty world, and the alcohol feels very bitter.

I should drink hard today. Tomorrow is another day.

* * *

The next day, afternoon.

The atmosphere is chaotic when I go to the office.

Just as I was entering the party leader’s office and making a cup of coffee, Hanteuk knocks and enters.

“Party Leader-nim [term of respect], I just got a call from the Eastern Police Station. This seems to be something….”

“Sit down and talk.”

I handed Hanteuk a cup of drip coffee and asked again.

“Is it about that guy? Is the investigation already over?”

“It came out strangely quickly. But it’s a bit, no, it’s quite strange.”

“What is it?”

“First, if you look at this….”

Hanteuk hands over a few documents.

I received it and looked at it, and it contained that son of a bitch’s personal information, awakening process, occupation and rank, stats, home address, and Awakener career.

Did they investigate all of this in half a day? Really?

“Can you figure this out so quickly? It’s really unexpected? I thought it would take at least a week.”

“Most of them are items in the computer system, but it could be because of the party leader-nim’s phone call. Anyway, look at this here.”

“What is it?”

“Looking here, before we hired new Awakeners, that guy went to a party, 3 months, 2 months, and here’s the party name.”

Hanteuk was a little excited and pointed at each one with his finger, continuing his words.

“Native Party, Dracen Party. This part and occupation, stats, are completely different from the career in the resume I received before.”

“Did you write the resume and career in a lie?”

“Yes. And as you know, Native Party, Dracen Party, that’s a subcontractor.”

“Ora Party, Jeju Top, Halla Party are also subcontractors.”

“Did they really do that there? Knowing that it would be revealed so quickly?”

“It’s either one of two things. It’s real, or they used a trick to make you guess that way.”

I’m already burdened with the ages of thirty-nine and forty, and I have to use my head even after becoming an Awakener, not the old office? Really?

Every time I level up, I would have poured all the personal stats given into luck, health, agility, enchant, and intelligence, and I would have become a genius by now… but compared to other Awakeners, I can’t even be in the middle with that stat. Damn it.

What can I do?

I have to blame myself for not having a good head. Well.

Still, I was recognized as quite smart in the IT industry I used to work in, but I’m still a 허접 [Heojup – a slang term for someone who is unskilled or incompetent] in the Awakener world. Damn it.

“Yang Gi-soo’s party member friend, Gil-soo’s cousin, used to be in the Aria Guild Jeju branch, should I ask him?”

“Is he still going there now?”

“No. He quit at the beginning of last year….”

“Is Yang Gi-soo outside?”

“Yes.”

“Tell him to come in.”

“I understand.”

First of all, whether it’s a subcontractor or a subcontractor of a subcontractor, I have to point out the suspicious things first.

If you judge by guessing, it is easy to come back as a big misunderstanding later.

Hanteuk left the party leader’s office and brought in Yang Gi-soo party member.

“Did you call for me? Party Leader-nim [term of respect].”

“Oh, sit there. Would you like a cup of tea?”

“Ah, no. I just drank it.”

“Is that so? I’m sorry, but there’s something I want to ask you… It’s not that, your friend used to go to the Aria Guild Jeju branch, right? Is that right?”