The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 139

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A yellow-grade cave dungeon located in Bundang, Seongnam.

“Priest classes, fall back and support! Guardians and mages, lead the way to the boss room as soon as the mapping is complete! The rest of you, follow me!”

Kim Min-ju’s voice echoed loudly.

Karma Corporation’s Ability Suppression Division, First Operations Team.

Commonly known as Black Wave.

Named after Kim Min-ju’s sword, this team, befitting the Suppression Division’s ace, is composed of hunters who are all B-grade or higher.

The individual skills of each member were comparable to those of the Seoul headquarters’ Operations Team 1. Moreover, they were led by the youngest A-rank hunter in the country, ranked 4th overall.

Black Wave was arguably the best operations team in the country.

Of course, it was a shame that the team’s predecessor and Kim Min-ju’s signature weapon, the Black Wave Sword, had been lost.

“Hoo…”

[Unique Skill: Thousand-Hand Guanyin – Awakening]

[Three of the Six Guanyin]

[Third Form – Hayagriva]

Swish—.

Thump-thump-thump—!!

Even with a basic weapon, her skills still shone.

“We’ll continue to advance to the boss room!”

“Yes!”

“Understood!”

The team members moved with perfect discipline.

The entire Black Wave team deeply trusted Kim Min-ju.

Her suppression experience and field command far exceeded those of most mid-level team leaders.

Moreover, most of the operations she had undertaken were special dungeons that the industry avoided, such as loop dungeons, underwater dungeons, and regen dungeons.

The experience she had accumulated while overcoming numerous near-death experiences was enough to earn her respect and awe among hunters.

Of course, she herself attributed the credit to others.

‘It would have been impossible without Teacher [referring to Kim Jun-woo].’

If Kim Jun-woo hadn’t casually spoken to her, she might still be living a perpetual B-grade life under Team Leader Lee Soo-yong.

「Team Leader, mapping complete. The boss room is right beyond the wall from our current location!」

At that moment, a radio message came from the rear personnel.

Kim Min-ju immediately raised her fist towards the wall in front of her.

Bang—!!

With a deafening roar, the cave wall collapsed.

At the same time, the dungeon’s boss, an Ancient Wraith, revealed itself.

Creak—.

Creeeaaak—.

A ghost-type monster contorting its joints grotesquely.

All the team members momentarily flinched at the sight of its eerie form.

Most physical attacks are ineffective against ghost-type monsters.

The problem was that the Black Wave team, led by Sword Saint Kim Min-ju, consisted almost entirely of physical attack classes.

It was only natural that they were taken aback.

[Thousand-Hand Guanyin – Awakening]

[Outer Form of the Six Guanyin]

Of course, that didn’t apply to Kim Min-ju.

Without hesitation, she proceeded to the next action.

She took a deep breath.

[Spirit Assimilation – Guanshiyin]

[Krodha-raja]

Soon, the flow of air that had been running through her entire body changed.

Swoosh—.

Spirit Assimilation itself, beyond human form.

Immediately, a terrifying sword strike directly hit the Ancient Wraith.

Screeeeeech—!!

With an ear-splitting scream, the ghost monster lost its form and was torn to shreds.

“Black Wave, suppression complete.”

「Good work. Return and rest until the next operation.」

“No.”

She said firmly.

“We’ll move on to the next operation immediately.”

「…Are you sure?」

If it were as usual, she wouldn’t have been so eager.

But now the situation was different.

‘Even if it’s Teacher… if there’s a bet involved, it’s a different story.’

I can’t lose.

“I’m sure.”

「…Understood. Then please move to Suwon immediately. We’ll assign Cleaning Team 1 to the dungeon you’ve cleared.」

“Yes.”

With a short answer, she immediately led the team out of the dungeon.

***

Anyang, Dongan District.

A green-grade dimensional underground dungeon.

A special operations team belonging to Karma Corporation’s Ability Suppression Division, commonly known as Red Dog, was assigned to the dungeon deep underground.

“Hey! What are you doing! Who told you to take the lead before me?! Do you want to die?!”

As soon as they entered the boss room, Red Dog’s team leader, Han Yu-bin’s, harsh voice lashed out at the team members.

“Didn’t you check the boss information? If we stick together against a golem-type monster, we could all die together!”

“……”

“What are you doing! Don’t just stand there blankly, spread out and attack!”

“Yes, yes!”

Following her command, Red Dog also began the suppression.

As the name ‘special operations team’ suggested, their role was to participate in all operational processes, from planning to cleanup, making them an all-rounder team, but…

In reality, they were just a team that Kim Jun-woo had organized so he could use them here and there.

Of course, Team Leader Han Yu-bin herself had not yet noticed that fact.

“Ah, why aren’t you doing it faster?! If we come in last, are you going to take responsibility?!”

“S-Sorry!”

“Ah, geez, move! You’re so frustrating!”

Han Yu-bin didn’t like the team members’ lackluster attacks, so she pushed them aside and stepped forward.

Golem-type monster, Stone Fist.

It was a giant size, easily dozens of times larger than her own physique, but Han Yu-bin didn’t care.

[Unique Skill: High-Panic Berserker – Status Release]

[All stats are converted to Strength.]

[Strength: 18,955 (9,107↑)]

[Health: 1 (2,289↓)]

[Agility: 1 (5,799↓)]

[Mana: 1 (1,019↓)]

Thwack—!

Thump-thump-thump—!

Crash—!!

A hand-to-hand fight with terrifying destructive power.

Golem-type monsters had high defense and attack power, but their speed was very slow.

They were helpless against her fists, which landed every second.

Kaaaaa—!

And soon, with a huge roar that shook the space, the golem collapsed.

The time it took was less than 5 minutes.

“Hoo…”

Han Yu-bin wiped away a few drops of sweat and caught her breath.

Honestly, the work here was quite tough, but… she hardly felt tired.

Because it was much more fun than working as an operations team leader in the US branch.

‘Well, I have an eye for talent.’

After all, she had recognized Kim Jun-woo’s abilities at once and stuck with him.

Perhaps that was one of the best choices she had ever made in her life.

Of course, now that there was a bet involved, she had no intention of going easy on him.

Even if the opponent was Kim Jun-woo, whom she respected.

“If you’re done, let’s move on to the next dungeon immediately.”

“Y-Yes?! Immediately?!”

“Shouldn’t we return to headquarters and rest a little before going…?”

Han Yu-bin’s eyes changed.

“What have you guys done to deserve a rest?”

“……”

Everyone swallowed their words at her pointed remark.

She was already a figure of terror to the team members.

Rumor had it that she had been fired from her previous job several times for violence, and there were stories that she had fought a war alone in Vietnam.

“A-Alright.”

Their obedience to her words was closer to a learned effect based on fear than leadership.

Whether it was right or wrong, the effect was good.

***

“Haaah…”

I felt tired after entering the dungeon after a long time.

A green-grade dungeon in Songpa District.

The name of my team assigned to this place was, in fact, Temporary.

Director Lee Ah-young had actually put only two letters, ‘Temporary,’ on the document.

‘It’s a bit funny to call it a team when it’s just me.’

As I trudged towards the boss room, I organized the current situation in my head.

Now is the time to move up, as GT Dungeon is faltering due to byproduct processing.

So, I spent almost all of the budget to acquire about 70% of the domestic dungeon shares this month.

It goes without saying that if we can’t suppress them all, we’ll end up taking the loss.

I had to digest it somehow… but in fact, we didn’t have many operations teams.

‘If I can’t increase the number of teams in a short period of time, I have no choice but to increase efficiency.’

To motivate and enable faster and more efficient suppression, I introduced the ‘Settlement Season’ that I used to do at the Seoul headquarters.

The actual content was slightly changed, but the purpose was the same anyway.

All teams that achieve more results than me during the week get performance bonuses.

And the team that comes in last pays for the entire company dinner.

At first, I thought it was a pretty good idea, but now that I think about it, I think there were some mistakes.

Kim Min-ju, who already earns hundreds of millions of won a year, or Han Yu-bin, who is richer than me, wouldn’t be tempted by a mere performance bonus.

Well, anyway, those guys don’t seem like they’re going to work hard… and I don’t think any other operations team will have better results than me.

‘I can just slack off……’

As I muttered to myself, I arrived at the boss room before I knew it.

A centipede-type monster, Horn Smile.

As the name suggests, it was a monster with thousands of horns all over its body.

‘This is going to be a bit of a pain in the ass for the facility to work on?’

As soon as I saw the monster, I was quite worried about the cleanup.

Before the suppression, I first sent a radio message to the control team.

“This is Temporary Team.”

「Ah, President? Is there a problem?」

“No. It’s not that… I was wondering if you could tell the cleaning team assigned to this dungeon to bring equipment to remove the horns in advance.”

“……?”

“Now that I see it, the boss has too many horns. If we do what we can before handing it over to the facility, we can save time.”

「I understand. I will pass on your message.」

“Yes, then I will proceed with the suppression.”

「Ah, and President.」

At that moment, the control team leader hurriedly continued.

「You know that you’re currently in last place in terms of performance, right?」

“……?”

「Currently, Black Wave is in 1st place and Red Dog is in 2nd place… and there’s almost a three-fold difference between you and them. Everyone must be in good condition today.」

“……”

Did I ever see such crazy bastards?

***

Hanbyul Corporation.

President Ha Sung-il sat still and reviewed the documents that had been submitted for approval.

It was a tedious task for his personality, but he didn’t complain much these days.

“President.”

“Yes.”

“Almost all of the domestic dungeons purchased by Karma Corporation this month have been suppressed.”

“……Already?”

The occasional news stimulated his interest and changed his mood.

“Yes. Well, they say they had a settlement bet with performance bonuses internally… Anyway, thanks to that, the suppression share this month is overwhelmingly dominant compared to GT Dungeon.”

“No, even so, hundreds of dungeons in just one week……”

President Ha burst out laughing.

After all, his eyes were not wrong.

When the first contracts failed one after another, other people would have looked for other methods out of pride.

But Kim Jun-woo didn’t.

Rather, he made the bold decision to purchase domestic dungeons at the highest rate, matching the timing of GT Dungeon’s reckless moves.

Of course, if he couldn’t handle all the purchased dungeons, it could become a poison.

However, as a former operations headquarters chief, he maximized the operational efficiency of hunters without coercion.

As a result, the share of the private suppression market was transferred to Karma Corporation in just one week.

At this rate, they may be able to monopolize domestic byproducts before the research institute is built.

“How is GT Dungeon doing?”

“It’s still at a standstill. Byproduct processing is difficult, so operations are all stopped. There have been no additional purchases… and above all, they don’t seem to be able to digest the remaining dungeons.”

“They’ll be released as inventory.”

“It seems so, so we’re trying to set aside a budget in advance.”

“Good.”

He was thinking of buying them cheaply and handing them over to Karma Corporation.

It’s like a gift for this achievement.

“Has there been any contact from Hanbyul Construction?”

“They say they’ll start construction next week.”

“It’s progressing smoothly.”

President Ha nodded in satisfaction.

“P-President!”

At that moment, the legal team leader rushed into the office.

“What’s going on?”