Chapter 120 – Unregistered Dungeon

Min Do-jun acted calm, but inwardly, he was slightly surprised.

‘There was an unregistered dungeon?’

An unregistered dungeon is one that isn’t included in the system.

In other words, it’s a dungeon that hasn’t been discovered yet.

‘But there are cases where it’s already been discovered and disguised as an ordinary house for personal use.’

It seemed the Black Sea Guild had been using it for their own purposes.

‘Judging by the request to organize a party, they must have been entering with Ahn Gwang-hyun’s permission.’

After all, for a guild that specializes in contract killings, leveling up isn’t easy.

Having an unregistered dungeon would allow them to level up comfortably.

‘Good. Now I have a perfect place to kill them.’

“Boss?”

At Kim Jae-won’s urging, Min Do-jun nodded.

He had already decided who would go with him.

“I’ll go in with those three.”

Min Do-jun pointed to the three who hadn’t been punished earlier.

This was bound to cause controversy, as they were already being seen as receiving special treatment, and now they were entering the dungeon.

“Are you really going with them?”

“Yes. Is there a problem?”

“N-no, but there’s one spot left… What will you do about that?”

‘It must be a 5-person dungeon.’

Not wanting to reveal his ignorance, Min Do-jun casually replied.

“We’ll go in as a party of four.”

“Ah, understood.”

Kim Jae-won, who had secretly hoped to be included, looked disappointed as he glanced at the chosen three.

They, too, were unsure whether to be happy or not, scratching their heads in confusion.

Min Do-jun gestured to Kim Jae-won.

“Lead the way to the dungeon.”

“Understood…”

Shortly after, the five of them, including Kim Jae-won, moved to the location of the unregistered dungeon.

—

‘Is this it?’

In front of Min Do-jun was a small cabin.

At first glance, it looked ordinary, but it was a disguise for the portal.

‘Normally, unregistered dungeons are supposed to be reported immediately upon discovery.’

But the Black Sea Guild had been using it exclusively for themselves.

It was completely illegal.

‘Fortunately, they’ve been raiding it every five days, so it hasn’t caused a dungeon break.’

The unregistered dungeon was a place everyone in the Black Sea Guild wanted to enter.

After all, it was the popular “Tiger-Eye Dungeon,” known even among A-rank dungeons.

‘No wonder it hasn’t caused a dungeon break.’

Being an A-rank dungeon with a relatively low entry level of 1,000, it was a dungeon the Black Sea Guild members were eager to enter.

Creak—

Opening the old cabin door revealed an utterly ordinary interior.

But.

Clank!

Removing a picture frame and prying off a wooden board revealed the hidden dungeon entrance.

“Here it is.”

A portal shimmering with a blue light appeared, along with an information window.

‘It really is the Tiger-Eye Dungeon.’

With a level requirement of 1,000 and a 24-hour survival time.

It’s an A-rank dungeon, but even B-rank Hunters can enter, so it’s popular.

‘And they’ve been monopolizing it like this.’

A place that usually requires a month’s reservation was like a backyard playground for the Black Sea Guild.

“Boss, are you really going in with just the four of you?”

“Yes. Jae-won, you stay here and guard the entrance.”

‘…Are you treating me like a soldier?’

Swallowing his words, Kim Jae-won replied with a bitter expression.

“Understood.”

Even though the raid objective was survival and they had to wait 24 hours, Kim Jae-won agreed without hesitation.

“Equip your gear and let’s go in.”

“Yes, Boss!”

While Min Do-jun casually held a dagger, the three party members were visibly excited.

For the three, who had just reached level 1,000, hunting in a new dungeon was thrilling.

‘This is a great opportunity to level up!’

‘The Boss must think highly of us to let us enter.’

‘Thank you, Boss!’

The three, smiling, disappeared into the portal with Min Do-jun.

Kim Jae-won could only watch their backs with envy.

—

The three who had entered the dungeon, envied and resented by their colleagues, were now far from happy.

In fact, they regretted entering the dungeon.

Because the guild master suddenly swung his sword at them.

Slash— Slash!

“Argh!”

“It hurts!”

“Aaaah!”

Limbs were scattered everywhere, making it hard to tell whose they were.

“B-Boss! Why are you doing this… Gah!”

Min Do-jun’s ghost sword pierced the guild member’s heart.

He did the same to the others, stabbing them with his sword.

Although he could have killed them quickly, Min Do-jun deliberately cut off their limbs to make them suffer before killing them.

‘Considering the victims you’ve killed, this is nothing.’

He didn’t enjoy inflicting pain on others.

But when it came to evil people, even this felt insufficient.

[You have killed Hunter Yoon Kang-min.]

[You have killed Hunter Im Tae-kyung.]

[You have killed Hunter Jeon Hyun-soo.]

He killed all of them as soon as they entered.

‘Dungeons are convenient for killing. No need to worry about witnesses.’

[You have absorbed the target’s corpse.]

[Your health has been restored.]

He lured them into the dungeon to hide the sight of the corpses disappearing.

With no witnesses, no evidence was left.

Some might ask what he gains from killing people, but for Min Do-jun, there was much to gain.

Of course, killing B-rank Hunters only yielded traits.

‘Some decent traits came out.’

[Quick Steps] – Increases running speed by 15%.

[Regeneration] – Increases health regeneration by 20%.

[Durability Enhancement] – Slows the rate at which equipment durability decreases.

All three were only C-grade, but they could be useful when stacked.

‘After all, I have 20 more potential targets.’

If he killed them all and absorbed their traits, he couldn’t imagine how much stronger he’d become.

[All party members have died.]

[If you need help, press the button below.]

☞Request Help☜

If this were a normal dungeon, he might have pressed the help button and prepared an excuse like the boss appearing.

But this was an unregistered dungeon known only to the Black Sea Guild.

Now that he had taken over the guild, it was essentially his personal dungeon.

No need to think of excuses.

‘Besides, I’m not at a level where I need help, so pressing the button would be strange.’

He could just tell Kim Jae-won that the hunting party members died during the raid.

No need for lengthy explanations.

The dungeon was his, and he was the guild master.

‘By the way, does Parasite work in dungeons?’

He entered the dungeon more out of curiosity than for experience.

Min Do-jun closed his eyes and thought of Kim Jae-won, who was waiting at the entrance.

He then shared the vision of someone looking at their phone in the cabin.

From the location and clothes, it was clearly Kim Jae-won.

‘So I can see outside the dungeon from inside…’

This confirmed that Parasite has no distance limitations.

‘Speaking of the Tiger-Eye Dungeon… It’s been a while.’

He had entered it once with the Blue Dragon Guild when he had just reached level 1,000.

‘Back then, I soloed the boss.’

Normally, it would have been difficult, but with the Lion’s Roar skill, he managed it.

Though it was a bit of a struggle.

‘I wonder how it would be now.’

He had long outgrown the Tiger-Eye Dungeon, but as an A-rank dungeon, the experience points were still decent.

‘It would be nice if there were a boss.’

Min Do-jun casually walked toward the boss’s lair.

Growl—

Along the way, he encountered Tiger-Eye Tigers.

Whoosh!

He killed them with a single spell, finding them bothersome.

[Experience +15,840]

‘Definitely gives more experience than before.’

With two experience amplification traits, the experience was multiplied by 2.4, making even low-level dungeons worth hunting.

Roar!

Growl!

As he walked, tigers attacked him, and some even tripled their strength with berserk mode.

Tap—

But they were no match for Min Do-jun, who had grown much stronger.

[Experience +15,840]

[Experience +15,840]

[Experience +15,840]

‘The experience isn’t bad.’

But the lack of tension made it somewhat boring.

‘It would be more fun if there were a boss.’

Even if he wanted to weaken himself, killing monsters would inevitably increase his kill count.

[Current Kill Count: 48/50]

[Current Kill Count: 49/50]

[Current Kill Count: 50/50]

[All stats increased by 50%.]

[Remaining Time: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

With the Battlefield Spirit buff, all his stats soared to over 3,000, making hunting even easier.

Just as he was getting bored.

‘Huh?’

Entering the boss’s lair, Min Do-jun’s eyes lit up.

‘There it is! The Tiger-Eye Tiger!’

Traces of excrement were scattered around the entrance.

Going deeper, sure enough.

A boss six times larger than a normal tiger greeted Min Do-jun.

Growl—

“Nice to see you too.”

The boss occasionally came out of its lair at night, but it was daytime, so it must have been inside.

“Lucky. I thought it might not be here.”

Min Do-jun smiled and drew his ghost sword.

“Let’s see how much stronger I’ve become since then.”

Although he no longer had the Lion’s Roar skill, much had changed since then.

For one, his level was 700 higher, and he had 14 additional traits.

‘And most importantly, I have Battlefield Spirit.’

Back then, his stats were barely 1,000, but with the buff, they were now over 3,000, approaching 4,000.

‘If I use Berserk Mode, I can even surpass 5,000.’

Wanting to test his maximum damage, Min Do-jun activated Berserk Mode.

[Berserk Mode activated.]

[Strength and agility increased by 1.5x.]

[Strength +1,583 Agility +1,805]

[Remaining Time: 2 minutes 59 seconds]

‘Let’s see how strong I’ve become.’

Whoosh—

Min Do-jun shot forward like a bullet.

Growl?

The boss’s Tiger-Eyes widened as its prey suddenly disappeared.

It couldn’t even track his movement.

Swoosh—

A Gust Blade flew ahead, cutting off the boss’s leg.

Roar!

As the boss howled in pain and looked around for its prey.

Min Do-jun, who had jumped, was already on top of its head.

Slash—

Thud—

[You have defeated the Tiger-Eye Tiger!]

[Achievement unlocked!]