Chapter 178 – Countless Rewards

[Legendary Helmet]

-Classification: Helmet

-Grade: S

-Defense: 18,000

-Effect: All Stats+100, When receiving a fatal blow, damage is reduced by 90%

-Durability: Infinite

-Usage Restriction: Level 3,000 or higher

-Description: One of the few legendary armaments in the world. When combined with a magic core, it exhibits its true power.

Min Do-jun was surprised when he saw the item information.

‘To think Xu Zhiping had a legendary armament?’

But that wasn’t the only surprising thing.

‘Looking at it now, he had an incredible number of S-grade items?’

Whether he had collected them from running S-rank dungeons and not selling them, or they were all stored together in the warehouse, everything was gleaming with a golden light.

‘Whether they were kept in the warehouse or he already had them doesn’t matter.’

What was important was that there were numerous valuable items.

[How, how do you have the legendary helmet?]

Xu Zhiping’s voice sounded flustered as he saw the silver helmet in Min Do-jun’s hand.

‘Because I took it from you and Gao Zhihong.’

[What? When did you take it……]

‘When I kill a hunter, I can steal all the items in their inventory. Everything.’

[……That’s impossible.]

Though Min Do-jun explained, Xu Zhiping couldn’t believe it, but that didn’t matter.

His usefulness had ended anyway.

‘Now go back in.’

[Go back in? Where……]

Min Do-jun blocked the conversation and decided to leave the place for now.

Staying at a crime scene would only make him feel uneasy without any benefit.

‘Ah, I should take this before I go.’

Before leaving, Min Do-jun made sure to take Xu Zhiping’s phone.

‘Justin Walker might call.’

Judging by his previous conversation with Xu Zhiping, there was a possibility of another call.

‘I don’t know if I can use the situation, but I’ll take it just in case.’

With that, Min Do-jun took only the phone and calmly left the scene of the massacre.

* * *

Min Do-jun, who had ridden the ghost wolf back home at bullet-like speed, took a shower as always.

It was a ritual he always performed to wash away the unpleasantness of killing.

‘Tian Lisheng, Gao Zhihong, Xu Zhiping. And 52 White Snake Guild members.’

He had erased the White Snake Guild from China by killing a total of 55 people.

‘It’s not particularly pleasant, but.’

He felt no guilt.

‘At least I’ve exacted revenge for putting the teacher in danger.’

Though he had yet to deal with the mastermind, Justin Walker, he had at least taken revenge on the White Snake Guild and the Black Sea Guild.

‘To think that I, who had never done anything wrong before my regression, would commit mass murder…… Ye-rin would faint if she found out.’

He was now realizing that there was just a thin line between killing monsters and killing people.

‘Anyway, there’s no turning back now.’

He only had 6 targets left for revenge.

‘It would be ridiculous to stop at this point.’

He had no choice but to keep moving forward as he had resolved.

After finishing his shower, Min Do-jun sat on the sofa and opened his characteristic window.

‘With the Hunting Dog characteristic, I’ve gained 54 new ones……’

This was the first time he had acquired so many characteristics at once.

‘I’ve got everything from F-grade to S-grade.’

Now he was finally examining the characteristics that he hadn’t had time to check during the battle.

[Characteristic – Advanced Stealth]

-Grade: A

-Description: When using stealth or invisibility, the duration increases by 600 seconds and the cooldown decreases by 15 minutes. Additionally, when attacking after using stealth or invisibility, physical damage increases by 30%. However, against opponents with higher combat power, only 15% is applied.

This was a characteristic he had obtained from killing an ordinary guild member.

‘So my invisibility duration has increased again.’

Now, using invisibility once would last for at least 30 minutes.

‘Since I’ve already reduced the cooldown to zero, the cooldown reduction doesn’t matter anymore……’

But Advanced Stealth had an additional option of increasing physical damage by 30% when attacking after using invisibility.

‘This is quite useful.’

If he used invisibility before each attack, he could deal 30% increased damage every time.

‘Even against opponents with high combat power, using invisibility before attacking is beneficial. At least I can get a 15% damage boost.’

Next, Min Do-jun checked the characteristic he had obtained from killing Xu Zhiping.

[Characteristic – Dynamic Vision]

-Grade: S

-Description: With enhanced dynamic vision, you can view things at up to 0.1x speed at will. There is a slight cooldown.

‘So this is why Xu Zhiping could block my attacks.’

Min Do-jun recalled how Xu Zhiping had consistently blocked his attacks with his spear.

‘I was holding back, but he was blocking better than expected.’

It was a quite good characteristic befitting its S-grade, but it wasn’t omnipotent.

‘No matter how good your dynamic vision is, if your body can’t keep up, there’s a limit to dodging or blocking.’

Gao Zhihong’s defeat at Min Do-jun’s hands was proof of this.

But the real jackpot characteristic was something else.

[Characteristic – Weapon Enhancement]

-Grade: S

-Description: Enhances the weapon held in your hand. The enhanced weapon doesn’t lose durability, and its attack power and options are improved by 1.5 times. The enhancement is canceled as soon as the weapon leaves your hand.

This was Gao Zhihong’s characteristic, which could double the effect of weapons.

‘Not only increasing attack power but especially being able to enhance options by 1.5 times is incredible.’

In other words, he could enhance the already overpowered options of Excalibur by 50%.

‘I’m looking forward to reaching level 3,000.’

Min Do-jun examined all the other characteristics one by one, but none were as good as the ones he had already seen.

‘That’s enough for characteristics, should I check the items now?’

His inventory was filled with so many items that it was difficult to examine them all.

‘As expected, the best item among them is the legendary helmet.’

With this, he had almost completed the legendary set, needing only the legendary armor. But since he had a legendary armament exchange ticket, he essentially had the complete set.

‘Besides the helmet, there are about 20 S-grade items, 70 A-grade items, and 300 B-grade items?’

Additionally, he had obtained 5 S-grade magic stones and 35 A-grade magic stones.

‘If converted to money, it would easily exceed 500 billion won.’

In fact, just the legendary helmet alone would exceed that amount.

‘However, there are no items I can use right away.’

Min Do-jun closed his inventory.

He closed his eyes and organized his future plans.

‘I still have 6 targets for revenge. Among them, those whose weaknesses I can’t see are Justin Walker, Shin Kyung-min, and Kang Hyuk-su. I can’t kill these three yet.’

While Justin Walker was obviously a formidable opponent, Min Do-jun might be able to defeat Shin Kyung-min and Kang Hyuk-su now if he tried.

‘Still, it’s better to fight with a clear advantage in combat power.’

Killing them after reaching S-rank wouldn’t be too late.

‘I can kill the others even now.’

However, he had no way to meet the remaining targets, and his current priority wasn’t revenge.

‘I need to use the S-rank dungeon entry ticket soon.’

Though he had used the ticket as an excuse to kill Lee Min-ji, he genuinely needed to use it quickly.

‘Which dungeon should I enter……’

The level restriction wasn’t an issue.

With the entry ticket, he could enter any S-rank dungeon.

‘I’d prefer somewhere I can enter as soon as possible……’

That’s when it happened.

Buzz buzz- Buzz buzz-

Seeing his phone continuously vibrating, it seemed a call was coming in.

Min Do-jun answered after checking the caller ID.

It was Hong Se-yeon, the Baekryeon Guild master.

“Guild Master?”

-Hello, Hunter.

“What brings you to call at this hour?”

Min Do-jun expressed his curiosity since it was almost midnight.

-Ah, I’m sorry for calling so late. I’ve been trying to reach you but you’re always in dungeons, so I thought I’d try now… If you were sleeping, I apologize.

“It’s fine. It’s not my bedtime yet. But what’s the matter?”

-Well, it’s about the promise we made before.

“Promise?”

-Yes. About having a meal together.

“Ah.”

It seemed she was referring to when he had casually mentioned that she could buy him a meal if she wanted to repay him.

‘Actually, she doesn’t need to do that……’

It was just a polite suggestion, but she had taken it seriously.

-So I was wondering if I could treat you to a meal… Are you available tomorrow?

He had thought it might be an important call, but it was a letdown.

“I’m sorry. I’m a bit busy these days. Could we postpone it?”

-But it can’t be later…… By the way, have you used your S-rank dungeon entry ticket yet?

“The entry ticket? No, I haven’t used it yet.”

-Phew, that’s a relief. Actually, I have a dungeon that I didn’t cancel because I thought you might need it.

Min Do-jun’s eyes widened at this unexpected statement.

“Is it an S-rank dungeon?”

-Yes. It’s a dungeon in Russia that Lee Min-ji was supposed to enter. But due to that… unfortunate incident, she can’t go anymore, right?

The “unfortunate incident” referred to Lee Min-ji kidnapping and killing ordinary citizens.

-Because of that, there’s a vacant spot, and I thought of you since you were looking for a dungeon. So I spoke to the party leader there. I asked what they thought about having Hunter Min Do-jun join instead.

“And what did they say?”

-They gladly accepted!

“Would the leader even know who I am?”

-Of course! Do you know how famous you are in the industry now? The Hongdae break video has already surpassed 200 million views.

“So I’m now reserved for Lee Min-ji’s healer position?”

-No, that’s not it. I couldn’t reserve it without your consent. Right now, I’ve just put in a good word, and if there’s no answer by tomorrow, they’ll probably accept another applicant.

“What if I say I’ll go? Would I leave immediately?”

-That’s right. If you accept, you could enter as early as tomorrow.

Entering an S-rank dungeon tomorrow?

‘Hmm….. That’s not bad.’

The quick entry was appealing.

‘The question is what kind of dungeon it is……’

Not all S-rank dungeons have the same difficulty level, so knowing which dungeon was important.

‘I’d prefer if the difficulty was a bit higher……’

-What do you think? Are you interested?

“What dungeon is it?”

-[Vampire’s Night].

‘Vampire’s Night…… A dungeon that ten level 3,500 hunters can clear comfortably.’

It wasn’t particularly high in difficulty, but it wasn’t bad either.

“Alright. I accept.”

-But there’s something you should know.

“What is it?”

-It’s known to be a dangerous place.

Min Do-jun tilted his head.

How dangerous could a place be if level 3,500 hunters could clear it?

-Shall we discuss the details over breakfast tomorrow morning?

“Is there any need to wait until tomorrow?”

-Pardon? Well…

“Let’s talk now.”