Chapter 47 – Suspicious Feeling

Another person came out of the Korean beef restaurant.

“Where have you been?”

“I was a bit late because I had to go to the restroom!”

He naturally blended into the group.

‘That’s him!’

It was Yang Seung-hyun.

‘Fortunately, he was attending the gathering.’

Feeling that the wait was worth it, he instructed his younger brother.

‘Sniff the scent of that guy walking at the end.’

[Woof!]

As the ghost wolf secretly used its tracking skill on Yang Seung-hyun,

[The summoned beast has memorized the scent.]

[Changing to a new target.]

[Location will be detected in real-time.]

The tracking target changed from Do Kyung-won to Yang Seung-hyun.

‘With this, my work here is done.’

Min Do-jun turned his back and walked in the opposite direction of the group.

There was no need to follow the group.

‘I can target Yang Seung-hyun next time.’

Now, when he’s mixed with government officials, is not the right time.

‘I’m not even sure if I can beat Yang Seung-hyun, who is over level 1,200.’

It’s not too late to target him after becoming strong enough.

Since he memorized the scent, he can track him anytime.

Literally anytime.

* * *

Ten days had passed since memorizing Yang Seung-hyun’s scent.

During that time, Min Do-jun had been focusing on leveling up.

‘I can finally escape the Shijosae Dungeon.’

As a result of hunting to the point of boredom, he was able to reach level 750.

[You have leveled up!]

[You have been promoted to B-grade!]

[One skill slot has been added.]

After seeing the message, Min Do-jun quickly cleared the dungeon and came out.

“Good work, Hunter-nim!”

As always, Park Dong-yun came out to greet him with a polite attitude.

“Please go to the center to maintain your items.”

“Ah, have you perhaps been promoted to B-grade?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, congratulations!”

Park Dong-yun was happy as if it were his own achievement.

That was understandable since it was as if the only B-grade hunter of the Ilsan branch had been born.

‘I’m the manager of the only B-grade hunter!’

In a situation where even C-grade hunters leave for guilds, securing a B-grade hunter was truly a cause for celebration.

If things go well, he could even expect a special promotion.

“Hunter-nim! In anticipation of this, our center has prepared a gift.”

“A gift?”

At times like this, one must not be complacent and continue to build relationships until the end.

That was the instruction from above, and the gift was a bribe to keep Min Do-jun in check.

“Here it is.”

When he opened the shopping bag, there was a neatly wrapped gift box inside.

[Intermediate Random Box]

– Classification: Consumable

– Grade: B

– Effect: Randomly obtain C to A-grade items

– Usage Restriction: Level 750 or higher

– Description: A gift box wrapped with care. It contains an unknown gift.

“An Intermediate Random Box?”

“Yes. You received one before, right? Although it was a low-grade one…”

“Yes. It was useful at that time.”

It wasn’t just simply useful.

Thanks to the random box, he had obtained a ghost wolf, one of the few in the world.

“Haha, I’m glad to hear that. I hope you get something useful this time too. We had a hard time obtaining it.”

He knew.

How difficult it was to obtain random boxes that were in high demand but low supply.

Especially the Intermediate Random Box cost over 300 million won each.

“I will gratefully accept it.”

That’s why Min Do-jun expressed his sincere gratitude.

“We’ve arrived.”

“Good work. Manager, I’m planning to take a break for a while.”

“Of course, you should rest now that you’re B-grade.”

After getting out of the car, Min Do-jun entered the center and first sold the magic stones.

He had been selling them little by little whenever he visited the center.

“10 C-grade, 12 B-grade.”

The B-grade magic stones obtained from hunting the Shijosae could be sold for 120 million won each.

“The total is 1.86 billion won.”

Even at an amount that would make someone’s jaw drop, Min Do-jun maintained a calm expression.

As a result of steadily accumulating, his account already had close to 7 billion won.

“Please come again!”

Leaving behind the appraiser’s greeting, Min Do-jun headed to the hunter wholesale market.

To commemorate becoming B-grade, he needed to upgrade his equipment.

‘There’s not much to buy anyway.’

There was nothing special to change except for weapons, helmets, and shoes.

The rest were bound items that were far better than what was sold in stores.

‘Equipment window.’

[Weapon – Mana-imbued Longsword]

[Helmet – Mana-imbued Helmet]

[Armor – Ancient Armor]

[Gloves – Magic Control Gauntlets]

[Shoes – Mana-imbued Boots]

[Necklace – Solo Raider’s Necklace]

[Ring 1 – Liberated Ruby Ring]

[Ring 2 – Liberated Emerald Ring]

‘The items are good enough.’

The next thing Min Do-jun purchased was skill grade enhancement stones.

“4 in total, 320 million won, customer.”

With 4 enhancement stones, he upgraded the remaining skills except for Ghost Wolf from C to B-grade.

Ghost Wolf was already B-grade, so it couldn’t be upgraded.

[Mana Skin’s defense has increased from 450% to 500% of magic power!]

[Enchant Sword’s damage amplification effect has increased from 12% to 15%!]

[Mana Sword’s damage has increased from 125% to 150% of magic power!]

[Fire Blast’s damage has increased from 350% to 400% of magic power!]

‘With this, all skills are B-grade.’

Lastly, Min Do-jun purchased a skill book.

[Skill – Invisibility]

– Grade: B

– Effect: For a certain period of time, the body and objects touching the body become transparent.

– Duration: 10% of magic power (seconds)

– Cooldown: 1 hour

– Usage Restriction: Level 750 or higher

– Description: With this skill alone, you can become an invisible person. However, don’t use it to fulfill personal desires. It is deactivated when attacking or using skills. If the opponent’s combat power is higher than your own, you may be detected.

‘I’ll use this for the newly created skill slot.’

A skill similar to the stealth that Jo Gyu-chan had used.

The difference is that the duration of stealth is determined by agility, while this is determined by magic power.

‘Currently, my magic power is 1,106, so it will last for 110 seconds.’

However, with a cooldown of 1 hour, it wasn’t a skill that could be frequently used in combat.

Even so, there was one reason why Min Do-jun was learning this.

‘It’s time to start tracking Yang Seung-hyun.’

There’s nothing better than turning invisible when it comes to tracking him.

It’s good for surprise attacks and advantageous for running away.

‘For now, I need to tail him and come up with a plan on how to kill him.’

He wasn’t tailing him with the intention of killing him right away.

‘His level is too high to kill him now.’

He still couldn’t guarantee that he could win.

For now, he planned to gather information and slowly target him.

The only thing Min Do-jun knew about Yang Seung-hyun was the trivial information that he was a government official hunter.

[Distance from the target: 98.93 km]

‘He’s quite far away.’

Min Do-jun, gauging the distance and direction, hailed a taxi.

The taxi fare would be around 100,000 won, but he didn’t think it was a waste.

It was just pocket change anyway.

Min Do-jun got out of the taxi after arriving at his destination.

Walking a little further to close the distance, a 2-story building came into view.

[Yangpyeong Hunter Management Center]

‘He must be inside.’

It was smaller in scale compared to the centers located near Seoul.

‘I think it would be fine to go inside once.’

Small places like this have weak security since they don’t store or purchase magic stones.

Moreover, there wouldn’t be many hunters either.

‘For now, I’ll wait for him to come out.’

It’s almost lunchtime, so he will come out with his colleagues soon.

As expected, people came out in a group, and among them, he could see the guy.

As anticipated, they were moving somewhere, probably to have lunch.

‘Now’s the chance.’

Min Do-jun used Invisibility in a place without CCTV.

Swoosh-

His body turned translucent as if he had become a ghost.

Although it was faintly visible to himself, not even a single hair would be visible to others.

As proof, he encountered a few employees while entering the center, but no one noticed Min Do-jun.

‘Most of the people working at the center are ordinary people, so there’s no worry of being discovered.’

If they were hunters, they might be able to detect Min Do-jun’s invisibility, but there aren’t many hunters stationed at the center.

At most, two or three?

The number of government official hunters assigned to each branch is extremely small.

In small branches, there might be only one or none at all.

‘It’s safe now.’

With the hunters gone for lunch, there was not a single person inside the center who could detect Min Do-jun’s invisibility.

He sneaked into an open office and found Yang Seung-hyun’s seat.

It wasn’t difficult to find the government official hunter’s seat among the few seats.

[Hunter Yang Seung-hyun]

A seat with the name kindly written.

He looked around to see if there was any useful information.

‘It seems Thursday is his day off.’

Except for the calendar marked as a day off, there was no significant information.

[Time remaining: 35 seconds]

He came out before the invisibility wore off.

Although he had entered and exited the center in just over 2 minutes, he wasn’t caught by anyone.

‘I shouldn’t have been captured on CCTV either.’

In a way, it could be considered lax, but this is how security is at small-scale hunter management centers.

He continued tailing to gather more information.

After having lunch at a soup restaurant, the guy returned to the center and didn’t come out until evening.

‘It seems he really has no work.’

There’s nothing for a hunter to do while sitting at a desk.

They just wait in case of an emergency.

The fact that he didn’t show his face until evening meant he had been holed up in the office all along.

‘I understand why Do Kyung-won recommended becoming a government official hunter.’

However, Min Do-jun was still not interested in being a government official hunter.

Doing nothing and just wasting time didn’t suit his personality.

Eventually, at 7 PM, Yang Seung-hyun came out.

His subsequent actions were ordinary.

He had dinner with the staff at a nearby pork belly restaurant, went to a karaoke for a second round, and finally came out at midnight.

He quietly tailed him by taxi, but the place the guy headed to was an apartment nearby.

As he went inside his home, there was no information or anything to obtain.

‘At least I found out his home address.’

Returning home again, Min Do-jun went to sleep, hoping to obtain some decent information on the next tail.

* * *

It was around 4 AM.

Min Do-jun, who had woken up briefly, got up to drink some water.

While drinking cold water from the refrigerator, he called his younger brother.

It was to check Yang Seung-hyun’s movements, just in case.

‘Younger brother, check the tracking target.’

[Awoooo!]

Min Do-jun was surprised by the distance from the target that popped up soon after.

[Distance from the target: 14.91 km]

‘Until before I went to sleep, it was 100 km…’

The distance between Yang Seung-hyun’s house and Min Do-jun’s house was about 100 km.

The fact that the distance had changed meant that the guy had moved.

‘What is he doing and where at this hour?’

He wouldn’t be running a dungeon.

Because the distance was fixed.

It wasn’t his day off either.

‘There’s still a long way to go before Thursday.’

A guy who should be going to work in the morning went out at dawn?

It felt somewhat suspicious.

‘Since he’s at a relatively close location, I won’t be late if I follow him.’

15 km is a 30-minute drive.

Min Do-jun called a taxi and headed out.

“Please go to Hwajeon Station.”

Min Do-jun got off near the destination and ran, following the ghost wolf’s guidance.

Tap tap tap-!

With his strength stat approaching 700, his running speed surpassed the realm of ordinary people.

It was fortunate that it was dawn with no people around; otherwise, he would have attracted attention.

After running for a while, Min Do-jun slowed down.

‘Is he in the mountains?’

Based on the direction, it seemed to be located at a place called Mangwolsan.

Min Do-jun started climbing the mountain, following the ghost wolf.

[Distance from the target: 112 m]

As the distance got close enough, he approached cautiously to make as little noise as possible.

‘What the hell is he doing in a place like this?’

The question was erased the moment he narrowed the distance to 30 m.

‘Yang Seung-hyun!’

Because he had spotted him.

The guy was with someone.