Chapter 10 – Insane Contribution

Kang Han-guk no longer ignored Min Do-jun.

Instead, he felt intrigued.

“How did you do that?”

So he asked.

How he could deal such damage.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen someone take down a werewolf with just two spells. What’s your secret?”

If there was a secret, he wanted to know.

The desire to become stronger is something everyone has.

Though he thought he wouldn’t reveal the secret, Min Do-jun’s mouth opened unexpectedly easily.

“It’s nothing special. Just aim for the eyes.”

“The eyes?”

“Werewolves have tough skin, so you can easily take them down by stabbing their eyes.”

“Ah.”

Although there’s no monster whose eyes aren’t a weak point, Kang Han-guk nodded as if he had heard some great secret.

‘So if you hit the eyes, you can take them down easily, huh?’

He had never thought of aiming for the eyes while hunting werewolves until now.

Kang Han-guk recalled the Ice Spear piercing the wolf’s eye.

‘I can hit it with Fire Spear.’

That too was in the shape of a pointed spear, so it should be suitable for stabbing the eyes.

But Min Do-jun clearly knew the limitations of Kang Han-guk’s skills.

‘Even if you stab with Fire Spear, which isn’t even solid, it’ll just scatter. Plus, you can’t deal a fatal blow to a werewolf with a fire attribute skill.’

Unknown to the public, werewolves were fire attribute monsters.

Using the same fire attribute skill on a fire attribute monster reduces damage by 20%.

On the other hand, using a water attribute skill, which is its weakness, increases damage by 20%.

People were still unaware of this difference in damage based on attributes.

Since the game doesn’t display the enemy’s HP or the skill’s damage, they couldn’t perceive it.

Moreover, since damage varies depending on the hit area, it’s understandable that they haven’t noticed.

‘The fact that there are weaknesses based on attributes will only be revealed two years later. The true value of magicians will also be recognized then.’

The current popularity of magicians wasn’t due to their powerful damage.

It was just popularity due to the flashiness of their skills.

In terms of damage, there were many opinions that they were inferior to warriors.

‘Just look at the hunting speed.’

But that was only because magic wasn’t being utilized properly.

By using skills that counter the monster’s attribute, the gap could be easily narrowed.

‘In that sense, Ice Spear is perfect for hunting werewolves.’

It has penetrating power, making it good for targeting the eyes, and it’s a water attribute skill.

There couldn’t be anything more suitable for catching werewolves.

Moreover, if you hit them with Lightning Spear’s electric damage before the ice disappears.

‘You get an additional 20% damage.’

You could get additional damage due to the weakness.

Not stopping there, the characteristic effect doubles the damage, so taking them down in two hits was somewhat expected.

‘There’s no need to explain all this in detail.’

They would all scatter after clearing the dungeon anyway.

There was no reason to reveal hunting secrets to benefit others.

“If you’re ready, let’s set out again.”

As Kang Han-guk was about to resume hunting, Min Do-jun raised his hand to stop him.

“There’s no need for that.”

“What?”

“In a little while, the ones that heard the howling will appear on their own.”

Soon after, as Min Do-jun said, three werewolves appeared.

Grrrr-

The werewolves, surrounding them in a triangular formation, slowly closed the distance.

“Get, get ready for battle!”

As the party members prepared their stance, the werewolves charged.

“Kill that one first!”

Pointing at the werewolf charging at the front, Kang Han-guk created a Fire Spear.

‘Aim for the eyes.’

As soon as the distance narrowed enough, he tilted his staff and launched the skill.

But hitting the eyes of a moving target is not easy.

Whoosh-

The fire spear hit the body instead of the eyes.

‘Damn!’

Realizing it wasn’t as easy as he thought, Kang Han-guk prepared a Fire Bolt.

“Die!”

The two warriors who had charged in with determination raised their weapons against the werewolf.

And just as they were about to bring down their weapons.

Shwing-

An ice spear created by Min Do-jun pierced the werewolf’s eye faster.

Stab!

Kyaang-!

Then came the flying electric spear.

Bzzzzt-

Kyaaaang!

Thud-

One of them instantly turned into smoke and disappeared.

[Experience +164] (82% contribution)

The warriors briefly wore dumbfounded expressions at the sight of the werewolf dying before they could do anything.

Woof! Woof!

At that moment, a werewolf that had leapt from behind aimed for Min Do-jun.

‘Energy Shield.’

But a blue barrier created just in time blocked the werewolf’s attack.

Bong!

‘5 seconds left.’

While dodging and waiting for the cooldown, Min Do-jun stabbed an Ice Spear into the werewolf’s nape.

Kyaaang!

Simultaneously, the werewolf froze pale white.

The freezing effect of Ice Spear had activated.

‘Lightning Spear.’

A target under the freezing effect is essentially water attribute.

You get 20% additional damage no matter where you hit.

Bzzzzt-

Thud-

[Experience +200] (100% contribution)

He had already taken down two out of three.

‘Where’s the remaining one?’

Where he turned his head, Kang Han-guk and the two warriors were facing a werewolf.

“Death Swing!”

“Just hold on a bit longer! It’s on cooldown!”

“Die!”

They seemed to be struggling a bit.

‘Ice Spear.’

Stab-

Kyaang!

Min Do-jun kindly finished it off for them.

[Experience +44] (22% contribution)

“Huff, huff.”

Only then did the party members have a chance to catch their breath and look around.

“Huh? Did we kill them all?”

“I thought there was one more, where did it go?”

“I killed it.”

At Min Do-jun’s words, the party members’ expressions hardened.

‘He killed it alone?’

While they were struggling to handle one, someone had taken one down by himself.

‘Just how strong is he?’

The party members looked at Min Do-jun with awe-filled gazes.

Then Kang Han-guk spoke with a puzzled expression.

“Do-jun.”

“Yes.”

“You said earlier that you can easily catch a werewolf by hitting its eyes, right?”

“That’s right, but.”

“That doesn’t seem to be as easy as you say. How exactly do you hit it?”

“You just need to hit it well.”

“No, but that’s not easy…”

“It was easy for me.”

“…”

It wasn’t the answer he wanted, but Kang Han-guk couldn’t ask anything more.

‘Damn, is he a natural talent?’

All he could do was dismiss it as natural talent.

In fact, it wasn’t talent but the result of training accumulated over 10 years.

‘No matter how much you practice, it’s hard to hit like me. Unless you invest in agility.’

Anyone can use skills, but it’s not easy to hit the desired part.

Hitting the eyes of a moving target is as difficult as hitting a moving target with a pistol.

It was only possible with fine skill control and sense.

‘That’s why magicians invest in agility.’

Agility isn’t a stat limited to dodging enemy attacks.

It’s also required when hitting with arrows or skills.

Therefore, when developing a magician, the standard was to invest in agility and magic power at a 1:3 ratio.

‘Now, all magic power is the trend.’

An era where magicians just need high magic power.

The cultivation method would be established later, but now they didn’t know how important accuracy was for magicians.

‘With damage varying depending on where you hit, high magic power alone is useless.’

That’s why Min Do-jun had raised his agility early on.

Of course, not only agility but also innate control ability and sense were needed.

“…Let’s move out.”

Vowing to hit the eyes next time, Kang Han-guk led the group.

* * *

When Kang Han-guk’s group first entered the dungeon, they couldn’t help but be nervous.

This wasn’t a game but reality.

They had to engage in bloody battles against real monsters.

As such, fear of werewolves was dominant.

Kyaang-!

[Experience +172] (86% contribution)

Kyaang-!

[Experience +166] (83% contribution)

Kyaaang-!

[Experience +168] (84% contribution)

But now, the tension from when they first entered was nowhere to be found.

Every werewolf they encountered died screaming.

To be honest, it was too easy.

So much so that they didn’t even feel tense.

Perhaps that’s why.

“…Excuse me, Mr. Min Do-jun.”

“Yes.”

“If you could leave some for us too…”

In a situation where survival was at stake, they had the leisure to ask for their share.

They couldn’t help it.

Min Do-jun was taking most of the experience with overwhelming damage.

Over 80% contribution.

Min Do-jun turned werewolves into smoke with just two skill shots.

The party members’ share was insignificant compared to Min Do-jun’s.

That’s why they were making this request.

To let them have their share too.

Of course, Min Do-jun had no intention of doing so.

“In party hunting, there’s no such thing as mine or yours, is there?”

“B-but…”

“If you want to gain more experience, you just need to work harder.”

“…”

The party members’ expressions darkened.

‘What more effort can we make here! While you’re sweeping everything clean…’

They were full of complaints but couldn’t express them.

Min Do-jun’s words weren’t wrong at all.

“…Let’s continue hunting.”

Kang Han-guk’s group had no choice but to continue hunting.

As Min Do-jun said, they just needed to work harder.

Kyaang!

[Experience +164] (82% contribution)

But inevitably, the prey was Min Do-jun’s share.

Seeing this overwhelming performance, Kang Han-guk wore a disgusted expression.

‘How can he hit the eyes every time?’

He hadn’t even hit near the eyes, let alone the eyes themselves.

If he had invested in agility, there might have been a possibility, but unfortunately, Kang Han-guk had invested in all magic power.

‘Monster…’

Forget about working harder, the party members just wanted to clear the dungeon and escape as soon as possible.

‘I must never party with that person.’

So they wanted to move to another party without Min Do-jun.

It was the only way to gain experience.

-Clearing progress: 79/80 Werewolves

-Time remaining: 2 hours 39 minutes 2 seconds

The clearing was about to end in just an hour and a half.

Considering that it usually takes over 3 hours, this was twice as fast.

‘Finally, we can get out.’

The fast hunting speed was good, but the party members hadn’t gained much experience.

On the other hand, Min Do-jun had eaten enough experience to level up.

Kyaang-!

[Experience +164] (82% contribution)

[A D-grade magic stone has dropped.]

Luckily, a D-grade magic stone dropped when the last werewolf was dealt with.

And then.

[The roulette will automatically spin according to party rules.]

The roulette spun.

In party hunting, the owner of items is fairly determined by roulette.

The probability is decided based on the contribution to killing the monster.

[The winner is Min Do-jun.]

[You have acquired a D-grade magic stone.]

The magic stone entered Min Do-jun’s inventory.

It was a natural result given his high contribution.

Nevertheless, the party members sent envious gazes.

A D-grade magic stone was worth 15 million won.

‘Damn, lucky…’

Not only experience but items too.

They couldn’t help but be envious.

On the other hand, Min Do-jun’s face showed no emotion.

Until he saw the notification window.

[You have successfully cleared the dungeon!]

[You have achieved an achievement!]

[Achievement (Hidden) – Have you seen such insane contribution?]

-Condition: Maintain an average contribution of 80% or more when clearing a dungeon for the first time in party play

-Reward: All Stats +30

‘A hidden achievement?’

It was an achievement even Min Do-jun didn’t know about.

Of course, that was natural.

An average contribution of 80% wasn’t as easy as it sounded.

Moreover, due to the condition of it being the first party, no one would have succeeded.

‘That’s why the reward is so amazing.’

It was a permanent stat increase, not an item.

In other words, it was the same as leveling up.

‘It’s good that it doesn’t take up equipment slots.’

While Min Do-jun was receiving the achievement reward, the party members waited to go outside with expressions of finally being liberated.

They never wanted to party with Min Do-jun again.

[You will return to the original world shortly.]

Soon, the four people were enveloped in light.

* * *

Park Dong-yun, who had been waiting in the car, rushed over when he saw the hunters coming out of the dungeon entrance.

“You’re out?”

He looked at his watch.

‘Clearing a 4-hour dungeon in just an hour and a half!’

He thought it might be the case, and it was indeed fast.

‘It must be thanks to Hunter Min Do-jun’s performance!’

Although he wasn’t sure, Min Do-jun’s influence must have been significant in clearing the dungeon quickly.

“Good work, Hunter Min Do-jun.”

“Please match me to the next dungeon right away. The same werewolf dungeon, please.”

“Understood. Let’s go right away!”

As Park Dong-yun was about to lead Min Do-jun to the car.

“Excuse me.”

Kang Han-guk called from behind.

“Yes?”

“Have you not seen my manager by any chance?”

“Oh, me too.”

“My manager as well.”

They asked as they couldn’t see their managers no matter how much they looked around.

Park Dong-yun said with a troubled expression.

“I hate to say this, but… they’re probably bowling right now.”

“What? Bowling?”

“Come on…”

“Wow… geez.”

The party members who had been wearing incredulous expressions made phone calls with angry faces.

“Manager. Where are you now? You’re not bowling, are you?”

“Damn, is this the time to be casually bowling? Shouldn’t you hurry over?”

“While someone waited at the entrance and left immediately, am I supposed to wait until you come? Do you think I have time to spare?”

They each cursed while on the phone.

Regardless, Min Do-jun and Park Dong-yun headed to the next dungeon.

And there, they met the person they had been wanting to meet.

It was Shim Jin-seop.