8 Chapter 8: The Taste of Money! Manticore (3)
50 manticores were taken out in two attacks, leaving half remaining .
After seeing the nonsensical exp gains, I calmed my excited heart down, before quickly getting rid of the other half the same way .
Blood stones started rising up from the monsters that were defeated . . It was a beautiful sight .
During that, I thought that calling them a 'Rising Sun' wouldn't be an exaggeration .
The few monsters that were still breathing were dispatched by Sang-Min's 'Ilsum' and Chang-Hyuk's axe swings .
In only 15 minutes I got over 10,000 exp, and my levels had risen .
This was actually an amazing amount of exp . I mean, the level 6 dungeon boss only gave out 100 exp .
Not to mention, this exp was divided between 5 people as well .
The party members, who had just finished half the hunt, couldn't stop being in awe of my 'Lightning Spray', as it was stronger than they thought .
Of course, due to the last week's hunting, the Skill Level was now Level 8 .
In-Ah buffing the attack increase, and Yong-Hyun debuffing the opponent's damage resistance greatly contributed too .
Typically, you would think that having one tanker and four damage dealers would be more effective, but mixing healers and necromancers together sped up the hunting .
It was probably due to the main skills that each class had .
Meanwhile, after learning 'Lightning Spray', I had no reason to use 'Frost Orb' in the level 6 dungeon .
I had a magic which would destroy them in one hit, after all .
Of course…this only applied to me .
The other half was killed in the same way .
After killing all the monsters, we moved in the 12 o'clock direction, and eventually made it to the dungeon centre . Sang-Min shook his head, and said
"Ah… this dungeon's a failure . "
'Eh? What about a failure?' We hunted all those monsters in only 30 minutes, yet he's saying something about failure?
After seeing the other party members in regret I realised something .
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Oh . In this dungeon there was a boss: the boss that dropped the 'Manticore's Soul Stone' . However, he hadn't appeared .
I asked Sang-Min, "Eh!?" Why can't I see the boss?"
Sang-Min saw my panicked face and replied,
"Ah… In this dungeon the boss doesn't always show up . It has a low chance of appearance . . In addition to that, you have to kill all the monsters in the dungeon for it to show up . Manticores have a large aggro radius so we couldn't have missed any… therefore, this dungeon is a failure . "
Damn it! I thought it was strange when they said one soul stone equalled 1 billion .
I thought 'The Association is either lazy or rich . '
But even if the boss didn't come out, I could still get a larger profit than clearing a level 6 dungeon solo .
1 run gives over 30,000 exp, many blood stones, and the probability of a e manticore soul stone .
'This . . . I think I should just stay for a few days and suck the honey?'
(TLN: suck honey = get profits then piss off, just get the sweet stuff . )
After leaving the dungeon, Sang-Min, as if he liked the Lightning Spray's damage, came over .
"Min-Cheol ssi, when can you do it 'till??"
He brought out his smartphone and continued to talk .
"It's 10am right now, and we can go until 4-5pm . If you're okay with that, then let's hunt together!" "
"I'm okay until that time too . "
I smiled to myself and thought 'Nope! I'm cool whenever, be it night or dawn . ''
"Ah,really? That's good . It's hard to get greater damage dealers . You're also really strong compared to your level, so the other guild members like you too . "
"Really? That's a relief . "
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After getting my promise of hunting with them, Sang-Min leaves the blood stone calculation to the other members who are restoring their mana and talks to me .
"Min-Cheol ssi, I'll go to the Awakened ATM machine, after we've divided up your share, and send your money to you .
Normally, when hunting with guild members or friends, you would share the loot after all the hunts were finished .
But my case was different, so he probably talked about the loot first .
I think he's a decent guy .
Since it was the first time I had been treated well in my life, I didn't know what to do and started fidgeting .
Young-Hyun spoke up, breaking up the awkward conversation .
"Hyung-nim, there are 12 F ranks and 1 D rank . "
We hunted around 200 manticores, but only 13 stones came out .
It reminded me, once again, about the low drop rates of the blood stones .
Of course, one stone is D rank, so it would fetch a higher price . .
"Did you find out the current price?"
"You didn't tell me to do that . "
He waved his hand and turned around, as if to say he wasn't even surprised by this point .
"Yeah, I'm sorry . Find out the current price and say it, please?"
"Yes, Hyung!���
Sang-Min was pressing down on his temple during this time .
After completing the search, Yong-Hyun pressed down some buttons on his handphone, and said, "Hyung! Right now F rank is 20,500 won, and D rank is 70,000 won . All together it's 316,000 won!
"Yong-Hyun, how many times do I have to say this? Take off the odds and ends and give it to Chang-Hyuk We can just say it's 300,000 and give everyone 60,000 . The municipal rate doesn't fall down that much . "
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As if swallowing a sweet potato the size of an arm, I could sense the frustration .
'If it was my younger brother, I would tie him up and beat the living daylights out of him . '
Sang-Min looked at me with a contradictory look as he talked to Yong-Hyun .
"We should give a bit more money to the main tanker . . The equipment wear is far worse for them, so we can't do anything about it . Of course, most parties do this . . It's fine, right?"
I saw that shield's life being beaten out of it with my own eyes, so I could clearly understand the point .
"Ah, right . Let's hunt together when we have the time . Can I have your phone number?""
"Eh? Ah… I'll type it . "
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Kim Min-Cheol
Level : 25
Exp : [34,260/220,000]
Class : Magician
Special Ability : Mana doesn't run out .
Strength : 10
Mana : ∞
Agility : 10
Vitality : 130
Unspent Points : 0
Current Skills
Frost Orb Lv . 12 [1450/90000]
Lightning Spray Lv . 18 [86536/150000]
It was the fifth day of hunting with Sang-Min and his party .
The manticore boss hadn't shown up once, even though we hunted 7 hours each day .
Although we stayed there for 10 hours total, Lee In-Ah, and Jo Yong-Hyun spend 3 hours restoring their mana, so the actual hunting time was less .
Of course, I had to put up an act while they rested . I pretended to need mana restoration time, too .
When our hunting time together was finished, I went to a level 6 dungeon alone .
This was for Skill Exp .
I attracted all the monsters, and killed them all, including the boss .
I could easily tank their attacks, as my vitality stat was at 130 .
A 6 level dungeon usually needed a 5 member team of at least Level 10+ .
Parties would have tankers and damage dealers, but I did that all on my own .
The amount of time it took for me to move to the boss room was equivalent to the time used to complete a dungeon run .
Every day at 6 am Sang-Min called me .
Aside from my Mother, no one else had given me this much attention . I felt uncomfortable and awkward, but I soon found that someone looking for you was actually a good feeling .
The amount of money I got per day from manticore hunting was around 100-120 million won .
In addition to this, the income from other hunting was around 200,000 won .
I could earn 800 million per week .
But this wasn't enough . I needed more money .
To get that I needed stronger skills, better items, and more growth .
But right now I was completely focused on repaying the loan .
My next objective was to get the skills 'Flashing' and 'Frozen Shield' .
Due to my infinite mana, I could cast 'Lightning Spray' without rest . In order to level up, the skills I needed were not attack skills, but defensive ones .
"Now, let's get to work!"
