Hyuk Il-hwang who was sitting on the ground with his clothes still drenched with sweats, immediately stood up with his eyes wide opened. But rapidly, he was able to calm himself and he started to rubbed his chin as he got lost in his train of thoughts.

'That make sense, if you think about it... The system never said that the quest would not be given again, and on top of that daily was written in front of the word 'quest'... It was my mistake to not have think about that I must be more attentive to every little information in this world, or I might regret it later on.

I'm very tired, but this quest is a good way to experiment with that system and also I might be able to increase the level of my TENACITY skill... Its fear resistance effect is very interesting, even though it doesn't hold a candle to the longevity effect of BLESSING OF GREAT SORCERER KANDIARU...

It's better to have more stronger skills than to be sorry later... Plus, using status recovery will be a waste as it might be more useful for me in battles against mana beasts than to refresh my body... After all it's better to suffer now that to die stupidly in a dungeons without being able to pay back my dept to my hyung... Anyway, OPEN DAILY QUEST!!'

He got down into his press-ups posture and started to exercise without wasting even a second.

Four Hours later.

{

[DAILY QUEST: PREPARATIONS TO BECOME STRONG]

¬PRESS-UPS : 200/ 100

¬CURL-UPS : 200/ 100

¬SQUATS : 200/ 100

¬RUNNING: 20/ 10 Km

STATUS: COMPLETED

REWARDS: 1 STATUS RECOVERY + 3 STATS POINTS

(ALL REWARDS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED)

SPECIAL REWARD FOR COMPLETING HIDDEN QUEST(ONLY ONE CAN BE CHOSEN AND THE OTHER WILL COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR, SO CHOOSE WISELY PLAYER):

1) BLESSED RANDOM BOX

2) CURSED RANDOM BOX

TIME REMAINING: 20:00:15

}

'To think that experimenting with the system was the right choice, even though I can't stand up anymore and all the muscles of my body are aching and feel as if they were burnt... Even my throat feel like it is burning and my mouth is dry, I was able to unlock a hidden quest and complete it at the same times...

Both of those random boxes are interesting, but I think that I must play it safe for now and take the blessed random box... After all the word 'CURSED' give me an ominous vibe, so I don't mind if that box disappear... I CHOOSE THE BLESSED RANDOM BOX!... CLOSED NOTIFICATION!.. Good... Now, that this is done, I need to check if there has been any changes to my skills. As for the rewards, I will have to wait for some times... OPEN STATUS!!'

{

NAME: HYUK IL-HWANG

LEVEL: 1

CLASS: NONE

TITLE: NONE

HP: 315

MP: 45

FATIGUE: 150% (PLAYER WILL BE UNABLE TO MOVE FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS DUE TO EXHAUSTION EXCEEDING PERMITTED THRESHOLD.)

[STATS]

STRENGTH: 12

VITALITY: 12

AGILITY: 12

INTELLIGENCE: 12

PERCEPTION: 12

(AVAILABLE STATS POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE: 6)

[SKILLS]

PASSIVE SKILLS:

-(BLESSING OF THE GREAT SORCERER KANDIARU) Lv. MAX

¬EFFECT: LONGEVITY:-

ALL DISEASES, POISONS AND STATUS EFFECTS ARE HEALED, AND SLEEPING WILL EXPLOSIVELY INCREASE REGENERATION ABILITY.

-TENACITY Lv. 2

¬THE USER WILL NEVER GIVE UP IN DANGEROUS OR DESPERATE SITUATIONS.(SPECIAL EFFECT: RESISTANCE TO FEAR WILL INCREASE WITH EACH LEVEL.)

ACTIVE SKILLS:

-DASH Lv. 1

¬YOUR MOVEMENT SPEED WILL INCREASE BY 30%. TEN MP WILL BE CONSUMED FOR EVERY MINUTE DURING ITS ACTIVATION.

________________

REWARD(S):

¬ 2 STATUS RECOVERY AVAILABLE

}

Hyuk Il-hwang felt asleep while checking his status as he was lying down on the ground in a pool of his own sweat.

Two hours later.

Hyuk Il-hwang woke up, but remained on the bed, and started to pull out his rewards for the previous quest. It was a golden box of similar size to his first random box, but this time as he opened it. A blinding golden light was emitted, and as the light faded away a bronze key was left behind in his right palm. As he stared attentively at the key, a bluish window that contained all the information of the key appeared above it.

{

[ITEM: DEMON CASTLE'S KEY]

-ITEM CLASS: S

-TYPE: KEY

¬DETAILS: A KEY THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER DUNGEON: DEMON CASTLE. CAN BE USED IN SONG PA GU TOWER.

}

'I obtain an S-class item which open a dungeon in SONG PA GU tower... That's a great item that is currently useless to me, but can be very useful later as I level up... But my biggest rewards from the quest still remain the level up of my TENACITY skill and the new skill DASH which are both useful skills that can be used right away...

Plus, this has enable me to confirm the fact that I can get new skill by surpassing my limits... After all both TENACITY and DASH were obtained that way, but I still don't know, if I can acquire new skills through repetitions of particular action. I don't need any skill that is too flashy, just a stealth skill would be fine... I must confirm this as soon as I am out of this place.

Now, I must first look for the doctor that is taking care of my treatment, and get discharged. Also, I need to gather information about the other survivors and how much time I was in the hospital. Afterwards, I will look for a strike squad that need a member after all other than the daily quests, hunting mana beasts is the only way for me to become stronger.'

He got off the bed and walked directly towards the door. But as he was about to slide open the door, the latter suddenly slide opened. He came face to face with a young and beautiful nurse with her hairs tied in a bum. The nurse was surprised and stared at Hyuk Il-hwang for a few seconds before rushing in the corridor while shouting the name of a doctor.

"hmmm.... It seems that I don't need to call for the doctor anymore... So, I'll just wait.."

After a few minutes inside of the hospital room, a middle-aged doctor with glasses could be seen examining Hyuk Il-hwang with his stethoscope with the young nurse standing besides him.

"Good... Mr. Hyuk... I have not find anything wrong with your body, and you can be discharged as soon as you finished doing all the paperwork... But as doctor, I would recommend you to stay for two or three more days as the physical constitutions of hunters like you, are different from regular humans like us due to the mana in your bodies... Hence, I can't be sure that you will not have any problems later on..."

"Thanks Doctor for taking care of me and worrying about me, but I must rely get out of here today... "

'I must visit Mr. Song Chi-Yul and Joohee-noona who are both still hospitalized here... Doctor Park said that the third degree burn of Mr. Song Chi-Yul that extends from his shoulder to his elbow will be healed after a week, thanks to the regenerative abilities of hunters...

As for big sister, she is suffering from serious trauma, and it is advised that she should quit being a hunter... I have always thought that she was not fitted for this job, but I remained silent and didn't put my nose in her business after all she was a B-rank healer... And I was renowned as a member of the 'twin trash' along with Jinwoo-hyung. We were the most weakest hunters in Korea as a whole.'

"Okay... Mr. Hyuk... It's up to you... Miss Lee, can you start the procedures for the discharge of Mr. Hyuk please... Then, he will just simply have to go to the reception to sign the documents."

"Yes... Doctor Park... I'm right on it.. "

The nurse rushed out of the room as soon as she received the words from the doctor.

'To think that he would completely recover from a comatose state in less than 24 hours, hunters sure are the real deal... Anyway, I have already informed the Korean Hunter Association that Mr. Hyuk has waken up, so they should be arriving within the minutes... '

The doctor glanced at Il-hwang one last time before exiting the room.

A couples of minutes later as Il-hwang finished dressing in the clothes that were given to him by the nurse, which consisted of a black hoodie and blue jeans.

[KNOCK.. KNOCK..]

He heard someone knocking at the door and welcomed the person to enter the room.

"Come in!!"

The door slide opened and two men in their early thirties who were sporting black suits entered the room. One of the men was handsome, tall and slender, yet muscular, and he wore black sunglasses. His hair was orange in colour which was slicked with one strand poking out. The other man was short and slender with black and short hair.

"Hunter Hyuk... I'm Chief inspector Woo Jinchul, an A-rank hunter from the Korean Hunter Association, and this man is my colleague, Inspector Choi Wunghee... We are here to ask you some questions and to perform a simple test... Here is my card."

Jinchul put his right hand in his pocket and removed a black card which he handed to Hyuk Il-hwang. Then, he removed his sunglasses with his left hand, and put it in the left breast-pocket of his suit. Il-hwang took the card while staring attentively at Woo Jinchul and then, at Choi Wunghee.

'They are like the day and the night... I can tell that this Choi Wunghee is a hunter just from his aura, and that he is definitely stronger than me... But he is leagues behind of Woo Jinchul... I can't even feel the aura of Woo Jinchul, and it is not only because I can't feel it...

It is because he has complete control over his own mana that the usual leakage of mana that occurs naturally in any beings is greatly reduced. I have heard about that some high ranker could do it, but I didn't intend to meet one here...

Woo Jinchul must be a powerhouse among the A-rank hunters... I'm still far too weak to confront someone like him.. It will be in my best interest, if I lay low and don't attract too much attention. '

"Okay... I will try my best to answer your questions to the best of my abilities... So, let us have a seat, and then, we can discuss furthermore."

Woo Jinchul nodded and both him, and Choi Wunghee headed towards the couch and sat down. Hyuk Il-hwang sat on the side of the bed, and he was face to face with the two inspectors.

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