Chapter 1 (1/2)
For the first week after unlocking his Trait, Kim Sae-Jin lived in isolation like a mental patient
It was totally understandable as, for 23 out of 24 hours in a day, he suddenly had to exist as a Monster
The bosses at his part ties and phone calls, but they all entered in one ear and left through the other without really registering in his brain
Two of them showed concern, but the other one threw verbal abuse like there’s no toain, it was understandable where they were co from
The only thing Sae-Jin couldn’t get a grip on, was the absurdity of his current situation
And after another week passed by, the sreat pride in, became a messy cesspool of untidiness
It was par for the course, really The effing claws on his paould leave behind unsightly scars all over the place no ently he walked around
Like this, where a living couldn’t really be called a living anymore, another 4 days went by
Only then, did Sae-Jin finally come to accept his predicament
A body length of around 2th of around 50c And a coat of brown fur
At a glance, they er, but unfortunately, those nued to him
Sae-Jin was actually a Brown Wolf now
A Monster that was considered as the weakest prey there was, always targeted by those conceited idiots who proudly label thehts”, ”Mercenaries” or ”Hunters”
Also, too a the ied Monster, it was not easy to categorise this creature
On top of being the newbies’ preferred choice of hunting ht withouttraits:
1, There were plentiful of them like a mob,
2, They were slightly troublesoular citizens to deal with
That was Sae-Jin’s form, currently
He found it difficult to accept this initially for obvious reasons And after finally co to terms with it, he then realised that wasn’t the end of his troubles, no Now, he had to madly formulate plans to ”safely live” His desires to continue breathing was a lot stronger than he expected At least there was the cushi+on of 3500 in his bank account, which he was definitely thankful for
Sae-Jin quickly decided tothe precious 1 hour
For his food, Sae-Jin bought easy-to-prepare TV dinners from a convenience store 5 minutes away and always ate the wouldn’t have it any other way And hespace in case of an unforeseen eency
Then he practiced controlling the strength of the Brown Wolf Form in order to perfectly mimic the creature After 4 days of concerted effort, he even figured out how to retract his sharp claws
Meanwhile, whenever there was a chance, he changed into a Goblin For the ht have a sly supple pair of hands for a kind of jobs that de care of the household chores
Those ugly claw , Sae-Jin’s rooained its former spotless, clean appearance
But the biggest issue still had to be solved: living expenses
Without paying theon a borrowed time here
That’s why he used the bracelet co that was discarded into a corner of the rooo
Sae-Jin was going to search for how to ⸢Start Earning From Home,⸥
…But then, stopped As a high school dropout, with only a raduation certificate, he just kneould be i to let him work from home
He gazed at the holograret, slowly stroking it Then a thought suddenly ca the Monsters
That’s how he accidentally found a hint that could potentially save his life
Seeing the topic of the discussion, a powerful glare of bright light burned dangerously in both of his eyes
Q: ⸢Does the Lycanthrope, the top-dog in the Wolf-type Monster pecking order, really exist?⸥
A: ⸢According to the 1st Generation ”Soo-ins” (TL: literally humanoid beastman in Korean) who crossed over the World’s Rift, they did exist in the legends Able to seae their shapes unrestricted from a fearsome bipedal wolf to a perfect appearance of a tailless human, one could say that they share soh, the class of incredible power they wielded was on another scale altogether, apparently, and couldn’t even be co to their unique trait of violent nature, they ended up going extinct and have becoends instead⸥
The Lycanthrope It was a mythical Monster Sae-Jin had heard about at least once from somewhere
An unfathomable existence, that could freely beco a Monster and vice versa It was different from the Soo-ins who could alternate between an ani, the human form assumed by a Lycanthrope didn’t leave behind a tail
”What if…”
Definitely, the effing Trait told him that ”when certain conditions are satisfied, the ranks of Monsters will rise”
He intuitively understood then The only way for him to exist was to exploit this rule
Didn’t matter what the conditions were, he had to quickly coain
There was a chance that his evolution could go down the wrong path but this was the only avenue left for him in the end
He pros he had to do were already set in stone
The nated as the Monster’s Territory for a very long time
Low tier Monsters such as Wolves, Orcs and Goblins, oyles, and finally, high tier Monsters like Ogres and Wyverns, occupied this Territory and called it as their home
One of the world’s most diverse Monster ecosystewon Province in the Republic of Korea Naturally, Monster-hunting Knights and Hunters flocked here, ai for this perfect place to earn money in the ”Home of Monsters”
”Hey!! Stay with me!!”
However, it was only possible for the Knights possessing at least the ranks ofthis place as nothing old mine
Most people saw the ed in brutal conflict against each other, and to those who bet their lives in order to earn a living by catching these ra creatures, all of the field and never to return here as soon as they got their exit passports
”You are almost there, don’t you faint on me, now!! Stand up!!”
One could receive the won Province
A low tier Hunter na blood off his forehead He was too busy slapping the cheeks of his co
”……I… can’t… go on”
Tae-Jo’s co words This man’s eyes were deeply closed, the fla
It was a gruesolance could tell these two Hunters had went through a terrible ordeal at the hands of a vicious beast judging from the deep teeth marks on the wound
In the beginning, their party consisted of 3 low tier and 2 er
Their luck was really bad