Chapter 7. The Curse of Dawn (1) (1/2)

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shi+ned his name on the final document of the day and cleared off his desk He couldn’t help but smile when he was done with his work for the day Then, he looked up

“Hehehe Man, this novel’s hilarious”

“”

shi+ht back to reality Seo Jun-Ho was laying on his sofa, eating chips and drinking coke while reading a novel

‘He’s the most respected Player in the world as well as the most popular role model…’

Was it okay for hi sigh and walked over “What’re you reading?”

“Huh? The ht instead of healing”

“What a crazy priest” He took a seat on the opposite side and tapped on his Vita A few documents appeared in the air “Take a look at this It’s the stuff you asked me for”

“Oh?” Jun-Ho peeked up fro He closed it with a thuram documents

“Wow, this is just what I needed You’re the best,” Seo Jun-Ho exclaimed in excitement shi+m Deok-Gu looked a little repulsed “Whatever Why do you need these? You’re not thinking about going into these Gates, are you?” he asked

“Of course I a these if I wasn’t going to go in?” Seo Jun-Ho refuted

“What?! But…” shi+h the documents, nervous They were all about the ‘Uncleared Gates’ that had been around for the past 25 years “You knohy no one has ever cleared these Gates, right?”[1]

“Making a mistake inside a Gate means instant death Do you think I wouldn’t know that?”

Players who entered Uncleared Gates wouldn’t even leave corpses behind when they died

“Besides, these are all easy, low-level Gates,” SeoJun-Ho added

“Yeah, well, I suppose they don’t have any stars…”

“Stars? What do you ht It’s a system that was created while you were asleep”

He tried to explain it as quickly and concisely as possible 17 years ago, a single star was given to a Gate if 10,000 Players had died inside it There had been 14 Gates that received stars

“There haven’t been any Gates that 20,000 people have failed to clear yet, so the highest grade is a 1-star Gate 11 of them have been cleared so far, and the last three are known as the 3 Great Gates”

“Wait, then how many 1-star Gates have I cleared?” Seo Jun-Ho asked When he was Specter, there had been a couple of Gates where 10,000 or more Players had died inside They were more coher population “I’ve cleared three…no, was it four?”

“That’s right Officially, Specter has four stars You understand how difficult 1-star Gates are now, right?” Deok-Gu asked

“Yeah So those are called 1-star Gates now I could feel that they were different from the moment I walked in” From what Seo Jun-Ho remembered, 1-star Gates had boss monsters that were on an entirely different level “Wait, if I only have four stars, does that mean that the Frost Queen’s Nest isn’t included in the count?”

“Of course not She didn’t kill 10,000 people You guys were the first people to enter the Gate” shi+est Players in the world all have at least one star They’re called the Nine Heavens”

“What a cheesy name They’re people, not skies”

“Ha, are you jealous?”

“Who’s jealous?” Seo Jun-Ho sulked, but shi+m Deok-Gu only found it cute

“Anyway, you’re only level 1 right now Even if they don’t have stars, I think Uncleared Gates will be too much for you”

“Deok-Gu Haven’t you heard the saying?” Seo Jun-Ho put on airs, jutted out his chin, and leaned back on the sofa as he cushi+oned his head “Form is temporary, but class is forever”

“Don’t you feel e that?”

“Not at all It’s the truth”

If Seo Jun-Ho didn’t think that he could clear a Gate, he wouldn’t atte, he alwaysthe situation, not letting his emotions sway him

“Why are you so worried? Aren’t the Uncleared Gates troublesome for the association?” Seo Jun-Ho asked

“They are, but that doesn’t erous”

“Wow” In the ti that shi+e He looked at shi+ the heartfeltbecause it’s beneficial for me”

“Beneficial? How so?” shi+ive more EXP as more time passes” Gates that had remained uncleared for years would have a lot of EXP piled up as rewards

“So the only reason you’re going inside Uncleared Gates is that you can level up a little faster?”

“It’s the fastest way” Seo Jun-Ho corrected

“Can’t you just train safely and clear nor with your skills” shi+h” Seo Jun-Ho looked at hi as the fiends are after me, time will never be on my side”

“”

“That’s why I need to level up as fast as possible” If his identity was revealed, he at least had to have the strength to fight back

‘Only Players level 30 and higher can take the Dio to the 2nd Floor’

Seo Jun-Ho’s current goal was to reach level 30 as fast as possible

When he sa serious Seo Jun-Ho was, shi+m Deok-Gu nodded heavily “I didn’t think that far I didn’t know that you were under that kind of pressure”

‘Actually, it’s not that’

Frankly, he just wanted to punish the fiends for not knowing their place Of course, Seo Jun-Ho didn’t bother to correct his friend now that he had finally calmed down

“Then, for your First Gate…” As shi+h the documents, his eye twitched “Goodness, there’s only one Uncleared Gate that lets in Players at level 1”

This Gate had first appeared seven years ago and had killed 142 Players thus far It was known as the “Novice’s Grave,’ and it only let in level 1 Players

The name of the Gate itself was also ominous

“The Curse of Dawn,” Seo Jun-Ho read He shrugged “Based on the na”

“Well, you won’t know until you go in You have to survive until the sun rises in order to clear the Gate,” shi+ed

“You’re so cocky…”

Of course, Seo Jun-Ho had the skills to back it up, so shi+

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a card, holding it out to Seo Jun-Ho “This contains your signing bonus”

It was thea contract with the Player association As soon as Seo Jun-Ho accepted it, shi+rin

“From now on, you’re my subordinate for a year”