Chapter 13: Chapter 12: Dungeon Seeking, Part Three (1/2)

Chapter 13: Chapter 12: Dungeon Seeking, Part Three

I brushed off my pants and grabbed a taxi to head to Bukhan Mountain.

The driver must have heard about what was going on with the world, so how could he continue to work like this? Could he feed his family if he stopped working? I listened to his stories as we made our way to the entrance of the mountain.

I could have given him some advice, but I didn't know if he would believe me. Besides, if people started coming out, bragging that they had become immortal devas, society would quickly crumble.

There would still be nations and societies that could hold themselves together, but sooner or later there would be others that would fall into chaos. Third world places like Africa would be the first to fall.

Korea seemed to still be standing.

To be exact, the nation of South Korea would end up collapsing. In its place, corporations took over and set up guilds all around to reestablish order.

Seoul ended up being controlled by the Sunbin Group.

Sunbin Group was the largest corporation in South Korea and controlled everything from Seoul to Incheon, including Gyeongi.

Sunbin commanded 37 first response commando teams and used them to herd field monsters to Gyeongi, creating a safe haven for humans to live in.

It was hard to keep the haven completely safe from boss monsters, but it was due to the efforts of Sunbin that normal people like me were able to continue living.

As the group grew stronger, its influence reached all the way to Daejun. During that time, I also worked for Sunbin from time to time, just enough to make a living. They treated us well enough, anyway.

Over at Busan, the YungGong Group, owner of the YungGong guild, didn't protect non-devas and instead treated them as slaves. Compared to that, I lived like a lord.

Like that, I was lucky to find a Don Gate nearby and after three years, became a deva.

After that, I set out to hunt monsters and went with parties to hunt in dungeons. Soon, I had adapted to my new lifestyle.

”If only if I hadn't met that ass, Lee Gangchan, everything would have been OK.”

It was like that when I met Lee Gangchan, and how I ended up with this new life now.

”Wait…shouldn't I be thankful to him? If it weren't for that bastard, I would never have jumped into the Sea of Reset. No, I'm still pissed! Just you wait, Lee Gangchan! I will destroy you for sure!”

Making sure Lee Gangchan was still my target for revenge; I continued walking up Bukhansan towards the peak.

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I used this trail from time to time when I still lived at my rooftop apartment. In my past life, I used this trail often to use the dungeon.

”Still, I'm not tired at all.”

Right now, my strength, agility and vitality were all at 1220 points. They were higher than my stats when I was level 576!

Sure, I was a fire mage back then, and had invested more points into my INT and WIL, but I was now level 0 with stats higher than level 576. The fact that my physical prowess was being influenced by the higher STR, AGI, and VIT really encouraged me.

”Should I run a bit?”

I sprinted up the steep peak trail as if I were running on flat terrain.

I ran the hour and a half course in thirty minutes without breaking a sweat.

”Good. This must be why people raise their physical stats!”

The feeling I was getting from my higher physical stats was way different than the feeling I got from raising my INT and WIL as a mage.

It was fun being able to move my body easily and how I wanted it to.

”Now, let's check out this dungeon.”

The entrance of the dungeon was located at the very peak of the mountain. I had come here to this dungeon so often that I knew exactly where the entrance was.

”Wait, what?”

Unfortunately, there was no sign of an unopened dungeon. There was no opening either, which would have indicated that someone had already found it.

”I'm sure it was here...”

I was dumbfounded that I couldn't see the dungeon, but I was so sure that it was supposed to be here. The low-grade dungeon that was so helpful for beginners...

The Sunbin Guild made this dungeon freely available to its devas. This area around Bukhansan dungeon was always busy, filled with newbies carrying sacks of items to sell. I was sure it was here.

”Am I remembering wrong? No! I'm positive it's here. What changed?”

Just to make sure, I searched all over the area of the peak…