Chapter 39: Chapter 38: First Meeting With Sunbin Group’s Chairman, Song Daechul, Part III (1/2)
Chapter 39: Chapter 38: First Meeting With Sunbin Group’s Chairman, Song Daechul, Part III
”Eureka!” After a few steps, I heard the same sound I heard back at the entrance of the Bukhan Mountain dungeon.
Excited, I started swinging and kicking at the shield spell until it finally gave way with a loud crack.
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[Low-grade Dungeon 83 has been discovered.
Congratulations, you have discovered a low-grade dungeon! You will be given your bonus!
All stats will be increased by 5 points.]
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”Awesome!”
A similar message as the one from Bukhan Mountain appeared in front of me. The low-grade dungeon boosted my Stats by 5 points. The message continued.
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[You have the special, Dungeon Seeker. You will be granted 1 point for discovering a low-grade dungeon. You will receive a bonus every 10 points.
Low-grade dungeon: 1 point
Mid-grade dungeon: 2 points
High-grade dungeon: 3 points
Current points: 2 points]
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My Dungeon Seeker special was raised to 2 points, as well!
”I wonder if I really can't enter the dungeon right now.” I had heard about the dungeon blessing preventing others from entering dungeons, but I never received the blessing before, so I wanted to see for myself if was true. I walked towards the entrance of the 83rd dungeon.
Ding dong! An alarm went off right away.
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[A dungeon blessing is currently in effect. You will be restricted from entering any dungeons while the blessing is in effect.
Remaining blessing duration: 27 days 13 hours 37 minutes]
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”Tsk!” It felt like there was an invisible wall in front me, preventing me from taking another step forward. I felt a little dejected when the alert went off.
”Fine, I'll let it go this time.” There was nothing else I could do now, so I turned to leave.
”Now then, should I head for Oksunbong now?” I practically slid down the mountain trail. I barely had enough time to make it to Jeju Island by the end of the day.
”Damn, I might not have enough time.” The next express bus was going to arrive in an hour and twenty minutes. I even thought about flying out from the nearby Wonju Airport, but it would be tough to plan around the flight times.
”Duh! I'll just take a cab.” I slapped my forehead for forgetting about the obvious choice. ”I have money to burn, anyway.”
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I left the bus terminal, got in a cab and told the driver to take me to Danyang, Chungcheong. He frowned at my request, but as soon as I said 500,000 won, he practically demanded I get in.
It took him less than 3 hours to get there. Money does talk.
I headed straight for Oksunbong Peak. I arrived where I remembered the entrance was and punched the air like before.
I was rewarded with a resounding ting. ”Hah! First time!”
I threw a couple more punches to break open the spell.
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[Low-grade Dungeon 83 has been discovered.
Congratulations, You have discovered a low-grade dungeon! You will be given your bonus!
All stats will be increased by 5 points.]
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”Yes! That's two already today!”
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[You have the special, Dungeon Seeker. You will be granted 1 point for discovering a low-grade dungeon. You will receive a bonus every 10 points.
Low-grade dungeon: 1 point
Mid-grade dungeon: 2 points
High-grade dungeon: 3 points
Current points: 3 points]
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Once I confirmed the alerts, I turned around to leave. Since I had already found out that the blessing wasn't going to let me in, I had no reason to loiter around.
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”I guess I'll finish today with Jeju Island. I'll even treat myself to some nice sashimi and take a break there.” I felt like I was obsessing over this now. I would rest whenever I could, but I couldn't really relax completely.
The thought that I had to do whatever I could to stay ahead of everyone else was constantly in the back of my mind. Every time I tried to rest, I kept thinking that there was a chance that someone out there could be finding something instead of me.
However, yesterday, while I drank alone, a bunch of other thoughts flooded my mind. I let all those thoughts disorient me. I was too tired to push the thoughts away.
I thought about the hellish times from before I jumped into the Sea. I thought about how happy I was finding a Rank 3 item; I thought about how happy I was finally leveling up after days of grinding; I thought about when Lee Gangchan killed me more 100 times and how furious I was. I thought about so many things. Then I thought about what had happened since I jumped.
I thought about how emotional I was becoming the First Deva, how excited I was when I learned the Unrivaled skill at level 0; I thought about how I became the first to find a dungeon and to defeat a dungeon boss, how I found a Rank 6 and 8 item when I couldn't even dream about them in my past life.
I was so much happier now than I was back then. All that happiness probably made me obsess more and more.
I didn't want to lose this newfound happiness! I wanted to keep it forever! I wasn't going to let anyone take it from me! I wanted more happiness!
All those pent up feelings exploded after meeting Oh Hyungjae.
”Hahaha.” I stopped midway down the mountain and turned around to look at the Oksunbong Peak.
”I'm so much stronger than I was before.” I used to not understand the saying that greed begets more greed, but now, I understood it perfectly.
”It's not so bad to be a little obsessed.” I wanted to get stronger. I didn't want to live the same eleven years I did back then.
I was the main character of my own story. If the world wasn't go the way I wanted to, I was going to make it go at least 0.1% my way! The more power I gained, the more I wanted to make that happen!
”I'll just use greed to feed my motivation. I won't succumb to my obsession; instead, it'll keep me fueled. I've already been through so much and I won't get another chance like this. I can't let myself implode just yet!”
This was the first time I had felt such a peace of mind since my return. I was going to use my greed and obsession to grow stronger! I wasn't going to become prey to them!