Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 125

Chapter 125

Jang Moon-bok’s party prepared the meal . They had a cooking specialist among them so we were able to take care of food easily .

It was nice to have people that did this and that for you .

However, it wasn’t like we could take them around with us forever .

There was the issue of item distribution and although I wasn’t able to make them suffer enough in the ruin it was time to let them go .

As I gestured Jang Moon-bok nervously stood in front of me . He seems to be getting more nervous as time goes on for some reason .

“You called for me?”

“Why are you so tense? I won’t tell you to die so loosen up . ”

“It, it’s not like that . ”

His expression loosened up a bit but he still couldn’t meet my eye . Did he think that I was that scary . I think that I have a pretty tame expression though .

“Then what’s the problem . ”

“It’s my first time seeing a level 10 hunter and…… it’s my first time meeting a person as strong as party leader . ”

“Well…… is that so . ”

It seems I showed too much power in front of these guys .

I certainly did openly use Aura Blade and use it to destroy the stone statues so from a level 3 hunter’s perspective it did make sense to be nervous .

I let out a light laugh . I was partly trying to let him loosen up but he had a look of discipline .

“Please speak if you have something to say . ”

“You’re free to go . ”

“Yes?”

“Your actions did enrage me but it is partly our fault as well that the misunderstanding grew so I’m thinking that this much is fine . ”

“That means…… . ”

“I won’t make you suffer anymore so disappear . ”

“…… . ”

Jang Moon-bok looked at me with eyes of surpise .

Wow . I’m thrilled! I can finally escape from this shitty suffering! I didn’t expect such exclamations but I wonder what this bitter expression is .

“May we have a meeting for a bit?”

“Ye, yeah . I’m not sure what the meeting is about though . ”

Jang Moon-bok’s reply was unexpected so I unintentionally stuttered .

Even now, Soo-ah was bullying the luggage carriers so I wondered why he was conflicting inside .

Jang Moon-bok said something to Soo-ah and then gathered their members, starting the meeting . Soo-ah came towards me .

“You’re going to send them off?”

“Yeah . We don’t need them anymore . ”

“That’s a shame . I trained them well though . ”

“I agree that they’re useful . But we can’t restrict them against their will . ”

“Then wouldn’t they say that they will follow us around?”

Soo-ah’s eyes flashed .

“What nonsense are you saying . Why would they follow us around after all that they’ve been through? If it was me, I would just spit and run away . ”

“It might not be like that you know?”

What did she have backing this thought for her to be this way?

“May we follow you around for a while?”

“No, wait…… . ”

I grasped my head at his words . I wonder what he’s thinking .

“I think that it’s a great honor just to be with such a strong raid team . ”

It seemed like a prepared comment .

There wasn’t even 1 gram of his soul in those words . I surveyed the others . They all seemed to be thinking the same thing .

At the very least they didn’t seem to have been threatened by Soo-ah .

“Let me hear what’s on your mind for now . Don’t say things you don’t mean . Even if you follow us around you won’t get a share from the distribution . ”

“The monthly profit of our team is about 100m per person . We will follow you around if you give even just half of that . ”

“Since it’s ten people . You’re asking for 500m per month?”

“Yes . ”

“I can’t understand . As a level 3 party, if we suppose you hunt in the forest region you can get at least 500m per person . 100m sounds far fetched .

The amount of money our team gets in one month was at the very least several 10b . Even if they lacked the skill 100m per person was too low .

“Of course we got more than when hunting in a dungeon but it’s not like we actually get that much . As you know, killing monsters is difficult to the point that we’re sensitive about even a single monster after all . ”

Is he talking about the eagle incident . Certainly, I was wondering why a level 3 party was making such a fuss about a single monster .

Even if our party received injuries it was possible to heal them with potions and since my power was high the amount of time spent fighting was short .

However for a normal level 3 hunter party, in the case of a same level monster, it is difficult to kill that many .

It is okay if they fight by outnumbering but in the forest region it was not uncommon for more than ten to appear at the same time .

In such a case, they would become exhausted to the point of having to rest the entire day after the battle to be able to retry the next day .

Taking that into account, 500m would be unreasonable but half of that would be an appropriate amount .

“How long would we be able to spend a good time hunting like that . There will be a day the Yellow Sea runs out of monsters . And if that happens we would have to go to higher level zones . If that happened there is no guarantee that normal hunters would survive among large raid teams . ”

“We are also a small scale raid team . ”

“However, team Delta has much potential . It is certain that it will grow from now on . We want to be the start of that growth . You may adjust our pay after that . ”

“In other words, you’re saying will invest in us after seeing our team’s future?”

“Yes . ”

“I don’t want to thought?”

“Yes?”

“Why do I have to guarantee you guys’ future . I could just work you to the bone for a month and then chase you out you know?”

“Th, that is…… . ”

Jang Moon-bok’s pupils shook greatly . I didn’t know what he was expecting from me but I didn’t want to increase the number of people for no reason .

The number I can care for right now was about the size of my current party .

More than that, I couldn’t and didn’t want to pay attention to it personally .

Soo-ah opened her mouth .

“Accept them since they’re putting on a collar on their own . ”

“You encouraged them right?”

“About that . I did say that they wouldn’t have to worry about starving to death if they stayed under you . They pretend that it’s not but it’s a fact that they’re uneasy . That’s especially so in times like this . ”

“Can you take responsibility?”

“I will at least prevent them from causing trouble . ”

Soo-ah laughed as she linked her arm to mine . I could feel something soft . Where did she learn such a wicked skill from?

Certainly, it wasn’t like we were going to give them a lot and they were just following so there was no reason to refuse . Could this be called passion pay I wonder .

Considering that 50m per person was a bit tough .

“Do as you want . ”

“Thank you! I will work hard!”

Jang Moon-bok shouted loudly . His team members also all cheered . It wasn’t like there was no reason to do so but I couldn’t understand . Did these guys have any dark thoughts about Soo-ah?

For now, I took in Moon-bok’s team as a temporary Delta Team 2 .

Of course, the one leading team 2 was Soo-ah . Jang Moon-bok had the role of team leader with no real authority .

The first job that Delta Team 2 did was none other than making a flag .

“To say that you have been going around with no flag . This is the face of a raid team so we will create it . ”

After saying so they immediately started a conference .

I did make one before but it was made without care and I lost it somewhere in the middle so I couldn’t remember where it was .

Well, it wasn’t bad to see them trying to do their part .

While those guys were creating and doing work on their own I habitually turned on my smartphone .

As I accessed the Hunter Market, the hot topic was the disappearance of the level 5 dungeons as expected .

Due to raising the proficiency to fight the Black Tiger it had gone up to level 5 .

– Level 5 dungeons gone! Is it just my imagination that the time period in between is getting shorter?

– Nope . It’s actually getting faster . It might only be a matter of time before all dungeons disappear .

– What happens if they all disappear? Is humanity regaining peace?

– No way . The field monsters are still there . There’s the Yellow Sea too .

– But the monsters in the Yellow Sea don’t respawn . If they all disappear would only the field monsters remain? With just that it would be difficult to gather rare earth metals though?

– The only thing would be the Red Holes .

– Those appear for a single day before disappearing though .

– Yeah . What was it, a beta test?

– But I heard people died a lot during that time . Saying that it was a lot more difficult .

– There was some bastard that said that it was a great place so there were quite a few guys that went in without preparing .

– I’ve heard that even level 3 hunters had to start from level 1 dungeons for Red Holes?

– There are a lot of monsters, it’s said that monsters up to 2 levels above the dungeons appear . It’s also said that there’s a boss monster that’s a lot harder . So it’s said that a full level 3 party is needed to clear a level 1 dungeon .

– Is there even someone that cleared that?

– I’ve heard there is . I heard that a team did an interview because they cleared it . But they didn’t put it up on the bulletin board since the dungeons disappeared in a day .

Certainly, if dungeons slowly disappeared then there would be a problem in rare earth metal gathering .

Even if there was the Yellow Sea it was not comparable to the dungeon where it could be farmed infinitely .

That was the reason I didn’t want to make dungeons disappear as much as possible .

Gathering rare earth metals was one of the main missions of a hunter .

In reality, the price of rare earth metals rose to the point that the world’s economy shook a bit . A few places like the Yellow Sea rose in a few places but it wasn’t like it appeared all over the world so it was obvious that the supply would be lacking .

To think that the world shakes because of me . It might sound like middle school syndrome but this was a clear fact .

Field hunting was not an answer either as the efficiency was too low .

It was more dangerous than a dungeon and the reward was much lower .

In the end, it was necessary to open Red Holes for hunters .

However, if I opened them hastily then people would enter carelessly like before and cause many casualties .

For now, I was planning on opening them one by one and look at the situation .

After looking through the bulletin board I saw something strange .

[BJ PaCheonGeom Forest Region Live Cam Broadcast]

“Hm?”

What’s this?

Going to the thread, there was a link to an internet broadcast . Some bastard was just live streaming as a personal broadcast .

There was a great number of 5,000 in the forest region at the moment .

Unlike the other regions where groups were drawing lines standing face to face, that place was going to be a literal warzone so the people’s attention focused there .

As much as it was focusing the bulletin board was actively updating information .

He was literally idly broadcasting when a war was about to break out .

Going to the broadcast, a magician type dandy looking guy was working hard broadcasting .