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◈ I Became the Gate Summoner Hunters Obsess Over ◈

Chapter 1: Became a Hunter. Obtained a Gate.

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<The Korean Hunter Gallery>

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[Title: Burger for the First 1 Person]

[KnockoffMonkeyPaw]

(Animated image of a green frog waving)

Write your wish in the comments and I'll give you a burger with it, yeah.

But you'll get the side effect in a reply too, so choose carefully.

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[An ability to summon my own Gate full of rare resources]

ㄴ[KnockoffMonkeyPaw: But you have to gather them yourself.]

ㄴ[(Frog sticker staring with cold eyes)]

ㄴ[So? Where's the burger?]

ㄴ[KnockoffMonkeyPaw: I put it inside the Gate, yeah.]

ㄴ[What does that mean?]

ㄴ[Huh? They say I suddenly awakened???]

ㄴ[Wait, my body f e e l s w r o n g0=...]

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[Title: -The End-]

[KnockoffMonkeyPaw]

(Animated image of a green frog waving)

The bus has left, yeah.

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Yesterday, I had a truly bizarre dream.

A dream so bizarre I'd be embarrassed to tell anyone about it.

'Oh, right. It's not like I have anyone close enough to confide something like that in, do I?'

Ahem. Anyway.

To roughly summarize that bizarre dream, it was exactly eleven at night, when all the fun things in the world were said to really get underway.

As usual, I was browsing Hungall, the Hunter Gallery, catching up on what was going on in the world when...

[Title: Burger for the First 1 Person]

"What!?"

I came across a freshly posted first-come, first-served burger giveaway.

Thanks to my three years of experience on Hungall, I managed to leave the first comment.

And at that moment...

Ding!

[You are awakening to the class 'Gate Summoner.']

A translucent notification window appeared before my eyes with a cheerful alert, proof that I had awakened as a Hunter.

[Mana circuits do not exist.]

[Beginning physical reconstruction.]

My memory after that was too hazy to recall clearly, but I think I was overcome by dizziness and eventually lost consciousness...

'...What a shitty dream.'

I'd always gone on and on about wanting to awaken as a Hunter, but I hadn't realized I wanted it badly enough to dream something like that.

'Should I just say I'm taking this week's part-time job off...?'

That thought didn't last long.

Even paying my rent was difficult right now.

If I took time off work in this situation, I'd surely be kicked out of this tiny studio apartment and end up on the street.

"I need to live responsibly..."

It might be summer, so I wouldn't freeze to death, but I had no intention of living on the streets.

After sternly scolding myself, I headed to the bathroom to wash my face and clear my head.

Then, the moment I stood before the sink and looked into the mirror...

Ding!

[Physical reconstruction has been completed.]

"...?"

A translucent notification window began appearing before my eyes.

[You have met the conditions to acquire the class 'Gate Summoner.']

[You have acquired the class skill 'Gate Summon.']

[From this point on, you can summon Gates.]

And there wasn't just one of them, but several.

Notification windows streamed down before me, telling me I'd gained a new class and skill.

"No... What is all this...?"

Was I seeing things?

But could a hallucination really be this realistic...?

For a while, I silently stared at the notification windows before me.

As I wondered whether yesterday's dream might not have been nonsense after all, but reality...

[The initial status window will be displayed automatically.]

Ding!

[Name]: [Kang Yul]

[Class]: [Gate Summoner]

[Class Skill]: [Gate Summon]

"A status window...?"

Only when the brief status window appeared before me with that belated notification did I have no choice but to admit it.

I had truly awakened as a Hunter.

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Twenty years ago.

Gates, supernatural phenomena that served as passages connecting to other dimensions, began appearing all over the world.

As various supernatural phenomena flowed out from the Gates and became known to the public, the world's common sense changed greatly.

So...

'Awakening as a Hunter and gaining a status window?'

That was plausible enough.

Hunter Awakening, which occurred throughout humanity, was also one such supernatural phenomenon.

Countless researchers had studied it and concluded that it was a power closer to a blessing, one that caused no harm to the human body.

Still, this blessing-like power had one problem. No matter how much the greatest researchers studied it, they couldn't discover the conditions for awakening. There was no way other than natural awakening...

'...I've occasionally seen posts saying that people awaken as Hunters after fulfilling special conditions.'

In particular, most famous Hunters testified that they awakened through "a certain event."

Considering that, maybe awakening after posting a comment on a Gallery burger giveaway was also one of those special cases.

'If I told the Gallery about this, they'd say, "What kind of bait is this now?" and bombard me with downvotes.'

But some people would also wonder, "Could it be real?"

The world was full of supernatural phenomena we didn't yet understand, and the academic consensus was that their number was gradually increasing.

That Gallery post must also have been an undiscovered type of supernatural phenomenon.

So, back to the present.

"I... really awakened as a Hunter?"

After coolly and objectively analyzing the situation, I concluded that I wasn't crazy or dreaming. I had truly awakened as a Hunter.

I could now live the life of a Hunter I'd always longed for.

"Whew... Calm down first... I need to calm down..."

I wanted to jump around right away and tell the whole neighborhood that I'd awakened, but only amateurs did something like that.

The undisputed number-one cause of Hunter deaths was people getting into trouble after carelessly telling those around them about their awakening.

For the perfect plan I'd built while imagining a day like today at every turn, I needed to stay calm.

Why hide it? I was Kang Yul, twenty-three years old, a job seeker who drifted between countless part-time jobs while living in a cramped, shabby studio apartment.

My hobby was storing every useful tip and piece of information from Hungall in my head while dreaming of the once-in-a-lifetime chance to turn my life around by awakening as a Hunter someday.

Therefore...

'Now that I've awakened as a Hunter, you could say my plans for the future are perfect.'

I simply hadn't awakened yet, so I'd been unable to spread my wings.

Like a poor painter who couldn't paint because he had no canvas or art supplies.

So first, I needed to check the changes in my body, the first thing anyone who awakened as a Hunter had to do.

'My body... Doesn't seem any different?'

I slowly examined my reflection in the mirror.

It was the same ordinary Korean man as always, neither especially handsome nor ugly.

Then I picked up and put down objects around me to check whether I'd become stronger, but I couldn't feel any particular change.

'My physical abilities are about the same as before I awakened.'

If my class had been a frontline type, such as a warrior, I might have seen changes like greater strength or faster reflexes. But perhaps because Summoner was a rear-line class, there was no special change.

'But there must have been some change.'

My memories were vague, but I had definitely seen it.

[Mana circuits do not exist.]

[Beginning physical reconstruction.]

Right after I awakened as a Hunter.

My body had been reconstructed along with a notification saying I had no mana circuits, so mana circuits must have formed within me.

If I just knew how, using simple magic or skills shouldn't be a problem, so before I properly used a skill...

'I should check my class information first.'

I knew most class information by heart, but Gate Summoner was a class I'd never seen before. I needed to check it.

'So, I open the status window... and touch the class slot... Ah, there it is.'

Ding!

[Class]: Gate Summoner

Your mana circuits are special.

They are dimensional mana circuits, formed from the merging of the mana circuits of "time" and "space," either one of which would be enough to make you the world's greatest archmage.

Through these mana circuits, you can handle Gates connected to other dimensions.

When summoning a Gate, you can also check the amount of resources obtainable from that Gate and its special characteristics.

'Hmm... I see.'

So, to roughly summarize it.

The mana circuits that formed in my body were specialized for dimensions, and I could use them to handle Gates?

'It sounds amazing, but it doesn't really sink in.'

What should I call this? It didn't feel tangible?

A one-line description like, "You are a brave warrior with exceptional strength and endurance!" would have been easier to understand, like a warrior class.

The Gate Summoner description went on and on about how it was supposedly amazing, but it didn't really hit home.

'Well, I'll find out if I use it.'

When he didn't understand something, the best solution was to try it himself. With that in mind, Kang Yul used [Gate Summon].

Using the skill was very simple.

First, all I had to do was strongly think that I wanted to use it...

Ding!

[You use the skill 'Gate Summon.']

[Attempting to connect to the dimension desired by the skill user.]

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...And the skill activated according to my will.

For an instant, I felt as if something flowed out of my body. This must have been the mana Hunters talked about.

"Wow, damn. This really works."

Anyway, I focused on the summoning again.

'It said it would try to connect a Gate to a dimension the user desires, right?'

Then Kang Yul had only one thing to do.

There was no ritual water, so he solemnly knelt before a bowl filled with water from the purifier instead.

'Please let it be an easy-mode Gate...! Please let it be a crazy lucrative Gate...!! Please let it be a safe Gate...!!!'

He prayed fervently for a ridiculously good Gate that would let him coast through life.

How long had he prayed so desperately?

[...!]

[Search complete.]

[Beginning Gate connection.]

"Mars, here I come!!!"

The Gate had connected. For a moment, he shouted a spirited yell to raise his morale.

Ding!

[Connection to 'Primordial Land - Terra' has been completed.]

[Briefly displaying Gate information.]

A cheerful alert rang out, and as brief information about the connected Gate appeared before him, Kang Yul could not hide his astonishment.

[Primordial Land - Terra]

﹝Resources Obtainable from the Gate﹞

- Mineral Resources: Reserves cannot be measured

- Plant Resources: Yield cannot be measured

- Biological Resources: Population cannot be measured

- Special Resources: #@$! cannot be measured

﹝Special Characteristics﹞

: This land retains its primordial form, untouched by civilization.

: Its resources are extremely abundant, and the density of mana in the atmosphere is extremely high.

"Could it be that there are too many resources to measure...?"

If that were true, it seemed he had hit the jackpot.

A jackpot so enormous that the entire world might try to kidnap him the moment they learned he possessed a Gate like this.

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