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◈ I Became the Gate Summoner Hunters Obsess Over ◈
Chapter 2: Entered a Gate. Picked Up a Burger.
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A Host-Cheat Map.
A term commonly used in games for a map designed to favor the host. It was so well known that people often used it as a metaphor outside of games too.
For example, a country with vast territory, enormous amounts of developable land, abundant resource deposits, and rivers stretching across the nation...
A country with overwhelming advantages beyond comparison in every respect could be called a host-cheat map.
Today, however, there was one more thing people used that metaphor for.
< Korea Hunter Gallery >
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[Title: Today’s Host-Cheat Gate]
[Anon]
(Photo of an enormous quantity of mana crystals found in an F-rank Gate that appeared in Pocheon.)
Oh, it’s Korea-bro again!
Big bro found a mana crystal mine in an F-rank Gate.
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[Comments]
[Another absurdly broken Gate showed up again.]
ㄴ[Why are there mana crystals in an F-rank Gate in the first place?]
ㄴ[Wasn’t that only theoretically possible?]
ㄴ[But ta-da, it really happened.]
ㄴ[Is it really new for Gates like this to appear in our country? lol]
ㄴ[Small landmass and few natural resources, but its Gates are packed with goodies.]
ㄴ[Korea’s host-cheat Gates are a long-standing tradition.]
ㄴ[This one really crossed the line, though.]
ㄴ[A mine in a Gate with only F-rank danger is a bit much lol.]
ㄴ[??? : Hehe... sorry!]
Twenty years ago, the supernatural phenomenon known as Gates appeared without warning.
These passages connected to other dimensions, and within them lurked countless dangers beyond humanity’s understanding.
At one point, they were called world-ending disasters, enough for every nation to devote all its efforts to eliminating them.
Well, that was all in the past now.
As time passed, Hunters appeared, and humanity achieved rapid development through the byproducts found in Gates.
Technology advanced to the point that even non-Hunters could begin managing Gates.
Of course, Hunters were still essential for high-risk Gates.
However, some Gates could be managed by trained personnel equipped with gear made from processed Gate byproducts.
As a result, Gates gradually came to be classified not as disasters that were only dangerous, but as special resources that could bring immense benefits if handled properly.
More accurately, they had to be.
The difference in development between nations that professionally managed Gates and applied their byproducts, and nations that destroyed them indiscriminately because they were dangerous, was like heaven and earth.
And that was why Kang Yul had become absorbed in the profession of Hunter at such a young age.
Hunters would necessarily be part of future industries.
To avoid being left behind by the times, Kang Yul needed to master Hunter-related knowledge early.
So, what Kang Yul was trying to say after all that rambling was...
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[Web Notification]
[Purchase History]
- Supernatural Phenomenon Detector: 999,999 won
- Safety Helmet: 39,000 won
- LED Headlamp: 48,000 won
- Folding Shovel: 32,000 won
- Mining Pickaxe: 87,000 won
- Geological Hammer: 61,000 won
- Logging Axe: 74,000 won
- Harvesting Sickle: 36,000 won
- Stab-Resistant Workwear Set: 298,000 won
- Hunter Mask: 99,000 won
- First Aid Kit: 54,000 won
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[Payment Approved]
Total Payment: 2,980,000 won
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...This is an investment. I must never regret it.
Kang Yul had emptied out his entire savings, leaving only 921 won in his bank account.
If he failed to bring back anything useful from the Gate within a week, he would be kicked out of his studio apartment and become a homeless beggar.
Still, Kang Yul stilled the hand trembling as he read the bill and steeled himself.
He would succeed in this Gate expedition and look forward to a future where he bathed in 50,000-won bills.
“Whew... Okay, I’ve calmed down.”
After picturing that happy future to boost his morale, Kang Yul looked at the blue Gate rippling before him.
I’m terrified now that I’m actually about to enter...
Kang Yul was personally attempting the unshakable number-two cause of Hunter deaths: dying while exploring a newly discovered Gate.
Naturally, it was hard to take that first step.
Especially when he was alone, a rookie who had only awakened as a Hunter yesterday.
...Still, I have to go in.
Kang Yul wanted to tell a veteran Hunter about this Gate and enter together, but its value was too great.
It was too risky to personally attempt the unshakable number-one cause of Hunter deaths: getting into trouble after carelessly letting people around you know that you had awakened.
So, Kang Yul decided to gather his courage and use the rookie Gate-exploration method he had seen on Hungall.
It was such a useful tip that it had even made the featured posts.
Kang Yul took out the supernatural phenomenon detector he had bought from the Hunter Market for one-third of his entire fortune.
He was not planning to enter just yet.
He intended to stick only the arm holding the detector through the entrance and check for dangers near it.
Even in the worst-case scenario, he would only lose one arm.
Of course, losing an arm would be devastating right now... but it was still better than doing something dangerous like sticking his head in.
Please, let there be nothing near the entrance...!
Click.
Kang Yul turned on the supernatural phenomenon detector.
Ripple!
Then, he pushed only the arm holding the detector into the Gate and began scanning.
According to the product description, the scan would take around five minutes and could detect living creatures within a one-kilometer radius...
Five minutes. I just need to hold out for five minutes.
...There was no room in Kang Yul’s mind for such rational thoughts.
All he could think was that he wanted the five minutes to pass quickly, and that he desperately hoped his arm would still be intact.
Ten seconds... One minute... After five minutes that felt like an eternity...
Bzzzzz...!!!
The moment Kang Yul felt a vibration in his hand, he quickly pulled it back.
The detector glowed a faint green, as though there were no living creatures nearby.
“Ha, haha... Even getting inside isn’t easy...”
His workwear was already soaked with cold sweat, even though he had not entered the Gate yet.
Kang Yul wanted to change immediately, but had no spare clothes. Besides, he would sweat again once inside, so he decided to go in as he was.
He used the folding shovel to check whether the ground beyond the Gate was firm, in case there was a cliff or swamp.
Only after making every possible check did Kang Yul gain enough confidence in his safety to step through the Gate.
Ripple!
What he saw beyond the Gate, accompanied by the feeling of passing through something, was...
...A cavern?
It was too dark to see clearly, but Kang Yul looked around using the faint beams of light coming down from above.
It was a fairly large cavity, surrounded by stone and earth on all sides.
Starting in an enclosed space... I could’ve died right from the start.
According to the guides, toxic gases often accumulated when the inside of a Gate was underground or enclosed.
It was fortunate that Kang Yul had brought a Hunter mask. Otherwise, he could have died without even knowing why.
What rank was that on the death list again...?
Kang Yul could not remember clearly, but knew it was fairly high.
Anyway, fortunately, no gases harmful to humans seemed to have accumulated in this cavity.
If there had been, the Hunter mask would have flashed red to warn him.
Still, just in case, should I avoid using fire?
There had been many cases of people dying from oxygen deprivation in enclosed spaces even without toxic gas. There was no harm in being careful.
With possible dangers in mind, Kang Yul turned on the headlamp attached to his helmet.
He had decided that the faint light coming from the ceiling was not enough for a proper search.
Click.
The moment he turned on the headlamp, Kang Yul doubted his own eyes.
The place he had thought was an underground cavern was actually...
Inside a creature’s belly...?
It was hard to believe, but the headlamp revealed what appeared to be the bones of an enormous creature all across the ceiling and walls.
It looked as though something gigantic had died here, then earth and dust had accumulated over countless years, turning the place into a cavity.
But that was not the truly surprising part.
What is that...?
Kang Yul’s gaze, as he looked around the cavity, stopped where the faint beam of light from the ceiling reached.
The only thing holding life within the bleak cavity was a small flower blooming there, but the shape of its bud was somehow...
...A hamburger?
It was not Kang Yul’s imagination. The layers of orange, green, red, brown, and yellow resembled a hamburger.
Could this possibly be...?
ㄴ[So? Where’s the Burger?]
ㄴ[KnockoffMonkeyPaw: I left it in the Gate, yeah.]
...Surely not.
This was not a hamburger brought here by a supernatural phenomenon, was it...?
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