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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈
Chapter 33: The Porter's Power Is Exposed (3)
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The final reward to drop was a scroll.
[Martial Artist's Arcana]
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Rank: Hero
Type: Scroll
Description: Whoever tears this scroll will learn the skill ‘Flash Step.’
*Flash Step: A physical technique used by martial artists that allows rapid movement over a short distance in an instant. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
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‘What is this?’
Jun-il's expression hardened.
‘It has no meaning for me.’
Now he knew for certain.
The skills bestowed here were merely techniques that people should originally realize for themselves, conveniently installed for them.
‘It even has a cooldown.’
The Flash Step Jun-il used by arranging the mana within his body himself had no restrictions like cooldowns. Yet this scroll clearly listed one.
It made sense. Even someone with nothing in their head could use it simply by wanting to, so it came with a game-like penalty.
‘What if learning this puts a fifteen-second cooldown on the Flash Step I can already use normally?’
Jun-il seriously considered whether he should learn it or not.
If he was not careful, even the technique he used freely might become strange.
- Why does he look like that? lol
- Seriously lol
- Flash Step looks good though???
- That seems broken as hell
- But hasn't Jun-il already used that?
“What's wrong...? Is it not very good?”
Noticing Jun-il's expression, Chae-young asked from beside him.
“Ah, no. Haha... It's a skill scroll. But what use is something like this to a porter?”
“What? Why? Wouldn't a porter need skills more than anyone? Other than Cargo Hold...”
- Lmao, true
- Translation: What's a porter like you being picky for~
- Cargo Hold, I'm dying lol
- It's Inventory, not Cargo Hold lol
- Lmao
- What's a guy with nothing to his name being picky about?
“Um...”
Jeon In-su interrupted Chae-young.
“I think we should all leave as soon as possible. We need to properly send off Seong-woo's body too...”
“...!”
That was right.
There had been a casualty.
Chae-young's expression darkened again in an instant.
* * *
Collecting a body.
Until only a few days ago, these were people who had been graduate assistants or church pastors. It was not the sort of thing they could easily do.
“God Almighty...”
Jeon In-su said they were probably the strongest and stepped forward to lift Kim Seong-woo's body, but strength was not the issue.
“Hngh.”
Seeing a Goblin's corpse and seeing a human corpse were entirely different matters.
Even S-rank Kang Hae-il could not readily step forward.
No, he stood farther away than anyone else.
He could barely bring himself to look at the dead man.
- Is Hae-il's mental state okay?
- He's kind of sensitive about this stuff
- Tch. Makes you wonder how long he'll last
The Constellations worried about Kang Hae-il too.
It seemed his mental resilience was not particularly strong.
- But what the hell is this guy doing?
- He's looting at a time like this lol
- This guy's seriously insane lol
- L4GS = Psycho Goblin Slayer
Meanwhile, Jun-il had gone to the Champion Goblin's body rather than Seong-woo's.
He was putting everything the Champion Goblin had carried into his Inventory, including its heavy mace, helmet, armor, and even its ornaments.
“What are you doing?”
Unable to watch any longer, Kang Hae-il spoke up.
“Isn't this my job? I'll cash it all in later and split it with everyone.”
“...Do you really think that will make money?”
“That's how it works in games, isn't it? Can't you see everything's become like a game now?”
Though it was his first time in Ram's world, Moon Jun-il adapted remarkably quickly.
It was only natural.
The gap between someone who had experienced something like this even once and someone who had not was enormous.
And Jun-il had gone through it seven times.
“Ha...”
Kang Hae-il sighed.
His gaze drifted toward Kim Seong-woo's body.
‘Is this bastard expecting me to handle that?’
For some reason, it seemed Kang Hae-il wanted to ask Jun-il to help with it.
Only then did Jun-il turn toward the two people floundering over how to handle the body.
‘Wow. What a sight.’
They had barely touched it.
“Should I handle that too?”
“...!”
Kang Hae-il's eyes lit up.
He was such an easy person to read.
That was the boyish side of him.
“Can you do it?”
“I’m the porter anyway... I'll try putting the body in my Inventory.”
“...In your Inventory?”
- Holy shit lol
- The body's going into the Inventory lol
- Horrifying lol
- Look at their faces lol
“Do we have another choice?”
“...Y-yeah.”
The person who had seemed so fearless and almost thug-like against dungeon monsters now stammered in front of a body.
‘So there is something that gets to him.’
Thinking that, Jun-il put the last item left by the Champion Goblin into his Inventory and approached Jeon In-su and Kim Chae-young.
“Move aside, everyone. I'll do it.”
“...What? No, I-I'll do it.”
“You've been leaving him there for nearly fifteen minutes now.”
Jun-il checked his watch as he spoke.
“Th-that's...”
Kim Chae-young lowered her gaze.
Kim Seong-woo had not died cleanly.
He had been struck to death by a mace.
His condition was difficult even to describe aloud.
“Hup.”
Jun-il lightly lifted the body and shoved it into his Inventory.
Thump.
“!?”
“!”
Both of them froze at the shocking sight.
“...Ah, I already talked it over with Mr. Kang. I tried putting it in, and it works. Living things normally don't go in.”
- Holy shit lol
- He looks like a fucking killer lol
- This psycho lol
- He looks like he's killed hundreds of people somewhere...
- Damn
Jun-il did not realize it, but to ordinary people, what he had just done was utterly bizarre.
‘What? Was that weird?’
No matter how well he acted, he could not bridge a cultural gap like this.
It was not something he had intended.
‘It was normal in the Middle Ages.’
They were modern people.
Jun-il was, in effect, a medieval person.
More specifically, one who had spent his life roaming battlefields.
Outwardly, he was just like any other Korean. Inside, he had already become something entirely different.
“Um... You can take him back out, right?”
“Of course. Don't worry, the other items won't get blood on them. Let's go.”
“Th-that's not what I'm worried about!”
“?”
Unable to hold it in, Kim Chae-young raised her voice.
“Ah... No... I'm sorry.”
But she soon apologized.
Looking into Jun-il's eyes as though he had no idea what the problem was, she lost the words she had wanted to say.
‘It's not like I could even touch him myself.’
There was nothing she could do.
- The other items won't get blood on them, I'm dying lol
- Lmao
- “No blood stains!” He's practically a used-car dealer lol
- This guy is missing a screw, seriously
- Kang Hae-il is flustered lol
- We need a porter... right?
* * *
Outside the dungeon.
Surprisingly, several people were waiting.
There were even people who looked like reporters.
“Are you S-rank Kang Hae-il? Did you just clear this dungeon?”
One person immediately thrust a microphone toward him.
“How did you...?”
Kang Hae-il wondered how they knew who he was.
“You could see the participant list outside the dungeon!”
Other Awakeners had tried to enter the dungeon, only to learn it was full.
They must have seen the list, and rumors had spread that an S-rank had entered the dungeon.
“Wow, an S-rank.”
“That's crazy.”
“Is that him? Damn... He really does seem different at a glance.”
People murmured around them.
‘Damn it.’
Jun-il had not expected to be exposed to people like this again.
Fortunately, no one had even the slightest interest in Moon Jun-il, the F-rank.
“Mr. Kang Hae-il? The government says it plans to establish a Hunter System under state control. What do you think about that...?”
“What was inside the dungeon? Were the photos uploaded to the community real?”
Every spotlight was fixed on Kang Hae-il alone.
He was the first S-rank Awakener to be discovered.
Of course, the F-rank had probably been discovered for the first time too.
No one cared.
“Could you tell us what Awakening skill you received!? How many Goblins did you kill!?”
“Have you ever met the person called L4GS? If the two of you fought, who would be stronger!?”
- “Who would be stronger?” lol
- These trash reporters are insane lol
- Lmao
Thump!
Kang Hae-il pushed the camera away.
“This is not a situation for questions. One of the people who fought with us in there died.”
At his words, everyone fell silent.
“S-someone died?”
“Really?”
“Even with an S-rank there?”
“Was the dead person an F-rank?”
“Honestly, it's fine if an F-rank dies.”
People murmured.
They seemed confused because they had not expected a casualty in the dungeon.
They must have assumed S-rank potential would let him clear it easily with overwhelming strength.
But potential was only potential.
“We need to hand over the body. Please move aside.”
“Where is the body? Who was it?”
“...”
Kang Hae-il glared fiercely at the reporter who insisted on asking another question.
“Our party's porter has it. And I won't tell you who it was, so move.”
“P-porter?”
Everyone looked around at the word porter.
There was no one carrying what looked like a huge amount of luggage.
- Our party?
- He said our...
- Lol, porter
- He said our ㅠㅠ
* * *
Staff dispatched by the funeral home came and collected Kim Seong-woo's body.
The people who appeared to be his family burst into loud sobs when they saw the condition of his body.
Among them, his mother approached.
“Th-thank you. I heard you brought my son's body back... that you had an ability like that... Thank you so much.”
She held both of Jun-il's hands as she thanked him.
“Ah, yes...”
Jun-il could not say much.
「Yulian, thank you so much.」
「H-Hero. Because of you! Because of you, the village has come back to life! Sob... Thank you!」
He remembered the old days.
Right. Things like this had happened quite often.
It should have meant nothing to him.
It was supposed to.
‘Come on.’
Jun-il's hands trembled faintly.
Maybe he was used to death itself, but not what came after?
‘Let's go. I'm sleepy.’
Jun-il decided it was time to leave.
Places like this made him uncomfortable, and exhaustion was starting to wash over him.
He walked over to Kang Hae-il to say goodbye.
“Everyone worked hard. I'll look into how to handle the items and contact you.”
“...Just take them.”
“Sorry?”
Kang Hae-il waved a hand as though it was bothersome.
“I said take them. You had the highest contribution score too.”
The other party members besides Kang Hae-il seemed to agree and nodded.
“Yes. If not for Jun-il, we all would have died today.”
“Yeah. Take them, Mr. Porter.”
Jun-il was a little flustered.
He had not expected them to tell him to take it all.
‘This would be worth quite a bit in Mana Crystals.’
They were probably saying that because they did not know its value.
He could practically hear Kang Hae-il's Constellations screaming already.
- Ah, fuck, Hae-il hyung!
- He's being a sucker again lol
- This bastard is trash ㅠㅠ
- Hey, idiot!
‘That's probably what they're saying.’
Had Yulian been like this in the first run too?
Had Yulian been this much of a sucker?
‘Still...’
Being on the receiving end of that generosity was not so bad.
Was this how his old companions had felt?
‘But I don't feel right just taking it.’
Jun-il thought for a moment, then reached into his Inventory.
“Fine. Then at least take this.”
It was the scroll.
“This is... the first-place reward. Why are you giving it to me? I won't take it.”
“Come on. What use would a porter have for something like this? Just keep it.”
He pressed the scroll back into Kang Hae-il's hand.
- What kind of bribe is this lol
- What a big man
- This?
- Fact: This was originally what Kang Hae-il should have gotten.
- Why give it to him?
- He got the boss's last hit, stole it, then ran it through the wash lol
- Huh?
- This is heartwarming ㅠㅠ
- Showing off with stolen goods lol
“I said I won't take it.”
“Ah, fuck... Hae-il hyung! I said I don't need it!”
“Whoa... W-why are you yelling?”
Jun-il really did not need the scroll.
He already knew how to use Flash Step. Learning it from the scroll would only add a cooldown.
Better to build trust with Kang Hae-il.
Give-and-take was the foundation of human relationships.
If he could not even do that, gaining trust was out of the question.
More importantly...
‘Don't suddenly die somewhere. Just use it.’
After seeing Kang Hae-il's state today, Jun-il thought he needed at least one escape skill.
So Jun-il practically forced it on him before leaving.
“I'm going, then!”
Tap tap tap!
After Jun-il fled as though running away, Kang Hae-il opened the scroll.
“Flash Step...”
It was certainly a skill that would be incredibly useful to someone who fought in a martial artist's style.
“Not bad.”
Riiip.
As he tore the scroll, he looked at the departing porter's back.
“Isn't the porter Class better than we thought?”
“See? F-rank really is just a number,” Kang Hae-il added.
“H-haha...”
“Hmm... Is it really that good...?”
The other party members did not seem to share his opinion.
Still, Hae-il seemed to trust Jun-il a little more now.
That was why this message appeared before Jun-il.
Ba-bam!
[Hidden Quest Complete!]
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