Not only Korea but the entire world went into a frenzy over the post Min-hyuk uploaded.
The system does not lie.
The name alone implied that it neutralized toxicity, a revelation that would turn the medical world upside down.
However, the properties of the neutralizer Min-hyuk created were nothing short of broken.
**[Magic Power Toxicity Neutralizer]**
**[※ Immediately neutralizes toxicity contained in magic power.]**
**[※ Permanently increases magic power for a one-time use. The effect is halved upon the second dose.]**
**[※ Provides a mana recovery effect.]**
**[※ Provides a high-grade healing effect.]**
The first property alone was absurd, but the properties below it were packed with everything a Hunter absolutely needed.
Perhaps that was why?
Min-hyuk, knowing these effects were excessive, had also uploaded a cheaper version separately.
**[Magic Power Toxicity Neutralizer]**
**[※ Can slightly neutralize toxicity contained in magic power.]**
**[※ Provides a minor purification and recovery effect.]**
This was the original neutralizer diluted with oasis water and slime mucus.
However, even this was too potent to administer to ordinary people, so it had to be diluted further.
The system’s definition of ‘slightly’ was based on Hunters.
In other words, a single bottle of the diluted neutralizer could be used to produce thousands of doses for the general public.
Min-hyuk didn’t just show it off; he sent all the neutralizers he had personally made to the Hunter Management Bureau’s message board and left a post.
— Please check if this is effective for ordinary people. —
Once it was confirmed that the post was written by Unnamed himself, countless comments began to flood in beneath it.
Many Hunters had family members suffering from mana sickness.
Min-hyuk felt the desperate hearts of those commenting; he knew he would have felt the exact same way if he hadn’t awakened.
‘How will they move?’
The government had taken several actions to show him their sincerity, but he still couldn’t trust them completely.
While the government and the Hunter Management Bureau were different entities, anyone holding a weapon as powerful as a cure for mana sickness would likely want to wield it.
They might use it as a bargaining chip with other nations, conglomerates, or those in power.
「 Hunter Management Bureau: Except for emergency patients, the medicine will be distributed to others on a first-come, first-served basis! 」
As soon as Min-hyuk sent it, they immediately released an article.
They even went as far as to disclose the list of emergency patients the Hunter Management Bureau had on file, stating clearly that they would save these people first.
「 ※ Important: The medicine will only be distributed to those who consent to clinical trials. 」
In a way, since the cure was not yet in its perfect stage, they made it clear that only those who agreed to clinical trials would receive it.
While a Hunter could use it immediately, since it was being used on ordinary people, Korean patients would essentially be the clinical subjects for determining the concentration for dilution and the frequency of dosage.
Even so, the patients were ecstatic.
For those just waiting for the day they would die, a path to life had opened.
Some even said they would be satisfied just to attempt a treatment before they died, even if it failed.
“The reaction?”
“It’s great.”
A staff member responded to Park Young-hwan’s question, saying it was the best possible outcome.
“A few government officials have raised some complaints, but…”
They complained about such a decision being made without consulting them.
However, the Hunter Management Bureau was essentially an independent organization.
While they often cooperated with the government due to budget support, that only mattered when the administration was powerful.
“Ignore them.”
Those people were bottoming out, their remaining approval ratings eroded by several blunders.
Was there a need to worry about them?
There were even places already offering budget support.
“The World Association provided direct support. There are also many donations coming in from various places.”
Min-hyuk, who could have easily earned tens of billions of won for a single bottle of high-concentration extract just by putting it up for auction, had given it to the Hunter Management Bureau for free.
Since there were rumors that he could have earned up to a hundred billion won if the competition had heated up, they had to act more fairly than ever to avoid getting on his bad side.
“But is it to the point where the World Association provides this much support?”
“They have the justification of curing mana sickness, but it’s also an opportunity to foster high-grade awakened individuals,” Park Young-hwan said.
The staff member let out an ‘Ah!’ as if he had just remembered something he had forgotten.
Those with mana sickness were patients with an incurable disease, but if they managed to endure it, they often awakened.
An image of them being terminal patients had formed because most couldn’t endure it and died, but what if the possibility of overcoming the disease increased?
Contracting mana sickness could become another chance to seize an opportunity.
In a situation where a cure existed, an atmosphere might even be created where people welcomed getting the disease.
“We should make additional investments in the lower floors as well.”
“All the major domestic corporations are already expressing their intent to invest. Even leading global companies are requesting meetings, wanting to invest in Korea.”
Those who were quick on the uptake realized that the lower floors would emerge as a new source of profit.
However, Unnamed had drastically accelerated that timeline through the cure.
“How far ahead did he plan this?”
As if amazed, Park Young-hwan stared at the whiteboard where he had noted Unnamed’s movements.
After uploading the cure, Unnamed had uploaded yet another video.
It was a video on how to secure materials even with low clear rates.
A video detailing the elixir routes that could be found with a D-rank or lower clear rate. He even started another event on top of that.
An event where he would give out campfires to those who found new materials he hadn’t discovered or those who found new clear routes.
Unnamed was already making thorough preparations for the time he would move past the tenth floor.
“What else can we give him?”
“Isn’t the World Association discussing rewards?”
“Is there anything else we can provide besides that?”
“Actually, the government did reach out late.”
It seemed they were jumping in late for fear of being criticized now that even the World Association was involved.
Even though he knew their intentions were obvious, Park Young-hwan told them to accept it.
Their motives were clear, but the priority now was to provide Unnamed with even one more benefit.
“Any trace of Unnamed?”
“None so far.”
Rather than being disappointed by the staff member’s report, Park Young-hwan wore a satisfied smile.
“Still, just in case, keep a close eye on the villain side.”
“Yes, sir!”
After dismissal, Park Young-hwan stared out the window with a cold expression.
Unnamed, who was hiding perfectly.
Korea, which had been purified after a major upheaval.
Even in this situation, the villains would never give up.
‘They’ll try to corrupt him somehow.’
The Villain Union had already corrupted beings that seemed impossible to turn.
Since they had corrupted even the SS-class, who held absolute influence in the world, it would be easier to corrupt the newly growing Unnamed.
It wasn’t for nothing that the SS-class took turns trying to protect Unnamed.
There were eleven official SS-class.
And four unofficial SS-class who were the heads of giant villain organizations.
People said the world was stable because of this numerical difference, but in reality, it was a precarious balance.
Since two SS-class from South America and Europe had already turned, the current stability could break if even one more person fell.
“It feels like there are more secrets…”
Park Young-hwan bit his lip while thinking about the villains.
Once someone reached the SS-class, they possessed monstrous magic power and thus had a strong resistance to curses.
If such people turned, it must mean they agreed with whatever the villains were pursuing.
What could it be?
Even Park Young-hwan, a world-ranked Hunter, could not discover that secret.
“I wonder if Sun-hwa has heard anything.”
He thought Kim Sun-hwa, who was challenging the SS-class, might have heard something.
What was certain was that there was something the SS-class worried about other than the clear rate of the sixtieth floor.
He had a strong suspicion that the Villain Union was at the center of that secret.
“What are you hiding?”
Park Young-hwan muttered while thinking of Chun Tae-san, then clicked his tongue and cleared his mind.
He would learn the secret eventually.
He began to ponder once again how to help Unnamed, who was receiving overwhelming support from the SS-class.
—
While the Hunter Management Bureau, the World Association, and the government were agonizing over what other gifts to give Min-hyuk, the man himself was busy running the tower.
He had to repeat all floors up to the eighth floor, conduct experiments, and age various materials.
It was a schedule that would keep even two bodies busy.
Honestly, he wanted to give up on the first through fifth floors because he had reached his growth limit, but the core ingredients for potions and meat were all located there.
Especially in the case of meat, his stats were slowly increasing due to long-term consumption, so he couldn’t give it up.
“I’m going to die.”
Min-hyuk, who had set up a seasoned meat factory in front of a campfire that never went out, looked at the scenery he had created on the first floor with an exhausted expression.
There were fallen trees and pieces chopped like firewood scattered everywhere.
Although the ninth floor still remained, he had to prepare everything one by one starting now for when he passed the tenth floor.
‘I can never come back.’
That was why he had to stack as much as possible in his Subspace, which had no space constraints.
He would run out by the time he reached the high floors, but the ecosystem of these lower floors would be properly developed by then.
He would have plenty of money then, so he could just buy what he needed.
It was while he was staring blankly at the campfire.
**[From now on, you may challenge the 9th Floor.]**
“Is it that time already?”
When the notification that the date to challenge the ninth floor had arrived popped up on the system window, Min-hyuk snapped out of it and stood up, looking at the meats that were nearing completion.
He shoved the basic potions and meats that were being finished into his Subspace, along with the wood he had been working on.
After carefully packing the campfire fuel, Min-hyuk stepped out of the tower and saw that a message had arrived from the Hunter Management Bureau.
“They’re fast.”
— Unnamed! The temporary account has been successfully opened. —
Along with the news that a temporary account had been opened for him, they showed the amount accumulated there.
The reward money for the contributions on the first through eighth floors.
On top of that, the World Medical Association and the World Association had sent additional merit awards and prize money regarding the mana sickness cure.
While small in comparison, the government and the Hunter Management Bureau had also added their own prize money, resulting in a massive sum of over fourteen trillion won.
「 ※ We intend to continue delivering a portion of the proceeds from the mana sickness cure in the form of rewards. Please visit the Hunter Management Bureau or contact us through any channel whenever it is convenient for you. 」
They also added that they could link it to his current Hunter Market account as soon as he contacted them.
“Money really isn’t the problem anymore.”
Min-hyuk let out a hollow laugh at the unrealistic amount.
This was merely the reward for what he had done so far.
The numerous benefits he would receive the moment he registered with the Hunter Management Bureau would be overwhelming.
However, the threat of the villains was so great that it made all those benefits pale in comparison.
‘Whew… still, I should build up some rapport.’
There was no need to make enemies, so he clicked the ‘Send Gift’ button to send all the mana sickness cures he had made to the Hunter Management Bureau.
Then, he looked at the system window floating on one side.
**[Would you like to enter the 9th Floor?]**
“I’m going.”
The moment Min-hyuk answered, a door appeared and swung wide open.
Just before he entered, a system window popped up before his eyes.
**[A special quest is given to the climber who has succeeded in reaching Perfect Clear up to Level 8. Upon achieving Perfect Clear of the 1st through 9th Floors, a special reward will be given to the entire Korean server.]**