The Seong-jun party, having entered the dungeon first, moved to the starting area and immediately began their hunt.

Groups of harpies, ranging from as few as two to three to as many as four to five, were seen resting on the ground or soaring through the sky.

Every time they were spotted, Gwang-taek cast Chain of Light to pull them down.

“Screeee!”

“Ki-aaaaak!”

*Whoosh! Slash! Slash!*

They had been somewhat nervous since the enemies were aerial types, but once the harpies were dragged to the ground by the Chain of Light, fighting them was no different from facing ground-based monsters.

*Boom! Bang! Thud! Crash!*

“As expected, using Chain of Light makes this no different from fighting ground monsters. At this rate, this should be manageable,” Gwang-taek said.

Seong-jun nodded in agreement.

“You’re right. Unless a Dungeon Break occurs and we have to face hundreds or thousands at once, this is definitely doable. Anyway, it looks like it’s almost 9:00 AM. Let’s head back to the entrance after this.”

Unlike ground types, aerial types weren’t heavily affected by terrain.

While they could be influenced by the environment depending on the situation, the fact that they could fly greatly reduced those constraints.

Therefore, if hundreds or thousands of aerial monsters were to pour out during a Dungeon Break, they would be incredibly difficult to handle.

Meanwhile, in about 1 hour, Seong-jun’s party had successfully hunted roughly forty harpies.

Seong-jun had set aside fifteen of them in his Subspace.

This was five more than originally planned, but since there was no telling when they would return to a harpy dungeon, he decided to stock up generously.

“Okay! Let’s finish these off and move out!”

The harpies, unable to fly due to their immobilized state, lashed out at Gwang-taek with their sharp claws and feathers.

However, all their attacks were blocked by his shield, dealing only negligible damage.

In the meantime, Yuseon and Chang-su unleashed a fierce barrage of attacks.

*Boom! Bam! Rumble!*

“Screee…!”

Eventually, the three harpies collapsed one by one, completing the hunt for that specific group.

“Is that forty-three harpies now? Not bad for just over an hour of hunting.”

If they could hunt about forty per hour, a simple calculation suggested they could hunt 400 in 10 hours.

Of course, dungeon hunting couldn’t always be reduced to simple math, but at this pace, they could likely hunt at least 300.

“Once Karl’s team starts hunting in earnest, we won’t be able to maintain this speed. Well, even so, if we hunt for about 10 hours, we should be able to take home around 300. Anyway, let’s refill your aura and head toward the dungeon entrance.”

*Shwaaaaa!*

Seong-jun used Energy Recharge to restore the aura of Yuseon and Chang-su.

Since their aura was refilled as soon as it was spent, Yuseon and Chang-su could spam their skills without burden.

Of course, they still restrained themselves from using powerful skills like wide-area attacks or ultimate moves due to their long cooldowns.

After fully recovering their consumed aura through Energy Recharge, the group slowly made their way back to the dungeon entrance.

***

At that time, Karl Buckman, who had just entered the dungeon, headed toward the starting area with his team.

“They should be in the middle of hunting by now, so let’s hurry up.”

As Karl spoke and led the way, his teammates chimed in.

“Wow, our first official hunt in Korea as just our team, and we get to start with Seong-jun’s buffs. I have a good feeling about this.”

“By the way, Captain. Is it true what you told the Guild Master? That we get to keep all the profits we earn while active in Korea?”

“Oh! I heard that too. We get to keep everything without paying a cut to the guild? If that’s true, isn’t that amazing?”

Usually, guild members paid a certain portion of their hunting profits to the guild.

Although the ratios varied by contract, the most common arrangement was a 30% cut to the guild, with the remaining 70% distributed among the party members.

In the case of predatory guilds, they might take 50% to 70%, but those were rare cases; generally, it was 30%.

However, for the Korean branch, it was rumored they wouldn’t have to pay that 30%.

In response to his teammates’ questions, Karl nodded.

“That’s right. I spoke with William, and we agreed not to pay the guild tax while we’re here. It’ll only be for less than three months, but consider it the minimum consideration for you all, having to work in a foreign country against your will because of me.”

The reason they were active in Korea was entirely because of Karl.

It was difficult for Karl to leave Korea until his treatment was finished.

This meant the teammates would either have to stop hunting entirely or enter dungeons without their leader until the treatment was over.

Either way, it would have been a negative situation for the team.

Therefore, the entire team had moved to Korea so they could continue hunting during the treatment period.

However, since they were forced to work in Korea due to his personal circumstances, Karl had suggested the arrangement to William, and William, the Guild Master, had accepted.

It was something within a Guild Master’s discretion.

“Oh! Is it for real? Then we really have to rake it in while we’re in Korea. Hehe. Especially today, with Kim Seong-jun’s buffs, we should hunt without resting.”

“Exactly. We don’t know when we’ll get to hunt with these buffs again, so we need to catch as many as possible today. Ah! I wish we could find a Ruin or something. The Ruin we found in the Centaur dungeon last time was a total jackpot.”

Since their primary hunting grounds were B-rank dungeons, even a 30% cut was a significant amount of money.

Hearing that everything would be distributed among them meant every hunt directly translated into their own profit.

Naturally, their motivation was burning bright.

“Come on! Let’s move! We need to hurry, get the buffs, and start hunting.”

As Karl and his team left the entrance and headed toward the starting area…

*Flash!*

Jennifer, wearing a black robe with her hood pulled low, entered the dungeon.

“As expected, they’ve already headed for the interior. Shall I start moving as well?”

Immediately, she cast a Stealth skill.

*Shimmer*

Judging by her Stealth skill, she appeared to be an Assassin class.

To move quickly to the center without attracting the monsters’ attention, the Assassin class—specializing in stealth and speed—was the perfect choice.

It seemed Jennifer had been selected for this very reason.

Hiding her presence with Stealth, Jennifer slowly began to move.

Karl’s group, entering the starting area, ran into Seong-jun’s group, who were returning to the entrance.

“Oh! Seong-jun! We were just coming to find you. Have you done some hunting already?”

At Karl’s question, Seong-jun replied with a smile.

“We caught nearly thirty.”

They had actually hunted forty-three, but since fifteen were in his Subspace, he deliberately gave a lower number.

Even so, it was a solid number for just over an hour of hunting.

“Really? You said it was your first time with aerial monsters, but you caught quite a lot.”

Most Hunters encountering aerial monsters for the first time were usually flustered or struggled, not knowing how to handle them.

Karl had expected the same from Seong-jun’s party, so seeing the number of harpies caught—proving they had handled them as well as ground monsters—was a surprise.

Seong-jun looked at Gwang-taek and spoke.

“Brother Gwang-taek has Chain of Light. Since he can pull them down, it wasn’t much different from dealing with ground monsters.”

Only then did Karl understand the situation.

“Ah! Chain of Light! True, with that skill, aerial monsters can be handled just like ground types. Even in the Holy Emperor, we don’t have a Tanker with Chain of Light. Come to think of it, every member of your group, Seong-jun, is extraordinary.”

Gwang-taek, Yuseon, and Chang-su were all B-rank in terms of grade, but their actual efficiency was A-rank or higher.

Of course, Seong-jun’s buffs played a huge role, but regardless, they definitely possessed abilities that set them apart from ordinary B-ranks.

Seong-jun gave a small chuckle at those words.

“Even an ordinary Hunter becomes extraordinary once they join our party. As you can see, we have to extract maximum efficiency with this small number of people, and that’s hard to do with ordinary play.”

Not to mention Seong-jun, every party member was doing the work of two to three Hunters.

That was why they appeared far more powerful than a typical full party.

“Haha, is that so? Anyway, shall we get started in earnest?”

“We should. Just a moment.”

After asking them to wait, Seong-jun immediately cast his buffs.

‘All-in-One! Wide Area Mode! Healing Light! Wide Area Mode!’

He cast All-in-One and Healing Light in Wide Area Mode.

*Flash!*

“Ooh! This is it!”

“No matter how many times I see it, this buff is just ridiculous.”

The people receiving Seong-jun’s buffs burst into exclamations of admiration, even though they had experienced it several times before.

Meanwhile, a notification appeared before Seong-jun, who had just finished casting the skills.

**[The level of passive skill [Wide-area Conversion] has increased from Level 2 to Level 3.]**

The level of his passive skill, Wide-area Conversion, had finally risen after a long time.

‘Oh! Wide-area Conversion leveled up?’

Seong-jun immediately checked the skill.

**[Passive] Wide-area Conversion [3/10]**

Efficiency maximization.

It’s a hassle to give them one by one, so let’s solve it all at once.

– Healing and buff skills can be converted into wide-area skills. [Radius: 500 meters]

– When casting Wide Area Mode, the applicable area can be set. [Minimum radius: 10 meters / Maximum radius: 500 meters]

– Healing and buff skills can be converted into party skills.

– Only skills registered in the wide-area and party skill slots can be converted. [Maximum 10 wide-area conversion skills] [Maximum 10 party conversion skills] [Number of convertible skills increases with level.]

– When converted to a wide-area skill, Divine Power consumption increases by [16%].

– When converted to a party skill, Divine Power consumption increases by [4.6%].

– When used as a wide-area or party skill, skill experience can be obtained from everyone receiving the healing or buff.

– In Wide Area Mode, specific races can be targeted through race designation.

– Active skills [Wide-area Skill Window] and [Party Skill Window] can be used.

– Skills registered in the wide-area and party skill slots can still be used as individual skills.

The number of skills he could register, which had been seven, increased to 10 at Level 3.

Additionally, the Divine Power consumption had slightly decreased.

However, a new entry caught Seong-jun’s eye.

‘Huh? What? I can manually adjust the range of Wide Area Mode? Crazy!’

The caster could now adjust the range of Wide Area Mode anywhere between a minimum of 10 meters and a maximum of 500 meters.

‘This means I can utilize Dark Attribute Infusion in much more diverse ways. From now on, I can use it effectively even in dungeons that aren’t Dark Attribute Dungeons!’

The reason he had focused on Dark Attribute Dungeons was that he felt uncomfortable casting Dark Attribute Infusion elsewhere.

Since the range was a staggering 500 meters, if the dark attribute were accidentally applied to monsters another party was fighting, it could lead to a serious accident.

Because of that, in general hunts, he had to target monsters one by one to apply Dark Attribute Infusion, which was incredibly tedious.

Now that he could adjust the range, he could minimize the area to apply the effect only to the monsters his party was facing.

While Seong-jun was unable to hide his astonishment while checking the skill, the others spoke up.

“Come on! The buffs are too precious to waste, so let’s start hunting!”

It was time to begin.

Karl looked at Seong-jun and asked.

“Seong-jun, what are your plans? Will you come with us? Or move independently?”

Seong-jun answered immediately.

“We’ll move separately. It’s inefficient for us to all clump together in a B-rank dungeon, isn’t it? Let’s just meet up once when the buff duration is about to end.”

Seong-jun’s party was strong, but Karl Buckman’s party was also powerful enough to be considered overkill for a B-rank dungeon.

There was nothing to gain from these two parties staying together.

It was much better to hunt separately and meet up briefly for buff refreshes.

“True. The harpy groups are small, probably only five to six at most, so having two teams together would be overkill. Alright. Let’s hunt on our own and see each other in a while.”

In the end, Seong-jun’s party and Karl’s party split into different directions and began their individual hunts.

***

About 1 hour after entering the dungeon.

Jennifer finally reached the center of the dungeon.

“Exactly 54 minutes. At this rate, it will be hard to leave using Stealth.”

Once the device was activated, only 35 minutes remained before the dungeon closed.

Therefore, if she moved stealthily as she had coming in, it would be impossible to exit before the closure.

‘Tsk, in that case, there’s no choice but to move as fast as possible without Stealth, even if it’s a bit dangerous.’

In order to exit the dungeon within the time limit, she had to move at maximum speed, which meant she had to abandon Stealth.

It could be a dangerous situation, but for now, it was her best option.

Jennifer pulled the device from her robe and placed it in the middle of a wide clearing.

*Thud!*

“Phew, shall we begin then?”

She immediately flipped the switch on the device.

*Click!*

As the device activated, it began to emit a faint light.

*Hummmmmmm!*

‘I must reach the dungeon entrance within 30 minutes at the latest! I have to hurry!’

Although it took 35 minutes for the dungeon to close, arriving right at that time carried the risk of the portal closing before she could enter.

Thus, she judged that reaching the entrance by the 30-minute mark was the safest choice.

After activating the device, Jennifer immediately threw herself forward.

*Dash!*

In Harpy Valley, a B-rank dungeon, a serious variable that no one had anticipated was unfolding.

***

After parting ways with Karl Buckman’s team, Seong-jun’s group continued their hunt at a rapid pace.

With Yuseon scouting and Gwang-taek pulling them in with Chain of Light, the hunt proceeded stably and quickly.

“It’s great that there are no other teams hunting. We can find monsters immediately just by moving a little bit.”

In dungeons with many hunting parties, the probability of finding a monster group was lower.

This meant the hunting speed would decrease significantly.

On the other hand, in a dungeon with few parties like this one, the probability of finding monsters was higher, allowing them to hunt much more in the same amount of time.

“It’s a shame Sister Seon-hwa couldn’t come. The hunt would be at least twice as fast if she were here.”

Back at the hideout when they faced the Demon Warriors, the reason they were able to hunt at an incomparable speed was entirely thanks to Seon-hwa’s detection ability.

Yuseon’s scouting required a certain amount of time to complete, but Seon-hwa’s detection ability—though shorter in range—allowed them to move to the next target immediately after a battle ended.

That was how they had been able to clear a B-rank dungeon in only three attempts.

However, without Seon-hwa, they had to rely solely on Yuseon’s scouting, which naturally took more time.

There was also a massive difference in firepower.

“True, if we had Sister Seon-hwa’s detection ability, we could hunt much faster. Above all, her powerful combat ability must have played a huge role. But what can we do? For now, her external activities are difficult, and she isn’t even registered as a Hunter. Anyway, how’s the scouting? Did you find the next target?”

Yuseon smiled at those words.

“Yeah, I just found one. If we go a little that way… Huh? What is this?”

Yuseon’s expression turned puzzled.

“What is it? Did something happen?”

“The harpies are suddenly moving somewhere. What is this? This is like…”

Usually, small groups of monsters did not leave their territory.

However, there was a time when that rule had been broken.

“Could it be a wave within the dungeon?”

It was when a wave occurred inside a dungeon due to a specific device.

“Right! This situation is very similar! Huh? What is that?”

Since the situation was very similar to that time, she judged that someone might have activated a device here.

However, Yuseon’s scouting spirit captured something else.

“Is there something else?”

“Yes! It’s a person! They’re wearing a black robe with the hood pulled down, and they’re moving at an incredible speed! Judging by their movements, they seem to be an Assassin class.”

They had happened to pass by at that exact moment and were caught right in Yuseon’s scout.

“Moving alone instead of in a party? And in such a hurry at that speed? Perhaps that person is the one who activated the device.”

It was a reasonable suspicion under the circumstances.

“It looks like that to me, too. Moving alone in a B-rank dungeon is one thing, but an Assassin not using Stealth and moving in a hurry is very suspicious.”

Yuseon also saw many questionable points.

“In that case, we can’t just let them go. Where are they now? No, where are they headed?”

At Seong-jun’s question, Yuseon answered quickly.

“Judging by the direction, they’re heading toward the dungeon entrance. It seems they’re trying to leave the dungeon.”

Upon hearing they were moving toward the entrance, Seong-jun clenched his fist.

“Then we can’t just let them out so easily. Let’s head to the entrance too! Since they might be related to the device, we have to catch that person no matter what!”

Since there was a high probability they were involved with the device, they had to secure that person by any means necessary.

They could obtain various pieces of information about the device and, above all, learn about those who had created it.

With that, Seong-jun’s party hurried toward the dungeon entrance.

—

I Became an EX-Class All-Rounder Priest Chapter 92

E-book Publication Date: 2025.11.14

Author | Kim Hyeon-jun

Publishers | Heo Heung-beom, Park Geon-won

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