The news that Seong-jun had gifted an entire A-rank dungeon to Choi Sangjin spread quickly.
Probably because there were a few people among those present who worked in the media.
Because of that, Shinhwa Electronics’ stock price rose along with it.
Part of it was due to the large amount of A-rank monster corpses and mana stones flowing into Shinhwa Electronics, but the biggest reason was that Choi Sangjin’s image improved thanks to his special relationship with Seong-jun, who was called a saint.
Even before, people might not have known his face, but they knew his name.
However, this incident boosted his recognition, influence, and image all at once.
Meanwhile, at that time, Seong-jun was raiding a dungeon with his party.
After hunting elites and turning them into summonable soldiers, they finally entered the boss battle.
And now.
“There’s not much left!”
They blocked even the boss’s ultimate skill, and the raid was nearing its end.
During that, the five Enlightened Death Knights were forcibly dismissed, but four regular Death Knights and one elite Death Knight were still intact.
Boom! Boom! Thud! Thud-thud-thud! Crash!
Gwang-taek was holding firm as a tanker, so Seong-jun could focus solely on attacking.
With Yuseon and Chang-su’s powerful attacks added in, the boss raid was going more smoothly than expected.
A little over four hours after starting the boss raid.
“Kuuuuaaaah……”
Finally, the A-rank boss monster, the Death Knight King, collapsed.
Thud!
“We did it!”
“Wow! That’s a full 2 hours faster than last time!”
This was the result of Seong-jun’s and Chang-su’s shadow clones plus a staggering 10 Enlightened Death Knights, including the elite.
“It’ll only get faster from here. An A-rank boss is about to be registered as a summon, isn’t it? Hurry up, Seong-jun.”
Urged by Gwang-taek, Seong-jun gripped the boss’s mana stone.
“Dark Enlightenment.”
As the skill activated, an intense light burst from the mana stone.
Whooooosh!
The mana stone turned white, and Seong-jun brought it to the boss’s corpse.
[Do you want to combine the Purified Death Knight King Mana Stone with the Death Knight King corpse? Yes / No]
“Combine.”
As Seong-jun selected Yes, the purified mana stone emitted a bright light and was absorbed into the Death Knight King’s corpse.
Wooooooong!
Then the Death Knight King’s corpse changed from pitch black to pure white.
[Enlightenment of the Death Knight King is complete. It can be registered in the summoning window. If not registered within 1 hour, it will disappear permanently.]
[All current summoning windows are in use. To register this summon, you must dismiss an already registered summon.]
“Dismiss Enlightened Death Knight. Register Enlightened Death Knight King.”
Just like when he registered the elite, he dismissed one regular Death Knight and registered the boss, the Death Knight King, in its place.
[Enlightened Death Knight King has been registered in the summoning window.]
Once the registration was complete, the Death Knight King’s corpse turned into a halo of light and disappeared.
It had moved into the summoning window.
“Oh! Did it work? Wow! From now on, we’ll be fighting alongside an A-rank boss monster, right? It’ll be a huge help not only for dungeon raids but also in the battle against Revolution.”
With the boss registered as a summon, dungeon raids would definitely become much easier.
And that wasn’t all. It would also be a tremendous help in the upcoming battle against Revolution.
“Seeing that there’s still no contact from Choi Sangjin, it looks like he’s preparing something on his end. In my opinion, it won’t take that long. So I need to register as many bosses as possible before Revolution makes a full-fledged move. We can’t predict how many forces they’ll mobilize.”
Since the Grand Overlord and Monarch had already been defeated by Seong-jun’s party, they wouldn’t come at them with half-hearted forces.
They would likely deploy considerable power for sure elimination.
Not knowing how much they would commit, Seong-jun planned to increase his strength as much as possible by expanding his boss summon roster.
If his level also rose in the process, that would be the icing on the cake.
“That’s right. So next is a Dark Attribute Closed Dungeon? But are you going to make the next dungeon a Death Knight dungeon too?”
“We’ll have to see. For now, the top priority is the Dark Attribute Closed Dungeon condition. Which monster we hunt is a secondary concern.”
Even among A-rank monsters, there are different sub-ranks.
Death Knights were among the higher-tier A-rank monsters.
Conversely, Trolls were the most common A-rank monsters and ranked in the lower-middle tiers.
Therefore, if possible, hunting monsters of a similar tier to Death Knights, or at least higher than Death Knights, would help increase fighting power.
But that was a secondary issue.
The most important thing was the Dark Attribute Closed Dungeon condition.
“Well, regardless of what it is, an A-rank boss is powerful enough to chew up two or three S-rank Hunters on its own. Ah, by the way, isn’t the trade tomorrow dawn? You’re planning to raise the trade rank to A-rank soon, right? Does Gyu-taek know yet?”
Even after setting aside the B-rank monster corpses and mana stones for tomorrow’s trade, there were still two weeks’ worth of B-rank monsters remaining.
So he thought naturally that Gyu-taek hadn’t been told yet.
“No, I already told Gyu-taek hyung. Since A-rank monster corpses and mana stones will fetch an incomparably higher price than B-rank, he needs to know in advance. That way, they can decide whether to continue the trade with us or stop here.”
Watching Lee Jaejun trail off, Gyu-taek gave a faint smirk.
“Rest? Of course we’ll trade with others. As I said before, we already have other potential trading partners besides Mirae Group. If Mirae Group finds weekly trade burdensome, we’ll decide on intervals of a few weeks, and in the weeks we don’t trade with Mirae Group, we’ll trade with others.”
In a way, it was obvious.
They hadn’t signed an exclusive contract with Mirae Group.
If the other side wanted to space out the trades due to burden, their side could simply fill the gap with other companies.
At Gyu-taek’s answer, the contact person’s eyes shook violently.
“Such a large corporation can’t be burden-free, right? Well, Gyu-taek will handle it well.”
Since Gyu-taek was in charge of that side of things, there was nothing to worry about.
Of course, that didn’t mean he would let his hands off completely, but if a problem arose, Gyu-taek would contact him. Until then, he could leave it to Gyu-taek.
“Now let’s check the rewards and head out. Everyone worked hard, so we should have a big dinner tonight, right? I’ll treat you.”
They had cleared the A-rank dungeon and secured elite and boss summons.
Maybe that was why Seong-jun offered to pay for today’s dinner himself.
*
A little past 3 AM.
As always, several large trucks appeared in front of the abandoned warehouse.
“Welcome. As always, you’re right on time.”
As the contact person got out of the car, Gyu-taek, who had been waiting, approached him.
“Isn’t it basic to stick to the agreed time?”
As they exchanged greetings, Gyu-taek looked at a young man and spoke.
“But I see a face I haven’t seen before.”
The new face was a young man in his mid-to-late twenties, someone who hadn’t shown up in previous trades.
The contact person spoke as if it were nothing important.
“Ah! He’s an employee from the secretarial office. As I mentioned before, the Chairman wants to manage this trade directly at the group level, not through the Mirae Research Institute. That shows how important he considers this trade. So a secretarial employee has been added this time. As the trade continues, we plan to reduce the Mirae Research Institute staff and increase the secretarial staff. Please understand.”
As the contact person said, Gyu-taek had heard something like that before.
When the Mirae Research Institute had pressed hard to know who was behind Gyu-taek, and even threatened to cut off the trade as a warning, a new secretarial employee—the current contact person—had joined the trade.
At that time, they had mentioned gradually shifting the trade’s main body from the Mirae Research Institute to the group headquarters to avoid repeating the same mistake.
Recalling that memory, Gyu-taek nodded.
“Well, in that case. Whether we trade with the Mirae Research Institute or Mirae Group, as long as the trade goes smoothly, that’s fine.”
Having said that, Gyu-taek looked at his workers and said, “Open the doors!”
His workers hurriedly opened the warehouse doors.
Grrrrrroan!
The automatic shutter of the abandoned warehouse slowly rose.
Beyond it, monster corpses and mana stones appeared.
“Please check the quantities.”
As always, they had announced in advance what monsters and how much supply there would be, and the Mirae Research Institute side checked the quantities as they loaded each truck.
“Yes, start work. Check the quantities thoroughly.”
The Mirae Research Institute workers began loading the monster corpses and mana stones, checking each one meticulously.
Although the quantity exceeded 2,000, the workers numbered several dozen, so the work proceeded at a considerable speed.
Watching this, Gyu-taek spoke to the contact person.
“That aside, for the next two weeks, we’ll keep trading B-rank monster corpses and mana stones as we have been, but after that, we plan to raise the trade monsters to A-rank.”
Since Gyu-taek had heard from Seong-jun that they would raise the trade to A-rank, he was giving advance notice.
The contact person’s face showed surprise.
“Ha! What did you just say? A-rank monsters? Is that possible?”
“I’m telling you because it’s possible, right? The quantity of regular monsters will be the same as now. It’s essentially trading an entire dungeon. However, we don’t plan to trade elites and bosses for a while. We have use for them on our end.”
Gyu-taek informed the Mirae Group side as Seong-jun had instructed.
“Unbelievable. Even trading an entire B-rank dungeon every week is incredible, but now A-rank monsters every week?”
Since Gyu-taek was the supplier, the contact person couldn’t not believe him, but it was still hard to accept.
No guild in the world could raid an A-rank dungeon every week.
Moreover, raiding an A-rank dungeon while evading the Association’s eyes and trading it separately—that was an absurd situation.
Even trading B-rank monsters like this raised many questions, so hearing that they would now trade A-rank monsters was naturally shocking.
“The reason I informed you in advance like this is that the trade price for A-rank monsters is incomparably higher than for B-rank. Even excluding elites and bosses, it would be at least 600 to 700 billion won, up to nearly 1 trillion won. Can you manage weekly trades? If weekly trade is burdensome, it’s fine to trade every two weeks, three weeks, or even once a month.”
Certainly, since the trade amount had multiplied several times over, weekly trade would be burdensome.
But that decision couldn’t be made by this contact person.
After all, he was just the person in charge of the trade; he didn’t have the authority to decide on such a critical issue.
“It seems this isn’t something I can decide on my own. I’ll report to higher-ups and give you an answer at the next trade. Is that okay?”
Gyu-taek smiled at the contact person’s words.
“Please do. That’s why I mentioned it in advance.”
Meanwhile, the newly assigned secretary looked deep in thought.
‘Really, talk of trading A-rank monsters actually came up! Just as the Chief of Staff and Grandfather said. The one behind this deal was Kim Seong-jun.’
Grandfather?
That’s right.
The newly assigned secretary was actually the grandson of Lee Seong-taek, the chairman of Mirae Group.
Only a very small number of people within the group were involved in the back-alley trade of monster corpses, and among them, the possibility that the backer might be Seong-jun was something only the chairman, Lee Seong-taek, and the Chief of Staff discussed.
Lee Seong-taek intended to move the trade’s main body from the Mirae Research Institute to the headquarters, and once it was fully moved, he planned to manage it through his closest aide.
And the closest aide Lee Seong-taek had in mind was his grandson, Lee Jaejun.
Lee Jaejun’s presence at this meeting as a secretarial employee was, in a way, to get acquainted with Gyu-taek in advance as the future manager of the monster trade, and also to understand how things worked.
‘If we can secure thousands of A-rank monster corpses and mana stones periodically, and do it exclusively at a much lower price than buying through the Association, that’s a huge profit. But it’s also true that a considerable amount of funds must be invested, so it’s burdensome. Aside from that, there’s one thing that bothers me. I need to confirm this.’
Currently, only a very small amount of A-rank monsters could be supplied.
If they could secure thousands of A-rank monster corpses and mana stones through this trade, that in itself was an enormous advantage.
Surely, in related businesses, no company would be able to keep up with Mirae Group.
But buying that much supply every week was also burdensome.
As Gyu-taek said, if weekly trade was difficult, trading every two or three weeks wasn’t a bad idea.
However, to do that, there was something that needed to be checked first.
“May I ask a question?”
Lee Jaejun stepped forward, and Gyu-taek looked puzzled.
“A question? Hmm, go ahead.”
Though he was a new employee, since he was attending the trade, it was natural to ask questions if something was unclear.
“If we trade at intervals of two to three weeks, what happens during the weeks we don’t trade with you? Do we take a break? Or……”
Watching Lee Jaejun trail off, Gyu-taek gave a faint smirk.
“Rest? Of course we’ll trade with others. As I said before, we already have other potential trading partners besides Mirae Group. If Mirae Group finds weekly trade burdensome, we’ll decide on intervals of a few weeks, and in the weeks we don’t trade with Mirae Group, we’ll trade with others.”
In a way, it was obvious.
They hadn’t signed an exclusive contract with Mirae Group.
If the other side wanted to space out the trades due to burden, their side could simply fill the gap with other companies.
At Gyu-taek’s answer, the contact person’s eyes shook violently.
“Y-you’re saying you’ll establish trade with other places?”
As the contact person asked, flustered, Gyu-taek shrugged.
“Isn’t that natural? Frankly, the only reason we’ve traded exclusively with Mirae Group so far was out of courtesy to the first ones to initiate the trade. But if you find it burdensome and want to lengthen the intervals, we can’t afford to take losses, so we’ll fill the gap with other companies. Surely you’re not saying we should trade only with Mirae Group even at a loss? I don’t recall signing an exclusive contract like that.”
What could be done? The initiative in this trade had always been in Gyu-taek’s hands.
There were plenty of companies willing to buy monster corpses and mana stones, but the supply of corpses and mana stones was only possible through Gyu-taek.
“Haah, I understand. I’ll report that part as well and give you an answer on the next trade day.”
“Please do.”
Since he had conveyed everything that needed to be said, Gyu-taek said no more after that.
Some time passed, and after loading all the monster corpses and mana stones, the Mirae Group side left the abandoned warehouse.
*
Dark Attribute A-rank Closed Dungeon: Kerberos’ Nest.
Kerberos was a monster that ranked among the higher tier of A-rank monsters, but it was considered slightly below Death Knights.
“Too bad. There’s no Death Knight dungeon among the closed dungeons.”
Though they could summon dungeons at will, unfortunately, among the Death Knight dungeons designated as closed, none were available.
Of course, there was a higher-tier Bone Drake dungeon, but aerial monsters were difficult to handle in many ways, so the raid would inevitably take time.
Ultimately, they chose the Kerberos dungeon, which was judged to be below Death Knights.
Right now, their top priority was to clear A-rank dungeons as quickly as possible and gain experience.
“Kerberos is no less than a Death Knight. Especially the boss, Bloody Lord Kerberos, is known to be even trickier than the Death Knight King in some ways. If we make him a summon, he’ll be a force on par with the Death Knight King.”
If you compare only regular monsters, Kerberos is indeed slightly below Death Knight.
But when comparing only the bosses, the story changes.
Bloody Lord Kerberos boasted incredible speed despite its massive size, so it was evaluated as capable of fighting the Death Knight King to a draw.
“Yeah, that’s true. But with those ridiculous summons, aren’t you going to go alone again this time? You’ll team up with us, right? Actually, no, since you’re much stronger than us, you’ll probably be fine on your own.”
Even if Yuseon and Chang-su formed one team and Seong-jun moved alone, Seong-jun’s side was actually more powerful with Gwang-taek.
After all, he was fighting alongside 8 A-rank monsters (Death Knights), 1 elite, and 1 boss.
“Everyone knows the clearance conditions, right? We’ll have to move fast to meet them.”
“Yeah, hunt 100 monsters in 1 hour. By the way, I didn’t expect the clearance conditions to be displayed on the dungeon creation device. This is really a goldmine, isn’t it?”
Indeed.
When they selected the closed dungeon, the clearance conditions appeared on the dungeon creation device.
This Kerberos dungeon required hunting 100 monsters within 1 hour.
For an ordinary party, it was nearly impossible, but for Seong-jun’s group, it was quite achievable.
The rank increase from the Guardian appointment and Seong-jun’s monstrous buffs.
On top of that, they could track monster locations with the minimap, so they could save as much time as possible.
Of course, that didn’t mean they had any leeway.
“Since we only get additional benefits when the dungeon closes, we all have to work hard until then. We deliberately chose a closed dungeon, so we should get those benefits, right?”
“Definitely. Come on! No time! Let’s hurry!”
After receiving buffs from Seong-jun, Gwang-taek and the others moved hastily.
Seong-jun also summoned his summons.
“Summon!”
Whoong! Whoowhoong! Whooowhoong!
In an instant, the white Death Knights appeared before Seong-jun.
Having summoned the Enlightened Death Knights, Seong-jun set out on a full-fledged hunt with them.
I Became an EX-Class All-Round Priest Chapter 132
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