Chapter 14: Samgyeopsal Feast and New Missions

Sssssss~!

“Wow! What’s that smell?”

“That’s samgyeopsal.”

“Samgyeopsal?”

Nope.

It is samgyeopsal.

“You deserve something delicious after working hard.”

Grilling samgyeopsal while working.

Once you taste this, it’s unforgettable.

Just catching the smell of that golden, crispy samgyeopsal.

And when you put it in your mouth?

Slurp.

Robin’s drooling again.

Wait a bit.

It’s almost done grilling.

“Smells amazing!”

Arthur and Robin are second in line.

You’ve eaten before.

Instead, Rani, whose eyes are sparkling excitedly, gets the first piece.

“Thank you! I’ll enjoy it!”

I think this is the first time I’ve heard her use honorifics…

Anyway.

She bows politely before taking it.

Blowing on it because it’s hot, then—

“Whew~! What is this?!”

Must be delicious.

Her eyes wide open and stamping her feet.

“How is it? Good, right?”

“Yeah!!!”

Her voice sounds so excited.

Seeing someone eat with that happy expression makes the one who grilled it proud.

“Eat more! Wow, eat lots!”

“……Me too.”

‘What’s with you two?’

Loving meat that much but still offering to share?

Especially Robin.

You’re still drooling…

“It’s delicious! Really delicious!”

No, I get it now.

If it’s that good to jump around like that, sharing makes sense.

Hmm…

Still. “Arthur, Robin, you two eat too. I bought a lot of meat, so even if you stuff yourselves, there’ll be leftovers.”

“Is that so?”

“Yep. Look, I bought all kinds of meat, plus alcohol, drinks, snacks, and—wow, so much.”

I even bought beef.

All sorts of tasty cuts.

Let’s have a proper party today.

“Sounds good!”

“…Okay.”

Finally picking up chopsticks.

Right.

Everyone should eat together.

Me?

For now, I’ll keep grilling until they’ve eaten enough…

Sssssss-!

Loaded up another batch.

Ding!

[A Request has arrived.]

‘What’s this?’

Looking at it, it’s a notification from AwakenerNet.

“Huh?”

“What now?”

“……”

Stopped grilling for a moment, then everyone’s heads snap this way at once.

What is this, meerkats?

“It’s nothing, you all eat.”

You guys eat meat.

I’ll check this and finish grilling.

[New Request]

[Requester: Awakening Management Bureau.]

Kya.

Our regular customer sent another request.

What kind of request could it be?

Opened it up.

[A-rank Dungeon, Queen Spider’s Labyrinth]

[A-rank Dungeon, Giant Golem’s Fortress]

‘Two A-ranks?’

Awesome.

If we clear those two, I’ll have a total of 8,600 request points.

[Labor Management Office Relocation Permit]

[10,000P (Cost increases with each purchase)]

So only 1,400P left to the goal.

Maybe we can move soon.

Ah, but there’s one condition.

“Can Arthur clear an A-rank dungeon alone?”

Robin can only be summoned once a week.

Mid- and lower-grade workers?

Hmm.

Probably won’t help much.

Basically, Arthur has to clear it solo…

“Ugh… I’ll try!”

Try?

His tone’s different from usual.

Looking at Robin, he’s shaking his head.

Ah.

It’s going to be tough.

Noted.

Then, no go.

Let’s just finish our company dinner.

Even if we eat meat and drink alcohol, work can’t be skipped.

***

The alcohol was mine, not the construction site’s.

Yoon Hajun, 23 years old.

A hunter and laborer living off auto-hunting.

Of course, he went to work.

Worked hard all day.

And finally finished for the day.

“Kim, good work. See you tomorrow.”

“Yes, boss. Get home safe.”

“Alright.”

When he gets home?

He transforms into the Labor Management Office Head.

First, he checks what to do today.

[Name: Yoon Hajun (Lv. 10) / South Korea]

[Occupation: Labor Management Office Head]

[Unique Skills: Summon Worker (Grade – Bronze) / Fixed Team Summon]

Glancing at the status screen, the unique skill grade, Bronze, catches his eye first.

“Gotta level that up fast…”

Level?

Not important.

It’s not like I’m doing the work.

The workers are the important ones.

But…

This isn’t easy.

It’s been a while since I hit Bronze, but it’s still the same.

“Still, almost there.”

[(7/10)]

Experience 3.

Clear three more missions to advance.

‘Can I make it today?’

Let’s check the missions.

[Mission List]

[Use potion on workers (0/1)]

[Complete 20 requests cumulatively (17/20)]

Oh.

All doable.

Okay, decided.

Today, the goal is to level up.

First, shower…

“Ah, refreshing.”

‘Shower done?’

Now really ready.

Time to work.

First, summon Arthur.

[Fixed Team Summon]

Arthur (High-grade)

“Boss! Good to see you!”

***

A routine almost by habit.

Summon Arthur first, then the other workers.

Arthur trains them and sends them out.

That’s the routine repeated so far.

Today too, shall we?

“Boss, should I summon Rani?”

“Oll.”

Rani?

Why?

“Boss, I told Washa. Ask again tomorrow.”

Oh, right.

We promised yesterday.

‘Boss! Make sure to call Rani tomorrow too! Promise!’

It was a promise made while tipsy, so it doesn’t count…

No, that won’t do.

Okay.

Rani has earned a lot!

Might as well summon her.

[Fixed Team Summon]

Rani (High-grade)

“Ta-da! Rani is here!”

With Arthur and Rani summoned, the quiet basement atmosphere livens up instantly.

“Washa, you came first.”

“Hmph! Rani came fast too!”

So noisy.

Not bad.

First.

“We’re tired, so let’s have a cup of coffee each first.”

“Oh! Thanks, boss!”

Look, look.

Only using honorifics at times like this.

She really learned Korean properly.

Anyway.

Arthur also gets a coffee.

To Rani, who looks at it enviously?

I hand over a candy I had ready.

“Rani can’t have coffee. Here, have this.”

“Whew! This is super sweet too!”

Now, time to decide which dungeon to go to today.

Opened AwakenerNet.

There’s a list of accepted requests.

[Request List]

[A-rank Dungeon, Queen Spider’s Labyrinth]

[A-rank Dungeon, Giant Golem’s Fortress]

Looking at this, feeling a bit hesitant…

‘Should I send Arthur once?’

You never know.

While thinking that.

“Boss? Washa, want more coffee?”

“Uh, sure.”

“Great!”

Seeing him so happy over a cup of coffee makes me flinch.

“Huff…!”

Right.

Don’t know Arthur’s personality well.

If it was doable, he’d be confident and say it’s easy.

Same with Robin…

Try?

That means he’s not confident.

No need to push for the A-rank dungeon.

Unless the deadline was tight, which it isn’t.

Still, the lingering feeling…

Hmm.

100% just greed.

“Ah, Yoon Hajun. You bad guy.”

Yoon Hajun is like reed, but pretty self-aware.

Realized it’s because of greed?

Then drop the attachment.

Before getting shaken again, bam!

Today is definitely for missions.

There are two missions currently.

[Mission List]

[Use potion on workers (0/1)]

[Complete 20 requests cumulatively (17/20)]

‘What to do first?’

Answer.

“Both at the same time.”

First, accept a request on AwakenerNet.

Summon workers.

Dispatch to the requested dungeon.

[F-rank Dungeon Conquest Success!]

[Clear Time – 00:07:21]

‘Coming back?’

“Ouch, injured. Let me apply some medicine.”

“Eek!”

Our goblins.

Startled when I spray something, but soon their expressions brighten.

See?

It’s medicine.

[Mission Complete!]

[Use potion on workers (1/1)]

[Reward]

[Unique skill experience]

[10 Lower-Grade Healing Potions]

Used one, but got ten back.

Huge profit.

Experience also increased.

Now, give me the next mission!

[New Mission]

[Upgrade worker grade once (0/1)]

“Huh?”

What’s this…

Upgrade worker grade?

***

So, it seems I have to upgrade lower-grade workers to mid-grade…

‘Is that even possible?’

How?

“Sigh…”

It’s always like this.

There’s a reason I’m still at Bronze.

As soon as I make some progress, a tough mission pops up.

Just like now.

“But if I keep at it, a path will open somehow.”

Well, it’ll probably be the same this time.

I’ll think about how to upgrade workers later.

For now, let’s clear other missions.

[Mission List]

[Upgrade worker grade (0/1)]

[Complete 20 requests cumulatively (18/20)]

Completed one today, so two left now.

Coincidentally, summon count?

Enough.

Sigh.

I’ll finish here today.

One with the orc registered on the fixed team.

Once with Arthur.

Quickly finished two requests.

Now summon count is over.

Still?

Mission cleared.

[Mission Complete!]

[Complete 20 requests cumulatively (20/20)]

[Reward]

[Unique skill experience]

[Request Point Double Scroll]

“Kind of disappointing.”

Of all things, a double scroll.

If it were just lower-grade magic stones, Rani would keep making them…

No, I should think I saved 50 magic stones.

And there’s a new mission too.

Please, an easy mission!

Ding!

[New Mission]

[Complete one crafting-related request (0/1)]

“Well, I’m doomed.”

“Rani can make it!”

Right.

I know she can make it.

But there’s no crafting-related request…

[C-rank 200P.]

[D-rank 100P.]

[F-rank 30P.]

I’ve been slowly saving up to 2,300P.

Checked the request board constantly…

Crafting-related request?

Never seen one.

What was that again?

Most crafting-related jobs belong to guilds or organizations.

So they don’t accept personal requests…

Still, just in case, I checked quickly.

“Sigh… still none.”

No choice.

If none exist?

I have to find them myself.

For now, post on the free board saying I accept any crafting-related requests.

Huh?

‘Why are there so many new posts?’

***

Breaking News) Ranking #1 I Bojun is in a slump, cause revealed.

Everyone knows I Bojun hasn’t been tackling the Tower or running dungeons much lately, right?

They just talked about this here too.

Just now an article dropped saying his weapon broke while climbing the Tower lolololol.

Apparently, that’s when the slump started lololol.

He told the Management Bureau he’d resume Tower runs after getting a new weapon lololololol.

Isn’t that weapon really the reason he’s #1? No joke lololololololol.

[Lololololololololololololol]

[Was #1 because of the weapon?]

[His weapon was good lololololololol]

If he’s #1, he’s probably the highest Tower climber.

A weapon broke and he went into a slump?

“What kind of weapon did he usually use?”

Looked it up.

[Meteor Sword]

[The last masterpiece of a legendary master craftsman.]

[Contains the power of meteors.]

[Ignores a portion of enemy defense.]

[Special skill: ‘Meteor Fall’ available.]

[Increases resistance to light and wind attributes.]

“Wow… that’s good.”

That was just the highlights.

Definitely, #1 rank has different weapons.

Oh, wait, I said he didn’t have it now…

“If Arthur used that, he’d just fly around.”

“Fly? What do you mean? The weapon?”

“Yeah, what that means is…”

While explaining to Rani, I stopped.

Rani said she can make swords suitable for Arthur.

‘So what about that?’

‘Should I ask?’

“Rani, can you make a sword like that?”

She comes running over and looks.

“Hmmm…”

‘Thinking it over?’

No way.

That sword costs tens of billions.

“Yep! If you give me the materials, I can make it!”