She had to spend the most time selecting the product to show last.
That meant she still hadn’t decided.
There were still plenty of products she’d brought over, but she’d just grabbed them randomly, and no matter how much she thought, she couldn’t come up with anything more from them.
The products she’d chosen so far were things that would help with life inside the dungeon.
And if the products up to now were for relatively low-rank hunters, now she had to create products for high-rank ones like A and B ranks.
High-rank hunters could safely return even if they wandered the dungeon alone or got separated during a raid, because they used return artifacts with better performance than those used by low-rank hunters.
50 seconds, 49 seconds, 48 seconds……..
Hyejin closed her eyes as she listened to the system’s voice announcing the remaining time.
20 seconds.
“What are you doing? There’s no time, Cha Hyejin!”
When Asha spoke as if frustrated, Hyejin raised her hand.
“Just be quiet for a second? Let me think.”
Asha made a dumbfounded expression, and the puppy they’d rescued from the grass whined behind her.
“I’m not your mom. Stop following me. We’re different species.”
“Woof, woof woof!”
Asha moved around here and there to avoid the puppy while keeping an eye on Hyejin.
“Yeah, that should work.”
Hyejin finished her thoughts, opened her eyes, and went to fetch the hunter nutritional supplements from a spot far from the entrance where hunters rarely looked, along with a box of cookies from the snack corner.
“System, the last promotional product is the hunter nutritional supplement, the multivitamin, and THE COOKIE.”
“You’re going to sell nutritional supplements? Ah, you really! I said stop following me.”
“Woof woof!”
“Yeah, I’m going to sell them together.”
While working at the convenience store inside the dungeon, the product Hyejin felt was the most useless was the hunter nutritional supplement, the multivitamin.
It was a product made by Induk Trading and Juya Pharmaceuticals partnering up, and Juya Pharmaceuticals was one of the companies famous for fever and pain relief medicine for adults and children.
As soon as the dungeon gates burst open, Juya Pharmaceuticals reportedly had quite a few employees who awakened as hunters.
The company used them as clinical trial subjects to create the nutritional supplement, and its excellent effects spread quickly by word of mouth.
They said that taking the nutritional supplement allowed you to go without sleep for days without any issues.
Yet, Juya Pharmaceuticals kept reporting losses.
Hyejin was one of those who thought hunters didn’t need nutritional supplements.
With potions and items, and items made by SS-rank crafters, what need was there for nutritional supplements?
Moreover, the price of the nutritional supplement was 15,000 gold, which was on the expensive side.
Hyejin recalled a conversation she’d overheard from hunters once.
[You know this nutritional supplement?]
[Yeah, I do. I know it, but it’s not something for D-rank hunters like us. They say you can raid all night after taking it, but if we take it, we’d just be running away all night. Our attack power isn’t up to it.]
[Hahaha, that’s true. The price is too high too.]
[It’d probably help hunters higher rank than us. But I heard Juya Pharmaceuticals made a ton of money on painkillers before making this, and now they’re on the verge of bankruptcy. They spent a fortune making and advertising this nutritional supplement? But the sales keep losing money.]
[Whoa, that’s bad. Good thing I didn’t invest in that company’s stock.]
[With the dungeon gates bursting, the stock market’s a mess anyway—what stock? Anyway, I’m not into this.]
At the time, Hyejin had listened to that conversation and couldn’t help but feel bitter that she empathized with the hunters’ talk.
It was sad that the nutritional supplements weren’t selling, but she could understand why they weren’t.
And now, an opportunity had arisen to bundle the nutritional supplements with something else to sell.
Sell to hunters who aren’t short on gold and who don’t need the effects of the nutritional supplements—no, to hunters who have plenty of gold and for whom the effects would be helpful.
“I’m going to display this right in front of the counter and sell it. So that if they want to buy ‘THE COOKIE,’ their eyes can’t help but go to the nutritional supplements too. I should put up the effects of the nutritional supplements in big letters. Wouldn’t everyone be tempted at least once?”
The nutritional supplement was 15,000 gold each, but if she threw in cookies worth 5,000 gold, she thought maybe they wouldn’t pass it up.
Moreover, since they’d never run a promotion before, it seemed like the hunters would pay even more attention.
“This cookie really sells well.”
<THE COOKIE>
Hyejin said as she looked down at the cookies.
There wasn’t a hunter among them who didn’t like these cookies.
Individually, they were 500 gold, and a box was 5,000 gold.
THE COOKIE came in various flavors: strawberry cookie, apple cookie, mint chocolate chip cookie, yellow cheese cookie, macadamia cookie, almond cookie, kaya jam cookie, green tea cookie, marshmallow cookie, tiramisu cookie—for a total of ten flavors.
At only 500 gold each and the size of a palm, they couldn’t help but be popular with hunters who were always hungry.
That’s why Hyejin was even more determined to bundle the nutritional supplements with the cookies.
So that wealthy hunters would buy the nutritional supplements that were useful to them while picking up cookies.
“This is a product for somewhat higher-rank hunters who have quite a bit of gold, so bundling the nutritional supplements and cookies should be fine. System, I’ve decided on all of them.”
As soon as Hyejin’s words ended, the ticking sound that had been creepily echoing in her ears stopped.
Soon, the inside of the convenience store became quiet.
“It can’t be a failure, right?”
Just as Hyejin was getting anxious,
Quest ‘Find the hidden missions!’ Achieved!
Congratulations! You have achieved all hidden missions.
As a reward, 70 million gold is provided.
<Upcoming own promotions>
1. Treatment bandages and disinfectant hydrogen peroxide
2. Monster-luring toy and hunger-eliminating chocolate pie box
3. Portable lantern and umbrella
4. Hunter nutritional supplement and THE COOKIE
As a reward for passing the hidden missions, flyers for attaching to run the promotions are provided.
“You’re giving flyers as a gift?”
As Hyejin spoke with her eyes wide, a few flyers fluttered down from the convenience store ceiling.
The flyers had tape attached so they could be stuck outside as well.
“Now I just need to stick them up.”
At that moment, something else rustled down from the ceiling.
Product price tags.
They were neatly printed exactly as Hyejin had just described, and before she could even pick up what had fallen on the floor, a small whirlwind blew, and a shelf for selling the promotional products appeared right in front of the counter.
Then, as if invisible wings were attached to the product price tags and products, they flew through the convenience store air and settled into places on the shelf.
“Wow, this really feels like magic every time I see it. Though saying that when dungeons have burst open is funny too.”
As soon as Hyejin’s words ended, status windows popped up like bursting fireworks.
24-hour convenience store inside the dungeon level Level. 2 (NEW!)
Level has risen from 1 to 2 due to achieving the hidden missions.
New title: Strategic convenience store novice manager (NEW!)
Strength +10
Stamina +10
Agility +10
“Whoa, my personal stats went up too. Right now?”
Hyejin was overjoyed, almost jumping, but then realized this wasn’t the time and hurriedly stuck the flyers near the convenience store entrance.
She stuck them carefully on the front and back of the door so they could be seen when coming and going, then checked her status window again.
Name: Cha Hyejin
Hunter rank: F (Strategic convenience store novice manager)
Strength: 20 Level 2 → 30 Level 3
Stamina: 20 Level 2 → 30 Level 3
Hearing: 20 Level 2
Agility: 20 Level 2 → 30 Level 3
Organization skill: 100 Level 10
Occupation: Currently obtained the title strategic convenience store novice manager.
Calculation ability: 1000 (MAX level)
Business ability: Level 1. (Now seriously starting business planning)
Current gold held: 70,805,000 gold
Ability evaluation: Lowest – Showing steady level ups.
Hyejin examined the status window closely, checking the changed parts.
Strength, stamina, and agility had risen, and business ability had become level 1.
Moreover, she’d gained the title strategic convenience store novice manager in her occupation.
The slightly disappointing part was that her rank was still F, but that wasn’t a problem.
She’d become SS-rank no matter what.
And right now, the most joyful thing was the gold amount.
With 70 million gold, she wouldn’t have to worry about salary for months.
As long as nothing special happened while running the convenience store.
What was even more joyful was that the convenience store level had become 2.
In just 2 weeks, at that.
Hyejin was so happy she bounced around on the floor, then her eyes met with Suho, who was coming back with dog food and a bowl, and Eunwoo, who was entering after finishing cleaning.