—So… the Low-floor Savior is teaching rookie hunters how to climb on their own, right?—
L Looks like it.
L Seems like he’s been researching those things in the tower.
L Yeah.
One thing’s for sure, the Low-floor Savior definitely intends to climb.
L Honestly, with those skills, it makes no sense for him to hit a limit on the lower floors.
L Agreed, agreed.
He probably won’t have any issues until the late 30s.
L Honestly, he doesn’t even need to climb that far.
Even if he just maintains this trend up to the 10th floor, we should treat him as a hero.
Everyone marveled, thinking that the Low-floor Savior truly intended to reform the lower floors of the tower.
However, a few noticed the hidden intentions Min-hyuk hadn’t mentioned.
—It’ll depend on how the research results turn out… but this might have created a new livelihood for 1st to 9th-floor hunters.—
L Looks that way.
Maybe even byproducts discarded on the higher floors could be tested through campfires.
L Man… the pockets of low-floor hunters are going to be full for a while.
L At this point, he really is the Low-floor Savior.
It wasn’t just a nickname; for floors 1 through 9, a true savior had appeared.
Perhaps that was why a strange phenomenon occurred where hunters on the 10th floor and above actually envied those on floors 1 through 9.
─The value of low-floor hunters will go up for at least a few years.
L Not just that.
Even if all the research fails, a path has opened for low-floor hunters to climb on their own without help.
L That alone is huge.
Honestly, there were so many cases of promising prospects being exploited like slaves for years through exclusive contracts.
L True. From now on, standard contracts for promising low-floor hunters will be drafted much more in favor of the hunters.
L I think the Great Savior will find several more things that raise the value of low-floor hunters. Do you believe!
L Mumen.
L Mumen.
L Mumen.
The low-floor hunters were shouting “Mumen” as if they were about to worship him.
This was natural, as the reality was that cores from floors 1 to 9 were small and only used for decorative magic tools.
Even during oversupply, they had to be sold at heartbreaking prices of less than 10,000 won per piece.
In contrast, what about the prices of potions or weapons needed for climbing?
They were obscenely expensive.
A single low-grade potion started at hundreds of thousands of won, and usable weapons started at millions of won.
That was why the 10th floor was commonly called the “Devil’s Section.”
You had to pass it quickly to start receiving at least tens of thousands of won per core.
From the 10th floor, the option to move as a team rather than solo was also given, drastically reducing the risk.
Nevertheless, people obsessed over the 20th floor because that was where you could truly start making money.
It wasn’t for nothing that guild recruitment standards weren’t “10th floor” but “breaking through the 20th floor.”
Because of this, every single video Min-hyuk uploaded was incredibly important to low-floor hunters.
If one receives, one must repay.
The low-floor hunters who watched the video began leaving comments on Min-hyuk’s strategy video board.
—Guys. If you have a conscience, donate to the Savior’s video.—
L I already did.
If I make a profit from what was in the video, I plan to donate about 5%.
L I’m also planning to donate, even if it’s just a little at a time.
L Me too… thanks to him, I paid my overdue rent and I’m eating lunch boxes instead of ramen like a human being.
I should donate about 5% too.
L You just focus on eating properly.
The Savior wouldn’t want your donation.
Perhaps because of the shocking video, the conversation continued throughout the night without pause.
Before they knew it, foreigners had also found the video and began joining the donation parade.
─The Korean hunter is our hero.─
—Donating to the hero from Turkey—
─Donation from France…─
|From the USA…|
To watch strategy videos from other countries, you usually had to pay more.
Even donating wasn’t easy.
Nevertheless, donation relays began to spring up from all over the world.
Subscriptions to see the strategy videos also skyrocketed.
A miracle was happening with tens of thousands of subscribers joining every hour, and by morning, the number had surpassed one million despite it being Hunternet, which was only used by hunters.
Even so, the insane growth continued without stopping. Naturally, articles about it also exploded.
[The Strategy Video of the Hunter Who Achieved a Perfect Clear Is Finally Out!]
[A Video That Was Shock Itself. What Is Happening on the Lower Floors!]
[Value Skyrocketing Once Again!]
[The Perfect Hunter Who Was Secretly Experimenting During the Quiet Time! What Will He Show Us Next?]
Articles that had been criticizing the Hunter Bureau and the Korean hunter system just the day before were now plastered with news about Min-hyuk.
This was because the result of Min-hyuk’s experiment on the 2nd floor wasn’t just a piece of rabbit meat.
Unlike the 1st-floor slime video, this video opened a new industry that would lead to continuous research of low-floor byproducts in the future.
Was that why?
This time, all sorts of scholars left reviews of the video.
[Hunter Ecology Expert: This discovery might be one that shakes our existing system.]
[Hunter Studies Expert: This discovery isn’t just about guaranteeing the safety of low-floor hunters. If developed steadily, it could even guarantee the safety of high floors…]
[Monster Studies Expert: There might be a way to recycle the monsters we’ve discarded…]
Some scholars even said they would gather low-floor data based on Min-hyuk’s video to publish papers.
Of course, nothing was free.
Since they wrote papers based on the data from the video, a small royalty would be paid, but the problem was that it would be deposited with the Hunter Bureau.
Perhaps because of this, the Hunter Bureau immediately made an announcement regarding Min-hyuk.
“We are holding all the money for the anonymous hunter and plan to deliver it to him in some way.”
They spoke like that and asked people not to worry.
“For those who cannot trust us, we plan to transparently disclose the accumulated details. Lastly, any method is fine, so please just contact us. We will also leave ways to contact us on Hunternet. If you contact us by any method you find comfortable, we will do our best to serve you.”
The director personally pleaded once again for him to just get in touch. However, the Hunter Bureau wasn’t the only one in a hurry.
[Minister of Industry: For the sake of future food sources, we must first secure the anonymous hunter…]
[Main Opposition Party of the National Assembly: We must at least make him stay in Korea! The method to keep him comes after that!]
[Government: We will use any means and methods necessary to secure the anonymous hunter!]
Any quick-witted politician would have realized how serious this matter was.
Taking the wrong position could give the opposition a reason to attack, so they moved with one mind and one purpose toward securing Min-hyuk first.
But it wasn’t easy.
Other countries had already begun to move in earnest.
[EU: If being affiliated with one country is burdensome, we will recruit him at the European Union level!]
The European Union moved first.
Then, the United States went one step further.
[Maintaining Korean nationality while signing a free agent contract with the US is also a possibility. The down payment will start at 100 billion!]
The US was throwing money first.
Then, the Middle East offered even more.
Even China proposed an unprecedented contract.
[It’s fine if you don’t stay in China. We are willing to give a down payment just for sharing information.]
Knowing they wouldn’t be trusted, they conveyed their willingness to be satisfied with just information sharing.
Of course, they couldn’t let go of their lingering attachment and added a final note.
[If you sign a contract with us, we will treat you with the highest industry standards, equivalent to an SS-rank.]
Even China pushed forward with the mindset of securing him first.
Of course, no one believed this at face value.
─The conditions will change once he reveals his identity and steps forward, right?─
L Might be.
How many times have they pulled some BS after a contract is signed?
L Yeah, yeah.
It’s probably better to hide his identity like he’s doing now.
L Still, he has to reveal it eventually.
L Why?
L If it were you, wouldn’t you want to spend the hundreds of billions you have?
L Ah…
L To spend money comfortably, he’ll eventually have to reveal himself.
But probably not now.
L Yeah.
It’s not too late to move after he grows and gains enough power to at least protect himself.
The message board was full of distrust, likely due to having been burned so many times.
Everything Min-hyuk had thought about after awakening appeared exactly as it was on the board.
People repeatedly posted, pleading for him not to move hastily in case he saw them, and recommended those posts to put them on the “Best” board.
To the hunters, Min-hyuk had become that important.
Although he was limited to the lower floors for now, they knew well that as Min-hyuk became more active, the hunter industry as a whole would benefit.
“It’s hotter than I thought.”
Min-hyuk smiled slightly as he saw that news, platforms, and YouTub-er sites were all talking about him.
He definitely thought it would be an issue, but the reaction came faster and burned hotter than expected.
He had to keep this momentum going.
Since he was going to cause a stir, it was advantageous in many ways to do it big.
“Shall we go?”
Finally, he scheduled the next video upload on the system and set his experimental results for auction before opening the tower door.
[You have entered the 3rd floor.]
[You have reached Level 3. Your Health and Magic Power will grow significantly.]
[Perfect Clear Perk from the 2nd floor is applied.]
“Hmm?”
When he achieved a Perfect Clear on the 2nd floor, there was no reward he could feel besides the increase in health and magic, so he had just brushed it off, thinking, ‘Is this the reward?’ But that wasn’t it.
[Additional rewards are granted randomly.]
[Rabbit Captain’s Magic (10% Probability)]
[Rabbit Captain’s Health (10% Probability)]
[Rabbit Captain’s Senses (10% Probability)]
[Miss! — Normal Health and Magic Power Increase (69% Probability)]
[All Three! (1%)]
A roulette wheel appeared, and the probabilities written on it began to spin rapidly.
“That’s too much. 69% basically means you’re going to give me a ‘Miss’.”
He was looking at the spinning roulette wheel with a dissatisfied expression.
[You have discovered a new item on the 2nd floor! The probability for ‘All Three!’ increases.]
[You have combined items from the 1st and 2nd floors for the first time. Luck increases significantly as a reward.]
[You have succeeded in achieving a Perfect Clear for the 1st and 2nd floors consecutively. Luck increases significantly!]
“Huh?”
As the system windows appeared three times in a row, the color of the spinning roulette wheel began to change slowly.
Before long, most of the other colors disappeared, and the color indicating ‘All Three!’ became dominant.
[Congratulations. All of the Rabbit Captain’s power permeates your body.]
“Mmm…”
As the roulette wheel disappeared and an uncontrollable amount of magic power began to leak from all over his body, fierce gazes began to reveal themselves from throughout the forest.
“So it starts for real now?”
On the 1st and 2nd floors, only one entity appeared.
The 1st floor was consideration for adapting to the tower.
The 2nd floor was the final warm-up before tackling the tower in earnest.
But from the 3rd floor, it was different.
Multiple entities appeared.
The 3rd floor was ground-type.
The 4th floor was aerial-type.
The 5th floor was beasts.
In this way, multiple entities swarmed according to their type.
Furthermore, if floors 1 and 2 were an adaptation period, from the 3rd floor, it felt like engaging in real combat, so it was dangerous enough that everyone would just achieve the minimum conditions and run.
It wasn’t just about catching one monster thrown at you and fleeing, or hiding and surviving for the minimum time.
Was that why?
Min-hyuk wore a tense expression, thinking that the easy times were over.
However, in his eyes, the faint lines he had seen before the roulette appeared were now much clearer.
Seeing lines as thick as the ones that appeared when he was joyfully hunting horned rabbits repeatedly, he muttered with an involuntary smile.
“It’ll be smooth this time too.”
L At this point, he really is the Low-floor Savior.