Chapter 95

“Hmph.”
After completing the quest, Ming Hu walked to the forge and opened his character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 406000 Achievements: 8010410
Level: 230
Life: 1548950
Mana: 6420
Blood power: 759
Strength : 75930 [7593(+1090)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 607(+500) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 249
Bonus stats: 710
“Hmph.”
When I saw the Character window, I couldn’t help but smile.
“Finally. I can get to the fourth floor.”
I had over 8 million merit points. I had 7 million access passes for the 4th floor, and even if I bought the passes, I would still have 1 million merit points, so I could buy items.
“Come to think of it… Your reputation has grown so much…”
Ming Hu shook his head as he looked at the character window and saw Ming Feng.
“Why didn’t I level up?”
Something was wrong. Karot’s reputation rose by 300,000 for catching Karot before she became a Lich and after she became a Lich, but her level didn’t increase by a single point.
“…What is it?”
The more I thought about it, the more it didn’t make sense.
“Is the experience required for 230 overwhelming?”
Ming Hu checked his experience points.
“…I don’t think so.”
But it wasn’t. The experience required to go from 230 to 231 was definitely different from 229, but it wasn’t ridiculously different. He could get enough experience to kill Arang twice now. As he pondered this, Ming Hu frowned at the sudden realization.
“Is that… a special mob?”
Specialized Mobs, or “Legends,” are monsters created solely for quests. These monsters are called special mobs for short, and some give experience while others do not. Ming Hu wondered if Karot was a special mob that didn’t give experience. That’s when it hit him.
-Goldstone: Yaqui, are you done?
-Goldsmith: Uh, done.
-Gold: Well, let’s go feed him now.
Myung-hoo, who had stopped by the forge and was about to go to the merit exchange when he heard Min-hyung’s whisper, hesitated for a moment.
“Well. I guess I can go later.”
-To Goldman Sachs: I’m logging out. Call me on my phone.
After much deliberation, Myung-hoo whispered something to Min-hyung and logged out.
“Hmmm. That’s amazing.”
After logging out and stepping out of the capsule, Ming Hu frowned slightly at the hunger pangs and prepared to leave.
Tirrrrrrrr!
When I was ready to leave, my cell phone rang as if I had been waiting for it. I checked who was calling and it was Minhyung.
Sigh
Myung-hoo picked up the phone and stepped outside.
“Hello.”
-Dude, let’s eat meat! Meat!
Myung-hoo frowned slightly at the sound of Min-hyung’s voice as soon as he answered the phone. He had eaten meat yesterday, and he had eaten meat the day before that. Three days ago, he ate meat, too, at the same place.
“Meat again?”
-Uh, I shot it.
“Don’t you ever get tired of meat…?”
-Heh, heh, heh, heh, I’m sick of meat, meat is like oxygen, you can’t get sick of it.
Myung-hoo smirked at Min-hyung’s comment and continued.
“Okay, so can we go to Delay?”
-Uh, you go ahead and do it! Hurry up!
“Uh.”
tuk
After hanging up the phone, Myung-hoo started walking toward the meat shop run by Ji-yeon’s mom.
“Ugh, that’s chilly.”
A bitterly cold wind chills the entire body. Ming Hu had to shiver several times before he could reach the butcher shop.
“Here!”
Once inside, Minhyung waved and called out to Myung-hoo. Myung-hoo walked over and sat down in a chair. As he sat down, Myung-hoo looked at Min-hyung, who was smiling at him, and said, “I’m sorry.
“What did you order?”
“Hmph, pork belly, of course, and soju!”
Minhyung smiled broadly in response to Minghu’s question. Myung-hoo shook his head at Min-hyung’s smile.
“Anything good?”
Minhyung’s face looked very happy, as if something good had happened. Minhyung smiled broadly again at Myeonghoo’s words.
“Ugh, I should have quit my job and become a trader.”
“…?”
“Hmph, you’re telling me that I learned a skill from you and then started a business? And I made $200,000 in a short amount of time. I wish I would have known.”
Myung-hoo smiled at Min-hyung’s words. Just then, Ji-yeon approached the table and set down the shovelful of pork belly he had ordered.
“The pork belly is out, but…”
Speechless, Delay glanced at Minhyung and Myunghu before continuing.
“You guys love pork belly so much, even I, a butcher’s daughter, couldn’t eat it four days in a row.”
“…”
Myung-hoo looked at Min-hyung with a bitter smile. Minhyung was staring at the pork belly that Ji-yeon had set down with a wistful expression.
“Hmph, I do have a thing for pork belly.”
Sigh
With that, Minhyung transferred the pork belly to the grill with tongs and started grilling it.
Sizzle
“Kya… this sound!”
Minhyung was delighted with the sound of the meat on the grill. Myung-hoo and Ji-yeon smiled wryly at Min-hyung’s expression.
“Here!”
At the next table, a man with a gravelly voice called out the delay.
“Yes. Let’s go.”
Ji-yeon went to the table that called to her, and Myung-hoo and Min-hyung began to talk while grilling meat.
“Minghu.”
“Uh.”
“I thought you said you were going to be crafting equipment in the forge for a while.”
“Right.”
“You’re going to hunt for a while, and then you’re going to hunt, right?”
“Sure, I’ll go hunting as long as it serves a purpose.”
In response to Myung-hoo’s answer, Min-hyung opened his mouth to speak, looking quite serious.
“Then can you sell me some of the miscellaneous items from your hunts later, I’ll pay you a little more.”
“…”
Minhyung’s suggestion was so sudden that Ming Hu was speechless for a moment. But then he smiled and opened his mouth to speak.
“It’s a junk item, of course I’ll sell it to you!”
“Thank you!”
Looking at Minhyung, who breathed a sigh of relief in gratitude, Myung-hoo continued.
“But can you buy me a gear item?”
“Huh? Gear items? You’re welcome, I’ll buy you gear items anytime, and I’ll pay you better than a vendor!”
“That’s a lot more than I thought.”
“It’s okay, I’ll buy any amount!”
Minhyung smiled broadly at Myeonghu’s comment, picked up the meat and inspected the dish before looking at Myeonghu and continuing.
“The meat is done! Let’s eat!”
Minhyung’s words prompted Myung-hoo to pick up the meat. That was the moment.
“Hmph, you’re so pretty – how old are you?”
Ming Hu frowned slightly at the sound of the sarcastic voice. It was the same for Minhyung.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned slightly and looked toward the table where the gruff voice had come from. There were two men seated at the table, looking at Jian Chen with a sinister grin.
“Oh, thank you. I’ll get you a soju.”
When Delay turned around, Ming Hu turned his attention back to him.
“Gulp”
Mate!
But Ming Hu quickly turned away when he heard Yue’s screams and the sound of a light slap that echoed through the restaurant. The gruff-voiced man was holding Yue’s hand, and the man’s face was turned away. When the man’s face turned, the man’s acquaintance at the table looked at him in surprise.
“…”
“…”
“…”
There’s a moment of silence.
Sigh
After the slap, the man’s face turned away, and he slowly turned his head back to look at Jie. As he looked at Jie, he slowly frowned and said, “I’m sorry.
“Bitch…”
* * * * *
Kim Cheong-soo, the second-in-command of the Black Soopa, a violent organization based in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, was walking down the street when a young man scowled at him.
“Is she that pretty?”
“Yeah, the guy who works there part-time is awesome.”
“But even if the butcher shop job was pretty… I haven’t seen Lulu in a long time.”
“You’ll be so happy, hehe. Body for body, face for face, there’s no comparison with Lulu.”
“What, you’re in better shape than Lulu?”
“Yes.”
At the young man’s words and expression, Kim Cheng-su nodded and sighed inwardly. The Lu Lu the young man spoke of was the wife of Zhang Hyuk-soo, the leader of the Black Water Sect and his boss. If the young man was an ordinary man, he would have killed him in an instant, but the young man was not of ordinary status.
“I’m sure you’ll be very pleased, Mr. Director. This time…”
The young man turned out to be the managing director of Daelae Construction. Of course, he didn’t get there by merit. His father was the president of Daelae Construction, and the young man was a typical parachutist who knew nothing about work.
“Alas, that’s a story for another time.”
The young man waved his hand to cut him off. Kim Cheongsu was silenced by the young man’s gesture and thought to himself.
“You bastard!
When they reached their destination, Kim stopped walking and pointed to a butcher shop.
“There.”
“Is this it? It’s kind of tucked away in a corner.”
Kim and the young man walked into the meat shop.