Ch.101101. Support Difference

Seo Hyo-ju doesn’t believe in the old saying that to become rich, one must reduce sleep.

Sleep deprivation is the root of all illnesses.

Especially health-conscious wealthy people no longer try to reduce sleep but instead strive for regular lifestyles and sufficient rest.

Because of this, while she can’t always maintain an elderly-like 10 PM sleep, 6 AM wake cycle, she has tried to develop sufficient and consistent sleep habits, knowing that when she’s active in the early morning, her body naturally becomes tired.

Although entering dungeons meant she couldn’t always maintain this habit, at least on days like today when she’s been awake for nearly 24 hours since morning, she should be experiencing clouded judgment and heading straight to bed from exhaustion unless she took stimulants.

“This is unbelievable.”

Far from feeling sleepy, her mind was sharper than ever due to the dopamine awakening her body.

She plays the footage she took today on the large TV.

Until evening, she had been in quite a good mood.

After waiting for over a week.

Facing unfamiliar situations in her life, things finally started flowing as she wanted, which naturally made her excited.

Her own awkward attempts at flirting seemed well-received by Kim Su-hyeon, giving her reason to believe he wasn’t entirely indifferent to her.

And using the dungeon as a pretext to test his abilities, his willing acceptance of her proposal and their impromptu dungeon visit made for a very pleasant day.

Honestly, she hadn’t expected they would immediately enter an A-rank dungeon.

Perhaps the drinks she had with dinner gave her courage.

That’s why she hesitated when standing before the dungeon.

Though the possibility was sufficient, this was Seo Hyo-ju’s first uncertain challenge in life.

More precisely, it was her first challenge with irreversible risks if she failed.

Her previous failures and challenges had always been backed by the Gold Group, making her someone who could afford to fail, which allowed her to take risks and succeed.

The comfort and courage Kim Su-hyeon offered her then gave her a kind of reassurance she had never felt before.

Yes. Let’s trust him and go in.

She had already seen Kim Su-hyeon’s SSS+ hunter certificate.

While she wasn’t sure about the extent of his healing abilities, she believed that as long as she stayed behind this man in the dungeon, she would at least survive.

That’s how they entered the A-rank dungeon.

They just reported briefly to the Hunter Association and went straight in, knowing the Gold Guild would have made a fuss if they knew.

If they succeeded, how long would it take?

A day? Two days?

Could they just go in like taking a walk, without even bringing food?

These concerns completely disappeared after entering the real dungeon, summoning her creatures, and finishing the first battle.

“Unbelievable…”

It took less than 7 hours to clear the dungeon from start to finish.

An A-rank dungeon.

Essentially a solo play.

Kim Su-hyeon didn’t help her at all.

He didn’t draw his specialty sword, nor did he bring out the greatsword he had shown during the dungeon backflow.

He simply healed her summons after each battle.

With each healing, her summons returned to perfect condition and continued fighting.

There was no need to rest.

Normally, rest would be necessary when life force and stamina drop to prevent summons from dying in battle, but when they returned to peak condition after every fight, there was no reason to pause.

The healing even came during difficult battles.

When her five summons faced crisis situations with aggro from multiple monsters, healing arrived.

Numerical disadvantages were overcome thanks to the timely healing, and her summons could fight more boldly with such reliable support.

This wouldn’t just apply to Seo Hyo-ju’s summons.

Any hunter would become more daring in battle with the certainty they wouldn’t die.

And that provides a tremendous advantage.

Of course, overconfidence could lead to recklessness, which could become a weakness for opponents to exploit, but the zombie-like aggressive momentum outweighed such small risks and produced results beyond their normal capabilities.

The core weakness in Seo Hyo-ju’s summon composition, as analyzed by Gold Guild’s analysts, was stability—and that had been perfectly compensated for.

In truth, this was something she couldn’t help.

Just as healers are rare among hunters, summons with healing abilities are equally scarce.

Her summons included tanks and damage dealers, but no healers.

When entering dungeons with other hunters, she could address this sustainability issue through rest and other hunters’ support, but maintaining condition all the way through a solo dungeon run had been problematic.

Of course, this was an issue all hunters faced when soloing dungeons, so she had been prepared to manage it.

But experiencing dungeon play with this problem perfectly solved was like discovering a new world.

Naturally, she couldn’t call this a solo clear of an A-rank dungeon.

It felt more like finding a soulmate.

It was too comfortable and fun.

“So this is what they call support difference…”

Of course, Gold Guild has healers in support roles.

They also have buffers who provide enhancements.

Her team, Team 3, had a capable healer assigned to it.

An A-rank healer who always contributed greatly during dungeon runs.

But even that A-rank healer seemed insignificant compared to the healing she received today.

This wasn’t a problem with the A-rank healer.

It certainly wasn’t an issue of skill.

The A-rank healer was good.

She could vouch for their skill.

If they weren’t good enough, she would have replaced them long ago.

It’s just that Kim Su-hyeon was too exceptional.

Each healing was almost violent in its excess, overflowing with power.

The timing of the healing was especially exquisite and appropriate, fully restoring life force just when the recipients themselves felt they might not make it—making her wonder if he could somehow see her summons’ life force.

Post-battle healing was also conserved for anything short of major injuries, making her think he was born to be a healer.

The surprising part was that healing was just his hobby.

Though he called it a hobby, everyone now knew that Kim Su-hyeon’s main profession was swordsmanship.

“What a shame…”

Realistically, was there any way to bring Kim Su-hyeon into Gold Guild?

Even with the group’s support, SSS+ rank hunters were considered a non-existent grade, making it impossible to assess their value.

Rumors suggested that the mere five SS+ rank hunters in the world received minimum signing bonuses of hundreds of billions.

Could Gold Guild invest that much, even as a massive organization?

Companies would make such investments if they could extract equivalent value.

The problem was that Kim Su-hyeon wouldn’t accept such an offer anyway.

She knew that sound-absorbing stones had been transferred from Farming Company to Gwangjin Distribution, attracting many companies to the auction.

Gold Group was participating too, so she couldn’t be unaware.

That alone represented hundreds of billions to trillions.

This wasn’t insignificant revenue.

A hunter who could create such value from just one sound-absorbing stone wouldn’t be moved by mere money.

So she had tried her own form of temptation, but ended up falling for Kim Su-hyeon’s charm instead.

“This is basically Su-hyeon oppa’s highlight reel…”

Calming her racing heart, she kept watching the footage, realizing that while her summons were active throughout the video, the real protagonist was Kim Su-hyeon’s healing.

Sending the video to her YouTube channel editor, Seo Hyo-ju included her planned title:

– Please title it: “SSS+ Saint and A-rank Dungeon Date”

“Saint…”

Seo Hyo-ju had met a saint before.

She had even run dungeons together with one, so she could say with certainty:

“Su-hyeon oppa is the real saint.”

Following “Seongnam,” Kim Su-hyeon was now being called a “saint” in Korea.

While “Seongnam” was just a joke stemming from one hunter’s words, people more familiar with the term “female saint” than “male saint” were deliberately using the female form without gender implications.

This too was becoming something of a meme among certain people.

Suddenly, Seo Hyo-ju noticed that toward the end of her footage, Kim Su-hyeon’s face appeared more often than her summons’ battle scenes.

“…Why is that…”

They had talked more as they became comfortable in the dungeon and victory seemed assured, but she hadn’t realized it was to this extent.

“I need to ask for some editing on this.”

She added this request to her message.