Ch.245245. Elite Workers

Hunters with B-rank or higher physical abilities should be considered high-caliber talent.

They receive decent treatment at any dungeon, and tank-type hunters in particular, while doing difficult 3D work, earn quite a lot of money.

Such hunters had come all the way here to work in the mines.

“Alright, one final check before we depart. Since backing out now means paying 50 times the penalty fee, changing your mind won’t help. Since you’re doing this anyway, I hope you’ll do your best to fulfill your hours and collect your success bonus.”

That’s why I paid wages in advance to the hunters who had signed contracts.

If someone takes the money and runs, there’s nothing I can do, but realistically, a registered hunter wouldn’t flee over a mere 9 billion.

To run, they’d have to cancel their hunter registration and flee to another country, which would immediately trigger a travel ban. If someone goes through all that trouble for just 9 billion, I can always take revenge later and find someone else.

There were so many applicants that I had to filter out even qualified people, selecting only those truly burning with motivation.

The problem was that my Login & Logout ability couldn’t transport nearly 700 people at once.

So I had no choice but to invest my accumulated Farming Points into leveling up Login & Logout.

[Login & Logout]

– Grade: SSS+

– Level: 8

– Active Skill (Dimensional Movement)

– ‘Login’ to the ‘Secret Farming Map’

– ‘Logout’ to ‘Earth’

– Can transport 300 people (+330 people) during ‘Login’ and ‘Logout’

– Can use dimensional trade subspace during ‘Login’ and ‘Logout’ (Current: 600P (+660P))

– Can install ‘Temporary Base’ in the ‘Logout’ dimension and use ‘Base Movement Portal’

– Can install ‘Temporary Base’ in the ‘Login’ dimension and use ‘Base Movement Portal’

It took 80 points to reach level 6 and 150 points to reach level 7.

Since I was upgrading anyway, I decided to go all the way to level 8, spending 300 points.

This was possible because I had 600 Farming Points saved up.

And also because Farming Points could be used to select SSS+ abilities rather than just learning skills.

While the active skills felt somewhat lacking, the passive skills made up for it, so I didn’t feel any deficiency. Besides, I’d continue to earn Farming Points by pushing through main quests, so I chose to invest in Login & Logout to fill in the farm’s weak areas.

At this point, the Login & Logout skill wasn’t maxed out yet, but it had grown enough that further investment wasn’t necessary.

“Wow… level 9 and 10…”

I wasn’t without desire to level it further, but seeing that level 9 required 800 Farming Points, I decided not to upgrade it anymore for the time being.

In truth, once the cooldown was removed and the accompanying personnel effect increased by 110%, bringing it over 600 people, investing more points would be wasteful.

The subspace had become spacious enough to build a house in, and the base movement portal could now be freely installed, making farming for portal points meaningless.

The hassle of collecting and installing portals by grade in each biome had been completely eliminated through what amounted to a premium payment of Farming Points.

“Basically a 600-point portal.”

Still, the investment yielded results worth the cost.

The base movement portal in particular was a convenience feature that provided incomparable comfort in the immeasurably vast Rift Dimension.

No wonder I had been planning to create a base movement portal first if possible.

While I could fly around quickly using Leap Slash, even that would take considerable time to reach the ore mountain range.

Traveling along the mountain range could take hours just for movement, but with a portal established, we could quickly go back and forth.

Plus, since I planned to install a movement portal outside the farm, the level 8 investment was definitely useful.

Woong—

Everyone transported to the farm at once.

“Wow…”

“What is this?”

“Dimensional movement?”

“So this is the farm.”

“Amazing. What kind of wall is that?”

“Endlessly high.”

In front of the massive gate called the farm entrance stretched a wide path like a king’s road, with trees and flowers arranged on both sides, drawing exclamations from people.

The base movement portal was installed in the center of the plaza in the form of a huge dungeon gate, and the many summoned people were overwhelmed by the changed landscape of the farm.

“I’ve never seen anything like this.”

“Incredible.”

Actually, this was my first time seeing it too.

Kim Sol-i must have created it during the few days I was gone to pick up people, and I had to admit she did an impressive job.

“Now, we’ll move directly to the mine.”

We didn’t actually need to come here for transportation.

I could Login wherever I wanted, so we could have gone straight to the mine without the extra step.

But I was curious and wanted to see it myself.

I’d heard about the new portal and decorations and wondered how well they’d been done.

I was glad I came.

Beyond just being pretty, it gave first-time visitors the impression that the farm was this beautiful to begin with, and that they were just temporarily working at the mine to help decorate this lovely farm.

“Wow.”

“The mountains… are incredibly high.”

“Unbelievable.”

And when we moved to the mine, another round of admiration erupted.

The mining village was located in a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides.

It was quite a spacious flatland, with the dense chaotic energy somewhat dissipated, making it appropriately shaded yet with adequate sunlight—a place that felt stable.

After seeing the tall, sturdy walls made of Bratrium, the village full of wooden huts gave the impression of a countryside village, but its overwhelming size made it seem like a conceptually designed village, which people seemed to appreciate.

When would Earth people ever get to live in a village like this?

Moreover, the towering mountains around created a breathtaking landscape reminiscent of Swiss scenery, allowing one to feel the grandeur of nature.

The mountains seemed to cover the sky, their peaks invisible no matter how high you looked up.

An overwhelming majesty, as if the world had turned upside down.

“Please enter your assigned houses as previously informed.”

The huts turned out quite nice, better than expected.

I had suggested 4-person huts just for sleeping, almost like foreign worker dormitories, with shared bathrooms and showers.

But Kim Sol-i, being unable to do anything halfway, had included bathrooms inside the huts.

Of course, considering that people needed to sleep quickly and the village situation required quick showers, she built separate shower facilities, but included a toilet and sink for basic needs.

The room contained two bunk beds and storage for clothes and simple luggage.

“This is cleaner than I expected.”

“There’s even air conditioning…”

“No TV though.”

“Community center. Probably there, right?”

“Wow, the dining hall is huge.”

“Man, the shower facility is amazing.”

The seven-story building in the center of the village had a restaurant on the first floor and a supermarket where people could take various foods, while the basement housed a large bathhouse where people could enjoy showers and saunas.

The baths were separated by gender, and from the second to seventh floors, various facilities existed for convenience.

From a gym to a clothing store, private entertainment rooms for watching TV, and an arcade with billiards and games.

Everything was free for those staying here.

“Everything’s free? Insane. I want to live here.”

“With this setup, I can handle 12-hour shifts in two rotations.”

“Does our shift start tomorrow?”

Even alcohol was free, as were hangover remedies, making it a paradise where people could do whatever they wanted outside of working hours.

“Alright everyone, listen while you’re doing your things. If you need anything, feel free to request it anytime. I just ask one thing: don’t cause trouble. Remember you’re here to work for pay, and this will be a very comfortable and pleasant job.”

Today was for unpacking.

Though it was only about 12 hours of free time.

At exactly midnight, when the day changed,

250 people moved through the portal to the Bratrium mine.