Undiscovered Dungeon (1)

As always, silence hung over the New Humanity Society executive meeting room.

“It’s this guy.”

The man who had become the lowest-ranking executive of the New Humanity Society after the death of 10th Seat Lee Jin-woo pulled out a piece of paper.

There was a man’s face on the paper.

It was Lee Dojin’s face.

“He’s the student who killed Lee Jin-woo and this year’s freshman representative.”

“Is this guy worth being written in the book?”

One of the executives, a man with a huge build, said as he crumpled the paper in front of him.

“He’s already proven his worth.”

It was a thin, youthful voice.

A woman with neatly arranged snow-white long hair and striking red eyes.

It was Ryu So-hye, vice leader of the New Humanity Society.

“Since when could you determine worth from the death of a New Humanity Society Tenth Seat? Pig.”

Pig.

The man with the impressive build, 4th Seat Ko Tae-jin of the New Humanity Society, furrowed his brow sharply at Ryu So-hye’s words.

“…Did you just call me a pig?”

“Yes, pig.”

An aura full of killing intent flowed from Ryu So-hye’s body.

Ko Tae-jin raised his aura in response.

But he didn’t think of attacking.

Because he knew. How strong the vice leader before him was.

Ryu So-hye picked up the paper in front of her and stared intently at Lee Dojin’s face.

“I’ve got my eye on Lee Dojin, so don’t think about touching him.”

It was a tone like a child with an interesting toy in front of them. But not a single executive dared to add a joke to Ryu So-hye’s words.

Because it was none other than Ryu So-hye.

A villain on par with the Sword Empress and called SS-rank or higher in danger level.

Ko Tae-jin muttered in a low voice.

“…Can we agree on muscle pig?”

“Shut up, pig. And stop using formal speech.”

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Friday night.

Lee Dojin was drinking with the members from the mock dungeon exam as promised.

Park Seong-gu, Kim Ji-hoon, Lee Dojin, and Ryu Jia and Choi Bit-na were sitting around the table.

“Man! I’m drinking with the freshman representative!”

The shout of the tank Park Seong-gu echoed in the bar across the street from the academy.

“…Be quiet.”

Lee Dojin patted the shoulder of Park Seong-gu, who had already gotten ahead in drinking. Because the gazes of the students in the bar and the staff were focused on their group.

Park Seong-gu, whose face was already bright red, kept grinning at Lee Dojin.

“Anyway! Thanks to you, I got a hefty individual score.”

The archer Kim Ji-hoon laughed loudly looking at Park Seong-gu like that.

“This guy, he’s completely drunk.”

Park Seong-gu shook his head vigorously.

“Hey, I drank one and a half bottles by myself! You’ve only had one shot!”

Sizzle-

Lee Dojin chuckled and continued grilling the pork belly.

Choi Bit-na was staring intently at Lee Dojin doing that.

“I, I became the Spear King’s disciple. Suddenly on Tuesday, someone from Prism Guild contacted me. They said they discovered my talent in the mock dungeon exam and the Spear King would become my personal teacher.”

Lee Dojin smiled as he placed a piece of meat in front of Choi Bit-na.

“That’s great.”

Lee Dojin didn’t think much of it.

Choi Bit-na’s talent was worthy of being called a genius among geniuses. If anything, the world had discovered that talent too late.

Ryu Jia smiled gently with her eyes closed.

“That’s great.”

“Yeah, thanks, Jia!”

Choi Bit-na gently caressed Ryu Jia’s shoulder. A warm sensation was transmitted between them.

Lee Dojin placed well-grilled pork belly on Ryu Jia’s plate.

Ryu Jia smiled brightly and ate a piece of meat.

Originally she wasn’t planning to come, but she came due to Choi Bit-na and Kim Ji-hoon’s persuasion.

“Alright, let’s make a toast and eat.”

Choi Bit-na raised her glass filled with soju.

Park Seong-gu, with his face bright red, raised his glass and shouted.

“Cheers!”

Kim Ji-hoon made a disgusted expression looking at Park Seong-gu.

“You, damn, stop drinking. Is this your last drink? Huh?”

“Yeaah, it’s the last one.”

Park Seong-gu grinned in a way that didn’t match his large build.

“Cheers!”

Clink-!

A clear sound rang out at the table.

The alcohol and meat ripened the atmosphere of the drinking party.

Ryu Jia slowly ate the meat Lee Dojin grilled and drank soju.

Since no one was suppressing the intoxication with their inner power, their cheeks were becoming red.

The topic of conversation naturally turned to midterms following the school schedule.

There were 3 weeks left until the written exam.

Choi Bit-na held her head with both hands.

“What am I going to do about the written exam!”

“Isn’t there still a lot of time left?”

Ryu Jia tilted her head.

“Well… time has gone by so quickly until now. 3 weeks will be right in front of us before we know it!”

Choi Bit-na shuddered as if she was really afraid of the written exam.

Lee Dojin thought of Baek Hwayeon seeing Choi Bit-na like that.

Their personalities were similar yet fundamentally different.

Baek Hwayeon was the type to show many serious aspects when you got close to her, but Choi Bit-na was consistently four-dimensional.

Maybe it felt more so because her innate talent itself was primal combat sense.

Ryu Jia chuckled and opened her mouth again.

“Let’s study together. I’ve memorized almost everything.”

With the endless development of learning systems using voice and brain waves, even blind people had no problem attending theoretical learning classes.

“As expected, our Jia is the only one.”

Choi Bit-na smiled brightly as she poured alcohol into Ryu Jia’s glass.

“Cheers! Everyone raise your glasses!”

The four, excluding Park Seong-gu who had fallen asleep leaning his head against the wall, raised their glasses together.

Choi Bit-na shouted.

“To the bright future of Group 12 from the mock dungeon exam!”

Kim Ji-hoon burst into laughter.

“Are you a company department head?”

“Sh-shut up! Just do it!”

Park Seong-gu’s eyes suddenly opened wide as he was sleeping.

“To!”

When 7 bottles of soju became empty bottles, the strange drinking party came to an end.

Choi Bit-na staggered out of the bar door.

“I! I’ll defeat you someday! Freshman representative, Lee Dojin! After learning and learning from the Spear King!”

Go ahead and advertise that you’ve become the Spear King’s disciple.

Lee Dojin chuckled and patted Choi Bit-na’s shoulder.

“Sure, come at me anytime.”

At Lee Dojin’s words, Choi Bit-na, who had spoken boldly, started to step back.

“Uh… oh! Wait about 6 months, no, a year!”

“Will a year be enough?”

When Kim Ji-hoon mocked her, Choi Bit-na immediately hit the back of Kim Ji-hoon’s head.

Smack!

“You, you crazy girl! I’m a ranged dealer and you’re a melee dealer! Think about physical strength!”

“Shut up!”

Though spring had arrived, the night air was still cold.

Ryu Jia closed her coat.

And she approached Lee Dojin’s side.

“It’s cold… still.”

Ryu Jia seemed fine, but her tongue was slurring.

Ryu Jia spoke with her eyes closed and lips pursed.

A faint blush had risen on her cheeks.

“It’s nice… drinking like this with friends.”

“Yeah, it’s nice.”

“Dojin doesn’t have a drinking habit… I don’t either, right?”

Should I say this is not having one?

Or should I say this is having one?

“Yeah, you’re fine.”

“That’s good… hehe.”

It was a laugh I hadn’t heard from Ryu Jia before.

It seemed I should have said she wasn’t fine.

Kim Ji-hoon, who was relatively sober, took care of Park Seong-gu who was completely unconscious.

And Lee Dojin, who was the next most sober, took Ryu Jia and Choi Bit-na towards the women’s dormitory.

Stopping in front of the main entrance, Lee Dojin sent the two inside.

And returning to the dormitory, he used the Reverse Heaven Divine Technique to completely evaporate the effects of alcohol.

He needed to get proper sleep for the unofficial dungeon raid tomorrow.

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Saturday came.

It was the day to participate in the undiscovered dungeon raid that Yeon Si-mun had proposed.

Lee Dojin was standing in the parking lot next to the academy’s back gate as Yeon Si-mun had said.

Beep beep-

Yeon Si-mun had pressed the button on the car key.

It was a vehicle that continued the lineage of the BMW 3 Series exterior.

“Uh… hmm.”

Lee Dojin slightly opened his mouth at the sight contrasting with Yeon Si-mun who had been eating jajangmyeon and soup rice until now.

Yeon Si-mun tilted her head.

“What?”

“I thought you’d drive a domestic car.”

Yeon Si-mun spoke firmly.

“Style.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s an undeniable truth that the default of style lies in foreign cars.”

Lee Dojin looked over Yeon Si-mun’s entire body.

White shirt. And the black leather jacket worn over it. And navy blue jeans.

And all those clothes certainly looked stylish combined with her silver hair.

Unlike the academy where they could only wear student uniforms, it seemed she took care of visible style outside.

Rather, this appearance suited her age range.

“Let’s go.”

“…Alright.”

Anyway, you show a new side every time I see you.

Lee Dojin opened the passenger door and got in.

Yeon Si-mun started the engine.

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The place where the car stopped was a sparsely populated mountainous area on the outskirts.

Well, if it wasn’t a mountainous area like this, it would be difficult for it to be undiscovered.

Because the Hunter Management Bureau wasn’t slacking off.

Behind the dense forest, a red gate was rippling.

And in front of it stood four men and women.

They were likely to be senior students of Iroaz Academy.

Lee Dojin bowed his head. No, he was about to.

Until Yeon Si-mun put her hand on his shoulder.

“Hey, this friend is the future of this world I talked about before. First-year freshman representative, Lee Dojin.”

A man with brown hair and a large build burst into loud laughter. Anyone could see it was uproarious laughter.

“Puhahahahaha! Ah- so you’re that ‘future’!”

One man and two women beside him also grinned and laughed.

…You have a talent for being sarcastic.

Lee Dojin stared at Yeon Si-mun beside him. Yeon Si-mun turned her head to face Lee Dojin.

There was not the slightest wavering in her sharp gaze.

“Why are they laughing?”

Yeon Si-mun was seriously asking that.

What a talent for being sarcastic without even intending to be sarcastic.

Lee Dojin inwardly sighed and approached Yeon Si-mun’s group.