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Episode.1 A new beginning, not an end

I’m Han Si-woo.

I just got dumped by my girlfriend and came back home.

I feel quite like a dog.

I’ve only seen stories of people being betrayed by their beloved girlfriend on any community…

To make matters worse, tomorrow is the day of the D-class gate suppression summons.

You may be wondering if you can skip today.

However, this is an important matter directly related to military issues.

To put it briefly, in South Korea, all men and women over the age of 20 are required to serve in the military.

20 years ago, only men were drafted into the military, but these days, due to the low birth rate, there are not enough men to waste their lives in the military, so women are also forced to join the military.

Coming back to the main topic, since I have a D-class hunter license, instead of doing military service, I have to play the role of making up for the lack of people in raids at the gate.

I can do this for two years, but there is one year left.

For your information, E and F do not have a certificate, so they must go to the military.

Sam was exempted from military service with pull-ups.

Today… I have to go to bed early.

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….

The day is bright.

I’m lying in bed, but it’s too bright outside.

Feeling anxious, I quickly woke up and looked at the clock to see that it was 12:43.

“Gasp!”

Convocation ends at 1:20 p.m.

I slept without setting an alarm last night.

I think it’s because the mental blow is huge.

I quickly got ready, packed my gear, and set off.

1:18.

Fortunately, we arrived in time.

“Siwoo, fortunately you arrived on time.”

The first person to talk to me was Kim Junsu, the leader of the raid party.

“Siwoo, you arrive in such a hurry every day?”

And the person who taps my shoulder and smiles brightly is Mr. Park Chang-soo.

“Haha… sorry.”

I apologized awkwardly and took out my main weapon, a one-handed sword.

“What.. are you still using that ugly weapon?”

Uncle Changsu asked me.

“… It’s still okay to use.”

In fact, this one-handed sword is a weapon that Yena gave me as a gift on my 20th birthday.

…. I’ll have to change my weapon after this raid is over.

“Okay, if you’re ready, let’s go in now!”

This poorly organized party had a total of 8 people including me.

Everyone has their own story, but their biggest goal is money…

The only people who come out here are those who shoulder the weight of being the head of the household.

I am a regular mercenary at this party.

If one person leaves due to personal reasons, I always step in.

“Please take care of Siwoo today too.”

“Yes, of course.”

Actually, I don’t do anything big.

A low-level hunter who does not fit in with the party and is weak must work as a porter in the back.

So I always play porter at these parties.

Honestly, if you think that this is all they do except for the military, it seems like a real piece of shit.

Even crudely organized parties can be said to be safe at lower gates if they have been playing for several years.

So… because it was a raid that I had always cleared without any problems…

I entered the gate thinking that I would come out safely today.

Well.. is there anything wrong?

As soon as I entered the gate, the surrounding environment that caught my eye could be said to be so threatening that it made me drool as soon as I saw it.

Wherever I looked, I could see green miasma flowing like lava.

There is only one way.

There is only one stone bridge leading straight ahead.

We were in a situation where we had to choose between going forward or going backwards.

“Hey… This is a D-class gate, right?”

“It’s completely different from usual!”

“What should I do?..”

The party members made a fuss.

“Now, be quiet! Everyone, don’t panic.”

Junsu Kim calmed everyone down like a leader.

“Now everyone… I think this place, which looks terrible, is a B-class gate.”

“What grade B? I can not! I can never do that!”

“That’s right! I have family at home!”

“Are you the only one with a family? Everyone here has family at home!”

The party members became agitated after hearing Mr. Kim Junsu’s words.

“Please listen to me to the end. As mentioned before, this dungeon is a B-class dungeon.”

Hunters from this world can enter the dungeon through the gate.

No one knows where the gate will open.

These gates that open randomly are divided into two types. The first is the blue gate.

The Blue Gate is an ordinary dungeon-type gate, just like the one we entered.

You can defeat the boss and exchange the magic stones from it for money, but it is very expensive.

So, the guys here participate in the party to make money with those magic stones.

Items sometimes appear, but Blue Gate mainly contains magic stones.

The second is Black Gate.

This gate is quite high risk.

The reason is because it is a field format, not a dungeon format.

Items appear frequently at Black Gate.

“Class B? I’m going out!”

“Now… calm down and listen to me.”

Mr. Junsu Kim grabbed a man who was trying to leave alone and continued talking.

“Because it is B grade, you can make a big splash here.”

“But it’s dangerous..”

“Yes, of course I know it’s dangerous.”

“Then why?”

“As you can see, this road is made up of a straight stone bridge.”

“We can move forward carefully, holding weapons in a line, and run away when dangerous monsters appear, or we can keep going in and find the treasure chest.”

This is what Mr. Junsu Kim said.

Sometimes dungeons have separate boss rooms and treasure chest rooms.

I think they’re trying to target that point…

“Let’s try it first and if it doesn’t work, run away. Is it okay?”

The surroundings were in commotion again.

“Okay.. try it and if it doesn’t work, run away..”

“Because I have to think about my child’s college expenses…”

“Marriage funds…”

“My wife is pregnant with our third child…”

Everyone here has agreed to stay here and explore the dungeon, each with their own goals.

“Now then, we need someone to take the lead.”

“You can just order a tank, right?”

I asked.

“There is no tank in our party… you know that, right? Tankers can participate in class D raids even if they are rank D, and healers can participate in class B raids even if they are rank D.”

” Mr. Siwoo, it is difficult to invite tanks and healers to a D-class raid party like ours.”

Uncle Kim Junsu and Uncle Park Changsu told me.

“I can never take the lead. I have a lot to lose!”

An old man said.

“Do you have a lot to lose? We all have a lot to lose too!”

“That’s right. Who here has nothing to lose?”

When the surroundings start to become noisy again. Uncle Kim Junsu put a condition on it.

“We will pay a little more to the person who stood in the front page.”

“I will do it!”

I reflexively raised my hand when told that I would be paid more.

“Oh my…is it worth it if a young person risks his life for just a few pennies..”

Mr. Park Chang-su looked at me worriedly.

“It’s okay. Is there anything wrong?”

If it’s dangerous anyway, just get out.

And I have the D-level ability, Wimp’s Grace.

What kind of ability is this? Drinking an attribute resistance potion increases the duration of the effect by 10 times.

And the government gives people like me who work as hunters instead of serving in the military one elemental resistance potion during the period of alternative service.

I immediately drank the poison resistance potion.

“Now, let’s go. I am ready.”

“Okay.. so join us…”

“Oh, and I would like the person standing at the back to act as a porter.”

I handed my luggage over to the man standing behind me.

Then he adjusted the sword to his right hand and held it.

We walked through a narrow stone bridge with green docks on all sides, as if we were crossing a single-tree bridge.

Although there was a handle in my left hand, the slight fear began to spread to every corner of my body.

I closed my eyes tightly and walked quickly across the stone bridge.

The men are still halfway across the stone bridge.

Just as I was about to shout that it seemed safe up to this point, the stone bridge suddenly began to shake and collapse.

“What…what!”

“What! What happened?”

“Go back quickly!”

“No, then what about that young man who already crossed?”

It seemed like the stone bridge wouldn’t be able to hold on until I crossed it again.

“Siwoo… I feel sorry… but I think we have to live on…”

“Mister Park Chang-su? What do you mean?!”

The dungeon began to collapse.

“Get out of the gate quickly!”

“Uncle Kim Junsu! I am!…”

“I’m sorry… Mr. Siwoo.. Good luck.”

After saying that, all the party members ran out of the gate.

… It’s really like something…

Nothing is going well in my life these days.

Betrayed by party comrades.

The biggest pain… was the betrayal of the girlfriend I trusted the most.

I stood up, tightly holding the sword I had dropped on the floor to survive in this place.

But… there was nothing a mere D-class hunter could do as the dungeon collapsed.

As the ground shook even more strongly, I lost my balance, fell, and hit my head on the floor.

My vision is getting darker…

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“Gasp!”

When I opened my eyes, I was on the bed.

Looking at the unfamiliar ceiling, is it a hospital?…

No, it doesn’t seem to be a hospital since there are no medical devices.

When I sat up in bed, a strange blue window appeared before my eyes.

– Tiring!

[Survived the only EX-level dungeon and acquired the blessing of the system (EX).]

[For the first time, a person with a system was born in this world.]

[Special abilities are given by detecting the greatest desire of the system user.]

[Detecting…]

[Detection complete!]

[The user’s greatest desire is revenge.]

[This gives it the Attenuation ability, which is the ability to effectively take revenge on others.]

[This ability can attenuate other people’s abilities.]

Now… the guy who introduced this system gave me the ability to ‘attenuate’.

I don’t understand this situation now, but I understand that it is a situation that will help me.

[Draining other people’s abilities requires physical contact with that person.]

[You can then attenuate it with the specified command.]

[Please specify a command.]

Diminishing other people’s abilities…

In other words, to compare it to a game, it is the same as ‘nerfing’ the character’s performance.

The “command is… yes. I hope it gets nerfed.”

[The command was designated as ‘nerf’.]

Lee Yena… Are you betraying me just because you became S-class? If I get the chance, I will definitely take revenge with this ability…