episode_0048

Aside from the unusual terrain, clearing the gate was easier than expected.

There was no problem with the four people who came on the field trip.

“Thank you for your hard work today.”

After successfully clearing the gate, Geon-wu approached the person in charge of the Nightmare Guild and greeted him first.

“It’s nothing special. See you next time.”

From the Nightmare Guild’s perspective, processing the low-level gate was not difficult.

As it is a low-level gate with hundreds of gates occurring every day, the amount of Nightmare processed per day was considerable, so in a way, it was natural.

“The Nightmare Guild will still have some work to do while remaining at the scene. Let’s go back now.”

Sorting out by-products from the gate, dividing the hunters’ share and the guild’s share, etc.

There was still quite a bit of work to be done on site.

But anyway, that part seemed like something the four of you didn’t really need to know.

If the four of you were to go to the gate in the future, the guild was planning to hire people who specialized in only by-product related work.

“I think we can go back to the guild and briefly summarize today’s gate, share our impressions, and then disperse.”

“Yes!”

Everyone nodded as if agreeing with Geon-wu’s words, and it didn’t take long for them to board the vehicle and return to the guild building.

Everyone sat down in a conference room and started talking.

What Geon-woo said seemed like he was going to do something very business-like, but in reality, he just wanted to hear the four people’s opinions about the gate tour.

“How was your day? Of course, since all four of you have Gate experience, it wouldn’t have been that new.”

In fact, the four people were not the first fully awakened hunters.

Even though he was not a member of the engineering school, Geonwoo was well aware that he had experienced the gate several times as a porter.

“Still, after going to the gate for the first time in a while, the air and atmosphere felt new.”

Chae-yoon smiled and began speaking.

“Furthermore, the best thing was being able to see the leader directly directing the engineering team up close.”

Until now, I have seen other raid leaders commanding engineering teams several times, but at that time, I did not have any prior knowledge, so it was not something that caught my eye.

There was nothing as systematic as the nightmare, so I was actually busy relieving my anxiety at the gate.

“I was really excited to think that someday I would do things like that if I went to the gate with other kids.”

Chae-yoon was the only one still studying the theoretical part, and as such, the others thought it was natural for her to become the leader of the engineering school in the future.

“I see. The leader of that engineering school was also a tank. It is said that he is a tank with quite good tanking skills among hunters of the same class.”

“Oh, I looked into it too and it said yes. I’m sure that’s why. Turning off aggro itself was very neat, so there was a lot to learn.”

Although he was a leader, the aggro he showed was definitely the cleanest among hunters in his class.

Of course, it may be because of the high skill level itself, but things like detailed movements felt special.

“The movements and such are definitely neat.”

Not only Chae-yoon, but also her instructor praised the Nightmare Guild tanker’s neat movements.

Even from a high-level hunter, it had been a long time since he had seen such neat movement.

“He seems to be a hunter with a high growth threshold.”

Since I hadn’t taught him directly, I couldn’t make an accurate judgment, but just by showing him for a day, I could tell at a glance that he was a hunter with a high growth limit.

“I thought I wanted to be like that someday.”

Chae-yoon also felt the same thing, so he smiled and said.

“Chaeyun, you need to become even greater than that.”

Of course, the instructor’s words to Chae-yoon were filled with sincerity.

“That person also has clean movements that I haven’t seen in a long time, but he probably won’t be able to follow Chaeyoon, right?”

What the instructor felt while teaching Chaeyoon was that even if it took some time, Chaeyun clearly had the talent to rise to a high level.

He had a stronger talent than I had ever felt in anyone else.

‘I was amazed at how they recognized and brought in such a person.’

However, Chae-yoon’s grade was still low and he had many shortcomings, so such praise was just embarrassing.

“Ah, compared to that person, I am a long way off.”

“Of course, it’s a long way off now, but if we look at it over time, we can be sure that Chaeyun will be further ahead.”

The instructor seemed to have no intention of backing down, smiling and carrying out his opinion.

“True.. the teacher always gives me too much space.”

Of course I didn’t like that.

Since everyone has low self-esteem, comments that raise self-esteem were very necessary.

“I have the same thoughts as the instructor. Chaeyun will definitely climb much higher than the tanker we saw today.”

Geonwoo also spoke with confidence.

That confidence contained faith in Seojun, but other people had no way of knowing that.

“How were Arin, Sua, and Nahyeon?”

Gun-wu, who decided that he had heard enough of Chae-yoon’s story, asked the other three people.

“I was a little disappointed that there were no bladers in this engineering school.”

Since Su-a is a blader who uses a dagger, it was natural to look forward to seeing her use a dagger in combat.

However, it was clearly revealed that they were a little disappointed as there were not that many bladers themselves.

“Of course, I was a bit disappointed about that part.”

Geonwoo was equally disappointed.

I thought it would be great if there was a career field that was close to the point where I wanted to give the four of us the most appropriate experience.

“Next time, I will find out where the blader belongs, but…”

It was unavoidable to trail off.

Even if I looked into it, I honestly couldn’t guarantee that I would find a blader of a similar level to Sua, as the absolute number of bladers was so small.

“Hehe, whatever. I know, there aren’t many bladers. It can’t be helped.”

The small number of bladers working as hunters was an ordinary reason.

Bladers who use daggers showed great power the higher their grade, but they were one of the jobs that were completely ineffective at lower grades.

Since not everyone awakens with a high level, most people give up living as hunters when they awaken as bladers.

“Anyway, I will try my best to find it.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist at all.

In fact, among the high-level hunters, there were quite a few bladers, and even for low-level hunters, there were hunters who trained to raise their level and used weapons other than daggers.

As much as he wanted to show people using daggers, such people were not in the top priority, but Geon-woo thought that they should still be ranked.

“Well, I liked it.”

Nahyeon also quietly added a word.

There was a healer in this engineering school, but there was nothing special about it.

Nahyun wasn’t very impressed because she was just an ordinary healer.

She felt that it was good because it was her first time leisurely appreciating the gate she had entered in a long time.

“Uh, it’s not that I didn’t feel anxious at all, but when I entered the gate for the first time in a while, I felt excited in a different sense than anxious.”

Arin still felt anxious just by entering the gate, but what was different from before was that she began to feel a separate pounding again.

“Before, when I went as a porter, I was just anxious, but I think I’ve definitely improved a lot.”

“Of course. Our Arin, you have improved a lot.”

Eun-jeong, who was looking at Arin happily from the side, smiled and stroked Arin’s head.

“Someday, I also want to go to the gate as a raider again. As soon as possible.”

Of course, it hadn’t been that long since I started the skill class, and since I still had anxiety, it would take some time.

“For a first field trip, I think I got some good results.”

Geon-wu smiled in satisfaction at the four people’s sentiments.

‘I think the manager will be satisfied as well.’

Geon-woo, who summarized the four people’s stories in a simple report, stood up.

“Alright then, let’s disperse quickly. Thank you all for your hard work, and I will let you know again when the tour is scheduled again soon.”

The long and short day’s schedule has come to a complete conclusion.

The instructors left work, and the four of them went up to the dormitory.

Gunwoo, who remained in the conference room, naturally called Seojun.

‘Is it still work time?’

Since it was well past 6 o’clock, it was natural to think that a typical office worker would have finished work, but since Seojun was a person who worked overtime like eating, I thought he might still be working.

[Yes, Director Kim. ]

“Are you at work, Manager?”

As expected, loud people’s voices were coming from the back of the phone.

Until recently, it was the sound of the conference room that Geonwoo had heard so many times at work, so he couldn’t have known it.

[Yes, I was just going to finish the meeting and leave work. It’s taking longer than I thought. ]

“I contacted you to report on today’s field trip, but if you are busy, please contact me after work.”

[Oh, then I will contact you again within 10 minutes. ]

Seojun’s voice, which seemed to have no vitality at all, began to become vital again at the thought of listening to the four people’s stories.