I Inherited the Basement of the Tower - Chapter 47

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Inherited the Basement 1 of the Tower – Episode 47

Mose-min swallowed hard.

‘It’s here.’

The moment for an exclusive scoop.
The other journalists were too busy trying to understand the situation to capture anything.
But Mose-min was different.
From the moment Park Jin-woo stood up from his seat until now, I had captured every moment on camera.

“It’s recording perfectly, senior!”
“Shh. Keep filming for now.”
“Yes!”

Park Jin-woo looked around and spoke as if delivering a speech.

“I will sell this ring! I’ll prioritize selling it to the successful bidders to contribute to clearing the Special Dungeon Layer. Now, Association President? Please designate me….”

Mose-min let out a scoff.
So he’s ‘selling’ it after all.
I could just post the article with the headline I’d already prepared—

“For how much?”

In that instant.
Kang Ha-jin moved.

“Huh! Hey!”
“Yes!”

At Mose-min’s signal, my junior grabbed the camera and captured both men in a single frame.

“…What?”

Park Jin-woo’s expression twisted.
A memory surfaced—the time at the Association when he’d been crushed by an incomprehensible force and struggled helplessly.

Crunch—

My clenched fist turned white.
Just thinking about it made rage surge through me, and it was humiliating.
That bastard is interfering again.
I don’t know what kind of collusion the Association President and Kang Ha-jin have, but.
Park Jin-woo was about to publicly reveal his undeniable contribution right here, proving the justification for why I must be designated—it was such a historic and righteous moment.
Yet that ugly bastard couldn’t help himself and cut off Park Jin-woo’s words.

Grrr—!

My teeth ground together.
But I quickly composed myself.
That’s right.
Actually, this is better.

“How much are you selling it for?”

Look at that.
He’s talking about price.
Park Jin-woo was delighted.
It seemed like he wanted to assign objective monetary values to contributions and compare them.
The moment he framed this as being about money, I already won.

‘Hmm.’

Regardless of victory, I needed to answer.
Park Jin-woo turned his gaze toward the audience.
Ah, found him.
There’s Dad.
Park Min-hu, the Sage Guild Master.
But something’s wrong with Dad.
He’s waving his hands frantically in the air.
What is he trying to say?

“Argh!”

Park Min-hu, Park Jin-woo’s father and the Sage Guild Master, was going out of his mind.

‘Ha-jin, stop! Just come here!’

No matter how much I gestured.
My inadequate son couldn’t understand.

“If the calculation is difficult, I’ll help you. Min-hee. How much budget was consumed in making this ring?”

Then Kang Ha-jin asked Jeong Min-hee.
At that, someone stood up from the audience.
The reporters turned their cameras, and everyone’s gazes shifted in that direction.
Jeong Min-hee was also a prominent figure.
Moreover, the entangled history between Hyeonja and Jeong Min-hee was already the subject of widespread rumors.
Mose-min was thrilled to death.
Meanwhile, Jeong Min-hee opened her mouth with sharp eyes.

“Since I left the Sage Guild, I don’t know the exact figures, but at minimum, over 500 billion won in budget was invested.”

Her piercing gaze swept across the crowd before landing on Park Min-hu.

“And if I weren’t making custom pieces for each individual customer, I would have advised against the ring shape. How were you planning to handle the sizing?”

Jeong Min-hee offered one final piece of advice to her former guild master, then took her seat.
It was the true end of their tedious rivalry.
And what the listeners accepted was a single fact.

“Min-hee really did make all of this.”
“Wow, that was harsh.”
“I hope they compensated her properly.”
“Did you see that look in her eyes? If they’d compensated her properly, she wouldn’t have glared like that. Geez, it was brutal.”

Kang Ha-jin took a step closer to Park Jin-woo.
With that, everyone fell silent.
Kang Ha-jin possessed such power.
It was a charisma so palpable that one could almost sense a dark, ominous aura emanating from him.

“Just the budget alone is 500 billion won… The rings appear to be about five pieces, so do I need to do the division for you as well?”

However, Park Jin-woo stepped back and moved the pouch away from Kang Ha-jin.
Then, looking at his father and interpreting his warning in some way, he uttered different words.

“Two hundred billion? Who do you think you are! Two trillion! I’m selling each one for two trillion won!”

It was a lion’s roar loud enough for everyone to hear.
Park Min-hu, who loved his son dearly, had bellowed with such volume that he could disown him, and Kang Ha-jin laughed heartily.

“Yes, that’s right. Do it that way.”

Hearing those words, Mose-min internally cheered.
He felt like shouting “Long live Kang Ha-jin.”
By setting the price, he had highlighted Park Jin-woo’s business acumen and merchant spirit.
Two trillion won per item?
The successful bidders who purchased the clear rights might not understand, but at least those seeking holy power items for clearing the 10th Floor range couldn’t even look at such a sum.

‘How can someone actually be this foolish?’

Was he perhaps receiving around one quadrillion won from Kang Ha-jin and throwing his life away with a villain’s act?
If so, that would be splendid.
Switch to acting.
While everyone was grinning foolishly, Kang Ha-jin climbed onto the podium.
It was an unexpected move.

“Hey, you! What are you doing climbing up there! That’s my spot!”

Park Jin-woo quickly climbed up after him, unwilling to lose.
But Kang Ha-jin hadn’t come to ask to be designated as a selection target.

“May I borrow the microphone for a moment?”

[Of course.]

It was so everyone could hear him.
The Association President stepped away from the microphone, and Kang Ha-jin took his place.

[It is truly remarkable that Alchemist Jeong Min-hee created a holy power-boosting ring through her exceptional alchemical skills. However, as I understand it, that ring’s performance is merely holy power +1. It’s somewhat lacking for clearing a Special Dungeon Layer.]

At those words, both Jeong Min-hee’s and Park Jin-woo’s faces turned red simultaneously.

“What? +1? Who are you telling to wear that?”
“The Special Dungeon Layer monsters would laugh at it.”

The crowd laughed.
Kang Ha-jin continued.

[However, as you’ve heard, the Sage Guild was severely lacking in budget. We didn’t have suitable materials to increase Holy Power either. I didn’t want to waste Jeong Min-hee’s potential as an alchemist like that. And conveniently, I had the materials. I’m sure you all remember the sunlit meat.]

Mose-min, who was listening, nodded.
Sunlit meat—it was delicious.
Even new recruits who usually avoided company dinners would postpone their plans to attend if sunlit meat was on the menu.

[Where there’s meat, there’s hide. I entrusted that hide to alchemist Jeong Min-hee, and though she couldn’t attend this gathering, I also hired a skilled blacksmith. Through their collaboration, the two succeeded in processing that hide.]

Murmur, murmur.
The hall stirred with anticipation.
If what he said was true.
It was worth looking forward to.
Jeong Min-hee, a skilled alchemist who created a Holy Power +1 ring despite limited budget and materials.
If she met her new employer Kang Ha-jin and received new materials and abundant resources?
What kind of item could she possibly create?

[Several journalists raised their hands with questions—likely asking when this item would be revealed. I was planning to unveil it as a gift after all the raid members were decided, but it seems I’m revealing it now.]

Mose-min’s junior colleague frantically shook the camera.
However, nowhere on Kang Ha-jin’s body.
Was there storage space to keep an item.
He hadn’t brought a bag like Park Jin-woo had.
And the next moment.

Zing—
A rift opened in the empty air.

[I present to you the ‘Sun Pendant’—with specs of Holy Power +3 and an additional 100% attack power increase when attacking Undead.]

“What!?”

Park Jin-woo gasped in shock and tumbled backward, landing hard on his rear.
Park Jin-woo falling awkwardly and Kang Ha-jin confidently holding up the pendant.
It was the perfect thumbnail.

[Ah, you’re welcome to use flash photography for this exceptional moment.]

The moment those words ended.

Flash—flash—flash—flash—flash—flash—flash!

A barrage of frenzied camera flashes erupted.
Just as the chaotic atmosphere began to settle.

Zing!
The air tore open once more.

[And so, I’ve created armor, headpieces, and weapon ornaments with identical effects. This is one complete set, and I’ve brought nine sets with me. I intended to give them to ten people excluding myself. But I never expected the clearing team to have eleven members.]

Another volley of flashes erupted wildly.

[However, by a truly fortunate coincidence, among the clearing team members, there is a friend I truly cherish. That friend was the first to equip these divine power items and clear the dungeon. I will present the remaining set to that friend as a special gift.]

This time, the camera turned toward one side of the podium.
Toward the man whom Kang Ha-jin had waved to earlier.
Flashes burst over his bewildered expression.

Flash—flash—flash—flash—flash!

‘Ah, so they were friends.’

Only then did Mose-min understand.
All the pieces of the puzzle fell into place in his mind.
His instincts hadn’t failed him after all.
This was an unexpected scoop.

“You, you! How much are you going to sell them for!”

Park Jin-woo, sprawled on the ground, continued to press Kang Ha-jin relentlessly.
At that, Kang Ha-jin stored The Sun set away.
Then looked down at Park Jin-woo beside the podium.

[Didn’t you hear? They’re gifts. I’m presenting them to the clearing team first as sponsorships or ambassador selections, and then I’ll sell the quantities produced afterward. Right now, I don’t have many materials. But if sufficient quantities become available in the future, I’ll sell them like meat.]

If I successfully cleared the Special Dungeon Layer, it would generate tremendous promotional value.
Opening the materials was Min-hee’s idea.
I agreed because there was no one with better technical skill than Min-hee, and Eltos didn’t exist either.
Rather, when inferior mass-market items were developed, it would add a premium to Min-hee’s products.
However, few people knew these hidden details.
To everyone, I appeared as a benevolent and kind person sharing research and development opportunities.
It was thanks to the political skills I had practiced with Barkalor.

[Thanks to you, Hunter Kang Ha-jin, clearing the 10th Floor tier will become much easier going forward, hehehehe.]

The Association President, who had taken the microphone at some point, laughed.
And spoke in a low voice.

[Well then, does anyone have further objections? Or should I assume the Sage Guild intends to infringe upon the Association’s rights?]

Instead of answering, Park Min-hu stepped forward.

“You brat, get down here! What kind of disgrace is this!”

He grabbed the back of his son’s neck and dragged him down hastily.
As a first-generation alchemist Hunter, he was from the generation that directly witnessed the Association President’s achievements.
Now that he had recovered his combat abilities after receiving treatment from me, he needed to be even more cautious.
Watching Park Jin-woo being dragged away like a dog, the crowd burst into laughter.

[What should have been a simple auction has gone on quite long. I apologize for keeping you all busy, but thanks to this, we’ve heard much good news as well.]

His warm gaze turned toward me.
It was 180 degrees different from how he looked at the Park father and son.
I gave a slight nod of acknowledgment.

[I thank all of you for your patience, and now I will announce the designation rights that were delayed.]

It was an announcement that felt neither tense nor thrilling.
The name of the Hunter everyone agreed on was already floating in everyone’s minds.
But that’s what made it good, and heartwarming.
It was a Hunter worth cheering for.

[The 11th Special Dungeon Layer conquest team leader is Kang Ha-jin, an unaffiliated Hunter.]

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