I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 161

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#Chapter 161.
An Envoy.
Jung Han-sung paused at the sudden topic before asking.
“An envoy? What envoy?”
“Those who were lurking around Han-sung’s Territory before have now sent an official envoy. They say they want to speak with the owner of the Territory.”
At Baek-seol’s words, Jung Han-sung recalled a message he’d received while exploring The Tower.
It had been a message about a group appearing at some distance from the Territory.
Since there had been no further contact after that, he’d assumed it had been handled, but now an envoy was suddenly here.
“When did they arrive?”
“Ten minutes ago! I was about to contact you when you showed up at just the right moment.”
It seemed as though I had arrived at precisely the perfect timing.
Jung Han-sung stroked his chin before speaking.
“Where are they now?”
“Over there, they’ve set up camp outside the Village. I didn’t let them come inside. And Maria is keeping watch over them.”
“Then let’s go see them right away.”
There was no reason to delay.
Jung Han-sung headed toward where Maria and the envoys were, accompanied by Baek-seol.
After leaving the fence and walking straight ahead, I could see a large tent set up.
The envoys and Maria were right there.
The two sides weren’t conversing, but both reacted when they saw Jung Han-sung and Baek-seol approaching.
“You’ve arrived.”
Maria bowed her head in greeting, and a figure of apparent high status stepped forward from the envoy’s side.
“Greetings. Are you the owner of this Territory?”
Jung Han-sung nodded to Maria, then looked at the person who had spoken.
The envoy was remarkably covered entirely in scales. That meant he wasn’t human.
‘A lizard-man?’
Observing the figure’s appearance, I thought as much internally, then opened my mouth to respond.
“That’s correct. Who are you?”
“I am Kahart Barr. I have come here to deliver the words of my great master.”
At the lizard-man named Kahart Barr’s words, Jung Han-sung nodded slightly, gesturing for him to continue.
Barr then continued speaking.
“My master wishes to conduct a trade.”
“A trade?”
Jung Han-sung narrowed his brows as he asked back.
Barr nodded in response.
“Yes. A trade.”
I had expected him to propose forming an alliance or waging war, but a trade was unexpected.
After all, the only previous contact had been with those who had suddenly brought forces and launched an attack.
While I was thinking such thoughts, Barr spoke again.
“My master has already established trade relations with five Territories and intends to continue expanding trade as a neutral Territory.”
“Neutral, then. You have no intention of invading other territories?”
“Correct. We won’t shy away from coming conflicts, but we have no plans to initiate invasions elsewhere. There’s no need to wage war simply to obtain what we desire.”
Jung Han-sung fell silent for a moment before speaking.
“You sent an envoy all this way merely for trade?”
“When conducting business with the ruler of another territory, it’s only natural. Sending mere merchants alone might cast doubt on our sincerity, wouldn’t it?”
The envoy’s closing remark—something about how merchants alone might appear to be reconnaissance—wasn’t without merit, so Jung Han-sung stroked his chin thoughtfully.
“So you’ve come simply to trade. Is that all?”
“Of course, but first we’d like to establish a contract. A mutual agreement not to attack one another, not to share information with third parties. Such treaties, you understand.”
Kahart Barr produced a document as he spoke.
Jung Han-sung accepted it and examined it thoroughly.
At first glance, there were no particularly suspicious clauses.
It was genuinely straightforward trade—nothing more. Below were brief details regarding the items they wished to acquire.
Jung Han-sung read through it once more, then handed it to Baek-seol and Maria, who stood silently beside him.
Both accepted it and began scrutinizing the contents.
After considerable time had passed.
“There are no noteworthy issues with the terms.”
“You’re quite thorough. At this level, even with ulterior motives, it would be nearly impossible to breach the contract.”
If Maria and Baek-seol—both meticulous by nature—said so, it seemed unlikely the contract itself was a trap.
Still, I had no intention of answering immediately.
“We’ll review it thoroughly and provide our response.”
“Understood.”
Kahart Barr bowed respectfully and withdrew backward.
With the conversation concluded, I returned to the Village with Maria and Baek-seol.
Of course, I left undead forces stationed there to monitor the envoys.
After entering the fence, I turned to Baek-seol and Maria with a question.
“What do you think?”
“On the surface, at least, they don’t appear to harbor ulterior motives.”
Maria spoke in a measured tone.
“In the Neutral Zone, wars occur frequently, but not everyone desires conflict.”
“True. Victory brings great rewards, but defeat means losing everything.”
“Precisely. In most cases, the profits from one’s own territory alone are sufficient.”
While human greed certainly drives many to wage aggressive wars, there are equally many who find contentment within their own domains.
So declaring neutrality and focusing solely on trade wasn’t particularly unusual.
I then looked toward Baek-seol.
She spoke up.
“Accept it!”
“Hm? Why?”
Surprised by her decisive answer, I asked for clarification, and Baek-seol replied simply.
“If they harbor ulterior motives, we can simply subjugate them!”
“Ah.”
It was truly a simple and straightforward reason.
But thinking about it, it didn’t seem entirely wrong either.
Since when had Jung Han-sung bothered to overthink things?
If the other party broke what appeared to be a legitimate contract and made a move, all he needed to do was respond with appropriate retaliation.
After all, Jung Han-sung had no particular intention of avoiding war.
“At first glance, I can’t find any major issues with the contract itself. There’s nothing suspicious about what the other party said either.”
Of course, Baek-seol hadn’t thought about it quite so simply—she had her own reasoning.
“So there’s no reason to reject a proposal that benefits us right now. If problems arise, we can handle them when they do. I believe it’s manageable.”
In other words, try it first, and if something seems off, abandon it.
Naturally, this reasoning was grounded in confidence in Jung Han-sung’s and Han-sung’s Territory’s military strength.
And for good reason.
Jung Han-sung himself, along with the undead forces under his command, possessed overwhelming power compared to other territories of similar scale.
There were virtually no entities in this region capable of threatening Jung Han-sung.
One only needed to recall what happened to the last person who had dared to attack.
“Very well. Then let’s proceed.”
Jung Han-sung ultimately decided to accept the deal.
Of course, what had most heavily influenced his acceptance was the trade goods they had proposed.
Among their territory’s specialty products were items that could aid in Golem creation and artifact crafting.
Since these items didn’t come from Han-sung’s Territory, they had to be sourced through merchants at considerable expense.
But the price the other party had proposed was quite reasonable.
He could save a substantial amount of money.
And he also had plenty of goods worth selling on his end.
“Accepting immediately might look a bit too eager, so let’s give them an answer in about two hours.”
“Yes, understood.”
After settling the trade matter, Jung Han-sung asked the two of them a question.
“Is there anything else of note?”
“The territory itself is developing steadily! And as I mentioned before, it looks like we’ll be advancing to the next stage soon.”
Jung Han-sung nodded at Baek-seol’s words.
Once they advanced to the next stage, he planned to significantly expand the facilities and recruit more personnel.
Well, Baek-seol would have that well prepared.
Next, Jung Han-sung turned his attention to Maria.
“How far have you progressed in The Tower?”
“Currently Floor 62.”
Floor 62.
A remarkably fast clearing pace.
Naturally, she was far behind Jung Han-sung, who was on Floor 83, but that was because his progress was abnormally fast.
Considering that Maria had spent much of her time managing the territory rather than The Tower, Floor 62 was genuinely impressive.
“As for Cho Cheon-woong, I believe he’s currently on Floor 65.”
“I see.”
Floor 62, Floor 65.
There’s still a long way to go, but at this level, I’d say Han-sung’s Territory stands unrivaled among the surrounding territories.
“Is there anything you need for climbing?”
“There’s nothing inconvenient at the moment. If I had to mention something lacking, it would be that I haven’t had any sparring matches recently.”
“Right. We couldn’t spar last week because we were climbing.”
Jung Han-sung nodded.
“Then this Thursday and Saturday. Let me set aside those two days for sparring.”
“Yes. I’ll inform Cho Cheon-woong as well.”
Maria spoke with a slightly brighter expression.
Sparring with Jung Han-sung always yielded valuable lessons.
But Jung Han-sung had different thoughts as he looked at Maria.
‘It’s about time I passed something on to these two.’
It was a thought I’d had since recruiting them.
The idea of using my subscription ability to impart something perfectly suited to each of them.
Originally, I’d planned to do this once the Territory stabilized, but the subscription ability was revamped and ticket prices skyrocketed, so it got postponed again.
However, this time I climbed The Tower diligently, achieved several challenges, and earned plenty of magic stones, so I now had tickets to spare.
Now I had enough tickets to use a few for Maria, Cho Cheon-woong, and the craftsmen of the Territory.
“Then I’ll rest at home for a bit.”
“Yes.”
“Okay!”
Jung Han-sung told them he was taking a break and returned to his home within the Territory.
“Subscription window.”
The moment I returned, I immediately opened the subscription window.
“Let me see.”
As always, various channels appeared chaotically in the subscription window.
I scrolled through them all.
The number of channels I was currently subscribed to: 0.
The channels I’d subscribed to before had expired, and I hadn’t subscribed to any new channels since Shin-tou’s channel.
But now I was starting to feel the need to subscribe to a new channel.
‘Fortunately, I obtained a Gold Ticket from a challenge.’
The Gold Ticket was incomparable to the Gold Tickets of the past.
That’s because, by current standards, Silver Tickets were at a similar level to the Gold Tickets of the past.
In other words, it was one tier higher in actual value, despite having the same name.
“Wow. Most channels have incredibly long validity periods.”
With a Gold Ticket, ordinary channels could be subscribed to for several months.
But naturally, I had no intention of using it on such channels.
I’d had a different target in mind from the start.
‘There were channels with validity periods of only a few seconds.’
Channels lasting from a few seconds to a few dozen seconds, at most a few minutes.
I’d overcome life-threatening crises by subscribing to such channels, but I never had the opportunity to properly subscribe and master them.
The subscription periods were far too short.
But what if this newly reorganized Gold Ticket was different?
With that thought, I pulled up only the separately classified channels of the highest grades, scrolling through them with a whoosh.
Channels that contained nothing short of the world’s most extraordinary secret techniques.

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