I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 2

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#Episode 2.
My first thought was, ‘Did I really just do that?’ But such doubts didn’t linger long.
‘Of course I did.’
Though I had been in a hazy, dreamlike state mere moments ago, it wasn’t as though I had no memory of it.
The green dwarves rushing toward me. And myself wielding the blade in a state of complete absorption.
That was undeniably real. To deny it would be nothing but escapism.
‘It exceeded my imagination.’
What I had imagined was merely watching lectures or receiving instruction.
But the reality was entirely different.
The moment I grasped the blade, I felt something extraordinary.
A sword I had never held before felt like an extension of my own limbs, and the swordsmanship I unleashed felt as natural as if I had trained for decades.
As if I had become an entirely different person.
“So this is what subscription truly means….”
It wasn’t merely watching and learning swordsmanship, or receiving instruction.
I could manifest what the other person sought to transmit as if I had originally mastered it myself.
‘This is an extraordinary opportunity.’
I could be certain of it.
What I had drawn was absolutely no dud. Rather, it was an opportunity bordering on the jackpot itself.
However, there was indeed a price to pay.
“Ugh.”
Setting aside the ‘subscription tokens’ needed to subscribe to new channels in the future, my body’s condition was in terrible shape right now.
“It feels like I’ve been beaten with a club….”
Every joint screams in agony, and my body burns with a searing heat.
It wasn’t difficult to guess the reason. I had executed a series of violent movements that my original self could never have performed.
Yet rather than suffering from the pain immediately, I felt a sense of regret.
‘If only my body were in better condition, I could keep climbing.’
With this much power gained, reaching higher floors wouldn’t be impossible.
But in my current state, it’s impossible.
“They said a week.”
A week. That should be enough time to calm my impatience and get proper rest.
If I overexert myself today and end up bedridden for three or four days, that would be an even greater loss.
“Let me head back for now.”
Having decided to return, I first looked for a way to do so.
Fortunately, returning proved simple.
The moment I thought about returning, a message window appeared before my eyes.
[Rewards will be deposited to your inventory.]
[Upon return, your next Tower visit will transport you to the last floor you conquered. Do you wish to return?]
[Use the stairs to proceed to the next floor.]
The window contained exactly the information I needed to know.
‘The rewards are in my inventory.’
I’d already decided to leave, so there was no reason to linger here any longer. I could always verify everything once I returned.
Han-seong took one final look around before speaking.
“Return.”
Immediately after, my vision went dark.
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The moment Han-seong cleared the first floor, chaos erupted outside.
The Tower’s floor-clearing rankings were visible in real-time to anyone climbing it.
But suddenly, the fastest clear time for the first floor had been shattered.
[Tower 7, Floor 1 Fastest Clear Time: 49 seconds. Number of Clearers: 1.]
That record was a mere 49 seconds.
It far surpassed the previous Tower 7 record of 5 minutes and 31 seconds—a historic achievement.
Even the United States, which boasted the world’s most elite pool of Awakeners, hadn’t managed to break the 3-minute mark.
What made it even more astounding was that this record had been set by a single person.
Considering that once a floor was cleared, you couldn’t descend it again, it meant a prodigy-level Awakener had emerged.
“We absolutely cannot let this one slip away! Issue a manhunt immediately—no, wait. Put a 100 million won bounty on them! I’ll report this to the higher-ups right now!”
“Yes, sir!”
Naturally, in Korea where Tower 7 was located, the entire nation began searching for this Awakener.
Meanwhile, Han-seong, who had returned from The Tower, sat on his bed, staring intently at the two items before him.
They were the rewards he’d obtained for clearing the first floor.
Han-seong picked up the stone first, which gleamed with a deep blue light.
“So this is a Mana Stone.”
I’d seen plenty of photos and videos, but this was my first time seeing one in person.
Even the lowest-grade version of this small stone started at a minimum of 300,000 won.
It was essentially the primary source of income for Awakeners climbing The Tower.
“Thirty in a day’s work? No, wait—I wasn’t even in The Tower for ten minutes.”
It was absolutely impossible to earn this much from part-time work.
What was even more astonishing was that this was just the profit from clearing only the first floor.
Han-seong carefully set the Mana Stone down and shifted his attention to the next reward.
It was the Gold Box he’d received as a bonus reward.
I already knew what this was.
‘It’s one of those random boxes.’
These random boxes came in different grades, with Bronze being the lowest.
Above that was Silver, and one tier higher was the Gold grade I’d just obtained.
Originally, these random boxes were rewards that only appeared from the 10th floor onward, yet I’d gotten one from the first floor.
Moreover, Gold-grade boxes had been discovered fewer than a handful of times below the 100th floor.
‘If I got a reward like this as a bonus from the first floor, what am I going to get from the next one?’
Han-seong entertained that thought for a moment before resolving to obtain bonus rewards no matter what from here on.
Without further hesitation, Han-seong opened the box.
Then—
A brilliant light burst forth—!
A brilliant light spread outward.
I furrowed my brow at the glare, only able to examine the contents once the light faded.
“Huh?”
What revealed itself was none other than a bracelet.
“A bracelet? Wait.”
I muttered to myself, then something clicked in my mind, and I quickly grabbed the bracelet.
A translucent window materialized before my eyes.
[Erpe’s Compassion]
[Grade: Unique]
[A bracelet imbued with Erpe’s compassion. Crafted from an unknown material. While equipped, recovery speed increases significantly.]
[Erpe’s Touch: Once per day, you can recover from severe wounds.]
“Just as I thought!”
I clenched my fist tightly.
It was exactly as I’d suspected. This wasn’t just an ordinary bracelet—it was an Artifact.
For Tower climbers, while Magic Stones were the primary income, Artifacts were the rare jackpot lottery that came around only occasionally.
Those with decent effects commanded prices in the tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, with some Artifacts selling for billions.
Even seemingly useless “duds” were purchased by the wealthy as collectibles for millions of won each.
Moreover, judging by this bracelet’s grade and effects alone, it was absolutely no dud.
‘Unique, no less.’
An Artifact of this caliber was truly a treasure beyond measure.
I wanted nothing more than to take it to a proper appraiser immediately, but I held back.
‘This is exactly what I need right now.’
Enhanced recovery speed—what a gift.
After just one battle left me battered and broken, this Artifact was precisely what I required.
It wasn’t something to sell for quick profit.
I immediately fastened the bracelet around my wrist.
Remarkably, a warm sensation spread throughout my entire body, and the pain subsided.
“The effect is incredible.”
I smiled with satisfaction. Thanks to it, I could proceed more comfortably with what came next.
“Now… I need to properly examine my abilities.”
That task was to thoroughly analyze my own power.
Through the battle in The Tower, I had felt it unmistakably—my ability was far from ordinary.
Which made it all the more necessary to understand it fully.
Without knowing how to use it properly, even the most formidable ability would fail to reach its potential.
I spoke aloud, just as I had when first examining my ability.
“Subscription Window.”
The moment I spoke those words.
A massive window unfolded before my eyes.
It was the very same window I had seen when first selecting channels to subscribe to.
“There really are an absurd number of them.”
I felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of channels on display.
Earlier, I had skimmed through the channels at the top, but beneath them lay countless others.
“Catching a dragon with a single arrow from the Divine Archer Orion. Inheriting blood magic attributes. Learning necromancy from the author of the Necronomicon….”
The channels below were equally extraordinary in their names.
Yet seeing them didn’t make me regret my choice or wonder if I should have picked something different.
‘They’re all too grandiose.’
That was it.
The channel titles were grandiose to an almost absurd degree.
The meteor and muscle destruction techniques I’d seen before, along with things like dragons and world conquest, all felt far too unrealistic for someone like me.
And as I examined the subscription window, I confirmed that my judgment had been sound.
There was a small explanation about the subscription system written at the bottom.
“So the subscription duration varies depending on which channel and which ability you subscribe to, even with the same ticket?”
The explanation went like this.
The subscription duration is determined by the gap between the subscriber’s own abilities and the ability they wish to subscribe to.
If someone with no knowledge of magic suddenly rented a high-tier spell, the rental duration could be as short as one or two seconds.
“And if the ability gap is too severe, the ticket gets consumed but you can’t even use the ability at all?”
After reading the explanation, I understood clearly.
That I had made the right choice.
If I had been seduced by grandiose names and chosen an ability beyond my reach, I might not have accomplished anything and could have been finished off by those goblins.
There was more information about subscriptions.
“So tickets are divided into three types: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Is there anything higher?”
I searched further, but nothing else was visible.
I continued reading through the explanations.
According to the description, higher-tier tickets grant longer subscription durations.
In other words, the smaller the gap between your own abilities and the ticket tier, and the higher the ticket grade you use, the longer your subscription time becomes.
And finally, there was information about the most crucial method of obtaining tickets.
“Tickets can be purchased by exchanging mana stones, artifacts, or your own karma for coins, or obtained by completing challenges….”
After confirming that explanation, I easily found the ticket purchase window. Upon checking the Gold ticket price, my brow furrowed.
“A Gold ticket. One thousand coins…?”
Bronze was 10 coins. Silver was 100 coins. And Gold tickets cost a full 1,000 coins.
One coin equaled one lowest-grade mana stone.
“So a single Bronze ticket costs at least 3 million won!”
And by that logic, the most expensive Gold ticket would be 300 million won. 300 million.
Realizing this, I was astounded.
The subscription ticket given as a first-time bonus was indeed a Gold ticket.
“300 million won per week.”
Knowing this fact, I felt I absolutely couldn’t waste this one week, but I also recalled something else.
“Didn’t it say you could obtain tickets without mana stones?”
I quickly scanned the window in all directions. And soon I found it.
The challenge section where you could obtain tickets simply by completing them.
The moment I clicked on the quest section, a lengthy list of challenges materialized before me.
[Bronze] Defeat 1,000 or more monsters.
[Bronze] Achieve the fastest clear time through all 9 floors.
[Bronze] Internalize one subscribed ability as your own skill.
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[Silver] Defeat the Floor Master of Floor 10 without a single scratch.
[Silver] Discover a Hidden Floor for the first time.
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[Gold] Break through Floor 100.
[Gold] Obtain scales from the Sleeping Dragon.
The sheer volume of challenges was staggering—easily hundreds of them.
“Hmm.”
Moreover, each objective looked formidably difficult.
Even the Bronze-tier quests would give ordinary Awakeners pause, and the Silver-tier ones were far worse. Gold-tier didn’t even bear mentioning.
“Nothing in this world comes easy, does it?”
I muttered this with a sigh, then let out a quiet laugh.
If anyone had witnessed my situation, they would surely think I was delusional.
“But that’s right. An opportunity like this is a gift.”
I understood that my ability wasn’t purely convenient, but regardless, it was undeniably an extraordinary opportunity.
I clenched my fist, staring at the quest window with determination as I whispered my resolve.
“One week. I’ll complete at least three of these within one week.”

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