Laborer Mr. Kim Reaps Sweet Rewards with Auto-Hunting - Chapter 32

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Episode 32

A new feature: Site Reconnaissance.
What is this?
I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before….

“Couldn’t it be from the Workforce Management Bureau? It must have been there.”
“The Workforce Management Bureau? Ah…! That’s right.”

Of course, Todd.
Nothing gets past him.
Right.
I knew it felt familiar somehow.
That feature that was locked from the beginning.

“If Site Reconnaissance has unlocked, does that mean everything’s open now?”

I should check.
I swiped open the Workforce Management Bureau screen.

——-
Temporary Workforce Management Bureau

[Worker Dispatch]
– Tower
– Dungeon
[Fixed Team Management]
[Commission]
[Site Reconnaissance]
[Worker Training Facility]
[Additional Features Unlock]
[Management]
——-

There we go.
Everything’s open.
Is there anything else?

[Additional Features Unlock]

I tapped it to check.

[All features have been unlocked.]

Nothing there.

“Later, once you raise your Unique Skill Rank further, when you open a proper Workforce Management Bureau instead of this temporary one, many more features will unlock.”
“This isn’t the end?”
“Of course not, Director. You’re the bureau director, after all.”

Huh.
I already think what I have is ridiculously broken….
And there’s more coming?
This is insane.

“It’ll take some time. I’ll need to raise my rank and all that.”
“That’s right. Just take it at your own pace.”

I’m curious what function will appear, though.
That’s for later.
For now, let me check the new feature first.

[Site Reconnaissance]

A common trait among Workforce Management Bureau functions.
There are no duds.

Worker Dispatch—needless to say.
Fixed Team Management?
Absurdly good.
Commission Requests are the same.
One look at the Commission Point Store and your eyes start spinning.

So then.
The new feature, Site Reconnaissance—
It’s bound to be good too, right?
Let me open it up.

[Site Reconnaissance]

The universal way to use Workforce Management Bureau functions.
Tap, and press.
The moment I did, it appeared.

[Please select your desired work site.]

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[Tower of Chaos, Floor 1]
[Tower of Chaos, Floor 2]
……
…
[Tower of Chaos, Floor 31]

First, the tower listings scroll down in a stream.
Below that, countless dungeons besides.

[Collapsed Stone Tower – F-Rank]
[Tower of Eternal Flame – A-Rank]
[Forest of Frenzy – B-Rank]
[Lair of Poison Spider – D-Rank]
[Cemetery of Lower Undead – F-Rank]
……
…
——-

“That’s a lot.”

Looks like it’s the complete list of everywhere I can send workers….
I tapped around randomly.

[Will you begin the reconnaissance?]
[At your current rank, reconnaissance is available once per day.]

Once a day.
Well, even if it’s just a test….
Should I ask the workers who are going anyway?

[Assemble Fixed Team]
– Orc (Intermediate)

Arthur and Robin just got back from the Maze of Chaos, so they need rest.
You orcs, let’s go.

“Wheee!”

The orc fellows grinned wide.
The moment they saw me, they waved their hands in greeting.
And in their other hands?
They gripped Lanize Weapons—clink, thunk, bang—like treasures.
That makes sense.
With those, we can cover C-rank dungeons.

“Alright, pick one dungeon from these that you’d like to try.”
“Wheee! Chee!”
“Uh… anyone want to translate?”
“Rani! Rani can translate! The orc gentlemen said they want to try the Cave Troll’s Lair!”

[Cave Troll’s Lair – C-Rank]

“This one?”
“Mmhmm!”

Okay.
I’ll select it right now.

[Beginning Site Reconnaissance.]
– Cave Troll’s Lair (C-Rank)

A message appeared, and a screen materialized before my eyes.
Right.
Let me see how this works.

* * *

Whirrrrr—!
The hologram screen expanded wide.

“It’s like watching Arthur and Robin fight!”
“Exactly!”

It’s similar to Monitoring.
But there’s something different.

“Hmm… but there’s nobody here?”
“No one went in!”
“Oh, right!”

Monitoring follows the workers as they move.
Then, Site Reconnaissance would…
With no one here, it must move on its own.

“Oh! There it goes! Look! The monsters are all roaring—and it’s flying right between them!”
“What? Those monsters can’t see it?”
“Wow, that’s amazing!”

The dungeon has an owner—monsters.
In a C-rank dungeon like the Cave Troll’s Lair, naturally—
there are plenty.
Screeeee!
Trolls staring ahead with bloodshot eyes.
Ugh….
Even their breathing sounds brutal.
But what does it matter.
They don’t even realize the reconnaissance is happening.

“Chirp! Chirp-chirp!”
“The Orcs memorized the route, so they told Rani they’d go straight for the boss monster and come back!”
“Oh…, that’s pretty good?”

That’s perfect, isn’t it?
Cave Troll’s Lair is a cave.
Usually dungeons like this have complicated passages….
So we don’t have to waste time mapping it out?
No need to wander around looking for the way.

“But is this all there is…?”
“What else do you want?”
“I don’t know, but something feels missing.”

Understanding the dungeon’s internal layout.
It’s important and useful.
And we can even gauge the difficulty while we’re at it?
I get that it’s two birds with one stone….
But something feels lacking.
Maybe I got too hyped seeing the other features.

“Sigh….”

I let out a deep sigh of disappointment, then pause.
Wait?
What’s that?

“Did it stop?”

Right.
It was moving back and forth for a while, then suddenly stopped facing a wall.
Did the battery die?

Whiiiiing!

No, that’s not it.
What?
The display is changing?

“We can see what’s behind the wall.”
“Robin’s right! I can see it too!”
“Arthur sees it as well!”

Wait.
Me too….
It’s like some kind of X-ray vision.
I can see straight through the wall….
And there’s something over there?

“Hold on, look at this!”

And then it stopped again somewhere else, then whiiiiing!
The display changed.
This time too, something appeared on the screen.

“Is it a potion this time?”
“Looks like it, I think.”

Wow.
This…

“Don’t tell me it’s detecting even the hidden rewards?”
“Arthur also thinks so! Looks like it!”

Right?
That’s what it looks like, yeah?
Crazy…
This is actually insanely good.

* * *

Hidden rewards in dungeons—Hidden Rewards.
Does every dungeon have them?
No.
Some dungeons have them, others don’t.
But one thing’s for certain.

“Finding them is supposed to be a jackpot.”

They say they’re incomparable to regular rewards.
The problem is.
They’re called hidden for a reason, after all.

You need either a high-rank detection skill
or incredibly good luck to find them—or so I’ve heard.
And now it’s being handed to me for free?
Man…

“Long live the Workforce Management Bureau.”
“Long live it?”
“Yeah! Long live!”

[Site Reconnaissance has been completed.]

A new feature of the Temporary Workforce Management Bureau.
Site Reconnaissance.
What does it do?
Scout the dungeon ahead of time.

The terrain.
The path to the boss.
It even showed me all the hidden rewards.
So then?
Time to go harvest.

[Worker Dispatch]
– Dungeon

[Cave Troll’s Lair – Will you enter this C-Rank dungeon?]

“Let’s go.”
“Squeak!”

[Workers enter the dungeon.]
[Auto Hunt beginning.]

Our Orcs stride in without hesitation.
The rest?

[Monitoring]

I should watch along with them.
I’m curious, after all.
Whether there really is a hidden reward in that spot.

“Hey! You Orc guys! Keep pushing forward!”

Spade’s at the front.
The rest follow behind.
The terrain, at least, matched exactly what I’d seen through Site Reconnaissance.
So the path should be the same too.

“Man, this is smooth.”
“Incredibly fast!”

Anyone watching would think they were sprinting.
A troll appears, they crush it instantly, and keep charging forward.
After a while, they stopped.

“There’s that wall where we saw the mana stone at first.”
“Hey, Bear’s right on!”
“I told you, I’m not Bear….”
“Crack!”

Right on Rani’s signal, the Orcish Hammer came down with a crack!
Of course the wall crumbled.
Behind it, a pile of mana stones tumbled out.

“Score! There we go!”
“See? I told you it was real.”

If we break through the other wall, drink a potion, and take down the boss?

[C-Rank Dungeon Clear!]
[Clear Time – 00:15:37]

Clear.
And no one even got hurt.
The time was even faster.
Our Orcs.
At this rate, they might even be ready for B-Rank soon.

“Whoosh!”

So this is what I get?
Well….
The dungeon’s hidden reward.
I saw it coming, but.

[30 Intermediate Mana Stones, 10 Premium Healing Potions.]

No.
This much from a C-Rank?
A Premium Healing Potion? This is the first time I’ve gotten one.
From what I’ve gathered, Mana Stones and potions are apparently the worst rewards.
Then….
If S-rank or A-rank dungeons drop different rewards?

“Mmm….”

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

[You have completed Site Reconnaissance for the first time.]
[Job Specialty: You have been granted a Temporary Exploration Range Expansion Voucher.]

Oh, it’s been a while since I got a specialty reward.
The reward is…
A Temporary Exploration Range Expansion Voucher.
This is similar to the Worker Dispatch range expansion….
Then…
Does this mean I can send them abroad?
I can’t resist this.

[Remaining Site Reconnaissance Uses: 0]

That’s enough for today.
Tomorrow, let’s check out the India dungeon.

* * *

Yun Ha-jun, age twenty-three.
Director of the Workforce Management Bureau.
Usually, I don’t have much to worry about.

“Sigh….”

But right now.
For the first time in a while, something’s bothering me.
Why?

“Ha! One! Two!”

It’s him.
Arthur, who’s training so hard right now.

The new feature test is finished.
Now, free time.
I took a look at what our workers were doing….
It was all pretty similar.
Robin’s off in the distance, gazing at the sky with a vacant stare.
Rani’s smiling to herself, looking at fragments of the Blue Dragon Crescent Moon Blade and the young Scales of Pasa.
And Todd?
No.
How on earth is that bear doll typing….
Anyway, they’re all enjoying themselves, but Arthur’s the only one in the training grounds.
He’s been like that lately.
He’d just drink a cup of coffee and keep training.

“Arthur, why are you working so hard?”

When I ask…

“Arthur is weak guy. Work hard, become strong.”

That was all he said.
Hmm.
It’s probably because Robin’s gotten so strong….
Robin, who was already top-tier to begin with.
After obtaining the Connected Weapon, he became overwhelmingly powerful.
Arthur, on the other hand?
Still the same as before….

“Hmm.”

I’d like to raise his rank like I did with the Orcs, but there’s no way to do it.
I should try to lift his spirits somehow.

“Arthur, want some chicken or meat?”
“Sounds good….”

He says it’s good, but his expression doesn’t change.
He won’t be swayed by food, huh?
Then what about this?

“I just got an item that lets me scout an S-rank dungeon in India.”
“Really!?”
“Yeah, what do you think? It sounds fun, doesn’t it? Arthur, you were so interested in knight-type monsters spawning there.”
“Right! Arthur interested!”

Phew.
Now that’s a reaction.
He definitely wants to go, it seems.
An S-rank dungeon commission in India.
I haven’t even heard the conditions yet, but I’m thinking of taking it anyway.
I need to get fragments too.
And accumulate commission points.
Two birds with one stone.
And if Arthur shows interest like this?
We absolutely have to go.
So then.

“Let’s scout it tomorrow, assess the difficulty, and then we’ll conquer it.”
“Sounds good! Arthur, we’re going!”

* * *

The next day.
I called our workers over and started reconnaissance right away.

[You are using the Temporary Exploration Range Expansion Voucher.]
[Please select the country to expand the range.]

I selected India right away.
Wow….
A lot of options popped up again, just like with China last time.
Well, India is pretty vast too.
Still, there’s only one S-rank dungeon.

[Beginning Site Reconnaissance.]
– Golden Temple of Death (S-rank)

I selected it right away, and the screen appeared.
Whirrrrr—!
India’s S-rank dungeon: the Golden Temple of Death.
What appears the moment the screen displays?

Knights wrapped in gold from head to toe.
Gold is piled throughout the dungeon.
It really does deserve the name Golden Temple.

“Sparkle, sparkle! So shiny!”
“Do you want that, Rani?”

I ask her.

“No no! That’s all fake! Rani doesn’t need it!”
“You can tell just from looking at the screen?”
“Yep! Rani can see it!”

Our Rani.
She’s got quite the talent.
If there’s nothing else to do later, she could probably open a jewelry shop….

Anyway.
I’d read about this in a report on India.
After an S-rank dungeon broke, golden-armored and golden-weaponed knights emerged, they said.
At first, hunters got greedy and fought over them….
Poor guys.
Turns out it’s all fake….

“Huh….”

As the exploration continued like that.
The screen froze on one spot.
Wait?
Is it a hidden reward?
I tilt my head and look closer.
Zing—!
As expected.
Something appears on the screen.

“A Broken Shield…?”

What is this?
Everyone tilts their head in confusion.
Then Rani suddenly shoots her hand up and exclaims.

“Hey! If we have that, we can get Arthur to third stage!”

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