Laborer Mr. Kim Reaps Sweet Rewards with Auto-Hunting - Chapter 6

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 6

Supreme Rank.
A higher Rank than Arthur, who’s High-rank.
This actually dropped.

[※ From the ‘High-rank Worker 1-time Trial Ticket’, a Supreme-rank Worker can be Summoned with extremely rare probability.]

And I managed to break through that slim probability, no less.
It’s good, but….
Why now of all times.

“I was supposed to put Arthur on the fixed team.”

I muttered in disappointment, then froze.
Wait.
If I do this—can I put a Supreme-rank on the fixed team?

The absurd thought struck me suddenly.
Someone’s voice chanting “One-two-three” flashed through my mind.
It passed by in an instant, but.
Ah, forget it.
If they’re unhappy, they should’ve been the one to drop!
It’s not my fault.
Still, just to be safe, let me quickly check.

[Fixed Team Management]
– You can register a Worker within the summoning range as part of your fixed team.

Right.
My current Worker Summon Rank is Bronze.
What’s my summoning range?
High-rank, Mid-rank, Low-rank.
Supreme-rank?
Outside the range.
Which means….

“I can’t do it.”

I see.

“Damn.”

No, wait.
Actually, this is fine.
What was I thinking?
I need to stick to the original plan.
First slot goes to Arthur!
Right….

Anyway, when will that Supreme-rank Worker finally show up—.
Huh?

“What?”

In one corner of the rooftop.
There it was.
When did this appear?
And….
Why does he look so shabby?
Even when our eyes meet—

“…….”

Quiet.
I can sense it the moment I see him.
This won’t be easy either.
No, wait.
He might be the type who waits for the other person to greet first.
So I extend my hand first.

“Hello? I’m Yun Ha-jun.”
“…….”

That’s not it.
He just stares, doesn’t say a word.

“…Robin.”

Phew.
At least he told me his name.
Wait.
He just turned his head and looked away.

“Is something wrong?”

I step closer and try to start a conversation.

“…….”

Ugh, I miss Arthur.
At least with him, silences never dragged on like this.
But.
Now that I’m closer, he looks even more shabby.
No, actually.
This isn’t shabby anymore—
He’s just a vagrant.

Hair down to his waist, all tangled and matted.
Clothes full of holes.
And even the Safety Helmet is crushed in.
Wait.
Is this right?
They said he was High-rank!

“Hmm….”

I really did have expectations.
The Low-rank Orcs cleared an F-rank Dungeon in thirteen minutes.
Arthur, the High-rank, demolished the tower in a flash.
So what would the highest-rank be like?

I was imagining some kind of monster with a single finger capable of anything.
Or maybe someone who could kill enemies with just a glance.
But this?
Was he actually summoned properly?
I wonder, glancing over.

——-
Worker Resume

Name: Robin / Highest Rank
Specialty: Archery
Daily Rate: 30 Low-rank Mana Stones
——-

Hmm.
Highest Rank, confirmed.
But still.
The daily rate is 30?
Seriously?

* * *

Let me do the math.
Arthur costs 4 Mana Stones a day.
The Orcs cost 2 each, right.
And this highest-rank one is 30….
So.

“7.5 Arthurs, or 15 Orcs….”

I could summon Arthur for a full week and still have 2 Mana Stones left over.
That’s what that wretch is worth?

…….

He just stands there staring blankly!
Sigh.
No, wait.
Judging by appearances alone is the mark of an amateur.

I’ve seen plenty of manual laborers like that before.
Their work?
Astonishingly good.
Maybe this one’s the same.
Despite the shabby exterior, he’s highest rank, after all.
Things might be different in actual combat.
Let me verify it once.

[Manual Mode] → [Automatic Mode]

“…Such a bother.”

Ah.
Damn.
I miss Arthur.

* * *

A thought strikes me suddenly.
Maybe there isn’t a single normal Worker among them, is there.
These are good Awakenings, no question!
So why does every person who gets one turn out like this?
And yet.

Yun Ha-jun, age 23.
Characteristics.
That’s the soul of manual labor right there.
What do field workers want?
You can tell at a glance.

Arthur needs coffee.
The finest kind. Robin?
Just some rest.

“So we need to get going. Okay?”
“…Understood.”

Another dramatic resolution pulled off.
How’d I manage it?
Nothing fancy.
They can’t go home if they don’t work.
I just laid out this simple logic for them.

In any case, the persuasion’s done.
Now let’s send out a dispatch.
I need to get a taste of thirty daily earnings.
I’m going to wring every last bit of profit out of this.
Can’t use a Dungeon.
A Tower.
It has to be a Tower.
So I opened the menu—

[Worker Dispatch]
– Tower
– Dungeon
– Monthly Boss Raid (New!)

Huh.
A new tab appeared.
Monthly Boss Raid?
What’s that?
Out of curiosity, I looked it up and found the answer.

* * *

Once a month.
Hunters from each nation gather together and take down a powerful enemy in what’s called a Monthly Boss Raid.

Who can participate?
All Hunters from that nation, naturally.
…Or so they say, but not everyone can actually join.

Each nation has built a system so that only vetted personnel can participate, “for safety reasons.”
Then who does the vetting?
The top Guilds in each nation.
……
…

A post from the internet.
Boiling it down to the essentials:

“It’s a boss strong enough that people have to gather together to take it down.”

What about the rewards?
Good ones, naturally.
They’re distributed proportionally to Damage Output and ranked by tier.

“Just making the top ten alone gives you a better chance at rewards than clearing the tower’s upper floors….”

That’s basically a goldmine.
Honestly, this is making my mouth water.
That’s why they came up with the screening system.
The top guilds control the area in front of the Portal.

“But I can go, right?”

A goldmine right in front of me?
How am I supposed to resist this.
Not that I’m going myself, but.
Either way, I have to send someone.
Oh.
Since rewards scale with Damage Output, more has to be better, doesn’t it?

“Summon Worker.”

I figured even orcs would be helpful.
Whoosh!

“Boss?”

Huh?
Arthur showed up.
I got top-tier from the trial ticket, and now
Arthur, a High-rank Worker, from a regular summon!
Is today my birthday or something…?
Either way, this is incredible.

“Boss! Coffee! You promised—”

Our coffee-obsessed friend’s memory really is sharp.
The moment he appeared, he started demanding coffee again, then
he flinched seeing Robin.
What?
Now he’s even creaking like that.
Is he a broken machine or what.

“Do you two know each other?”

I asked.

“Arthur, I’ve… heard about you….”

Arthur was clearly nervous, his reaction obvious enough—he knew something.
But what about Robin?

“…….”

Right.
Doesn’t care at all.
Fine.
I’ll just have fun with Arthur.

“Oh, the Monthly Boss Raid just opened. I’m planning to send you and Robin in there together.”
“Arthur, work hard! Boss, you promised to give us rewards!”

Nice!
Now that’s the reaction I needed.
Arthur’s a go.
Robin, though.

“…How many floors.”
“Sorry?”

Where did that come from all of a sudden.

“I know, Arthur! The Korean Tower? How far up did you get?”
“Is that what you meant?”
…….

A nod.
Oh.
Is it because we’re both Workers?
We actually understand each other.

“I heard it was around the 58th floor.”
“…No.”

No to what, exactly.

“…Weak.”

So that’s it.
The boss is weak—but what part of it.
Frustrated, I nudge Arthur lightly.

“Boss is weak. Can handle alone? Easy. Arthur, rest.”

Another nod.
And somehow that makes sense too.
How does he keep getting it right.
Anyway.
He’s going in alone.
Might as well trust him for now.

[Worker Dispatch]
– Monthly Boss Raid

“…This is a hassle.”

[The Worker enters the Monthly Boss Raid Zone.]
[Auto-hunt begins.]

Once I opened the door for him.
He went straight through.
Left a parting line that fit him perfectly.
So what about Arthur?

“Boss. Arthur’s going to the Tower. Going to work.”

Wait.
Hold on a second.

[Monitoring]

Let me check that out first.

* * *

Monthly Boss Raid Zone.

“All right, melee fighters fall back for a moment. Range dealers, unleash everything.”
“Melee units, retreat!”
“You heard that? Everyone, pump out the damage!”

This month’s boss: a colossal armored tortoise.
True to its steel-plated exterior, it could shrug off the combined skills of hundreds of Hunters with stubborn ease.
If they failed to kill it?
The thing would burst loose in the heart of Seoul.
Disaster would follow, naturally.
Yet no one seemed worried.
The Monthly Boss Raid had never been failed before.
This time would be no different.

“Remaining health confirmed at 31%!”
“Once it drops below 30%, Berserk activates—everyone be ready!”
“It’s the same tortoise as last month—no idiot’s getting caught out this time, right?”
“All right, let’s finish this nice and steady.”

The same boss as last month.
They’d already defeated it once, so they knew the strategy.
No surprises.
Nothing to worry about.
That was the mindset of ordinary Hunters.
But what of the elite Hunters?

“This month’s our turn with Hwarang, right?”
“Yes. Rewards have been sparse lately—hope something good drops this time.”
“Agreed. We get nothing, and yet they cry monopoly. The audacity of their complaints is absurd.”
“If they’re dissatisfied, let them come catch it themselves.”
“Not that we’d let them in anyway.”
“Of course not.”
“Ha ha!”

The Monthly Boss Raid: a treasure trove.
Too precious to distribute fairly.
Too risky to hoard alone.
So they banded together.
A coalition of the top five guilds, united for raids alone.

——-
Monthly Boss Raid

1. Hwarang 19.82%
2. Baekho-dan 14.17%
3. Ma-tap 11.56%
4. Cheolhyul-mun 9.22%
5. San-gun 8.42%
……
…
——-

Five guilds moving in perfect synchrony, month after month.
This time, flawless.
Their combined Damage Output so far: 63.19%.
And the scattered smaller guilds, the lone operators?
At most 6.04%

The boss still has about 31% health left, so if we just maintain this momentum, Hwarang takes first place in Contribution Rate.
As for those laying the groundwork—who knows.
Why five guilds rotate and collect rewards every month.
Well, does it matter if we know?
What are they going to do about it anyway?
They can’t even enter if we don’t let them.

That’s when it happened.

“Portal confirmed at the rear!”
“What? Why is a portal opening all of a sudden?”
“It could be a boss skill! Everyone stay alert!”

A portal suddenly at the rear?
The gateway to the Monthly Boss Raid Zone opens at a fixed location, at a fixed time—only once.
Once it closes, it doesn’t open again until the boss is defeated.
But suddenly?
Everyone’s gaze naturally turned that way.
Someone emerged from the portal.

“A foreign vagrant?”

Someone’s muttered words.
Everyone watching nodded in agreement.
Could there be a more precise description?
The problem was.

“How did a vagrant get in here! Isn’t anyone paying attention?!”

To begin with, not just a vagrant—a Hunter couldn’t even enter.
The entrance was already sealed.
So what in the world was this?

Screeeech—!

Wait?
He’s suddenly drawing a bow.
And then.

Twang!

He fired.
At whom?
At the boss monster—the armored tortoise!

“What is this….”
“Someone go talk to that beggar.”
“You do it. I can’t even tell if that thing’s human or a ghost….”

The arrow shot by the vagrant who appeared out of nowhere.
Not a single person thought it would become a game-changer.
Not until it struck the armored tortoise.

KABOOM—!

“Huh…?”

Explosion.
And the shattered shell casing.
This was the result of a single arrow?
The damage output…?

——-
Monthly Boss Raid

1. Hwarang 19.82%
2. Baekho-dan 14.17%

3. Individual 12.07%

4. Ma-tap 11.56%
5. Cheolhyul-mun 9.22%
6. San-gun 8.42%
……
…
——-

What?
Twelve percent in a single strike.
What the hell….

The top guild hunters.
For a moment their minds went blank.
Then they screamed.

“Insane! Stop him!”
“Grab that vagrant!”
“Damn it! Just kill him!”

Stop him any way possible.
Kill him if you have to.

Could they stop him?
I watched to find out.

Screech—! Shriek!

“Ha.”
“Idiots….”

It was already too late.
While the guild members rushed forward.
He fired once.
Then fired again immediately after.

No.
I still don’t know.
What if it missed?
If it missed….

In that moment.
A message appeared before my eyes.

* * *

Robin’s raid.
I watched it in real time.
My impression?

“Insane.”

Who was the one complaining about thirty Low-rank Mana Stones being a waste?
At this rate, even three hundred would be….
Ah, maybe not.
Anyway.

[Monthly Boss Raid complete.]
[Auto-hunt terminated.]

“…Done.”

Robin returned.
Still wearing that flat tone.
And at the same moment.
The results appeared.

Ding!
[Monthly Boss Raid successful!]
[Contribution Rate Rankings]
1. Individual 30.77%
2. Hwarang 19.82%
3. Baekho-dan 14.17%
4. Ma-tap 11.56%
……
…

[Monthly Boss Top Contributor]
[Individual rewards have been granted.]

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————