Laborer Mr. Kim Reaps Sweet Rewards with Auto-Hunting - Chapter 61

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Episode 061

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Name: Yun Ha-jun (Lv. 62) / South Korea
Occupation: Personnel Management Office Director
Unique Skill: Worker Summoning (Grade – Platinum) / Fixed Team Summoning
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Huh.
Unique Skill grade, Platinum.
I was worried upgrading the grade would be brutal….
But I’m getting it handed to me like this.

“That’s incredible.”

Alright, let me check the skill first.

[Worker Summoning (Grade – Platinum)]
[At the current grade, you may summon all entities ranked as Top-tier or High-tier.]

“Wow….”

So that’s Platinum.
It’s definitely different.
Now I’m guaranteed High-tier or better?
High-tier means….
Original Arthur and Rani.
And the same grade as Todd now.
They’re all absurdly powerful, and I’m guaranteed High-tier or above.

“This is crazy.”
“What is?”
“My skill grade just leveled up. From now on, everything I summon will be High-tier or better.”
“Huh! So Rani’s friends will come lots?”
“Yeah.”
“Awesome! Call ’em all! Rani’ll make pretty weapons, lotsa pretty weapons!”

Of course.
But….
Wasn’t Rani friends with all of them anyway?
The orc uncles too.
The slime as well.
Last time I saw her, she was getting along great with the goblins.

“Yeah! Rani likes everyone!”
“Arthur likes ’em too! Weak ones are good, but strong ones are good as well!”

Right.
That’s a bit of a shame, actually.
The orcs were pretty fun to level up….
Well, can’t be helped.

“Any other messages….”

Ding!
[Summoning count increased by 2]
[Daily summoning count 10 → 12]

My grade went up, so the number of summons increased too.
Twelve times, it says.
Hmm….
It’s good news, but disappointing.
More summons?
I already have so many I can’t use them all.
What good is being able to summon more
when I can’t get them into the Fixed Team?

Ding!
[You have raised your Unique Skill grade to Platinum.]
[Occupation Privilege: The effect of ‘Unique Skill: Worker Summoning (Grade – Platinum)’ will now change.]

“What? What’s this about?”

The skill effect is changing.
So something’s different now?
Let me check again.

[Worker Summoning (Grade – Platinum)]
[At the current grade, you may summon all beings classified as Top-tier and High-tier.]

The skill description is the same for now.
But there’s a new section below it.

[※ Newly Added Option]
[If the Manager desires, you may summon beings classified as Mid-tier or below.]
[In this case, all beings classified as Mid-tier and Low-tier become available for summoning.]

“Huh?”

Wait.
Does that mean I can summon goblins too?
I’m curious.
Should I try it?

“Worker Summoning.”

But this time, below Mid-tier grade.

[Summoning a Worker!]
[Grade – Platinum]
[Summoning Range: All Mid and Low-tier targets]

Wow.
I haven’t seen a summoning range like that in forever.
It’s like when I first Awakened.
Back then it was Iron-grade, wasn’t it?
Now it’s Platinum.
And the Fixed Team has four Top-tier Workers.
It really hits different now.
Things have changed quite a lot.

Whoosh!

While I was lost in memories, light flashed bright.
Wonder who’s coming this time.

“Squeak!”
“Huh? Goblins came out! The Manager told me only High-tier and above appeared for Rani, didn’t he?!”
“Heh! Weak little things? Good to see you.”
“Squeak…?”

They seemed bewildered at the sudden summons.
The goblins tilted their heads in confusion.

“It’s been a while. I’ve missed you lot.”
“Squeak!”

That’s right.
You feel the same way, don’t you?
I’ve thought of you often enough. Convenient timing, really.
We’ll be seeing plenty of each other from now on.

“Rani, later we should craft weapons for all of them too, one by one.”
“Sure! I’d love to! I’ll make them!”
“Squeak!”

They seem pleased.
Bouncing about excitedly.
But there’s more good news.

“Since it’s been so long, I won’t send you to the dungeon today. I’ll just pay you your daily wages instead.”
“Squeak?”
“You’re asking if I really mean it!”
“I do mean it. I’m not the Personnel Manager I used to be, see? Look at how many Magic Stones I have now.”
“Squeak! Squeak!”

Easy now.
Your eyes’ll pop right out.
If they’re amazed just at Magic Stones, what happens when they see the weapons and materials Rani’s made?
They’ll faint dead away.
But you know what?
Even without urgent work, it doesn’t mean you get to rest entirely.

“Arthur, you and these goblins plus some of the other mid-tier Workers are going to clear small dungeon requests. Let’s get in some training while we’re at it.”
“Yes! Sounds good! Wait, Arthur will follow! Just give the word!”
“Squeak?”
“No, this is necessary. Arthur’s training regimen is something else. Remember those orcs? They’re high-tier now.”
“To the Training Ground! Weak little things! Come on, let’s go!”
“Squeeeeak….”

Seeing them droop like that, I feel a bit guilty.
But wait, didn’t I tell you?
If you work hard now, you’ll grow stronger later.
I’ll pay you five times the normal wage in exchange.
So give it your best, alright?

“Rani, are you going to craft weapons right now?!”
“Right now?”
“Yes! I want to!”
“You sure you’re up for it?”

My Rani.
Ever since becoming top-tier, she’s been brimming with energy.
She finished Arthur’s Sword Set just today.
And she’s already made Park Mu-pal’s Staff after that….
And she still has stamina left?

“The goblins’ weapons are simple ones, so I can make them easily!”
“Ah….”

Now that I think about it, that makes sense.
A goblin horde.
Low-grade rank.
The weapons they’d need—Rani could probably hammer out a few and we’d have enough.

“Then let’s get started right away.”
“Yes! Understood!
“Here are the materials.”
“Komori, thanks!”

Rani hurried off, quick-quick-quick.
Arthur followed, heading straight for the Training Ground.

“I’ve never seen workers like these before.”
“Ah, you’ll be seeing plenty more from now on, sir.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. I’m planning to raise low and mid-tier workers and rotate them through commissions.”

Currently, I had twelve daily summons.
Excluding the Slime, calling each member of the Fixed Team once uses six of them.
That leaves six remaining….
And I’m planning to burn through commissions every single day with those?
This is basically a Request Points duplicator.

“As expected of you, Manager. If they get trained by Arthur and equipped with the weapons Rani forges, we should be able to tackle most grades.”
“Right? When we fought those orcs, Grade B seemed pretty manageable.”

Request Points—the more the better.
There’s no such thing as too many.
The problem is that grinding them out is exhausting.

“If I rotate six commissions minimum a day, and with Magic Stones overflowing so I can keep making 2x Scrolls and breaking them….”

Damn.
The points would pile up fast.
And I still have the notification that popped up when I hit Platinum rank.
What else is there?
Am I really looking forward to this?

[Mission Slot increased by 1]
[2 → 3]

“Insane.”

An additional Mission Slot.
I’d genuinely wanted this.
And now it’s here.
I suppose….

“I’ll need to keep climbing anyway. I’ll need more experience from here on.”

And then the next one.

[You can now unlock the Personnel Management Office.]

Yes.
That’s what I needed.
Right now the Personnel Management Office is only provisional.
Now I can finally open the real Personnel Management Office.

“Phew…”

Current capabilities of the Personnel Management Office.

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Personnel Management Office (Temporary)

[Worker Dispatch]
– Tower
– Dungeon
– Office (Eye of Truth)
– Office (Eye of Truth, Beijing)
[Fixed Team Management]
[Commission]
[Work Site Exploration]
[Worker Training Center]
[Unlock Additional Functions]
[Management]
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From worker dispatch to the training center—
Every single function here would make anyone who saw them think you’d lost your mind. Completely broken.
And this was just the temporary version…
What kind of functions will appear when I open the official Personnel Management Office?
I’m already looking forward to it.

Ding!
[Insufficient space to open Personnel Management Office.]

“I need to move first, then.”

And as quickly as possible.

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“Director, sir, did you hear? An S-grade Dungeon was just cleared, they say.”
“Is that so? Thank goodness.”

So it really is the Personnel Management Office Director.
The commission was handed over just a few hours ago.
And they’ve already cleared an S-grade Dungeon?
An impossible pace.
Thanks to that, North Korea has averted the crisis.

“All that remains is our own crisis, I’m afraid.”
“With you here, Director, we have nothing to worry about.”
“Much obliged.”

As for the weapon…
Hmm.
It still hasn’t arrived.
Truth be told, he had never expected much.
Park Mu-pal was a Revolutionary Talent who gathered information through Awakener Network.
He knew all too well how much material other countries had poured out just to obtain a Personnel Management Office Director’s weapon.

“There’s no way I’ll do the bastard any favors when he hasn’t sent a thing…”

Bitter, but unavoidable.
To survive, there’s no other choice but to turn to the Japanese.

A sharp intake of breath.

Cigarette between his lips, he opened the Awakener Net.
He slowly scrolled back through old posts exchanged with the Japanese contact—

Ding!
[Your commissioned item has arrived.]

“What…?”

A commissioned item?
There was only one.
That commission he’d given to the Manager.
No, surely not….
With trembling hands, he entered the commission tab.

……

Unbelievable.
There’s actually a staff here.
The name alone—oh, scorching hot!

“Just from the name, I can tell, damn it.”

The Manager’s naming sense was obvious to anyone.
So what about the options?

“Damn….”

This couldn’t be real.
A staff like this actually exists?
Skill effects, fire-attribute properties—
No, wait….
Additional flame explosion on top of that?
What is this even—

“Director, what’s the matter?”
“Take a look at this.”
“This is…. Huh…. Could this be… the Manager?”
“Who else could forge a weapon like this?”

He spoke calmly, but part of him still wondered if this was a dream.
So he pinched his cheek hard—

“Ow. That hurts.”

So it wasn’t a dream.
Could a person actually make a staff like this in this world?

[Ruby-Embedded Old Staff]

That was the name of the staff Park Mu-pal used to carry.
Its performance?
The kind nobody would use even if given for free.
No unique skills whatsoever.
It was garbage—no fire-attribute effects or anything like that.

He’d once casually asked on the Awakener Net and heard that even Revolutionary Talents in the teens would use it.
To have climbed to the 57th floor with such a staff…

“If I had this instead…”

Perhaps I could become a Revolutionary Talent who leaps cleanly beyond the 61st floor.
Revolutionary Talent.
In foreign lands, they call such awakeners Hunters.
What sets them apart is that they are ability users with a fundamentally different nature from ordinary people.
But even among them, there are further grades divided by level.

And level 61 or higher?
Speaking plainly, they wouldn’t lose even against an army.
If it came to that…

“Director, allow me to offer my congratulations.”
“Thank you. But this isn’t the time for such pleasantries. I’ll be going now.”
“Where are you headed, sir?”
“To the Tower.”

Preparation?
Not needed.
Park Mu-pal had always climbed the Tower with nothing to begin with, after all.

“Manager. I shall never forget this kindness you’ve shown me.”

I will repay it however I can. Count on it.
Without fail.

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The day after North Korea’s S-grade Dungeon was cleared, in a conference room in Tokyo, Japan.

“It appears to be the Manager once again.”
“Of course. I had a feeling it would be.”

Miyamoto Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan, nodded in acknowledgment.
The Manager again.
Well, everyone had expected as much.
There was no way he’d leave dungeons alone.
And North Korea even issued a request for it?
This is absurd.
Not seizing the opportunity would be foolish.

“Any traces left behind?”
“None again, they say.”
“Sigh… The man’s like a ghost.”

In truth, if we could just win over the Manager, our worries would be solved.
Why did he take a job in North Korea?
When he’s already in the Personnel Management Office.
Why does Japan lack talent like that?
What does Japan lack compared to Korea?

Money?
We can offer as much as needed.
Power?
If desired, that too can be provided without limit.
Other nations likely feel the same way.

“Sigh…”

To lack competent hunters, unable to join the ranks of great powers. How shameful.
What an embarrassment this is.

“Fortunately, Park Mu-pal will soon come into Japan’s fold.”
“Indeed, sir.”

That Park Mu-pal.
A talent who climbed to the fifty-seventh floor with no support whatsoever.
If we provided proper backing?
Where would his limits truly lie….

“The flame-attribute staff — it’s finished, yes?”
“Yes, sir. Materials from the fifty-level range, crafted by Japan’s finest Awakener artisan. He’ll be satisfied.”
“Excellent.”

Park Mu-pal has been a recruitment target for some time now.
We’ve looked into him thoroughly.
He climbed to the fifty-seventh floor with a weapon he abandoned straight away at level twenty….
And all within a remarkably short span of time.
Pure innate talent itself.
If we bring Park Mu-pal aboard, we might even catch up to Russia soon enough.

“Once we establish ourselves as a great power, this investment will be nothing.”

Several times the return?
No — dozens of times what we’ve put in.
The name of a great power carries that kind of strength.

“Excellent.”

Just as he painted this rosy future in his mind—
Ding!
A message alert suddenly chimed in the conference room.

“Hmm….”

Tsk.
Who disturbs a meeting.
And besides—

“Oh? My apologies, one moment—”

Now he’s actually looking at something.
How absurd.
Is this a meeting or a jest?
Miyamoto Hayato’s brow furrowed.
Just as he was about to speak—

“Prime Minister Miyamoto, take a look at this.”

What?
What could be so urgent about the expression on his face?

[China, India, Egypt — and now North Korea. The Personnel Management Office leader’s path as the true hero of this age continues.]

What is this.
We already knew all of this.
Why show this now?
His head tilted in confusion as he scrolled down—

[- Additionally, the Personnel Management Office’s Director is said to have personally crafted and delivered a weapon to Park Mu-pal, North Korea’s highest tower climber. The moment Park Mu-pal received this weapon, he began climbing the tower, quickly ascending one floor, and after midnight, he scaled one more, successfully reaching the 59th floor.-.]

No.
What?

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