Laborer Mr. Kim Reaps Sweet Rewards with Auto-Hunting - Chapter 67

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Episode 67

A new Senior-rank Worker, Yeohae.
To be honest, I didn’t have high expectations at first.
He seemed a bit dense from the start, if I’m being frank.
And the weapon itself—a cannon—felt kind of….

[It varies depending on the Awakening, but many awakened individuals can choose their primary weapon themselves. For example, those awakened with sword-related abilities. In those cases, you absolutely need a weapon with above-average attack speed—]

Part of an article I’d read not long ago.
To sum up the conclusion—
whether it’s a dungeon or a tower, attack speed matters to some degree too.
There are dungeons where monsters pour in relentlessly, and you’re only counting single-hit damage?
That’s a recipe for getting killed.
But then….
A cannon would obviously have slow attack speed.

“Hmm….”

And besides, we’ve got Robin on our side.

Top-tier Worker, Robin.
Her specialty is the bow.
But….
that bow of hers is incredibly versatile.
Calling it a bow feels like an understatement.
It’s almost insulting to the word.
With her Extreme Poison skill, she can eliminate enemies with toxins in a heartbeat—that’s just the basics.
If she wants, she can unleash wide-area attacks.
That’s what she’s always been best at, anyway.
No wonder.
When Arthur first met her, he said she was firing cannons instead of arrows.
And on top of that, she fires five arrows at a time….
What’s the point.
A cannon can’t possibly compare.
Even on the surface, it’s just a worse version of her bow.
But just now—

“This! You can use this on someone who’s—like this!”

The moment I heard Rani’s excited words as she came scampering over, my whole perspective shifted.
It was like lightning struck inside my head.
All the puzzle pieces suddenly fell into place.

[Geobukseon Cannon Fragment]

Materials I’d obtained from the S-rank Dungeon in North Korea.
What kind?
Fragments like the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade Fragments.
Obviously, not just anyone can use them.
But he can use it?
Why?
There’s only one possible answer.

“Follow along! One! Two! Three!”
“Yes, understood! One! Two! Three!”

Yeohae, the new Worker, was going through warm-up exercises in time with Arthur’s count.
The true identity hidden behind that fierce appearance….

“Insane…. Don’t tell me….”

Yun Hajun, a former construction worker.
No matter how little formal education he’d had.
No matter how little interest he took in history….
He knew exactly who the Geobukseon was connected to.

“Yeohae is Admiral Yi Sun-sin…?”

Good grief.
Where did this heavyweight suddenly come from?
Then again….
Come to think of it, none of his Workers are exactly ordinary.

Arthur’s no exception.
Neither is Robin….
Or Unjang….

“No. Even so, this is something else.”

Suddenly Admiral Yi Sun-sin?
Who wouldn’t be shocked by this?
And his specialty being cannons, at that….
This kind of thing builds expectations all on its own.
Something tells me this is going to be different.

“Hah….”

Ever since seeing the Geobukseon Cannon Fragment, anticipation had been building steadily.
How to settle it?
There’s only one way.
See it for himself.

“Safe! Good! Good! Good!”
“Good! Good!”

Yes, good indeed.
The preparations had finished right on time.

[Worker Dispatch]
– Tower

[Chaos Tower – Floor 62. Proceed with entry?]

He opened the gate immediately.

“Everyone seems ready, so let’s head in right now.”

Now Floor 62.
Their strength?
Three top-tier Workers and one senior-rank Worker.
With four of them total, they’d handle this easily enough.
So.
Let’s see what the new Worker can do.

* * *

The Training Ground at Yun Hajun’s residence.
The combat Workers headed into the Tower.
What remained were Yun Hajun, Rani, and Todd—three of them.

“They’re all gone! So Rani can head off to craft now, right?”

Our Rani.
She was thrilled at the prospect of making a new weapon.
Already gripping a hammer tight in one hand.
Right then.
Of course we had to make it.
But….

“Wait a moment. Let’s have Rani take a look at what kind of cannon it is first.”

What kind of cannon it was and how to fire it.
Wouldn’t knowing that make custom crafting easier?

“Mm…. You’re right about that!”

So Rani should come along.
Let’s all take a look together.

[Monitoring]

Chaos Tower, 62nd floor.
The monsters to contend with—Iron Golems.

“Look there! Those solid golems!”
“There seem to be quite a few of them, Manager.”
“Indeed.”

Was it because this was the 62nd floor?
There were quite a lot of them.
They were stationary now, but they’d come charging soon enough.

The Chaos Tower was like a Dungeon in that regard.
Once you left the starting point, the safety zone, the monsters began to move.

“Shin-ip attacks first, then we go! Ready?”
“Yes, understood!”

Right.
Once they stepped outside like that, the conquest would begin.

Groooooaaahhh—!
In response to that sound.
Countless Iron Golems slowly rose to their feet.
Whew.
There really were a lot of them.
Taking those down would take forever.

“Shin-ip, why are you already preparing?”

Huh?
What do you mean?
The Iron Golems were far off.
At this distance, an arrow wouldn’t even reach.

“No problem.”

The new Worker, Yeohae, was already prepared.
Could it be…?
Would he actually reach it from there?
I watched with anticipation, then stopped short.

“Worker Yeohae, your eyes have changed.”

Right.
He’d answered Arthur’s order just moments ago.
Not even a few seconds had passed….

“One, two, three.”

Now there wasn’t a trace of trembling in him.
What is this?
Focus changes a person this much?

“Firing now.”

Hisssss—!

With the signal, the fuse burned rapidly from the cannon’s end.
When the fuse burned all the way through—?

Boom—!

“Wow….”
“Amazing! The screen’s dancing!”

Ugh.
Look at the screen shaking.
I’m getting dizzy watching it.
The screen has never trembled like this since the Monitoring function opened.

“How powerful must an explosion be to make the ground resound like that….”

What happened to the golems?
Once the tremor stopped, I checked quickly—

“Insane.”

A single cannon shot.
Definitely just one—
And one-third of the Iron Golem had vanished.
No.

“Senior-rank…, but…?”

I’d understand if he were Top-tier.
But Yeohae is Senior-rank.
Top-tier power from a Senior-rank?
Does this even make sense?

“What in the…?”
“Heh, that’s remarkable power. It will surely prove most helpful to the Manager’s future endeavors.”
“I’ll do my best!”

Even the Top-tier Workers looked taken aback.
They usually don’t bat an eye at anything….
But I get it now.
How could anyone not be shocked at something like that?

“Right…, let’s go! Everyone, follow Wasser!”

But there’s still work to be done.
The Workers who’d been standing dazed snapped to attention and departed immediately.
And the result?

[Chaos Tower Floor 62 Conquered Successfully!]
[Level Up!]

[Clear Time – 00:15:51]
[World Record Achieved!]
[Bonus Reward – Chaos Key Fragment]

Another world record.

“What, Floor 62 in fifteen minutes…?”

It’s my own record and even I’m baffled.
Everyone else has to lure in Iron Golems one at a time, beat them, beat more…
Takes them nearly half a day, they say.
My Workers? Fifteen minutes flat.
If others saw this, they’d really be curious.
I see comments like this all the time online.

– Manager, how does he clear it so fast?

How, you ask?
Simple.
We wipe out a third of them right from the start.
The Top-tier Workers crush the rest.
Easy, right?

Ding!
[Chaos Tower Floor 62 Conquest Complete.]
[Auto-Hunting Terminated.]

“Wasser, welcome back!”
“Senior-rank Worker Yeohae reporting. Mission complete and returning!”

My Workers had returned.
The first thing they did?

“Manager, did you see it?”
“Of course I saw it.”

Right.
Time for feedback.

“What do you all think? From what I saw, it’s beyond reason.”
“Indeed! Even Wasser was shocked!”
“As a scholar of the arcane, I must say there are a few shortcomings, but the raw power is truly wondrous to behold.”
“Shortcomings?”
“Indeed. The first is that the power is so immense, it cannot be used anywhere our allies are stationed.”

Ah.
That makes sense.
The blast must be formidable for sure.
If someone’s nearby, they could get caught in it too?

“Second, there’s the fact that reloading takes a considerable amount of time between shots.”
“That’s right! But since I can use a bow, I’ll make sure to fill in those gaps!”

Wait, really?
He can use a bow too?
Robin’s specialty happens to be archery, actually.
We should have them chat about it sometime later.
But the more I listen…

“Hold on, Yeohae. You’re really senior-rank?”

I’d like to call him by his name as easily as I do with Arthur.
But there’s something about it.
Now that I know who he is, I feel cautious.
Using formal speech like I do with Unjang feels wrong—he looks far too young.
Maybe late teens at most…?
For now I’ll call him this, and we can loosen up later once we know each other better.

“That’s correct! A prepared senior-rank Worker!”

That must be it.
His résumé listed him as senior-rank.
But how is this even senior-rank?
More than that.

“Now that I think about it, I haven’t even cast buffs yet.”

Wow.
If Rani forges a weapon for him.
And I stack buffs on top of that…
We could be cutting them down to half strength right from the start?

Unjang had a point about that weakness.
But…
It’s not half bad.

Land the first shot with overwhelming force.
Then sweep up the rest with the follow-up.

No, I can’t help it.
That exhilarating rush I just felt.
I want to taste it one more time.

“You can all do additional duty, right?”
“Let’s go!”
“If you’ll have me, I’ll give it my best!”
“Honestly, I was getting bored how easily it all wrapped up. I’m in.”
“……Yeah.”

Okay.
Everyone’s on board.
Oh, right.
Before we head into additional duty—

“Yeohae, would you like to join our Fixed Team?”
“Huh! Thank you so much! I’ll always do my best as a Worker!”

Grateful?
I’m the one who should be grateful.

[Fixed Team Management]
[Register as Fixed Team – Yeohae (Senior-rank)]

I sent the proposal over in a flash.

[Successfully registered as Fixed Team.]
[Yeohae (Senior-rank)]

Well.
That was quick.
With this, another Fixed Team slot is now full.

——-
[Fixed Team Management]

1. Arthur (Top-tier)
2. Robin (Top-tier)
3. Orc Worker (Senior-rank)
4. Rani (Top-tier)
5. Todd (Senior-rank)
6. Unjang (Top-tier)
7. Master Slime (Senior-rank)
8. Yeohae (Senior-rank)
——-

Wow….
Looking at this roster, I feel satisfied without even eating.
If I promote the Orcs to Top-tier later, and elevate Yeohae too?

“Hah….”

By the way, how am I supposed to raise Todd’s rank?
That’s what I’m curious about.
Hmm.
I’ll look into it later for now.

“Hold on a moment.”

There’s something I need to prepare before sending them on Additional Duty.
Specifically, opening the Request Point Shop.
I scroll down quickly.
Found it.

[Additional Duty Ticket – 800P]

One of the newly updated items in the shop since the Request Point Shop’s rank increased.
This is what it’s for, then.
I buy immediately.

[Purchase Complete!]
[Additional Duty Ticket * 4]

“How about taking a short rest first? Or should we head out right away?”
“Wasser, I think! Going right away is better, yes!”

Arthur nods immediately.
The others?
They all nodded in agreement.
Good.

“Then I’ll open the door right away.”

[Worker Dispatch]
– Tower

[Chaos Tower – Enter Floor 63?]

That tremendous cannon.
Let me see it just once more, general.

* * *

North Korea, Pyongyang.
Party Central Committee Building No. 1.
Inside the Chairman’s office, two men were in conversation.

“So you’re saying you’ve kept the rebel faction alive because you lack a proper way to ascend the tower?”
“At the moment, I can wipe them out immediately with your signal, Chairman!”
“Really? Then wipe them out.”

Kim Yong-pil, Deputy Director of the Organization Guidance Bureau, one of the core pillars of North Korean power.
He’d just spouted an idiotic response to Chairman Kim Il-joong’s command.

“I beg your pardon?”

Wipe them out?
The rebel faction.
Or as they might be called—revolutionary talent.
If he eliminated them entirely, what about the Chaos Tower?
Can’t he see the tower standing tall in the middle of the Daedong River?

“What, you can’t do it?”
“I…”
“If you’ve made a mess, shouldn’t you take responsibility?”

Insane.
Now I understand.
He’s using this as a pretext to eliminate me—someone he’s long wanted gone.
With a justification, even China behind Kim Yong-pil won’t be able to intervene.

Wipe out the rebels and he’ll come for me.
Don’t wipe them out and he’ll come for me anyway.
There’s only one way to survive.
Solve the problem with the tower.
There is a way.
The China Special Operations Bureau—now defunct.
But I heard something before it disappeared.

“Chairman! I have a method!”
“Let me hear it.”
“The revolutionary talent known as the Manager of South Korea’s labor bureau! I will take responsibility and bring this man into the homeland’s embrace!”

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