My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 52

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Episode 52

 

I calculated the income from clearing the Gate.

 

―37 C-Grade Magic Stones + 100 (SSS-rank clear reward)

 

―Rare grade necklace [Beast’s Cry].

 

Even a rough calculation puts it at over 300 million won.

 

This income.

 

Is this for real.

 

President Baek let out a short laugh.

 

“Because you’re not ordinary, Hunter Park.”

 

Clearing with below B-rank literally only has meaning as a ‘record’.

 

Additional rewards are given for A-rank and above.

 

Even then, a barely passing A-rank gets 20 Magic Stones.

 

“It’s a Gate recommended for 15-person raids. If fifteen people split it, that’s about three per person.”

 

Still, it’s not small money.

 

Three C-Grade Magic Stones would be about 7.5 million won.

 

“If I run Gates every day, I’d make 200 million won a month.”

 

President Baek’s expression became strange.

 

A face that said ‘what are you talking about’.

 

“You’re joking, right?”

 

“Well, every day is a bit much.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Even just 5 days a week would be…”

 

“······.”

 

What’s with that expression that says ‘I have a lot to say but won’t bother’?

 

This is the first time I’ve seen President Baek show this much emotion on his face.

 

“Do you know how many Gates a C-rank Hunter runs in a month?”

 

“I don’t.”

 

“About twelve times a month.”

 

What?

 

That’s not even once every two days?

 

“You seem surprised.”

 

“Yes. A bit.”

 

Money gets duplicated.

 

You get stronger every day.

 

Why run so few Gates?

 

“Shall I tell you one more thing? Not everyone only does C-rank either.”

 

“C-rank Hunters also do D-rank?”

 

“Because hunting monsters in Gates is dangerous.”

 

A profession where one accident can lead to fatal consequences.

 

The higher the rank goes.

 

It’s common to enter Gates one level below your own rank.

 

“Seven Stars even has a mental care department for those struggling with monster hunting PTSD.”

 

It feels like I’m hearing stories from another world.

 

“I was the employee who suggested creating that program.”

 

After the mental care program was established, Hunters’ Gate clearing frequency increased by about 1-2 times per month.

 

Hmm.

 

Even E-rank Hunters averaged 4 times a week.

 

I was a bit unusual.

 

“How often did you enter Gates, Hunter Park?”

 

“Six times a week.”

 

“…Please bear with me when you work with me.”

 

President Baek looked haggard.

 

“Shall we agree on about 5 times a week?”

 

“I’d be grateful if you could provide care for 5 times a week.”

 

How could they control my coming and going from Gates anyway?

 

“Let’s do that.”

 

Following the Magic Stone, I also obtained a Rare Grade Item.

 

[Beast’s Cry]

 

Grade: Rare

 

Type: Necklace

 

Restriction: None

 

Durability: 50/50

 

A necklace that has been exposed to Dire Wolf energy for a long time.

 

Can emit the aura of a beast.

 

*Mana Increase Lv 14

 

*Mental Resistance Lv 35

 

*Built-in Roar skill.

 

[Roar]

 

Type: Physical Technique

 

Grade: C

 

Classification: Active

 

Lets out a predator’s roar to intimidate the opponent.

 

Slightly reduces all stats and has a low chance of causing Fear status ailment.

 

The mana increase option wasn’t particularly large for a rare item.

 

The second option, mental resistance, was a pretty decent ability.

 

Mental attacks aren’t common, but they’re considered very troublesome status ailments.

 

It’s an option that shines brighter the higher-grade Gates you tackle.

 

And then.

 

The third option was the real deal.

 

【An area debuff. A decent ability.】

 

【The vermin who hear Master’s valiant cry will tremble in fear!】

 

Valiant?

 

Vermin?

 

It seems like there are quite a lot of flowery words attached.

 

While chatting with President Baek.

 

The cleanup crew that came to handle the aftermath brought out the Dire Wolf corpses from inside the Gate.

 

“Please vacuum-pack all the corpses and send them to the workshop.”

 

“Understood.”

 

President Baek was about to say something but closed his mouth.

 

It’s obvious what he’s curious about.

 

“I only talked with Mir.”

 

“I see.”

 

“You said I could take my time thinking about it.”

 

“That’s right. The initiative is with Hunter Park.”

 

While I was at it, I also mentioned the conditions Mir had offered.

 

“Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo offered 15 billion?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“It seems like information from Seven Stars leaked out.”

 

President Baek added that information movement between companies was common.

 

Information, movement?

 

“There are no secrets in this industry.”

 

“Didn’t we reach a social consensus to call that spying?”

 

“It’s a bit much to grandly call something so commonplace spying.”

 

Haha.

 

What kind of place are guilds exactly?

 

“Let’s wait until conditions that appeal to you come up.”

 

“What will you do if I really leave?”

 

“Then I’ll retire and buy a building to live leisurely.”

 

Ah.

 

Right.

 

If he doesn’t contract with me, he saves 5 billion.

 

“For President Baek’s retirement, it might be better to go with another guild.”

 

“Oh my. Don’t say such scary things.”

 

“I’m thirsty, could you give me a cup of coffee?”

 

“Ahem. I’ll brew you a delicious cup.”

 

President Baek hurriedly went into the coffee truck.

 

* * *

 

A week had passed since resolving the Gate Break incident.

 

My schedule had changed a lot from when I was E-rank.

 

Still, I was gradually adapting to it.

 

Two days a week, I went to work at the blacksmith shop.

 

Clang! Claang!

 

“The balance is off. Go easier on the force.”

 

I learned the basics of blacksmithing from Nam Jin-woo.

 

“Good work today.”

 

“Hunter Park has good instincts, so it’s no trouble at all.”

 

Hunter Equipment came in an incredible variety.

 

Even greaves had slightly different uses depending on their material and thickness.

 

The same went for weapons.

 

Even minute differences in length had to be handled with sensitivity.

 

“Making good items is all about the details. Please remember that.”

 

“Yes.”

 

One day, I worked and conducted research in my private workshop.

 

【The ones doing research are us, are they not.】

 

“So you don’t want to do it?”

 

【You Iron Head! Why are you saying useless things!】

 

【That’s not what I meant. I would be glad to help you.】

 

You should have said that from the start.

 

While my two vassals devoted themselves to research.

 

I wasn’t just sitting around either.

 

The monster corpses I ordered from the Hunter Market arrived.

 

I cut away the unusable parts.

 

I selected only the intact parts and crafted them into Armed Zombie Warriors.

 

[Gale Knights ― 5 members]

 

[The Knight Order has reached maximum capacity.]

 

[Command Banner is activated.]

 

[Undead belonging to the Knight Order have their specs increased by 10%.]

 

[Achievements are required to upgrade the Knight Order.]

 

[Experience points accumulate each time the Knight Order Members engage in battle. When experience points are full, they can be promoted.]

 

So the Knight Order experience rises separately.

 

It’s fortunate that it doesn’t take my experience.

 

【Oh, ohh! Ohhh!!!!】

 

“Isn’t your excitement a bit excessive?”

 

【To be able to increase the knights who can pledge loyalty to you! What a glorious thing this is!】

 

Talking about glory and such.

 

If the Knight Order grade rises, I’ll have to swing the hammer again to fill the numbers, won’t I?

 

“Ingrid. I’ll fill up the magical forces soon too.”

 

Magic-type monsters aren’t common in Gates.

 

Finding corpses in good condition is also work, so I couldn’t reinforce the Skeleton Mages.

 

【You don’t need to worry about it. Master is working hard enough.】

 

Keu.

 

At least one subordinate understands my hardships.

 

It would be nice if I could purchase Fragmented Soul Stones.

 

It’s just unfortunate that I can’t buy them since they’re bound items.

 

Good thing I developed the proper crafting method.

 

I’ve finished reinforcing my forces too.

 

I focused on Gate clearing for the remaining 4 days.

 

[Predation Stack ― 50]

 

[Strength ― 41% increase]

 

[Agility ― 39% increase]

 

[Mana – 11% increase]

 

Predation stacks that don’t accumulate after 50.

 

It seems stats don’t rise indefinitely.

 

Well.

 

It would be overpowered if they kept rising without conditions.

 

【How unfortunate. The Knight Order members don’t need mana though.】

 

Sir Isra clicked his tongue.

 

“It seems stats rise depending on what type you eat.”

 

From now on, I should build predation stacks strategically instead of feeding just any monster.

 

Anyway, I expected that feeding would cause mutations like the Evolved Predatory Ghoul.

 

But there were no immediately noticeable changes.

 

If I observe for a bit more time, something will show up.

 

【What do you intend to use the Dire Wolf corpse for?】

 

“I have an idea.”

 

【Ho. You plan to make more Undead.】

 

“It’s still in the planning stage. Not yet.”

 

I had too much on my schedule to research something new.

 

I haven’t had a single day off in a week!

 

【Master. You’ll burn yourself out at this rate. Rest is necessary too.】

 

【Mage. Just leave him be.】

 

【Iron Head. Master isn’t as simple-minded as you, you know?】

 

【Look at that face. Does he look like he’ll listen even if we try to stop him?】

 

What’s wrong with me?

 

【Hmm. True. I agree.】

 

Ingrid.

 

Why are you taking Sir Isra’s side?

 

You don’t usually do that.

 

Thanks to constantly going in and out of Gates, my level has risen quite a bit.

 

“Status Window.”

 

[Hunter – Park Min-ho]

 

*Race : Human

 

*Class : Necrosmith

 

*Rank : D

 

*Level : 57 → 75

 

Strength : 96 → 160

 

Agility : 48 → 109

 

Stamina : 84 → 144

 

Endurance : 11

 

Mana : 210 → 570

 

Dexterity : 197

 

Bonus Stats : 0

 

*Skills

 

―Heavenly Martial Body[SSS]

 

―Spirit Eye[S]

 

―Imperial Swordsmanship[A]

 

―Corpse Crafting[D]

 

―Spirit Circuit Engraving[D]

 

―Bone Metallurgy[D]

 

―Death Domain[D]

 

―Fireball[D]

 

The level I gained in a week was a whopping 18!

 

Since I mainly focused on Gates one tier higher, the experience gain was incredibly fast.

 

Even though the experience requirements are much higher than when I was E-rank.

 

I was both happy and bewildered that my growth rate was faster than before.

 

Strength and agility increased automatically thanks to the Heavenly Martial Body effect.

 

Thanks to that, I was able to invest all my bonus stats into mana.

 

“Hehehehehe.”

 

Necrosmith abilities like Bone Metallurgy and Corpse Crafting consume mana when activated.

 

Skills that drain both stamina and mana simultaneously.

 

With Ingrid’s talent [Master of Magic] as well.

 

Long-range magic attacks also require mana, so I absolutely had to increase my mana stat.

 

【It’s just a bit regrettable that you cannot train your swordsmanship more.】

 

【Iron Head. You could research weapon techniques yourself, is there a need to overwork Master?】

 

【Don’t you know that when Lord’s understanding is high, the undead also become stronger, separate from skills!】

 

This time Sir Isra’s words were correct.

 

All the undead created with Necrosmith abilities are linked to my motor skills.

 

Before meeting Sir Isra, it was absolutely miserable.

 

Even when I got perfect scores in Crafting, I kept failing in Control Ability and couldn’t get promoted.

 

“I’ll make time for it.”

 

【I shall trust you.】

 

I also received recruitment offers from the remaining Big Five guilds.

 

Hwarang – 9 billion

 

Phoenix – 12 billion

 

Namhae – 13 billion

 

Seven Stars – 20 billion (additional offer)

 

Seven Stars doubled their contract fee.

 

Next, Mir followed with 15 billion.

 

Gradually.

 

It seemed like the time had come to choose where to go.

 

I told President Baek about all the offers from the Domestic Big Five.

 

And asked him to speak honestly.

 

“If it were me, I would choose Seven Stars.”

 

“Even though it’s the guild that kicked you out, President Baek?”

 

“Setting aside my position, it’s the best choice for you, Hunter.”

 

Chilseong Guild recently lost an S-rank Hunter named Jung Shin-ho.

 

Even though they have one more S-rank Hunter.

 

His explanation was that Seven Stars was the place that most intensely wanted a Hunter worth investing in right now.

 

“Choosing Mir would also be a bit awkward.”

 

Guild Master Yong Cheon-woo.

 

I remembered how he played bad cop good cop through Voice Transmission.

 

It’s also funny to be consulting about this with someone who wants to recruit me.

 

But President Baek was doing his best to appeal his abilities even in this situation.

 

“My choice is…”

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