Something Keeps Appearing in My Subspace - Chapter 234

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234. Spear Arts Society Tournament?
“All of a sudden?”
Mister had requested special training. To be honest, I was quite taken aback. His training volume wasn’t particularly high, after all.
Ah, this might sound strange, but I’m comparing within our guild.
Han Chul is absolutely obsessed with fitness. If we count fitness as training, his volume is probably higher than mine.
I’m next, followed by Min-jae and Lee Shin-hee. Mister comes last.
‘Of course, he does everything he needs to and trains hard on his own.’
It’s not a matter of willpower or effort. It’s simply that unlike the others, Mister has a family. All the guild members understood this.
A breadwinner needs time at home. Min-seok, being an Awakened One, required management too.
In any case, Mister’s sudden request for special training was bound to catch me off guard.
Why, shouldn’t it be after we’ve defeated the Übermenschen and those Chinese bastards?
“It’s because of an S-rank spear at stake!”
An S-rank spear? What’s this about…?
The moment I thought about it, I understood the reason.
All the items brought by the Übermenschen and Chinese assassins in this attack were confiscated to our side. In truth, there wasn’t much worth using.
Those with valuable items—S-rank or top-tier A-rank goods—mostly used Return Secretaries.
Otherwise, they had the ability to escape alive.
The most important reason we had no casualties was that after Shin Chang and Fist King joined, their core forces refused to take risks.
‘Even villains treasure their lives, it seems.’
Most of those who died creating openings for their core forces were essentially expendable pieces.
Of course, calling level 40-50 hunters expendable was doing them a disservice—they were excellent combatants.
Regardless, the assassins carried almost no good items. At best B-rank, occasionally mixed with A-rank.
Since they were coming to a battlefield where lives were on the line, they would have cared about their weapons, but their thoughts must have been complicated.
‘They probably thought there was some risk involved.’
The assassins weren’t fools. With so many people coming at once, lower-level ones like them would likely be used as expendable pieces. They must have realized this.
It was a national order, so they’d comply, but wouldn’t they want insurance? Leaving precious items for their families, perhaps.
Still, we didn’t come away empty-handed. After all items were recovered, priority was given to our Dragon Guild, Saebyeokbit, and Fist King.
After that came Iron Wall Guild. They were blocked by the barrier, but support arrived immediately as they waited outside.
‘I secured an A-rank Protection Ring.’
Now I had two automatic protective barriers for emergencies. Other guild members also claimed what they wanted according to their roles.
What I was naturally focused on was what Shin Chang had claimed.
“Could it be… Lei Chuang’s spear?”
Lei Chuang’s spear went to Shin Chang. After all, only Shin Chang could possess an S-rank spear. Though Shin Chang already has an S-rank spear, this felt like a spare.
Mister nodded vigorously.
“Right. They’re saying Lei Chuang’s spear will be given as a prize to the champion of the Spear Arts Society tournament?”
“Wow, that’s insane.”
Wait, they’re putting an S-rank spear up for the Spear Arts Society?
An S-rank spear. Its value is considerable. Especially since it’s the one Lei Chuang used? You could call it a national-level weapon.
“Since he has a spare S-rank spear anyway, it feels wasteful to use an S-rank spear as a spare.”
“But still, couldn’t you just exchange it for something else?”
“It seems like he wants to invest in the Spear Arts Society since he’s the one who built it.”
That thought suddenly crossed my mind.
The Spear Arts Society’s martial tournament with an S-rank spear as the prize. It was obvious that the spear users in that society would train with all their might.
But what if that tournament ended?
How would Shin Chang’s next move unfold? There was no clear reason, but I could already picture what would come next.
‘San suggested that the Swordsmanship Meeting and the Spear Arts Society should have a match?’
Was I, Han Hye, afraid of the Spear Arts Society’s growth…?
Of course, it could all be my delusion. Maybe he simply created the Spear Arts Society after hearing about the Swordsmanship Meeting.
And the reason he’s pushing the Spear Arts Society so hard might be different from what I thought.
But…. I can’t forget Shin Chang’s expression when he came to the Swordsmanship Meeting. There was something like competitive fire in his eyes.
‘I don’t even have an S-rank sword to put up.’
Even if Essirel is S-rank quality, it’s technically A-rank. There’s no way I can put up a prize like that….
No, wait. It’s Shin Chang who’s being strange by putting up an S-rank spear. Wasn’t this supposed to be a gathering purely for development in the first place?
‘But does that really matter?’
Actually, it doesn’t matter if the Spear Arts Society beats the Swordsmanship Meeting. Shin Chang isn’t even part of our group anyway, is he? I’m decent, but I can’t beat Shin Chang.
I don’t have some incredible pride in the Swordsmanship Meeting either.
But if Mister wins the tournament, our guild gets an S-rank spear just by sitting back.
There’s no reason for me to feel uneasy about it.
“Special training? Let’s start right now?”
“Good. You’ll help, right?”
“Of course. It’s an S-rank spear. The other members of the Spear Arts Society should all come for guild-level intensive training too?”
I heard the Spear Arts Society has nine members, more than the Swordsmanship Meeting. Since Shin Chang called, all the high-level spear users came running.
We could call more people for the Swordsmanship Meeting too, and we were actually considering expansion.
“When is the tournament?”
“Six months from now.”
Right. Holding a tournament a month later for an S-rank spear would be ridiculous. So we have quite a bit of time.
“Are you doing this with stat restrictions?”
“Yeah. Pure spear technique.”
“Then let’s aim for first place.”
Truth be told, Mister the Dragon Knight wasn’t exceptionally strong in spear technique. He might not be able to get the S-rank spear, but we should try our best.
Even if he didn’t get the spear, his improvement in spear technique would be good for me too.
“First, should we try to find A-rank or S-rank spear technique manuals?”
Anyway, I’d saved up quite a bit of money, so it was time to spend it. Mister looked surprised.
“Huh? Even manuals?”
“That’s the minimum. All the other spear users will probably have A-rank spear techniques.”
Our country has more spear users than other nations because of Shin Chang. So the quality is pretty good too.
“Hye, Hye-ya….”
Mister looked at me with a moved expression.
“Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. Between us.”
“Sure, then I’ll accept it naturally.”
I chuckled at Mister’s joke and moved on.
This was an opportunity to obtain an S-rank spear, and an investment—it was time to use the guild’s funds.
To overcome the gap between Mister and those spear users, we had to start with money. We intended to do what the guilds those spear users belonged to couldn’t.
The Dragon Guild. We sold Yong-yong merchandise and such, so we had funds that set us apart from other ordinary guilds.
‘Let’s start by printing money.’
* * *
-Yes, I’ll search carefully for it.
Naturally, I couldn’t obtain the Spear Arts secret manual immediately. I asked Seo-ung from the Hunter Association. He’d be busy handling this incident, but it couldn’t be helped.
There were international auctions held in various places, but I didn’t bother participating.
Unless it was the year-end international auction I’d attended before, decent items rarely appeared.
In truth, hunters rarely sold their good items.
‘It proceeds through exchanges with countries we’re conducting hunter exchanges with.’
Something like: we have a decent item but don’t have anyone to use it, so what do you have?
That’s why I thought this incident would deal quite a blow to China.
Since hunter item auctions weren’t even publicly announced, I found it bothersome to visit an auction house that might have the Spear Arts secret manual.
Still, it shouldn’t take long. Korea, one of the hunter superpowers, was quite active in hunter exchanges.
Moreover, many countries have begun hunter exchanges since my appearance, I’m told.
You could call it advance investment, in a sense.
‘With my Subspace skill and exceptional growth, other countries are getting ahead of the game too.’
Because if I needed something later, places without prior exchanges with Korea would naturally fall to the back of the line.
In any case, I wasn’t worried.
-For A-rank Spear Arts secret manuals, we should definitely be able to obtain them, but S-rank… I’m not sure.
That was what Seo-ung said, noting that S-rank items themselves were rare, so it would likely be difficult.
It was unfortunate, but unavoidable. S-rank secret manuals were like picking stars from the sky. They probably wouldn’t be sold in the first place.
Even Shin Chang, who received Korea’s support, had his skill rank elevated, didn’t he? There were almost no cases besides what one normally obtains upon awakening.
I decided to wait for contact regarding the Spear Arts secret manual and helped Mister with his training.
“Ugh, this is tough.”
Truth be told, the special training wasn’t anything grand. It was closer to sparring. We did it with swords and with spears.
Though I had no expertise in spear arts, I’d observed Shin Chang’s spear technique from the corner of my eye.
“When you thrust, it seems to come in too easily.”
Using my spatial sense, I could precisely grasp Mister’s movements and compare them to Shin Chang’s. It was like refining them more sharply.
“Iron Wall is the problem.”
The main competitors in the Spear Arts Society tournament were warriors from the Iron Wall Guild and the 5th Rank Guild.
Both possessed A-rank spear arts, with levels of 62 and 60 respectively. Since they’d been active for so long, Mister was at a disadvantage.
To be completely honest, aside from how close Mister and I were, the prospects didn’t look very promising.
Those people had reached level 60 through spear arts alone, while Mister’s primary combat method was fighting while riding on Yong-yong.
“We have six months left. Let’s take it slowly. We can practice spear arts in Gates too.”
Still, I didn’t want to crush Mister’s earnest desire. I intended to help him as much as I possibly could.
Mister nodded in agreement.
“Alright, let’s go.”
* * *
A few days later.
All the guild members had recovered, and the Gate assessment was complete. Nothing particularly noteworthy came up. Since there were no rare Gates, we didn’t bother using our priority right.
It had been quite a while since I entered a Gate. After the Hall of Winners, we’d rested for a considerable time due to Han Chul’s injuries and preparing for the Übermenschen.
Even after the Übermenschen incident, everyone spent time recovering their bodies.
[Underground Waterway Criminal]
-Recommended Level 56~60
-Entry Limit: 10 people
The Gate we chose was the Underground Waterway Criminal. For two reasons.
-The Underground Waterway has a high probability of hidden dungeons appearing.
‘Really?’
-Criminals often hide treasures there, or the design itself has something concealed from the start.
The first reason was Chun-bae’s advice. A Gate with high hidden dungeon probability? With my spatial sense, I couldn’t resist.
And the second reason was that the enemies were human.
We’d be facing criminals.
Though we’d recently overcome the crisis of facing the Übermenschen and assassins, I didn’t think it would end there.
‘Monsters are fine, but I need to learn how to fight people too.’
Since Mister was working hard on spear training, I thought I’d give him the opportunity.
I wasn’t worried about losing practical combat sense. We’d fought people just recently, after all.
“Dragon Guild! Dragon Guild!”
After this recent incident, our popularity skyrocketed once again. It’s strange to say it myself, but I thought we’d already reached the ceiling—yet there was still higher to go.
I heard that if people badmouthed us among the crowds, they’d get beaten. Well, anyway…
“Is everyone ready?”
“Of course.”
“Yes.”
Amid the roaring cheers of countless people, we entered the Gate.
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.
And the moment my vision cleared after entering the Gate.
[The Space Lord summons the past time within the space.]
A message I hadn’t seen in a long time appeared. A hidden dungeon right from the start? Even I was taken aback. I hadn’t discovered anything yet.
This had never happened before.

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