The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 153

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 153

Episode 153: East Asia Energy (1)

After that, Park Du-nam sent Mincheol the detailed information.

“Let me see, it’s a request from East Asia Energy Company.”

East Asia Energy Company was a name Mincheol had heard several times before.

Mana, divine power, spiritual power, and so on.

It was a company that aimed to utilize various energies obtainable from the Tower in modern civilization.

Incidentally, this was also the place that developed the second mana-powered engine in South Korea.

“An experiment to extract divine power from artifacts acquired in the Tower…”

Exactly what kind of artifact it was. How they planned to utilize the extracted divine power.

The detailed information wasn’t written. It seemed to be classified.

Still, it was certain that this was an important experiment.

You could tell from the fact that they were hiring Awakened to guard it.

“But there are Emergency Quests. Why would they bother hiring Awakened?”

Such a question suddenly occurred to him.

Even if someone attacked targeting the artifact, wouldn’t Awakened appear through Emergency Quests anyway?

“Looking at it, this isn’t just pocket change either.”

After a brief investigation, he found that corporations had to spend enormous costs to hire Awakened through the Tower.

First, they had to pay commission fees to the Tower, and second, they had to provide personal compensation to the Awakened.

-Top Newbie: I’m curious why corporations hire Awakened through the Tower meow~!

Mincheol accessed the Hunter Community to resolve his question.

-Jewelry Lover: It’s because they can’t be certain.

Perhaps because there were many Awakened, a reply comment appeared quickly.

-Jewelry Lover: Emergency Quests sometimes appear and sometimes don’t.

-Jewelry Lover: So from a corporation’s perspective, they can’t just wait relying on that alone.

-Jewelry Lover: And even if an Emergency Quest opens, you don’t know which Awakened will show up, right?

-Jewelry Lover: So even if it costs money, they hire reliable skilled individuals through the Tower.

After reading this far, this thought occurred to him.

-Top Newbie: Sounds like the Tower’s sales tactics? There’s this system, but if you want to use it properly, pay money?

└Jewelry Lover: Now that you mention it, seems like it? That’s not wrong.

└Top Newbie: But why does the Tower do this? I heard they even provide instant teleportation to request locations and such.

└Jewelry Lover: I don’t really know either. Maybe they’re greasing the wheels so Awakened can more easily accept corporate requests.

└Jewelry Lover: Honestly, I wish the Tower would stop playing middleman too. It’s hard to make a living.

Shouldn’t providing work make living easier instead?

Such a question arose, but since it wasn’t immediately important, he decided to let it pass.

And so, on the day of the request.

When the appointed time came, a message appeared before Mincheol’s eyes.

【This is a request from ‘East Asia Energy Company’.】

【If you accept the employment request, you will be moved to the request location.】

Mincheol pressed accept. Blinding light covered his vision.

When the light disappeared, Park Du-nam was standing before Mincheol’s eyes.

“Older Brother, you’ve arrived!”

Park Du-nam greeted Mincheol with a pleased face.

“It’s been a while. Have you been well?”

“I’m always doing well! More importantly, thank you for accepting my request!”

“I’m more grateful.”

Receiving a request from a major corporation like East Asia Energy Company wasn’t easy.

You needed the right connections to make it possible.

In Park Du-nam’s case, he was able to receive this request thanks to having a famous Teacher.

“So this is the experiment location?”

Mincheol said while looking around.

A single building stood alone over farmland where weeds grew abundantly.

Perhaps because it was built relatively recently, the exterior walls were gleaming.

“It’s quite a remote place.”

Since there wasn’t even an asphalt road laid, that said it all.

“Since it’s an experiment dealing with energy, I heard the experiment is being conducted here in preparation for accidents.”

“Well, it would be a disaster if something went wrong and exploded.”

There weren’t just the two of them here.

Other Awakened were visible too. Each was scattered around, surrounding the factory.

“They’re Bounty Hunters.”

Park Du-nam said in a small voice.

Unlike ordinary Awakened who made income by climbing the Tower, these were people who made money by dealing with criminals.

“They’re all quite famous people in this industry.”

Since they were receiving requests from major corporations, it had to be so.

‘Their eyes look quite fierce.’

With some exaggeration, it seemed like they had taken down three or four people.

Their atmosphere was different from ordinary Awakened from the start.

‘It would be troublesome if I got into a fight with them.’

Getting into a fight with people who made a living by killing others?

From Mincheol’s perspective, with his weak courage, it was a situation he absolutely wanted to avoid.

That’s when it happened.

He ended up bumping shoulders with someone who was walking while having a conversation.

“Damn it, don’t you have eyes?”

The Awakened said irritably.

From Mincheol’s perspective, it was absurd. He had just been standing still.

“What did you just say to Older Brother?”

Park Du-nam stepped forward indignantly.

The Awakened smirked and said.

“I said are your eyes retarded. If you have a problem, let’s have a fight.”

“This bastard.”

Park Du-nam took out chains from his inventory.

Then the Bounty Hunter immediately drew his dagger as well.

That’s when it happened.

“Hey, hey.”

The Awakened who was with him stopped the man with a pale face.

“Pu-put away your weapon and apologize.”

“Hey, are you crazy? What’s there to apologize for.”

“You idiot. It’s the Butcher.”

The man looked at Mincheol’s face.

Soon his face turned pale in an instant.

“Th-th-the black mask… Bu-Bu-Butcher! It’s the Butcher!”

The man’s cry spread like wildfire.

The gazes of all the Bounty Hunters standing around focused on Mincheol.

“The Butcher? That murderer who kills people by throwing hand axes without warning?”

“Isn’t that the guy who killed Gakdeungjeong’s promising member in a one-on-one fight?”

“Why did that crazy bastard show up here?”

“Shh, watch your words. He’s the type to swing weapons first when things go wrong.”

Mincheol was dumbfounded by the Bounty Hunters’ reactions.

‘They’re treating me like a murderer?’

That wasn’t the only unfair part.

‘And throwing a hand axe out of nowhere? Who does he think is crazy.’

From Mincheol’s perspective, it was so absurd that he was at a loss for words.

That’s when it happened.

A group of people approached with the sound of footsteps.

Seeing them, Park Du-nam whispered in Mincheol’s ear.

“…It’s Gakdeungjeong.”

South Korea’s 3rd largest guild.

They had also participated in this commission.

‘This isn’t good.’

However, Mincheol wasn’t particularly pleased with Gakdeungjeong’s appearance.

It was because Mincheol had defeated Gakdeungjeong’s promising candidate in the event battle.

For a while online, posts mocking Gakdeungjeong for losing to some unaffiliated nobody kept appearing.

‘No matter how I look at it, they don’t seem to have just come to say hello.’

The faces of the Gakdeungjeong Awakened looking this way were filled with hostility.

“Older Brother, I’m sorry. I had no idea Gakdeungjeong would take this commission.”

Park Du-nam carefully apologized.

Mincheol shook his head. How could Park Du-nam possibly keep track of all the participants?

Mincheol was just unlucky.

“So you’re that hotshot Butcher?”

One of Gakdeungjeong’s Awakened approached Mincheol and spoke.

It was a man about the same height as Mincheol.

The man looked Mincheol up and down, then snorted and said.

“No matter how I look at you, you seem like a worthless bastard? Hey, Kim Eun-ae. Did you really lose to this kind of guy?”

The man turned around and spoke.

Only then could Mincheol spot a familiar face among Gakdeungjeong’s Awakened.

Kim Eun-ae.

She was Gakdeungjeong’s promising candidate who had been defeated by Mincheol in the event battle.

“…I told you not to talk about that.”

Kim Eun-ae spoke irritably. But the man only sneered.

“Butcher, watch your behavior. There’s nothing good about acting up in this industry. You could go down in one shot.”

Saying this, the man tapped Mincheol’s shoulder with his fist.

Mincheol silently looked at his own shoulder.

Was he angry because of the disrespectful behavior?

‘Why are they suddenly picking a fight… I haven’t even touched anything.’

He simply couldn’t understand this situation.

Although Mincheol had experienced countless battles while climbing the Tower, he still wasn’t used to situations like this.

Moreover, Gakdeungjeong’s Awakened were positioned behind the man.

‘I’d like to just quietly let this pass… but that would be difficult, right?’

He would definitely encounter them throughout the commission.

If he was overwhelmed by their momentum now, they would look down on him even more.

The conflict might continue.

‘Sigh, I really don’t want to do this… but I have no choice.’

Mincheol decided to put Michael Alzen’s teaching into practice.

The teaching that if you’re going to fight anyway, start with seizing the initiative.

“Looking at you, it seems I don’t need to be particularly careful with my behavior.”

“What did you say?”

“Some worthless bastard is just running his mouth, but isn’t he still alive?”

The man’s eyes twitched.

“What did you just say?”

Instead of answering, Mincheol tapped the man’s cheek with his palm.

“If you’re not planning to start a fight, get lost. Or can’t you draw it?”

In an instant, reason disappeared from the man’s eyes.

“Has this unaffiliated vermin gone crazy!”

The man spat out his rage and swung his sword.

Swoosh-

A slash flying at terrifying speed.

Park Du-nam, who was standing right next to him, couldn’t even react.

But the blade never cut Mincheol.

Mincheol had extended his leg and kicked the wrist.

Bang-!

With a dull sound, the arm was deflected.

Bewilderment appeared on the faces of the Awakened who were watching the situation.

Accurately kicking a moving wrist?

And that of an Awakened from a large guild like Gakdeungjeong?

“You son of a bitch…!”

The man swung his weapon again with a reddened face.

Mincheol swung his legs repeatedly from where he stood.

His flexibly moving legs consecutively struck the man’s wrist and weapon.

Bang- Bang-

With unbelievable thunderous sounds, the man’s attacks were deflected.

As the number of exchanges increased, people’s bewilderment turned to astonishment.

* * *

Kim Eun-ae was in a very bad mood today.

‘Why do I have to do corporate commissions…’

Corporate commissions were one of Gakdeungjeong’s important sources of income.

However, they didn’t assign corporate commissions to promising candidates.

Rather than investing time in such things, it was better to climb the Tower.

Kim Eun-ae being assigned a corporate commission implied several things.

It meant she was no longer a promising candidate.

‘Why did I fight for my life to survive in the industrial district…’

She had barely survived by giving her all in the 31st Floor Industrial District, but gained nothing.

Rather than reevaluating her worth, Gakdeungjeong just assigned her corporate commissions.

Does such a thing as ill fate exist?

The Butcher appeared before her eyes again when she was already angry about the poor treatment from Gakdeungjeong.

‘Butcher? Why is that person here?’

Her anger flared up momentarily, but she couldn’t help but be astonished watching the Butcher’s combat.

‘Was the Butcher… originally this strong?’

Park Won-hun, who was fighting the Butcher, was skilled enough to rival promising candidates.

Since he mainly handled corporate commissions, he was even evaluated as better than promising candidates in combat against Awakened.

And he was deflecting such a person’s attacks with just kicks?

‘I don’t think he was this good originally?’

Having fought the Butcher directly, she could tell.

Speed, strength, even his senses.

He had become a completely different person.

‘Could someone become this strong in such a short time…?’

No matter how much she thought about it, it was impossible.

Even among Gakdeungjeong’s promising candidates, no one showed that level of growth rate.

She didn’t know, but this change was thanks to the elixir the Butcher had recently consumed.

【Trait ‘Super Soldier’】

-Description: Enhanced soldiers completed by Iskra Corporation in preparation for the Great War. Not only physical abilities but all senses have been greatly enhanced.

-Effect 1. All stats +10% increase.

-Effect 2. Five senses +50% enhancement.

A trait gained by consuming the serum obtained from the Machine Empire.

Thanks to Super Soldier, Mincheol’s senses were currently at their peak.

“Th-this fucking…!”

Park Won-hun’s face turned bright red.

It was clear that his vision had narrowed due to anger.

At that moment, the Butcher disappeared from Park Won-hun’s sight.

“What?”

Bewilderment appeared on Park Won-hun’s face.

Unlike him, everyone else could see exactly where the Butcher had gone.

The Butcher hadn’t disappeared.

【Activating Black Horn Bullet Form.】

【Consuming 140 mana.】

He had simply soared high into the sky.

The Butcher twisted his body in midair.

His waist rotated as his leg shot up high into the sky.

From top to bottom.

The kick that came down diagonally struck the ground with tremendous force.

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