The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 79

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Episode 79

Daesan Representative’s Office.

Jang Hae-hyeon was all smiles.

“Haha, Director, you’re truly amazing. How did you even think of scouting that Maeng Bu-yong?”

“Unlike the rumors, when I met him in person, he was easy to talk to and had similar thoughts to mine. So I was able to contract him without much difficulty.”

“I heard you also contracted Hunter An U-ju?”

“Yes, I’m actually on my way back from getting both hunters to sign the contracts at once.”

“Wow…!”

Jang Hae-hyeon’s mouth stretched from ear to ear.

Just Kim Ha-geom’s contract alone had brought tremendous benefits to Daesan Guild and Daesan Group.

Now with Maeng Bu-yong and An U-ju, ranked 1st and 3rd in the industry, joining forces, Daesan and Paragon would undoubtedly be the largest and best guild in the country.

“So, I’d like to move on to the next stage now.”

When asking for something, you should give a gift first before making the request.

That’s why he brought up Maeng Bu-yong first.

Jang Hae-hyeon answered cheerfully.

“Just say anything. Even if you asked me to pluck stars from the sky, I’d do it.”

“Haha, it’s not that extreme… President, do you know about Tamers?”

“Tamers, you mean Monster Tamers?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Why Tamers?”

“I’d like to professionally recruit and develop Tamers this time.”

Tamer.

Players who use taming skills, mainly those who tame monsters and use them like summoned creatures.

Tamers grow based on affinity or dominance stats, and naturally, the higher their level and stats, the more monsters they can control and the higher level those monsters become.

They can also enhance and use their tamed monsters.

‘If used well, they can tame various monsters and create a one-man army like Necromancers.’

However.

“Tamers… Is there a particular reason it has to be Tamers?”

Jang Hae-hyeon’s reaction wasn’t good.

It couldn’t be helped.

The current reality for Tamers was dismal.

“Throughout the entire world, I believe there are only two or three Tamers who could be called proper fighting forces. Even those were artificially created with full support from guilds, corporations, or nations.”

“Yes, I’m aware. Compared to other classes, Tamers have great difficulty growing on their own like others, and since combat is difficult with just their main skill of taming alone, Tamers must also fight with weapons.”

“But you still want to professionally recruit Tamers?”

“I have my reasons.”

Reasons.

At those words, Jang Hae-hyeon’s eyes sparkled.

“I’m curious. What kind of reason will it be this time?”

He was excited.

All of Choi Hyun’s moves so far had transcended common sense.

And this time too, he came with Tamers, a below-expectation resource.

But he said he had reasons.

He couldn’t help but be curious.

Choi Hyun said.

“Because with powerful Tamers, we can clear areas without any casualties.”

“With that reason, wouldn’t all summoning-type classes be the same?”

“That’s true, but Tamers have good compatibility with other classes.”

“Compatibility?”

“Yes, especially good compatibility with Necromancers.”

“Necromancers?”

Suddenly Necromancers?

Necromancers were beings who dealt with black magic, specialized in undead summoning, curses, and such.

And like Tamers, they were a class with very poor public perception.

It wasn’t just because they dealt with corpses.

There was another reason.

Choi Hyun asked.

“President, do you know why Necromancers are despised?”

“From what I know, it’s because of the personality of Necromancer players.”

“Yes, that’s right. The profession itself isn’t at fault. It’s because of the people who practice that profession that such perception arose.”

There are such professions.

Clearly not bad occupations, but because many people doing that work are of poor quality, prejudice against the profession itself develops.

Necromancers are like that too.

Because the basic dream of Necromancers is to revive the dead through undead summoning and make them their servants.

Due to such dreams, many people who chose to be Necromancers often deliberately killed people or robbed graves for undead summoning.

‘Especially when they level up enough to create Death Knights, they need strong Paladin bodies or souls, so there were often cases of killing high-level Paladin players or requesting assassinations.’

That’s why the social perception of Necromancers became negative.

This isn’t just talk.

It was a fact shown in player crime statistics.

Of course, not all Necromancers are like that.

There are also Necromancers who steadily build their own undead army using monster corpses, not human ones.

It’s just that the orthodox process is too difficult.

Jang Hae-hyeon asked.

“So?”

“I want to take this opportunity to recruit many Tamers and Necromancers to create an unmanned raid team that specializes in clearing dungeons.”

“An unmanned raid team?”

“Yes, starting with Tamers leading the way to tame and hunt early monsters, and when those monsters die, waiting Necromancers revive them as undead – an unmanned raid team. But imagine if there weren’t just one or two of them, but dozens.”

“Hmm…”

“Setting aside personality controversies, Necromancers and Tamers have bad reputations because they absolutely cannot perform beyond their worth until they reach a certain point. But when they band together, the story changes.”

“So Director, you’re saying we should raise them until they can perform beyond their worth?”

“Yes, exactly. Given time, they will surely become one of the most ideal raid teams that cause zero casualties.”

“The reason you limited the target to dungeons is because gates have entry limits and uncontrollable variables?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Gates have entry restrictions.

Of course, some dungeons have them too, but that’s only a small number – most don’t.

Especially dungeon entrances and nearby areas have almost no danger.

Jang Hae-hyeon thought for a moment, then spoke.

“Certainly, if we push with capital power, there’s possibility. At this point, we almost monopolize dungeons, and with potion provision plus minimal defensive forces for contingencies, the summoners wouldn’t get hurt. But while it all sounds good, the company has two concerns.”

“What are they?”

“First is that it costs too much money. Of course, we’re making a lot of money now, but wouldn’t investing the money that would go here into other areas yield higher efficiency? Ah, of course I’m not talking about profits. I’m only talking about clearing efficiency. After all, the reason we’re making this money and walking this path is all to end the age of great upheaval.”

Jang Hae-hyeon clearly drew the line in case of misunderstanding.

This is why he liked Jang Hae-hyeon.

“Then what’s the second?”

“It’s related to the first issue… Having no casualties is good, but conversely, it means we’ll be deploying many people for very safety-oriented clearing, and that would mean everyone shares less experience points, making growth extremely slow, which worries me.”

The longer the development period, the more money it costs exponentially.

This was also a reasonable opinion.

Choi Hyun nodded and said.

“But it’s an investment with certain returns. Growth speed might be slower, but still, the summoners we hire will grow enough to perform more than twice their worth over time. That’s necessary to prepare for the second great upheaval.”

“Ah.”

The second great upheaval.

He had forgotten about it for a moment.

Choi Hyun’s words continued.

“If we prepare after the 2nd Great Catastrophe begins, it’ll be too late. Now is the lowest point. And regarding the investment amount you’re concerned about, you don’t need to worry. Given some time, we’ll definitely recover it all. Of course, I’m not talking about human value here.”

“Then what?”

“I’m talking about actual investment recovery. After we work hard to develop them, from that point on we need to definitely extract profits.”

“How would that structure work?”

“We need to go overseas.”

“Overseas?”

“I think the domestic Area market will not only become saturated before long, but will completely dry up. You’ve already seen how the Area clear rate increased after Daesan’s equipment was distributed, right? That figure will keep getting higher as time passes. When that happens, supply will eventually fail to keep up with demand, and where do you think people who got a taste of money through hunter life thanks to quality equipment will turn their attention?”

“Overseas, I suppose.”

“Yes, overseas. Currently, there are many countries overseas that couldn’t handle Area outbreaks and were devoured by monsters. The next market we should target is exactly those places.”

“Ah…”

Overseas markets.

He hadn’t thought of that at all.

To put it bluntly, even places like North Korea and Africa had been conquered by monsters and were following the path to national destruction.

“That’s why even though it seems like we’re spending money right now, we need to develop summoners immediately. Only then can we clear Areas with minimal casualties. And.”

Choi Hyun said with a smile.

“As far as I know, there are currently no proper Necromancer Guilds or Tamer Guilds anywhere domestically or internationally. So let’s take this opportunity to monopolize this industry first.”

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