The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 14

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 14

The commotion only grew louder as we searched for our seats.
“Hey, Lee Yu Chan. You know what to do, right?”
“Yeah, yeah. Just be quiet for now.”
The Justice Guild remained unfazed by the unpleasant atmosphere.
It was the result of the twins drilling us so relentlessly before today’s departure that they’d complained their ears would bleed.
‘As expected, raising kids properly really does make all the difference.’
“You did submit the field trip form, right?”
“Yes. The homeroom teacher accepted it without any issues.”
Since the twins were still high school students, I had to keep track of these details.
Attendance management was important, after all.
“We can sit over there.”
The Justice Guild’s seats were slightly off-center in the front section.
I’d actually wanted to sit in the very front row, center, but those were already taken.
“I should’ve brought popcorn.”
“Jang Su Ho, don’t you have any candy or something?”
“I didn’t bring any today.”
Beside me, the twins and Jang Su Ho chatted quietly to pass the time.
Not long after, the indoor lights dimmed slightly, and the auction began immediately.
Even the people who’d been talking about us finally fell silent.
“We have many dungeons today, so we’ll be moving through this quickly. Thank you for your understanding.”
An elderly-looking woman stood at the podium and spoke.
On the large screen behind her, the dungeons up for auction today scrolled by like a table of contents, and there were over fifteen of them.
Particularly, there were many high-tier dungeons that guaranteed substantial income.
I could feel the people gathered to participate in the auction growing slightly tense.
‘Let me see. There it is.’
All the good items were clustered toward the end anyway.
The dungeon I was looking for was the sixth one, right when people’s attention would be at its weakest.
It was a dungeon from Sejong Mak that had originally been passed over multiple times before the Awakeners Association finally cleared it themselves about five months later, at which point its value was rediscovered.
So I’d been wrestling with the decision.
The price would drop steadily through the failed auctions, so I’d considered waiting until then.
But I decided to secure it today, the first week it appeared on the auction block.
‘Penny wise, pound foolish.’
Even though I knew the contents of Sejong Mak intimately, I couldn’t account for every possible variable.
What if someone else claimed that dungeon while I was waiting for the price to drop?
Just thinking about it makes my stomach churn and my insides twist.
“Now then, let us commence the dungeon auction. Our first offering is a cave-type dungeon, as you can see from the photograph….”
As expected, everyone showed little interest in the early listings.
Two small guilds with only a handful of awakeners each secured successful bids, while most of the dungeons went unsold.
“Do we really not need to place a bid?”
“Those ones actually look pretty decent….”
Han Ji Sung and Jang Su Ho whispered a few comments from beside me.
They made valid points.
The dungeons clustered at the front were small with mostly E and D-rank grades, but their internal environments were excellent.
There were cave-types like Mansu Mountain Dungeon, and jungle-types as well.
Cave-types made mining convenient, while jungle-types yielded valuable potion ingredients from the plants that formed their ecosystems, beyond just mana stones.
Indeed, the two dungeons that had just sold were a cave-type and a jungle-type.
But I simply checked recent news on my phone and paid no attention to those dungeons.
And then the auction for lot number six finally began.
“Lot six is a D-rank dungeon located at Obongsan in Chuncheon.”
“Here it comes.”
I shoved my phone carelessly into my pocket and lifted my head.
“The interior of Obongsan Dungeon is glacier-type.”
As the word “glacier-type” appeared on the screen alongside images of nothing but snow and ice, the previously concentrated gazes rapidly scattered.
It was inevitable.
Glacier-type dungeons, along with underwater-type dungeons, were the least desirable types.
The mining difficulty was high, but the demand for mana stones found within was low, making them unprofitable.
Consequently, the listed price was also low.
“The opening bid is 30 million won. Bidding increments are 1 million won.”
Compared to the cave-type’s opening bid of 60 million won and the jungle-type’s 70 million won from earlier, this was absurdly low.
Even so, competition arose, and it ultimately sold for well over 100 million won.
“Beginning the auction now. Do we have 30 million won?”
It was the exact amount from my matured savings account that I’d withdrawn before coming here.
But I unhesitatingly raised the paddle I’d received upon entering the auction house.
The auctioneer seemed surprised for a moment, as if he’d expected this dungeon to go unsold.
‘This is a goldmine dungeon, yet no one knows.’
Exhilarating.
I was waiting for the straightforward sale to conclude.
“31 million, we have 31 million won.”
“What kind of bastard is this?”
What lunatic is targeting this dungeon?
“It’s Sangha Guild.”
“Those pathetic fools.”
The twins ground their teeth furiously.
“They’re always trash-talking us. Yet they’re no different from us.”
Ah, I see.
So you’re a moth consumed by inferiority, drawn to the flame.
“Do you have 32 million won?”
I immediately raised my paddle to bid.
The rest was predictable.
Once the bid reached 34 million, the Sangha Guild stopped bidding.
They’d come to the auction house with a specific dungeon in mind, and they had no genuine interest in this glacier dungeon—they were simply driving up the price to mess with us.
Because of them, I’d lost 4 million won.
I was tempted to go tear out my hair in frustration, but I managed to regain my composure.
Right now it felt like “a full 4 million won,” but once I cleared this dungeon, it would become “merely 4 million won.”
Still, the fact remained that their interference had cost me dearly.
Sangha Guild. I’ll remember this.
“Lot number six, Obongsan Dungeon, sold for 34 million won.”
Bang! Bang!
The auctioneer struck his gavel twice, and the right to clear Obongsan Dungeon became ours.
The expenditure was slightly higher than I’d anticipated, but still.
My stomach was absolutely churning over it.
Yet considering what awaited us there, the profit would be enormous.
“Yeo Joo.”
Kang Han, who had sat silently beside me throughout the auction, finally spoke.
“Will you be alright?”
The Justice Guild had no funds at the moment.
Naturally, the payment for this dungeon clear right was coming from my own pocket as an investment into the guild.
I smiled lightly at Kang Han and answered.
“We’ll find out once we go.”

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Tomorrow, I’ll be heading out to Chuncheon.
But to mine that dungeon, I needed to make some preparations.
“You’re really saying it’ll arrive in five hours?”
“I’ve been living a lie this whole time.”
Jang Su Ho, who had been teaching me how to shop for Hunter items on my phone, spoke with exasperation.
“You’ve never bought items online before?”
Of course not.
“Alright, I understand. Thanks for showing me.”
I left Jang Su Ho’s room—which had even fewer belongings than mine—and returned to my own room next door.
“This is better than that delivery service.”
Abilities that increase running speed or allow short-distance teleportation are surprisingly common.
If there’s money to be made, major corporations wouldn’t overlook it.
Notable examples include the Sama Guild and the Maestro, where craftspeople gather—major guilds that now operate the ultra-fast delivery online shopping mall I’d just learned about.
Among them, I chose the shopping mall operated by the Maestro Guild, which is unparalleled in the crafting industry.
Of course, using regular courier services would be much cheaper, but since I needed these items by tomorrow, I decided to use Awakener delivery this time.
“Let’s see, let’s see.”
True to form, the Maestro.
Their online shopping mall sells items worth over three billion won.
That speaks to their confidence in product quality and delivery safety.
“First, I’ll need winter gear for everyone.”
I selected C-rank jumper-style winter coats for all the guild members.
They’re on special discount, but each one still costs two million won.
That’s five people besides me, so ten million won total.
“…Since I’m physically fragile, I should get a B-rank one.”
I hate the cold.
Between the winter coats and mining tools, seventeen million won vanished in an instant.
“Good thing I had that deposit, or I’d have been in serious trouble.”
Anyway.
Preparations for mining the goldmine that is the Obongsan Dungeon were complete.

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Hunters – [ Free Discussion Board ]
Justice Guild Going All Out
WarmthPlease | Views: 632

The small-timers are mining as a group now lol
You all know Kang Han is the dead weight of Yeongdeungpo, right?
But it looks like they’re trying to do it on a guild-wide scale now
They even won the bid for a D-rank Glacier-type dungeon
+ There are people spouting nonsense that a new woman who joined the Justice Guild is an A-rank healer
If that woman is really an A-rank healer, I’ll eat my words lol

Comments
Comment 1: They bought a Glacier-type dungeon with money?
Comment 2: Aren’t there a lot of guilds that mine as a group anyway?
└ Still, the important thing is that the Justice Guild has fallen that far from their glory days
Comment 3: They must be broke if they’re buying Glacier-types
Comment 4: I saw that A-rank healer post too lol Think before you write. Does that even make sense? lol
└ Right? lol Why would an A-rank go there? lol
└ They’re probably coordinating uniforms with the Sama Guild by now
└ I’m betting the recruitment announcement drops along with the uniforms soon
└ Who knows, maybe that woman has some connections somewhere lol
Comment 5: The Justice Guild’s doors are closing soon~
Comment 6: What’s even supposed to come out of a Glacier-type? lol

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The morning we departed for Chuncheon had finally arrived.
The guild members’ jaws dropped.
“What is this?”
“We bought a van?!”
In the parking lot of the building that was always empty, a sturdy-looking black van with some scratches here and there was parked.
On its side, the name ‘JUSTICE’ was painted in enormous letters.
I held up the round car key to the guild members and spoke.
“We bought a van.”

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