The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 56
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Chapter 56
Artemis (2)
Bubble bubble-
White steam rising from the Magic Hot Spring.
The moment the warm spring water wrapped around his shoulders and neck, the fatigue accumulated over several days melted away like snow.
“Ah~ this is it, this is what I needed…”
Kim Jun rested his arms on the edge of the hot spring and let out a deep sigh.
Hiss-!
At that moment, the sound of someone opening a beer bottle.
Clunk!
A cold beer mug was placed on the marble table beside the hot spring.
“Here, hyung-nim goes first.”
Park Min-soo offered the beer with a bright smile.
As Kim Jun accepted the cold beer mug, the temperature difference between the warm spring water and the cold glass was transmitted through his fingertips.
Gulp-
The first sip.
The moment the cool beer flowed down his throat.
“Kiyaaaaa…!”
An exclamation burst from Kim Jun’s mouth involuntarily.
Cold beer while soaking in a hot spring.
Could there be a more perfect combination than this?
“Ugh, ahh, mmmmm~.”
Beside him, Park Min-soo was completely lost in the magic effects of the hot spring, letting out moans.
“Are you a pervert?”
Kim Jun said with a chuckle.
“It feels too good, hyung-nim. It really feels like my body is melting. No, is it actually melting?”
Park Min-soo lifted his arm and looked at it with wonder.
The impurities accumulated throughout his mana circuits were being purified by the spring’s magic, visible to the naked eye.
“Cheers!”
“Cheers.”
The two beer mugs clinked together with a clear sound.
Clink-
Gulp gulp gulp-
As the cold beer went down their throats, the warmth of the hot spring enveloped their entire bodies.
This ecstatic moment created by the meeting of extreme temperatures.
“I feel like I’m coming back to life.”
Kim Jun muttered with beer foam on his lips.
These moments at the end of perilous Tower climbing were sweeter than any reward.
‘Master.’
‘What.’
‘Let me out too.’
‘No.’
‘Why not.’
‘You didn’t pay the fee.’
‘Pay for me.’
‘It’s 10,000 coins. 10,000 coins.’
‘Am I worth less than that!?’
‘…Tsk.’
Unable to resist Andras’s nagging, Kim Jun summoned Andras.
“「Diablo-Andras」.”
Poof-!
“Ugh, uooooooooo!!!!”
The ‘massive and imposing’ Andras revealed himself.
“Kuhhhhhh, good, so good…”
“Mmmmm~. Ohhhhh~.”
Park Min-soo and Andras sat side by side, continuously letting out moans.
Two beings completely absorbed in the magical effects of the hot spring.
But when Park Min-soo moved to get into a more comfortable position, his shoulder brushed against Andras sitting beside him.
“Huh?”
At that moment, Park Min-soo looked at Andras in surprise.
Or more precisely, at Andras’s shoulder muscles.
Park Min-soo, with his 2-meter frame and sculpted muscular physique befitting a former bodybuilder.
But Andras’s shoulder muscles were… something different.
Rather than a demon of fire and destruction, he seemed like a demon of fitness with his defined and violently powerful muscle lines.
Andras also seemed to sense Park Min-soo’s gaze and turned his head.
And he looked over Park Min-soo’s physique once.
“…”
“…”
A moment of silence.
The two muscular beings exchanged looks as if evaluating each other.
Nod-
They both blushed and nodded simultaneously.
‘What are these perverts doing.’
*
Now that he’d washed away the grime, it was time to grow.
Kim Jun organized his plans in his head as he got out of the hot spring.
There were three main things to do in Artemis.
First. Pets.
Starting from the 25th Floor, the pet system would finally be unlocked.
‘I wonder if I can find it again?’
A smile spread across Kim Jun’s lips as he fell into thought.
Pets were the key element that determined both a Hunter’s efficiency and survival rate.
‘Starting with mini orcs and goblins…’
Kim Jun muttered to himself while counting on his fingers.
There were also ordinary cat and dog pets.
But the real treasures were separate.
Rare pets, that is.
Ones that amplified their master’s mana by 2x.
Ones that detected danger in advance and warned their masters.
Pets with such special abilities existed.
‘But more important than that…’
Auto-collection function.
How had it been until now when defeating monsters? He had to manually pick up loot and put it into his subspace pouch every single time.
How troublesome that was.
But with a pet? It would pick up everything automatically.
‘I’ll be able to focus only on combat.’
Moreover, the fact that pets could grow was also attractive.
As levels increased, they directly boosted the owner’s stats like strength, agility, and intelligence.
Powerful species even participated directly in combat, attacking enemies.
The second was skill fusion.
Kim Jun’s eyes became serious.
Properly combining existing skills to reborn them as completely new dimensional skills.
‘Or I could learn entirely new skills.’
He possessed skills that were incomparably more powerful and diverse than before his regression.
If he could properly fuse these, or obtain even more powerful skills?
Just imagining it sent thrills through him.
Third. Mounts.
Kim Jun already had the 「Angel’s Wings」 obtained from the Heavenly Realm, but as Kim Jun awakened as a demon, demon wings were naturally attached automatically.
‘But the kids don’t have any.’
Park Min-soo, Ryu Ji-a, Han Su-in, Lee Seo-yeon.
He needed to get them for his companions too.
They still had no means of flight.
As one climbed to the upper floors of the Tower, flight ability became not a choice but a necessity.
Especially from the 30th floor onward, sections appeared where progress was impossible without flight.
‘I should get mounts for them too.’
In Artemis, various flying mounts could be obtained.
Starting with Pegasus, to griffons, even magically created flying carpets.
He just needed to choose mounts that suited each person’s class and inclination.
Kim Jun fell into thought for a moment.
“What should I do first?”
After brief consideration, what took priority was clear.
The Mage Tower.
It was time to go there and obtain power of a new dimension.
*
The Mage Tower rising majestically in the center of Artemis was a work of art in itself.
The tower built with pure white marble spiraled upward toward the sky, with delicate reliefs and magic circles carved on each floor.
Golden magical lines wrapping around the entire tower pulsed like a heartbeat, emitting mystical light.
As he approached the entrance, massive bronze doors opened by themselves.
Whirr-
The interior beyond the magically operated doors was even more spectacular.
A massive circular hall extending to the ceiling. Countless magic books floated around the curved walls, and crystals sparkling like starlight hovered in the center.
In the middle of that fantastic scene.
“Hello, Hunter. Welcome to the Mage Tower.”
A woman in elegant robes bowed her head.
She was a mage managing the Mage Tower, with silver hair and emerald eyes.
‘Is Adelaine taking care of Ji-a?’
Kim Jun smiled warmly and greeted her.
“Hello, Olivia.”
“Yes…yes?”
Olivia showed a flustered expression.
How did a Hunter she was meeting for the first time know her name?
“How do you know my name…”
“100,000 coins, right? The entrance fee.”
Kim Jun said with a smile.
He pulled out a coin pouch before Olivia could say anything.
“Yes…that’s correct, but…”
Olivia looked at Kim Jun with curiosity.
Most Hunters were surprised or hesitated upon hearing the entrance fee of 100,000 coins, but this Hunter seemed to already know everything.
“Hunter Kim Jun is an exception. I’ll do it for 50,000 coins!”
“Why?”
“Because you protected Artemis!!”
Olivia’s voice contained sincere gratitude.
There wasn’t a single resident of Artemis who didn’t know about Kim Jun’s great achievements.
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[Name] : Olivia
[Race] : Human, NPC
[Grade] : C
[Level] : 51
[Favorability] : 70/100(+30)
[Title] : Administrator of the Mage Tower
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‘It was 40 before.’
Kim Jun muttered as he looked at Olivia’s status window.
Was it the influence of 「Authority of the Fallen Royal Family」’s ‘Initial favorability +30 with all NPCs’?
Anyway.
“Thanks. Then 50,000 coins.”
Thud-
Olivia, who received the coins, pointed to the center of the hall.
“There are two paths.”
As Kim Jun followed her gaze, two doors appeared deep within the hall.
On the left was a beautiful sapphire-colored door reminiscent of the blue sea.
On the door’s surface was carved a magic circle where two circles intertwined and merged into one.
On the right stood a ruby-colored door burning like the sun.
On that door, a pattern of countless stars gathering into one new star was shining.
“The sapphire door leads to the ‘Hall of Harmony’ where existing skills are fused,”
Olivia explained in a gentle voice.
“The ruby door guides to the ‘Hall of Creation’ where completely new skills are created and learned.”
Powerful magical energy flowed from both doors.
As if tempting Kim Jun, urging him to choose.
Kim Jun looked back and forth between the two doors and thought.
‘Should I fuse existing skills, or create something completely new.’
An ordinary Hunter would surely have pondered like that.
However.
“Should I visit the Hall of Harmony first?”
“F-first…you mean?”
Kim Jun planned to experience both the Hall of Harmony and the Hall of Creation.
And he had already distributed enough coins to his companions so they could use both as well.
Why?
[Coins Held : 3,300,200]
Because Kim Jun was filthy rich.
Even after renting [Olympus Paradise] for an entire week, this much remained.
It was thanks to the enormous profits earned from Tower climbing.
‘Most of it is from first clear rewards.’
“Th-then… you’re truly remarkable.”
Olivia said in admiration.
Most Hunters begrudge even 10,000 coins, yet this Hunter was thinking of using it multiple times.
“Then I’ll guide you to the Hall of Harmony first!”
Olivia energetically opened the sapphire door.
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