You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 47

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47

 

 

 

If an opportunity to become an S-rank Hunter came to you, would you willingly accept it?

 

The one who seized that fortune was a very ordinary Korean youth in his twenties.

 

The youth who became South Korea’s first S-rank Hunter, Noh Hyun-seong.

 

An opportunity that no one could have imagined came to him, who had been a C-rank Hunter.

 

That opportunity, which could be called a kind of fateful encounter,

It instantly elevated him to the ranks of S-class hunters.

From that moment on, his life changed completely.

The media praised him as a “prepared S-rank,” and the association and guilds discussed next-generation power structures centered around him.

All of that was thanks to the single spear he had obtained.

Gungnir, the divine spear said to have been wielded by Odin in Norse mythology.

Since he had obtained a genuine divine artifact rather than a replica, it was only natural that Roh Hyeonseong would rise to the ranks of S-class Hunters.

With a triumphant cry, he drove Gungnir down.

“Haaaaaaah—!”

Rumble.

With the sound of thunder crashing, a beam of light burst forth from Gungnir and pierced through the giant’s chest.

Noh Hyeonseong knelt on both knees and caught his breath for a moment.

The giant’s body crumbled away, turning into black smoke.

When the fog cleared, what remained in its place was a creature about the size of a fist.

“…A mouse?”

Noh Hyeonseong frowned.

A dead rat with a hole in its chest.

It was a monster that Noh Hyunsung also knew about.

Gnugn.

Just moments ago, he had definitely been facing an S-rank boss.

I’m talking about S-rank battles where lightning bolts rain down and the earth gets turned upside down.

It was hard to believe that the boss giant they had fought fiercely against for hours was merely a C-rank Geunung.

“How annoying.”

He poked the shadow with the tip of his spear.

He convulsed slightly, but soon drew his last breath.

Noh Hyeonseong’s jaw trembled slightly.

I felt disgusted.

Do you think it’s easy to contain lightning in Gungnir?

At the same time, countless scenarios were being revised in Noh Hyeonseong’s mind.

What mattered now wasn’t something like the giant’s identity.

The process by which he, an S-rank, conquered dungeons.

He was calculating how to describe the process of his grade-appropriate performance to reporters in the most dramatic way possible.

‘Shadow people and giants shouldn’t be much of a problem.’

“And…”

His gaze turned toward the corpse.

“I guess I should leave out that story after all.”

The corners of Noh Hyeonseong’s mouth twisted upward.

Tell the truth, but there’s no need to reveal every truth, is there?

The public will prefer that one more.

Rather than ‘Noh Hyun-seong who faced an S-rank ability user for 5 hours’,

Wouldn’t ‘S-rank Hunter Noh Hyeonseong successfully conquers dungeon after fierce battle with giant’ be better?

Noh Hyeonseong thought so.

“That’s right. It’s also a hero’s duty to instill respect in the people.”

He turned the spear and slung it over his shoulder.

Then he slowly walked toward the exit where the black smoke was clearing.

***

 

“What? Why isn’t anyone here?”

 

As he exited the dungeon, an empty, desolate road stretched out before Noh Hyun-seong.

 

The surroundings were chaotic as restoration work seemed to be in full swing.

Yet not a single reporter was to be seen.

‘Did everyone leave thinking it would take a long time?’

Even so, it didn’t make sense.

If they were reporters that Noh Hyeonseong knew, they were the type of people who would pitch tents at the entrance and hold out until he showed up.

Noh Hyeonseong stroked his chin once and looked around.

“…There really is no one here.”

That was when it happened.

A familiar voice could be heard from far away.

“Hyunsung!”

An obese man with a protruding belly approaches while waving his hand.

He was Noh Hyunsung’s manager.

“Huff huff… That came out faster than I thought.”

The manager wiped away sweat with his hand and panted.

Only his manager was waiting for him at the entrance.

But that wasn’t something No Hyeonseong needed to concern himself with.

“Hey, where did all the reporters go?”

“Ah… well, the thing is.”

The manager glanced at Noh Hyeonseong’s expression and trailed off.

“How was the S-rank dungeon? I thought you’d be able to clear it without any trouble.”

The manager hastily tried to divert his attention with unnecessary words.

“Aren’t you tired? How about we head back for today and schedule something with the reporters tomorrow?”

Noh Hyeonseong chuckled at those words.

I don’t see a single reporter around, so which reporter are they planning to schedule with?

That was when it happened.

The sound of camera shutters clicking and cheering could be heard from a distance.

“There they are, the reporters.”

Noh Hyun-seong pointed to where the reporters were gathered.

The manager was startled by his expression.

That Noh Hyun-seong’s anger had reached its peak.

 

At the center of it all, an unfamiliar figure was receiving the reporters’ attention.

 

“Who’s that guy getting more attention than an S-Rank Hunter?”

 

“Ah… well, he’s the new S-Rank Hunter who recently became…”

 

“Ah, that guy?”

 

Noh Hyun-seong cut off the manager’s words and nodded.

 

He had indeed heard that a new S-Rank Hunter had emerged.

 

“What a cute junior.”

 

The manager, suddenly flustered, quickly blocked his path.

 

“H-Hyun-seong. Don’t you think it would be wrong to interrupt in the middle of an interview?”

 

“What?”

 

Noh Hyun-seong stopped walking, turned around, and looked at the manager.

 

“Hyung…”

 

Then he pressed down on the manager’s shoulders with both hands.

 

“Y-yes!”

 

The manager answered hastily, completely tense.

 

“Relax your expression. Anyone watching would think I’m going over there to bully him. Am I such an inconsiderate person?”

 

“Of course not.”

 

“Just a light greeting. I’ll just say hello and come back.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong chuckled and turned around again.

 

“Alright…”

 

The manager couldn’t stop him and could only pray that he wouldn’t cause any trouble.

 

***

 

Noh Hyun-seong didn’t barge in immediately, but crossed his arms and slowly watched the interview.

 

Then—

 

“Hunter Han Sang-in, is it true that the boss of this S-Rank Dungeon was ‘Gnugn’?”

 

Noh Hyun-seong’s brow furrowed at the familiar name.

 

‘Did that guy also face Gnugn?’

 

“Yes, that’s correct. What appeared after the conquest process I mentioned earlier was Gnugn.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong sneered at Sang-in’s answer.

 

It wouldn’t even be enough to say it wasn’t Gnugn, yet he gave such an answer.

 

That was diminishing his own value.

 

Noh Hyun-seong uncrossed his arms and walked forward.

 

The shutter sounds stopped, and all eyes focused on his appearance.

 

‘I like this.’

 

Now it felt like things were finally going in the right direction.

 

“Well, well— junior.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong spoke deliberately loud.

 

“I’ve been wanting to meet you, but I get to see you at a place like this. Nice to meet you.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong placed his hand on Sang-in’s shoulder and smiled.

 

“But Gnugn… It seems like you don’t know much since this is your first interview, but there should be some sense of reality, shouldn’t there?”

 

While saying this, he subtly applied pressure.

 

“Or was it not an S-Rank Dungeon?”

 

Noh Hyun-seong smiled with his eyes while gradually adding more force to his hand.

 

“It seems like senior has hunted something impressive?”

 

Sang-in sneered as he looked at Noh Hyun-seong.

 

“What…?”

 

Noh Hyun-seong’s eyebrow twitched slightly.

 

‘This little bastard…’

 

He changed his plan.

 

He had intended to just give him a light warning, but such an arrogant junior needed to be shown clear superiority.

 

Noh Hyun-seong sent Electric Current through the arm that was around his shoulder.

 

That was the exact moment.

 

A strange aura rose from Sang-in’s body.

 

For an instant, his pupils briefly changed into something inhuman.

 

His spine turned cold, and an ear-splitting wail echoed in Noh Hyun-seong’s ears.

 

“…!”

 

Noh Hyun-seong reflexively pulled his hand away and stepped back.

 

“We’ve resolved the Dungeon Break, but there are still many follow-up measures remaining.”

 

With that, Sang-in stood up from his seat.

 

“I think I’ve answered most of your questions, so I’ll end my interview here.”

 

With those words, Sang-in calmly walked through the crowd of reporters.

 

Noh Hyun-seong watched his retreating figure for a moment, then let out an awkward laugh.

 

“Haha, our junior must be very tired since this was his first S-Rank Dungeon.”

 

Quickly composing his expression, Noh Hyun-seong turned toward the reporters and sat down.

 

“But since you reporters have come all this way, I’ll take the remaining questions.”

 

Instantly, the reporters’ shutters began clicking loudly again.

 

Noh Hyun-seong secretly hid Gungnir under the table out of sight.

 

When I faced the Merchant’s ghostly energy, I had reflexively summoned it.

 

His hand gripping Gungnir was trembling very slightly.

 

***

 

“… And so, by piercing the giant’s heart with Gungnir, we successfully conquered the S-Rank Dungeon.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong finished his answer with a confident expression.

 

“By any chance, wasn’t that a Gnugn?”

 

“A Gnugn? No, how could a Gnugn classified as C-rank possibly be an S-Rank Dungeon boss?”

 

At the reporter’s question, Noh Hyun-seong raised his voice as if finding it ridiculous.

 

But that was his fatal mistake.

 

The reporters’ murmuring began to grow louder.

 

“It completely matches the dungeon strategy that Hunter Han Sang-in described, but you’re saying it wasn’t a Gnugn?”

 

“Ah, it did seem similar to a Gnugn. There was a sudden abnormal phenomenon near the end, so I must have been mistaken.”

 

Noh Hyun-seong quickly changed his words, but the commotion only grew larger.

 

“Wait, so you dealt with the same boss monster, but it took you over 5 hours?”

“Mr. Merchant cleared it ages ago and stopped 13 A-rank dungeon breaks, didn’t he?”

As if asking why he hadn’t been told.

 

When there was no sign of the commotion subsiding, the manager stepped up onto the platform.

 

“Alright, reporters, we’ll end today’s interview here.”

 

With that as the finale, I turned off the smartphone I had been watching.

 

‘So Noh Hyun-seong also faced the same Gnugn as me…’

 

Moreover, even the dungeon structure matched exactly.

 

This gave me certainty that this Dungeon Break incident had been artificially orchestrated.

 

Meanwhile, the vehicle I was riding in arrived in front of a familiar building.

 

Cheongram Trading Company.

 

As I got out of the car, Team Leader Lee Woo-ram was already there to greet me.

 

Following his guidance, I arrived at a room located on the top floor of the building.

 

Upon entering the room, a familiar guy was waiting for me.

 

“You’re here?”

 

Along with the casual greeting, his gaze fixed on Galmu hanging at my waist.

 

He was still obsessed with the sword as always.

 

“I didn’t come here because of Galmu. Pay attention to other things too, will you? You bastard Hae-in.”

 

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