Owner of the S-Rank Dungeon Campsite (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 4

[Coca-Cola (10C)

Soda (10C)

Milk (10C)

White bread (10C)

Eggs (10C)

Sweet potatoes (10C)

Pot (10C)

……]

It wasn’t just drinks—they sold other food ingredients too. These days, vending machines even dispense snacks and instant meals, so it wasn’t particularly unusual…..

[T-shirt (10C)

Suspenders (10C)

……]

“Good grief. They even have clothes. But the prices are kind of murder.”

Everything was uniformly priced at 10 coins. Calculated in my country’s currency, a single can of cola cost 100,000 won.

“Who on earth would buy this?”

I scoffed.

“I will.”

Without hesitation, I immediately pressed the cola button. Discovering unexpected outside food had sent my eyes spinning.

After one sip, it felt as if every drop of thirst in my body had vanished.

“Teddy, do you want some cola too?”

Seeing my happy smile, Teddy looked curious.

“What’s that?”

“You know what jelly is, but you don’t know cola?”

Since she knew jelly, I’d assumed she’d be familiar with other outside foods too.

Then again, cola explodes if you shake it, and above all, it’s best when ice-cold—maybe that’s why nobody brings it into dungeons.

“Yes. I’ve never seen this before. It looks too hard on the outside—can you really drink it?”

“Yes. When you open it like this, the drink comes out. It’s cold, sweet, and tastes like fireworks bursting in your mouth.”

“If fireworks burst in my mouth, I’d die….”

“Oh, I just mean it feels that way. It’s delicious. Try it.”

To reassure her, I took another sip myself and then handed it to Teddy.

Teddy brought her nose close to the can, wrinkled it as if hit by the popping bubbles, then took a small sip—and her eyes sparkled.

“Oh…! It’s so delicious!”

“Right?”

“I’m really glad I followed you, Master!”

Teddy devoured fifteen cans of cola right there and then—worth 1.5 million won.

‘Maybe I shouldn’t have told her about it….’

[Check the campsite information window.]

As if unwilling to let me catch my breath even for a moment, the system issued a command.

“Campsite information window.”

I obeyed the instruction for now.

[Campsite Name: Spring

Level: 1

Campsite Reputation: Shabby

Campsite Condition: Messy

Campsite Weather: Clear

Campsite Effect: +10% HP regeneration speed

※ Campsite effects are influenced by reputation, condition, and weather.

※ Effects gained at the campsite last for 24 hours after leaving (excluding regeneration speed buffs).]

It seemed being inside this campsite granted a buff. Even though it was shabby and messy from doing nothing yet, a 10% regeneration boost wasn’t bad at all.

“It might get even higher once it’s cleaned up. Oh right, I should check the shelter’s time limit first.”

Shelters had a time limit.

Once you entered, a countdown started, and after a set period, your location shifted to another area—randomly.

[Shelter Time Limit: Unlimited]

“Huh? Unlimited?”

I nearly fainted from shock. I’d never heard of a shelter without a time limit before.

“This shelter has no time limit because you, Master, established the campsite yourself. You are the owner of this shelter.”

“Me?”

[Owner: Yubom (F)]

Sure enough, my name was clearly displayed right under the time limit.

The value of a shelter increased the higher the dungeon tier—it served as a safe haven from dangerous monsters. Hunters always searched for shelters once night fell.

Normally, commercial activity was prohibited in public zones, but since this shelter belonged to me, perhaps I could run a business here.

Moreover, this place even granted buffs—a buff zone inside an S-rank dungeon! Selling goods at a shelter here could earn me hundreds of billions.

“What a windfall!”

My heart began pounding faster and faster.

I’d only set up the campsite to survive, yet I suddenly felt like a millionaire.

A shelter of my own, plus 1,000 coins—I’d thought awakening into some unheard-of class had ruined me, but this was an unexpected harvest.

Being a campsite owner was an incredible class!

Ding!

At that moment, another quest arrived.

[Quest

– To open your campsite for business, you need a tent.

Use the campsite skill ‘Crafting’ to create a small tent. (0/3)

– Campsite skills can be viewed in the ‘Campsite Skills Window.’

– Completion Reward: One-time choice of a C-rank item from the Camping Market]

Now that I thought about it, a notification had popped up when I established the campsite saying I’d learned ‘Crafting.’

It seemed I could craft tents…

“Campsite skills window.”

[Crafting

▶Wood – 10 Twigs or 3 Logs, 100C

Cloth – 5 Weeds, 100C

Axe – 5 Wood, 100C

Fishing Rod – 5 Wood, 5 Cloth, 100C

Shovel – 5 Stone, 5 Wood, 100C

Pickaxe – 5 Stone, 5 Wood, 100C

Hammer – 5 Stone, 5 Wood, 100C

Small Tent – 10 Wood, 10 Cloth, 10 Stone, 250C

Medium Tent – 50 Wood, 50 Cloth, 50 Stone, 500C

Large Tent – 100 Wood, 100 Cloth, 100 Stone, 1,000C]

The crafting list was diverse—everything from minor materials to essential camping tools and tents could be made.

And now I understood why the quest had generously handed out coins.

“Crafting a small tent costs 250 coins….”

Crafting required not just materials but also coins. I needed to craft three small tents now.

After crafting three, I’d only have 100 coins left—after spending some earlier on cola.

“Maybe I shouldn’t bother.”

My willpower vanished on its own.

After all, this shelter had no time limit.

I could just wait here for rescue, then cash out my coins at Daehan Bank once outside—receiving around 8.5 million won in cash.

Plus, I could use the Hunter Market, exclusive to hunters, to invest in effect items for profit.

“Um, Master….”

“Yes? What is it?”

“I don’t know what you were just thinking, but the system gave me new information.”

“What is it?”

Was it going to give me more coins?

At that moment, I still believed I was a hunter blessed by the system and expected another reward.

“Because you’re a Campsite Owner class, you can’t use the Hunter Market.”

“What…? But I’m still a hunter! What do you mean I can’t use it!”

“And apparently, once you establish a campsite, you can’t leave the dungeon where it was set up….”

“…What?”

“It says the restriction lifts once your campsite reaches level 10.”

Alright, fine—I’ll accept the Hunter Market issue.

The maximum hunter level was 30. Level 10 was a third of the way….

Damn it. My mind went blank.

“How long until I reach level 10?”

“It varies by person, but probably….”

Teddy fell silent for a moment, seemingly communicating with the system.

“It says it usually takes about five years.”

“We’re ruined.”

“If you work hard, three years! No, even two years is possible!”

“We’re ruined, Teddy. I was wrong.”

I was utterly devastated.

[This is the timeline separator]

At that very moment, outside the dungeon, news was dominated by a young woman’s suicide attempt—she’d jumped into the Han River.

[Mid-twenties woman jumps from Han River bridge… Marine rescue team dispatched immediately, but body never recovered…] [Police who spoke with the woman reported she stood on the bridge for hours… Authorities express deep sorrow over the tragic incident.] [Dungeon Research Center Chief Yoo Myunghyun shows deep concern over civilian accident… Association’s support entirely driven by Chief Yoo Myunghyun’s initiative…]

How far does Chief Yoo Myunghyun’s goodwill extend? Previously hidden acts of kindness now coming to light…]

“Sigh….”

Myunghyun read the headlines plastered across the portal site, overwhelmed by mixed emotions.

This wasn’t goodwill—it was simply what any father would do.

Yet the public had no idea the woman who jumped into the Han River was his daughter.

The Yoo family had concealed their relationship to protect Bom, a civilian, from harm.

If only he’d revealed Bom was his daughter, would they have launched a faster rescue?

Or if he’d just told Inyoung to quit being a hunter, would she never have gone missing?

If only he’d stopped Taelim when he insisted on entering the dungeon to find Inyoung. If only he’d held Bom back when she stormed out of the restaurant.

Would they all still be by his side?

Was it all his fault?

“Why… am I… always….”

His self-loathing spiraled, dragging him into a review of his entire life. Every choice now filled him with regret.

Especially Bom—his youngest, raised like a precious jewel since childhood. The timid girl who’d burst into tears at the slightest scrape.

She’d always been someone the family adored and protected. Yet she’d fallen into that cold, deep river. Myunghyun couldn’t breathe.

Then, knock knock—someone tapped on the door.

“It’s me.”

“Come in.”

A tall, slender woman entered. It was Hunter Moon Gayoung from Recon Team 7.

The Daehan Awakening Association maintained field-operating Recon Teams.

Myunghyun served as both Director of the Dungeon Research Center and Captain of Recon Team 7.

This team had been formed solely to find Hunter Jo Inyoung, but somehow ended up filled with hunters far more capable than necessary.

Rumors even claimed Recon Team 7 was practically the number-one guild. Gayoung herself was an A-rank combat-class hunter.

“I contacted a hunter who can see the souls of the dead—they said no one named Yubom died recently.”

Gayoung’s father and Myunghyun were close seniors and juniors. Thus, Gayoung had played often with the Yoo siblings since childhood. She was the only hunter in the Association, aside from the Chairman, who knew Bom was Myunghyun’s daughter.

“Ah… thank goodness.”

Myunghyun still had no leads, yet he felt relieved.

Bom wasn’t dead. Just knowing that eased the suffocating weight in his chest.

“But then… where did she go?”

The media reported the woman had died, but strictly speaking, she’d simply vanished. They’d searched the riverbed and found nothing.

They’d even investigated for gate-formation ripples in case she’d been sucked into a gate—but found none.

“If she wasn’t pulled into a gate and didn’t drown… where did Bom go?”

Myunghyun sank into despair again.

“Uncle, please don’t worry too much. It’s only been a day, and there’s still a chance she awakened, right?”

“Awakened?”

“Yes.”

Myunghyun’s vision had narrowed from the shock of Bom’s accident. But hearing this, it suddenly made sense.

Though awakening during a crisis was rare, Bom’s case was different.

“Yes. If she did awaken, that’d be a miracle….”

Her entire family were hunters. Myunghyun was D-rank, Taelim S-rank, and Inyoung an astonishing SSS-rank.

Since awakening had genetic factors, it was entirely possible.

“By the way, do you know where Hunter Chae Donghwa is now?”

Hunter Chae Donghwa—a young S-rank hunter who’d claimed the number-one ranking after Taelim went missing.

Most of Recon Team 7 consisted of high-rank hunters, but Chae Donghwa’s fame had significantly contributed to their reputation.

“As far as I know, he hasn’t returned from the S-rank dungeon yet.”

“That’s good. Under no circumstances must Donghwa learn that Bom is Taelim’s younger sister—not while she’s missing.”

“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Donghwa had witnessed Taelim’s disappearance firsthand inside the dungeon. The two had been on the same team when Taelim alone was sucked into a guerrilla gate.

The dungeon they’d been scouting was the S-rank ‘Valley of Blue Starlight.’

A secondary gate had formed inside—an unprecedented phenomenon since dungeons first appeared.

Inyoung, the first to vanish, had acted alone, so no one knew how she’d disappeared.

But Donghwa’s testimony about Taelim’s disappearance led them to suspect she’d been swept away the same way.

‘That guerrilla gate only takes high-rank hunters. Are you really going to let yourself get sucked in too?’

After Taelim vanished, Donghwa insisted on scouting the Valley of Blue Starlight alone. Myunghyun had strongly opposed it.

Since then, other expedition hunters had encountered guerrilla gates but weren’t pulled in. The only difference between them and the missing was rank.

All the vanished hunters had been B-rank or lower.

For unknown reasons, higher-rank hunters seemed more likely to be sucked in.

Thus, for S-rank Donghwa, it was practically suicide.

‘Then so be it. If the previous two haven’t solved it yet, perhaps I can help—even a little.’