Owner of the S-Rank Dungeon Campsite - Chapter 31

“I came to help Yu Bom.”

“Bom. Why are you hanging out with a man you don’t know? Do you even know who he is?”

My sister asked but wasn’t listening to Hunter Chae Dong Hwa’s words.

“It’s Hunter Chae Dong Hwa. Isn’t he on the same team as you?”

“That’s right. So this guy is…!”

My sister started to say something but swallowed her words. Everyone seemed perplexed by the situation.

There were too many things to explain.

“Let’s go to my campsite first. We can rest there and talk.”

“Campsite? Did you really get hurt somewhere when you fell?”

“You’ll see when we get there. I’ll show you everything.”

I led Ga Young ahead. Showing would be better than explaining hundreds of times.

Especially for my sister. I thought it was nonsense at first too.

“What’s this? Why is this mimic here?”

“Boss, please spare me!”

My sister lifted the mimic hiding behind me and shook it. Soon, a necklace with blue gems fell out of the box.

“Stop messing around.”

My sister picked up the fallen necklace and put it on. Looking closely, it was the necklace our brother had given her as a birthday present long ago.

“Haha, hello. It’s been a while.”

“Yes, hello.”

My sister’s junior awkwardly exchanged greetings with Hunter Chae Dong Hwa.

I smiled slightly as I watched the suddenly noisy scene. It was an unexpected meeting, but I was very happy to see my sister.

* * *

“Aah! Run away!”

As soon as we arrived at the campsite, there was a commotion. Just like others, my sister was terrified when she saw Teddy.

“Sis. It’s a monster I captured.”

“Right. You captured that crazy teddy bear, no. Captured? You caught that monster?”

“Yes.”

Ga Young turned her head again to look at Teddy.

“Hello, welcome to Spring Campsite!”

Teddy waved both hands with a harmless expression. At the campsite, he was just a cute teddy bear.

“Crazy…”

My sister finally came to her senses and looked around the campsite. In the center of the campsite, a large bonfire was blazing, and several tents were pitched surrounding it.

The recently built management building and convenience store also stood proudly.

It looked like a well-equipped campsite to anyone.

“Han Ryeo-un. Please remove my status effect. I feel like I’m hallucinating?”

“I’ve already tried it on myself. I don’t think this is a hallucination, senior…”

My sister’s colleague seemed quite shocked too.

“Teddy. Can you show this hunter around the campsite?”

“Yes, Master!”

I left Hunter Han Ryeo-un with Teddy and went up to the second-floor terrace with my sister. This was a spot where you could see the entire campsite at a glance.

“That campfire was a quest reward from when I first established the campsite. Many people come because of that light. I guess that’s why they gave it to me at first.”

I explained each facility one by one and shared the stories of what had happened.

How Hunter Chae Dong Hwa came as the first guest, and how I had to run the campsite to make a living because I couldn’t leave the dungeon until I reached level 10.

I told her everything, including how Hwarang recently came to film a video. The look of suspicion gradually cleared from my sister’s face.

“It’s really amazing… So this is a buff zone?”

“Yes. There should be an area buff on your status window? You can get that just by entering the campsite.”

“Huh… You’re right. And it’s not just one or two. This is incredible. Oh, is that an ice cream machine? Do you have rice? Meat?”

“Do you want to eat? We have rice, so we can cook it in a pot. We don’t have meat. We eat monster meat when guests bring it from outside. Fish too. They often bring it for quests.”

“I just got a quest too. Is this also because of your class?”

“Yes.”

After that, she kept saying it was amazing and incredible, clapping her hands in surprise.

I’m glad I brought her. Showing was indeed the fastest way.

“Uncle said he wanted to check if you awakened as a hunter, so he asked Chae Dong Hwa to find you.”

“Huh? How would Chae Dong Hwa know such a thing?”

“Chae Dong Hwa has a search skill that allows him to see status windows. If he tries, he should be able to see other people’s system windows too. But it seems he doesn’t use it without permission unless it’s something special.”

“I see…”

Well, if he had used it freely, there wouldn’t have been a misunderstanding about me being a criminal selling shelters when we first met.

‘But what an incredible coincidence.’

My sister came to meet Chae Dong Hwa, but it seems she was chasing the mimic because of the necklace. Thanks to that, we ended up meeting.

“But why isn’t that guy leaving?”

Just then, Chae Dong Hwa was coming out of the shower. He was already wearing a bracelet, seeming to have rented a tent and unpacked on his own.

“I did ask him for help, but I don’t think he’s staying just because of that. Maybe that’s his original schedule?”

“No. He should have left a long time ago. The team was wondering why he’s so late this time.”

“Really…?”

“He’s totally at ease. It’s like his home, you know.”

It might be almost like home. He comes and goes almost every day except when he goes far.

Small tent No. 1, which had the best buff ability, had already become Chae Dong Hwa’s exclusive tent.

“He must really like the campsite buff. He’s very enthusiastic about the campsite quests too.”

“So him helping you today was also a campsite quest?”

“This time, I just asked him for help.”

“And Chae Dong Hwa agreed without a word?”

“Yes. He originally said he would just follow me around, but he helped with gathering quests and monster capturing too. I didn’t have a good first impression, but he seems nicer than I thought. Why? Is something strange?”

As I spoke more, my sister’s expression became peculiar. One eyebrow raised as if she had heard something strange.

“Yes. Very strange.”

No, it was an expression of disbelief. It was a similar reaction to when she first heard my class name.

“Anyway, I understand. You must have had a hard time alone. Good job. Can I have a big tent? Oh, can I try that 3-second sleeping bag?”

“Of course. Are you planning to stay here tonight and leave tomorrow?”

“No? I’m going to stay a bit longer.”

“Until when?”

“Well…”

My sister started counting dates with her fingers, then spoke as if it didn’t matter.

“If you’re asking because of communication, Hwarang’s guild member is going to upload a video anyway, right? That’ll be faster than me going out and reporting to uncle. Once rumors spread about a decent campsite in the dungeon, it’s just a matter of time before it becomes famous. Uncle will figure it out from that too. I’m going to stay until I see with my own eyes that you’re safe and doing well.”

“You can see everything here. There’s a place to sleep and plenty of food. I was really doing well.”

“I can’t know the details just by looking like this. There are things I’m worried about too…”

“What?”

My sister looked at Chae Dong Hwa again. He was now sitting in front of the campfire, staring blankly.

“Uncle would want to know in detail how you’re living too.”

“Is that so…”

“If I don’t check properly, he might try to come in himself.”

“That can’t happen.”

I firmly told Dad in the video too. I said not to come into the dungeon to look for me because it’s dangerous.

Even if he came, we couldn’t leave together, and since it happened while having dinner with Dad and going to the Han River, he might blame himself and feel heartbroken.

Dad always had a tendency to try to bear burdens alone.

“Don’t you like me being here?”

“No, I like it! I really like it.”

The answer came out immediately. My sister’s eyes narrowed suspiciously.

Maybe because she had distanced herself after becoming a hunter, she didn’t seem to believe my words.

But it’s true. I was secretly worried she might leave soon.

Soon, my sister replied lightly as if it didn’t matter.

“Okay. While I’m here, I’ll do all the hard work at the campsite. Just tell me.”

“Okay!”

Just knowing that Ga Young was staying at the campsite made me feel reassured. I should make her lots of delicious food too.

Meeting someone I knew in the dungeon made me realize how awkward I had been before, and now I felt so happy to see her. At the campsite, I felt a strange excitement at the thought that I could do something for her.

* * *

“Teddy. I picked this up outside yesterday. Hunter Chae Dong Hwa said it has low moisture content, so it’s good for firewood.”

“That’s right! It will burn well if we use this to make a fire!”

“I also picked up this many whirlwind bubbles.”

“Wow!”

I unpacked the things I had picked up yesterday one by one. It was fortunate because we had been using up all the whirlwind bubbles that fell in the campsite.

We jumped up and down looking at the thoroughly dried wood.

“And this is an F-grade magic stone. I found a magic stone cave and mined it there.”

“Wow! A magic stone?”

Teddy was known to have become this strong by eating a lot of magic stones during his rolling stone days, so he would like magic stones.

As expected, Teddy’s eyes sparkled as he reached out his hand.

“Nom!”

At that moment, Gold snatched the magic stone with his mouth and swallowed it, clicking his box lid.

“Aww, that was mine…”

“There’s still a lot. Teddy, here—”

“Nom!”

“He—”

“Nom!”

“…”

Gold ate everything as soon as I took it out. Despite being captured, Gold couldn’t let go of his original obsession with shiny things.

His arms made of black smoke were so quick that there was no time to avoid them.

“Gold. If you want to stay here, you have to follow the rules. What did I say yesterday?”

“Don’t steal from others! But Boss, how do I get magic stones if I don’t steal?”

“If you follow the rules well, I’ll give you 3 magic stones a day.”

“Great! Great! I love magic stones!”

Gold jumped up and down. He was a magic stone eating machine.

Still, now he just trembled when I gave magic stones to Teddy, instead of pouncing like before.

“Gold. We’re going to set up the midnight theater that Gold will be in charge of today. Where do you think would be a good place to set it up?”

Since we captured a dark attribute monster, we need to set up a midnight theater.

Gold paused for a moment as if thinking. The system was probably injecting information about the midnight theater.

“Follow me, Boss!”