[Cola (10C)

Cider (10C)

Milk (10C)

Bread (10C)

Eggs (10C)

Sweet Potato (10C)

Pot (10C)

……]

It seemed to sell not only drinks but also other food ingredients. These days, vending machines sell snacks and instant food too, so it’s not that special…

[T-shirt (10C)

Overalls (10C)

……]

“Oh my. There are clothes too. But the price is a bit murderous.”

Everything was unified at 10 coins. Calculated in our country’s currency, one cola would be 100,000 won.

“Who would buy and eat this?”

I snorted.

“I would buy and eat it.”

I immediately pressed cola without hesitation. Upon discovering unexpected outside food, my eyes went wild.

Taking one sip, it felt like the thirst throughout my body was quenched.

“Teddy, do you want to drink cola too?”

When I smiled happily, Teddy seemed curious.

“What is that?”

“You know jelly but don’t know cola?”

Since he knew jelly, I thought he would know many other outside foods.

Well, cola explodes with carbonation when shaken and tastes best when cold, so maybe they don’t bring it into dungeons.

“Yes. This is my first time seeing it. It looks too hard on the outside, is it really for drinking?”

“Yes. If you open it like this, the drink comes out from inside. It’s cool, sweet, and tastes like fireworks exploding in your mouth.”

“If fireworks explode in your mouth, you’d die…”

“Ah, I mean it feels like that. It’s delicious. Try it.”

I drank it once more as if to show it was safe and handed it to Teddy.

Teddy brought the can close to his nose and wrinkled it as if he was hit by the bursting bubbles. Soon after taking a sip, his eyes sparkled.

“Oh…! It’s so delicious!”

“Right?”

“I think I did well following you, Master!”

Teddy devoured fifteen cans of cola on the spot. That’s equivalent to eating 1.5 million won worth.

‘I think I shouldn’t have told him about it…’

[Check the campsite information window.]

The system gave instructions, as if it couldn’t bear to see me catch my breath for a moment.

“Campsite information window.”

I followed the instructions for now.

[Campsite Name: Spring

Level: 1

Campsite Reputation: Shabby

Campsite Condition: Messy

Campsite Weather: Clear

Campsite Effect: HP Recovery Speed +10%

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

※Effects gained from the campsite are maintained for 24 hours after leaving the campsite. (Excluding recovery speed buff)]

It seemed that buffs were applied while inside this campsite. Even though it’s shabby and messy since nothing has been done yet, a 10% recovery speed wasn’t a bad figure.

“If it gets cleaner, it might go up even more. Oh right, I should check the shelter time limit first.”

Shelters had time limits.

Once you enter, a countdown starts, and after a certain time, the location changes to a different area. The changed location was random.

[Shelter Time Limit: Unlimited]

“Huh? Unlimited?”

I was so surprised I almost fainted. I had never heard of a shelter without a time limit.

“This shelter has no time limit because Master established the campsite and created it. Master is the owner of the shelter.”

“Me?”

[Owner: Yu Bom (F)]

Indeed, my name was clearly written below the time limit.

The value of shelters is higher in upper-level dungeons. Because they serve as a resting place to avoid dangerous monsters. When night falls, hunters would search for shelters.

Originally, it’s a public area where business is prohibited, but since I’m the owner of this shelter, maybe I could do business.

Moreover, this is a buff zone that even grants buffs. A shelter business in an S-class dungeon, it could be an item worth hundreds of billions.

“What a windfall is this?”

My heart started beating faster and faster.

I just intended to survive by establishing a campsite, but I felt like I became rich in an instant.

1,000 coins and a shelter of my own. I thought I was doomed after awakening to some unheard-of class, but it was an unexpected harvest.

Campsite owner was an amazing class!

Ding!

At that moment, another quest arrived.

[Quest

− To start campsite business, you need tents.

Use the campsite skill ‘Crafting’ to make small tents. (0/3)

− Campsite skills can be checked in the ‘Campsite Skill Window’.

− Completion Reward: Camping Market C-grade Item Selection Ticket (1 time)]

Come to think of it, a window popped up saying I learned ‘Crafting’ while establishing the campsite.

It seems I can craft tents…

“Campsite Skill Window.”

[Crafting

▶Wood – Branches×10 or Wood Blocks×3, 100C

Cloth – Weeds×5, 100C

Axe − Wood×5, 100C

Fishing Rod – Wood×5, Cloth×5, 100C

Shovel – Stone×5, Wood×5, 100C

Pickaxe – Stone×5, Wood×5, 100C

Hammer − Stone×5, Wood×5, 100C

Small Tent − Wood×10, Cloth×10, Stone×10, 250C

Medium Tent − Wood×50, Cloth×50, Stone×50, 500C

Large Tent − Wood×100, Cloth×100, Stone×100, 1,000C]

The crafting list was diverse. I could make everything from small materials to tools needed for camping, and even tents.

And there was a reason why the quest poured coins on me.

“250 coins to craft a small tent…”

Not only materials but coins were also needed to craft. I now have to craft 3 small tents.

If I craft 3, I’ll only have 100 coins left after using some to drink cola earlier.

“Should I just not do it?”

My will was spontaneously lost.

There’s no time limit on this shelter anyway.

I could wait here for rescue and then go out to exchange coins for cash at the Korea Bank. I could receive about 8.5 million won in cash.

Moreover, I could do effect item financial technology using the Hunter Market used only by hunters.

“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?”

I wondered if it was going to give more coins.

At that time, I thought I was a hunter born with a system spoon, so I thought there would be other rewards.

“Since Master is of the campsite owner class, you can’t use the Hunter Market.”

“What…? I’m a hunter anyway, what does that mean?”

“And it says that once you establish a campsite, you can’t go out of the dungeon where you established it…”

“…Pardon?”

“It says the restriction will be lifted when the campsite reaches level 10.”

Right. Let’s say that’s how it is for the Hunter Market.

The final level for hunters is 30. If it’s 10, then it’s one-third of that…

Damn. My mind went blank.

“When can we reach level 10?”

“It would differ from person to person, but probably…”

Teddy was silent for a moment as if communicating with the system.

“It takes about 5 years on average, it says.”

“I’m ruined.”

“If you work hard, it’s 3 years! No, even 2 years is possible!”

“I’m ruined, Teddy. I’m done for.”

I was greatly discouraged.

* * *

At that time, outside the dungeon, there was ongoing buzz about the incident of a woman in her 20s who threw herself into the Han River, lamenting her life.

[Woman in her mid-20s jumps from Han River bridge… Maritime rescue team dispatched immediately but failed to find even the body…] [Police who contacted the woman, reportedly stood on the Han River bridge for hours… Deeply saddened by this incident.] [Yu Myung Hyun, director of the Dungeon Research Center, shows deep interest in civilian accident. Association’s support entirely due to Director Yu Myung Hyun’s will…]

How far does Director Yu Myung Hyun’s good deed go? Previously hidden touching stories pouring out…]

“Hah…”

Myung Hyun felt various emotions as he looked at the headlines plastered on the portal site.

This incident wasn’t a good deed. It was what he should do as a father.

However, people in the world didn’t know that the woman who threw herself into the Han River was Myung Hyun’s daughter.

The Yu family had been hiding their family relationships to avoid harm coming to Bom, who was an ordinary person.

If I had revealed that Bom was my daughter, wouldn’t I have gone to rescue her faster?

No, if I had told In Young to quit being a hunter in the first place, wouldn’t she not have gone missing?

If I had stopped Tae Rim when he said he was going into the dungeon to find In Young. If I had caught Bom when she stormed out of the restaurant.

Wouldn’t they all have not left my side?

Isn’t it all my fault?

“Why… do I… always…”

Once self-reproach set in, it made him reflect on his entire life. He regretted all his choices.

Especially Bom, she was the youngest who grew up preciously cherished since childhood. A child who would burst into tears, wailing at even the slightest scratch because she was so timid.

To the family, she was just a lovable existence that needed to be protected. But to think that she fell into those cold, deep river waters. Myung Hyun felt suffocated.

At that moment, knock knock, someone knocked on the door.

“It’s me.”

“Come in.”

A tall, slender woman entered. It was Moon Ga Young, a hunter from Reconnaissance Team 7.

The Korea Awakening Association had reconnaissance teams that were actively involved in the field.

Myung Hyun served as both the director of the Dungeon Research Center and the leader of Reconnaissance Team 7.

This team was an organization created solely to find Hunter Jo In Young, but somehow it ended up being staffed with hunters who were more capable than necessary.

To the extent that rumors circulated that Reconnaissance Team 7 was practically the No. 1 guild. Ga Young was also an A-class combat hunter.

“We commissioned a hunter who can see the souls of the dead, and they said there’s no one named Yu Bom among those who died recently.”

Ga Young’s father and Myung Hyun were close seniors and juniors. So Ga Young often played with the Yu siblings since childhood. She was the only hunter in the association who knew Bom was Myung Hyun’s daughter, except for the association president.

“Hah… That’s a relief.”

Myung Hyun was relieved, even though he hadn’t obtained any clues yet.

Bom wasn’t dead. That fact alone cleared his blocked breath.

“Then where on earth did she go?”

The media reported that the woman had died, but strictly speaking, it was closer to her disappearing. They searched under the river but found nothing.

Wondering if she might have been sucked into a gate, they also investigated gate creation waves, but nothing was detected.

“If she wasn’t caught up in a gate and didn’t drown… Where did Bom go, I wonder.”

Myung Hyun was discouraged again.

“Uncle. Don’t worry too much. It’s only been a day, and there’s a possibility she awakened, right?”

“Awakened?”

“Yes.”

Myung Hyun’s view had narrowed because Bom’s accident was so shocking. As soon as he heard those words, he thought they made sense.

No matter how critical the moment, the probability of awakening is said to be slim, but Bom’s case was a bit different.

“Right. If she had awakened, it would be a huge relief…”

All of her family members were hunters. Myung Hyun was D-class, Tae Rim was S-class, and In Young was even SSS-class.

Since awakening also has genetic factors, there was enough possibility.

“Oh, do you know where Hunter Chae Dong Hwa is now?”

Hunter Chae Dong Hwa. He was a young S-class hunter who had even claimed the No. 1 ranking after Tae Rim went missing.

Most hunters in Reconnaissance Team 7 were high-grade hunters, but becoming this famous was largely due to Hunter Chae Dong Hwa’s significant influence.

“I believe he hasn’t returned from the S-class dungeon yet.”

“That’s fortunate. You must never let Dong Hwa know that Bom is Tae Rim’s younger sister. Of course, not about her disappearance either.”

“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Dong Hwa was the person who witnessed Tae Rim’s disappearance in the dungeon right beside him. The two were moving as the same team when only Tae Rim was sucked into a guerrilla gate.

The dungeon they were reconnoitering at the time was the S-class ‘Valley of Blue Starlight’.

Another gate appeared inside the dungeon. This phenomenon was the first since the dungeon appeared.

The first to go missing, In Young, was acting alone, so it was unknown how she went missing.

But with Dong Hwa’s testimony about Tae Rim’s disappearance, it was speculated that she was also swept away in the same manner.

‘That guerrilla gate is only taking high-grade hunters. Are you saying you want to be sucked in there too?’

After Tae Rim went missing, Dong Hwa said he would reconnoiter the Valley of Blue Starlight alone. Myung Hyun strongly opposed.

After that, hunters who went on expeditions also encountered guerrilla gates but weren’t sucked in. The only difference between them and those who disappeared was their grade.

They were all B-grade or lower hunters.

For whatever reason, it meant that higher-grade hunters had a higher probability of being sucked in.

Therefore, for S-class Dong Hwa, it was tantamount to suicide.

‘Then that’s fine. If the previous two people haven’t been able to solve it yet, wouldn’t I be able to help even a little?’