Solo Laveling
Chapter 1

E Hunter Rank, Seong Jin-Woo.

Wherever he went, this title always followed him.

Jin-Woo's overall strength is almost the same as that of an ordinary human. With the exception of being a little stronger and his wounds healing a little faster, Jin-Woo is almost the same as an ordinary person in every other aspect.

It was natural for that course, that he always ended up injured. He almost died a few times too.

Of course, Seong Jin-Woo doesn't like being a Hunter.

The job was dangerous, others made fun of him, and to mess things up further, the pay was also quite miserable.

If not for the medical assistance paid by the Hunter Association to the Hunters on their "payroll" he had given up the hunter's license and stopped now, and lived his life like an ordinary person.

Unfortunately, someone like Seong Jin-Woo, is in his mid-twenties and lacking in real work skills, he said, there was no other way but to remain as a Hunter if he wanted to pay his mother's hospital fees millions of won each month.

Should people say that he had no choice in this matter?

That was why, even though he was unwilling, he only had to participate in the attacks overseen by the Association.

***

Hunters operating in the same region tend to know each other well. If any Gate were to open, all the Hunters in the district would be required to come, that's why.

The Hunters who came early sipped the coffee mugs that the Association employees shared and shared a friendly greeting with each other.

"Oh, hey. Mr. Kim, over here. Here."

"Oh? Mr Park, what are you doing here? I thought you gave up on being a Hunter? "

"Well, that's .. My wife is pregnant with our second child."

“Hahahaha, that's so. Yes, for Hunter to make a huge profit in one go, participating in the attack was the best, right. "

Mister Kim laughed happily. Mister Park followed with a small laugh, before asking Kim.

“By the way, why do I feel like the Association is getting less and less met nowadays? Is Gates' number decreasing or something? "

“Eii, of course not. It was only because the Guild was working hard to clear the Gate; it had nothing to do with the Association. I heard that the various Guilds jumped in with both feet because there was a huge advantage involved in all of this. "

"Well, then, since this attack was overseen by the Association, it must be safe, right?"

Mister Park looked around as if he was starting to get nervous.

If the Guild was not involved today, it meant that there was not enough profit to be had, and if there was not enough profit to be had, it would mean that there was not enough profit to be had, then it could only mean that the difficulty of this particular Gate would be low.

Of course, there was nothing in this world that was 100% absolute.

It was not just Mister Park; the other Hunters were nervously glancing around as well.

"Hm. I wish…."

Mister Kim finished the rest of his coffee while avoiding answering his friend, before looking at someone and raising his hand in happiness.

"Uhhhh! He's here. Hey, Mr Seong !! Master Seong! "

The other hunters also showed excitement upon finding the young man.

"Ah, hello."

It was none other than Seong Jin-Woo.

Jin-Woo does a simple nod to the ecstatic Mister Kim and walks past him.

He did not want to reveal anything personal to others.

"I'm just doing this as a hobby. If I didn't do this, I would probably die of boredom, actually. "

Yi Ju-Hui pouted more.

"If you continue this hobby of yours, soon you'll be robbing dungeons in the underworld, you know?"

Jin-Woo is off guard from his comments and ends up laughing out loud.

Thanks to that, Yi Ju-Hui's nagging intensified.

"Ah, ahh !! Don'tlaugh! Nah! Your wounds may get worse !! ”

Jin-Woo giggles before asking her.

"Where did you even learn to say such things?"

“What do you mean where? It's from Mr. Kim waaay over there. "

"Aigoo, that ahjussi actually went and did it, didn't he …."

As they chatted and laughed, the treatment was almost over.

However, it was too late by then. It seems that the raid is almost over now.

Jin-Woo's expression hardens.

"I only killed one monster today."

E rank creature, no less. Seong Jin-Woo starts to get agitated with the E rank magic crystal in his hand.

The lowest level magic crystal of an E rank monster obtained was less than a hundred thousand won. For something he had bet to obtain, it was a very small sum. (TL: More than $ 88.)

‘However, the magic crystal of a C rank monster could sell for over ten million won …. '(TL: $ 8830 +)

Too bad, a rank E Hunter like himself could not even try to kill a monster with a rank as high as C.

"Eh? Hey, there's another entrance here. "

The nearest hunter rushed there.

"Huh, that's right."

"There really is another way?"

As Hunter had said, there was an entrance hidden within the dungeon itself.

"Double Dungeon, right .. So, such a thing really exists …"

Mister Song, who had over ten years of experience as a Hunter, looked into the hidden entrance and showed how shocked he was.

The inside of the passageway was hidden and like a cave it was dark and there was nothing to see. Mister Song activated his specialty, fire magic, and threw it further into the passageway.

The flame flew forward and illuminated the inside. The path seems to last forever. Before long, the flame lost its forward momentum, falling to the ground and crumbling slightly before flashing out of existence.

The road was covered in darkness once again.

“Hmm .... everyone, come together. Let's have a meeting. "

The leader of this unspoken attack, Mister Song, asked the other Hunters to gather. Jin-Woo's treatment was over by then, so she and Yi Ju-Hui joined in as well.

Song spoke as he swept his gaze over the gathered Hunters.

"As you well know, the Gate won't close unless the boss of the dungeon is killed. Since the Gate itself is still intact even though we have already taken care of all the monsters here, it can only mean that the boss is outside of that passageway. ”

Song pointed towards the hidden entrance.

Hunters exchanged meaningful glances and nodded. No one can disagree with that idea.

Song continues.

"Now usually, we should pass this information back to the Association and wait for their decision first, but, we might end up handing over the task of killing the boss to the other Hunters, and we take for the attack today would be reduced a lot. "

The Hunters expression slumped.

Park's face was harder than anyone because he needed a lot of money for his wife's pregnancy.

"Postanatal care takes a lot of money right now, you know …"

At this rate, there was no meaning behind him risking his life to participate in this attack.

"That's why I prefer if we take care of the boss before leaving this basement ... So, what do you all think?"

The hunter fell into deep contemplation.

"…."

"…."

The truth is, no one here can know the current situation and hence, their safety cannot be guaranteed. However, the difficulty of this particular dungeon proved to be extremely low.

So, the underground chamber hidden within it could not be that difficult either.

"Hmm, hmm."

Song coughed to draw everyone's attention to himself.

"Since we have seventeen people here, let's choose this, huh? Once the decision has been made, no one complains. Didn't he? How about that? ”

The others nodded their heads after hearing Song's suggestion. No one disagrees with him.

"I choose to move forward."

Song raised his hand.

And then, the other Hunters began to raise their hands one by one.

"I am too."

"Count me too."

Park was the first to raise his hand, followed by Kim and several other Hunters.

Of course, those who disagreed were also many.

"Let's go back."

"I feel better waiting for the Association's decision."

The two opposing camps faced each other and finally, the final vote fell to Jin-Woo and Yi Ju-Hui.

"I'm sorry…."

Yi Ju-Hui bowed to Song and added his voice to camp ‘backer’.

So, the vote tally for 'forward' and 'backward' is at 8:8.

Dead end.

Song asks Seong Jin-Woo who hesitates next.

"And you, Mr Seong?"

And