The Hunter System
Chapter 59 - There Will Be A-Rank Dungeons Again
"Is this real?"
["Yes."]
"But..., why is it gray?"
["Because they're not active. All those statuses will be active when you already have a set of these hunter gears."]
"So-so.," muttered Alvin as he stared at all the statuses on the transparent screen before him.
The skill he would gain was not much. But it would certainly be amazing if in the end it can be activated all. Just imagining if all of those statuses were active, he had no idea if there would be a hunter who could match him in this world?
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Alvin also noticed there was a button for the option to eliminate and display the form of the item he was wearing it on the screen. When Alvin chose to remove it, he did not see the shoe on his leg anymore. When he chose to show, the shape of the shoes was again visible.
'So this means, 'cause these shoes I can't feel stuck to my feet, so I just need to get rid of them.'
Alvin finally chose to keep wearing the shoes, but did not display his form.
'It would be weird for people to see me if I wore gold-colored tacky shoes everywhere...'
["That's not tacky. That's cool."]
"That's what you think."
["Your bad taste."]
"Silence and stop reading the thoughts I think for myself. You're intruding on my privacy."
["That thought bothers me."]
"Why do you blame me? Why don't you just cover your ears?"
["..."]
"By the way..., where can I get the rest of the equipment?"
["From level 71, 81, 91 and 101 quests"]
"101? To what extent is my level?"
["Run and enjoy."]
"Hey..., can't I find out? I run it."
["I've told you, just enjoy your wonderful journey while you can. You'll miss these quiet times someday."]
"Swimming? I've almost died a few times!"
["Because of that, keep practicing. Especially daily quests and Mana energy control. Never mind. I want to unite the two daggers belonging to the mad woman and the high orc so that you can have a much better dagger to use on the level 71 quest."]
"When do you think I should take his level 71 quest? Aren't I already at level 76?"
["It's best when you're level 78. No more than that. When you level up before the quest is complete, you lose the reward."]
"All right..."
Alvin spent the rest of the day completing all the daily quests that had piled up. Fortunately, he was not punished because Rimi knew he was on another quest.
He also tried to catch up with the time in his weekly and monthly quests after taking too long in level 61 quests.
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The next day, when it was still 1 am, Alvin had left for the Association to fulfill his promise, all of you did a jogging quest.
This time he ran 81 kilometers to meet the daily jogging target that has increased to 27 kilometers per day because of the increase in levels.
Although for a hunter the distance was actually a bit far and a bit excruciating as well, with the stamina and recovery point of the System, Alvin was able to get through it without fatigue.
As long as he didn't run with the help of magic energy, since the quest's purpose was to form his physique, it didn't matter.
In fact, other than to do a jogging quest, Alvin chose to run towards the Association by twisting further, also to check two things that since the previous night had somewhat bothered his mind.
He turned a little far until he arrived at an elite house area, also to an office area in the city center, just to check the two locations where the two A-level Dungeon gates would be located.
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Alvin just arrived at his destination at exactly 9 am. When a security guard at the Association building had just opened the main door of the building for a public hunter who had affairs in the Association.
The middle-aged man was startled when he saw Alvin who had long hair and was full of sweat on his face suddenly standing before him with a frightening look.
"God! Shock me!"
"Oh, sorry."
"W-who? Are you one of the officers?"
"No. I have a need with the chairman of the Association."
"Necessity with the chief? Have you made an appointment?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"Who's your name?"
"Alvin. Alvin Rufino's."
The middle-aged man nodded slowly then called one of his younger colleagues to report the matter to a receptionist. But, Alvin was not allowed to enter the lobby because he did not seem to intend to show his identification.
"But... Did you ask him to check on the appointment list?" ask Alvin.
"Yes." Yeah."
"Are you a hunter, sir?" ask the middle-aged man again.
Alvin nodded slowly. He did not feel any magic energy in the middle-aged man, so he could understand why the man was questioning him so. If he was a hunter as well, he would have instantly known that he was a hunter.
Shortly after, the middle-aged fellow returned and invited Alvin to go follow him.
"Master, please follow me."
"What's? Have you contacted Mr Brown?"
"Your name is on the first list of appointments with the chairman."
Alvin was a little surprised.
'What did Jack register it?'
"Has Mr Brown come?" alvin asked again, considering he had seen them just opening the main door.
"Yes, sir. Mr. Brown has been in his room for two hours. Please follow me. I'll take you."
"alright. Thank you." Thank you."
When Alvin entered the lobby, he saw all the hunters who were there looking at him and bowing their heads slightly to greet him.
Getting a very polite treatment like that actually makes Alvin who has always been ignored, even become misbehaved.
["Strengthen your body and respond to their greetings in a similar way. Give me a friendly smile too."]
'Do I have to do it?'
["Of course. Be a great, dignified hunter. No. gabe... No. gabe... Don't smile like that. Gee whiz... Your smile is so ugly!"]
'Where do you know that? Aren't you inside my head? How can you see my smile?'
["..."]
'Hey... Are you really not in my head?'
["You'll know someday."]
'You always avoid it that way. I wish I had a long life until I could figure it out.'
["You'll live a long life. You have many lives. You forgot?"]
'...'
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Alvin is immediately greeted warmly by Lex and Jack, who immediately come to the Association chairman's room when they find out Alvin has arrived.
"You've come, Mr. Rufino... Sit down, please" said Lex, who stood up from his chair to greet Alvin.
The middle-aged man then directed Alvin himself to the sofa that was in the corner of the room and the three of them sat comfortably there.
While the three were opening a light conversation, a woman came into the room to bring the contract documents they would sign together, then put the documents on the table, in front of the three hunters.
"Have you finished exercising?"
"Yes. It just so happened that I used to do a morning run so I'm all here."
"You ran from where you lived here?" ask Jack to wonder.
"Yes." Yeah."
"You ran 30 kilometers?!"
"Actually 81 kilometers. I was just walking around waiting for the sun to rise."
"You're nuts. It's a good thing you have Mana energy. Otherwise, tomorrow you'll definitely not be able to wake up."
"I do it every day. So there won't be such a problem."
Lex and Jack looked at each other in disbelief.
"remarkable. You are very disciplined. Rarely are there hunters as strong as you who still want to do physical exercise" Lex solemnly praised.
"... It's just an ordinary routine" Alvin said with an awkward smile. He would not have done so either if there was no punishment he would have received from Rimi.
Once one day he tried not to do daily quests just to know what kind of punishment he would receive.
He thought he would be sent to a Dungeon to fight monsters. But, the punishment he received was completely far from what he had imagined.
At that moment, during a full day, his body became extremely heavy even barely able to move. To go to the toilet, he can't. Until finally, during that day, he had to urinate and defecate on his bed, until Vina thought his sister had a stroke.
After that day, Alvin promised himself never to miss his daily quest again.
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After signing the contract and receiving the reward from the ZC group, Alvin was still in the chairman's room for another hour.
Many things that the chairman of the Association told him about the situation in City T, there were also some things that Alvin told about the two A-rank gates that would appear simultaneously in the next few days.
This of course makes Lex and Jack surprised, especially when they know where the two locations will appear gate.
After all the affairs and talks with the chairman of the Association are finished, Alvin and Jack finally go to the Dungeon gate to check the situation there and Alvin also asks Raymond and his men to come to transport the corpses of monsters and mine all the magic crystals.
At that time, one of the confidants of the ZC group happened to come to find out when the gate would be closed. Because with the gate, already 10 days ZC group is not comfortable in running their business.
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