Chapter 2

But my precious skill wouldn’t activate.

Now that I had regained my magical power and my body, I tried using my skill again to escape the depths of the ocean.

There was one problem.

“Ugh, fuck, my head…”

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That’s right. arctic Those were the last words I heard before I was thrown into the depths of the ocean.

“Oh, fuck…”

—I’ll be taking your skill.

Suddenly, my head throbbed, and a hazy memory flashed through my mind.

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But my memories of the moment I was attacked were gone.

One thing was certain. alert It was someone I knew. album And someone I had trusted.

I needed to find that bastard immediately.

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My insides were boiling with rage, but at this rate…

—SYSTEM

One of the comrades I had trusted to watch my back had betrayed me.

Just then, a pop-up window appeared before my eyes.

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If you do not accept the request, a C-rank dungeon will be randomly generated, and restrictions will be placed on your skill usage.

: Conditions have been met.

[Request: Create one D-rank or higher dungeon!]

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There was no way a reward would come without a price.

‘I knew it.’

Countdown: 23 : 59 : 59

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For now, I might as well try using the skill.

Right now, they were my only lifeline for escaping the depths of the ocean.

I didn’t know what the System was plotting, but I couldn’t afford to lose these EX-rank skills, too.

SYSTEM

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: Activating the Dungeon Developer skill.

The method of using it didn’t seem much different from the Monster Developer skill.

When I activated the skill, a UI window and keyboard appeared. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

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》Please select a dungeon identification number.

F_2P1_0002

F_2P1_0001

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S_2P7_9999

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‘Come to think of it, there was a hot spring that could heal anything.’

When I searched for hot springs, the dungeon I was looking for appeared.

My body was such a wreck that it was a miracle I was still alive.

Even breathing was difficult, so I urgently needed healing.

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[F_2P1_0086]

Rank: F

Name: Elf’s Hot Spring

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》Please select a rank.

I had been trapped in this dungeon once before.

P: 2*10

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Most people considered it a worthless dungeon, but from another perspective, it was a place where rare materials of vastly different ranks were gathered.

[Elf’s Secret Hot Spring]

It was a strange place where elements that didn’t match its rank, such as A-rank materials and C-rank minerals, were all mixed together.

This dungeon contained the materials I needed right now.

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It has the effect of healing wounds and restoring magical power.

A hot spring flowing with mana that purifies the land of the elves.

There was no better place to repair my battered body.

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And to obtain information, I needed money.

In other words, it was a gold mine where valuable materials that could easily earn me money grew.

I needed information to find the bastard who had tried to kill me.

Besides the hot spring, I remembered there were also extremely valuable materials, such as Golden Nectar, which had a 1% chance of granting eternal youth, and White Snake’s Precious Blood, which had an 8% chance of granting immunity to all poisons.

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Dungeons were profitable.

Now there was only one problem.

I couldn’t afford to lose this skill.

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That energy would immediately be detected by the Association’s detectors.

Normally, when a dungeon was created, it released an enormous amount of energy.

I had to make sure I was the only one who could use this treasure trove.

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#Modify Gate Properties

Once those Association bastards started swarming in, things would become troublesome in all sorts of ways, from ownership claims to administrative procedures.

Let’s modify it so it wouldn’t show up on the Association’s radar.

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Dungeon Configuration Settings

attribute = “Hidden”

magic_stones = “maximum”

size = “minimum” # Minimize energy emissions

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monster_count = 0 # For safety

duration = float(‘inf’) # Maintain indefinitely

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Writing the code was easy, but I wasn’t sure whether it would work properly.

Shall I try creating it?

I had minimized the gate’s size to reduce its energy emissions, and if it generated correctly, I would have my very own goose that laid golden eggs.

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Along with the pop-up window, a gate appeared, tearing through space.

Looking at the small, black-hole-like opening rippling before me, it seemed I had successfully reduced the gate’s size, at least.

》Creating a new dungeon.

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: Request completed. crystal Awarding 2*10³ Work Points.

Just as I was about to crawl through the gate, another pop-up window appeared.

—SYSTEM

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‘Employee Exclusive.’

So P stood for points.

It seemed to be a currency that could be used in the store, but there was a word in the middle that bothered me more.

The System Employee Exclusive Store has been unlocked!

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◈SYSTEM STORE

It made it seem as though I had become an employee of the System.

Why the hell had it arbitrarily turned me into an indentured servant?

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The products, rendered using advanced holographic technology, immediately caught my attention.

The window opened automatically, revealing a dazzling store before my eyes, much like a game shop.

Welcome to the Employee Exclusive Store.

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There were even advertisements.

72-Hour Special SALE!

There were mana-enhancing potions that would make any Hunter’s eyes light up, skill generators, sections selling code that wasn’t available in the library, and even sections selling higher-dimensional technology that seemed almost omnipotent.

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This Price for Ten Days Only!

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Create Your Own Monster♪ ― P2,000

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Following the System’s request earned me exactly 2,000 points, and as it happened, Create Your Own Monster♪ cost 2,000 points.

[Create Your Own Monster♪]

Create Your Own Dungeon♪ ― P20,000

At this point, it was practically an outright attempt to get me to buy it.

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We’ll help you create a monster of your very own.

Wouldn’t you like to meet extinct dinosaurs, imaginary aliens, your favorite characters, or deceased loved ones?

Purchase this product!

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Certainly, with the technology capable of printing monsters, creating replicas should be possible, but.

The product description window that had opened on its own caught my attention.

“What the…”

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Were these rewards, requests, and the store really available only to me?

Whenever you see technology like this in movies, something that raises ethical issues, it always ends up bringing disaster.

At this point, one question came to mind.

Hadn’t anyone else received that message about a “reward for the hero who prevented the destruction of the world”?

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[Gift Box]

As if answering my question, Create Your Own Dungeon♪ appeared in my gift box.

― Create Your Own Dungeon♪ (new!)

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It gave me goosebumps, but at the same time, I couldn’t help wondering what kind of gift this seemingly omnipotent System was handing me on a silver platter.

Feeling an ominous chill, I looked around.

“……”

This went beyond someone watching me from somewhere. matrix It was reading my thoughts and responding to them.

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***

Should I try activating it…?

A few days later.

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—SYSTEM

I was soaking in the Elf’s Hot Spring, staring at the pop-up window floating before my eyes.

Thank you for registering a new dungeon.

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You have passed ■■ ■■■.

As a token of our appreciation, we have a request for you.

Location (Latitude 37.55, Longitude 126.97)

[Request: Create a C-rank or higher monster at the designated location!]

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I had no idea where this shameless bastard had come from, thanking me while giving me even more work.

If you do not accept the request, a B-rank monster will be randomly generated, and restrictions will be placed on your skill usage.

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What if those coordinates pointed to the Blue House?

My healing was complete, and after spending several days soaking in the hot spring, I had even shaken off all the lingering aftereffects.

I’d go down in history for all sorts of reasons.

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Although the face of the bastard who had thrown me into the ocean was still blurry.

—SYSTEM

By creating a dungeon with Create Your Own Dungeon♪, I had pretty much learned how to use the Developer skills.

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Latitude 37.55, longitude 126.97.

It was time to return.

: Activating the (Dungeon Developer) skill.

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***

I opened an exit gate at those coordinates.

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When I crawled out of the gate, which was barely the size of a dog door, what greeted me was.

I had added code to make the gate open somewhere without CCTV cameras, and of all places, it had opened inside a toilet stall.

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“Ah, fuck.”

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Was I lucky that it had opened in an unoccupied stall, or unlucky that it had opened in one where someone hadn’t flushed?

I flushed the toilet with a loud rush of water and quietly slipped outside.

“That was fucking close…”

Amid the bustling noise, the words “Seoul Station” caught my eye.

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Nothing that extreme appeared to have happened.

Coming here to check first had definitely been the right decision.

If I had simply spawned a monster here, it would have thrown the entire station into chaos.

After looking around for a bit, it seemed that while I was gone, the world hadn’t ended, humanity hadn’t gone extinct because of some virus, and dinosaurs hadn’t come back to life.

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If that was the case, there was one rule that surely hadn’t changed.

It still looked like the same capitalist society I knew.

You needed money to get anything done.

‘That’s why I brought some magic stones.’

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Two behind me and two in front. atomic They were even Awakened.

However.

As I was leaving the station, I sensed people closing in on me from both directions.

A handful of D-rank magic stones. atlas These should be enough to cover the cost of gathering information.

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Then, a group of young men dressed in conspicuously delinquent clothing swaggered toward me, gradually surrounding me from the front and back.

“Hey! arena That thing in your pocket, it’s a magic stone, isn’t it?”

I didn’t act rashly, deciding to observe the situation for a moment.

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But apparently, the worst-case scenario was determined to become reality, because the guy standing in front threw an arm around my shoulders and dragged me into a back alley.

No way. arrow Surely he was just asking because he was curious whether it was a magic stone.

Was this really happening?

“Hey, asshole. legend When someone asks you a question, you’re supposed to answer. silence Didn’t your mother teach you that much?”

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I had passed thirty a long time ago.

“……”

“Wow, where’d a broke-ass beggar like you get something this valuable, huh?”

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Tap.

Did they mistake me for a non-Awakened?

Wasn’t it a little ridiculous for me to get shaken down by kids like these?

He was tapping my forehead with his finger.

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I tolerated him flicking my forehead three times.

I had suppressed my magical power as a precaution, and now this disaster had happened.

Tap, tap, tap.

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“…”

The fourth time, he swung his fist at me, so I had no choice.

“Oh, look at you. zenith Still won’t look down, huh?”

“Hey, why aren’t you lowering your eyes?”

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His face was filled with shock at having been taken down by someone he thought was a non-Awakened.

I grabbed his outstretched arm and shoulder and threw him straight over.

When he slammed into the ground, he let out a short scream.

“Argh!”

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‘…That’s strange.’

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But he quickly glared up at me and began gathering magical power, apparently preparing to use a skill.

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So why was everyone merely glancing over before continuing on their way?

I concentrated magical power into the tip of my foot and firmly stepped on the area where his mana was surging.

Using a skill here was just as insane as swinging a knife around in front of the station.

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“Urgh, what the fuck…?!”

Doing this would interfere with the concentration of his mana.

In other words, his skill wouldn’t activate.

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“Th-this bastard’s an Awakened!!”

His face instantly turned pale, and he shouted at his lackeys.

The delinquent pinned beneath my foot began feeling around his body, noticing that something was wrong.

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He was way too loud.

I pulled off his shoe, stuffed it into his mouth as a gag, and stood up.

“What the fuck? attic I can’t even sense any magical power from him. apple What’s going on…?”

The two who had been keeping watch nearby whispered to each other, seemingly terrified.

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“I don’t know! amateur Just take his magic stones!”

Judging by how he left his side wide open, he was just a kid who wasn’t even accustomed to fighting other people.

After striking his exposed side, I blocked a kick from the other guy coming at me from behind.

One of the two threw a punch at me.

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“H-he blocked it?”

Do these little shits seriously not know how fucked they’ll be if they use skills in public?

When his supposedly decisive kick was blocked, he began gathering magical power, apparently preparing to use a skill.

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The remaining guy was preparing to launch a fire-type skill from a distance.

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I immediately struck the area where his mana was surging with the edge of my hand.

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The whole world had gone completely insane.

I picked up a stone from the roadside and hurled it with all my strength toward the incoming attack.

Apparently, he had absolutely no hesitation about throwing a fireball at another person.

BOOM!

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Startled by the noise, he collapsed onto the ground.

“Eeeeeek…!”

The stone grazed his cheek before crashing into something with a deafening bang.

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He was thoroughly terrified, so he probably wouldn’t try using another skill.

Looking at them like this, they were just kids. atomic Had they even turned twenty yet?

I gathered all four of them together, made them sit in one place, and sat down in front of them.

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“Fuck you! atom You’re just a broke-ass bastard without a mom or dad!”

Judging by how that struck a nerve, I must have been right.

“You guys are unemployed, aren’t you?”

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Was violence really the answer? amateur They became obedient in an instant.

“……”

“What’s with that mouth? zenith Haven’t been beaten enough yet?”

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“When did we ever try to take your money? arrow We were just trying to… share some magic stones.”

“Share, my ass. autumn How much would these sell for?”

“Are you so desperate that you have to shake down some random beggar passing by?”

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“Well, magic stones have gotten pretty rare, so around five million won…”

For mere D-rank magic stones?

Five million won?

Wait, five million?

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