Chapter 79
Chapter 79
Civil Servant Hunter’s S-class Resignation Log – Chapter 79
After she started living alone, the messages saying she was bored to death had kept coming for a while, then suddenly stopped. Se-ra figured something fun must have caught her attention, and it turned out to be the community.
Judging by the replies, she and Kang Han-seo had been bickering so naturally that it was clear they'd been at it for quite some time.
Reading the comments with bleary eyes, Se-ra finally closed the window for the sake of her mental health.
There had to be a reason the Administrator had opened this for her. She never imagined everyone was hanging out here together.
"At this rate, the Headbang ghost story's gonna start circulating."
Another nickname for the Bang Ghost? Haha. Hahaha.
She was laughing, but it wasn't funny at all.
Se-ra quietly slipped under the covers. She suddenly felt exhausted. She'd finally returned to her one-room apartment, happily enjoying her freedom alone, but somehow it felt more tiring than when those two were around.
No. Think positive thoughts. If I fall asleep like this, I might have nightmares.
Positive thoughts, positive thoughts... That's right, money!
"Yeah! That's it. The S-rank weapon. The one I was supposed to get in exchange for looking after Seong Ja-rim!"
Recalling Song Han-na's personal armory, stocked with all sorts of gear, her fatigue vanished in an instant, and her heart began to race with excitement.
Yes, this is it. Money is the best, after all. Hahaha! Which baby should I bring home this time?
"Ah, Lisa. Now that I've heard your voice, these emoticons really don't suit you."
"Okay, okay. My bad. But don't you think so too, Lisa? Using emoticons like that with such a handsome, story-filled voice..."
"Eek!"
The sudden, velvety voice made Se-ra tumble off the bed and roll under it. The half-empty beer can spilled all over the floor.
"My precious beer! Hey, Lisa. Don't just spring that voice on me out of nowhere like that! Ah, my heart's pounding."
It was a voice that could save the world just by existing, but her heart was too weak to handle it.
He's starting to cry. Se-ra hurriedly denied it while wiping up the beer.
"It's not that I hate it. How could I? Anyone who hates that voice would make you doubt if they even have eardrums. I just want a little warning first."
"Ah, seriously!"
She dropped the beer can she was picking up again. The ticklish chuckle in her ear suggested he was having the time of his life.
"You enjoy teasing me, don't you?!"
A jumble of broken strings.
She recalled that the dungeon where Seong Ja-rim had appeared was just like this.
"Then, could it be..."
"We might find another dungeon missing person."
And if that person had survived this long, they could be an L-rank Awakener too. That's when Se-ra understood why Do Jun-young had called her.
'Kang Se-jun didn't warn me ahead of time, so this is probably another event that didn't happen in the past.'
Just like they hadn't known about Seong Ja-rim's appearance.
"Let's head in."
Se-ra equipped her Jacket of Revival, Unique Gloves, and Heat from her inventory, then entered the dungeon with the two men.
'Huh? Vascar something?'
The message was broken, but easy enough to guess. This place was very likely the Vascar she'd only heard about in legends.
"This is..."
Do Jun-young, who'd entered a Vascar dungeon before, reacted, making it almost certain.
'Vascar's Tomb... True to its name.'
Se-ra picked up a scattered rock fragment. Just as Ja-rim had said it was an ore zone, stones littered the ground everywhere. But they were all shattered.
This desolate, barren land was a tomb of stones. The five unidentified planets floating in the sky barely registered amid the utterly ruined earth.
'Seong Ja-rim's titles were Slayer of the Great Battlefield and Eyes Drenched in Madness. Did she build this tomb?'
No way she'd earned titles like that from just one or two kills.
What on earth had Seong Ja-rim done on this wasteland for a hundred years?
"I hear sounds. That way."
Nothing was clearly visible, but they followed Yoon Jae-hun's lead.
Sure enough, as they drew closer, a deafening roar assaulted their ears, heightening the tension.
'But something's off.'
According to Seong Ja-rim, Vascar was a complete ore zone, yet strange plants grew here. And sticky mud clumps were devouring the broken stones.
There was only one reason for such geological changes.
"Looks like terraforming."
"Terraforming?"
Do Jun-young and Yoon Jae-hun, unfamiliar with this dungeon, reacted immediately.
"This is presumed to be the dungeon where Seong Ja-rim was found. She said it was an ore zone. Plants like this can't be explained without terraforming."
"But this is a dungeon. Does that happen here too?"
Oh right. He didn't know this was another planet from a different dimension yet.
Se-ra shrugged, at a loss for how to explain.
"I can't say for sure. But there's nothing else that fits."
"I see."
He nodded, not fully convinced but accepting it for now.
Se-ra sighed in relief and kept scanning the surroundings.
If a dungeon isn't cleared in time, first comes the breakout, then terraforming turns the area into a dungeon zone.
But this was different from Cheorwon. Not just one regionit had spread widely, changing the entire geology. It had been going on for a while.
'Next time I see Seong Ja-rim, I need to ask about the dungeons properly.'
Only Seong Ja-rim and Yoon Se-ra knew dungeons connected to alien planets. She'd played dumb before since there was no need to dig, but things had changed.
She wanted to know about dungeons and gatesand reach the System Administrator beyond them.
"There!"
Do Jun-young, out front, pointed straight ahead.
"......Huh."
"What the hell..."
"What is that?"
The three let out stunned sighs.
Seong Ja-rim, that incredibly strong woman, sat collapsed on the ground, covered in blood.
In front of her stood the enemy clearly responsible, planted firmly on two legs.
Se-ra's eyes widened at the unbelievable sight.