Chapter 0
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Translator: Wjin
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Delivery Into the Dungeon
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Dungeon breaks first erupted, and 20 years had passed since hunters made their appearance.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of governments and private guilds worldwide, ordinary citizens had almost reclaimed their peaceful lives from the old days.
"Honey, I'm heading out on a dungeon raid with the guild today, so grab dinner on your own."
"Mom, I'm off on a raid with the guild tonight! Won't be back till morning, so don't wait up."
"Teacher, could you approve my leave? I've got a dungeon raid scheduled for tonight..."
Hunters heading into dungeons had become so routine it blended seamlessly into everyday life.
Equipment, potions brewed by alchemists, even skill proficiencies—everything was worlds better than before, practically paradise by comparison.
Yet...
"Hoo..."
"Haa..."
"Ah... I don't wanna go to the dungeon."
Hunters still dreaded those raids.
For one simple reason.
"Shoving that stringy monster meat in my mouth again."
"If the water was at least drinkable, I could fill my gut. But how is it that murky and sour?"
"...Maybe I should just starve."
The food inside dungeons was just too damn awful.
For K-Nation folks especially sensitive to their meals, it was an utterly intolerable crisis.
Twenty years ago, the very first dungeon gate cracked open.
Monsters poured out in droves, and the toxic miasma leaking from within claimed countless lives.
It was then that the first-generation awakened hunters banded together and successfully raided that inaugural dungeon.
They'd come fully prepared, only to freeze at the system window that popped up the moment they stepped inside.
Welcome to the dungeon.
However, those who break the rules cannot proceed.
Food from outside the dungeon cannot be brought inside.
Violators will be permanently banned from the dungeon.
"...What the hell."
Years later, when asked what had been the hardest part of that first raid, the pioneers gave answers like this.
"The food situation was the nightmare. Nothing to eat but dungeon monsters and roots."
"Without detection skills, we couldn't even trust those. Otherwise, we'd have force-fed ourselves poisonous fruits and gotten sick. Keeping fed was brutal."
"We fought with the burning will to get out and eat one hot, proper meal. Hunger fueled us."
Word of this dungeon rule spread quickly among hunters.
Countless hunters teamed up with mage towers and alchemist workshops to find a way around it... but all attempts failed.
Want to change a set rule? Fulfill the conditions first.
Unlock condition: ???
"...What is this crap?"
All their exhaustive efforts yielded nothing but cryptic, unhelpful system messages.
In the end, hunters gave up on cracking the dungeon's ironclad rule.
To this day, they still can't bring in outside food. They have to make do, foraging entirely within—monster meat from who-knows-where and mystery fruits.
If the dungeon's hazards and terrain were mapped out, that was lucky. Otherwise, raiders risked nonstop diarrhea and vomiting the whole time.
This led to one indispensable prep item for any dungeon-bound hunter.
"...One pack of A-rank hunter digestive aids, please."
No matter how tasteless and hard to digest dungeon chow was, you had to pop those pills.
Without them, unspeakable horrors could strike mid-raid.
The last thing anyone wanted was a hunter-beat reporter snapping pics of your shame for tomorrow's headlines.
The stress on raiding hunters was off the charts.
Korean hunters, powered by rice, were especially touchy about it.
"Ah... Just once, I'd kill for a real meal in a dungeon."
"If only we could bring in rice and kimchi..."
"Throw in some steamed rice and soup while you're wishing."
"...Dude. Snap out of it. Whining just makes it worse. You'd have better luck with lotto or pension bonds. Ever seen a dungeon obey humans?"
"Haaa..."
It was just another ordinary day, with more hunters suffering under this unsolvable rule.
In a one-room apartment near a Seoul university, one college student awakened.
"...Holy shit. Jackpot."
"Crazy, S? S-grade?? This real?"
An S-rank awakening—rarer than winning the lottery.
Me?
...Right in the middle of breakfast and brushing her teeth?
Absurd as it was, she reread the system window carefully.
There was a job class she'd never seen before.
Job: Dungeon Express Delivery Person
Unique Skill: <Invincible Delivery Knight>
Skill Description: A delivery's lifeblood is time and speed! While delivering, gain temporary invincibility—no interferer can touch the skill holder. Grants the privilege of sending food you've made into the dungeon.
"Del... delivery...? What the hell?"
Moon Chae-ryeon had awakened as an S-rank delivery girl.
The world's one and only express courier who could bring food into dungeons.