Chapter 73
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 73
Chapter Title: F급 힐러가 SS급 게이트를 공략하는 방법-73화
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 73
Chapter Title: Second Awakening
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[Position: Conqueror]
[Auxiliary Equipment Type: Cube]
[Selectable List]
"Well, well, I knew it would turn out like this."
Now it was certain.
The equipment box from the random box would only let her pick names from here on out, and everything would be random, just like those names suggested.
Lee Ru-ri pondered for a moment.
"My luck's random too, so no point overthinking it."
She picked one at random and immediately checked it.
[You have acquired the Glass Cube.]
A fingernail-sized cube appeared in her right hand.
But the moment she gripped the cube, a fierce wind erupted from both her hands, enveloping her entire body.
"What's happening all of a sudden?"
She stood still at the center of the massive whirlwind, waiting for the wind to die down.
It took quite a while before the wind finally began to subside.
After checking her body and confirming no changes, she cautiously examined the cube's information first.
"So now it's not just healing—attacking also heals? Wait, hold on. Why is the radius like this?"
Lee Ru-ri blinked and double-checked the information.
"No wonder it's S-rank. It even has attack power. Oh?"
Something flashed in her mind.
She hurriedly opened her status to check her personal stats.
"Everything's shot up. Both the awakening and title have changed completely."
She immediately tapped the Advanced Summoner title to view its details.
[Title granted upon additional awakening after hidden skill activation: +100 to all stats]
"Oh. Now we're talking—maybe I'm finally usable."
―You have become noticeably stronger.
"Thanks. But happy as I am, I should head back to headquarters and rest first. Think later."
―Understood.
Residual Shadow scooped up the exhausted Lee Ru-ri and returned to headquarters in one breath.
In that short time, Lee Ru-ri fell asleep, so it gently laid her on the bed and quietly kept watch by her side.
"Still asleep?"
"Yeah. I've been checking constantly, but no sign of waking."
"What about the doctor?"
"Just said she's sleeping."
"As long as there's nothing wrong, that's a relief, but..."
"Must be some change from the training... Of all times, Teacher Kim and Dae-hee are away."
"Yeah. Maybe call Hurt?"
"No. To properly catch Han Ho's eye, we need to be extra careful right now. Let's wait it out."
"Got it. Will Teacher Baek stay by Ru-ri's side?"
"Yeah. She needs rest, but even when I offered to take over, she wouldn't budge. And with Teacher Jin's schedule packed with advanced raids... Sigh. After the meeting, I'll tell her to rest again."
Han Seung-woo and Yang Jeong-hyun entered the meeting room, worried about Lee Ru-ri who hadn't woken for four days straight.
"How's Ru-ri?"
Lee Sang-chun asked the two with a concerned look.
"Still sleeping."
"Shouldn't we admit her to the hospital?"
"We've already requested a house call from the association's hospital. But the doctor says it's really just sleep, so all we can do is give her nutrients to prevent exhaustion."
"Hmm."
"She's bound to be worn out, honestly."
"What on earth happened?"
"A few days ago, she went out to train by clearing gates. In 24 hours, she racked up 1,000 clears between mid- and low-grade gates."
"1,000 gates in a day? Alone? Is that even possible?"
Everyone stared at Han Seung-woo in stunned silence.
Yang Jeong-hyun shook her head in disbelief and continued.
"No more clear signatures were coming in, so I checked her room just in case, and there she was, sleeping like the world didn't exist. Scared me half to death."
"There's something even more shocking."
"More than this?"
"Yes. When we got to Ru-ri's room, it was filled to the brim with trophies strewn everywhere while she slept."
Choi Si-jin, looking utterly drained, spoke up.
"The door wouldn't open right, so I thought we'd need repairs... Turns out the room was packed with trophies."
"Good lord..."
"Since they're personally acquired by Ru-ri, we've just processed them for now."
"Smashed 1,000 gates... How much revenue is that?"
Han Seung-woo opened his status window and shared the file with the key members.
"This real? Even trophies from monsters I've never seen."
"I doubt I'd collect this much in a lifetime of raids."
Even Jang Ji-eon, the usually silent S-rank core member, shook his head in awe.
Yang Jeong-hyun patted Jang Ji-eon's shoulder and continued.
"Still can't believe it no matter how many times I look. 40 billion in 24 hours..."
"Makes you wonder if she's even human."
"The reason we gathered today is because Han Gyeol requested another meeting with Ru-ri this morning."
"Does he know what we know...?"
"Unclear, but it seems certain someone in our guild is feeding him info."
Everyone fell deep into thought.
Han Seung-woo spoke first.
"Teacher Baek once mentioned a hunter who joined Ru-ri on her first mission."
"There was that?"
"Name's Yang Gong-min. Dug around, and turns out he was reawakened by Chairman Han in the past."
"Guild's gotten big, so loaches slipped in."
"Well, we figured they'd have their own like we have Colin. Funny thing—he still seems clueless about Ru-ri's position."
"What does Gyeol plan to do with Han Ho?"
"With his condition declining, probably wants power."
"Or maybe he actually fell for Ru-ri...?"
"Who knows."
"So what's the plan now, Master?"
"Time to swing the blade we've prepared."
The core members leaving the meeting room looked deadly serious.
"Si-jin, contact the international association and schedule the alliance meeting."
"Yes, sir!"
At that moment.
"Ru-ri, what do you want to eat first?"
"Not hungry, but... I've slept so long, guess I should eat something."
"Right. Let's go to the second floor. What sounds good?"
"Hmm... Street food. Spicy tteokbokki and sundae!"
"Alright, let's head down."
Lee Ru-ri and Baek Eun-an boarded the elevator to go to the guild headquarters' second floor.
It stopped at the seventh floor, and Yang Jeong-hyun spotted Lee Ru-ri and yelped in surprise.
"Whoa? Ru-ri!"
Han Seung-woo came rushing over at the sound.
"Are you alright?"
"Ah... Sorry. Everyone must've been worried."
"As long as you're awake."
"Where you headed?"
"Getting tteokbokki with my auntie!"
"Let's go together. Seung-woo hasn't eaten either, right? Come on."
"Sure."
The four got off on the second floor and headed to the street food corner.
They all watched fondly as Lee Ru-ri slurped down the spicy tteokbokki.
"What to drink?"
"Black tea!"
"I'll get them."
Han Seung-woo jumped up, asked Yang Jeong-hyun and Baek Eun-an for their orders, bought drinks from the cafe, and brought them back.
"We handled the trophies you tossed in your room."
During the raids, Lee Ru-ri had converted most trophies to Sion, but to avoid suspicion of leaving empty-handed, she'd picked a few per gate and told Residual Shadow to dump them in her room.
That must be it.
"Oh, yeah, I woke up and it was all clean. There were too many, so I just grabbed the pricey-looking ones."
"Makes sense. Few for the number of gates cleared. Sorry to bring this up during dinner, but Han Gyeol reached out."
"Cough, hack, kuhk."
"Ru-ri, you okay?"
Baek Eun-an patted Lee Ru-ri's back and handed her water.
"Cough cough. Ugh, Han Gyeol again?"
"Yeah. Wants to meet. Probably thinks I'm blocking him."
"Guess I need to reject him properly."
"He won't give up easy. And he'll target the weakest link among us."
"Hey, didja miss me?"
Kim Tae-woong grinned as he strode over to Lee Ru-ri's group.
He plopped down in a chair, shoved some tteokbokki in his mouth, and chewed.
Ham Dae-hee followed, carrying two coffees, and sat in an empty chair.
As she handed one to Kim Tae-woong, Ham Dae-hee stared at Lee Ru-ri and gasped.
"Ru-ri, you doping or something?"
"Doping?"
"You're totally different from a few days ago."
"Really? Lemme see."
Kim Tae-woong grabbed Lee Ru-ri's hand.
Just like last time, a fierce wind kicked up—and this time, every nearby window shattered instantly.
All eyes turned to Lee Ru-ri's group.
"Ah! Sorry! What do we do?"
Han Seung-woo hurriedly messaged Choi Si-jin to handle the broken windows.
"Let's move."
"Good idea!"
They all headed to Lee Ru-ri's room together.
Kim Tae-woong claimed the sofa first and spoke.
"Second reawakening... It actually exists, huh?"
"First I've heard of it."
"Figures. First time for me too."
"If even an Awakener like you..."
"Wanna dissect her?"
"M-Me?"
"Hahaha! Kidding, kidding!"
"Those stats are insane. What'd you do?"
"Cleared 1,000 gates in 24 hours."
"Whoa..."
"And the one in awe right now did it herself."
"Ha, hahaha."
Lee Ru-ri gave an awkward laugh at Han Seung-woo's words.
"Thanks to Ru-ri, I got some new studying in. Appreciate it."
"Studying?"
"Yeah. Went with my bro to an old haunt and gathered intel."
"Exhausted as hell. Praise me quick!"
"Good work."
"Any gains?"
"Of course!"
Kim Tae-woong puffed up proudly, and Ham Dae-hee pulled a file from her bag and handed it to Han Seung-woo.
Han Seung-woo checked the contents.
"This is..."
"Jackpot, right?"
"What's it say?"
Yang Jeong-hyun took the file from Han Seung-woo and looked.
"If this is real..."
"We need to pull the alliance meeting forward."
"What's going on with everyone?"
"Someone else can explain."
Han Seung-woo rushed out of the room.
Lee Ru-ri blinked wide-eyed at Yang Jeong-hyun.
"Ru-ri... You're..."
Yang Jeong-hyun trailed off and handed the file to Lee Ru-ri.
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