Chapter 0
Chapter 0
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Prologue
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This video, uploaded just yesterday, has racked up over ten million views in under 24 hours.
No surprise there.
In this golden age of hunters, it's footage of Korea's top-ranked Hunter, Han Su-ho.
His fandom isn't just buzzing—they're losing their minds.
The online communities are exploding too.
A Ranking 1 Hunter holds a status far above even a nation's president.
As top-tier hunters, they safeguard the public, haul rare resources from the tower's highest floors in bulk, and prop up the national economy. It's only natural they get treated like heroes.
And matching that prestige, Han Su-ho rakes in astronomical sums every year.
Actually...
You don't even need to hit Ranking 1. Any high-rank hunter pulls in more cash than the world's top sports stars these days. That's just common knowledge.
Every move they make grabs headlines, they're treated like celebrities, build their own fanbases, and so on.
Hunters are the center of the world now. That's modern life.
Actually...
If you dial back the ambition, you don't even need high ranks.
Get lucky, awaken as a hunter, park yourself on a comfy floor, farm magic stones, and live the sweet life.
These days, kids' top career dream is hunter.
The whole nation's wish isn't unification—it's awakening.
Awakening is like God's lottery ticket—a true blessing from above.
No such thing as a dud!
...That's what I used to think.
"Ugh."
"Chit!"
Kim Ji-woo, 23 years old.
Hunter for 3 years.
Parked on Tutorial Tower Floor 1 for nearly 1,000 days straight.
Only skill: a worthless dud with 0 attack power, Monster Guidebook.
While other hunters slay orcs and trolls—big-game monsters—I'm out here nabbing the lowest of the low: Mountain Squirrels today too.
"Oh, right. Gotta post today's proof shot."
Title: Bum Hunter Completes Climb Today Too ☺
Author: Squirrel Enthusiast
(Trial Tower 1st Floor Climb Record.jpg)
Day 999 today. Tomorrow hits 1,000 days at last. Thinking of grabbing some fried chicken to celebrate.
Day 1,000: Same old steady post, right on schedule.