Dungeon Deals and Guild Masters
After a simple dinner, Mu-hyuk checked his whispers.
“……”
His brow furrowed involuntarily.
What the hell, so many.
Hundreds of whispers had poured in during that short time. He checked them one by one, but most were just sent out of curiosity.
Mu-hyuk left the whisper window open and opened his mail. Dozens had arrived there too.
Unlike the whispers, quite a few showed genuine intent to buy. He started checking them one by one.
Mu-hyuk chuckled and deleted the mail.
This one too, and this one.
He deleted everything below the price he'd set.
32 million won.
Hoo.
He'd been willing to sell for over 20 million, but 32 million had come in.
Nice.
He checked the other mails. After about 30 minutes reviewing all the mails and whispers, three places offered over 30 million won for the info.
One exactly at 30 million, Hisgon Guild at 32 million, and the last at 35 million.
Guardian Guild.
He had some weird connection with them.
Not a good one, though.
A bit regrettable, but since they had such a negative image, he deleted Guardian Guild's 3,500-gold offer.
He reread the mail from Hisgon Guild, the second-highest bidder, trying to recall.
Hisgon, Hisgon...
It suddenly clicked.
Ah, that one.
A guild that consistently ranked in the top 100 but never cracked the top 30.
Not weak by any means, but lacking that one big explosive moment.
Always a step behind, putting in the effort but never reaping the full rewards.
There'd even been a video titled "The Pitiful Guild" circulating about them.
Mu-hyuk had laughed watching it.
Should be fine.
He hadn't gotten a bad impression from that video either.
Tak.
He typed a reply.
After sending the reply, he browsed the homepage a bit.
First, the paid info section's strategy guides.
Over 40 guides had been posted recently, slowly gaining traction. Views were climbing nicely.
The highest had already hit 8,000. Not an amount to sneeze at.
Next month should be good.
About five minutes passed with no call. Worried about the players he'd killed, Mu-hyuk wanted to sell fast and decided to wait a bit longer.
Two more minutes in, his phone buzzed violently.
Vrrr.
Unknown number.
Here we go.
He answered expectantly.
“Hello.”
"Ah, hello. Taewol from Hisgon Guild. Are you...?"
Mu-hyuk: "Yes, that's me."
"Glad you picked up. I called right away in case you logged into Illusion."
Mu-hyuk: "I see."
"Your mail mentioned an issue."
They were the ones.
Mu-hyuk gave a brief explanation of what happened.
“Hmm, I see. If they're in a guild, that could be tricky. They might have contacted their guild already, and players could be heading to the dungeon.”
“Exactly. So I'll take you there myself, confirm no issues, then get paid.”
“Ah, that works. I'll log in now and go with guild members. Where?”
“Triple Wolf Habitat.”
“Got it. 30 minutes.”
“I'll wait at the entrance.”
“Yes.”
He logged into Illusion.
Summons a Skeleton Warhorse, mounted up, and headed leisurely. Still arrived at the Triple Wolf Habitat entrance in 20 minutes.
Ten minutes later, a group appeared in the distance. A man leading them approached.
“Excuse me. Are you K.Mu, the poster?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, Taewol, Hisgon Guild Master.”
“Nice to meet you. To be safe, should we hurry?”
“Yes.”
“I'll lead.”
Mu-hyuk sped off on his warhorse.
Recording was on, of course.
Just in case they tried anything.
Clop clop.
Hisgon members raced to keep up. Level 80s, they didn't tire easily.
Kraaa!
Three Triple Wolves appeared but melted in under 10 seconds.
“Moving again.”
After a long ride, Mu-hyuk stopped.
“Here.”
Dismounted, brushed leaves aside. A plank appeared.
“Ah...!”
Taewol approached in awe.
Mu-hyuk just watched.
Taewol stepped on the plank, eyes widening.
Probably a message.
“It's real. Special dungeon.”
“Yeah. Let me check first.”
Mu-hyuk went down.
Reached for the door—a message popped up.
You have exceeded the 'Entry Level (80)'.
If another player was inside, a message about prior entrants would have appeared first. No message meant no one inside.
Good.
Back outside, he smiled at Taewol.
“No one entered. You're good.”
“Ah, right.”
Taewol reached into his inventory.
Pulled out a pouch.
“3,200 gold.”
◈ Contains 3,200 gold.
Taewol, watching him, spoke up.
“If I may ask—you're selling because your level doesn't match the dungeon?”
“Yes.”
“So under 80?”
“No, over.”
“Ahh.”
That meant he was seriously skilled.
Rank 1 was level 93.
Mu-hyuk at 87, closing the gap by 6 levels. A few months, and he'd catch up.
“You're in a rush. Go ahead.”
“Thanks. One request first?”
“What...?”
“Can we add friends?”
Mu-hyuk's eyes blanked a bit at "friends."
Taewol...
Thinking him a bit unusual, he nodded.
“Sure, why not.”
They friended each other.
You have become friends with user 'Taewol'.
Taewol checked the message, smiled, and turned.
“Everyone, head in!”
“Yes!”
Guild master was level 80 too. He and 50 members descended the stairs. Mu-hyuk pocketed the pouch and returned to Weibra Empire.
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He took a C-rank monster extermination request and focused on hunting.
Four days after selling the level 80 special dungeon info, Mu-hyuk posted on the homepage again—this time for a level 30 regular dungeon.
Unlike the special one, few mails or whispers came. Probably too low-level for interest.
Still, one met his price: 1,550 gold.
Sold to them, escorting in person again.
“Thank you.”
“Yeah, clear it well.”
He smiled at the money pouch.
Already 1 PM.
Logged out for lunch, texted Sung Min-woo.
Reply by dinner, probably.
Logged back in, hunted, completed one request, then logged out for dinner.
As expected, a text waited.
Replied, boiled ramen.
“Fuuu.”
Cooled it, slurped a mouthful.
Slurp.
Ramen always hit the spot.
Belly full, 10 minutes of TV for digestion. Flipping channels, his hand froze.
Bach continent.
No travel yet, so they could only watch like when Weibra's tower opened.
HQ wouldn't answer fully.
That was Illusion's way.
Everything by player will.
Hidden content for players to find. If never found? HQ wouldn't intervene.
They hadn't in eight years.
His own story made the program.
Tch, figures it'd be an issue.
Turned off the TV, lay in the capsule.
Tsssh.
Logged into Illusion.
Welcome to the World of Illusion.
Headed to the mercenary guild for requests. The clerk smiled seeing him.
“Perfect timing.”
“Something up?”
“B-rank requests just came in.”
“Ah.”
“Want to see?”
“Sure.”
Moved left, scanned the new requests. Plenty good ones.
Three caught his eye.
Meet the Archer Guild Master
📍 The Archer Guild Master seeks those confident in archery skills.
🎁 Reward: Linked Quest
Nothing special, but seeking talent meant archery involved.
Skeleton Archers useful?
And below it.
Meet the Warrior Guild Master
📍 The Warrior Guild Master seeks melee combat experts.
🎁 Reward: Linked Quest
Similar. Skeleton Warriors handy?
Just a thought.
This too, then.
Meet the Mage Guild Master
📍 The Mage Guild Master seeks those confident in magic.
🎁 Reward: Linked Quest
Decision made.
“Picked.”
“Which ones?”
“These three.”
“Got it.”
Accepted request 'Meet the Archer Guild Master'.
Accepted request 'Meet the Warrior Guild Master'.
Accepted request 'Meet the Mage Guild Master'.
Left the mercenary guild, headed first to the Archer Guild.