Chapter 188
Chapter 188
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 189
Chapter Title: The Heroine Saves the World Part 2 Episode 9
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Five B-rank monsters had appeared, but this was the Justice Guild.
The other hunters who rushed over after hearing the commotion from Kang Han's fight with El-Rosque quickly took action, and fortunately, there were no casualties.
But the glass greenhouse was completely destroyed, along with the walls of Im Cheong-su's potion workshop next door and Han Ji-seong's lab.
For something as trivial as a Hellflower, it had meticulously turned the entire area to ruins. Every time people took a step, the shattered glass crunching underfoot made a deafening crunch crunch.
"No monsters left!"
"None here either!"
Yang Hwa-yeon, leader of Assault Team 2 who had arrived right after Kang Han, and the shield hunter Jeong I-do scanned the wrecked greenhouse before shouting out.
"Ah, that's a relief..."
With the incident settled, Im Cheong-su leaned against a wall and muttered.
Then he bowed deeply to everyone around.
"I'm so sorry, everyone..."
Sigh.
He was apologizing so profusely that I couldn't bring myself to scold him more.
I patted the head of the teary-eyed, apologetic Im Cheong-su.
Then I pinched his still baby-fat plump cheek hard and asked,
"What the hell happened, you idiot?"
"Ow! I-I don't know. It just seemed to grow a bit big, and then suddenly it monsterized!"
"Weren't you just growing dungeon plants?"
"Sometimes certain types monsterize like mutations. El-Rosque is one of them, so I only grew a few. But up until now, there'd been no issues at all. I even grew them fine at the Jongno headquarters."
Im Cheong-su rubbed his reddened cheek as he answered.
"That's pretty weird."
"Right?"
"Still, the greenhouse was your responsibility, Im Cheong-su. Lucky no one got hurt, but nothing like this can happen again. Got it?"
"Yes... I know. I'm sorry."
"It's fine! We got a good workout in and earned our keep!"
Yang Hwa-yeon slapped the dejected Im Cheong-su on the back and laughed.
Knowing full well it was her way of cheering him up, Im Cheong-su's face finally brightened a little.
But then Kang Han, who had just cleared some rubble from the broken wall of Han Ji-seong's lab, spoke up.
"Who says no one got hurt? Nayeo-ju got injured."
"Sis got hurt?!"
"Uh? Oh, it's not really an injury."
I hid my sprained wrist behind my back and glared at Kang Han.
I'd been keeping quiet on purpose, but this guy.
But Kang Han didn't even twitch an eyebrow as he walked right up to me.
"Let me take a look."
His touch was so gentle that I unwittingly offered my arm.
This was definitely Kang Han's honey trap.
"Oof, that must hurt. Is it broken...?"
"Nah, it's not that bad."
I tried to play it cool, but my wrist resting in Kang Han's large hand looked pretty nasty.
To the point where the faces of the hunters gathering around grew serious one by one.
"Whoa, look at that bruise already turning purple."
"Shouldn't she go to the hospital?"
Sin Dan-ju and his sister Sin Dan-bi, former vice guild leaders of Magma Guild, frowned deeply as they asked.
"No way, I'm a healer—why go to a hospital? Just pop a Cheongsu potion and use a skill once. Like I said, it doesn't even hurt that much."
But Im Cheong-su's long face wouldn't lift.
"Sorry, sis..."
"Did you do this to me on purpose? How many times are you gonna apologize? I'm fine. If you're that sorry, just give me a stamina potion."
"Ah! Potions...!"
Im Cheong-su suddenly perked up as if realizing something, glanced around the wrecked greenhouse, then his lips trembled.
"Sis Nayeo-ju, what do we do?"
"What? What's wrong?"
"No greenhouse means I can't make concentration potions."
"What?!"
My wrist was the least of my concerns now.
"Can't make any? Not even one?"
"I could source other stuff, but I need El-Rosque in plant form."
"When's the next delivery schedule?"
"This batch went out fine, next one's in two weeks."
"So the very next one's screwed?!"
I stared in dismay at the greenhouse where not a single blade of grass had survived.
Wooo wooo, a siren wailed faintly from somewhere.
Two days after the greenhouse explosion incident.
I stood in front of a fixed dungeon in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.
Even if the sky falls, there's always a way out.
I'd truly learned that this time.
I felt the wisdom of our ancestors in my bones.
"Applicants for Justice Guild mining team practical interview, pick up your badges here!"
"Line up by the group number on your badge!"
Problem: Given that all the dungeon plants in the greenhouse died, and there's a mining team practical interview two days later at a newly acquired fixed dungeon (jungle type), calculate the probability.
"Not for nothing do I have the blessing of the Lotto God."
"Right? Sis really has the best luck."
Im Cheong-su nodded vigorously in agreement.
His face lit up at the jungle-type dungeon he'd always wanted to try.
"If we work hard today, we can refill the greenhouse, right?"
"You bet."
"I packed tons of lunch—let's do this!"
Yo Na, in charge of our security for the day, clenched her fists with a shout.
"But it's good the guild leader bro couldn't come. Even with us three here, they're staring—imagine if someone more eye-catching showed up..."
Im Cheong-su said, glancing around.
I totally agreed.
This morning, Kang Han had tried to tag along like it was obvious.
He'd backed off sullenly after Yang Hwa-yeon's rage about ignoring the junior team applications.
Since me, Seong Yo-na, and Im Cheong-su were all on the petite side, I figured we'd slip into a corner quietly and sneak in when the mining applicants entered the fixed dungeon.
But as if mocking that plan, dozens of applicants kept glancing our way and whispering.
"Maybe we're making them uncomfortable? They keep looking—n-no way they're trash-talking us, right?"
"Nah, they're applying to Justice Guild, so probably not...?"
Even Im Cheong-su, answering Seong Yo-na, lacked conviction.
The kids were still getting used to Justice Guild's reputation as a laughingstock everywhere.
'No one who looks down on us would apply to Justice Guild... right?'
Thankfully, the awkwardness didn't last.
"Alright, time to enter! No breaking formation by group!"
Six veterans from a mining staffing office that had traded closely with Magma Guild herded the swarm of applicants toward the gate.
They were the Justice Guild mining team leader-to-be and her group leaders.
'Good thing we merged with Magma Guild.'
We lacked immediate cash assets, but Magma was a goldmine the more you thought about it.
Fixed dungeons, office staff, and now this mining team—their human resources were immense.
"Let's head in too."
When the tail of the last group, number 5, vanished, I took Im Cheong-su and Seong Yo-na toward the gate.
But right ahead, a man stumbled over a small rock.
"Whoa!"
Tall but so skinny that as he flailed to stay upright, it sounded like paper flapping from his frame.
"You okay?"
Seong Yo-na zipped over almost like teleporting and grabbed his arm.
"Th-thank you! Thank you...!"
His face flushed beet red with embarrassment, he bowed repeatedly to Seong Yo-na, then scurried after another applicant into the gate.
"Doesn't look built for mining, huh...?"
His wrist looked thinner than mine earlier.
Is he sick?
I tilted my head and entered the dungeon last of all.