Chapter 194
Chapter 194
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 195
Chapter Title: The Heroine Saves the World Part 2 Episode 15
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“Did I get the auction start time wrong?”
“1 PM. That's correct.”
“Then why is it so dead in here?”
This place is doomed.
For a moment after that, the four of us just stood there staring blankly at each other.
Normally, blocking the entrance like this would have gotten us an earful by now, but nothing of the sort happened.
No one was trying to enter the auction house behind us.
“Let's head inside for now.”
Kang Han was the first to snap out of it.
As we walked toward the front, we spotted a few people scattered here and there in the seats.
Fortunately, the place hadn't completely gone under yet.
“Oh, you guys are here?”
Camellia Guild leader Yu Myeong-hwa waved at us in greeting.
I hurried over to her and asked,
“Why is it so empty today?”
Curiosity kills if you hold it in.
“It's because of the double dungeon.”
“Double dungeon? It was announced yesterday—they did a full sweep of the fixed dungeons and found no additional double dungeon cases.”
“True, but everyone's still scared. They're playing it safe.”
“Hmm.”
Even so.
Were people really giving up on dungeon raids over this?
Just one double dungeon?
It didn't make sense to me, knowing all the massive changes that were coming.
The world-ending rollercoaster had only just started rolling.
Kang Han seemed equally dissatisfied, his thick brows furrowing slightly.
“No casualties from the double dungeon yet, right?”
“I'm a bit surprised too. Small guilds aside, I didn't expect guilds big enough to attend auctions to hole up in fear like this.”
I scanned the seats while listening to Yu Myeong-hwa grumble.
Ever since the Justice Alliance and Public Guild Federation formed, the auction house seating had naturally shifted.
Left side for Justice Alliance, right for Public Guild Federation.
No one had assigned it that way—it just happened.
And the difference was stark.
“Public Guild Federation side is practically wiped out.”
“Those bastards.”
Yu Myeong-hwa clicked her tongue.
“I knew I didn't like them. Selfish pricks.”
A short while later, the announcement rang out that the auction was starting.
Fewer participants or not, dungeon auctions had to go on.
Whether a guild cleared it or not, the gates would open anyway.
But the problem I'd feared came to pass without fail.
“Ganghwa Island small A-rank dungeon. Any guilds hoping to bid?”
The guild leaders seated up front began glancing around the auction hall.
A low murmur of unrest rippled through.
Knew it.
Lower-rank dungeons went off without a hitch, thankfully.
But high-rank ones were the issue.
“Of all things, four A-ranks in a row.”
Yu Myeong-hwa rubbed her temple like it was a headache.
Camellia Guild had already snagged two large A-rank gates earlier.
Justice Guild had taken a medium one.
But the last remaining A-rank was trouble.
A Thunder Dungeon—constant rain, lightning strikes, one of the toughest in its class.
And it was spawning tomorrow.
“Ganghwa Island small A-rank. Any bids?”
The auctioneer asked again, but no paddles went up.
“Should we take it?”
I overheard the Bokguk Guild leader whispering to his vice from the back row.
“No way. Not a Thunder Dungeon—it's our guild's kryptonite. Forgot the incident five years ago already, Guild Leader?”
“Sigh. True...”
No other guilds seemed eager either.
“We'll take a short break.”
The auction ground to a halt.
In the meantime, the two Public Guild Federation guilds that had been hanging on left outright.
Not for the bathroom.
They were bailing completely.
“Know the names of those two guilds leaving?”
“...Miri-nae and Psychedelic.”
“Psychedelic could handle an A-rank, right?”
“Their main raid team has A- and B-rank dealers, so yeah.”
“And they run anyway.”
Don't let those cowards into the Justice Alliance later.
We don't need cowardly chickens.
I glared at their scurrying backs as they fled like defeated soldiers, when Kang Han spoke up cautiously beside me.
“Nayeo-ju-ssi, that A-rank dungeon.”
“We'll take it.”
I'd have said it if he hadn't.
“You want to, Guild Leader.”
It wasn't just me sympathizing with the protagonist's sense of justice.
It's a pretty good deal.
Normally, it'd be a bidding war with other guilds.
Small A-rank and all.
But snagging it at starting bid? No reason to pass.
“The other A-ranks we got have buffer time till spawn.”
It'd be tiring, but shortening clear times as much as possible would give us a few recovery days in between.
“Plus, it's a Thunder Dungeon. Tough for others, but we're better off.”
I looked at Kang Han.
“We've got a lightning expert right here.”
The S-rank lightning hunter who'd just been dubbed 'lightning expert' chuckled at my joke.
“Thanks for agre...”
“But on one condition.”
“Condition...? What is it?”
He replied humbly, ready to accept whatever I asked.
I gazed into those steadfast, tree-trunk-green eyes, then leaned in close to whisper in his ear.
“Th-that's...”
“Say no if you can't.”
Some other guild would take it if we didn't push ourselves.
As I muttered that, Kang Han bit his lower lip.
Deep in thought.
Moments later—mere seconds—he looked utterly exhausted as he spoke.
“I'll... do it.”
“Good choice.”
You were gonna do it anyway—why agonize?
I patted his slumped shoulders with the paddle.
Everyone seemed spooked by the unknown double dungeon factor, but no need.
Not yet, anyway.
Better to milk the honey while double dungeons are the only mutation.
But that didn't mean I'd silently endure like some K-drama eldest daughter supporting the family.
Who's it for?
Sacrifices shine when you make a show of them.
On the way back to the guild, I posted a sudden schedule update in the guild group chat.
“That should do for the notice.”
I pocketed my phone and said to Kang Han, who was driving,
“Guild Leader, brace yourself.”