Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Obtaining a Fortuitous Encounter
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“Is there no fun gallery anywhere...?”
I’m a total NEET. I live a life spent browsing the internet like this every single day.
Today was just another day wandering around in search of fresh dopamine hits.
“Huh? Hunter Gallery? Never seen this one before.”
While scrolling, I spotted a gallery I’d never noticed before climbing the real-time popular rankings.
‘Hunter Gallery.’ Judging by the name, it looked like a place where actual hunters shot the breeze.
“Hunters, huh... Man, I wish I could awaken out of nowhere too. Rake in tons of cash. Live life on easy street...”
It’s a world where towers and monsters have appeared.
A world where nations are staggering and normal jobs have plummeted.
Hunters, with their guaranteed money and fame, are the hottest profession around.
Of course, it’s not something you can just decide to become.
Hunter awakenings are determined purely by luck.
I got curious about what these lucky bastards were chatting about.
I clicked into the gallery like I’d been hypnotized.
[Hunter Gallery]
Gallery Intro: A gathering spot for active-duty hunters in South Korea.
To get a feel for the vibe, I first searched for sensible posts.
Click.
[Title: How to Boost Awakening Odds (No BS)]
(An ugly frog grinning mischievously)
Something like that exist? Just live a decent life.
Another fake sensible post. Gallery’s screwed.
What’re the mods doing?
The Magic 12 Method is open to everyone. The Magic 12 Method cleanses your mind, energy, and body, and when you confront yourself, the door opens. Here’s how: First, to purify your body, eat dirt for 30 days...(more)
Click.
[Title: Warning) Don’t Go to That Hunter Academy They’re Advertising Lately. Total Scam]
[Went today and yeah, legit scammers.]
[They brought in some gym trainer as a ‘specialist instructor’ and the guy’s a total airhead lol.]
[These no-experience clowns claiming they can help with hunter awakenings. Pure lies. It’s the ㅁㅁㅅ academy in Hongdae, heads up.]
Fact is, if you’ve got any brains, you can spot the scam just from the ads.
No way it’s the idiot’s fault for falling for it, right?
But seriously, hunter academies are popping up everywhere lately. Who are these guys?
All scams. Awakenings are pure luck.
The Magic 13 Method is open to everyone. The Magic 13 Method cleanses your mind, energy, and body, and when you confront yourself, the door opens. Here’s how: First, to purify your body, eat dirt for 30 days...(more)
Click.
[Title: Top Hunters’ Earnings Are Legendary AF]
[A-rank OML just verified 1 billion won this month? Is this for real? Insane. Man, I wanna awaken and live easy too.]
Easy? Lol, hunters face life-or-death crises all the time.
Nah, that’s C-ranks and D-ranks lol. An A-rank ever in real danger?
For real lol. Plus, he’s a Magic 1 Method mage. Spoon-fed job. Just sit back and spam spells, money duplicates itself lol
The Magic 14 Method is open to everyone. The Magic 14 Method cleanses your mind, energy, and body, and when you confront yourself, the door opens. Here’s how: First, to purify your body, eat dirt for 30 days...(more)
“Got the gist... You guys are on another level.”
With my ten years of gallery experience, I instantly clocked the atmosphere here.
Namely, that there were no actual working hunters here.
The ‘active-duty hunter gathering’ intro was a total joke.
Whatever. I wasn’t a hunter either.
I was just like these folks, needing some mindless peanuts to kill time.
I fired off a braindead post.
[Title: Honestly, for us civilians who still haven’t awakened, isn’t fast reset the answer?]
For real lol
What about you? You a hunter?
Nah (OP) Me? Yeah, hunter. B-rank.
Hunter training camp cafeteria—what’s it called? Spill. 10 seconds.
“Tch. Caught me right away, huh.”
But a busted post? Just delete and done.
As I was about to type another shitpost, a comment notification pinged.
Attention junkie that I am, I frantically tapped back into the post.
The Magic 17 Method is open to everyone. The Magic 17 Method cleanses your mind, energy, and body, and when you confront yourself, the door opens. Here’s how: First, to purify your body, eat dirt for 30 days...(more)
“Ah, what the hell. Just aggro...”
Disappointed, I hit delete on the post.
“Hmm... Hold up.”
But that comment stuck in my head.
If I’d seen this elsewhere, I’d have dismissed it as some psycho aggro.
But as a ten-year gallery vet, I sensed this wasn’t simple bait.
Following my gallery addict instincts, I checked other posts.
Sure enough, every single one had magic whatchamacallit comments.
The key was the timestamps.
These comments hit 2-3 minutes after posts, sometimes even 10 minutes later.
What that meant was crystal clear.
This wasn’t a macro. Someone was typing it manually.
“Two possibilities. Either they’re too broke for a macro, or they’re a top-tier psycho.”
Either way, no normal person.
Anyway, curiosity about this guy’s identity hit me, so I posted again.
[Title: What’s the deal with the magic spammer in comments?]
Dude’s manually posting on every thread. What the hell is he?
But this time, no comments at all.
I kept refreshing, waiting.
“Huh? What? Where’s my post?”
Then I noticed my post had been deleted.
Unforgivable.
I immediately hammered out a protest post.
[Title: Wtf, why’d you delete my post?]
I asked about the magic spammer and you delete it?
I hit enter.
[Blocked IP. Reason: ㅁㅂ. Ban duration: 30 days.]
“What the fuck is this shit.”
My head boiled.
Post deleted? I can tolerate that.
But banned? For 30 days?
This was war.
I fired up my VPN and reposted the exact same thing.
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Deleted post.]
[Blocked IP. Reason: ㅁㅂ. Ban duration: 30 days.]
“Oh ho.”
Sure enough, deleted instantly.
But expected.
I unleashed macro + VPN spam on the gallery.
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Another psycho just rolled in.]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Gallery’s fucked.]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
Watching the gallery flood with my posts was satisfying.
The mods were deleting, but I was faster than those title-checking losers.
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: ㅁㅂ means Magic Villain. Read the pinned post.]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Title: Wtf does ㅁㅂ even mean, deleting my shit? Mods on crack?]
[Posting temporarily restricted on this gallery.]
“Huh?”
I froze at the familiar message.
The mods waved the white flag.
They’d frozen the whole gallery.
Not just me—everyone locked out temporarily.
My victory.
High on triumph, I cracked open a cola and chugged it.
“But Magic Villain, huh...”
I finally checked the pinned post after coming to this gallery.
Reading rules only after getting banned? Classic.
Sure enough, at the end of the guidelines:
[Rule Addition) Mention ㅁㅂ, mavil, Magic Villain = instant ban. Magic words banned. Ma.gic, ma,law, Magic 1 Method—all banned.]
“Hmm, way more hardcore than I thought.”
I mentally saluted the guy as a fellow gallery villain.
Banning not just mentions, but the word ‘magic’ itself?
This dude was evil incarnate.
No ordinary guy.
I reread one of his comments.
- Magic is open to everyone. Magic cleanses your mind, energy, and body, and when you confront yourself, the door opens. Here’s how: First, to purify your body, eat dirt for 30 days...(more)
“Hmm... Should I try it?”
A sudden impulse took over.
One thing was certain.
If I followed this to the letter, I’d make sensible post material.
“Do it right, and I might hit monthly best...”
Couldn’t resist that.
Alright. Let’s do it.
I copied the comment, printed it out.
Damn, it was long.
No idea who this guy was, but he was dead serious about the lore.
“There are five attributes for awakening magic. For beginners, the safe one is Earth Attribute Magic...”
To awaken Earth Attribute Magic, just scoop and eat a handful of dirt at every meal for 30 days.
“Fire Magic’s 30 days of burns, Lightning’s electrocution... Yeah, no way I’m doing the rest.”
Compared to that, eating dirt? Doable.
I’m a man addicted to aggro. Crave attention too much.
Plus, dirt-eating photos make for killer proof shots.
“Screw it, let’s go.”
From that day, I ate dirt daily.
Even for me, chomping raw dirt was rough.
So at first, I mixed sand with misutgaru powder in water, or baked mud cookies to munch.
No big thoughts back then.
Just occasional killer constipation vibes.
I was still just a machine shitposting across galleries.
[...After 15 days of this training, a divine presence settles in your body, and your energy begins to change.]
But entering week 3 of training. Day 15.
Something was wrong with my body.
The tips of my fingers started crumbling like sand.