Evolution Theory of the Hunter

Chapter 125

Jang Moon-boks party prepared the meal. They had a cooking specialist among them so we were able to take care of food easily.

It was nice to have people that did this and that for you.

However, it wasnt like we could take them around with us forever.

There was the issue of item distribution and although I wasnt able to make them suffer enough in the ruin it was time to let them go.

As I gestured Jang Moon-bok nervously stood in front of me. He seems to be getting more nervous as time goes on for some reason.

You called for me?

Why are you so tense? I wont tell you to die so loosen up.

It, its not like that.

His expression loosened up a bit but he still couldnt meet my eye. Did he think that I was that scary. I think that I have a pretty tame expression though.

Then whats the problem.

Its my first time seeing a level 10 hunter and its my first time meeting a person as strong as party leader.

Well is that so.

It seems I showed too much power in front of these guys.

I certainly did openly use Aura Blade and use it to destroy the stone statues so from a level 3 hunters perspective it did make sense to be nervous.

I let out a light laugh. I was partly trying to let him loosen up but he had a look of discipline.

Please speak if you have something to say.

Youre free to go.

Yes?

Your actions did enrage me but it is partly our fault as well that the misunderstanding grew so Im thinking that this much is fine.

That means.

I wont make you suffer anymore so disappear.

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Jang Moon-bok looked at me with eyes of surpise.

Wow. Im thrilled! I can finally escape from this shitty suffering! I didnt expect such exclamations but I wonder what this bitter expression is.

May we have a meeting for a bit?

Ye, yeah. Im not sure what the meeting is about though.

Jang Moon-boks reply was unexpected so I unintentionally stuttered.

Even now, Soo-ah was bullying the luggage carriers so I wondered why he was conflicting inside.

Jang Moon-bok said something to Soo-ah and then gathered their members, starting the meeting. Soo-ah came towards me.

Youre going to send them off?

Yeah. We dont need them anymore.

Thats a shame. I trained them well though.

I agree that theyre useful. But we cant restrict them against their will.

Then wouldnt they say that they will follow us around?

Soo-ahs eyes flashed.

What nonsense are you saying. Why would they follow us around after all that theyve been through? If it was me, I would just spit and run away.

It might not be like that you know?

What did she have backing this thought for her to be this way?

May we follow you around for a while?

No, wait.

I grasped my head at his words. I wonder what hes thinking.

I think that its a great honor just to be with such a strong raid team.

It seemed like a prepared comment.

There wasnt even 1 gram of his soul in those words. I surveyed the others. They all seemed to be thinking the same thing.

At the very least they didnt seem to have been threatened by Soo-ah.

Let me hear whats on your mind for now. Dont say things you dont mean. Even if you follow us around you wont get a share from the distribution.

The monthly profit of our team is about 100m per person. We will follow you around if you give even just half of that.

Since its ten people. Youre asking for 500m per month?

Yes.

I cant understand. As a level 3 party, if we suppose you hunt in the forest region you can get at least 500m per person. 100m sounds far fetched.

The amount of money our team gets in one month was at the very least several 10b. Even if they lacked the skill 100m per person was too low.

Of course we got more than when hunting in a dungeon but its not like we actually get that much. As you know, killing monsters is difficult to the point that were sensitive about even a single monster after all.

Is he talking about the eagle incident. Certainly, I was wondering why a level 3 party was making such a fuss about a single monster.

Even if our party received injuries it was possible to heal them with potions and since my power was high the amount of time spent fighting was short.

However for a normal level 3 hunter party, in the case of a same level monster, it is difficult to kill that many.

It is okay if they fight by outnumbering but in the forest region it was not uncommon for more than ten to appear at the same time.

In such a case, they would become exhausted to the point of having to rest the entire day after the battle to be able to retry the next day.

Taking that into account, 500m would be unreasonable but half of that would be an appropriate amount.

How long would we be able to spend a good time hunting like that. There will be a day the Yellow Sea runs out of monsters. And if that happens we would have to go to higher level zones. If that happened there is no guarantee that normal hunters would survive among large raid teams.

We are also a small scale raid team.

However, team Delta has much potential. It is certain that it will grow from now on. We want to be the start of that growth. You may adjust our pay after that.

In other words, youre saying will invest in us after seeing our teams future?

Yes.

I dont want to thought?

Yes?

Why do I have to guarantee you guys future. I could just work you to the bone for a month and then chase you out you know?

Th, that is.

Jang Moon-boks pupils shook greatly. I didnt know what he was expecting from me but I didnt want to increase the number of people for no reason.

The number I can care for right now was about the size of my current party.

More than that, I couldnt and didnt want to pay attention to it personally.

Soo-ah opened her mouth.

Accept them since theyre putting on a collar on their own.

You encouraged them right?

About that. I did say that they wouldnt have to worry about starving to death if they stayed under you. They pretend that its not but its a fact that theyre uneasy. Thats especially so in times like this.

Can you take responsibility?

I will at least prevent them from causing trouble.

Soo-ah laughed as she linked her arm to mine. I could feel something soft. Where did she learn such a wicked skill from?

Certainly, it wasnt like we were going to give them a lot and they were just following so there was no reason to refuse. Could this be called passion pay I wonder.

Considering that 50m per person was a bit tough.

Do as you want.

Thank you! I will work hard!

Jang Moon-bok shouted loudly. His team members also all cheered. It wasnt like there was no reason to do so but I couldnt understand. Did these guys have any dark thoughts about Soo-ah?

For now, I took in Moon-boks team as a temporary Delta Team 2.

Of course, the one leading team 2 was Soo-ah. Jang Moon-bok had the role of team leader with no real authority.

The first job that Delta Team 2 did was none other than making a flag.

To say that you have been going around with no flag. This is the face of a raid team so we will create it.

After saying so they immediately started a conference.

I did make one before but it was made without care and I lost it somewhere in the middle so I couldnt remember where it was.

Well, it wasnt bad to see them trying to do their part.

While those guys were creating and doing work on their own I habitually turned on my smartphone.

As I accessed the Hunter Market, the hot topic was the disappearance of the level 5 dungeons as expected.

Due to raising the proficiency to fight the Black Tiger it had gone up to level 5.

Level 5 dungeons gone! Is it just my imagination that the time period in between is getting shorter?

Nope. Its actually getting faster. It might only be a matter of time before all dungeons disappear.

What happens if they all disappear? Is humanity regaining peace?

No way. The field monsters are still there. Theres the Yellow Sea too.

But the monsters in the Yellow Sea dont respawn. If they all disappear would only the field monsters remain? With just that it would be difficult to gather rare earth metals though?

The only thing would be the Red Holes.

Those appear for a single day before disappearing though.

Yeah. What was it, a beta test?

But I heard people died a lot during that time. Saying that it was a lot more difficult.

There was some bastard that said that it was a great place so there were quite a few guys that went in without preparing.

Ive heard that even level 3 hunters had to start from level 1 dungeons for Red Holes?

There are a lot of monsters, its said that monsters up to 2 levels above the dungeons appear. Its also said that theres a boss monster thats a lot harder. So its said that a full level 3 party is needed to clear a level 1 dungeon.

Is there even someone that cleared that?

Ive heard there is. I heard that a team did an interview because they cleared it. But they didnt put it up on the bulletin board since the dungeons disappeared in a day.

Certainly, if dungeons slowly disappeared then there would be a problem in rare earth metal gathering.

Even if there was the Yellow Sea it was not comparable to the dungeon where it could be farmed infinitely.

That was the reason I didnt want to make dungeons disappear as much as possible.

Gathering rare earth metals was one of the main missions of a hunter.

In reality, the price of rare earth metals rose to the point that the worlds economy shook a bit. A few places like the Yellow Sea rose in a few places but it wasnt like it appeared all over the world so it was obvious that the supply would be lacking.

To think that the world shakes because of me. It might sound like middle school syndrome but this was a clear fact.

Field hunting was not an answer either as the efficiency was too low.

It was more dangerous than a dungeon and the reward was much lower.

In the end, it was necessary to open Red Holes for hunters.

However, if I opened them hastily then people would enter carelessly like before and cause many casualties.

For now, I was planning on opening them one by one and look at the situation.

After looking through the bulletin board I saw something strange.

[BJ PaCheonGeom Forest Region Live Cam Broadcast]

Hm?

Whats this?

Going to the thread, there was a link to an internet broadcast. Some bastard was just live streaming as a personal broadcast.

There was a great number of 5,000 in the forest region at the moment.

Unlike the other regions where groups were drawing lines standing face to face, that place was going to be a literal warzone so the peoples attention focused there.

As much as it was focusing the bulletin board was actively updating information.

He was literally idly broadcasting when a war was about to break out.

Going to the broadcast, a magician type dandy looking guy was working hard broadcasting.