NABC Chapter 24
Chapter 24
The Friday Dungeon, which drops special runes.
The Saturday Dungeon, which drops monster materials and synthesis blueprints.
And even the Sunday dungeon, which drops skill books.
Baek Jin-woo went through each of the weekday dungeons like a storm.
For the Saturday dungeon, he had to defeat all the "Plants", monstrous creatures, so he went in with a full fire setup.
The method was to set the whole map on fire.
He went in with the Wind Falcon as a speed buffer, the fire-attribute damage dealer Explosive Dragon, and three C-rank Lava Drakes.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Woosh!
The drakes swooped around with their speed boost, spewing fire and burning down the forest in an instant.
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[All monsters gone!]
[Dungeon cleared!]
[Clearing Time - 00:03:50]
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He also broke the South Korean record for the Saturday Dungeon.
As for the Sunday Dungeon,
he had to defeat an old master known as the "Absolute Expert" in 30 minutes.
It was almost as difficult as a final boss, and even in his JinuGod days, he rarely bothered with it.
After all, he could farm Skill Books in the Thursday Dungeon.
He had simply set a record in this dungeon.
Using the Dragon of Destruction's breath, he set a record of one second for each difficulty level.
He hadn't even looked at it after that.
I think I should clear it again this time.
Baek Jin-woo dove in with only his top summons - Lamba, Hun-gyo and the Explosive Dragon.
After a hard-fought battle -
[You have defeated the Absolute Expert.]
[Dungeon cleared!]
[Clear Time - 00:14:50]
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It took a long time to clear, much longer than the other dungeons.
That's only because it's low-ranked.
If it was mid-rank or higher, he probably wouldn't have been able to do it.
Of course...
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[Congratulations!]
[New record for South Korea!]
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Even that was enough to easily beat the national record.
The average record in South Korea was over 20 minutes.
"Whew."@@@@
He had now completed all the lower level dungeons.
Repeating them every week would probably cut his time even more.
He'd also need to keep leveling up through standard dungeons and training.
I'll just keep growing until I'm ready to tackle mid-range.
The goal was to conquer all the top-ranked dungeons.
Once he had enough runes, items and skills, he'd be able to take on the Tower of Trials.
Perhaps two years would be enough?
And on that note.
After a week of dungeon runs, he had amassed quite a stash of rewards.
Starting with 18 premium summoning scrolls as first achievement rewards.
Various runes, grindstones, skill books, materials and blueprints.
How am I supposed to do with all this?
***
Yoo Ji-ah, the head of "YooBaek", had secured a small office in Samsung-dong.
Although she could have afforded a larger building from the start, she didn't.
She wanted to cover everything with the initial start-up funds, except for the gift she gave to Baek Jin-woo.
Once the business had started, only business capital should be used.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to calculate the profitability and the tax issues would be more complicated.
Swish, swish!
Sitting at her desk, Yoo Ji-ah scrolled through the news on her phone with a sigh of admiration.
The whole world was talking about Baek Jin-woo.
Every platform and community was flooded with articles about him.
Unbelievable.
To think that in just one week he'd broken the records for every dungeon in South Korea.
"Mr Kim Byung-jin."
"Yes, ma'am."
"How's the video editing going?"
Kim Byung-jin was personally in charge of the editing.
Because of the sensitive nature of the content, they couldn't trust an outside company with it.
"It's almost finished, but..."
Yoo Ji-ah tilted her head.
Almost finished?
Was there a problem?
"Is there a problem?"
This video would be YooBaek's first business product.
And it was like a golden egg, promising to return tens or even hundreds of times the initial investment!
The banks that had checked Yoo Ji-ah's background were more than happy to provide the funds.
The granddaughter of Daeseong?
The famous elite Yoo Ji-ah?
It was a solid business with no chance of default!
They also looked at YooBaek.
"A player management company? Why would Daeseong's granddaughter start such a business?"
"What? The player associated with them is Baek Jin-woo? The one who's all over the news for breaking records?"
"Alright, approve the loan at the maximum amount allowed by law. Yes, do it now!"
With the money she received, Yoo Ji-ah bought summons from all over the world and then posted a message on the Player Web.
Selling information for all dungeons of the day.
Includes knowledge from Baek Jin-woo, the record holder for South Korea.
Non-disclosure agreement required.
Video data (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday) - 100 million won; text data (Thursday, Sunday) - 10 million won.
Only available to players registered with the South Korean head office.
It kept the price relatively low.
The goal was mass sales.
It's also about helping South Korea develop.
If it spreads among players and raises their level, it would be good for them too.
And.
The more the information spread, the more people would have to buy the summons.
Yoo Ji-ah also created several accounts on the Marketplace to list the summons for sale.
She set the prices as follows:
Battle Sheriff (C-rank): 200 million won
Priest of Radiance (C-rank): 200 million won
Striped Komodo (B-rank): 1 billion won
Wind Falcon (B-rank): 1 billion won
Titan Golem (B-rank): 1 billion won
Horned Fairy (C-rank) 200 million won
Frost Cat (C-rank): 200 million won
Sky Dolphin (C-rank) 200 million won
Sky Wyvern (B-rank) 1 billion won
Lava Drake (C-rank) 200 million won
She set a consistent price: 200 million won for C-rank and 1 billion won for B-rank.
"Isn't that an absurdly high price?"
Kim Byung-jin clucked his tongue.
These prices were five to ten times what they had originally paid.
Yoo Ji-ah grinned.
"Prices are always set by supply and demand. Since we control most of the supply, they'll have no choice but to buy from us.
Those willing to pay for dungeon information are likely to be members of large guilds or ranked players.
These players have the purchasing power.
They'll be willing to make a bold investment for a time attack.
"And anyway, these units are bound to increase in value over time.
They're core units.
The value of a summon that everyone needs will naturally increase.
This is the reward for trusting Baek Jin-woo and investing in him.
The time had come to reap this sweet reward.
***
Baek Jin-woo thought about what to do with his rewards.
First, the 18 premium summoning scrolls.
He decided not to use them for the time being.
The chances of drawing an EX-rank summon are practically zero.
He'd only obtained Explosive Dragon and Hun-gyo after opening hundreds of thousands of scrolls, so going for another EX rank with only 18 scrolls?
The return on investment was far too low.
Besides, I already have a lot of summons to level. Even if I focus on them, I won't have enough time.
So he decided to sell them all on the marketplace.
At the market price of 3 million won each.
"Ah, a cool 54 million won in just one week."
I should sell all the miscellaneous items I got from the auto-loop runs.
In his JinuGod days, he'd only used the graduation-level runes and items that dropped at a low rate from the top-ranked dungeons of the week.
There was no way that low-ranked items would be good enough for him now.
The few useful runes he'd already equipped on his way through.
Maybe I should ask Yoo Ji-ah to sell them for me?
Baek Jin-woo smiled at his suddenly bulging bank account.
And then...
That's part of the management's job.
But...
Instead of that...
Someone else came to mind.
His younger sister, Baek Ah-jin, who was barely scraping by with her small rune-selling business.
If I keep making these loops, there will be tons of materials to sell.
What if Baek Ah-jin sold them?
And if he gave her a percentage of the commission as a fee?
That could work.
His sister had paid some of his hospital bills for the past three years.
He could finally start paying her back.
Family should be taken care of too.
With his thoughts settled, Baek Jin-woo picked up the phone.
He wanted to arrange a meeting with Baek Ah-jin.