Part 0: Prologue
[Daily Quest is now available.]
An articulate voice of a young female.
This was definitely not a game. Of course, it wasn't a dream, either.
But, her voice definitely resounded within my head. Hell, I could even see the quest window floating in mid-air, too.
'Could it be... Even today?"
While fervently praying in my head, I cautiously opened the information window.
Ttiring....
[Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong]
Press-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)
Sit-up, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)
Squat, 100 times: Incomplete (0/100)
Running, 10 km: Incomplete (0/10)
※Warning: Incompletion of Daily Quests will result in appropriate levels of punishment.
As soon as I got to confirm the contents of the Daily Quest, I began cussing out reflexively.
"Awww... Just how many days has it been already?!"
***
Part 1: Rank E Hunter
Rank E Hunter, Seong Jin-Woo.
No matter where he went, this title always followed him around.
Jin-Woo's overall strength was almost the same as a regular human being. With the exception of being a bit stronger and his wounds healing slightly faster, Jin-Woo was about the same as regular people in every other aspect.
It was par for the course then, that he'd always end up getting injured. He nearly died several times, too.
Of course, it wasn't as if Seong Jin-Woo liked being a Hunter.
The work was dangerous, others made fun of him, and to confound the matters even further, the pay was pretty pathetic, as well.
If it weren't for the medical aid paid out by the Hunter Association to the Hunters in their "payroll", he'd have turned in his hunter licence and quit by now, and live his life like a regular person.
Unfortunately, someone like Seong Jin-Woo, in his mid-twenties and lacking in any tangible job skills, there was no other way but to remain as a Hunter if he wanted to pay for his mother's hospital fee of millions of won every month.
Should one say that he had no choice in the matter?
That was why, even though he didn't want to, he simply had to participate in the raid supervised by the Association.
***
Hunters operating within the same area tended to know each other pretty well. In the event of a Gate opening up, all the Hunters in that district would be asked to come, that's why.
The Hunters who had arrived early sipped on the cups of coffee handed out by the Association's employee and shared cordial greetings with each other.
"Oh, hey. Mister Kim, Over here. Here."
"Oh? Mister Park, what are you doing here? I thought you were giving up on being a Hunter?"
"Well, that... My wife is pregnant with our second child."
"Hahahaha, is that so. Yeah, for a Hunter to earn big in one go, participating in a raid is the best, isn't it."
