[A few days ago...]
IT WAS a Special Grade Gate.
Worse, the damned gate appeared near the newly built luxurious apartnt complex that Ki Gayoon’s company owned.
It’s the apartnt complex where Bambi assaulted .
It wasn’t open to the public yet. He delayed the opening of the apartnt complex because of what Bambi did. That perverted Guide tampered with the security system, after all. He didn’t want sothing like that to happen again, so he asked his IT Team to make a better system.
Hence, the delay.
But I can’t delay the opening longer, so I have to get rid of the Gate ASAP.
Gayoon clicked his tongue when he saw the requirent to enter the dungeon.
Yes, Special Grade Gates don’t allow just anyone to enter.
Normal Gates— from A to F Grades— could be raided by Espers depending on their ranks.
Naturally awakened S-Class Espers could enter all dungeons— including Special Grade Ones.
Heck, only naturally awakened S-Class Espers could raid Special Grade dungeons.
S-Class Espers could enter S-Grade dungeons and below. But the governnt wouldn’t allow S-Class Espers to enter dungeons lower than B-Class to give them ti to rest.
Which was reasonable because there were only a few S-Class Espers (natural or not) in the country.
Anyways...
A-Class Espers could enter A-Grade dungeons and below. A-Class Espers were also allowed to enter S-Grade dungeons if they had at least one S-Class Esper with them.
B-Class Espers could enter B-Grade dungeons and below.
C-Class Espers could enter C-Grade dungeons and below. But if a group of B-Class Espers needed a big team of Espers to raid a B-Grade dungeon, then C-Class Espers were allowed to join them.
D-Class Espers could enter D-Grade and F-Grade dungeons.
F-Class Espers couldn’t enter F-Grade dungeons by themselves. They needed at least one companion above their rank. After all, F-Class Espers weren’t really different from Civilians— unless they had a special ability.
Most F-Grade dungeons are used to train F-Class Espers to help them level up.
And, yes, there were no E-Class Espers for so reason.
Just like how I didn’t know E-Class Guides existed until I t Noh Yuno.
"Boss, I’m back."
Gayoon bit the cinnamon stick in his mouth. "So, where are the Espers with ice manipulation skills?"
Yes, the Special Grade Gate required at least a B-Class Esper with ice powers.
The requirent was written on what seed like a Status Window attached to the door of the dungeon.
Yes, Gates are called Gates because they look like one.
"According to our records, you kicked out our company’s only ice user two months ago," Baekho reported. "Apparently, you caught him harassing a mid-rank Guide in the bar that you own, Boss. I wasn’t with you at the ti, and it was Gu Inwoo who took care of the matter. So, I only found out about it now."
Honestly, Gayoon couldn’t rember that incident.
But if I kicked that bastard out of the group myself, then he probably deserved it.
"Should we hire an ice user from the Rogue Clan, Boss?"
The ’Rogue Clan’ was an infamous group of "freelance" Espers who were infamous for raiding illegal dungeons.
’Illegal dungeons’ were dungeons that weren’t reported to the governnt.
The governnt is turning a blind eye to the Rogue Clan’s illegal activities because they can’t afford to antagonize a group of high-ranking Espers.
On the other hand, the Esper Association...
Well, Kwak Hakjae had already lost his influence.
As far as I know, that is.
Anyway, the Espers that belonged to the Rogue Clan were also infamous for being "Espers-for-rent."
I commission them from ti to ti because I don’t want to work with the Top 5.
But now...
"No, we don’t need the Rogue Clan this ti," Gayoon said, already calling soone on the phone. "Go and make sure all Civilians in the area are already evacuated to the nearest shelter."
Baekho bowed politely. "Yes, Boss!"
And then his right-hand man left to join the others.
Gayoon, on the other hand, leaned against his car when the person he called finally picked up.
He slightly pulled his phone away from his ear when he heard loud screaming in the background.
"Lee Sarang, where are you? It’s noisy there."
Gayoon knitted his eyebrows. "Yah. You’re not there to buy Guiding Pills again, are you?"
"Why would you want to see that prince bastard?"
"I don’t care," Gayoon said, scoffing. "If you have to waste on that prince bastard, then I assu you’re free today."
"Yes. I need an ice user to raid a Special Grade Gate," Gayoon said. "I’ll send you the location. Co if you want."
***
"IT’S BEEN a while since we entered a dungeon together, Oppa."
"Yeah," Ki Gayoon said while looking around. "And it’s been a while since I’ve seen you "sober.""
If Lee Sarang wasn’t in her normal state, she wouldn’t have gone to the HoneyMoon Convenience Store to admire another man. After all, there wasn’t an Awakened Person in Korea who didn’t know that Lee Sarang was a "slave" for Mo Hanjin.
"Oppa, you always say that you don’t work for free, don’t you?"
Gayoon turned to Lee Sarang, already done surveying the dungeon that looked like an exact copy of the Han River— to be precise, the two of them were on the empty bridge above the fake Han River.
It’s really interesting how the dungeon can copy real-life places in our world.
"Yeah. And I won’t make you work for free either," Gayoon said while nodding. "We’ll divide the rewards equally, and then I’ll give you a separate paynt after we co out of the dungeon."
"I don’t need money or Items— I already have plenty of them."
"Then what do you want as compensation?"
"Noh Yuno-ssi—"
"In your dreams," Gayoon cut her off right away. "I won’t share Noh Yuno— even if it’s you who’s asking, Lee Sarang."
"Oppa, listen to first," Lee Sarang whined a bit. "I just need to hold Yuno-ssi’s hand for a mont."
"No."
"I have sothing I need to confirm."
"Lee Sarang, I already said no."
"Then let talk to Yuno-ssi after we co out of the dungeon," Lee Sarang said. "Oppa, if Yuno-ssi agrees to my request, then you can’t do anything about it. Yuno-ssi is his own person. Even if you’re his Esper, you can’t decide for him."
Tsk.
"Oppa, you know that I don’t work with just anyone, right? But for old ti’s sake, I agreed to help you. So, I’ll be satisfied if I get to et Yuno-ssi as a small reward."
Gayoon let out a sigh. "Fine. But even if Noh Yuno agrees to give you a light Guiding— because I know you’d ask him— don’t overdo it."
Lee Sarang bead. "Yes, Oppa."
He just sighed again, and then he looked up at the "sky" when he noticed it suddenly got dark even though they entered the dungeon in broad "daylight."
Then he realized that the clouds had turned gray.
It didn’t take long before it started to pour.
"Lee Sarang, don’t let your guard down..."
"Oppa, when did you beco so tall?"
Hmm?
When Gayoon turned his attention back to Lee Sarang, he realized he was facing the fourteen-year-old Lee Sarang— the youngest Esper to awaken in Korea.
The dungeon had the ability to draw illusions from their old mories, huh?
Tsk.
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