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Sen had to admit, the officials from the Hunter's Guild did make him forget how most of the hunters he had met in his life were. You could feel safe with the officials of the guild, but the normal hunters ? Absolutely not.

Sen was pretty much floored when a team of hunters entered the dungeon right before his eyes. The security guards actually gasped themselves and tried to intervene, however the team entered before they could anything.

The leader of the security team then showed up after the guards called him. It was crazy to think he would show up in only ten minutes after the incident. The KHG was really all about safety.

"I gotta say, I'm actually impressed. I don't remember the hunter's society being so nice." Vodka said , earning her a chuckle from Sen.

"Then your informations come from other countries. Korea is like that, the other countries really aren't. And in the end, Korea isn't like that everywhere. It's just that we are in Seoul, you can't really get into much troubles in the city that houses the KHG's HQ. " Sen explained as he and Vodka watched the security team's leader yell at the agent who had allowed the team to enter the dungeon.

That was until said agent said something that made the leader froze. Sen couldn't really tell what they were seeing from here, but even the guards around the small building that had been built for hunters to come and pay the fee, were shocked.

'The hell's going on ?'

The agent was actually smiling, and his smile was pretty savage at that. But Sen couldn't possibly know what the discussion was about, so he just waited for the leader to come his way. Well not just his way, but come to the place where all the hunters were waiting for their time to go inside the dungeon.

"Goddamnit, can you believe those guys ?! They let those fuckers enter just because they are loaded ! I knew the guild was greedy, but this is next level !" A random hunter said. It was a middle-aged man with brown hair that had some grey patches. He had a beer gut, but he had decent equipment and his upper body looked solid.

'Shield on the back, strong upper body. A knight, maybe E-Rank or D at most. Doesn't look like much, but he should be able to deal with something like four goblins at the same time. Let's see for the others.' Sen thought as he analyzed the hunters. No one except Jeol knew that little thing about him, he was actually quite a dungeon otaku as they called them.

Like anime otaku or military otaku, he knew a lot of things about dungeons. But he was more interested in it than he had knowledge about it. A passionate fan with very little determination to accumulate knowledge. But he still loved to analyze other hunters, especially since most of them looked cooler than he did. He had nothing more than a small dagger and his clothes, a long black shirt and some black pants. Though he had to say those pants were really comfortable.

But the others had actual armors and weapons that weren't nothing more than pointy sticks. Because his dagger was just that, a pointy metal stick.

Speaking of the other hunters, there were five hunters in total around Sen. There two teams, one of three and the other was a duo. The team of three was composed of two knights and someone who looked like a martial artist, though Sen wasn't sure. He just thought because the woman, who looked more like a housewife than an actual fighter, had some gloves on.

The duo was...Weird ? They had light leather armors and both had small swords, but their looks didn't give away their paths. They wore the most random sweatshirts and pants ever. They looked like a couple going on a date, not actual hunters.

'Well more like siblings actually, they got the same hair and eye colour, even got the same noses. '

"You're right mister Bak. But that's just how it is, money has a lot of power." The guy of the duo spoke while his sister/girlfriend looked at the security team leader who was still speaking with the agent, but now with trembling hands. Something was definitely up.

"Aya, he knows. That damn old man just likes to complain all the damn time." The housewife said as the second knight laughed. The first knight blushed and looked away.

"Well, now we can only wait for their decision. But something tells me we're either gonna have to wait until the hunters leave....Or we could also have to leave ourselves because those dumbasses cleaned the dungeon." The man who was called Mister Bak said. The housewife and the second knight gasped as the young guy of the duo sighed.

"I don't think they are dumb enough to actually clean a battle type dungeon....But well rich people don't have as much brain cells as they have bills. "

While this discussion was going on, Sen moved towards the girl of the duo and spoke to her ear when he got close enough, making her slightly jump.

"Smells fishy, doesn't it ?" He asked.

"....You just gave me a mini-heart attack. But yeah it looks weird as hell. And that worker looks entirely too smug while looking at his superior." She said.

'Hmm. Pretty small, frail body and beautiful face....Hell she could be a freaking idol. But I can't guess her path. She seems very straight forward and kinda dry though.' Sen thought. Actually he didn't like to just analyze hunters, he just analyzed people randomly.

The girl tilted her head as she noticed he was lost in his thought and she poked him in the cheek.

"You still there mister ?" She asked. She most likely called him mister because he looked a bit older than her. She looked to be 20, maybe 21. She had blonde hair and green eyes. She looked like she would be beautiful naturally, but apparently it wasn't enough for her. She had put on a pretty thick layer of eyeliner and she also had painted her lips slightly purple.

Her brother and her looked pretty much like foreigners, though their faces did have some asian traits.

"Ah, yes. Sorry about that. As you were saying, it looks quite suspicious. I wonder what's going on..." Sen said as he put his hand under his chin. The girl chuckled and poked his cheek once again.

"Hey...I'm pretty sure I saw you somewhere.....Do we know each other ?" She asked as Sen felt a finger on his other cheek. Looking at his left, he didn't see anything and sighed internally.

'I know you are bored Vodka, but have some patience. Life doesn't go at 200 Kilometers per hour all the time. '

"Ah, no. I don't think so. I mean I don't have a really good memory, but I would've remembered someone with such a face." Sen said. He suddenly had the desire to slap Vodka when she whistled.

"Damn, boy. I didn't think you were like this. You aren't timid like I thought, that's good. I never liked shy people honestly." She said as Sen rolled his eyes. He had spent so many times getting teased by Jeol, he was pretty used to girls. And Jeol was even prettier than that girl, at least Sen thought so. He always had a thing for strong girls, and it could've come from Jeol herself for all he knew.

"Ahah, well it's true that people don't easily forget me. But I'm sure I know you.....Which rank are you ?" She suddenly asked. And now Sen wanted to blush. A hunter's rank didn't say a lot about them, but most people thought otherwise. Rank was status, and status was everything in such a society. The girl was most likely of a higher rank than himself because she was the one who payed the entry fee, and she didn't seem to mind the price. So either she had no money trouble, something rare for low rank hunters, or she was powerful enough for the price to be normal or reduced.

That's something Sen had forgot to tell Vodka, the prices went up if the hunter's rank was lower than the dungeon's, but the prices also went down if the hunter was higher ranked.

"I-I'm an E rank." He said. He wasn't ready for the girl to release a small smile and nudge his arm with hers.

"Don't worry, I'm an E rank too. My brother does all the work for me. I'm a taming mage you see ? So without any good creatures tamed, I ain't worth much. But that should change very soon...Hehehe..." She said as she started to cackled like a cliche villain.

"Why is that ?" Sen asked. The security team leader was still talking and Sen was all for talking to the beautiful girl while the other hunters complained.

"Well you see, my brother and I have quite the good jobs. We are paid a lot to do...Pretty much nothing, which is why we have the time to work as hunters too. We have started saving up so i could buy myself some dangerous animals, like snakes or even wolves ! Not many taming mages do that since most of them can only tame monsters and not animals, but I can tame everything !" She said as she pumped up her fist in the air. Her smile was so contagious, even the usually grumpy Sen had to smile.

"That's pretty good. You could a lot of things with animals, hell you could probably learn poisonous abilities if you buy snakes."

"Yeah, I can't wait....But....Argh, I nearly forgot what I was talking about in the first place ! I was saying that I knew you from somewhere ! So.....E rank and looks like this....I know I saw you somewhere. I'm sure I know who you are....Hmmm....Ah ! Seneos right ?! Damn I can't remember your path though." She exclaimed, earning a gasp from Sen.

'The hell ?! How does she know me ?! I'm sure I never met her.'

"Y-Yeah...And you are ? I'm sure I don't actually know you." He asked, feeling a bit confused at the moment.

"Ah yeah sorry about that. We don't really know each others, I just heard about you from a few hunters. They were talking about 'another hunter who became an alcoholic'. Ah ! They say that as if most hunters aren't heavy smokers or drunkers. I mean I smoke like a shit ton, see ? I'm An-Eunji by the way, but call me Eunji." She said, taking out a few cigarettes from her pocket.

Sen had been ready to kill himself on the spot when she mentioned the fact that he was alcoholic, but he was too shocked by the revelation that this beauty was a heavy smoker.

"Well, Eunji I guess we are both trying to cope with our shitty lives like we ca-"

Sen had no time to finish his sentence. The security all yelled at the same time and positioned themselves with their guns out, pointed at the dungeon's gate.

"The hell's going on ?!" The security team leader asked as he also took out his handgun.

Before anyone could answer his question, the previous team that entered the dungeon suddenly came out and ran away as fast as they could.

"Oi where the fuck are you going ?!" The team leader asked while the agent who had allowed them to enter in the first place grit his teeth and glared at the hunters' backs.

"LEADER ! The dungeon is starting to behave like....."

The team leader point his gun at the gate too and looked at the hunters who were all stunned.

"I'm sorry I have to ask that of you, but rest assured that you'll be greatly rewarded if you can accomplish the mission I'm about to give you ! The dungeon is showing clear signs of a breakout. The monsters will come pouring out soon if the dungeon isn't stabilized ! We need you to clean the dungeon before the monsters start pouring out !" He yelled.

Eunji's brother was immediately angered and responded in kind.

"The fuck do you mean by that ?! Can't you just wait for the monsters to come out and then kill them ?! The dungeon should stabilize once you kill all the monsters !" He yelled as the other hunters backed him up. That's when Sen and Eunji realized something at the same time and gave the guy looks that told him he may have said something wrong.

"Sis, what's up ?" The brother asked with uncertainty. But it wasn't eunji who answered, it was the team leader who removed his jacket at the same time.

"This is a battle type dungeon, the monsters just won't stop spawning ! Unless the dungeon is cleaned, we'll have armies of goblins pouring out continously ! Don't you remember the reason as to why the American Hunter's Guild was defunded ?! " The team leader yelled while checking the ammos he had in his gun as well as on himself.

"....The Scale Army Incident...." The brother whispered. As soon as the realization hit him, he took out his own weapon and Sen had to say....Those siblings were really impossible to read.

' A sniper ?!' Sen thought as he watched the brother take out a revolver.

"But during breakouts...The monsters spawn at a higher rate ! Those are just goblins but with their numbers..." The old man with the shield exclaimed.

"Don't worry about it. I'm not about to let low ranked hunters sacrifice themselves that easily..." The team leader said while taking out his glasses and crushing them.

"Team leader you aren't going to....." The security guard who spoke up was silenced by the team leader who sighed.

"This is about the security of the citizens ! Call HQ and report the situation ! Tell them this could potentially become a C-Rank incident right in the middle of this calm neighbourhood !....I'm going inside the dungeon !"