Solo Resurrection

Chapter 117

Chapter 117

An Unlucky Day (1)

“Haap!”

– How many times have I told you to use your opponent’s strength against them! Yet you’re swinging around so crudely again.

“Shut up! I’m trying my best!”

Two swords became entangled in a messy clash.

A sword strike sharply exploiting the opening.

Kang Hyeon quickly raised his sword.

– You fool! No matter how many times I tell you, you don’t understand. If your opponent’s strength had been even close to yours just now, your stance would have completely crumbled. After that, there’s only death.

“Then what should I do?!”

– Do as I taught you!

“Damn it. Easier said than done.”

C-grade dungeon ‘Knight Training Ground’.

It was a dungeon Kang Hyeon had quite a history with.

The Knight Training Ground was originally a ‘protected educational dungeon’ designated by the government.

However, it was less popular than expected and facing management issues.

Upon learning this fact, Kang Hyeon bought the dungeon at a cheap price through Shin Tae-gil.

– Guild Master, even if it’s cheap, investing money in this kind of dungeon is a bit...

There was resistance from Han Jae-mun in the middle, but it didn’t affect Kang Hyeon at all.

– Oh come on! It’s all for training our guild members!

He bought it with a nice-sounding excuse, but as everyone expected, the Knight Training Ground had become Kang Hyeon’s personal training ground.

“Keeaak!”

Kang Hyeon’s sword instructor, Kergo, drove Kang Hyeon back with his sword.

“You bastard, where do you think you’re climbing!”

– Don’t try to overpower with strength. With that attitude, you won’t be able to improve your sword skills until you die of old age.

“I know that!”

Kang Hyeon smoothly received the swords coming at him from all directions.

– That’s it! That’s it!

“Chatter chatter. It’s driving me crazy.”

Kang Hyeon got irritated at the voice constantly ringing in his head.

– A sword doesn’t work just by swinging it recklessly. Lower right! Aim for the opening!

Regardless, Veil kept on chattering.

– That was good just now. But it was shallow.

Kang Hyeon’s sword slashed Kergo’s thigh.

But because Kergo reacted quickly, it only grazed the skin.

At that moment.

[The level of the ability ‘Veil’s Swordsmanship’ has increased]

“It worked!”

A voice heard along with the message.

Kang Hyeon’s eyes opened wide.

“It finally went up! Woaah!”

He didn’t know how much effort he had put into this.

Kang Hyeon, with an expression full of joy, put down his sword.

“Good job. You can rest now.”

However, Kergo, already excited from seeing blood, didn’t stop.

“I said stop.”

“Keeaak!”

“I told you to stop! You bastard!”

– Thwack!

Kergo, hit by Kang Hyeon’s forceful kick, flew dozens of meters and crashed into the wall.

“Krrr...”

Kergo felt wronged.

It was already hard enough getting beaten up every day, but this human’s attitude was impossible to understand.

“Kang Hyeon... Ork. Keaak...”

Translated, it meant Kang Hyeon, you orc-like bastard.

For reference, ‘orc-like bastard’ was one of the worst insults among goblins.

With those words, Kergo fainted.

“What did he say?”

Kang Hyeon smirked at the foaming Kergo and opened his status window.

▫Name: Kang Hyeon

▫Title: Tutorial Graduate and 4 others

▫Level: 85

▫Detailed Stats:

Strength 38 (+4)(+5)

Agility 37 (+3)

Stamina 39 (+3)(+13)

Magic 40 (+3)(+10)

Additional Stats: –

▫Unique Ability: Resurrection

▫Abilities: Kang Hyeon-style Fighting(A), Veil’s Swordsmanship(B), Magic Detection(B), Magic Manipulation(B), Poison Resistance(D), Heat Resistance(C), Cold Resistance(D)...

▫Skills: Roar of the Angry Lion(A), Advanced Bodily Regeneration(A), Giant’s Strength(A), Magic Explosion(A), Entria’s OuterShell(A), Wayne’s Secret Technique(A), Bisection(B), Acceleration(C)...

Kang Hyeon’s incredible growth over the past few months.

Most skills had reached A-grade, and abilities were also rising at a rapid pace.

“Is there nothing above A-grade?”

In cases like ‘Kang Hyeon-style Fighting’, ‘Advanced Physical Regeneration’, and ‘Giant’s Strength’, they had reached A-grade quite a while ago.

Kang Hyeon thought he would reach the next grade soon after, but there had been no progress since then until now.

“Well, it’ll go up someday.”

South Korean Guild Ranking.

1st place Dangun. 2nd place Badass.

Ability User Ranking.

1st place Han Se-yeon. 2nd place Kang Hyeon.

Of course, these rankings weren’t official.

However, they couldn’t be ignored as they were posted on the site with the highest credibility at the moment.

-Now! Finally, today’s last dungeon! The Tomb of the Cyclops!

At last, the auction for the dungeon Kang Hyeon had been waiting for began.

-According to the preliminary survey team, the dungeon type is... Finally, the dungeon boss is confirmed to be a mutant undead cyclops, which reportedly uses a giant hammer as its main weapon.

The host continued explaining about the dungeon for a while,

-We will now start the auction!

Finally, the auction began.

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. What price would you like to start with?”

“1.5 billion.”

“Understood.”

-Badass Guild! 1.5 billion! Starting hot again today!

Kang Hyeon entered 1.5 billion as soon as the auction started.

As expected, the chat window exploded.

-Looks like Kang Hyeon is personally doing it today lolololol

-Agreed. I heard that when Kang Hyeon is seated, he starts by hitting 1 billion units.

-No joke, macho man Kang Hyeon. I acknowledge it.

Rumors about Kang Hyeon had already spread far during the previous auctions.

It was inevitable for rumors to spread, as Kang Hyeon had even conducted a YouTube live stream of his participation in an auction before.

-1.5 billion. Any more? Ah! Dangun Guild! Dangun Guild 2 billion. We have 2 billion.

Suddenly, veins popped on Kang Hyeon’s forehead.

“What!? 2 billion?!”

He slammed the table without realizing it, making a loud bang.

For a moment, all eyes in the office turned to him, but once they confirmed it was Kang Hyeon, everyone looked away.

-Lol Dangun immediately goes 2 billion. Today’s auction is super fun lol

-Wonder how high it’ll go lololol

-Han Se-yeon and Kang Hyeon are fired up today.

-No, not yet. They might give up right away.

As the comment section heated up, the excited host shouted.

-Badass Guild 2.2 billion! Oh, scary! Wait a moment. Dangun Guild! Immediately bids 2.5 billion! Will we break the all-time highest auction price today!?

“Damn it!!!”

“Mr. Kang Hyeon? What should we do?”

“For now, let’s raise the price little by little and buy some time.”

“Understood.”

Kang Hyeon hurriedly called someone.

-Hello.

The voice on the phone was sweet yet chilling to the listener.

“Ms. Han Se-yeon. What are you trying to do?”

-What do you mean?

“That dungeon. You know I need it and you’re deliberately messing things up!”

There was only one reason why Kang Hyeon wanted the Tomb of the Cyclops.

It was because of the weapon the boss was holding.

The ‘Ogre’s Giant Hammer’ that Kang Hyeon was using was a D-grade hammer, an old piece of equipment he had obtained over a year ago.

Since then, Kang Hyeon had been looking for a new weapon but couldn’t find what he wanted.

Then he learned about this dungeon information.

Kang Hyeon was determined to get a new weapon from that dungeon.

-I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Han Se-yeon clearly knew about this fact.

“So you’re going to play dirty like this, huh?”

-Mr. Kang Hyeon. A guild leader should maintain a certain level of dignity for people to follow. You shouldn’t use such vulgar language.

Kang Hyeon’s brow furrowed at Han Se-yeon’s words.

‘Don’t tell me?’

The words Han Se-yeon uttered were what Kang Hyeon had said to her a few months ago.

On the day Choi Yeon-hwa refused to join Dangun Guild and said she would come to Badass Guild.

Kang Hyeon had teased Han Se-yeon, who was really excited.

“Wow! You’re still sulking over that? What a petty person?!”

-Don’t speak informally to me. Great Badass Guild Leader. I’m hanging up now.

“W-wait!”

Han Se-yeon unilaterally ended the call.

“Phew...”

Kang Hyeon roughly ran his hand through his hair, trying to control his rising anger.

-Oh, Badass. Has the guild’s reserve funds run low? They keep raising the amount by small increments. Dangun Guild! Raises the amount again to 2.9 billion!

As soon as the host spoke, comments mocking Kang Hyeon for being petty flooded the chat window.

“Mr. Kang Hyeon. What would you like to do?”

“4 billion! Go for it!”

“Understood.”

That’s when it happened.

A scream came from one side of the office.

“Kyaah! Manager!”

“Manager Han Jae-moon has collapsed.”

Han Jae-moon, who had been anxiously watching the auction, had collapsed due to high blood pressure.

‘Ah, the guild funds...’

Regardless, Kang Hyeon was stubborn.

“Phew, Han Se-yeon. Just you wait!”