Even considering Kim Coffee’s influence, it was surprising to see a video that hadn’t even been up for half a day reach a million views.
Of course, it wasn’t just because of interest in Lee Yeon-hee’s summoning skills.
Based on the information gathered from hunters, the appearance and abilities of the summoned creatures were animated in an interesting way, making it a possible feat.
The designs weren’t drastically different from Yeon-hee’s summoned creatures or the monsters exposed in Dungeon Break, so it probably wasn’t too hard to create.
Anyway, the bottom of the list was confirmed to be the Kobold, Ddung-i.
“If you had to argue, Ddung-i is the least useful in battle. But still, having him next to Yeon-hee always drawing aggro makes me feel better. Maybe if I knew about the mana stones or weapons he occasionally gives, the ranking might have changed.”
I usually tease the guy, but I wanted to give him some credit since he had been summoned early and had been on the same team for quite a while.
Next in sixth place was the slime, Lime.
There were rumors that Lee Yeon-hee used the slime for defense, which Kim Coffee found quite intriguing. Assuming that was true, they ranked it sixth, but ultimately judged it as not being able to elevate the team’s standing much because it was only for defense.
Still, it contributed to improving the survivability of Yeon-hee, the summoning authority in dungeons, so it was ranked above the Kobold.
In fifth place, we picked the Orc known as Dotti.
There were aspects to agree with here. Dotti had the qualities of a dominant species, but still had much to improve. It hadn’t been summoned long, and the explanation in the video was the shortest. Finding proper information was probably difficult since Orcs are such well-known monsters.
“The evaluation on the warrior’s battle cry is harsh. This problem arises because he hasn’t experienced large-scale military forces.”
Having witnessed Seoul being reduced to ruins by an Orc army in life, I felt a bittersweet pang seeing such an unprepared fragment.
“His intelligence is the highest except for Ran, and once he surpasses level 20, he will probably rise to something like an Orc Warrior. That’s when the real start will begin.”
Nodding, I turned my gaze to the next protagonist.
Fourth place was the Ironclad Bug, Ddak-ddak-i.
While its attack power and health were poor, its high defense and provocation abilities that drew enemy attention were deemed very effective.
They even added an animation where the Lizardman wielded the Ironclad Bug, drawing aggro just like what you would see in the dungeon.
“Going around with Lizardman 2 to provoke may not stand out, but it will have a high contribution rate. I have to admit that. The more I see it, the more interesting it gets, heh.”
Given the closed nature of dungeons, information restrictions were inevitable, but creating a video that plausible was a talent in itself.
“Who’s next? It can’t be Lizardman, could it be Ran?”
And in third place…
[Third Place: Skeleton Soldier]
“…What? I’m third? Me? Lower than that idiot Lizardman 1 and Ran? This has to be a joke!”
Known as the weakest monster, the Skeleton Soldier was Lee Yeon-hee’s first summoned creature. Witnesses among the hunters watching their battle claimed it held its own in a one-on-one against a Lizardman. If true, Kim Coffee found it very shocking.
“Who’s that who watched our battles? Did they see it correctly?”
[Calm]
“Ah… I shouldn’t get too excited over this trivial video. But why did ‘Calm’ activate? I’m completely fine!”
Since I had tried to minimize the usage of stealth and bomb skills in crowded areas, I knew my rating wouldn’t be great, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
“Wasn’t this all part of the plan? A good phenomenon, right…”
I reassured myself as I continued to watch the video.
In second place was the Spirit Ran. Although “spirit” was technically a misnomer, Kim Coffee explained it as something along those lines. Given that a significant portion of the video focused on Ran, it seemed he was quite interested.
“It makes sense since it’s a race we could never see.”
Kim Coffee noted how Ran’s summoning increased Yeon-hee’s speed and made the nearby monsters more agile.
“It seems information was quite revealed during this Lizardman Champion. Stealth and bombs will eventually be exposed as well. I need to prepare myself mentally.”
First place was, unsurprisingly, the Lizardman.
No words were necessary. Among low-rank monsters, it boasted the strongest physique, and anyone who witnessed those aggressive Lizardmen forming ranks to pressure their opponents would be left speechless.
“Why is Lizardman evaluated as a unit while everything else is evaluated as individuals? Of course, they’d be first place, tsk…”
I huffed silently.
“Currently, Yeon-hee’s power level is well above the D rank…”
Heheh- heh heh…
Yeon-hee’s lips were already ascending to the sky. If she heard such things from people directly, she’d probably leave the scene immediately, but it seemed doing so through issues delighted her.
“I can’t predict her.”
“Yeon-su unnie told me not to look at the comments… If she hadn’t said that, I wouldn’t have looked!”
Yeon-hee cautiously opened the comment section. Among the thousands of comments, the most recommended one was:
– Lee Yeon-hee’s beauty is already S-rank.
“Huh? Uh… um…”
“That’s true.”
Below, there were over 100 replies debating whether she was pretty or not, with comments like “She’s pretty, but not that much,” or “No way, she’s incredibly beautiful.”
“Il-wol, am I… pretty?”
Nod-nod—
“Huh? Uh… sometimes when I look in the mirror, I think I’m not too bad? Hehe—”
“Maybe life has had its ups and downs, but she seems to lack some self-awareness.”
A short video of about six minutes.
But with this one video, the attention in the dungeon would undoubtedly rise significantly. She had already done several interviews as a unique class, so she had a certain level of fame compared to her rank.
“There will be pros and cons. I hope no one starts unnecessary arguments. Noh Ha-yoon is enough trouble as is.”
“We’ll have to keep living in the Lizard Swamp for a while, right?”
Nod—
“Until then, let’s stick with Helen and Jin-kyeong unnie. Ah! Don’t get the wrong idea, they’re not just saying that because they want to. They’ve grown a lot since the beginning and can handle their share now. Got it?”
“Clap, Clap, Clap!”
“Yep! The problem is deciding who will fill in one spot…”
It seems Yeon-hee also didn’t plan on being with Noh Ha-yoon.
“Actually, I’ve been getting messages from Noh Ha-yoon nonstop. Look, there are over 100 messages piled up. It’s sort of scary at this point.”
Looking at Yeon-hee’s phone screen, there were 107 messages from Noh Ha-yoon. Oh, now it’s gone up to 108.
“That’s creepy… Just looking at this, it’s enough to avoid her. But what’s she thinking?”
If she approached with the purpose of observing us, she should have already achieved whatever results she wanted. Was there really something she got from us, as she said?
“What could it be? Noh Ha-yoon getting help from us?”
But no matter how much I thought about it, I came up empty.
“Damn… could it be?”
She might harbor feelings for Yeon-hee?
Out of nowhere, I recalled a girl who had fixated on Kang Yeon-su back in my past life.
“If that’s the case, I need to keep as much distance as possible.”
I mimicked slicing my neck while pointing towards Noh Ha-yoon’s chat.
“Uh? Kill Noh Ha-yoon?”
“Clap, Clap…”
“Thinking like this is a bit extreme, cough…”
I’m just saying to delete her from contacts.
“As long as you don’t reply, it’ll be fine, but she won’t come into the dungeon tomorrow, right?”
“Tap—”
“…But if she’s on another team, their routes will differ. Could she be following us…?”
“Honestly, knowing her personality, probably…”
The next day, at the dungeon entrance.
“Hello?! Here we are again!”
“……”
“……”
We formed a four-person party with a hunter named Ji-woo, who was Helen’s acquaintance, and as soon as we entered, we encountered Noh Ha-yoon, who had been waiting by the entrance.
“Sigh… shaking her off won’t be easy.”
Three hunters standing beside Noh Ha-yoon. They looked vaguely familiar. They were probably hunters affiliated with the Vision Guild. Let’s just call them Team 기타123.
“I guess this is how it ends up.”
If they were hunters under her, they wouldn’t have too much complaint following us.
However, they couldn’t just enter a dungeon lower than their rank. There must be certain standards set by the guild.
Probably they could only go once today, maybe once more at most.
“What’s that person…? Scary…”
“Is that the person unnie talked about yesterday?”
“Yep, don’t make eye contact, Ji-woo.”
As the trio of Helen whispered among themselves, Ha-yoon had already moved closer to us.
“Yeon-hee… is your phone broken?”
“Ah… I was busy yesterday… checking…”
Yeon-hee looked visibly flustered. She probably never expected she’d attach herself for real. Reality always surpasses imagination, doesn’t it, Yeon-hee?
If you think about it positively, it’s common to combine parties as you go to higher-level dungeons. So, this experience might not be bad.
“Regardless of whether she follows us or not, the moment she interferes with our battle and tries to steal experience points, she’ll get ten punches to the gut, Noh Ha-yoon.”
I glared at Noh Ha-yoon, and she momentarily flinched but then smiled brightly.
“Damn!… Even trying to intimidate doesn’t work. Who the hell are you?!”
Because of that, Il-wol couldn’t understand that Noh Ha-yoon achieved some unique achievement.
Noh Ha-yoon’s ultimate goal was to reach the pinnacle of the Ice Mage. If she got an achievement from taking a few hits, she would be more than glad.
But as I thought about how to spend more time with Il-wol, what came to mind was following like a stalker.
“Shall we have a quick meeting just the four of us?”
After moving away from Noh Ha-yoon, Helen opened her mouth.
“What should we do? If they’ve followed us, it’s kind of hard to say anything. Given that person’s nature, I doubt they’d listen even if we talked.”
Helen sighed, touching her forehead in distress as Yeon-hee pursed her lips, then spoke.
“Let’s just do what we normally do. I don’t think that person will interfere with our battle or anything.”
“Suddenly, she won’t just start attacking us, right?”
“Um… It should be fine.”
“Sigh— well, understood. Ji-woo? You remember those guys’ footsteps, right?”
“Yep!”
With Ji-woo, who has keen hearing, responding energetically, we set off down the path.
If all goes well, we should fight like this for around ten days.
The first battle would be crucial.
And thirty minutes later, we successfully completed our first battle.
“Haha, that was nothing. Finally feels bearable!”
Jin-kyeong boasted her newfound confidence. When we first met, she struggled against a single Lizardman, but now she showcased her growth by taking down two simultaneously.
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