Lee Un-gyeol groggily opened his eyes, still drunk.
He couldn’t rember what had happened, but the way his stomach felt, it seed like he’d had a wild drinking session with soone.
Instinctively, Lee Un-gyeol reached for his phone to check.
He always left it on the nightstand next to his bed.
He fumbled around.
Squish!
At that mont, sothing squishy gripped his hand.
Cold sweat ran down his back.
Even though he was drunk and his mind was foggy, what had grabbed his hand was squirming and wrapping around it.
“...AAAH!”
Lee Un-gyeol jumped up in shock and imdiately kicked the thing that had wrapped around his hand without even looking.
Thud! Whoosh!
The sli that had been holding onto his hand flew away from his kick.
Although he had dealt with it, Lee Un-gyeol felt his face pale.
“S-sli? What the hell...!”
It was a low-level monster, but that wasn’t the problem.
Lee Un-gyeol looked around, and the place he found himself in was definitely not his familiar ho.
Instead of the cityscape of Seoul, he saw a plain with wild weeds growing everywhere.
And most importantly, the decisive clue was...
You have entered a dungeon.A system notification.
“AAAH!”
Lee Un-gyeol scread as he grabbed his head in panic.
How the hell did he end up in a dungeon? Could he have entered it while drunk?
‘What did I do yesterday? I rember eating with Jeong Da-on and calling a driver for her, but...’
He pinched his cheek, wondering if it was a dream, but nothing changed.
Lee Un-gyeol searched his pockets and found his phone.
Even though communication was difficult in a dungeon, he thought there might be so trace of his activities while drunk.
“Hmm? What’s this...?”
Then, he found a video in his album.
It was a video he didn’t rember recording.
Lee Un-gyeol imdiately played the video.
In the shaky screen, his drunken face filled the fra.
Oh, I’ll take responsibility! Don’t I know you?
Well, I don’t know you... I’m just on night shift duty for our guild. Sir, you seem drunk, so let’s let you sleep and sober up, okay? If you go into the dungeon like this, you’ll die! I’ll get fired too!
I’m Lee Un-gyeol. Do you think I’ll die in a C-class dungeon?
Wow, you’re really drunk.
The video showed him, drunk and babbling sothing, and a distressed, middle-aged man who seed to be the dungeon manager.
Apparently, guilds that bid for dungeons often hired managers to oversee the dungeon entrances.
In the video, his drunken self kept growling.
I’m recording this. I’ll leave evidence. Huh?
Evidence? What evidence?
I’ll record it here. I, Lee Un-gyeol, am entering the dungeon voluntarily, and I’ll wire the dungeon rental fee imdiately! The account number is here, right?
Sigh...
Ah, I’m giving you the money! Don’t act all self-righteous and buy so soju with it. Don’t get all professional just because you’re an old man managing dungeons.
What kind of crazy... sigh, fine.
Ah, I’m paying! I’ll go in. It’s not like I’ll die in there!
After that, there was the sound of a loud bang and Lee Un-gyeol’s furious voice.
Damn old man, don’t touch ! Get lost, you crazy...!The video continued, but Lee Un-gyeol stopped watching. He could pretty much guess what happened next.
He clutched his head.
“Damn, I’m screwed.”
Not only had he been caught drunk, but now he would probably have to face his mother again. A few months ago, she’d gotten him out of a DUI charge, and now she’d have to fix this ss. Not to ntion, his father, who was a mber of parliant, would definitely be furious about the sha it could bring.
Lee Un-gyeol clenched his teeth.
“...Damn it, I don’t even know what guild that is, but whoever the night shift manager is, they should be a Hunter.”
It was his fault, 100 percent, but he decided to bla others for now. When he thought about it, his logic wasn’t totally wrong.
If the night shift manager had been a Hunter, they would have stopped him from going into the dungeon while drunk.
“Damn it, once I get out of here, I’m suing everyone. I’ll demand compensation and have that manager fired. Do they know who I am? Ugh, damn.”
Lee Un-gyeol flicked the sli remains off his hand and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.
The only good thing was that from the video, he saw this was a C-class dungeon.
“Alright, this should be easy... But, what’s this?”
When he checked his inventory, he was taken aback.
“Why is it like this?”
His inventory was incredibly empty.
He had so ergency items like a small sword, but most of the gear he usually carried was missing.
As he thought it over, Lee Un-gyeol gasped.
‘That’s right...’
He rembered now.
The night before, before eting Jeong Da-on, he had read a paper his mother had given him.
It was a study published by the International Hunter Federation about how keeping too many items in one’s inventory increased mana consumption.
So, he had cleaned up his guild’s storage to test the paper’s findings. He was supposed to head ho right after eting Jeong Da-on.
Who could’ve imagined this would happen?
“Damn, this is just bad luck!”
Lee Un-gyeol kicked the ground in frustration.
The system warns the user, ‘Lee Un-gyeol’.
Prepare for enemy attacks.
A warning?
Lee Un-gyeol stared at the unfamiliar system ssage.
“Damn, why give a warning now? Why not warn before I entered the dungeon?”
The system is doing its best to ensure the user’s survival.“Ugh, disgusting... What is this, so kind of parasite? Get... huh?”
His eyes widened in shock.
Sothing shot out from the ground and wrapped around his ankle.
Another system ssage followed.
Monster appearance: Butterfly Tooth (B-class).“B-class monster?! This is a C-class dungeon, damn it!”
Lee Un-gyeol shouted in anger, but his scream didn’t change the situation.
The plant-like vine wrapped around his ankle and began to climb up his body.
Crack, crack, crack!
“Ugh!”
Lee Un-gyeol swung his sword to cut the vine, but no matter how much he cut it, it kept growing back.
“Damn, this thing’s persistent!”
If Lee Un-gyeol had been a little more calm, he would have realized that the Butterfly Tooth wasn’t like a regular plant monster.
Normally, plant monsters, including Butterfly Teeth, were slow movers.
The vine was growing so rapidly that it didn’t make sense for it to be a regular plant monster. If he had been calm, he would have concluded that this monster was either a mutant or was being excessively supplied with mana.
Had he realized this, he would have tried to escape the situation instead of mindlessly cutting the vine.
But, with the sudden dungeon situation, combined with his hangover, he couldn’t make rational decisions.
“Damn, what is this?! Get off !”
To make matters worse, the sli he thought he had defeated earlier had revived.
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The sli, now twice as large, began to cling to him, along with the Butterfly Tooth’s vines.
“AHHH!”
Lee Un-gyeol wildly swung his sword, unleashing sword energy in all directions.
The sword energy cut through the vines and once again sliced through the sli.
“Do you think I’m going to die here?!”
After all, he was an A-class Hunter. There was no way he would die in a place like this!
Lee Un-gyeol roared triumphantly as he swung his sword.
“If I ever write my autobiography, this episode’s definitely going in! Damn it!”
...An hour passed.
At first, he was doing well, but that only lasted a short ti.
Lee Un-gyeol was now exhausted, feeling like he might actually die.
“Hah... Hah...”
Every ti he cut the sli, more of them spawned.
The plant vines continued to regenerate, relentlessly climbing over him, wearing him down.
“Why... Why won’t they die?!”
After so ti, he realized that to stop the regeneration, he had to find the monster’s core, but by then, it was too late.
The slis had multiplied to the point where there were dozens, if not over a hundred.
The Butterfly Tooth’s vines were almost like a dense bush now.
Lee Un-gyeol gritted his teeth.
“Damn! What am I supposed to do?!”
Although he was an A-class Hunter, Lee Un-gyeol had rarely been on truly dangerous missions.
His stats were high due to training with rcenaries, but his actual dungeon experience was limited.
He had always gone into dungeons with paid rcenaries.
So he had no idea how to handle the situation alone.
The sli’s growing numbers and the regenerating vines made it harder to move, and Lee Un-gyeol cursed as he saw the vines coming toward his neck.
Crack! Bang!
The Butterfly Tooth’s vines wrapped around his neck and lifted him off the ground.
Then they slamd him down repeatedly.
“Ugh! Gah! WAAH!”
It felt like he was riding a rollercoaster without a safety belt.
The vomit from the night before kept splashing onto his face, adding to the disgusting sll and physical shock.
Lee Un-gyeol was completely disoriented.
Thud!
He didn’t even realize that he had been thrown to the ground.
He couldn’t tell if this was a dream or reality.
Shaking, he crawled across the floor, and when he looked up, his eyes went wide.
Instead of the disgusting monsters, he saw a human form.
And soone he recognized.
“Da-on, junior...!”
It looked like she was surrounded by a glowing halo.
Lee Un-gyeol called out excitedly.
“You ca to save ... Ugh!”
But just as he was about to approach her in joy, she spoke.
“The sll’s so bad, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t co any closer.”
Lee Un-gyeol, who was about to rush toward her, stopped as Jeong Da-on covered her nose with her hand.
That’s when he realized his state.
Covered in his own vomit.
Embarrassnt flooded over him, especially since he had a genuine interest in Jeong Da-on.
“This... this is...”
“Who’s the one coming to save who? I can’t believe you still don’t get the situation.”
Jeong Da-on clicked her tongue.
“What... What are you saying? And why are you talking to like that?”
“You’re still worried about using formal speech? You really haven’t learned your lesson yet.”
Swoosh!
Jeong Da-on unfolded a fan covered with strange symbols and waved it, as if trying to ward off the sll.
Lee Un-gyeol could feel his sha turn into anger as he saw the deliberate gesture.
Anyone could tell—Jeong Da-on was clearly trying to embarrass him!
“What the hell do you think you’re doing? Do you know who I am?”
Lee Un-gyeol growled in a low voice.
Usually, when he used this tone, people would be intimidated and back off.
Especially with his background.
“I’ve been so nice to you, Da-on... If you keep this up, I’ll take legal action!”
“Oh really?”
Jeong Da-on covered her mouth with the fan and smiled.
“You’ll have to suffer more until you co to your senses.”
Even though Lee Un-gyeol threatened her, Jeong Da-on didn’t seem fazed.
Her attitude made Lee Un-gyeol break into a cold sweat.
What the hell was going on here?
At least one thing was clear.
The atmosphere around Jeong Da-on was definitely hostile, full of malice.
More than that, even though Lee Un-gyeol was a high-ranking Hunter, he could feel the imnse flow of mana surrounding her.
‘What the hell...!’
The massive flow of mana swirling around Jeong Da-on was suffocating.
He couldn’t understand why, but one thing was certain.
Jeong Da-on was... trying to fight him right now!
“...Da-on, are you planning to prank ? Think carefully, this isn’t the ti. Fighting between Hunters inside a dungeon is a cri.”
“You’re the one who committed a cri.”
“What cri are you talking about?”
“Do you not rember assaulting the old man before you ca in?”
“Ha!”
Lee Un-gyeol instinctively scoffed.
“Is that what you’re upset about? Are you trying to play the role of so righteous hero?”
Sotis, younger Hunters would get drunk on their own sense of justice.
“What assault? That old man grabbed first and kicked out. It’s not that big of a deal... We could’ve settled with so compensation.”
“Really?”
Jeong Da-on smiled.
“Yeah, that’s true. Legally, it’s not easy to punish you. The stalking, violating privacy laws, and the gross sexual harassnt... it’s all a grey area. And that old man would probably keep quiet for a small settlent.”
Lee Un-gyeol was furious when she called out everything he had done over the past month.
“You, you! You dare talk back to , your senior?! I did it all for you!”
“Did you even show respect to the old man?”
“No, if he didn’t like it, he should’ve refused! He ate my expensive food and still complained... If we talk legally, you’re the one at a disadvantage, got it?!”
“Wow, I didn’t expect the son of a lawyer to be so knowledgeable. Fine, I didn’t care about your actions, but...”
Jeong Da-on’s eyes glead as she kept fanning herself.
The soft curve of her lips, partially hidden by the fan, only served to highlight the chilling coldness emanating from her eyes.
“The things you said yesterday? It’s sothing a fool like you wouldn’t even dream of saying. I need to figure out who put those ideas in your head.”
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