Chapter 40 – Volunteering (1)
“I heard you went over to Ichi’s house yesterday?”
It was the next day. In front of us who finished training, Senior Yu Jeong kindly asked a question. She said with a nod to Ichie.
“I introduced you to my uncle. My uncle Suhyeon-sang said he seemed like a very good person.”
“Sir Suhyun is a good man.”
“That’s right.”
The two met eyes and smiled. Looking at it this way, the two of them seemed to get along really well.
Senior Yoojeong smiled, turned her gaze to me, and took out her pad. There was still some coffee left in her drinking glass. She sucked up all her coffee, then stirred her pad and pulled out a document she wanted.
It was an official letter sent to the mentors. Ichido and I huddled together on the pad to check the letters.
[Rookie of the Year Preliminary Preliminary Guide]
“Has it happened already?”
“Yes. Now we have to prepare slowly. Since I am inexperienced in actual fighting, I have to practice training from now on to reduce the risk of injury and increase my chances of winning the Rookie of the Year match later.”
I felt that time really flies. It was because the Rookie of the Year match, which we thought was far away, was waiting for us with only a month and a half left. In the official document, it was written that the preliminaries will be held before the date of the Rookie of the Year final, so ask if you would like to participate in advance and proceed with training.
“Training. Help me?”
Ichie looked at Yoojung senior with anticipation. Senior Yu-jeong nodded her head at her twinkling gaze of her reason, then she said.
“Before that, are you both going to participate? Miss Ichie and Mr. Suhyeon.”
Ichie nodded her head vigorously. I hesitated for a moment. It was because I was still a little scared. If I go out with the name Ada Bomber, won’t everyone laugh? If you fall from there, won’t it just be a laughing stock? Someone grabbed the finger that was squirming on the table. It was senior Yoojung. She said, holding my hand.
“If you don’t try, you can’t be anything.”
It was a story that senior Yoo-jeong told her at a drinking party. Give her confidence by making the name her strong point. I tried to erase the image of my failure from my mind. Instead, I thought of myself winning the Rookie of the Year competition.
[Rookie of the Year. ‘Ada Bomber’ Jeong Su-hyeon Hunter]
Even just looking at the name, I felt the energy of a crazy deceased person. This is it. I was no longer the weirdo with the weird nickname. He was a talented player who would win the Rookie of the Year competition. I faced senior Yoojung and nodded her head.
“I will participate.”
Senior Yoojeong took out her application form from her bag with a happy expression on her face as if she knew it. I hesitated once more and rolled the pen before writing. While Ichie was writing down the application form, she asked senior Yoojeong.
“You only sign here?”
“Yes. Below there is a signature form that I confirm as a mentor, so you can’t sign it.”
And the senior looked at my arm and said.
“It’s getting thicker and thicker. Arm. I don’t think it was like this when I first saw it.”
My muscles were growing at a fairly rapid rate.
Awakener: ‘Ada Bomber’ Jeong Su-hyeon
Stat
Strength: 14
Agility: 13
Intelligence: 12
Luck: 20
Looking at the stats alone, the strength stat, which was once ‘9’, is now approaching 15, and the agility has also soared to 13. The intelligence level also increased slightly, probably due to the influence of meditation. I nodded my head at Yujeong’s words.
“Yes. I think it will rise to strength 15 soon.”
“Already? It’s too fast.”
Ichie said as if he was sad. I was also sorry to part with Ichie, but I couldn’t help it. It was because a person could not grow if he repeated only low-level training. Senior Yoo-jeong comforted Ichie.
“If Ichie-chan trains hard, then you can follow him. What are Ichie-san’s stats now?”
“Thirteen.”
It was a higher number than expected. Will she catch up with me sooner or later and move up to 15? Senior Yoo Jung said.
“That should be enough soon. When the stage is low, the growth rate is very fast. Usually, everyone goes from D to C without difficulty.”
“Is it so? Cheer up.”
Ichie burned with enthusiasm. I filled out the application form following the guidance of Senior Yu Jeong. After accepting both applications, the senior said as he put the documents in his bag.
“Now you can submit this to the academy administration. That’s what I’m going to do, and you now have to prepare for the training, because there are two ways to prepare for the training. One is to use the training grounds inside the academy, and the other is to use the private training grounds in each guild…”
I remembered the academy training ground I went to with senior Yoo Jeong the other day. It was a pretty nice facility, can I use it now? Yu-jeong clicked her tongue as she searched for information on her training ground with her pad.
“The academy training ground is often fully booked, so it’s inefficient.”
The pad reminded me of the reservation status of the academy’s internal training ground. After checking the reservation status shown by the senior, we naturally took out our pads and tried to make a reservation.
“I see. I couldn’t make a reservation for the time slot I wanted, so it’s a bit empty around dawn or our training time.”
Even so, I couldn’t skip training.
I was disappointed to see that there was only one room reserved for that time slot. I didn’t know who it was, but the number of people was 3, and they made reservations at the same time every day.
“Usually at that time, the hunters all go out to explore the gate. So when the training ground is empty, skipping training… I don’t recommend it. In many ways.”
Ichido didn’t seem to have any intention of skipping training. We looked at senior Yoojung again. He said there were two, so it was time to hear the second opinion. Senior Yoo Jung said.
“So I usually use private training grounds. Each guild has its own private training ground. This place isn’t like the monster storage place we went to last time. It’s literally a real training ground where hunters who are on duty as instructors give practical guidance and teach you things like posture.”
Hearing those words, Ichi and I hesitated a bit. It was because I had a rough idea of which training ground senior Yoo-jung would recommend. Senior Yoojeong looked at us gently and said.
“…So, now, I personally recommend [Cheonma Cave], The Black Dragon’s training ground. This isn’t the monster breeding ground, it’s a real training ground. The facilities are fine too.”
“…Is there any other place?”
“I don’t think it’s good.”
Ichie expressed disapproval. I was also a bit embarrassed. It was because if I continued to get involved with the Black Dragon’s room like this, I really thought I would join the Black Dragon’s room later. Senior Yoo-jeong smiled and said as if she knew this would happen.
“Just listen. I’m not recommending it because I’m a member of the Black Dragon room, but I’m recommending it because [Cheonma Cave] Is one of the better private training grounds. It’s not free, it’s a facility that you pay to use.”
“How much do you eat?”
Senior Yoojung didn’t say anything. She turned on her pad and retrieved information about her private training ground and showed it to us. There were no names of small guilds at all, and all the prices of the training grounds of guilds that wanted to be known a little were listed. Ichie read her price, frowning.
“One, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million… Three million?”
“3 million per month. Usually, the price for using the training ground for a month is set like that. In addition to the damages caused by the facility management hunter not being able to work that day, facility usage and maintenance costs. It is now set at 3 million only up to D class, and from 5 million to 10 million for class C to B. Grade A or higher goes up to 10 million or more.”
It seemed that the act of destroying property at the training ground would not be easy. 3 million though. I asked again.
“Isn’t there a fee for each day?”
Senior Yoojeong shook her head.
“No. Unconditional monthly. Instead, unless the property is intentionally damaged, even if the inside of the facility is broken, everything is restored at the training ground.”
“Still, 3 million is too expensive.”
I received a subsidy, but it was not enough to afford 3 million per month. Since I live on my own, all of my food and living expenses came out of the subsidy. Ichie looked at me and said.
“I can give it to you.”
“Ah, you don’t have to give it up.”
Before I could refuse, Senior Yu-jeong stopped Ichie first. Ichie opened his eyes wide and looked at Yoojung. I also looked at senior Yoojung. Is there any alternative? Senior Yoo Jung said.
“[Cheonma Cave] Reduces the facility cost by volunteering and sponsoring at a designated place instead of money. 2% off for every hour of volunteering.”
Roughly tapping on the calculator meant that 50 hours would be a 100% reduction. I didn’t have to match everything 100%, and I could adjust the discount as much as I wanted, so it was a much better condition than opening my hand to Ichiena or my parents. I asked.
“Do other guilds not have reduction conditions?”
“There are a few more places, but among the conditions Suhyeon can achieve, this one will be the easiest. In other places, [Diamond Club] Now gives 70% discount for those who pass the guild screening, and [Amazing] 80% on the condition that they support the Amazing Guild’s gate subjugation and exploration for free. [Sunset Outlaw] Is taking the resources inside the gate for money. As you can see, most of the discount conditions are for active hunters, but there is no discount for apprentice hunters.”
“What are the diamond club’s judging conditions?”
At first glance, this seemed the easiest. The Black Dragon Room had to do volunteer work, but the evaluation was over after just one look. Senior Yoo Jung said.
“By the way, since the next guild review is a month later, there will be a little less time to actually use it, would that be okay? The Diamond Club training ground is so popular that reservations will be pushed back a bit.”
“Ah. All right.”
I nodded and agreed. Time was tight, and there was no need to make a reservation if you couldn’t make a reservation. Senior Yoo Jung said.
“What are you going to do with Ichie?”
“I just do it with money.”
It seemed that Ichie was just thinking of paying money to use it. I roughly tapped the calculator in my head. There was a month and a half until the Rookie of the Year, so I thought it would be okay if I filled up the remaining 15 days of volunteering time and then trained for a month at [Cheonma Cave].
I said.
“Yes. I will.”
