CH 27

Welcome to Dungeon Hotel

Absolutely protect our guests! (2)

I took all the items Geumdong brought me for now.

In the meantime, I was worried about what would happen to the customer, but it didn’t seem like anything big had happened because the quest was still floating with the sign ‘NEW!’

“Booossss! I’m the spirit of the hotel, so I can’t leave this place. Will you be okaaaay? The dungeon’s grade is C-Class—”

Geumdong was about to cry. He even pulled the end of my uniform slightly with his finger.

“Hiik… Boss…”

Because it’s a C-Class.

After rummaging through my pocket and taking out the ‘master key to call the dungeon,’ I hesitated for a moment.

My stats are F-Class.

The fact that the F-Class ‘just’ enters the C-Class dungeon is actually the same as trying to commit suicide.

But I didn’t ‘just’ go in.

I had an S-Class item.

Since the S-Class item “Invincible Veil” was said to block a single attack, it should also properly block attacks from C-Class monsters.

“I’m okay. It’s not like I’m going out recklessly. Don’t worry too much. I don’t know what the guest’s status will be, so I’m waiting by the entrance.”

At my words, Geumdong let go of my sleeve with a sad face. Toto, who was behind Geumdong’s back, nodded to him with a determined face.

“Geumdong, come here. Boss, I’ll be waiting for you!”

However, Toto’s eyes filled with tears that she couldn’t hide.

Well. For now.

This was my plan.

First, use the ‘Blink Ring’ to quickly go to the guest’s place and return to the revolving door with the guest.

The ‘Blink Ring’ movement range is 10m, and the maximum number of uses per day is only five times, so it shouldn’t be used too much.

I can use the ‘Invincible Veil in an urgent crisis situation.’

But if I can’t stop it with an ‘Invincible Veil’—.

The last bastion left is to bet on the odds—.

‘Will that work?’

Well.

With an item like this, no matter how bad my stats are, I should be able to go to and from a C-class dungeon without going to the ‘last bastion.’

It’s not like I’m trying to clear a C-Class dungeon.

Alright then, let’s go now.

I didn’t have time to delay any longer, so I picked up the master key and said.

“To where the guests are.”

In front of me, when I opened the revolving door, there was a huge desert with a raging wind blowing sand.

Was there a place like this in the dungeon?

As soon as I took a few steps into the desolate desert, I suddenly realized.

Ah. I came down to Yeongchun-myeon because I hate dungeons.

There’s no way I know much about dungeons like that.

But what about me?

Of course, there was no time for such essential concerns.

It was because my attention was drawn to the voice of a man struggling at the top of a huge dune.

“Help me!”

It was a guest.

I started running towards him first.

I felt a grain of sand coming into my shoes, but I ran without slowing down.

Still, I felt my physical strength definitely improved before I Awakened.

And it was when I thought there would be about 10m left.

Giant Ant (C) has appeared in front of you!

A huge ant appeared in front of me through the waist of the sand dunes.

It was about the size of a giant jeep.

“Kiiiik!”

I calmly took out the ring and activated the Blink Ring, despite the horrible sound coming from what I thought was the ant’s mouth.

The giant ant disappeared, and the scenery in front of me changed instantly.

“Y, you…!”

The man, who appeared to be in his mid-to late-30s, stood at the top of the sand dunes with a bewildered expression on his face and his fists clutched to his chest.

“Uh-ugh… Are you a search party? Please save me… Who can take care of my son if I die….”

Son? So this person… is someone’s father.

For some reason, I felt strange.

The thought of how I entered the dungeon seemed to disappear instantly.

“Just hold my hand for now. Then with me….”

We can teleport.

It was the moment I was about to say that.

Suddenly, the grains of sand holding the man dug up, creating what looked like a hole.

The man gradually fell.

As expected, I, too, began to fall, half-eaten by the sand.

The man and I seemed almost to reach each other, but before we knew it, we moved away.

‘I have to bring the guest!’

I couldn’t bear to activate the Blink Ring and hesitated.

It was then.

The hole widened, revealing a small cave-like space with several pillars beneath it.

In the center of the space, a large insect-shaped monster with a hard brown shell was watching the man and me.

Ant Ghost (B) has appeared below!

B-Class Monster?

But this is clearly a C-Class dungeon, right?

Then this is a double dungeon.

It also meant another dungeon connected to the desert we were in earlier.

Then the way back to the hotel…!

At that moment, the man’s body and mine fell into the cave at the same time.

“Ugh!”

“Argh!”

Hearing the man and my screams, the monster hurriedly ran towards me and the man.

The monster’s huge mouth shot a green liquid at the man and me.

I urgently covered the man and myself with a veil.

Kiiiik!

Thanks to the ‘Invincible Veil’, the man and I were fine, but a brown pillar behind us collapsed and tried to attack us.

I held the man’s hand and activated the Blink Ring.

I said to the man as I tried to save the remaining number of uses of the Blink Ring.

“Huh…!”

The man and I moved to the back of the monster in an instant.

“You can jump, right? Don’t let go of my hand, run!”

Fortunately, the man seemed to keep up with the running, and even after falling, he ran as if he were dragging me at a faster speed than he did before he fell.

Boom!

Boom!

Monsters also began to follow me and the man.

Every time the monster’s body smashed the pillars, the pillars poured down on us.

Reluctantly, I used all but one of the remaining Blink Ring counts.

“Kiiik!”

But even then, I couldn’t get away with the monster.

I looked at the teeth of a monster that made a terrible sound.

Behind our backs were the remains of a huge pillar the monster had smashed earlier.

The man looked at me and said urgently.

“Just go alone! That item just sounds good, but I’ll take my time! Instead… My son is now at Baemyeong Hospital. Could you just tell him one thing? Ugh… Dad said sorry he couldn’t be a great hunter…I still love you….”

The man was about to cry.

He had already decided to die.

This person wants me to leave him alone?

It can’t be. To me—.

It was impossible.

I held the man’s hand again.

“I can’t. If you love your son, you must go back.”

I wore the Blink Ring again.

And the moment I moved to the last instant movement, a purple sign appeared in front of me and the man like a lie.

Yeong Chun Hotel

This was the ‘last bastion’ I thought.

The hotel door appears in front of me because I am also recognized as a hunter and a guest of the hotel who fell behind in this dungeon.

‘I did it just in case, but this really happened.’

I felt a little bit happy.

“W, what is that…!”

I shouted at the bewildered man.

“We have to go through that revolving door! Run!”

“Yes? But do you know what that is…!”

I ran into the revolving door with the man as I watched a monster close the distance quickly.

“Kiiiiik!”

As soon as we entered the revolving door, the revolving door began to spin.

The monster of enormous size bounced as soon as it touched the revolving door.

“Huk… Ugh… What is this…. What is this place….”

The man looked at me with a sweaty face.

I also took a deep breath and said.

“This is our hotel…! I, I’m late, but welcome…. H, Hunter…”

Congratulations!

As a reward for completing the unexpected quest, money and experience bombs have arrived!

Would you like to receive it now?

Y/N

Ha…

It’s really hard to protect our guests, it’s really hard.

*****

I managed to check in with a uniform full of sand.

“It’s 150 Gold per night, would you like to check in?”

“1, 150 Gold…?”

The man seemed to hesitate for a moment, then he glanced in the direction of the revolving door we had entered together.

He looked so distressed to go back there.

“A, all right. Because you are the one who even saved me.”

The man entered the name ‘Hong Sungoh’ on the accommodation list and accepted the key.

Room 201.

I gave the exhausted man the room key closest to the stairs.

I don’t know what facilities are given as level-up rewards, but I hope our hotel will someday have an elevator.

As long as the electricity bill isn’t high—.

With the power of the ‘Front Desk (B)’, I kept my seat upright until the guest went up to the second floor, and as soon as I couldn’t see the guest in front of me, I collapsed like a steamed bun and called for Geumdongi and Toto.

“Can you prepare some simple food and coffee for the guests over there? I’ll wash up for a while and come back.”

Sand is all over my hair now.

I’ve only experienced a place called Dungeon for about 20 minutes, and I can’t believe it’s like this.

I can see why people are willing to pay 150G to stay at our hotel. Han Woohyun, who decided to write 1,000G per month, is the same.

Thinking so, I washed up and left.

As soon as I got out of the shower, I drank the coffee mix that Geumdong gave me and felt refreshed.

Geumdong told me that the guest in Room 201 seemed to be sleeping.

He must be tired. Because I also feel like my thighs are going to explode right now.

Still, I was very proud to be able to save a guest.

‘Dad said sorry he couldn’t be a great hunter… I still love you…’

If I had ignored that guest after hearing that, I would have had a hard time for a long time.

That word… It was like my Dad was talking to me.

Then now… Shall we get hit by experience bombs and money?

I rubbed my hands together and could feel desires rising in me.

“Receive the reward.”

The next moment.

There were a lot of windows in front of me.

Congratulations!

As a reward for the quest, 300p EXP is given, and the hotel level goes up. (5→6)

Congratulations!

As a reward for the quest, 1,000p EXP is given, and the hotel level goes up. (6→8)

Congratulations!

Market Gold 3,000G has been deposited as a quest reward.

Congratulations!

1,000G has been deposited as an achievement reward.

…?

No, wait a moment.

Then 4,000G came to me at once?

I was shocked.

But the window didn’t stop there.

The interior of the hotel will be upgraded.

Hotel Facilities: A ‘Concierge Desk’ is created!

…Concierge desk?

Just when I was puzzled, another small desk appeared near the entrance.

A small mailbox was placed on the desk with the English sign “Concierge Desk.”

I was wondering what kind of mailbox or interior it was, but something like a bullet passed by from behind.

“Huh… The concierge desk… Uh…!”

It was Toto.

I tilted my face as I looked at Toto, who had given up all her dignity and rubbed her face against the concierge desk.

“Finally…!”

After lovingly looking at the desk for a while, Toto stood up and looked at me.

Her cheeks were red.

“I, I’m sorry. I was so happy to have a desk that I couldn’t help but…I, I showed indecent behavior!”

No, you don’t have to be sorry—.

Our hotel staff seems to love it when things happen.