Conquering the Daily Dungeons (5)
The Friday Dungeon, which gives special rune boxes.
The Saturday Dungeon, which drops monster materials and fusion blueprints.
And the Sunday Dungeon, which rewards skill books.
Baek Jinwoo swept through the daily dungeons with the force of a gale.
In the case of the Saturday Dungeon—
You have to kill all the monsters called "Plants", so you need to enter with a full fire setup.
The strategy is simple: set the entire map on fire.
He brought in the Wind Hawk as a movement speed buffer, the fire-attribute damage dealer Explosive Dragon Sorcerer, and three C-rank Lava Drakes.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fwoooosh!
With increased movement speed, the drakes ran all over the map, breathing flames and burning the forest down in an instant.
[All monsters have been eliminated!]
[Dungeon Clear!]
[Clear Time – 00:03:50]
Just like that, the Saturday Dungeon record for South Korea was broken as well.
As for the Sunday Dungeon—
You have to defeat an old man known as the "Absolute Master" within 30 minutes.
He's almost final-boss level in difficulty, so even during his God Ji-nu days, Baek Jinwoo hadn't fought him often.
After all, skill books could be farmed from the Thursday Dungeon.
He had only set records here.
With Ruination Dragon's Breath, he once cleared every difficulty in one second. After that, he didn't even bother looking at it again.
"I suppose I should clear it this time too."
Baek Jinwoo dove in, leading only his elite summons—Lamba, HunGyo, Explosive Dragon Sorcerer, and the rest.
After a fierce battle—
[The Absolute Master has been defeated.]
[Dungeon Clear!]
[Clear Time – 00:14:50]
It took a fair amount of time compared to the other dungeons.
"It's only because it's lower rank."
If it had been intermediate rank or higher, he might not have cleared it at all.
Of course—
[Congratulations!]
[You have broken the South Korean record!]
That alone was enough to surpass the domestic record with ease.
The average South Korean record had been in the 20-minute range.
"Whew."
All lower-rank dungeons were now cleared.
If he kept grinding them weekly, the record times would shrink even further.
He also needed to continue improving his specs through regular dungeons and training.
"Let's just keep growing until I challenge the intermediate rank."
The goal was to clear all top-tier dungeons.
Only then, with enough runes, items, and skills secured, would he be ready to challenge the Tower of Trials.
Maybe two years would do it?
"More importantly."
After running dungeons for a week, quite a number of rewards had piled up.
Starting with 18 Advanced Summon Scrolls from first-clear achievements. Various runes, polish materials, skill books, materials, and blueprints as well.
"How should I handle all this?"
* * *
Yoo Jia, CEO of "Yoobaek", rented a small office in Samseong-dong.
She had enough money to purchase a large building from the start, but she chose not to.
Aside from the gift she had given to Baek Jinwoo, she wanted everything handled within the startup's initial capital.
If you start a business, you move strictly with business funds.
Otherwise, calculating profit margins becomes complicated, and tax issues grow messy.
Swipe, swipe.
Seated at her desk, Yoo Jia scrolled through news articles on her phone and let out a breath of admiration.
The entire world was filled with Baek Jinwoo.
Every platform and community was plastered with articles about him.
To think that in just one week, he had recorded the fastest clear times in South Korea for every dungeon.
"Mr. Kim Byungjin."
"Yes, CEO."
"How is the video editing coming along?"
Kim Byungjin was personally handling the editing.
Given how sensitive the content was, they couldn't outsource it to a professional company.
"It's almost done… but…"
Yoo Jia tilted her head.
"Almost done, but?"
Was there a problem?
"Is something wrong?"
That video was Yoobaek's first business product.
Not just that—it was a golden goose that could bring in dozens, no, hundreds of times their initial investment.
If something went wrong, it would be disastrous.
"It's not exactly a problem… I just can't believe it myself while editing."
"What?"
"Just a moment. It's almost finished."
Clack, clack, clack!
As he rapidly tapped away at the keyboard, Kim Byungjin soon stood up.
"Done."
He compiled the cleanest runs from Baek Jinwoo's two attempts into a single strategy guide.
Designed so that a viewer could understand everything just by watching one video.
"It's finished. As requested, I excluded the Thursday and Sunday Dungeons."
"Oh, let's watch it together."
How impressive could it be that he couldn't keep his mouth shut while editing?
The three gathered in the small office.
Kim Byungjin, Yoo Jia, and Hwang Taeseop.
Click.
The installed beam projector began playing the video.
And—
Yoo Jia and Hwang Taeseop's mouths slowly fell open.
It was on an entirely different level from the brief preview they had seen before.
Properly edited in 3D, Baek Jinwoo's gameplay was clearly visible from a first-person perspective.
Especially in the Friday Dungeon run.
"What is this…"
"This is insane… Who could possibly watch this and copy it?"
Yoo Jia couldn't collect herself.
The movements were practically circus-level acrobatics.
And the trick where he switched a Sky Dolphin into a Wyvern midair—there was nothing to say but admiration.
"If a movie were filmed like this, it'd get criticized."
"…Will this even sell? I mean, sure, it might sell—but won't people complain after buying it?"
Even Hwang Taeseop, normally composed, shook his head.
Still—
'Jackpot.'
Yoo Jia's clenched fist trembled.
She already knew it, but seeing it in video form made it undeniable.
"Baek Jinwoo is just a jackpot."
One thing was certain.
He wasn't someone who belonged only in South Korea. He was a talent worthy of the world stage.
Now she understood why Park Changseok had been so obsessed with him.
"Assemblyman."
Park Changseok had been right.
His eye for people was sharper than expected.
"First."
Yoo Jia steadied her breathing and her eyes gleamed.
"Before we sell the video, buy up all the summons."
Kim Byungjin immediately understood.
"You're planning to corner the market."
"That's right. We need to maximize profit based on this information."
Once this information gradually spreads—the value of these core units will skyrocket.
They needed to secure as much supply as possible in advance. The difference would become Yoobaek's profit.
"How do we sell the information?"
"And even if we sell it, how do we prevent it from leaking?"
The answer was simpler than expected.
"We use the player trade system."
The system values agreements.
If you include a "confidentiality clause" at the time of transaction—breaking it triggers a curse.
The system determines the degree of damage inflicted, and in cases involving information, it's often instant death.
"Overseas rankers already manage their information that way."
In any case—
Yoo Jia began buying summons in bulk.
If they weren't available domestically, she sourced them overseas.
[Summon Purchase List]
Combat Marshal (C-rank)
Radiant Priest (C-rank)
Spotted Komodo (B-rank)
Wind Hawk (B-rank)
Titanium Golem (B-rank)
Fire Fairy (C-rank)
Frost Cat (C-rank)
Sky Dolphin (C-rank)
Sky Wyvern (B-rank)
Lava Drake (C-rank)
Exactly the same list Baek Jinwoo had once given her.
Some were expensive due to overseas information already circulating.
Others were still reasonably priced, perhaps because their value hadn't been fully realized yet.
"This is guaranteed to be a jackpot."
She even took out loans under Yoobaek's name.
Banks, having investigated her background during the loan screening, practically threw money at her.
Daeseong's granddaughter. An elite like Yoo Jia.
There was no risk of default.
They also examined Yoobaek's company profile.
"Player management? Why is Daeseong's granddaughter running that kind of business?"
"What? The player signed under them is Baek Jinwoo? The same one who's hot right now for those records?"
"Approve the maximum legal loan amount. Immediately."
With that money, Yoo Jia purchased summons from all over the world and posted on the player web:
[Selling strategy information for all daily dungeons. Contains the know-how of South Korea's record holder, Baek Jinwoo.
Confidentiality clause included.
Video information (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat) – 100 million won.
Text information (Thu, Sun) – 10 million won.
Sold only to players registered under the South Korean headquarters.]
The information was priced relatively cheap.
High volume, low margin.
"It's also for South Korea's development."
If many players improved through this knowledge, it benefited her as well.
And—
The more the information spread, the more people would buy those summons.
She also listed the summons for sale on the Marketplace using multiple accounts.
Prices were set as follows:
C-rank – 200 million won.
B-rank – 1 billion won.
"…Isn't that outrageously expensive?"
Kim Byungjin clicked his tongue.
They were priced five to ten times higher than what she had paid.
Yoo Jia smiled.
"Prices are determined by supply and demand. We control most of the supply—they'll have no choice but to buy."
Anyone willing to pay for daily dungeon strategies was likely from a major guild or a ranker.
They had purchasing power. They would invest boldly for time attacks.
"And anyway, these units will naturally rise in price over time."
They were core units.
Units everyone needs inevitably increase in value.
"The reward for believing in Baek Jinwoo."
The time had come to reap that sweet reward.
* * *
Baek Jinwoo pondered over his rewards.
First, the 18 Advanced Summon Scrolls.
He decided not to open them.
"The probability of getting an EX-rank summon is practically zero."
Even Explosive Dragon Sorcerer and HunGyo had taken hundreds of thousands of scrolls.
Trying to pull another EX with just 18?
The cost-effectiveness was terrible.
"I already have plenty of summons to raise. Even focusing on them isn't enough time."
So he simply sold all the scrolls on the Marketplace.
At market price—3 million won each.
"Heh, 54 million won in just one week. Sweet."
He smiled at the suddenly plump bank balance.
"And I should sell all those miscellaneous items I got from grinding."
Back in his God Ji-nu days, he had only used graduation-level runes and items that dropped at low rates in top-tier daily dungeons.
The lower-tier drops didn't impress him at all.
The usable runes had already been equipped casually.
"Should I ask Yoo Jia to sell them?"
That was part of management's role.
But—
Someone else came to mind.
His younger sibling, Baek Ajin, who was scraping by running a small rune retail business.
"If I keep grinding, there'll be countless materials to sell."
If Baek Ajin handled the sales—
And took a commission percentage—
"That might not be bad."
For three years, Baek Ajin had covered part of his hospital bills.
It felt like he could finally repay that.
"Right. I should take care of my family too."
Having organized his thoughts, Baek Jinwoo picked up his phone.
To make an appointment with Baek Ajin.
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