I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 54

“Good work, everyone!”

Could a sewage treatment plant ever feel so eco-friendly?

Jeonghyeon, finally escaping from ‘Kucarocha’s Sewer’, exclaimed as he threw off his gas mask.

Of course, the taciturn atmosphere of the team didn’t change much.

While everyone was still silent, the Warhammer Hunter walking next to Jeonghyeon suddenly spoke to him.

Mr. Park, or something.

“How many years?”

“Huh?”

It was only two syllables, but still.

Jeonghyeon couldn’t hear properly because of the gas mask, so Daehoon explained from beside him.

“He’s asking how many years you’ve been a Hunter.”

“Ah, it’s been two months now.”

“Two months?”

‘What a reserved person.’

However, contrary to what Jeonghyeon felt, it was truly rare for the taciturn Mr. Park to react this much.

Is he saying that someone who’s only been a Hunter for two months is beating up Kucarocha like that?

Even people who came in bragging about their experiences often couldn’t last a week in the sewers and ran away.

“What’s your trait?”

Mr. Park asked again.

“Uh……”

Jeonghyeon hesitated, wondering if he should answer this.

But in the meantime, everyone’s eyes were on him and Mr. Park, weren’t they?

“Hey, why are you asking an unregistered Hunter that? He must have his reasons.”

Daehoon interrupted, sensing Jeonghyeon’s discomfort.

However, it seemed he was also curious.

“It’s still amazing, though. Seeing you throw daggers, you seem to be at least E-Rank Level 4. But then again, your senses are sharp, and you use the mace well too.”

“Ahaha, I’m the type who practices really hard.”

“Well, practice is important.”

Daehoon nodded.

Of course, he didn’t believe Jeonghyeon’s words at face value.

He thought that Jeonghyeon must be a high-rank Hunter beyond comparison to them, but he simply didn’t have the hobby of prying into other people’s secrets.

“Well, anyway, here. Thank you for your help.”

And Daehoon collected the containers that each team member had been holding and handed them over to Jeonghyeon.

Containers filled with Kucarocha’s extract.

After running around the sewers like crazy with Daehoon and the team members, the containers had been filled, two per person, totaling sixteen.

A whopping 4,800 in simple monetary value.

Even that was because they ran out of containers and had to leave the bodies as they were, so the number of Kucarocha they caught was truly enormous.

Even though he knew it was just extract, Jeonghyeon shuddered as he received the containers.

Seeing the thick green extract glistening in the sunlight brought back the nightmarish scenes from inside the sewers.

He thought he had gotten used to it to some extent, but it was all for nothing once he got outside.

Seeing that, Daehoon laughed loudly.

“Ehaha, you were catching them just as well as us inside. Anyway, it was a fun hunt today.”

“Ugh, yeah. Me too.”

“Are you really sure you don’t want a bigger share? I feel a bit sorry.”

“It’s okay. I didn’t really do much.”

Daehoon tried to give him another container of extract, but Jeonghyeon refused.

Everyone had participated diligently, even if they didn’t say much, and most importantly, he liked the people.

He also refused when they offered him a larger share of the hunting proceeds, for the same reason.

In fact, even without being greedy, Jeonghyeon’s share of the extract was 600, and the Kucarocha payment and government subsidy were separate.

It was definitely a jackpot in terms of earnings.

However, Jeonghyeon’s expression wasn’t completely bright.

‘I’m not earning enough coins here.’

Only 8 coins.

It was a meager harvest considering that Jeonghyeon alone had caught nearly 100 Kucarocha.

Why did this happen?

First of all, the probability of getting coins from Kucarocha was abnormally low.

Most of them were in the early 20% range, and some even dropped to the 10% range.

Moreover, there was a restriction in the 「Trait Shop」 that Jeonghyeon had overlooked.

『━ The probability of obtaining coins from a monster decreases as you hunt more of the same type of monster.』

In other words, if you keep catching the same monster, the probability of getting coins from it decreases accordingly.

‘There was even a 9% one in the last battle.’

It was probably a clause added to prevent slaughtering in gates with excessively low difficulty compared to one’s level, but as a result, Kucarocha and Jeonghyeon’s 「Trait Shop」 were a bad match.

“If you ever want to hunt together, feel free to contact me. The team members seem to like you too.”

“Yes, I’ll contact you if I get the chance.”

Of course, even if he said this in front of Daehoon and the other team members,

‘I’ll never come to a gate with this many monsters again!’

It was also the reason why he was grinding his teeth inwardly.

And this frustration led Jeonghyeon to make a decision.

The current accumulated coins were 15.

However, he had no intention of wasting the coins he had painstakingly collected like this.

At least he should experience the thrill of the gacha once, shouldn’t he!

‘I won’t open the Seoul National University shop until I collect 30 coins.’

Jeonghyeon’s eyes blazed as he returned home.

Anyway, with about 15 coins, they were sure to melt away like snow under the summer sun.

In that case, it was better to save up a lump sum and invest it all at once!

At least for now, just looking at the C-Rank Movement Speed trait shamelessly occupying a spot on the list was enough to make him furious.

And that day, seven new ratings were added to Jeonghyeon’s star rating list.

━ Sewer Work Team Leader（5/5） : A Hunter you can trust to hunt with. I’d believe it even if you said he had multiple traits. Awesome!

━ Park（5/5）

━ Kim（5/5）

━ Sewer Escapee（5/5）

━ If You Tore Off Kucarocha’s Wings（5/5）

━ Sewer Healer（5/5）

━ If You Killed All the Kucarocha（5/5）

◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈

“Khehehe……”

A month later, the fateful day arrived.

『Currently held coins: 35』

Jeonghyeon had succeeded in collecting a whopping 35 coins.

Looking at the majestic number written below the shop list, Jeonghyeon unknowingly teared up.

“How much I suffered to collect these……”

The number of 4-level Gates he had cleared to reach this point was four!

There were no life-threatening situations as the hunts proceeded smoothly without any special incidents, as before.

But for Jeonghyeon, who had been caught up in near-death accidents even though it wasn’t his intention, they were boring fights.

And what he felt was,

‘I’ve been incredibly lucky with coins until now.’

Even though he had been called jinxed or the embodiment of bad luck, he was actually quite fortunate.

Hadn’t he cleared several hidden achievements so far?

And even Sudden Coin Quests on top of that.

The danger and coin income were proportional.

As the uneventful hunts repeated without any additional income, it felt harder to collect coins even with the same probability.

But that was all in the past.

Now, all that remained for him was the time to settle the rewards he had accumulated.

『Equippable Slots（5/5）

「Decent Battle Sense」（E, Lv.3）

「Clearly Agile Movement」（D, Lv.2）

「Slight Physical Enhancement」（E, Lv.3）

「Quite Sharp Throwing Technique」（D, Lv.2）

「Stealth that Can Deceive Goblin Eyes」（E, Lv.2）

Storable Slots（0/8）

Currently Activated Trait Synergies: 『The Best Defense is Evasion』（E）, 『If You Eliminate the Watchful Eyes, It’s an Assassination』（E）』

Even though the hunts were boring, proficiency experience steadily accumulated.

It was just from Jeonghyeon’s perspective, but it was a moderate level of hunting for an average Hunter.

As a result, the Battle Sense and Physical Enhancement traits increased to Level 3.

And the Stealth trait also reached Level 2.

Perhaps because it was a 4-level Gate, it felt like the proficiency of low-grade traits increased quickly.

Jeonghyeon had 5 traits, and since they were combined into two synergies for tremendous efficiency, he was entering 4-level Gates.

An E-Rank Level 2 or 3 Hunter in a 4-level Gate?

In most cases, it was judged to be a very dangerous hunt.

‘The Battle Sense and Physical Enhancement feel like they’ve improved further, and the cooldown reduction for Stealth was good.’

Honestly, the Stealth trait felt a bit awkward to use.

Unless its rank increased further, it was still difficult to completely fool the eyes of 4-level monsters, and once used, it took quite a while to reuse.

Therefore, he could only use it once at the start of a battle.

However, when it reached Level 2, the cooldown decreased noticeably.

If he pushed it hard in a single battle, he could use it about twice, which improved efficiency quite a bit.

Plus, the daggers neatly displayed in a corner of Jeonghyeon’s room.

Their number had doubled to twenty.

He felt that ten was a bit lacking, so he had visited Doil’s workshop and purchased more.

━ If you’re going to a 4-level Gate, Marium will soon be insufficient. How about Doranum? The quality is much better.

The Doranum daggers, made from materials found in the Dorano Gate, which he had bought after being swayed by Doil’s words once again.

Their price was a whopping 1,400, double the price of the daggers he had been using.

Even though he felt the ironic sense of losing money every time he bought something cheaply, what could he do?

Once he saw the items, he had no choice but to buy them, even if it meant shedding tears of regret.

Thanks to that, about a third of the profits he had saved up had vanished in a lump sum, but still.

━ You seem to be making quite a bit of money, though?

Yoo Jeong’s change, which was not as hostile as before, was also a gain, if you could call it that.

Of course, for that change, Jeonghyeon had to tell her the white lie that his skills had improved a lot compared to before.

“But what’s important now is not that!”

Proficiency level?

Money?

Connections?

What did it matter?

Jeonghyeon currently had 35 coins, cash for the Trait Shop.

If he got lucky, wouldn’t there be a chance to turn his life around?

The saying”spending money to teach someone a lesson”didn’t only apply in real life.

‘Trait list.’

As always, a list of five lines unfolded before Jeonghyeon’s eyes.

There was nothing special, as he had checked it before.

『「Excellent Movement Speed」（C, Lv.1）, 4C』

Except for one trait that was shining brilliantly with a copper-colored border.

Letting out a deep sigh at its overwhelming presence, Jeonghyeon surprisingly,

『「You have purchased Excellent Movement Speed」（C, Lv.1）.』

Bought the Movement Speed trait, which he usually despised.

A whopping 4 coins generously spent!

Actually, he had his own thoughts.

‘This damn system, I’m sure it only shows things I’m going to skip on the list.’

Honestly, it was true that the Movement Speed trait had appeared an awful lot so far.

Especially, how could he forget the shock when the F, E, and D ranks appeared in a row before?

When the system tried to mock him like that, he had to exploit its weaknesses.

If he bought the C-Rank Movement Speed this time, the system would probably think like this.

Gasp, have I been tricked all along?

Could it be that this Hunter desperately needed Movement Speed?

Such a master of psychological warfare……

Of course, it wouldn’t think so specifically, but if there was an algorithm, it would be enough to confuse it.

“Even better. From now on, I’ll collect all the Movement Speed traits that appear. S-Rank? Possible.”

And even if it was Movement Speed, rank was king. If it went up to S-Rank, that would be good in its own way.

Although his hand would tremble if he had to buy Movement Speed for 7 coins.

Now he had 31 coins left.

“Refresh.”

The gamble that had consumed a whole month of Jeonghyeon’s time began.