Mr. Kim Strikes It Rich with Auto-Hunting [Novel] Chapter 32

A new feature, Worksite Scouting.

What could this be?

It felt like he had seen it somewhere before….

“Could it be from the Manpower Office? It was probably listed there.”

“The Manpower Office? Ah…! Right.”

Todd never disappointed.

There really wasn’t anything that living teddy bear didn’t know.

Right.

No wonder it had looked familiar.

It was that feature locked right from the very start.

“If even Worksite Scouting is unlocked, is that everything now?”

Time to check.

Yoon Hajun slid a finger across the Manpower Office screen.

——-

[Manpower Office (Temporary)]

[Dispatch Laborers]

– [Tower]

– [Dungeon]

[Manage Fixed Team]

[Commissions]

[Worksite Scouting]

[Laborer Training Center]

[Unlock Additional Functions]

[Management]

——-

There it was.

Everything was unlocked.

Could there be anything more?

[Unlock Additional Functions]

He tapped it lightly.

[All functions have been unlocked.]

Nothing else.

“Once you raise your unique skill grade further and open a proper Manpower Office rather than a temporary one, more functions will become available.”

“This isn’t the end?”

“Of course not. You are the Manpower Office Director, after all.”

Uh….

It already felt plenty broken as it was….

More was going to be added on top of this?

Insane.

“It’s going to take a while, then. Since I have to raise the grade and everything.”

“Indeed. Taking your time will do just fine.”

Yoon Hajun wondered what kind of features would appear.

That was a matter for the distant future, though.

For now, he decided to check out the new feature first.

[Worksite Scouting]

The common thread among the Manpower Office’s features:

There were no duds.

Dispatch Laborers went without saying.

Manage Fixed Team?

Utterly broken.

Commissions were no different.

One glance at the Commission Point Shop was enough to make anyone lose their mind.

What about this new feature, Worksite Scouting?

Naturally, this had to be great too, right?

Time to pop it open.

[Worksite Scouting]

The standard method for using Manpower Office features:

A light tap.

The moment he touched it, a prompt popped up immediately.

[Select your desired worksite.]

——-

[Tower of Chaos – 1st Floor]

[Tower of Chaos – 2nd Floor]

……

…

[Tower of Chaos – 31st Floor]

First, the tower floors unrolled in a long line.

Beneath them lay countless dungeons.

[Collapsed Stone Tower – F-Grade]

[Immortal Flame Tower – A-Grade]

[Forest of Frenzy – B-Grade]

[Poison Spider’s Nest – D-Grade]

[Low-Grade Cemetery of the Dead – F-Grade]

……

…

——-

“There are so many.”

It seemed to be a complete catalog of everywhere he could dispatch workers….

When he tapped a random entry:

[Would you like to begin scouting?]

[Scouting is available up to 1 time per day at your current grade.]

Once a day.

Well, even if it was just a test run….

Might as well ask the laborers who would actually be heading in.

[Summon Fixed Team]

– Orc Pack (Intermediate-Grade)

Arthur and Robin had just returned from working in the Chaos Labyrinth, so they were resting.

Orcs, you guys are up.

“Chwik!“

The hard-hat-wearing orc misters.

The moment they appeared, they waved their hands in welcome.

In their other hands?

Rani-made weapons — Kokkok, Puk, and Kkwa-ang — held tight like precious treasures.

Naturally.

With those in hand, even C-grade was well within their reach.

“All right, go ahead and pick one dungeon you’d like to visit among these.”

“Chwik! Chwik!“

“Uh… who wants to translate, hands up?”

“Rani! Rani wants to translate! The orc uncles said they want to go to that place over there, Cave Troll’s Nest!”

[Cave Troll’s Nest – C-Grade]

“Here?”

“Mm-hm!”

Okay.

Selecting it right away—

[Beginning worksite scouting.]

– Cave Troll’s Nest (C-Grade)

The message popped up, and a screen materialized before his eyes.

Right.

Let’s see how this plays out.

Bzzzzzt—!

The holographic screen expanded dramatically.

“It’s like watching Arthur and Robin fight!”

“Dat right!”

It was similar to Monitoring.

If there was a difference—

“Mmm…, but there’s nobody there?”

“Nobody go in!”

“Heh, you’re right!”

Monitoring tracked the laborers.

What about Worksite Scouting, then?

Since nobody had entered, it moved on its own.

“Huh? It’s moving! Look at that! The monsters are going kraaa-ang! but it’s flying right between them!”

“Whazzat? Dem things no see it?”

“Whoa, so cool!”

Monsters ruled the dungeon.

Did the C-grade dungeon, Cave Troll’s Nest, have them?

Naturally.

Groooar—!

Trolls glared straight ahead with bloodshot eyes.

Ugh….

Even their breathing sounded vicious.

Much good that did them, though.

They had no idea scouting was underway.

“Chwik! Chwiiik!“

“The orc uncles told Rani they’ll memorize the path and go beat the boss monster right away!”

“Oh… that sounds great.”

Wasn’t this an absolute jackpot?

Cave Troll’s Nest was, well, a cave.

Normally, dungeons of this sort had intricate layouts….

Getting to scope it out beforehand?

There would be no need to wander around looking for the way.

“Is that all, though…?”

“Dere more?”

“I don’t know, but it feels like something’s missing.”

Grasping the internal geography of a dungeon.

Important, and great.

It even let him gauge the difficulty along the way.

Killing two birds with one stone, sure….

Something felt lacking.

Perhaps seeing the other features had raised his expectations too high.

“Phew….“

As he let out a disappointed sigh, he paused.

Huh?

What was that?

“It stopped?”

Indeed.

After darting back and forth for quite some time, it suddenly halted facing a wall.

Did the battery run out?

Bzzzt—!

Apparently not.

What was this?

The display shifted.

“You can see behind the wall.”

“Teddy bear is right! Rani sees it too!”

“Arzur sees it too!”

Yeah.

Yoon Hajun could see it as well….

Almost like an X-ray.

The space behind the wall was completely visible….

There was something back there.

“Magic stone dere!”

Then it paused in another spot before another bzzzt—!

The screen shifted.

Something else came into view this time.

“Is that a potion this time?”

“It appears to be so.”

Whoa.

Could this be…?

“Don’t tell me it detects all the hidden rewards too?”

“Arzur tinks so too! Same!”

Right?

It seemed that way, didn’t it?

Crazy….

Wasn’t this an absolute goldmine?

A dungeon’s hidden reward.

Were they in every dungeon?

No.

Every dungeon might have one, or it might not.

One thing was certain, though.

“People said finding one is a massive hit.”

Rumor had it they were incomparable to ordinary rewards.

The problem was that they weren’t called hidden rewards for nothing.

You needed a high-grade detection skill, or extraordinary luck to discover one, or so he had heard—.

And this handed it over on a silver platter?

Man….

“Long live the Manpower Office.”

“Hurray?”

“Heh! Hurray!”

[Worksite scouting has concluded.]

The new feature of the Manpower Office (Temporary).

Worksite Scouting.

Its function?

A sneak peek into the dungeon.

Terrain.

The path leading to the boss.

It even revealed every last hidden reward.

In that case?

Time to go reap the harvest.

[Dispatch Laborers]

– Dungeon

[Would you like to enter Cave Troll’s Nest – C-Grade?]

“All right, let’s head out.”

“Chwik!“

[Workers are entering the dungeon.]

[Beginning auto-hunting.]

The orcs marched inside, heads held high.

As for the rest?

[Monitoring]

Time to watch together.

Curiosity was killing him.

Would the hidden rewards truly be in those exact spots?

“Heh! Orc uncles are moving out with Puk!”

A shovel at the vanguard.

The rest took up trailing positions.

First off, the terrain was identical to the view shown during Worksite Scouting.

The route had to be the same, then.

“Ah, look at them tear through.”

“Super fast!”

A casual onlooker might think they were running a footrace.

The moment a troll popped out, they eliminated it in an instant and charged straight ahead.

After running for quite some time, they halted.

“That is the wall where the magic stones were visible earlier.”

“Heh, teddy bear got it right!”

“Good grief, I keep telling you I am not a teddy bear….”

“Kkwa-ang!“

Almost as if timed to Rani’s cue, a sledgehammer went kkwa-ang!

Naturally, the wall crumbled into rubble.

From behind it emerged a pile of magic stones.

“Magic stone! Dere!”

“Look at that, it really is there.”

Smashing through another wall to pocket the potions, followed by taking down the boss—

[C-Grade Dungeon Clear Successful!]

[Clear Time – 00:15:37]

Cleared.

Without a single scratch, no less.

The time had grown even faster.

At this rate, these orcs might end up tackling B-grade before long.

“Chwik!“

Ah, here, take this?

Yeah….

The dungeon’s hidden rewards.

He took a look.

[30 Intermediate-Grade Magic Stones, 10 Highest-Grade Healing Potions.]

Wait.

A C-grade yielded this much?

This was his first time ever getting highest-grade healing potions.

A quick search showed magic stones and potions were considered the bottom tier among hidden rewards.

What if… other rewards dropped from S-grade or A-grade dungeons?

“Whew….“

Just imagining it felt sweet.

[You have completed worksite scouting for the first time.]

[Class Perk: ‘Temporary Scouting Range Expansion Voucher’ granted.]

Oh, a perk after all this time.

The reward was a Temporary Scouting Range Expansion Voucher.

This resembled the dispatch range expansion voucher….

Did that mean he could send scouts overseas as well?

No way he could pass this up.

[Remaining Worksite Scouting Count: 0]

Done for today.

Tomorrow, time to go sightsee an Indian dungeon.

Yoon Hajun, twenty-three years old.

Manpower Office Director.

Usually the type without a care in the world.

“Phew….“

Right now, though.

For the first time in a while, a worry weighed on his mind.

The reason?

“Hah! One! Two!”

That guy right there.

Arthur, who was training with all his might.

Testing the new feature was done.

Now, free time.

Yoon Hajun checked on what the laborers were up to….

Things were pretty much the same as usual.

Robin was staring blankly into the distant sky.

Rani was grinning ear to ear while admiring the Green Dragon Crescent Blade Fragment and the Young Bashe Scale.

What about Todd?

Honestly.

Just how on earth was that stuffed bear typing away on a keyboard…?

Regardless, everyone else was relaxing, while Arthur alone remained in the training ground.

He had been acting like that continuously lately.

Drinking a single cup of coffee and immediately jumping back into training.

“Arthur, why are you working so hard?”

Whenever asked, the reply was always the same.

“Arzur weak bastard. Work hard, get strong.”

Only ever saying that much.

Hmm.

It seemed to stem from Robin becoming so overwhelmingly strong….

Robin, who was already highest-grade to begin with, had grown overwhelmingly powerful after obtaining a weapon tied by destiny.

Arthur, meanwhile?

Still the same….

“Hmm.”

Yoon Hajun wanted to raise Arthur’s grade like he had with the orcs, but had no way of doing so.

He should at least try to cheer the knight up.

“Arthur, want some fried chicken or meat?”

“Good….”

Arthur said it was good, but his expression stayed unchanged.

Food wasn’t enough to sway him?

In that case, how about this?

“I just got an item that lets us take a look at an S-grade dungeon in India, you know?”

“Dat true!?”

“Yeah. What do you think? Doesn’t that sound fun? Arthur, you were super interested when you heard knight-type monsters show up there.”

“Dat true! Arzur interested!”

Phew.

That got a reaction.

Arthur clearly wanted to go.

The commission for India’s S-grade dungeon.

Though Yoon Hajun hadn’t even heard the conditions yet, he planned on taking it if at all possible.

Fragments needed gathering.

Commission Points needed stacking.

Killing two birds with one stone.

On top of that, if Arthur showed this much interest?

He absolutely had to go.

Which meant—

“Let’s take a look tomorrow, scope out the difficulty, and then go conquer it.”

“Good! Arzur go!”

The following day.

The moment Yoon Hajun summoned the laborers, he started with scouting.

[Using ‘Temporary Scouting Range Expansion Voucher’.]

[Select the country to expand range to.]

Selecting India right away—

Whoa….

Just like with China, a massive list popped up.

India was vast as well, after all.

Still, there was only one S-grade dungeon.

[Beginning worksite scouting.]

– Golden Temple of Death (S-Grade)

The moment he selected it, a screen appeared.

Bzzzt—!

India’s S-grade dungeon, Golden Temple of Death.

What met his eyes the instant the display flickered on?

Knights wrapped head to toe in gold.

Gold was piled throughout every corner of the dungeon.

It wasn’t called the Golden Temple for nothing.

“Sparkly! Shiny!”

“Rani, do you want that?”

When asked—

“Nooo! Dat all fake! Rani doesn’t need it!”

“You can tell just by looking at the screen?”

“Yup! Rani can see it!”

Little Rani.

Full of talents.

If she ever ran out of things to do later on, opening a jewelry store wouldn’t be a bad idea….

At any rate.

He had read about it in articles concerning India.

After the S-grade dungeon broke, knights clad in golden armor and brandishing golden weapons had poured out.

People had fought over them out of greed at first, or so the story went….

Guys….

They say it’s all fake….

“Oh….”

As the scouting proceeded like that, the screen came to a halt at a specific location.

Huh?

A hidden reward?

Tilted heads watched the display.

Bzzzzzt—!

Sure enough.

Something appeared on the screen.

“A broken shield…?”

What was that?

While everyone tilted their heads in confusion, Rani shot her hand up into the air and shouted.

“Huh? If we have that, Arthur can get stronger!”