The Friday Dungeon, which drops special runes.

The Saturday Dungeon, which drops monster materials and synthesis blueprints.

And even the Sunday dungeon, which drops skill books.

Baek Jin-woo went through each of the weekday dungeons like a storm.

For the Saturday dungeon, he had to defeat all the "Plants", monstrous creatures, so he went in with a full fire setup.

The method was to set the whole map on fire.

He went in with the Wind Falcon as a speed buffer, the fire-attribute damage dealer Explosive Dragon, and three C-rank Lava Drakes.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

Woosh!

The drakes swooped around with their speed boost, spewing fire and burning down the forest in an instant.

-

[All monsters gone!]

[Dungeon cleared!]

[Clearing Time - 00:03:50]

-

He also broke the South Korean record for the Saturday Dungeon.

As for the Sunday Dungeon,

he had to defeat an old master known as the "Absolute Expert" in 30 minutes.

It was almost as difficult as a final boss, and even in his JinuGod days, he rarely bothered with it.

After all, he could farm Skill Books in the Thursday Dungeon.

He had simply set a record in this dungeon.

Using the Dragon of Destruction's breath, he set a record of one second for each difficulty level.

He hadn't even looked at it after that.

I think I should clear it again this time.

Baek Jin-woo dove in with only his top summons - Lamba, Hun-gyo and the Explosive Dragon.

After a hard-fought battle -

[You have defeated the Absolute Expert.]

[Dungeon cleared!]

[Clear Time - 00:14:50]

-

It took a long time to clear, much longer than the other dungeons.

That's only because it's low-ranked.

If it was mid-rank or higher, he probably wouldn't have been able to do it.

Of course...

-

[Congratulations!]

[New record for South Korea!]

-

Even that was enough to easily beat the national record.

The average record in South Korea was over 20 minutes.

"Whew."

He had now completed all the lower level dungeons.

Repeating them every week would probably cut his time even more.

He'd also need to keep leveling up through standard dungeons and training.

I'll just keep growing until I'm ready to tackle mid-range.

The goal was to conquer all the top-ranked dungeons.

Once he had enough runes, items and skills, he'd be able to take on the Tower of Trials.

Perhaps two years would be enough?

And on that note.

After a week of dungeon runs, he had amassed quite a stash of rewards.

Starting with 18 premium summoning scrolls as first achievement rewards.

Various runes, grindstones, skill books, materials and blueprints.

How am I supposed to do with all this?

***

Yoo Ji-ah, the head of "YooBaek", had secured a small office in Samsung-dong.

Although she could have afforded a larger building from the start, she didn't.

She wanted to cover everything with the initial start-up funds, except for the gift she gave to Baek Jin-woo.

Once the business had started, only business capital should be used.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to calculate the profitability and the tax issues would be more complicated.

Swish, swish!

Sitting at her desk, Yoo Ji-ah scrolled through the news on her phone with a sigh of admiration.

The whole world was talking about Baek Jin-woo.

Every platform and community was flooded with articles about him.

Unbelievable.

To think that in just one week he'd broken the records for every dungeon in South Korea.

"Mr Kim Byung-jin."

"Yes, ma'am."

"How's the video editing going?"

Kim Byung-jin was personally in charge of the editing.

Because of the sensitive nature of the content, they couldn't trust an outside company with it.

"It's almost finished, but..."

Yoo Ji-ah tilted her head.

Almost finished?

Was there a problem?

"Is there a problem?"

This video would be YooBaek's first business product.

And it was like a golden egg, promising to return tens or even hundreds of times the initial investment!

A problem would be serious.

"It's not exactly a problem... it's just... hard to believe, even when I'm making it."

"Excuse me?"

"Just a moment. It's almost ready."

Tap, tap, tap!

Kim Byung-jin, who had been typing away in rapture, got up from his desk.

All done.

He'd compiled the cleanest moves from the two playthroughs and created a complete walkthrough.

Anyone could understand it just by watching a single video.

"It's done. At Mr Baek's request, I excluded the Thursday and Sunday dungeons."

"Oh, let's have a look."

How impressive could it be if he'd been speechless while making it?

The three of them gathered in the small office.

Kim Byung-jin, Yoo Ji-ah and Hwang Tae-seop.

Click!

The video started to play from the projector they'd set up.

And then...

Yoo Ji-ah and Hwang Tae-seop's jaws dropped.

It was on a different level than what they'd briefly seen before.

With the right 3D editing, Baek Jin-woo's first-person gameplay was strikingly vivid.

Especially in the Friday dungeon with the player race -

"What... on earth..."

"This is absurd... Who could follow this?"

Yoo Ji-ah couldn't believe her eyes.

His movements were almost like a circus act!

Even the trick where he changed from a dolphin to a wyvern in the air was simply amazing.

"If a film was made like this, it would be criticised."

"Will anyone actually buy it? Or even if they do, won't they just be annoyed?"

Even Hwang Tae-seop, usually the most serious, shook his head in disbelief.

Anyway.

Unbelievable.

Yoo Ji-ah's clenched fists shook with excitement.

He'd known it before, but watching the video confirmed it beyond any doubt.

Baek Jin-woo is incredible.

One thing was certain.

He was on a level beyond what could be found in South Korea.

He was a talent capable of competing on the world stage.

Now she understood why Congressman Park Chang-seok had been so eager to recruit Baek Jin-woo.

Congressman...

Park Chang-seok had been right.

His insight into people was even sharper than she'd realised.

"First."

Taking a deep breath to calm her excitement, Yoo Ji-ah's eyes sparkled.

"Before we sell the videos, buy all the summons we need."

Kim Byung-jin understood immediately and nodded.

"You want to stock up."

"Exactly. We need to secure as much of an advantage as possible with this information."

Once this information starts to spread?

The value of the Core Units will skyrocket.

By securing as many units as possible in advance, "YooBaek's" income will be maximised.

How could they sell this information?

And even if they did, could they keep it from leaking out?

The answer was surprisingly simple.

We can use the Player Trading System.

The system-assisted trades enforce all the terms of the deal.

What if you put a 'non-disclosure agreement' in the deal?

Breaking it will trigger a curse.

The system determines the severity of the curse, and for information trades, it usually results in instant death.

I have heard that this is how the rankings are handled overseas.

Anyway.

Yoo Ji-ah started to buy a lot of summons.

If she couldn't find them at home, she would even travel abroad to buy them.

[Summoning Purchase List]

Battle Sheriff (C-rank)

Priest of Radiance (C-rank)

Striped Komodo (B-rank)

Wind Falcon (B-rank)

Titan Golem (B-rank)

Horned Fairy (C-level)

Frost Cat (C-rank)

Sky Dolphin (C-rank)

Sky Wyvern (B-rank)

Lava Drake (C-rank)

She followed the exact list Baek Jin-woo had given her in the past.

Some summons were expensive, perhaps because the information had already leaked overseas.

Others were still relatively cheap, perhaps because the information hadn't been leaked yet.

This is going to be a jackpot.

She even took out a full loan in Yoo Baek's name.

The banks that had checked Yoo Ji-ah's background were more than happy to provide the funds.

The granddaughter of Daeseong?

The famous elite Yoo Ji-ah?

It was a solid business with no chance of default!

They also looked at YooBaek.

"A player management company? Why would Daeseong's granddaughter start such a business?"

"What? The player associated with them is Baek Jin-woo? The one who's all over the news for breaking records?"

"Alright, approve the loan at the maximum amount allowed by law. Yes, do it now!"

With the money she received, Yoo Ji-ah bought summons from all over the world and then posted a message on the Player Web.

Selling information for all dungeons of the day.

Includes knowledge from Baek Jin-woo, the record holder for South Korea.

Non-disclosure agreement required.

Video data (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday) - 100 million won; text data (Thursday, Sunday) - 10 million won.

Only available to players registered with the South Korean head office.

It kept the price relatively low.

The goal was mass sales.

It's also about helping South Korea develop.

If it spreads among players and raises their level, it would be good for them too.

And.

The more the information spread, the more people would have to buy the summons.

Yoo Ji-ah also created several accounts on the Marketplace to list the summons for sale.

She set the prices as follows:

Battle Sheriff (C-rank): 200 million won

Priest of Radiance (C-rank): 200 million won

Striped Komodo (B-rank): 1 billion won

Wind Falcon (B-rank): 1 billion won

Titan Golem (B-rank): 1 billion won

Horned Fairy (C-rank) 200 million won

Frost Cat (C-rank): 200 million won

Sky Dolphin (C-rank) 200 million won

Sky Wyvern (B-rank) 1 billion won

Lava Drake (C-rank) 200 million won

She set a consistent price: 200 million won for C-rank and 1 billion won for B-rank.

"Isn't that an absurdly high price?"

Kim Byung-jin clucked his tongue.

These prices were five to ten times what they had originally paid.

Yoo Ji-ah grinned.

"Prices are always set by supply and demand. Since we control most of the supply, they'll have no choice but to buy from us.

Those willing to pay for dungeon information are likely to be members of large guilds or ranked players.

These players have the purchasing power.

They'll be willing to make a bold investment for a time attack.

"And anyway, these units are bound to increase in value over time.

They're core units.

The value of a summon that everyone needs will naturally increase.

This is the reward for trusting Baek Jin-woo and investing in him.

The time had come to reap this sweet reward.

***

Baek Jin-woo thought about what to do with his rewards.

First, the 18 premium summoning scrolls.

He decided not to use them for the time being.

The chances of drawing an EX-rank summon are practically zero.

He'd only obtained Explosive Dragon and Hun-gyo after opening hundreds of thousands of scrolls, so going for another EX rank with only 18 scrolls?

The return on investment was far too low.

Besides, I already have a lot of summons to level. Even if I focus on them, I won't have enough time.

So he decided to sell them all on the marketplace.

At the market price of 3 million won each.

"Ah, a cool 54 million won in just one week."

I should sell all the miscellaneous items I got from the auto-loop runs.

In his JinuGod days, he'd only used the graduation-level runes and items that dropped at a low rate from the top-ranked dungeons of the week.

There was no way that low-ranked items would be good enough for him now.

The few useful runes he'd already equipped on his way through.

Maybe I should ask Yoo Ji-ah to sell them for me?

Baek Jin-woo smiled at his suddenly bulging bank account.

And then...

That's part of the management's job.

But...

Instead of that...

Someone else came to mind.

His younger sister, Baek Ah-jin, who was barely scraping by with her small rune-selling business.

If I keep making these loops, there will be tons of materials to sell.

What if Baek Ah-jin sold them?

And if he gave her a percentage of the commission as a fee?

That could work.

His sister had paid some of his hospital bills for the past three years.

He could finally start paying her back.

Family should be taken care of too.

With his thoughts settled, Baek Jin-woo picked up the phone.

He wanted to arrange a meeting with Baek Ah-jin.