Seon-Hu collected the mana stones that were in the village and returned to the boundary after cleaning up the newly opened area. The reason he didn’t take Seong-Il there was obvious. The compensation for blocking waves in advance was generous and was more than enough to make up for anything the other man would receive there. To Seong-Il, every moment had felt like hell, but the rewards had paid him well.

In the past, there had only been a few cases where waves had been blocked in advance. It had only happened on the stages where pre-Awakened were summoned, but there were only one or two stages that had them.

Kwon Seong-Il, it’s time for you to get used to the stats you have upgraded so far.

Seon-Hu looked at Seong-Il, who was waiting for him in front of the boundary.

Seong-Il said, “I moved your stuff to one of the buildings, and I’m sure you will like it. As for Cheol-Yeong… the more I spend time with him, the better he seems.”

It was the largest building remaining in the village. The room looked empty as there was no furniture, but Seong-Il had made the innermost room as cozy as possible. He had created a bed by stacking the clothes that people had brought...