Jung Minchan was the team leader of the 4th Support team of Hammer Guild.

The 4th Support team managed any work related to dungeons that were rated three stars or lower. The team was also in charge of educating the new Awakened inducted into the Guild and helped out with their training.

Every morning when Jung Minchan walked into his office, he started the day with hand brewed coffee. He was a coffee maniac, and always started his day off in a leisurely manner as he sipped his first cup of coffee in his large office. It was an important ritual for him that brought him great joy.

The first thirty minutes after he got to work was his small moment of peace and happiness. His team members knew enough not to bother him unless it was an urgent matter.

Ddi-ri-ri.

He was just about to start grinding his coffee beans with his hand mill when the phone went off.

He picked up the phone, “This is 4th Support team leader, Jung Minchan.”

[Team leader. This is Haemin.]

Kim Haemin was part of the management staff he had deployed to [Maebong Station’s 3rd Exit]. It was a dungeon that Hammer Guild had taken in hand about a month ago. They were now in charge of managing the dungeon.

Minchan probed, “Yeah. What’s going on?”

[Some guys arrived at the dungeon early this morning and reserved four hours before going in. But there’s something wrong with these guys.]

Minchan asked, “Did they die?”

It was common for the Awakened to meet an untimely death when they attempted a dungeon.

[No. They were able to safely clear it, but their clear time is abnormal. The first attempt...