A young man with red hair sat on a chair. The room was extremely cold, he turned off the AC. He immediately started working on his laptop.

He enjoyed working, it was what gave him a purpose in life. Recently, his life had become even more interesting, he was transferred to a position that he loved working for.

This man is Sung Ho, the head of the United States branch of the Hunters Association. His family was from Korea and had immigrated here. People would often refer to him as the next richest man in the world, however, he had recently given up his drive towards money. In fact, he had donated a chunk of his wealth to the Hunters Association and various charities.

People would often say that although having a lot of money felt good, helping people was the most rewarding.

Sung Ho had understood the meaning behind this saying. Every day he would indirectly help people by working for the Hunters Association. It really felt like the best job in the world.

As Sung Ho was responding to several emails and scheduling meetings, he heard a knock on the door.

“Come in”

A woman with blonde hair peeked in.

“Sir we have received word from Khan, he wants to talk to you”

Sung Ho opened his eyes wide, his heart filled with excitement as to what Khan had to say. He immediately got up and left the building. He headed towards a black Mercedes car and drove off.

Khan was referred to as one of the best craftsmen in the world, he had sculpted beautiful items through his delicate skill. His eyes could spot inperfections in even the most beaitfully crafted items.

He was certainly a telented indifvidual.

But, his life like a lot of people had changed recently.

Khan had awakened, however, he never planned to become a hunter. It was too scary for him.

However, he had recently signed a contract to work with the Hunters Association to make weapons, but the recent dungeon raid had shown the world that any weapon was rendered useless against monsters. This created a grim situation. How people could take on monsters without any weapons? It was really difficult and required some level of skill, this caused many awakened people to not become full fledged hunters.

What had Khan found that he called Sung Ho in person? Sung Ho could not wait. He drove for about 15 minutes before reaching a small apartment complex. He walked in and reached Khans doorstep.

Sung Ho rang the bell. Then he heard a voice from inside the apartment.

“I am coming please wait”

He waited.

5 minutes

10 minutes

20 minutes

“What the hell?”

Sung Ho had waited more than it took him to drive here, he was getting impatient.

Sung Ho rang the bell again.

“Khan, you’ve made me wait long enough, what are you doing?”

“Uhm, I have a really bad stomach ache”

“Huh?”

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Gray got off his cycle. He stood in a crowded street.

A large building stood in front of Gray, he walked in.

In front of him were several counters, there was one counter with the board that read “Hunter registration”. In front of this counter was a large line, Gray joined the line and stood patiently.

It had been 5 minutes. Surprisingly, the line moved fast and Gray was now at the front.

A woman called Gray forward.

“Can you please share your stats?”

[Do you want to share your stats with XXXX]

[Yes/No]

Gray accepted, the woman noted down the details on her laptop. She then asked

“What is your name?”

Gray didn't understand why she had asked that question, he had just shared his stats, that should have also given her his name.

“Can you not see it in my stats?”

“No I dont not have access to anything else other than your stat numbers”

“Alright, its Gray”

The woman typed for about a minute or so.

“Thank you Hunter Gray, we have many facilities here at the Association, please follow my colleague miss Linda to take a look around”

The woman on the counter provided Gray with a card, it was the Hunters License, it would allow Gray to use the Hunters Association. Gray glanced over the card and looked at the woman waiting for him, she gave an inviting smile to Gray.

“Hello ! We have many facilities for Hunter Gray, please feel free to use them”

Linda showed Gray around.

First, there were the training facilities. From fully stocked gyms to even places to practice martial arts with awakened teachers. There were many Hunters who would use these facilities to become better.

Then, there were the recreational places such as a sauna, swimming pool, to even a bar. This part of the building felt like a hotel, there were even rooms built for VIP guests. Everything was really elaborate.

Moreover, there were information centres to learn or report about any monsters or dungeons. Of course, this facility was not yet that useful to Hunters as there was little information known about monsters or dungeons.