Team 25A exchanged confused glances.

‘Descendant of the Great Sage,’ they said.

Arcadians are generally friendly towards Hunters who use the same magic system.

They like those with excellent magic thread power even more, and exceptional Mages, including Cha Sehyeon, are treated like nobles.

However, even Cha Sehyeon, no matter how great, was never said to have received such a bow.

Thump.

At that moment, Oh Songhui lightly pushed Kim Songcheol forward.

Kim Songcheol, unable to resist the Sword Expert’s strength, inadvertently walked forward about two steps.

“I think they’re talking about Uncle?”

Oh Songhui said, gesturing with her chin towards the prostrate Arcadians.

She didn’t know what a ‘Great Sage’s descendant’ was, but among Team 25A, only Kim Songcheol was worthy of such a title.

Kim Songcheol briefly looked back and forth between his team members and the tops of the Arcadians’ heads, then asked a question.

“Me… are you talking about me?”

Then, one of the Arcadians merely confirmed Kim Songcheol’s face and bowed his head again.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Could you perhaps stand up and speak?”

“Yes, we will.”

At Kim Songcheol’s words, the four Arcadians immediately stood up.

Oh Songhui and Moon Gijeong watched with interest, and Seo Gangjin seemed a little envious of Kim Songcheol.

“You know, right? I’m not an Arcadian, I’m an Earthling…”

When Kim Songcheol spoke, the Arcadians immediately nodded their heads.

“Yes, we know.”

“How am I a descendant of that person?”

“You can tell by ‘Sanggis’.”

Sanggis.

It was something inseparable from Arcadians.

They were all born with a special sense.

It couldn’t be precisely classified, but if one were to group it together, it was a sense that detected ‘magical talent’.

“Sanggis…?”

Kim Songcheol tilted his head when he heard the word Sanggis.

He also knew about Sanggis.

Sanggis was often used to distinguish between noble and commoner.

That’s why many countries in Arcadia still had a Caste System.

“So it doesn’t mean we’re actually related by blood. I thought there was some secret to my birth.”

“No, no. It is clear that the Great Sage’s bloodline is connected in some way.”

The Arcadians waved their hands dismissively. Their expressions were serious.

If Kim Songcheol hadn’t been a descendant of the Great Sage, they would have been angry.

‘What is it? Was it religious?’

It was impossible to discern lineage with Sanggis. It simply detected magical talent.

Nevertheless, such deep faith could only be explained by religious reasons.

‘Religion isn’t the mainstream, though, it’s strange.’

In reality, Arcadia refers to a single planet, much like ‘Earth’.

Within it, there are numerous countries, each with different cultures.

However, as the study of magic is firmly established, cases where religion dominates are rare.

But when the special sense of Sanggis combined with human nature, the birth of a religion was not impossible.

If something incomparable to others was felt from a certain human, it was possible to bestow the title of ‘descendant of a god’.

“Are there many people who follow the Great Sage?”

“In a broad sense, all Arcadians can be said to follow the Great Sage. The Great Sage established the concept of Magic.”

“In a narrow sense?”

“…Not many, but not few either. Three countries follow the Great Sage’s footsteps with one heart.”

Not just one country, but three.

He didn’t know their size, but it was certainly not a small number.

“Wow, Uncle, if you go to Arcadia, it’ll be great. You’ll get the best treatment, won’t you?”

Oh Songhui said playfully.

Although he wouldn’t receive the same treatment as a Great Sage’s descendant in every country, in any country with a Caste System, he would be recognized as a top-ranking noble.

That was the normal Arcadia.

As expected, the Arcadians smiled contentedly and spoke to Kim Songcheol.

“If the descendant of the Great Sage, who has appeared after a hundred years, visits our Verdien, it is our honor, not something for the Great Sage’s descendant to be pleased about. However, if you ever feel inclined later, we earnestly request that you visit us.”

Visiting Arcadia was not entirely impossible.

You could go to Arcadia by paying a certain number of Points.

The problem was that the required Points were quite high.

‘A hundred years? I thought there were more… I’d be in big trouble if I went.’

But Kim Songcheol abandoned the idea of going.

He resolved that even if he did go, he would definitely avoid the country called Verdien and its surrounding nations.

Since everyone possessed the sense they called ‘Sanggis’, they would undoubtedly bow to Kim Songcheol every time they met him.

He had no hobby of enjoying such fame.

Just thinking about it was overwhelming.

“Yes, well… if I get the chance, I’ll go.”

A polite refusal.

Nevertheless, the Arcadians repeatedly expressed their gratitude.

“Oh, I have something to tell you. It’s nothing else, but I saw a huge monster on the way here. It was three times the height of a human, and its ferocity is beyond description.”

The Arcadian said with a very worried expression.

“Ah.”

Kim Songcheol generally understood.

That monster must be the boss of this dungeon.

“May I ask, do you intend to eliminate that monster…?”

They seemed worried that Kim Songcheol might encounter the monster and die.

They judged that while Kim Songcheol had shown some Thread power, it wouldn’t be enough against that monster.

Furthermore, in an E-rank dungeon, it wasn’t always necessary to defeat the boss.

They could avoid it if they wanted to.

“Hmm, I don’t know.”

Kim Songcheol scratched his cheek with an indifferent attitude.

He hadn’t even known there was a boss monster until just now.

He hadn’t thought about it in an official capacity.

“If you are thinking of eliminating it, may we offer our humble assistance?”

“You’ll help?”

“Yes. We would be honored if you permit us.”

“Should I…?”

Kim Songcheol glanced at his teammates. They gestured as if asking why he was hesitating.

After all, it was a system where the hunter who had the decisive influence in killing the monster took most of the points.

If the Arcadians helped, it would be easier to acquire points.

“Then shall we go together?”

“Yes, thank you.”

The Arcadians repeatedly bowed their heads in gratitude, even though they were the ones offering to help with the hunt.

Thus, Team 25A, now expanded to eight members, began walking across the snowfield together.

Before long, wolves appeared as expected.

They were smaller than wild boars, but still larger than Earth’s wolves.

Moreover, the wolves’ characteristic organized hunting method was quite threatening.

Grrr!

A pack of wolves instantly surrounded the eight hunters.

However, with eight members, the wolves couldn’t properly form a siege.

It was only about fifteen wolves.

Fifteen wolves had been facing four people, but when they tried to have two wolves per person, the numbers didn’t quite work out.

“Lightning Spear.”

Kim Songcheol simply plunged a Lightning Spear into the wolf’s maw.

There was no skill to avoid the lightning magic that flew like an arrow.

The wolf’s body was pierced, and it collapsed.

“Oh…”

At that sight, the Arcadians gasped.

But they couldn’t just stand there with their mouths open forever.

There were still monsters in front of them.

One Arcadian regained his composure and cast a spell.

“Gerion! Puiron!”

With an unintelligible incantation, lightning was shot. The thin lightning bolts electrocuted three wolves in a row but didn’t kill them.

At that moment, Oh Songhui rushed in and plunged her knife into the necks of the fallen wolves.

It was the duty of the first swordsman to deal with monsters when they were incapacitated. Her body reacted immediately upon seeing the fallen wolves.

“How can you take the points?”

Then the Arcadian who had cast the spell uncharacteristically questioned Oh Songhui.

“Huh?”

Oh Songhui looked back, wondering if she had made a mistake.

But the Arcadian’s next words were unexpected.

“You should give them to the descendant of the Great Sage.”

She thought he was complaining that she took the last hit on the monster, but he was complaining that she didn’t yield the last hit to Kim Songcheol.

Unimaginable loyalty.

While Oh Songhui just gaped.

“Oh, it’s fine since we share points.”

Kim Songcheol defended her instead.

“Hmm.”

Nevertheless, the Arcadian glared at Oh Songhui with displeasure but couldn’t argue further.

It was impossible to contradict the words of the ‘descendant of the Great Sage’.

Team 25A, repeating hunting and moving, found a flat, snow-free spot and settled there.

It was time for a meal.

The Arcadians ate their provisions, and the Earthlings ate theirs.

Kim Songcheol was chewing an energy bar when he suddenly saw an Arcadian reading a magic book.

It showed how strong their desire for magic was, as they didn’t neglect their training even inside the dungeon.

‘Perhaps…?’

Watching this, a thought occurred to Kim Songcheol.

Arcadians are friendly to Earthlings, but they don’t teach magic.

This is because in a world where magic is highly developed, there are various factions with different advanced magic directions, and many are hostile, leading to a culture that is reluctant to leak magic.

But what if it’s the descendant of the Great Sage?

“Um… could I possibly get some leftover magic books? We don’t have much magic.”

Kim Songcheol, leveraging his status as the descendant of the Great Sage, directly challenged that culture.

“No, that can’t be. Are you saying that the descendant of the Great Sage lacks magic and cannot learn it? What a pity…”

The Arcadians’ expressions became like grandmothers meeting grandchildren who hadn’t eaten for three days.

“Th-this, at least…”

The Arcadian who was reading the magic book simply held out what was in his hand.

It was a magic book written in the Arcadian language, but it could be read perfectly inside the dungeon.

The book’s title was ‘3-Magnetic Mole’.

It was a 3rd Circle Magic, Magnetic Mole.

A normal Korean would have refused it once, but Kim Songcheol, as if possessed, took the book.

To buy this one book, it would cost tens of thousands of points.

It was enough to clear dozens of F-rank gates.

“It’s a magic not found on Earth.”

Kim Songcheol was already turning the pages and muttering. He had involuntarily begun to pore over the magic book.

Then he suddenly came to his senses and looked up.

“Can I take this?”

“No problem. It’s a magic book that has been printed over 300 times. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you a better magic book.”

The Arcadian who handed over the magic book shook his head as if it were nothing.

He even seemed happy to be able to give a magic book to Kim Songcheol.

“When I return to Verdien, I will tell the other mages. To bring a certain amount of magic books into the dungeon and to hand them over if they meet a human from Earth.”

“Oh…”

The loyalty of the Arcadians far exceeded Kim Songcheol’s expectations.

To voluntarily donate magic books.

Now, a new economy had been created where he could receive magic books just by meeting Arcadians who believed in the Great Sage in the dungeon.

An opportunity to get various magic spells for free.

It wasn’t something that came easily.

“Oh, there’s one important thing.”

Kim Songcheol hastily peeled off the Republic of Korea flag from his shoulder and placed it in one person’s hand.

“You have to give it to someone wearing this flag for the magic book to reach me. If you give it to someone with a different flag, it won’t come to me.”

“Ah, it seems the factions are also divided there. I will instruct them to check this emblem before handing it over.”

Giving a spellbook to a Hunter from another country wouldn’t bring them to the Republic of Korea.

Each one is a point, and even though they use the same magic system, for various reasons, they don’t even share magic with each other.

If a delivery accident happened, only other countries would benefit.

“Yes, I’ll definitely take care of it.”

Kim Songcheol shook hands with each person for fan public relations.

Thinking of the spellbooks that would come flying in, he felt like he wanted to burn even a single thread.