I Have Awakened, but Mosquitoes Are My Enemies

Happy Troubles (1)

The family was overjoyed to know that Junyoung had become a F Rank Hunter.

After the advent of the Age of Gates began, the most promising profession in the world is undoubtedly being a hunter.

Moreover, the fact that Jun-young, whose future was uncertain till now, got such a promising job only increased their joy.

But Lee Kyung-sun looked at Jun-young with concern.

“But do you think you can handle such a difficult job? From what I’ve heard, it’s very dangerous and physically demanding. I do not want you to do such a dangerous job even if it means you won’t make any money.”

He had vaguely hoped that someone in his family would become a hunter since the Hunter had become a promising profession in the current era, but now that Jun-young had become one, he was understandably worried.

Kang Doo-sung nodded his head and then said with a serious expression.

“I heard on the news earlier that there were quite a lot of victims at the Children’s Grand Park Gate today. I’m happy that you became a hunter, but I don’t think you need to risk your life to make money.”

His younger brother, Jun-seok, feels the same way.

“That’s what I think too. I’m happy that my brother became a Hunter, but I don’t want him to go to the gate and make money. It’s a battlefield in there, someone gets killed or injured there every day. I wish that you would stay away from those dangerous gates and just make some easy money with your amazing ability to catch mosquitoes.”

 Eun-ah,the youngest,also nodded her head up and down quickly.

“That’s right!. That’s right!, you can just go to houses and companies that are suffering from mosquitoes and make money like how a regular pest control company does. I don’t want my big brother to work at the gate either.”

Jun-young made a dumbfounded face.

” Even though I became a hunter, you want me to work like a pest control company? How will I make a lot of money that way?”

Kang Du-sung shook his head.

“What’s the point of making a lot of money if you lose your life? Dad is already earning enough money, so don’t be too concerned about that.”

“I agree with your Mom. If you’re going to make money, you’d better do as Eun-ah says and find a safe and easy way to make a small amount of money, and never go near the gate. Do you understand?”

Even though Junyoung became a hunter, instead of being happy, his family seems to be filled with worries.

However, Junyoung knows that it’s because they’re genuinely worried about him.

“You don’t have to worry about it too much. I heard that hunters can earn money by selling their buffs to other hunters outside the gates, so I’m looking into that, and I can also earn money by catching the bloodsuckers that have escaped from the gates.”

“Isn’t it dangerous to go near the gate, though? I’ve heard that monsters can come out of the gate during an outbreak.”

“I plan to avoid such situations in advance and only go to the safe gates, so don’t worry. Oh, and…”

Jun-young raised his right arm, showing off his muscles, and smiled proudly.

“After becoming an Awakener, my physique has improved a lot, and I don’t think I’ll ever have to listen to those comments about my poor physique again.”

“Is that true?”

“Oh my god! For Mom, that seems more unbelievable than you becoming a hunter.”

Kang Doo-sung and Lee Kyung-sun were very happy to hear that Jun-young’s body was improving.

So were his younger siblings.

“Wow! Brother, That means from now on we can go hiking together? Dad always wanted to go hiking with you.”

Hiking with my family was something I never dreamed of doing because of my poor physique.

But it would be possible now.

The thought made Jun-young’s heart race.

He can’t wait to catch a dangerous bloodsucker and level up.

“Brother, please spread the mosquito net on me when I go to work tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

“Big brother, me too!”

“Okay, I’ll spread it for you too.”

“Heehee! Now I don’t have to worry about mosquito bites anymore.”

” Even with double stacking, it only lasts for about 80 minutes. I need to level up more to increase the duration.”

” What 80 minutes? I don’t have to worry about mosquitoes when I go to work anymore. I couldn’t sleep on the subway because I was afraid of mosquito bites.”

Kang Doo-sung shakes his head as he scolds Joon-seok and Eun-ah.

“Jun-young must have a limited amount of mana, so do you think he can just use his skills like that? He shouldn’t use them unless he really needs to.”

He is saying that since jun young has to manage his mana, he shouldn’t spread his mana mosquito net on his family.

JunYoung smiles.

“That amount of mana will quickly recover if I rest for a while, so it’s okay to use it on you all.”

“Is that so? Then I too will reserve a mana mosquito net for when I go to work.”

“Yes, your reservation is completed.”

-Ding Dong!

” Your chicken has arrived!”

The delivery man’s voice came from outside the front door.

“Yay!”

“The chicken is here!”

While I’m eating chicken and drinking beer with my family, I hear a  sound of vibration from somewhere.

“Brother? I hear a vibrating sound coming from the room. It seems like your phone is ringing?”

“Who could be calling at this hour?”

Joon-young walks into his room and looks at his phone.

It had already stopped vibrating and there was a missed call notification.

It’s an unknown number.

“Is it a spam call?”

But he decided to dial it anyway, just in case.

A familiar voice soon came to his ears.

–It’s Yoo Jong-soo, I’m sorry for calling you at this late hour but is it a good time to talk?

The voice sounds urgent.

“Yes, of course. What can I do for you?”

-Nothing, I’m just wondering if you’ll be at the gate tomorrow——.

At that moment, there is a sound as if someone is grabbing the phone from Yoo Jong-soo.

–You must be Kang Joon-young, the specialised mosquito hunter, right? I’m Kwak Sang-woo, the head of the Hunter Management Division of Gwangjin-gu Office.

“Ah, yes.”

Chew.

I ate the remaining chicken in my mouth.

-Since I can hear you chewing something, I’m assuming you’re eating right now.

“Yeah. I was just eating some chicken. My family is celebrating since I became a Hunter.”

-Haha, I see. Beer goes well with chicken.

“Of course I’m also drinking beer. But why did you call me?

Kwak Sang-woo, who seemed to be chuckling, suddenly spoke in a polite voice.

-First of all, I want to tell you that I’m really glad that Kang Joon-young returned safely today, and I’m really sorry. We didn’t expect that the Children’s Grand Park Gate would evolve and overrun, so we put Kang Joon-young in danger as well, for which we sincerely apologise.

Kwak Sang-woo apologised to Jun-young.

‘Well, they are not wrong about it’

If Joon-young wasn’t the vampire’s natural enemy, he’d be dead today.

But that’s the way things are at the Gate, and that’s the fate of being a Hunters.

If you don’t want to take that risk, then you shouldn’t go out there.

It’s the hunter’s choice.

But Joon-young, who has just become a Hunter today, hasn’t even had time to think about that before being asked to cooperate by the officials.

It’s no wonder he’s being apologised to.

Still, it’s unusual for the head of the Hunter Management Division, Kwak Sang-woo, to directly apologise to Jun-young, who is only a F rank Hunter.

– I will never let such a thing happen again. We will fully pay the risk allowance and deposit the mission reward by tomorrow.

“By Tomorrow? That’s fast.”

-Unlike other services, Hunter mission pay is processed immediately and deposited the very next day. Tomorrow, the F rank Hunter national subsidy of 1 million won will also be deposited, and it will be tax-free.

At that moment, a slight smile appeared on Junyoung’s lips.

A verbal apology is meaningless.

But if you show your sincerity with money, then I’ll accept it.

–Again, I apologise for our carelessness today.

“No, I understand, it was unavoidable at the time, but is that why you’re calling?”

-Yes. I thought that I owed you an apology, so I called. As a side note, I was wondering if you’d be able to come to the ward office tomorrow, because there’s something we need to discuss.

“Okay, then by what time should I be there?”

-Is it okay for you to come early in the morning?

“Yes. Can I be there at around 9:00?”

–Yes. Sure. I’ll see you then, and once again, I apologise for what happened today.

“No problem”.

The call ended.

Jun-young held onto his phone and smiled to himself.

“Money will be deposited tomorrow?”

For him, who has been unemployed for a long time, it felt like rain in a drought.

“I’m glad it’s coming quickly.”

The reason for providing monthly government subsidies to hunters, similar to a pension, is to prevent the outflow of hunters to other countries.

Most countries, not just South Korea, provide state subsidies to hunters.

This means that without such special treatment, emphasising patriotism alone would lead to many hunters emigrating to other countries.

‘I heard that if I want to emigrate in the future then I’ll have to give back all the subsidies I’ve ever received.’

But if you don’t intend to emigrate then you don’t have to worry about it.

Jun-young plans to take all the money he gets.

“I have to go to the ward office tomorrow, so I should go to bed early tonight.’

Of course, I need to eat more chicken and beer before I go to bed.

* * *

[Your daily mission has been updated].

[Your level has increased, and as a result, the rewards for daily missions have increased.].

“Hmm?”

Startled by the sudden sound of the notification, Junyoung opened his eyes.

It was 12 at night.

Apparently the daily mission renews exactly at midnight.

If I keep getting these notifications every night then I won’t be able to sleep.

“Turn off daily mission renewal notifications.”

[Notification for daily mission renewal has been turned off].

Luckily, it’s possible to turn off the notifications.

So I won’t be woken up by this tomorrow.

‘I think it said the rewards were increased?’

Junyoung, who was about to go back to sleep, opened the daily mission window just in case.

【Daily Mission】

-Reward: 400 won per vampire slaughtered.

-Reward limit: 100 Vampires

-Today’s Vampire Slaughter: 0/100

【Account balance: 0 won】

“Huh?!”

I thought I’d seen it wrong, but I hadn’t.

The reward amount has increased from 100 won to a whopping 400 won.

“What?”

He stood up abruptly.

The reward limit remains the same as before, but the reward is now 400 won per Vampire, which is a whopping 40,000 won per day.

Somehow, the daily mission reward has quadrupled.

‘It seems like the rewards have increased because I’ve levelled up.’

Of course, the limit doesn’t seem to increase every time I level up.

It’s probably updated every midnight, and the reward is determined by your level at that time.

‘Every time I level up, the reward amount increases by 100 won.This means that as my level increases, the daily mission rewards could become my main income, rather than just a side income.’

Furthermore he felt refreshed somehow.

He fell asleep around 10pm after having chicken and beer, so I’ve had only less than two hours of sleep.

And yet, his body feels great.

This is something he couldn’t imagine happening  before.

After becoming an awakener, he feels like he is living in a completely new world.

‘Since I am already awake, I might as well work out and catch a few mosquitoes.’

100 mosquitoes may seem like a lot, but it’s nothing for him.

With his vampire detection ability, he can easily detect where the mosquitoes are .

‘There isn’t a single one inside the house.’

That’s a given.

This is because he had spread out his mana mosquito net everywhere before going to sleep.

At Level 4, the mana mosquito net spell lasts for 4 hours when cast in fixed locations such as the front door or windows.

It stacks, so for two mana points, you can have a Mana Mosquito Net that lasts for a total of eight hours.

“Let’s Make It Quick.”

I put on my tracksuit and sneakers and opened the front door.

There were 3 mosquitoes hovering in front of the door!

Smack!

Jun-young quickly swatted them away.

“Kiyah!”

“Eek!”

“Squeak!”

They fell down in a heap while making a distinctive grotesque sound

[You’ve earned 400 won].

[You’ve earned 400 won].

[You’ve earned 400 won]

At the same time the sound of  notifications can be heard.

It’s the sound of money coming in.

Is there any other sound in the world that is as pleasant as this?

‘There are more bloodsuckers than I thought.’

As his level increased, the ability to detect bloodsuckers also increased.

As a result, the detection radius is much larger than what it was at level 1.

Not only mosquitoes, but also sandflies, ticks, and other strange bugs,which feed on blood, cannot escape Junyoung’s senses now.

[You have completed your daily mission].

[You will not receive any more rewards today].

It’s done.

l have Finished it in about ten minutes!

-Today’s Vampire Slaughter: 100/100

【Account balance: 40,000 won】

I can’t wait for midnight to come.