The Dark Mage’s Return to Enlistment

Chapter 25 “Stone.”

“Pass on the information to me. Quickly.”

Sssss-

The Night Walker transmitted the information obtained from the officer into his mind.

Due to the low skill level, only fragmented memories were transmitted, but it was enough.

“There’s a dungeon near Yanggu. It’s estimated to have an irregular monster. The scheduled attack date is in 7 days.”

If it’s an irregular monster, there’s a high possibility it possesses magic.

“Another platoon will be in charge of the dungeon attack… Well, this should be enough.”

Kim Minjoon decided to apply for leave as soon as he finished his work.

“Have you prepared all the protective gear?”

“Yes!”

In front of the barracks, the soldiers were wearing protective gear and standing in formation.

Today, their task was fortress construction and repair.

“Be careful with safety. If you drop any special materials, it’s going to hurt a lot.”

“Understood!”

“Yes!”

At the command of Lieutenant Kim Cheolmin, the hunters began to climb the mountain behind the platoon.

“How many damn stones are there? Can we finish it today?”

“No way in a day, we might have to work hard for two days.”

“Why do these damn monsters only show up in the front lines?”

“At least it’s better here. I heard the Chamho area is completely devastated.”

The senior officers spat out their words as they looked at the piles of stones.

The invincible hunter platoon was particularly busy with fortress construction compared to other platoons.

Because gates could occur randomly, dungeons could appear, or monsters could appear.

“Atten-tion! I’m Lieutenant Kim Cheolmin! Yes! I’ll go right away! Keep working, don’t slack off just because I’m not here. Junior officers, take care of safety management. Understood?”

“Yes!”

“Understood!”

The platoon leader who was supervising the hunters’ work left briefly due to an urgent matter.

The sergeant majors, who had been watching cautiously until then, quickly sat down on the ground.

“We won’t finish this today anyway, so let’s take a break.”

“If we finish this quickly, we’ll be sent to the Chamho area for sure.”

Of course, the rest only applied to the sergeant majors.

The juniors continued to work tirelessly on the stones.

“Minjoon, you’re a sergeant now, so take it easy and take breaks.”

“I’m okay.”

When his juniors were moving one boulder at a time, Kim Minjoon carried three to four boulders on his shoulders and moved them.

His work efficiency was truly overwhelming.

“Wow. He’s doing just fine carrying those boulders like that.”

“He’s stacking them better than us who have been here for three years. Was he just born with that ability?”

The seniors looked at him with satisfaction.

“…But seeing him work so hard, I feel guilty in my conscience.”

“Me too.”

They muttered for a moment.

Seeing Kim Minjoon working diligently, the privates felt guilty in their conscience, so they started carrying the boulders as well.

“Ugh!”

“Hey! Are you okay?”

While that was happening.

A scream was heard from somewhere.

They turned their heads and saw one of the juniors falling down while grabbing his foot.

Other seniors quickly approached him to check his condition.

“Oh, he sprained his foot. Even with protective gear, it must be painful.”

“We should take him to the infirmary.”

“Hey, be more careful. Did we rush you to do it quickly?”

“Ugh… No, sir. I’m sorry.”

“I will take him to the infirmary.”

“Minjoon, just ask the juniors to do it.”

“No, sir. I think it would be better if I take him to the infirmary quickly and come back.”

“Is that so? When the platoon leader comes, we’ll tell him what happened.”

Kim Minjoon supported the junior and slowly started descending the mountain.

“Sergeant Kim Minjoon, I’m sorry.”

“It’s alright. Thanks to you, I’ve been enjoying some perks. But at this rate, it will take forever to get down. Just stay still.”

Kim Minjoon patted the junior on the back.

“Sergeant Kim Minjoon! I can go on my own just fine!”

The subordinates were startled by his behavior and asked him to calm down.

“It’s not heavy, so be quiet. Otherwise, I’ll throw it down to the duty station.”

“Okay.”

“Rest today without worrying about anything.”

“Yes, thank you.”

After Kim Min-joon brought his subordinates to the duty station, he headed back to the mountain for work.

“Huh? What’s this?”

Upon arriving at the mountain, the platoon leader, who had returned without notice, was giving a pep talk to the sergeants.

“Did I not tell you to take care of your subordinates?”

“We did!”

“It’s dangerous if you make a mistake! Dolsoe is that dangerous! Why are you doing that when you know it well?”

“We’re sorry!”

The privates and corporals carried Dolsoe quietly, holding their breath.

“Well, I should go and smack some heads too. Since they’re sergeants.”

At that moment.

“Kim Min-joon.”

“Sergeant Kim Min-joon.”

“You’re excused. Go stand over there.”

“Yes, understood.”

Kim Cheol-min gestured for him to go near a tree.

“Smack his head!”

Thwack.

“Get up!”

Thwack.

“Smack his head!”

Thwack.

Warrant Officer Kim Cheol-min rolled the sergeants around the serious construction site like a maniac.

“Ugh… Huff…”

“Lie down on your back!”

“Lie down on your back!”

“Roll to the left! Aren’t you rolling fast enough?”

“We’re sorry!”

Despite giving them pep talks for an hour, there was no sign of them finishing.

“If you guys take it easy, then the subordinates will have to work twice as hard! That’s why the subordinates got injured!”

“We’re sorry!”

“Was I wrong?”

“No!”

“Then roll faster! Since you didn’t get hurt too badly, just let it slide like this!”

“Yes!”

The replacement wasn’t seriously injured, but that was purely due to luck.

If the 100kg boulder had fallen on a different part, it would have surely caused a serious injury.

“It’s their fault.”

I should enjoy watching this.

**

The serious construction work was completed in just 3 days thanks to Kim Minjun’s efforts.

It would have taken 5 days normally, but for him, who had abundant stamina, it was nothing special.

“There must be a reason why I finished so quickly.”

Dungeon information extracted by Night Walker from the officers.

Kim Minjun had already applied for leave to go there.

“Present!”

“Oh, Minjun. Are you on leave today?”

“Sergeant Kim Minjun. Yes, that’s correct.”

“You got rewarded leave from the training camp. Shouldn’t you have used it earlier?”

When he arrived at the duty officer’s room, Lieutenant Kim Cheolmin greeted him with a smile.

“I watched you during the serious construction work, you were working too hard. Isn’t it too much?”

“Yes. I’m perfectly fine, sir.”

“I see. Keep it up like that in the future too. Have a good leave.”

“Yes! I will have a good leave, sir! Present!”

After finishing the leave report.

As he was about to leave the duty officer’s room, Kim Cheolmin stopped him.

“Oh! Wait a minute, Minjun.”

“Sergeant Kim Minjun.”

“You’re currently in the restricted area for address control, right? Are you going straight home as soon as you go on leave?”

“I’m not going home, but I’m going to take a vacation outside the base.”

“Hmm… Really?”

Kim Cheol-min made a facial expression as if he had expected that, and fell into deep thought.

“Parents’ issues are not something I can intervene in. But I can’t just leave it alone either….”

He wouldn’t bother this much if it were any other hunter.

But it would be different if it were Kim Min-joon.

“I don’t know if this is still here.”

Kim Cheol-min suddenly rummaged through a drawer as if he remembered something.

“It’s here. It’s a vacant room in an apartment where my father used to stay. It’s not selling well because it’s an old place, but it’s still being managed, so it’s clean inside.”

“I’m okay with that.”

“What’s okay about it? You’re going to sleep in a PC room or a sauna? Aren’t the motels around here all overpriced?”

Actually, he had thought about sleeping in a PC room for an hour or so, which would be enough.

“See? Just take it without being stubborn. Before I cancel your vacation.”

“Then I’ll take it.”

He decided to take it because he didn’t think he would be allowed to take a vacation unless he received the key.

“Thank you. I’ll use it as neatly as possible.”

“As long as you don’t make a mess, it’s fine.”

“Yes! Then I’ll be going! Loyalty!”

“Yeah. Have a good vacation.”

After reporting his vacation and leaving the base, Kim Min-joon immediately called Night Walker into the shadows.

Sssss-

“Show me the information you collected again.”

Sssss-

“What? When are you going to give me the magi? I gave it to you last time.”

Night Walker complained in a small voice that it was too little.

“Do you want me to climb up to your owner? Do you want me to just show it to you?”

Sssss…

Among the dark wizards, Kim Min-joon was the only one who could mistreat his summoned creatures like this.

He was practically a king in the world of dark magic, so the summoned creatures had no choice but to obey him.

“Alright. Show me more clearly.”

Swoosh-

“Yeah, right there. Stop.”

Kim Min-joon checked the approximate location of the dungeon and immediately moved.

**

“Ah, I hate using portals at times like this.”

Changing buses and taxis several times.

Based on the information collected by the Night Walker, Kim Min-joon searched for the dungeon and moved around.

“Hey, you. Why are you so weak? It used to be over with just a swoosh.”

Sssss-

The Night Walker replied that it was because the owner’s magic stats were low.

“What? Is that backtalk? Are you saying you did well because of that?”

Swoosh…

The Night Walker protested that it was unfair.

“Oh, nice. Since I found it now, I’ll take a look.”

He climbed the rough mountain road for a while.

And in front of him, he saw the entrance of the dungeon.

“Hmm? What’s this? Are those monsters inside carrying magic like that?” He smiled involuntarily as he confirmed the identity of the creatures inside.