Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 119

It was far.

The Gate Su-ho had been introduced to this time was located in Sejong.

After arriving at Bihaksan Mountain, Su-ho pinpointed the exact location of the Gate through a phone call with Choi Yoon. Not long after, he met with Choi Yoon, who had arrived ahead of him.

“Over here, here!”

Choi Yoon wasn’t alone.

He was with the owner of the Bihaksan Gate, a group that felt distinctly different from the Bang Dueok gang Su-ho had dealt with before.

The Gate owner, Kim Won-hu, let out a dry chuckle as he saw Su-ho approaching.

“Well, damn... You’re actually An Su-ho?”

Choi Yoon had informed him in advance that the buyer was An Su-ho.

Previously, when Choi failed to mention Su-ho’s name, a certain someone (Bang Dueok) had developed unwanted thoughts, leading to problems.

Kim Won-hu extended his hand for a handshake.

“I’m Kim Won-hu. You might have already heard, but when I heard you were the buyer, I wanted to propose selling the entire Gate outright instead of just entrance tickets. What do you think?”

An outright sale.

This meant handing over ownership of the entire Gate.

Usually, private Gate owners would sell tickets to extract as much profit as possible, but because Su-ho was the buyer, Kim Won-hu wanted to sell it all at once.

In his mind, Su-ho would clear the Gate anyway.

Su-ho nodded and replied, “If the price is reasonable, I’ll buy it.”

“How much are you offering?”

“That depends. Shouldn’t the seller set the price first?”

“Fine. Ten tickets' worth. I need to make something out of this too.”

“Ten tickets, huh...”

Ten tickets meant 1 billion won.

Hearing the amount, Su-ho laughed.

“1 billion? Is that someone’s pet name or what?”

“How about 100 million instead?”

“...100 million? Did I hear that right?”

“You heard correctly. You might think 1 billion is fair to recoup your costs, but this Gate isn’t worth that much. I’ll propose another condition.”

“Another condition?”

“I’ll leave all the monster byproducts inside to you.”

“Hmm?”

It was simple.

Why would Su-ho pay 1 billion won just to clear a Gate when he could challenge a Virus Dungeon instead?

The difference was in the experience points.

The monsters in Virus Dungeons matched the player’s level, which made leveling up inefficient despite the time investment.

‘Since both sides are at the same level, it takes too much time for the same amount of experience.’

Su-ho was currently a No-star Awakened, but his skills and power were already above 1-star. Even if it cost a bit of money, clearing Gates was a far more efficient method.

That said, Su-ho wasn’t about to throw money away recklessly.

In his past life, Su-ho had more wealth than he could ever spend. But in this life, he wasn’t there yet.

‘But that doesn’t mean I’ll act like a bandit.’

Sure, he could just kill everyone here and take over the Gate once or twice.

But if he kept solving things that way, no one would trust Choi Yoon to handle their Gates anymore.

‘They’d hide their Gates and trade them secretly instead.’

Even if Choi Yoon was affiliated with Union, a broker with the highest trust rating in the country, trust could easily be lost.

In the long run, such actions had to be avoided.

Money could always be earned, but unofficial Gates that left no traces were too difficult to locate alone—even for a regressor like Su-ho.

So, he proposed an alternative.

Kim Won-hu rubbed his chin for a moment, then nodded.

“You know what kind of Gate this is, right?”

“No idea.”

“You’ll regret it once you find out.”

“I’m not concerned. Just grant me exclusive rights to the boss monster.”

“For 100 million?”

“Yes.”

“If that’s the case... Alright. But we won’t help you at all inside, you know that, right?”

“Yes. Don’t help me under any circumstances.”