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When Kim Buja declared the Time Attack, many people showed interest, but public opinion regarding the results was largely negative.

—Isn't this competition too tailored to his own standards? Honestly, no matter how fast a record Kim Buja sets here, Fly isn't going to come back to a 2-Star dungeon to compare records. It's a bit of a stretch to call it a competitive Time Attack when you can't really compare.

The reason, of course, was that direct competition was impossible.

Nominally, he claimed it was to set his own personal record, but since the timing made the rivalry with Fly obvious, people wanted a fairer and more objective method they could see with their own eyes!

Of course, this sentiment didn't gain much traction.

—If you argue that way, Fly isn't much different in the first place. They're at levels where they can't compete on equal terms. Just because he's ahead, dismissing the crushing defeat in the event as just a friendly match for fun, and acting like let's have the real match later when you catch up to me is the same thing.

—No need to nitpick about fairness. He doesn't necessarily have to be compared to Fly. I think Time Attack itself has enough meaning just by being recorded on video for other players to watch and challenge. I get the desire to defend Fly after he got pummeled in the event and want to see him win in reality somehow, but at this point, there aren't many ways for the two to compete.

Most people focused on the competition with Fly, but those who didn't viewed the Time Attack purely as a piece of content.

'Let's just watch it for fun!'

'If he keeps building up like this, won't the day come when he truly competes with Fly?'

This became the prevailing favorable opinion.

Of course, even amidst this, there was an atmosphere of comparison, and the favored winner was Fly.

—Still, if they cleared the same dungeon at the same level, wouldn't Fly have the advantage in clear time?

Leaving aside simply being a fan of Fly, this was something even Kim Buja's fans acknowledged.

No, Kim Buja knew it well, too.

'If only I could imitate Fly's Area of Effect skills.'

The difference between clearing a dungeon without resting and clearing a dungeon quickly is distinct.

Especially in a place where there is an overwhelming gap in stats against the monsters, there is only one way to speed up the clear.

Killing as many monsters as possible at once.

The AOE skills that people rave about and admire!

Kim Buja couldn't possibly have something like that.

The only reason 2-Star dungeons were easier than 1-Star dungeons for him was the increased number of Legendary items and the additional status effect probability attached to the Gold Ring.

Even this was good.

Especially when attacking boss monsters or elite monsters, if it triggered even once for just one second, Kim Buja was confident he could cut his current 1-Star Legendary dungeon clear time by more than half.

But that was only when discussing boss monsters.

For a 2-Star dungeon, that alone was insufficient.

To clear as fast as possible, the conditions for hunting single monsters rarely overlapped.

Furthermore, even if he found a way, it wouldn't be fun.

The 2-Star Normal dungeon was a crucial dungeon that opened the door for the 2-Star Dungeon Time Attack content.

Even if the difficulty itself was nothing special, he had to finish it as flashily and cleanly as possible to be recognized by people and make the road to Legendary not boring.

That was why he pondered.

There was no other way.

He had set up a few plans a long time ago, but there was nothing he could put into practice right now.

Nevertheless, Kim Buja proceeded.

The timing was perfect right now.

When everyone's attention was focused, he had to magnificently fill the void of his two-month absence and show them.

That he lacked nothing compared to Fly, who had reached level 70.

While Fly left new footprints in history under his name day by day, Kim Buja was chasing him, filling the blank pages of the history book with content that Fly had failed to inscribe.

The answer came to mind easier than expected.

"If I lack the fangs, I'll substitute them with Gold."

He is the Gold Maker.

Countless AOE skills, magic spells, and so on swirled in his head.

He wanted to use them all, but there was no need.

Didn't he have even more powerful AOE skills prepared?

It was possible if he had Gold.

[Clear Conditions]

☆ Defeat the Ogre King inhabiting the Murky Forest

☆ Defeat 1,500 monsters inhabiting the Murky Forest

▷ This is a Normal Grade Dungeon.

The Ogre King and 1,500 monsters.

He was confident he could slice the Ogre King in less than five minutes once he met it.

Actually, the difference in stats would be that significant.

The problem was the 1,500 monsters.

How to deal with them?

There were two methods.

One was to buy the [Powerful Monster Provocation Perfume] sold in the Gold Shop to attract monsters with sensitive senses from a long distance.

The other was this massive forest.

To pour out a powerful attack indistinguishable from an AOE skill.

Kim Buja made his choice.

"I'll just do both."

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The video was uploaded as soon as Kim Buja came out.

Raw footage, unedited.

Normally, people wouldn't like this kind of video.

It was too long to spare the time to watch it all, and it would likely contain a lot of boring travel footage.

However, people accustomed to Kim Buja's video channel didn't voice complaints.

There were many who watched every single minute without skipping, even for videos longer than this.

It wasn't simply due to loyalty or fandom for Kim Buja.

There was simply no time to take one's eyes off the video.

If they thought about skipping just a few minutes, they would often find a battle had already started and ended, and every single scene of combat featured movements that exceeded expectations.

Moreover, this Time Attack video was especially unskippable.

—59 minutes? Is he crazy?

Total video duration: 59 minutes.

Anyone would think it was an edited version.

However, the video playing in real-time showed that their misunderstanding was merely a misconception.

—It's legit 59 minutes. Even the timer is exactly 59 minutes and 01 second.

—I've got goosebumps. Even if it's a Normal dungeon, he cleared it in 59 minutes?

People had expected this much.

Kim Buja would surely move forward without getting blocked, even in 2-Star.

In the Time Attack, he would smoothly clear at least up to Special grade.

That was the reasonable line when comparing the difficulty increase according to the dungeon grade.

An increase of about 0.5 grade.

That was where opinions diverged.

2-Star Legendary.

The indicator of how much Kim Buja had grown.

Naturally, expectations were low for the lower-grade dungeons.

Everyone knew enough by now.

—A boss and 1,500 kills... That's gonna take some time, right?

—Fly would have literally flown through it.

—Can't Kim Buja learn an AOE skill from somewhere?

He would clear it smoothly, but it would take some time.

Of course, not many people estimated it too high.

Minimum 6 hours, maximum 12 hours.

This conclusion was also reached by people shattering common sense based on the achievements Kim Buja had shown so far.

Fighting and winning against 1,500 monsters without rest.

It was easy to say, but practically impossible even for a game character.

But he did it.

And in just 59 minutes.

How?

People asking that question instinctively moved their hands toward the video.

And they saw.

The entrance of the forest.

He sprayed his entire body with a scent while simultaneously shoving all sorts of potions into his mouth.

At the same time, he ran, throwing bombs in both directions.

The thrown bombs spewed smoke upon hitting the ground.

The billowing smoke met the oxygen and ignited.

Oxygen, grass, and trees.

Taking to the fuel like fish to water, the flames grew massive and relentless as they gave chase—chasing the master who had raised them.

People spoke with one voice.

—Whoa, holy shit. Now THIS is a real Time Attack.

A Time Attack with a self-imposed penalty.

It was a video that made sense of how a historic clear time of 59 minutes was achieved.

—Let's goooooooo!

—Ah, I already used all my annual leave for the event.

—This content is insane.

Kim Buja's plan had flowed exactly as he intended.

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[You have achieved the Achievement: Arsonist (U).]

As soon as he cleared the dungeon and came out, a strange achievement was unlocked.

And a Unique grade achievement at that.

The name of the achievement was understandable.

It wasn't his first time setting a forest on fire, and he had wondered if he would get one the first time, but it only popped up now.

7. Arsonist: When committing arson, you can guide the fire in the desired direction.

It came with an option that was quite a sweet perk, one he could use very effectively for his next arson attempt.

And the linked achievements were also things that made him feel the hard run was worth it!

[You have achieved the Achievement: (60 min) Time Attack (N).]

[You have acquired 5,000 Gold.]

It was all thanks to the arson and the [Powerful Monster Provocation Perfume].

Although he experienced a dizzying moment where he wasted over ten minutes looking for the final Ogre Boss and almost oxidized cleanly along with the dungeon, Heaven and Hell were separated by a paper-thin margin, after all.

If he had died, it would have been a stupid act he could never repeat, but since he came out perfectly fine, he could transform it into a performance that could never be replicated.

"Phew."

Was this the charm of Normal mode?

Rare, Epic, Unique.

As the grade increased, the terrain of the dungeon became harder to utilize.

For a simple example, if he had committed arson in a Unique dungeon, the same picture would never have been painted.

Ordinary fire is instantly devoured by the mana drifting through a dungeon.

That is why such a scene is only possible in a Normal Dungeon. It is also the reason people found it so refreshing.

Fortunately, judging by the reactions, it seems I've made a solid start.

With 5,000 Gold now filling my previously empty wallet, I should be able to shoot a flashier and smoother video in the Rare Grade dungeon.

We arrived at our destination while I was checking the video reactions and planning the progression for the next dungeon.

"We're here already?"

It had been two hours since I left the previous dungeon.

Kim Buja stepped out of the car, having arrived at a dungeon located in a province quite far from Seoul.

There was no need to explain why he had bypassed countless other dungeons to come all the way here.

"This is the next dungeon. It is a Level 2 Rare Grade, about two hours from Seoul. I heard they had a bit of trouble finding a dungeon that matched the clear conditions. I was worried there wouldn't be one, but they told me this Rare Grade one existed, so I bit immediately."

It was because the two clear conditions matched his specific requirements.

Dungeons were scattered all over the country, but generally, clear conditions were not assigned in equal proportions.

This is especially true starting from 2-Star dungeons, where the number of clear conditions increases to two; finding a pair that overlaps with your desires becomes much harder.

It goes without saying for 3-Star and 4-Star dungeons.

Among them, the conditions Kim Buja wanted—even though it was just a combination of two—were rare enough that none existed in Seoul.

To be precise, one of the two was a condition so rare you could count the existing instances on one hand.

"The dungeon prepared this time is a Special Dungeon."

He could be certain of that much.

Even a 2-Star Rare Dungeon would be able to draw as much interest from people as the Normal Dungeon did.

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