"Start with a breath, end with a labyrinth."
The background of this story was on South Korea. And for the time setting itself around 2040. So basically, this is the earth 10 years after the big disaster happened. And what is a disaster? Maybe it will be obvious at the end of the story.
For those who are 17 years old and have ambitions, then a gift from God? Will be given. And below is the level of rarity of job acquisition.
Normal (N)
These are individuals with the most common jobs and are often represented by a 1-star rating.
Rare (R)
These are individuals with rarer jobs and are represented by a 2-star rating.
Super Rare (SR)
These are even rarer than the previous level and are represented by a 3-star rating. Individuals at this level possess sufficient strength to prompt security forces to take action.
Super Super Rare (SSR)
This level allows someone to be recognized as a top-tier hunter and has significant influence in society. It is marked with a 4-star rating.
Ultra Rare (UR)
Marked with a 5-star rating, those at this level are referred to as national heroes. The strength possessed by someone at the UR level is capable of withstanding attacks that threaten the nation. Currently, the known dungeon that can cause a disaster is a level 6 dungeon.
Those who have chosen job cards of different levels can be called hunters. Additionally, if the rarity is N, there is still a possibility to upgrade it by increasing the level and using it efficiently and variably.
The rarity of a job changes with level progression. If someone with an R rarity specification reaches a certain level, their rarity will be upgraded to the next higher tier.
N rarity will receive a promotion upon reaching level 10. They will obtain a unique skill with both active and passive skill types. To advance to SR, an R rarity must reach level 50 and acquire a skill. To reach SSR, the required level doubles to 100. After reaching SSR, a final skill is obtained. This is what makes SSR-tier characters stronger and always respected, due to the difficulty of leveling up.
And after relentlessly leveling up to 250, the tier is changed to UR. UR hunters are treated as heroes and are always given special treatment to protect them from external interference. In addition to obtaining the ranks below them, UR hunters also gain a special trait that further enhances their abilities.
If a hunter starts with an SR rarity or higher, the level calculation remains the same and will change only when the level exceeds the limit for each rarity.
Ten years into the hunter era, only a few have reached UR rank. Major nations like the US, China, and Russia have no more than 10 UR-ranked hunters. In South Korea, they have only 3 UR hunters. Among the three, one can be dubbed the strongest. With its extraordinary trait, it's no wonder it earned that title.
However, for those who have reached level 500, there is a level that transcends humanity. But this is a story that will unfold in the future. Of course, with the emergence of far stronger enemies and beings capable of destroying human civilization. To face them, strength beyond human comprehension is required.
Dungeon breaks are caused by failed raids. The timing of the incident cannot be predicted. It can occur that a dungeon break occurs even if the raid fails when it is first entered or it takes several failures to trigger a dungeon break.
Besides job levels, dungeons also have levels. And the highest level right now is level 6.
For level one and two dungeons, it is usually used by beginner hunters to mine levels up to 10. There are no bosses in these two dungeons and the monsters that inhabit them are also quite weak but still have to be careful because of the large number.
Dungeons of the third and fourth levels already had a boss in them. However, bosses at this level don't have enough intelligence like humans. They only fight according to their natural instincts.
In level five and sixth dungeons, the boss already has human-like intelligence even though in level 5 dungeons his intelligence is still lower.
Every dungeon that has a boss, usually has two phases before it finally collapses and the dungeon is completed. Behind the dungeon doors, the world could be completely different and the time it took was almost the same as the outside world. Despite the vast world, the dungeon could have collapsed due to a huge clash of forces. Although there has only been one case of dungeon collapse.
Things obtained from inside the dungeon:
1. Mana Crystal
It can be obtained from the world inside the dungeon or dropped by monsters.
2. Skill
In rare cases, a skill will be given as a reward to the dungeon starting from level 5 and above.
3. Elixir
Just like potions made by humans from mana crystals, in some cases the elixir is also dropped as drop items when fighting bosses.
4. Weapon
Although weapons can be forged or made by humans, soul weapon levels can only be obtained from level 6 raid dungeons.
5. Artifact
An item that even exceeded the drop skill and weapon. It has various functions depending on what dungeon it drops. There was no classification on artifacts because until now there had been no artifacts that didn't have great power.
6. Loot
Objects dropped by mobs or monster bosses in the form of parts of their bodies and what they wear.
There are only 3 levels of weapons that humans can create on their own:
Human Level
Earth Level
Sky Level
Of the three levels, only the heaven-level weapons had one passive skill. The skills of these weapons usually arise from the materials they are made from and can also be extracted from the outside. Like if you get a skill from the dungeon boss, then the owner of that skill can put it in his weapon.
And for soul-level weapons, they could only be obtained from level 6 dungeons. This weapon was the highest level that not only had skills but also had its own consciousness. Not many hunters had soul-level weapons, but the world's top ranked hunters usually had more than one of these rank-level weapons.