The subjugation group set out after a simple headcount. Gi-Gyu was new to the whole “deducing-a-player’s-level-by-his-aura” thingy, but he tried his best to estimate everyone’s level.

‘Looks like quite a lot of strong players have participated in this hunt.’

The elixir had also improved his ability to sense others’ energy and aura, so Gi-Gyu was now better at guessing the other players’ levels. He was certainly not as good as the players in the support category, but his instinct was fairly accurate. 

After watching Gi-Gyu with curiosity for a while, Jae-Won asked, “Guide, you seem much taller now. Did something happen? And why are you wearing a ski mask?”

“Oh, right.” Gi-Gyu wore a full cloth mask all day to avoid any unwanted attention. He had forgotten all about it. Now that he was inside the Tower, he slowly took it off.

“...”

“...”

“...”

The surroundings suddenly quietened down when Gi-Gyu’s face came to light. It was as if the entire hunting party paused for a moment. Gi-Gyu felt like all the female players, some male ones too, were staring at him.

After seeing his face, Sun-Pil, Ha-Neul, and Jae-Won murmured various interpretations of “Wow” and “Amazing.” 

“Guide?”

“You’re Guide Gi-Gyu, right?”

Their faces were filled with surprise and disbelief. 

Sun-Pil asked cautiously, “So when you said you’ve been busy, you meant you were getting plastic surgery…?”

Shaking his head, Gi-Gyu replied smoothly, “No, it’s not like that. After I passed the fifth-floor test that day, I obtained a job. I think this is one of the effects of the skill I got from my job.”

During his recent vacation, Gi-Gyu spent some time crafting a plausible explanation for his outward transformation. Finally, he decided to just dump it on his mysterious and never-to-be-known “skill.” Unless someone used the detection...