Chapter 32. What a Slowpoke
Dungeon achievements were important for the association’s ranking system because they represented one’s experience and career track. The more dungeons someone had cleared, the more experienced and skilled they were. At the very least, it’d be logical to think so.
However, that wasn’t the whole reason. To increase Compatibility, one had to relentlessly hunt monsters of equal rank or higher.
One of the many madmen in this wide world even experimented with it. In the past, a foreigner spent all his time exclusively clearing F-rank dungeons. After three years, his Compatibility didn’t even increase by 1%, so he eventually gave up.
After that, official organizations also conducted several experiments on this. Eventually, it was officially established that Hunters wouldn’t gain experience points from hunting even hundreds or thousands of monsters weaker than them.
The frequency and rank of the dungeons someone had cleared gave a good estimate of their level. That was why the association emphasized the importance of dungeon achievements.
How is Gwak Dong-Gyu only a D-rank despite his Compatibility?
It didn’t make any sense. Someone with a 48% Compatibility would be required to hunt in C-rank or even B-rank dungeons. Above all, the association would never classify someone capable of defeating B-rank monsters as a D-rank. Kim Do-Joon knew of only one other case where the Hunter’s rank and Compatibility didn’t match.
Me.
Even though Kim Do-Joon’s dungeon achievements weren’t noteworthy, his Compatibility was pretty high. After clearing the Collapsed Temple and gaining another 1% in the Orc Kingdom, his Compatibility had gone over 40%. Nevertheless, he was still ranked E.
This guy must’ve increased his Compatibility using another method besides dungeons.
Kim Do-Joon used the labyrinths to get to his level. He had no idea what method Gwak Dong-Gyu used, though.