Chapter 34
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A Society.
Initially, this system of Society began with the idea of forming a party to make the Monster hunts more effective. But as time passed, the goal and the scope expanded far beyond that initial premise. From the humble beginnings of ‘hunting parties’ where only the Knights and Hunters could join, to a versatile gathering of individuals where its members would communicate with one another in pursuit of the better tomorrow.
So, nowadays, people other than Knights and Hunters, such as Wizards, Blacksmiths, Alchemists (obviously in very low numbers), as well as regular civilians joined Societies. The current situation was that nearly half of the country’s population had joined one or more Societies. Which meant that the number of Societies continued to increase and as such, there were as much as 30,000 active official Societies in South Korea alone.
And among all those active Societies in the country, none were more famous than perhaps the ‘Trilogy’.
Its leader, Kim Yak-Sahn, was also the current Order Master of the Goryeo Knights Order.
Currently the only S Class ranked Society in the country, Trilogy boasted a total member count of 273, and they all came from quite varied and colourful backgrounds. (Surprisingly, even the Societies had a ranking system. The higher the rank, the higher the number of members it could have.)
Its members consisted of: Knights and Hunters ranked at least the upper Mid Tier, Wizards, several big fish from the worlds of politics and finance, famous celebrities, and even Blacksmiths and Alchemists. It was not wrong to say that the communication happening internally within Trilogy could easily control the entirety of South Korea.
Recently, with the advent of couple more behemoths like Trilogy, a growing number of voices were saying that the Societies in A and B Classes should be called a Guild or a Clan instead, for the sake of differentiation. Already, one or two media outlets had tried those terms out to see how it would go with the viewers.
"Congratulations~ October 8 th , in other words, today, is the day the Society ‘The Monster’ is born~!"
"Ah…… Well, thank you."
Sae-Jin was giving his disinterested reply inside the Monster Store; he came here after receiving the phone call of confirmation that his Society had been formally recognised and registered. Within his arms, he carried an armful of the ‘Society Operational Chart’ and ‘leader business cards’. (TL: I TLed Society Operational Chart literally. *단체운영차트*)
"Really, you are just too amazing! From the get-go, your Society has been rated as a D- class!"
"It’s like we’re witnessing the beginning of a legend~!"
Kim Sae-Jin found all this a*s-kissing a bit burdensome. More correctly, as a person who had no clue on the significance of a Society, he just could not fathom why these people were busy making a scene in front of him. It was rather obvious, actually; he had lived a busy, work-swarmed loner life until now, so why would he pay attention to the symbol of the multitude of people, Societies?
"…To start as a D-, is that suppose to be that amazing?"
"Eh? O, of course! Normally, most start at F Class, and if the evaluation is favourable, then E!"
The increase in a Society’s rankings depended on its results. And when talking about the ‘results’, it didn&#
8217;t only mean the successful hunts of Monsters by the Knights, Hunters and/or Wizards, but also included matters such as performing volunteer work as well.