Food Truck Owner Inside the Dungeon

Ji-eun fainted.

There was no other way to describe it.

Unintentionally, after finishing her evening walk and returning home, she took a long warm shower and lay down on her bed for just a moment before completely passing out.

After preparing ingredients for 200 servings, cleaning the truck’s cooking area, recycling, and happily cleaning the kitchen for an hour with her newly acquired invincible towel, she was exhausted.

On top of that, it was her first time entering a dungeon, which had left her both physically and mentally tense.

Having walked while holding Kkamang, she had completely lost her consciousness, like a computer that had been unplugged. Ji-eun finally opened her eyes to the late morning sun high in the sky.

“Just five more minutes… no, ten minutes.”

It was nearly lunchtime.

Kkamang, who had also been sleeping on the bed, placed its front paw on Ji-eun’s face, trying to wake her up. If it hadn’t been for that, Ji-eun might have slept even longer.

Blinking her eyes, she struggled to sit up in bed, still feeling dazed.

“Yawn…”

Taking a moment to transition from dreamland to reality, Ji-eun let out a long yawn and finally planted her feet on the floor to stand up.

“Wow… I really passed out.”

“Lack of exercise, lack of exercise.”

“I am exercising!”

Kkamang tilted its head at Ji-eun’s response as if asking, ‘What kind of exercise are you doing?’

To brush her teeth, Ji-eun squeezed toothpaste onto her brush and shrugged her shoulders as she replied.

“Breathing exercises.”

<…….>

“There’s probably no one who breathes as diligently as I do!”

As Kkamang tried to follow her into the bathroom, Ji-eun picked him up with both hands while holding her toothbrush in her mouth and set it down in front of the bathroom door, closing the door firmly behind her.

“And I’m going to wash up. Don’t come in. You shed too much fur.”

Entering the bathroom with her toothbrush in her mouth, Ji-eun looked in the mirror and frowned, mumbling to herself.

“Hmmm… What should I make for today’s menu?”

After thinking for a while, she still couldn’t decide on a menu. Of course, any food was possible, but the quantity was what mattered most.

“I prepared so much, but if I move to a place where no one is available like yesterday, it’ll all go to waste.”

When she woke up, Ji-eun confirmed that the sandwich ingredients she had in her inventory until last night had vanished.

Although she had done it to complete a quest, preparing ingredients for 200 servings was no easy task.

In the morning, she intended to simply spread butter on some bread to toast for breakfast, but upon seeing her empty inventory, she was very flustered.

Not only the ingredients but also the sandwiches she had made and stored in her inventory had completely disappeared.

“So that’s what it meant when it said that daily ingredients would be provided in the menu description.”

She wasn’t sure what time it was the cutoff, but it seemed that once the date changed, any ingredients received that day would vanish.

Ji-eun didn’t particularly care about meal times, but she couldn’t let Kkamang, who had woken her up because he was hungry, go without food.

First, she stopped by the bakery in front of her house and put down the milk and bread she bought at the store in front of Kkamangi, and spoke.

“We need to decide on a payment method too.”

She wondered if anyone would even bring a wallet into the dungeon.

After all, the reason she had received gold coins worth 1 million won each yesterday was that there was no cash or card available.

As Ji-eun pondered this, Kkamang lifted a piece of pizza bread and took a big bite, saying nonchalantly.

“Hunter Market Points?”

Hastily, she opened the Hunter Market window and checked the points displayed at the top.

[Remaining Points: 0]

Currently, Ji-eun has 0 points.

When she had earned 8,910,000 won yesterday, she had 8,910,000 points.

“Oh, those points were cash.”

“Got it… It feels just like a game.”

Ji-eun took out the ‘error-free card reader’ from her inventory and pressed the payment button, which looked just like any other credit card.

The payment methods were divided into ‘Card’ and ‘Market Points.’

The usage was no different from a regular credit card. For a regular card payment, she would enter the payment amount, select the payment method, and swipe the card.

For Hunter Market Points, she would select the transfer amount, and enter the registered ID in the Hunter Market, and it was a simple process.

“Do I really have anything to buy in the Hunter Market?”

Registering her ID in the Hunter Market was incredibly easy, just like logging into a typical website by setting a username and password. Soon, Ji-eun finished registering her ID and took a bite of the fragrant mocha bread.

“Now that I know how to use the card reader properly, shall we head out to do business?”

“To be honest, I’m still a little scared, but thinking about selling food to customers makes it exciting.”

Rather than being driven by the goal of making money, she felt a sense of pride in the process of cooking and selling.

Carrying a large bag with a few pots and an additional empty rice cooker, Ji-eun spoke to Kkamang.

“Go ahead in the car. I’ll take a taxi and be there soon.”

Kkamang, who seemed about to say something, sighed and disappeared. It must have moved back to the truck.

“Alright, I’ll head out too!”

Having already eaten a simple meal and decided what to cook today, Ji-eun picked up her heavy bag and grabbed the rice cooker with one hand, rising from her seat.

*  *  *

After getting out of the taxi and struggling with her bag and rice cooker at the Hangang public parking lot, Ji-eun opened the rooftop of the truck’s cooking area. Kkamang, sitting on the designated cushion next to the calculator, looked on while panting.

“I haven’t brought everything yet.”

“I’m not bringing anything; I need to go buy more. Thanks to you, I made a lot of money. I’ll be driving, so just hop in the passenger seat.”

Ji-eun quickly stacked the pots and bowls she had brought neatly on the inner shelf of the cooking area. She placed another rice cooker next to the lonely one, smiling broadly.

“Anyway, the safe zone is a 5-meter radius inside the dungeon.”

“Let’s go buy a table and chairs.”

She has been thinking about it since yesterday.

Before her awakening, her food truck had only considered takeout, but now it was different.

‘If this is a bulletproof truck, wouldn’t it be possible for customers to sit at tables and eat comfortably within the safe zone?’

After contemplating, she concluded that there was no reason it couldn’t work.

Thanks to the miraculous sales on the first day, she had plenty of money. If she bought tables and chairs and set them up within the safe zone, her food truck would effectively become an outdoor restaurant.

“Kkamang, isn’t that amazing? Right?”

<…….>

“Totally filled with vibes.”

<…….>

“Isn’t it like a food stall inside the dungeon?”

Ji-Eun was someone who took a while to decide but acted immediately once she set her mind to something.

After finishing organizing the cooking area, she closed the rooftop and jumped into the driver’s seat, starting the engine without hesitation.

At that moment, she was excited about her outdoor restaurant idea.

“Let’s go!”

“What? Kkamang, I can’t hear you!”

Ji-eun arrived at the store in just 10 minutes, despite it being a 30-minute drive.

She bought ten sets of appropriately sized plastic chairs and tables from a general goods store that had almost everything.

Now she was fully prepared to operate at least ten tables. Of course, it was quite a struggle to load everything into the car by herself.

“Today’s menu is beef seaweed soup and stir-fried pork set meal.”

Since she had chosen an outdoor location, there was no need to stick to simple menu items like sandwiches or rice balls.

Packaging stir-fried pork or seaweed soup wasn’t difficult, and above all, she wanted to sell warm soup and meat dishes to hunters struggling inside the dungeon.

[Skill (Passive): Opening and closing times are activated!]

[Skill: Wherever the wheels go (Lv.1) is activated!]

Checking the ingredients for beef seaweed soup, stir-fried pork, and various side dishes one by one as they entered her inventory, Ji-eun clasped her hands and murmured.

“Please let me go where there are many customers.”

A moment later, the food truck containing Ji-eun’s wishes vanished from the parking lot of the general goods store.

*  *  *

Fortunately, the second dungeon she entered was not the fourth floor.

However, it wasn’t the first or second floor, where she had hoped to find many people.

It was the third floor dungeon, one level below yesterday.

The third floor dungeon was a place where many mid-tier guilds often formed parties to enter.

“Well, that’s a relief, or not.”

Ji-eun let out a big sigh.

After checking the internet forum repeatedly, she found that the name of this dungeon was nowhere in her notebook, which contained all the names of dungeons explored so far.

An unexplored area on the third floor, [The Swamp of Mandoch].

In the place illuminated by the light from the truck, a purple swamp was unpleasantly bubbling.

The dark reeds swayed ominously in the dungeon.

“Ha, haha… It’s similar to Hangang Park, right, Kkamang?”

“Y-yeah, but if you look closely, there might be some similarities!”

Trying to comfort herself, Ji-eun spread out the tables she had bought within the safe zone, her shoulders were drooping.

“Kkamang…”

“This skill, Wherever the Wheels Go, doesn’t it only take you to unexplored areas?”

“So I’m just unlucky!”

Ji-Eun, thinking that today would also be a bust for customers, dropped into a chair after moving the tables and shouted.

I’m just unlucky! Unlucky…! Yes…!

Her voice echoed through the dark dungeon.

It was unfortunate that even when entering the dungeon, both yesterday and today, the entire map was dark.

To make matters worse, she had ended up in a remote area with the same dark night field as yesterday.

For a while, Ji-eun’s whiny voice echoed in the empty dungeon.

“It’s so frustrating trying to sell in the dungeon!!”