The Magic of the Garbage Collector

The Magic of the Garbage Collector

Chapter 1.

In a world where magic is the most important thing, a young man aspires to become a garbage cleaner instead.

The boy's name is Clean. He is someone who loves cleanliness dearly. Whenever he sees trash, he cannot stand it and immediately picks it up and disposes of it properly.

Clean lives in a city called Green Tree, which is one of the regions of the SKY BLUE Kingdom. True to its name, this kingdom indeed has a blue sky due to having only two seasons: rainy and dry.

Green Tree City is a city of a thousand adventurers. Adventurers gather here, and there are many magic guilds. They gather adventurers from all over the kingdom to hunt monsters and explore dungeons.

Green Tree City is bustling with adventurers for a reason. It is located in the most peripheral part of the Sky Blue Kingdom, directly bordering the black forest where monsters reside.

Inside that forest, the frequency of dungeon appearances is very high, ranging from Level D to Level A dungeons, and occasionally, mysterious Level dungeons emerge.

However, despite the greatness of the adventurers in Green Tree City, Clean is not interested at all. He prefers to be a garbage cleaner.

Household waste, organic waste, inorganic waste, even societal waste – he cleans it all. He also cleans up trashy men.

"You're heartless for cheating!!" screamed a hysterical girl.

"Who's cheating, I'm just—"

"Just what? Cheating, right?" the girl interrupted.

Coincidentally, Clean passed by, pulling a cart while occasionally picking up trash and disposing of it.

"You came at the right time, Clean, clean up this trashy man," commanded the girl emotionally.

Clean was ready to clean up all kinds of trash. "Yes, ma'am."

SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP BOOM, Clean cleaned up the trashy man with the palm of his hand.

That's how Clean spends his daily life. He's very famous; everyone in Green Tree City knows Clean because he's been of great service in cleaning up all the trash in the city.

Morning is Clean's favorite time because he meets many neighborhood mothers who come out to dispose of trash.

"Good morning, Ma'am," Clean greeted warmly.

"Oh, good morning, Clean. Wow, you're such a diligent young man. I wish I had a son-in-law like you," teased the mother.

"YUCK! GROSS!" her daughter responded immediately.

That's the fate of a bachelor garbage man. Although he's well-known among the neighborhood mothers, he's looked down upon by the girls.

As usual, when the sun is about to set, Clean disposes of all the trash and burns it.

Evening is also the time when adventurers return from the forest. They usually pass by where Clean burns the trash.

"Hey Clean, how many kilos of trash did you collect today?" greeted a muscular adventurer with an axe in his hand.

"Kilos and kilos," Clean replied jokingly.

The friendly adventurer is named David. He is one of the most respected adventurers in the city. David has even reached Rank B and is about to enter Rank A.

David is also very kind; he's even friendly to Clean, who is just a garbage man.

"Thank you for your hard work. Here's a little treasure from the dungeon. Use it for your daily needs," David handed a golden cup to Clean.

"No need," Clean refused.

It's always like that. David is kind, but Clean never accepts his good intentions.

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As the day wears on, Clean is still at the trash burning site. Today he worked hard; as days go by, the trash in the city is getting more and more, while he's the only one collecting it.

Feeling tired, Clean sits under a tree, gazing at the blazing fire burning the trash.

As it's getting late, his eyes begin to feel heavy. The boy decides to rest his eyes, but—

BOOM!

An explosion is heard clearly from the direction of the black forest. Spontaneously, Clean jerks awake and opens his eyes again.

He then stands up, trying to figure out what's happening over there. Fearlessly, Clean walks into the forest alone.

He tries to find the source of the explosion and discovers a huge dungeon gate emerging. The gate emits a red light, indicating it's a mysterious-class dungeon.

For the time being, Clean doesn't do anything; he just stands in front of the gate.

But after a few minutes of standing there, he starts to feel bored. He thought adventurers would come, but he's wrong. At that moment, he's the only one there.

Clean is indeed a brave boy. Curious, he tries to enter the dungeon. Slowly, he enters, but as soon as he does, the dungeon gate suddenly locks.

"Darn it! What should I do?" he mutters to himself.

Throughout his life, he has never learned magic, not even the basics, and now he's trapped in a very dangerous dungeon.

"What else can I do but find a way out of here," he says casually.

The inside of the dungeon is very eerie, with dangling roots and a mess of wood and leaves scattered everywhere.

"So dirty. Well then, it's time to clean up."

Cleaning up is a habit of Clean's. He doesn't care where he is; if there's trash, he'll clean it up.

But as the boy is busy cleaning up trash, danger approaches. From behind him, thousands of spider monsters crawl and prepare to attack him.

BOOM! An attack from one of the spider monsters causes an explosion right in front of his face.

"What the heck! Can't you all be quiet!" Clean scolds irritably.

The monsters are confused; they don't understand why Clean isn't afraid at all.

"HISSSSS," the monsters hiss to intimidate Clean.

"What hiss hiss hiss? Watch out, if you dare to dirty this place, I'll kill all of you—"

Before Clean finishes scolding, one of the monsters scatters the trash he has collected.

Spontaneously, this makes Clean even angrier. "You need to be taught a lesson," he says angrily.

Clean grabs a piece of wood and starts hitting the monsters until they flee in panic.

"Go away, you dirty monsters! Respect cleanliness!" he shouts.

Clean manages to kill 5 spider monsters. The monsters die in a gruesome state, their heads crushed by Clean's blows.

Because the monsters' corpses make a mess, he also cleans up these monsters.

"Welcome to the strongest mysterious dungeon in the world. Congratulations on your first monster kill. Please choose the reward you want," suddenly a voice appears along with a blue hologram in front of him.

Inside the hologram, there's a menu to choose rewards: physical level enhancement and magic level enhancement.

Clean doesn't understand; he intends to ignore the rewards, but—

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am the beautiful Admin of the strongest mysterious dungeon in the world. Please choose your reward," the voice from the hologram speaks again.

"I don't need it," Clean replies flatly.

"You foolish child, do you think you'll survive in this dungeon without enhancing your level?" the Admin scolds.

"This place is so dirty," Clean ignores the Admin's words.

"You stupid child, why did you choose physical enhancement? You should have chosen magic," the Admin shouts again.

Clean presses the Turn Off button

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