Chapter 79
Chapter 79
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< Don’t Make Trouble >
“Peace! You’re the best! Oh this pretty thing! Won’t you come to noona? Hm? Hm? Or is it unni?”
Hanging onto the Horned Flame Lion’s neck, Moon Hyuna was yelling like a tipsy drunkard . Peace shook his neck as if annoyed, but she didn’t budge an inch and laughed loudly .
The air was thick with dirt and dust . Mounds of rocks were piled up and strewn about around the giant toad’s corpse .
In between that, Han Yoohyun and Bak Yerim were staring sourly at each other .
They were two people who instinctively avoided each other because their dispositions didn’t match . But the moment Han Yoojin’s skill was applied, that unpleasantness completely disappeared .
What filled that empty space was a light bond and sense of closeness .
There should’ve been a repulsion, but accepting those feelings was because of the connecting person in the middle, who was none other than Han Yoojin .
It was a type of deception .
Han Yoohyun and Bak Yerim were sufficiently used to sending and receiving positive feelings to and from Han Yoojin . Enough to not notice that that obvious flow was very slightly twisted .
“…Let’s not say anything, the two of us . ”
Bak Yerim said, with the corners of her eyes slightly wrinkled .
The skill effect had disappeared, but the residual feelings were still remaining . They had started to be annoyed by the other party, but the good feeling of a bond from being in sync was still the same .
Especially for Bak Yerim, this was her first time meeting a mighty enemy and pouring out as much of her strength as possible in combat . It was exciting and fun and thrilling . Even now, with the results of that laid out under her feet, her heart was still pounding, and Han Yoohyun, who had been an eyesore, even looked nice . Though she didn’t want to acknowledge it and it felt bad .
The level was less so for Han Yoohyun, but he was in a similar situation, so he bitterly nodded his head .
But the one who had been affected the most, more than Moon Hyuna, who had been completely in tune with a highest rank kiseungsu, and Han Yoohyun and Bak Yerim, who had felt weird emotions in their rivalry, was none other than Sung Hyunjae .
The dead giant toad’s back neck was completely dug up .
The wound’s size was enormous, but bodily fluids corresponding to blood didn’t flow . It was because, of course the wound region, but even inside of that was cooked through as if boiled .
A mark like an extra large beast of a similar size to the Babar had torn into it, instead of a small human . Sung Hyunjae looked at that, and then lowered his gaze toward the young man he was holding .
“Where could something like this have popped out of?”
He quietly mumbled, as if fascinated . It was a tone like he had discovered a new type of lifeform that was incredibly interesting .
He had already known of Han Yoojin’s usefulness . But raising kiseungsu or knowing expected Awakening ranks were all areas he didn’t need to directly influence .
Since the targets that should receive it wasn’t Han Yoojin, but his harvest .
It might have been different if Haeyeon or a different guild had tried to monopolize him, but Han Yoojin was being neutral, so it was enough with maintaining a good enough relationship . There was no reason to purposely bother a farmer who was working well on his own . A contract was already signed, and he just needed to receive the excellent harvest .
But now the situation had changed .
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A chain of command special skill . Except for an exceptional case like this time, it was a skill that wasn’t very necessary for an S-Rank Hunter yet .
‘But it won’t be far before the day it becomes important comes . ’
Sung Hyunjae had known before anybody else, accurately, that the dungeons’ level of difficulty was increasing . He was expecting cooperation between S-Rank Hunters to become essential in not that long of a time .
When that time came, a command skill that influenced even S-Rank Hunters would become the most important . Not just that, it was appealing that the skill user’s stats were low .
There was no Hunter who welcomed someone who could threaten them, directly interfering with them physically and mentally . But Han Yoojin was weak enough to not be even a little bit of a bother . And if you strongly rejected the skill, you could break it off .
It was to the point that sensitive high rank Hunters would think, ‘Let’s tolerantly accept him since he won’t be harmful and is useful . ’ It was suitable to the point of wondering if it was matched on purpose .
And one more thing, sharing the doubled attack skill effect .
Sung Hyunjae’s lips unconsciously formed a smile .
‘The sensation is definitely different from just hearing it in words . ’
There wouldn’t be anybody who wouldn’t find wielding a powerful strength appealing . And among that, force showed the fastest and most certain results, so you couldn’t help but fall for it, once you stepped into it .
On top of that, for Hunters, there existed targets that they could legally exert violence towards, called monsters . And large rewards followed that .
You could wield inhuman strength as much as you wanted, and break and stomp on enemies and get even stronger .
A powerful body that you could control perfectly and highly pure mana that dominated the surroundings, and formed from those as a basis, skills beyond common sense with enormous destructive power . It was obvious that the higher rank the Hunter, the stronger the sense of freedom and pleasure was from combat .
The sensation of a doubled attack skill effect for somebody who was at the peak of those Hunters, was like a type of drug . It was different from when he just knew it was two times . It was to the point of feeling even fury at the truth that he had to throw away the strength he had already gotten a taste of and return to normal .
Why was this a human? If it was a dungeon item, he would’ve taken it no matter what he had to do .
“Is hyung alright?”
Just then, the four including Han Yoohyun came over .
“Naturally there is no injury, and he just fell asleep . ”
“That is a relief . Please hand him over . ”
Han Yoohyun held out his hands as if it was obvious . Sung Hyunjae unconsciously frowned . If he passed over Han Yoojin like this, there was no way to promise when the next time could be . He knew well how excessively that young guy in front of him defended his hyung . Even if Han Yoojin said it was okay, there was no way he would send him obediently into a high rank dungeon .
‘Should I kill him?’
Of course Han Yoohyun, but the other guys too .
The attack skill effect doubling was still being shared . Even if he massacred the other S-Ranks here, the 1st Rank monster’s corpse and that reward was there, so there was enough excuses and evidence .
If it was like that, even the kiseungsu related contract would only have MKC and Hanshin remaining . MKC wouldn’t be able to put themselves forward properly, and Hanshin was at a level that was easy to step on . And the blacksmith couldn’t be a big threat yet .
“I asked you to return him . ”
Maybe he had felt the serious mood, because Han Yoohyun’s expression hardened . Bak Yerim, who had left Peace and was teasing Moon Hyuna, also shut her mouth .
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The Seeker’s Chains wrapped around Sung Hyunjae as if protecting him . Looking at that, Han Yoohyun’s eyes settled into a dark red .
“That’s quite a scary gleam in your eyes . Are you going to come at me, young master?”
“Isn’t it you who is picking a fight?”
“Yes, again . Didn’t I send the signal starting from yesterday? I’m curious as to how much young master has grown . ”
“I would like to satisfy your expectations, but say it after you return hyung first . ”
“I don’t want to . ”
Sung Hyunjae smiled . That growling was also cute . Bak Yerim’s unenthusiastic voice suddenly cut through the tautly strained air .
“If the two of you fight like that, ahjussi will probably turn into about 50 pieces . ”
It was a tone like she was just throwing a rebuke, but the eyes of the person speaking was too cold for words . Next to her, Moon Hyuna spoke purposefully cheerfully .
“That’s right . So why don’t you pass hyung-nim over here and then fight? I’ll keep my mouth shut so the two you do your own thing . I won’t tattle on you, I promise . ”
“Unni, aren’t you being too obvious about telling a lie? You’re really thinking of watching the fight and then even profiting off that . ”
Bak Yerim only smiled with her mouth and took out a mana potion . Moon Hyuna also stabbed the giant spear that she had previously put into her inventory, into the ground in front of her feet . Peace bared his canines a little, too . In the meantime, Kim Sunghan had also arrived . Looking around at the atmosphere, he didn’t ask and glared at Sung Hyunjae .
“Hm? Dear Hyunjae-ssi . Give the glass bead here . It’ll break after coming all the way to the last stretch . ”
At Moon Hyuna’s words, Sung Hyunjae’s gaze went toward Han Yoojin, specifically that person’s wrist . He saw the cracked crude bracelet . It was a long time since 10 minutes had passed .
‘Moon Hyuna is a problem . ’
The other three people, even the Horned Flame Lion, wouldn’t be able to attack properly due to the worry over Han Yoojin . But Moon Hyuna was different . It was obvious that she would aim for Han Yoojin the moment she realized that the doubled attack skill effect was still applied .
‘And to properly use him, a special item will be necessary, too . ’
When he thought like that, his head cooled .
“There’s so many eyes and mouths being noisy, so I guess there’s no choice . ”
Speaking like he was quitting because it was annoying that he was going to get tattled on, Sung Hyunjae passed Han Yoojin over to Han Yoohyun . After draping on the coat he received back, he rested his eyes on the traces of the destruction that he had created, and then turned his gaze right away . Even if he continued to regret, he would only get dragged down .
“Okay, okay, let’s quickly finish and go out . ”
When the situation was settled, Moon Hyuna waved her hand and spoke . Compared to the giant toad, only things about the level of a tadpole, no toad eggs, were left . There was no reason to drag it out .
“There is no doubt . It was aiming for Han Yoojin . ”
Newcomer said, nervously . Next to him, Tree was recovering the number G-15 dungeon, Black Golem’s City . Through an air distortion, a 5 years later monster that had been blocked burst out . It happened to be that a lot of S-Rank Hunters were gathered, so a dangerous guy had appeared, suiting that . If it wasn’t quickly restored, similar things would happen in other dungeons .
“Could they have already noticed? What should we do with our Honey?”
“It’s not that so calm down . It was trying to bring over Han Yoojin, not kill him . And the location was within Honey’s world . Somebody must’ve used a teleportation skill . ”
At Tree’s words, Newcomer’s expression briefly became brighter and then became dark again .
“Then could it be that side? Those guys trying to be filial?”
“Maybe . Since, at the least, it should’ve been an SSS-Rank skill, or highly likely an L-Rank skill . They shouldn’t be able to directly get involved yet, but we should check . There, done!”
Messages popped up on the window that had been pitch black dead .
“Ah, they have already caught the Babar! That was really fast!”
“That’s right . I thought they would’ve had a bit of a hard time with the current combat power . Honey also had a high level of contribution . The attack time was fast with a team including a stat F-Rank, too; the achievement amount should be considerable . ”
The rewards for the dungeon attack and monster hunting were decided according to the achievement amount . Normally, the system automatically calculated it, but in exceptional cases, the administrators directly calculated and picked the rewards .
Tree moved their fingers around and connected appropriate rewards to each person .
“Finally, for our Honey – normal equipment should be useless . ”
“It seemed like he needed high rank integer increase equipment, though?”
“There’s the blacksmith . He doesn’t need it . Rather than that… this should be good . ”
After drawing out all the rewards amounts and connecting one special item, they turned off the window .
-Cheep cheep cheep chirp
Small mumbling tickled my ears . When I opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling . First of all, it seemed like we had left the dungeon
-Chirp! Chirp!
Next to my head, Chirpie flapped . Alright, alright . Stop hitting my face, it hurts .
“Ahjussi!”
“Yoojin!”
It was Yerim and Myeongwoo . I grabbed Chirpie and raised my body . Where was this place? It was a quite wide room without windows . And my clothes… seemed to be a hospital gown so was this a hospital?
When I turned to look, Myeongwoo was on the verge of tears .
“Did I sleep for long?”
“For two days! The hospital said that you were okay, but…… I mean even four S-Rank Hunters followed you in, but why couldn’t they protect a single person?!”
At Myeongwoo’s angry shout, Yerim looked away . I had been tired, but I didn’t know I would sleep for two days straight . Still, it seemed like there wasn’t anything weird about my body . And my head was clear .
Just then, the door opened and Kim Sunghan came in . When he saw me, he smiled brightly .
“So you have woken up!”
And then at Myeongwoo’s dirty look, he turned his head like Yerim .
Well, Myeongwoo was the person with power here . Especially for the two fledgling S-Ranks here, he was even more powerful . Of course Yerim, but even Kim Sunghan with quite a lot of experience, wouldn’t have much S-Rank equipment . S-Rank equipment wasn’t common yet, so S-Rank Hunters were prioritized in taking them .
For them to quickly get all the equipment they needed, the best way was to borrow Myeongwoo’s strength .
“Don’t be like that . Before the 1st Rank monster suddenly appeared, there wasn’t any problem . Even if they are S-Rank Hunters, how could they have predicted such an abnormal thing and stopped it? And they all cooperatively hunted the 1st Rank monster well, too . ”
Even after that, they probably finished the attack well without much of a problem, right? They wouldn’t have picked fights again and fought in that chaos .
“What about Blue?”
I asked, petting Chirpie .
“She was too noisy, so we couldn’t bring her to the hospital . She was a little sullen because she couldn’t see ahjussi, but she’s well . And she eats well too . ”
“Chirpie kept on crying the whole day starting from the second day, so there was no helping it . We got permission from the hospital and Association and brought it over . ”
So it was like that, our Chirpie . You wanted to see dad?
“Did Yoohyun go into a dungeon?”
“Ah, yes . ”
Yerim replied a little sourly . Avoiding my eyes, it seemed like she was hiding something . And speaking of, why was Kim Sunghan here?
“Wasn’t Sunghan-ssi supposed to go as well?”
“Ah… that is . ”
Kim Sunghan also avoided my gaze . What was it?
“And Peace?”
“Peace went along, but that is…”
Yerim hesitated and then continued .
“Guild Leader and Peace, just the two of them went . ”
“……Huh?”
For a moment, I didn’t really understand . So, the two of them, just the two of them…… My heart sank and the Fear Resistance skill message window popped up . Crazy, that brother bastard, really, was he crazy?
“……An S-Rank dungeon?”
“Yes . The other guild members followed inside, but they were all chased out . They said the mood was really scary . Still, they said it was a dungeon that suited them well, so even if they have a hard time, they would be unharmed…”
Even so, it was an S-Rank dungeon . Since an S-Rank Hunter was necessary, at minimum a mid to high grade . Going in there taking only Peace? And what sin had Peace committed? I mean, he wasn’t a guy who would forcefully drag him along…… Even if it was a manageable place, an S-Rank dungeon attack time was long . If it was just the two of them, they wouldn’t be able to rest properly .
Really… Yoohyun, this crazy bastard . If you’re upset about something, say it through words, you brother bastard .