A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 154

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Chapter 154: Line (1)

 

“Why?”

 

“No, well….”

 

‘Did something happen to Sister?’

 

Just as things were getting serious, Choi Yu-il scratched his platinum hair.

 

“No. I think it would be better for you to see for yourself.”

 

“…How anticlimactic.”

 

I chuckled softly. I just hoped it wasn’t anything serious.

 

“I’ll go in and see. Don’t push yourself too hard either.”

 

“Yeah. Even if I push myself, I don’t think I could catch up to Sister…. I have no idea how she managed to do all this work.”

 

“Contact me if it gets too difficult.”

 

Choi Yu-il’s eyes sparkled.

 

“You’ll help me?”

 

“No? I’ll come over and tease you.”

 

“I figured as much….”

 

The guy’s expression drooped as if he had expected it. I giggled and patted his shoulder.

 

“I’m going.”

 

“Yeah….”

 

I waved to Choi Yu-il and walked leisurely down the hospital corridor.

 

‘I wish this wouldn’t end like this.’

 

My steps toward the hospital room felt heavy, so much so that I wished the corridor would go on forever.

 

* * *

 

“Whew….”

 

After taking a deep breath.

 

Creak.

 

I opened the door to the private room where Yu-kyung was. And the scene I encountered was….

 

“…Sister?”

 

One, two!

 

One, two!

 

This is insane.

 

“Oh, Hae-dam, you’re here?”

 

Yu-kyung was doing push-ups. Looking perfectly fine as if nothing had happened.

 

‘What’s going on here?’

 

I gaped in bewilderment. Yu-kyung paid no mind and continued her push-ups.

 

Under her rolled-up patient gown, her clean arms without a single wound were visible.

 

One, two!

 

One, two!

 

Just how many has she done? She looks ready to do them with one arm now.

 

“Ugh….”

 

I felt dizzy for a moment. What was all my worrying for…!

 

‘Right, this is the kind of person she was.’

 

Worrying about Sister Yu-kyung was something that didn’t make sense from the start.

 

Was this why Choi Yu-il had reacted so subtly?

 

Click.

 

I hesitantly entered and closed the hospital room door.

 

Then Yu-kyung, who had been focused only on exercising without even looking my way, suddenly sprang up from her spot.

 

Grab.

 

“…?!”

 

Yu-kyung’s eyes flashed as she suddenly grabbed my shoulders.

 

“Are you really crazy, have you lost your mind!? There are other things to follow. How could you follow me there?”

 

Smack smack.

 

The well-trained S-rank Hunter’s palm struck down on my back.

 

‘Damn, that really hurts!’

 

“Ow, it hurts! Sister, I had my circumstances for all this…!”

 

“Circumstances my ass. Are you really dying to get yourself killed?!”

 

I think I’m going to die from these hands first!

 

How on earth did Choi Yu-il endure these hands? I should have given that guy some nutritional supplements when I met him earlier. For all his hard work.

 

‘I was prepared to get scolded… but I wasn’t prepared to get hit.’

 

Being in this situation, I felt a tiny bit of regret, wondering if I had come here for nothing.

 

“Huh.”

 

Yu-kyung soon withdrew her hand. Though she was still fuming as if her anger hadn’t fully subsided, she seemed to remember that the person in front of her was me, not Choi Yu-il.

 

I rubbed my back and said.

 

“Something felt strange about it. If I hadn’t gone, something really terrible would have happened…”

 

“What kind of nonsense is that. You think I would have gotten hurt just because you didn’t come? I’m fine, so think about yourself first, yourself.”

 

“Still…”

 

She had a point. Looking at Yu-kyung now, I vaguely thought that maybe she wouldn’t have been hurt even if I hadn’t been able to go.

 

Well… I couldn’t think rationally at the time. The anxious feeling of possibly losing someone again tends to cloud one’s judgment.

 

“You’re driving me crazy, really. I was originally planning to beat you up thoroughly at the scene, but Hong I-jo had to carry me away.”

 

Yu-kyung grabbed her forehead and barely managed to sit on the hospital bed.

 

I cautiously walked over again and perched on the chair beside the bed.

 

“But how are you this fine…? Is it thanks to healing after all?”

 

Not even a full day had passed since the incident occurred. I had even imagined Yu-kyung with an oxygen respirator.

 

But here she was exercising instead of wearing an oxygen respirator… It was reasonable to be puzzled.

 

“Healing isn’t omnipotent. Especially in countries like ours that don’t have S-rank Healers, you can’t treat everything with healing alone.”

 

An S-rank Healer’s healing has the same effect as a super regeneration potion. They can regrow severed limbs and perform treatment that’s almost at the level of resurrection.

 

‘But Korea doesn’t have any S-rank Healers.’

 

Except for Yeo Jung-eun, all six S-ranks were combat-type.

 

“Then how…?”

 

When I asked back, Yu-kyung flicked her platinum hair and lifted her chin.

 

“I’m Choi Yu-kyung.”

 

Ah…

 

‘What is she talking about.’

 

No, somehow I was convinced. It felt strange that I was convinced without any explanation.

 

‘Does she have a similar skill?’

 

I mentally asked for understanding and activated Spiritual Sight.

 

[Status Window]

 

Name: Choi Yu-kyung

 

Rank: S

 

[Skills]

 

Regeneration (P) lv.max

 

World Tree (S) lv.9

 

Willow Branch (S) lv.8

 

Four Pillars / General Star Kill

 

‘Her Four Pillars are fine.’

 

Among the skill list, the suspicious one is… this.

 

[Skill]

 

Regeneration (P) lv.max

 

— In fertile soil, the World Tree grows eternally.

 

Accelerates physical recovery. Increases the user’s natural recovery ability to maximum.

 

Yu-kyung’s passive skill that reached the final level 10.

 

‘Natural recovery ability to maximum…’

 

With a skill like this, even a miraculous level of recovery speed made sense.

 

‘She really lives in a world of her own.’

 

Isn’t this almost like fighting with a super regeneration potion injected into her arm? What need for recovery potions, she wouldn’t even need a healer with an ability like this.

 

But…

 

The fact that she was injured to that extent despite this skill being active.

 

“…Sister. Can I ask what happened that day?”

 

It meant the Bishop was a strong enough opponent to overcome this skill.

 

“…Hmm.”

 

Yu-kyung pondered for a moment.

 

“I’m not sure if I should tell you this. But since you’ve already faced the Bishop before, this much should be okay.”

 

She uncrossed her arms and sat with her knees folded. Then she placed her elbows on her knees and rested her chin on her hands.

 

Her green eyes held a serious light.

 

“My attacks didn’t work.”

 

“…What?”

 

My expression hardened.

 

“I mean it literally. No matter how much I used my skills, that bastard… no, that guy couldn’t be touched.”

 

“What do you mean…?”

 

“I don’t really know the details myself. I’ve never experienced anything like that in my life. For a whole 10 years.”

 

Yu-kyung sighed. At the same time, a memory flashed through my mind.

 

‘It’s exactly the same as what happened in Japan.’

 

Back then, Sakura Mei’s skill didn’t work either. As if it was ‘nullified’. Her skill had passed right through the fox mask, no, the bishop.

 

‘Does that young bishop have the same skill?’

 

The nullification skill that the silver-haired bishop was presumed to have.

 

‘This is troublesome…’

 

This meant that every time we faced a bishop from now on, it would be like pouring water into a broken jar.

 

Since attacks that don’t work are useless no matter how many times you try them.

 

“…Huh, but wait.”

 

“?”

 

“Hold on. Something’s strange.”

 

I tilted my head. There was one thing that bothered me.

 

“My attacks… worked.”

 

“What?”

 

“My attacks definitely worked on the bishop.”

 

Yu-kyung’s face became serious. I also frowned and covered my mouth with my hand.

 

‘What’s going on…?’

 

I swung the Golden Dagger and cut the young bishop. I clearly saw blood spurting from his neck.

 

It was the same when I met the silver-haired bishop. I never felt like my skills were being nullified.

 

Except when looking at them with Spiritual Sight, all physical attacks had definitely connected.

 

‘To dismiss it as just the Golden Dagger’s ability… When I first saw the bishop, I instantly cut his wrist with the Spirit General Sword too.’

 

Every situation indicated that my abilities worked on them.

 

‘But why?’

 

As if answering my question, Yu-kyung offered a brief theory.

 

“…There are all kinds of items in the world. If they used a top-grade nullification item, filtering out only S-rank abilities wouldn’t be entirely impossible.”

 

‘Filtering out… huh.’

 

Yu-kyung and I have different ranks, S-rank and A-rank respectively.

 

If the item or skill the bishop possessed was meant to block only S-rank abilities that could pose a major threat, it would explain everything perfectly.

 

“…That could be it.”

 

It wasn’t an impossible theory. My expression relaxed.

 

“So don’t worry too much. We’ll find a solution somehow. How long do they think they can keep blocking my attacks?”

 

Yu-kyung said this while ruffling my jet-black hair and grinning.

 

It was a strangely reassuring smile.

 

I carefully fixed my hair and nodded.

 

“Ugh, so much to do. I need to escape from here first— Damn it. They said I was completely healed but want me stuck here for another week. I’m seriously going crazy.”

 

Yu-kyung flopped down spread-eagle on the bed, grumbling.

 

“Do you know how important I am! Eden doesn’t function without me.”

 

“The Republic of Korea doesn’t function either.”

 

“Right, exactly. You know it too, don’t you?”

 

I chuckled softly. However, I didn’t want to agree with Yu-kyung’s discharge.

 

“Take this opportunity to rest more. Leave the work to Choi Yu-il. Sister, you tend to overwork yourself.”

 

She’d been a terrible workaholic since high school. The Regeneration skill probably doesn’t eliminate mental fatigue.

 

Running at full speed every day would eventually lead to collapse.

 

“Choi Yu-il… I wonder if he’s doing well. No wait, I don’t even hope he’s doing well. I just hope he hasn’t caused any accidents, just that!”

 

“You’re hoping for too much.”

 

“Haaaaah—.”

 

Yu-kyung let out a deep sigh and clutched her throbbing head.

 

“Anyway, let’s discuss the details later… You heard from Lee Cheong-ryu, right? That we’re all going to gather with the Guild Leaders for a meeting.”

 

“Yes, I heard.”

 

“That’ll be the last time. The last time you get involved in this matter.”

 

….

 

Yu-kyung looked at me with stern eyes.

 

“I’ve been saying it all along. That it’s dangerous. It might have been okay until now, but going any further is absolutely impossible.”

 

“….”

 

“You’ve had a lot of difficult times, haven’t you? Don’t worry about it too much from now on.”

 

It felt like she was strangely drawing a line. Even knowing she was saying this out of concern for me…

 

‘Sister must be in just as much danger.’

 

How far would the titles of S-rank and Guild Leader drive them into death ground under the pretext of responsibility?

 

‘I want to help.’

 

At the same time, I want to eliminate them with my own hands. Just as evil spirits should be exorcised, evil people too….

 

“…Yes.”

 

But all I could offer right now was a brief word.

 

* * *

 

Let’s do what needs to be done for now.

 

“It’s been a while since I’ve been here too.”

 

Whether I dig alone with a shovel or tunnel underground, it’s utterly useless except for helping with future military service.

 

Hunter Road.

 

A few days after the Association was attacked, I arrived at the street lined with item, weapon, and potion shops.

 

【HELENA: HELENA】

 

And I found a familiar sign.

 

‘They’ll repair weapons too, right?’

 

Today’s purpose was to repair the Golden Dagger that was damaged because of the Bishop.

 

I wonder if the repair cost will be expensive. But since it’s an S-rank weapon, it would be awkward to go to some mediocre shop….

 

Oh well, whatever.

 

Creak—.

 

I opened the door to Helena Shop and went inside.

 

“Excuse me.”

 

Boom—!

 

At the same time, explosives came flying from somewhere.

 

“…?!”

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