A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18: Dungeon Break (2)

 

“What the hell are you doing!”

 

Jung Su-hyuk shouted enthusiastically even while flying through the air. Fortunately, he didn’t crash and spun his body around to land gracefully.

The orc where he landed made a stupid “Uuuh?” sound.

Jung Su-hyuk rotated his body and thrust his sword in one swift motion.

 

Kuuuung—

 

The piercing sword created a heavy impact.

The orc was properly penetrated by that shockwave. It was pushed back and crashed into a street lamp with a loud thud.

 

“Jung Su-hyuk? That’s Jung Su-hyuk from Eden?!”

“Holy shit, we’re saved!”

 

That scene was enough to draw attention.

When the white suit boldly defeated the dark green orc, people’s gazes gathered. Those who had been in panic quickly burst into cheers.

Jung Su-hyuk raised the corners of his mouth as if proud.

 

“He does well when he tries.”

 

I also let out a light laugh and jumped toward the battlefield.

 

* * *

 

Kururuk—

Uuuh—!

 

An orc grabbed and pulled at a firmly rooted street tree. The massive tree, several times taller than a person, was helplessly uprooted.

The orc lifted that tree above its head and roared as if showing off its strength.

People’s screams grew louder.

 

‘There are damn too many of them.’

 

I could quickly deal with one or two orcs. They were the grade that would fall with just a few sword strikes. I could clearly feel they were weak compared to my current abilities.

However, the problem was there were too many of them. Since two gates burst in succession, their numbers were doubled too.

 

‘If I summon a divine spirit and send it…’

 

“Status window.”

 

 

Tsk. It wouldn’t work.

I recalled when I summoned the Mountain Lord. Just the summoning alone consumed half my mana. Spirit summoning devours mana excessively.

I couldn’t use that skill freely yet.

 

‘If I could do it.’

 

These orcs wouldn’t be any problem at all. Since the number of fighters would increase.

 

‘I need to raise my mana stat more.’

 

In the future, to eliminate more monsters…

 

“Aaaahhh!”

 

An orc threw a tree toward a person running away. The man who was running with his back turned screamed when he saw the object flying toward him from behind.

I gripped my sword tightly and leaped.

 

Seoreok—

 

“Hurry and get away!”

“Th-thank you, Hunter!”

 

The man staggered and barely escaped. I stepped on a piece of broken wood and jumped up once more.

 

Hwaaak—

 

A navy blue aura gathered around the blade. The orc stupidly stared at the navy blue light blocking its vision.

 

Puuk.

 

The sword instantly pierced the orc’s neck. Sticky green blood leaked out. When I dug deeper with a scraping sound, the head completely fell off.

I wiped the liquid that splattered on my face.

 

 

A status window message appeared.

1? It only increases by one? Ha, too stingy.

It seemed I’d have to slice through dozens of them. Well, since they’re C-grade, I guess that’s natural.

 

| How can such things ravage the world. |

 

The divine spirit’s voice echoed in my head. It was a deep lament.

 

| Has Goryeo changed this much… |

 

I’m sorry. But there were countless bastards involved in making the country like this…

 

‘If you knew everything, you’d have a heart attack.’

 

“Divine Spirit, I have something to ask you.”

| Speak. |

“About this technique.”

 

I opened the skill window.

 

 

“The last one. I read the explanation but I don’t understand… Is this really possible?”

| Yes. I melted down all of my arduous life into it. It reminds me of Goryeo’s final battle. |

“…Hmm.”

 

I pondered deeply. However, since I didn’t have time to study skills right now, I closed the status window for the moment.

 

‘I’ll figure out how to use it as I fight.’

 

I kicked the orc’s head that was rolling around on the ground. The head rolled and got stuck in a corner.

Sadly, I couldn’t damage it. Monster corpses were all money too.

 

“Why are there so many! We’re all going to die, we’re all going to die!”

“Sob, mommy…”

 

The voices of people never ceased. Due to the location, there was a lot of foot traffic.

Association people in black suits were hurriedly cleaning up the scene, but it wasn’t enough.

I kept my mouth shut and left the spot.

 

‘I don’t have time to just stand around.’

 

“Battle of Hongshan.”

 

1376, present-day Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province. General Choi Young’s battle to subjugate Japanese raiders.

Along with the Battle of Hwangsan and the Battle of Jinpo, it was considered one of Goryeo’s representative ‘great victories.’

The one who held a sword and cut down enemies became a divine spirit, and memories of past events became skills that dwelled within the sword.

 

Kwaang—!

 

Sword energy shot out like a whip, cutting through the surroundings. The group of orcs chasing people didn’t notice the light following them from behind.

Four in total.

 

Kueek!

 

A short shriek was heard. The orcs only left behind death cries before collapsing.

It was right after my skill cut the orcs’ waists in half.

 

 

It didn’t seem like it was guaranteed one mana stat point per monster. How stingy.

 

| That was good application. |

“What do you mean.”

 

I answered awkwardly to the serious praise.

 

“I-I’m alive…”

“Huff. Huff.”

“Ugh…”

 

Sticky dark green liquids covered the street. Seeing monster corpses in an everyday scene was definitely more unpleasant.

I reached out my hand toward a person who had collapsed on the ground and couldn’t get up.

 

“Are you alright?”

“Ah, ah, that… I’m, I’m fine…”

 

She seemed to be in complete panic. The woman who appeared to be in her thirties grabbed my hand and stood up.

She kept looking around anxiously. I spotted an ambulance arriving on one side.

 

“Are you hurt anywhere? If you go over there, they’ll take a look at you.”

“My child, I lost hold of my child’s hand…”

“Pardon?”

“Yu-jin, Yu-jin…”

 

She muttered like that and tried to leave the spot. I hurriedly blocked her and asked again.

 

“Wait, a child?”

“Yes, yes. A little girl wearing yellow, yellow clothes… I should have held on tight, sob.”

“Well, for now. You can’t wander around right now. Something really terrible could happen to you. I’ll look for her, so please evacuate over there.”

 

This was a scene where dozens of orcs were roaming around. If a civilian wandered around here, irreversible damage would occur.

I made eye contact and explained, but her hands were still trembling.

 

“Ah…”

“Excuse me, could you please go with this person?”

 

I asked a student wearing a college jacket who was evacuating to take care of the woman. The student nodded saying he understood and supported her.

I watched the crowd of people head toward the ambulance and turned around.

 

“…”

 

I chewed my lips. It tasted bitter.

I had to find the child.

 

* * *

 

The sound of a shockwave was heard.

Thud. The sound of collapsing and breaking came with it. Jung Su-hyuk was still continuing his battle as well.

 

I looked around intermittently while defeating orcs.

 

Screech—!

Clang.

 

“Thousand Years Mount Tai.”

 

I don’t even know how many times I deployed the skill. I caught my breath and swung my sword.

 

“Everyone come this way! Hurry!”

“The evacuation center is in that direction! Everyone please stay calm!”

 

What was fortunate was that several guilds had sent support.

A coalition of small-medium guilds mostly composed of C and D-rank hunters had arrived at the scene after receiving a request from the Association.

 

‘Faster than I thought?’

 

It was still damn slow, of course. But faster than I had expected.

 

‘Surprising… Those guys aren’t usually like this.’

 

I thought this while confirming that the orc I had punched down had collapsed.

 

“Phew.”

 

Clap clap clap.

 

I heard faint applause from around me.

Now that the civilians were somewhat safe, some people had started sneaking peeks at the hunters’ battles from behind the guard line.

 

“Wow, so cool!”

“I’ve never seen that hunter before. He must be A-rank or higher!”

“Thank you!”

 

Ahem.

Hearing the cheers made me feel a bit awkward.

 

| In this era, do they call soldiers by such words? |

“Yes. That’s usually the case.”

| How fascinating. |

 

I answered while looking around.

 

‘Still…’

 

I hadn’t found the child.

Whenever I saw yellow, I immediately ran toward it, but there was no little girl. I was getting increasingly anxious.

 

Boom—

 

The sound of Jung Su-hyuk’s shockwave came again.

I walked in that direction.

 

“Jung Su-hyuk.”

“Sigh. Do you know how many this makes now?”

 

Jung Su-hyuk grumbled. His white suit was thoroughly dirty with orc blood and dust.

 

“Did you happen to see a young child while fighting?”

“There were several. I evacuated them all.”

“What about a little girl in yellow clothes? She would have been alone without parents.”

“Huh? No. There was no child like that.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk raised one eyebrow. His expression showed puzzlement.

 

“But why did those hunters even come here?”

“?”

 

Jung Su-hyuk pointed somewhere while speaking. Over there, the hunters from the small-medium guilds who had come for support were in the middle of combat.

I made an expression asking what the problem was, and Jung Su-hyuk frowned.

 

“They’re not helping at all. Tsk, just getting in the way.”

“…”

“They get in the way every time I use a skill. Their rank is too different from Eden’s hunters. If they don’t have ability, they shouldn’t be hunters. Why are they making such a fuss…”

 

…His personality is worse than I expected.

 

“Don’t you think so?”

“I don’t know.”

 

I coldly ignored that comment. Jung Su-hyuk still clicked his tongue in displeasure.

 

“Here comes another one.”

 

Thud, thoom.

 

An orc with wounds all over its body approached, breathing heavily. The ground shook.

I walked out slowly. Jung Su-hyuk also sighed and followed behind me.

 

“Battle of Hongshan.”

“Self-Protection.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk and I leaped up in the air and deployed our respective skills.

My sword cut the orc’s left arm, while Jung Su-hyuk’s sword cut its right arm.

 

Swoosh.

 

Green blood splattered in all directions.

 

Grrraaah—!

 

The orc that had lost both arms staggered in agony.

 

“Thousand Years Mount Tai.”

“Thrust.”

 

I wrapped my body in armor and charged toward the orc’s heart.

It was the same timing as Jung Su-hyuk thrusting his sword and casting a shockwave.

 

Kwaang! Thud.

 

The double attack was enough to burst the orc apart.

 

“If you just finish it in one go like this, what’s so difficult about it.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk indifferently checked whether his sword had gotten scratched.

I turned my gaze away from him with a displeased expression and looked around.

 

‘At least there doesn’t seem to be much damage.’

 

The street was mostly filled with orc corpses.

Unlike that terrible time, there weren’t human bodies scattered everywhere. It seemed that Su-hyuk and I stepping in from the beginning had been a great help.

 

Now there was finally something I could do.

I thought it was fortunate.

But still…

 

“Waaahhh—!”

 

I flinched.

 

A child’s crying could be heard from somewhere.

I reflexively turned my head toward that direction.

 

‘Is that the child?’

 

There it was.

Yellow clothes caught my eye immediately.

 

“Over there, that way!”

 

I just blurted out those words and urgently started running.

The child was crouched next to a car, trembling all over. It was such a small child. I should have searched more thoroughly.

But then…

 

“…Jung Su-jin?”

 

Behind the yellow clothes, I could also see a black suit.

Light purple hair. Silver glasses. It was Jung Su-jin.

She was protecting the child, holding them tightly from behind.

 

Thoom.

Thoom.

 

To make matters worse, I wasn’t the only one running toward that direction.

A High Orc that looked three or four times the size of the other orcs was crushing the road with its massive feet—

taking menacing steps forward.

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