A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 181

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 181: Seal (3)

Yu-kyung’s brief explanation of the situation at that time had ended.

‘I certainly thought it would work if only the ability took effect, but…’

In actual combat, there were variables, and the talisman’s usable time was far too short at just 1 minute.

I never expected to achieve such a perfect victory within that time.

“It was regrettable that time was insufficient. Instead, I borrowed a talisman from the Butterfly Guild Leader. As a result, it extended to 2 minutes. Direct attacks are more effective than illusions, after all, right?”

Yu-kyung, having finished her explanation, fluttered her platinum hair.

‘Whether 1 minute or 2 minutes…’

This was the essence of an S-rank Hunter that had been unable to properly show itself due to the limitations of being a soul entity.

“And originally, battles against boss-level opponents follow the principle of quick decisive action. The longer you drag it out, the more it just drains your stamina. Even if the battle time was short, it’s just daily routine for us.”

“I… see.”

I chose to accept rather than understand them. That seemed better for my mental health.

Ugh. I straightened my knees and stood up.

“…Now that I’ve confirmed the talismans are effective, I’ll practice to see if I can mass-produce them in the future. Whenever I have time.”

“We’d be grateful if you did that.”

Yu-kyung looked back at the fallen bishop while stroking her chin.

The bishops were certainly unconscious, but being soul entities, there was no telling what kind of power they might display when they awakened.

“What should we do about this?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll handle it. If I seal them, they won’t be able to wake up unless we want them to.”

At my words, Lee Cheong-ryu was the first to step back.

“Your sealing skills are quite good. If you stand there, you might drown, you know?”

Lee Cheong-ryu had seen me seal the bishop before. Heo Gil and Yeon Na-yeon also stepped back with half-believing expressions.

I examined the bishops lying at my feet.

‘Hmm… Certainly, the spiritual power I sense is weaker than the silver-haired bishop’s.’

The energy I felt on my skin was thin. In other words, these two possessed weaker combat power than the silver-haired bishop.

‘There was a reason for that personnel distribution.’

Sending one silver-haired bishop to the church was because they trusted his abilities that much.

In the end, all three were defeated though.

| There are many useless impurities on land. They need to be purified. |

The Sea King Deity’s voice echoed in my head. I gracefully extended one hand.

“…Whale Wave.”

Gentle currents revealed themselves. Those currents wrapped around the fallen bishops and lifted them into the air.

I recited the Jade Armor Sutra once again.

“Four Seas Dragon Kings.”

“Rivers and seas, all things, the destruction of male and female numbered spirits and evil spirits.”

Golden light shimmered in the seawater. Others couldn’t see it, but to my eyes, it was a sickeningly vivid light.

“Urgently, urgently, as commanded by law, svaha.”

That light surrounded the evil spirits. Red characters were carved above their foreheads.

“Hooo…”

Heo Gil, who had been watching the sealing process, showed an expression of interest.

Yu-kyung, who had often watched my rituals up close since childhood, also had a face full of new emotions.

“As expected, I should take him for research…”

Yeon Na-yeon muttered chilling words to herself.

“Talisman Arts.”

I generated a talisman. It was the same talisman I had used on the silver-haired bishop.

| Rivers and seas, all things, destroy all evil spirits. |

“…Forbid resistance, and I command you to sink into the eternal deep sea.”

As I quickly recited the sentences like chanting sacred text, spiritual power was imbued in the talisman.

That talisman soon attached itself to the two bishops. Their souls were sealed, and the bishops fell to the conference room floor.

“…Phew.”

I had finally done it. My hands trembled. I felt a sense of achievement and elation filling my heart.

‘But more than anything…’

The fact that the ability I originally possessed, which I thought was useless… was actually not so, was the most overwhelming.

I felt like I would keep thinking about it for a while. Everything that happened today.

I barely managed to open my mouth and speak.

“…Thank you all for your hard work.”

I felt Yugyeong’s hand wrap around my shoulder.

* * *

After the situation ended.

“How on earth are we supposed to accept students in this state? School starts in March. Unless we use artifacts, finishing construction by then is impossible.”

Heo Gil grumbled while looking at the destroyed conference room.

In fact, it wasn’t just the conference room. The path leading to the conference room and the nearby buildings were also half-destroyed.

“You’ve made a complete mess of everything. Can’t we unseal him for a moment? I need to beat him up more until my anger subsides.”

He took off his sunglasses as if he had developed a headache.

“Unseal him after we just finished sealing him? Then it won’t end with just the conference room, you know? We might have to rebuild all the buildings from scratch—. Wow, how much money would that be? Even selling all the Academy stocks wouldn’t be enough.”

Lee Cheong-ryu said while whistling. Heo Gil glared at him.

“Then will you help? Ah, perfect. If you open gates, we can transport construction materials and pour cement quickly, so there couldn’t be a better worker.”

“What? Why should I help with this?”

“Stop complaining and follow me. You need to develop a spirit of service. As a human being, you should try living uprightly at least once.”

Lee Cheong-ryu was dragged away by Heo Gil like a high school student caught by the student advisor.

‘If only he hadn’t whistled… No, if only he hadn’t mentioned stocks.’

I shook my head in pity. Then Yugyeong spoke to me.

“Things ended more easily than expected, thanks to you. We’ve moved all the bishops to Red Dog headquarters. The prison there is famous for its tight security, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Yugyeong retrieved her World Tree that had taken root in the Academy and dusted off her hands.

“It helped a lot that you quickly realized they were soul bodies. They look no different from humans on the outside. If it weren’t for a shaman like you, probably no one would have ever known.”

“…Yes. I’m glad we noticed before it was too late.”

It was fortunate that we could stop them before something bigger happened.

Yugyeong stretched.

“Now that all the bishops have been swept away, things should be quiet for a while. Yawn, I wonder if I can finally get a good night’s sleep after so long.”

“…I wonder about that.”

“Hm?”

I turned my gaze. The sunset was spreading beyond the collapsed Academy buildings.

“It’s not over yet.”

Yugyeong questioned my cryptic words.

“What do you mean?”

“Are these three really all the bishops there are?”

Yugyeong’s expression hardened. I shifted my gaze from the sunset to face her.

— That’s enough. Come back now. Haven’t you achieved your purpose?

During the Association attack. While the battle with the young bishop was ongoing. There was a voice that resonated through the air.

It was a delicate female voice. However, there were no women among the bishops we caught today.

I explained.

“When we faced the young bishop at the Association, there was one more female bishop who ordered him to return.”

Yugyeong furrowed her brow. Since it was something I had mentioned in passing before, she soon nodded.

“Ah… That’s right.”

“Moreover…”

— I won’t talk long. Come back. It’s not good to stir things up too much.

A sudden command given during the operation, without any proper explanation.

But the young bishop followed that command without much resistance.

‘Combining these facts.’

“I think she’s probably the most powerful being leading the bishops.”

“…”

“We shouldn’t let our guard down yet.”

The incident wasn’t over. Not until we caught her… No. Not until we completely uprooted the religious organization called the Strange People Cult.

We had to remain vigilant.

* * *

Bang!

A fist with long nails struck the table.

The trembling, shaking hand clearly showed its owner’s rage.

“…Ha.”

The nails dug into the flesh of the fist. Blood flowed, but she didn’t care as if it were merely paint.

Whooooom—

She looked at the crystal orb. Inside the orb that glowed with a lustrous purple light, everything that had happened so far was being replayed.

“I’ll have to… move up the plan.”

The female bishop with long black hair bit her red lips.

* * *

[A large number of cult believers with malicious ideologies who use monsters and gates have been arrested. The dungeon break that occurred at the Hunter Association Seoul Headquarters has been revealed to be terrorism committed by this religious group…]

The news that S-rank Hunters had swept up the core members of the cult, or rather actual murderers, quickly made the news.

[These individuals had been conducting missionary activities in downtown Seoul under the guise of an ordinary church, and the guild leaders of major guilds secretly raided this church and caught them red-handed.]

The news was flowing from a hospital in downtown Seoul.

[It’s been reported that the A-rank Hunter who was active in the recent serial hunter murder case in Japan also participated in this operation.]

The anchor continuously reported only on this incident.

While S-rank Hunters’ activities were routine, the word “religion” rather than monsters was enough to capture people’s attention.

[Some argue that now that forces other than science are emerging, their ideology might actually be correct…]

Friction with existing old religions. The new beliefs advocated by the Goemin Sect had caused social ripples.

The internet was already full of talk about this incident.

‘It’ll die down before long though.’

The anger of the masses cools quickly and dies out quickly. Humans become strong when they unite, but they also become dull from being united.

At least it was fortunate that it was reported after the arrests were finished. If it had been known beforehand, there would have been tremendous chaos.

“…So that was what I didn’t know about. I wondered what the hell it was. Good thing I didn’t know.”

Baek Kyul blinked his eyes with dark circles deeply set under them. Soon he pressed his brow firmly and yawned.

“Ah, I’m tired…”

The boy gulped down the recovery potion in his hand and muttered.

“But seriously, is that guy obsessed with trying to die every time… Why is he even there?”

Why A-rank Hunter Eun Hae-dam was there. It was truly incomprehensible.

Of course, since his eccentric behavior wasn’t a one-time thing, Baek Kyul quickly regained his composure with familiarity.

“Ah, right.”

However, he remembered someone who, unlike himself, would have been quite shocked.

Ring ring—

Baek Kyul called someone.

[Hello?]

Soon a gentle voice flowed from the phone. It was Choi Yu-il, Eden’s vice guild leader and the leader of the raid party Baek Kyul belonged to.

“Leader, did you see the news?”

[Ah, yeah… It’s chaos because of that.]

Choi Yu-il also had a voice worn with fatigue like Baek Kyul. Since Yu-kyung would be busy, most of the work would be piled on him.

Baek Kyul clicked his tongue and said.

“Let’s have the three of us eat together soon. I’m really going to wrap him up in bandages. So he can’t do any more foolish things. This guy isn’t hurt and enduring it again saying he’ll overcome it with willpower, is he?”

[Haha. No way… If he really does that, call me too. I’ll help wrap him up tightly in bandages.]

“Of course. Naturally.”

[Ah, but he said we can’t meet for a while.]

At Choi Yu-il’s words, Baek Kyul’s eyes widened.

“Huh? Why?”

[What did he say again. He said there’s still work left to do.]

What other work? The boy with light blue hair tilted his head in puzzlement.

* * *

A few days later.

Red Dog’s underground prison.

“The bishop is here, right?”

I lightly looked around inside the prison.

It was time for a private meeting with the bishop.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————