A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 19

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Chapter 19: Dungeon Break (3)

 

A dungeon boss.

I could instinctively tell that this High Orc was the dungeon’s boss.

I desperately hoped the High Orc wouldn’t spot the two of them, but there were no blind spots.

Its glistening eyeballs rolled around. The High Orc immediately spotted Jung Su-jin and the child.

 

“Damn it….”

 

I gripped my sword in reverse. I watched for the right timing to charge out.

 

“Why is she there!”

 

Jung Su-hyuk seemed to have spotted them too. He pointed with a pale face.

 

“So reckless…!”

 

He grimaced. His carefully styled hair was disheveled, and his white suit was dirty, suggesting he had used up a lot of stamina too.

But even so, he was an A-rank Hunter. There shouldn’t be any problem taking down a mere C-rank dungeon boss.

 

‘Let’s calm down.’

 

I took a quiet deep breath. My wildly beating heart found its proper rhythm.

It seemed dire because it was happening right before my eyes, but thinking calmly, this wasn’t a situation where tragedy would occur.

Even if he wasn’t entirely reliable, there was an A-rank Hunter beside me, and I was an Awakened too.

 

‘This is different from back then.’

 

Constantly dragging up the past to compare was also a bad habit. Soon I heard the Divine Spirit’s voice.

 

| Is that the child of the woman from earlier? |

“…Yes.”

| It is right to save them. |

“Yes.”

 

I nodded as if it were obvious.

 

“Jung Su-hyuk, I’ll go out first, so provide cover….”

“Are you crazy? Do you even know what that thing is?”

 

Jung Su-hyuk shouted in shock. He even started speaking informally.

The Confucian spirit in my heart seemed ready to pop out again. Though foreign words slipped from my mouth. A warning sound flowed past my ears.

 

“…Isn’t it a dungeon boss?”

“Yeah. It’s a dungeon boss alright, a High Orc.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk looked at the monster. He swallowed, and unlike before, he was clearly tense.

This guy who had been rampaging around like this was his stage. I said puzzled.

 

“It’s still just C-rank though. It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

“Wow, you’re really showing that you just awakened….”

 

I frowned and tried to interpret Jung Su-hyuk’s reaction. Then I looked at the High Orc once more.

There were no special features. Except that its entire body was purple.

…Purple?

 

“Spiritual Sight.”

 

 

Even the name was ominous.

 

‘Poison?’

 

Though I couldn’t say the word out loud, I knew it meant poison in Korean.

 

 

“I just remembered. It’s a monster that uses poison, right?”

“Right. They say it hurts like hell if it touches you. That thing appeared in my debut battle. Ugh, horrible.”

 

Jung Su-hyuk made a disgusted expression. I gripped the sword handle and said.

 

“I’ll go out. Please provide cover from behind.”

“No, I’m telling you it hurts like hell? Can’t you hear me? Your skin rots away completely too.”

“Then you’re not going to save them?”

 

We didn’t have time, yet he kept dragging out the situation. I shouted in a moment of frustration.

But Jung Su-hyuk shouted even louder.

 

“You think I don’t want to save them? See her? Even like that, she’s my younger sister, my family.”

 

He said that while pointing at Jung Su-jin. Jung Su-hyuk had a face mixed with various emotions.

I let out a brief sigh.

 

“Then that settles it. I have a way to counter it too, so just trust me for now.”

“Hah….”

 

Jung Su-hyuk ruffled his hair.

 

“It’s always like this. Jung Su-jin isn’t in her right mind either. Do you understand? An E-rank doing that right now?”

“….”

“Do you know why she crawled into the Association? She says she wants to be helpful too, to people. I was really dumbfounded….”

 

Jung Su-hyuk said this while still taking a combat stance. A faint muttering leaked from his mouth.

 

“Acting tough when she’s so weak….”

 

【Kuruluk—!】

 

The High Orc was now almost upon those two.

Fighting until now, I had realized something. One of the Orc’s weaknesses was that its speed was very slow.

However, Jung Su-hyuk’s agility stat was approaching S-rank level. Jung Su-hyuk kicked off from his position at a speed incomparably faster than the High Orc.

 

“Self-Protection.”

 

* * *

 

Jung Su-hyuk didn’t like this situation.

 

— Su-hyuk, about fencing….

 

He hadn’t liked that situation either.

 

— How about stopping now?

 

To be honest, there wasn’t a single part of his life before awakening that he had liked.

 

— We need to send Su-jin to academy too….

 

I have talent, and it’s overflowing. Why should I quit?

Even those with terrible skills keep going. They all lose to me anyway.

 

So why do I have to quit fencing?

 

‘How annoying.’

 

He knew it was greed.

After Father’s business failed, after his sister was born.

He knew that continuing fencing, which cost so much money, was greed.

 

But still….

 

‘Even though I have talent….’

 

The world is unfair.

With talent alone, you can’t grasp anything.

The things he rightfully should have had kept moving further away, over and over.

 

That’s why.

 

— [Awakening condition achieved!]

 

The status window that appeared before his eyes one day was a blessing.

 

Which family Jung Su-hyuk was born into, who his family was, how much money he had. None of those things mattered at all.

What mattered were stats, skills, and rank. Only those three things.

Hunters born with strong power received rewards befitting that strength.

Jung Su-hyuk thought such a society was ‘real.’

A society where you prove your worth with innate ability alone.

 

* * *

 

Jung Su-hyuk’s sword sliced the necks of two Orcs that had been walking from behind the car.

 

Slash.

 

‘He notices that.’

 

He sheathed his sword and approached the car where Jung Su-jin and the child were hiding.

Soon he positioned himself blocking the car, taking a stance as if guarding the rear.

 

‘I can’t evacuate those two right now. If I carelessly draw the Orcs’ attention, they’ll be perfect targets for attack.’

 

In that sense, Jung Su-hyuk’s choice to protect those two people rather than cover me was absolutely right.

 

‘However… even so, except for the car, this place is wide open on all sides.’

 

I had to consider the impact of the High Orc’s skill of spraying poison.

I exhaled.

That’s why my role was all the more important.

 

“Whew….”

 

In one strike.

With a single blow….

 

“Veteran of a Hundred Battles.”

 

Golden light enveloped my body.

 

The sensation was new.

This was a situation I couldn’t have imagined even a few years ago.

 

— Grandfather, Grandfather! Get a grip, please get a grip…. Please….

 

Unable to do anything.

In my hands were only a bell and fan that were of no help.

Back when the God I had searched for so desperately wouldn’t answer….

 

— Please, just open your eyes….

 

My powerless self was gradually fading away.

The world is unfair.

Everyone is given their own talents, but that doesn’t mean they’re all useful.

Being good at drawing, singing well, studying well, or in these times, awakening at a high rank.

Only such talents that are truly necessary in life are recognized as talents.

 

Divine Spirit, please come—.

 

I couldn’t do that.

An ability that was born in the completely wrong era.

It was utterly useless.

 

— Take a breather, Grandfather!

 

No matter how much I tried to comfort myself.

 

 

In the face of that enormous disaster, I had simply become an orphan.

 

* * *

 

This wasn’t the time to be lost in sentiment.

I strengthened my legs with Thousand Years Mount Tai and leaped into the air.

Higher, even higher.

I soared toward the sky.

In an instant, I locked eyes with the massive High Orc.

 

 

The High Orc stared at me with stupid eyes as I rose above its head.

 

【Kuooooooo!】

 

Our gazes met.

The High Orc scrunched up its purple face and thrashed wildly.

It let out a roar, spittle flying between its teeth. Though calling it spittle was strange given its color. A thick, purple liquid.

 

‘It’s poison.’

 

Hissss—

 

That poison splattered in all directions, melting the windows of the car Jung Su-hyuk was protecting.

Jung Su-hyuk swung his sword, briefly deploying a silver barrier for a few seconds.

Fortunately, the poison disappeared without causing major damage.

 

“Waaah, huung, mommy….”

“It’s okay, just a moment.”

 

I heard the child’s crying in my ears. Jung Su-jin’s voice quietly rang out as she comforted the child.

 

“Where are you….”

 

I couldn’t leave the child on this battlefield any longer. I erased the past thoughts that kept creeping into my head.

 

“Battle of Hongshan!”

 

I concentrated my mana to the maximum.

 

‘Will it be enough?’

 

Other professional Hunters with similar stats would have been different, but lacking experience, I couldn’t control it properly while fighting. Mana consumption was faster than expected.

However, no warning sound had appeared yet. It was still okay….

 

“Kruk.”

 

‘I have to kill it in one strike.’

 

If I attacked with multiple sword strikes, the Orc would thrash in pain.

There was no telling where that thrashing would spray poison.

 

“Thousand Years Mount Tai.”

| Be careful. You must not close your eyes. |

“Kut, yes—!”

 

Solid armor wrapped around my arm. My arm that had been swaying in the wind became firm, and handling sword energy became easier.

The scenery before my eyes gradually soared to great heights.

 

Whiiiiiii—

 

【Uo?】

 

The High Orc slowly raised its gaze.

But it was too late.

The blue-green sword energy had already—

covered the monster’s vision as if it had always been the color of the sky.

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