A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: Tutorial (2)

 

A white aura, whiter than the White Flower Snake, began to flow around the area. That aura wrapped around me, then soon gathered together in front of me.

I moved the fan and Spirit Bell once again.

 

Jingle—

 

It’s working.

The white aura gradually condensed, quickly forming a single shape.

 

Grrrrrrowl….

 

Solid front paws. Pure white fur mingling with black stripes. Fierce beast’s teeth showing between its fangs.

A white tiger.

And….

A being for whom the title Mountain Lord was only natural.

A tiger as massive as the giant snake, no, even more massive than that, stood firmly before me.

 

| Grrrowl…. |

 

The Mountain Lord finally stepped his thick white paw onto the ground. Each time he did, whitish mist rose into the air.

When his growling voice echoed, I backed away in even greater panic than when I had seen the White Flower Snake moments before.

 

“What the….”

 

I opened my mouth slightly. Gulp, saliva from nervousness went down the back of my throat.

 

Thud.

 

The Mountain Lord wandered around with leisurely steps as if exploring his surroundings.

 

【Hiss….】

 

The White Flower Snake’s momentum was clearly more subdued than before.

 

“Good. Success for now. Let’s finish this quickly and please get out of here…!”

 

Right, this wasn’t the time to just stand around admiring. To preserve my life, escape was the priority.

 

‘When I get back, I’m going to read all the terms and conditions before agreeing, seriously.’

 

 

I made that resolution while glancing at the status window. Nearly half my mana stat had been depleted. To think one summoning would cost this much.

 

| Human? |

“Yes?”

 

Ah, what a surprise.

A low, rough voice rang in my ears. It was a voice that seemed like it would make all the beasts of the mountain flee if it roared.

 

| Hmm. |

 

I lifted my gaze from looking at the snake.

The tiger, no, the Mountain Lord had turned his head to look at me. I met his eyes.

Eyes that were black, yet simultaneously shining with white light….

The aura of the gods that I had often felt since childhood.

 

| It has been a long time since I have seen one. |

“…?”

| To summon me from the very beginning, you have quite the nerve. |

 

Tsk tsk. The Mountain Lord clicked his tongue. Ah, so tigers can click their tongues too…. Well, they can talk too.

 

| Tsk, refrain from making such a foolish face. Originally, a vessel is…. |

 

Screeeech—!

 

What? It definitely seemed like some incredible old-fashioned lecture was about to come out. But that sentence was cut off by the White Flower Snake.

The giant snake, unable to wait any longer, charged forward at a faster speed than before.

 

Slither slither slither.

 

| Is it because of that thing? How cunning. |

 

No, this doesn’t seem like the time for such leisurely remarks….

 

“—I think!”

 

【Hissssssss—】

 

The snake opened its maw and rushed at me as if it would devour me right then and there.

 

Leap.

 

I jumped backward. When I barely dodged the attack, the Mountain Lord twitched his whiskers as if displeased.

And then, roar.

If I were to summarize it in two syllables, that’s what the roar was like.

Without realizing it, I felt my hair stand on end with a shiver. The Mountain Lord’s roar echoed throughout the spacious Village Shrine.

 

| The demon acts wildly, not knowing its place. |

 

The Mountain Lord lifted one paw and struck the ground hard. Vibrations rang out and the ground shook.

Soon, transparent ice began to spread starting from the Mountain Lord’s paw.

 

| Severe Cold. |

 

The floor quickly froze like an ice rink. In an instant, the air all around became cold.

I was tense.

This was the power of a divine spirit that had become a ‘Skill’.

Sure enough, due to the frozen ground, the snake couldn’t come closer and hesitated ridiculously.

Then it coughed and retched.

 

“Good….”

 

I almost smiled for a moment, but then got goosebumps at what happened next.

 

Drip.

Drip.

 

Green liquid flowed from the tips of the White Flower Snake’s fangs. With a sizzling sound, the ground began to rot away.

It wasn’t coughing. It was deadly poison.

 

‘If it touches me, I’m dead.’

 

I felt like all the blood in my body was turning cold. It looked dangerous. No, it was definitely dangerous.

 

【Hiss— Sss.】

 

Rustle.

 

“Mountain Lord, it’s coming—!”

 

I shouted urgently.

The Mountain Lord nodded and suddenly bit me.

 

“Huh?”

 

He… did what to me?

 

“Ahhhhh!”

 

The Mountain Lord bit my scruff and threw me onto his back.

 

“Ugh!”

 

I crouched low and bit my lips. At this fast speed, it felt like I’d fall to the ground any moment.

But the strange familiarity I felt from the Mountain Lord eased my tension.

 

“Mountain Lord, the floor!”

 

The Mountain Lord followed my words and avoided the poison spread on the floor.

 

| Right. |

 

At the same time, he charged toward the snake at high speed.

 

Bang—!

Swoosh—.

 

| Vengeful Ghost Ice Kill. |

 

Winter wind blows. Ice chunks formed in the air around the Mountain Lord.

They were very sharp at the tips, looking like they’d cause serious injury with just a graze.

Those ice chunks immediately poured down on the White Flower Snake.

 

Crash—!

Crunch.

 

Finally, one of them struck the snake’s blood-red eye with perfect trajectory.

The snake writhed as if in pain.

 

“Good…!”

 

[※ Warning! Insufficient mana.]

 

 

 

Just when I thought it was over, a warning sound rang out with a ding—.

 

‘What? Insufficient mana in this situation!’

 

There was also some reaction from the Mountain Lord.

 

| Oh no…. |

 

I could see the Mountain Lord frowning. The snake was still writhing in pain.

 

‘Just a little more and it would really be over.’

 

| It seems the time is not yet right. Vessel, get down. |

 

Only then did I get down from the Mountain Lord’s back. And I moved my body to a safe place.

 

Thud.

 

The Mountain Lord who had set me down soon moved with heavy footsteps. I swallowed and watched the Mountain Lord’s next actions.

 

“What….”

 

The Mountain Lord pressed down and crushed the snake with his left paw.

Then he bit and tore….

 

“Huh?”

 

Tore? Tore what?

 

Crunch.

 

So…, the snake’s head was bitten and torn by the Mountain Lord. I stood there in bewilderment, watching the scene unfold.

It was a very simple solution.

 

Hiss—!

Crunch.

 

Really.

The Mountain Lord was simply attacking what had been the snake—steadfastly. To him, it seemed like a mere toy.

The Mountain Lord’s sharp teeth dug deep into the white snake’s scales.

Red blood pooled abundantly on the coldly frozen ground.

If the Mountain Lord from moments ago had been a being summoned by a skill, the one now was a completely wild existence.

 

Crunch, crunch crunch.

 

‘So, uh….’

 

Rip, well.

 

“I think…that should be enough.”

 

Even from a shaman’s perspective, someone who sees ghosts with the naked eye, it wasn’t a particularly pleasant sight.

It was starting to become rather pitiful. I spoke cautiously, but the Mountain Lord paid no heed.

How much time had passed?

A little later, the White Flower Snake’s body soon crumbled away. Without leaving a trace.

 

‘…Is it over?’

 

I looked around with heightened alertness.

I couldn’t sense anything.

 

 

Thud.

 

I collapsed right onto the ground.

The Mountain Lord had done all the work, yet I was the one feeling sudden fatigue.

 

“Haah….”

 

I focused my gaze on the Mountain Lord, who was leisurely walking toward me after tearing apart the snake.

 

‘Spiritual Sight.’

 

 

Ah, this is insane.

Eun Hae-dam, what made you choose something like this of all things?

For a divine spirit summoned just to brew some snake liquor, this was an excessive level.

 

‘No wonder.’

 

Even though the opponent had been on the verge of collapse, to think it was helpless against just one bite from the Mountain Lord. The fundamental stat difference between the two must have been severe from the start.

 

Gulp.

 

I swallowed my saliva. Though it’s a thought that comes to me belatedly now—

 

“…Then does that mean I can summon such an existence?”

 

It’s different.

This was on a different level from the divine spirits I’d summoned before.

It was a power focused solely on hunting. On hunting monsters and fighting them.

The Spirit Bell in my hand felt heavier than usual.

 

| Human. |

“…Yes.”

 

The Mountain Lord gazed at me intently.

 

| We shall meet again. |

“….”

| Next time…, I hope your vessel will have grown larger. |

 

With those words, the Mountain Lord disappeared.

 

Whoosh.

 

Only white energy still lingered in the surroundings. The Mountain Lord had caused something tremendous and vanished in an instant.

But, Mountain Lord.

 

“I’ll probably die before we meet again….”

 

I leaned back, supporting myself with my hands on the ground behind me.

As the tension released, all sorts of curses mixed together inside me.

 

“Hah….”

 

Aside from the wonder of it all, honestly, it was too exhausting.

 

 

Fortunately, the belated voice of the system was heard. The notification that I had defeated a monster couldn’t have sounded better.

A sudden sense of relief washed over me.

 

 

 

“Hm?”

 

I rubbed my eyes. Level and mana stat increases?

 

‘Ah, so stats go up when you deal with monsters.’

 

I dragged my exhausted body and barely managed to focus on the text.

 

‘I guess this is what the Mountain Lord meant by the vessel growing larger.’

 

I nodded in understanding.

 

‘I roughly get the flow now.’

 

The atmosphere of the village shrine felt less eerie than before. At least I hadn’t become a shaman who lost her life in front of the sacred tree.

 

‘It feels so real though… Was there really a place like this?’

 

I wondered about it, then shrugged my shoulders.

 

“Well, as long as I’m alive, that’s what matters.”

 

Being alive is enough. I quickly organized my thoughts.

 

 

Y / N

 

Would I?

But the system threw another challenge at me.

I frantically pressed the N button.

 

“No way, I said no!”

 

Get lost!!

Ah, this is so damn exhausting…

 

* * *

 

Beep—!

 

Was it a dream?

The spirit bell and fan were still heavy in both hands. That meant all of this really wasn’t a dream.

 

“Hah…”

 

I took a deep breath and patted my heart.

 

“Heave.”

 

Then I got up from where I was lying and approached the window, the source of the horn sound.

“Heave.”

Then he immediately got up from where he had been lying and walked toward the window, the source of the horn sound.

It seemed like I needed to do something to quickly erase the memory of that snake head and the mountain lord from earlier.

Squeak.

The old window creaked.

“Once I make some money, I need to do something about this damn house.”

Looking down, there was Choi Yu-il waving his hands enthusiastically at me.

“Ugh, I knew that was coming.”

The shaman’s house is on the second floor.

Looking down below, there was Choi Yu-il waving his hands enthusiastically at me.

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