A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5: Realistic Siblings (2)

 

A barricade was set up in front of the mountain. Like some crime scene, it was thoroughly blocked off to prevent outsiders from entering.

 

“Hmm….”

 

An ominous energy flowed in all directions beyond the barricade. It was similar to evil spirits, but felt slightly different.

As I approached closer, I could roughly see the situation. The first thing that caught my eye was a massive purple form.

 

Wooooong—

 

‘It’s a gate.’

 

An entrance leading to a dungeon.

 

‘So this is why there was such a commotion.’

 

Around the gate, several people in black suits who appeared to be officials were busily moving about.

People who were stuck in traffic and needed something to watch had also gathered nearby. It must be dangerous. Do they all have no sense of safety?

 

Bzzing— Bzzing—

 

Choi Yu-il’s cell phone in my sleeve kept vibrating.

 

“I need to get in somehow….”

 

Since Choi Yu-il is also a hunter, if he’s anywhere, he’d be inside there.

While I was continuing to ponder, someone called out to me. It was from inside the barricade.

 

“Are you a hunter?”

“Huh? Oh.”

 

It was a woman with purple bobbed hair wearing a black suit. A beauty hiding her cold-looking impression behind silver glasses.

The woman looked at my face, then without even waiting for an answer, flipped through some documents she was holding and continued speaking.

 

“I’m Jung Su-jin from the Hunter Association Emergency Gate Management Department. You’re not on the list of hunters summoned today.”

“Uh, well, I’m an acquaintance of Hunter Choi Yu-il.”

 

 

Another piece of my life was shaved off. Damn.

 

“An acquaintance…?”

“Yes.”

“Do you have a hunter license?”

 

Would I have one?

The guy who was supposed to go register with me ran off.

 

“…No.”

“Civilians cannot enter.”

 

The woman, Jung Su-jin, looked at me with a suspicious expression. It seemed like she was also strangely observing my flashy outfit.

I had no idea where or how to even begin explaining this.

 

“I’m not a civilian, I’m an awakened person. I was originally going to register today but there was a setback. I’m not going to enter that gate or anything. I have something to deliver to Hunter Choi Yu-il….”

“Those without licenses also cannot enter. Well then.”

 

Despite my rambling efforts to avoid using foreign words like King Sejong the Great, Jung Su-jin quickly left that spot.

Oh no. My leg got caught on the barricade and I missed the chance to stop her again.

Right. This is Korea.

The Republic of Korea where all 50 million citizens are registered with the government.

Hunters were no exception.

 

“Hey, come out here! You can’t see anything.”

“Wow, this is my first time seeing a gate up close. How fascinating!”

 

…Being denied entry was already pitiful enough. I moved to a corner where there were no people.

 

Bzzing— Bzzing—

 

Then I took the cell phone out of my sleeve. The password was 1111, just like Choi Yu-il.

 

 

Damn.

At this rate, there’s going to be a murder case here today.

 

“Can’t be helped….”

 

However, even when the sky falls, there’s always a hole to escape through.

I sighed and waved my hand. Into the empty air above my head.

 

“Will you come out now?”

 

….

Of course, there was no response. I expected as much. There’s no way they’d show themselves easily.

I continued waving my hand as if I could catch something.

 

“I can feel everything. What do you take me for?”

 

I may look like this, but I’m a shaman. A shaman who was once called a prodigy at that.

Even if I became a hunter, such qualities don’t change easily. It means I’ve long since noticed that there’s a strange presence above my head.

 

| Tsk…. |

 

I heard the sound of tongue-clicking as if displeased.

Only then did the presence above my head slowly reveal itself.

A pure white tail draped before my eyes.

Fluffy fluffy.

 

‘At this point, it’s more like a puppy than a Mountain Lord.’

 

The Mountain Lord I had summoned earlier at the village shrine was, for some reason, refusing to go home and had perched on top of my head. And in an incredibly tiny form at that.

I asked questioningly.

 

“Why exactly are you here?”

| How can I trust you? It was for surveillance. |

“Ah… Yes… But what kind of surveillance?”

| I was worried this novice might go somewhere and cause trouble. I couldn’t even sleep from the concern. |

“I’m not even a child.”

| You are a child. |

 

How utterly shameless. And here you were secretly spying on me.

I grumbled inwardly.

 

| Why did you call? |

 

The Mountain Lord asked back nonchalantly. His size had become tiny, but his voice remained as dignified as ever.

I cleared my throat and asked for a favor.

 

“Since you’re not going home anyway, could you help me out a bit? A friend of mine is about to die.”

| That tall guy? |

“Yes.”

 

Even at this very moment, Choi Yu-il’s life was being whittled away in real time.

Still, he’s my only friend, so it would be troublesome if he died, wouldn’t it?

 

| Hmm… |

 

The Mountain Lord pondered for a moment, then asked.

 

| Is it a precious friendship? |

“Yes, well… I suppose so.”

| Hmm, mm… Well, if it was like that in the old days… Yes, I see. |

 

After muttering some incomprehensible words, the Mountain Lord tapped my shoulder a couple times with his tail.

 

| Understood. I shall accept. |

 

Whoooosh—

 

With those words, white mist instantly enveloped my body.

When I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them, my hands had turned pure white.

 

“Whoa.”

 

Even when I waved my arms around, it was the same. My entire appearance in my field of vision was translucent.

 

| This is called Spirit Form. |

 

 

“Ah…”

| Your spiritual power is rock bottom, so you can’t maintain it for long. Let’s go, human. |

 

The Mountain Lord tapped my head with his front paw. What’s a human to do when a tiger extends its front paw?

I had no choice but to move my feet.

 

…It was kind of like Ratatouille.

 

* * *

 

Oh, success.

I crossed the barricade without any problems. No one, including Jung Su-jin, noticed me.

 

| He’s over there. |

 

A fluffy white front paw pointed in one direction. It was a place where grass grew thick. I headed that way.

 

“Hey, Choi Yu-il.”

“Waaaah—!”

 

For someone so big, he sure hid well.

When I appeared smoothly, Choi Yu-il screamed in terror.

 

“E-Eun Hae-dam? How did you get in?”

“That’s what I want to ask you. Why are you here? You said you’d just take a quick look and come back.”

 

Choi Yu-il clutched his heart with a startled expression.

Since his gaze was fixed only on me, it seemed the Mountain Lord had spirit-formed himself alone.

 

“Whatever. Here, your cell… I mean, hand phone. You’re dead now.”

 

Choi Yu-il received his latest model phone. Then he unlocked it and checked all the notifications that had come in.

I could see the color draining from his handsome face as he read each one.

 

“What on earth happened that you’re hiding like this?”

“Da-da-da-da-dam…”

 

When I asked, Choi Yu-il’s gaze moved past me.

I turned my head in confusion. Then my eyes widened.

There was something charging toward us at a speed that was practically kicking up dust.

 

“Choi—Yu—il!!!”

 

Goosebumps rose on the back of my neck. I used my agility stat of 10 to the maximum and quickly hid in the grass.

 

“Hey, you bastard. Finally found you?”

 

Light gleamed in her eyes.

Clear eyes, the clear eyes of a madwoman.

 

“Where have you been, huh?”

 

It was Choi Yu-kyung, Choi Yu-il’s older sister, with the same platinum blonde hair tied in a ponytail.

Wearing a beige suit with a few buttons undone, Yu-kyung grabbed Choi Yu-il’s ear.

 

“Ah, it hurts, sis, ack!”

“Oh my? You’re gripping your cell phone so tightly in your hand? But you ignore and blow off my calls?”

“This was just now from Hae-dam…!”

“Huh?”

 

Ah, Choi Yu-il.

 

‘I saved you from near death and this is how you repay my kindness?’

 

I waved my hand toward the Mountain Lord sitting on my head, but touched nothing.

 

‘Please use Spirit Form again, please!’

 

But it was already too late. Yu-kyung strode toward me, still gripping her brother’s ear.

I had no choice but to emerge from the grass field.

 

“Oh, it really is Hae-dam?”

“Haha, hello, sis. How have you been?”

“It’s been so long! I heard you awakened, so it was true? Registration? What’s your rank?”

“I was on my way to the Association with Yu-il. Registration is still…”

 

My words trailed off. I couldn’t help but fear someone who had just grabbed an A-rank Hunter’s ear.

Yu-kyung nodded with interest after hearing my answer. Then she smiled cheerfully and ruffled my hair. It was because we were similar in height.

 

‘The Mountain Lord is probably there… I’m sorry.’

 

“Kid, you’re still cute. Being a shaman must have been hard. At such a young age.”

“Sis, I had it harder…”

“You just shut up.”

 

Choi Yu-il didn’t live up to his size and quickly tucked his tail at Yu-kyung’s words.

I’d seen these siblings’ antics many times with their nearly 10-year age gap, but such an extreme situation like today had been rare.

Yu-kyung pulled Choi Yu-il’s ear closer.

 

“Go get your equipment ready. If you ignore one more call, it won’t be a monster that kills you—it’ll be me.”

 

Yu-kyung growled just like the Mountain Lord had in front of the White Flower Snake. Then she forcefully pushed Choi Yu-il away.

It seemed like he had committed some kind of crime. Not knowing the details, I couldn’t dare interject.

Choi Yu-il was thrown toward the crowd of people in front of the Gate.

I smiled with effort and activated Spiritual Sight.

I needed to check her stats.

 

 

General Star Kill. The fate of a general.

I simply lowered my eyes.

 

“Sorry, Hae-dam. It’s chaotic, isn’t it?”

“No, it’s fine.”

“Sigh… I don’t know what use that Choi Yu-il is for anything.”

 

Yu-kyung shook her head.

From my perspective, the problem seemed to be that both siblings were running to the extreme ends of their personalities.

Yu-kyung continued her lament.

 

“Last time in the dungeon, that kid’s aiming mistake shattered two magic stones. Over 100 million each.”

“What?”

“So I kicked him out for a bit, and now he’s scared and ignoring raid calls. This one was urgent, so we had a hell of a time gathering people. I even made him vice guild leader…”

“How much?”

 

I slightly opened my mouth at numbers I’d never even considered before.

 

‘O-over 100 million each. Combined, that’s 200 million…’

 

For a moment, I forgot my identity as a shaman and almost made the sign of the cross in mourning.

They said the hunters’ world operated on different scales. There wasn’t a single wrong word in that.

After hearing Yu-kyung’s words, I immediately resolved to become a hunter even if it killed me.

 

“But what should we do? You were going to the Association together, right? As you can see, that kid is destined to be dragged into a dungeon…”

“Ah.”

 

Looking at it now, having that guy around wouldn’t be much help anyway, sis.

 

“I’d like to help, but my schedule is packed tight afterward, so it’s really hard to make time.”

“It’s okay. It’s just registration. We can’t waste manpower.”

 

When Yu-kyung apologized, I waved my hands and declined.

Yu-kyung was an S-rank Hunter and guild leader of one of Korea’s top 1-2 large guilds. I couldn’t take up her time helping register a newly awakened friend of her brother.

I smiled as if it was fine, but Yu-kyung still looked worried.

This sister still seems to see me as that sickly little alley kid…

It seemed better to leave before someone else got involved.

 

“I’ve delivered the item, so I’ll be going now. Good luck with your work.”

“Alright. Make sure to contact me once registration is done!”

 

Yu-kyung said that while waving at me. Then she disappeared again to handle her busy work.

I bowed in greeting, and just as I was about to leave the scene.

 

Tap tap.

 

“Oh, right. Eun Hae-dam!”

 

Choi Yu-il, who had just been thrown at Yu-kyung, approached me again.

 

“I had something to give you…, I forgot.”

 

Choi Yu-il turned his head around quickly to confirm that Yu-kyung had disappeared from her spot, then handed me something.

I received it with a puzzled expression.

 

“What’s this?”

“Mana Recovery Potion. That tutorial thing must have been no joke. Your mana consumption was huge, wasn’t it?”

 

I glanced at my status window to check.

 

 

Even though there was gradual natural recovery, it was definitely at rock bottom from using Spirit Form repeatedly.

 

‘That’s true, but…’

 

“Isn’t this expensive? Why are you just giving me something like this so casually?”

 

What he handed me were two glass bottles sparkling with an iridescent light. I asked in confusion, but Choi Yu-il shook his head.

 

“It’s not that expensive. Hunters can die if their mana runs out. It doesn’t hurt to be careful.”

“Die?”

 

I got goosebumps. I think I’d heard something like that before.

With this being the case, I couldn’t bring myself to refuse.

 

“…Thanks.”

“Don’t mention it. It’s an awakening congratulations gift, a gift.”

 

Choi Yu-il said that with a bright smile.

 

‘… How many times have I received help from this guy?’

 

Even though he always seemed clueless, he was thoughtful at times like this.

I chuckled at this guy who had been consistent for over ten years.

 

“I’ll put it to good use. Hurry and go. Unless you want Sister Yu-kyung to pull your ears again.”

“Yeah…”

 

Choi Yu-il walked away with a gloomy expression. Though he did stumble when his foot caught on a stone in the middle, going “Whoa!”

 

‘Is he really an idiot?’

 

I shook my head and soon turned around.

 

‘I should go register by myself for now…’

 

Where was the Association located again? I pondered deeply to solve the task given to me.

 

“…”

 

I hesitated.

 

However, I froze in place for a moment.

What is this?

 

“…Mountain Lord.”

| You felt it too. |

“Something’s strange.”

 

I felt an unpleasant sensation at the back of my neck. I frowned.

Ominous energy that scraped at my skin was surging from all directions.

This was my intuition as a shaman, not as a hunter.

 

“Spiritual Sight.”

 

I instinctively deepened my gaze and looked back toward Choi Yu-il.

 

 

“…Huh?”

 

His Four Pillars had changed. Choi Yu-il’s Four Pillars had switched from Dohwasal to Geupgaksal.

Among the divine spirits.

It was an inauspicious spirit that would cause lameness in the legs.

 

| Something has been twisted… |

 

The Mountain Lord murmured. I raised my head to look up at the purple gate.

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