A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80: ?? Dungeon (1)

 

Splash.

 

We stepped foot beyond the gate. It had been daytime when we entered, but inside the dungeon it was the dead of night.

Looking up, I saw a strange purple light rippling across the sky.

 

“A forest?”

“It’s creepy.”

“Damn. Feels like ghosts might appear.”

 

A vast forest spread out before our eyes. I could hear the sound of grass blades rustling as the wind blew. The atmosphere was eerie.

 

“Ah, so you’re scared of ghosts.”

“…I’m not!”

 

When I spoke as if it was natural, Baek Kyul frowned deeply and denied it. I just chuckled softly.

 

“Let’s look around for now. Be careful since something might jump out.”

 

At my words, Choi Yu-il nodded and lightly gripped his bowstring. He looked ready to shoot at any moment.

As we continued our vigilant advance, Choi Yu-il asked me a question.

 

“Ah, come to think of it… Did you hire a collection team?”

“Huh?”

“You didn’t…”

 

When I asked back in confusion, the guy smiled awkwardly. Then he began a simple explanation.

 

“Usually when you clear dungeons, monster corpses and dungeon resources come out, right?”

“Right?”

“Not just magic stones, but all those things are money too, so when raiding, you generally hire a separate collection team.”

“…”

“You either hold the dungeon boss without killing it, or use dungeon collapse prevention items… You prevent the collapse through various methods and then send the collection team in.”

“…Why are you telling me this now?”

 

I made a shocked expression. It was something I had never even thought about.

So this means I might be missing out on free money, right? I looked at Choi Yu-il with desperate eyes.

Though Choi Yu-il looked rather flustered as he asked back.

 

“There were no collection teams in your previous conquests…?”

“…”

 

I was speechless.

Ah, well…

 

‘All the dungeons I’ve been to so far were pretty strange…’

 

Both the Life Dungeon and the Skeleton Dungeon. Far from capturing the boss, if I didn’t kill it immediately, I would be the one to die. Monster corpses? Dungeon byproducts? Who cares about that.

Moreover, during the Blue Dragon incident, there was the special case of Lee Cheong-ryu. So perhaps it was natural that I had no knowledge about collection teams.

 

“D-don’t worry! When we get out, I’ll call one of the teams contracted with Eden… Um, but since it wasn’t discussed beforehand, we’ll probably have to give them about ten percent of the profits.”

“…Fine. Let’s do that.”

 

I had no choice but to accept reality.

It’s a world where even water is self-service, but solo dungeon conquest wasn’t an easy task.

 

Whooooosh—

 

Just then, a chilling wind blew. Baek Kyul, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, flinched and nudged me.

 

“Guys. Focus a bit…! I only have two bodyguards right now, so I’m scared as hell.”

 

Baek Kyul’s stats were completely focused on healing. So it was understandable that he felt anxious. Or maybe he was just scared of ghosts…

I narrowed my brow and looked around at the forest surrounding us.

 

“…”

 

Certainly, there was some kind of presence I could feel. I brought my hand toward the Spirit General Sword.

 

“…Think something’s coming out?”

“Yeah.”

 

I asked in a murmur. Choi Yu-il nodded.

 

Whooooooosh—

 

The wind blew again and grass blades rustled. The forest began to exude a thoroughly eerie atmosphere.

Soon after, we were able to spot the approaching threat.

 

Thud.

Thud…

 

“…!”

 

Purple eyes. Matted gray fur. Sharply pointed beast ears.

 

Grrrr… Awoooo—!

 

Its howl leaked out from between dirty teeth stained with blood and flesh.

I quickly drew the Spirit General Sword from its scabbard with a sharp ring.

 

“A wolf?”

“It looks similar, but… no.”

 

Choi Yu-il shook his head. Its appearance was similar to a wolf, but.

 

‘Spiritual Sight.’

 

 

It was definitely a monster.

 

Growl, bark—!

 

Soon, a total of two lycans opened their mouths and charged at us. They reached right in front of us in an instant.

 

“Green Light Arrow, Hit.”

 

Swish—!

Crack.

 

Choi Yu-il’s arrow was shot first. One lycan’s head immediately exploded.

 

Growl, bark, bark!

 

Another guy jumped in behind the lycan whose head had exploded. I didn’t miss that opportunity.

 

“Divine Descent Ritual.”

 

As I quietly chanted, I felt a stinging energy spread throughout my body.

Crackle, crackle. Yellow light sparkled at my fingertips.

 

“Thunder God.”

 

I gripped the Spirit General Sword with both hands. The rapidly circulating blood flow gave me a feeling of fullness.

 

Dash!

 

A leap much faster than before, and movements that would make one think I was a completely different person, cut through the air.

 

“Lightning Flash.”

 

Crack, slash.

 

At literally lightning-like speed.

 

Thud.

 

Another lycan lost its head.

 

“Phew…”

 

I soon landed stably. In less than a few seconds, the corpses of two lycans were rolling on the ground.

The eyes of the dead lycan held a vivid purple color.

 

“Amethyst… meaning amethyst. Among lycans, their magic stones sell for particularly high prices.”

“Really?”

 

Baek Kyul, who had a noticeably relieved expression, said.

Ooh… I shook off the blood on the Spirit General Sword with an interested face.

 

“Kyul is right. We’re lucky. Let’s quickly collect the magic stones first.”

“Okay… I mean, yes. Let’s do that.”

 

Choi Yu-il retrieved his arrow and said. I agreed and rummaged through the lycan’s corpse.

 

‘Is this embedded in the head?’

 

The magic stone seemed to be hidden near the forehead area. I cut the lycan’s forehead with my sword and then pulled out a purple object from inside.

 

“….”

 

But…

 

‘The head?’

 

I reflexively looked at the lycan whose head Choi Yu-il had shot.

Sure enough, Choi Yu-il was sweating profusely in front of that corpse.

 

“…Hey.”

“Dude, don’t tell me…”

 

Choi Yu-il did his best to avoid eye contact. I approached the corpse with the pierced forehead and examined it.

At the same time…

 

Crack.

 

An ominous sound was heard.

 

“You broke it again?!”

“Dude, that’s one heal count deducted.”

 

The magic stone split into three pieces and instantly lost its light. I was shocked.

 

“Hey, you…!”

 

‘It was between A-grade and B-grade. If it sells for more than others, just how much is the market price for this… Gasp.’

 

The back of my neck tensed from the rapidly rushing stress.

 

“Are you, are you doing this on purpose? Are you deliberately aiming at the magic stones?”

“No way! Really, this happens without me knowing… Sorry.”

 

Choi Yu-il made a troubled expression. I retorted.

 

“Then does the bow move toward the magic stone on its own or something… You’re the one aiming anyway.”

 

‘Hmm?’

 

“Hey, you, wait a minute.”

 

I suddenly found something strange in my own words. He’s the one aiming?

When I called out to Choi Yu-il, the guy buried his gaze in the ground and broke out in a cold sweat.

I wasn’t trying to get angry. I just had one suspicion.

 

‘If this is correct….’

 

I grabbed another magic stone and hid it behind my back.

 

“Now…. Try to find the spot where you can sense mana the best.”

 

The correct answer was right above my left hip.

 

“I think it’s… here.”

 

As expected.

Choi Yu-il immediately pointed to that location. It was right in front of where I had hidden the magic stone.

 

“Crazy…. I shouldn’t have been happy about hitting a 10.”

 

I immediately pressed my forehead. Now everything made sense.

Choi Yu-il’s problem was that his aiming accuracy was too high. He seemed to instinctively find places where a lot of mana was concentrated and shoot arrows right into them.

 

‘So naturally the magic stones break that often.’

 

I had developed ‘intuition’ too, so it wasn’t incomprehensible. However, that intuition threatening my livelihood was absolutely unacceptable.

I came up with a drastic measure.

 

“You, from now on, what do you call it. Think about shooting a 7 and shoot.”

“Huh? A 7?”

“Yeah, a 7. Then you won’t break the magic stones.”

“Really…? Oh, okay. I’ll give it a try.”

“….”

 

Telling a former national team member to shoot a 7 was pretty ridiculous.

 

* * *

 

After the brief incident, we moved deeper into the forest.

 

“Are there only these wolves here?”

“That’s strange. A single species….”

 

The deeper we went, the darker our surroundings became. Lycans would occasionally launch surprise attacks.

However, there were no other types of monsters. In the forest I had experienced last time, there were Sahagins and all kinds of plant monsters popping out. That was a bit strange.

 

‘I don’t sense any Boss Monster aura either.’

 

It felt like we had walked quite a bit. The Boss Monster’s presence that should have been felt by now was nowhere to be found.

 

Grrrrowl….

 

“Oh no.”

“Ugh…. Here we go again.”

“Be careful, Kyul.”

 

My thoughts were interrupted as Lycans began swarming toward us. There seemed to be about 10 of them. They gradually closed their encirclement.

I protected Baek Kyul behind me and spoke to Choi Yu-il.

 

“I’ll attack with area damage. You finish them off with rapid fire.”

“Okay. I’ll support you.”

 

‘I want to answer with okay too….’

 

Putting aside that silly thought, I prepared to cast my skill.

 

“Divine Spirit.”

| Hmm. |

“…?”

| I haven’t heard an apology yet! |

“What apology…. Ah.”

 

I heard the Thunder God grumbling. It seemed he was referring to when I forcibly canceled the skill last time. He held grudges for a long time.

 

‘He seems quite upset.’

 

I could feel his stubborn persistence from here. At this rate, there would be problems using my abilities.

 

‘Hmm….’

 

However, it wasn’t like there was no solution. There was one thing the Divine Spirits liked most….

 

“Supreme Thunder God.”

| Ahem. |

“You know I always rely on you greatly…? This is a problem only you can solve. After all, aren’t you the strongest among the Divine Spirits? I’d really be in big trouble without you.”

 

That was flattery.

 

| Eh, ahem! |

“Thunder God! If you turn this place into a sea of lightning, your name will become even more renowned!”

| …Hahaha! Then I shall gladly burn this body! |

 

As expected. Do you think serving a god for years is easy? I’m someone who pulled it off. This field was my specialty.

I raised the corners of my mouth. Lightning quickly enveloped my body.

 

Crackle.

 

“Thunder Rain.”

 

I drove the Spirit General Sword into the ground.

 

Crackle!

 

Lightning flowed beneath my feet. Divine energy began extending toward where the lycans were positioned.

 

Grrrk, kang, kang!

Auuuuu….

Grrrrrrk… kang!

 

The lycans writhed in agony. It was the moment when body paralysis using electricity properly took effect.

 

“Green Light Bow, Rapid Fire.”

 

Choi Yu-il seized the opportunity and quickly nocked an arrow to his bowstring.

 

Thwack.

Crack.

Snap.

 

All ten arrows hit their mark without a single miss.

The pack of lycans that had swarmed us were all dead.

 

 

‘Fifteen years of friendship wasn’t for nothing….’

 

Combat with Choi Yu-il had excellent coordination. Communication was smooth with just simple words.

I thought this as I collected the magic stones. This time, most of the arrows had missed the foreheads.

 

‘I knew shooting for 7 points was the right answer.’

 

My guess was never wrong.

 

‘Hmm, but isn’t this a bit underwhelming for an A-rank dungeon? Are all average A-ranks like this?’

 

Perhaps that’s why the achievement rate was rising slowly too. I wasn’t sure if I should be happy about this or not.

I clicked my tongue in disappointment and turned around.

 

“Fortunately, it’s not difficult. We should find the boss quickly too….”

 

‘…?’

 

Shriiiiek—!

 

It wasn’t Choi Yu-il’s arrow. I doubted my eyes for a moment.

 

A gleaming silver arrow.

Was shooting rapidly toward Baek Kyul.

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