D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 111

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Chapter 111
“Of course, Se-um. There’s nothing you can’t do.”
“Thanks.”
“No, I mean it.”
Ha Gyuhyuk applauded me even though he knew full well that I’d failed more than once or twice.
For some reason, I felt embarrassed.
“….”
“Se-um, did I say something wrong?”
“No, it’s just… I suddenly realized that even when I don’t live up to my age, I really can’t do certain things.”
Perhaps this was the nature of sentient beings—even after eating three hundred failures, a little praise could make them puff up with pride.
Without realizing it, I’d fallen into a moment of self-reflection before suddenly lifting my head.
“That’s not what matters. While we’re standing here talking, someone could be dying inside the Dungeon. Right?”
“Ah, yes.”
Ha Gyuhyuk’s expression turned serious at once.
We weren’t here to sightsee—we were here to save lives.
Before Ha Gyuhyuk’s eyes, who had received my sponsored items, a Gate opened that would allow mid-entry into the Dungeon.
“Don’t be shocked no matter what happens inside.”
“Will it be worse than the Death Shadow Communication Building we entered last time?”
“Hmm, who knows.”
It would depend on where Ha Gyuhyuk’s threshold for horror lay.
I gave a light shrug.
Whatever meaning he’d drawn from that gesture, Ha Gyuhyuk’s expression grew grave.
“Let’s go, Se-um!”
“Huh? W-wait, what?”
Suddenly seized by the awareness that someone was in real danger, Ha Gyuhyuk grabbed my hand and leaped through the Gate.
His hand was always slightly warmer than mine, and that temperature felt distinctly vivid against my skin.
I blinked slowly.
Was this the warmth of a human, or was it unique to this boy alone?
“Yeah, let’s go.”
I decided to keep secret the fact that I could enter without needing to pass through the gate at all.
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[ The Observer of Stars and Future watches you. ]
[ The Observer of Stars and Future senses a thick possibility of death emanating from you all and shakes his head. ]
[ The Observer of Stars and Future leaves his seat. ]
Again.
Again!
“This can’t be….”
“Oh, my god.”
“We’re all going to die. We’re going to die!”
The Constellation had abandoned them once more.
Eliana collapsed to the ground and struck the floor with her fist.
This was already the sixth Constellation.
Upon hearing that a Dungeon Break was about to erupt, she had hastily gathered her team and rushed inside.
If they didn’t enter immediately, everyone living in the Residential Area would perish.
However, teamwork was impossible with a hastily assembled team of unfamiliar Hunters.
They had simply pushed her back and told her to die.
“Bella, you should give up too.”
“Eli, what are you talking about?”
C-rank Healer Eliana Grey.
Eliana had been conscripted into the raid team solely because she had a home in the Residential Area formed near that Dungeon.
Her friend Bella Dillon beside her was in the same situation.
Bella, a common C-rank support type like Eliana, lived in far more dire circumstances.
‘There was no way we could clear this Dungeon.’
From the start, they had been deployed merely as expendable shields to buy time.
Until those who could actually clear this Dungeon arrived.
Once they were annihilated and the Gate opened again, then the raid teams waiting in reserve would come.
“Eli, we have to run! The boss is chasing us right now!”
The situation was already at its worst.
Bella’s green eyes, shaking Eliana’s shoulders, still sparkled with a faint glimmer of hope.
What hope could possibly exist?
Corpses were scattered everywhere.
She had to watch those she’d only just met today lie strewn about in gruesome forms without even exchanging greetings.
Eliana screamed.
“Bella! Look at the situation clearly! Even the gods have abandoned us—why are you still struggling so desperately?”
“Why are you giving up already? We’re not dead yet! When did we ever depend on the gods!”
“We’re going to die! We’re going to die now!”
The boss swung its hand once more.
Just as her entire body felt like it would be incinerated by the scorching heat and she was about to surrender, Bella embraced her and rolled to the side.
By the narrowest margin, death passed them by once again.
The remaining party members, who had remained in despair, were completely annihilated.
‘Now only two humans remained alive in this Dungeon.’
Bella, one of them, was covered in burns from taking the scorching heat head-on.
It was a miracle she had survived this long.
They had been sent in with only the legally mandated minimum raid members to minimize damage.
The fact that they were still alive might actually become a problem.
“Ugh….”
“B-Bella.”
Yet her duty as a Healer moved Eliana forward.
She reflexively healed Bella’s battered body.
Even if there was no hope, there was no reason for her to end in agony.
They were a ragtag bunch.
‘That’s right. Even if I were a Constellation, I wouldn’t want to watch us.’
I knew it.
We weren’t even worth a moment’s entertainment.
I’d heard it whispered in passing when I was young.
Constellations favored those who captured their interest.
At best, there was no one who would watch with fascination as A-rank Hunters like us perished inside a Dungeon.
“Eli! Eli! Please, don’t give up.”
Bella Dillon spoke pleadingly, her entire body trembling with pain.
Fight to the very end without surrendering, she urged.
How could they be sure it wouldn’t happen?
Couldn’t a miracle still come to them?
“Bella, how can you possibly be so unfazed?”
How could you hold onto hope in a situation like this?
No—how could you be so foolish? Eliana Grey wanted to scream. She wanted to rage.
Even if Constellations entered this land, nothing would change.
They said that in a distant place called Korea, there were those with peculiar tastes who even watched over low-rank Hunters, but that fortune had not reached here.
“Bella, listen to me carefully. We should just pray to die as painlessly as possible here.”
Eliana Grey tried her best to keep her voice steady.
For the sake of this foolish, naive, and kindhearted friend.
Bella seemed to realize her feelings weren’t getting through, and her expression grew slightly more despairing.
‘Regardless of the reason, now we despair together.’
Eliana Grey blinked slowly, then mustered her last strength to use a skill on Bella Dillon.
“It’s a sleep anesthesia skill. It won’t hurt.”
“Eli, what are you even—”
Bella Dillon’s eyes grew hazy as she struggled to keep them open, her lips moving weakly before she collapsed helplessly.
The anesthesia skill was Eliana Grey’s pride.
Though no Team or Guild would hire her for that alone.
At least she could grant her friend a painless departure.
Eliana Grey laid Bella Dillon’s head gently across her lap, then looked ahead.
‘The boss is approaching.’
The pain would be brief, at least.
The moment the boss rolled its eleven pairs of eyes and opened its maw wide, black flames came flying.
‘Even if I cannot, I pray that my righteous and hopeful friend Bella Dillon will be reborn as a strong person in the next life.’
Eliana Grey prayed to God once more and squeezed her eyes shut.
But no matter how long she waited, she felt no pain.
Not for a long time.
As if someone had cut it off in the middle.
‘Am I already dead?’
Eliana Grey counted to twenty in her mind, then opened her eyes, steeling herself against her fear.
The man who appeared before me had white hair.
I watched from a distance as he stood with his back to me, wielding a blade as white as his hair, effortlessly deflecting the incoming flames.
Could this sight before my eyes be real?
That inferno which had so easily claimed lives—it vanished with just a single swing of his sword?
And right beside him stood a woman, calmly tying her hair back with a black rubber band.
Her shimmering pale purple locks swayed gently.
Her serene expression stood in stark contrast to the harsh conditions of the dungeon.
“Hmm?”
Sensing my gaze, the woman turned to look at me.
A few strands of hair fell across her cheek, and her golden eyes moved with deliberate, observant slowness.
From me, frozen in place, to Bella Dillon sleeping peacefully.
The woman brushed back the loose strands that had fallen, tucking them behind her ear as she bowed her head toward me.
A gentle smile bloomed across her face.
“Hello, Eliana Grey. I wonder why you put your friend beside you to sleep?”
Her voice was soft, her tone gentle.
Despite being in a language from another land, I understood its meaning.
An entity capable of wielding such power was unmistakable.
Tears streamed down my face.
Ah, Bella Dillon.
You were right.
A miracle has come to pass.

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