D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112
By the time I entered the Dungeon, the humans were already nearly wiped out.
Since the dead couldn’t be revived, it was wiser to save those who remained rather than spend time mourning them.
Ha Gyuhyuk seemed to share my thoughts as he began running, avoiding the corpses as much as possible.
[ Tasha: I’m not as shocked as I expected to be. ]
[ Tasha: I thought seeing so many mutilated bodies would cause psychological trauma. ]
[ Se-um: Even when our kid was D-rank, their mental fortitude was truly ]
[ Se-um: heavenly. ]
Of course, it wasn’t that I was literally devouring S-rank monsters.
It was simply that my abilities far exceeded what my rank should allow.
Now I ranked among the higher echelon of A-rank Hunters.
Naturally, my mental fortitude had grown proportionally, allowing me to remain composed even in such situations.
Just recall how I endured alone in the Shadow Communication Hall Dungeon.
This is the child I’ve raised.
After running desperately, I reached two Hunters who had been calmly accepting the death that awaited them.
One had lost consciousness and lay collapsed, their head resting on the other’s knee.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, go block them. Let me tie my hair back.”
“Yes.”
Despite giving him such an absurd reason to buy me time alone, Ha Gyuhyuk didn’t question it.
He shot forward like a bullet and summoned a sword from thin air.
The flaming blade flying from the opposite side instantly collided with his sword aura.
With the explosion, both forces canceled each other out in the middle.
“What a mess.”
This Dungeon required at least A-rank or higher to enter.
Yet they’d sent in maximum A-rank Hunters, so of course they all died miserably.
It was a miracle that even two survived.
[ Franson: I asked around, and apparently the other Constellations just watched and left. ]
Franson: T_T
[ Franson: Cassandra was there at the end, but ]
[ Franson: I think she realized she’d slip up, so she went to watch something else instead. ]
[ Se-um: You said if you got caught chatting this time, you’d do silent meditation for 100 years. ]
[ Tasha: Caught chatting? ]
[ Se-um: Chat ban. ]
[ Tasha: These Constellations really do abbreviate everything. ]
[ Se-um: That’s an abbreviation too. ]
[ Tasha: Utterly absurd. ]
[ Franson: What abbreviation is that? ]
[ Tasha: Just means it’s utterly absurd. ]
Cassandra, the all-knowing Prophetess.
She often forgets that what she speaks is future revelation and chats away carelessly.
As a result, he frequently received chat bans for violating causality.
These days, he logs in and out of the server without chatting, afraid he might accidentally reveal the future.
Looking at the state of this Dungeon, it seems he left thinking, ‘Well, Se-um’s Constellation will come rescue them anyway.’
But the Hunters seem to have fallen into despair, thinking he’d abandoned them.
When I checked their names, Eliana Grey and Bella Dillon came up—both C-rank Hunters—and they’ve somehow managed to survive this long by evading skillfully.
― Se-um, should we handle the boss?
[ Wait. ]
[ I need to talk to them for a bit, so buy me some time. ]
― Understood.
Ha Gyuhyuk doesn’t question my words.
He doesn’t even complain about why I’m making him do this alone.
He simply endures, understands, and accepts every situation because I—Se-um—said so.
My truly obedient client.
He shifted the boss’s attention and began stalling for time on his own.
Meanwhile, I lowered my head to meet the gaze of Eliana, who was watching me with a dazed expression.
“Hello, Eliana Grey. Why did you put your friend to sleep?”
I asked as gently as I could, but it was as if I’d pressed a button—she started crying.
She wept.
I was sure I’d spoken kindly, but I couldn’t fathom why she suddenly had reason to cry.
Did she break down from the shock of a savior appearing out of nowhere?
“I was wrong….”
“That’s unfortunate….”
“Bella was right.”
“Well, that’s good then….”
I didn’t know what she was thinking, but it seemed she was in the process of reaching an understanding.
I bent down and wiped away her tears with my fingertips.
“Yes, learning is a good thing, but the situation isn’t ideal for you to grasp and understand it right now. Shall we leave?”
Looking back at the records, it appeared she had deliberately knocked her friend unconscious.
It was her way of showing consideration—letting her friend meet death as if in peaceful sleep.
If she truly wanted to show consideration, she should have fought until the very end.
Though if she had, her friend might have stopped breathing before we arrived.
“Ha Gyuhyuk, finish it.”
I turned my head slightly and whispered to him.
He immediately kicked off the ground and rushed forward.
White light burst from his sword—a blade that perfectly mirrored mine—and tore through the air.
The boss fell with startling ease upon receiving the sword strike.
A terrible inferno suddenly erupted, seeming to split the sky itself.
“Even in death, it has to be so dramatic.”
I waved my hand and suppressed the flames.
I understand the desire to make a grand exit, but if the corpse becomes any more of a mess here, the bereaved will grieve.
And when the bereaved grieve, Ha Gyuhyuk grieves with them.
I’ve learned enough as a Constellation to understand that much now.
I didn’t want to give Ha Gyuhyuk reason to grieve if I could help it.
“Se-um.”
Ha Gyuhyuk, with what looked like soot smudged across his cheek, approached me hesitantly.
I naturally wiped away the dirt from his face with my hand, then turned my gaze back to Eliana Grey, who stood in a daze.
“We’re technically here illegally, right? You can keep that a secret?”
I placed my index finger to my lips and smiled as if asking her to keep the secret, and her head bobbed as though a motor was running inside it.
Here I was doing good deeds, yet I still had to tread carefully like this—how troublesome.
― Se-um, I think these Hunters’ trauma will be quite severe. Especially the one who’s awake.
[ I know. ]
But I couldn’t possibly care for all of them.
What was I supposed to do?
I watched the face still wet with tears, then turned my attention to the Gate that had activated after clearing the Dungeon.
Would sending these people out right now be the right answer?
I considered what they would have to endure if only two of them left alive.
I made my decision.
I summoned something before them.
“What is this…?”
A table laden with food from all corners of the world.
“Let’s eat first, then think about it.”
A very Korean way of thinking.
Ha Gyuhyuk glanced at me sideways.
His expression showed he was desperately trying to understand me somehow.
Wasn’t this the right call?
After that, Bella Dillon woke up. She nearly fainted again the moment she saw us.
“You eat too, then think about it.”
I watched the two of them sit down and eat, observing them intently.
Of course, worried they might get indigestion if we ate together, Ha Gyuhyuk and I sat far away and stingily ate only instant ramen.
“Se-um, what do we do now?”
“Well, we can’t leave the Dungeon together since we can’t be seen anymore.”
“Right.”
“But you’re worried about their mental state, aren’t you?”
“Yeah…”
Ha Gyuhyuk’s expression grew dejected.
But there was truly no way for us to go out and shield them or anything like that.
What if this turned into an international incident?
We’d already placed a contract on them not to disclose anything about us.
As I swallowed a spoonful of ramen broth, I was contemplating whether to erase their memories of the Dungeon entirely when a cautious voice came from behind.
“Um…”
“Hm?”
I turned to look.
It was Bella Dillon, the Hunter with green eyes. She stared at me with a bewildered expression before suddenly opening her mouth.
“Thank you for saving me! Constellation.”
“You’re awake? I didn’t save you—he did.”
I pointed at Ha Gyuhyuk with a wooden chopstick, and her green eyes rolled to follow.
Ha Gyuhyuk gave an embarrassed nod.
― I’m not very good at English.
[ It’s fine. ]
[ I set it up so you can speak in Korean and I’ll understand. ]
[ You understand their language just fine anyway. ]
Bella, oblivious to the intense exchange between us, hesitated before speaking again.
“Would it be alright if you could comfort Eli a little?”
“Comfort her?”
“Yes, she believes the gods abandoned us because we’re weak… She’s in complete despair right now, saying there’s no point in leaving even if we do.”
From what I saw earlier, that girl was so devoted to you she even fainted trying to die with you.
I couldn’t fathom what made her so beautiful and precious that she’d ask me to comfort her.
I casually incinerated the empty cup noodle container and wooden chopstick, then rose to my feet.
“Fine, whatever. I’m not great with words though.”
[ Franson: Asking Se-um for comfort… ]
[ Franson: Really has no eye for people ]
[ Se-um: What does that mean right now? ]
I dragged my feet toward Eliana Grey.
The girl with crimson hair and azure eyes looked up at me with vacant eyes.
I lowered my head to meet her gaze.
I’m good at comforting people too.
“Upset that the gods didn’t choose you?”
I could almost hear Franson clutching the back of his neck somewhere.
Must be my imagination.

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