D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13
Not only was my client a Constellation candidate capable of noble sacrifice for humanity, but he was also someone who knew how to act cute toward his own Constellation. I smacked my forehead at the sheer irony of being the only one who had entered this world alone.
I rapidly scrolled through the interface.
Ha Gyuhyuk hadn’t done anything reckless like rushing into a dangerous Dungeon just because I’d been unreachable for a while.
Well, more accurately, he couldn’t have.
[ Public interest in the client within the corresponding world has increased. ]
[ Positive 30, Neutral 50, Negative 20—Karma Points have risen by a narrow margin. ]
I stared at the screen intently.
It was only natural.
A D-rank Hunter had single-handedly cleared a B-rank Dungeon—one that had been left in an uncleared state like some kind of burden.
He’d also moved to a better place and quit his job at just the right time, so it seemed the bored masses had found excellent gossip material.
Rather than contact him directly, I should check public opinion first.
[ Searching for information on 34R7h. ]
In martial arts novels, it would be the flow of the martial world; in romance, the clergy and the palace or the duchy. In modern times, the internet community was where rumors flourished most actively.
I mobilized every accessible piece of information to provide my client with the most useful gift and produce results.
I quickly scrolled down and began reading all information about the person named Ha Gyuhyuk.
[ 〔Didn’t you say he was a D-rank Hunter?〕
She quickly lowered her gaze and began reading all the information about a person named Ha Gyuhyuk.
“Didn’t you say he was a D-rank Hunter?”
〔Don’t you know? Isn’t it actually a Constellation who chose him?〕
〔ㄱㄱㅇ The guild is starting to threaten to sue you again, so be careful hahahaha But what did you do? Aera Mae used to be a dungeon porter〕
This abbreviation likely referred to Kim Gyuwun, the Hunter who had been rescued in Ha Gyuhyuk’s place.
If this person was petty enough to retaliate against Ha Gyuhyuk for losing face, I would need to take precautions.
At the simplest level, I could erase all memories of Ha Gyuhyuk.
At the most extreme, I could eliminate everything related to Kim Gyuwun.
It would depend on what kind of person he was and what kind of life he had lived.
I narrowed my eyes and manipulated the screen. Kim Gyuwun, then.
[ Retrieving client information. ]
[ You are confirmed to have an active client contract. Therefore, retrieving information on other clients requires payment. ]
I pressed the payment button without hesitation.
For clients who hadn’t yet received a Constellation’s selection, information retrieval didn’t consume much Karma.
It was enough to feel a mild sense of disillusionment at Sungdo’s operational philosophy of inducing payment even in such situations.
It would have been more burdensome if the client had already been contracted.
[ Kim Gyuwun of world ’34R7h’—Human race. Age 27. Occupation: A-rank Hunter. Estimated remaining lifespan: 1 year. ]
[ However, since this world has shown no prior Constellation intervention data, the final lifespan is being recalculated. ]
[ 〔He is a prodigy among prodigies.
He graduated from a Hunter academy that only S-rank Hunters could enter, and joined the nation’s top-tier Guild.
While his individual Hunter abilities naturally don’t surpass higher ranks, he demonstrated exceptional talent in situational judgment and strategic design, making him indispensable to the Guild.
He graduated from a Hunter academy that only S-rank Hunters could enter, and joined the nation’s top-tier Hunter Guild.
A Hunter’s individual ability naturally falls short compared to higher ranks, but due to his outstanding talent in situational judgment and strategic planning, he became an indispensable person to the Hunter Guild.
So when he went missing in the B-47 Dungeon, I desperately tried to extract him. But sacrificing someone to save one person would invite criticism, so it took time to find a suitable candidate.
The Guild itself wasn’t fond of such irregularities, viewing him as sufficiently replaceable personnel.
P.S. I believe that Se-um, who vanished alone 330 years ago, was the true ‘hero’ who stopped the tremor, so I harbor admiration for her.〕 ]
“….”
I pretended not to see that last sentence.
There was no need to take action against him just yet. I resumed reading the information.
[ 〔Hunter Who Achieved “2-Stage Dungeon Ascension Achievement” in 72 Years Goes Missing—Public Curious〕 ]
Various media articles speculating about him.
He was simply lying low using concealment items until public interest faded.
Finally, private messages sent by people under Kim Gyuwun.
[- Guild Master, the dungeon clear condition of 80% or higher destruction remains unchanged.
There was no external rescue operation by Hunters, and the system has never been wrong about clear conditions until now.
The Hunter in question, Ha Gyuhyuk, has never taken an entrance exam at our Guild.
It’s a regulation you established—those below B-rank Hunter cannot even submit applications.
According to our investigation, this Hunter has been D-rank since awakening, not demoted due to injury or other circumstances.
Regarding the rank adjustment after achieving the Achievement you mentioned, we accessed the system and found no such changes.
We’ve organized all media articles about connections between Kim Gyuwun and this Hunter, so there’s no need for concern.
As you instructed, we did send a special scout message to the Hunter in question—it was confirmed as received, but there’s been no response yet.
I’ll inform you once we confirm that part. Additionally, once Kim Gyuwun completes rehabilitation, we’ll redeploy him to the field.
If he refuses the scout offer, we’ll explore alternative methods accordingly. ]
Kim Gyuwun was keeping quiet, but the Guild’s talk of irregularities probably referred to this.
I clicked my tongue lightly and turned the screen away.
It seemed I would need to deal with the Guild sooner rather than later.
If Kim Gyuwun got caught up in this, it would be somewhat unfortunate.
But the fact that they tried to lock my client away in there forever was unforgivable.
And this ‘alternative method’ didn’t sound particularly humane either.
‘Sometimes humans are crueler than Constellations, I’ve noticed.’
I left my client, who had been waiting for me so desperately, unattended while I quickly reviewed the past information.
He must have waited for me quite earnestly during those two weeks.
Unaware that I was still watching over him, wasn’t he eating a rice ball with a dejected expression?
[ You’ve earned plenty of money—eat something decent. ]
[ Food is important to humans, after all. ]
This time, I waited until he finished eating without any incident, then spoke to him naturally, as if I’d been observing him all along.
Fortunately, he didn’t startle badly enough to fall backward.
Instead, Ha Gyuhyuk’s eyes widened with undisguised joy, and he broke into a bright smile.
– Constellation!
Was he really that happy?
At first, he said he didn’t understand why I was even speaking to him, and he hesitated about becoming my client.
‘By human standards, roughly two months have passed. In that time, I’ve spoken with him only about three times.’
The first time, I ambushed him while he was bathing; the next time, I followed him into a dungeon, saved him, and half-forcibly made him my client.
So this was the third time.
I’d only saved his life once, yet he seemed this happy about it.
This child truly had no greed.
If he’d truly needed me, he would have been upset about my fifteen-day disappearance without a word.
Yet there was no trace of resentment—only joy at our reunion.
It was really nothing at all. I rested my chin on my hand and smiled.
[ Did you miss me that much? ]
– Yes! I thought that since Constellations live for such a long time, your sense of time must be different from mine, so you wouldn’t come. But still, I was worried.
His silver-gleaming hair and dark eyes sparkled with light.
I gazed at his face for a long moment, savoring it, before slowly typing out my message.
[ From now on, I will grant you what you desire. ]
[ You said you wanted to save people, didn’t you? ]
[ Let’s go. ]
To build your karma.

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