D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134
Four days passed in this manner.
Ha Gyuhyuk moved to the Training Ground Subspace located in Sungdo.
Since I used the Karma that Sellen had transferred to me this time, I paid the price boldly, like a tycoon.
And right beside me stood Sungho, a Constellation with a grave expression on his face.
“Se-um, I must confess I have some doubts about whether this is truly the right choice.”
“To be honest, I’m not entirely certain myself whether this is correct. But as the saying goes, no parent can overcome their child.”
“….”
“…Earth has such a maxim.”
Without realizing it, I spoke as though recounting something well-known to an Earthling, assuming they already understood.
I must have spent far too long on Earth. I’m becoming more human.
Ha Gyuhyuk, who had once repeated death diligently dozens of times, was now swiftly dispatching artificial enemies.
“For a Transcendent, your growth rate is remarkably swift.”
“Is that so?”
“Well, I have observed countless clients, and among them were many brimming with potential. Yet those who showed the most dazzling progress were invariably those who demonstrated the will to advance of their own accord.”
He followed Ha Gyuhyuk’s movements with a serious expression.
Ha Gyuhyuk claimed, by his own account, that he was mimicking ‘my fighting style.’
But the crucial point was that I had never engaged in any significant combat, whether as a human or afterward.
“It seems somewhat different from the swordplay that Hunters typically employ.”
“Well, there’s quite a long story behind this.”
“But I trust that as a Korean, Se-um, you can summarize it quickly.”
There seems to be a misconception circulating that Koreans can do anything quickly.
Yet I can actually summarize it, which is rather embarrassing.
“It is the combat method from my previous client’s world.”
“If it’s from your client, Se-um….”
“It is a Server that Sungho has never entered.”
Located in Shaanxi, on Jongnam Mountain, known as one of the Nine Great Sects—Jongnam.
A place where Taoism was revered, where my client Jong Seo-baek was born and spent his remaining years until becoming the sect leader.
The Jongnam Sect within the martial arts world!
I raised my cute and mischievous child, even going to stop him when he was tearing at his own hair, carrying him on my back.
“My client became the sect leader of Jongnam. Ha Gyuhyuk is fundamentally quick in his movements, so he doesn’t quite suit Jongnam’s sword style.”
“The Thirty-Six Heavenly Sword Techniques?”
“Yes, well, I believe that was the name.”
Suddenly, a distant memory of my child surfaces.
‘Hey! Is this truly the Thirty-Six Heavenly Sword Techniques!’
‘I haven’t even reached the first of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Swords, Primordial Celestial Worthy!’
‘I’m so sorry!’
When I appeared in his dream and unleashed a sword strike right away, my Seo-baek was astonished.
Embarrassed, I erased that dream. But when Seo-baek woke up, he said something had entered his heart during sleep and had a fit.
This should be a scene to recall fond memories, but what is this?
“So that sword belongs to the Jongnam Sect?”
“No, sir. That child wields the blade of Huashan—the very one our Seo-baek grappled with, locked in combat.”
I answered brightly, and Sungho the Constellation fixed his gaze upon me.
The blows one receives tend to linger longer than those one delivers.
“There’s a saying: know your enemy and know yourself, and victory is assured in a hundred battles. So I spent sleepless nights studying the swordsmanship of Huashan. That’s why it was easier for me to teach it.”
“Was the Huashan Sect the public enemy of that world?”
“I believe it was the Demonic Cult or the Blood Cult—one of those. The Huashan Sect and Jongnam Sect were merely like quarrelsome neighbors with poor relations.”
For a moment, we spoke casually about the already-deceased client.
There’s a legend that when the blade of Huashan reaches its ultimate form, the fragrance of plum blossoms spreads forth.
However, what I taught Ha Gyuhyuk was little more than a counterfeit, so naturally, no such thing occurred.
“I borrowed the form from Huashan’s style, but strictly speaking, this is more like a crude-strike sword technique.”
“And what exactly is that?”
“Simply a sword made to strike crudely.”
“….”
Sungho the Constellation wore an expression that screamed ‘conversing with young people is truly exhausting,’ and offered a wry smile.
The Hunter world differs from the martial arts world.
No matter how exalted an opponent’s mastery, the martial arts world—where two beings stand upon the same earth—confronts ‘human strength.’
The Hunter world must battle ‘new strength’ from other worlds.
There is no time to refine one’s craft, and now it is the 24th century. The mentality has accelerated to extremes in this rush.
The speed to exploit an opponent’s vital points the moment they’re exposed, and the complex movements to confound an enemy’s vision.
Combined with a blade honed to the extreme—thin yet razor-sharp—to keep the body light.
This crude-strike sword technique is, in essence, a weapon for killing.
The principle is the same here as anywhere: one must kill someone to save someone.
“In truth, I never expected that child to become this formidable, so I trained them in such savage combat methods.”
“Because it seemed they would need to survive otherwise?”
“Yes. As you know, my entry into Earth was fraught with complications. So during that time, I taught them harshly—to not die.”
Recalling those nights when we exchanged blows with heated intensity, I wiped my philtrum.
This was a rather beautiful memory.
“That child strives so hard because they wish to remain in the Constellation System and follow you?”
“Yes.”
“Then you yourself—”
“Pardon?”
Sungho the Constellation’s gaze pierced through me.
I am currently living here with my eternity mortgaged to the Constellation System, yet I couldn’t fathom what he meant.
As I blinked in confusion, unable to comprehend, he spoke again, his tone gentle.
“I once heard from Natalia the Constellation that you remain here due to loneliness.”
“Yes.”
“When that child becomes a Constellation, your loneliness will vanish. Will you then simply fade away, leaving them behind? That child would choose eternity just to be with you.”
“I haven’t… given that much thought yet. It still seems a distant prospect for that child to even become a Constellation.”
“You must think of it now. Time may be infinite for us, but not for them. If you wish to fade away, then consider the eternity of the child left behind.”
The eternity of the child left behind.
It was one of the things I had deliberately turned away from, using the excuse of resolving countless situations that arose moment by moment.
Yes, they say the flow of the Constellations is already wavering.
If that child promises me eternity, Se-um’s loneliness will disappear.
Then there would be no meaning for me to remain.
When a choice is given to me, what should I do? Suddenly, as if the sky itself were spinning, my insides churned with vertigo.
As if my heart itself were seasick.
Ha Gyuhyuk beyond the screen was absorbed in fierce training, oblivious to everything.
“Of course, there’s no need to decide right now. But it won’t be such a distant future either.”
“That child might not become a Constellation or a High Priest either.”
“Even so, nothing changes. Either way, you must prepare for parting with that child. Unless you hold the desire to remain together.”
It seemed I truly was young after all.
Every time he speaks, I feel strange. I don’t even want to understand.
I know this avoidance isn’t good, but still…. I didn’t want to decide yet.
Not before I properly understand this heartache I’m experiencing.
“If I find it too difficult to decide and seek counsel, will you listen?”
“When a young friend seeks advice, an elder cannot turn away from it.”
“I’m not young. Humans would laugh if they heard that.”
“Se-um’s world is the Constellation System. So we must follow the standards of this place.”
Tch!
Lately, I’ve been treated like a baby far too often.
There were Constellations younger than me, but since those who suited me were all at least a thousand years old, it was all the more so.
“If you need help with anything else, feel free to speak. You may be young, but you’re a Constellation with great capacity, so there will be many willing to help.”
“My Constellation connections are quite narrow.”
“There are many who feel affection for you unilaterally. Look over there now.”
Sungho gestured toward the screen.
Someone approached from behind Ha Gyuhyuk, who was still engaged in combat, radiating white light.
The figure walking cautiously in High Priest robes was hunched over nervously.
Perhaps worried about being cut by the client’s blade.
— Ha Gyuhyuk, client?
— Hah, phew…. Ah, yes?
And where he turned his head, there stood a pale, fluffy figure with a tense expression.
His name was Baek Han.
A High Priest exclusively serving Sungho from the 8p6wJ Server.

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