D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 96

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Chapter 96
Dan Yibum wiped away the blood splattered haphazardly across his face.
The moment the Constellation hurled him away, his eyes opened to the first floor of the Death Shadow Communication Building.
The instant he entered, a disorienting force flooded his mind completely.
Grrk, grrrkk.
Terrifying sounds erupted from their mouths.
It transcended mere groans or cries—pure terror itself.
‘There’s no way communication with those things will work, no matter what I say.’
Having made his assessment, he slipped on his primary weapon—knuckles—and charged at the demonic beasts.
Clanging, clanging, clanging!
The sharp metallic ring of their fangs striking his knuckles pierced his ears cleanly.
[ The blessing of the Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer is with you. ]
[ The Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer has sent you ‘Hang in there’. ]
Witnessing such undignified messages transmitted amid the fierce battle, Dan Yibum found himself laughing despite everything.
Though the Constellation appeared to have cast him away coldly, it was clear they were still watching over him.
‘Now I understand why people are so devoted to this god.’
Ulrim seemed reluctant to acknowledge it themselves, yet they were a Constellation beloved and cherished by everyone in Touch One.
Even without being a Constellation, they surely would have been.
Who could not love someone who pretended indifference while quietly looking after people, expressing compassion through their terse manner of speech?
‘Regardless of his past life, the Guild Master became fortunate the moment the Constellation chose him.’
Honestly, I had little interest in Ha Gyuhyuk’s previous life.
I’d thought of him as someone irrelevant to my own existence—just a D-rank Hunter.
But precisely because I harbored such thoughts, I was not chosen by Ulrim.
“If you’re envious, you’ve already lost, haven’t you?”
Guild Master Ha Gyuhyuk.
In some ways, he was far more difficult to understand than Ulrim.
Ulrim’s surroundings consisted only of those beyond their reach, so they often displayed their raw emotions without reservation.
But Ha Gyuhyuk was extraordinarily skilled at composing himself.
Moreover, he knew how to feign modesty.
‘Ulrim…!’
‘Ha Gyuhyuk, you’re so shy and flustered—how do you expect to survive in this harsh world?’
‘I think I need you to be by my side, Ulrim…’
I’d once overheard him having such a conversation with the Constellation, his face genuinely flushed, his expression one of helpless bewilderment.
It was unmistakably not a fabricated expression.
So that was Ha Gyuhyuk’s true self, and the refined, composed kindness he displayed before other Guild Members must have been his constructed facade.
It was a different dimension entirely from Dan Yibum, who rarely concealed his true thoughts and demeanor in most situations.
Yet Dan Yibum never asked Ulrim why they had chosen Ha Gyuhyuk.
After all, learning such reasons wouldn’t make him become Ha Gyuhyuk.
He couldn’t make the same choice, nor did he wish to.
It was the same with Cinea.
‘Dan Yibum, if you keep pushing forward with that stubborn independence, you’ll regret it someday. I don’t know where that arrogance comes from, thinking all your opinions are correct.’
‘You don’t think it comes from my strength?’
‘This is exactly why I’m saying this.’
‘I’m the one maintaining this Guild, and my choices are made for the greatest number of people.’
‘But what’s the point of doing that while sacrificing everything you actually want to save!’
‘So you’re saying I should save those important to me first, instead of all those others.’
I knew it.
He was deeply arrogant.
After all, he’d failed to save the many, and he’d failed to save those dear to him.
Yet he was a man who could make no other choice.
Even if he returned to that moment, he would selfishly assert his own opinion and demand its acceptance.
That’s why Ulrim never chose him.
Other Constellations had even proposed contracts, drawn only to Yibum’s strength.
They came with offers of revenge against the former Guild members who had ‘ignored’ him.
Even when he said he wouldn’t contract with a Constellation, they tempted him, insisting that actually doing so would be different.
That’s when he realized Ulrim was truly one of a kind among Constellations.
One who respected the path he fought for.
And that Constellation had pushed him forward and sent him into this place.
‘It must mean to carve a path first.’
Or perhaps it was to remove him from the awkwardness of being among the Guild members.
Not just Ulrim, but everyone in that Guild was strange.
They tried to look after someone as uncooperative as Yibum, and they protected him from being hurt because he’d had friction in his previous Guild.
Those weaker than him had stepped forward like that.
His belief that the weak were ultimately a group he needed to protect was shaken.
‘Strange people.’
Though perhaps he had no right to say that, having stood against Ulrim, whom he’d thought was an SS-rank Hunter.
Regardless, the fact that others cared about him brought him a joy he couldn’t quite deny.
Though he wasn’t even aware that he himself was feeling that joy.
“Human, human!”
“So there are creatures that speak.”
After dealing with several beasts, now ones that seemed to possess more consciousness began charging at him.
The more they came, the more grotesque their appearance became, and his stomach churned.
His knuckles glistened with black blood, and sweat began soaking his body.
[ The Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer has sponsored you with ‘Vitality Potion (Superior)’. ]
[ The Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer has sponsored you with ‘Mental Fortitude Potion (Premium)’. ]
[ The Constellation of Infinite Inquiry has sponsored you with ‘Death Shadow Communication Building Map’. ]
[ The Constellation of Infinite Inquiry has sent you ‘Hang in there’. ]
[ The Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer has sent you ‘You can do it’. ]
‘You can do it, huh.’
Even as he thought they were saying something genuinely kind, Yibum found himself laughing.
I had no idea who the Constellation of Infinite Inquiry was, but they seemed to be watching this situation with considerable interest.
Even if I refused to contract with a Constellation, I had no intention of rejecting everything they offered.
Using what one possessed wisely and appropriately was also a Hunter’s quality.
The moment the potion touched my lips, my entire body surged with renewed vigor, as though reborn.
As I ascended floor by floor, my momentum only seemed to accelerate.
It was true that increasingly intelligent races were throwing themselves at me, but I could still manage them.
What bothered me was that their appearances grew more invasive to my psyche with each level.
‘This is… actually taking a toll.’
If rendered in text, they were creatures whose very visage would drive readers to madness, crawling through the building’s interior.
‘The odds of any living person maintaining sanity are slim.’
Even as an S-Rank, my reason wavered in an instant before such terror.
But the fact that I retained some sense of self was likely thanks to Ulrim’s intervention.
‘Is that so? Then fight.’
Ulrim spoke with calm certainty.
Others might wonder how a conversation could end so simply, but for me, it was enough.
Dan Yibum used a skill to erase the blood and flesh clinging to my body.
It was wasteful mana expenditure since I’d only get covered again, but—
‘I’ll see him again soon anyway.’
There was someone whose good opinion Dan Yibum wanted to earn.
Ulrim understood.
My refusal to contract with a Constellation.
‘Ha Gyuhyuk? Ah, it’s you.’
Though I would never occupy even a corner of Ulrim’s world.
I smiled again, remembering that disappointed expression when he found me instead of Ha Gyuhyuk.
One who gave nothing of their inner heart, yet dispensed compassion and love infinitely.
Another message appeared before my eyes.
[ The Constellation of the Entangled Apocalypse’s Finalizer wishes to make a personal request of you. ]
To earn his ‘praise,’ Dan Yibum eagerly threw himself back at the beasts before him.
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“Couldn’t you have sent the kids in with a bit more style?”
“No, just getting them in was enough. Why worry about style?”
Franson shook his head.
No matter how he thought about it, splitting the earth to drop Hunters and teleport them into a building felt villainous.
But thanks to that, they’d entered quickly and could clear it like this.
He was pouting pointlessly when the children running ahead suddenly stopped before an iron gate.
It was Tasha who halted them.
“Everyone, close your eyes.”
There was an irresistible power in those words.
[ Attention all Constellations accessing the SS-89 Dungeon within the ’34R7h’ Server. ]
[ A foreign lifeform is intervening through causality adjustment of the SS-89. ]

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