Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 10
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10. Our Matchmaking!
“B-Boss.”
“Win! Win and save us!”
With Kim Yang and Renea’s cheers behind me, I face Geum Tae-min.
Despite the standoff, Geum Tae-min looked relaxed.
“I’ll give you the first move. It’d just be embarrassing for me to grit my teeth and win against you as you are now, right?”
“I’d appreciate that.”
I’m not going to refuse what he’s offering just to maintain my pride.
Geum Tae-min leisurely spreads both arms wide to welcome me.
As soon as that smug smile starts to form, I immediately lift my leg and kick hard between his legs.
Whack!
“…!”
My devastating Groin Kick.
It was a strike where I put all my strength into it-.
“Y-You bastard-!”
He actually blocked it by bringing both knees together toward the center in an unsightly manner.
“W-Wow.”
“I thought you would fight with a knife!”
If you can land one hit, hitting the most reliable weak spot is basic.
I was just being faithful to the basics.
Not only Kim Yang and Renea were surprised, but the other thugs also looked flustered.
Meanwhile, Geum Tae-min glares at me while maintaining that position.
“You’re going to fight like this?!”
“I didn’t expect you to block it….”
“You said Knife Fighting!”
“Does Knife Fighting really mean fighting only with knives? Close Combat is included.”
At my words, Geum Tae-min thrust his face forward as if he wanted to argue back, but he couldn’t get the words out.
Because what I said wasn’t wrong.
“Coward, you said you’d let me attack first but you blocked right away?”
“Shut up.”
The knife swung with the will to no longer be pushed around.
Geum Tae-min was definitely different from five years ago.
Fast and accurate.
However, since he was a hunter who relied on his Gravity Manipulation ability, his Close Combat itself hadn’t grown that much considering five years had passed.
The dagger held in reverse grip came in precisely targeting my neck.
There’s nothing more foolish in Knife Fighting than deflecting a dagger with another dagger.
A dagger is a weapon with clearly limited attack points due to its short reach.
I struck his wrist with my fist and swung the dagger I was holding forward.
Fluid Offense-Defense Transition is the basics of Knife Fighting.
Clang!
But he also easily struck my wrist with his opposite hand.
Sharp pain flowed through the blood vessels in my wrist.
Before we knew it, we were trading blows back and forth like repeating advances and retreats over territory.
“Oh, ooh. Boss! F-fight on!”
“Fight on! Just completely crush that bastard! Honestly, he really looks annoying!”
I received cheers from the two, but it didn’t seem to give me strength.
“Damn it!”
A groan came from between Geum Tae-min’s clenched teeth. He wanted to win without using his Gravity Manipulation ability.
But when he actually fought, the fact that we were evenly matched must have been irritating.
He had even spent five years struggling and fighting to reach that position.
Yet he was in a similar situation to me, whose combat instincts had dulled from just running a Marriage Information Agency.
His pride was already crumbling in real time.
“Boss! Fight on!”
“You can win!”
Since Kim Yang and Renea were cheering, the thugs felt they couldn’t just stay still and poured out their own cheers.
It was funny seeing big guys clenching their fists and chanting like they were cheering for idols.
“Shut up, you bastards!”
“….”
“….”
“What kind of cheering is this when I’m fighting trash like this!”
Even this was a part that scratched at Geum Tae-min’s pride.
The thugs became silent as if they had eaten honey.
And beside them, Kim Yang and Renea began cheering even more vigorously.
“F-fighting! Fighting! B-boss! Hang in there! Win!”
“Win! Win! I’ll give you a kiss when you come back!”
“Grk!”
For a moment, my legs wobbled and his knife almost slashed my shoulder.
A bright smile spread across Geum Tae-min’s lips as he saw his chance for victory.
“Why is that bastard wobbling when I said I’d give him a kiss?! Hey, blond bastard! Come here! Let me fight!”
“C-calm down, Grandmother!”
Kim Yang hugged Renea from behind to stop her from rushing at me.
Even in that situation, our fight was reaching its end.
“This is it in the end. For 5 years, you’ve gotten dull, and I’ve grown.”
Clang-!
Our knives clashed against each other.
In the end, my grip couldn’t hold on and I dropped my knife.
Clatter!
The knife fell to the floor and spun like a top. Geum Tae-min grinned wickedly and thrust his dagger toward my neck with leisure.
“Die, you bastard.”
When doing Knife Fighting.
Using a dagger to deflect a dagger is a stupid move.
Because switching between offense and defense becomes difficult.
Thunk!
The dagger pierced into my shoulder.
Originally it should have been the neck, but I intentionally thrust my body forward to make the strike land faster.
Now that his attention is focused on the dagger.
I immediately swing my fist.
“You bastard, all this time-!”
I don’t give him a chance to talk.
‘First, the temple.’
Crack!
The hook punch struck his temple precisely.
The bastard frowned, seemingly flustered by the unexpected force.
“Guh!?”
A retching groan.
This time when I strike the tip of his chin, he staggers back.
Philtrum, ear, below the cheekbone, between the eyebrows.
Crack-crack-crack-crack!
He tried to curl up and defend like a turtle against the barrage of attacks-.
But I immediately grabbed his hair and lifted it up to prevent him from ducking.
Philtrum.
Crack!
“Aaahhh!”
Death-like screams pour out.
The flowing nosebleed and his wretched appearance seemed ready to admit defeat at any moment.
But when he waved his hand, pressure crushed my entire body and forced me to my knees.
“Fuuuuuuuck!”
Thoom!
A scream filled with humiliation and hatred in front of me on my knees. His hands wiping away the nosebleed trembled not from fear, but as proof of uncontrollable rage.
“You bastard! You! How dare you-! Me!”
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
His punches and kicks rain down on me as I kneel. Due to Gravity Manipulation, even though my body is being hit, I can’t be pushed back or fall over.
Like a stone statue, I can only silently take the beating in place.
“Kyaaaah!”
“S-stop it! What are you doing?!”
Kim Yang and Renea urgently tried to approach, but were blocked by the thugs.
“M-move! Get out of the way! Boss! Are you okay?! Run away!”
“Argh! Do you know who I am! Renea Barlosa Declen Fiora- A-anyway, I’m the Elf Queen!”
Tearful voices could be heard from behind me.
Meanwhile, Geum Tae-min seemed to have gathered his emotions as he caught his breath.
“Hah, hah… You bastard. In the end, this is the result. Knife Fighting? Fuck that. The one who survives is the winner, isn’t that right?”
He retrieves the knife he had dropped.
Crouching down, he taps my cheek with the knife.
“Phew. Life’s quite twisted, isn’t it, Ju-seon? Always taking first place, so you got marked by Yu Ye-na, the Hunter Association director’s daughter, and couldn’t even get your Hunter License issued.”
“…”
“You’re too perceptive, so you ended up knowing things you shouldn’t know, and now your life’s about to end because of it.”
Geum Tae-min shakes his head with a sneer.
“There’s a saying, isn’t there? Geniuses die young. Fuck, that’s exactly what you are.”
“…”
“Look at you keeping your mouth shut, trying to maintain your pride. Yeah, die honorably. I’ll survive disgracefully and enjoy everything there is to enjoy.”
He grips the knife in reverse and raises it up.
“Farewell, valedictorian.”
The split second he strikes down toward my forehead.
In less than a second when the Western Liquor falls to the floor due to Renea’s rampage.
Swoosh!
The knife tears through flesh as blood pours out.
But it wasn’t Geum Tae-min’s knife—it was my folding knife that I always carry for self-defense, now embedded in Tae-min’s chest.
Clink.
The cold blade that touched my forehead couldn’t penetrate any further.
“H-how?”
Fear fills the face of Geum Tae-min as he staggers backward with wide eyes.
An expression of disbelief.
“D-don’t fuck with me! Don’t fuck with me! What was that just now?! What are you?! You’re an Acceleration Ability user?!”
Thud!
The weight of my legs as I stand up is definitely heavy.
“Ugh, Gravity Manipulation consumes a lot of stamina, so usually people only use the minimum force necessary for Suppression. Thanks to that, it’s easy to fool them by pretending to be suppressed a few times.”
If he had manipulated gravity at full power, I wouldn’t have been able to move, but so far three times.
Geum Tae-min had suppressed me with gravity, and he must have figured out how much force was needed.
And that was his fatal mistake.
As I roll my stiff shoulders to loosen them, Geum Tae-min vents his rage and shouts.
“Shut up and answer me! Are you an Acceleration Ability user?! You’ve been hiding that this whole time?!”
“…Ah.”
I wondered what he was talking about since I never hid it.
But I think I understand why he didn’t know.
“I never used it when sparring with you.”
I clench my fist toward Geum Tae-min, who looks up at me with a bewildered expression.
“Ha, haha… Without even using your ability? You’ve been beating me?”
Now is the opportunity while he can’t concentrate due to his injury.
Gravity Manipulation is annoying, so I need to suppress him completely.
“When you wake up, you’ll be in the detention cell.”
“Even if you survive this… even if you kill me. It’s already over. Baekdu Pharmaceuticals will never let you live.”
“I’ll handle that myself.”
“Ha, haha. Fucking bastard.”
Crash!
Geum Tae-min, hit squarely by my accelerated punch, faints and collapses on the spot.
Leaving the limp guy behind me, I turn my head and am surprised to see Kim Yang and Renea have already subdued the thugs.
“…What? How did you do that?”
“B-Boss! Boss!”
Kim Yang rushes into my arms and wraps around my waist. I feel faint moisture against my chest.
She must have been more scared than I thought, as tears are coming out.
As I pat her back, Renea speaks up proudly.
“Ahem, I am the Elf Queen after all. I have one or two secret techniques hidden away.”
“…What did you do?”
Kim Yang answered my question.
“Sh-she kicked their dicks with her foot.”
“…”
“B-Boss taught me.”
Right, that’s a relief.
“But what are we going to do now? I know about Baekdu Pharmaceuticals too! It’s a huge company! Meracle is smaller than Baekdu’s booger!”
“Fucking hurts my pride.”
But it hurts my pride even more that she’s not wrong.
Can’t be helped.
“Sigh, I’ll have to face them with the same weight class.”
I take out my mobile phone.
I never thought I’d be calling this number again-.
The waiting tone didn’t last long.
– What’s the matter?
A cold woman’s voice.
With a brief sigh, I request help.
“If you have time right now, could you come over? I got caught up in a bigger incident than expected during work.”
– …Explain.
When I briefly explained the current situation, she nodded and answered.
– 5 seconds.
“What?”
– I’ll arrive.
Click.
After hanging up the phone.
Exactly 5 seconds later.
KRAAAAAAANG!
The building shook violently and I could hear what sounded like people screaming.
“Kyaaaah!”
“Wh-what?! Who did you call?!”
Kim Yang and Renea clung to me at the sudden explosive sound. I held them both and reassured them.
“I called someone incredibly strong.”
Not just in terms of brute force, but someone even Baekdu Pharmaceuticals has to be wary of.
A moment later.
The door opens.
A woman wearing a business suit that perfectly matches her long black hair enters.
A cold atmosphere that clashes with the club setting.
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She glanced at the two people clinging to me, then spoke calmly as always.
“Let’s go.”
“B-Boss, who is this person?”
“Ahem, let me introduce her. This is Yu Ye-na, my classmate. She’s currently the Vice President of the Hunter Association. One of the Seven Extremes.”
At my words, Yu Ye-na placed her hands over her stomach and bowed politely.
“Our Ju-seon owes you a great debt. This is Yu Ye-na.”
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