Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 21
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21. Half-Human, Half-God!
Tower Management Bureau.
A place where talented individuals selected by the leadership of each floor have established themselves.
After the Tower, with its special power that connects various worlds, was established.
They were managing the Tower through cooperation rather than force or violence.
Their main work was managing illegal immigration.
Being able to cross to other worlds was a very significant advantage for malicious criminals.
Especially in the case of the 6th Floor, where technology leaks were extremely sensitive, it was impossible to gauge what kind of damage a criminal could cause once they got out.
Movement between floors was absolutely only through the Management Bureau.
That was the only possible method.
Yes, that’s what they thought.
Whirr! Whirr! Whirr! Whirr!
Mecklen, the director of the Tower Management Bureau, was breaking out in cold sweat.
After the Tower appeared, the number of countries maintaining their form could be counted on one’s fingers.
He had believed there would be no more incidents like this, but enormous energy waves were spreading over ‘Neo Seoul,’ the new capital of South Korea.
“Shit.”
Profanity spilled from his lips.
Someone was coming down directly from the 5th Floor to the 3rd Floor without going through the Tower.
“What about the 4th Floor? What are they saying?”
“The 4th Floor side reports only light tremors. It seems they’re tearing through dimensions to cross directly to the 3rd Floor.”
“Shit-!”
A longer curse.
The situation was just that bad.
“How can they tear through dimensions directly without going through the Tower? Even a 4th Floor Archmage couldn’t do that?!”
This wasn’t simply ending at the level of someone coming down.
The early days when the Tower first appeared.
The inter-floor wars that lasted for five years truly deserved to be called hellish.
Though it had now become a page in history, the corpses and blood piled up on that day had created the current peace-.
“What the hell… What is coming down?”
Cold sweat breaks out as his fists clench tightly.
He doesn’t know what situation is unfolding, but that thing doesn’t seem to be descending with good intentions.
If civilian casualties in Neo Seoul become severe—
“Another inter-floor war could really break out.”
Beyond dizzying, a sharp headache surges through him. If it’s an entity that appears by tearing through dimensions, it would easily trample Neo Seoul.
“D-Director! The Hunter Association has sent us a drone footage sharing link!”
“Connect it! Right now!”
He clasps his hands together as if praying.
“Jesus— Jesus.”
Someone once said that with the Tower’s appearance, the names of religion and gods became meaningless.
But Director Mecklen thought the opposite.
If such things exist, then at least one saint nailed to a cross could exist too.
In that sense, while continuing to pray—
“Connected!”
The Management Bureau’s large main monitor displays the drone footage filming Neo Seoul’s airspace.
Dark clouds swirl like a whirlwind, but what matters is the eye of the storm.
The blue lightning stretching out in all directions looked like war signal flares.
When his eyes meet with the entity trying to emerge from within, despair floods through his entire body.
“Jesus Christ.”
The Divine Beast called the god of Old Murim, Azure Dragon.
The god of the 5th Floor, recorded as never having moved even once during the inter-floor war, was directly descending below.
‘It’s over.’
That thing would pour down Lightning Strike like a torrential rain on Neo Seoul just by appearing.
No, perhaps this time it could be a situation where the nation of South Korea disappears and becomes the starting point of the Second Inter-Floor War.
Then—
“D-Director!”
“…!”
A black-haired woman in office attire appeared on the screen.
A Hunter who ranks among the highest in terms of firepower among the Seven Extremes that the 3rd Floor takes pride in.
Meteor, Yu Ye-na.
That’s right, she was in Seoul.
The moment he realized this, the Director immediately shouted.
“Tell the 5th Floor to take responsibility and stop it while Hunter Yu Ye-na holds it off! Unless they really want to start a war!”
The Management Bureau, which had been in despair, began moving busily once again.
“Please, Ye-na. Please-.”
Before he knew it, the lips that had been calling upon God were now only uttering Yu Ye-na’s name.
* * *
“….”
Seoul Airspace.
Yu Ye-na stood alone and proudly amidst the pouring Lightning Strikes.
Even in the fierce wind and cold, her sophistication and neatness remained intact.
“Azure Dragon.”
Beyond the twisted space, the silhouette of the Azure Dragon was visible. It wouldn’t be long before it descended directly to this place.
“What business brings you here?”
Crash!
The response to Yu Ye-na’s question was not very welcoming. Without any answer, only blue lightning bolts came flying.
“Do you truly wish for war? The lives of the 5th Floor residents will become even more arduous. While it is best not to start a war, if one comes to us, we will not avoid it.”
An ultimatum.
The moment that thing descended anyway, Seoul would be half-destroyed if they were lucky.
The default is total annihilation.
War is unavoidable.
Kwarrung!
But Azure Dragon gave Yu Ye-na no answer whatsoever.
Just a lowly creature blocking its path.
That was about the extent of its sentiment.
“Very well.”
Crack.
Yu Ye-na gritted her teeth and raised both hands above her head.
In an instant, the swirling clouds began to slow their movement as if blocked by an invisible wall.
The pouring Lightning Strike collided with itself within, causing Spatial Rupture.
“If you won’t answer for whatever reason, I won’t ask anymore—”
Yu Ye-na’s Telekinesis began to push back against Azure Dragon’s manifestation, however slightly.
“This is our land. Not a place for gods to covet.”
She didn’t know how long it would be possible.
Glancing down slightly, she could see downtown Seoul.
With a determination to buy as much time as possible for people to evacuate—
‘Please, may you be safe.’
She swallowed a small wish amidst this disaster.
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Eeeeeeeeeng!
“Agh! So loud! Show some consideration for elves!”
The piercing alarm sound. It echoed throughout the entire city, quickly making citizens aware of the current situation.
[This is an actual emergency.]
[Citizens, please evacuate to nearby shelters, subways, underground parking garages, and other safe locations-.]
The city center was chaotic.
Most cars on the roadside had stopped, and people were frantically searching for places to evacuate according to the emergency alert.
KWAAAAAAAANG!
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
“Mommmmmmy!”
Every time lightning struck, people’s screams erupted like a chain reaction.
Yu Ye-na was trying her best to block them from the sky, but it wasn’t enough to suppress all the Lightning Strikes.
“B-Boss! Where are you going right now?”
“That’s right! The Underground Parking Garage is on the other side, not here!”
Kim Yang and Renea tried to stop me, but I was running in the opposite direction.
“You two go that way and evacuate!”
Looking at the sky, I could see the Azure Dragon’s silhouette beyond the clouds.
That meant something had gone wrong with Baek Yeon-hwa.
“Damn it! Why isn’t she answering!”
I’d been trying to call Ryu Seo-ram, another member of the Seven Extremes, but she wasn’t picking up.
She was probably called away as a Hunter to help evacuate people or assist Yu Ye-na.
In the end, I had to step up.
No matter how much of a genius Yu Ye-na was, she couldn’t stop the Azure Dragon, one of the gods of the Old Murim, all by herself.
‘There’s only one person who can stop it.’
Only Baek Yeon-hwa.
And I was currently the only person in Seoul who knew where she was.
‘The Police, the Hunters – no one is answering their phones.’
I doubted they would believe the words of someone who was just an ordinary civilian anyway.
“Huff! Huff!”
“Uwaaah!? My ears hurt!”
The two people continuing to follow behind me.
I briefly stop walking and shout toward the two of them.
“What are you doing?! I told you to evacuate first! I have somewhere to go!”
“B-Boss, where are you going leaving us behind!”
“Hey! How could I flee alone? I was the Elf Queen.”
Kim Yang and Renea absolutely refuse to leave me alone.
Setting Kim Yang aside, Renea has a bow on her back.
The combat ability she showed when catching the Net Queen last time.
She was even the Elf Queen… there’s a high possibility she’ll be helpful.
“Fine, then Renea can come. Kim Yang, try not to get caught up in this as much as possible. Got it?”
“B-Boss, you promise too. Don’t overdo it.”
“Don’t worry. I’m always level-headed.”
Right, I’m truly level-headed.
If the Azure Dragon comes down and learns about Baek Yeon-hwa.
Naturally, the 3rd Floor will start investigating Baek Yeon-hwa-.
And at the end of that, naturally.
‘There’s our Merakl!’
Shit.
If things go wrong, this could really become a huge disaster.
A dangerous situation where taking one wrong customer could result in being branded as the catalyst for Seoul’s destruction.
I headed a bit faster toward the abandoned complex where Baek Yeon-hwa said she would meet Lukal.
“Huff-! Huff-!”
Upon reaching the entrance of the abandoned complex, there was an ambulance toppled over on its side, abandoned.
I suspect it might be the ambulance I called at Baek Yeon-hwa’s request.
Even from the outside, the abandoned complex was already in a state where the buildings couldn’t maintain their form and had collapsed.
As I hurriedly entered inside, the air changed.
It was like a dragon’s nest.
On the 4th Floor, what’s called a dragon’s nest is referred to as the Dragon’s Table.
A place that harvests the lives of those who carelessly invade her territory.
Yes.
The interior of the Abandoned Complex was the Dragon’s Nest of Baek Yeon-hwa.
People were collapsed on the floor.
Their life or death was uncertain, but judging by the Black Masks they wore, they were the Assassins Baek Yeon-hwa had mentioned.
And above them.
A half-human, half-divine being standing alone in noble solitude.
The Azure Dragon’s wings and horns, and a long trailing tail.
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The tears flowing from her golden-transformed pupils seemed like hope that remnants of her humanity still remained within her, but-.
“Kraaaaaaah-!”
In her appearance as she unleashed a Dragon Roar to threaten us, there was no trace of the Baek Yeon-hwa we knew.
‘Yang Energy and Yin Energy have achieved harmony, but this power is so vast that I cannot handle it carelessly.’
The words Baek Yeon-hwa had said with melancholy during her interview struck my heart belatedly.
“So this is what she meant.”
Should I have.
Listened more carefully?
Such regret briefly crossed my mind.
But what use would it be now?
“Kraaaaaaah-!”
Another roar.
A warning not to come closer.
But strangely, it felt more like a plea than a threat.
Because she doesn’t want to hurt us.
Please, don’t come.
Toward Baek Yeon-hwa who was crying out as if pleading-.
“Huh.”
Taking a deep breath to steady myself.
I took one step forward.
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