Even an S-Class Hunter Wants to Get Married - Chapter 22

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22. Towards the Divine!

 

Grip!

 

“What are you trying to do?”

 

Renea’s hand grabbed my shoulder.

 

Her expression was different from before.

 

Without a trace of playfulness, only cold composure remained.

 

“It’s dangerous.”

 

“I know.”

 

But if I stop here, it’s over.

 

The thunder echoing from the sky isn’t some natural phenomenon, is it?

 

That is the divine will to protect Baek Yeon-hwa.

 

The Azure Dragon’s battle cry to save a girl like his own daughter.

 

“Will you kill her?”

 

“If I kill her, it’ll really be a disaster.”

 

The Azure Dragon is trying to protect Baek Yeon-hwa right now. If I kill Baek Yeon-hwa in this situation, it would truly create an uncontrollable catastrophe.

 

“What I need to do is make Miss Baek Yeon-hwa come to her senses.”

 

Rumble-!

 

Crash-!

 

Thunder roaring like movie sound effects.

 

The frequency of lightning strikes reaching Seoul began to increase.

 

Yu Ye-na was holding on.

 

But even she was approaching her limit.

 

“There isn’t much time.”

 

A crisis where the sky could collapse at any moment.

 

Renea slowly looked up at the sky.

 

The dark clouds swirled, and it wouldn’t be strange if the Azure Dragon burst out at any moment.

 

“It’s not that there isn’t much time.”

 

A short sigh.

 

“There is none at all.”

 

Turning her back, she slowly drew out her bow.

 

“I’ll be down shortly.”

 

Renea, with her calm voice, lightly pats my shoulder as if in greeting.

 

“What an old person like me should do is set the stage for young people to shine to their heart’s content.”

 

“Renea-”

 

“Don’t worry, I’ll buy you enough time to bring that young lady back to her senses.”

 

A subtle fragrance of maple leaves.

 

Golden clusters gathering around her take on the form of maple leaves.

 

Let’s briefly trace back the history of the 4th Floor, the Rajesta Continent.

 

Unlike the Old Murim, the 4th Floor has no beings called gods.

 

To be precise, there are none now.

 

Looking at the history of the Rajesta Continent, in the distant past there were indeed beings called gods.

 

They reigned over all races, proclaiming themselves kings above kings.

 

The tyranny of the arrogant gods grew worse with each passing day.

 

Eventually, all races united to oppose the gods.

 

After a war that stained the entire continent with blood, they finally drove out the gods.

 

This was called the Liberation War.

 

The Rajesta Continent,

 

a story from 1,500 years ago.

 

“To think that in my lifetime I would once again-”

 

Golden maple leaves gather into her palm.

 

The light overlaps and compresses-

 

Finally taking the form of an arrow that brought down myths.

 

“Who would have thought I’d aim at a so-called god through my bow again.”

 

12

 

She draws the bowstring.

 

After the elaborate preparation, the single golden arrow she released was truly silent.

 

If you hadn’t been watching, you wouldn’t have even realized it was shot.

 

The golden line advances.

 

It extends, and extends further-.

 

It doesn’t tear through the air, nor does it pick up speed.

 

Finally, it pierces through beyond the eye of the storm.

 

Krwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!

 

The god’s roar shakes the ground, and the sky twists.

 

The mercilessly striking thunder stops for a moment, and an unbelievable silence arrives.

 

“That bastard, what a voice indeed…”

 

Her tone was calm, but her complexion was pale.

 

Her trembling hands were a clear example showing how much she had overexerted herself.

 

Kim Yang hurriedly goes over and supports Renea, who looks like she might collapse.

 

“A-are you okay?”

 

“I’m fine.”

 

She catches her breath and smiles.

 

“I used to shoot those whenever I was bored.”

 

Grumbling as she spoke, Renea turned toward me and said.

 

“Go, accomplish it.”

 

“…Couldn’t you have just shot that at Baek Yeon-hwa instead?”

 

When I asked honestly, Renea, who had been staring at me intently, huffed and shouted.

 

“Are kids these days all like this?! I mean, isn’t this a touching situation?”

 

“B-Boss.”

 

“Well, now that I’m about to approach, Baek Yeon-hwa’s aura seems quite intense, so I just…”

 

As I scratched my cheek, Renea was about to say something more but chuckled and relaxed her body.

 

“That should be fine then. Well, it would have been difficult to find even a piece of that woman’s flesh.”

 

She talks as if shooting a bow has the destructive power of a bomb.

 

But looking at the sky, I know it’s not just bragging.

 

The Azure Dragon’s cry lowered once.

 

It was clear evidence that her arrow had definitely reached the divine being.

 

“Hah, maybe it’s because it’s been a while. I’m so nervous.”

 

I focus on Baek Yeon-hwa inside the Abandoned Buildings again.

 

She’s qualitatively different from a nobody like Geum Tae-min.

 

One of the Top 10 Martial Masters on a rampage.

 

Before entering, I glance at the two of them and try to act tough for no reason.

 

“Let’s go eat beef after this is over.”

 

“U, uh-huh!”

 

“Are you paying?”

 

“No.”

 

Why would I pay.

 

“Baek Yeon-hwa should pay.”

 

My vision becomes blurry.

 

Baek Yeon-hwa’s face, which had been at least 30 meters away, was suddenly right in front of my nose.

 

“Whoosh!”

 

Using Instant Acceleration.

 

I forcibly delete the concept of distance.

 

Don’t call me cowardly.

 

I have to win first, don’t I?

 

“…!”

 

Crash!

 

The fist I swung definitely connected with Baek Yeon-hwa.

 

But Baek Yeon-hwa just shook her head slightly and turned away, seemingly without any particular shock.

 

Rather, having vividly felt her solid skin with my knuckles, I was struck with a deep fear of defeat.

 

For the one who threw the punch to sense defeat.

 

Could there be anything more unfair than this?

 

“Kraaaah-!”

 

A sharp ringing sound pierces my ears.

 

Taking such a loud noise head-on instantly destroys my sense of balance.

 

At times like this, you don’t move by thinking. Following instinct is the right choice.

 

What I reached out and grabbed were her horns.

 

I immediately applied force, gripping both horns with my hands and lifting my body to raise my knee.

 

Knee Kick.

 

Thwack!

 

Baek Yeon-hwa blocked this one too.

 

Now what filled her eyes was clear hostility.

 

She stopped trying to drive me away and switched to a definite offensive.

 

I naturally expected a mindless brawl. After all, she was acting almost like a beast without self-awareness.

 

But what she showed was a terrifyingly precise and beautiful Fist Technique.

 

The moment the Explosive Force touched my abdomen, my body flew away with the sensation of something rising from within.

 

Crash!

 

I slammed into the wall of the Abandoned Complex.

 

An impact that felt like my body would split apart.

 

Even if I wanted to vomit up what was inside me, there was no time.

 

Baek Yeon-hwa spread her Wings and immediately flew in, bringing down her Tail.

 

Crash-!

 

I managed to dodge by quickly throwing my body to the side, but the spot where her Tail struck turned to powder without a trace, and even a tail-shaped crater was formed in the ground.

 

‘I’m really going to die.’

 

I started a Marriage Information Agency because I couldn’t get a Hunter License.

 

Why do I feel like this is more dangerous lately?

 

“Hey, Baek Yeon-hwa!”

 

I called out urgently, but Baek Yeon-hwa just swung her tail again.

 

There seemed to be no room for conversation or compromise.

 

Crash! Crash! Crash!

 

I dodge the tail swinging like a whip.

 

Reading its trajectory was simple, so dodging was easy. But just dodging wouldn’t change anything.

 

And she too hadn’t lived carelessly as a warrior.

 

Crash-!

 

Her tail struck down fiercely.

 

The moment the cement wall crumbled and smoke billowed up-.

 

Baek Yeon-hwa emerged from the smoke with her wings spread.

 

She had intentionally hidden herself through the smoke and accelerated for a Surprise Attack.

 

A rigidly formed fist.

 

Though small, it had the power to burst a person’s body.

 

That fist grazed past my side.

 

The clothes where it grazed were torn, but in return, I also swung my fist.

 

A perfect Counter Punch.

 

Reading the opponent’s aim is basic.

 

That’s what Father always used to say.

 

“Krung-!”

 

This time there was definitely impact as Baek Yeon-hwa’s body swayed backward.

 

“Are you coming to your senses?!”

 

“Kraaaah!”

 

“Ah, damn it!”

 

After that, the exchange of attacks continued persistently. Baek Yeon-hwa was certainly an outstanding master of Murim.

 

However, the heterogeneously sprouted Wings and Tail instead disrupted the Yin-Yang Balance she had trained for her entire life-.

 

On the contrary, my stiffened body began to recall old memories one by one.

 

I struck her side with a Surprise Attack in the way Ryu Seo-ram had called fucking awful.

 

Just as I had tried to counter Yu Ye-na’s Telekinesis, I continued the surprise attacks with maximum Acceleration.

 

Surprise Attack.

 

Connection.

 

Penetration.

 

Her solid body began to crumble.

 

Before I knew it, she was focusing on defense rather than offense.

 

She crouched her Wings and wrapped her Tail around herself.

 

She seemed to be trying to recover her stamina.

 

Kwarreung-! Kwang-!

 

The sky roared again.

 

The Azure Dragon’s Lightning Strike became more frequent.

 

Now the time had truly come to end this.

 

“Haa, haa-. Listen, Ms. Baek Yeon-hwa.”

 

“Krreu-.”

 

Breathing that was close to crying.

 

Golden Eyes in the shadow of her Wings glared at me.

 

“Let’s be honest.”

 

This should be enough by now.

 

“You’ve come to your senses.”

 

“Krrreu-.”

 

“Are you scared? That it’s your fault the situation has come this far? Is that why you’re hiding while pretending to be a beast?”

 

I shook my aching fists.

 

I thought what was flowing from my mouth was saliva, but when I wiped it, it was blood.

 

“Pfft! Think of this as secret talk and tell me honestly. It’s just the two of us here anyway, isn’t it.”

 

But Baek Yeon-hwa showed no reaction. Like a dragon that had truly lost its sense of self, she regulated her breathing while staying wary of me.

 

“Fine, secret talks are originally meant to be mutual anyway. I’ll speak first, so you can speak next.”

 

After shrugging my shoulders, I straightened my posture.

 

“Actually-.”

 

I had to aim for the right moment.

 

Like a sharp spear.

 

I had to pierce through the dragon’s wings and reach her.

 

It felt like becoming a hero from some common royal road story. Saving a woman captured by a dragon – isn’t that such a dusty old cliché?

 

“I am-.”

 

That’s probably why I ended up laughing.

 

Not because I enjoyed fighting.

 

“I’m not from the 3rd Floor.”

 

“…!”

 

Her eyes wavered slightly.

 

“Got you.”

 

That momentary gap when she was shaken by my confession.

 

I put strong force into both hands and forcibly pried open her wings-.

 

Putting all my strength into it.

 

I threw my punch.

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