I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 100
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Episode 100
Episode 100
World Ranking 4th, Nakamura Ryohei.
And.
Unranked Hunter Lee Tae-pyeong.
The two men stand facing each other.
The voice of a Management Bureau agent breaks the silence flowing through the training grounds.
“…Then, we’ll begin the match.”
3.
2.
1.
-Claaaaaang!!!!!
As soon as the bell rings,
Nakamura Ryohei moves first.
-Clang!
The sound of a sword being drawn from its sheath could be heard…,
——!
…or so he felt for a moment,
but Nakamura Ryohei’s shadow had already penetrated right up to Lee Tae-pyeong’s nose.
‘He’s faster than I thought?’
Lee Tae-pyeong was genuinely impressed.
Nakamura Ryohei’s speed was worthy of his reputation as world ranking 4th.
Of course,
for Lee Tae-pyeong, it was still only
‘faster than expected’ level.
From Lee Tae-pyeong’s perspective, who already splits even seconds thanks to [Killing Time],
literally,
it was about ‘pretty good’?
Fast, but
not surprising.
-Swish!
Befitting a Hunter with the [Samurai] trait,
a clean movement aiming for a one-hit kill.
-Swoosh!
Nakamura Ryohei’s sword cuts through the air.
A vertical falling slash.
Along with the sound of cutting through air,
-Crack!
The special alloy floor splits apart.
‘Oh, his initial burst is definitely good.’
Once again, Lee Tae-pyeong was impressed.
Usually, if speed is fast, destructive power tends to drop.
But Nakamura Ryohei’s attack possessed destructive power as well.
There was just one problem.
-Thud~!
Lee Tae-pyeong was no longer in that spot.
It might have been different before inheriting the Blood of Alteion.
But for Lee Tae-pyeong, who had already inherited all of Alteion’s combat techniques,
each and every one of Nakamura Ryohei’s attacks
were nothing more than predictable movements.
‘It’s similar to the Dark Elves’ swordsmanship.’
But inferior to it.
So for Lee Tae-pyeong,
getting hit by Nakamura Ryohei’s strike would be the more difficult task.
“…!!”
As his confident strike missed,
Nakamura Ryohei’s eyes wavered.
Until now, Nakamura Ryohei’s strikes had never missed.
They had been blocked or deflected before.
But failing to even make contact,
not even once,
had never happened.
“You bastard…!!!”
Was it a reality difficult to accept?
Nakamura Ryohei gritted his teeth and unleashed consecutive slashes.
-Clang!
-Clang!
-Clang!
Consecutive slashes regardless of horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
A storm of swords pouring down without a moment to breathe!
-Swish!
-Thud~!
-Swish!
-Thud~!
What Nakamura Ryohei’s sword was cutting
was nothing but empty air.
“Grgh…!”
Gritting his teeth so hard that
veins bulged in his neck as he swung his sword.
Of course, all attacks missed.
Not even a grand movement,
just one step.
With exactly one step,
all of Nakamura Ryohei’s attacks became useless.
‘Why won’t they hit…!!’
No matter how much he thought about it,
there was no answer.
What Nakamura Ryohei was facing
was a human beyond specifications…
No, a Hunter.
“Huff, huff…”
Nakamura Ryohei’s breathing gradually became rougher.
The weakness of the [Samurai] trait was slowly being revealed.
The [Samurai] trait specialized in ultra-short battles.
The initial strike is terrifying, but
if that strike fails to decide the match…
“Gasp…!”
Both the speed and destructive power he had boasted rapidly declined.
On top of that, his explosive power and stamina hit rock bottom in an instant.
To put it in perspective,
it’s like a cheetah’s hunt.
It can cover 100 meters in 3 seconds,
but like a cheetah whose limit is only 300 meters.
Nakamura Ryohei as well,
if he reaches his limit without gaining the upper hand early on….
“…Kugh!!”
His overheated body stops obeying him.
This is the biggest weakness of the [Samurai] trait.
‘I’m still at warm-up level over here….’
Lee Tae-pyeong wasn’t being cocky,
nor was he putting on airs.
Really.
Warm-up, or even less than that.
If he had fought with technique rather than speed,
that might have actually given Nakamura Ryohei a chance of winning.
Even though samurai swordsmanship is similar to dark elf swordsmanship.
It wasn’t perfectly identical.
However, even though Nakamura Ryohei’s first strike missed,
he couldn’t accept that fact and recklessly unleashed slashes.
And the price for that….
“Let’s end this now.”
was cruel.
Lee Tae-pyeong drew out the Severance Catastrophe.
‘Dan’.
The weapon that Nakamura Ryohei had once obtained from a diamond box.
When he acquired an S-rank item,
the Japanese Archipelago became a cauldron of excitement.
Finally!
Finally Nakamura Ryohei would surpass South Korea’s Choi Mu-ryeong,
and become Asia’s greatest Hunter!
But the outcome was as everyone knows.
Despite the Japanese Government’s interference.
Lee Tae-pyeong ended up getting ‘Dan’.
Later, when news came that Lee Tae-pyeong had even acquired ‘Jie’,
completing the Severance Catastrophe.
What Nakamura Ryohei’s feelings were at that time….
wouldn’t be difficult for anyone to imagine.
A weapon that held only such humiliating memories,
Lee Tae-pyeong had drawn it out.
While saying he’d give him an ‘end’!
“Shut uuuup!!!!”
In an instant, Nakamura Ryohei’s eyes flash.
“Who do you think you’re looking down on!!!”
-Kwaaaaang!!!
The special weapon Nakamura Ryohei is holding.
Powerful sword energy erupts from [Momotaro’s Wooden Sword] that he supposedly obtained from [Feast of the Gods].
“Oh my, if you come at me like this….”
Before Lee Tae-pyeong could finish speaking,
-Sgagak!!!
Nakamura Ryohei swings his sword.
‘He won’t last long….’
Tsk tsk, Lee Tae-pyeong clicks his tongue while dodging the slash.
‘…Well, that’s actually better for me.’
-Whirl!
Lee Tae-pyeong leaps into the air to avoid Nakamura Ryohei’s strike.
-Thud!
He steps on his head,
-Swooooosh!
and lands 2 meters behind.
-Sgeung!!!
A sword swings as if it had been waiting.
-Whoosh!
He lightly dodges it,
-Zzzzzzk!
while sliding across the ground,
-Thwack!!!
The blunt end of ‘Dan’s’ hilt strikes Nakamura Ryohei’s groin directly.
“Kraaaak!!!”
“Huk, that was an accident just now! An accident!”
“Keuuuuuu…!!!”
“No, I was trying to attack without stabbing!”
“Kkegeuggeuk…!!!”
“S-sorry!!!!”
As a man, knowing how genuine that pain must be.
Lee Tae-pyeong repeatedly apologizes.
However,
-Bubble bubble….
Nakamura Ryohei, who was already pushed to his limits,
began foaming at the mouth with a pale face.
“Huk….”
At that pitiful sight,
Lee Tae-pyeong stops attacking and covers his mouth.
Now wasn’t the time to determine the match.
“I’m, I’m fine….”
“Kkeek…!”
Even while making goblin-like sounds,
whether it was pride or what….
Nakamura Ryohei remained standing on his two feet without collapsing.
Even in the pain of his balls being crushed….
“The winner is….”
Nakamura Ryohei was already in a state where he couldn’t fight.
This was clearly Lee Tae-pyeong’s victory by anyone’s standards.
So just as the Management Bureau agent was about to announce the winner.
“Wait!”
Lee Tae-pyeong shouts.
And then,
-Thud.
Lee Tae-pyeong supports Nakamura Ryohei.
“L-Lee Tae-pyeong Hunter…?”
The Management Bureau agents and hunters watched in bewilderment.
Lee Tae-pyeong looked at them without saying anything,
then quietly murmured in a sad voice.
“…Let’s call it a draw.”
* * *
In the end, Nakamura Ryohei was carried to the recovery room.
“What kind of mess is this on the first day…”
The remaining hunters finished their joint training in an awkward atmosphere,
and I just rested in the break room eating ice cream.
‘I’m also in quite a state of shock…’
Ahem.
Ah, geez.
Since not killing is harder than killing, things like this happen.
“…Cruel bastard.”
Maeng Ju-im, who was drinking instant coffee next to me, made a comment.
“You should have just killed him instead.”
“Then what about Tsushima Island?”
Shake shake.
Maeng Ju-im shook his head as if he didn’t feel it was worth saying more.
Hey, it’s not like I wanted to break that thing.
It was an accident.
I’m also in great mental shock, you know?
Geez.
Even the ice cream won’t go down.
-Standing up abruptly.
“Where are you going?”
“Just going to get some fresh air.”
“You’re not going to break someone else’s core, are you?”
“Ah, really! Hunter Maeng!”
Leaving behind Maeng Ju-im who started laughing while holding his stomach,
I left the break room.
Geez.
This is troublesome.
This won’t escalate into a diplomatic issue, will it?
‘Should I go apologize…’
My steps were naturally heading toward Nakamura Ryohei’s recovery room.
-Step, step, step.
Since the building was quite spacious,
I was walking down a long corridor for a while.
-Creak.
When I reached the front of the recovery room.
The door opened first.
“…”
“…”
What came out of the door were none other than the Japanese hunters.
Ninja boy Kenji and the high school girl who sees ghosts.
What’s with this awkward atmosphere?
But well, since I have business with Nakamura…
-Grab!
The moment I tried to enter the recovery room.
Kenji grabbed my wrist.
It was strong enough force to make veins bulge on the back of his hand.
“Are all Koreans as cowardly as you?”
“…”
What’s this about now?
“If you can’t have a fair and square manly fight.”
“No, you seem to be misunderstanding something…”
“Do you think Nakamura Ryohei’s reputation will crumble because of this?!”
Kenji suddenly started shouting.
‘…Is this bastard crazy?’
No, Nakamura Ryohei is the one whose core got broken.
Why is some ninja boy going crazy?
“Today’s incident…”
“The broken core?”
“…”
“I told you that was an accident.”
I let out a deep sigh.
If I really intended to finish off Nakamura.
Would I have hit him with the sword hilt?
I would have just sliced him with the blade, right?
“Ryohei is a symbol of Japan.”
Kenji glared at me with wide eyes.
“He absolutely never loses…”
“You should speak correctly.”
“…”
“I won, but I suggested calling it a draw.”
“The draw was… Ryohei…”
“No, let’s be frank about it.”
“Frank… about what?”
“Honestly. Let’s speak honestly. How many times did Nakamura swing that Momotaro or whatever wooden sword. Wooden sword! How many times?”
“That’s…”
“You don’t know, right? He swung it like crazy, so how would you know!”
“…”
“Then how many times did I swing?”
“…”
“Once! Just once!”
Kenji’s face turned red and blue.
That’s right.
He actually knows.
What kind of fight that was.
“But I suggested calling it a draw considering your great Nakamura-san’s dignity, you know?”
“…”
“This isn’t cowardly, it’s gentlemanly.”
“You…!!!”
Just as Kenji was about to say something more,
-Tap.
The high school girl next to him.
Kurosawa Rei grabs Kenji’s hand and pulls it down.
“Stop it and let’s go.”
A cold,
voice devoid of any emotion.
“Ku, Kurosawa…!”
“This person is right.”
“But!”
“There’s no point in refusing to accept a match that’s already over…”
“…”
“It will only tarnish Ryohei’s honor further.”
Finally, she’s saying something sensible.
“Grgh…”
Kenji glares at me, then turns around and leaves.
Worthless bastard.
And on the contrary,
“I apologize.”
Kurosawa Rei bows deeply at the waist.
“Well, it’s fine. It’s over anyway.”
“…You’re merciful.”
Kurosawa Rei mutters as if surprised.
“Please take care of us on Tsushima Island as well.”
“Ah, yes, well…”
“…You’re the only one I can trust.”
Huh?
What’s that supposed to mean?
“Well then, I’ll be going.”
Before I could ask,
Kurosawa Rei’s figure had already disappeared.
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