I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 16

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Episode 16

Episode 16

Cha Ye-rin, Yu In-seok, Kang Da-gyeong.

The three of them had no idea what had just happened.

-Thud thud thud thud!!!!

It was only natural.

In the eyes of the three people.

It looked like the heads of nearly two hundred zombies had been torn off simultaneously.

What on earth had just happened?

The veteran who came to her senses first, Kang Da-gyeong, looked around.

The zombies that had been crushed by Cha Ye-rin’s hammer at the beginning.

And the zombies that had fallen below the bridge from Kang Da-gyeong’s whip.

Except for those few.

All of them were dead with their heads severed.

As if.

An invisible giant sword.

Had cut through the necks of the zombie horde in one strike.

“Ugh, ughhhhh!!!!”

Yu In-seok, who couldn’t bear to see that horrific sight, collapsed and began retching.

Fortunately, Cha Ye-rin remained calm.

Like Kang Da-gyeong, she was looking around and assessing the situation.

Whether some unexpected variable had occurred.

Like the appearance of another monster.

Or a map transformation.

But….

Nothing had changed.

That made Cha Ye-rin even more anxious.

The only fortunate thing was.

It seemed the first wave had ended with the death of the zombie horde.

If so.

The next wave would begin in fifteen minutes.

Before then, she needed to find the variable….

“Phew!”

Just then.

A light breathing sound came from beside her.

Lee Tae-pyeong in pristine condition, without even a drop of sweat.

True to his name.

He looked utterly peaceful.

“It ended faster than I thought.”

What?

“It’s actually pretty fun though, Defense!”

Cha Ye-rin and Kang Da-gyeong.

Even Yu In-seok, who had been retching.

All looked at Lee Tae-pyeong with dumbfounded expressions.

Fun?

With over a hundred zombies swarming them.

He found it ‘fun’?

“Tae-pyeong, by any chance….”

Cha Ye-rin, barely regaining her composure, managed to speak.

“By any chance, did you handle all of this alone…?”

“Yes, somehow….”

“….”

“Huh, is this bad manners by any chance?”

Lee Tae-pyeong suddenly looked at Cha Ye-rin with an anxious expression.

Bad manners?

That couldn’t be.

“Rather than bad manners….”

“It’s unrealistic! Unrealistic!”

Yu In-seok, who had gotten back up, shouted.

“How does blocking a zombie horde alone make sense?”

He wasn’t angry.

Yu In-seok was simply flustered by the utterly unbelievable situation.

“Th, that’s it, right? The Management Bureau gave you some items, didn’t they?”

“Items? Does the Management Bureau normally give out items?”

Lee Tae-pyeong’s face showed he had no idea what they meant.

Cha Ye-rin examined the weapon Lee Tae-pyeong was holding again.

An orc’s sword that looked like a Chinese cleaver, missing three or four teeth.

It wasn’t a special item.

Just an orc’s sword.

Nothing more, nothing less.

“This is just an orc’s sword. I can tell by looking at it.”

At Cha Ye-rin’s words, Yu In-seok’s face turned to shock.

“I heard the stories, but…. Tae-pyeong, were you really a monster?”

“Huh? A monster?”

Again, Lee Tae-pyeong’s face showed he had no idea what they meant.

To be precise.

The Management Bureau had introduced Lee Tae-pyeong as ‘a rookie Hunter with monster-like skills.’

However.

No one knew he would be this much of a ‘monster.’

“How did you handle all those zombies alone….”

“Ah, that’s….”

Lee Tae-pyeong scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed expression.

“It was thanks to my skill. I got lucky.”

Got lucky?

Just how lucky would one have to be to single-handedly block the first wave in a Defense Map?

This was something only top-tier Hunters could accomplish.

But.

A mere level 10.

On only his third entry.

A rookie Hunter….

“Right. I believe what Tae-pyeong says. I had a feeling it would be something like that.”

“Ah, hahaha….”

“This is great for us, isn’t it? Tae-pyeong is completely carrying us!”

Kang Da-gyeong’s excited voice.

She seemed happy that they might be able to clear the Defense Map more easily than expected.

Cha Ye-rin and Yu In-seok seemed to share the same thought, nodding their heads.

“That’s right. We were just surprised.”

“The Management Bureau said you were an amazing Hunter, but I didn’t know you’d be this amazing….”

Yu In-seok clicked his tongue in amazement.

His face soon brightened with color as well.

Lee Tae-pyeong’s skill being good meant

they could easily clear this damn tiresome Defense Map.

“More importantly.”

Kang Da-gyeong turned her head to look at the bridge piled with about a hundred headless corpses.

“We need to prepare for the second wave.”

That’s right.

After the first wave ends, there’s about a 15-minute break before the second wave begins immediately.

Originally, each wave takes about 1 hour.

But thanks to Lee Tae-pyeong, the first wave ended much faster than expected.

About 5 minutes had already passed while they were being surprised.

10 minutes remaining.

The second wave would start soon.

“…Alright, then.”

Cha Ye-rin was composed.

Pride as a Hunter?

That kind of thing was completely useless.

Experience, of course.

Even level.

Nothing was useful in the face of overwhelming talent and skill.

Cha Ye-rin was rational enough to ignore her own level and experience, all of it.

‘I was completely mistaken.’

Thinking this was a party created to help a ‘rookie Hunter’ was a huge mistake.

This was

a party being carried by a rookie Hunter!

“From the next wave on, let’s have Lee Tae-pyeong take command.”

“What?”

Lee Tae-pyeong looked flustered.

But this was right.

If they weren’t careful, the rest of the party members might not help Lee Tae-pyeong but

become a ‘hindrance’ to him instead.

“Just give us orders. We’ll support you accordingly.”

Gulp.

Lee Tae-pyeong looked at the three people with a nervous expression.

The human who had been completely unfazed facing a zombie horde.

“Well, then…”

“Yes.”

Everyone listened seriously to Lee Tae-pyeong’s words.

And what came out of Lee Tae-pyeong’s mouth was

“Can I just kill them all by myself?”

“…”

“…”

“…”

It was beyond their imagination.

* * *

The second wave.

About two hundred zombies came rushing in.

-Kreeeeeee!

-Kiiiiiiii!

And once again, just like before.

-Slash!

-Thwack!

-Thwack-thwack-thwack-thwack!

-Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

The zombies’ heads flew off in an instant.

Lee Tae-pyeong’s movements were so fast that the three people could barely see them properly.

-Swoosh-swoosh-swish!

Only blurry afterimages were visible.

No matter how much skill enhancement there was, could it really be to that extent?

It was an unbelievable situation.

But

it was also a situation they had no choice but to believe.

Hundreds of rotten heads rolling on the ground.

How dumbfounded must the zombies be?

There’s a reason for the saying “a bolt from the blue.”

First wave: 10-minute clear.

Second wave: 20-minute clear.

The 15 minutes given between waves wasn’t preparation time.

It was just sweet rest time.

“Aren’t you tired?”

Cha Ye-rin asked.

Lee Tae-pyeong smiled and answered.

“Not really.”

“Ah…”

“It’s all Achievement power. And item power.”

“I see…”

Of course.

Cha Ye-rin didn’t believe it.

It was at a level that didn’t make sense to simply call it Achievement power or item power.

Lee Tae-pyeong answered honestly, but

the three people just thought Lee Tae-pyeong was being very modest.

“The third wave might be difficult. There are three hundred zombies.”

“Come on, sis. Don’t you see that Tae-pyeong hasn’t even broken a sweat? What’s so difficult about it?”

“I’m just saying, just in case, you punk.”

“What do you take Tae-pyeong for!”

Yu In-seok was almost at the level of a proud father bragging.

When Kang Da-gyeong raised her fist threateningly, Yu In-seok quietly shut his mouth.

“Still, Tae-pyeong, don’t forget that we’re behind you.”

“Yes. I absolutely won’t forget!”

Lee Tae-pyeong answered with a booming voice.

Quite a relaxed atmosphere.

As if they had come on a picnic.

The four people ate energy bars and drank beverages.

“Wow, is it okay to clear it this easily?”

Yu In-seok was already grinning and muttering as if they had already cleared the Quest.

Though they didn’t say it out loud, Cha Ye-rin and Kang Da-gyeong were thinking the same thing.

And then came the third wave.

The zombies had increased to three hundred.

It wasn’t just the numbers that increased.

Since they poured out all at once, it became increasingly difficult to handle them.

However.

-Tick….

-Sgagagak!

-Tok….

-Thududuk!

It wasn’t a difficult task for Lee Tae-pyeong.

The third wave was cleared in 30 minutes.

And after another sweet 15-minute break.

The fourth wave.

-Kraaaaaak!!!!

This time too, the zombie horde rushed forward like mad.

Of course.

Lee Tae-pyeong also slaughtered the zombie horde like mad.

Four hundred or so completely annihilated.

Corpses were piled up like mountains on the bridge.

“Phew….”

The moment Lee Tae-pyeong thought it was getting boring.

The Achievement for slaughtering a thousand zombies was accomplished.

Critical hit rate against undead increased by 50%.

Since he could already slice through zombie necks in one strike, this Achievement had no particular use right now.

‘Still, I should be grateful for it.’

The higher up in the Tower you go.

Considering that undead run rampant.

This Achievement would definitely be helpful.

‘I wish they’d given me a weapon or something instead….’

Lee Tae-pyeong, unaware that he was the first person worldwide to achieve the [Undead Slayer] Achievement.

“Tsk.”

Could only feel disappointed.

However.

That disappointment was brief.

-Grrrrrr….

The fifth wave had begun.

* * *

-Tick….

-Sgak!

-Tok….

-Seogeok!

It was almost at machine level now.

Should I say my body moves automatically?

Like popping bubble wrap out of boredom.

Too easy.

But….

‘Something’s strange.’

Though there was still more I didn’t know about the Tower than what I did know.

I could at least sense that something was off.

The zombies were strange.

A hundred zombies had swarmed during the first wave.

Two hundred during the second wave.

Three hundred during the third wave.

Four hundred during the fourth wave.

Thanks to that, I earned the thousand kills Achievement.

So naturally, the fifth wave should be five hundred, right?

-Kieeeee!!

But.

-Kriiiiii!!!

There were more than five hundred.

Six hundred.

Seven hundred.

Eight hundred.

They kept swarming.

With this many swarming, problems were bound to arise.

For me?

No.

“Huk, heouk….”

“Huuuk!”

For the party members.

There were too many zombies.

I thought it would end at exactly five hundred and we’d clear it.

‘At this rate, do we have no choice but to endure until the time limit?’

But there was still a long time left until the end.

First wave took 10 minutes, second wave 20 minutes, third wave 30 minutes, fourth wave 40 minutes.

A total of 1 hour and 40 minutes had passed.

Not counting the 15-minute preparation times.

Time remaining until the end was 3 hours and 20 minutes.

‘Enduring like this would be impossible.’

Of course.

‘Not for me.’

For the party members.

I briefly stopped [Killing Time] and asked Kang Da-gyeong.

“Does it normally not end like this?”

Kang Da-gyeong looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“This is my first time experiencing something like this too….”

Right.

They say you can’t kill all the monsters in each wave.

Even during the 15-minute preparation time between waves, you can’t rest and have to deal with the remaining monsters….

Most of the time you have to face the remaining monsters combined with the next wave.

That’s why defense is difficult.

“So….”

I gripped tightly the sword handle that was starting to feel loose.

“From now on, nobody knows what might happen.”

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