I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 35

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Episode 35

 

Episode 35

 

Nothing happened at all.

 

“What the hell?”

 

I definitely felt the curse hit me directly.

 

But surprisingly, I don’t feel anything at all.

 

And,

 

-Saaaa….

 

Dan faintly glowing with light.

 

“Aha.”

 

I finally realized it.

 

Dan is a useless piece of junk with no abilities or effects whatsoever.

 

It’s so embarrassing to even call it a ‘sword’.

 

I’d rather call it a club instead.

 

‘Who would have thought that thing would be useful….’

 

Nullification.

 

Just like buffs don’t work on me.

 

Debuffs don’t work either.

 

Damn,

 

why didn’t I know this before?

 

A club and shield combined.

 

Who said it was useless?

 

It’s a total win for nullifying debuffs!

 

“What now?”

 

-Ki, kieee…!

 

“Your last resort didn’t work?”

 

From the time I started wiping out the Goblin Riders,

 

they must have been holding onto that curse for quite a while.

 

Who would have thought it would be nullified so easily.

 

The two Lesser Shamans,

 

seemed to sense their fate as they looked at each other.

 

“Who wants to go first?”

 

-Ki, kiik!

 

The Lesser Shaman quickly pointed at the other one.

 

“Tsk tsk.”

 

I drove Dan straight into that bastard’s head.

 

-Peogeogek!!!

 

Unable to even scream,

 

the Lesser Shaman collapsed with its head split open.

 

And,

 

-Kiiit!!!

 

The other one screamed at the sight.

 

The surviving one,

 

shuddered at the fact that its comrade had betrayed it.

 

Then trembled with joy that I had punished the traitor.

 

-Kieek! Kiiik!

 

It raised both hands high,

 

“…What are you doing?”

 

And started bowing to me.

 

Is it grateful that I eliminated the traitor, even though we’re enemies?

 

Hehe.

 

But what can I do.

 

-Peogek!!!!

 

I have no intention of sparing you either….

 

Dan embedded straight into the head of the bowing Lesser Shaman.

 

Now it’s not just technique but skill level,

 

so instead of messily shattering the skull like before.

 

It cleanly cracks and splits.

 

Damn.

 

My skills are insane!!!

 

I’m at artisan level now! Artisan!

 

And so the 17th Floor solo clear was easily completed.

 

“Easy, so easy.”

 

I wiped off the brain matter and blood covering Dan.

 

“Hehe, now I just need to get ‘Jie’ and it’ll be perfect.”

 

I hummed a tune as I returned.

 

* * *

 

The hellish training continued after that.

 

Actually, it wasn’t hellish training for me,

 

it was only hellish training for Cha Ye-rin and Ujeongmin.

 

Anyway,

 

Cha Ye-rin broke through level 22, and Ujeongmin broke through level 20.

 

We ran the Tower to death,

 

so how could their levels not rise?

 

Of course, getting past the cursed nine-number intervals was a bit difficult.

 

But there’s nothing anywhere that can beat grinding.

 

“Let’s go eat some beef to celebrate.”

 

“Really?”

 

“I’m treating today.”

 

“Hyung, you’re the best!!”

 

-Chiiiiik.

 

Good sound.

 

Good smell.

 

Good taste.

 

Damn, I can’t resist soju after so long.

 

“Boss, one bottle of soju and one bottle of cola here.”

 

“Yes~!”

 

-Ttolkkak!

 

-Golgolgolgol….

 

“Keueu!”

 

As expected,

 

alcohol tastes best when you drink it after clearing the Tower!

 

After emptying my glass, I asked Cha Ye-rin.

 

“Cha the Hunter, are you still getting a lot of calls?”

 

“Haha, yes. I don’t know how everyone finds out and contacts me like that….”

 

As Cha Ye-rin approached level 20,

 

She was amazed that contacts were coming from all over the place, wondering how they even found out.

 

Companies, and guilds too.

 

She received quite a few offers with very good conditions,

 

but turned them all down.

 

“Everything I’ve achieved so far is all thanks to you, Tae-pyeong.”

 

“Oh come on, it’s because Cha the Hunter worked hard.”

 

“I’m going to stay loyal to the end.”

 

Nice.

 

A woman who knows loyalty!

 

Impressive.

 

I gave her a thumbs up and then

 

went back to grilling meat diligently.

 

-Sizzle.

 

-Sizzle.

 

“Ujeongmin, you need to eat a lot.”

 

“Yes, hyung.”

 

“You have to eat well to grow tall.”

 

“These days I feel like I’m gaining weight from eating too much…”

 

“Hey, when you’re young, any weight you gain goes to your height.”

 

Eat up, kiddo!

 

I gave Ujeongmin a light tap on the head, then

 

piled beef high on his plate.

 

“Should I order some rice and soybean paste stew too?”

 

“I’m full though…”

 

“No way. Eat more.”

 

“Ugh…”

 

“Boss, please bring us some soybean paste stew and rice too!”

 

While Ujeongmin was busy devouring the stew and rice,

 

Cha Ye-rin and I discussed our future plans.

 

Both of us had raised our levels considerably,

 

and I had also reached level 23 while carrying the two of them.

 

So now we could probably tackle the 20th Floor range.

 

What appears on the 20th Floor range are orcs and trolls.

 

Unlike the different races we occasionally encounter on random maps,

 

these guys are soulless puppets.

 

That makes them even scarier.

 

You know, like in games sometimes.

 

Those moments when AI is more frightening than players.

 

On the other hand,

 

that also made them easier in a way.

 

There’s already plenty of data on how orcs and trolls move,

 

so if you repeatedly study and review based on that data before going in,

 

clearing them isn’t supposed to be that difficult.

 

Of course,

 

for that, we’d need a supporter first…

 

‘I should ask them to find one temporarily at least.’

 

Since we have Ujeongmin who can both heal and buff,

 

a mage-type supporter would be good.

 

But mages aren’t that common either.

 

We’d probably have to form a party with whoever they assign us.

 

Or I could hire someone personally.

 

But right now, the three of us don’t feel insufficient,

 

so it wouldn’t be bad to try first and then recruit if needed.

 

While discussing such things,

 

we planned to take about a week’s rest period, then

 

start tackling the 20th Floor range.

 

And,

 

on the way back home, reeking of meat,

 

“Sang-jin, we’re ba…”

 

“You’re back?”

 

Huh?

 

“…Why is Kang Min-a here?”

 

Blink blink.

 

I rubbed my eyes and looked back and forth between Kang Min-a and Do Sang-jin standing behind her.

 

Do Sang-jin let out a deep sigh, then said,

 

“I told her to come later, but she insisted on waiting here…”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

When I looked at Kang Min-a with a bewildered expression,

 

“I really have something very important to discuss, Hunter!”

 

As if pleading for me to understand her sincerity,

 

Kang Min-a cried out desperately.

 

“Ugh, you should come tomorrow. I’ve been drinking.”

 

“It’s fine!”

 

What a spirited response.

 

Since she was already waiting, what could I do.

 

I should at least hear what she has to say.

 

-Slurp.

 

I sipped the warm chamomile tea that Do Sang-jin made

 

while waiting for Kang Min-a to speak.

 

“It’s nothing major, but…”

 

Her voice had a slightly excited tone.

 

What could make her act like this?

 

“Everything I’m about to tell you is classified.”

 

Kang Min-a lowered her voice.

 

Suddenly it’s classified?

 

When I glanced around,

 

Do Sang-jin and Ujeongmin tactfully left their seats.

 

And then, Kang Min-a began her story in earnest.

 

“Right now, a special floor has appeared in the Tower in Macau.”

 

A special floor?

 

“I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

 

“Yes, the existence of special floors hasn’t been revealed to the public yet.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Do you remember the incident last winter when the demonic transformation occurred in Vladivostok?”

 

Ah. I remember that.

 

Russia usually manages their Tower well,

 

but a demonic transformation suddenly occurred and made a lot of news.

 

Didn’t they barely manage to stop it by deploying all their Hunters?

 

“The accepted theory is that it happened because they failed to clear a special floor.”

 

“I see…”

 

“It wasn’t made public, but the United States has also had special floors appear several times. Same with Europe. The US handled it on their own, and Europe solved it through their alliance.”

 

“Then China is….”

 

“They requested support.”

 

“China did?”

 

“They know their domestic Hunters can’t handle it.”

 

That made sense.

 

China was famous for having a severe shortage of high-level Hunters compared to their population.

 

China’s method of filling merit points was completely different from Korea’s.

 

Opposite to Korea where the top-tier Hunters fill most of the merit points,

 

China fills their merit points with coins collected by numerous low-level Hunters endlessly cycling through lower floors.

 

Korea competes with quality,

 

China competes with quantity, you could say.

 

But….

 

“Why are you telling me this…?”

 

If it’s a special floor that can’t be handled domestically,

 

they’d be calling in quite skilled Hunters from other countries.

 

Why is Kang Min-a telling me this news,

 

when I’ve barely passed level 20?

 

While calling it classified?

 

“The party can have up to ten members.”

 

Considering the usual Tower party limit is 4 people,

 

that’s quite a large number.

 

More than double.

 

“Normally, they would have requested two people from our country, three at most.”

 

“This time….”

 

“Four people.”

 

“That’s almost half, isn’t it?”

 

“That’s right. Actually, at this point they could have reached out to the US…. But as you know, the current atmosphere between the two countries isn’t good, right?”

 

“So they requested four people from Korea…?”

 

“Yes. And one from Japan.”

 

A major healer from Japan will be participating.

 

“Normally they would have refused too, but it seems there’s some give and take involved.”

 

“I see….”

 

“The Hunters Korea will send are Choi Mu-ryeong, Ban Hae-yeong, Han Si-on….”

 

All three are understandable names.

 

They’re South Korea’s greatest Hunters.

 

“…and Lee Tae-pyeong.”

 

-Pfft!!!

 

I spat out the chamomile tea I was drinking.

 

“….”

 

“Oh, oh my, I’m sorry. I was so surprised!”

 

I pulled out tissues and handed them to Kang Min-a.

 

I mean, why did my name suddenly pop up there?

 

“You know I’m only level 23, right?”

 

Choi Mu-ryeong, Ban Hae-yeong, and Han Si-on are all over level 60.

 

To begin with, there are only four Hunters over level 60 in South Korea. Four.

 

So shouldn’t those level 60s be going?

 

At least someone in the 50s!

 

What’s this about level 23?

 

That’s not even half!

 

“Park Geum-ja’s position overlaps with the Japanese Hunter….”

 

Park Geum-ja.

 

South Korea’s greatest healer.

 

They’re not taking her and taking me instead?

 

“Are you insane?”

 

“Well….”

 

“Whose idea is this exactly?”

 

At my words, Kang Min-a hesitated before answering.

 

“Hunter Choi Mu-ryeong designated you.”

 

Choi Mu-ryeong.

 

I didn’t think of that.

 

Drawing lots would be more convincing.

 

Wow….

 

Is this revenge?

 

Is he getting revenge because I rejected his party proposal?

 

“Actually, I also think this is ridiculous, but if Hunter Choi Mu-ryeong designated you….”

 

“Then?”

 

“Perhaps he recognized the shining talent this Hunter possesses…!!”

 

“There’s no way that’s it.”

 

At my cold words, Kang Min-a instantly deflated.

 

“I’m not going. No, I can’t go.”

 

I said firmly and deliberately turned my head away.

 

As if to say that’s enough, time to leave.

 

But….

 

“However, Hunter….”

 

“…”

 

“I wouldn’t have come with this proposal without any thought, would I?”

 

What’s this about now?

 

I glanced at Kang Min-a.

 

She was already wearing that confident smile again.

 

“What if you could obtain ‘Jie,’ the pair to ‘Dan,’ through this job?”

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