I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 40

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Episode 40

 

Episode 40

 

Chungbaek-jeon cleared.

 

What I got as a reward was one platinum box,

 

and,

 

the Chungbaek-jeon exclusive reward, [Victory Wristband].

 

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wristband.

 

Half blue, half white.

 

Except for the Tower mark embroidered in the center.

 

Ooh.

 

This is actually a much better item than I thought?

 

The 5% increase feels a bit stingy,

 

but the ‘party’ application effect is what’s important.

 

Especially considering the special floor raid I’ll be participating in soon.

 

A beginner might not matter.

 

But a 5% attack power increase for Choi Mu-ryeong would be terrifying.

 

-Click.

 

I immediately equipped the [Victory Wristband].

 

And,

 

-Click.

 

Next up is box opening time.

 

I’ve opened platinum boxes so often,

 

it’s starting to feel routine now.

 

-Flaaash!

 

A strong light pours out from the box.

 

And,

 

A fist-sized golden coin appeared.

 

A coin that looks very old, like an ancient relic.

 

The front has a tower on it,

 

the back has nothing.

 

‘What does this mean?’

 

Reading the description is quite interesting.

 

To use it, you need to enter the Tower and flip the coin.

 

If it lands on heads, all rewards are doubled.

 

If it lands on tails, all rewards are destroyed.

 

After use, it cannot be canceled or retrieved,

 

and the coin automatically disappears after gaining or losing rewards.

 

‘Isn’t this gambling?’

 

It’s too precious to use on lower floors.

 

Too scary to use on higher floors.

 

If I’m lucky, it could be a huge jackpot.

 

But I’m not particularly lucky…

 

Still, it’s too valuable to give to someone else?

 

I put the [Tower Coin] into my inventory.

 

I’ll find a use for it someday.

 

As I closed my inventory,

 

Oh?!

 

It’s not an offensive skill.

 

But in some ways, it’s better than an offensive skill.

 

‘Weak points’ differ by race.

 

Head or heart being weak points is only true for humanoids.

 

No, even among humanoids, cyborgs are a different story.

 

They don’t die even if you cut their neck,

 

and they don’t have hearts.

 

Their core location is randomly in their lower abdomen or something.

 

Since I don’t know everything about all the different races and monsters,

 

having this kind of ability

 

would definitely reduce wasted effort.

 

Instead of slashing twice,

 

reducing it to once would be great!

 

After reaching level 15,

 

I gain one skill every 10 levels,

 

and with a skill like this,

 

I should be able to manage comfortably until level 30.

 

The combination with [Fatal Slash] I just obtained is perfect too.

 

Use [Execution Eye] to identify weak points for critical hits,

 

then [Fatal Slash] for instant death area attacks.

 

Wow.

 

I want to test it out quickly?!

 

* * *

 

After returning.

 

I explained the various circumstances to Cha Ye-rin and Ujeongmin.

 

For the time being, I’m planning to grind solo,

 

so it would be difficult to help with leveling up.

 

Fortunately, both of them responded cheerfully.

 

“It’s okay. We’ll try it on our own.”

 

“I can handle the 10th floor range by myself now, hyung!”

 

When did they become so reliable?

 

Still, just in case,

 

I quickly contacted the Management Bureau to add two more people before they tackle the Tower.

 

Now,

 

so then,

 

I only need to worry about myself?

 

My plan was simple.

 

The 19th Floor where Goblin Shamans appear,

 

and the 29th Floor where Orc Shamans appear,

 

grinding through them like crazy while opening boxes.

 

I’ve already quickly cleared up to the 29th Floor solo for box farming.

 

Ironically,

 

being alone made faster clearing possible.

 

Anyway.

 

19th Floor and 29th Floor.

 

On these two floors where shamans appear,

 

Because the probability of mental defense items appearing is higher,

 

even if that probability is like finding a needle in a desert.

 

‘I have no choice but to try.’

 

Worrying,

 

agonizing,

 

regretting,

 

none of that stuff helps.

 

The most important thing is to just try it first.

 

So,

 

I frantically went in and out of the Tower.

 

Wake up, eat breakfast, then

 

-Kieeeeeek!!!

 

Easily clear the 19th Floor.

 

“Thank you for the meal!”

 

Come back, eat lunch,

 

-Cool….

 

Take a one-hour nap, then

 

-Kraaaaaaaaak!!!!!

 

Smoothly clear the 29th Floor.

 

“Thank you for the meal!”

 

After eating a hearty dinner,

 

“Seuuuuup…. Huuuuuu….”

 

Dan cultivation.

 

-Cool….

 

And then sleep like a baby.

 

Just repeating this routine,

 

I became quite familiar with using ‘Dan.’

 

I also became skilled at using and combining new skills.

 

As I expected, [Fatal Strike] and [Execution Eye] had excellent synergy.

 

To what extent?

 

Even without stabbing with a proper blade,

 

I could just poke once at the red weak points visible through [Execution Eye]

 

with the blunt ‘Dan.’

 

-Puk!!

 

-Thud!!!!

 

-Thwack!!

 

-Splat!!!!

 

This one and that one,

 

they couldn’t even struggle and just died instantly.

 

Hehe.

 

This is something else.

 

‘It’s at a level where I don’t even need ‘Jie’?’

 

However, there’s just one thing.

 

If there’s a troublesome point….

 

‘The fact that it’s a passive skill so I can see it normally too….’

 

For example.

 

Even when looking at Do Sang-jin preparing dinner,

 

or Ujeongmin diligently studying about the Tower.

 

I can see bright red weak points.

 

Head,

 

and chest.

 

“….”

 

Well, I can just blur my vision with all my might.

 

Everything has its pros and cons.

 

I have to endure this too.

 

‘Speaking of which….’

 

There isn’t much time left until Choi Mu-ryeong’s deadline.

 

Starting tomorrow,

 

exactly one week remains.

 

Tower clearing twice a day.

 

I’ve been doing that for three weeks without a single break,

 

so I’ve cleared the Tower over 40 times.

 

Some people only do it two or three times a year.

 

And I alone did it 40 times.

 

This was uncommon at this level.

 

Thanks to that, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of merit points,

 

and Kang Min-a said there’s talk at the Management Bureau about presenting me with a plaque.

 

‘I don’t need something like that….’

 

What would I do with a completely useless plaque?

 

Maybe if it were an item.

 

When I said that, Kang Min-a said she’d discuss it,

 

so I wonder what the Management Bureau will come up with?

 

These days, there’s a lot of Hunter outflow from the Management Bureau to private guilds,

 

so she said they’d probably take some action.

 

‘I don’t care where I go, but….’

 

Somehow joining a guild doesn’t appeal to me.

 

There are so many fraud stories about private guilds.

 

For someone like me who already got scammed with a rental deposit and ruined my life,

 

it’s natural to be cautious.

 

‘Rather, should I….’

 

Create a guild myself?

 

No.

 

Even imagining it for one second seems bothersome.

 

Honestly, it’s comfortable relying on the Management Bureau.

 

Thanks to the Management Bureau assigning me both Kang Min-a and Do Sang-jin, I’m living well.

 

‘…Let’s focus on Tower clearing for now.’

 

With one week left,

 

I can clear it about fourteen more times.

 

Will a mental defense item really appear within that time?

 

‘Why hasn’t that bastard Narin contacted me….’

 

Just as I thought that,

 

-Ding!

 

A new message appears.

 

Wow,

 

they say even tigers come when you talk about them!

 

Elves come too when you talk about them!

 

I quickly selected the confirm button.

 

As the exchange window opened,

 

I could see something like a transparent sphere piercing.

 

Reading the description, it was an earring made by crystallizing the wind sounds of Eira Forest where the elves’ goddess was born.

 

The effects were immunity to fear, madness, and confusion.

 

Increased health and mana recovery speed during meditation.

 

However,

 

There were also side effects if worn by non-elf races.

 

Reading the letter Narin sent.

 

[Quiet Eira Forest Earring],

 

defends against various mental damage with the wind sounds of Eira Forest.

 

Like noise canceling?

 

To explain it very simply.

 

It erases sound with sound.

 

[Quiet Eira Forest Earring] has a similar feel.

 

The sacred wind sounds of Eira Forest,

 

cancel out various curses.

 

Then, when there are no curses?

 

The wind sounds of Eira Forest themselves drive humans insane.

 

For elves born under the blessing of Eira Forest, it would be tranquility and peace itself.

 

But for humans, it’s a completely different kind,

 

in a way, that too could become a ‘curse’.

 

Immune to fear, confusion, and madness.

 

But the human soul gradually wears away.

 

Like rocks carved by wind.

 

Elves use this earring

 

to make other races docile when taken prisoner.

 

‘Wicked bastards…’

 

Nevertheless,

 

Narin sent me this item because

 

it’s an incredibly powerful item, and

 

she made her own judgment that

 

such side effects wouldn’t work on me.

 

Fortunately.

 

Through my dan cultivation training,

 

I had become quite accustomed to meditation.

 

So I put on the earring without hesitation,

 

-Whiiiii…

 

At first, like a whistling sound,

 

I heard clear wind sounds.

 

And when I listened closely,

 

that sound began to sound like small whispers…

 

“Sssssss…”

 

-Whiii…

 

“Hoooooo…”

 

-Whi…

 

When I sat cross-legged and began meditating,

 

-…

 

The wind sounds soon became inaudible.

 

And at the same time, my body felt lighter.

 

“It was nothing much.”

 

I chuckled and stood up from my spot.

 

With this, even the Lich King’s curse should be no problem.

 

-Whiii…

 

“Sss.”

 

-…

 

For now, until midnight today.

 

I’ll completely suppress Eira Forest’s whatever energy through meditation.

 

Tomorrow I’ll try entering the 30th Floor as a test.

 

If it doesn’t seem right, I’ll return immediately.

 

If it seems doable…

 

“I’ll destroy everything.”

 

Just like I killed the Goblin Shaman that was supposed to appear and disappear on the 10th Floor,

 

the Lich King that’s supposed to appear and disappear on the 30th Floor too,

 

‘…can I kill it?’

 

I’m looking forward to it.

 

By the way, what should I put up as an exchange item?

 

-P.S.

 

That’s when I noticed the last phrase of the letter.

 

-As an exchange item, I would be grateful if you could send the fried bread with meat that Taepeong-nim ate that time.

 

Fried bread with meat?

 

“Hot dog…?”

 

Come to think of it, back then,

 

Narin seemed to be looking at it with a face that really wanted to eat it…

 

Well,

 

it’s not something I can’t do.

 

Since I’m sending it anyway, should I buy various types and put them up.

 

Basic hot dog.

 

Potato hot dog.

 

Mozzarella hot dog.

 

Nuclear spicy hot dog.

 

I ordered plenty of various hot dogs

 

and put them up in the exchange window.

 

And,

 

Oh, right.

 

I forgot to tell her to eat the nuclear spicy one with milk.

 

“Hmm…”

 

It should be fine, I guess.

 

She’s a great elf after all!

 

* * *

 

“Haaaaam.”

 

Maybe because I fell asleep while meditating hard.

 

My body feels strangely refreshed.

 

[Quiet Eira Forest Earring] actually seems to help with meditation?

 

I was going to use this once and throw it away if the side effects were severe.

 

But there’s no need for that?

 

Now even without paying attention,

 

the wind sounds are at a level where I can’t hear them.

 

It means I’ve become that accustomed to meditation,

 

and my dantian training is definitely solid too.

 

Then,

 

should I eat breakfast today and head straight into the Tower?

 

“Kekekek…”

 

“Hyung, is there something good happening?”

 

Ujeongmin asked me cautiously.

 

“Yeah. There’s something good.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Going into the Tower.”

 

“…Isn’t that what you do every day?”

 

“Today’s a bit different.”

 

“How so?”

 

I grinned at Ujeongmin.

 

“I’m going to the 30th Floor.”

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