I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 6

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Episode 6

Episode 6

-Chomp chomp!

-Munch munch!

Glossy white rice.

Crispy and salty ham.

Golden fried eggs.

Seaweed with the fragrant smell of sesame oil.

And….

Kimchi stew packed with pork.

“Kyaaah!!”

This is not the scream of a dying Lizardman.

It’s the heartfelt exclamation of a man moved by the meal he tasted after frantically running around the Tower!

“It’s so delicious!”

This is already my second tray.

Yet it keeps going down endlessly.

I gulped down the perfectly soft-boiled fried egg.

And immediately threw rice topped with ham into my mouth.

They say familiar tastes are scary, and it’s really tear-inducingly delicious.

“Oh my, how hungry you must have been….”

“Sho delishush!”

“Is there anything else you want to eat? I’ll make it for you.”

The cook I’d already gotten to know during my three months at the Management Bureau.

She looked at me with a determined expression and rolled up both sleeves.

“Oh my, no matter how I think about it, it’s not enough.”

“Huh?”

“No matter what, you should at least eat some braised ribs!”

“What?”

“Let me see, braised ribs and…. That’s right! How about grilled eel?”

She’s overflowing with enthusiasm.

“Just wait right here. Got it?”

Before I could stop her, she headed to the Kitchen, and I could only watch.

B-but the kimchi stew is delicious too…!!

It has tons of meat in it and it’s really delicious…!!

-Gulp.

Maybe the problem was that when she asked what I wanted to eat, I mentioned whatever came to mind.

Anyway, there’s no need to refuse when she’s going out of her way to prepare it.

Braised ribs and grilled eel….

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

Even though I’ve already emptied two trays.

I filled my empty tray again with rice, ham, fried eggs, seaweed, and kimchi stew.

My appetite just won’t die down.

Is it because I used too much energy inside the Tower?

I feel like I could empty ten more trays.

-Chomp chomp!

-Munch munch!

While waiting for the braised ribs and grilled eel to be completed.

I absorbed Korean soul food once again.

* * *

“It really doesn’t seem to be madness.”

The two Executors were still watching Lee Tae-pyeong.

Usually, once the return processing is finished, the Executor’s duties end.

But this time was different.

“How can he be like that?”

The Executors in charge of Lee Tae-pyeong’s return.

They were veterans who had been working at the Management Bureau for several years already.

But this was their first time encountering such a case.

A climber who appeared drenched in blood but wasn’t in a state of madness.

Most climbers returning from the Tutorial aren’t in their right minds.

The terror they face for the first time in their lives has a tremendous impact on their psyche.

Far from eating, most collapse unable to properly control their bodies as soon as the tension is released, falling into unconsciousness.

But Lee Tae-pyeong is different.

Lee Tae-pyeong walked, talked, and moved perfectly fine.

Completely in his right mind.

When asked about his condition, he answered ‘I’m hungry.’

It’s hard.

It hurts.

Instead of that.

While drenched in blood.

‘I’m hungry’?

At those words, not only the two Executors but the entire Management Bureau was shocked.

“His trait is Thousand Deaths, right?”

The Executor looking at Lee Tae-pyeong with a still unbelieving expression muttered.

“Isn’t that something from martial arts novels?”

“Like a crazy killer who murders people….”

“Yeah, someone who kills people amazingly well.”

“This isn’t some novel….”

Hah, really. The Executor let out a hollow laugh.

The other one shook his head back and forth.

“He barely has any injuries, right?”

“None at all. He’s even in full condition.”

“Full condition?”

“Yeah. That’s what the medical team said.”

“That’s impossible.”

“They said he could enter a dungeon again right now.”

“That’s amazing….”

A cook carrying a huge pot passed by the two admiring Executors.

Along with the sweet smell of braised ribs.

“Maybe we’re witnessing new history.”

“…New history eating braised ribs?”

“Yeah.”

The two Executors watched Lee Tae-pyeong mercilessly ladling braised ribs.

* * *

“Ahh, good. So good….”

After completely finishing the braised ribs and grilled eel, I feel like my stomach might burst.

I wondered if I could eat all of this.

But as I kept eating, it all went down.

It feels like my stomach has expanded.

Does leveling up affect things like this too?

“Huaaaam…”

Now that I’m full, I’m getting sleepy.

I let out a big yawn and raised my hand high.

The two Executors who had been watching me from the beginning until now.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes, Mr. Lee Tae-pyeong.”

“Um, may I go back now?”

The two people exchange glances.

And one of them asked me with a serious expression.

“May I ask what your reason is?”

What reason?

Well, because I’m sleepy. Because I’m sleepy.

I barely held back another yawn and answered.

“I want to rest a bit now.”

“Ah…”

“I’m tired and sleepy too…”

I can’t just keep sitting in the Dining Hall like this.

Only then did the two Executors nod as if they understood.

“That’s what you meant.”

What.

What else did they think I was talking about?

“We’ll escort you to the Dormitory.”

“Huh? I can go by myself…”

“No. We’ll guide you.”

A somehow firm voice.

I moved to the Dormitory under the guidance of the two Executors.

“Thank you for escorting me.”

Even as I entered the Dormitory, I was holding back a yawn.

Wow, seeing the bed right in front of me makes me even sleepier.

“Um, can I sleep now?”

“Of course. Please rest comfortably.”

The two Executors bowed their heads and went outside.

However, I don’t hear the sound of them moving away from outside the door.

‘Don’t tell me they’re planning to keep watch…’

I don’t feel any signs of going berserk at all.

I’m just incredibly sleepy.

So keeping watch outside would be pointless…

“I don’t know.”

It’s not like I’m the one keeping watch anyway.

I collapsed onto the bed.

“Zzz…”

Sleep is pouring over me.

I closed my eyes just like that.

-Target has fallen asleep.

-Situation clear.

I heard them saying something outside.

But I don’t want to move a muscle.

-Snore…

-Puhaaa…

Since I safely returned from the tutorial.

There are no more worries.

All my debts have been forgiven.

-Snore…

How long has it been since I slept so peacefully like this?

I’m happy.

* * *

The next day.

Thanks to the routine I’d built up, my eyes opened naturally.

I jumped up and was washing my face and brushing my teeth.

-Knock knock knock.

I hear the sound of someone knocking on the door from outside.

Is it an Executor?

-Click.

I opened the door with the toothbrush still in my mouth.

They’re not the Executors I saw yesterday.

Faces I’ve never seen before.

A man and woman who look completely like government officials are standing there.

“Hello, Mr. Lee Tae-pyeong.”

“Oh, hello…”

“We’re from the Babel Tower Climber Management Bureau Talent Management Team.”

“Ah…”

“Congratulations on your safe return from the tutorial.”

“Yes…”

“We came because we’d like to have a conversation. Do you have time?”

“But I was in the middle of brushing my teeth…”

“Then we’ll wait.”

“No, no. You can come in and wait.”

I opened the door and quickly ran into the bathroom.

When I came out after rinsing my mouth, I saw the officials still standing politely by the door.

“Oh, you can sit and wait!”

I hurriedly guided the two people into the room.

The two people sat in front of the small sofa set up in one corner of the room.

I brought over a small dining chair and sat across from them.

As soon as we sat down, the woman who had been smiling brightly took out documents from her bag.

“Once again, congratulations on returning from the tutorial.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you.”

The documents she spread out look like some kind of contracts.

But my name isn’t written on them yet.

“Since you’ve returned from the tutorial, Mr. Lee Tae-pyeong, you are now an official climber of South Korea.”

That’s right.

When you finish the tutorial, you become an official climber.

An official climber with the ‘nationality’ of the Babel Tower you entered.

Since I entered the Korean Babel Tower with Korean nationality.

Naturally, I became an official climber with South Korean nationality.

That’s what appears in the system window too.

Like this.

I don’t know what the mechanism is, but nationality applies inside Babel Tower.

Well, I don’t think it’s strange.

Phone numbers, resident registration numbers—they were all leaked long ago.

It’s not just me either.

The entire nation got hit.

In that situation, Babel Tower knowing what my nationality is.

It’s not particularly surprising.

Anyway.

This nationality thing is quite important.

Every time you clear a floor of your affiliated Babel Tower.

Something called ‘merit’ accumulates.

Merit.

Basically, from clearing Babel Tower floors.

To earning Achievements or titles on a larger scale.

You can accumulate merit in various ways.

And this merit protects South Korea’s territory.

That’s why all nations are desperately trying to gather Hunters.

When merit points drop below a certain level, terrible things happen.

Demonization.

Every nation knows what happens when demonization occurs.

Because there’s North Korea’s precedent.

Fortunately, South Korea’s merit points were abundant right now.

Maintaining merit points at a certain level is important.

But accumulating enough is equally important.

The higher the merit points, the more ‘buffs’ you can receive.

Natural disaster prevention.

Vitality boost for all citizens.

Increased possibility of talent emergence.

And so on.

America had reaped nice benefits from the national vitality boost.

Not only that.

Hunters can also use merit points personally.

Like purchasing special items.

Or taking items from inside the Tower to outside.

Naturally, all items obtainable inside the Tower have tremendous value.

From panaceas that free you from all diseases.

To Electric Stones that can produce as much power as an electric plant.

The variety and applications are endless.

Taking them out naturally means money.

Of course, there are types you can’t put a price on.

Hunter-exclusive weapons and items.

These are things the whole world covets for climbing.

With decent grades, you could become a billionaire.

In fact, there were many Hunters who sold items obtained from Babel Tower and lived luxuriously with that money.

Since they earned enough money to play around for life.

If they continued climbing the Tower, they’d gain even more terrifying wealth, but…

There’s a reason everyone quits after earning a reasonable amount.

‘Death’.

That’s the one problem money can’t solve.

Even if you’re lucky enough not to die, injuries aren’t something to take lightly either.

So most people have no choice but to earn a reasonable amount and wash their hands of it.

“Up to here, do you understand?”

I listened to various explanations about contracts.

Passing the tutorial doesn’t give you anything worth money or merit.

However, since I passed the tutorial, all debts were forgiven.

That alone is more than enough, but…

“Lee Tae-pyeong shows tremendous talent.”

The man’s voice couldn’t hide his excitement.

“Talent I’ve never seen in anyone before!”

Hmm, I don’t think it’s that much.

I only just passed the tutorial.

As I scratched the back of my head awkwardly.

“Please consider this positively!”

The two officials even bowed their heads as they made their request.

What should I do?

Answering right here and now would be unreasonable.

There’s a lot I need to think about.

“Um…”

“Yes!”

“For now, let me think about it.”

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