I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 73

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Episode 73

Episode 73

“Hyung!!”

I can see Ujeongmin waving his hand from afar.

“Huff, huff…”

I rowed the oars like my life depended on it.

This wasn’t a problem with my strength.

The boat and oars were insanely heavy to begin with.

How did that ferryman row the oars?

He looked like a skeletal old man.

I guess mythology stuff is different after all.

-Swoooosh!

If it had been an ordinary person,

they might have gone missing on the ferry.

As I rowed with all my might,

the boat slowly drifted forward.

-Tap tap tap!

I can hear the sound of Ujeongmin running over.

“Hyung! Are you okay?”

“I’m not okay…”

Ujeongmin grabbed my arm and immediately cast a heal on me.

-Swoooosh…

Ah.

Ujeongmin’s performance really is good.

All the fatigue and muscle pain from rowing completely disappears.

Perfect recovery to optimal condition!

Only then did I get up from my seat.

Cha Ye-rin, Ujeongmin, and Baek Ha-rim were each holding something in their hands.

Those must be the event random items.

“Oh, you all got good things.”

Cha Ye-rin had a cute cat-shaped pouch.

“It’s called [Kitty Heat Pack], and it reduces penalties received in extreme regions.”

“It’s unnecessarily cute.”

“That’s what makes it good.”

Ujeongmin had a translucent ring.

“Mine is [Basic Ring of Focus]! It increases first attack accuracy!”

“But you’re a healer.”

“St-still…!”

Baek Ha-rim had worn half-gloves.

“It’s called [Balanced Gloves], and it increases weapon proficiency.”

“That one looks decent?”

“But it’s 0.005%.”

Ah.

I get it now.

It’s like those things you always see when you go to claw machines,

[Lucky 10,000 Won Pack!] or something like that.

Not incredibly good,

but not completely useless either.

An event that gives out ambiguous random items.

Honestly, if I had received these, I would have wondered what they were for.

I probably would have just shoved them in my inventory without selling them.

But…

“Still, it was fun. Right?”

“Yes, noona! I was so excited wondering if something like [Revival Herb] might come out!”

“Hey, there’s no way that would happen, Ju-min.”

“Hehe, you never know! You never know!”

Watching them chatter away like that somehow makes me happy.

Definitely, this kind of ‘fun’ feels like something I haven’t experienced in a long time.

The joy of laughing and chattering over trivial amusement.

“But Tae-pyeong, where did you go?”

Baek Ha-rim, who had been laughing, asks me.

“Ah, about that. After everyone left, another boat came.”

“Another boat came?”

“Yes. It was a similar ferry.”

…It just dropped me off at a different place.

“I had another coin, so I paid with that…”

“Wow, then did hyung get a random item too?”

Ujeongmin suddenly butts in.

I pondered for a moment, fiddling with the [Cerberus’s Whistle] hanging around my neck.

Does this count as a ‘random’ item too?

“Is that it?”

Cha Ye-rin looks at me with eyes full of curiosity.

“Yes. This is it.”

“It’s cute~!”

“It’s a whistle?”

“What’s the item’s ability?”

The three of them pour out questions.

Everyone’s eyes were full of mischief,

as if they thought this whistle was nothing special either.

Well, of course.

They have no way of knowing where I went…

“This is…”

-Sparkle sparkle.

Eyes filled with anticipation.

Ah, this makes me want to play a prank too.

“…When you blow it, a puppy appears.”

At that, all three of them burst into laughter simultaneously.

Hehe.

I laughed along with them.

“A puppy?”

“Yeah, Ju-min. Want to trade with mine?”

“N-n-no!”

At my words, Ujeongmin quickly puts the ring on his finger.

“Then, how about you, Ye-rin?”

“I’m allergic to dogs…”

“What about you, Ha-rim hyung?”

“Haha. I’m satisfied with the gloves.”

I shrugged my shoulders and looked at the three of them.

“Then there’s no choice.”

“Still, the puppy would be really cute, right?”

At Baek Ha-rim’s words, I gripped the whistle and asked.

“Should I try blowing it?”

“Yes! Yes! Yes!”

Ujeongmin nodding his head enthusiastically instead of Baek Ha-rim.

“You told me to blow it?”

I grinned and put the whistle to my mouth.

And then,

-Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A long, cheerful sound echoing through the air.

-….

-….

-….

But nothing appears.

“Hyung, nothing’s coming out?”

“Just wait a little.”

I patted Ujeongmin’s shoulder.

However,

Even after a long while, no ‘puppy’ appeared.

Ujeongmin started glancing at me nervously.

“Hyung….”

“Yeah?”

“Is, is it possible to get a broken item…?”

“Come on, no way.”

After hesitating for a while, Ujeongmin began slowly removing the [Basic Ring of Focus] he was wearing.

“Hyung, now that I think about it, I’m not even a dealer….”

“Huh?”

“I think you should have this after all. And that one, I’ll take…. I like puppies anyway!”

This guy Ujeongmin.

Does he think I might be heartbroken because I got a useless item?

He was so happy when he got his item.

And now he’s offering to give it to me.

What a good kid….

“Forget it, man.”

I flicked Ujeongmin on the forehead.

Even while saying “ow,” he still tried to remove the ring.

“But still….”

“I said forget it, just wait and see.”

Now hyung will show you something amazing. Hehe.

-Thud thud thud….

-Thud thud thud thud….

And then, heavy footsteps could be heard from afar.

Like a thousand horses running all at once,

or like an earthquake happening somewhere.

Such a terrifying sound.

“…?!”

“…!!!!”

The footsteps were getting faster and closer.

Cha Ye-rin and Baek Ha-rim immediately drew their weapons.

However, before Baek Ha-rim could even nock an arrow to his bow….

-Grrrrrrrr!!!!

A massive shadow engulfed us.

“Ah, ahhhhh!!!”

Ujeongmin cowered in terror.

And Cha Ye-rin and Baek Ha-rim prepared to attack simultaneously.

I stepped in front of them to stop them.

“Tae, Tae-pyeong!!”

“Tae-pyeong!!”

The black beast that came charging with bared teeth.

“Sit.”

Immediately flattened itself in front of me as if nothing had happened.

Of course, given its size, even lying down it was still taller than me.

-Whine. Whine. Whine.

After reading the mood,

Cerberus immediately rolled over and showed its belly.

-Whine! Whine! Whine!

As if trying to show how submissive it was to me,

it wagged its tail frantically, almost crazily, while whimpering.

-Step.

I approached Cerberus,

“Now you’re being good.”

And gently petted its middle head.

The left and right heads seemed not fully recovered yet,

still appearing unconscious.

Both had their tongues hanging out with unfocused eyes.

Only the middle head, which was conscious, looked at me with pitiful eyes,

proclaiming absolute obedience.

“Oh, yes. That’s right.”

-Pat pat pat.

“Good boy. Good.”

-Wag wag wag!

I casually petted Cerberus,

while the other three stared at me with shocked faces.

-Thud.

Actually, make that two people.

Since Ujeongmin had fainted on the spot.

Only Cha Ye-rin and Baek Ha-rim stood with their mouths agape, looking up at Cerberus.

“Tae, Tae, Tae, Tae-pyeong….”

“Tae-pyeong, what is this….”

Voices filled with confusion.

I scratched the back of my head and answered.

“This came out of my box.”

“Th… that thing?”

“To be precise, a whistle that can summon this mutt.”

“….”

A moment of silence fell.

Even Baek Ha-rim, who had been climbing the Tower for quite some time,

seemed to find this hard to understand.

“But you’re not a summoner…?”

“Yes. But it seems the item itself has summoning abilities.”

“….”

It’s a situation that’s impossible to understand,

but the two people nod their heads as if trying to understand it somehow.

“Th-they definitely said it was random item distribution, but there must have been some mistake….”

“The Management Bureau might know something….”

While Cha Ye-rin and Baek Ha-rim were muttering and having their conversation,

I was busy petting Cerberus… no. The mutt.

Its fur is surprisingly soft.

And it has a glossy sheen flowing through it.

“Tsk, sorry about earlier.”

-Whiiine….

“But you have to understand.”

-Whimper….

“If I had known this kind of item would appear, would I have beaten you like that?”

-….

“I didn’t know either, so I did that.”

-Whiine….

Perhaps recalling painful memories.

Tears well up in Cerberus’s two eyes.

Hah….

Even for someone like me who used to enjoy watching 【Animal Farm】, my heart isn’t exactly at ease.

Still, now that it’s in my hands, it’s mine….

“I’ll never hit you again from now on.”

At those words, Cerberus’s two eyes sparkle.

Looking at it like this, it seems kind of cute too.

“Wait a moment.”

I opened my inventory and took out a suitable recovery item.

It would be nice if Ujeongmin could heal it, but right now he seems to be in a state where he needs healing himself….

“Eat this.”

-Slurp.

I poured the potion generously onto its tongue.

Cerberus eagerly devoured it.

Now the left head and right head also regained consciousness.

I took out two more potions from my inventory,

and poured them generously on the left head and right head too.

‘Should I call them Lefty and Righty from now on.’

And the middle head would be Goldy?

“Kuk kuk kuk….”

I was laughing, admiring my own naming sense, when

“Huk, huff…!”

Ujeongmin, who had been collapsed, regained consciousness.

“Ju-min, are you coming to?”

Cha Ye-rin helped support Ujeongmin.

“N-noona, just now there was a monster….”

Gulp.

Ujeongmin swallowed and looked around nervously.

And then,

“Uh, uaaaah!”

Ujeongmin made eye contact with Lefty, Righty, and Goldy and screamed.

And once again,

-Thud…!

Ujeongmin collapsed as if fainting.

“….”

“….”

“….”

“It seems Ju-min will need some adjustment time, don’t you think?”

At my words, Cha Ye-rin and Baek Ha-rim nodded their heads.

“Sigh….”

For a grown man to be this scared.

I hoisted the collapsed Ujeongmin onto my back.

“Well then, let’s return for now.”

* * *

After our return.

The Management Bureau was turned upside down.

What they thought was an ordinary ‘event’

had been revealed to be anything but.

Even when they tried to conduct a detailed investigation,

most awakeners had already participated in the general event and obtained items.

In this state, even if they re-entered the Tower, they couldn’t access the event map.

The map itself was essentially single-use.

Anyway, Koreans are incredibly fast.

“So there haven’t been any cases like mine until now?”

“No. It seems like it’s a place you can only enter if you have the special item called [Tower Coin]….”

Eh heh heh.

Kang Min-a let out a deep sigh.

“For now, we’re looking into whether there are similar cases in other countries.”

Ah.

Right.

The event started simultaneously in other countries too, didn’t it?

“Understood. Please let me know if any new information comes up.”

With a brief farewell, I returned to the dormitory.

Without having any idea

what kind of events would unfold next.

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