I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

Episode 83

“No way.”

Go Ju-hui smiles brightly.

Her face shows she’s absolutely delighted.

“Here, you can see Choi. Mu. Ryeong, right?”

“I’m not asking because I don’t know who that is.”

Haaa.

I let out a deep sigh.

What the hell is this about now?

“Why is Choi Mu-ryeong suddenly wanting to join our guild…?”

“He must have noticed the Typhoon Guild’s vision.”

“…There’s no way that’s it.”

The Typhoon Guild doesn’t have any vision like that!

This is just a guild I made for my own convenience!

Becoming South Korea’s top guild,

becoming the world’s top guild.

There’s no vision like that!

“I don’t understand.”

Choi Mu-ryeong shouldn’t be unaware of that either.

No,

why did the Management Bureau even approve this in the first place?

Choi Mu-ryeong has only been affiliated with the Management Bureau since becoming an awakened…

“Ugh, my head hurts.”

It wasn’t a joke – my head was really throbbing.

“He doesn’t seem like the type to joke around about something like this.”

“That’s exactly why it’s more problematic.”

Whether I’m tearing my hair out or not,

Go Ju-hui just keeps laughing, “Uhuhuh.”

She can’t help it.

From her perspective, it’s like a pumpkin suddenly jumped into her arms along with its vine,

no, like an entire pumpkin patch just leaped into her embrace.

“Rejecting him would probably create even bigger problems, right?”

Ah.

This is really troublesome.

“…Let’s put it on hold for now.”

“Oh my, really?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t think accepting him would be problematic though…”

“It would be problematic.”

Of course, the Typhoon Guild’s reputation would rise.

But it was obvious that it would become troublesome in many ways.

No,

of course I did tell Leo White that if he was interested, he could join my guild.

But.

I said that because I knew he wouldn’t.

So why is Choi Mu-ryeong suddenly barging into my guild?

Seriously.

Is he really going to support me or what?

Ugh.

Should I just take him as a supporter and work him hard?

“Hmm, using him for publicity would be helpful in many ways…”

Go Ju-hui subtly probes me.

“No.”

I shook my head.

“I’m sick to death of articles. I’m already suffering enough because of Leo White.”

That’s right.

After the meeting with Leo White,

the media has been in complete chaos.

The world’s number 1 ranked American Hunter

came all the way to South Korea to meet a Korean Hunter who hasn’t even made it into the rankings yet.

It had to be intriguing news.

The internet was plastered with photos of Leo White warmly embracing me,

and various communities were spreading conspiracy theories that I would soon naturalize to the United States.

I’m already receiving all kinds of attention just from this.

And now adding Choi Mu-ryeong on top of that?

This is just

asking for death.

‘What a pain in the ass…’

Of course, as Go Ju-hui said, we wouldn’t lose anything.

It would actually be beneficial.

South Korea’s number 1 ranked.

World’s number 3 ranked.

That Choi Mu-ryeong wanting to join on his own.

Any guild would welcome him with open arms.

But.

Not me.

“What should we do about the interview requests? There’s a lot of talk about Leo White. Even from the United States…”

“We won’t do them.”

I cut off Go Ju-hui’s words and answered.

“In situations like this, no matter what interview you do, you’re bound to get criticized.”

“Well, that’s true.”

Go Ju-hui, who lived as a chaebol family’s precious daughter, immediately understood.

“But Lee Tae-pyeong, you could easily handle the reporters, couldn’t you?”

I chuckled at Go Ju-hui’s words.

“I could, but I don’t want to.”

“Aha.”

“Well then, I’ll be going.”

“I thought you came to check on the guild today.”

“Companies usually run better when the boss isn’t around.”

“Someone who’s never worked at a company is saying that?”

“I’ve heard a lot of things.”

I got up from my seat and put on my jacket.

“I’m planning to train for the 50th Floor challenge for a while.”

“The 50th Floor already?”

“Yes. So please make appropriate excuses to those damn… reporters requesting interviews.”

“The guild leader is dedicating himself to Tower conquest for South Korea’s safety… something like that?”

“That sounds good.”

Indeed, her media handling skills are exceptional.

Certainly, it’s much more convenient to leave such matters to Go Ju-hui.

After all, that’s why I keep her as a partner in the first place.

With Go Ju-hui seeing me off, I stepped outside the guild building.

Since reporters were camped out at the front entrance, I went through the back door instead.

As I came out the back door, a black car was waiting for me.

“Please get in.”

It’s Do Sang-jin.

I immediately got into the car,

then took off the hat I had pulled down low.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m tired.”

“Then, shall we go to the dormitory?”

“No. To the Management Bureau.”

Glance.

Do Sang-jin checks my face through the rearview mirror.

“The Management Bureau, you mean…”

“Yes. I want to go around the Tower a bit.”

“…Didn’t you say you were tired?”

“That’s exactly why I’m going.”

To relieve stress.

Do Sang-jin drove to the Management Bureau without complaint.

-Screech.

“Well then, I’ll be back.”

I headed toward the Entry Hall.

To relieve stress, a random map would be best after all.

I hope I run into dark elves like last time.

Rather than those bastards who just charge in mindlessly with brute force,

I seem to be better suited for beating down those arrogant pricks.

-…so, I want to work together with South Korea, my grandmother’s country…

-South Korea has many good hunters…

-…if our two countries cooperate and climb the Tower together in the future…

-there will surely be good results…

On the way to the Entry Hall.

Leo White’s interview is playing on the giant electronic billboard installed inside the building.

‘Well, well…’

His mouth sure runs smoothly.

The panelists’ reactions were favorable.

Of course they were.

Leo White, the world’s number 1 ranked hunter,

that bastard who doesn’t even treat countries other than the United States as nations.

Since he’s sparkling his eyes saying he wants to cooperate with South Korea.

They can’t help but be favorable.

The panelists were already enthusiastically calling for Korea-US cooperative climbing.

Tsk tsk.

Not knowing that bastard is just groveling because he wants to live.

I turned my gaze away from the electronic billboard,

and headed back toward the Entry Hall.

“You’re alone today?”

“Yes. I’m going for a light run.”

“Haha, you’re probably the only hunter who says that when entering the Tower.”

Since I see him every time I come to the Entry Hall,

the now-familiar official smiles and strikes up a conversation.

“The number of hunters climbing the Tower keeps decreasing, so I can’t tell you how fortunate it is to have you here.”

“Come on. Can one person like me make that much difference?”

“You go to the random layers frequently too. Do you know how many merit points you earn each time?”

Certainly, random layers do give a lot of merit points.

Since you never know what will appear, the rewards feel proportionally large.

I smiled and said to the official.

“I’m thinking of going to a random layer today too.”

Really? It seems like you just went recently…!”

“Yes. Maybe because I always go to the same places when doing party raids, random layers appeal to me when I’m going solo.”

“You really are amazing. But you mustn’t overdo it!”

“Haha. I’ll keep that in mind.”

The random layer entry setup was completed,

and I leaned back comfortably in the chair before speaking.

“Enter Babel Tower.”

Swoosh!

…and I should normally be transported inside the Tower.

-Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

In front of my eyes,

something like a loading bar was spinning out of nowhere.

What’s this.

Does entering Babel Tower sometimes have delays?

“Huh?!”

I wasn’t the only one flustered,

as the official was also looking at me with a surprised face.

“Sh, shall we try again?”

“Yes.”

-Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I took a moment to catch my breath, then,

“Enter Babel Tower.”

“…”

The loading bar still spinning.

“J, just a moment. Is it an equipment problem?”

“Can equipment problems… actually happen?”

“There are research results showing electromagnetic waves can have an effect.”

The moment the official stepped closer to examine the chair.

-Beep-beep-beep.

The slowly spinning loading bar stops.

And then,

-Bzzt…

-Crackle…

-Crackle-crackle-crackle…

“Wh, what?!”

The official looks at me with a shocked face.

And for good reason,

‘…my hand disappeared.’

Parts of my body kept disappearing and reappearing repeatedly.

Now my hand, now my ear, now my leg.

While my eyes were gone, I couldn’t see anything ahead.

This,

something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

“H-Hunter sir!”

The official grabs my hand that had disappeared and reappeared.

“Wait a minute…”

Just as I was about to tell him not to do that,

“…!!!”

My mouth disappears.

The speed at which my body parts disappear and reappear is getting faster.

No,

they’re not reappearing.

Only the speed of disappearing is getting faster!

And then,

-Tssssst!

At the same time my hand disappears,

the official’s hand that was gripping mine also disappears.

“Aaaahhh!!!!”

His hand disappears as if torn off and doesn’t reappear.

“…!!!”

What the hell is happening?

-Tssssssst!

In the brief moment my mouth reappears,

“R-Run!!!!”

I shouted toward the official with all my strength.

With his hand severed,

the official runs outside bleeding.

-Bang!!!

And I hear the sound of the door closing.

Only the sound.

Right.

My eyes didn’t return, so I couldn’t see ahead.

-Tssssssst…

-Bzzzzzzzzt…

Following that,

static noise like from a broken TV continues.

What is this now?

These are unrecognizable characters.

Not just Arabic or Vietnamese level.

Characters that don’t exist on Earth at all.

-Swoooosh…!

Before I could figure out what it was,

this time I felt my body being completely sucked somewhere.

‘Wait, this is…’

Familiar.

This was exactly the feeling of entering the Tower.

Except it was a bit slower,

and a bit more dizzying.

Very similar.

“Kugh…!!!!”

After getting used to entering the Tower,

I never had incidents like falling over disgracefully or collapsing after entry.

But this time when I came to,

I was face-down on the floor dry heaving.

What the hell.

I don’t think it was like this even the first time.

“Cough… Ptui!”

I spat the sour saliva onto the floor,

and barely managed to get my trembling body up.

Whether fortunately or unfortunately,

-Bwaaahhh!!!

-Guuugh!!!

-Bwaaahhh!!!

Besides me, I could hear retching sounds from around me.

My current level has surpassed 30.

So there’s no way entry alone would make me feel this bad.

The entry itself was strange too,

what the hell is happening?

“Haah…”

After catching my breath and looking around.

I couldn’t help but feel nauseous again.

“Fuck…”

What is this.

Why are there only elves here?

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