I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 10

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#Episode 10.
“What?!”
“What is it? A monster? No, is that a person?”
Amid the confusion, the vision-enhanced Awakener’s mouth fell open before he finally managed to speak.
“I-I think it’s a person, but… that person seems to be charging straight toward the pillar of light? In a completely straight line, too.”
“What does that even… I mean, if someone moves that recklessly, wouldn’t all the monsters in the area swarm them?”
“Unless that person is acting as bait?”
“That would require risking their life, wouldn’t it?”
They continued speculating, but the more they did, the deeper their confusion became.
And they weren’t the only ones experiencing such bewilderment.
Everyone who had entered Floor 11 was fixated on the man tearing through the forest at full speed.
Meanwhile, Jung Han-sung, oblivious to all this attention, continued charging toward his destination.
Naturally, the monsters had no intention of letting him pass.
Every creature in the vicinity swarmed toward him, blocking his path.
But Jung Han-sung didn’t slow down in the slightest, swinging his blade with full force.
Crackle!
Lightning erupted from the sword, tracing brilliant blue arcs along the weapon’s trajectory.
“Shriek!”
“Screech!”
The monsters were sent flying like autumn leaves caught in a gale.
Despite their numbers, only a limited amount could rush at Jung Han-sung simultaneously.
And he was someone who had mastered fighting dozens of monsters alone.
He’d been doing exactly that the entire way up to this point.
Crackle-crack!
“Shriek!”
Jung Han-sung continuously swung his blade, clearing the monsters blocking his path as he surged forward.
There was another reason he could charge ahead so unobstructed.
It was thanks to his footwear.
‘The effect is insane.’
Jung Han-sung glanced down at his feet as he pushed off the ground.
The shoes he wore now weren’t his usual sneakers—they were the Boots of Swiftness, one of the rewards he’d obtained from the previous floor.
As their name suggested, they enhanced movement speed, and when combined with the power of lightning, they produced absolutely tremendous velocity.
Whoosh—!
Thanks to this, Jung Han-sung could approach his destination at terrifying speed.
‘I’ll be there soon.’
The pillar of light, which had seemed quite distant, was now nearly within arm’s reach.
If nothing went wrong, he would break his personal record for fastest clear time again.
But when he reached the vicinity of the pillar marking his destination.
Rumble!
The ground suddenly shook violently, and something erupted from beneath the surface.
A message materialized before my eyes at that very moment.
[Hidden condition ‘Reach the destination vicinity within 1 minute’ achieved]
[Objectives and rewards have been enhanced.]
[Objective: Defeat the Guardian and reach the destination]
[Time remaining: 01:00:00]
“What now?”
I alternated my gaze between the message and what lay ahead, my expression bewildered.
There stood a creature that had just emerged from the ground.
An enormous serpent with jewels embedded in its head.
That was the Guardian’s true form.
Ssssshhhhh!
The serpent flicked its tongue and emitted a menacing hiss.
Observing the serpent radiating such a threatening aura, I offered a brief assessment.
“Impressive.”
That was all.
It didn’t emanate the same majesty or dread I’d felt when confronting Evil God Sargon’s fragment.
I simply thought, ‘I need to dispose of this thing.’
Ssssshhhhh!
I pushed off the ground lightly and launched myself toward the serpent as it hissed again.
The colossal serpent whipped its tail like a whip toward me.
My response was straightforward.
Slash!
I simply swung my blade and severed its tail.
Ssssshhhhiiit!
The serpent’s body went rigid, then it released a pained cry.
It wasn’t merely the agony of losing its tail. The moment my blade tore through its body, a sharp electric current surged across its entire form.
Freed from paralysis, the serpent thrashed its head in fury, then opened its maw wide.
I caught the glint of light between its gaping jaws and reflexively bolted forward.
A beam erupted from the serpent’s mouth immediately after.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-light!
A devastating beam swept across the spot where I’d been standing.
Even I wouldn’t have escaped unscathed from such power.
Of course, I had no intention of taking it passively.
‘I need to finish this quickly.’
No matter how threatening, it doesn’t matter if you don’t get hit.
I successfully dodged the successive destructive beams hurtling toward me and reached the creature’s front.
Rather than continuing with swordplay, I activated my newly subscribed ability.
I drew forth the dormant power sleeping within my body all at once.
Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble-crack!
In an instant, thunder roared as brilliant azure lightning erupted outward from my center.
At that moment, all those scattered throughout the forest received a message about the objective changing, and they saw the massive serpent suddenly appear.
For them, it was like a bolt from the blue.
The mission was supposed to end once they safely reached their destination while avoiding monsters, but suddenly there was an additional objective?
Moreover, the target they had to deal with was a colossal serpent that should only appear from much higher floors.
But the real shock came next.
Kwaaaaaaang―!
Someone shot upward in a brilliant blue beam of light and split the massive serpent’s head clean in two with a single strike.
Boom!
The serpent’s enormous body swayed back and forth before collapsing with a thunderous crash.
The people stared upward in stunned silence as dust billowed into the air.
And some of them remembered.
The rising supernova who had been climbing The Tower with record-breaking achievements lately.
“Phew.”
Meanwhile, as Jung Han-sung landed on the ground after severing the serpent’s neck, a message appeared before his eyes.
[You have defeated the Mistral Serpent single-handedly.]
[Bonus points will be awarded upon reward settlement.]
No reward was given for simply defeating it. It seemed the rewards would be enhanced upon completing the mission.
However, Jung Han-sung’s attention lay elsewhere than the rewards.
‘Absolutely tremendous power.’
I’d felt it when testing in the Unique Space before coming here, but Indra’s lightning was truly destructive force incarnate.
Its instantaneous output was incomparable to basic swordsmanship.
Maintaining that maximum output for extended periods was still difficult, though.
[You have obtained the Mistral Serpent’s jewel.]
While I was thinking such thoughts, another message appeared.
The large jewel embedded in the Mistral Serpent’s forehead vanished and materialized directly in my grasp.
It felt like the system was saying, “You almost forgot this,” and taking care of it for me.
I stored it in my inventory and took a step forward.
To finish this mission.
Moments later.
[You have completed Floor 11’s objective.]
[You have discovered and completed Floor 11’s hidden objective for the first time. Rewards are enhanced!]
[You receive Mistral Serpent Leather Gloves as a reward.]
[You have completed Floor 11’s objective in record-breaking time!]
[You have achieved a clear rank of ‘SSS’!]
[Additional rewards are given for outstanding Achievement!]
[You receive 3 Intermediate Magic Stones.]
[Rewards have been stored in your inventory.]
As Jung Han-sung reached the destination, messages cascaded before his eyes as usual.
Simultaneously, a message appeared asking whether to return.
Normally, I would have chosen to challenge the next floor without hesitation. After all, I’d only cleared a single floor so far.
But this time was different.
“I’m entering the Unique Space.”
Instead of returning or moving to the next floor, I chose to go to the Unique Space.
Soon, I arrived at the Unique Space.
“Ugh…”
The moment I arrived, I braced myself against the wall.
“Master! Are you alright?!”
Baek-seol rushed over in alarm upon seeing my condition.
I waved my hand dismissively in response.
“I’m… fine. It’s just temporary exhaustion.”
That was the truth.
I’d pushed myself too hard during the final battle, drawing on power beyond my limits, which had triggered the exhaustion.
This was my first time actually exerting myself fully in real combat, so it was a rookie mistake.
At least I’d practiced beforehand—if I hadn’t, I might have collapsed entirely.
I steadied my breathing and muttered to myself.
“I need to reflect on this.”
I was fortunate to have eliminated it in one strike. If the opponent had been any stronger, it could have been dangerous.
Just then, Baek-seol, who had been watching carefully, approached and spoke.
“That was amazing, Master! You defeated the Mistral Serpent in a single blow!”
“Huh? How did you know that?”
At my question, Baek-seol pointed to one side of the wall.
“When you enter The Tower, a screen appears here on this side! Like this!”
Looking over, I could indeed see a large screen-like display floating there, just as Baek-seol had said.
What was displayed on it was my own image, sitting on the magic circle.
“Oh, that’s an interesting feature.”
“Right? Ah, if other humans had seen your performance, Master! It would have caused quite a stir!”
“Is that so?”
“Absolutely! It was the Mistral Serpent, after all!”
“Y-yes. Thank you.”
Receiving such enthusiastic praise face-to-face for the first time left me flustered, and I simply nodded.
Then I scratched my chin and spoke.
“Well, there were other people around, but they probably didn’t see it properly. There was no one nearby.”
“What a shame! I wish your heroic deeds would spread far and wide!”
“Haha, I suppose so.”
I smiled at Baek-seol’s words. The atmosphere was peaceful and harmonious.
Completely unaware of what was happening outside.
* * *
Association Building.
Baek Jin-woo was receiving a report from a subordinate, his expression one of shock.
“What? They killed the Mistral Serpent? Wait, hold on. Didn’t you say it was Floor 11?”
“That’s correct. According to the reports, a Mistral Serpent appeared along with a message indicating that a hidden condition had been met.”
The subordinate handed over the documents he’d compiled to Baek Jin-woo after receiving a report from one of the Association’s Awakeners, then continued speaking.
“And less than a minute later, someone wrapped in blue light leaped upward, and according to the report, they severed the Mistral Serpent’s neck with a single strike.”
“Huh….”
Baek Jin-woo found himself at a loss for words.
He couldn’t fault him for that.
The Mistral Serpent was originally a monster that appeared only on the 50th Floor.
It was already shocking that such a creature had emerged on Floor 11, but hearing that its neck had been cleanly severed and it was dead—well, it would have been stranger not to be astonished.
“So this person reached the destination in less than a minute, engaged in a very brief battle, defeated the Mistral Serpent, and completed the mission.”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Baek Jin-woo fell silent for a moment before speaking.
“Is it even a person…?”
“Pardon?”
“No, never mind. There’s only one person capable of such a feat.”
His mind naturally drifted to the individual he’d personally contracted with just days ago on conditional terms.
Jung Han-sung.
The man who had been setting unprecedented records from Floor 1 to Floor 10 that no one else could touch.
There was no way another monster could have appeared in such a short span of time.
‘He said his ability was body enhancement-type.’
Baek Jin-woo recalled what Han-sung had said when he’d come to register as an Awakener, and he let out a soft chuckle.
Based on the reports, he might be at least a dual-ability user, or possibly even a triple-ability user.
Of course, he had no intention of making an issue of it. There was no reason to, anyway.
“Rather, I’m worried the support funds were too meager….”
With so many witnesses to this incident, information would spread quickly.
Everyone would surely try their best to make contact with him.
After deliberating briefly, Baek Jin-woo spoke to his subordinate.
“Pull up a list of all the useful items currently stored in the Association.”
“Yes, sir!”
Losing Han-sung wasn’t just a loss for the Association—it was a loss for the entire nation.
‘I’ll give it everything I’ve got!’
Baek Jin-woo clenched his fist firmly, steeling his resolve.

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