I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 176

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#Chapter 176.
Silence settled over the space.
The undead watched quietly as Jung Han-sung caught his breath in ragged gasps.
Under their gaze, Jung Han-sung closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them.
“I can’t pull off something this crude a second time.”
My mind felt refreshed, at least.
But gods, everything hurt like hell.
As Jung Han-sung muttered to himself, Onyx poked his head forward and spoke.
―Why did you fight so crudely in the first place, Master?
“Crude, you say?”
―That’s exactly what it was.
“Well, I suppose you’re not wrong.”
Jung Han-sung let out a soft laugh.
The Blood Pursuer had been a formidable opponent indeed, wielding the kind of power befitting his position as Floor Master.
But if Jung Han-sung hadn’t attempted a direct breakthrough, he wouldn’t have suffered so much.
Couldn’t he have defeated him without a scratch—or at least without such grievous wounds?
―There are easy ways to break through his conditional immortality, yet you just smashed through him head-on. That was truly crude, Master.
Onyx had a habit of appending “Master” to the end of every sarcastic remark he made.
Jung Han-sung found a reasonably clean patch of ground and sat down before responding.
“It’s all experience. Now I’ll fight better against similar opponents. I saw exactly where my limits lie.”
―But you didn’t fight with that in mind from the start, did you?
“Don’t be so petty with your facts.”
Jung Han-sung deflected Onyx’s words with a light joke, then summoned the undead back to him.
They’d suffered too from pounding on something that wouldn’t die, so letting them rest properly was the right call.
It was after that when I checked the messages.
[You have completed the objective of the 90th Floor.]
[You receive high-purity Blood Crystal as a reward.]
[You have completed the objective of the 90th Floor in record time!]
[By completely blocking the Floor Master’s possibility of resurrection, you have achieved the first perfect conquest!]
“Huh?”
Jung Han-sung tilted his head as he read through the messages.
‘Possibility of resurrection?’
He examined the messages more carefully, but there was no additional explanation.
‘Did I do something?’
Jung Han-sung pondered this with confusion. In truth, this achievement too had been unintended.
Originally, to conquer the Blood Pursuer, the first priority was to break through his conditional immortality.
And the methods for that, as Jung Han-sung had deduced, were either to burn away the blood pooled in the Cave first, or to lure him elsewhere to fight.
But those methods had their problems.
Using such approaches, one couldn’t kill the Blood Pursuer completely.
With shortcuts, no matter what, the Blood Pursuer would eventually resurrect.
Of course, it didn’t matter much either way.
Once I cleared it, the objective would be complete and the Awakeners would leave this place anyway.
But the reward for achieving it was certain.
[You have achieved a Clear Rank of ‘SSS’]
[You receive ‘Blood Sea Method’ as an additional reward]
An additional reward granted alongside the highest clear rank.
[You receive a clue about a hidden space as an additional reward]
And there was one more reward given.
“Oh, two additional rewards this time?”
Achieving SSS rank wasn’t uncommon for me, so I’d stopped paying much attention to it, but receiving two additional rewards was a first even for me.
When I checked immediately, the Blood Crystal and Blood Sea Method were already in my inventory.
However, only the final reward wasn’t in my inventory, and I soon discovered why.
Kuuung….
A sound suddenly came from somewhere.
Jung Han-sung reflexively turned his head toward the direction of the sound.
That direction was none other than toward the Altar, but more precisely, it was below it rather than above it.
―It sounds like it’s coming from underground.
Onyx must have heard the sound too, as he poked his head out and spoke.
“Right?”
Jung Han-sung rose from his seat and walked toward the Altar.
“Is there a passage leading down somewhere?”
At first glance, the Altar didn’t appear to have any stairs or passages leading underground.
But given that both Jung Han-sung and Onyx had heard it, it couldn’t have been a mistake.
Jung Han-sung circled the Altar once more, examining it carefully.
During this search, he noticed a section of the Altar with a slightly different color.
“Hmm.”
Jung Han-sung felt that area with his hand. At some point, he found a catch and applied pressure.
Click—.
With a sound of something locking into place, the Altar began to vibrate.
Jung Han-sung stepped back and observed the Altar.
Grrrrng!
Then the Altar slowly slid to the side, revealing a large opening beneath it.
A cool breeze wafted up from within.
“A hidden space.”
So was that sound from earlier the clue?
With that thought, Jung Han-sung drew his sword and approached the opening.
It would have been convenient if there were stairs, but there weren’t any. Jung Han-sung checked the height and jumped down.
Tap.
Landing lightly on the ground, Jung Han-sung quickly scanned his surroundings with his eyes.
The space was wider than expected, and judging by the smoothly finished walls, unlike the area above, this space appeared to be artificially constructed.
“Hmm.”
The area where I had just descended showed nothing particularly noteworthy, so I began walking toward the direction from which the sound had come.
The corridor itself held nothing that caught my eye.
After walking for some time, I heard a faint whimper echoing from far ahead.
At that, I quickened my pace, and before long, I discovered a space resembling a Prison Chamber.
Bars stretched across the entire length of the space, and upon closer inspection, I could see a single person confined within each cell.
“H-help!”
One of them lifted their head at the sound of my footsteps and screamed upon seeing me.
I tilted my head at their reaction.
‘Did they mistake me for Blood Pursuer?’
Our appearances were entirely different, but if they had been confined for long enough, it was possible.
As I was thinking this, Onyx spoke.
―Anyone would be terrified at the sight of you like that.
“Huh?”
At those words, I glanced down at myself. Then I understood why they had reacted with such shock.
During my fierce battle with Blood Pursuer, I too had been drenched in blood.
Covered entirely in crimson, it was only natural they would be startled.
I scratched my jaw and simply continued walking slowly.
In total, there were five people confined behind the bars.
All of them were bound by chains, and most appeared to be in poor condition.
But there was one. A single person who seemed to be in relatively better shape.
I observed the Woman I discovered in the final cell.
She glared at me with eyes filled with venom, but since she was the only one capable of conversation, I attempted to speak with her.
“Were you captured by Blood Pursuer?”
“….”
No immediate response came.
It seemed she regarded me as Blood Pursuer’s accomplice or something similar.
At that, I spoke again.
“I killed Blood Pursuer.”
The Woman’s eyes widened at this sudden revelation.
I continued speaking in a calm voice.
“If you ask for help, I’ll assist you in leaving this place. But if you keep your mouth shut, I’m leaving.”
I had no intention of lingering and persuading her step by step.
Sensing this resolve in my words, the Woman hastily opened her mouth.
“Blood Pursuer is…. Really dead?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“How? I fought him and killed him. Anyway, were you and the others captured by Blood Pursuer?”
At that question, the Woman nodded with a darkened expression.
“That’s right…. We were all captured by him. Including me.”
“Is there anyone connected to Blood Pursuer?”
“Not that I know of. He just kidnapped us to use as sacrifices.”
Jung Han-sung nodded at that point.
He knew the Woman’s words weren’t a lie.
It wasn’t that I’d subscribed to a new Channel recently—it was the influence of a Channel I’d subscribed to before.
‘I guess because I’ve subscribed to so many Channels related to this, distinguishing lies has become fairly simple now.’
Multiple Channels—not just the intuition Channels I frequently subscribed to—had influenced Jung Han-sung.
Of course, it wasn’t as refined as when I’d fully internalized something and generated a skill. It was merely a sense, nothing more.
“Fine.”
In any case, that much was sufficient, so Jung Han-sung drew his sword and swung it toward the metal bars.
Clang!
Though the bars were made of metal, they were sliced cleanly through as Jung Han-sung’s blade passed.
Jung Han-sung then stepped inside and severed the iron chains binding the Woman’s limbs.
After that, he asked her, now freed from her restraints.
“Did you make that sound we heard earlier?”
“What? Some kind of ringing sound?”
“Yes.”
“No. I don’t know what that is either. It came from deeper inside.”
Jung Han-sung took note of the direction the Woman had indicated and nodded.
“Understood.”
Then he stepped outside and freed everyone else from their restraints as well.
Some among them weren’t in their right minds, but all the same, everyone rejoiced at being freed from their bonds.
Jung Han-sung approached the Woman again and spoke.
“Just escape from here. You seem the most lucid of everyone, so look after the others too.”
“Wait!”
As Jung Han-sung turned to leave at those words, the Woman urgently called out to stop him.
“What’s your name? I’m Jin Seol-ha. Jin Seol-ha.”
Jin Seol-ha.
Like Blood Pursuer, her name had an Eastern flavor too. Or you could call it martial arts-style.
‘If I come back here again, I should examine this place more carefully.’
I didn’t feel like investigating further right now. It could be a place I’d only visit once, after all.
Jung Han-sung spoke simply to Jin Seol-ha, who was still watching him.
“Jung Han-sung.”
“Jung Han-sung….”
Jin Seol-ha repeated the name several more times before bowing her head respectfully.
“Thank you for saving me…. No, thank you. I will never forget this debt of gratitude.”
At her suddenly solemn expression of thanks, Jung Han-sung simply nodded and spoke again.
“Right. There might be traps left outside, so be careful.”
Then he walked straight in the direction Jin Seol-ha had indicated earlier.
I hadn’t noticed when I first entered this space, but there was another passage on one side.
‘It doesn’t seem like he simply told me to rescue people.’
Jung Han-sung entertained this thought as he stepped into the new passage.
Before long, a space as vast as the chamber where the people had been trapped appeared before him.
Boom―!
And with perfect timing, another thunderous sound echoed through the air—the very same sound he’d heard from the surface moments ago.
There was no need to wonder where the sound originated.
It was glaringly obvious the moment he entered.
―What in the world is that?
“Indeed.”
Jung Han-sung narrowed his eyes as he gazed upon ‘it’.
It was massive enough to fill an entire section of the space, and if he were to describe its form simply….
“Uh… an egg…?”
It too was a kind of egg.
An extraordinarily colossal one at that.
‘It looks about ten times larger than the egg that contained Thunder Wolf.’
Entertaining this thought, Jung Han-sung walked toward it and carefully placed his hand upon the egg, which dwarfed his own body.
[Hidden Reward discovered: Egg of a Spiritual Being]
[Unique Space detected. Would you like to transfer the Egg of the Spiritual Being to that space?]
Messages cascaded across his vision.

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