Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 112

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112
Jae-won entered the Operating Room to remove the shrunken cancer cells.
“I’m counting on you.”
“Don’t worry. Let’s grab a drink when you wake up.”
I bumped fists with Jae-won, and as the anesthetic took effect, his eyes slowly closed.
“Though the size has diminished, there’s still considerable work to do in today’s procedure. This won’t be an easy surgery, so I ask that everyone follow my lead carefully. First, let me outline the surgical plan.”
The Surgeon delivered his final briefing to the assistant Doctors and Young Nurses.
“We’re beginning.”
After the briefing concluded, the Surgeon standing on Jae-won’s left side opened his chest. I grasped Jae-won’s outstretched hand on the right side and infused my life force into him.
The surgery progressed smoothly. Whenever Jae-won’s life force began to wane, I replenished it.
An unexpected variable emerged: as he received an excessive amount of life force, the incised areas began to gradually heal. Consequently, I had to accelerate the surgical pace.
Since this was an experimental procedure and treatment method, we could refine it gradually moving forward.
Even after the surgery concluded, I continued infusing life force, allowing Jae-won to regain consciousness remarkably quickly.
“How do you feel?”
“It… it hurts. Is it really all healed already?”
“Well, an S-rank Hunter spent several days nursing you back to health.”
“Right, having a friend who’s S-rank is pretty convenient.”
I couldn’t handle every patient this way on my own. However, as long as we remained within the World Tree’s sphere of influence, we could conquer cancer itself by integrating it with modern medical technology.
“Should we have a drink?”
I quietly pulled out the bottle I’d brought.
“…Seriously?”
“If your liver gets damaged, I’ll fix it.”
“That’s not allowed!”
The Young Nurse beside us let out a sharp cry. Despite her small stature, her voice was surprisingly loud.
“I was joking. Hahahaha.”
I quietly tucked the bottle away again.
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I stretched my body on the Electromagnetic Disc Training Ground. By increasing the weight of the metal, the electromagnets now pulled at me with fifty percent more force than before.
“There aren’t many boxers among Hunters, so I’m delighted to finally have a sparring partner like this.”
Hong Long warmed up alongside me.
“Shall we begin?”
Hong Long’s Tai Chi allowed him to redirect or neutralize an opponent’s force with minimal effort. If I could learn from his technique instead of relying on brute strength, it would prove invaluable in the future.
I threw a slow right punch, moving deliberately enough to stifle a yawn. Hong Long matched my pace, deflecting my fist with his right palm. Then, rotating his body and stepping forward, he thrust his elbow toward my face.
Moving slowly allowed me to observe Hong Long’s movements in greater detail. His defense and offense flowed together like water, without a single wasted motion.
I stepped back and evaded the elbow, then increased my speed ever so slightly and launched a left punch.
Hong Long similarly increased his speed and defended.
“Feel free to use Skills—don’t hold back on your attacks.”
I aimed a low kick at Hong Long’s thigh, frustrated by his overly defensive approach.
“Then I won’t be shy.”
He jumped to evade the low kick and thrust his foot toward my face. Even in mid-air, he twisted his body fluidly, amplifying the force of his strike.
I raised my arm to shield my face.
Thud!
The impact rippled from within the blocked arm. It was Hong Long’s skill, Foot Strike—a technique that destroyed enemies from the inside. Unlike my crude attacks that simply poured aura inward, it had far superior penetrating power. Of course, if I wore armor on my body, it would be negated even more than this.
“Heh heh… Completely unaffected? That was a strike powerful enough to burst an Ogre in one blow.”
“You weren’t going all out, were you?”
“If I went all out, your arm would fly off.”
“It wouldn’t.”
I gently scratched at Hong Long’s pride as an S-rank Hunter.
“Why don’t we try this for real then?”
For the first time since we began sparring, Hong Long charged at me first.
I threw a punch at Hong Long as he rushed toward me. Hong Long lowered his stance and dodged my attack like a snake, then drove a foot strike into my abdomen. However, most of it was neutralized by my skin, and the impact that did transfer internally only made my muscles and organs vibrate slightly.
“Are you even human?”
“I hear that all the time!”
I continued unleashing punches and kicks without pause.
Since I wasn’t using Boost to learn technique and had the electromagnetic disc applying resistance, my speed was far slower than Hong Long’s, which meant I took many hits.
But after getting hit so much, I gradually began to grow accustomed to the attacks.
Hong Long swatted away his outstretched hand and spun his body, aiming an elbow strike at his face.
“Oho… Learning this fast? I’m going to have to go easy on you.”
Hong Long backflipped away.
“You still have a long way to go.”
I beckoned him forward with my hand like Bruce Lee, inviting him to come at me.
Now I focused on receiving and deflecting attacks using my forearms, shoulders, and legs.
“Hmm?”
I blocked a high kick by raising my arm. My forearm collided with his shin, and after that, I felt something foreign inside my arm.
Before I could dwell on the sensation, I blocked the continuous incoming attacks and threw a punch, which Hong Long countered by lowering his stance and striking upward from below.
Boom!
My left arm ruptured from the inside.
Hong Long dropped his combat stance and approached me.
“Are you alright?”
“Yeah, just a bit surprised. What was that?”
“Since putting in the force once didn’t work, I put it in multiple times and then burst it all at once.”
“But I didn’t block many attacks with my arm?”
“Attack and defense are one. While you were deflecting or bouncing my attacks, I was infusing energy through your shoulders, back, and legs. Expand your imagination. Broaden the scope of your attacks.”
Hong Long slowly demonstrated the defensive movements while explaining further.
“…But doesn’t it hurt?”
As I nodded and listened, Hong Long asked.
“It’s bearable.”
I swung my arm around a few times, then clenched my fist tightly.
“It’s already healed?”
“My skill is regeneration, after all.”
“Heh heh….”
“Keep coming. Don’t worry about vital points like the head—go all out.”
“Are you serious?”
“Always am.”
After several hours of sparring, both Hong Long and I were drenched in sweat.
Even when I tried to evade Hong Long’s attacks, my body felt heavy, making it difficult. When I chose to deflect rather than dodge, his internal energy would seep into me, accumulating in my body until it exceeded a threshold and exploded.
It wasn’t damage on the scale of what Eres could inflict, but with his power restrained, he made for a perfect training partner.
Thanks to this, my Strength, Stamina, and Agility stats each increased by one. My insides broke and regenerated multiple times, growing more resilient in the process.
“Huff… huff… Should we call it a day?”
Hong Long collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
“Should we? Have you adjusted to life here now?”
“The Awakener Management Bureau has been taking good care of me, so I’m doing well. But are you alright?”
“The Angel problem? I’m worried too, but… there’s not much I can do about it right now.”
“Powerless ordinary citizens are always the most troublesome.”
Hong Long nodded in understanding.
“Exactly. They’re just mesmerized by the Angel and refusing to face reality.”
“Then why not just show them reality?”
A young boy’s voice came from behind.
“… Gaff?”
A young boy with two horns protruding from his head wore black overalls and a bow tie.
“You recognize me?”
“Your aura… wait, but why? How?”
“Eres came, so why couldn’t I?”
“But… you’re a demon.”
“Not all demons are evil, and there’s no law saying Eres can’t harbor ill intent either. Besides, I’ve never consumed Earth’s souls. I came to deal with our common enemy.”
He spoke in a manner befitting his apparent age, but hearing a Great Demon do so was somehow more unsettling.
Gaff leaped lightly and floated up, perching on the edge of a one-story building’s roof.
“You mean the Angels?”
“They despise the proliferation of souls. That’s why they’re cooperating with the Destruction God to grind this universe and create a new one. To maintain the total quantity of souls.”
“As I thought…. They were collaborating with the Destruction God all along.”
There was no other way they could have deliberately torn Earth apart like this.
“Gaff, what benefit do demons get from eliminating Angels?”
“Well, the more souls there are, the more we can harvest, so it’s good for us, right?”
He spoke with a smile on his childish face, but endless greed gleamed in his eyes.
“… I have no intention of shaking hands with someone so black-hearted. Get back to Hell.”
Not attacking the Angel initially was a lifelong regret, and now they wanted me to ally with a demon. I wrapped my armor around myself, ready to strike if necessary, and Hong Long stood behind me.
“You’re awfully arrogant for someone talking to me in this form.”
Gaff’s smile vanished, and black clouds spread around him. But before the clouds could expand much further, the space around Gaff warped and tried to suck him in.
“Ah, fine. I get it. I won’t. Calm down.”
Gaff suppressed his demonic energy and raised both hands. It seemed that having entered with Earth’s permission, the moment he harbored hostile intent, he would be banished.
“See? Earth is protecting me, so I can’t be hostile toward Earth’s inhabitants.”
“That doesn’t make sense. The Angels are trying to destroy Earth, yet you crossed over without issue? Didn’t you and Eres suffer severe restrictions when you entered?”
“How could small fry like them compare to the Spirit of Darkness and the Demon King? Besides, they must have paid a heavy price to cross over as well. You can’t breach Earth’s dimensional barrier without some cost.”
I realized that this constraint was why Legion Commander-class enemies couldn’t frequently cross over—something about the Tower’s materials that opened the Gates.
After the Angel incident, I’d contacted Tellus, but we couldn’t obtain information about the Angels. For some reason, the Spirit of Light and Eres weren’t responding to Sono Rim’s prayers.
If this was an enemy who would be banished for showing hostility toward Earth, then hearing them out might be worth considering to break through the current situation.
“So… how are you planning to deal with our common enemy? If you’re thinking of killing civilians, forget it.”
I readied myself—
“Why say such scary things? A demon should act like a demon.”
Gaff laughed with a mischievous expression.
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Shouts erupted from the Believers’ Holy Ground established in Korea.
“Those are fakes! I am the true Angel!”
A colossal Angel with six wings, four meters tall, hovered in the sky and cried out.
“Those are not God’s servants! They are merely monsters in disguise!”
A new Angel appeared—larger, with more wings and a more radiant halo—declaring the Angels they’d believed in until now to be fakes, plunging the people into chaos.
“Don’t believe them! That is a demon! A demon in disguise!”
Angelus, who always spoke calmly, raised his voice loudly.
“Right! Well said! You demons! Demons wearing Angel’s skin!”
The Angels tensed as if to attack, but they froze when they noticed me standing with my arms crossed before the six-winged Angel.
They knew my power. As for me, I desperately hoped they would attack.
“You demon bastard!”
A Hunter among the crowd slashed at one of the Angelus with a sword.
“Screech!”
The fallen Angelus’s skin melted away, revealing the grotesque form beneath—dark skin, horns, bat wings, and a sharp tail of a typical demon.
“It… it’s real! A real demon!”
The people fled in panic.
“Wait… wait! That wasn’t one of us! That was a fake!”
“The fake is you, isn’t it?! So you really are a demon! Abandoning your ally the moment they die!”
No matter what Angelus and Archangelus said, the people had already descended into panic.

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