My Catastrophic‑Level Summon Devours Gates - Chapter 164
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Episode 164
Thud thud thud thud!
The helicopter hovering high above began to slowly descend.
Strong winds swept across the uninhabited island.
Through my hair whipping left and right, I could see the government insignia painted on the helicopter’s fuselage.
“Huh?”
Why is a Rift Bureau helicopter coming to an uninhabited island?
With a creak, the door opened and someone jumped out from over 100 meters high without any rappelling equipment.
A human figure landed on the sandy beach.
Sand scattered in all directions like a bomb had exploded.
“Are you safe, Hunter Park Min-ho?”
“D-Director Jung Seung-il?”
“I came after hearing from President Baek Seong-hyeon.”
Our boss.
Did he predict even this situation?
When did he say Mir Guild wouldn’t do anything reckless?
I never expected him to mobilize even Director Jung.
Whoooosh!
A sharp aura like a well-forged sword covered the entire uninhabited island.
Gulp, saliva went down my throat.
Incredible.
It’s a spine-chilling mana wavelength.
Even just standing still, it feels like my skin is being cut.
“It’s already been taken care of.”
“Yes. I managed somehow.”
The Director’s expression hardened as he surveyed the corpses of the masked hunters.
“Unidentified Asians. How very convenient.”
“Where do you think they’re from?”
“I think it’s Turang, but I’m not sure if we can find evidence.”
As Director Jung let out a shallow sigh.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
“Ah. There was a survivor?”
“The familiars said they were having a sincere conversation.”
I feel awkward for no reason.
Aren’t there international laws regarding the treatment of prisoners?
“Ah. You don’t need to worry.”
“Is it okay?”
“They don’t belong to any country. So they’re not prisoners, not even people, and there’s no issue with international law.”
Looking at those who are breathing and screaming.
He says they’re not human without batting an eye.
He’s someone who acts when necessary.
Thinking that this cold demeanor is for my sake, I didn’t feel particularly frightened.
Thud thud thud thud!
The helicopter landed on flat ground.
President Baek ran over barefoot and grabbed my hands.
“Are you alright! Hunter Park!”
“Ah. Yes.”
“Any injuries! Are there any injuries!”
“I’m fine.”
“Ugh. Just how many hunters attacked you?”
“They said one hundred seventeen. And there were ten A-rank hunters.”
“What?”
A dumbfounded response from President Baek.
I almost laughed from some inexplicable satisfaction.
“H-how many A-ranks did you say?”
“Ten. Ten.”
“My. What a terrible thing this is.”
“As long as I’m fine, that’s what matters.”
“Organizations that can mobilize ten A-rank hunters aren’t common.”
President Baek made a serious expression.
I also wiped away any trace of amusement.
“I suppose so?”
“How many places could deploy ten A-rank hunters and over a hundred B-rank hunters?”
“How many would there be domestically?”
“Four of the Big Five, excluding Phoenix.”
Guild Leader Yang Seo-yeon was immediately excluded from the suspect list.
Phoenix is a guild that pursues elite small numbers, so I never considered them from the start.
“Do you think it’s domestic?”
“The possibility isn’t zero, but I don’t think it’s likely.”
The organization President Baek thinks is behind the attack.
I think I know which one too.
It was the answer I had already thought of through my conversation with Director Jung.
“Superhuman Bureau.”
“Yes.”
The scale was too large for something done by a Korean guild.
What domestic guild could mobilize ten A-rank hunters whose faces aren’t known in Korea?
“There might be evidence left at the scene, so I’ll investigate.”
Director Jung interjected with a rigid tone.
“Yes. Please take care of it.”
“Hunter Park Min-ho, please return by helicopter.”
Wait.
Then how will Director Jung get back to Seoul?
“I can swim back.”
“No. How can you talk about the West Sea like it’s a stream in front of your house?”
“It’s a joke.”
Oh.
So Director Jung is someone who knows what jokes are.
He seemed like someone who wouldn’t bleed even if pricked with a needle, but he had surprisingly human aspects.
“I need time to salvage anything. A boat will come for support in the meantime, so don’t worry.”
He said the helicopter can’t stay away long in case of emergency deployment.
He even showed consideration, saying I should return without burden since I have to go back to the office anyway.
“May I ask one favor?”
“Please speak.”
“There’s someone I know among the friends in this Mir Guild raid team.”
“You mean Miss Kim Yeon-du.”
How does he know that too?
“She’s the president of Hunter Park’s fan club, a promising member of Mir Guild, and your neighbor, isn’t she?”
“You know quite a lot of details.”
“Since she’s the person who created the fan club for Rift Bureau’s No. 1 Ranger, we’re keeping a closer eye on her.”
I don’t think that’s the only reason though.
It seems they’ve done quite a bit of research, considering she’s the daughter of the studio apartment landlord.
“I know you’re a victim caught up in this incident.”
“Well, that’s right.”
“I’ll just ask a few questions as a reference witness, so don’t worry about it.”
“Then I’ll return together later.”
The landlord’s wife made a request.
She asked me to take good care of Yeon-du.
It was crystal clear that those suspicious masked guys, presumably hunters from Tourang, were targeting me.
Since I might be the reason for this situation.
I couldn’t just leave Yeon-du behind and go back.
“My familiars are also having some honest conversation time.”
“Ah. I see.”
Kyaaaaaaah―!
Screams filling the empty space of the now-quiet island.
Thanks to that, the atmosphere lightened up a bit.
“There’s one thing I’d like to request.”
“I’ll hand them all over after they finish their honest conversations.”
“Ah. Thank you.”
We understand each other perfectly.
Unlike the previous attack, this time I had secured survivors too.
After having conversations with my familiars, there would be a second meeting with the Rift Management Agency.
I might die from being too happy about this.
* * *
After hearing the general situation from Min-ho.
Director Jung Seung-il began handling the scene cleanup.
“Is everyone alright?”
“Yes, yes!”
“I really thought we were going to die. Sob sob.”
“Hunter Park Min-ho saved us.”
The Mir Guild hunters spoke almost sobbing, as if all their tension had been released.
Especially the academy supervisor who used to walk around with his shoulders squared was on the verge of tears.
“I really thought I was going to die!”
“It’s okay now.”
“You were late! I’m someone who pays taxes diligently, so you should have rescued me quickly!”
Even while dealing with a typical unreasonable complainant, Director Jung Seung-il’s expression remained unchanged.
“I’d like to ask just a few questions, so please cooperate.”
“Yesss.”
“More importantly, when can we go back?”
“I don’t understand why Mir Guild isn’t sending support.”
The Mir Guild members only said what they wanted to say.
Jung Seung-il calmed those engulfed in anxiety and had conversations with each of them.
‘Nothing special.’
He wasn’t particularly disappointed.
It was a situation where the Supernatural Affairs Bureau was suspected of pulling strings.
While it was true that Mir Guild’s rookies possessed quite excellent qualities, they weren’t famous enough to be involved in this incident.
“Director. The first investigation is complete.”
“How is it?”
“It’s roughly similar to Hunter Park’s story.”
“So there were ten A-rank hunters.”
“We’ll need to do autopsies to be certain, but judging by the battle traces, it seems correct.”
One Response Team hunter pointed to the scars remaining on the ground.
Traces of aura released at maximum output.
This was the work of an A-rank, and one at the peak who could glimpse S-rank level.
“Are these traces of aura collision?”
“Yes. At least five or more aura users clashed here.”
The location where the Death Warrior group and Yang Chien collided.
The ground, deeply gouged by [Blade Storm] and [Deadly Burst], also had numerous small holes like millet grains.
These were characteristic traces created when parts of aura that clashed at full power scattered.
This was also why the Response Department staff could estimate the numbers.
“Director! Please come over here too!”
“The tank line seems to have been quite solid.”
The Gale Knights led by Sir Isra.
This was the location where the tank line that opposed them had their power struggle.
Furrows created by something being dragged.
These were characteristic traces created when shields pressed to the ground were pushed back by impact.
“It seems even the undead heavy cavalry had a hard time.”
Jung Seung-il muttered while looking at footprints that belonged to beasts, not humans.
He had already received reports about the undead heavy cavalry Tigris.
B+ rank specs.
A powerful undead whose simple breakthrough power was comparable to A-rank.
A tank formation that could withstand even the fierce charge of such creatures.
He was becoming increasingly convinced that the Supernatural Affairs Bureau was the culprit.
The traces left here and there on the island clearly showed just how exceptional the level of the attacking hunters was.
“Is this even possible, Director?”
“If it’s the Supernatural Affairs Bureau, mobilizing this level of manpower wouldn’t be difficult.”
“No. It’s not about the Supernatural Affairs Bureau.”
One Response Team hunter made a disgusted expression.
“Ten A-rank hunters and a hundred B-ranks. Honestly, I don’t have the confidence to face them.”
The hunter who said this was A-rank.
A-rank was a level that prominent guilds in Korea would welcome with open arms.
Even looking at foreign countries across the sea, he was skilled enough to be recruited with extra money.
In fact, this hunter had received transfer offers from multiple places after reaching A-rank.
An attack where such massive forces were deployed that even a skilled person of this level would be tongue-tied.
“Hunter Park Min-ho, is he really B-rank?”
“That’s correct.”
“Huh.”
The hunter who asked the question already knew the answer.
―Eternal E-rank hunter.
―The weakest at the Hunter Employment Office.
―A necromancer who controls clumsy zombies.
The more famous Min-ho became.
The more his past actions were also highlighted.
Since he was a celebrity at the Hunter Employment Office, it spread quickly through SNS without needing separate investigation.
A hunter who failed promotion exams for four consecutive years.
A strange hunter who kept corpses in a carrier and took them out to assemble them.
Various other things Min-ho had done were revealed, and at this point when he was receiving everyone’s attention, being a B-rank hunter was confirmed information.
“It seems like forces that only an S-rank hunter could handle.”
“Yes. I have no disagreement with that assessment.”
The A-rank hunter let out a deep sigh at Director Jung Seung-il’s words.
“The talk about him being the next SS-rank wasn’t an exaggeration.”
“I’m always a serious person.”
“Well, I know that.”
The A-rank Hunter replied as if grumbling.
At this point, it went beyond jealousy to even feeling awe.
Though he didn’t show it.
Director Jung Seung-il was equally surprised.
‘Even in the early days of the Great Cataclysm, there was no Hunter who showed this kind of growth rate.’
To survive against monsters.
To protect their living spaces.
The early days of the Great Cataclysm when they fought endlessly with weapons in hand without rest.
Even though the concept of Hunters hadn’t been established yet, many stellar experts emerged due to the harsh environment.
Even those people.
Didn’t become strong in such a short period like Min-ho.
‘I must protect him at all costs.’
The survivors who were having sincere conversations with Min-ho’s familiars.
Jung Seung-il vowed that he would find the mastermind behind this incident by any means necessary.
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