My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 112

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 112

Episode 112. Preliminaries

Arriving at the guild office, I gave a small bow to Jeong Chan-woo and Im Seung-hun who were sitting on the sofa.

“Good morning, Black Dragon hyung.”

“I think it’s closer to lunch than morning.”

“…Good lunch! Is that okay!?”

At Im Seung-hun’s indignant shouting, Cheon Yu-na, who was sitting across from him, covered her mouth and giggled.

Seeing Cheon Yu-na like that, Im Seung-hun pouted his lips in a way that didn’t match his large frame and grumbled something.

I turned my gaze away from Im Seung-hun and looked at the documents sitting alone on the table.

“So this is that application form.”

There’s a lot written on it, but to summarize, it’s asking whether I’ll apply for the S-rank promotion exam.

The only thing to be careful about is the part saying you might get hurt or die, and you take full responsibility for that.

But this was content that was written on the E-rank promotion exam too.

‘…Well, the problem is that people actually do die in S-rank promotion exams.’

Clicking my tongue softly, I grabbed a pen and wrote my name in the signature section without hesitation.

There’s a chance I could die, but so what.

At least the S-rank promotion exam would be less dangerous than standing before a rampaging Kargon, right?

Having signed in an instant, I handed the application to Cheon Yu-na.

Cheon Yu-na, who received the three S-rank promotion exam applications, took a deep breath and lightly patted her cheeks with both hands.

“I’ll send them to the Awakened Association!”

Cheon Yu-na shouted with a voice full of enthusiasm.

Leaving Cheon Yu-na behind, I asked Seong Yu-mi.

“How are things going for Hunter Seong Yu-mi?”

“About going as a supervisor to the S-rank promotion exam?”

Seong Yu-mi looked at me silently nodding and took a bite of her cream puff.

“It’s going well. It’s not common for an S-rank hunter to attend such events in the first place.”

Every minute and second of an S-rank hunter’s time is a precious resource.

Considering that S-rank promotion exams have lasted over a month before, they wouldn’t refuse an S-rank hunter who volunteers.

“I contacted them as soon as it was announced, so I’ll probably get a positive response by tomorrow.”

Having said that, Seong Yu-mi leisurely licked the cream off her hand with her tongue.

Come to think of it, it seems like she’s eating something every time I see her lately.

Was she always someone who ate this much?

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Shrugging my shoulders lightly, I asked Cheon Yu-na, who was sealing the applications in several layers and putting them in her bag.

“Are there any gates worth going to around here?”

“Um… I heard the Wyvern’s Cradle gate was reset a few days ago.”

“Really? Then I should go there.”

Getting up from the sofa, I loosened up my body lightly.

“You’re busy these days, Black Dragon.”

“Poor people are always busy. Well, everyone here probably can’t understand that.”

“I understand at least a little.”

“…It’s fortunate that at least Hunter Jeong Chan-woo is here.”

The world runs entirely on money.

When your bank account is completely empty, how can you just sit around making jokes?

After stretching long, I exhaled briefly and left the guild office.

“I’ll be back.”

“Ah, Black Dragon! Bring a melon bar when you come back!”

“…Senior. Do you realize you’ve been eating sweets constantly lately? Please stop.”

“B-but the food in this neighborhood is delicious! I can’t help it!”

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Time always seems to flow slowly yet quickly.

When you feel it’s difficult, nothing goes slower than this.

But when you spend time with an empty mind, time passes in the blink of an eye.

Is that why?

It really feels like I just blinked.

“Already the preliminaries.”

With my hands in my pockets, I looked around.

A park full of people.

But the people filling the park weren’t ordinary people.

“….”

“….”

They were hunters, all with serious expressions and fully armed.

Looking at each of them, I clicked my tongue softly.

‘There were quite a lot of A-rank hunters in our country.’

Well.

Even Jeong Chan-woo can’t overcome the wall of S-rank hunters and remains an A-rank hunter.

The number of A-rank hunters increases every month.

However, S-rank hunters only increase once a year.

Thinking about it this way, having many A-rank hunters is inevitable.

‘That’s why there are preliminaries.’

In the past, you could participate immediately upon application without such troublesome processes.

Now there are too many A-rank hunters, so only a set number per country can be sent through preliminaries.

Thanks to that, it’s become troublesome.

Clicking my tongue softly, I looked down at my phone and muttered.

“Speaking of which, the only notice was just one text message.”

The deadline for S-rank promotion exam applications.

As soon as the sun set, a preliminary notification text flew to my phone.

The text only contained instructions to gather at a certain park in Gyeonggi-do by a certain time.

When I asked if Jeong Chan-woo and Im Seung-hun received the same text, both said they were similarly notified of only the date and time.

‘Though those two went to different places than me.’

Anyway.

Everyone here doesn’t know what the preliminary content will be.

Normally, I shouldn’t know either.

‘But I think I know.’

Turning my head slightly, I looked at the park pavilion that was blocked on all sides as if under construction.

“…?”

Then, suddenly, I felt an unfamiliar presence from high in the sky.

Tilting my head back, I frowned and looked at the bright sun.

More precisely, at a man coming down with the sun behind him.

‘Who is that?’

I looked at the blonde man with slicked-back hair descending from the sky.

He was wearing sunglasses so I couldn’t see his face to recognize him.

‘His power is considerable.’

The power I briefly felt was so intense that it would be inappropriate to call him an ordinary person.

It felt like sharp blades were surrounding the sky.

It seemed like I’d be cut to pieces without being able to lift a finger if I got involved wrongly.

It was that sharp and keen an aura.

Perhaps because of that.

As the man got closer to the ground, others began to notice one by one.

“Oh.”

“That person is…!”

Voices heard from the surroundings.

Those who were at the man’s landing point stepped aside to the left and right.

The man who landed on the ground brushed off his magenta coat with his hand and smiled with a fishy grin.

“Nice to meet you, rookies.”

Whirr- Thud.

A sharp blade that fell a beat late from the sky pierced into the ground.

Looking at the man who placed his hand on the deeply embedded sword hilt, I realized.

‘Ah, I see.’

There’s only one person who would dress like that and make such a flashy entrance.

The S-rank Hunter with the most carefree personality among the 11 S-rank Hunters in the country.

An imposing physique close to 2 meters tall that anyone could see.

Though he’s an S-rank Hunter, an overwhelming powerhouse that no one can approach.

But whenever sightings are reported, he’s apparently helping push grandmothers’ handcarts… not a complete loser, but an unaffiliated mercenary Hunter.

“I, Do Pi-hyeon, have personally come to examine you all.”

S-rank Hunter Do Pi-hyeon.

Alias ‘Sword Emperor ‘.

He had been dispatched for the preliminary examination.

Drawing the blade stuck in the ground and placing it on his shoulder, he looked around and muttered.

“Well… I can roughly see who’s going to pass.”

His gaze stopped at one place.

His eyes, hidden behind sunglasses, fixed on me.

For a brief moment.

Soon he turned his gaze away as if nothing happened and lightly snapped his fingers.

At that moment.

“The promotion test content is simple.”

Thud, thud, thud.

The steel frames surrounding the pavilion began to collapse, shaking the ground.

“You will now enter that Gate.”

In the center of the revealed pavilion, a single Gate was positioned.

A blue Gate that was definitely emanating powerful energy.

“It’s a newly formed A-rank Gate, I hear. A Gate not yet revealed to the public.”

Some looked like they were hearing this for the first time, while others seemed to have figured it out through prior investigation.

After briefly enjoying the contrasting reactions, Do Pi-hyeon continued speaking.

“Go inside there and collect 10 monsters’ right ears on a first-come, first-served basis. Pretty easy, right?”

Tap, tap, tap.

Do Pi-hyeon lightly tapped his own ear with his right hand as he spoke.

Soon he laughed as if enjoying himself and approached the Gate with frivolous steps.

“Using an unexplored A-rank Gate as a preliminary venue means they have to use an S-rank Hunter… Even though I’m a mercenary, the Association really works me too hard.”

Tsk.

Do Pi-hyeon clicked his tongue in displeasure, stopped in front of the Gate, and looked back at the participants.

“I haven’t even heard information about the monsters that appear inside this Gate. You won’t be able to use tricks.”

If the condition is to collect monster byproducts, there would definitely be people who prepare in advance.

If they’re Awakened, there would be various ways to hide things, making it impossible to find everything perfectly.

That’s why they hide the information.

They completely conceal the location and the Gate itself, not revealing it.

A very simple method to block tricks.

“By the way, I don’t care whether you die or not. Rather, I’d prefer if no more S-rank Hunters were born.”

“…”

“Why should I care about potential competitors? So don’t have the idiotic thought that I’ll save you, and don’t act carelessly once you go inside.”

Having finished speaking, Do Pi-hyeon lightly threw his blade toward the Gate.

The Gate swallowed the blade as it was.

Soon after, he put one foot toward the Gate and said.

“Oh, right. The preliminary starts the moment I enter the Gate.”

So.

“Go wild, rookies.”

Do Pi-hyeon disappeared beyond the Gate with a crooked smile.

The park where he had vanished.

“I! I’m going in first!”

“Get lost, you bastards!”

“Ahhh! This son of a bitch!”

Was filled with very noisy commotion.

Taking a step back, I quietly watched the numerous A-rank Hunters rushing toward the Gate.

Despite the Gate being sufficiently wide, they were tangled up with each other, unable to enter.

If I had seen that scene without knowing the context, I would have cursed them as crazy bastards.

That chaotic situation continued for a full 10 minutes.

“Finally, did they all go in?”

The last person entered beyond the Gate.

Left alone, I lightly stretched and patted my shoulder.

“I need to finish quickly and go back.”

Im Seung-hun and Jeong Chan-woo both take their tests in the Seoul area.

Why do I alone have to travel 2 hours each way by subway?

Letting out a small sigh, I trudged and threw myself beyond the Gate.

“Whoa.”

My vision changed with a floating sensation.

Since it’s an A-rank Gate, I thought it wouldn’t be an ordinary landscape.

“But this is unexpected.”

A sky with a rising moon.

Around me, only walls made of rough rocks were visible.

A ravine.

The Gate was at the bottom center of the ravine.

Whenever the wind blew, the ravine walls made strange crying sounds.

The full moon floating high in the sky illuminated the ravine and the forest beyond in bright yellow.

And within that.

“Kyaaaah!”

“Keoook!”

“Get lost! Get lost!”

Screams could be heard without pause.

I stood still and looked around toward where the screaming sounds were constantly coming from.

The sounds were all echoing from the forest above the ravine.

Passing by those who were trembling around the Gate, frightened by the screams, I let out a small groan.

“It smells like dogs.”

The distinctive smell of dogs that haven’t been washed for a long time.

Screams aside, that distinctive smell had been constantly stinging my nose from the moment I entered the Gate.

“Cheo-ri, do you know anything about this?”

“Kyuung.”

Cheo-ri wagged her tail as if asking how she would know that.

I guess I have no choice but to discover it myself.

Clicking my tongue lightly, I gently kicked off the ground.

[Mist – Flying Above Mist ]

Boom!

With a light explosion, I soared high into the sky, leaned my body forward, and detonated the mist again.

Flying at high speed toward where the screaming had come from, I landed on a tree branch and tilted my head in confusion.

“No one’s here?”

No people, no monsters. Literally no one.

Only bloodstains splattered on the trees indicated that something had happened here.

Tilting my head as I looked around, I lightly leaped to another tree and flipped my perspective.

“Looks like they only retrieved the person? Seeing as you’re still here.”

In the darkness.

Bright yellow glowing eyes.

A being covered entirely in brown fur walks on two legs as if it were human.

But its build, over 2 meters tall, is not that of a human.

Its sharp claws are also not those of a human.

A bipedal monster with a dog-like face.

“Grroooowwwl!”

Werewolf.

In other words, the strongest among A-rank monsters.

That creature was now charging straight at me.

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