My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 36

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 36

Episode 36. Sudden Gate

An ominous red dimensional gate that appeared in the park that had been peaceful just moments before.

Elpinire quietly gazed at the gate from which violent mana, different in nature from magi, continuously flowed out.

With Elpinire behind me, I quickly thrust forward my right hand that had transformed using ‘Black Dragon’.

[Smoke and Mist – Shadowless]

Black mist flowing from my extended right hand.

Perhaps because I’d grown somewhat accustomed to handling it, the flowing mist stretched toward the children at high speed.

“Eek!?”

The children panicked as the black mist suddenly wrapped around their bodies.

Before the children could panic and fall into chaos, I firmly wrapped them in the mist and pulled them toward me.

Thanks to being securely enclosed in the mist, the children were pulled forward without injury.

As soon as I extracted the children, the Sudden Gate fully established itself and swallowed the park and surrounding area.

A hair-raising situation – if I’d been even a little late, who knows what would have happened.

I knelt on one knee to meet the eyes of the children who had frozen in shock.

“Were you scared? Are you okay?”

“Ah…”

“Can you go out to the street and shout that a Sudden Gate has appeared?”

As I spoke while meeting their gaze, the frozen expressions of the children gradually relaxed.

However, none of the children could easily nod their heads.

Fear was painted across the children’s faces, but the direction of that fear wasn’t toward the Sudden Gate.

I thought I knew the reason, so I extended the pinky finger of my right hand that was covered in black scales.

“Don’t worry. I’m a Hunter who was just passing by, and I’ll go in and rescue the people from the orphanage.”

“…Yes.”

“P-please.”

“Please…”

The children gripped the edges of their padding tightly and bowed their heads deeply.

Looking closely, the padding they wore was quite worn out.

The clothes they were wearing now were probably hand-me-downs passed down several times.

Among those children, I pressed down on the head of the boy in red padding who looked the oldest with my left hand as a gesture of reassurance, then straightened my bent knee.

“Elpinire. It looks like we have something to do even though we came out to have fun.”

“Do as you wish. You are my master, so I’ll gladly follow.”

“…Isn’t it possible to just call me human?”

“Seeing that reaction makes me want to avoid calling you that even more.”

Elpinire laughed as if she found it amusing.

With the feeling that she absolutely wouldn’t do it, I let out a long sigh and approached the Sudden Gate where red sparks were flying.

Elpinire followed beside me, emanating a verdant aura.

“Squeak!”

“You’re hungry so you want me to give you the magic stones from the monsters we catch inside?”

“Squeak squeak.”

“…You ate all that and you’re still not full?”

“Squeak.”

“I’ll try my best.”

After briefly responding to Cheo-ri hanging on my neck, I stepped into the gate.

I had long since thrown off the padding and coat I was wearing because they were getting in the way.

* * *

After entering the Sudden Gate, I looked around.

“This is a swamp?”

“This is terrain I’ve never seen before either. There was no terrain like this in the Verdant Forest.”

A musty scent brushing against my nose.

This place, where the risen moon reflected on the water surface, was a swampland.

I had heard that the inside of gates was infinitely varied, but this was my first time in a swamp.

So I found it somewhat fascinating, but.

“Right now I need to deal with that first rather than thinking about this.”

I looked at the swamp that had been calm just moments before.

Gas bubbling up.

Above it, some life form slowly revealed itself.

A round yet massive, green-colored body.

Sharp, moss-covered spines protruding from its back.

Hook-like claws and hind legs thicker than tree trunks.

That life form with black round pupils was.

“…A frog?”

It was a frog.

My confusion at the unexpected appearance was brief.

The frog that emerged stretched its tongue long toward us.

I raised my right hand to block the tongue flying toward my face and frowned.

“Its tongue is sharp like an arrowhead.”

“Indeed.”

Snap!

I pulled the tongue forcefully.

Then the giant frog that had been in the swamp popped out and began flying toward us.

Elpinire threw a punch at the flying frog, and the frog died with a hole punched through it.

I looked at the frog that had fallen with a splash right in front of me and muttered.

“This is a gate where Sergelgul appear.”

“Sergelgul?”

“Was it a C-rank monster? I think so.”

Its characteristics were supposedly giant horns and a sharp tongue.

And a large body, from what I’d heard.

So this is what they look like when seen directly.

I clicked my tongue softly and lightly kicked the corpse of the dead Sergelgul with my foot.

“Elpinire. We need to hurry.”

“Why?”

“As far as I know, Sergelgul’s characteristic is hunting.”

“That’s a characteristic of all monsters though.”

“No, that’s not it.”

Sergelgul are different.

Even though they’re monsters, their brains seem not to have evolved from reptiles, so they hunt indiscriminately.

Whether they’re hungry or not.

They hunt indiscriminately, and yet.

“Despite that, these guys’ specialty is detection.”

Despite their massive size, these creatures that react sensitively to minute vibrations, sounds, mana waves, and so on, ambush by extending their long tongues.

Prey pierced by tongues sharper than arrows either die or lose mobility due to injury.

In the end, whatever happens, the victor becomes the Sergelgul.

That’s why Sergelgul are easy to deal with in regular gates, but are avoided monsters specifically in Sudden Gates.

After hearing the explanation, Elpinire’s face hardened and she looked around.

“Then what should we do? Do we wander around this place called a gate and rescue all the living humans?”

“…That’s one method.”

“Then there’s another way?”

“Of course.”

That would be dealing with all the monsters inside the gate.

To close a Sudden Gate, all monsters within the gate must be eliminated.

But this is just basic knowledge, and hunters nowadays choose one of two methods to save civilians.

One is to prioritize rescuing civilians first and foremost.

This method involves attacking the Sudden Gate after civilian rescue is complete.

This is safe, but has the problem of requiring many personnel since civilians must be rescued before eliminating all monsters.

“So this isn’t a suitable option for us.”

Therefore, we must choose the other option.

That is, eliminating all monsters inside the gate.

When all monsters in a Sudden Gate are eliminated, the gate closes and people caught inside are immediately ejected outside the gate.

There’s the disadvantage that corpses can’t come out, but we just need to finish before anyone dies, right?

“Master. You said those frogs’ specialty was detection.”

“Right.”

“Then this actually works out well.”

Grin.

Elpinire raised the corners of her mouth and exhaled while stomping the ground hard.

“I’ll draw all the monsters inside the gate to this location.”

Whoosh!

A massive whirlwind swirled around Elpinire.

Beyond her fluttering clothes, Elpinire’s green eyes gleamed as she stomped and struck the ground.

[Lord El – Finire]

Crack.

A verdant pillar shot up from beneath the splitting ground.

At its dramatic appearance, countless presences around the pillar began to move.

“They’re coming, Master.”

“…I know.”

Splash!

Hundreds of frogs began leaping toward the pillar that had appeared in the middle of the swamp.

Where on earth had so many frogs been hiding?

Frowning at the disgusting sight, I walked steadily toward the swamp while compressing mist with all my strength above my right hand.

[Mist – Rampage]

Boom!

Frogs swept away with a single punch.

My shoulder tingled briefly, but thanks to the ‘Blessing of Super Regeneration,’ the pain quickly disappeared.

“Let’s finish this quickly.”

These frogs right now are just the tip of the iceberg.

To deal with the remaining frogs, I need to move faster.

I compressed mist above my fist again and walked toward the remaining frogs.

‘The magic stones… it’s a shame, but I’ll have to give up on them.’

Money is important, but I’m not someone who goes back on their word.

I promised to save them, so I have to keep that promise.

Every minute and second is precious.

If I leisurely collect magic stones, there will definitely be casualties.

So I threw my punch again and detonated the mist.

* * *

Huff, huff.

My breath rises to my throat.

I desperately want to catch my breath for a moment, but I can’t rest.

‘T-they said even ten hunters wouldn’t be enough for a Sudden Gate…’

The boy who lost his parents to a Sudden Gate and was placed in an orphanage knew this fact well.

A Sudden Gate is too much for just two people.

Just two people can’t save the people inside the gate.

Or deal with the countless monsters inside the gate.

Everything, everything.

‘It’s impossible…!’

I’m scared.

I’m scared that the orphanage family who became my new family after I lost my parents in front of my eyes in a Sudden Gate three years ago will disappear to a Sudden Gate again this time.

I’m scared that the somewhat creepy yet caring older brother and model-like older sister who saved me might die.

The boy in the red padding realized his heart was beating as if it would burst.

He also realized that if he opened his mouth, his heart might jump out.

But he didn’t stop.

If he stopped now.

It would seem like everything that happened was caused by his own misfortune.

“Ugh, urgh!”

Due to being too tense, what was in his stomach came back up.

The boy who vomited while holding onto the wall was relieved that the younger children following him hadn’t seen this.

Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, the boy moved his feet toward the main street again.

This alley has few people walking around.

So he needs to get to the main street to ask for help.

‘If only I had brought my phone…’

He resents his own complacency.

Just as he was about to take a step.

“Are you hurt somewhere by any chance?”

At the voice from above his head, the boy looked up.

And the moment he confirmed the face of the voice’s owner, the boy couldn’t stop the tears welling up and shouted.

“S-Sudden Gate! It’s a Sudden Gate! Please help!”

“…Understood.”

Association A-rank Hunter, Jeong Chan-woo.

He nodded at the boy’s desperate eyes and placed his hand on his radio.

“This is Jeong Chan-woo. Sudden Gate appeared in Jang-won-dong. Requesting support.”

When he heard a confirmation response, Jeong Chan-woo put down the radio and said to the boy.

“Could you tell me the location?”

“O-over there! It’s at the park if you go that way!”

“Understood.”

“Two hunters went in first! Please! Please save the people from the orphanage!”

Jeong Chan-woo nodded and kicked the ground hard while raising his mana.

‘I was on my way to check if Black Dragon was home today as an errand.’

To think I’d encounter a Sudden Gate.

He frowned and looked at the distant Sudden Gate.

That must be the park the boy mentioned earlier.

Without hesitation, he rushed toward the Sudden Gate.

With a floating sensation and changing vision.

As soon as he entered inside the gate, he drew his sword from his waist and stopped at the scene unfolding before his eyes.

“…”

Float, float.

Shattered corpses of Sergelgul were floating on the muddy swamp.

Not just one.

Dozens, hundreds.

Perhaps even more Sergelgul had died burst open without even being able to resist.

He let the sword he had boldly drawn hang down and turned his head.

Jang-won-dong, located on the outskirts of Seoul.

In Jang-won-dong, there’s only one person who possesses such unbelievable force.

“Black Dragon.”

He, who had been missing for two weeks, is here.

Soon after, a thunderous roar echoes through the air.

Drawing his sword and sheathing it, he quickly ran toward the source of the sound.

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