S-Classes That I Raised to Devour - Chapter 6

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Episode 6. The Killer Hunter Kim Yeoul (1)
After rejoining the group and heading toward the Goblin Den, Kim Yeoul stopped in his tracks.
“Both of you, come to my side. Quietly.”
The two who obeyed witnessed five goblins.
Thrust, thrust!
Each time something was pierced with a spear and blood sprayed, Kim Yeoul was about to cry out—but Chae Mujin, anticipating exactly this, covered his mouth with his hand.
“It’s not a person, it’s a deer. Calm down. But look at what’s hanging from its antlers.”
A token inscribed with the word “Pass” hung from the antlers.
“That deer is probably what we were supposed to find and capture. But it doesn’t matter. We’ll kill the goblins and get the Pass Token.”
“If you just give me a Buff, I can take them down alone, sir.”
A Buff potent enough to cleave dense steel like tofu. Goblins made of bone and flesh would die from merely grazing contact.
“You can’t do it alone. Kim Yeoul, you fight with him too.”
“Yes? But sir, you said before we came that we could get the token without fighting.”
“That’s one method among others, not the only way. Ah, I should have mentioned this earlier—during combat, we drop formal speech for faster communication. Even the Hunter Association Chairman isn’t exempt from this rule.”
Just then, Kim Jiwu couldn’t hold back any longer and charged at the goblins.
“I don’t need help. Just cast the Buff!”
Kim Yeoul reflexively stood up but hesitated; Chae Mujin physically shoved him from behind.
‘You want it? I’ll give you Physical Attack Power Buff.’
The Supporter’s job skill Buff comes in six types total.
[Buff]
Basic Buffs:
Physical Attack Power
Magical Attack Power
Physical Defense
Magical Defense
Movement Speed
Attack Speed
If this had been real combat, Kim Jiwu would have received all six Buffs in full.
Even granting just three hundred points each would spike his combat power more than fivefold instantly.
‘Right now he only has the attack power Buff, so he’s basically just a brutishly strong Hunter with nothing else.’
Naturally, the Physical Attack Power increase wasn’t eight hundred. He’d spent only one mana point to raise it by ninety-nine.
That was enough to handle goblins.
Look at that. Thanks to erasing his scent, the goblins didn’t notice Kim Jiwu until he was within arm’s reach.
“Kiek!”
The panicked goblins hesitated, unsure whether to fight or flee—
“Hyah!”
Kim Jiwu swung his sword with a fierce shout.
His stance wasn’t flawless, but his speed and momentum were respectable.
The problem was distance judgment.
Thinking he was close enough, he swung and cut a goblin across the chest, but the blade was short—the wound proved shallow.
“What?!”
He’d never fought goblins before or even done simulation sparring, so it was inevitable.
Kim Jiwu scrambled to correct his stance for rapid follow-up attacks, but he’d forgotten one crucial fact: there were four goblins.
Enemies don’t attack one at a time like in movies. Goblins especially are masters of pack hunting.
Two of them thrust spears at his thighs and chest, while the other two readied Poison Thorns.
“You little runts!”
He batted away the incoming spears with his sword. Just from that deflection, the spears snapped cleanly.
The goblins understood: this human’s attack power was formidable.
The ones who learned this backed away; Kim Jiwu pursued, eager for the chase.
In that instant—
Whoosh!
A tiny Poison Thorn shot forward.
He could see and parry the bulky spears, but a needle-thin Poison Thorn was harder to deflect.
“Ugh!”
A Poison Thorn’s effects didn’t manifest instantly. Furious, Kim Jiwu raised his sword high.
“Taesan Bakdo!”
Hunters don’t strictly need to shout skill names, yet they do anyway. It’s a warning to other Hunters.
A way of saying: I’m about to use a skill, or I’m using one now, so don’t wander over and get caught. Or: I just used this skill, so be aware. Various forms of communication.
Monsters can’t understand human speech, so it hardly mattered.
Crack!
Kim Jiwu charged at speeds incomparable to before, cleaving one goblin clean in two.
The force was so devastating that the sword pierced through the goblin and sank deep into the earth—which was decidedly bad timing.
Chae Mujin suddenly wondered.
‘What’s Kim Yeoul doing?’
Three minutes into the fight. Remarkably, Kim Yeoul was still in the middle of casting a spell.
Kim Yeoul couldn’t save Kim Jiwu. Chae Mujin’s assessment ended there, and he shook his head.
‘Understood. I see your true level.’
Already positioned behind the goblins, Chae Mujin threw a stone to draw their attention.
* * *
The desperate fight ended so absurdly easily it defied belief. Because Kim Yeoul finally finished casting and unleashed his spell? Because Kim Jiwu snapped to and made a stand?
Neither.
Chae Mujin entered the fray and killed all four goblins in an instant, leaving the other two with nothing to do but watch. He was drenched in blood—though none of it was his. All of it belonged to the goblins.
“H-hey, sir. Did you serve in a special forces unit? How did you take down goblins with your bare hands?”
Chae Mujin had beaten all the goblins to death with a stone.
Up close, he cracked their foreheads, sent fleeing ones tumbling by striking their backs of their heads. He repeated the same moves over and over.
Of course the goblins fought back, throwing stones and Poison Thorns alike. But he caught the stones with his bare hands and dodged the thorns as if he could see where they came from.
“Don’t make a fuss. Watch any goblin raid guide on NuTube and any idiot can do this much.”
“But sir, you’re a Supporter. Why would you watch raid guides?”
“Because I’m a Supporter. If I’m weak, I have to at least try.”
A mindset the complete opposite of what Kim Jiwu—what everyone—thought a Supporter should be. Chae Mujin didn’t particularly care whether others recognized this.
“And Yeoul.”
“Ah, yes.”
“Your casting took way too long. Why?”
“Well, I wasn’t sure… I kept worrying I’d miss, or that I’d hurt an ally, so I got scared… and kept recalculating everything….”
Kim Yeoul squeezed his eyes shut. He’d heard the same refrain at the Mage Academy and given the same excuse.
Each time, what came back was only a sigh and practical advice.
“Member Kim Yeoul, if you’re that timid, how do you expect to live as a Hunter? Just surrender your Hunter’s license and live as a civilian.”
His manager would probably say the same thing…. But that’s my fault anyway, so I can’t help it—that was the thought crossing his mind when—
“That’s good judgment.”
“I’m sorry… what?”
“Among all job classes, Mages have the highest Teamkill rate. And you’re right—magic is powerful and has a wide area of effect. Unlike monsters, humans weaken from even minor wounds. Healing them isn’t easy either. That’s exactly why you must cast your spells even more carefully. Your caution isn’t wrong at all. It’s necessary.”
Kim Yeoul froze. The first thing that crossed his mind was suspicion—did he say that just to cheer me up? But Chae Mujin’s eyes were unwavering and direct. He absolutely wasn’t lying for his sake.
Even if it had been a lie, the fact that someone would lie to encourage him made Kim Yeoul’s chest ache.
“That… that’s….”
“Lift your head.”
“I… I’ve never heard words like that before… I’m sorry.”
“Not that. We don’t have time to cry. The goblins we killed were a Hunting Party. When a Hunting Party doesn’t return, the main force will come soon.”
“Oh, I see.”
At the mention of more goblins, Kim Yeoul’s tears dried up instantly.
“Once combat ends, check for injuries and equipment. If nothing’s wrong, start Farming.”
Yet Kim Yeoul still couldn’t bring himself to approach the corpses and hesitated.
But Chae Mujin wasn’t the type to let that slide.
“If you’re going to shuffle around like that when the goblins could show up anytime, you’re basically asking to die. Get it done and hide. Same goes for you, Kim Jiwu.”
“Ugh, sir. My legs hurt so much from the Poison Thorns….”
“Stop whining. Should I leave you behind?”
After hastily finishing the Farming, all three hid.
“…Sir. Ten minutes have passed. Are the goblins actually coming?”
Kim Yeoul felt the same way, just from being timid about it.
Sitting still and doing nothing was harder than expected, and it made him antsy without reason.
“If you have a problem with my judgment, act independently. I won’t stop you.”
Faced with a threat rather than persuasion, both fell silent.
Another ten minutes passed like that.
“I really need to… pee….”
The moment Kim Jiwu tried to stand, Chae Mujin grabbed his hair and yanked him back down.
“Grrgh?!”
A pack of goblins appeared.
They were far better equipped than the ones they’d killed.
They carried Crossbows and Shields—crude, but functional—and unlike the naked ones before, they wore Wood Armor.
With ten of them—double the previous five—Kim Jiwu and Kim Yeoul instinctively held their breath.
They’d nearly died against five.
Chae Mujin had killed four, but only because the goblins’ equipment had been so poor.
These goblins were properly armed, and one of them in particular was unusually large.
“A Goblin Warrior. Level 20.”
Chae Mujin spoke the Level to warn them, but the two noticed something else.
The Goblin Warrior wore a Fang Necklace that looked disturbingly like human teeth.
Gulp.
The sound of both swallowing reached Chae Mujin’s ears crystal clear.
“We won’t be discovered if you just stay still.”
“I… I think they saw us. Ahhh!”
Chae Mujin pressed down on both their heads as they panicked and rustled about.
“Now, here’s a question! Can you two beat that goblin pack?”
“Absolutely impossible.”
“No way.”
“Correct. You two can never win. But if you do exactly what I say, you will.”
Chae Mujin explained to the two what they needed to do.
It didn’t take long to explain. It wasn’t complex tactics, nor was it hard to understand.
Because of that, the two couldn’t believe it.
“You really think we can win just by doing that?”
“I’m… scared….”
Skepticism and fear. A natural response for humans.
At this point, amateurs resort to persuasion. They prattle on about why you have to fight, what you’ll gain from winning.
But Chae Mujin didn’t persuade. Instead, he leapt up and shouted.
“Tender, delicious humans over here! Come now and get a buy-one-get-one deal!”
The goblins’ attention snapped toward him, and Kim Yeoul, meeting their gaze, let out a hiccup.

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