The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 102

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 102

“Barret.”

Following Siwon’s call, Barret’s divine form emerged from behind him.

It was in the form of a massive serpent with pure white scales.

“Find the child.”

The serpent smiled and moved its mouth. It seemed to be saying something, but Siwon couldn’t hear anything.

Soon, Barret opened its mouth wide and moved along the long, straight station building.

Crunch crunch crunch!

Screams were sucked into its mouth. The massive body that had been pushing forward in a straight line turned halfway around.

Crunch!

Blood splattered across Siwon’s pale face.

Barret devoured all the beastmen and shook its head.

Gru was not here.

He wiped his face with the hand holding the gun. After licking the fishy blood from his lips, the divine form immediately disappeared.

* * *

Erosion Swamp.

As the contamination that had been sleeping in the swamp awakened, the contamination flowed along the canal.

Life forms touched by the contamination began repeating bizarre evolution and attacking everything alive.

Because of this, the Snow Leopards were continuing their battle to block the contaminated entities.

Until the ‘Special Purification Acorns’ could purify the source of contamination.

Nao Hyung looked down at the unit led by Cheon Gyuri from atop the steep cliff.

Cheon Gyuri and Brom’s Guild Members were moving toward a remote, dense path following Ham Honggi’s orders.

Their destination was a concentration area of contaminated entities where contamination had pooled.

Though it was a place everyone avoided, they had no choice but to follow the General’s orders.

Of course, they probably had confidence that they could easily handle contaminated entities.

But they likely hadn’t anticipated the situation where they would have to face contaminated entities without rest until the swamp was completely purified.

Nao Hyung lifted up a ‘Regular Purification Acorn.’

It looked like an ordinary acorn.

However, ‘Regular Purification Acorns’ play an important role in battles within Contamination Zones.

This is because the acorns can be used to halt the progression of contamination.

Then contaminated entities won’t be generated for a while.

However, what Brom’s Guild Members had been issued now weren’t ‘Regular Purification Acorns’ but just ordinary acorns that could be commonly picked up in the forest.

‘The stronger they are, the more likely they are to let their guard down.’

Nao Hyung sneered at Cheon Gyuri’s insignificance and shifted his view.

He began looking down from above through the eyes of an eagle flying in the sky.

Due to Cheon Gyuri’s surveillance, he had failed to bring Sky Squirrel.

When countless Snow Leopards sent to find Sky Squirrel failed to return, Cheon Gyuri began opposing the dispatch of Snow Leopards again.

To avoid Cheon Gyuri’s suspicion, he had no choice but to focus on purifying the Contamination Zone.

‘Where the hell did he go.’

During a brief lapse in surveillance, Sky Squirrel seemed to have left the farm. Judging by the direction of movement, the only place an Outsider could go was here, the Contamination Zone.

‘Is he trying to join up with Brom.’

An Outsider couldn’t leave the Beastmen Zone, which was the stage for this RP Dungeon, and this was the base camp for this RP Dungeon’s strategy team.

Nao Hyung looked around the vicinity, shifting his view here and there.

He had planted eyes in birds to keep watch, but the boy was nowhere to be seen.

‘Damn, there’s not much time left now.’

A few birds weren’t enough to search the entire vicinity.

‘…Should I have Ham Honggi send the Snow Leopard unit again.’

It was when he was turning around, kicking stones for no reason.

‘…?!’

Nao Hyung stopped walking at the chilling killing intent.

The pressure was so intense it was hard to take even one step.

He gritted his teeth at the suffocating feeling and humiliation, as if someone was grabbing his head and slamming it into the ground.

‘What the hell is this?’

Cold sweat broke out.

‘Damn it!’

Nao Hyung struggled to lift his head up.

The owner of the killing intent was staring at him crookedly with both hands shoved in his pockets.

“…”

Nao Hyung tried not to let his nervousness show.

Sergey’s face was rigidly hardened and seemed utterly sunken.

‘Is it because of his injuries?’

That kid was quite a monster too, so he had expected him to return alive and well. But he didn’t expect him to show this level of hostility just because he hadn’t looked for him.

“Y-you’re alive, you little brat. Where the hell have you been? I was trying to find you too, but because of Cheon Gyuri, I couldn’t really…”

However, what came out of the boy’s mouth was something completely unexpected.

“Why are you looking for Sky Squirrel?”

“Huh?”

How did he know that?

Sergey grabbed the flustered Nao Hyung by the collar and slammed him against a tree trunk.

“Ugh!”

“I’m asking why you were looking for Sky Squirrel.”

“What do you mean why I’m looking. It’s, ugh! Because of the acorns!”

“Acorns?”

Sergey pulled out an acorn from his pocket.

“This?”

“Is that, that acorn?”

“What were you planning to do with this.”

“Th, that’s….”

“See, you weren’t even interested.”

Nao Hyung was left speechless. Sergey twisted his lips upward.

[Activating skill ‘Dust to Dust, Ash to Ash’.]

-The designated organic matter returns to dust and sand.

“…Huh?”

Nao Hyung raised his right hand with a bewildered expression.

His entire right arm was turning into dry grains of sand.

“Ah…!”

Slowly, the grains of sand flowed down to the floor. He shook his pale face left and right.

“No, no! Sergey! Save me!”

But Sergey only quietly watched Nao Hyung pleading with a desperate voice.

“….”

Nao Hyung fell to his knees, embracing the sand and screaming through gritted teeth.

“Stop, stop! Sergeyyyy!”

Sergey firmly stepped on Nao Hyung’s left hand as he frantically gathered the sand.

[Activating skill ‘From Dust and Ash’.]

-Synthesizes dust and ash into an organism.

“Do you feel like being honest now?”

When Sergey restored his arm, Nao Hyung pulled his returned right hand to his chest.

“Huff, huff…. Gasp….”

His mind raced faster than ever before. He had to escape this situation somehow.

“Hurry up and speak.”

“W, wait. Wait a moment, Sergey. This isn’t the time for us to fight each other. The teacher is waiting in the swamp.”

Sergey paused and asked back.

“Irinaga?”

“Y…! Irinaga is here!”

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‘The contamination here hangs like fog.’

Kim Junhwan, the guild leader of Freefall, rubbed his arms as goosebumps rose while looking around.

The contamination was so thick that even decent A-ranks would have difficulty entering the swampland area where the ‘Blood Clot’ was located.

In the center of the swamp, the source of erosion stood tall in a vertically elongated oval shape. The guild members called it the ‘Blood Clot.’

Their goal was to eliminate that Blood Clot with ‘Special Purification Acorns’ and complete the RP Dungeon strategy.

As usual, the RP Dungeon’s difficulty wasn’t high, and things had been smooth so far.

‘Well, that’s probably thanks to Cheon Gyuri controlling Ham Honggi.’

Because that guy was playing the role of General, Cheon Gyuri seemed to be having quite a hard time, but since she was the one who brought Ham Honggi, it was something she had to handle.

Just then, he sensed movement beside the Blood Clot.

‘Who is it?’

Kim Junhwan turned his head to the side.

That face…

“Oh, Guild Master Cheon. Didn’t you go with Brom Team 1 earlier? When did you come back here?”

Cheon Gyuri, who had been peeling the surface of the Blood Clot to store in her Inventory, turned around and smiled brightly.

“I’ve been here the whole time though? I think you saw wrong.”

Is that so? Kim Junhwan looked back awkwardly, then stared at Cheon Gyuri while scratching his head.

“I guess so. With so many people here and there, I’m getting all confused.”

Cheon Gyuri asked back in a strangely calm tone today.

“Did you come alone?”

“Ah, I was checking the situation and ended up coming here without realizing it. By the way, I really hope this ends quickly… The contamination is quite thick here. We should control access well so just anyone can’t come. If people come and just get injured, it’ll only make the remaining people suffer more.”

He tried bringing up various topics to hide his awkwardness.

However, instead of answering, Cheon Gyuri just smiled brightly and pressed her index finger firmly against her lower lip.

“Guild Master, aren’t you curious about what would happen if an Outsider gets eroded by contamination?”

“Excuse me?”

“There’s no particular reason, I’m just curious. Aren’t you, Guild Master?”

With her hand still against her lips, Cheon Gyuri tilted her head and smiled.

He felt his mouth twitch at the sudden sense of unease that washed over him.

‘Guild Master?’

Though he had worked with Cheon Gyuri for several years, she had never called him ‘Guild Master.’ She called him ‘Kim Gilma-nim’…

‘Then what is that?’

What the hell is that thing that looks like Cheon Gyuri?

Strength gathered in his spine and his pupils contracted sharply.

That is not Cheon Gyuri.

The instincts of a seasoned hunter were whispering that he needed to kill that thing right now.

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