The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 21

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 21

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“Our team will wait here. We’ll be back after clearing the dungeon, so don’t move around.”

Lee Sanghyeok said as he positioned the customers behind a large rock.

This was a rest area created by the Management Bureau for novice hunters, a space protected by a fixed shield.

“Especially don’t go beyond that door over there – the dungeon core and boss mob are there, so absolutely don’t enter. Understood?”

After leaving several precautions with the customers huddled together, Lee Sanghyeok moved again.

When the penguin dolls flew after Lee Sanghyeok in a line, laughter erupted from here and there.

“Isn’t that really freaking cute?”

“It’s like we entered KidZania (children’s theme park) instead of a dungeon.”

These were trainee hunters who had entered with considerable resolve.

Those who had been extremely tense thinking about the dungeon ecosystem they’d only seen in videos found their tension dulled by the round slimes, bear dolls, and penguin toys.

As laughter broke out, the atmosphere among the trainee hunters quickly became cheerful.

“I was actually really nervous. Even if it’s F-rank, it’s still a dungeon.”

“Is there anyone who wasn’t? We’re all the same.”

“Me too. I thought there would only be rough-looking guys in dungeons, but everyone’s female, so that’s a relief, hehe.”

“Not all male hunters are rough-looking. Like On Jurim or Gidan.”

When familiar names came up, Gru perked up his ears.

“Hey, those guys are from a completely different league. I used to work at a convenience store next to a C-rank dungeon, and only these kinds of rough-looking guys came by. They acted all high and mighty just because they were hunters. Breaking things here and there while showing off their strength.”

“Ugh, gross.”

“Seriously disgusting. They reeked of sweat… On Jurim and Gidan types aren’t common in the real world, really.”

“Ah, now that I’m a hunter, I’d like to see On Jurim in person just once. They say he’s amazing in real life.”

“There’s one good way. Join Hyeonak.”

“Hmm… Maybe if I re-awaken about 5 more times, I might be able to join Hyeonak.”

“It’d be faster to be reborn.”

The trainee hunters burst into laughter together.

‘Hmm…’

Gru wiggled his fingers while thinking of On Jurim and Gidan.

Realizing anew that the people he’d been with just this morning were celebrities, both his mouth and chest felt tingly.

Proud.

Hehe, Gru grinned foolishly.

The topic of conversation quickly shifted to guilds and employment.

Small-medium guilds that subcontract work from major guilds are fine too, support roles at insurance companies are stable jobs – while they were sharing information, the woman who had introduced herself as Yejin spoke up cautiously.

“Are you… perhaps getting hungry? My mother is a bit overzealous, she even signed me up for the bus… and she packed this for me to share with everyone.”

Blushing, she pulled out a bag of muffins from her bag.

“Wow, looks delicious.”

“Thank you, we’ll eat them gratefully.”

“My mother baked these muffins herself. They’re really delicious.”

The girl who had been handing out bread to everyone stopped abruptly in front of Incomplete Bear.

Why did she stop? Gru, who had been eagerly anticipating, blinked his eyes.

‘Don’t tell me she’s not giving one to Gru…!’

Just as he was about to feel dejected, the girl who had been hesitating slowly extended her hand forward.

“You can’t eat this here, right…? You can take it home and eat it there. I baked it this morning, so it should be fine to eat until tomorrow.”

So she had hesitated because she was worried he couldn’t eat it.

Nod nod.

Gru, who received the bread, nodded his head vigorously.

– Thank you.

Then he opened the mouth of his costume wide and quickly stuffed the muffin inside.

“…!”

Yejin, shocked, blinked her eyes before awkwardly smiling and going to sit down.

Gru chewed the muffin inside his bear costume.

‘Soft and sweet! Delicious!’

Gru, who had devoured the muffin in an instant, smacked his lips.

‘A kind person who gives bread…’

His heart felt warm and cozy from the small kindness shown by a stranger.

Gru should bring bread to share next time too.

It was while he was making this resolution and savoring his happiness.

Clank.

For a moment, a sensation like his heart being cut by a blade flashed through him.

Rustle rustle.

The slimes gathered in the distance made crying sounds and cowered.

At first glance, they looked as if they were frightened by something.

That wasn’t all.

‘Something feels strange.’

For just a brief moment, he felt the air had changed.

‘Queasy.’

It felt like sudden motion sickness.

They said this kind of feeling occurred when overwhelmed by the magical energy emitted by monsters, but it wasn’t a phenomenon one should experience from mere F-rank dungeon slimes.

When he looked around just in case, it seemed only Gru had sensed the strange phenomenon.

The gathered trainee hunters were busy chatting away.

‘The Guild Master said you never know what might happen inside a dungeon.’

Though he had said there would be nothing to worry about in a well-managed dungeon owned by the Management Bureau.

Now that they were separated from the bus driver, if something were to happen…

‘What!’

Soon the diagonal line widened to the side, and the view beyond the door began to become faintly visible.

‘A zipper?’

Thinking it looked like a zipper opening on the door, Gru rode his bicycle toward it.

‘Let’s close it quickly.’

Just as Gru approached the door like that.

‘Eh!’

As if being sucked into something, Gru was pulled beyond the door along with his bicycle.

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He hurriedly looked back, but-

‘The door… it’s gone…’

Gru opened his mouth with a blank expression in front of the door that had disappeared like a mirage.

‘Scroll!’

Remembering that he was told to tear the scroll when in danger, Gru took out the scroll from his hip bag.

However, far from tearing, the scroll only displayed a warning message before his eyes.

[Cannot be used in the boss’s domain.]

Crash-!

It felt like lightning had struck above his head.

Gru, who had turned pale, turned his head toward the inside of the room.

‘Hik!’

Four slimes about three times the size of regular slimes were surrounding the core and glaring at Gru.

‘Wh-what should I do!’

Gru held duck clips in both hands and stepped backward.

‘It’s okay. The Guild Master said slimes aren’t aggressive monsters…’

As long as he didn’t provoke them, they wouldn’t attack first.

If he waited quietly, the Bus Driver who noticed the absence of Incomplete Bear MK.1 might come to get him.

‘Good, I can endure this. Gru is S-rank!’

Just in case, he gripped the duck clips tightly and stood proudly.

The giant slimes didn’t try to attack despite Gru’s challenging attitude.

‘Gru, brave.’

Gru snorted with a huff. Confirming that the opponents weren’t attacking, his confidence rose considerably.

‘Is that thing the core?’

Gru toddled through between the giant slimes and approached the core.

[Core of Frost Bloodline Cradle]

[???]

‘So pretty!’

The core was spherical in shape, emitting a brilliant light like crystal.

And if you looked closely, it looked like a snow globe with a blizzard swirling inside.

Gru fell into thought for a moment and opened his Status Window.

[Mana consumption reduced by 50%]

[Skill accuracy increased by 100%]

Perhaps because it was a beginner dungeon, buffs were active.

‘Hmm.’

If he took this, the giant slimes would get angry.

‘Then Gru in big trouble.’

He’d get knocked out cold with one body slam.

But what if he used the skill ‘Extract Extract’ to extract the core? Couldn’t he take it secretly without the giant slimes noticing?

‘Gru, so smart.’

The top elite of Chick Class, Gru, praised himself and cast the skill.

[Activating skill ‘Extract Extract!’]

[You have obtained ‘Fragment of Mephisto’]

[Fragment of Mephisto (Bound)]

In the domain of the Frost Bloodline, specific targets’ defense is reduced by 50%.

In the domain of the Frost Bloodline, the owner’s attack power is increased by 100%.

100%?

Gru’s mouth fell open at the tremendous number.

Moreover, since it was attack power, it seemed like it would be a good option to attach to a weapon.

‘Gru’s Duck Clip… might become a powerful weapon.’

Gru looked down at his Duck Clip and repeatedly opened and closed it with clicking sounds.

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