The Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial - Chapter 32

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Chick Class Hunter is Being Filial! Episode 32

Gidan held Han Gru’s head and rolled around a couple of times. Dust clouds scattered thickly.

Gru escaped from his embrace and poured syrup all over Gidan.

“Cough!”

His wounds began to heal rapidly.

“Huff, gasp! Haah!”

Gidan grabbed Gru’s shoulders to check on him.

This really wasn’t a dream. What was in front of him was a child.

Both pain and thoughts vanished in an instant. What instantly filled his mind was Gru’s presence.

Breathing heavily, Gidan checked for signs of movement on the ship and held Gru in his arms again.

First, they had to get out of Malikian’s sight.

Rather than wondering why the child was here, his instinct to protect came first.

Gidan immediately activated ‘Breath of the Dead’ and pulled all the nearby ships toward them.

Creak!

Rumble! Thud!

Ships from all directions moved, disrupting their vision. The dust grew thick and the various movements would disturb the opponent’s senses.

Gidan held Gru and hid under a ship, quickly moving to a secluded corner.

Meanwhile, Gru had poured syrup generously to restore Gidan’s battered body.

Gidan used a space separation item to block nearby presence and sounds before shouting.

“You!”

The bear ears perked up. Gidan pulled off the bear mask.

“Look! Are you hurt? Why did you come here! How did you get here! Are you really an idiot?!”

At the fierce scolding voice, Gru fiercely raised his eyebrows.

“I’m not an idiot!”

“Why did you come!”

Gidan shouted and Gru took a deep breath.

Gru isn’t an idiot. He wasn’t hurt, he came using ‘Dungeon is an Open Door’, and he even protected Gidan with Thousand Cherry Blossoms just now.

Gru clenched his soft little fists tightly.

So the reason he came was…!

“With big brother…!”

Gru’s eyes welled up with tears as he sniffled.

“Because Gru is on the same team as Dan!”

Gidan looked like he’d been hit on the head as he asked back.

“…What?”

Gru opened his mouth again, speaking clearly.

“Because I’m on the same team as big brother. Gru will help.”

“Don’t talk nonsense! What could you possibly do!”

“I can do things!”

“What can you even do!”

“Everything!”

Han Gru shook out his bag completely. Children’s toys made stitch by stitch and syrup bottles tumbled out and rolled across the floor.

“No, what are you going to do with these… Seriously.”

Gidan, at a loss for words, let out a sigh.

No matter how much Han Gru was S-rank, he was production-type.

Production-type classes were rarely helpful in combat.

Moreover, there was no way a mere kindergartener could create meaningful items for fighting Malikian.

“This is here too.”

Han Gru pulled out a duck clip from his inventory and showed it.

“…”

He just stared at it blankly.

When there was no reaction from the other person, Han Gru lowered his head and said quietly.

“You can’t do it alone. Dan isn’t the Guild Master.”

Gidan bristled and quickly retorted.

“I know that!”

“The Guild Master said going alone is reckless. Reckless means stupid.”

Gidan’s brow furrowed.

It wasn’t stupid. I did it. I didn’t run away stupidly like that day. I faced it proudly even alone.

Gidan couldn’t bring himself to voice the words that rose to his throat.

The truth was it was reckless. It was stupid. I knew I couldn’t do it. I thought putting myself in danger would make me a little better person than before.

After the silence, Gidan brought out the truth he had known all along.

“…I know that too.”

Han Gru looked at Gidan, who had suddenly deflated like a doll with its batteries removed.

“…If you know, then why…”

Han Gru trailed off.

Gidan who wanted to be alone.

Gidan who wanted to become On Jurim.

Gidan who had closed his eyes as if he wanted to die right there to Malikian.

Han Gru recalled Gidan who had once smiled brightly with his baseball club teammates.

“Together you can do it. Baseball is together too. With the team…”

Gidan squeezed his eyes shut.

The time when they moved together as a team. When he thought of those days, memories of happiness with Father would come up together, and the heartbreaking pain was so agonizing that he had just buried it all.

But the memories and emotions buried deep in his heart overflowed like a broken dam at Han Gru’s single comment.

Days of running together, falling, crying, and achieving.

Times when they shared sadness and joy together.

Times when he wasn’t alone.

“So do it together with Han Gru… Han Gru is on the same team as you.”

Han Gru placed the duck clip in Gidan’s hand.

“Today, tomorrow, the day after, every single day.”

Han Gru made a promise for the future as if she could guess what thoughts he had the moment he fell down.

“….”

Suddenly, those words pierced his heart.

When the armor covered in anger and self-loathing was stripped away, and he became utterly soft and weak.

The child took hold of his hand that was about to give up.

And spoke of a tomorrow they would share together.

“Gru wants to play with oppa every single day.”

Han Gru asked in a dejected tone.

“Does oppa not want to?”

After passing through that moment when the end was right before his eyes, the voice asking to be together reached deep into his heart.

Gidan wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

“…No.”

A cracked voice leaked out. Gidan firmly grasped and suppressed the emotions surging up through his throat.

He took Han Gru’s hand with his empty hands. As his boiling mind cooled, one goal came to mind.

“Let’s play together. Today, tomorrow, the day after. Every single day.”

A beaming smile spread across Han Gru’s face like paint spreading.

This wasn’t a suicidal act disguised as revenge, but now truly a moment he had to protect even at the cost of his life.

To create moments to spend with this child today, tomorrow, the day after, every single day.

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‘What should I do?’

Surely On Jurim would come to catch Malikian as soon as he received the Team Leader’s contact.

The problem was not knowing when that would be.

The methods that came to mind now were two.

Either avoid and run while waiting for On Jurim to come.

Or kill Malikian.

Actually, both were less than ideal choices. How long could he keep running around this narrow land with a child?

It would be good if he could kill Malikian himself, but-

‘As things are, there’s no way….’

As Gidan bit his lips and clenched his fist, the information about the Duck Clip came to mind.

[Stinging Duck Clip Imbued with ■■■■ (Decent)]

In the Domain of the Frost Bloodline, the defense of attacked targets decreases by 50%, and the owner’s attack power increases by 100%.

Can create Snow Ducks with mana.

*Blood Subjugation: Ignores the defense of the Frost Bloodline.

*Perfect Command: The caster’s attacks have a somewhat low probability of ignoring the target’s effect resistance.

*This item is bound to its creator.

‘…?’

What the hell is this…?

He checked several times to make sure he hadn’t misread it, but the meaning was clear.

“Frost Bloodline Defense Ignore?”

Gidan looked at Han Gru with surprised eyes.

“This ignores defense?”

“Wooong…”

Han Gru nodded briefly and opened his mouth with a “heh.” His expression showed he had no idea why Gidan was looking at him like that.

‘Something like this exists?’

It was an absurd item.

Monsters’ defense increases exponentially as they become higher-grade entities.

Because of this, even items that conditionally ignore 30% of an opponent’s defense are classified as S-rank, and top rankers search for them with bags of money.

But an item that could ignore an S-rank entity’s defense and deliver attacks completely? It was at a level that could only be said to exist in dreams.

He may be a kindergartener, but S-rank is still S-rank, huh.

But…

“Uhm…”

Gidan sighed.

Right, it’s an incredible item. If only it weren’t for various realistic constraints.

The Duck Clip is Han Gru’s bound item.

This means Han Gru must have stats high enough to penetrate an S-rank monster’s resistance and apply debuffs, and he must get close enough to throw and hit with the snow.

The one hope, the additional function ‘Perfect Command: Effect Resistance Ignore,’ has a somewhat low probability.

In summary, if Han Gru approaches Malikian and throws the Snow Duck, it might apply a tremendous debuff. But that’s only possible with a somewhat low probability.

Proportional to the enormous advantage of ‘Defense Ignore,’ the conditions are also unrealistically difficult beyond imagination.

“This is… like a dangerous lottery.”

“Dangerous lottery?”

Just then, the pack placed in the center shook. The spatial separation item began turning to dust.

Only about 10 minutes remained.

Malikian was searching through the wreckage of the Ship Graveyard looking for Gidan.

There was no time.

A decision had to be made.

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