The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 51

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The Magical Hunter Girl Builds a Dungeon! Episode 51
[Well, that’s unusually thoughtful of him.]
“I’ve noticed from horror movies that whenever someone takes their eyes off their goal, even for a moment, something terrible happens to them.”
[A remarkably illogical line of reasoning, but….]
Si-heon deliberately turned his gaze away from the crystal, then found an old blanket from the bed on the wall and wrapped the young deer corpse in it.
“Elder, I’m going to lower this bundle of blankets down the stairs. Would you mind catching it?”
“Oh my. ……Got it! But what on earth is this?”
“Ji, go to the field first. The adults need to talk.”
After sending Ji out ahead, the others soon followed to the field. Grimoire quickly located where the young deer should have been—where the grass, stained with dried blood, swayed in the breeze.
Before opening the blanket, Geum Hee spoke.
“Ji, dear. Your fourth item is something I’d rather not show you…… Would you turn around?”
“What is it?”
“A dead fawn.”
“……Oh. Ugh, I see.”
“That’s settled then. Keep your eyes shut tight.”
Geum Hee set down the deer without waiting for a response. But when she did, no alarm sounded.
“Is this not the spot?”
“Shall we try moving it over a bit, Elder?”
“Let’s go step by step, half a span at a time.”
But for nearly several meters, there was no alarm.
When Grimoire began to rise into the air to check for anything else,
Ji squeezed in between the two adults, her eyes wide and alert.
“Ji! Good heavens, you don’t need to see this!”
“I’m fine.”
Ji deftly dodged Geum Hee’s bear-like paw and took hold of the blanket. Then, gazing at the eyes of the fawn that must have gleamed until recently, she spoke.
“I’m a Hunter too…… so I can’t only see beautiful and happy things, can I?”
“Ji…”
“And since I was the first Hunter to enter here, I thought the dungeon would only accept it if I participated too.”
[That’s a persuasive argument.]
“Let’s go back to the original spot!”
Soon the blanket-wrapped deer was placed on the ground, and……
A click rang out, and a message appeared.
Condition 80% Complete
Ji carefully covered the fawn’s eyes with the edge of the worn blanket.
Geum Hee, watching her, let out a relieved breath.
“Now we’ve covered the field, the pond, the forest, and the house. One more sweep through each, and…… Rabbit Boy, why do you have that constipated look?”
“I need to go recover my soul! I’ll be right back!”
Si-heon bolted toward the cabin without further hesitation. Geum Hee scooped up Ji and ran after him.
As they entered the cabin, thudding sounds of Si-heon bounding up the stairs echoed. Grimoire, who had returned to the cabin moments later, clicked his tongue.
[And didn’t he just promise not to get distracted in the middle?]
“We got past one hurdle, didn’t we! Besides, once I recover my soul, my magical power grows stronger, which is good for handling emergencies.”
[What a long tongue you have. Crystal, break slowly so the cabin doesn’t collapse.]
To prepare for any mishap, Ji remained in Geum Hee’s embrace in the front yard of the cabin. Grimoire fluttered before the second-floor window, providing live commentary.
[The rabbit is gathering energy in his front legs.]
“Huuuuh……!”
Moments later, Si-heon’s front legs, charged with magical power, struck the crystal directly.
At first, nothing happened.
But like ice touched by a heated poker, the area around his paws began to slowly melt—
And in an instant, the crystal fractured.
Crack, crack, crack!
Crash!
[The crystal is crumbling!]
Even from where Ji stood, she could see magical power swirling on the second floor. The density was staggering—as if a storm-laden cloud had filled the entire upper story.
‘The mister is really strong!’
“Graaahhhhh……!”
With Si-heon’s battle cry, the magical power vanished in an instant.
After a brief silence, the sound of the rabbit collapsing forward onto the floor, and Grimoire spoke.
[Second soul fragment, absorption complete.]
“Wahhh! Mr. Si-heon, congratulations!”
“Ugh, gasp……. Thank…… you…… haha…….”
[No time to celebrate. Get up and find the fifth clue.]
“That tongue of yours is really—”
And at that very moment.
A notification appeared.
Condition 100% Complete
“Huh?”
“100%? Ji, you see it too?”
“Yes! The condition……it says!”
[We didn’t do anything, and suddenly it’s complete? Could the rabbit’s crystal have been the trigger?]
“We got it for free.”
An unexpected success.
Uncertain whether to celebrate, Ji felt something amiss.
“Mister……?”
Jin Si-heon, having seen the message, said nothing.
“Mister, Mr. Si-heon! Are you there?”
[Let me go check upstairs!]
Grimoire took to the air while Ji made for the second floor via the stairs.
The disheveled second floor. The crystal that had held the soul had vanished without a trace, and before it stood Si-heon—
“Nngh……!”
His face twisted in anguish.
“Mister?”
“Something’s…… wrong……. I can’t, move!”
The muscles in his hind legs tensed with all his might, quivering roughly. Yet he could not advance a single centimeter—as if his back paws were rooted to the floor.
“I won’t stand for being trapped in this dump like—!”
Si-heon gritted his teeth. Magical power surged through him, and his front legs moved slightly.
That’s when the message appeared.
Condition 98%? 97%? Complete
Warning!
Do not move the Final Element from its designated position!
There was only one entity struggling to leave its original position now.
Understanding what role the dungeon had cast him in, Si-heon’s eyes flashed with fury.
“You’re saying I’m the Final Element? Without my consent—!”
Condition 96%, 94% Complete— Intervention Required
Position Re-anchoring Attempt
“Gahhhhhhh!”
“Mister……!”
Ji rushed over and tried to pull Si-heon away, but it was futile. He was as immobile as if fused with the floor itself.
Condition 99% Complete
The dungeon’s magical power twisted Si-heon’s form. 100% was imminent.
But if 100% were achieved and the dungeon-clear message appeared, something told Ji that an irreversible calamity would befall Si-heon.
‘I can’t let the mister get stuck in this position!’
Yet for Si-heon to move even one millimeter, he’d have to fight through tremendous pain—could he endure it?
‘Even my strength won’t budge him…… oh.’
Did it have to be his feet that moved?
‘Wouldn’t any part of his body breaking that original stance count?’
It was worth testing.
After a moment’s thought, Ji untied the ribbon from her head.
[Ji? What are you—huh!]
“Mister, please hold still just like this for a moment!”
Ji crossed Si-heon’s rabbit ears in an X, then bound them tightly with the ribbon. Of course, she tied the knot as neatly as she could.
Si-heon shuddered.
“What—what did you do! My fur hurts!”
“The dungeon told you not to move, right? So I tried to force you to move anyway!”
“Will that even work? Ugh, no way it will—!”
At that moment, a new message appeared.
Magical Power Channel…… Obstruction Detected!
Condition 99.7% Complete? Complete? Complete?
Position Re-anchoring…… Failed! Subject Has Not Moved!
Re-anchoring Required! Required!
Re-anchoring Impossible!
Si-heon let out a pained groan.
“This is actually…… working?”
“Mister, are you alright?”
“……Ugh. As long as I don’t see a mirror, I think I’ll be fine.”
His attempt at humor was strained, his eyes continuing to flicker with pain.
He was still fighting with all his might against something unseen.
“My recovered magical power…… is trying to bind me to this house. Just like I’ve become the house’s limbs!”
‘Limbs!’
That meant being controlled by a villain. She’d seen it in anime.
‘No way. The mister is my comrade!’
She couldn’t let a righteous comrade fall under a villain’s control.
‘But I don’t see any villain nearby.’
Then it must be the house itself that needed investigation.
“I understand! First, I’ll search the house for anything suspicious!”
Ji rushed downstairs. Geum Hee, pacing anxiously, embraced her at the bottom of the stairs.
That’s when a strange sound came from somewhere.
Crackle, crackle—
“It’s that speaker from before!”
The speaker they’d found in the mountains and plugged in on the first floor began to crackle, and then an old man’s voice poured out.
The voice was as clear and majestic as a hymn. The content, however, was far from holy.
[My slave, my slave!]
[Everything was placed perfectly for you, yet these fools attempt to ruin your achievement!]
[Hurry and dispose of them, then craft me the greatest weapon ever!]
The anachronistic word choice left Geum Hee speechless.
“A slave? What nonsense is this crazy old geezer spouting?”
“Gran—grandmother, look there!”
Ji pointed at the floorboards.
The small rug beneath began to shift—
And from a basement hidden below, a man burst forth.
“Graaahhhhh!”
Judging by his sharply receded M-shaped hairline and white hair, he was at least in his sixties. He was a giant of the sort who would never be offered a seat on public transit.
But the real problem lay elsewhere.
He was wielding a massive hammer with forearms like weapons.
And…… he appeared to have no reason left.
“Grrrrr…….”
The man turned his head toward Ji.
A message materialized before Ji and Geum Hee’s eyes.
[The Blacksmith’s Unfulfilled Dream]
A gifted blacksmith who had to craft whatever came to hand to feed his family.
In his twilight years, he dreamed of a masterpiece he could have created if he’d spent his time for himself alone—a dream he took with him when he departed this world.
This is the dungeon master’s investment in that dream.
What he makes best is a shovel.
[Special]
Madness from Brainwashing

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