The Magical Hunter Girl Decorates the Dungeon! - Chapter 91

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The Magical Hunter Girl Builds a Dungeon! Episode 91
Ji-hyeok practically slid across the ground as he rushed toward Hae-cho.
“Hunter Hae-cho…!”
“Start with an explanation. All I’m getting is that the vibe is terrible.”
“We estimate the Core is buried deep underground! A Dungeon Break hasn’t occurred yet, but an asteroid is said to be falling from the sky to recreate the extinction of dinosaurs!”
“An asteroid?”
A word that didn’t belong in a dungeon.
Hae-cho was about to enter the cabin when she stopped and looked up at the sky.
A red circle brighter than the sun was slowly approaching. No planet visible from Earth could possibly be that massive.
Hae-cho let out a very long sigh and spoke.
“Wow. If I’d known it would come to this, I should’ve drunk all the beer I’d been saving and come out drunk. I don’t want to die in my right mind.”
“Hunter Hae-cho!”
“Ahaha, don’t get teary on me. I’m serious.”
“…Hunter!”
“Anyway, the only people here who can actually do anything are you and me, right? I heard all the government Hunters are E-rank. Who else is in this building?”
“Oh, there’s…!”
Hae-cho didn’t give Ji-hyeok time to finish—she stuck her head straight into the Research Facility. She glanced around the space and lost all words.
“……”
On the floor: an unconscious Dinosaur.
Beside it: a Fire Bear, a giant Dog, and a black Pegasus with a dinosaur tail.
A boy wearing a basketball class uniform.
A girl in a magical girl outfit.
Even Hae-cho, who was used to chaos, felt her judgment stammer in front of this sight.
‘Is this… a Lotte World parade waiting room?’
But her eyes soon turned to Lee Ji.
On the surface, just a cute girl—
Yet in this soggy dungeon where everyone else left muddy footprints everywhere, a girl in pristine, spotless clothes couldn’t possibly be an ordinary person.
“We’ve met at the Hunter Association before, haven’t we? Lee Ji, was it?”
“Oh, yes!”
The girl responded with delight but also confusion—as though she’d been caught doing something wrong.
Honest, at least.
“Could you possibly be…?”
That’s when Ji-hyeok cut in and shouted.
“Everyone here is a civilian!”
Hae-cho asked in utter disbelief.
“Huh? How exactly?”
“The kids are obviously civilians, and half the animals are civilians too—the other half are dungeon creatures! If something seems weird, it’s all because of my Skill! The girl can sparkle like a transformation princess, and the bear can do professional wrestling!”
“……”
“I’m an S-rank Hunter! I have some weird Skills I haven’t mentioned to others! It’s totally possible for all of this to happen!”
Geum-hui quietly pressed her forehead. Why’d he have to drag her into his crossfire?
Hae-cho looked at Geum-hui the bear for a moment, then nodded with an expression barely suppressing a smile.
“Okay, I get it. Let’s talk about what matters.”
“…Thank you!”
“Alright, there are two ways to find the Core. Option 1: We destroy all the ground around it. If we wreck the dungeon, the Core breaks too, right?”
Ji-hyeok, Si-heon, and Geum-hui all wore expressions that said ‘what nonsense is this.’
Hae-cho, not realizing they’d hate Option 1, pouted her lips and offered the next suggestion.
“Option 2: I use my EX-rank Skill. It pulls in the Magical Power around me—I can use it as a power detector too.”
“Ah, you’d use that Skill to find the Core’s location!”
“Right. Except this plan has a first problem: it takes a lot of time. What’s the second problem, you think?”
Lee Ji spoke up.
“Other Hunters can’t use their Skills while standing next to you!”
“Bingo! And the third problem: even if I find the Core, after using an EX-rank Skill on that scale, I’ll be drained and might not have the strength to break it.”
Lee Ji’s eyes went wide.
“You can’t use the Magical Power you’ve absorbed to destroy the Core?”
“My Skill is like a trap. I can catch a passing bear, but I can’t fire it back out.”
“So… digging the ground…?”
“Another Hunter has to wait somewhere far away, then the moment I find the Core, they run over and we dig and break it together.”
“……”
“That’s all I can figure out with my head. Does anyone else—Hunter or civilian—have any other ideas?”
Ji-hyeok didn’t add anything. He was afraid of making even the smallest wrong decision.
That’s when Lee Ji spoke.
“There’s something more urgent than the Core. Right now, people are trapped inside a really thick egg.”
Hae-cho answered flatly.
“Ah, some civilians who arrived earlier. If we destroy the dungeon before the asteroid falls, they’ll survive.”
“……”
“I’m heading out now to scout for the Core. Don’t come near me—and please intercept the asteroid. Hunters and anyone here who happens to be able to use Magical Power.”
“We’ll give it our all.”
Ji-hyeok clenched his teeth as he spoke, bracing himself for the worst.
First, detectors confirmed there was no Core near the Research Institute, so Hae-cho left the Research Facility immediately.
Si-heon stretched.
“Not much different from my rough plan, really. Let’s get into position to shoot down that asteroid, S-rank.”
“Understood.”
“Lee Ji. You…”
Si-heon had probably been about to repeat what he’d said before—for her to wait with the Rainbow Butterfly Pendant.
But Lee Ji had no such intention.
“I’m going to save those people.”
“Huh? How, exactly?”
“Somehow!”
Lee Ji bolted toward the back of the Research Institute. Not far away, she spotted the pile of eggs Ji-hyeok had mentioned earlier.
And there was an Auntie in a convenience store uniform, poking up out of an egg, with a Raccoon trying to wrap around her upper body.
“Raccoon, move. The person can be fine outside the egg!”
But the moment Lee Ji reached for the egg, the Raccoon clicked its teeth in warning. The Auntie murmured in a weak voice.
“Child, be careful… Even if the baby’s cute, if a Raccoon bites you, you’ll get rabies…”
Fortunately, the Raccoon didn’t seem to understand. It just squeaked adorably, “Squeak, squeak.”
“Auntie, can’t you get out of the egg?”
“It’s too hard…”
What about the other people?
Lee Ji tapped on the next egg. It felt like striking a safe.
Even Ji-hyeok had struggled to break these—she’d have no chance with her strength.
Besides—
“Coo-coo-cooo, coo-coo-cooo!”
A Pigeon circled threateningly around Lee Ji.
Pegasus rushed over and spread his wings wide in front of the Pigeon.
“Neigh-hee-hee!”
“Coo-coo, coo-coo-coo!”
‘Whinny-whinny!’
Between the fluttering feathers, with her jaw clenched, Lee Ji pondered.
How could she save these people? If she didn’t want to break the eggs…?
‘…Wait.’
An idea struck her.
It might not be feasible, but at least it was better than doing nothing.
Lee Ji used her Skill toward the empty lot nearby.
“Gardener’s Song!”
A brilliant white Greenhouse settled into place. Next—
“Just wait a moment! I’m going somewhere! Raccoon, hold Mom tight!”
“Squeak? Squeak!”
Lee Ji slid the S-rank Shovel underneath the egg. A moment later, the egg containing the convenience store owner lifted onto the Shovel.
Item effect activated
Extraction complete
[Nutrition 50! Energy Egg]
: An egg that safely preserves fragile life. Convenient whether you’re raising life or extracting energy.
Below the Shovel, several pipes snapped away and hung limply—they must have been the dungeon’s apparatus for draining energy from people.
‘Good, it’s lighter now that it’s in the Shovel!’
The problem was balance. Pegasus, quick on his feet, rushed over and crisscrossed rapidly on either side, catching the egg with his wings whenever it tilted.
Getting into the Greenhouse was a success. The next problem was…
‘If I set it on the floor, the egg will roll everywhere… But there’s no pot big enough for the egg!’
Lee Ji planted the Shovel in the center of the Greenhouse, in the space that was meant to become Geum-hui’s Vegetable Garden someday. The egg settled safely onto the soil.
‘Thank goodness!’
Now her work was clear.
“Lee Ji, what should we do?”
Jun-seo, Dog, and Geum-hui came running. Lee Ji gave instructions one by one.
“Jun-seo, hold the Greenhouse door! Dog, clear the leaves and stones around the pile of eggs!”
“Got it!”
“Woof woof!”
“And for the Auntie… I’m sorry. I used your Vegetable Garden without permission!”
Geum-hui soon understood what was happening in the Vegetable Garden space in the center of the Greenhouse, and suppressed a laugh.
“It’s fine! Eggshells are great for farming, right? Bring ’em over!”
“Really? Understood!”
The two children, the Fire Bear, and Pegasus busily transported the eggs. Perhaps word had spread that their parents were on the move, because small animal friends gathered from here and there.
One Otter even showed up, worried about his parents moving, and bravely tried to bite Geum-hui’s ankle—
“Squeak! Squeak-squeak!”
Perhaps the Raccoon had given him an explanation that “those people are good people.” The Otter backed off and opened his mouth without biting.
Just as they finished transporting all the eggs.
Ji-hyeok shouted from the front yard of the Research Facility.
“Hunter Hae-cho found the Core’s range! And… Lee Ji, start preparing defenses in the Research Facility!”

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