The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop Is Ranked 0th in the World - Chapter 49

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The Owner of the Healing Therapy Shop is World Rank 0

Chapter 49

Inside the Alaska Gate where swirling blizzards erased the view in white.

A frost-like tension hung over the frozen wasteland that was hard as marble.

A strange sight unfolded in the massive open space that served as the starting point of the Maze Gate.

Unlike the hellish cold that bit into flesh outside, a dome-shaped transparent barrier was emitting a gentle light.

Inside it, hundreds of survivors huddled together, breathing out white puffs of air.

It was a completely different result from the pessimistic prediction that there would be almost no survivors since this was the final gate.

What created that miracle was the power of capital.

The world-renowned American hunter item manufacturer ‘Revive’ had invested astronomical amounts of money for this gate conquest.

As soon as the gate opened, they poured high-performance advanced cold-weather items, mana devices, and most importantly, food into the gate, while high-ranking hunters who had entered first continuously infused mana into the items.

Thanks to that, a massive greenhouse had been maintained for several weeks, allowing survival.

Jinseong surveyed the people inside the barrier. His eyes softened very slightly.

He felt relieved. If their lives were secured, he could focus solely on conquest speed.

Jinseong stepped toward the gate’s main area without hesitation.

Crunch. The sound of snow being crushed could be heard. The cold texture transmitted through the soles of his combat boots.

Far in the distance, the ridgeline of a massive snow mountain was visible through the snow clouds. Its height and imposing presence was like a fortress wall piercing the sky.

-Good lord, I’ve never seen terrain like this in my life.

Edward, who had been following behind Jinseong, shrugged his shoulders and made small talk.

Even he, the world’s number one and pinnacle of the ice class, seemed to feel instinctive revulsion.

-To think the maze is formed along the mountain ridges. Even for me, this murderous cold and that maze are quite frightening.

Instead of answering, Jinseong raised his head to look up at the mountain.

As Edward said, the maze walls rose in winding curves along the treacherous ridgeline. It was the worst possible terrain where one had to climb toward the summit while simultaneously finding the exit.

Rumble-!

The sound of an avalanche with massive snow piles collapsing echoed like thunder from afar, and mixed within those vibrations was the roar of some unidentified high-level monster.

Jinseong entered the entrance without delay. The swirling wind made his nose sting, but he simply pulled up the mask covering his mouth indifferently.

At that composed appearance, Edward inwardly clicked his tongue.

‘He doesn’t even blink an eye at this level of intimidation?’

Edward maintained a certain distance while following behind Jinseong. In fact, he hadn’t entered to help Jinseong.

He simply wanted to uncover the secret of how a Korean hunter without even exploration skills had been conquering maze gates around the world so quickly.

‘There must be some secret weapon or trick.’

Edward’s blue eyes persistently followed Jinseong’s back.

Jinseong had long since noticed the greed and suspicion contained in that gaze.

Unlike Feng Hao who had simply interfered, this time it seemed difficult to shake off the eyes of the world’s number one hunter who was determined to investigate.

Jinseong let out a short sigh and fingered the small bottle in his chest. It was the special essential oil Yebichnna had given him.

‘Can’t be helped.’

He quietly activated the item. A fresh and elegant lavender fragrance suddenly bloomed in the air of the frozen wasteland.

Edward’s eyes widened at the alien scent that tickled his nose through the harsh blizzard.

-Wait, what’s with the sudden flower fragrance…?

The surprise didn’t last long. Edward quickly realized this fragrance was the effect of some item or skill Jinseong had used.

As the fragrance spread, Jinseong’s figure became blurred and began climbing the snowy mountain at overwhelming speed.

-I’ll figure it out. What the identity of that fragrance is.

Edward also increased his speed. He deflected avalanches pouring in front of his feet with mana barriers and froze monsters charging from all directions with ice skills while pursuing Jinseong.

Befitting his reputation as world number one, his movements were light yet powerful.

But the longer the pursuit continued, the deeper the furrows in Edward’s brow became.

It was incomprehensible.

Clearly in terms of pure mana quantity or skill proficiency, he should have had the advantage.

Yet Jinseong’s attacks ahead were far more concise while being more lethal than his own.

‘Why? Why does he seem several times more skilled than the Gangjinseong I knew?’

Each time Jinseong swung his sword, storm-like mana swirled and instantly erased monsters.

It was too alien and powerful to dismiss as simply a hunter’s natural talent.

Edward bit his lips, feeling bone-deep inferiority.

When he barely managed to advance one step through the flood of monsters, Jinseong was moving far ahead as if crossing through wide open space.

-Stop right there…!

He was just about to lose sight of Jinseong’s back.

When he finally reached the mountain peak, the earth screamed and surged upward.

It was the appearance of the gate’s master, the boss monster.

When massive cold air large enough to cover an entire mountain blocked his view, Edward felt all the hair on his body stand on end.

He immediately prepared top-level defensive skills and attack magic, preparing for a prolonged battle.

Based on his experienced hunter’s instincts from facing countless monsters, that boss monster was an opponent that would require dozens of rankers struggling for several hours.

But then.

Whooom-!

Explosive mana strangely mixed with dark red energy and golden radiance burst forth from Jinseong’s body.

After that, Jinseong launched only three attacks. When a sharp strike that seemed to sever space penetrated the boss’s core, that massive ice monster scattered and disappeared like dust.

Meanwhile, Edward was busy dodging fragments of the boss’s attacks and even made the mistake of exposing his shoulder.

Edward poured potion on his wound while gasping for breath, then looked in shock at Jinseong standing perfectly fine before the exit.

‘Impossible. What exactly is his identity…!’

Awe instantly transformed into dark suspicion. Such explosive growth was impossible through normal methods.

A rumor that had been ominously heating up the hunter world recently flashed through Edward’s mind.

The demonic group ‘Black Crew’ that supposedly hunted hunters to absorb their mana and skills. And the mysterious deaths and injuries of hunters that occurred whenever Jinseong insisted on solo play and closed gates.

‘Yes, that’s what it was. He killed hunters and stole their power. There’s no other way to explain that strength.’

A bitter madness gleamed in Edward’s eyes.

He now began to define everything about Jinseong as criminal.

Because all strength he couldn’t understand had to be illegal for him to preserve his pride.

Jinseong walked calmly toward the exit.

Watching Jinseong’s retreating figure, Edward smiled coldly.

Imagining the moment when the hero who saved humanity would instantly fall to the very bottom and become a criminal, Edward looked at his pulverized teller.

Though the teller that would have served as evidence was destroyed by Gangjinseong’s skill, the truth inside the gate? That wasn’t important.

The moment he went outside, whatever he said would become the truth.

Edward forced strength into his trembling legs and took labored steps toward the glittering gate exit.

The fresh yet fragrant lavender scent still lingered around his nose.

Then, the hunters who had entered the gate first called his name.

-Edward!

-My god! Did you conquer the gate?

-I knew it would be you!【/</p】

Edward looked at the American hunters running toward him with bright smiles while roughly rubbing his nose

As if that fragrance was some remnant of Jinseong.

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