The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 102
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102
Chapter 102
Crazy Express Bus
Whooooosh-!
The wind struck his face. No, saying it struck was insufficient. It felt like it was tearing.
Choi Do-heon gripped Kim Jun tightly. If he let go, he felt like he’d fall.
‘So fast…!’
It was tremendous speed. Faster than anything he’d ever experienced.
If he didn’t hold onto his consciousness, he felt like he’d pass out from the incredible speed.
And then.
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
“????????”
Notifications appeared consecutively before Choi Do-heon’s eyes.
Experience? Right now? Why?
Choi Do-heon looked down.
He could see monsters. Massive, hideous, dangerous-looking ones.
But Kim Jun was simply passing by.
Yet the monsters died. They were swept away and exploded from the wind Kim Jun created as he passed.
Bang-! Bang-! Bang-!
Kim Jun’s flight speed was too fast. It exceeded the speed of sound, leaving shockwaves in his wake.
The monsters were shattered to pieces by those shockwaves. Their bodies burst, bones shattered, and scattered.
Kim Jun didn’t even attack. He was simply flying, yet the monsters died on their own.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
“??????????????????????????”
Choi Do-heon was shocked.
His level had increased. Not just once, but multiple times. Without doing anything. He had simply been hanging on.
He had been forcibly boarded onto an express bus.
It was absurd. No, there wasn’t even time to be absurd.
He couldn’t understand what kind of situation this was.
Whoooosh-!
Kim Jun entered the 19th Floor.
’19th Floor…!’
Choi Do-heon tensed up.
The 19th Floor was a long staircase shaped like the number 1. Terrain that was long and narrow like Chile’s territory.
And like the 18th Floor, it was a place strongly affected by Dark Soul’s Law.
Every movement was restricted, every swing of an attack had to be careful, and a single mistake led to death.
Choi Do-heon had experienced that law on the 18th Floor too.
Even throwing a single punch felt heavy, and every small action was restricted.
However.
Whoooooosh-!
Kim Jun glided as if such restrictions meant nothing.
Fast, unhindered, without any interference.
“This is impossible…”
Choi Do-heon muttered.
They passed the 19th Floor. Just passed it. In a few seconds.
And then the 20th, 21st, 22nd Floors followed…
Choi Do-heon was bewildered.
It seemed like there were incredible monsters, but he couldn’t even see them properly.
They had moved to the next staircase in just a few seconds.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
His level increased again.
*
“Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”
“For a guy to be like that.”
25th Floor, Artemis.
And Choi Do-heon, who had arrived here, had just reached level 32.
Without doing anything.
“Bweh, bweh, bw, bwaaaack!”
But right now, Choi Do-heon was too busy vomiting to think straight.
“Let’s go.”
Olympus Paradise.
He planned to leave Choi Do-heon there and only bring Lee Seo-yeon from the 29th Floor.
‘The more hunting, the better.’
What Kim Jun had requested from his companions was.
To hunt until he returned.
They should be close by now.
Creak-
He opened the door to Olympus Paradise and entered.
He planned to dump Choi Do-heon in the bath and leave.
But what he saw before his eyes was.
“O_O!”
Park Min-soo with his eyes wide open.
Shirtless, leaning against exercise equipment.
“What are you doing here. Why are you here.”
“I reached level 50…”
“When did I tell you to come down after reaching level 50.”
“-_-;”
“Fix. Your expression.”
“owo”
His memory was hazy.
‘Did I say up to 50?’
No.
Either way.
Shouldn’t he continue leveling up?
To be satisfied with just level 50 and come down.
“Then where are the others.”
“They should be inside…”
“Tsk!”
“Eek!”
Kim Jun left Park Min-soo behind and headed inside, carrying the unconscious Choi Do-heon who had passed out from vomiting.
He passed through the corridor and entered the lounge.
There he saw Lee Seo-yeon and Ryu Ji-a. They were sitting on the sofa having a conversation.
“Ah, Seo-yeon.”
“Guild master?”
Lee Seo-yeon stood up in surprise. She looked flustered by the sudden appearance.
“I need you to save someone…”
Kim Jun showed her the unconscious Choi Do-heon.
“What?”
Lee Seo-yeon approached and looked at Choi Do-heon. Her eyes widened.
“This child is…”
It was the young boy Kim Jun had personally taken care of on the lower floors.
The talented child who had chosen the martial artist path.
But now his entire body was covered in wounds.
Blood had dried and crusted over, his face was pale, and his breathing was shallow.
‘His core is damaged too…’
Lee Seo-yeon sent out mana to check his condition.
If not treated quickly, he would suffer permanent aftereffects.
“Leave him to me.”
*
“Now, what should I sort out first.”
Kim Jun returned to his room and sat on the bed.
He needed to organize his thoughts. Too many things had happened recently.
‘First, the rewards.’
Kim Jun had thrown himself into conquering Hell.
He defeated Leviathan, the Great Demon of envy and jealousy, then pushed all the way to the 53rd Floor.
[Goal: Clear a total of 50 floors within one week!]
[Currently completed floors: 50 floors]
[Achievement complete!]
And so he was given a reward.
However.
“What is this.”
What Kim Jun had expected was a direct encounter with ▲▲.
He thought he would meet that existence said to be on the 100th Floor, or at least get some clues.
But the reward was different.
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[Skill Information]
-「Guide’s Light」
– Grade: EX
– Effect: Points to where the caster ‘must’ go immediately
– Condition: Can only be used within the Tower of Trials
– Description: One of the skills created by ▲▲
Only those who follow this light can finish the Tower!
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‘Guide’s Light…’
Kim Jun slowly read the skill description.
At first he thought it was an ordinary detection skill. Kim Jun already had the「Detection」skill after all.
But when he tried using it, it was on a completely different level.
Its range covered all floors of the Tower.
「Detection」could only perceive a certain range around him.
The same floor, and the range would expand depending on the amount of mana injected.
But「Guide’s Light」was different.
From the 1st Floor to the 100th Floor, down to the 100th Floor underground, it penetrated all spaces of the Tower and precisely pointed to ‘where he must go.’
And most importantly.
‘A skill made by ▲▲.’
Kim Jun looked at the last line of the skill description again.
▲▲.
The existence contrasted with the ■■ on the 100th Floor.
Lucifer had said so. That ▲▲’s power was essential to conquer the 100th Floor. That it was the only existence that could oppose ■■.
‘Then…’
This skill isn’t just a simple detection skill. It’s a skill created directly by ▲▲, for conquering the Tower, perhaps even like a strategy guide for clearing the Tower.
Then the place this skill points to is.
‘A place essential for conquering the Tower.’
Kim Jun was certain.
If ▲▲’s power is essential for conquering the 100th Floor, then the place pointed to by a skill made by ▲▲ must surely be a place one must go to clear the Tower.
And indeed.
‘The 18th Floor.’
When he defeated the boss on the 53rd Floor underground and came up to the surface,「Guide’s Light」suddenly pointed to the 18th Floor.
Kim Jun moved there immediately. And there he stopped Han Seo-jin.
‘But why was it the 18th Floor?’
Kim Jun tilted his head.
He saved Choi Do-heon. He also saved Yu Gi-ha and the Buyeo Guild members, as well as countless hunters. He also defeated the corrupted Han Seo-jin.
It was a good thing. It was naturally something that had to be done, and Kim Jun doesn’t regret it either.
No, it wasn’t something to regret but a good thing.
However.
‘What does this have to do with conquering the Tower?’
He had doubts.
The place pointed to by a skill made by ▲▲.
A place one ‘must’ go to clear the Tower.
That it was the 18th Floor meant that going there was essential for conquering the Tower, didn’t it?
But all Kim Jun did was save hunters and kill Han Seo-jin. What does that have to do with clearing the 100th Floor?
‘Could it be…’
Kim Jun’s eyes narrowed.
The Tower’s final clear condition.
Is just clearing the 100th Floor not enough? Do you have to save specific people, or prevent specific events?
Or would the continued emergence of beings like Han Seo-jin ultimately make conquering the Tower itself impossible?
‘I don’t know.’
Kim Jun shook his head.
One thing was certain.「Guide’s Light」pointed to the 18th Floor, Kim Jun went there, and as a result saved many people.
And now.
A light was floating in Kim Jun’s mind.
A vivid, red, arrow-like light.
「Guide’s Light」.
A passive skill that operates constantly. When a place one must go appears, it automatically points there.
The place that light was pointing to now was the 40th Floor.
[Olympus].
The staircase where ancient gods are said to reside.
But the feeling was different from when it pointed to the 18th Floor.
When it pointed to the 18th Floor, he felt urgency.
A warning of danger, desperation that he had to go quickly.
But the current sensation is quite different.
It was certainty.
Intense, inexplicable, certainty that transcended logic.
That ▲▲ is on the 40th Floor. That Semo’s existence, the existence needed to clear the 100th Floor, is there.
Undoubtable certainty.
“Then shall we go?”
There was no time to delay.
He had obtained the「Translation」skill as a reward for clearing the 50th Floor, but those mysterious characters were still obscured as ▲▲.
An existence that even the Translation skill couldn’t decode.
But perhaps things would be different when he met that existence directly.
Perhaps the Translation skill would properly activate, allowing him to learn the name hidden behind ▲▲, Semo’s true name.
‘I’ll know when I meet them.’
It was time to put an end to this damn series of riddles.
Meeting that existence on the 40th Floor would reveal everything.
What ▲▲ was, why it was hidden, and what was needed to clear the 100th Floor.
Choi Do-heon’s treatment should be finished by now.
“Shall we go?”
“Meow!”
Kim Jun opened the door and stepped out.
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