The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 103

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103

103

Climbing Again

Kieeeeeee-!

The giant Mandrake screamed.

“Krheeeeeeeeep!”

Park Min-soo also let out a battle cry as he stepped forward.

A body easily over 5 meters tall. Skin as hard as tree bark. Threatening thorns.

But.

Kwagagang-!

Park Min-soo’s fist struck precisely at the center of the Mandrake’s torso.

Kugung-!

A shockwave burst out. The Mandrake’s body was shattered from the inside.

The bark cracked, its insides burst out, and its branches snapped.

Kung-!

The massive body flew backward and collapsed to the ground. It died in a single blow.

“Oh…”

Kim Jun was impressed.

“Hoot.”

Park Min-soo dusted off his fist and smiled. He even shrugged his shoulders with a proud expression.

“Looks like you weren’t just fooling around.”

“Of course not!”

Kim Jun nodded with satisfaction.

Park Min-soo was a Tank. A profession specialized in defense. His role was to block enemy attacks and protect his allies.

Because of that, his attack power was bound to be low, but…

“One more!”

Ppagagagak-!

He killed a monster in one hit. A level 40 Mandrake at that.

“But is there any reason you have to punch with your fists?”

“It’s cool.”

“…;”

There was a level difference, but more than that, it was the power of the second awakening.

Everyone had grown.

Until Kim Jun returned, they hunted on the 29th Floor and reached level 50, even completing their second awakening.

Park Min-soo was level 50. Ryu Ji-a was also level 50. Lee Seo-yeon was also level 50.

And Han Su-in, who had hunted alone more, had risen to level 52.

‘Admirable.’

Kim Jun looked at Han Su-in.

A little distance away, Han Su-in was sheathing her sword.

A clean cut without a single drop of blood on it.

Kim Jun recalled the scene from just before. The moment Han Su-in attacked the Mandrake.

Sasak-

The first sword cut the Mandrake’s neck.

Fast and precise.

But that wasn’t the end.

Sak-

Sak-

Sasasasasasak-!

Han Su-in’s afterimage appeared. An afterimage exactly as she looked when she had just attacked.

And that afterimage launched the same attack again. With the same trajectory, at the same speed.

It was an additional hit.

And another afterimage appeared. It attacked again.

It continued. Even after Han Su-in’s first cut ended, the afterimages consecutively repeated the same attack.

Five times, six times, seven times.

The Mandrake had already died from the first cut, but the afterimages’ attacks continued and tore the corpse to shreds.

‘She called it Phantom Blade.’

Kim Jun was impressed.

Phantom Sword. It was a profession that lived up to its name.

Every time she attacked, afterimages appeared to deliver additional hits. One attack led to multiple attacks.

The attack created afterimages that delivered additional hits, and those afterimages created yet more afterimages.

If she wanted, a single attack could become endlessly continuing swordplay.

If you kept watching, it looked like countless attacks flowed without interruption. Naturally like flowing water, endlessly.

‘At that level…’

Han Su-in’s attack speed was on the fast side. She could cut more than ten times per second.

And each attack had afterimages deliver about five additional hits.

At least 50 attacks per second. All of them at critical hit level.

“Hmm hmm.”

Kim Jun looked at Han Su-in with satisfaction.

To think she continued hunting alone while everyone else went to rest at Olympus Paradise.

And until she became this strong.

So Kim Jun’s expression right now was.

Ssiik-

A truly proud expression, one that showed how admirable he found her.

“…;”

Han Su-in seemed to notice Kim Jun’s gaze and turned her head.

Silently, bluntly. But the tips of her ears turned slightly red.

‘Did I stare too obviously?’

Kim Jun withdrew his gaze.

But he couldn’t hide his expression.

The ‘Phantom Blade’ that Han Su-in gained by completing her second awakening exceeded expectations.

A profession that moved like a shadow, disappeared like a phantom, cut enemies with a sword, and delivered additional hits with afterimages.

At a glance, it was on a completely different level than before.

Her movements became faster, her sword became sharper, and above all, the flow of her attacks never stopped.

‘At this level, even the 40th Floor shouldn’t be a problem.’

Kim Jun looked around.

31st Floor.

It was an ordinary staircase floor. No special gimmicks or complex puzzles. Just a structure where you kill monsters and reach the end to move to the next floor.

But the monsters were no joke.

Whether it was related to the 30th Floor, the 31st Floor was also full of plant-type monsters. Mandrakes, Treants, poison plant spirits.

All were in the level 40 range. They were large, had strong attacks, and high health.

For ordinary Hunters, it would be a level where even large parties would struggle.

But Kim Jun’s companions were different.

Swoosh-

Wind blew. The forest swayed.

No, it wasn’t swaying. It was a precursor to the Treants moving.

Dududu-

The tree monsters that had been camouflaged revealed their true forms.

Five of them. All were giants over 5 meters tall. Each was a powerful monster equivalent to a mini-boss.

But.

Click-

The sound of a sword sheath closing rang out.

Han Su-in sheathed her sword. Slowly, quietly.

And.

Thud-! Thud thud-!

Five Trents collapsed simultaneously.

Their trunks were split. In dozens of places. As if they had been slashed by invisible blades.

“…When?”

Ryu Ji-a blinked her eyes.

She hadn’t even seen Han Su-in draw her sword. She had only heard the sound of the sheath closing.

But the Trents were already dead.

“Geez…”

Ryu Ji-a looked at Han Su-in with an expression full of jealous complaints.

She puffed out her cheeks slightly and pouted her lips.

It was an expression that seemed to say ‘It was my turn, why did unnie take them all?’

Of course, since they were sharing party experience, it didn’t matter, but Ryu Ji-a seemed dissatisfied because she had no chance to show off her skills.

“Next one’s my turn!”

“What are you talking about when there aren’t even any monsters in sight, brat!”

“Shut up! Muscle pig!”

Ryu Ji-a raised her staff high.

Crackle-

Sparks flashed in her eyes.

“「Meteor」!”

Ryu Ji-a shouted.

Instantly.

The sky darkened.

“She’s going crazy again!”

Park Min-soo looked up. And his mouth fell open.

It was a shadow.

A massive, overwhelming shadow large enough to cover the entire 31st Floor.

Something was falling from the sky.

「Meteor」.

One of Ryu Ji-a’s signature wide-area skills.

Magic that drops a massive meteorite from the sky to annihilate enemies.

But now it was different.

Different, far too different.

“Th-that’s supposed to be Meteor?!”

Park Min-soo screamed.

It was too big. Incomparably bigger than before.

Its diameter looked to be well over several hundred meters.

It was large enough to cover the entire Forest of the 31st Floor.

Whooooom-!

The meteor fell.

The atmosphere burned. It glowed red hot from friction. Light poured down.

Kwaaaaaaaang-!!

It collided.

The world shook. The ground split. Shockwaves burst out in all directions.

Trees were uprooted entirely. Rocks were shattered.

The monsters…weren’t even visible. The meteor was too massive for them to have anywhere to hide.

Everything evaporated.

Smoke rose up. Dust covered the sky.

And at the center, a massive pit was created. Like a crater.

“Hehe.”

Ryu Ji-a turned toward Kim Jun while spinning her staff.

Gripping her staff tightly with both hands, eyes sparkling, like a puppy waiting for praise.

Her slightly tilted head and smile looked cute, but.

“You crazy brat! I told you not to use that!”

Park Min-soo shouted. His face was ashen. His entire body was covered in dust.

Just moments ago when the meteor’s shockwave spread in all directions, Park Min-soo had raised his shield to block it and Lee Seo-yeon had put up a barrier to endure it.

If those two hadn’t blocked it, everyone except Kim Jun would have been blown away by that level of power.

“It’s a skill that exists to be used, so why not!”

Ryu Ji-a puffed out her cheeks and argued back.

“You did the exact same thing on the 18th Floor before!”

Park Min-soo recalled that time.

When Ryu Ji-a used Meteor on the 18th Floor, the Dark Soul Staircase.

Though its power was weak because she was under Dark Soul’s Law, it was still powerful enough to threaten even her allies.

But now there was no law restricting her abilities, and she had even completed her 2nd Awakening.

“Think about your power a little! Just a little!”

Her magical power had become several times stronger.

“Ugh~! You block it, and unnie puts up barriers! What’s the problem!”

Ryu Ji-a crossed her arms and spoke confidently.

“That’s the problem! If me and noona hadn’t blocked it, everyone would’ve died! Including you!”

Park Min-soo shouted.

“That’s exactly why you block it and Seo-yeon unnie puts up barriers!”

Ryu Ji-a shot back.

“This, this is…”

Park Min-soo was at a loss for words.

Actually, Ryu Ji-a had a point.

Ryu Ji-a hadn’t thoughtlessly launched the meteor.

She had made her own calculations.

That Park Min-soo’s shield was there. That Lee Seo-yeon’s barrier was there. That they could sufficiently block a shockwave of that level.

Knowing this, she had made this risky move.

From the beginning, Ryu Ji-a wasn’t fighting alone but as a team, and she was moving with her teammates’ abilities factored into her calculations.

“When I have excellent teammates, wouldn’t it be stranger not to utilize their abilities?”

Ryu Ji-a tilted her head and asked. Her expression showed she genuinely didn’t understand.

“…”

Park Min-soo was left speechless.

Logically, it wasn’t wrong.

They were doing teamwork, dividing roles among each other, and Ryu Ji-a had simply utilized that properly.

It was just that her method was too extreme.

“Now all the monsters are completely dead too! The path to the Boss Room is also clear!”

Ryu Ji-a said proudly.

It was actually true. The entire 31st Floor had been swept away by the meteor.

Not a single monster remained, and there were no obstacles on the path ahead.

It was efficient. Perfect. Looking at the results alone.

“That’s true, but…”

Park Min-soo scratched his head. He had no words to argue back.

“You’re going to cause a big accident someday, I’m telling you.”

“That won’t happen to me though?”

“The way you talk…”

Park Min-soo sighed.

He had an intuition that at this rate, she would cause some major incident at least once.

It wasn’t a baseless intuition. It was close to certainty.

“Sigh!”

And that feeling wasn’t just Park Min-soo’s alone—everyone was feeling it.

Kim Jun, Lee Seo-yeon, and Han Su-in too.

But.

“Hmph! Just hold up your shields! I’ll kill them all! Wahaha!”

Ryu Ji-a raised her staff high and spoke excitedly.

Seeing how happy she was like that.

“Sigh!”

“Hmm…”

“Haha… Ji-a…”

“….”

Even though they sighed, they had no choice but to endure it.

“Let’s go~!”

As always.

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