The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 143

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143

Chapter 143

The End of Hell (4)

Ding-!

Ding-!

Ding-!

“Ugh, my ears hurt.”

The notification windows ring out endlessly.

[Experience gai…]

[Experience gai…]

[Experience gai…]

The next notification overwrites before the sentence even finishes.

[Level Up!]

[Experience gained!]

[Level Up!]

“…Wow.”

Kim Jun let out a hollow laugh.

Outer Area 3rd District.

Regular Army forces completely annihilated.

All magic amplification towers destroyed.

Citadel collapsed.

And.

Berit dead.

There’s no single floor clear reward.

Instead.

The entire battlefield is a chunk of experience.

[Level Up!]

Mid-level commanders.

Sub-boss entities.

Elite demon knight orders.

And Berit.

All of them were cleared at once.

The result.

—-

[Name] : Kim Jun

[Race] : Half-Human Half-Demon Half-Dragon

[Grade] : SS-rank

[Level] : 97

[Stats] :

– Strength : 820(+120)

– Agility : 430 (+120)

– Intelligence : 260 (+120)

– Health : 1,025,000/1,025,000

– Mana : 113,000/113,000

[Titles] : Dragon Hunter, Master of the Labyrinth, Demon Contractor, Celestial Slaughterer, Master of Perfect Squares…

—-

“97.”

He mutters quietly.

If it had been a solo raid without a party.

He would have hit 100 and then some by now.

But it’s fine.

100th Floor.

And the 99th Floor “Battlefield”.

Thinking about that place.

Getting stronger alone is meaningless.

“We need to go up together.”

Kim Jun’s gaze sweeps below.

Hell’s outskirts.

The completely collapsed City Wall.

And.

The spoils of war covering the ground.

Armor.

Greatsword.

Spear.

Shield.

Magic stone.

Ring.

Necklace.

Belt.

Each one is at least B-grade or higher.

Some A-grade mixed in between.

Occasionally even S-grade mixed in.

“Wow….”

Kim Jun chuckled.

“It’s really a honey pot.”

When he conquered this place before his regression, Meong Meong wasn’t there.

It was difficult to pick up items one by one, so he didn’t pick up anything unless it was a standout item.

“There were this many.”

The problem is.

There are too many.

[Automatic Item Collection Complete]

[Current Equipment Count: 1,132 pieces]

“…That’s a lot.”

Not enough to share with his companions.

But too valuable to throw away.

Then.

“Give them to those bastards!”

Andras said with a laugh.

“Do you have to talk like that?”

“I’m calling bastards bastards!”

“…;”

Though Andras’s words are crude.

The content isn’t wrong.

Even at this very moment.

Other Hunters are on the 20th Floor.

Likely struggling without a single B-grade weapon.

Equipment that Kim Jun doesn’t even glance at.

Would be equipment that dramatically increases their combat power.

99th Floor 「Battlefield」.

That place is a fight on the scale of all humanity.

To handle that place, countless Hunters will be needed.

“I’ll have to organize and distribute them.”

By the way.

“Why are you here? There are still enemies left.”

Kim Jun glanced to the side.

Without him noticing when he arrived.

Andras, who had undone his 「Gigantification」, was standing there.

“There’s no one worth fighting!! They’re all just small fry!”

He looks down below.

Outer Wall 4 forces.

Currently.

Crack-

Crunch-!

Belphegor’s Legion.

Satan’s Elite Legion.

And the two dragons are sweeping them up.

The surface is already one-sided.

It’ll be over once time passes.

“Why don’t you go deal with the remaining guys?”

“Then why is the master here!”

Kim Jun patted his shoulder a few times.

“I just used my strength, you bastard.”

His whole body was throbbing.

「Prism Flare」 overcharging.

「Yeonje」.

「Assassin Emperor」.

「Berserk」.

The overlapping backlash was slowly rising.

Pat pat-

Kim Jun patted his shoulder while glaring at Andras.

With eyes that said wouldn’t it hurt after using this much power.

“Then master should rest! I’ll go and come back!”

“You know what. Can’t you do it before talking?”

He said that, but.

“Kihahahahahaha! All die! Die!”

Andras was already not listening to Kim Jun’s words.

Thump thump thump thump!!

He had entered 「Gigantification」 and was running toward the battlefield.

“Phew. I really can’t move for a while.”

He was standing now because he was tense.

When this tension is released.

“It’ll be terrible.”

It was obvious that pain worse than this would come flooding in like a tide.

Of course, he didn’t regret it.

Berit.

Well, where would there be an easy opponent on these upper floors.

But this one was particularly vicious enough for Kim Jun to remember.

The longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for Kim Jun who had to consecutively attack the next floors.

Swoosh-

Kim Jun raised his head and looked down at the battlefield.

It was already split up to Outer Wall 4.

The walls had collapsed.

The command system had crumbled.

What remained were troops who had lost their commanders.

Belphegor’s Elite was pushing from left and right.

Satan’s Legion was crushing the center.

In the sky, Nyong Nyong and Yongyong were leisurely circling.

The gigantified Andras was trampling and destroying trenches.

The tide of battle had turned.

No.

It was already over.

Kim Jun rolled his shoulder once.

A dull pain spread from inside.

This section.

Quietly.

“I should take the bus.”

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Floors 91 to 94 of the Dungeon.

Outer Wall 1.

Outer Wall 2.

Outer Wall 3.

And all the way to Outer Wall 4.

The time it took was merely.

“Three hours. Hah.”

A hollow laugh escaped from Kim Jun’s lips.

Three hours.

Complete collapse of all outer defensive lines.

Total annihilation of the regular army.

Death of commander Berit.

Compared to before his regression.

He couldn’t help but laugh.

How was it back then?

It took a full day just to push through one floor of the 91st level.

Every time they broke through a wall, they had to chug potions.

Even destroying a single magic amplification tower required dozens of retreats.

To completely clear the outer areas of the 94th floor.

With a bit of exaggeration, two weeks.

They ground through day and night.

The stamina potions consumed back then numbered over a thousand.

He gave up counting the mana potions.

Comrades would fall.

Get back up again.

Form formations.

Get pushed back.

Push forward again.

That’s how it was.

But now.

Three hours.

Kim Jun looked down at the collapsed walls.

The difference was clear.

Power.

And.

Numbers.

“I guess you really do need to crush numbers with numbers.”

Now Kim Jun had.

Satan and Belphegor.

Two Grand Demons.

Beings who each commanded legions numbering in the thousands.

They too opened gates.

Summoning their own forces.

Summons of summons.

Demonic legions with complete command structures.

Not just simple monster hordes.

They maintained battle lines.

Roles were divided.

Formations moved as one.

Before his regression, all of this.

Kim Jun and his few companions had to face directly.

Now it was different.

Satan smashed through the center.

Belphegor rolls up the flanks.

The two dragons dominate the sky.

Andras crushes entire sections where needed.

Kim Jun simply delivers the finishing blows.

“There really is a difference now.”

Now Kim Jun was.

No longer simply a warrior swinging a sword.

He was closer to someone who controlled the battlefield.

At this point, shouldn’t he be called a summoner rather than a warrior?

“Master!”

“What.”

Andras, having cleaned up the battlefield, ran over like a puppy and stood before Kim Jun.

With a triumphant expression.

“I killed them all!!”

“I have eyes too, you know.”

“…Master has changed.”

“I never changed in the first place;”

Now that they’d broken through to Outer Wall 4, only debris and corpses remained.

Kim Jun briefly passed through the devastated battlefield.

What crunched under his feet – he couldn’t tell if it was stone fragments or bones.

And then.

Step-

He stood before the golden barrier of the 95th Basement Floor, [Infernal Regalia] city center.

—-

[95th Basement Floor Quest Generated]

– Quest Name: ????

– Content: ????

– Difficulty: ????

—-

At first, he wondered what this was.

Quest name, content, difficulty – all question marks.

The city center of [Infernal Regalia] was the only neutral zone, unlike other areas.

Combat was prohibited. The city center was lined with markets, inns, and other convenience facilities.

Just like any other city.

Since there was no quest, he thought it might just be a resting place.

But unlike the 5th Floor’s [Tebe], 25th Floor’s [Artemis], and 50th Floor’s [Caldion].

This place was clearly a floor that ‘needed to be conquered.’

Without clearing this place, he couldn’t advance to the 96th floor.

“How much time it wasted back then.”

Recalling before his regression, he sighed involuntarily.

He had searched every corner of the city center.

He talked to market vendors and interrogated inn owners like he was investigating them.

He entered every suspicious alley and threw open even the most meaningless-looking side doors.

He wandered around wasting several days like that, but no matter how much he searched, no clear method emerged.

The golden barrier leading to the 96th floor remained blocked.

Kim Jun had to stay in this place for about two months.

Of course, there was exactly one place he never bothered to look at.

“And where was that place?”

“…The Red Light District.”

“What?!”

The Red Light District.

A street filled with soft, gentle red lanterns.

At the northern edge of the city center, that place subtly separated from the general area.

Low buildings lined up on both sides of narrow alleys.

Red silhouettes flickered in the windows of each building.

A place where faint fragrant scents spread like mist, with no distinction between day and night.

A street lined with succubi to absorb life energy.

Before his regression, Kim Jun had turned away from that place.

And never went there again.

He never imagined there would be a clear condition inside.

Thinking about it now, it’s absurd.

“…There were incubi too.”

“Th-that’s not my type!!”

“Who said they’d do anything for you.”

Andras looked at him with expectant eyes, but Kim Jun pretended not to notice and fixed his gaze ahead.

Who could have predicted it.

That the clear condition for the 95th basement floor would be inside the red light district.

“…Well, there’s no need to rush.”

“W-we need to hurry!!”

“Shut. The. Hell. Up.”

“Please! Let’s hurry!!”

“Piss. Off.”

Kim Jun muttered briefly and turned his gaze away from the golden curtain.

The red light district.

He already knew what needed to be done there to clear it.

Before his regression, he had finally entered it after wasting two months.

There was no reason to rush.

Not right now.

“Rest comes first.”

His whole body was telling him so.

The residual heat from 「Prism Flare」 was still sizzling inside his muscles.

The backlash from simultaneously using 「Yeonje」 and 「Assassin」 was slowly but steadily accumulating.

Adding the aftermath of 「Berserker」 to that.

If anyone so much as touched him right now.

His entire body would probably scream in pain.

Step-

Kim Jun began walking with his back to the golden curtain.

The entrance to the downtown area.

He could see the signs of the market street.

Inn.

Restaurant.

General store.

And in the distance, the faint red light at the northern end of downtown.

“Tomorrow.”

Kim Jun deliberately cut off his gaze toward that direction.

If he recklessly entered while fatigue had accumulated.

No matter how many 「Status Abnormality Immunity Potions」 he downed, in his current state he couldn’t even guarantee he’d endure.

Step-

Kim Jun stopped and looked up at a sign.

[Hell’s Cauldron].

A place he had stayed at before his regression too.

Shabby and old, but an inn with a bath.

Just being able to soak his body in hot water was reason enough to visit this place again.

It wasn’t as excellent as the bath at [Olympus Paradise], but well.

Creak-

As he opened the door and entered.

The innkeeper sitting behind the counter looked up.

A middle-aged demon with horns.

His expression was blunt, but befitting a neutral zone, there was no hostility.

“I’d like to stay the night.”

“…Prepay-“

Thud-

Before the words could even finish.

Kim Jun placed 100,000 coins on the counter.

The owner blinked for a moment.

“…The room is on the 2nd Floor…”

Creak-

Kim Jun was already climbing the wooden stairs.

“…What’s with that Human?”

The room was small, the window was tiny, and the bed was stiff.

But Kim Jun lay down on the bed without any complaints.

Thump-

The moment his back touched it.

Only then did the tension finally release.

‘…It hurts.’

The backlash came rushing in like a tide.

His muscles throbbed, his joints stung, and his head rang dully.

Just then.

Swoosh-

Meongmeong silently climbed onto the bed.

Then without hesitation, it buried its nose between Kim Jun’s armpit and settled in.

Tap.

A small paw stretched out and touched Kim Jun’s cheek.

Tap. Tap.

“Alright, alright. Come here.”

Purrrrrr-

Kim Jun closed his eyes.

His consciousness quickly grew hazy.

The Red Light District.

He’d think about it tomorrow.

“Snooooore-!”

“Meow, meow?!”

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