The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 19
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19
Chapter 19
Rampage (1)
“Recruiting 9th Floor raid members! 8th Floor clear experience required!”
“Looking for 6th Floor party! We have tank and healer!”
“Seeking raid members for Minotaur Labyrinth attack in a month! Level 7 and above!”
“Let’s communicate. Looking for someone to hunt on 4th Floor. Seeking friendly raid members. One female spot remaining.”
Tebe Square was bustling.
When the Tower first appeared, everyone was afraid. But now it was different.
Hunters were beginning to adapt.
“There’s a limit to going solo.”
“Right, teamwork is the answer.”
“Guild members have been doing that from the start anyway.”
Naturally, raid groups began forming.
Guild members together, or hunters of similar skill levels.
“We’ve cleared up to the 7th Floor. We should be able to reach the 8th Floor easily.”
“The 8th Floor probably doesn’t have a boss anyway.”
The Tower of Trials had a peculiar rule.
Regular ‘monsters’ would continuously respawn even after being killed.
But ‘boss monsters’ would never reappear once killed.
They would disappear completely.
“It’s disappointing not getting the first clear rewards, but…”
“Still, we’re lucky we can climb up this easily.”
The hunters’ feelings were complicated.
They regretted the rewards they missed by not killing the bosses themselves. There must have been incredible items.
But their relief was greater.
Not having to fight for their lives.
They remembered the countless accidents that occurred in Gates.
The sight of comrades being torn apart by monsters.
“Remember? Last year in that B-rank Gate…”
“Stop it. I don’t even want to think about it.”
The tragedies where entire parties were wiped out by encountering the wrong boss.
They were hunters who had been conquering Gates before the Tower appeared.
They were actually grateful for the current situation. Thanks to the Tower’s rules, they could grow safely.
“Honestly, isn’t this much better? We can accumulate experience without any risk.”
“Right. The rewards are disappointing, but life is more precious.”
But not everyone was satisfied with the current state.
“Does this make any sense!”
A shout echoing from afar.
It was Han Seo-jin from the Azure Dragon Guild.
“Who am I to suffer such humiliation!”
Guild leader of the Azure Dragon Guild, one of Korea’s top 5 guilds.
An S-rank Hunter famous as a master of ice magic.
“Guild Leader, please calm down.”
“Calm down? When someone took all the bosses from the 6th to 10th floors?”
Han Seo-jin’s face turned red.
He was Korea’s greatest ice mage.
For someone like him to have all rewards stolen by some unknown bastard.
“Damn it!”
Han Seo-jin clenched his fists tightly.
Especially missing the first clear rewards of the 8th and 9th floors was most infuriating.
The ‘Core of Eternal Freeze’ and ‘Elemental Enhancement Rune’.
Those two items were key materials that could elevate his ice magic to a completely new dimension.
“Core of Eternal Freeze…”
Han Seo-jin gritted his teeth.
With that item alone, his 「Absolute Zero」 magic could become truly ‘absolute’.
Until now, it only froze things temporarily, but with that core, he could freeze things permanently.
“Even the Elemental Enhancement Rune…”
That was the same.
A rare item that could double or triple the power of all his ice magic.
Something so precious it could be counted on one hand even worldwide.
An item type that hadn’t even appeared in Red Gates.
It must have been a special reward unique to this Tower.
To have wasted such precious things.
“I should have claimed them.”
Han Seo-jin’s voice trembled.
It was from anger.
He was an S-rank Hunter. One of Korea’s finest mages.
For someone like him to be chasing after some unknown bastard, picking up leftover scraps.
“Guild Leader…”
Vice Guild Leader Ryu A-ran cautiously spoke up.
“At least we can safely climb up to the 10th floor.”
“Safely?”
Han Seo-jin sneered.
“I didn’t become a Hunter for safety.”
His eyes grew cold.
“It was to become the strongest. But what is this now? Picking up someone else’s leftovers?”
“But…”
“Shut up.”
Han Seo-jin raised his hand to stop her.
“Are you deliberately trying to irritate me? Just prepare for the next floor conquest.”
The vice guild leader bowed her head and retreated.
Han Seo-jin remained alone, staring intently somewhere.
“Who the hell are you.”
Someone was entering the Tower before him and monopolizing all the bosses.
That much was certain.
“I’ll find out. And I’ll overtake them.”
A cold light flashed in Han Seo-jin’s eyes.
Whoever that person was, he vowed to definitely overtake them.
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Hunters joining temporary raids or climbing solo had to distribute their stats evenly.
Even tanks needed to invest in attack power since they might face situations where they had to fight alone, and even DPS needed to secure some defense and health since they could be suddenly attacked.
You never knew when a party might break up, and coordinating was no easy task.
But if it was a permanent raid that would ‘never’ break up, the story was different.
“Uryaryaryaryaryaaat!”
Thwack-!
“Uwahahahahaha!”
Tank Park Min-soo stepped forward and provoked the Minotaurs gathered at the center of the labyrinth.
As a result of focusing his investment on health and defense, he boasted durability almost at fortress level.
“Kuoooooooo!”
“Uryaryaryaryaryarya!”
“Kuooooooo!!”
“Uriaaaaaat!!”
The roars of the Minotaurs mixed with Park Min-soo’s battle cries.
At the narrow passage, dozens of Minotaurs charged toward Park Min-soo with their horns thrust forward.
“「Bash」!”
Crack-!
As Park Min-soo pushed out his shield, the entangled Minotaurs fell like dominoes.
And then,
“Ryu Ji-a! When are you going to use it!”
“Shut up and wait!”
In that moment, mage Ryu Ji-a, who had invested her stats purely in intelligence and mana, raised her staff high.
An extreme build that hadn’t invested even a single point in health or defense.
“「Inferno」!”
Whoooooosh-!
A massive flame storm engulfed the fallen Minotaurs. Not even ashes remained where it had passed.
“I might be able to catch up to big brother soon!”
“As if, you idiot!”
Ryu Ji-a was already level 17, tank Park Min-soo was level 15, supporter Lee Seo-yeon was level 14, and assassin Han Su-in was level 15.
Compared to Kim Jun, they were still far behind, but that was only because the comparison target was wrong.
Excluding Kim Jun, they were among the strongest Hunters currently in the Tower.
“Still, reaching here in just two days is pretty fast, isn’t it?”
Park Min-soo said while looking around.
It had been exactly two days since entering the 10th Floor Minotaur’s Labyrinth. They had finally reached the center of the labyrinth.
In the center of the massive colosseum sat the skeletal remains of the Minotaur King on his throne, and behind it stood a golden door leading up to the Heavenly Realm.
“We just heard news of the 11th Floor being cleared, so if we do really well, we might be able to catch up to the guild leader, right?”
Lee Seo-yeon said hopefully.
“I-Is that so?”
“Huh? You don’t talk back to what noona says? Do you really want to die?”
“Shut up!”
Ryu Ji-a shouted with a reddened face.
“Come on, stop it and let’s go up. We need to go meet the guild leader who left us behind.”
The four people stood before the golden door.
The surface of the door was carved with reliefs of angels, and a gentle light was flowing from it.
“Well then, shall we go in!”
Park Min-soo touched the door with an excited heart.
Rummmmmble-
The door slowly began to open, and a beam of light more brilliant than anything else poured down.
Step step-
But before they could even admire it, they couldn’t help but be shocked by the scene before their eyes.
“Uh…?”
Ryu Ji-a’s foot stepped on something.
Crack-
A collapsed angel’s wing.
Far from being white, it was charred black.
The corpses were impossible to distinguish.
Some were missing heads, others were torn in half and stuck to the floor.
Footprints of those who had tried to flee while burning in flames remained, with severed feet existing separately.
Some things had been scorched by black flames beyond recognition.
Something that looked human had armor melted and fused with skin, frozen in an expression of agony, while another had wings completely torn with limbs scattered in all directions.
“Wh-what is this….”
The floor was a mess of black blood, ash, and melted flesh.
The once-sacred marble floor of Heaven had now transformed into something more terrible than Hell.
Feathers stuck everywhere were all charred black, and fragments of golden halos were shattered and scattered about.
“…What is that?”
Ryu Ji-a pointed at the sky with a trembling hand.
“Wh-what.”
Lee Seo-yeon covered her mouth.
The sky was abnormally torn open.
Not just one floor, but the 12th Floor, 13th Floor…even up to the 15th Floor.
The sky of the Heavenly Realm was completely torn from top to bottom.
“….”
No one spoke.
Only the fact that something tremendous had happened pressed down on them like air.
“…Let’s calm down and keep moving forward.”
Park Min-soo spoke with difficulty.
“There’s definitely some incredible guy ahead.”
No one answered.
They only nodded heavily.
They carefully stepped past the blackened angel relief above the door.
Creeeeak-
The moment the door opened,
A hot and sticky energy pulled them in like a sudden intake of breath.
Before their eyes spread a landscape worse than Hell.
Kieeeeeee-!
Kwaaaaaang-!!
Screams erupted beyond the ceiling, and dozens of Heavenly Realm monsters writhed in black flames before being torn apart.
Thud!
Slash!
Smack!
Something rushed from somewhere, crushing flying monsters with bare hands, and the corpses that fell with a thud immediately burst into flames on the floor.
And then.
Step-step-
Cutting through the flames, it walked out.
A body covered in blood.
Dark red flame wings sprouting from its back.
Runic patterns carved throughout its skin and protruding horns.
Ominous markings like a torn mask around its mouth.
And red glowing, beast-like eyes.
But somehow a familiar appearance.
“We’re screwed!”
Lee Seo-yeon couldn’t help herself—the curse came out first.
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