The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 34
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Chapter 34
The Second Hidden Class.
“Come on! Drink up! We should have a drink at times like this!”
“I-I’m a minor…”
“What minor! Everyone’s an adult in the Tower, got it?!”
“I’m really fine…”
Thud!
Bang!
The sound of glasses clinking and chairs being pushed back erupted one after another on the inn table.
At the center were two people bickering with Choi Do-heon caught between them.
“Do-heon, you’re supposed to learn how to drink with adults. Come on, drink!”
“Hey muscle pig! What are you doing to the kid!”
Park Min-soo forcefully offered the drink while Ryu Ji-a snatched it away, growling at each other.
Choi Do-heon fidgeted restlessly between them, only rolling his eyes.
“I-I’ll just have water…”
“You can drink water later! Accept this adult’s drink just once! Hahaha!”
“Stop being so pushy!!”
As glasses rolled around one by one on the table, the inn quickly became chaotic.
Kim Jun quietly watched the scene and let out a sigh.
‘Those two idiots are out.’
The importance of a tanker and main dealer in party play goes without saying.
If he gave the 「Incomplete Job Change Book」 to Park Min-soo or Ryu Ji-a, it would certainly guarantee an immediate power increase.
But.
“Muscle pig!”
“You little brat!”
“What? What did you just say?”
“Little brat. Lit. tle. brat. Your height is only 160…”
Crack-
Suddenly blue light sparked from Ryu Ji-a’s hand,
“Wait, don’t tell me… you’re going to use that here…”
Crackle!
“You’re joking, right? Just kidding, right?”
“「Lightning Bolt」!”
Zzzap!!
“Gyaaaah!!”
“Wh-what! Are you insane!?”
“What’s all this commotion in my inn, you crazy bastards!”
Seeing the two rolling around covered in electricity, Kim Jun could definitively conclude.
That left two people.
‘Seo-yeon and Su-in.’
Healer Lee Seo-yeon.
In a word, an insane ability user.
「Body Regression」 that could restore severed body parts completely.
Buff skills that could overturn entire battlefields if she had enough mana.
The buff effects were proportional to the caster’s intelligence, and the problem was that her intelligence stat was already transcendent level.
‘She should have been considered SS-rank even before the Tower.’
Officially, only ranks up to S existed in the world before the Tower appeared, but Kim Jun was certain.
Lee Seo-yeon was already above that.
Perhaps that’s why.
From the moment she revealed herself, every guild competed to make recruitment offers.
Even promising treatment higher than guild leaders.
However, her answer was firm.
She rejected them all.
What she chose was the path of growing together with amateur hunters while clearing Gates.
And there was one more incomprehensible thing.
While rejecting countless offers, she voluntarily joined only Kim Jun’s Han Guild.
‘That’s when Han Seo-jin started openly disliking me too.’
Grin-
As Kim Jun’s gaze lingered, the perceptive Lee Seo-yeon subtly sent him a smile.
“What is it, party leader?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
“Hmm~?”
“Hehehe…”
As the brief eye contact with Lee Seo-yeon ended, Kim Jun’s eyes soon moved to the corner.
Han Su-in, unable to mingle with the others, sat alone with flushed cheeks tilting a beer glass.
‘Su-in’s ability is… certain.’
Her combat wasn’t flashy.
She wasn’t on the front lines like Park Min-soo, didn’t have Lee Seo-yeon’s brilliant light protection, or Ryu Ji-a’s storm-like magic.
But.
She would stand quietly as if doing nothing, then when you suddenly looked at her, blood would be dripping from her blade tip.
Around her would only be monsters with severed necks lying fallen.
The invisible sword.
That’s where Han Su-in’s true value lay.
‘And…’
Kim Jun bit his lip hard.
Every time he looked at her, the guilt buried deep in his heart raised its head again.
Before regression, the one person who died without ever reaching a Hidden Class.
The comrade he failed to protect.
‘…Is this decision simply because of emotions?’
Since regressing, Kim Jun’s gaze always lingered on her.
Because of the anxiety that she might fall by someone’s hand again at any time.
He had already slaughtered all the Eum Guild members who killed her, but the Tower was a lawless zone.
‘Plus, someone I thought was dead became a monster… the situation is different from before regression.’
Other villains could appear at any time.
And her pure heart that didn’t even suspect people made her an easier target than anyone.
That’s why his gaze went to her more.
He wanted to watch over her, wanted to protect her.
But at the same time, he felt something clearly.
‘This isn’t an emotional judgment.’
It wasn’t simple pity or guilt.
No one could doubt Su-in’s skills.
Even judging coldly, this choice wasn’t emotional obsession, but definitely a valuable investment.
Swoosh-
As Kim Jun’s gaze lingered long, Han Su-in noticed and briefly averted her eyes.
Then, as if the alcohol was getting to her, she lowered her head without even hiding her flushed cheeks.
“Su-in.”
“…”
“Su-in?”
As Kim Jun approached, she hesitantly opened her mouth.
“Guild Leader….”
“Yeah?”
“…Why do you always look at me like that?”
Words she would never have spoken normally.
Perhaps due to the alcohol, her voice carried a strange tremor.
Kim Jun was momentarily speechless.
He had no idea what kind of answer he should give.
‘Have I been staring too much?’
Since his regression, Kim Jun’s gaze had always been on her.
Whenever they were together, always, constantly.
Han Su-in, being perceptive, had apparently noticed as well.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Something…to tell me?”
“Yeah.”
At his brief response, Han Su-in’s shoulders trembled slightly.
She didn’t reply and lowered her head, but her alcohol-flushed earlobes grew even redder.
*
“Are you more sober now?”
“….”
Walking for a while past the North Gate of Tebe, a rolling hillside appears.
The night breeze gently swayed the grass blades, and wildflowers scattered throughout emitted a subtle fragrance.
Instead of butterflies, white insects that sparkled in the moonlight flew between the flowers like they were swimming.
Above their heads stretched a cloudless sky.
The cold, clear moonlight scattered like silver powder, faintly coloring the entire grassland.
In the distance, the gentle chirping of crickets could be heard, and with each step, the fresh scent of grass rose from their feet.
“…Mm.”
Kim Jun stopped walking for a moment and looked at her standing beside him.
Conversations with Han Su-in were always difficult.
Though he was also the taciturn type, her silence had a different quality to it.
With difficulty, he opened his mouth again.
“The reason I called you out here is…”
“…!”
Suddenly Han Su-in’s shoulders flinched, and her cheeks flushed even redder.
It wasn’t just because of the moonlight.
“To give you a gift.”
“…!!”
At those words, Han Su-in’s eyes shook greatly.
She couldn’t hide her heart beating violently.
‘A gift?’
Han Su-in’s mind went blank for a moment, and she was also dumbfounded.
Even if his chest under his shirt glowed beautifully in the moonlight.
Even if he had quite a handsome face.
Even if his social reputation was well-known.
To call his own confession a ‘gift’ so blatantly.
“Will you accept this…”
“W-wait a minute! I’m not ready yet…”
At that moment, a small book was extended from Kim Jun’s hand.
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[Item Information]
[「Incomplete Job Change Manual」]
[Item Grade: SSS]
[Effect: Ignores job system rules and allows job change to ‘Hidden Class’!]
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“Huh?”
“Eh?”
There seemed to have been some misunderstanding.
“If you accept this, you’ll be able to become much stronger.”
“….”
An item that forcibly unlocks Hidden Classes.
There was definitely no better item than this in the current section.
But for some reason, Han Su-in was frowning and glaring at him with her mouth agape as if dumbfounded.
‘Why does she look angry?’
Kim Jun didn’t understand, but anyway, this was good.
Now with two Hidden Class holders including himself, the guild’s power would increase even more.
Soon Han Su-in began using the 「Incomplete Job Change Manual」.
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[Job Change System]
– User: Han Su-in
– Current Class: Assassin
– Available Hidden Classes: 2
[Reaper]
– Class Description: An assassin symbolizing death. Melts into shadows to harvest enemy lives.
– Characteristics: Enhanced stealth / Instant death skills / Weak health recovery / Explosive mobility
– Recommended Weapon: Dagger
[Blade]
– Class Description: A Hidden Class specialized in sharp swordsmanship.
– Characteristics: Overwhelming attack speed / Maximized consecutive slashes and combos
– Recommended Weapon: Sword
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“Reaper and Blade…”
“…!”
He remembered that one of the Assassin Guild ‘Eum’ members who had killed Han Su-in possessed the Reaper class.
But Blade was a class he had never seen before.
“Hmm…which one do you think would be good?”
“….”
While Han Su-in examined them carefully with sparkling eyes, Kim Jun secretly hoped she would choose Blade.
The reason was clear.
The equipment set Kim Jun currently possessed were all masterpieces crafted from dragon materials.
The greatsword 「Dragon Eater」,
The armor 「Dragon Skin」,
The gauntlets 「Dragon Claw」.
And.
‘There’s one unused blade remaining.’
A thin, sleek long sword, 「Dragon Tail」.
It was a weapon that would match perfectly with the Blade class more than anyone else.
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[Item Information: 「Dragon Tail」]
[Grade]: S
[Attack Power] : +30
[Attack Speed] : +60%
[Special Effect] : Double Attack (30% chance to trigger sword energy)
[Unique Skill] : 「Dragon Tail Flash」 – Lightning-fast swordsmanship that cuts down enemies in an instant.
[Bound] : Current owner ‘Kim Jun’
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Although it was currently a weapon bound to him, it could be transferred at regular intervals like 「Melchizedek’s Formless Sword」.
Moreover, if Assassin’s stealth was combined with Blade’s consecutive slashes?
‘This is really good.’
His deliberation didn’t last long.
Click-
“What, what did you press?”
“Blade…”
‘Done!’
In fact, Kim Jun obtaining S-rank equipment this early was definitely lucky.
In his first playthrough, he barely managed to get one only after reaching the 50th floor.
Yet 「Dragon Tail」 was just sitting there unused.
An unused S-rank equipment was waste and loss.
Though it was ridiculous to choose a class because of equipment.
‘It’s an item with insane performance. If only Blade would accept it, I’d transfer it right away.’
Whooooosh-
The quiet grassland began to stir.
The fluttering butterflies scattered and disappeared.
As if even the moonlight was shaking, strong winds gathered around Han Su-in.
Bang-!
In an instant, the wind condensed around Han Su-in, then disappeared explosively.
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[Hidden Class ‘Blade’ acquired!]
[Skill 「Last Whisper S」 acquired!]
[Skill 「Flash A」 acquired!]
[Skill 「Smoke Dance C」 acquired!]
[Title ‘Sword Dancer’ acquired!]
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Han Su-in, having completed her awakening, suddenly glared at Kim Jun.
“Want to… spar?”
It seemed like she had some pent-up feelings to release.
Well, fine.
“Feeling confident?”
Kim Jun smirked as he looked at Han Su-in.
The new Hidden Class Blade.
He was curious about it anyway.
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