The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 37
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Chapter 37
Diablo (2)
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[Available Contract Slots: 3]
– Slot 1: [Andras] – Demon of Fire and Destruction
– Slot 2: [Empty]
– Slot 3: [Empty]
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“Success.”
As the dark crimson shadow lifted, the massive demon knelt down.
The flames that had been dancing at Kim Jun’s fingertips disappeared, and the mad roars that had covered the battlefield vanished without a trace.
It had certainly been a demon of madness that reveled in fire and destruction.
But now it was bowing its head like a tamed beast.
“Grrrr…”
The severed wounds slowly regenerated, and Andras’s red eyes turned toward Kim Jun.
Those eyes had completely changed.
The gaze that had been gleaming with hatred and madness just moments ago had now transformed into eyes of loyalty looking up at its master.
“Strange.”
Andras groaned lowly.
“Just moments ago, I wanted to tear you apart…”
“And now?”
“…I only wish to follow.”
Even Andras couldn’t understand its own transformation.
It wasn’t forced submission, but a natural desire for loyalty welling up from the depths of its instincts.
Kim Jun didn’t feel the need to deeply question the reason.
What mattered was the result.
The fact that a monster that had been an enemy was now a loyal ally.
‘Good is good, after all.’
Kim Jun calmly nodded and opened the status window again.
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[Contract Demon: Andras]
– Grade: B
– Level: 40
– Attributes: Darkness/Fire
– Traits: Berserk, Regeneration, Chaotic Swordsmanship
– Contract Effect: Cannot betray contractor, absolute obedience to commands
– Growth Potential: [Level Up Possible]
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“Level up is possible?”
Kim Jun’s eyes sparkled.
Generally, monsters had fixed stats.
It was normal for the strong to be born strong and the weak to be born weak, living that way for life.
But the contract window clearly showed growth potential.
‘It’s already B-grade at level 40, and it can become even stronger.’
The corners of his mouth turned up.
It already had enough firepower to sweep through an entire floor alone, but if it could grow even more?
‘This is exciting.’
Kim Jun slowly reached out and pressed Andras’s shoulder.
“I look forward to working with you.”
The red pupils wavered, and Andras bowed its head even deeper.
“Just give me orders, master.”
“Uh, um…”
Kim Jun coughed awkwardly.
Who would have thought that the crazy bastard who had been charging with a greatsword in its teeth would be this polite.
“Ooooh!”
Choi Do-heon, who had been watching from the side, widened his eyes.
“Really… really amazing! To make a monster into a subordinate!”
It was understandable.
Although countless professions had been revealed so far, ‘the ability to permanently subjugate monsters’ had never been discovered even once.
And not just any low-level monster, but a being that had reigned as a boss.
Moreover, Kim Jun wasn’t even a summoner.
‘He’s already powerful himself… and if he has subordinates like this too…’
Choi Do-heon felt a chill down his spine.
Awe and admiration surged through him at once.
Kim Jun shifted his gaze.
“Andras.”
“What shall I do.”
“Clear the 4th Floor of Hell.”
“I shall obey.”
Now it was time for a practical test.
*
Thud-!
As the door to the 4th Floor of Hell opened, countless demons rushed in with cries.
In that place filled with the stench of blood and sulfur, Andras burst into mad laughter.
“Kihihihihihihihi!”
It swung its dark crimson greatsword and cut down the demons blocking its path.
Flames burst out in all directions, showing no mercy even to its own kind.
“Wh, whoa…”
Choi Do-heon held his breath.
Demons burst into flames one after another from Andras’s sword strikes.
Watching this scene, Kim Jun crossed his arms and muttered.
“…Still a crazy bastard.”
The sight of it laughing while cutting down fellow demons wasn’t submission, but instinctive madness.
They had been the same species just moments ago, yet there was no sympathy or hesitation whatsoever.
Just.
“Kihahahahahaha!!!”
“Kihehehehehe!”
“Kilkilkilkilkilkil!!”
Cutting, tearing, and burning.
Wherever its sword strikes reached, only flames and the stench of blood remained.
Kim Jun fell into thought for a moment.
‘…Was I like that too when I was in 「Berserk」 state?’
He shook his head thinking it couldn’t be, but a corner of his heart felt strangely bitter.
The battlefield continued to be Andras’s solo performance.
Kim Jun and Choi Do-heon literally felt like they were sitting in the audience seats watching a show.
Whether demon elite guards came flooding in like a tide, or giant bosses popped out, the result was always the same.
One crazed monster swept them all away.
[Experience gained!]
[Experience gained!]
‘This is sweet.’
It was like auto-hunting. When Andras killed monsters, experience points flowed to Choi Do-heon as a party member too.
“Um…”
“What?”
“Is it really okay for me to just receive like this…”
Choi Do-heon looked at Kim Jun with an embarrassed expression.
“Don’t worry. You’ll help me in the future.”
“Me?”
“Of course.”
“Will I really be able to grow that much?”
How many hunters had surpassed the 50th floor in the first round?
‘About a hundred or so…’
Just 100 out of tens of thousands of hunters. One of them was Choi Do-heon.
‘Back then he was even flying through the sky.’
While most guilds couldn’t even reach the upper floors, Choi Do-heon had broken through that wall alone.
“I know your potential.”
And back then, he didn’t even have Kim Jun’s help like now.
It was a level he had reached completely alone, growing by himself.
This time was different. Kim Jun’s help would be added.
That growth would be much faster and much higher than before.
“Do-heon.”
Kim Jun’s expression became a bit more serious.
“After this place, I think we’ll have to part ways for a while.”
“Wh-what?!”
Choi Do-heon was startled.
“Can’t we stay together?”
“It would be nice to stay together.”
Kim Jun sighed regretfully.
“But I’ve already spent too much time up until now.”
It was true.
Compared to before his regression, this was an overwhelming speed.
In the first round, it had taken several months just to reach the 16th floor.
But for Kim Jun, it was still insufficient.
What awaited ahead were much more important trials. There was no time to waste.
‘I can’t go on like this.’
Kim Jun’s expression became serious.
“From now on, I need to climb quickly.”
“Then I’ll also work harder…”
“Do-heon.”
Kim Jun gently stopped the boy’s words.
“It’s not that your skills are lacking. But right now I need a hunter who’s already proven.”
It was an honest statement.
Choi Do-heon certainly had excellent potential.
But that potential hadn’t bloomed yet.
Kim Jun needed completed fighting power that could battle alongside him right now.
The boy’s shoulders drooped.
“Don’t be disappointed. We’ll see each other again.”
With those words, Kim Jun took something out of his subspace pocket and handed it over.
“Here, take this.”
“Th-this is…?”
A piece of intricately woven golden armor fell into Choi Do-heon’s hands.
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[Item: Heavenly Scale Armor]
[Grade: B]
[Effect: Attack Power +30%, Defense +50%, Blessing of the Heavenly Realm]
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An item Kim Jun had unknowingly acquired when he swept through the Heavenly Realm in his 「Berserk」 state.
“Grow quickly and catch up.”
“…!”
He had done everything he could at this point.
Levels, items, and connections with new companions had all been arranged.
What remained was now Choi Do-heon’s responsibility.
His drooped shoulders straightened again, and determination filled the boy’s face.
“Master.”
“You startled me.”
Without him noticing when he had approached, Andras was kneeling before Kim Jun.
“Going further down?”
Kim Jun raised his head and looked around the battlefield.
Already, the corpses of nearly a thousand demon elite guards were scattered everywhere.
It had only been a few minutes of conversation with Choi Do-heon, but everything was already finished.
“…You finished everything already?”
Andras’s red eyes sparkled.
“Going further down?!”
Like a hunting dog hoping for a ball to be thrown, his eyes were bright and eager.
“Do you want to go further down?”
“My wishes don’t matter. If master wants it, that’s all that matters.”
Though he said that, his eyes seemed to be saying ‘let’s go, let’s go.’
Kim Jun chuckled.
“Shall we go down?”
“!!!”
Andras’s shoulders twitched with excitement.
“Shall we not go down?”
“…”
He hung his head for a moment.
“Shall we go down?”
“!!!”
His eyes flashed again.
Kim Jun shouldered his greatsword and stood up.
“Alright, let’s go down.”
“!!!”
Andras looked ready to pound the ground with joy.
Like a beast craving more blood that had finally discovered a real hunting ground.
The madness in Andras’s eyes grew even deeper.
‘This is oddly entertaining.’
Kim Jun chuckled as he watched.
What unfolded afterward was the same one-sided massacre as on the 4th floor.
Bang!
Crash!
“Explode!”
[Basement 5th Floor Clear!]
[Clear Time: 8 minutes 14 seconds]
“Kihihihihi!”
[Basement 6th Floor Clear!]
[Clear Time: 4 minutes 52 seconds]
As time passed, the clear speed actually became faster.
“Really overwhelming!”
Choi Do-heon exclaimed in admiration.
Kim Jun and Choi Do-heon had literally become spectators.
Andras was sweeping through the battlefield all by himself.
‘At this rate, he’s faster than most entire guilds.’
The sight of breaking through floors that took 5-person parties several hours in just a few minutes was truly shocking.
And finally, they reached Basement 7th Floor.
[Quest Generated]
[Basement 7th Floor Strategy]
[Objective: Avoid the Succubus’s temptation and advance to the next floor]
“Oh right…”
Kim Jun’s expression became strange.
“Succubus?”
Choi Do-heon tilted his head.
‘Hmm… I can’t clear this right now.’
Before regression, he had entered this place after Han Su-in’s death.
Back then, his emotions were dried up from the despair of losing a comrade, so he felt nothing from the succubi’s temptations.
But now it was different.
Han Su-in was alive, and his other comrades were alive too.
In his current state where peace and vitality had returned to his heart…
‘It might be a bit dangerous.’
Kim Jun frowned.
This was a special dungeon where succubi constantly tempted hunters to prevent their entry.
There was no combat. You just had to pass through.
But that was the trap.
In some ways, it could be the easiest, but at the same time, it was also the most difficult place.
Especially when you had peace of mind like now.
“Do-heon.”
Kim Jun turned around with a serious expression.
“Yes?”
“We really need to go back now.”
“Yes? Why?”
“I can’t in good conscience… take you to this place.”
Kim Jun made a troubled expression.
The Succubus floor was literally ‘adult content.’
Not just 19+, but a place where even 29+ wouldn’t be enough.
It was an inappropriate place for a minor to enter.
“…”
Choi Do-heon suddenly became quiet.
“…?”
Kim Jun looked at the boy.
“…!”
Choi Do-heon’s face turned bright red.
“Do-heon.”
“Y-Yes!”
“Don’t tell me you’re disappointed?”
“Wh-What?”
Tap-
Kim Jun lightly flicked Choi Do-heon’s forehead.
“Ow!”
“Such a young kid…”
Kim Jun chuckled and shook his head.
“Think about clearing this place after you become an adult.”
“I’m no different from an adult!”
Choi Do-heon puffed out his cheeks.
“No different, my foot. You’re still a kid.”
“I’m not a kid!”
“Sure, sure. You’re not a kid.”
Kim Jun patted Choi Do-heon’s head.
“But this floor is really dangerous. The succubi transform into each person’s most ideal appearance to tempt them.”
“Most ideal appearance?”
“Yeah. They change into the looks and personality you’d like most and approach you.”
At Kim Jun’s explanation, Choi Do-heon gulped.
“Th-Then what kind of appearance would they take for you, hyung?”
“Why should I tell you that?”
Kim Jun’s cheeks reddened as he recalled his time before regression.
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