The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 50
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50
Chapter 50
19th Floor
“What the hell is that?”
“What do you mean, master?”
“Those clothes…”
When had he changed? Andras was now wearing what could only be called the ‘veteran player look.’
His armor was nowhere to be seen, and he was wearing nothing but a scrap of cloth.
“Wearing this somehow makes parrying feel easier.”
“Could you consider my eyes for a moment?”
“Master should wear it too.”
“Like hell.”
The 19th Floor’s structure was simple.
A straight-line map that stretched long like Chile’s territory.
From the first gate to the tenth gate, defeat them in order and it’s over.
Unlike the 18th Floor, this place had a structure where you had to defeat all mini-bosses to reach the final boss.
And now.
“The fourth gate, huh.”
Kim Jun and Andras stood before the 4th Gate.
As soon as they entered the 19th Floor, Kim Jun activated Ariadne’s Thread.
The silver thread stretched long through the air, and unlike on the 18th Floor, it pointed straight in only one direction.
Its destination was clear.
Presendia and Putra.
“We need to hurry.”
There was no telling what might have happened to them.
[Fourth Gate]
Contrary to Kim Jun’s concerns, the 19th Floor had been exactly the same as his pre-regression memories so far.
Hundreds of soldiers lined each gate, and Kim Jun cut through them as he advanced.
Whoosh-!
Hundreds of arrows cut through the sky in unison, and long spears came pouring down.
───!
However, with a single slash, everything was torn to shreds.
Dark red flames spread and the battlefield was instantly reduced to ashes.
Kim Jun already possessed overwhelming power that even violated the laws of Dark Soul.
There were no enemies to block his path.
But.
The anomaly began precisely at the fifth gate.
[Invader: ‘Egioro the Skin Eater’ is invading.]
[Invader: ‘Rikiusu the Eye Scratcher’ is invading.]
[Invader: ‘Agreaon the Heart Chewer’ is invading.]
[Eliminate the invaders.]
Crack-!
Space tore open as if ripping apart, and unfamiliar beings came pouring out.
“These bastards…”
Kim Jun gritted his teeth.
The invaders themselves weren’t surprising anymore.
They had appeared countless times since entering the 18th Floor.
The invaders he had defeated so far easily exceeded twenty.
Nevertheless, there was a separate reason his gaze sharpened this time.
“They’re definitely… creatures from the 75th Floor.”
The Skin Eater, the Eye Scratcher, the Heart Chewer.
All of them were creatures active on the 75th Floor.
The Tower’s structure flashed through Kim Jun’s mind.
There were four floor sections designed with the Dark Soul theme.
The 18th Floor, 19th Floor. And the 75th Floor, the 76th Floor where Drackenhardt resided.
Before his regression, he had simply thought the administrators had run out of material and recycled themes.
However, the scene before his eyes now shattered that vague assumption.
“…Are they connected?”
The 18th-19th Floors and the 75th-76th Floors.
The two sections he thought were separate might actually be linked.
“Master.”
“I know.”
As if telling him to put aside his idle thoughts, Andras called out to Kim Jun with a low laugh.
Kim Jun fixed his gaze forward again.
What he had to do now was simple anyway.
Even if these creatures were monsters active on the 75th Floor.
An ordinary Hunter would have lost their fighting spirit just from their aura alone, but.
Crackle-!
His opponent was Kim Jun.
The level difference was certainly large.
Those invaders’ average level was around 75.
Meanwhile, Kim Jun was still only level 59.
However, he already possessed stats and skills sufficient to overcome the gap.
Thanks to the rewards accumulated from hunting countless monsters on the 18th Floor, his abilities were now distorted to a degree difficult to express in mere numbers.
First, the first buff.
“Deus Ex Machina.”
The target was Asmodeus.
A cheat-level passive skill that applied all attacks as fixed damage for 1 minute was activated.
Asmodeus’s aura began rising from Kim Jun’s body.
Then the second buff.
“Diabolic Override.”
Dark patterns covered Kim Jun’s entire body.
For 30 seconds, all skills would be demonized and their power would explosively increase.
Red and dark auras mixed together, and Kim Jun’s presence instantly completely transcended the human category.
The invaders cowered, emanating wary auras.
With two top-tier buffs applied simultaneously.
Kim Jun didn’t stop and immediately extended his hand.
“Infernal Dragon Breath.”
Roooooar-!
Flames and darkness mixed together and were exhaled as one massive dragon’s breath.
Black and red intertwined, swallowing all the invaders before his eyes.
But that wasn’t the end.
The breath unleashed with two top-tier buffs stacked displayed power that even Kim Jun himself hadn’t anticipated.
The flames extending from Kim Jun’s hand stretched long enough to pierce through the 5th Gate’s city gate, penetrate the 6th Gate, and completely destroy even the 7th Gate.
“Did we get them?!”
“When you say things like that, they’re always still alive.”
Making Kim Jun’s worry meaningless.
Where the flames had died down, there were only the remains of the invaders with just their legs standing alone, their upper bodies having vanished without a trace.
This wasn’t the first time Kim Jun had fought like this.
He had always detested the method of gradually revealing his power while gauging the situation, then using his ultimate skill as a finishing move.
‘Why save power when you have it? It’s more efficient to end things from the start.’
That was Kim Jun’s combat style.
Gradually matching strength and competing might look tense to observers, but in a life-or-death battle, it was nothing but foolishness.
It was far more certain to unleash finishing firepower from the very beginning.
“Hmm…”
However, there was one problem. Because he had poured out maximum firepower, his mana was nearly depleted.
Recovery would take some time.
“Now you’ll have to carry your weight.”
“Kuhuhuhuh. Just leave it to me.”
For now, Andras could just run wild.
Kim Jun was so strong that it overshadowed this fact, but Andras wasn’t a pushover either.
By Hunter standards, he ranked around fourth after Kim Jun, Han Su-in, and Ryu Ji-a.
Kim Jun walked behind with his arms crossed while Andras took the lead and began advancing.
“Kihahahahahaha!!”
Wearing only underwear, Andras charged toward the enemies.
Swoosh-!
Slash-!
As Andras’s “Sea of Blood and Death” sliced through the enemies’ bellies, their organs spilled out and scattered.
Splat-
‘He really is strong.’
In terms of pure ‘skill,’ he might be slightly superior to Kim Jun.
Though his stats fell a bit short, his skill alone was reliable.
He had a presence that seemed like he would never lose.
Kim Jun just had to comfortably follow behind until his mana recovered.
Andras would handle everything on his own.
But there was one deeply irritating problem.
‘Can’t you move a bit less? I’m worried something might show.’
During the process of charging, twisting his body, and jumping while attacking, the single piece of cloth couldn’t cover certain parts that kept becoming precariously exposed.
Especially when he leaped high for a downward strike…
“Ah, damn it.”
Kim Jun cursed.
The reason was.
Dangle-
The demon’s massive XX visible through the gap in the cloth.
It had finally shown.
“Aaaaah! Damn it! Change your clothes right now!”
“Kihahahahahaha!!”
Whether Andras couldn’t hear Kim Jun’s words or was ignoring them.
Andras shook his body even more wildly in response.
*
He wasn’t sure whether to be happy about this or not.
[Boss Defeated: Fallen King Beor]
[Experience Gained: 25,000]
[Coins Gained: 50,000]
[Item Acquired: 「Communication Device C」x3]
The 19th Floor boss died far too anticlimactically.
And Kim Jun had done absolutely nothing.
It was because Andras had chewed and crushed Boss Beor’s neck, bursting it to kill him.
‘What kind of boss is this?’
Kim Jun thought as he looked at Beor’s corpse.
Before regression, he had definitely been quite a troublesome opponent, but now he seemed weaker than a neighborhood dog.
Come to think of it, the invaders who should have originally been on the 75th Floor were much stronger than this guy.
Of course, comparing a 19th Floor boss to 75th Floor entities was wrong to begin with, but still, this level of difference was a bit extreme.
‘Have I become too strong, or was this guy always this weak?’
“Master. Give credit where it’s due. I did everything.”
“Don’t read my thoughts at will.”
‘I refuse.’
As Kim Jun shook his head and pondered, a system window appeared.
Anyway, the 「Communication Device」 obtained this time was quite a useful item.
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[Item Acquired]: 「Communication Device」
[Item Information]
– Grade: C
– Effect: Cross-dimensional communication possible within 10 floors
– Special Note: Can only connect with targets possessing the same communication device
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‘With this, I can talk to the kids even when separated.’
Kim Jun’s expression brightened.
With this, he could freely communicate with his companions and even Choi Do-heon, whom Kim Jun had decided to nurture.
They could also contact each other when dangerous situations arose.
“Andras, take this.”
“What is this?”
Andras tilted his head as he received the communication device.
“It’s a communicator. You can talk to me with it.”
Kim Jun explained while taking out his own communication device.
“Wait, let me test it.”
When Kim Jun activated the communication device, a small screen appeared.
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[Searching for connectable targets…]
[Search Complete]
– Andras (19th Floor)
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“The performance is the same.”
Naturally, when entering the Tower, most real-world items don’t function.
Unless they’re equipment related to ‘Hunter abilities.’
Smartphones were like that, and cameras were the same.
But these system items were different.
Perhaps because they were made according to the Tower’s laws, they functioned perfectly.
‘You don’t know how much an item like this increases survival rates.’
Kim Jun was looking at the communication device with satisfaction when it happened.
Whooom-
Suddenly, golden light flashed in the air.
A large treasure chest slowly revealed itself and landed on the ground.
Shiiine-
The chest overflowing with golden light shone brilliantly.
It was radiating splendid light as if asking to be opened immediately.
“What is this, Master?”
“Probably the first clear reward. 「El’s Crown A」, I think. There should be quite a few coins in there too.”
Kim Jun muttered as he looked at the chest.
“El’s Crown”.
It was a cheat-level item he had obtained once before the regression.
It was equipment with insane performance that increased all of the wearer’s stats by 5%.
But what was truly overpowered was the passive called ‘Royal Dignity’.
It was completely broken equipment that reduced all physical damage by 50% and even increased critical damage by 25%.
“Oh! Hurry up and open it!”
“Alright.”
Creeeeak-
Kim Jun reached for the chest with an expectant expression.
However.
[Warning!]
[Currently ‘Kim Jun’ is afflicted with the 「Administrator’s Mark EX」 debuff.]
[Forced summoning to the 75th Floor!]
“What?”
[5…]
[4…]
“What does this mean, Master!”
“I don’t know either…”
[3…]
[2…]
[1…]
And when he opened his eyes, what he saw was.
[You have entered the 75th Floor.]
[Quest Generated: Destroy the forward base that the Kingdom of Drakenheart has established on the 75th Floor]
[Objectives:
– Eliminate Drackenhardt’s Death Knights (0/12)
– Destroy core facilities of the 75th Floor occupied territory (0/3)]
[Difficulty: ★★★★★]
[Rewards: 100,000,000 EXP / 5,000,000 Coins / S-rank Equipment Item]
It was the 75th Floor.
And.
Snap!
Ariadne’s Thread had split into two branches, each pointing in different directions.
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