The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 61
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Chapter 61
Adelaine
Kim Jun’s current location is the 25th Floor, Artemis.
And what’s most important to Kim Jun right now.
“I need to go back to Hell.”
[Skill: Diablo]
[Grade: EX]
[Effect: When you reduce a demon-type monster’s health to 10% or below, you can put them in a ‘Contract’ state. Contracted demons become your permanent servants and obey you absolutely. Damage dealt to demon-type monsters increased by 100%.]
[Restriction: Maximum of 3 demons can be contracted simultaneously]
「Diablo」.
The power to subjugate demons and bind them as eternal servants.
Currently, only one demon is contracted – Andras.
Two slots still remained empty.
‘I need to fill them.’
Those slots were meant for the powerful beings slumbering in Hell.
Besides, there were still many rewards left in Hell.
“Can’t you just go?”
Andras whispered slyly.
“It’s not that simple.”
Kim Jun shook his head.
“Ah, right. The 7th Layer is next, isn’t it.”
“That’s right.”
The 7th Layer of Hell.
The domain of the Succubi.
There’s no combat.
Instead, an endless feast of temptation awaits.
The Succubi transform into the form a Hunter desires most deeply.
Perhaps a past lover.
Or an unreachable ideal type.
Sometimes the very shape of hidden desires.
Intimate whispers that seep into your eyes, ears, and entire body.
Intoxicated by fragrance, enchanted by illusions, crumbling to their voices.
Most who set foot in that place never return.
And the intensity level was so extreme.
It wasn’t suitable for 19+ rating, but rather 29+ would be appropriate.
Even priests or monks would probably… find it hard to overcome.
“Ooooh! Then for me, the Great Mother of Hell, Lady Lilith herself would appear!!”
Andras laughed lecherously.
“Shut up.”
Kim Jun’s voice was cold.
However, deep in his eyes, a subtly wavering light flickered.
Actually, once he passed the 7th Layer, everything after would be simple.
With his current power, he could demolish up to the 50th Layer in one go.
The problem was just one thing.
‘The 7th Layer… requires preparation.’
“What do you need, Master?”
“Various things.”
Kim Jun rested his chin on his hand and fell into thought.
Fortunately, Artemis’s alchemy shop had a special potion.
‘System Status Abnormality Immunity Potion.’
An item that could nullify even charm effects applied at the Tower’s ‘law’ dimension level.
The only means capable of blocking debuffs that even 「Dragon Blood Awakening」 couldn’t dispel.
“Shall we go?”
Kim Jun stood up from his seat.
“Let’s go without that stuff! Master!”
Andras drooled like a beast while chattering, but.
“Please just shut up.”
Kim Jun cut him off curtly.
The potion alone wouldn’t be enough.
Even if he could block systematic charm.
The white skin brushing before his eyes.
The voice tickling his ears.
The breath that seemed to flow across his skin.
Those things could never be blocked by items.
He would have to endure them with willpower alone.
“I need to… prepare properly before going.”
Kim Jun’s fingertips trembled slightly.
Suddenly, memories from before his regression flashed by.
That brief but intense moment.
Though he had endured with reason, his body still remembered.
Kim Jun’s ear tips gradually turned red.
“Ahem!”
Then he cleared his throat unnecessarily and moved his steps.
*
Ding-!
“Welcome.”
Artemis Central District.
In the center of the plaza stood a shop whose lights never went out.
[Adelaine’s Alchemy Shop].
As he opened the door and entered, he heard a voice that was impossible to tell whether it was welcoming customers or finding them bothersome.
“…”
When Kim Jun looked up, a red-haired woman was reading a book behind the counter.
Adelaine.
A Mage Tower administrator and the owner of this shop.
Without even taking her eyes off the book, she just waved her hand.
‘Same as always.’
A smile flickered across Kim Jun’s lips.
It was the same before his regression. Always like that.
But her skills were the strongest throughout the entire Tower.
Before his regression, even after reaching the upper floors of the Tower, he often returned to Artemis.
It was because of this place.
Special potions that were on a completely different level from those dropped by regular monsters.
Even when his body was twisted in a ‘half-human, half-dragon’ state.
Only the potions from this place had maintained 100% effectiveness.
‘Alchemy that studied the Tower’s system.’
That was the value of Adelaine’s shop.
“I’d like to purchase some Status Abnormality Immunity Potions.”
Kim Jun approached the counter and asked.
“There isn’t any.”
“…Huh?”
“I said there isn’t any.”
Adelaine answered indifferently while flipping through the pages of her book.
That couldn’t be right.
He was certain from his memories before regression that the potion was here.
“Really none?”
“But you.”
Adelaine lifted her gaze from the book and looked directly at Kim Jun.
“How are you so confident coming here?”
Sharp eyes.
It was a gaze mixed with curiosity and suspicion.
“I heard from Olivia. That you act like you know everything.”
Adelaine said, glancing at him sideways.
“The structure of the Mage Tower, skill fusion prices, even our names. A Hunter visiting for the first time knowing things they shouldn’t know.”
“…”
“So I came up with a few hypotheses.”
Adelaine counted on her fingers one by one.
“First, a special skill or item that can see the future. Second, help from a Watcher or Administrator. Third…”
She looked deeply into Kim Jun’s eyes.
“A regressor.”
“…!”
Kim Jun’s eyes wavered momentarily.
Slightly. Really slightly.
But that was enough.
“Hmm.”
Adelaine nodded with satisfaction.
“I see. As expected.”
“I didn’t say anything…”
“You don’t need to.”
Adelaine closed her book with a snap and stood up from her seat.
The distance between her and Kim Jun grew closer.
“Your expression said it all. If it were the first or second option, you wouldn’t have panicked like that. You would have calmly denied it instead.”
“…”
“But if you’re a regressor, it would be different. You’d have an obsession about not being found out.”
Adelaine patted Kim Jun’s shoulder lightly.
“Relax. It’s not a big deal.”
“Not a big deal?”
Kim Jun frowned.
Being found out as a regressor wasn’t a big deal?
“Yeah. Not to me.”
Adelaine shrugged her shoulders.
“I’m not particularly interested except for gaining a new research topic.”
“Research topic?”
“The principle of regression. Turning back time doesn’t make sense. It’s probably parallel world movement or dimensional jumping. Interesting.”
Adelaine muttered as if talking to herself.
Kim Jun just stared at her blankly.
‘This woman…’
She was completely absorbed in her own world.
“So.”
Adelaine turned her gaze back to Kim Jun.
“Which round is this?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about…”
“First round, I see.”
Adelaine interrupted before Kim Jun could finish speaking.
“How was it back then? Did you make it to the top of the Tower?”
“I don’t know.”
“You failed then. The world must have ended. We all would have died too.”
“No…”
“I’m not interested.”
Adelaine waved her hand dismissively.
“That wasn’t me anyway. It’s about me from another world.”
“…”
Kim Jun closed his mouth.
He was completely overwhelmed.
Adelaine was drawing conclusions on her own before he could even respond to anything.
‘It’s not like she’s some detective from a mystery novel.’
“Anyway.”
Adelaine went back behind the counter and sat down.
“You want a status ailment immunity potion?”
“…Yeah.”
Kim Jun nodded.
“Going to the 7th Layer of Hell?”
“How did you…”
“That’s the only place where you’d need that potion. You’re trying to block the succubi’s charm status ailment, right? Oh, is there one more floor?”
Adelaine said with a grin, her cheeks flushing.
“But you know.”
“?”
“The potion alone won’t be enough. Even if it blocks the system’s forced effects, it can’t stop natural seduction.”
“I know.”
Kim Jun answered briefly.
That was something he had already anticipated.
“Still, it’s better than nothing.”
“True.”
Adelaine nodded, then suddenly made a troubled expression.
“But I don’t have any right now.”
“Why?”
“To make it, I need ingredients, and they spoil quickly.”
“Hmm…”
“Besides, hardly anyone looks for it. So there’s no reason to make it in advance.”
Adelaine tapped the desk with her finger.
“Where do you get them?”
Kim Jun asked.
He tried to recall his memories from before regression, but he didn’t know about the ingredients.
He had only bought the finished potion back then.
“First.”
Adelaine began counting on her fingers.
“「Witch’s Finger」 that grows on the 6th Floor.”
“6th Floor.”
Kim Jun muttered.
It was a floor he had already cleared. He could just go back, so it wouldn’t be difficult.
Moreover, hearing the name, it seemed to be somehow connected to the 6th Floor’s hidden boss, the ‘Goblin Shaman’.
“Volume 6 of the 「Chronicles of the Mage」 from the 9th Floor.”
“You use books as potion ingredients?”
“Yeah. It’s not physical, I extract it with magic, so don’t worry.”
Adelaine chuckled softly.
“And a 「Zombie’s Brain」 from the 27th Floor. Ah, preferably from a ‘special’ one. You know which one, right?”
“…Right. Anything else?”
“An 「Undying Flower」 from the 30th Floor. It’s a flower that blooms in the Garden of Eternity. You probably know roughly where that is too.”
After counting off on all her fingers, Adelaine finally looked at Kim Jun.
“And lastly.”
“Lastly?”
“Demon’s blood.”
Kim Jun’s eyes widened.
“I need high-purity demon’s blood.”
Adelaine smiled.
“But you can get that right away. It’s right next to you.”
Her gaze turned toward Kim Jun’s shadow.
The place where Andras was hiding.
‘She knows even this?’
“Oh, of course you could use your own blood too.”
Adelaine added, pushing up her glasses.
“You also have high-purity demon’s blood. Though it’s a bit murky because it’s mixed with dragon’s blood.”
“Really…”
“Astounding, isn’t it?”
“Yeah.”
“I hear that often.”
Kim Jun nodded.
Honestly, it was spine-chilling.
Not only did she see through Andras’s existence, which wasn’t even visible on the surface, but she could also perceive the components of the blood flowing in his body.
“And yet that’s all the reaction you have.”
Adelaine looked at Kim Jun with amusement.
“I guess you’ve already gotten used to someone like me?”
“…What do you mean.”
“Don’t lie. It’s written all over your face.”
Right.
Kim Jun knew Adelaine well.
Before his regression, at the Tower’s end.
The 100th Floor Battle Arena where humanity’s fate hung in the balance.
Adelaine had been one of the final suicide squad members who participated in that battle.
Despite being a Tower resident, she was a comrade who fought alongside the Hunters until the very end.
‘Moreover.’
Kim Jun’s gaze wavered for a moment.
Before his regression, it was also Adelaine who had awakened Ryu Ji-a to the Hidden Class ‘Sorceress’.
The Ryu Ji-a of that time was much stronger than she was now.
It had been possible because of Adelaine’s teachings.
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Adelaine waved her hand dismissively.
“I’ll keep your secret anyway. Just having one more research subject is enough for me.”
“Thanks.”
“But in return.”
Adelaine grinned wickedly.
“Help me with experiments sometimes. A regressor’s body data is quite interesting.”
“…I refuse. You witch with a mole in the center of your back.”
“Wh-what!?”
It was the first time he’d heard her flustered voice.
“H-how do you know?! Nobody knows about that!”
“You don’t need to know.”
Kim Jun answered briefly and opened the door.
“Hey! Kim Jun! Answer me before you go!”
“I’ll come back when I get the materials.”
Clang-
The door closed.
‘Got her good.’
The corner of Kim Jun’s mouth lifted.
Adelaine, who always acted like she knew everything.
Seeing her flustered when he threw out a secret she’d never told anyone was quite satisfying.
Actually, it wasn’t the center of her back, but rather… anyway.
“An-answer me before you go!! Hey!!”
Behind him, the shop door burst open and Adelaine’s voice echoed all the way to the street.
But instead of answering, Kim Jun.
Swoosh-
Raised his middle finger.
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