The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 72
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
72
Chapter 72
Speed Run
“So what is it.”
“I told you to wait.”
Magic Tower, Chamber of Harmony.
Kim Jun stood with his arms crossed.
Adelaine was busily moving her hands in front of the magical device.
“How much longer will it take?”
“You’re noisy. I can’t concentrate.”
Adelaine answered irritably.
Her eyes were fixed on the magic circles floating in the air.
Dozens of magic circles were stacked in layers, rotating and creating complex patterns.
‘I’m impatient too.’
Kim Jun thought to himself.
But it couldn’t be helped.
「Death Postponement」.
The EX-grade skill obtained on the 27th Floor.
He had come here to learn its true identity.
“Hooh…”
Adelaine let out a small exclamation of admiration.
“What is it?”
“Don’t tell me yet. I’m still checking.”
“…”
Kim Jun closed his mouth.
Adelaine’s hand traced the magic circle, drawing complex patterns.
The magical device hummed as it operated.
Blue light enveloped the entire machine.
“Ohhh…”
“Hmm…”
“Mm-hmm…”
“Haah…”
Adelaine began muttering to herself.
Sometimes nodding her head.
Sometimes frowning.
Sometimes widening her eyes with a surprised expression.
‘What exactly is she looking at.’
The magic circles floating in the air.
The intricately intertwined patterns and symbols.
Kim Jun looked at them but.
‘…I don’t understand any of it.’
He couldn’t comprehend it at all.
Magic wasn’t his area of expertise.
What Adelaine’s hand movements meant.
What function those magic circles served.
There was nothing he could understand.
‘I have no choice but to wait.’
Kim Jun could only stand there, swallowing his impatience.
Time passed.
10 minutes.
20 minutes.
30 minutes.
One hour.
“…”
Kim Jun’s patience began to run out.
“Adelaine.”
“Shut up.”
“…”
“I’m analyzing something incredibly complex right now. Don’t disturb me.”
“Understood.”
Tension was evident in Adelaine’s voice.
Kim Jun said nothing more.
Her expression was far from ordinary.
It wasn’t her usual arrogant or relaxed demeanor.
She was serious.
Concentrated.
Like a doctor performing high-difficulty surgery.
‘Is it such a complex skill?’
Kim Jun recalled the information window for 「Death Postponement」 again.
—-
[Skill Information]
-「Death PostponementEX」
– Grade : EX
– Effect : When you suffer fatal wounds leading to death, you can postpone death once for 24 hours.
– Skill Description : This skill was directly created by ▲▲▲(▲▲).
—-
‘▲▲▲.’
The hidden text.
An existence that even the system couldn’t display.
‘It must be an extraordinary being.’
That’s why he had come to ask Adelaine.
Wondering if perhaps she might know.
More time passed again.
One and a half hours.
Two hours.
“…”
Kim Jun sat in a chair and waited.
It was boring, but he endured it.
Beads of sweat began forming on Adelaine’s forehead.
It seemed the mana consumption was severe.
‘To that extent?’
Kim Jun raised his eyebrows.
Adelaine was the Administrator of the Magic Tower.
An expert in magical analysis.
For someone like her to struggle this much meant.
‘It really is a complex skill.’
Finally.
Had about two and a half hours passed?
“Phew…”
Adelaine let out a long breath and lowered her hand.
The magic circles slowly disappeared.
The light from the magical device also went out.
“Is it over?”
Kim Jun asked.
“Yeah.”
Adelaine nodded with a tired expression.
Then she slumped down into the chair.
“Water.”
Adelaine pointed toward the table with her chin.
A definite commanding tone.
But Kim Jun was the one in a hurry.
“…Here.”
Adelaine gulped down the water.
“So?”
“…Interesting.”
Adelaine said as she put down the water glass.
“What is?”
“This skill.”
She looked at Kim Jun.
Her eyes were full of curiosity.
“Where did you get this?”
“27th Floor. Hidden reward.”
“An EX-grade came from the 27th Floor?”
“Yeah.”
“Hmm.”
Adelaine shook her head.
“Anyway, the ▲▲▲ hidden in this skill. You can see it?”
“I can see it.”
Kim Jun nodded.
That’s why he came here in the first place.
“This.”
Adelaine pointed at the air with her finger.
The information window for 「Death Postponement」 appeared in the void.
Especially the hidden text section was glowing red.
“You can read it.”
“…What?”
Kim Jun blinked.
“I can read it?”
“Yeah.”
“How?”
“Through a Quest.”
“…Quest?”
Kim Jun’s brow furrowed.
It wasn’t the answer he had expected.
‘Isn’t it unreadable because it’s from a being of a different level?’
Like how beasts can’t understand human speech.
Like how humans can’t comprehend the words of gods.
He thought it was a problem of that dimension.
“What kind of Quest?”
“There’s a Quest sealed within this skill itself.”
“…In the skill?”
What kind of nonsense was this?
Kim Jun tilted his head.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Exactly what I said. There’s a Quest hidden inside this skill.”
Adelaine deployed the magic circle again.
The structure of 「Death Postponement」 appeared three-dimensionally.
Intricately intertwined magic circles.
At the center was a small seal.
“Do you see that?”
Adelaine pointed to the seal.
“That’s the Quest. The being who created this skill intentionally put it there, hid it.”
“…?”
Kim Jun was speechless.
A Quest sealed within a skill.
It was something he had never heard of or imagined.
“So.”
Kim Jun opened his mouth.
“What’s the content of that Quest?”
“I don’t know.”
“…What?”
“I don’t know either. I’d have to break the seal to find out.”
“Then break it for me.”
“You make it sound easy.”
Adelaine chuckled.
“You think this is easy?”
“Is it difficult?”
“Of course.”
Adelaine stood up.
She approached the magical device.
“Extracting something that was intentionally hidden…”
She said while fiddling with the machine.
“It’s like performing surgery on a living heart.”
“…”
“Even the slightest mistake could damage the skill itself.”
Kim Jun’s expression hardened.
“It could get damaged?”
“Yeah. In the worst case, the skill could disappear entirely.”
“…”
“Will you still do it?”
Adelaine turned to look at Kim Jun.
Sharp eyes.
“What are the odds?”
“Success rate? Well…”
Adelaine stroked her chin.
“60%?”
“That’s low.”
“This is low? Do you know how complex EX-grade skills are?”
“…”
“Usually this kind of work doesn’t even have a 10% success rate. It’s 60% because I’m a genius.”
Kim Jun fell into thought.
60%.
A probability slightly higher than half.
‘But it’s worth doing.’
The existence called ▲▲▲.
That being created this skill.
If they intentionally hid the Quest.
There must be a reason.
“Do it.”
Kim Jun made his decision.
“Good.”
Adelaine nodded.
“Then brace yourself. This will take some time.”
“How long?”
“At least two hours. Maybe more if something goes wrong.”
“…”
“And absolutely don’t disturb me. I need to concentrate.”
“Got it.”
Kim Jun stepped back.
Adelaine took a deep breath.
“I’m starting.”
Her hands began to move.
The magic device started operating again.
Whirr-
Blue light enveloped the machine.
Dozens of magic circles unfolded in the air.
Adelaine’s hand movements quickened.
Like a pianist striking keys.
Precise and fast.
“…”
Kim Jun held his breath and watched.
Sweat beaded on Adelaine’s forehead.
Her hands trembled.
But she didn’t stop.
She continued manipulating the magic circles.
Thirty minutes passed.
“Hmm…”
Adelaine let out a small groan.
It seemed she had reached a difficult part.
An hour passed.
“Ugh…”
Adelaine’s hand movements slowed.
The mana consumption seemed severe.
But she continued.
An hour and a half.
“Almost done…”
Adelaine muttered.
And then two hours.
“Done!”
Finally.
Kwaaaaang-!
Tremendous light exploded from the magic device.
Kim Jun covered his eyes.
As the light faded.
Adelaine was slumped on the floor.
“Huff…huff…”
She was breathing heavily.
“Are you okay?”
Kim Jun approached.
“I’m fine…I succeeded…”
Adelaine smiled.
Her face was tired but her expression was satisfied.
“I’ve broken the seal.”
“Then what’s the Quest content?”
“I don’t know either. I only broke the seal.”
“…”
“Check your status window.”
Kim Jun nodded.
At that moment.
Ttirirririririring-!!
A different sound than usual.
A long, urgent notification sound.
A red window appeared before Kim Jun’s eyes.
[Emergency Quest Occurred!]
[「Death Reprieve」’s Secret]
[Cannot be abandoned!]
‘Emergency Quest?’
Kim Jun’s eyes widened.
Emergency Quests were rare Quests that only occurred under special conditions.
[Objective: Clear a total of 50 floors within one week!]
[Currently completed floors: 0 floors]
[Remaining time: 7 days]
“…What?”
Kim Jun read the window again.
A total of 50 floors.
Within one week.
“That’s impossible.”
Kim Jun muttered.
It wasn’t 50 floors ‘up to’.
It was telling him to climb 50 more floors from now.
‘Starting from the 27th Floor.’
That meant he had to reach the 77th Floor.
Within 7 days.
‘More than 7 floors per day?’
Kim Jun furrowed his brow.
Even though he was the most powerful Hunter among those currently existing.
Even for Kim Jun, this was too much.
The higher the floor number, the exponentially the difficulty rises.
Moreover.
‘There are floors that force you to consume time.’
Certain floors required spending a set amount of time to clear, no matter how strong you were.
Some severe ones even took over a year.
‘If I encounter such a floor, it’s over.’
Seven days was absolutely insufficient time.
“What’s the reward?”
“Um…”
Kim Jun scrolled down the window.
—-
[Reward] :
-「Translation A」
– Meeting with ▲▲
—-
‘Meeting with ▲▲?’
Kim Jun’s eyes changed.
▲▲.
That existence hidden in the skill description.
‘I can meet that being?’
His heart beat rapidly.
The「Translation」skill was also a reward, but.
The really important thing was the second one.
Meeting with ▲▲.
‘The fact that this is a reward.’
Kim Jun thought.
‘It means meeting that existence itself is valuable.’
Or at least.
It’s a being that would be helpful to him.
“How is it?”
Adelaine asked.
“Did you accept the Quest?”
“…Yeah.”
Kim Jun nodded.
“It says to clear the 50th Floor within a week.”
“What?!”
Adelaine’s eyes widened.
“Does that even make sense?”
“What’s the reward for that?”
“…Meeting with ▲▲.”
“▲▲?”
Adelaine blinked.
“Are you going to do it?”
“…”
Kim Jun didn’t answer.
He wanted to.
Of course he wanted to.
The being who created an EX-rank skill.
Someone that even the system couldn’t display.
‘It’s worth meeting.’
However.
’50 floors in 7 days is impossible.’
No matter how skilled he was.
If he encountered floors that forced time consumption, it would be over.
“Can’t do it?”
Adelaine asked.
“Hmm…”
Kim Jun looked at the Quest window again.
Wasn’t there some way?
[Objective : Clear a total of 50 floors within one week!]
[Currently completed floors : 0 floors]
[Remaining time : 7 days]
‘Wait.’
Kim Jun’s eyes changed.
‘A total of 50 floors?’
He read the Quest text again.
‘It doesn’t say 50 floors upward.’
It just said ‘clear a total of 50 floors.’
‘Could it be.’
A smile spread across Kim Jun’s lips.
“Adelaine.”
“What?”
“There’s no condition that says we have to go ‘up,’ right?”
“…Huh?”
Adelaine looked at the Quest window again.
“You’re right. It just says a total of 50 floors…Ah!”
Adelaine’s eyes widened.
“Hell?”
“Yeah.”
The Underground of the Tower.
The place called Hell.
‘Hell is relatively easier.’
It wasn’t that the difficulty was low, but.
It was much more manageable than going upward.
Moreover.
‘There are no floors that force time consumption either.’
They were all places that could be resolved through combat.
Clearing them quickly was also possible.
“You can do it then?”
Adelaine asked.
“Yeah.”
Kim Jun nodded with a confident expression.
Of course, to conquer the 7th Layer of Hell.
He had to go to the 30th Floor to obtain the「Undying Flower」, the final ingredient for the status ailment immunity potion.
‘But that’s a piece of cake anyway.’
28th, 29th, 30th Floor.
They were floors without any special conditions.
With Kim Jun’s current abilities.
‘Two hours would be enough for all three floors combined.’
There was no problem.
“Do well.”
“Thank you.”
Adelaine waved her hand.
Kim Jun didn’t delay any longer and left the Magic Tower.
7 days.
Time was tight.
Every hour was precious in this situation.
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
