The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

With a small grumble, Hana, who had been trying to dig through the snow again, jerked her head back sharply.

Then she quickly bent forward again and let out a very refreshing sneeze.

“Achoo!”

The sound was so loud.

Kang Hyeon, who had been walking ahead, momentarily flinched and turned his head.

Then he immediately approached Hana.

“How is it? Does it seem like there’s something here?”

“Ugh. No.”

Hana brushed off the snow and weeds stuck to her gloves.

And she slowly stood up from her crouched position.

As soon as she straightened her back, the cold air seeped in again.

“Then let’s go to another Gate.”

* * *

How many more Gates had they wandered around like that?

At the second Gate, they had to face a sudden downpour of icicle rain.

At the third, fist-sized snowballs popped up from all directions in snow that sank up to their ankles.

At the next Gate, even snow mountain monsters appeared.

Of course, Kang Hyeon melted all of that very easily as soon as he spotted them, so there was no danger.

But still, wasn’t this too much?

They had encountered all sorts of things to the point where one might wonder why such things even appeared.

So why couldn’t they see even a trace of the most common strawberries?

Coming out of the last Gate, Hana sneezed while tightly wrapping her padding around herself.

“…There’s nothing, nothing at all. Achoo!”

Her frozen nose tip and fingertips still felt numb.

Behind Hana, Kang Hyeon was emerging from the Gate holding a sword with flames rising from it.

“I’m sorry, you helped me so much but we just wasted time.”

Hana, who apologized to Kang Hyeon as he sheathed his sword, became dejected.

Really.

They seemed to have looked around almost every Gate there was, but not even a shadow of a strawberry was visible.

Hana pouted her lips.

“There’s nowhere else to look now.”

Hana read the system window floating in the air over and over again.

However, the content remained exactly the same without a single word changed.

【SYSTEM】

【Mission in Progress: Obtain ‘Strawberry🍓 Blooming in the Snowy Plains’!】

Unlike before, this time it felt somewhat sluggish, making her wonder if she had taken the wrong direction.

“Well, things have been resolved too easily so far.”

With a murmur and a sigh, Hana quickly took off her padding and gloves.

Unlike inside the Gate, warm wind was blowing outside, so her body quickly warmed up.

Kang Hyeon also took off his black leather gloves and spoke indifferently.

However, his expression looked much more peaceful compared to when he was in the Guild Leader’s Office.

“I should check if there are any Gates that haven’t been reported yet.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Hana, who had been dejected, quickly recovered again.

Time was too precious to just wait around blankly like this.

Suddenly, the thought she had earlier crossed her mind again.

Hunter records.

‘Since it’s come to this, maybe I should check that out.’

Originally, she had planned to check after receiving this mission’s reward.

But in a situation where she was stuck like this, it might be better to check that first.

Hana raised her head with a determined expression.

“Thank you for helping me today. Then I have something to check, so I’ll go to the Hunter Registration Office.”

Saying to be careful going in and see you later, Hana waved her hand.

But naturally, Seo Ganghyeon followed along beside her.

“You’re coming with me?”

“Why. Is that not allowed?”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Hana continued speaking with a bewildered expression.

“Aren’t you busy? You’ve already spent quite a lot of time going around here and there because of me.”

“As I said earlier, I happen to have time today.”

Kang Hyeon, who answered that way, strode forward with big steps.

His legs were so long too.

After just a few steps, quite a distance had already opened up.

Hana stared blankly at his back for a moment.

‘What’s this.’

Was it okay for someone called the busiest Hunter in South Korea to keep wandering around like this?

Hana, who gathered up her slipping padding again, eventually started walking.

Following behind Kang Hyeon.

Somehow, it seemed like Kang Hyeon’s stride, when he glanced back, had slowed down to match Hana’s steps.

* * *

While Hana and Kang Hyeon were turning every snowy Gate upside down like that.

In a completely different place, a completely different kind of commotion was breaking out.

Right in the Taesan Guild Lobby.

“What? The Guild Leader is trapped in a Gate?”

The shocked cry of the Taesan Guild Vice-Chairman filled the lobby.

He had just heard the news that the Guild Leader, who had gone out to survey the Seoraksan area managed by Taesan, had gone missing.

The Hunter standing in front of him nodded while unable to even catch his breath properly.

The jacket with the Taesan mark clearly emblazoned on it heaved greatly.

“There were definitely no signs at all! There were no Gate occurrence precursors, and the energy levels were stable. There was nothing different from usual—.”

As if the situation from that time came to mind.

The Hunter who was continuing the report trembled all over.

“Suddenly a blizzard struck the mountain peak, and the Guild Leader was sucked right into the Gate.”

For a moment.

The entire lobby froze in silence.

It wasn’t just anyone, but Taesan’s Guild Leader.

The nephew of the Korean Hunter Association Chairman, and the highest-ranked in South Korea after Seo Ganghyeon.

The Vice-Chairman, who came to his senses first, raised his voice with bulging veins in his neck.

“Then this isn’t the time to be doing this! Move immediately! We’re going to rescue the Guild Leader!”

However, the reporting Hunter opened his mouth with a hardened face.

“Even if we go now, we can’t enter.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“The Gate Entrance has disappeared. No matter how much we try to detect it with detectors, we can’t sense the entrance.”

“Does that make sense? What kind of Gate is it—!”

“The Gate’s internal terrain is…”

Whoosh.

The Hunter who slowly drew in a breath squeezed his eyes shut.

“Presumed to be snowy plains type.”

* * *

The Taesan Guild’s Vice-Chairman, who had rushed to the peak of Seoraksan, was left speechless by the scene unfolding before his eyes.

Fortunately, the blizzard that had been raging at the peak had disappeared.

However, right before their eyes lay something that literally should not exist.

Under the brilliantly clear sky. In the middle of the peak where sunlight poured down.

There sat a massive snowball that easily exceeded the height of an adult man.

“This is really supposed to be a Gate entrance?”

The Vice-Chairman pointed at the snowball with his hand, as if he couldn’t believe it.

The scenery, completely disconnected from the surrounding landscape, was even mystical.

This place was definitely not a snowy plain.

Yet that single snowball existed there, as if it had been cut out from another dimension.

The Vice-Chairman immediately reached out and felt the surface of the snowball.

It was undoubtedly snow itself.

However.

Bang—!

Even when he struck it hard enough to produce a dull sound, not even a crack appeared on the surface.

When he tried striking it once more, the result was the same.

Moreover, the Gate’s energy waves still couldn’t be detected.

A Hunter beside him hurriedly checked his watch.

“Still nothing detected. No Gate information, no coordinates, nothing’s showing up.”

The Vice-Chairman’s jaw muscles bulged.

This wasn’t an ordinary Gate.

“This… looks like we’re in serious trouble.”

A cautious voice drifted from behind.

“At least the Guild Leader’s attribute is ice-based so he might be able to endure it, but at this rate… even if the conquest is completed inside, there’s no guarantee the entrance will open.”

At those words, the Vice-Chairman’s face visibly hardened.

“I’ve never heard of or seen a Gate like this.”

That’s when it happened.

One of the Taesan Guild Members standing beside him interjected. Lowering his voice secretively.

“Could it be that they had a hand in this?”

“They?”

The Vice-Chairman narrowed his eyes.

“The Demon Worshippers. You know, Damian Park who was newly appointed as Vice-Chairman this time.”

The Guild Member whispered even more quietly. While looking around.

“There are rumors that he’s one of them too, aren’t there.”

“Hey now, watch your words!”

The Vice-Chairman was alarmed that there might be listening ears.

But he was thinking the same thing.

The timing was too perfect.

A type of Gate that had never appeared in Korea before, manifesting just as Damian Park showed up.

The Vice-Chairman gripped his forehead with his pot-lid-sized hand.

The Taesan Guild Leader.

He wasn’t simply the leader of a single guild.

He was continuing to track what his uncle, the Association Chairman, had been secretly pursuing until just before he collapsed.

Specifically, the organization created by Hunters who worshipped the evil god.

So this current situation wasn’t something to be taken lightly.

“….”

“Vice-Chairman. If they really are behind this—.”

Gulp.

The sound of someone swallowing saliva rang clearly across the mountain peak.

Along with the tension.

“We might not be able to rescue the Guild Leader with our strength alone.”

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