The SSS-Class Hunter’s Garden Log - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

Oh my god, what a shock.

Startled by the blue spear that suddenly thrust forward, Hana instinctively stepped backward.

Then he hit his head against the wall and swallowed a groan.

【SYSTEM】

【Were you surprised? (】∇【)ﾉ】

Hana felt a surge of emotion at the brightly smiling emoticon.

Of course I was surprised, how could I not be!

But Hana became puzzled at the next message that immediately appeared.

【SYSTEM】

【If you want to enter the Gate, how about trying to use the ‘Gate Ownership Rights’ you received as a reward before? ✪‿✪?】

How?

Gate Ownership Rights – that was the reward he got from that Gate where the kudzu roots went on a rampage last time, right?

What was that again.

It was probably the ability to connect a portal between a place where farming was possible and the existing garden.

But wasn’t that a one-time use item?

【SYSTEM】

【One-time use? My rewards aren’t that stingy! (｡•̀ ⤙ •́｡)】

Along with Jjak-jjak-i’s words showing a sulking expression, something rolled and fell from Hana’s clothes.

Hana’s gaze naturally moved downward.

Red and plump….

It was a strawberry.

“Huh?”

It seemed to have bounced out to the Gate entrance from the impact when Kang Hyeon knocked away the snowflakes earlier.

Hana reflexively bent down.

And the moment he reached out to pick up the strawberry.

A system window popped up almost right in his face.

【SYSTEM】

【You have obtained ‘A Strawberry That Bloomed in the Snowy Plains🍓’.】

【’Strawberries for Freeze Tag!🍓(B+ Grade)’】

【A strawberry grown in White Night’s Snowfield.】

【Effects:</p】

-Removes frozen status.

-When used on a target in coma status, has a certain probability of removing ‘Status Abnormality: Coma (Unconscious)’.>

【Warning! This item can only be obtained and cultivated in snowy regions.】

【SYSTEM】

【Gate ‘White Night’s Snowfield’ is recognized as a zone where crops can be cultivated.】

【Would you like to activate ‘Gate Ownership Rights’?】

Right after that sentence appeared.

The system window added additional information a beat later.

【SYSTEM】

【’White Night’s Snowfield’ Gate Information:</p】

-Contact with the blizzard raging outside the Gate will cause status abnormality ‘Frostbite’.

-An environment where white nights and blizzards are constantly maintained, making it difficult to secure visibility.

-Staying for more than a certain period of time may cause loss of sense of direction.

-Once closed, the Gate entrance cannot be reopened from the outside.

※ However, portal connection from inside other Gates to ‘White Night’s Snowfield’ is possible.>

And the last line shone particularly clearly.

【SYSTEM】

【Portal connections between occupied Gates are permitted only for Gates recognized as environments where crops can be cultivated.】

“Hup.”

Hana drew in a short breath.

‘Isn’t this a completely overpowered skill?’

His mind went completely blank for a moment, then immediately began racing.

The gloomy rainy city. The Gate Ownership Rights reward he got from that place.

He thought it was only used for expanding the narrow garden.

But it could be used this way too?

The reward he thought was just a simple convenience feature had instantly become a card that could turn the situation around.

“L-look at that!”

But there wasn’t much time to admire it.

Because one of the Taesan Guild members urgently shouted while pointing at the mountain peak.

Hana looked toward the mountain peak following that shout.

Indeed, the scenery of Mount Seorak Summit was changing noticeably.

The movement of the dark clouds was strange.

Instead of swirling around like before, they were forming spirals as if being sucked into one point.

Just like being devoured by strong energy.

It was a precursor to an outbreak.

Despair fell over the face of Taesan’s Vice-Chairman.

If left like this, the entire summit area could be blown away.

Of course, the safety of the Guild Leader inside the Gate couldn’t be guaranteed.

There was no more time to delay.

“Is there really no way to reopen the Gate entrance?”

The Vice-Chairman grabbed onto Kang Hyeon almost desperately.

Meanwhile.

Hana’s system window was flashing frantically.

As if urging him to choose.

【SYSTEM】

【Would you like to attempt connection?】

Hana squinted at the blue light flashing like psychedelic lighting.

Sigh.

And after very brief consideration, Hana raised his hand high as if making an announcement.

“Yun Hana?”

Under Kang Hyeon’s puzzled gaze, Hana opened his mouth. In a cheerful voice.

“I think there might be a way to get inside there?”

* * *

At Hana’s words, the surroundings became busy in an instant.

“Wear these goggles, and gloves! Did everyone get gloves?”

Without asking questions, the Taesan Guild members were quickly distributing equipment to face the blizzard.

To Hana as well, of course.

“You should put these on quickly too!”

Hana was wrapping the scarf he received in bewilderment around his neck when he looked to the side.

Then he saw Seo Ganghyeon standing with an indifferent expression.

Still in the same state as before, not wearing anything.

“Aren’t you going to wear anything, Seo Ganghyeon?”

“You seem to have forgotten who melted the snow earlier.”

Ah.

Hana’s eyebrow twitched.

So he doesn’t need to wear anything because he has flame skills?

No, even so, it’s not like he wouldn’t be cold.

He had been concerned about this even when they were going around other snowy Gates, since he dressed so lightly.

Hana unwound the scarf that had been wrapped around his neck.

Then he threw it toward Kang Hyeon’s neck like tossing a rope.

“…I think I need an explanation of what you just did.”

“What do you mean? I gave you a scarf.”

Seo Ganghyeon looked disgusted at the scarf draped over his shoulders like wilted seaweed.

“Don’t you usually wrap it around instead of throwing it like this?”

“I can’t help it. You’re too tall, Seo Ganghyeon, so my hands can’t reach.”

Hana said while wrapping another scarf around his own neck.

“Anyway, put that on. I noticed earlier that you must be really cold. If you catch a cold, only you’ll suffer.”

“…”

Kang Hyeon, frowning deeply, grabbed the scarf with his index finger and thumb.

But in the end, he roughly wrapped the scarf around his neck as Hana had said.

The Taesan Guild Members watching this scene had their mouths hanging wide open.

As if wondering when Seo Ganghyeon had ever been someone who would obediently listen like that.

Among them, the Vice-Chairman who came to his senses first stepped forward.

“But how exactly do you plan to enter the Gate?”

It was quite a quick question.

“We can connect a portal from another Gate to that Gate.”

“Excuse me?”

The Vice-Chairman just blinked blankly.

Hana’s explanation was crystal clear, but he couldn’t understand it.

If it were that easy, they would have done it long ago.

Connecting Gate to Gate. There was no precedent for such a thing.

“No, which Gate are you talking about?”

“Well, there’s a Gate I know quite well.”

Hana scratched the bridge of his nose.

Come to think of it, if he brought all these people along, they would discover the garden he had secretly created inside the Gate.

What should he do about that problem?

They didn’t seem like bad people, but whether he could trust them was a separate matter.

At that moment, Kang Hyeon, who had noticed Hana’s concern, lowered his head to match Hana’s height.

“By any chance, is that Gate you know well the place I’m thinking of? Gangnam Station?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“If that’s the case, we’ll need a confidentiality agreement about the garden.”

“There’s such a contract?”

Kang Hyeon manipulated the system window with a matter-of-fact expression.

Then a document with crackling flames appeared in the air.

Kang Hyeon held it out to Taesan’s Vice-Chairman, who was wearing both goggles and a warmer in two layers.

“Please sign this.”

“What is this?”

“We’re going to go somewhere from now on, and it’s a rather special place.”

Kang Hyeon tapped the signature line.

“Please sign that you won’t disclose what you see and hear about that location to the outside.”

“Hmm. Understood!”

Despite the rather unfriendly explanation, the Vice-Chairman quickly signed without even looking.

Starting with him, the Hunters behind also signed one after another.

Watching this scene, Hana thought to himself.

‘You should read contracts carefully before signing them…’

He thought.

【SYSTEM】

【Contract establishment completed.】

【Penalties will be imposed if this information is leaked to external parties.】

“Penalties?”

The Vice-Chairman tilted his head at the text that appeared above the contract document, but it was already too late to back out.

After collecting the documents, Kang Hyeon slashed through space with the tip of his sword as if cutting it.

Crack-.

As a red line stretched long through the air and opened a gap, Kang Hyeon first stepped inside.

“This way.”

Following behind him, Hana and the Taesan Hunters who were in relatively good condition hurriedly moved their steps.

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