chapter 11
11 – Hunter who hunts people [EPISODE – 1]
I’ve been active as an A-rank hunter in the past, and of course this isn’t the first time I’ve been running a raid.
Before retiring, there were cases where he played once or twice a day.
Of course, I know about large gates and raids as well as others.
large gate.
Unlike 1-person, small, and medium-sized gates, the inside of large gates is often much larger than expected.
Basically, it’s about the size of a village, and if it’s wide, there’s a gate that’s about the size of a city.
It is said that there are gates the size of countries as well as really wide gates.
Then the gate through which we now entered was quite small.
The inside of the gate was a dark, dingy mine-like place.
At most, it was only about the size of an amusement park.
So I expected to subdue them quickly, but it seems that it will be difficult.
Even if it’s not wide, all sides are twisted like a maze, so even if it’s wide, it seems more difficult than a gate that looks like a plain.
“It’s not very wide, but it feels wider than I thought.”
“Yes. It’s because it’s twisted like a maze.”
“I think I’ve dealt with the miscellaneous mobs to some extent, but I can’t see the boss…”
Park Jin-soo’s complaint continued.
Apparently, he must have been quite tired after searching the gate for several hours without making any progress.
In addition, the air is turbid, probably because it is a mine, so it seems that the consumption of physical strength increases even more.
However, unlike Park Jin-soo, I didn’t have a hard time at all.
It was because there was a warrior skill.
“By the way, Siwoo-san, aren’t you tired? You seem to be healthier than before.”
“Haha… I’m getting better physical strength.”
“It’s different from me, too.”
Park Jin-soo looked at me and said once again as if he was great, and I only laughed awkwardly at Park Jin-soo’s burdensome praise.
“By the way, is the trembling okay now?”
“Yes. After catching a few trash mobs, it got better before I knew it.”
“Didn’t you say there was nothing wrong?”
“Ahaha. I see.”
This time, I asked Park Jin-soo. Park Jin-soo made a face as if he was okay.
He looked a little more tired than before, but it was much nicer to see than trembling because he was too nervous.
And anyway, the gate search is almost over.
Either way, you’ll soon meet the boss.
“Young people. Shh.”
It seems that the time has come just in time. Park Jong-pal looked at us chatting and raised his finger.
“Wow… that’s huge. Is that the boss?”
“That’s right. It’s the boss [Iron Mole].”
And we were able to meet the long-awaited boss mob.
A monster with iron armor in the form of a giant mole, the danger rank was B rank, [Iron Mole].
“…can we do it well?”
“Don’t worry. You guys just need to deal properly.”
Seeing the monster the size of a house, Park Jin-soo broke into a cold sweat.
Kim Jong-pal told Park Jin-su that there was no need to worry.
And I also agreed with that statement.
Right now we have a 10 man raid group that has gotten the composition right.
He’s not so weak that he can’t subdue B-class dimensional species. You will be able to handle it easily.
“Okay then, get ready and go to your respective positions.”
At the time when the boss was still sleeping, the party members moved in perfect order along with Kim Jong-pal’s words.
“Starting with a hunter who can apply CC. Be calm and restrict your actions.”
First, 3 crowd control CC agents put a restraint on a sleeping Iron Maul.
“Tanks forward.”
And two tanks stopped the suddenly startled Iron Mole from rampaging.
“Healers, don’t take your eyes off the tanks.”
The healer healed Tanker 1, who was injured in the process.
“Young people ask me to attack whenever they see an opening.”
Park Jin-soo and two attackers left the iron mall and cut the iron mall’s physical strength.
After about 10 minutes passed like that, we continued to fight with the boss several times.
“Keee!!!”
Iron Maul was finally subdued.
“Whoa. Siwoo. You did it.”
“Did I say there was nothing wrong?”
After 10 minutes of fierce fighting, Park Jin-soo collapsed on the spot.
I smiled and threw a water bottle at Park Jin-su.
“Hahaha. That’s true. But, I’m still a little tired. I want to go and rest soon.”
“Let’s have a drink after we finish.”
“Of course, Mr. Siwoo.”
Park Jin-soo drank from the water bottle and smiled proudly.
Since it was my first raid, I felt special when I cleared it.
Hunters all have their first raid. I also know Park Jin-soo’s heart.
“Young people have worked hard. This is a fair distribution of magic stones.”
While we were sharing the afterglow of victory, Park Jong-pal approached us.
And he handed us the magic stone that came out after killing the boss.
Among the total of 1 billion magic stones that came out of the demon,
What we handed over was 200 million magic stones.
“Haha. Thank you. Mr. Jongpal also had a hard time. Then we’re done.”
Park Jin-soo received it and thanked Park Jong-pal.
Then I got up and was about to leave.
The raid was over, so our job was done.
“Young people. It’s too early to go.”
“Yes? Why?”
However, Park Jong-pal stopped Park Jin-soo.
“That’s right. The raid isn’t over yet.”
“Yes? You caught the boss. What is that…”
Park Jin-soo was puzzled by Park Jong-pal’s words.
He must have subdued Reid, but he didn’t know why Park Jong-pal was saying such a thing.
“Cheuk…”
Park Jin-su, who had doubts for a moment, Park Jong-pal stabbed a dagger into his abdomen.
“The real raid starts now.”
Park Jong-pal’s expression became cold.
“Why… why are you doing this?”
“Why would you do this?”
“Stand… can’t it be…?”
“You guessed right.”
Park Jin-soo still seemed unable to grasp the situation, but seeing Park Jong-pal’s cold attitude, he seemed to be grasping the situation.
Park Jin-soo’s expression gradually became stained with fear.
Park Jin-soo also noticed. That they are hunters who hunt people.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
And Park Jin-soo was soon terrified and ran inside the gate.
“What is it? Didn’t you apply paralysis poison to your dagger? I should have told you to apply it.”
“Brother Jong-pal. It’s a misunderstanding. I’m sure I’ve applied paralysis poison, but it seems I’m resistant to it.”
“Haa. That’s right… Ehh. Playing tag at this age is annoying.”
Park Jong-pal and his party members sighed as they saw Park Jin-soo, who had run away.
It seems that he did not expect that Park Jin-soo would run away because he is resistant to the paralysis poison.
“But brother. No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like much. Is it worth the hair?”
“Looks like that, he’s a guild leader in a guild. Besides, I heard that his little sister is a hunter with considerable talent, so the VIP wants it. We just do what we ask for.”
Park Jong-pal and his subordinate calmly continued their conversation.
As if I didn’t care, they continued talking among themselves.
“By the way, doesn’t hyung like playing tag?
And after talking for a while, he looked at me and said.
It must have seemed odd that I hadn’t run away.
“I don’t like playing tag.”
I have watched all of this now.
I also knew what the situation was like.
Looking at Park Jong-pal, I couldn’t help but sigh. Park Jong-pal was also such a person.
I had a hunch about something from the time of the contract, and I hoped that intuition was wrong, but after all, an ominous intuition is not wrong.
“Haa… You must have been that kind of person after all.”
“Yeah. I’m that kind of person.”
Park Jong-pal’s prey was us from the beginning.
“I have a question for you. Apparently, given your commanding skills, you seem to have been in the raid for a long time. Why would you do this? The pay wouldn’t be bad.”
I asked Park Jong-pal why he was doing this.
For a moment, I saw Park Jong-pal commanding the raid.
Of course, compared to the people I knew, he was far behind, but he still had commanding skills that were high enough to lead a B-class raid.
Surely the pay wouldn’t be too bad. But there must be a reason Park Jong-pal is doing this.
“Young man. I’m sorry, but my wife is bedridden… She could die if not treated quickly.”
Park Jong-pal looked at me for a moment and then made a bitter expression.
“It’s not just me. Everyone here has their own story.”
And Park Jong-pal pointed to the party members behind him and said.
Park Jong-pal’s party members also put on sad faces.
“I’m sorry, but I won’t apologize.”
Park Jong-pal looked at me. And he drew his sword and held it. It was an outright hostile act.
‘Is there such a thing as a villain without a story?’
It seemed like they were fighting to protect their precious people.
Even though it’s a rough way, it seems that there is something to protect.
But, that’s me too.
“I’m really sorry. My sister will be sad when I die.”
There are some things I can never give up.
I can never die first leaving my younger sister Si-eun.
So I also drew my sword.
“Kill.”
An irresistible battle will soon begin.