Episode 47
The Hunter Association employees in front of the gate had serious expressions. It had already been dark for a long time. If things continued like this, it might be past midnight. The staff brought lights to illuminate the front of the gate.
Seo, the head of the inspection bureau, sat on the bench and continued to smoke a cigarette as if he was nervous.
“Team leader. The Sun Guild will clear tomorrow’s schedule.”
A subordinate came over and reported. Originally, we were planning to rush in when the gate opened today, but unexpectedly the gate did not open until late, so there was a change in the schedule.
“Tell them thank you.”
“All right.”
“By the way… why doesn’t it open like this?”
Team Leader Seo spoke to himself as if he were asking himself.
“No matter how class A you are, if you run away or hide from monsters, wouldn’t you be able to… endure?”
“You haven’t entered the Class A gate, have you?”
“…yes.”
“It’s not a place where you can survive like that with two B-class hunters.”
“okay.”
The subordinate nodded.
Team Leader Seo was the team leader of the Inspection Bureau, but was also a skilled Class A hunter. Team Leader Seo, who was a young and promising Class A hunter, was personally scouted by Ryu Geon-woo, the head of the Hunter Association.
Because A-level hunters have a very high value in the market, the number of A-level hunters working for government-affiliated associations was very small. That’s why there were rumors that he had promised to be the next director of the inspection department. So, he is probably in his mid-30s and is serving as the team leader of the Inspection Bureau.
“Huh? It’s open! The gate is open, team leader!”
The employee who was watching the gate quickly shouted.
Team Leader Seo threw the cigarette he was burning into the trash can and ran straight to the gate.
“What color is the gate…?”
Team leader Seo looked in disbelief. If the Raid Ones were wiped out, the gate should remain red and open.
However, the color had changed to white.
… Surely you caught the boss?
“It’s coming out!”
one employee shouted. Just as he said, people were coming out of the entrance of the gate. He looked very tired, covered in blood, but his face showed the joy of returning alive.
“First check the condition of the injured and begin treatment right away.”
Team Leader Seo gave instructions.
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There were three injured people who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. It was a miraculous figure considering that it had entered and exited a Class A double gate.
The Hunter Association employees also seemed surprised to see the group’s condition. The employees were all so curious about what was going on inside the gate that they were almost anxious.
However, it seemed like Team Leader Seo was holding back because he had not brought up such a topic yet.
Among the group, the one who looked seriously injured was Hyeong-cheol. He was hit so hard in the abdomen by a giant monkey that he even vomited blood, so his organs were probably not intact. A detailed inspection was absolutely necessary. Even now, my facial complexion wasn’t very good.
“…please.”
Hyeong-cheol said before getting into the ambulance heading to the hospital. What he pointed to was Jinsu’s corpse covered in white cloth.
When the employees first saw the body, their faces turned white with shock. Some employees with a weak stomach even vomited. It was such a horrible corpse.
“Don’t worry.”
Team Leader Seo answered with a solemn expression. Hunters and death are inseparable. So you can get used to death.
However, we had to be careful about taking things lightly. That was the minimum line without losing humanity.
Team Leader Seo always thought of that whenever he saw the dead hunter.
“thank you.”
Hyeong-cheol bowed his head and got into the ambulance. With him, the transport of the injured to the hospital was completed.
Team leader Seo approached the remaining group. Since one person died and there was a double gate incident, an investigation had to be conducted anyway. Team leader Seo was equally curious as to what exactly happened at the gate.
It was a gate where it was almost impossible to survive with that kind of power. What on earth happened that allowed all but one person to return safely? No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t even guess.
However, Team Leader Seo suppressed his curiosity and suppressed it. Even at a glance, the hunters looked very tired. He felt like he needed to sleep right now. Moreover, since it was already too late, I thought it would be right to postpone the investigation until tomorrow.
Team Leader Seo opened his mouth.
“Thank you for your hard work today. You must be very tired both physically and mentally. First, go home and get some rest, and then come to the Hunter Association by 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. You must be investigated by the Inspection Bureau for this matter.”
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As soon as she arrived home, Sihyeon threw herself on the bed. He was so tired that he didn’t even want to lift a finger. When he was at the gate, he didn’t feel this much fatigue, probably because he was nervous the whole time.
But perhaps because I was relaxed after leaving the gate, it seemed like all the fatigue from the day had come to me at once.
‘I can’t believe I defeated the giant monkey.’
Si-hyeon muttered to himself, remembering the gigantic appearance of the giant monkey.
It still didn’t fully feel real. This guy was a monster that took the life of a B-class hunter in an instant. He killed that guy.
There was a lot of luck too. If it had been any other monster than the giant monkey, which has a weakness for yelling, I might have lost my life there.
The employees did not tell us the exact grade of the double gate they entered, possibly because the investigation was still pending.
However, considering the power of the giant monkey and the expressions of the employees, it was possible to guess that it was at least a B-class gate.
Oh, and a unique item.
Unique items also appear at B-level or higher gates. While thinking of the unique item, Si-hyeon opened the inventory to check the unique item handed over to Tae-seong. He was so distracted that he only roughly checked the name of the item and did not look at it in detail.
[Great Monkey’s Skin Clothes]
‘All resistance?’
This was my first time seeing this option. The armor that Sihyeon had seen so far was focused on physical resistance. That’s because the most important thing in raids was physical resistance. Because most monster attacks were physical attacks. Armor that increased the remaining resistance was rare, at least at the rare level.
However, there are two resistance values exceeding 20%. When Sihyeon looked around the store to buy armor, there was no armor with a rare rating higher than 20%. As expected, it was unique and looked different.
‘… Anyway, I’m not in good shape.’
When you think of unique armor, you usually imagine shiny, stylish armor. But this is literally just a red fur leather suit.
It looked like clothes worn by hunters.
“As long as the performance is good, that’s fine.”
Sihyeon muttered.
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The Inspection Bureau was also second. When he became a hunter, he never imagined he would come to a place like this twice.
Yesterday’s group gathered again, except for the injured. It was said that people admitted to the hospital would be directly investigated by inspectors.
Si-hyeon thought he would go to the investigation room again, but unexpectedly, the place he was called to was a room marked as the team leader’s office.
Before entering the room, there was one thing that bothered Sihyeon. As in the case of the myeongu technician, the fact that he was a public servant was a fact that would be revealed by checking basic personal information during the investigation. Last time, an employee of the inspection department laughed and turned a blind eye to this, thinking it might be the case.
However, I was worried that if I was a person who was faithful to the principles, I might report it. For now, it seemed like I had no choice but to hope that he wasn’t that kind of person.
When I entered, the man I saw yesterday, Team Leader Seo Yong-gil, greeted me politely. He invited Sihyeon to sit down on the sofa where the reception table was.
As Sihyeon sat down, the team leader also sat across from her. Unusually, he did not use a laptop or tablet PC. He just took out his notebook and fountain pen and placed them on the table.
He seemed to be an analog person.
“I heard about it from those who came first.”
Team leader Seo began speaking.
“yes?”
“You defeated the boss, the giant monkey.”
Now he seemed to understand why he was the only one led to the team leader’s office. He probably heard some of what happened at the gate yesterday from Hunter, who arrived at the inspection office early.
“That’s right.”
Sihyeon admitted. It was true and there was no reason to hide it.
“I see. Excuse me, but can I measure your magic power?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“thank you.”
Team leader Seo brought the machine and pressed the button toward Sihyeon.
Beep.
-101.
“uh?”
Team leader Seo looked embarrassed at the unexpected figure.
“What’s wrong?”
Although he knew the reason, Sihyeon asked calmly.
“Um, no. Just a moment. One more time.”
Beep.
-101.
“….”
Team leader Seo looked questioningly. Since the machine was new, there was no way there was anything wrong with it. It was fine just a few days ago.
So why this number?
“Hunter Lee Si-hyeon, I heard you are an E-class hunter.”
“That’s right.”
“But the number is 101. There is no way there is something wrong with the machine….”
“As expected, it comes out as 101.”
Sihyeon gave an expression that said she knew that would happen. It was a situation play that I had simulated several times at home before coming here. Since I killed such an absurd monster, I expected to measure magic power, and it turned out to be correct.
“You mean… you knew it would come out as 101?”
Team leader Seo looked at me with a puzzled look.
“Yes, that’s right. Actually….”
Sihyeon hesitated.
“actually?”
“Well, you know that my magic power level is originally 99, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
“But this time, the moment I caught the giant monkey, the number went up. By exactly 2.”
“Huh? It went up?”
Team leader Seo opened his eyes wide. Then he placed his hand on his chin and seemed to be thinking deeply about something.
‘… ‘It’s possible.’
99.9% of hunters have fixed abilities throughout their lives.
However, with the exception of 0.1%, there were hunters whose abilities increased. Although the exact cause of the occurrence was not known, in most cases the level increased while raiding. Of course, it did not rise much, but mostly moved below 5.
Therefore, it was not to the extent of dramatically becoming stronger or changing the hunter’s fate. Because no skills were created, only the ability level increased slightly. In any case, it was a strange phenomenon that was difficult to explain clearly.
Do you grow by accumulating a lot of experience like in online games?
Some people thought so at first.
But no. Even veteran hunters with a lot of experience killing many monsters had no change in their abilities. Now, I could only speculate that something about her caused her to overcome her own limits and increase her abilities.
“Let me measure it one more time.”
Team leader Seo picked up the machine again.
Beep.
-101.
“…I’m sure.”
Team leader Seo nodded. There seemed to be no lies in Sihyeon’s words. His magical power level was not something that could be increased or decreased at will.
99 when I got my license, 101 now.
This is certain since it was measured with a horsepower meter. And unless it was an exceptional increase in ability, there was no way to explain the increase from 99 to 101.
Team leader Seo continued.
“Congratulations. If you want to renew your license, you can do so today.”
Coincidentally, the rating also changed as it increased from 99 to 101. This is a very rare case. As a hunter, there is no luck greater than this.
“Thank you. I’m still in a daze.”
“You said you climbed because you caught a giant monkey, right?”
“yes.”
Team Leader Seo recorded it in his notebook.
“First of all, would you please explain step by step the situation from when you entered the double gate?”
Team Leader Seo started asking serious questions.
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