Episode 19
Kang Jin-hyeok headed to Titan’s defense line with other hunters persuaded by his secretary.
The Titan executives frowned as they suddenly saw the Hunters swarming in.
For the executives who wanted to solve the problem with only the power of the Titans, the Hunters who came to help were uninvited guests.
“Who gave you the orders to bring these people here?”
“These are the instructions from the guild leader.”
The executives looked displeased after hearing the secretary’s words.
I wanted to send it back, but I couldn’t disobey the guild leader’s orders.
Even if the executives held the real power and swayed it, it was unacceptable for them to ignore the orders of Seo Sang-ho, the symbol of Titan and an S-class hunter.
Eventually, one of the executives had no choice but to give instructions to the guild members.
“Tsk, let me in.”
Thanks to the guild members who were maintaining the defensive line moving to the left and right, a path was opened for entry.
Kang Jin-hyeok and the hunters quickly entered during that gap.
As the secretary tried to follow in, the executive who had made way for her asked her a question to confirm.
“Are you sure that’s what the guild leader ordered?”
“… … Of course.”
The secretary answered calmly, but inside she was thinking about the report she had to write and the salary cut.
Since you used the guild leader’s name without permission, you may have to eat instant food for at least 3 months.
“I’ll excuse myself now.”
The secretary nodded and hurried forward again.
The hunters who had asked for help and Kang Jin-hyeok were waiting for her instructions not far away.
The secretary, who discovered the scene, immediately started dispatching the hunters to appropriate locations as soon as they joined.
Hunters with close range skills go to the front lines where the tanks are.
Hunters of the wizard series provide artillery support from the rear.
And I asked those with support skills to help out in the middle.
All the other hunters took their positions as requested, but Kang Jinhyeok, despite being a cleric, was heading to the front line instead of the middle ranks.
The secretary noticed Kang Jin-hyeok like that and hurried over to him.
“Wait a minute. Are you sure you want to step forward?”
“Why are you asking the obvious?”
The secretary barely managed to suppress the urge to ask what on earth was normal.
As a Cleric, you don’t do the support you’re supposed to do, but instead charge at monsters.
The secretary, who was hesitating whether to ask or not, let out a small sigh.
In this urgent situation, there was no time to waste on one hunter.
“… … Do as you wish. However, if you do not meet the quota for this counter, you will not be compensated.”
The secretary spoke in a cold voice and held out a tool that looked like a pocket watch.
“What is this thing?”
“This is a tool that measures the magical power of the monsters you hunt and accumulates it into points.”
For example, goblins were considered 1 point, and orcs were considered 3 points.
If you kill 100 goblins and 3 orcs, your total score will be recorded on the counter as 109 points.
This recently developed tool was already being actively used by Titan to prevent fraud.
“The average score of the hunters in charge of the front line is currently 82 points. If you want to receive a reward, you need to get a score higher than that.”
“Aren’t you being too strict with me?”
“I was trying to bring in a support player, not a dealer.”
The secretary had a point.
Except for the fact that he was a cleric, Kang Jin-hyeok was now nothing more than a common D-rank hunter.
It was not possible to just promise a high salary to such a hunter.
“Don’t be surprised when you see it later.”
When Kang Jin-hyeok confidently accepted the counter, the secretary laughed inwardly.
No matter how much he jumped, he was a cleric, not a professional dealer.
The secretary couldn’t understand why Seo Sang-ho had such a high opinion of this person.
“I look forward to the results.”
After the secretary left, Kang Jin-hyeok was left alone and put the counter in his pants pocket.
The secretary left with a smile, but I knew it was a pretense.
Kang Jin-hyeok vowed that he would make her regret underestimating him.
“I didn’t want to write it if possible.”
What Kang Jin-hyeok took out of his inventory with a trembling face was a stamina boosting potion.
It gave me more energy than usual, but it had the terrible side effect of making me feel like I was going to die the next day.
Kang Jin-hyeok drank the potion in the brown bottle in one gulp.
It was an inevitable choice to face the monster army with a body that had been working hard for a week.
“Ugh… … . It’s a medicine that’s so bad for your health, and it tastes really bad.”
Even though the taste was terrible, one thing was certain: it was effective.
The moment the potion passed my esophagus and reached my stomach, my head suddenly cleared and strength surged throughout my body.
Kang Jin-hyeok began to unleash the energy he had borrowed at the forefront.
The bat, swung vigorously with a full swing, collided with the ogre’s club that was targeting the hunters.
What shattered into pieces with a loud impact was not Kang Jin-hyeok’s slender arm, but the ogre’s club.
“Whoa?”
The ogre stared blankly at his club.
It seemed simply unbelievable that his beloved club had been broken by a tiny human who couldn’t even reach his waist.
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The hunters around them were also surprised.
“What is that person?”
“Is that possible with Pattaro?”
It was thanks to Lucia’s training together that Kang Jin-hyeok was able to display the kind of eccentricity that only a top-class hunter could do.
Thanks to hunting monsters for a week, his level has reached a whopping 140.
Of course, if you only look at the level, it was barely at the B-class level, so it wasn’t enough to deal with the ogre.
However, Kang Jin-hyeok had the effect of [Application of Divine Power – Stage 3].
Thanks to the divine power flowing through his entire body, his physical abilities had greatly increased.
As long as his MP did not run out, Kang Jin-hyeok’s stats could surpass even those of an A-class hunter.
“It was a good thing I filled the potion in advance.”
Originally, the Association did not sell a large quantity of potions to one person in order to control the supply quantity of potions.
However, the black market of the organization that was dealing with Kang Jin-hyeok was different.
It was possible to purchase more than 100 potions by paying a small fee.
The number of mana potions currently held by Kang Jin-hyeok is 1529.
His mana never ran out until his stomach could bear it.
“How long are you going to just stare at that broken club?!”
Kang Jin-hyeok kicked off the ground and jumped up to the top of the ogre’s head with just a standing jump.
Only then did the ogre take his gaze off the bat and try to move.
But it was already too late.
The bat swung by Kang Jin-hyeok shattered the ogre’s head into pieces like a balloon was popped.
The headless ogre’s massive body fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
“Hey, come on.”
Kang Jin-hyeok landed on the ogre’s corpse and took out the counter to check the score.
“Ogres give 12 points. Then I just need to catch about 6 more.”
Leaving the surrounding hunters in shock, Kang Jin-hyeok moved towards his next target.
“Since we’re going to get paid for kills, it would be better to fight in a place where there are a lot of witnesses.”
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t trust Titan.
Even if the counter was working properly, it was something that could later be complained about.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought that in order to prevent them from evading their responsibility, it would be best to fight in a place with as many eyes as possible to create a witness.
“Let’s see… … It seems a bit noisy over there.”
As I looked for places with as many people as possible, I naturally ended up visiting mainly the sites of crisis.
Powerful monsters that were invincible against numerous hunters.
That was Kang Jin-hyeok’s main prey.
Kang Jin-hyeok drank the mana potions in gulps and ran wild.
No matter how strong a monster’s body was, it could not withstand the swing of his bat while surrounded by an aura.
Before I knew it, the counter’s score had already passed 82 points.
“A-class hunters were clinging to me and barely holding on, but in one blow… … .”
“What kind of person do you do?”
The hunters’ attention gradually began to focus on his efforts to defeat the monsters that had been causing trouble one by one.
The hunters were impressed by Kang Jin-hyeok’s skills, but at the same time, they had doubts.
“I can’t believe I didn’t know about a hunter with such skills until now.”
“I’m seeing this for the first time today too.”
“At least, I don’t think he’s on the list of A-class hunters.”
Once you start living as a hunter, you will be noticed whether you like it or not.
However, little information was known about Kang Jin-hyeok.
He was a D-class hunter who no one paid attention to until just a few weeks ago.
As for his recent activities, all he has done is help the Titans and protect the Cleric.
Even that face was not known because the Titan executives gritted their teeth and controlled information.
Those who know Kang Jin-hyeok’s name and face exactly are the people who participated in the hunt at that time.
Only Andoyoon was hit by him and passed out.
“When did that kid become like that… … .”
Ahn Do-yoon, who was watching Kang Jin-hyeok from afar, touched his chin with his hand.
As I watched Kang Jin-hyeok run wild, the part of me that had been hit by him suddenly started to sting.
“Why does that kid keep acting up in front of me!”
Ando Yoon didn’t know why Kang Jin Hyuk had become so strong in such a short period of time.
His presence was all the more jarring because I didn’t know the means.
“I’m barely able to level up like this, barely surviving, but how on earth does that guy… …!”
There is no way Kang Jin-hyeok would have found a hunting ground where monsters frequently appear.
Andoyoon knew that he didn’t even go out of the house much, let alone hunt.
Because I was secretly investigating in order to get revenge on Kang Jin-hyeok who insulted me.
“shit!”
The moment I thought, ‘Could it be a difference in talent?’, I felt a surge of emotion.
I just didn’t want to get pushed around by a guy like that.
Every time I saw the hunters marvel at Kang Jin-hyeok’s performance, I felt so wronged that I almost went crazy.
“Who is to blame for my being kicked out of the position of Vice Guild Leader?”
Ando Yoon couldn’t stand seeing Kang Jin Hyuk doing so well.
As he fell down, he too must crawl back to the bottom.
Now is your only chance to create that opportunity.
Andoyoon Ahn thought like that and let go of his sense of reason.
When a colleague nearby noticed Ando Yoon’s strange behavior, it was already too late.
Andoyoon steeled his resolve and ran, holding his sword with both hands.
All he could see was the back of Kang Jin-hyeok’s head.
The moment when you let your guard down the most is right after catching a monster.
Ando Yoon was planning to take advantage of that moment.
The fact that he had such a sudden thought despite the mountain of people watching was proof that he was mentally exhausted.
He couldn’t stand the situation of being abandoned by the executives who had supported him and being treated like a plaything by the guild leader.
Ando Yoon blamed everything on Kang Jin Hyuk and swung his sword as if venting his anger.
And when he saw his sword broken in two, all his anger turned to regret.
