Episode 57
In fact, Kang Jin-hyeok wasn’t the type to enjoy fighting that much.
It hasn’t even been half a year since I started finding dungeons and suddenly becoming stronger.
Besides, the hunter thought that all he had to do was catch the monster.
I never thought that we would end up living a life of fighting each other like this, even though we are both hunters.
‘How did it end up like this?’
Kang Jin-hyeok fell into deep doubt as he was surrounded by three A-class hunters.
The most you can do by leveling up and increasing your stats is to get involved in other people’s faction fights and start fights.
This way, he wasn’t a hunter, he was just a strong thug.
The hunters surrounding them noticed that Kang Jin-hyeok’s expression was darkening.
The hunters mistook his frozen expression for a nervousness that made them nervous about fighting him.
‘Haha, it’s only natural that he’d be upset since he had to take on the three of us at once.’
One of the hunters who had gained confidence suddenly became greedy.
It seemed that if he stepped forward and dealt with Kang Jin-hyeok, who had sent the two people who had attacked him earlier into the goal, his standing within the guild would rise.
‘Okay… … .’
The hunter secretly sent a signal to his colleague next to him.
‘You want me to go in first and grab attention?’
The colleague who received the signal was troubled.
Wouldn’t it be the case that if you act rashly, you’ll be the first to suffer?
Among the Hunters the opponent had just defeated, there was one with the highest defense within the Titan.
Kang Jin-hyeok is the person who took down such a tough hunter with just a few swings of a baseball bat.
It took a lot of determination to attract attention from such a person.
Taking a deep breath and relaxing, the hunter moved as per his companion’s signal.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s gaze was naturally drawn to the hunter approaching from the side with a weapon in hand.
‘Now is the time!’
The greedy hunter quickly closed the distance alone while his companion was distracted.
“That crazy guy… … !”
The hunter sighed as he was left alone, seeing his partner who had planned to rush in together running alone.
Now, we need to take advantage of the three of us, so it was dangerous for me to act alone like that.
As expected, the hunter who ran alone quickly was struck by Kang Jin-hyeok who turned his body like lightning.
There was no room to defend.
By the time he realized his mistake, the baseball bat had already struck his body.
“Kkaaaak!”
While screaming in pain and falling down, Kang Jin-hyeok chose the person he would target first to deal with the remaining two.
“shit!”
First of all, the target was the hunter who approached to attract attention.
Chosen for his proximity, he had already endured two attacks before his comrades could arrive to help.
I managed to avoid the first swing of the baseball bat, but I was no match for the subsequent kick.
The foot, stretched forward as if kicking a soccer ball, struck the hunter in the side.
“Ugh!”
The aura-filled feet gave the hunter more pain than being hit with an iron club.
Kang Jin-hyeok swung his bat again and delivered a finishing blow to the staggering hunter, who was holding his stomach.
In less than ten seconds, three hunters were reduced to just one.
“What the hell.”
The remaining hunters had a feeling that things would turn out this way when one of their comrades ran off on his own.
It was a natural result of doing such a reckless thing to an opponent you couldn’t let your guard down against.
Han Yeong-seok, who was watching the fight, couldn’t help but sigh.
It was just pathetic that he raised these guys as his direct subordinates.
“Hahahaha! You guys are really funny.”
Suddenly another human came into the hallway, laughing loudly.
“If the kids who are famous in the guild are like this, then it’s serious. I wonder if it’s okay for me to be the guild leader here.”
“We are planning to do a major overhaul in the future anyway.”
Even without that, Han Yeong-seok didn’t like the fact that the guild was overflowing with people who only believed in their own level and hunter rank.
The plan was to use this incident as an opportunity to emphasize a thorough meritocracy.
In Han Yeong-seok’s opinion, people like that who couldn’t even help when needed didn’t deserve to be on Titan.
“If the remaining one comes forward, it seems like his head will just get smashed. I’ll take care of it.”
“Didn’t you say you were just going to watch because it was annoying?”
Kang Jun-tae chuckled again after hearing that.
“It looked fun. I wanted to give it a try.”
Kang Jun-tae took out a large hammer from his inventory.
The appearance of the iron mace, a thick iron club with iron spikes attached, was threatening just to look at.
Kang Jun-tae lifted the heavy-looking hammer with one hand and stood facing Kang Jin-hyeok.
“It seems like you’re good at hitting with blunt weapons too. Let’s have a fight between two people of the same type.”
Kang Jin-hyeok glared at Kang Jun-tae without saying a word.
Kang Jun-tae gave off a distinctly different vibe from the people he had fought with so far.
Behind his seemingly light words and actions, a fearsome spirit was visible.
‘The story about the guild leader just now… …is that the S-rank hunter that we just recruited?’
If the guess is true, Kang Jin-hyeok will now have a one-on-one fight with an S-class hunter.
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‘S-class hunter… … .’
In the past, these were people whose names alone were enough to make one feel a sense of wonder.
But after getting stronger in the dungeon and fighting many hunters, my thoughts changed.
There’s only one rank difference between an S-class hunter and an A-class hunter.
Now that he could easily defeat an A-class hunter, it seemed like he would have a good chance of winning even if he were to face an S-class hunter.
“Hehehe.”
Kang Jun-tae happily accepted the way Kang Jin-hyeok looked at him with sharp eyes.
I really liked the fact that he wasn’t scared like other hunters.
“Instead of glaring at me like that, why don’t you just attack me first?”
Kang Jun-tae readily gave in as if he were a martial arts master.
Kang Jin-hyeok, whose pride was stimulated, did not refuse and quickly put a thick aura on both legs.
And then, the body that had been bent for a moment, springs forward with elasticity like a spring.
“Defense Charge!”
As soon as the skill was cast, the distance was shortened to right in front of my nose.
Without a second of hesitation, Kang Jin-hyeok aimed for Kang Jun-tae’s face with a baseball bat.
Kang Jun-tae responded to his blow, which was clearly intended to end it in one blow, by slightly tilting his head back.
The movement was only a few centimeters.
But with just such a small movement, Kang Jin-hyeok’s attack became a meaningless attempt to cut through the air.
“What… … !”
This was the first time something like this had happened since I learned of the dungeon’s existence.
I was always the one who had to dodge the opponent’s attacks, but this time the positions were reversed.
“So that’s the principle.”
Kang Jun-tae twitched the corners of his mouth as he felt his prediction was right on target.
“Is it my turn now?”
Kang Jun-tae spun his body quickly like a top.
The hammer, swung with all his might by an arm that had gained acceleration, aimed for his face just as Kang Jin-hyeok had tried.
“Ugh!”
Kang Jin-hyeok barely managed to lift the bat to block Kang Jun-tae’s hammer.
But the power stored in the hammer could not be released safely.
Unable to withstand the shock, Kang Jin-hyeok’s body flew up and hit the bookshelf in the living room.
Kang Jin-hyeok spun around and landed on his legs first before falling to the ground.
“shit!”
Kang Jin-hyeok ran towards Kang Jun-tae again.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who had been running head-on, focused his aura on his left foot this time and quickly turned to the left side.
Immediately after that, he swung the baseball bat, aiming for Kang Jun-tae’s left side.
But from the moment Kang Jin-hyeok swung the bat, Kang Jun-tae’s gaze was already following his movements.
Eventually, the baseball bat was blocked by the sledgehammer.
Kang Jun-tae’s body was not as strong as Kang Jin-hyeok’s in terms of withstanding shock.
He held on like a mountain and struck Kang Jin-hyeok with a hammer.
“Ugh!”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was bounced back again, fell onto the table and groaned in pain.
“How on earth… … .”
Unlike other hunters, Kang Jun-tae did not miss Kang Jin-hyeok’s movements from beginning to end.
It was as if he knew in advance where he was going to move.
‘no way!’
When Kang Jin-hyeok suddenly remembered something, Kang Jun-tae looked at his expression and sneered.
“Have you noticed already?”
Kang Jun-tae thought that Kang Jin-hyeok would realize this only after being hurt two or three more times.
Kang Jun-tae thought it was amazing that he had figured it out in just two attacks.
“Your limbs glow red every time you attack. Is that your skill? You’ve acquired a really crappy skill.”
As Kang Jun-tae said, if you just check where the red glowing body part is, you can easily predict where Kang Jin-hyeok will come from next.
Of course, this was only possible if you could understand the differences in movement depending on how dark the aura’s color was.
It would be impossible for most hunters, but Kang Jun-tae was different.
An S-class hunter is a realm of talent that cannot be reached through effort alone.
Kang Jun-tae had that much combat experience and sense.
“Then why don’t you make it so they can’t see it with their eyes?”
Kang Jin-hyeok put his aura into his entire body, not just a specific part.
The red energy rising like a mist from all over his body once again stimulated Kang Jun-tae’s interest.
“Kukukuk, was it always going to be like that from the beginning?”
Kang Jun-tae slung the hammer over his shoulder and waved his free hand.
“Come back again. Let’s see what’s different this time.”
As if asking what would have changed even if he did that, Kang Jun-tae’s attitude was overflowing with confidence.
Kang Jin-hyeok wanted to directly deny Kang Jun-tae’s behavior, but he couldn’t.
It was difficult to generate the same power as before because the power was dispersed as much as creating an aura throughout the body.
If you focus on your hands, you can generate 100 strength, but right now, you can only generate 60.
Moreover, because the aura was activated widely, even my MP was decreasing quickly.
‘As expected, S-class hunters are on a different level.’
Kang Jin-hyeok reflected on himself for having looked down on the S-class hunter just a moment ago.
‘If you can’t hit it properly, there’s only one way.’
Kang Jin-hyeok gritted his teeth and gripped the baseball bat tightly with both hands.
Fortunately, Kang Jun-tae underestimated him and gave in again.
To make the most of the opportunity, Kang Jin-hyeok raised his aura to the highest possible level without thinking about MP consumption.
Thanks to this, all MP would be consumed in just 5 seconds, but it was something that could be resolved before then.
Kang Jin-hyeok kicked the ground and moved forward like a bullet.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who reached his opponent in the blink of an eye, swung his baseball bat diagonally.
“What, I thought something was different. Am I just swinging it around honestly?”
Kang Jun-tae, who easily blocked Kang Jin-hyeok’s attack with a hammer, showed a look of open disappointment.
“It seems like I have less strength than before… … Was my expectation wrong?”
Even so, is it on the same level as the hunters scattered here and there?
When Kang Jun-tae reached that conclusion, Kang Jin-hyeok used a hidden trick.
“Take this and tell me.”
What Kang Jin-hyeok imagined was lightning turning the opponent’s entire body upside down.
Based on that imagination, the skill enchanted into the baseball bat was activated.
