Episode 58
Kang Jun-tae felt something unusual about the baseball bat that made contact with the iron hammer.
The intuition I gained from working as a hunter for a long time and going through life and death was not just for decoration.
But even with that excellent intuition, it was impossible to completely dodge Kang Jin-hyeok’s attacks.
What Kang Jin-hyeok shot was lightning, and no matter how fast it moved, it could not be faster than light.
“Ugh!”
Kang Jun-tae gritted his teeth and tried to endure.
I didn’t want to show myself as if I was ugly after giving up the initiative.
“Eww!”
However, there are limits to anything that can be accomplished with human will alone.
No matter how desperately I tried to endure the pain, the tingling sensation transmitted through my hand eventually exceeded my endurance limits.
Eventually, Kang Jun-tae knelt on the floor with smoke billowing out from his entire body.
As expected of an S-class hunter, he was still conscious even after receiving a blow that would have turned a normal person into charcoal on the spot.
“I let my guard down and almost went down the drain… … .”
I expected there would be something hidden, but I never imagined it would be this much.
From what I heard, the opponent was a rookie who had only been registered as a C-class hunter for a few weeks.
I also thought that the news of catching a new monster was just luck.
“That strange red light and this attack too… … You really do have the skills to brag about something.”
Kang Jun-tae thought it was a wise choice to leave early without looking around any further.
If the other Titan Hunters had been sent out, they would all have been defeated by Kang Jin-hyeok.
Kang Jun-tae was satisfied with the fact that he had overcome the crisis of needlessly reducing power.
The shame of letting my guard down and allowing myself to be struck had long since disappeared.
‘shit!’
Kang Jin-hyeok wanted to attack more while his opponent was still unconscious, but he couldn’t do that because his MP was completely depleted.
You can use lightning even if you don’t have MP, but it’s dangerous to use it recklessly because there is a limited number of uses left.
It was better to leave as many shots as possible in case enemies came from all sides.
Kang Jin-hyeok hurriedly searched through his inventory to fill up his MP.
When Kang Jin-hyeok took out the potion and tried to drink it, Kang Jun-tae took a coin out of his pocket and flicked it with his finger.
The coin, shot with just the strength of a finger, flew with the momentum of a bullet.
“uh?!”
The potion Kang Jin-hyeok was holding shattered into pieces when it collided with the coin.
Kang Jin-hyeok looked at the contents of the potion scattered on the floor along with the broken pieces with empty eyes.
“Kekekeke, doping during a fight is a violation of manners~”
Kang Jun-tae slowly got up while listing the rules that one would only hear in a game.
When Kang Jin-hyeok refused to back down and took out another potion, this time he moved his body himself and came closer.
“I told you not to, so that’s why.”
“Huh!”
Kang Jin-hyeok stepped back to avoid Kang Jun-tae’s fist.
Kang Jun-tae stretched out his hand as if he was aiming for Kang Jin-hyeok’s face, but in fact, he was only aiming for the potion from the beginning.
Eventually, the potion broke again and scattered across the ground.
“If you’re so obsessed with potions, does that mean you’ve run out of MP?”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was hit hard, frowned without thinking.
And Kang Jun-tae did not miss that momentary change.
“I see! Then just die now!”
Kang Jun-tae swung his hammer fiercely as if he would not tolerate it any longer.
If that blow just now was a reckless attack without even considering the remaining MP, then there was no need to show any more mercy.
‘We’re in trouble!’
It was impossible to take out a potion and drink it on this street now.
The only way left was to use the lightning from a baseball bat.
Kang Jin-hyeok did not hesitate any longer because the pot was in danger of breaking right away if he considered the remaining number of turns.
“Ugh!!”
The lightning that burst out with a flash of light struck Kang Jun-tae’s body once again.
“Fuck! How can someone without MP… …!”
Kang Jun-tae didn’t expect this development because he judged that his opponent had no more time to use his skills and rushed in.
“If you don’t know, you have to be right!”
As Kang Jin-hyeok said, if you don’t know the secrets of baseball bats, you have no choice but to take it.
“Kuaaaaaaah!!”
Han Yeong-seok broke out in a cold sweat when he heard Kang Jun-tae’s screams become louder than before.
If something goes wrong like that, everything is over.
Han Yeong-seok, who could no longer stand to watch, gave orders to his subordinates who were waiting behind him.
“What are you just looking at! Catch those guys quickly!!”
“Oh, yes!”
“All right!”
The Titan Hunters belatedly took up their weapons and ran towards Kang Jin-hyeok.
Kang Jun-tae, who discovered the sight while being struck by lightning, gritted his teeth and shouted.
“Everyone get out!!”
All of the Titan Hunters froze in place at the thunderous roar of a beast.
“Just shut up and watch until I get this kid out of here! If anyone tries to come out, I’ll kill them!!”
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The fact that he had been fooled by this kind of trick twice greatly damaged Kang Jun-tae’s pride.
In order to heal this wounded pride, there was no other way than to smash Kang Jin-hyeok’s head directly.
“You died today… … !”
Kang Jun-tae was seriously injured to the point where smoke was pouring out of his gaping mouth, but he stood on his two legs.
His bloodshot, red eyes were filled with a strong determination.
Kang Jin-hyeok almost got overwhelmed by that spirit like the other hunters.
After taking a deep breath and regaining his composure, Kang Jin-hyeok deliberately showed his bluff.
“If you get so angry and attack me, you’ll just get hurt again.”
But something that happened once could have been passed over as just a coincidence.
What happened twice in a row could happen a third time.
Kang Jin-hyeok reminded Kang Jun-tae of that point, hoping that he would hesitate.
But Kang Jun-tae had no intention of playing along as he intended.
“Then have you tried it?”
“what?”
“I don’t know how you can use a technique of this power without MP… … but it’s not like you can use it indefinitely.”
“You’re writing a novel instead of fighting.”
“Kuhaha, it’s a novel… … . Is that really so?”
Kang Jun-tae easily saw through Kang Jin-hyeok’s bluff.
The number of hunters, monsters, and items that Kang Jun-tae had experienced so far was hundreds of times that of Kang Jin-hyeok.
Thanks to all those experiences, Kang Jun-tae was able to be confident.
They say there is no fraud skill in this world without weaknesses.
“It’s probably a technique that has a set number of uses. That’s why it couldn’t be used from the beginning.”
It is a skill that even S-class hunter Kang Jun-tae cannot avoid by seeing it.
However, Kang Jin-hyeok held back from taking it out until the moment his MP ran out.
Kang Jun-tae considered these facts to be sufficient evidence.
“You can try again. I’m prepared to do it at least once anyway.”
Kang Jun-tae bent his legs and lowered his body.
The serious attitude he took on, different from the way he had shown himself until now, meant that he would not let his guard down even for a moment.
I have already suffered two humiliations in return.
Whether you die or the other person dies.
Kang Jun-tae intended to finish it off with this attack.
On the other hand, Kang Jin-hyeok had no intention of doing that.
‘If I risk my life fighting a guy like that, I’ll be the only one who dies.’
It wasn’t anything to do with me from the beginning.
Kang Jin-hyeok was just a victim who got caught up in it.
‘But I can’t just say it doesn’t matter and get away with it now.’
It was impossible to just say sorry after striking someone with lightning twice in a row.
At least you have to be taken to the hospital half dead before you can stop it.
‘I can’t help it. I don’t want to die or end up in the hospital… ‘
Kang Jin-hyeok quickly reached for his inventory.
‘If you can’t do it with strength, you have to use your head.’
Kang Jin-hyeok, who decided to use his wisdom like a higher being, took out an item from his inventory.
Kang Jun-tae didn’t miss the sight even though his anger was rising to the top of his head.
“Where are you going with your tricks again!”
Kang Jun-tae picked up one of the pieces of broken floor and threw it at the item Kang Jin-hyeok was holding.
At that moment, Kang Jun-tae witnessed the corners of the other person’s mouth curve upward.
“How stupid.”
Because he reacted hastily, Kang Jun-tae didn’t properly check what Kang Jin-hyeok took out.
I just responded with the belief that it was a potion based on the circumstances.
What Kang Jin-hyeok actually took out was a smoke grenade, which hunters often use to obscure the monsters’ vision.
The smoke grenade that collided with the debris thrown by Kang Jun-tae exploded with a loud bang on the spot.
Thick smoke from the smoke bomb quickly filled the living room.
‘If I had thrown this on the ground myself, he would have been the first to stop it.’
Considering Kang Jun-tae’s movements, it wasn’t that difficult to stop the smoke bomb before it exploded.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought that in that case, he should just blow it up with his own hands.
I believed that since he was completely focused on finding my weakness and was furious, he would react faster than anyone else.
And that belief turned out to be wonderfully rewarding.
“What the f*ck!! What the f*ck are you doing you little f*cking idiot!!”
Kang Jun-tae, who opened his eyes and got hit on the back of the head, literally started going crazy.
“Eww!”
“Ugh!”
“Please stop!”
Even though he couldn’t see, he swung his hammer wildly, and only the poor Titan Hunters got their pots broken.
“Come out here right now!”
‘Am I crazy?’
Kang Jin-hyeok covered his face with a gas mask he had prepared in advance and lifted Seo Sang-ho up, who was lying down in the room.
“Don’t open your eyes until I tell you.”
Lee Hye-na, who had been coughing continuously due to the smoke, nodded with difficulty.
Kang Jin-hyeok hurried into the attic with Lee Hye-na, who had her eyes tightly shut.
“Cough! Cough! Open all the windows and doors right now!”
Han Yeong-seok gave calm instructions while coughing, but the hunters had a hard time following them.
“I can’t see well because of the smoke! Cough!”
“I can’t approach you because Kang Jun-tae is acting wild!”
“What the hell!”
If you take a step without thinking when your eyes are completely dark, your head will be blown off by a sledgehammer.
In this situation, there was no hunter who could actively step forward.
“Then the guys in front of the door, go outside and watch where that guy Kang Jin-hyeok runs off to!!”
“All right!”
The four hunters who were not inside the house immediately climbed up to the roof of the building.
And each of them took on one of the four directions, east, west, south, and north, and observed all the pedestrians passing by without exception.
While the four hunters were looking outside, the remaining hunters and Han Yeong-seok had to wait until the smoke died down on its own.
The time it took until then was a full 15 minutes.
It was enough time for a person to go out and disappear.
As expected, when Kang Jin-hyeok and his group were no longer visible inside the house, Han Yeong-seok called the hunters outside.
“Where did those guys run off to!?”
“No, I don’t know!”
“I kept watching you, but you never came out!”
“Does that make sense?!”
Even though Han Yeong-seok was furious, the hunters had nothing else to say.
You can’t say that something didn’t come out, but you can’t report it falsely, right?
“These incompetent little kids!!”
Kang Jun-tae even smashed the furniture in the living room, which was still intact, with a sledgehammer.
“I have to be the leader of a guild like this?! F**k!”
The Titan Hunters looked at Kang Jun-tae with displeasure as he cursed and vented his anger.
“If you wouldn’t be so stubborn and just rush in together… … .”
“what?”
Kang Jun-tae heard a hunter muttering in a voice as small as a mosquito, as if it were a ghost.
As he turned around to look at himself with a flushed face, the color drained from the face of the hunter who had been gossiping.
“Ah, no, that’s not it… … .”
The hunter shut his mouth before he could even begin to make excuses.
No, there was nothing left to call a mouth anymore.
The iron hammer that Kang Jun-tae swung burst the head of the hunter who was gossiping like a watermelon and was firmly embedded in the wall.
Kang Jun-tae slowly approached the headless corpse and pulled out the iron hammer that was stuck in the wall.
“If there’s anyone else who wants to talk, come out.”
In that murderous atmosphere, the Titan Hunters who did not want to die had to swallow their discontent.
