Only I Level Up: Ragnarok Episode 141
“… … Does that mean that Hwang Dong-seok was bragging the whole time he was in prison? Like he was still close with his younger brother?”
“Right. You understand quickly.”
When Suho asked a question while listening to the story, Kang Taesik smiled and nodded.
Hwang Dong-seok and Hwang Dong-su committed crimes together for over 20 years, going in and out of prison repeatedly, and were a fairly well-known fraud group known in Korea as the ‘Brother Fraud Group’.
It is also known that the brotherly love between them is quite deep.
Who would have guessed that these guys who were like that would suddenly become estranged?
And even if anyone had known about it, it probably wouldn’t have made much of a difference.
Blood brothers are naturally born fighting as they grow up.
No matter how much brothers bicker, can’t they be friends again as if nothing happened?
But that was impossible for Hwang Dong-seok, who was already locked up in prison alone.
No matter how much you try to ‘reconcile’ and get along again, don’t you think you need to be able to contact each other first?
“From Hwang Dong-seok’s perspective, there was no way to contact Hwang Dong-su, who was hiding to avoid the association.”
But it wasn’t a problem even if there was no separate way to contact him.
The story was the same as saying that there was no way for others to confirm that the relationship between the two had gone wrong.
“That’s why Hwang Dong-seok could go around saying that if someone messed with him, Hwang Dong-su would come looking for him.”
“That must have had an effect.”
“The effect was truly amazing. With just those words, even the top-class villains bowed their heads to Hwang Dong-seok.”
Suho understood why Hwang Dong-seok had no choice but to become the real power behind the prison.
Haven’t you already witnessed the power of Thomas Andre, an S-class Awakener, and your own mother?
For someone with similar powers to become a villain is a walking natural disaster.
From the villains’ perspective, the moment they disobeyed Hwang Dong-seok’s words, the unbearable disaster that would come to them in revenge must have been an incredibly terrifying thing.
“Besides, Hwang Dong-seok was lucky. The fact that Hwang Dong-soo was a S-class villain was first revealed because of Choi Jong-in.”
Those who officially engage in hunter activities must have their magical power measured and then officially register with the Hunter Association.
However, there were many cases where villains did not go through that process.
Hwang Dong-soo was a villain who had never had his magic power level officially measured.
However, there was a reason why he was declared a S-class villain.
“Chairman Woo Jin-cheol sent all the way to Choi Jong-in to catch him, but he missed out so easily. In fact, it was already game over there.”
From that day on, Hwang Dong-soo became literally untouchable, unable to be caught even by the strongest S-class hunter in the association, Choi Jong-in.
Although he disappeared from sight after that day, Hwang Dong-soo became an object of fear even more.
Because no one knows when, where, or what they will be decorating.
Suho, who was listening to Kang Taesik’s explanation, asked the part he had been most curious about.
“You said your name was Kang Tae-sik? How do you know all these details?”
“Oh, that?”
Kang Tae-sik shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.
“I was Hwang Dong-seok’s prison mate before. It’s a story I heard from Hwang Dong-seok directly cursing his younger brother Hwang Dong-su before he woke up.”
“… … Were you a villain?”
“No. I was a case of awakening while in prison, so I volunteered to become an association hunter. Is that enough of an answer?”
Suho nodded.
The Hunter Association has always suffered from a lack of manpower since its founding.
That would be the case, because in a world where you can make money by entering a dungeon, who would want to become a civil servant?
So, as a last resort, the association often recruited villains who had the potential to be rehabilitated or who had not committed violent crimes after their awakening.
One of them was Kang Tae-sik.
“So, what do you think? Do you like my information? Well, you just suck up my information, and now even if you come out and say you won’t hang out with me anymore, I don’t really plan on stopping you.”
Surprisingly, Kang Tae-sik was cool.
But he was also that intelligent.
“Oh, of course.”
Kang Tae-sik met Su-ho’s eyes and smiled meaningfully.
“Be careful with your judgment, because the information I have may not be the end.”
“Let’s go together.”
Kang Tae-sik’s smile grew deeper at Su-ho’s answer.
“Well, it’s good to hear a refreshing answer from my young friend. So are we on the same side?”
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Suho came out of Jisan Prison with Kang Taeshik.
And then, with Gray at the forefront, he started to track down the villains’ scent.
“Kkuuuung!”
Needless to say, Gray had far more keen senses than trained police dogs.
Because Gray’s sense of smell could even detect the scent of magic.
“It was a good decision to form a team.”
Kang Tae-sik nodded with a satisfied smile as he followed Gray who confidently ran forward.
“Hey, you said your name was Seong Su-ho, right? Do you plan on hanging out with me after this job is over?”
“Let me think about it.”
“Don’t draw the line so sharply and think positively. Summoners aren’t popular in dungeons anyway… .”
Startle.
At that moment, Suho and Kang Taeshik’s expressions changed and they looked ahead.
At the end of the road Gray was running in, a small city appeared.
“… … You’re hiding in the city instead of the forest. This is getting annoying.”
Kang Tae-sik’s eyes shone sharply.
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Yamiri, Yeongbuk-myeon, Pocheon-si.
In fact, this place was closer to a small village than a city.
There is also a story that the name Yamiri (夜味里) came from the fact that in the old days, there was a thick pine forest here and thieves would run rampant at night, and that thieves would have fun at night.
As such, the terrain here was surrounded by dense forests and mountains.
Not only this place, but the Pocheon region itself is a place with many mountains.
There’s no better place to hide than a mountain, so I assumed that the villains would hide in the mountain…
“But you boldly hid in a village where people live?”
“So you’re saying you’re going to take citizens hostage?”
“It’s gotten really tricky.”
Suho and Kang Taesik, who had been running without hesitation with Gray in the lead, had no choice but to stop in front of the village.
From now on, I had to move as carefully as possible.
If it was revealed that bounty hunters had come looking for the villains hiding in the village, things could have gotten worse.
“Suho, you control your magic power… … umm.”
As Kang Tae-sik looked at Su-ho, Lee Chae came to mind.
At some point, no sign of magical power could be felt from Suho’s body.
‘Can a summoner control magical powers this perfectly?’
Kang Tae-sik couldn’t help but be genuinely surprised.
It is difficult for a summoner to channel his magical powers.
Especially in a situation like now where the summons are out.
“Are you by any chance a summoner… … Tsk, no.”
Kang Tae-sik, who was about to ask Su-ho something, quickly shut his mouth.
And after he had made his magical power invisible to the outside world, he hid the dagger he was holding in his bosom.
But Suho had no other weapon to hide.
Because I had all the weapons in my inventory from the beginning.
“Suho, isn’t that right? Why did I choose you out of all the bounty hunters?”
“You said that because you are a summoner.”
“That’s the biggest thing, but it’s because you were the most basic.”
“Basics?”
“Yeah. If we’re going to catch the villains, the most important thing is to not let anyone know we’re bounty hunters.”
Most of the bounty hunters gathered at Jisan Prison were wearing body armor.
So that anyone who sees it can tell that he is a hunter.
It was a natural thing to do to protect yourself from the villains’ attacks, but the villains aren’t stupid and would have just seen it from afar and hidden away.
But now, Suho was different.
On the outside, he looked like an ordinary person, like Kang Tae-sik, a professional villain hunter.
But this alone wasn’t enough.
Can’t you feel the magic even from Gray, the young wolf?
If I went into the village with this guy leading the way, I would be openly advertising myself as a summoner to the villains.
Even if Gray was summoned back, there was no way to track the villains’ scent.
When Kang Tae-sik pointed that out, Su-ho’s gaze turned to Gray.
‘It looks like it’s a pass.’
Even though it was a wolf, it was still young and small, so it was no problem to pretend to be out walking the dog as long as you put on a leash.
“Gray, how can you not hide your magic?”
“Khuuuung?”
Suho gave up as he watched Gray tilt his head.
However, if you infuse your body with spirit, Suho’s appearance will change from that of an ordinary person.
That was when.
[The King of Beasts, the Fang Lord, requests conversation.]
[Do you accept?](Y/N)
‘Lakan?’
When Rakan spoke to him as if he had been waiting for him, this time Suho tilted his head.
‘A sudden request for conversation? For now… … I accept.’
The moment Suho pressed accept.
[Passive skill ‘(Unknown)’ is activated.]
Swaaaaaaah!
Suho’s vision turned pure white.
* * *
A world of perfect blankness.
Suho stood alone at the end of the empty horizon.
Suho didn’t panic and just stared straight ahead.
Then beyond that gaze.
At the end of the empty horizon, a giant figure that looked to be well over two meters tall stood looking at Suho.
A wild man wearing clothes made from what looks like animal skin.
It was the king of beasts, the fang lord Rakan.
[It’s been a while. Thank you for taking the time to chat.]
‘So why did you call me this?’
[There’s no need to be so impatient. This is the realm of consciousness. Time outside will have stopped.]
Suho already knew that fact through several experiences.
[I want to make a suggestion to you.]
‘proposal?’
[Yeah. It seems like I’ve been using my successor mainly for spiritual purposes these days.]
‘Oh, that’s right.’
Suho nodded.
But the reason was simple.
Because Gray is too weak.
I tried to raise Suho in my own way by leveling him up from time to time, but he was still weak.
‘But I think it might be useful if I try using it for tracking purposes like this?’
Since it was the realm of consciousness, Suho’s thoughts were completely conveyed to Rakan.
At those words, Rakan clicked his tongue with a displeased expression.
[If the purpose of the next king of beasts’ existence is only to sniff around, isn’t that too ugly?]
But what can we do when that is the reality?
[So I’d like to make a suggestion. There is a way to make Gray stronger.]
Suho’s eyes lit up at those words.
‘Is there such a way?’
[There is. Hand over my relic to Gray.]
‘Lakan’s Fangs?’
A strange sight appeared in Suho’s eyes.
Rakan’s holy relic, ‘Item: Rakan’s Fang’, has been in my inventory ever since I obtained the Vulcan Horn.
‘Can Gray use those fangs as braces?’
[True… … Anyway, it’s possible. I didn’t say anything because you were using it as a weapon, but if you pass that power on to Gray, he’ll inherit all of those abilities.]
‘Okay.’
Suho nodded his head quickly.
Then suddenly a thought occurred to me.
‘Wait a minute. Then can you put in another fang too?’
[……what?]
Suho said to the puzzled Rakan with a mischievous smile.
‘I just happened to have a fang, or rather a poisonous tooth, lying around in my inventory.’
[Okay, wait a minute.]
Lakan looked puzzled.
