Episode 74 Emilia Rose (1)
“Is it trustworthy?”
“What can you trust when you’ve never even seen each other’s faces? Ability is what makes trust.”
“Well, there was no other mercenary that Lee Ye-rin praised so much besides Jeong Seon-gyu, right?”
“Even if that picky woman filters it, I can believe this level of praise.”
Kim Soo-kyung nodded.
It’s been a long time since I’ve known Yerin Lee. She’s not the type of person to add unnecessary words.
Nevertheless, from beginning to end, he only had good things to say about Kang-hoo. Without any hesitation.
If so, there is no need to be suspicious and make a fuss for no reason.
However, Kim Soo-kyung had one thing on her mind.
As a hunter of the assassination series, you have to engage in close combat, so the question was whether you could hold your ground at the front lines.
Like it or not, in the end, it is Kang-hoo who has to get closest to Jeon Jong-du.
It was like the unavoidable fate of an assassin hunter. You can’t just take the lives of your opponents from afar.
“I wish time would pass quickly.”
My heart was already pounding.
Even though I had never seen Kang-hoo before, I was excited.
It was curiosity about the skill that had cleanly blown off the left arm of Gong Tae-su, the butcher of Ulsan.
* * *
“It’s a little better here.”
Kang-hu, who arrived near the entrance to Hongcheon Liberation Zone, leisurely looked around.
Unlike Gimcheon Liberation District, where the pungent smell of burning marijuana could be felt from the entrance.
The fragrance of acacia flowers planted along the streets of Hongcheon Liberation District permeated the air.
Moreover, even though it was late at night, the streetlights were well-maintained, so the surrounding area was bright.
The strange thing is that usually at the entrance there should be a noisy atmosphere with small fights or quarrels.
It was as if nothing had happened, not a single ant was visible.
It’s not that there weren’t any people to begin with, but rather that it felt like people had been drawn away by something and were disappearing somewhere.
However, judging from the fact that there was no smell of blood or a strong flow of mana, it did not seem to be a ‘battle’.
It was easy to follow the traces.
The remaining flow of heat and mana was eventually leading to one point.
At the place where he arrived, a person Kang-hoo had never expected was taking his place.
A female hunter was seen surrounded by numerous hunters and suffering from a fierce autograph offensive.
‘Emilia Rose?’
Kang-hoo recognized her right away.
Amber colored eyes.
Long silver-gray hair with lots of C-curls and waves at the ends.
Here, the shirt and straight-leg trousers are worn to match the all-black dress code.
In the original, she was a named hunter designed under the name Emilia Rose.
It was an image that was even more unforgettable because the nose, seen from the side, was so sharp that it seemed as if it could cut through anything.
‘There’s no answer from the constellation information.’
Kang-hoo clicked his tongue when he saw the list of scanned constellation information.
A simple comparison would be the same number of constellations that Jang Si-hwan possesses. There are 30 constellations together.
Of course, the reason I have such vivid memories of her wasn’t just because she had so many constellations.
‘Because there are thirteen stars.’
Because of her future.
There are currently four stars in total that Kang-hoo has encountered in person or heard about through the news.
Jang Si-hwan, Chae Gwan-hyeong, Yoo Cheong-hwa, Casey Rex. Now, a fifth character has been added.
Of course, it is unclear at this point whether Emilia Rose belongs to the Thirteen Stars.
This is because the point in time when he first appears in earnest in the original work is much later than now.
Anyway, there was something strangely satisfying about facing a potential enemy right in front of you.
‘The spiritual world. The magical world. And thanks to the constellation ability, it is possible to communicate verbally with humans, as well as plants and animals.’
This is Emilia’s characteristic.
There are no barriers to communication for her. The main constellation allows for the exchange of all emotions and language.
The reason she’s scary actually lies elsewhere.
It means planting thoughts and beliefs in the other person without their knowledge. Very secretly and cleverly.
In the original, many enemies were dealt with in this way without the thirteen stars directly appearing. Cowardly.
Maybe that’s why.
Even now, there were quite a few hunters in this place who were intoxicated by her charm and seduction.
If you order them to commit suicide, there are quite a few Hunters who seem like they would take their own lives without any hesitation.
Caddeuk.
Kang-hoo took one of the solariums out of his pocket and chewed on it.
This is to prevent Emilia from ever being mentally subdued.
The method itself of avoiding her mind control is not difficult.
First of all, there is an unpleasant feeling that comes like a precursor before being subjected to mind control.
At that time, if you just find a direction to naturally escape from that feeling, you will be able to open your eyes and not be affected.
The problem here is that Emilia uses her charm skill invisibly.
The aura of fascination that is scattered in all directions has a particularly strong effect on the opposite sex.
Like a male praying mantis that mates with a female even though he knows it will kill him, he loses his reason.
“Emilia… … . Amazing… … .”
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“If I give you this item, can I get an autograph?”
“If I could just hold your hand once, I feel like my wishes would be over. I feel like I could die, huh… … .”
There were already quite a few hunters who were talking crazy stuff.
Emilia also seemed to enjoy that reaction, her gaze growing haughty and her longing heightened.
Meanwhile, Kang-hoo and Emilia’s gazes crossed at one point.
Because there are so many people, it is natural for glances to pass by and then pass away.
For some reason, Emilia just stared at him for a long time without moving.
An unpleasant feeling came over him, but Kang-hoo easily shook off his mental control.
It wasn’t difficult for Kang-hoo, who knew how to evade well. The problem is that he got hurt because he didn’t know.
Emilia walked towards Kang-hoo with her gaze fixed on him.
Warm. Warm.
The black flat shoes that matched the color of the clothes made a distinctive sound, heightening the tension.
【This guy is obsessed with only the most venomous constellations. He is obsessed with demons from start to finish.】
At that moment, the Dimension Robber recognized the face of the constellation that Emilia had contracted with and spoke in a cold voice.
After hearing her words, I looked again.
Indeed, the constellations that Jang Si-hwan and Chae Gwan-hyeong had contracts with were much more vicious than the constellations they had contracts with.
Contracts with constellations usually follow the nature or instincts of the hunter who signs the contract.
For a named hunter like Emilia, it is easy to make a contract with a constellation of your desired disposition.
Rather than being an innocent lamb being dragged away by the devil, he is being molded to become the devil himself.
“Excuse me, can I talk to you?”
“Wow, what’s with that hunter? Why did Emilia suddenly go and talk to him directly?”
“What is that guy?”
“I guess I have to start with the face. After all, I guess Emilia doesn’t want to talk to squids like us.”
“I don’t know who you are, but you look pretty darn cute.”
When Emilia spoke directly to Kang-hoo, his envious eyes pierced her like a blade.
Kang-hoo, who didn’t care about other people’s opinions in the first place, didn’t care about anyone other than Emilia.
Kang-hoo asked back.
“What is your business?”
“If you don’t mind, how about a drink? I have some pretty good liquor in the room I’m staying in.”
“Wow… … crazy.”
It wasn’t just a simple request for conversation or a date proposal, it was like blatantly inviting a man to your room!
A look of resentment poured out on Kang-hoo.
‘It doesn’t seem like a trick.’
Anyway, the fact that mind control doesn’t work was probably figured out a little while ago through an invisible search.
It didn’t seem like he was trying to do anything obvious.
Even if you have other plans, there are still many ways to get out of the situation.
Even if you just use teleportation right now, it’s not a problem to immediately get out to the save point.
‘Face painting. That sounds good.’
Kang-hoo looked at Emilia and nodded.
call.
It didn’t seem like it would be any harm to him to have a private conversation with her. I don’t know why she wanted to have a drink, though.
* * *
Although the liberated zone is generally considered a dangerous place, there are places that are private and safe.
That’s why the Phoenix Hotel, where Emilia was staying, was safer than anywhere else, even though it was inside the liberated zone.
As it was a hotel directly managed by Kenax, the management organization that oversees the entire liberated zone, security was top notch.
No one dared touch this place because if they touched it wrong, they would be executed in the liberated zone.
While Kang-hoo followed Emilia, he moved with only one thing in mind.
It was a detection of the existence of an area where all skills and abilities were suppressed.
If you use a lot of magic stones, it is possible to create a suppression zone at any time.
For Kang-hoo, who could sensitively sense the flow of mana, it was easy to observe the flow to that extent.
Fortunately, there were no signs of a trap along the way. It seemed that Emilia had never intended to do so in the first place.
The space she entered like that.
As expected, it was the top floor penthouse of the Phoenix Hotel.
As soon as she came in, she poured whiskey into an old-fashioned looking glass that she had cleaned beforehand.
“It’s Shackleton whiskey.”
“Is this a commemorative piece?”
“That’s possible. It’s the whiskey that Ernest Shackleton buried at his base camp during his Antarctic expedition in 1907.”
“Are you talking about that whiskey from Mackinlay?”
“Yes, that’s the whiskey.”
I had expected it from the moment Emilia first started talking, but when it became reality, my fingertips started shaking quite a bit.
If it’s real whiskey and not a commemorative one, it’s either 1896 or 1897.
Even if you think about it as the latter, you are drinking a whiskey with a long history, more than 125 years old.
This glass was a whiskey that had meaning not in terms of money, but in terms of the time that had passed.
Emilia filled her glass with whiskey and handed it to Kang-hoo.
The pleasant scent of musk wafted from the rolled-up sleeves of his shirt along his copper-colored wrists.
Emilia continued speaking.
“That way.”
“This is Jeong Seon-gyu.”
“Okay, Seon-gyu. Do you happen to know who I am?”
“I know. It’s a name you’ll definitely hear once you start your life as a hunter.”
“But don’t you think I’m amazing?”
“Do I really have to be so surprised?”
Kang-hoo asked back.
Hunters called Named have a strange sense of ‘pride’.
If someone doesn’t look at you with surprise, admiration, or respect, you think they’re strange.
That was also the reason why Jang Si-hwan was interested in Kang-hoo’s dry reaction.
I’m a celebrity, but you’re pretending not to know me? You really don’t know me? That kind of strange pride stimulation.
“Well, that’s not it.”
“After all, we’re both just hunters. I don’t think there’s anything special about you.”
“Ugh.”
Emilia burst into laughter at the sharp, bone-chilling stab she had never heard before.
What should I say?
You’re the first person to treat me like this, I guess? There was no stopping Kang-hoo’s words.
