Episode 137. Are anti-fans fans?
Kim Ki-ryeo’s aloofness was something that was incomprehensible to the hunter hate group.
‘This old man has a strong heart… … .’
But this situation can actually be interpreted right away just by taking a quick peek at the other person’s thoughts.
‘To the point where you have to struggle and shake it off with F-class brute force.’
A little later.
I closed my eyes tightly and held back the tears that were about to flow.
Who would have expected this?
Could it be that Korea’s fourth S-class is a fraud who manipulated the ranks and is now being held captive by ordinary people…?
***
Do you know what the biggest difference is between an F-class Awakened and a normal person?
That is, whether or not magic is used.
In other words, unless you awaken to a series that strengthens your body, surprisingly, the strength of an F-class person is not that different from that of an ordinary person.
So, if you get caught by someone who has been working out hard, you could be in big trouble.
Just like right now.
‘shit.’
These are the words of the lowest-level hunter.
I was suddenly grabbed by the collar by a suicide blackmail group and couldn’t even run away.
‘How could such a miserable thing happen… … .’
Of course, since you’re wearing a reinforced defense ring, you won’t get hurt in any particular way.
But there is such a thing as pride in a great wizard. When something like this happens, my heart aches too.
“Please let this go.”
I swallowed my sorrow and asked them.
But when I say something, the man in front of me looks surprised and slowly lets go of his collar.
“Wh, what are you thinking?”
“yes?”
“No, if you don’t want to give me money, then just leave. Why are you hanging around here… ?”
The blackmailer seemed to want to hear an explanation, but honestly, it was difficult to reveal the truth.
This one was just the weakest Awakened one, so it couldn’t resist.
“hmm.”
So I found a suitable excuse before running away at full speed.
“You said earlier that you really hurt your arm, right?”
“What?”
“Hmm, but if you’re trying to blackmail someone by harming them and you’ve already cracked their bones, and an S-class like me were to try and shake off their collar… … .”
Knock knock!
I pressed my bent index finger against my first finger, making a cracking sound at the joint.
There were no additional sentences, but I’m sure they would understand with these gestures.
‘Let’s go ahead with the setting that he endured it as an S-class for fear that a weak ordinary person would break.’
Desperate bluff!
I lied so that I wouldn’t get caught for forging grades.
But even if this works out, the situation won’t get much better.
If those three people rush at me at the same time, my true abilities will be revealed in an instant.
‘Shit.’
That’s why I always had to carry [Surprise Box!] with me.
I lamented my lack of safety awareness and turned back. Originally, I had planned to run away like this, my feet burning.
-……uh?
But at that moment.
Suddenly, a single voice was heard from across the alley.
-uncle!
All the people present turned their heads at once.
Then, what is visible is a small human being, at best half the size of Kim Ki-ryeo.
“Wow! That’s really that uncle!”
It’s a face I remember.
“hello!”
Isn’t this the baby Earthling that the great wizard met on the first day of his reincarnation?
“Huh? You are… … .”
“Doryul! Mom said you’d get hurt if you ran like that!”
But this time, you’re not alone.
When I looked up belatedly, I saw an adult woman who appeared to be the child’s mother across the alley.
If so, there must have been witnesses, how would the suicide blackmail group have reacted?
-Tadadak!
They looked at each other for a moment, then quickly ran out of the alley without saying anything.
It seems that he didn’t have the courage to show off in front of a fellow unawakened person.
***
When I don’t answer, the child greets me again.
“hello!”
Oh, yeah.
You’re still young so you don’t know, but I wasn’t in a good situation.
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“Huh, huh… Oh, hello! Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo… right?”
I was looking at the backs of the fleeing criminals when the child’s mother approached me with hurried steps.
“B-By the way, what happened just now… … Should I call the police?”
Crumpled clothes and torn buttons.
She asked me questions while watching my appearance, as I looked unusual, but unfortunately, I had nowhere to vent my frustrations.
‘How can we reveal that an S-class hunter was grabbed by the collar by a normal person…?’
So I just told the passerby who appeared not to pay any attention to it.
But at that moment, a child who was stuck between the adults grabbed my trouser leg and said.
“Mom, by the way, didn’t you say ‘thank you’ to your uncle?”
Then the young woman smiles and adds an explanation.
“Right. That, Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. That’s something I really wanted to tell you when we meet… … . I really appreciate it the other day.”
“yes?”
“I heard from the police that our child was once saved by a hunter… … .”
Are you talking about the beginner killer case?
I did try to help the child, but it all went downhill when it was revealed that he couldn’t use magic.
“From that day on, whenever Doyul sees Hunter’s face on TV, he starts jumping for joy. He says that his brother who helped him appeared.”
“Did you recognize me?”
“Of course. No matter how much of a child you are, you remember all those things.”
The young Earthling’s mother bowed down to me as she spoke.
“Anyway, thank you very much. It’s all thanks to you, Hunter, that my child is safe.”
After that, the woman said she never let the child wander alone again.
Anyway, he continued to say that he was afraid to raise a child because of the demons, but it wasn’t a topic that I was particularly curious about.
“Mom, but this uncle stole my ice cream?”
“How on earth should I repay this… … .”
“My uncle ate my ice cream.”
I looked down at the chattering child and said abruptly.
“I don’t need anything in return.”
As someone said, this side has already received the promised price.
“Your name is Doyul?”
“Yes. It’s Kim Do-yul!”
You seem to have grown taller in a short while.
I observed the small changes in life for a while, then prepared to leave after leaving a few words of wisdom.
“You’ve had a long life, so stay healthy and study hard.”
However, as I was about to move, Do-yul’s guardian hurriedly called out to me.
“wait a minute!”
“yes?”
“Ah, that. That… … . I didn’t prepare anything, but I happened to be on my way back from the market.”
Rustle rustle.
She finally takes something out of her shopping cart. It’s a glass bottle of organic citrus juice.
“Alright, it’s small, but please take this.”
She handed me a bottle of juice and said,
Thank you for saving the child.
I will always be cheering you on, Hunter, so please take care of yourself every day.
“This has a lot of vitamin C… … . I heard that colds are popular again these days, so it’ll be good for your health. Oh, but do any of you who have awakened… not catch a cold?”
I was so nervous that my voice was shaking so much that I couldn’t understand half of what he said, but I was able to convey his feelings well.
“Even the awakened get sick.”
When I first encountered the suicide blackmail group, my anger towards Earthlings reached an extreme level.
“Thank you. I will enjoy the drink.”
An attitude of not forgetting favors is always good.
Thanks to this small gift, I thought to myself that even if I recover my lost power in the future, I won’t wipe out all the people of Earth.
… for now.
***
Tata-tata-tak.
The protesters, who had fled all the way to a distant road where cars passed, held their breath for a while.
“Hey, what’s that kid doing there?”
They were furious when their plan to induce an S-class assault failed, but one person reacted a little differently.
“Even if that kid hadn’t come, I think the situation would have been the same… … .”
A skinny man holding a high-end camera glanced at the three people who ran out.
He seemed dissatisfied with something.
“You all saw it. Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo didn’t lift a finger even when he was treated like that because he was afraid you would get hurt.”
This middle-aged man was a third person who had secretly positioned himself far away to film the scene where the S-class assaulted a civilian.
‘I wondered why he didn’t back down, but it turned out he was just holding back without moving an inch because he was afraid that his golden arm would get hurt.’
But what happened just now has changed my mind.
It was an absurd dispute to anyone, but even in such a situation, Kim Ki-ryeo was willing to protect the common people.
‘Your personality is completely different from your appearance.’
He usually hated hunters, but this time he couldn’t help but feel differently.
“Hey, that’s because we came off too weak earlier, but if we push harder, they’ll definitely show their true colors!”
But the perpetrators were still confident.
They just said that the means were bad, so they started plotting to pour a bucket of alcohol on the hunter next time.
“If you do that to that person again, I’ll let you go!”
“What? Why?”
“No, no matter how many times you do it, the result will be the same, so why would you do that? You’re not stupid.”
The cameraman clicked his tongue in disgust.
Anyway, I didn’t come to a place like this because I was fooled by the idea that I could change society.
“Wait a minute, if you’re not here, who’s going to film?”
“Oh, you can just call another guy from the chatroom. Anyway, that’s fine with me.”
As he left without a trace, the remaining protesters’ expressions turned sour.
But his motivation still hadn’t died down. Especially since this man, who had broken his own arm to commit the crime, had a lot of experience.
“Okay, everyone, don’t worry and let’s start from the next date.”
“Are you okay? You must have remembered our faces.”
“It’s okay, kid. It’s okay.”
The head of the hunter hate group said with confidence.
“You all know, right? I’m the one who received a settlement from Jeong Ha-seong.”
“Is it time for Dungeon Break training?”
“That’s right. I ran into a place where there was chaos and even lay down to try it out. With this kind of courage, what else can’t I do?”
Knock knock.
He continued, pounding his chest.
“Don’t worry about it, just keep an eye on Kim Ki-ryeo’s movements. Look in advance to see where he goes often, like today.”
But at this time.
Someone who had been quiet until now suddenly made a new suggestion.
“… Wouldn’t it be better to target another hunter?”
What broke into the conversation was a very low voice.
“Aside from Kim Ki-ryeo, there are also S-class people who would react well if you provoke them.”
“Oh, by any chance Kang Chang-ho?”
The group leader shrugs when he hears that.
“As I said last time, that gentleman’s house is too strict. Security is tight, so it won’t work.”
“So you’re saying that Kim Ki-ryeo was targeted because he lived in a place like this?”
But somehow the reactions of my colleagues in front of me are strange.
Suddenly, he opens his mouth wide. He looks up blankly in a certain direction as if he has seen a ghost.
‘Wait a minute, but who was I just talking to?’
Whoosh.
The group leader felt an eerie feeling and quickly checked behind him. Then, a shocking sight caught his eye.
A person with a physique that makes even those with good looks look small.
“Whoa!”
Kang Chang-ho was standing there. The man was surprised and took a step back.
“No! Why on earth are these S-class guys walking around in this neighborhood without making a sound… …!”
Originally, there should have been a physical reaction just by having a top-level Awakened person nearby.
Now that I look at it, Kang Chang-ho had a ring on every finger of his right hand.
That is, he suppressed his magical power with items and approached here.
“I tried to imitate Kim Ki-ryeo, but my limit is around C-class.”
The hunter with the eyes of a dragon took out a red potion from his hip sack and looked down an alley.
It was in the direction of Kim Ki-ryeo’s one-room apartment.
“By the way, I heard you entered the country, so I came to check briefly. I didn’t expect you to stay still in that situation.”
Is it too kind?
Do you have any weird hobbies?
If not this, then maybe… … .
“hmm.”
Kang Chang-ho pulled the cork out of the bottle while thinking about something.
Even at this moment, the Hunter hate group members were frozen as if their bold attitude just now was a lie, but their silence did not last long.
Because the S-class soon gave advice to those standing in front of him.
“If you stalk someone, you can’t use it.”
Ugh!
This was their last conversation.
After that, the only thing that came to mind was the squelching sensation of the bone and flesh of my nose being crushed by my fist.
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Swish.
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
A familiar-looking passageway emerged over the yellow sands of the West.
An unknown gate emitting blue light. This is the origin of the dungeon.
The gate, located on a secluded beach, has not yet been discovered by humans, so no one has set foot there.
-Grrrrrrr… … .
Inside that gate, something was constantly crying.
-Grrr… … .
A huge breath that shakes the earth.
It’s the dragon’s cry.
