Trait Absorption Hunter Hunter Part 2 Episode 25
25. Maintain dignity
“Seongmin, where did you go without eating dinner?”
Choi Seong-min, who returned home late at night, answered his mother’s question naturally.
“I’m at my friend’s house. I ate dinner out.”
“so?”
“What about school? Did you register and come?”
“Yeah, oppa! I decided to go back to school next week.”
Instead, the expression on my younger brother’s face as he answered looked like a child waiting for a picnic.
“Are you really looking forward to it?”
“Yeah! I took a look around the school for the first time today when I went to register. It was really big and nice. There were a lot of students.”
“Were there a lot of students?”
“huh.”
“That means they’re all children of merchant families… … Anyway, I heard there are a lot of secretly rich people there?”
“There aren’t any commoners among the people there, right?”
“No. Legally, the lowest class cannot even attend school. There is no way that a lowest class would pay 10 million won in tuition each year to attend school.”
“Don’t you want to go to school with me? I heard there’s no age limit… … .”
“I’m a hunter. Instead of going to school, I should go to dungeons. Even if I study, there’s no use. Of course, I’m unemployed right now.”
He said he was unemployed, but he already had close to 400 million won in cash.
It doesn’t hurt if you don’t earn money for several years.
‘I made a ton of money today too.’
While other team members were playing, Choi Sung-min acquired traits and brought back 178 items.
They were all swept from the E-class armory.
‘If I just sell these, I could easily make 400-500 million won.’
Although the prices dropped as dungeons opened, hunter items were still on the expensive side.
‘Even if you sweep it like this, you won’t get caught.’
There’s nothing to worry about, the CCTV was turned off.
The blood stains on the floor were wiped away, and the bodies were all buried in the back mountain, so there is no more evidence.
‘Oh, if there’s any evidence, there is one.’
Kim Ki-hong’s cell phone.
I cleaned up everything else, but I left that one at the scene on purpose.
It’s to frame Kim Ki-hong as the culprit.
‘Because there’s probably a lot of stuff on your phone that would make your superiors mad.’
If the details of Kim Ki-hong’s dealings with the Yang Dong-i faction are revealed, I can guarantee that he will not have time to worry about himself.
‘I’m going to drive Kim Ki-hong into being the culprit, even if it’s just because I’m annoyed.’
Of course, it will be revealed that he died on the next month’s battle power update day, but that doesn’t matter.
Anyway, there is no evidence that he is the culprit.
‘There’s no way to know if it was suicide or murder, and I’m being accused of being the culprit? That’s ridiculous.’
That’s why I was able to feel safe even when the death was revealed.
‘Now that we’ve dealt with Kim Ki-hong, is Gwang-jin the only one left?’
Choi Sung-min had no intention of keeping Gwang-jin alive from the beginning.
‘If he tells the association that he received the item, it will be a hassle in many ways.’
You have to kill Gwangjin to finish the job without any trouble.
‘What I don’t like most is that this kid who calls himself a friend leaked information about me.’
Because of the information that Gwangjin gave, he and his family were almost killed.
‘Of course, I knew it was all intentional.’
In any case, Gwangjin must die in order to destroy the evidence.
I also have to get back the items I gave.
‘Of course I can’t kill you now that I’m in the training camp.’
The day he becomes an E-class and leaves the training camp, Gwangjin will die.
‘If you fall into the trap I set.’
Seongmin Choi went to the bathroom and carefully opened the ceiling.
Then he took out 10 million won from the backpack containing 390 million won and gave it to his mother.
“Mother. Use this for living expenses and Ayeon’s tuition.”
“No, we don’t need this much right now.”
“You can use it since I’m giving it to you in advance.”
“Thank you, Seongmin.”
“I’ll earn you more later.”
Ten million won?
It’s nothing compared to the money I have now.
‘If I sell all the equipment I got from raiding the E-class armory, my total assets would be close to 800 million?’
Compared to that, even ten million won is a small amount.
‘Honestly, I want to give more, but I have to hold back. Until it looks to everyone like I’m making great strides.’
It hadn’t even been two days since I became an E-class, so I couldn’t show off my skills.
‘You shouldn’t sell a lot of equipment all at once. You have to sell them off slowly, little by little.’
If you sell them little by little through a broker when you have time like last time, there won’t be any traces left.
‘Honestly, I don’t care about money anymore. I’ve earned enough.’
Choi Sung-min’s only concern is becoming stronger.
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For hunters, tempo cannot be ignored, so they cannot help but be interested in equipment.
‘Thank goodness I have the item I need in the armory.’
Seongmin Choi opened the equipment window and checked the information on the items he had captured.
[Ring of Speed]
-Category: Ring
-Rating: E
-Effect: Agility +12, Movement speed +10%
– Durability: 1,200/1,200
-Usage restrictions: E-class and above
-Description: You can move faster than usual.
Similar to the Ring of Acceleration, but different in that it increases movement speed.
‘For an assassin, movement speed is just as important as attack speed.’
Movement speed is a great help when fighting in close combat as well as when keeping distance.
‘If you increase your basic movement speed, you can also increase the efficiency of your dash skill, which is good.’
Above all, you can get a set effect if you wear it with the Wind Necklace.
‘The problem is that you have to be a D-rank to wear the necklace.’
There’s not much left to go until Class D anyway.
Because my combat power has increased quite a bit by killing hunters in the armory.
‘Current combat power is 8,201. It’s higher than Kwon Ho-jun, who was the team leader of Team Crush.’
There are less than 2,000 left to reach 10,000.
D-class is just around the corner.
‘Come to think of it, I killed three more people and didn’t even check their characteristics.’
I forgot to check because I was busy cleaning up after the body.
‘Well, how good would the characteristics be for someone with low combat power?’
I didn’t have high expectations since it was a trait I got from killing three weak guys.
That’s what happened… … .
[Trait – Rune Affinity]
– Grade: A
-Description: When you obtain a rune, there is a 66% chance that the rune will be strengthened. Strengthened runes have twice the effect.
‘what’s this?’
It had better characteristics than expected.
‘When you acquire a rune, it gets doubled? So does that mean that the reflexes that should have increased by 1 also increase by 2?’
Although there was a chance, it was an extremely fraudulent trait in that it applied twice as much as others even if you got the same rune.
‘I thought he wouldn’t be much of a help since he was just a subordinate, but he had this kind of trait… … If he were alive, he might have defeated his boss, Yang Dong-hyun, someday… … .’
It was a trait that helped Yang Dong-hyun grow much more than his fighting sense.
‘The next characteristic is… … .’
[Trait – Sharp Blade]
– Grade: A
-Description: When attacking with a bladed weapon, there is a 10% chance of ignoring defense. This does not apply to bows, bludgeons, or staffs.
Choi Sungmin’s expression brightened when he confirmed that it was a trait that would help in battle.
‘This isn’t bad either. In fact, it’s better.’
All equipment except weapons and accessories have defense.
‘Defense is like a cushion that absorbs shock.’
Hunters protect their bodies with helmets, shields, armor, gloves, and shoes.
And when attacked, it absorbs shock equal to the defense power of that area.
‘If your defense is low, you can pierce the armor with a dagger, but if it’s the opposite, you won’t receive any damage at all.’
Being able to ignore such defenses was a huge merit.
‘It means that no matter how high the defensive power of the equipment you’re wearing, it can be pierced once it’s activated.’
Although the activation probability was 10%, which seemed a bit low, there was no problem.
‘This problem can be solved if only the attack speed is fast.’
If you attack ten times, you ignore defense once?
Then all you have to do is attack ten times faster.
‘It ignores defense, but when it explodes, it can cause fatal damage to tanks.’
For example, let’s say you hit the head ten times, the defense ignoring effect goes off, and the dagger pierces through the helmet.
‘No matter how S-class you are, if your head gets pierced, you’ll die.’
Of course, it wouldn’t be easy to aim for the head exactly ten times.
‘What is the one remaining trait?’
Choi Sung-min looked at the last characteristic with expectant eyes.
[Characteristic – Maintaining Dignity]
– Grade: A
-Description: You can wear and use accessories that are one level higher. However, only one item can be used.
‘This is… … ridiculous.’
The corners of Choi Sung-min’s mouth twitched as he saw the trait.
It’s suspicious that you have a lucky charm in your inventory.
‘I never thought the trait I need most would come out.’
It applies to items one level higher, and only accessories.
‘You can wear the Wind Necklace right now and receive the set effect.’
It was as if wings had grown on his already strong back.
Choi Sung-min immediately put on the wind necklace.
Although it is a D-grade, options were applied due to its characteristics.
[Set effect activates.]
[Applicable Items]
-Wind Necklace
-Ring of acceleration
-Ring of Speed
[Set Effect – Blessing of the Wind]
-Agility +15
-Attack speed +10%
-Movement speed +10%
‘Attack speed and movement speed are increased by an additional 10%.’
If you add the existing options, it’s a 20% increase.
With the addition of 15 reflexes, the reflexes exceeded 250.
‘If the gregarious instinct is applied, it’ll easily exceed 300.’
At this level, it could be seen as having similar stats to a C-class hunter at level 450.
‘I’m only an E-class, you know.’
Choi Sung-min, who smiled with satisfaction, hardened his expression when he saw the message floating in one corner.
‘The assimilation rate is not that high at 13.7%.’
Compared to the fairy tale rate that only rose by a small amount, there was noticeable growth in characteristics and items.
‘Now that I’ve completed the dungeon and reached D-rank, I can learn skills and become even stronger.’
Choi Sung-min, who had decided to stop hunting humans for the time being, waited eagerly for the day he could enter the dungeon.
‘I guess I just have to wait two more days.’
But today, right now.
I got a call from Team Leader Bang Tae-man.
It was a call telling me to come out to Team Crush tomorrow.
* * *
“Hello, senior!”
Choi Sung-min greeted the Team Crush members as if he was working at the center.
“Oh, is Seongmin here?”
“It’s not Oh Seong-min, it’s Choi Seong-min.”
“Is that bastard Shipseongjin going to tackle me again? I know it, Inma!”
“Hello, Senior Eom Jeong-sik!”
“Hey, hello.”
Unlike when they first met, Eom Jeong-sik started talking.
Now I feel like I’m finally being recognized as a team member.
However, the way he looked at Choi Sung-min was somehow unpleasant.
“It’s been a while, Seongmin junior.”
Do Eun-jeong greeted Choi Seong-min with a refreshing smile.
Then, the expression on Eom Jeong-sik’s face, who was standing next to him, hardened noticeably.
“It’s been a while… It’s only been a day since I last saw you.”
Do Eun-jeong was surprised by Eom Jeong-sik’s grumbling words.
“Has it really only been a day? Why does it feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you?”
“That’s because I’m waiting for the man who saved my life. Heh heh.”
“Oh, Team Leader! Don’t tease me.”
Do Eun-jeong, who has only been here for a short time, has already blended in with the team members.
On the other hand, Choi Sung-min still felt awkward in getting along with his seniors on a casual basis.
I have no intention of doing that, though.
‘Anyway, it’s just a team that’s passing through for a while.’
If you go under the hero Song Chi-hyun, your relationship with Team Crush will end here.
That’s why Choi Sung-min had no intention of becoming more friendly than necessary.
“Okay, everyone gather around. We need to organize our groups before we start today’s schedule.”
At the call of Team Leader Bang Tae-man, four team members gathered together.
“The captain has given the order to hunt starting today, so from now on I will enter the dungeon every day.”
“Every day? You don’t have any days off?”
“What about a day off! Don’t you want to earn money? Don’t you want to grow? If possible, you should hunt as much as possible so that you don’t fall behind, tsk.”
Choi Seong-min nodded slightly, agreeing with the team leader’s words.
“What if you get hurt?”
“If we get hurt, we’ll have to hunt with the rest of the people. What should we do? We’re still short by one person, but the captain’s orders are to proceed.”
Since it was Hunter Yangjo-young’s order, the team members could no longer express their dissatisfaction.
“The place we’re going to enter is the Werewolf Dungeon, and as you know, this is a 4-person dungeon. Excluding the supervisor, only 3 people can enter. So, like last time, we’re going to split up into groups.”
“Then, since there are five of us, should we split into groups of two or three?”
“Yes. Since Sim Seong-jin and I have the highest fighting ability, we’ll be in group A, and the other three will be in group B.”
Eom Jeong-sik, Do Eun-jeong, and Choi Seong-min were assigned to the same group.
“Team Leader and Senior Sim, are you two okay?”
“That’s enough. I can somehow catch a werewolf on my own. I’m more worried about your group than that.”
“I’m worried too.”
Eom Jeong-sik looked at Do Eun-jeong and Choi Seong-min in turn.
Especially when I saw Choi Sung-min, I sighed.
“I wonder if I can do a good job with two new recruits… … .”
“Proceed as carefully as possible.”
“Can I get some help, supervisor?”
“I’ll tell you, but don’t expect anything. I don’t have any bribes to offer.”
“When is the supervisor coming?”
“I’ve already requested it from the association, so they’ll probably come soon.”
After a while, the supervisor arrived and Bang Tae-man had some time alone.
however.
“You’re wrong. There’s no point in taking a bribe. The supervisor will just watch and see whether you live or die.”
“ah…….”
Eom Jeong-sik looked at Choi Seong-min again in disappointment.
‘Will you be able to do well with a beginner like that?’
I was worried, but there was nothing I could do.
Whether it’s death or life, I have no choice but to try.
“let’s go.”
