Hunters Association -3-
What should I do?
It’s difficult to tell Director Kang the truth.
This is the first time we’ve met today.
If I told you that your own subordinate had betrayed you, would you believe me or would you believe your own subordinate?
I needed a way to get out of this situation naturally.
‘It’s easy for me to go alone.’
The problem is that Director Kang is very excited.
They share venison, dance around, and sing loudly.
Why are you like that when you didn’t even drink?
Chief Choi, who was likely a traitor, and the other two managers were also smiling brightly.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“It’s been a bit more classy lately.”
“Because you’ve been through a lot of stressful things.”
“It hasn’t even started yet······”
“Don’t lose your strength already. Save it. The competition will start soon.”
How does the unity competition proceed?
In the game, it was implemented as open-world hunting.
The team that catches the most rare monsters wins.
When asked about that, Director Kang answered as if it was obvious.
“Of course it’s hunting. The one who catches a lot of rare game wins. Something like the mountain king.”
That’s right······
Phew!
A giant horn was blown at the headquarters of the Unity Convention.
As the hunters’ eyes gather, a person who appears to be an executive shouts into a microphone.
“The unity competition will begin soon! Members who have participated are asked to form a hunting team. You may freely form a hunting team, from solos and duets to squads and quadra squads. However, please note that there will be a disadvantage in scoring if the number of members increases!”
Director Kang looked back at me and my three subordinates.
“How about it? Should we go hunting together for the first time in a while? Hunter Kim here too.”
“It’s good. It feels like old times for the first time in a while.”
Chief Choi immediately agreed.
On the other hand, the two managers looked disappointed.
“I’m sorry. I have an appointment······”
“I have an appointment, too. They’re the president’s people, but they asked me if I wanted to hunt with them. They said they’d found some good game.”
My gut didn’t give me much of a warning.
Are you just going there to make friends?
But if we leave it here, we don’t know how it will change in the future.
It would be better if you were persuaded by the association president. It would be a big problem if you died.
Luckily, I had a good excuse.
“It’s too bad. I wanted to hunt with you two.”
“That’s right.”
“There will be another chance.”
“I have no choice but to hunt dragons.”
“dragon?”
“A dragon?”
The two showed interest in the words that were blurted out as if they were not paying attention.
Actually, it’s not a dragon.
But······
“I was out hunting for a mountain king when I found a thunder snake. It looked to be around level 4, but I was only level 3 at the time, so it was hard for me to catch it.”
“Imugi? Really?”
“Is that really a snake? Are you sure? You didn’t mistake it for a big snake, did you?”
“It’s definitely a snake. It had horns on its head.”
The northernmost part of Cheorwon Plain.
Originally a place belonging to Pyeonggang County, North Korea.
There is a small pond hidden between the mountains.
A forbidden area in itself, cut off from the outside world.
The thunder snake lives right in that nail.
It is no exaggeration to say that in South Korea, where there are no dragons, they are the best prey.
Director Kang wiggled his butt.
“What are you doing? Let’s go quickly! To catch the snake!”
“I would have liked the managers here to come with me, but unfortunately they said they had a prior engagement. It’s too bad we didn’t get to catch the native snakes.”
“Hmm.”
“Uh, um, so······”
The managers are mumbling about what they want to say.
Director Kang slapped the managers on the back.
“What are you doing? Don’t you hurry up and call me and say sorry? There’s a snake right in front of you, and you’re going to open your eyes and miss it? You’re going to come here and catch a few tigers or bears? You can catch those things any time!”
When Director Kang came out like this, the managers also made up their minds.
“I’ll call you back in a moment.”
“Okay, let’s join. If not now, then when will you catch another snake? And a native snake at that.”
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“Yes, yes. That’s right. You both thought it through well!”
Not only the managers, but also Manager Choi left his position for a moment.
“I also originally had plans with other people, so I’ll ask for your understanding before I go.”
“Do that.”
Who on earth should I call?
[sixth sense][sensitivity][ears perked up][insight]
All relevant characteristics were mobilized.
Oh, if you add detection to tracking, you’ll get another good upper-level trait.
While I was thinking about that, Manager Choi covered his mouth with his hand and made a phone call.
A familiar voice came from the smartphone.
[Manager Choi? What’s going on?]
“Kim Hunter. He knows the location of the Thunder Snake.”
[Thunder Imoogi······ Director Kang will take the win. It’s okay. It won’t affect the grand plan anyway.]
“Well, it looks like Manager Park and Manager Lee will be joining us.”
[Oh. That’s difficult.]
The voice of the association president.
As expected, my intuition was right in warning me.
Director Choi passed it on to the association president.
So the key question is what to decorate.
If it’s just a little bit of interference, it’s okay to pretend not to know, but if it’s not that, if it crosses the line······
[I can’t help it. I have no choice but to clean them all up. They were capable people, but it didn’t work out.]
“It’s a shame. Director Kang’s line is one of the few people who can communicate with each other.”
[What should I do? Do you have the medicine?]
“Of course.”
[Director Kang will definitely drink soju. That person only drinks soju. Make Director Kang drink as much soju as possible. Since he is a level 5, even medicine doesn’t work well, so a moderate amount won’t do.]
“I will keep that in mind.”
approximately?
Did Manager Choi put medicine in Director Kang’s soju?
No, that can’t be.
It’s called a level 5 reinforced soldier. If it’s doing something right in front of you, you can’t not notice.
Perhaps the soju and beer were drugged in advance.
then······
The medicine that Manager Choi has is not an ordinary medicine, but an antidote.
“Let me get that drink. Come to think of it, there’s no water in the car.”
“Shall we go together?”
“Then that’s good.”
After finishing the call, Director Choi and Director Kang followed me.
The headquarters was filled with piles of food, drinks, and alcohol.
Among them, I paid particular attention to alcohol.
High-quality whiskey, brandy and wine are the most abundant.
Soju and beer were relatively small.
But Director Kang took a bite of those two kinds.
“Should we have a snack while we hunt?”
Manager Choi naturally receives a case of liquor.
“Are you going drinking and hunting again?”
“Drunk hunting is real! It’s the best when you blow on a bottle and shoot a gun!”
“And you drink soju and beer while eating meat?”
“Hehehe, as expected, Manager Choi knows me well.”
“How many years have you been with me, Director? It’s been almost ten years.”
“It’s already that long? Haha. It’s been a long time, even after the mountains and rivers have changed. It really has been a long time.”
“Yes, it was.”
Soju and beer were loaded up in boxes.
Of course, we also brought carbonated drinks and mineral water that are reminiscent of the original world cola.
After the managers who finished the call joined us, we set off.
Boohoo!
The SUV raced briskly across the field.
Director Kang blew the top of the beer bottle with a bang and blew the bottle opener.
“So where are you going? Is there a Thunder Snake around here?”
“Yes. The exact location is a secret.”
“Where are you hiding that you haven’t been found yet? The hunters belonging to the association are looking at the Cheorwon Plain as if it were the back of their hand.”
“It’s hidden inside the forbidden area.”
“Aha, forbidden······”
“If I had stayed long enough, I could have really become a dragon.”
“It’s difficult with the magic power of the Cheorwon Plain. For a dragon to ascend, doesn’t it need a large lake or a high mountain?”
“What Hunter Kim said is right. That’s why we never thought there was an Imoogi. We search Baekdu Mountain and Hallasan Mountain periodically.”
At the mention of the forbidden area, Chief Choi looks strangely uneasy.
Just to the point where I wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t been so intuitionistic.
yes.
I need to let the president know my location, but I can’t do that because the radio waves won’t work once I enter the restricted area.
It would be easy if you had already installed a location tracking app, but we’re not lovers, so what the heck is a location tracking app?
I pressed down hard on the accelerator and kept talking nonstop.
I feel like I’ve become a talker.
Director Kang also got angry.
You must have felt good because you were showing signs of being bored until you came here and then you were accepted so well.
Then, the manager riding behind discovered some licorice candy rolling around.
“What is this? Jelly? Candy?”
“Oh, that!”
Director Kang was delighted.
“That was really delicious. It’s the most famous candy in Finland. It’s almost like a national snack.”
“is it so?”
“I guess I’ll have to try it.”
Manager Choi, Manager Park, and Manager Lee all put licorice candies in their mouths as if they had made a promise.
Of course, the face is distorted.
Director Kang chuckled.
“Poohaha!”
In the meantime, we arrived at our destination.
As soon as I drove in, a look of disappointment crossed Manager Choi’s eyes.
“Oh!”
Director Kang exclaims in admiration as soon as he gets out of the car.
“There was a place like this?”
A terrain that is distorted and deformed in space.
There was a large lake.
A lake so wide that the horizon is visible.
The water was clear and transparent. You could see through it to the lakebed tens of meters below.
All kinds of fish swam leisurely in the lake.
Most of them are colorful spirits.
“Director! It’s over there!”
And the center of it.
A large snake appeared.
Its body length is at least several dozen meters. What stands out are the horns on its head and the magical lightning flowing down its blue scales.
Even though it is underwater, it is not released into the surrounding area, but rather circles around the snake and the snake like a protective shield.
Director Kang drooled.
“You’ll catch it, Mr. Kim, right? Because Mr. Kim found it.”
“Oh, I’m fine. Director Kang, you can take it.”
“Me? Is that okay?”
“It’s hard to catch something underwater with a gun.”
“Then I won’t decline······”
Director Kang snaps his wrist.
A gun barrel that sticks out like a deer slaughterer.
The hunt ended blandly.
As expected of a reinforced soldier and a long-range hunter, he poured all his power into a single attack.
The magic arrow flew, ignoring the resistance of the water, and pierced the Thunder Snake’s neck.
“As expected from the director!”
“Your skills haven’t rusted at all!”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Sunsal!”
“Hmm, hmm.”
Director Kang smiled awkwardly.
“I’ll go get the snake, so you go prepare for the dinner. Let’s have a drink here.”
“Here? Aren’t you going to headquarters?”
“Of course! Otherwise, why would I have brought alcohol! Don’t you know that drinking parties are best enjoyed in the hunting grounds?”
“First of all, please confirm it before eating······”
“Just leave the head alone! It won’t be a problem if you eat some of the intestines and meat!”
Director Kang jumps into the lake with excitement.
The managers put a frying pan on the mini burner and brought out alcohol. It was a mess.
Manager Choi stood there awkwardly for a while and then quietly left.
“I’ll take care of something for a bit and come back.”
Don’t go outside the restricted area.
Because it’s so obvious.
Instead, he went back behind the surrounding trees.
why?
It’s obvious. You should take the antidote beforehand.
I pretended not to notice and stared at Manager Choi.
Manager Choi looked around and then pulled up his pants.
At first glance, it looks like a posture that looks like someone is about to urinate.
But if you look closely, you can see that instead of opening the zipper, his hands are in his pockets.
After a while, he takes out something like a small ring wrapped in gold leaf.
Just as he was about to put the antidote in his mouth, he pulled out his pistol and fired.
A black ray shot out and hit Chief Choi directly.
“Kkaaaak!”
Chief Choi screaming at the top of his lungs.
Black flames were burning brightly all over his body.
A vicious and cruel flame that tortures the nervous system as much as a fever.
Of course, the coin in his hand fell to the ground.
“Huh?”
“what?”
“Chief Choi!”
The managers and Director Kang, who had just come out carrying the snake, reacted quickly.
He ran quickly, but I was faster.
First, secure Chief Choi, then pick up the antidote and put it in your pocket.
“What the heck is this!”
Director Kang stood in front of me and breathed fire with his mouth.
“What kind of resentment do you have towards Director Choi that you attacked him! Cancel that right now!”
Director Kang is already in combat readiness.
In his left hand he holds a super-sharp blade, and in his right hand he holds a series of crossbow arrows.
“Yes, that’s right.”
I laid my hand on Manager Choi, who was rolling around on the floor.
Equipped with [Black Flame].
As I sucked in [Magic Absorption], the black flames that were burning Chief Choi followed me towards my hand.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Manager Choi looks up at me, panting for breath.
But I can’t move.
The [Suppression] trait I learned in the Colosseum was crushing my spine.
Just behind the heart.
A place where your heart could burst if you hit it with all your might.
Chief Choi is also a level 4 superhuman, but he happens to be a long-range specialized enhanced soldier.
There was nothing I could do at the point where the street was handed over to me, a warrior-type superhuman.
Especially if you’ve just been tortured to death with black salt.
All I can do is somehow squeeze out my voice to protest.
“Why······Why are you doing this? What did I do······”
Director Kang and the managers also raised their voices in protest.
“Hunter Kim! Let go of Chief Choi right now!”
“Was it by any chance a trap that brought us here?”
“Do you have any grudge against Manager Choi?”
Unlike Director Kang, who seems like he’ll rush in at any moment, the two managers appear rational.
Still, it seems he didn’t think that Chief Choi was a traitor.
I see that you think I have a grudge against Manager Choi.
“Let me explain. If you listen to my explanation, you will understand why I am doing this.”
“If you don’t understand, you’ll have to be prepared!”
Director Kang aimed a magic arrow at me.
Magic arrows loaded to the brim like a magic weapon.
It was threatening just to look at, but I wasn’t intimidated at all.
Instead, I asked the two managers.
“Excuse me, but could you bring me some soju, beer, and a tumbler from the car? I need it to explain myself.”
“Soju? Beer? Tumbler? What are you going to do?”
“Well, I’ll bring it to you.”
Soju and beer were mixed on the spot.
Shake well until foamy.
Only then did Manager Choi realize what I was trying to do and start swearing.
“Director! Director Kang Ki-seok! This kid is trying to harm me! Just wait and see! He must have poisoned the soju! I’m going to vomit blood and die!”
“You got poisoned? When?”
“I don’t know! I guess I have that kind of ability!”
Oh my. This guy beat the player?
I threw down the tumbler containing soju without a second thought.
“You guessed correctly. Alcohol is poisonous.”
“What? You really got poisoned?”
“I didn’t drink it. The soju and beer were poisoned from the beginning. It’s the kind of mixed poison. If it’s a problem that I mixed it myself, the managers or directors should mix it themselves and drink it. Oh, and of course I can’t take responsibility for what happens afterwards. From what I heard from Manager Choi, it seems like it’s the kind that makes you vomit blood and die.”
Director Kang looks at me with an incredulous expression.
But no matter how good a person he is, he is someone who has risen to the position of director of the association.
Haven’t you ever experienced any kind of intrigue or conspiracy?
At first, you might have been angry because I was subduing your subordinates, but you probably started to notice something was wrong.
“I will do it myself.”
“Sir! Please save me! I’m going to die like this!”
“You just have to have a glass of soju. It’s okay. I’ll save you. No matter how great a warrior Hunter Kim is, he can’t overcome the level difference. Trust me.”
Director Kang himself made some soju.
I sat up and subdued Chief Choi.
Manager Choi resists, but it is no use.
Because it was equipped with the Giant’s Strength trait.
Director Kang brought out a tumbler filled with soju.
“Come on, come on, drink it all up. I made this soju myself. No matter how much superpower Hunter Kim uses, he can’t poison this. I told you to drink it quickly. Manager Choi likes soju too, right?”
Manager Choi kept his mouth tightly shut.
No matter how much I push the tumbler towards him, he doesn’t want to drink.
He completely turned his head away and refused.
The truth was clear.
Director Kang’s face was terribly crumpled.
“A baby like this dog!”
