Episode 13
There are less than ten hunters in Korea who have received an ‘S’ grade.
And half of them belong to the Glory Guild.
So, he is probably in charge of protecting key areas, including Seoul.
Moreover, only the horse is rated ‘S’, and the two members of the Glory Guild go beyond ‘S’ and are also called ‘non-standard’ rated.
It means that they are beings of all kinds.
Today, I encountered two hunters who did not meet the standard.
Although we have never met each other in person, it is impossible not to know their names.
These were people I saw every day through internet articles, broadcasts, and WeTube.
The same goes for the Hunter Association Vice President next to me.
The vice president is in charge of various briefings on behalf of the president of the association.
There are a total of 4 people next to me, including a person who appears to be a secretary.
They were giving me some pretty uncomfortable looks right now.
In particular, the S-class knight, Goo Geon, was glaring at me with a sharp pointed head.
Is this what it feels like to face Mount Tai?
Goo Geon’s presence is no joke.
Although he was actually big, the man in front of me felt like a giant monster that reached up to the sky, not a hunter.
“What kind of behavior is this at the Hunter Association headquarters? “Do you want to go to jail?”
Ugh.
It was like that when he flew Lion’s Roar, but it seems that Gu Geon’s voice contains a special energy.
If I just stay there, I think I’ll naturally become intimidated by that guy.
‘f*ck. why me.’
I activated the black ether within my body as much as possible.
Even though I keenly feel the gap between me and Goo Geon, I don’t want to be pressured by a voice that isn’t about technology or anything else.
“ah… … .”
However, when she activates the black ether, there is something strange about Maria’s expression.
Could it be that that woman also has the ability to sense the ether?
I don’t think there’s any good in taking too long.
I turned my gaze toward Gu Geon.
“I only stopped it because the security staff here used force to stop the civilians. “I heard he’s an employee of the Hunter Association.”
I deliberately emphasized that I belong to the Hunter Association.
A scuffle between the Hunter Association and civilians.
If there is a commotion externally, you will be the one who gets in trouble.
“… … “Is that true?”
“If you don’t believe me, just watch the CCTV.”
As I keep speaking informally, my words naturally become shorter as well.
However, unlike the previous guy, Gugun did not even flinch from my light provocation.
“Vice President. Hehehehe. “I am so frustrated.”
After checking on the vice president, the woman bursts into tears and approaches him.
A man next to her who appears to be a secretary tries to stop the lady, but the vice president stops the secretary.
“it’s okay. mother. “Let’s go over there together.”
The vice president appears to be slightly over 60 years old.
A well-groomed beard covered his protruding lower abdomen, and there were small wrinkles etched behind his round glasses. The ape said hello to Gu Geon and Maria and then moved to a separate room with her aunt.
The man whose wrist I had broken also left with someone who appeared to be the vice president’s secretary.
Fortunately, the vice president is a normal human being.
If that person had also kicked out the lady, I might have felt disgusted with the job of being a hunter itself.
“Did you say you were a hunter candidate?”
Goo Geon bowed his head once toward the vice president, then turned his head and asked me.
Jeez.
her.
How can you put such pressure on your whole body with just your voice?
It’s a shame that I activated the black ether, but if it had been before awakening, I might have fainted just by talking.
“however?”
“You look young and young. There is no sense of courtesy at all. Well, it’s when it’s really hot. However, there are many hunters like you who only believed in young blood and died young. “I hope you won’t act rashly in the future.”
Gu Geon gives me advice with his gaze looking down.
The pinnacle of the Glory Guild and an S-class hunter.
Now I can clearly see how I will look as a test taker.
I suddenly feel irritated.
It seems as if he knows all the principles of the world, and as if he is giving a look to a childish child.
You son of a bitch.
If you’re going to look after us, you should have looked at us a long time ago.
“Shouldn’t you have gone in with the vice president?”
“… … “What does that mean?”
“That lady. “He was a resident of Gaejeong-dong.”
“!!!!”
“Isn’t this your jurisdiction?”
To be exact, the area you abandoned.
What little bit of reason remained barely managed to block out the last words.
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Goo Geon looks down at me once again.
okay.
Those eyes.
It was because of those eyes that I was in an emotional state earlier.
Those eyes, a mixture of contempt and pity, make me turn away.
“I guess we need to talk.”
Goo Geon spreads his thick lips from side to side and smiles confidently.
On the other hand, I almost took a step back.
This was because an endless, rigid ether was boiling all over his body.
also.
It is clear that the open building is like an obstacle to him.
“CEO Koo.”
Just when I was hesitating whether I should use the reader, I heard a voice as beautiful as silk.
Maria, who was standing next to Gu Geon, stopped him.
“Are you trying to scold me well? “I also provide support to applicants who are just starting to become hunters.”
The voice was kind, but I felt a chill inside it that chilled my heart.
It feels somehow familiar.
This is exactly how I felt when my sister scolded me with a smiling face.
The effect was clear.
Gu Geon’s boiling ether disappeared as if it had been washed away.
“okay. “That was my intention.”
Maria smiles and looks at me.
“You should stop here too. “If the commotion grows louder and you are blacklisted by the association, you may be disqualified from taking the exam.”
“I know.”
know.
Also, my abilities are still insignificant compared to theirs.
I also need to hold my breath until I pass the hunter exam.
It is also true that the Glory Guild cannot be held responsible for anything at this time.
He’s not an idiot and there’s no way he wouldn’t know.
“But, I’m also a resident of Gaejeong-dong.”
“… … !!”
Wrinkles form between Gugeon’s eyebrows, and Maria’s pupils flutter.
“Can we just let the local residents lose their children and be unfairly kicked out? “I, too, am the one who almost died under the gate.”
“The matter of the open building… … We feel sorry for you too… … .”
Maria’s voice trembles slightly.
Not only the expression, but also the pale lips were trembling.
Anyone who sees this would think that they are persecuting the greatest saint of our time.
“… … That’s it.”
I have no intention of accepting a mere apology.
Gu Geon’s expression makes it seem like that won’t happen until he dies.
They did not even attempt to protect the open building.
I can’t believe it’s a shame now.
Even the image of the saint that remains in my head is diluted.
“I… … !”
As I turned to walk away, Maria called me and stopped me.
“You said you were taking a test. What is your type?”
You can figure it out.
Oh, now that I think about it, I activated Black Ether in front of that person.
Why should I lie now? I blurted out the words and went on my way.
“healer.”
* * *
Even though quite a bit of time has passed, the sinking feeling never comes back.
In particular, the image of Maria’s pupils swinging like a pendulum remains strongly in my mind.
Is it because he sees a pretty woman who looks like a man?
you’re welcome.
In terms of appearance, there is no difference between my older sister and Maria.
However, my senses, which had become more sensitive after awakening, were dragging my feelings to the floor.
What on earth?
What am I missing from the Glory Guild guys?
“The worries end here.”
I can’t come this far and waste my mental energy needlessly.
An hour and a half by bus to the terminal.
I was standing in front of Gyeongho subway station in Daejeon.
This is the largest black market in Korea, according to Dr. Kirill and Jin.
Rustling.
When I took out the plastic bag from my arms, Pori said, ‘Kkuwang!’ He makes a happy voice.
Inside the envelope was a rare herb, the scent of which he savored every day, and a fairy tale.
“child… … . “It will be sold out soon, so drink it up now.”
-Gurrrr… … .
It is truly an amazing plant.
Even though I didn’t give it any water or nutrients, the bright light didn’t go away for two days.
According to Dr. Jin, it doesn’t lose its light until the healing substance inside is extracted.
As expected, the movie was shining brightly even inside the black plastic bag.
“Whoa.”
Take a deep breath and enter Exit 1 of Gyeongho Station.
If it weren’t for the people coming and going, it would be so dark inside that you wouldn’t even know there was a passage.
The entrance to this place has a unique barrier, and entry is impossible without the ether component in the body.
In other words, unless you are a hunter or an unregistered awakener, you cannot even see it.
Jiing.
I felt like I was naked when I walked through the entrance, but it wasn’t that big of a problem.
And the moment I entered the black market, I had to become a country boy seeing Seoul for the first time.
“wow… … .”
Who could call this a black market?
Unlike the narrow and dark entrance, the brightly lit space stretched out widely.
I thought there would be long stores along the subway tracks, but it was so different from what I expected.
– Kuwang.
Pori, who has turned invisible, gives me a warning.
It’s as if he’s scolding me for showing off that I’m a novice.
Hmm.
Yeah, you can’t come to the black market and look like a gangster.
How ordinary is the object in my hand?
Although this is my first time doing a transaction, I will definitely have to accept several times the initial asking price.
“Hey… … .”
Is this really an illegally operated market?
No, if it is on this scale, it would be accurate to say that the government is turning a blind eye to it.
Rare items and monsters(!) were displayed everywhere.
You can see stuffed animals, and there are also small species locked in cages and growling.
Why would you pay money to buy these guys?
Even though I know about human psychology, I don’t know.
As we head toward the center of the black market, we now see a store specializing in hunter devices.
Out of curiosity, I went into the device store.
The boss glanced at me, adjusted his glasses, then immediately turned his head away.
When he saw the birthmark, he adjusted his glasses, checked his shabby clothes, and then stopped paying attention.
Anyway, I slowly looked at the devices on display in the store.
Knuckles, daggers, shields, guns, and even large firearms.
There were so many different types, but they had one thing in common.
The quality is low compared to the device that Dr. Jin gave me.
Compared to the V1, which displays information by attaching to the cornea, this goggle-shaped device looked very crude.
Where did Dr. Jin move his residence?
Are they also randomly killing intruders with poisonous gas there?
Has the variety of canned foods increased?
After looking around the store, I gave a little nod to the owner, but this time the owner didn’t even look at me.
“Hey… … .”
For a while, I was busy looking at the black market.
Surprisingly, this is an area where you can travel with peace of mind.
why?
This is because the abilities of an awakened person cannot be judged by ‘appearance’.
A ‘C’ grade knight wearing size 44 is 100 times stronger than an ‘E’ grade knight weighing over 100kg.
Because you can’t gauge the other person’s abilities, you don’t make a hasty move.
And that really helped me.
I, who appears to be a corrupt person on the outside, travels alone without company, which creates an effect that seems to be of some kind.
Taking a stand in itself means that you are an awakened person.
There was even a scary (…) spot covering half of his face.
Just as I don’t know the black market, the other person doesn’t know me either.
They are leisurely roaming the black market by exploiting the gaps created by the lack of information between each other.
Of course, I didn’t come up with all of these strategies alone.
This was possible because Dr. Jin informed us of Kirill’s actions.
“her… … .”
The problem was next.
In this black market, there were no stores selling rare herbs.
There were places here and there that sold medicinal herbs and food for humans, but there was no place where I could even find the copper film I had, let alone the gold film.
Should I go a little further inside and ask?
But if a newbie like me suddenly says, ‘I’m here to sell a movie,’ that’s no different from sticking your head into a shark’s head.
If I knew a little about the market price, I would try to bargain.
It’s been three hours since I entered the black market.
I came to the conclusion that there was no way to dispose of my belongings in the usual way.
As we reach the end of one direction, the lights dim, and we can’t even see people coming and going.
Should I go to the other end?
“Okay… … .”
-Gurrrr… … ..
As if in response to my moans, Pori cries.
“what. “Are you doing that because you’re at a loss too?”
-Gurrur.
“?”
no.
This guy seems to agree with me sometimes, but this time is different.
The guy was now growling at ‘something’.
Faaah!
The guy suddenly came out of hiding.
“what. why are you like this?”
Pori’s eyes quickly scanned left and right, and then took off.
-Kyaow.
“Yumma. Stay still… … .”
“Aaaah!”
Whoa!
There are no people here.
Has Pori finally learned how to speak human language?
“Go away!”
It wasn’t.
I thought there were no people in this alley until now, but there were people.
The reason Pori flew up was because of an uninvited guest approaching, hiding his appearance like a bastard.
Wow!
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch.”
Pori was biting the back of someone’s neck.
A girl with red hair and a long scar around her mouth.
I once told Pori to bite anyone suspicious.
But, I never thought it would become a reality.
