Episode 41
<The dignity of the disappeared ‘S’ rank. Cheon Hae-seon, where is he?
-Not long ago, there was a major incident that caused an uproar in the world. An awakened person who received an ‘S’ rank in the recent quarterly hunter qualification exam appeared. Since Mary, who is revered as the Virgin Mary, she is the only person to receive an ‘S’ rank at the qualification test stage. Since he was a healer type with a high level and great rarity, people showed great interest and expectations for him. The name of the awakened person is Cheon Hae-seon. He is a promising figure who is not yet 20 years old.
-He felt burdened by the media’s attention, but it wasn’t a big deal. There have always been hunters, including Maria, who are reluctant to be exposed to the media. While there are hunters who enjoy attention, there are also hunters who don’t like to show off.
-The problem is that Cheon Hae-seon’s hiding goes beyond personal preference. Cheon Hae-seon did not join the guild right away, but he completed the required number of dungeons during the probationary period and was approaching his official activities. However, for some reason, he disappeared without any activity for two months after being officially appointed as a hunter. I haven’t heard much about joining a guild or conquering dungeons. This is quite a contrast to other senior hunters who are active in all areas immediately after becoming an ‘S’ class hunter.
-Hunter is a job that requires a sense of calling as much as the privileges it provides. A hunter’s basic duty is to save people from the threat of monsters, and this is a principle that must be followed regardless of rank.
-In the future, Cheon Hae-seon will receive a lot of popularity and benefits as an ‘S’ ranker. If you become an ‘S’ rank healer, you can choose the guild you want and join. There are more than one guild waiting with open arms, promising the best treatment. This would be no different from the ‘Glory Guild’, the best guild in Korea.
-The board has already been laid. I don’t know why Cheon Hae-seon chose to hide, but I think it’s already enough if he’s just waiting for better conditions. I hope to quickly show myself as the ‘S’ rank healer that the public expects.
-Joongan Ilbo editor-in-chief Gajinhee.
└Hey. Is it okay to write an article about Hunter Mac so openly?
└Well, it’s not wrong. Because it is true that people are looking forward to it.
└Activities aside, why haven’t I joined any guilds yet?
└Okay. If you’re a knight, you can go into the dungeon alone and destroy everyone, but you’re not a healer.
└You crazy idiots. Joongan Ilbo magazine became a hunter, so did you buy them food or rice cake?
└No matter where you are, I hope you get active quickly. I’m still anxious these days because the gate explodes frequently.
└Cheonhaeseon!! Quickly sign a contract with Bishop and protect our Dongrae-gu!!
└Wake up from your dream. Don’t you see that Glory Guild is mentioned openly there? It’s just that it’s not mentioned directly, so it’s no different from a recommendation article.
└Joongan Ilbo Ga Jin-hee, that bastard, he writes articles praising the Glory Guild every month. He is the most disgusting of all reporters.
* * *
On the way to the black market, I received a call from Yuk Cheol-wan.
[Hunter Haeseon Cheon. Have you seen the article?]
[yes.]
[These are vicious guys. How can you write an article like this without checking properly? … !]
Yuk Cheol-wan is outraged as if it were his own business.
Since we are going to and from the Poison Dungeon together, it seems like we are becoming more empathetic.
[I feel like I want to come forward and explain it, but… … . That would be a mistake.]
[Obajo.]
[If you wish, I can find a reporter to write an explanatory article.]
[no. are you okay.]
[Are you saying you want to just stay like this? Isn’t this blatant incitement?]
[Anyway, people see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. Even if I come forward and say no, people who want to deny me won’t believe it.]
[still… … .]
[Rather than the content of the article, I thought about the people who would benefit from this article.]
[People who will benefit… … . Are you talking about the Glory Guild?]
[It could be Glory Guild, or it could be another guild. What is certain is that if I am swayed by an article and sign a contract, it will be exactly what they want.]
[…] … .]
Yuk Cheol-wan, who was very excited, suddenly became quiet.
After some time had passed, a much calmer voice was heard.
[…] … Hunter Haeseon Cheon is correct. I didn’t deserve the night.]
[haha. Are you still thankful? Please take all your anger out as if it were your own business.]
[It has to be that way. I can’t praise someone who does noble things like Hunter Cheon Hae-seon… … .]
‘It’s a noble thing… … .’
no.
It’s not something noble or anything.
I just proceed with work as needed.
Gold Cores were obtained in return for eliminating the Poison Dungeon.
Only I can absorb the black cores acquired within the dungeon.
Ownership of rare plants is solely mine.
Except for the promise to use the gold film on Yuk Cheol-wan’s wife, everything was done for my own needs.
The reason I wasn’t angry after reading the article wasn’t because I was a saint.
no.
In a way, I guess this can be seen as a very accurate article.
Since Yuk Cheol-wan doesn’t know the exact facts, you might think of it as ‘donating talent to eliminate dangerous dungeons’, but I’m not that kind of person.
Therefore, there is no need to be swayed by an article and make a contract with a guild.
No matter who instigated the news, it won’t work out as they hoped.
[By the way, where are you going today?]
[Go to a place where rare herbs can be disposed of.]
[…] … You’re going to a dangerous place… … . Do you mind if I don’t help you?]
[Thank you for your words, but this is a difficult place for the clan leader to move around. Some pickpockets use stealth skills.]
[That can’t be possible… … . It’s an amazing place.]
Even though he’s a corpse except for his stealth skills, there’s nothing wrong with that.
As always, with the movie in a black plastic bag, I went to the black market.
“hey. Who is this? “You’re the one who appears in the newspaper, right?”
“Has the news already gone there?”
As Bisu approached me with a smile, I couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
Do you just read articles and not pickpocket people?
“We need more antidotes and monster attractants.”
“How much?”
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“Five times what I received before.”
“crazy. Are you going to dig for gold or silver?”
“uh.”
Bisu looks at me with an evil expression.
“really? really?”
“why. “Are you worried?”
“Damn. “What are you worried about?”
Bisu snorts and then turns his head away.
I think my eyes wavered for a moment, but was it my mistake?
She went inside the black market and brought out the items I wanted.
Of course it’s not free.
The previous purchase amount was about 2 million won, so you have to pay close to 10 million won.
Some may think it is a huge cost, but considering the money earned so far, it is not a big deal.
Just the movie I brought today is enough to do that.
“Is there an old lady?”
“huh.”
“Please guide me.”
“How many times did you go back and forth and not even memorize the internal passage?”
“I know the way. “It’s because you didn’t open the door.”
“Ugh. “It’s disgusting.”
Bisu grunted like that and started walking ahead.
If it weren’t for the scar around my mouth and that bad hair, I’d be perfect.
Just looking at her appearance, she doesn’t seem to be inferior to the amazing(?) Maria.
Especially with that red hair, no one can handle it like a dagger.
“come fast. “I’m about to poop.”
“… … OK.”
Of course, I don’t think I’m aware of it at all.
* * *
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a yaksha in person.
It is said that it is a precious body that does not do direct transactions in most cases, and I do not think that is wrong.
Recently, I have not been able to see the yaksha even when I brought silver films, let alone copper films.
I’m sure he’s going somewhere and doing bad things again.
“Grandma. “I’m here.”
“Hol hole. There are quite a few people who have died young while calling themselves that… … .”
“Then, please tell me your name.”
The Yaksha’s attendants are of various ages.
In particular, this old woman who was involved in the appraisal of ‘items’ was an old woman whose age it was difficult to even guess.
There were no special nicknames such as Bisu or Hwangyeok.
Every time the yaksha evaluated an object, he called me ‘Grandma’, and naturally I used to call him that too.
“Sniff.”
Whenever my grandmother evaluated a rare herb, she always put her nose in and smelled the scent.
Would it be more accurate to say I inhale it than to smell it?
After inhaling the scent of the rare herb, her evaluation is made.
There is no need to examine the appearance of rare plants during the process.
Because the old lady was blind to begin with.
“Forty million won.”
“Let’s spend some more, grandma.”
“Hol ho ho. Do you want to get more and use it to pay for your ancestral rites?”
“Me too.”
This isn’t just a joke.
Every time I comment on the evaluation amount, I suddenly feel the energy of ether coming from my grandmother’s body.
Although she is now a curly grandmother, I think she must have been quite amazing when she was younger.
“Okay. Let’s do it together.”
“Is that what you mean by martial arts?”
“no way. “This is why I can’t even joke with her grandmother.”
I sent a glance to Bisu, and she quickly put the movie in her silk pouch.
“Grandma. “I have one question.”
“What is this, you bastard?”
“I think I can recognize the smell of rare herbs now.”
“however?”
“Does Geumyeonghwa have a similar scent? “Like other rare plants.”
Since the pupils are out of focus, it is difficult to read facial expressions.
The old woman’s face was distorted strangely for a moment, and then a hoarse voice came out.
“It’s flying… … . A scent you can never forget once you smell it… … .”
“Ohh?”
“It looks like you’re greedy for the gold movie… … . “You will have to be prepared.”
“Are you prepared?”
“Hol ho ho.”
The old woman lets out a dark laugh and looks at me with invisible eyes.
“Something that is hard to find has a good reason… … . There are quite a few people who have found gold films, but there have been no cases where they have come back unscathed. “You will definitely pay the price.”
“… … “For an encouraging comment, this is brutal.”
I looked straight into his distant eyes and smiled defiantly.
* * *
“Why are you so sore?”
When I finally came out to the Clean Up Clan office, I found Yuk Cheol-wan in death.
He looks like a bandit and has that kind of expression.
It’s a scene where a loan shark comes to collect the money and then runs away.
“No permission given.”
“yes?”
“Recently, permission to enter the dungeon has suddenly been stopped. I’ve been applying for several days… … . “I just get the same answer.”
“What do they say?”
“It’s a dungeon scheduled to be processed in the jurisdiction… … .”
“What crazy talk… … .”
It is difficult to find a place in Seoul that is not under the jurisdiction of the Glory Guild.
Most poison dungeons are probably the territory of the Glory Guild.
That meant they were blocking permission for the Poison Dungeon.
To enter the dungeon, permission from the Hunter Association and the relevant guild is required.
Normally, if there is no competition, low-difficulty dungeons or poison dungeons are approved right away.
In the case of dungeons where there is a lot to extract and eat, they will take care of it themselves, but in dungeons where ‘there is not much to eat’, it would be grateful if they could take care of it on their own.
However, for some reason, the Glory Guild is blocking permission for the Poison Dungeon.
“Hunter Cheon Hae-seon. Why are they suddenly acting like this? “Has a spirit of chivalry suddenly appeared in the Glory Guild?”
“It would be faster to find foie gras at Kimbap Heaven.”
The same people who let all the residents of Open-dong scavenge are going to clean up the Poison Dungeon for no money?
It’s something the dog will laugh at.
I don’t know, but there must be a reason why it sucks.
“What should I do? It’s not like there aren’t poison dungeons if you go down to the countryside… … .”
“no. There is no need for that.”
The thought of the Glory Guild blocking it makes me want to force myself to do it more.
I don’t really like doing things this way, but it can’t be helped.
I took out my cell phone and called the ‘person in charge’.
A person who goes beyond the association and belongs to the organization behind it.
To the association official who handed over the gold core to me.
[Hunter Cheon Hae-seon???]
A quite embarrassed voice is heard over the phone.
“Long time no see. Supervisor Pyo Hyeok-gyu.”
