Episode 58
Yoo Ji-won is naked and pouring filth up and down.
There were two beings watching the miserable state.
Although their form was similar to that of a human, they did not appear to be of the same ‘race’ at a glance.
Basically, it was about 1.5 times larger than a human’s height, and its skin was pale to bluish.
Those with white pupils that cannot be normally seen.
Among them, a being with unusually large and pointed ears opened its mouth.
<I came here after hearing that I had found a useful test subject after a long time. Isn’t this lower than an ordinary human being?>
Then the long-haired being responded harshly.
<A bug like this is perfect for testing. There is no need to intentionally stimulate the conversion.>
<… … but. Just looking at him crawling right now makes him unstable enough.>
People with androgynous looks whose gender is difficult to determine.
They looked down with disdain at Yu Ji-won’s body, which was inflating and deflating like a balloon.
Soon, Pointy Ears approached Yoo Ji-won, frowning.
<This guy is truly disgusting. If it weren’t for the test subject, he would have been killed right now.>
<But he meets the most necessary requirements.>
<I see.>
The most necessary requirements for conversion.
That was a ‘runaway’.
A state in which one cannot control one’s body due to exhaustion of ether.
The current Yoo Ji-won will become an excellent Maruta.
Sigh.
A long-haired being places his hand on Yoo Ji-won’s forehead.
Immediately, Yoo Ji-won’s eyes fill with red blood.
-Kaaaaaaaaaa!
Soon strangely shaped bones protrude from Yu Ji-won’s back.
Upper body muscles, including the trapezius muscle, expand several times, and unsightly hair begins to grow here and there.
Yoo Ji-won has become so far removed from humanity that even the screams she lets out have become so distant.
After completing the conversion, Yoo Ji-won finally became a Chimera.
Looking at Yu Ji-won’s whole body writhing, Pointy Ears smiled bitterly.
<Wake up, son. Eat everything you see in front of you.>
What you see in front of you.
Just humans.
With those words, the white pupil entities disappeared without a trace.
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“Oh, Hunter Cheon Hae-seon!”
When I open the ‘Clean Up Clan’ office door, I hear Yuk Cheol-wan’s welcoming voice.
It was my visit almost a week after catching the Giant Treasure.
reel.
The office is quite unfamiliar.
It’s not just that it’s been a long time since I visited.
The office, which had been messy like Yuk Cheol-wan’s face, was now incredibly clean.
The dust that had rolled around on the floor disappeared without a trace, and the wall, which had previously had a pleasant musty smell, was now emitting a cotton scent (!).
“I thought I came to the wrong place.”
“yes?”
“Because the office has changed.”
“ah. ha ha ha. I already got a lot of pats on the back from my wife. “They said that if I worked here, I would develop diseases that I never knew existed.”
“aha… … . “Your sister-in-law has gone.”
Well then.
It seems that Yuk Cheol-wan’s wife cleaned this place while he was away.
“Now that I think about it, your beard has become very neat, right? “And the hairstyle too.”
“Hahaha. Is that so?”
It wasn’t just the office that changed.
Yuk Cheol-Wan’s outfit, which had been close to being a regular (…), has become noticeably neater.
It’s definitely a pleasant change.
As life stabilized, everything around Yuk Cheol-wan began to stabilize.
The way he scratches his temples and looks embarrassed seems very cute.
Among the changes in the office, what I especially liked was the coffee machine that Yuk Cheol-wan used every day.
“Oh, you changed this too?”
The old coffee mix vending machine has disappeared and an espresso machine has been installed in its place.
When I first met Cheolwan Yuk, I remember the vending machine coffee he offered.
A vending machine whose outer wall had peeled off in places and the liquid had dried up.
The coffee mix I got from there was really… … . It seemed more dangerous than the blood of a poison monster.
“yes. “As soon as my wife saw the old machine, she reported it as waste.”
“You really married well.”
“yes?”
“Hmm. “Shall we have a drink?”
I ignored his reaction and pressed the Americano button.
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The sound of coffee beans being ground is heard, and the fragrant scent of coffee spreads throughout the office.
Weeing.
“hmm. “It smells good and tastes good too.”
“haha. I’m glad you’re satisfied. But in the past, you said you hated coffee… … .”
“I decided to start liking it starting today. “Horrorok.”
“… … ?”
Yuk Cheol-wan looked confused and pulled out a mocha latte.
We sat on the sofa and talked to each other about what we were up to.
“I’ve been busy with various things lately, so I haven’t been able to schedule a dungeon. “I had some training to do.”
“Does someone like Hunter Cheon Hae-seon also need training?”
“of course. I almost died when I caught the Giant Treasure right away. From now on, I want to catch it on my own without having to open my hands to others.”
“haha. Kill an 8-star monster by yourself. It’s a level that a criminal like me can’t even imagine. “It would be difficult even with the total strength of most guilds, let alone the clan.”
“Now that I think about it, there has been no recent history of ‘Clean Up Clan’ activity. “Did you wait for me to come?”
Then Yuk Cheol-wan shakes his hand.
“Oh, no. Although there were low-grade dungeons among the approved dungeons… … . For a while, I wanted to spend time with my wife who was discharged from the hospital. “It seems like there were so many things we wanted to do together.”
“aha… … .”
okay.
How terrible is that feeling?
Now that your wife is back after a long illness, you probably want to spend as much time with her as possible.
The reason I went around the poison dungeon as a ‘cleaner’ in the first place was to treat my wife.
There is no reason to turn on the lights and chase the dungeon like before.
“On the other hand… … “I was scared.”
“Are you scared?”
“yes. I guess I was relying a lot on Hunter Cheon Hae-seon in my heart. “I got scared when I thought about going to the dungeon without Hunter.”
“haha. Anyone who sees it will think that the clan leader is an ‘E’ ranker.”
“Didn’t you say that you don’t know the position you took, but you know the position you took?”
A ‘tank’ that relies on a ‘healer’ on the battlefield.
If others heard it, they might wonder what he was talking about, but the trust Yuk Cheol-wan had was that great.
“What do you plan to do next?”
‘B’ rank knights are quite popular in the market.
Moreover, this is especially true in the case of tanks who silently take charge of the dirty work.
If Yuk Cheol-wan puts his mind to it, he could join any decent guild.
Depending on what you think, it wouldn’t be surprising if the ‘Clean Up Clan’ office closes at some point.
However, Yuk Cheol-wan’s answer was a little different from what I expected.
“What I learned is stealing… … For now, I plan to continue running the clan.”
“Even after clearing all of the permitted poison dungeons?”
“yes. And although this is a bit much to say… … .”
Yuk Cheolwan blushed and carefully explained another reason.
The income from working with a ‘specific person’ is several times better than from working in a general guild.
specific person.
That is, if it were with ‘Cheon Hae-seon’.
“That’s an extremely realistic and understandable reason.”
“haha. “I would appreciate it if you could understand that it is the burden of being the head of the family.”
Yuk Cheol-wan may be clumsy, but he is not stupid.
He seems to have felt many things while collecting gold film this time.
A gold medal is a gold medal, but it was quite meaningful to ‘stand by’ in advance in a dungeon that the association had not identified.
A guild that lasts a long time no matter how long it lasts.
So, it was impossible for even the Glory Guild to predict dungeons in advance.
Therefore, rather than joining a specific guild, Yuk Cheol-wan appears to have placed a bet on a human named me.
In fact, that bet is pretty accurate.
Didn’t you bring a ‘gift’ for him today too?
“I have something to give to the clan leader.”
“To me?”
“yes. “I gained something from my trip to the countryside.”
“If it’s fat… … ah!”
I didn’t run through the dungeon, but I did kill a monster once.
“You’re talking about the Gosong-dong gate… … ! I too was deeply moved when I heard the news. “I wonder if accidents always happen on a hero’s path.”
“haha. “Even if you praise me like that, I can only give you one.”
I took out a large cone-shaped material from my bag.
“This… … ?!”
Sparks fly from Yuk Cheol-wan’s eyes as he checks the item.
This material was a huge hit for knights, especially tanks.
A rare resource that is considered harder than special alloys.
It was the horn of Taurus.
“Is it really okay if you give this to me?”
Even as Yuk Cheol-wan asked that question, he could not take his eyes off the Taurus horn.
Although he was usually of an easy-going nature, a hint of ‘greed’ could be seen on his face.
okay.
People should be a little greedy like that.
“yes. “Do you like the gift?”
“I like it! “Isn’t this a high-quality material that even A-rankers find difficult to obtain?”
Yuk Cheol-wan takes the horn I gave him with both hands and turns it around.
With eyes filled with admiration and joy.
Of course, it cannot be compared to Pranium, but the Horn of Taurus is an item worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the market.
There is a saying, ‘It is several times more difficult to get the horns than to catch the Taurus.’ The horns and head of this animal are connected very tightly.
It was said that there were frequent cases of decapitated animals being carried around with their heads because they could not cut off the horns in the field, so this was all to be said.
What is the value of an item that is difficult to dispose of and difficult to collect, as it has been brought back in a perfectly processed state?
‘Even if I saw gold and silver treasures, I wouldn’t look like that.’
Seeing Yuk Cheol-wan’s face filled with emotion brings a smile to my face.
“After looking into it, I heard that it can be mounted on the shoulder and used for self-defense, or attached to a shield or other device and used for defeat.”
“That’s right, Hunter. Even pretty strong guys will have a hole in them if they get stabbed by these horns. “There were more people than this who received the Yawning Horn as a down payment and transferred to the guild.”
“It’s unfortunate. “I could have had better things if I had just stuck here.”
Yuk Cheol-wan smiled bitterly at my words.
You may not know it, but you must have had a lot of trouble watching your colleagues leave while running Clean Up Clan.
But now he has the highest quality item a tank can obtain.
“Anyway, it’s good. “I plan to focus on conquering the Poison Dungeon right now.”
‘B’ rank tanks are a very effective resource for conquering dungeons, and more than anything, looking at those eyes full of faith, I can’t bring myself to refuse them.
Since he was the one who saved my wife from an incurable disease called ‘mental contamination’, it was natural for him to trust me.
“I… … however… … .”
“yes?”
“Is it because you’ve been training? … . “I feel a little different from Hunter than before.”
“is it so?”
“yes. “I can’t explain it, but I feel an inexplicable sense of intimidation from Hunter.”
I have to take back what I said about being obtuse.
Is it because his abilities as a ‘spirit’, a tanker’s natural enemy, are in full bloom?
Despite trusting me completely, Yuk Cheol-wan seems to have some fear of me.
In a way, that is a natural phenomenon.
There is something called ‘compatibility’ between hunters, and tanker-type knights are perfect natural enemies with espers.
Yuk Cheol-wan’s instinctive senses naturally responded to my telekinesis level, which had achieved ‘S’ rank.
“You shouldn’t be surprised when you see it later.”
“yes?”
What kind of expression will Yuk Cheol-wan make when he sees the red poisonous snake?
If you don’t already, your big mouth will be wide open.
I smiled strangely at Yuk Cheol-wan, who blinked.
