The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 44

Episode 44. Crush (2)

“Rope? Are you trying to help the guild leader?”

The lowest-ranking staff member of the tower hesitated in surprise at Kiria’s request, but there was a hand to stop him.

“I’ll bring it out to you right away.”

“Yes, sir.”

Kwak Byeong-gi.

He, who had been silent until now, spoke first.

Then he ran straight to the car and got relief supplies.

It was a sturdy rope that looked to be about 15 meters long.

“thank you.”

As the F-class hunter who accepted the rope turned his back towards the swamp, the youngest employee muttered.

“Wasn’t that person an external appraiser?”

“Don’t worry and just watch.”

Normally, one would tremble in fear when faced with the venom of a Class A demon.

But instead of shaking, Kim Ki-ryeo started walking briskly with a relaxed attitude.

“…!”

He didn’t even look at the ground because he was trying to gauge the length of the rope.

There are so many puddles of toxic poison on the floor!

The C-class hunter with the lowest awakening level in the tower swallowed and shook his head.

‘I wouldn’t do something like that even if you gave me money.’

The blond man was crossing the road coolly at this moment.

There was not a shred of hesitation.

“Huh!”

But at this time.

The corpse of a little demon falls from a high place through a crack in the broken road.

Roll, roll.

The impact caused a nearby puddle of poison to burst forth.

Fortunately, only a few water drops stained the shoes.

It’s a Class A poison. Normally, it’s a situation where you’d have to panic.

“… … !”

But, let alone the attempt to cheer him up, he didn’t even show any sincerity in looking at his own shoes.

He just stood quietly in front of Esther’s swamp with no unnecessary movements.

“wait for me.”

Kim Ki-ryeo said so and slowly untied the rope.

Esther looked at this and thought.

‘Why don’t you help me?’

It was a crooked attitude.

Because there is still a lingering grudge against Kiria for often mocking her skills.

She made a sullen expression as she thought about the provocation her opponent had made.

‘Huh, I guess the poison resistance is pretty high? But even if I treat you well now… … .’

But right after this.

Esther’s face changed for a moment when she saw what Kiria had done.

“uh?”

“Catch up and come up. Esther Hunter.”

Because this man tied a rope to a nearby telephone pole and threw the end of the lifeline into the swamp.

From Gi-ryeo’s perspective, it was an action taken after calculating the difference in strength between the two.

This came as a fresh surprise to Esther.

‘What is this, it’s strangely cold!’

Up until now, there have been so many people who have tried to flatter others to win their favor.

An S-class hunter has a value beyond imagination in this society.

So Esther had been receiving countless favors in return, and she was starting to get tired of being treated that way.

“Do you have difficulty moving your arms?”

“No. I’ll go out now.”

But, there is hardly any pretense in Kim Ki-ryeo.

You could probably pull it out with your own strength, but why don’t you just tie a rope to a telephone pole and let it come out on its own?

If you suspect that this person is playing a prank with a curse, don’t hesitate to try provoking them… … .

If you look closely, it doesn’t seem like he’s trying to look good to an S-class.

“Just a moment.”

But when you’re kind, you’re kind.

“There’s mud in my hair… … .”

“ah.”

“It almost went into my ear.”

He reached out and wiped the purple liquid flowing through Esther’s hair.

‘Huh?’

At this time, he also realized belatedly that the swamp was poisonous, but it didn’t matter much.

Neurotoxin was just barely within Kim Ki-ryeo’s tolerance category.

Of course, if it was hemolytic toxin, it would be hopeless.

‘No, if you’re stuck in a swamp of poison, please tell me.’

Kim Ki-ryeo stopped in his tracks as he realized that he almost died a violent death.

It was Esther’s one word that broke the silence.

“thank you.”

No matter how much Kim Ki-ryeo is annoying, it’s not right to keep your mouth shut after receiving help.

Esther spoke sharply and ordered her guild members to bring her cloth and water.

Kim Ki-ryeo looks at her blankly.

And he said subtly.

“You must be having a hard time.”

At a young age, I felt a sense of pity for the wizard who was doing hard work that left him covered in mud.

“If that unawakened person hadn’t intervened in the middle, today’s work would have ended neatly… … .”

At this, Esther narrows her eyes.

“What would you do in the same situation?”

“yes?”

“If a citizen suddenly intervenes in a fight. Seeing how you speak so calmly, I think you would ignore them, saying that it was wrong of you to intervene so carelessly.”

Esther smiled playfully and looked into Kiria’s mind.

If even an empty affirmative statement were made here, I intended to completely oppose it.

“Oh, well, I’ve been in a similar situation before.”

But I didn’t know that this kind of answer would follow.

“I was just activating my skills when a civilian appeared at the intersection.”

“… … !”

“I somehow managed to cancel the casting in a hurry, but the backlash caused everything around me to explode.”

I take a moment to reminisce about the past.

“No, I was a little surprised when my arm flew away.”

“What did you say?”

The alien shrugs his shoulders, as is typical of the local population.

“But I still think our way is right. Even though it’s a bit annoying right now, nothing is more precious than life.”

He continued speaking with his characteristically expressionless face.

“Honestly, I was relieved to see Esther protect the unawakened earlier. Yes. Someone like you should be at the top.”

A person like you who values the lives of the weak… … .

He swallowed his words as he tried to say more.

‘This is not a topic for me to complain to Earthlings.’

He briefly recalled the upper class of his hometown, whose personalities were all different, but then shook the memory away with disgust.

Anyway, there’s not much time left.

“Esther Hunter, I’m sorry. Something urgent came to mind. Can I take my leave now for today?”

“yes?”

He bowed his head and expressed his apology.

If it had been as originally promised, I should have been helping the Magic Tower and classifying the Magic Stones from now on.

‘Ugh, my fingertips are stiff!’

In fact, it wasn’t like he had complete immunity to the poison he was trying to inflict.

It just so happens that I have a higher resistance than other people.

Isn’t this a different problem from mental magic?

“See you again when you get the chance.”

Eventually, he disappeared from the scene as if he was half running away.

But from behind, the guild members could be heard shouting that they had brought water, towels, and an antidote.

Esther pretended not to hear the sound.

-Still, I think our way is right.

As usual, the sorcerer pondered over the words his opponent had left behind for a long time.

***

“He seems like a pretty good hunter!”

A lively voice bursts into the air.

The sentence bounced off the damp cave walls, creating small echoes.

“Who is it?”

Then another young woman’s voice flows in.

“Kim Ki-ryeo~”

“Ah, that… … ?”

“Yes. Curse resistance.”

Esther and her personal secretary.

The two men were walking out of the cave, having a brief conversation.

“At first, I suspected that that person might be a bad-tempered guy like Kang Chang-ho.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t usually pay attention to things like physiognomy, but your eyes are just so… … .”

Esther coughs.

“But when I talked to him, I found out he wasn’t such a bad person.”

“Really?”

“Surprisingly, he has good manners.”

But at that time.

Krrrr.

An alien noise came from behind Esther.

A sound like heavy iron scraping against a stone floor.

“The higher the level of Awakened, the more twisted their personalities seem to be. Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo is, for some reason, unusually sensible.”

However, both characters paid no attention to the noise and just silently walked out of the gate.

“Anyway, it’s good. If it weren’t for the villains, what would this just Esther have to do?”

“haha.”

“I’m really glad that Mr. Kiryo isn’t a bad person.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I didn’t want to fight a hunter who couldn’t even be cured… … .”

Knock knock.

Knock knock.

Knock knock.

Between the sharp clanging noises, a faint, human-like groan could be heard.

“Ugh… … . Ugh… … .”

At this sound, Esther turned around for a moment.

Her face, with her back to the moonlight, was covered with blue shadows.

“By the way, this work is really annoying.”

Rustle.

Esther took her cell phone out of her pocket.

As soon as I stepped out of the gate, all functions of my phone started working normally.

When she activated the selfie camera mode and put her face in the angle,

In one corner of the angle, the identity of the thing that brought the two people here was captured.

“Evidence footage has to be filmed outside. When will a body cam that can be used at the gate be developed?”

Two or so people are tied up in sturdy iron chains.

Esther had been dragging them along the floor all this time.

“Ugh, ugh… … !”

“Save me, save me… … .”

Two unidentified people, with black bumps and bloody skin all over their faces, cried and begged for their lives.

But Esther just focused on her work indifferently.

“One~ two~ kimchi~”

“Ahhhhhhh!”

“Ahhh, ahhhh!”

The result of increasing the curse output to its maximum.

They complained of pain so severe that blood vessels appeared in their eyes, then vomited blood and died instantly.

Tiring.

Esther captures the moment on video.

“Do you know what Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo said earlier this afternoon? He said that someone like me should be at the top.”

“… … .”

“How can someone who thinks exactly like me, is so strong, and doesn’t flatter an S-class person… … .”

She smiled softly and muttered into the air.

“Is it because you have high self-esteem? Is it because you have dignity?”

It was a face that seemed fascinated by something.

“I like that guy too.”

How can I get on your side?

The secretary asked a short question at Esther’s muttering.

“Are you ready to shake hands with him?”

“Graham. I have a burning desire to do that.”

Click. Click.

Esther joined the conversation by taking a few more selfies.

“Today, Team Leader Kwak Byeong-gi reported that Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo handled the cursed sword without any problems.”

“Really?”

“I also checked it out on site. It’s beyond my imagination in many ways.”

The secretary flinched at those words.

But Esther’s attitude was calm.

“If such a monster were to be on my side… … I would be able to suppress not only the helpless Jeong Ha-seong and Kang Chang-ho, but also the world’s ranked players with force.”

She playfully pouts at the same time as she taps her thumb busily on the screen of her phone.

“Haaah, but it’s a bit disappointing. That person doesn’t have any greed for money… … .”

Even if you gave him a unique sword, he wouldn’t care, so he probably has a lot of rare items.

Isn’t the difficulty level too high?

Esther sighed heavily and made a noise.

“If this were in a game, it would be easy to raise favorability. Just search for a strategy guide and give them gifts.”

“Again, again, game talk.”

The secretary said as he threw the bodies of the dead men into the disappearing gate.

It was a light scolding tone.

“I wonder if anyone would say I’m a game addict. You always use that analogy.”

“So what? I’ve hung up now.”

Esther picked up her cell phone and showed the screen to the other person.

“I’m so busy these days that I don’t even have time to log in.”

Photos of two dead bodies.

This S-class hunter sums up all the actions that occurred in the mountains in one sentence.

“Because the death row inmates are lined up like this.”

capital punishment.

Esther, with sharp words in her mouth, looked beyond the gate where the body had been disposed of.

“It’s pathetic. It’s been years since the Dungeon Shock and we still don’t have a prison that can hold even one high-level Awakened.”

“… … .”

“Anyway, I wish all the bad guys who bully the weak would just die~”

What followed was the high-pitched chattering of the sorcerer.