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Episode 86. Fighting
Are you sick?
“Anyway, I’ll end the call now. Oh, and Seonwooyeon, you should eat too.”
I ended the call without thinking much. I didn’t want the food to get cold.
***
How many days have passed since then?
“Phew.”
Perfect fall weather.
Before I knew it, the sky outside the window was filled with clear skies. But even at times like this, I couldn’t go out.
Because I was busy with something important.
“Is this enough?”
Jangle jangle.
I shook the bottle in my hand and observed the blue liquid inside. This was the result of the past few days.
This is the Magic Amplifier version 2.
He’s good at using magic and handling magical tools, and now he’s even good at potion crafting.
What on earth can’t I do?
‘Ugh.’
As expected, I was able to use Blueshell without any problems.
Because I easily overcame the side effects of this fruit.
‘It was nothing more than a little bit of kidney toxicity, right?’
Kidney? If that thing gets damaged, you can just fix it.
Addictive? There’s no way a great wizard who controls every nerve in the body would give up control to something like that.
All problems have been solved.
So, why shouldn’t you use this excellent stimulant?
“It was a good thing I did it sneakily.”
With this, I got the result I was hoping for.
It is a mixture of low-concentration Blue Shell and existing magic boosters that strengthens the body by one level.
[Changes in 1.3.31]
●Awakening value +10
My maximum mana has increased.
That means, from now on, you can use basic magic without having to drink the booster every day.
‘I did it!’
Even so, the overall rating is still F-rank, so there won’t be much change in the power of the magic itself…
‘Where is the progress!’
I decided to think positively.
If I continue to improve like this, I imagine that one day I will be able to cure my lungs.
-♩♪~ ♬~
It was about three minutes later that I snapped out of my daydream.
The phone that was plugged into the charger rang.
“Oh my, Kim Ki-ryeo doesn’t even have your number saved in my contacts. Where are you getting all these calls from?”
Is this another illegal advertisement by a large corporation?
I was getting a little irritated even before I picked up the phone.
But soon the words that appeared on the screen.
[Kang Chang-ho☎]
I checked my phone, paused for a moment, then pressed the accept call button.
“Yes. This is Kim Ki-ryeo.”
Then someone’s voice came back from the speaker.
***
Each Earthling has a different way of communicating.
There are people like Seonwooyeon who just give a brief message of their business, but of course there are also cases where the opposite is true.
-Yeah. Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, how was your last week?
S-class Awakener Kang Chang-ho.
The call with him was surprisingly long, so I’ll just summarize the main points.
‘Huh?’
Kang Chang-ho apologized to me.
‘apologize?’
To be exact, I’m sorry for suddenly blocking the Red Gate attack.
Kang Chang-ho declared that he had been inconsiderate and that they would continue to have a better contractual relationship through mutual coordination in the future.
“her.”
And the surprising news didn’t end there.
Because Kang Chang-ho decided to compensate me in some way for unilaterally restricting my hunter activities.
“You said you locked the gate?”
But who would have thought that they would be the first to invite me to go to the gate with them.
‘Does Kang Chang-ho see me as someone who really enjoys being a hunter? …?’
I recalled those S-class words again.
I’ve already secured the gate with the highest item drop rate. So let’s go together.
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If you want, you can proceed with the strategy on your own. However, to retrieve the items, you will also need to bring your own bag… … .
A proposal that has no disadvantages no matter how you look at it.
So after thinking about it for a while, I decided to accept his apology.
‘It’s a bit suspicious, though.’
Anyway, it’s not like you can keep avoiding that S-class.
***
[Treasure House of Dimensions]
[Grade: B]
[Description: Artifacts appear with a high probability in treasure chests that appear at every intersection. However, be careful of traps that appear frequently.]
The gate of Gyeonggi-do, which we arrived at within a few minutes.
After searching a bit, I found out that this [Dimensional Treasure Chest] is famous for its good rewards.
Small and medium-sized guilds are said to engage in fierce competition to get into this place.
“Then let’s go in.”
“Oh, yes.”
I listened to the buzzing noise of the gate, and then I started walking.
Then the scenery that appeared before my eyes was… … .
‘Oh.’
A maze of such grand proportions that it seems like it came straight out of a myth.
‘The ceiling is open, but the walls are so high that I can’t even think of climbing up.’
So we began our first joint Blue Gate assault.
But the schedule that followed was a series of tiresome acts that could not even be called a hunter’s job…
.
.
.
Bam!
Somewhere, a sound like a ripe watermelon being split open rang out.
Besides, the visible appearance was not much different from this.
Because just now, a monster got hit by an S-class punch and was torn to pieces, spraying red liquid.
‘Anyway, I guess you have to be on a good stomach to be a hunter.’
I thought so and approached the monster that had died screaming.
Then, Kang Chang-ho took the magic stone out of the body so that it could be easily taken care of.
As it has always been.
‘Oh!’
Watch the hunt and put the magic stone in your bag.
At first glance, it seems like just a boring, simple task, but why does it feel so fun?
‘This time, the magic stone is as big as my arm!’
I put the single-smile magic stone in my bag.
This was the part where you could see why [Treasure Chest of Dimensions] was so popular.
Isn’t the magic stone discovery rate close to 100%? Won’t the first treasure chest contain an item more expensive than my entire fortune?
Anyway, the profits were incomparable to those of regular dungeons.
‘If I sell all of this, it’ll probably cost hundreds of millions, right?’
Even before we could finish disposing of the corpse of the monster we had caught, we came across a new treasure chest.
There is literally no time to breathe.
“The claws will separate on their own, so you go open the box.”
I nodded to Kang Chang-ho’s words and headed toward the street corner.
By the way, I heard that the treasure chest in the dungeon has a low probability of containing a monster called a Mimic… … .
Heh, that’s no problem at all for an excellent appraiser like me.
‘You can tell if something is alive or not just by looking at it.’
Bam, thud.
I was sure the treasure chest was safe and put my finger into its crevice.
It was that kind of moment.
“hmm?”
Crunch.
Starting with a noise so small it can be easily heard, the dungeon suddenly begins to vibrate violently.
Urrrr! That enemy, thump thump.
What followed was a deafening roar.
I was momentarily taken aback, but I didn’t move hastily.
Because it was none other than the sound of the floor around me collapsing.
‘Ugh!’
Beneath the collapsed floor, endless pitch-blackness spread out. But just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean there’s nothing there.
-Kirruk, kirruk.
In the darkness, eight red glowing eyes flash by.
‘this.’
A spider web extending all the way around the treasure chest. And a giant monster underground.
This was a trap. And the reason the trap was suddenly activated was… … .
“Hunter Kang Chang-ho?”
I turned my head and looked in the direction where Kang Chang-ho was.
Then Kang Chang-ho shrugs his shoulders with an indifferent expression. He holds the wall of the labyrinth with one hand.
‘Was that the trap trigger switch?’
I carefully got up from the stool, which was about a meter high.
-Kirrrr!
Then the monster in the underground reacted immediately.
It looks like it’s a creature that detects vibrations.
“What are you doing?”
When I asked a question out of the blue, Kang Chang-ho immediately opened his mouth.
“You’re not that surprised.”
“I kind of expected it.”
“You expected that?”
“Kang Chang-ho, how can I readily believe that you suddenly apologized? Of course, I thought you had some hidden agenda.”
So we continued our conversation across the collapsed floor.
“So you’re saying that you followed me knowing full well that you would be in danger?”
Okay.
I thought something was going to happen at this gate at any moment, you punk.
But he pretended not to know and entered the gate.
If that S-class had some bad intentions, then it was a given that an attack would occur anyway… … .
‘hmm.’
I’m not used to Earth yet.
In other words, we don’t know what means aliens can use.
So I accepted this invitation, thinking I’d rather be attacked at a predictable place and time.
but.
“Still, this is so different from what I imagined.”
I tilted my head to the side, looking down at the collapsed footing.
“It’s not even an instant death trap, it’s a trap that even has a monster inside as a bonus.”
Yeah, I really didn’t expect this.
If Kang Chang-ho were to attack, I knew he would either come forward or use a very threatening trap.
-Kirruruk.
Because of that, I was trapped and couldn’t escape.
“If I get eaten by that spider… won’t it be difficult for you too?”
When I asked in a puzzled voice, I heard an answer from the other end.
“It’s okay. It’s milder than it looks. It only paralyzes people and doesn’t cause much harm.”
What a relaxed voice you have.
“Anyway, I didn’t originally plan on doing it this way.”
Kang Chang-ho later gave a brief explanation.
“But our Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo keeps provoking people… … .”
“Me?”
“What were you doing last week?”
He sent a sharp gaze this way.
“If you leave it alone, there’s nothing it can’t do.”
“yes?”
“During the brief period that the Red Gate was banned, they were quietly stirring up gangsters. And to think that it was a den of armed drug dealers.”
“ah.”
“really…….”
Soon several expressions of emotion appear on his face.
Absurdity. Doubt. Laughter.
“I guess you didn’t know what I would do if you kept doing such dangerous things.”
But that laughter didn’t last long.
After a while, he revealed his ominous magical power as if he was uneasy.
Thud.
When the eerie footsteps of the spider monster echoed through the air.
I asked in a small voice.
“So what, you’re going to kill me here now because of something like that?”
To this, Kang Chang-ho answers.
“There’s nothing you can’t do. That monster’s paralyzing poison can not only tell you your level, but it can also weaken your potential power.”
It seems that Kang Chang-ho was quite annoyed by my participation in the investigation of the Nachal Temple.
So that’s why it comes out like that.
From his perspective, it would be safer to just kill the sacrifice here rather than risk losing the skill for nothing.
‘I just forgot to call you because the warehouse search was something that came to mind that day.’
I touched the bridge of my nose and thought for a moment.
‘I heard with great difficulty what happened in that mountain valley… … .’
Since I was targeted by an absolute powerhouse, an S-class hunter, this was a situation that would have happened at any time.
But that’s okay.
Because we now have a means to respond.
“hmm.”
I closed my eyes with a blank expression and quietly unbuttoned one button of my shirt.
Bam.
What is soon revealed is a thin gold necklace shining with a clear color.
[Pyromancer Necklace (Rare)]
When Kang Chang-ho saw this, he felt puzzled.
I grabbed the necklace and wordlessly activated its power.
“Huh? Why the necklace all of a sudden… .”
The magic prepared here is none other than a small flame explosion.
“… … !?”
Plus the coordinates are inside my skull.