The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 234

Episode 234. Silent

Urrrr… … . Wow! Rumble.

The dishes fall limply to one side, tilted to match the tilt of the broken table.

I looked down at the stew that was starting to soak the floor and opened my mouth slightly.

Of course, Jeong Ha-seong didn’t intentionally destroy the object, so he quickly opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The silence was brief.

The number one ranked hunter half stood up from his seat and started asking questions in a flustered manner.

“Health problems?! Did you get hurt while clearing dungeons? Or sick?”

“Huh, huh?”

“What on earth could possibly hurt that an S-class hunter can’t even do his job? And why are you only telling me this now? Is it an elixir? Are you so sick that you need something like that?”

hmm…….

I think something big is going on here… … .

Was it the word retirement that was the problem? Or was it the statement about health issues that was the problem?

As soon as a certain keyword came out of my mouth, Jeong Ha-seong raised his voice as if he had changed people.

However, up until now, Earth has had few food boxes that are suitable for the highest level Awakened beings, so S-class beings only suffer injuries that can be cured with medicine.

Because the magical powers of disease-causing entities such as viruses and bacteria have not yet evolved, the Awakened people of Earth have temporarily gained perfect disease immunity.

‘It is certainly a rare case where an S-class hunter is seriously ill.’

The main cause of the shock was soon revealed.

By this point, even the most clueless person would know.

I told that first-class hunter that health is not an excuse for the presidential election.

I don’t know what the word elixir is that just came out, but if we leave it like this, the national hero is likely to do something beyond our imagination. Therefore.

“And what kind of class is this for someone who is sick…? This shouldn’t go all the way to Esther Hunter, but start with my lecture right away.”

By the time the restaurant staff came running to the continuous commotion.

I opened my mouth and quickly calmed the other person down.

“Calm down! It doesn’t hurt that much.”

“yes?”

“I said that because I’m so tired these days… …. So, it’s similar to what office workers say every day when they want to resign.”

It was already summer outside, so the weather was always muggy and depressing.

“It’s hot outside and I’m tired. I impulsively thought, what if I just give up this damn hunting thing? Well, what’s the reaction… ?”

“Really?”

“Retirement is a joke. A joke. Come to think of it, I guess I chose the wrong words. I’m sorry.”

The other person takes a step back with a bewildered look on their face.

Then, the store staff arrived at the room we were in, and thanks to the presence of two S-class hunters with financial means, the compensation for the damaged goods went smoothly.

“… … .”

A few seconds later.

Jeong Ha-seong’s face, who had been picking up broken pieces of crockery instead of his employees, began to harden silently.

Perhaps he thought about it carefully on his own and realized that something was strange, which is why his expression turned sour.

‘I see you realized I was saying that to distance myself.’

They’re not stupid either.

‘hmm.’

So, what should we do from now on?

It is impossible to prevent a disciple from leaving by belittling his skills, or to quietly retreat using illness as an excuse.

But even in this dire situation, I just calmly thought about what to eat for dinner.

‘I don’t know… … . Now… … .’

If it’s not like that, why don’t you just reveal that all the promises you’ve made so far were lies and get burned at the stake?

Anyway, nothing in this dirty world goes as planned, so what’s the point of devising a detailed plan using glucose?

***

It’s been about 8 hours since the team’s failed attempt to break their promise and things have returned to normal.

Today again, rain is falling steadily outside the window.

But even though my preferred weather arrived, I didn’t feel any positive change in my mood.

As I said a few days ago, I actually no longer had the strength to plot anything inside.

This is probably why you shouldn’t touch pupae or golden eggs carelessly.

Who would have thought that Jeong Ha-seong would be so stubborn about collaborating with his former enemy?

‘Maybe my remaining life expectancy is not 9 years, but 3 months… … .’

It was around the time when I was starting to feel a sense of emptiness.

Tiring.

Suddenly an alarm goes off on my phone.

[Hello. Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. I am the newly appointed President of the Hunter Association, Shin○○… … .]

A long text message that fills the screen from top to bottom.

I read the first sentence of it and immediately thought of phishing smishing. There was an article about such a scam on the Internet news not long ago.

But when I calmed down and looked at the screen, it seemed like this was really a message written by the head of the Hunter Association.

Well, that’s because the official contact information for the Korean Hunter Association was printed on the part that was sent.

‘What’s going on at the association?’

The new president of the association said:

It is said that the Korean Federation of Banks is currently experiencing difficulties due to the recent occurrence of a new gate phenomenon.

So, I had to urgently find an Awakener in the Analysis series or something.

The new dungeon in question had a very special attack, so the Association seemed to need to quickly figure out the monster’s ability before the Hunters suffered too much damage.

“hmm.”

[Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo not only possesses the [Emotion] skill, but as an S-class hunter, his basic physical abilities are also good, and he is highly resistant to various attacks. If it is alright with you, I would like you to visit the site and observe the new gate for a moment. Of course, if you do so, there will be no monetary compensation… … .]

A message written in a fairly polite tone.

The problem, however, is that the most important piece of information in this lengthy text is incorrect.

I just have the intuition and knowledge unique to Alpha Uri. I have a very different way of looking at things than the Emotionalists on Earth, and I’m not a true S-class Hunter.

‘It doesn’t really move.’

Originally, I was going to ignore the association president’s request.

-Tiring.

But after seeing the content of the message that came next, I changed my mind.

[The following are the basic characteristics of the new dungeon. If you happen to see this phenomenon while conquering another gate, please be careful.]

okay.

Certainly, as an Alpha Uri, I cannot ignore this kind of content.

***

Does anyone here have nightmares often?

Or maybe you enjoy watching horror movies.

I don’t know if this story is limited to the individual named Kim Ki-ryeo.

First of all, if my interpretation is correct, the inhabitants of Earth mostly got the emotion of fear from the disharmony of the familiar.

A daycare worker who was cutting kimbap in the kitchen suddenly turned her neck 270 degrees and looked back.

To put it more classically, their main nightmare was a dead person in mourning clothes crawling out of a dark well.

Egg ghost, red mask, zombie.

The protagonist of a horror story created by Earthlings is most likely to use the human skeleton as a formwork.

Of course, there are many other unique elements that can be scary if you look for them, such as insects or the deep sea.

First of all, people are easy.

Even if you don’t create something grand, you can still ruin your daily life with just a little difference.

The one who proved his love by my side every day.

Imagine if your family, friend, lover, or colleague suddenly lost their ability to speak human language and started acting strangely.

The emotion that Earthlings will ultimately feel upon seeing that sight will be the fuel that any intelligent parasite would most enjoy.

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A few minutes later, I responded to the agency’s call and went out to the scene of the problem.

“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo!”

“I’ve been waiting for you!”

According to the message sent by the new president of the association whose face I don’t even know, the enemies at that new gate have caused a status abnormality that can be called ‘possession’.

Ice.

In fact, if you laid this much groundwork, anyone would notice, but the strange phenomenon in this dungeon was caused by external usurpers called Kisimche.

The gate phenomenon itself was a disaster that they caused, so talking about the root of all evil in this way feels a bit off. Anyway.

‘A gate creature that can communicate with Earthlings, and an EX-class dungeon that demands the corpse of a sorcerer.’

From now on, I will explain the characteristics of the core body.

The changes to the Extra-grade feeding boxes that had occurred so far were a kind of harbinger of disaster.

When the owners of the gate called the core body arrive at a new planet, they display three stages of behavioral ups and downs based on their own standard of occupation.

To summarize, cutting out all the useless parts:

It was possible that Earth had just entered a state called Phase 2 of occupation.

Once a core body lands on a planet, it first and foremost learns information about the place to figure out what its host treasures.

At a point when it was thought that they had learned a bit about the planet’s unique culture, the core beings soon instinctively felt a certain temptation.

“I want to see more closely the colorful ingredients and hearts they create.”

He looks like a drunkard who is crazy about alcohol and has fallen into a makgeolli jar.

As the Elementals’ understanding of the planet increases, they tend to crave the bodies of the natives more and more rapidly.

However, the EX-class scenario gate that appeared earlier was proof that they had safely absorbed Earth’s language system.

The request for the EX-class corpse that Brooklyn found was a sign that they were starting to take an interest in the form of Earthlings. The amount of information that was finally coming was sufficient.

‘The time has come.’

However, unlike the Alpha Uranians, they were not able to make good use of other people’s corpses.

Because they are more of a spiritual concept than you might think, and because they have a hard time dealing with actual flesh and blood.

The method they ultimately chose was mental infection.

In short, it literally causes possession, as the shamans here experience.

In this way, the emotions stored in various parts of the body can be vividly recalled from the perspective of the person involved, so it seems that the act of possession is very addictive for the mind.

‘To be blinded by greed and to throw away safety. Anyway, the whole species is stupid.’

But, technically, possessing a living person’s body is like breaking into a house with an owner. Is that okay?

The phenomenon of the core body’s possession naturally causes strong backlash. So, let’s take an example.

“Let me organize things before we enter. The association was planning to send personnel to this new gate to investigate and clear it. But in the middle of the dungeon, the awakened members of the investigation team suddenly started showing strange symptoms?”

“Yes. Let me tell you about the noticeable signs. First of all, the person ‘never speaks.’”

“Hasn’t it become a little awkward to move your body?”

“Oh, that’s right. You walk like a ghost from some exorcism.”

“But what’s even creepier is that he went ahead with his strategy with a straight face until the team properly questioned him. But looking back, I wonder why that talkative employee kept his mouth shut for so long.”

Side effects appear roughly like this.

I watched calmly as the Hunter Association members competed to make statements.

And then I thought.

‘I tried pouring a status-altering potion on the investigation team in question, but there was no reaction.’

I hurriedly escaped with my companion out of the feeding box, but soon after, the person came back unharmed.

‘Hmm.’

First of all, given the circumstances, it seems highly likely that it is a possession by the spirit body.

“Could it have been the named monster we encountered in the middle that caused it? Actually, it did use some kind of flashy technique, but no one got hurt by it.”

“That might be possible, but I think we’ll just have to see it once.”

I kept a calm face and leisurely carried my hands behind my back.

Wait a minute, but why are you so calm in the face of an incident involving a space traveler called Gisimche?

Well, that’s not something to worry about right now.

Once you reach the second stage of occupation, their growth may be slowed down even if you don’t want to.

That ‘ice’ thing… … actually, ironically, was a very disadvantageous phenomenon for the spirits.

Like an armadillo that has shed all its skin and only its flesh is exposed.

The core body in a frozen state is very unstable and fragile.

Even without necessarily harming the owner of the body, if you just shake their mind a little, they can die instantly from the aftereffects.

‘Oh my.’

That’s why I don’t call them magicians even though I can clearly see that they use magic.

If you just look at their creative abilities, they’re honestly almost amazing, but because of their gluttony, they tend to ruin everything at the end.

The mind-eating bug is not a wizard, but simply a mind-eating bug.

Unlike Earthlings, they were a race that could not be acknowledged at all. That alone did not change no matter how much time passed.

‘Euuum.’

But the problem is.

‘Step 2. Now it’s step 2… … .’

This is what happens next.

After the core body has fully enjoyed the host’s energy through various dungeons and possession activities, it begins to prepare for [Descent] in earnest.

Yeah, that third step is a bit of a headache.

Alpha Uriedo was at ease thinking that it wouldn’t be a big deal until that damn [Descent] phenomenon, but then suddenly the Southern Hemisphere became a mess, so I had to step in.

‘I still get teary-eyed when I think about how many days and nights I worked without rest.’

Hey, shit.

So, what good is it to observe aliens in an unverified land? Anyway, those incompetent, dog-like bastards of the Southern Upper Class should have been soaked in lava a long time ago… … .

‘Okay, then.’

I quickly calmed my breathing, which had become rough due to reminiscing about the past, and returned to the present.

It’s been a long story, though.

Anyway, to summarize, the phenomenon of the spirit body’s possession is not an immediate threat, but it is connected to a huge disaster in the future, so it needs to be analyzed in advance.

To be precise, I want to check if their fatal weakness still exists on this planet.

There was no need to get close to them. All I had to do was recognize the shape of the mana gathered around them.

The psychic bodies waiting for the ice are unusually dull and instinctive. There is no better opportunity to observe them than this.

‘Hmm.’

But if you think about it carefully, there seems to be a very high chance that this isn’t a gi-sim-eop-eop-eop.

Those guys who have become so careful that they even use straws for their meals are just walking around like this. It doesn’t make sense. In the first place, compared to our time, the Dungeon Shock period on Earth was so recent that it’s already entered the second stage.

‘If it’s not the work of the mind, then it’s probably caused by the white bug. The symptoms are so similar that it’s confusing.’

While the association staff were processing entry permits over the phone.

I put my hand on my mouth and fell into deep thought. But no matter how many thoughts flowed through my mind, my conclusion remained the same.

‘I have to check it myself.’

It’s annoying, but I think the Archmage should step forward for a moment for this new gate.

Of course, it is only for one’s own safety.

If you observe the celestial bodies that have come down to the ground to gather information, you can obtain a lot more information than you might think.

When you know the extent of its hunger, it is surprisingly predictable that it will reach the level of Korean dungeons that will appear in the near future.

‘If you see a strange atmosphere after receiving the estimate, you should immediately run away overseas.’

What exactly is the danger that awaits in that dungeon?

A spirit? A white bug? Or just a new monster that uses some special magic?

Thump.

I took my first step while imagining all sorts of things.

“ah.”

But just before entering the dungeon, a promise flashed through my mind.

‘Come to think of it… … .’

The Knight’s Oath!

I almost forgot about it. Well, since my body is not affected by the penalty at all, it was natural that I wouldn’t feel nervous.

Beep beep beep.

I picked up my phone and dialed the number as usual.

Originally, I would have sent a text message to notify you of this kind of busy work, but the last time, the contractor said on the plane back from China that if you did it again, he would break your head like that reporter.

“Hello? Hunter Kang Chang-ho?”

Calls connected within.

I spoke into the microphone and reported the name of the dungeon I was entering and its exact location as I always did.

Then, as usual, a cheerful voice burst out from the other end of the receiver.

-no.

Huh.