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Episode 3 Escape (3)
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While going down the steep slope covered in thick darkness, relying on moonlight.
Kang-hoo thought about the numerous situations that occurred simultaneously in a short period of time.
He killed three guards during the escape, something that never happened in the original.
‘Considering my still pitiful weight in this world, the future won’t change to this extent.’
I hoped that the future would not be distorted until I was fully grown.
Because you will be able to enjoy what you know.
In any case, today’s change means that the contract with the constellation has been concluded a full three years early.
I’m ready to get stronger.
These traits and abilities must be utilized fiercely and continuously.
Otherwise, the reason for choosing to escape will fade.
Sasaat. Sasaat.
I could hear footsteps coming closer along the slope.
It was too early in the morning to tell who anyone was, but there was one thing I could be sure of.
‘I am a hunter who has made a contract with the constellation.’
It was the red dot seen above the head of the hunter pursuing us.
This is because the ability to steal constellations gained by making a contract with the Dimensional Robber has been activated as a trait.
If you have a constellation, you will automatically have the ability to search for the constellation, which will automatically display a red dot above your head, revealing your location.
【Skilled Communicator】
【Neutral constellation. A constellation with the ability to track mana.】
‘Ah, so that’s why you can track me. You can feel the flow of mana.’
From a distance, without a single light, I knew exactly where I was and why I could come here.
Unless there are special circumstances, that hunter will be at least level 100.
This is because you usually make a contract with a constellation when you reach level 100.
It’s a process called ‘selection’.
Of course, contracts could have been made at much lower levels.
In the case of lower-ranking constellations, there were cases where they would lure unfamiliar contractors and intentionally tie them up early.
In the end, it all depends on your own abilities.
Anyway, if you’re a level 100 hunter, you can’t rely on luck in this situation.
A head-on confrontation must be avoided.
Instead.
‘Drag in and hit.’
Kang-hoo, who had a good idea, stopped behind a thick tree that was standing tall in front of him.
It was a complete blind spot where we could guess where each other was, but couldn’t see with our own eyes.
wickedness!
Kang-hoo cut his palm with the longsword he was holding.
And with his blood-dripping hand, he tightly grabbed a stone.
It was covered in thick blood.
After some time had passed like that.
grasp!
I pushed the stone with all my might into a spot where it was eye level with the thick tree in front.
Because the tree trunk had a deep groove, it was not difficult to push in a flat rock.
He squeezed out all the remaining mana and blew it into the stone once more.
“······.”
Then, he held his breath and suppressed his mana hypersensitivity.
If left in its original state, it explosively draws in surrounding mana.
Then the camouflage has no meaning.
“Ugh.”
I immediately felt nauseous, as if I was doing something I shouldn’t have done. At the same time, I could taste the taste of iron.
Signs before fainting from hypersensitivity.
Because you use and recover too much mana in a short period of time, your body becomes overloaded and cannot withstand it.
Kang-hoo clenched his molars.
As I successfully moved laterally, targeting the tree behind me, my body became transparent.
Passut! Passut! Taang!
Soon, the hunter, who had used his movement skills to close the distance, flew forward with all his might, adding momentum.
Since the location where the mana was felt was exactly behind the tree, I focused my firepower there without hesitation.
“You little rat!”
The weapon he was holding was an axe.
Phew!
As the heavy axe blade struck the side of the tree, the entire tree shook and the cut made by the axe broke diagonally.
but.
“doesn’t exist?”
The most important thing was missing.
It was Kang-hoo.
The reward for the hunter who turned on the water was a sharp longsword that suddenly appeared from somewhere.
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Phew!
“Crash······!”
The longsword that entered through his chin passed right through the middle of his face and came out above his forehead.
Kang-hoo’s plan worked.
No matter how high the level of a hunter is, he doesn’t have steel jaws.
It was the Hunter’s mistake to lose sight of his surroundings because he was so confident in his own abilities and Kang-hoo’s location.
【Kill the target and steal the contract with the ‘Skilled Communicator’.】
【The ‘Skilled Communicator’ becomes subordinate to the ‘Dimensional Robber’ and cannot escape except through disappearance or termination of the contract.】
【All abilities of the ‘Skilled Communicator’ are inherited to you.】
If this message appears, it means the Hunter is dead. Or there is no hope of survival.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh······.”
The hunter fell down with a look of disbelief on his face, grabbing Kang-hoo’s body as best he could.
I’ve never heard of a Hunter who can hijack a constellation’s contract and make it their own.
If there was, I would have remembered.
Because it’s an ability that’s no different from fraud.
But this escaped convict who just stuck a longsword in his own face had such an absurd ability.
Kuung!
The hunter fell.
The heart that had stopped breathing could not beat again.
【View additional abilities】
【Mana Tracking Ability】
【Night vision】
“good.”
I gained some useful abilities.
As soon as I gained the ability to see at night, my vision changed, as if I was wearing infrared night vision goggles.
The Mana Tracking ability will help this Hunter find hidden enemies, just like he tracked himself.
but.
“Wow!”
Perhaps because I had used up my mana too much with the previous attack, this time I felt an unbearable vomit.
It was in such bad condition that red blood was mixed in it.
“If I push myself a little harder, I’ll just die here.”
Kang-hoo looked around.
Just then, a little further down the slope, a new road comes into view.
And not far away, a dump truck loaded with sand was approaching.
“I have to take care of this first······.”
Kang-hoo grabbed the head of the dead hunter and took an axe, a necklace, and a bracelet from him.
I ran at full speed without even having time to check what the configuration was, and threw myself with all my might onto the sand of the truck.
Iron fist!
A body that becomes one with the sand.
“Whew.”
Kang-hoo let out a hot sigh and looked up at the dawn sky.
“It’s so damn clear.”
I was lost in thought for a long time, completely absorbed in the twinkling of the stars.
Where to begin.
First of all, we need a safe place.
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30 minutes later.
A man who had just received news from the Qingming camp was checking the contents.
Kang Dong-hyun.
He was the third in the Eclipse hierarchy and the de facto leader, excluding the first and second, whose identities were shrouded in mystery.
Eclipse, a criminal organization that was active in the Chungcheong region, was notorious for exploiting human resources.
In particular, many workers were employed in the magic stone mines, and magic stone became a big money maker.
As the Hunter’s Age began, some minerals were transformed into magic stones, and Cheongmyeongsan was one of the magic stone mines that was transformed into such a mine.
“You’re a smart guy, thinking of going out the front gate. Your confidence, which is not befitting of an inmate, must have been your weapon.”
Kang Dong-hyun nodded.
I don’t know how he came up with the idea, but I was impressed by Kang-hoo who found the most definitive answer.
【Xinjianghu】
【Level 10. Assassin class.】
【All items were confiscated upon admission, and there is no information on further training. There is no information on where the person resides.】
I also checked the information on Kang-hoo enclosed in the form of a report.
Like most prisoners, he was a beginner with specs that made him unable to even put up a proper fight against the guards.
No matter how fast and nimble a creature is, it can be instantly rendered powerless if a single guard is present.
Even if he was a third-grade guard, the lowest rank, he had basic skills that would be at least level 35.
however.
“A level 10 hunter caught 45, 55, and 100 with a constellation here…? This guy is crazy.”
Kang Dong-hyun lit the cigarette in his mouth.
If I were to believe the report at face value, I would feel like a wide-eyed fool.
It doesn’t make sense.
If you’re a level 10 hunter, your dungeon combat experience will be limited.
Even after living in a concentration camp for more than two years, the fighting spirit itself would have almost disappeared.
I don’t know what the trick is, but it would take a powerful blow to defeat those hunters without being able to do anything.
“One of them was stabbed in the neck from behind with chopsticks. Two others had their heads split open while being put in the backseat. The last one, who also has mana tracking abilities, was stabbed under the chin······?”
The result is truly astonishing.
At this point, I wonder if they really asked me to kill them.
Kang Dong-hyun was not angry about the fact that Kang-hoo escaped.
Because it’s common for prisoners to escape.
It’s not like work is paralyzed just because Kang-hoo isn’t there.
Anyway, he’s a worker. If you kidnap him again, that’s the end of it.
However, it is of interest because he is a level 10 hunter who can instantly subdue a hunter of a fairly high level.
“You seem interested in strange things.”
Kang Dong-hyun’s eyes became deeper as he inhaled the cigarette smoke.
Who would have thought that someone who had labeled a life loser would take interest in an escaped convict?
But Kang-hoo’s actions were special enough to make it worth it.
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Near Daejeon Station.
Kang-hu, who had barely managed to find a rare public phone, recalled his memory and made a call.
It was a number that came to me naturally and was deeply embedded in my subconscious, in sync with the original Shin Kang-hoo.
– hello?
A woman’s voice is heard.
A familiar voice.
It seems like I’ve gotten in touch properly, so I feel relieved for a moment.
“It’s me, Kang-hoo.”
– Hey, Kang-hoo oppa?
“uh.”
– Oppa! What on earth happened that you haven’t contacted me for over two years? Even if we broke up, it’s like that······.
A voice was heard that seemed to be beating, but was also filled with regret and sorrow.
Her name is Han Seo-yeon.
She was Kang-hoo’s ‘ex’ girlfriend.
We broke up due to differences in personality.
So even though we broke up, we still kept in touch often, like normal male and female friends.
Contact had been cut off for two years.
There was no way she knew what happened to Kang-hoo.
“That happened.”
I didn’t have the strength to tell the whole story in detail, so I cut my speech short.
Even though time had passed, since they knew each other better than anyone else, she also changed the direction of her response to Kang-hoo’s words.
– What do you need, brother?
“Just for one day. Let’s rest at your house.”
– Okay. I’ll pick you up right away. Where is it?
“Public phone next to exit 5 of Daejeon Station. Sorry.”
– Sorry, what? Considering what you did for me before, this is a natural return. Wait! I’ll go quickly!