The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 13

Episode 13. The White Labyrinth

‘I closed my eyes and opened them to find myself in a different world. It’s unbelievable.’

I didn’t know until just now, but upon closer inspection, I saw that this was the inside of some building.

High ceilings that make it seem like giants from mythology would walk through them. And white hallways.

The back and sides are blocked by walls, and the straight road points only toward the front.

“Is this really inside the gate?”

How does a weak creature that can’t even use a single fire spell get through this predicament?

‘Save the aliens… … .’

First of all, I hate the worst situation where I meet a monster in a dead end.

I started walking, shivering.

Then, after a while, we arrived at a peculiar place.

“hmm?”

A square room with four paths.

The road ahead was blocked by a huge door that could not be pushed open even with the strength of a human.

The remaining three paths are wide open. For reference, one of them is where I just passed.

“There’s something written there.”

But what catches the eye more than anything else is this tombstone stuck in the middle of the room.

I bent down to examine the mysterious tombstone.

At the same time, footsteps began to be heard from the passages on both sides.

‘Eek!’

Here are some other creatures.

Knowing that you are not alone can sometimes be comforting, but it can also be a source of fear.

So I cringed for a moment… .

‘Huh? Are these the footsteps of an Earthling?’

Thud, thud, thud.

Soon after, the protagonists of the footsteps appeared.

The person on the left is a large human being who appears to be in his 30s.

The person in the right aisle is a neat-looking man who seems a little younger than Kiria.

Luckily, one of them is familiar with the other.

“Kang Chang-ho?”

“hmm?”

I called his name absentmindedly. Then Kang Chang-ho waved me a light wave.

Let’s put aside why Kang Chang-ho is here. Then, there’s only one person left.

‘Black hair, black eyes. Typical.’

While we were guessing who the person who appeared from the right passage might be, Kang Chang-ho suddenly appeared.

“Ah, Jeong Ha-seong!”

He greeted the person standing opposite him warmly.

“I heard you’re in Singapore?”

“I returned home today.”

But if the answer is that hard, then the two of them aren’t that close.

“Do you know each other?”

I walked up to them and asked them a simple question.

However, the two people who were talking turned their heads in surprise when they heard what I said.

No, why?

“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. Just in case, don’t you know Jeong Ha-seong?”

You know, it’s been two weeks since I came to Earth?

I couldn’t give that answer. I just kept my mouth shut.

Then Kang Chang-ho laughed as if he found something funny.

“Haha! Did you see that? I really don’t know you.”

“… … .”

“I guess I’ll have to work harder. Look, the hunter right in front of me acts like he doesn’t care what Jeong Ha-seong does.”

Who the hell are you to react like this?

As someone who didn’t know the whole story, I had nothing to say, so I stood there with my hands behind my back for a moment, but as the announcements continued, a cold sweat began to run down my face.

“Anyway, since we don’t know each other, it would be a hassle to just call each other by our titles, so let’s introduce ourselves in advance. Okay, this is Jeong Ha-seong.”

“ah…….”

“I’m ranked number one in Korean hunter rankings.”

What the hell.

“People outside are calling him a national hero, but you don’t know that, so let’s ignore that.”

He’s a much more amazing person than I expected.

What if they find out I’m an alien? I glanced at Jeong Ha-seong with a worried look on my face.

But the opponent just remained silent with a cold face.

“And Jeong Ha-seong, this is Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. His rank is F.”

“Oh, hello.”

“yes.”

Jeong Ha-seong’s gaze lingered on me for quite some time.

And he asked a short question.

“Were you two suddenly dragged to this place?”

Jeong Ha-seong, who saw us nodding, seemed to hesitate for a moment, then manipulated the watch on his wrist.

Then, surprisingly… … .

“uh.”

A square blue screen appears in Jeong Ha-seong’s field of vision.

It looks like a hologram, but it’s definitely made of light.

[Unidentified Gate]

[Description: No gate information.]

[Rating: EX]

Could that be an analyzer too?

‘This is Earth’s technological prowess… ‘

I had no idea that such a sophisticated looking analyzer existed.

I glanced at the screen in admiration, and Jeong Ha-seong nodded while reading the words written there.

“First of all, it’s definitely inside the gate. The rank is Extra. This is annoying.”

What was EX-grade?

I took the device out of my pocket and tried to look up a word I didn’t know.

However, the phone did not work properly, with the screen displaying rainbow-colored noise.

“Oh, I came in without a protective case. If I don’t get out quickly, the interference will ruin my phone.”

Listening to Kang Chang-ho, it seems that it would be difficult to use general electronic devices at the gate.

‘Then there is no way to contact Ahn Yoon-seung?’

I swallowed dry saliva and carefully put my phone in my arms.

There was silence for a moment.

“Would you please come here? There’s something written on the stone tablet.”

It was Jeong Ha-seong who broke the silence.

Kang Chang-ho and I approached the object in the center of the room as we were called. There was this strange piece of sculpture with the following writing on it.

< The symbol of true faith, the key. >

A meaningful message… … .

“Is this a hint needed for the attack?”

From the looks of it, it seems like this place isn’t just about defeating monsters.

“It looks like that door is the only way to go, so let’s just go there.”

If you open your mouth without thinking, you’ll only end up looking empty-headed.

I forced myself to be reserved and followed Jeong Ha-seong, and the place I arrived at was this room.

‘It’s the same as before, right?’

I escaped from the white room and ended up in another giant white room.

But the detailed structure is different.

There’s only one exit. And something in place of the stone slab.

Looking closely, it is a statue of a lion’s head with its mouth open.

It looks like there’s a round opening inside the mouth.

“It’s a hole just big enough to fit a person’s arm in.”

Kang Chang-ho, who was standing behind the statue, spoke up, but no one raised a hand.

Are you crazy enough to put your hand in a lion’s mouth? It’s already unsettling inside the gate.

“… Hunter Kang Chang-ho. Can you help me for a moment?”

“I?”

But at that time.

Jeong Ha-seong, standing at the exit of this room, asked for help with a blank expression.

It may have been nothing to him, but what followed was shocking.

“The door won’t open on my own.”

S-class hunters, do you know what they are like on Earth?

These sorcerers, who possessed exceptional talents even among humans exposed to magic, boasted abilities that were literally monstrous.

But now, there are two S-class hunters… … gathered here.

‘crazy.’

You can’t even open one door?

A few minutes later.

We concluded that Jeong Ha-seong cast an explosion spell on the door as a last resort.

‘You can’t open it with force!’

So what should I do to open it?

When all means failed, attention naturally turned to one place.

‘no way…….’

We looked at the lion statue in the center of the room.

This room is a wasteland, so the only thing worth trying is that lion statue.

“Shall we destroy it?”

Several attempts were made after that, but we were left stranded without being able to scratch the lion statue or open the door.

Ten minutes passed like that.

‘Since we came without any preparation, if we continue like this, we will run out of food… ‘

As Kim Ki-ryeo’s signature was a signature, I reacted sensitively to the approaching danger of starvation.

Jeong Ha-seong must have had the same thought. He stepped forward in front of the lion statue as if he had made up his mind about something.

And then quietly, he put his hand into the hole of the lion statue… .

“…!”

At that moment, the lion’s white eyes turned red.

Finally, the heavy door that had not moved at all opened with a squeak.

“oh.”

“It’s open.”

But, huh?

Jeong Ha-seong’s expression as he takes his hand off the lion statue is strange.

He’s kind of… flustered.

“Why are you like that?”

Upon closer inspection, his hands were covered in red teeth marks, as if they had been bitten by an animal.

Jeong Ha-seong said, showing the wound on his hand.

“I sucked your blood.”

“What did you say?”

“I was so surprised that I tried to pull my arm out without realizing it, but no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn’t come out. It was so fast that it would have been faster to just cut off my shoulder.”

Fortunately, the amount of blood sucked was minimal. He moved on to the next room without paying any attention.

‘I feel like a guinea pig in a giant laboratory. Everything is white.’

However, the appearance of the next room was absurd.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Jeong Ha-seong and I were speechless at the sight beyond the door.

Because, the same lion statue I saw earlier was stuck in the middle of the room.

‘Does that mean I have to do it again?’

I guess the gate maker was very impressed with Roman Holiday?

‘eww.’

Anyway, Jeong Ha-seong didn’t seem to plan on staying in this dungeon for too long, so he put his arm in without dragging his feet.

The door opened again.

‘Whew, thanks to that I’m somehow moving forward.’

If you put your arm into the lion statue, the door will open.

It’s easy and simple. It’s a puzzle that even a little mouse can solve.

“Oh, there’s a lion statue in the next room too. If I repeat the same actions, will I be able to get out?”

So maybe that’s why the tension was relieved.

“Hunter Kang Chang-ho, I have something to say.”

But due to Jeong Ha-seong’s next few words, the atmosphere here became tense and could explode at any moment.

“Could you open the next room for me?”

“why?”

“The statue’s blood absorption amount has changed.”

“… … .”

“The first time was fine, but the second time I felt a little dizzy.”

“okay?”

“And these dungeons usually have increasing requirements.”

Let’s take turns.

When he made the suggestion in a polite tone, Kang Chang-ho answered sarcastically.

“Well. You’ve been doing well so far, so why don’t you just lead until the end?”

Jeong Ha-seong responded calmly, as if he had expected it.

“You are uncooperative with the attack.”

“Don’t you know my Hunter Ranking?”

“Because I’ve never been interested in useless nomenclature like lining up people by the number of times the gate closed.”

Srrrr, a sharp metallic sound rings out from somewhere.

It was the sound of Jeong Ha-seong pulling out the sword he had on his waist, and Kang Chang-ho watched it leisurely.

“I’ll ask you one more time. Hunter Kang Chang-ho, let’s switch places.”

“What if you don’t like it?”

“Shall we check if the severed arm can open the door?”

hmm.

If this continues, these guys are going to fight.

“excuse me…….”

I tried to stop them, but I held my breath at the hunter’s next words.

“Jeong Ha-seong, please consider my position as well. If we take turns opening the door like that, what if I get sucked to the point of my life being in danger? At least give me the authority to choose the timing so that neither of us can feel wronged, right?”

Yeah. Why didn’t I think of this before?

Everyone in this place was slowly starting to realize the significance of this gate.

This place has a structure that allows you to move forward by donating human blood. And the hole where the blood is taken is just big enough for one person’s arm to fit through.

In other words, the solution to this dungeon is for one person to become a sacrifice.

I belatedly remembered how dangerous EX-class was.

Yeah. I saw an article in passing. So, I think the survival rate statistic is around 60%.

To conclude, this place was not an absolutely safe place, except for the absence of monsters.

Maybe, just like Kang Chang-ho said, I could die with all my blood being eaten by a lion.

Now, a little problem arises.

“hmm.”

I’m currently stuck in a ‘gate that forces a sacrifice of one of the people who entered together’.

What were those people’s awakening levels?