The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 156

Episode 156. Together, Hanshin

“You are two years older than me.”

“Really? Oh, no. I’ve never told you before, so why do you know my age?”

“These days, if you search on the Internet, everything comes up. Oh, by the way, I can’t go to a place that grills its own meat anymore. What kind of smoke is that that gets into my lungs… .”

Putting aside his embarrassed expression, he admired the new food item, pig skin.

But at that time.

A sudden surge of power surged into the store they were in. A dark and heavy sensation that could easily be felt as an unpleasant sensation.

In Korea, she is the only woman who shows this type of magical power.

‘Outside?’

I sensed the magic of someone I was trying to please and unconsciously turned around.

Then, what is visible outside the window are the white wings of a flying magical tool called [White Bird].

-Phew!

Immediately afterwards, someone gently dismounted from its back. Looking at those drooping eyes, it was definitely the hunter I had just recalled.

“Ms. Esther?”

Anyway, my stomach was almost full, so I left the restaurant for a moment, telling Ha-seong to finish eating.

The person I met there had a completely different vibe.

She usually walks around with a relaxed smile, but now, instead of smiling, her entire brow is furrowed.

“Oh, so that story was true… … .”

Shaking.

Esther muttered something and clenched her fists.

Additionally, the magical power surrounding her gradually transforms into a more sinister aura.

How dare you open the lid of a sorcerer like that. I don’t know who that bastard is, but he won’t live comfortably from now on…

“Kim Ki-ryeo, the Hunter!”

“uh?”

But at that moment, Esther suddenly called someone’s name loudly.

“First of all, I’m really sorry for coming all the way to the restaurant. But there’s something I’d like to explain right away.”

“yes?”

She approached me slowly, her sharp eyes wide open like a dog.

“Actually, I heard a rumor today? A rumor that you and Garion’s guild leader are going to form a regular team?”

“uh.”

“But surely it’s not true that you started team discussions without me?”

Of course that’s not true. This side is going to break that promise.

But in this situation, it’s uncertain whether the ball will stay attached until the explanation is finished.

“Sir, please calm down.”

Sigh.

The first thing he did was make the Earth gesture, which means surrender. He raised both arms with his palms facing out.

***

A little later.

After I finished paying, I went out to the alley near the restaurant.

And after slightly distancing himself from Jeong Ha-seong, he said this.

“Esther Hunter, can you lend me your ear for a moment?”

The other person still looked uneasy, but he still accepted this request.

Esther looked at me with a blank expression, as if asking me to explain.

But as time passed, this expression gradually changed into one of surprise.

“Don’t worry about it. I don’t know where you heard the rumor, but I have no intention of working with that S-class over there right now.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I had set certain conditions for Jeong Ha-seong to form a team.”

“condition?”

“Ms. Esther, a few years ago, while you were trying to recover from a dungeon break, you were caught up in Jeong Ha-seong’s abilities, right?”

I mentioned some incidents that I found out while surfing the internet.

The guild leader of the magic tower was also exposed to the unique problems of S-classes.

Just like we trample on bugs in our teeth without even noticing them.

The highest level Awakened here have such great natural powers that they often cause unwanted secondary damage.

So I explained the significance of the relationship in relation to the problems of these S-classes.

“It’s a secret, but I’m currently teaching Jeong Ha-seong the secret to controlling his abilities. So that what happened before won’t happen again.”

“…!”

“And if that know-how proves effective, of course I was planning to contact Matap right away.”

Esther opened her eyes wide and looked up at me.

“I’m sorry I’m telling you now. Anyway, I didn’t mean to treat you badly.”

“Oh, I see.”

When the topic of guilds came up, Esther lifted her brow and whispered in my ear.

“So, does that mean that Mr. Kiryeo is not part of Garion right now?”

I don’t know how I came to have such doubts, but I can confirm this part.

“As I said before, I don’t join guilds.”

I made it clear that I have never joined a guild in Ha-seong.

Then Esther’s face brightens noticeably.

“oh!”

I guess this was the biggest reason why I felt bad.

Certainly, for the owner of a large guild, it might have felt humiliating to have a hunter stolen by a hole-in-the-wall shop like Garion.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry. What should I do? I made a hasty mistake… … .”

Esther smiles and straightens her posture.

“There almost was unnecessary bloodshed.”

But why do they say that as soon as the decibel level returns to normal?

“At first, I thought I was completely left out. Haha. So, I actually thought I’d show off my skills here today.”

“… … .”

“If I can prove that I am an Awakener who is not inferior to the number 1 in the rankings, I think Kiryeo-ssi will let me join the team~”

Esther spoke in her characteristically soft tone, but the problem was that she was an expert in curse magic.

“Of course, the number of S-classes would have decreased somewhat during the appeal process… … Well, four people would have been too much for this small piece of land anyway, so one would have been okay… … .”

The only cursed man in Korea just smiled and looked at the two men coldly one after the other.

I’m scared to death.

What Esther is saying now is that if a regular team is formed without her, she will send an S-rank player to goal to make room for her.

‘Mom.’

I swallowed dryly and moved away from Esther as naturally as possible.

I need to get out of here quickly before something bad happens.

“Oh, anyway. Where on earth did you hear that we were forming a team, Ms. Esther?”

Just before I left, I asked a question I was most curious about.

But I didn’t expect to get this kind of answer.

“The guy behind you said that to the guild staff. I heard it through them.”

Well, I never asked Jeong Ha-seong to keep that part a secret.

***

since.

With the blonde Awakener gone, only two S-ranks remained in this alley.

The sleepy-looking Matapju and the pyromancer.

“By the way, it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other like this?”

Esther watched Kiria’s back as she walked away and then said abruptly.

In the past, this would have been a curt and short answer, but Jeong Ha-seong was no longer pressed for time, so he gave a sincere response.

“Yes. How have you been?”

What followed was an unexpected sentence.

“I haven’t been doing well.”

Esther pretending to snore with a shallow breath.

“Our Ha-seong-ssi doesn’t even care about the subcontracting and he didn’t even bother to pay attention to the Garion side, and after he rejected my sincere invitation, he hasn’t even eaten a meal.”

“hmm.”

“I wonder what’s going on there. I heard that arrogant guild leader is following some hunter around like a coward these days.”

She smiled with a mischievous smile.

“How does it feel to be rejected by Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo? Do you understand my feelings now?”

When asked this question, the man with the right impression just makes a troubled expression.

But even though there was no answer, Esther’s mood remained calm.

There was a time when I misunderstood the young man’s attitude as if the number one ranked player was ignoring me.

Now that she had a rough idea of what kind of person Jeong Ha-seong was, she didn’t have any particularly ill feelings toward the overworked hero.

Accordingly, the remarks that followed were at best greetings to industry colleagues.

“Well, anyway, it was nice meeting you.”

“yes.”

“Oh, I’m jealous. I wanted to be the first to learn the know-how from Kiryeo-ssi. But I guess it was relatively tight schedules because I was busy with guild management… … .”

The guild leader of the Korean Tower continued the conversation in a cheerful voice, then paused for a moment.

“Oh, right.”

His eyes opened wide, as if he had just remembered something he had forgotten.

“Jung Ha-seong Hunter, by the way, what happened to that?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I guess it’s because we also host the magic power development consortium, so we gather a lot of information here and there.”

“yes.”

“I think I heard it last week? That Garion decided to merge with Hanshin.”

As soon as a certain word came out, Ha-seong’s eyes showed that he understood.

“Ah, Hanshin.”

But the sentence that followed was lifeless.

“That was eventually dismissed as a non-event because a variable arose during the deliberation period.”

What Esther mentioned has long since been written down.

***

A sunny afternoon.

bang!

Someone slammed the mahogany desk hard.

This is the building of a small guild in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.

【Together, Hanshin】

To be exact, it was the headquarters of Hanshin, which was once noisy due to the management failure of the flower garden baron.

But how generous are the laws of this country to businesses?

At most, Hanshin was fined a few hundred dollars for the dungeon break at that time. As time passed, public criticism gradually died down.

It means that the guild is running well.

“Ah!”

However, Hanshin’s guild master had been losing his temper since early morning, with a red and bluish face.

“Oh my gosh! It was almost done!”

Last January.

Do you know what kind of treasures the cataclysmic event in which a large number of new monsters appeared brought to humanity?

He looks down at the scarlet armor lying on the table.

[Ifrit’s Armor]

[Ifrit’s Gauntlets]

[Ifrit’s Greaves]

This armor, known as the ‘Efreet Set’, when worn in five pieces, showed fire resistance that was incomparable to previous equipment.

Hanshin’s representative felt the effectiveness of this equipment and thought about it.

If you outfit the strongest hunter in your guild with the Ifrit set, he will definitely be able to withstand the fire of any S-rank hunter.

“Euuuuuu.”

Yes, that’s right.

At the center of all these events was Jeong Ha-seong.

Hanshin spent a huge amount of money to purchase all of the newly appeared Efreet’s defensive equipment.

So, I tried to recruit Jeong Ha-seong using the flame-resistant hunter I made as bait.

It was a plausible plan. In fact, Jeong Ha-seong’s reaction was also positive.

That S-class has been looking for a Korean partner who can handle his abilities for a long time, but with the appearance of the Ifrit set, hasn’t he finally met that minimum requirement?

If we had succeeded in bringing the #1 ranked player to the guild, Hanshin’s status would have changed by now.

okay.

If only this one scout had done this, it would have gone beyond a small guild and become a world-renowned company… …!

“Kwaaak!”

First, let me reveal the results.

Hanshin is ruined.

Their plan was supposed to work if Jeong Ha-seong showed interest in a comrade with fire resistance, but then a loach suddenly got in the way and turned the tables.

“Kim Ki -Ryeo, this dog like a baby!”

Hanshin’s guild leader grumbled as he repeated the impression of a certain hunter.

“Why are you making a fuss now when you said with your own mouth that you would never team up with Jeong Ha-seong!”

How much money have you spent on the Ifrit set so far?

They monopolized the items on the market by paying extra money to prevent other guilds from using the same method.

Although the guild itself was not large, it was a company that was split off from a famous group, so it had a lot of capital.

But all that hard work was in vain because of someone’s intrusion.

“Not long ago, Hunter Kim suggested that we work together as a regular team. So, unfortunately, the contract he mentioned didn’t happen… … .”

This is because Jeong Ha-seong gave in to another temptation before a full-scale discussion could even begin.

“My money!”

If I had known this would happen, I would have been more careful when purchasing equipment.

Hanshin became extremely greedy, thinking that if he could just convince Jeong Ha-seong, he could swallow up the manpower of Garion, which he had founded.

It was hasty and unlucky.

I invested too much in a situation where nothing was certain and ended up losing money.

“Oh my, everyone around me is already bragging that they’re going to merge with Garion, so what are we going to do for now…?”

“By the way, have you tried contacting Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo?”

“Hey, don’t be ridiculous. I have to go get my blood pressure medication today because of the phone call with that guy.”

And the upsetting part didn’t end there.

Despite the failure of the scout, Hanshin did not give up and started new negotiations.

I explained the whole story to a hunter named Kim Ki-ryeo, and asked if he could temporarily include one member of Hanshin’s guild if he were to form a new team.

‘Not even receiving money, but on the condition that we give it to you.’

Anyway, if you can build a reputation for enduring the flames of the lower world, you’ve achieved your desired result.

But do you know what the other person’s response was?

-No matter how much equipment you have, A-class is still A-class. I’m sorry, but that’s difficult.

Not only did he crush someone else’s dream head-on, he also kicked Hanshin’s request away on the grounds that it was below standard.

“Anyway, they were just born as S-class by luck!”

In fact, Kim Ki-ryeo had no intention of creating a hunter team, so he refused their request as plausibly as possible… … .

As a Hanshin, this was just a matter of hurting my pride. But I had nowhere to complain.

It was natural for S-class to look down on other Awakened ones.

“Your Majesty.”

But at that time.

Only someone in this room had a slightly different view.

“I have a good idea. Would you like to hear it?”

“what?”

“Honestly, it’s not like we said we’d team up with S-class for no reason, and we’ve prepared everything, so why should we be treated like this?”

Jo Sang-oh, the star hunter of the Hanshin Guild.

He loudly declared that he had abilities that were comparable to those of an S-class.

In recent years, the hunter industry has seen rapid growth that has surpassed Moore’s Law in the semiconductor market.

The next level up from A-class is S-class.

A new item category called Legendary has been added.

Now, there are even examples of a descendant of a wealthy family gathering artifacts and clearing upper-level dungeons on his own.

‘Anyway, Kim Ki-ryeo, you’re a funny kid. You can’t ignore someone like this just because they’re one level apart?’

Jo Sang-oh no longer believed that there was an absolute gap between S-class and A-class.

There are so many variables in the world these days.

Especially compared to the reckless blonde who only relied on his innate awakening value and didn’t even wear proper armor, he was always alert and spared no effort.

“Gilma, if you leave it to me, I’ll make sure that kid never raises his voice again.”

“uh?”

“Since the merger proposal has already been rejected, what can’t we do? Let’s show Jeong Ha-seong that when choosing team members, we shouldn’t just look at rank. Like a hunter, by hunting!”

He slammed his head on the table and started muttering some sentences.

Then, Hanshin’s guild leader thought for a moment and then said that it didn’t seem like a bad idea, and ended up supporting Jo Sang-oh’s plan…