The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 185

Episode 185. The Road of Four Days and One Second (2)

“Coolook.”

“Whoa!”

Esther is horrified to see her companion repeatedly vomiting blood.

But as always, the confusion didn’t last long.

The young guild leader took quick action, his hands trembling.

Choaack!

Esther then took the healing potion out of her bosom and poured it heavily onto her companion’s face.

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[Sacred Tree Sapling].

An epic reward that appears with a very low probability at certain gates.

But in fact, the item was referred to in his hometown as ‘Spy Coral’.

It resembled a plant on the ground and was suddenly treated as a seedling, but its roots were in the coral reef.

Yes. Coral. I mean the coral that grows in the sea.

Now, two years after the item appeared, even Earthlings have discovered through microscopic observation that the Sacred Tree is an animal.

What abilities this coral may have hidden have yet to be revealed.

And the dangers of it.

Unless some Alpha Urian opens his mouth, the Earthlings will not be able to uncover the truth for decades.

So how did the alien know the secrets of the sacred tree?

Originally, the spy coral was a friend of the ancient Alphauri.

When the outer layer of the spy coral was polished, it gave the tentacles a nice shiny sheen, and its blood allowed it to protect its body without using a single drop of mana.

-Wow! What is this coral?

-If you cut your arm, it will bleed?

-And when I do that, something protects me? My body becomes stronger!

Useful creatures that help us live.

In this way, the ancient people of the ocean planet continuously consumed the blood of the coral they discovered.

But, like the fisherman who caught and ate a puffer fish for the first time, this was an act that was truly fraught with danger.

A few days later.

A strange phenomenon occurred in a village in Alphauri. The young and healthy warriors that the village was proud of began to suffer from an unknown illness and die one day.

Naturally, the ancients were shocked by this mass death and tried to determine the cause of the accident, and after numerous studies, the culprit who murdered the warriors was soon discovered.

-No, for Christ’s sake! You’re using coral magic!

Spy coral.

In fact, the [protective] effect created by its body fluid was hiding a dark secret.

Once the set incubation period is over, the target’s organs are destroyed by the blood they have spilled!

What a kind-faced assassin.

This was a survival strategy of sorts.

If the beneficial effects are produced from blood that is continuously produced while alive, the predator is more likely to protect itself.

If an unintelligent beast falls into my trap, they will die without even knowing what happened and will never return to the coral colony again.

“Coolook.”

To sum up, [Sacred Tree Sapling] was a magical creature that collected the debt of the wounds it had suffered through compound interest.

That’s why all the aliens are spitting up blood so profusely.

sunday.

Now, 16 days later, the incubation period has ended.

Please note that once this chaos begins, the protective effect is also removed at a rapid rate, so in order to maintain a constant defense, it was necessary to repeat the previous process from the beginning to restore the blood function.

The activity of spy coral is affected by water temperature, so wake up its blood in low temperatures and bathe in water diluted with it.

The truth about seedlings being impermanent and troublesome in many ways.

‘I guess I should just stay home today.’

On the first day, when the true colors are revealed, the digestive system, including the intestines and stomach, is devastated.

Next, we will cut out all the major organs, such as the eyes.

Even if it is an enemy who broke my body, how can he torment a living creature so cruelly?

Some might be horrified at the ecosystem of Alphauri, wondering how something as dangerous as a coral reef could wield such dangerous magic, but in fact this wasn’t just a problem for an extraterrestrial planet.

It’s just that the time hasn’t come yet. If you think about it, aren’t the animals of the Earth already exposed to the magic of Dungeon Shock along with humans?

‘The sea here will become quite a sight to see later… … .’

I briefly imagined a new type of dolphin that hunts sharks with high-pressure water jets.

“Hunter, move your hands! Here! Here! This time, it’s the antidote! Drink it! Or maybe you need holy water… !?”

Thud.

But in the current situation, it seemed like an inappropriate thought. He was still vomiting blood profusely, and the big shot of the head of the Korean Tower was fixated on him.

‘this.’

Losing one’s life to a lower species is something that only happened in ancient times.

Fortunately, modern Alphauris no longer use spy coral, and even if they were to spill its blood, they knew how to do it safely.

That is, Giryeong is also capable of dealing with the side effects she experiences.

But this process takes a lot of time, so there is no way to stop the hemoptysis right away. Of all things, it is unfortunate that someone else finds out about this.

Thud. Thud.

Blood flows out from the corner of his mouth that he couldn’t stop.

He didn’t want to show weakness to the Earth’s sorcerer, so he was not pleased with the current situation. However, he couldn’t erase the witness’s memory, so what could he do now?

“Hoo, hoo… … .”

He took advantage of the brief pause in his coughing up blood to quickly catch his breath.

And he made it clear to Esther what he had been meaning to say all along.

“it’s okay.”

It seems like it’s a mess from the start. If I don’t stop now, I’m going to get slapped a second time by that guy.

“It’s okay, put down the potion, Miss Esther. It’s not like it’ll get any better anyway… …!”

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Inside a dark cave.

A storm has passed.

“hmm.”

There was a brief moment of chaos, but now the situation has been resolved through rational dialogue.

After discussing it, we took some time to rest, leaning against the cave wall, to regain our lost composure and recover our stamina.

“Ugh.”

By the way, blood was still rising inside her, but why on earth did Choi Jin-hee like this bodily fluid that tasted like iron?

I sat up straight with a brief moment of thought.

Even at this moment, there was a gaze of some kind next to me.

I’m not sure if this is going to make people lose interest.

‘If I get caught, it’s by an S-class hunter… … .’

Apricot-colored eyelids cover bloodshot eyes.

I closed my eyes quietly and thought.

First of all, the sacred tree sapling… … is not easy to deal with.

These side effects are only threatening for the first few hours, after which the symptoms subside rapidly.

‘If you repair the damaged organs once every 12 hours, you can last for two days.’

In some ways, it is similar to the Vibrio cholerae on Earth.

In the past, it was a bacterium that killed people in an instant, but now, if you just get the right amount of sap, everything will be fine.

Okay, so from now on, I just have to wait for the side effects to wear off.

But the problem is that I showed all this disgrace to my industry colleagues.

“Mr. Kiryeo.”

At that moment, a woman’s voice rang out through the quiet air.

“yes.”

This person answered with his eyes closed and only his mouth open.

Then Esther led the conversation in a cautious voice.

“are you okay?”

“yes.”

“By the way, how on earth can that expensive potion not stop the bleeding… … .”

If the word “expensive” comes out of the mouth of the head of a large guild, then it says it all.

Esther had previously used a healing potion to cure me, but it had no particular effect.

Because while the blood of the sacred tree was emitting light, no matter how many times you treated it, it was like pouring water into a bottomless pit.

I tried to explain something, then closed my mouth again. Then I got up from my seat and vomited blood a few steps away.

Chul-chul.

It’s not a very nice sight to see someone spitting bodily fluids on the street for a while now.

When I returned to my seat, tidying up my disheveled clothes, Esther was already looking at the ground in silence.

“Don’t worry, I’m not moving it… … .”

“-Since when have you been feeling unwell?”

A brief moment of silence. After waiting awkwardly, the conversation began again.

“Why are you sick?”

“… … .”

“If it’s not fixed by a restorative, it’s usually not a serious wound, but since you look fine on the outside, I never noticed it until now.”

“… … .”

“Or is it a curse or something like that? Not the skill I use. Something like a ring that sticks to your skin and doesn’t fall off. There are a lot of strange phenomena like that at the Gate. Is it because of your work as a Hunter?”

Once Esther opened her mouth, she kept asking questions.

The rapid-fire questions seemed to be another way of expressing the anxiety she was currently feeling.

I take a deep breath and reflect.

Since when has the body been like this?

Or why it wasn’t good.

First of all, information related to Alphauri must be kept as secret as possible, so questions like this can only be answered vaguely.

But as I worked hard to come up with excuses, at some point it started to feel a bit funny.

The great wizard was trapped in a box of food for the lower beings he had unilaterally slaughtered, and now he was having his internal organs torn to pieces by magic.

A little later.

After thinking it over, I leaned against the wall of the cave and told a short story.

“Yes. This happened while I was working.”

If it weren’t for that damn overwork, I wouldn’t have tried to reincarnate, so if you look at it fundamentally, it’s not wrong, right?

The conversation that followed seemed at first glance like an excuse to hide the item’s abilities, but it was also half-hearted advice to the primitive sorcerer.

“So, Esther, if you don’t want to end up like me, start being lazy in advance.”

“Laziness?”

“There was a time when I worked really hard to achieve what I wanted.”

He continued talking while looking down at the blood stains left on his sleeve.

“I focused my whole life on my goal, so of course the results were good, but now that I think about it, it seems like I was the biggest failure.”

“It was a failure.”

“Sleeping all the way to the afternoon, or eating two hours at a time. Life is surprisingly full of such wastes. Even if you do achieve something, well… … .”

I’m happy for a little while, but after that I don’t feel anything special.

After mumbling for a while, I slowly tilted the corners of my lips. I didn’t bother to stop the emotions that were rising.

What soon flows is someone’s empty laughter.

“Anyway, I’m worried. When I look closely, it seems like Esther Hunter is usually overdoing it. She runs the guild, hunts, and out of all the S-ranks, she’s the one who does the most interviews.”

“… Have you seen my interview?”

“No matter how I look at it, the schedule seems a bit excessive.”

After regaining body memory, facial expressions become more natural.

I spoke the sentence with an unbalanced laugh that I would never have made in my lifetime, and Esther flinched and stiffened her shoulders when she saw this. It seems that she was acting like that because she usually kept her facial expressions in a neutral state.

“I appreciate your concern, but you don’t need to worry about that.”

But I didn’t know you would respond like this with that look.

“I’ve already lived a life where I can afford to be lazy. Now is the time to stop.”

“yes?”

“Kim Ki-ryeo Hunter, do you know that? Actually, I used to be like that. That.”

A loser.

Esther, who had mentioned those words, sat down on the ground and hugged her knees. Since there were only two speakers in the room, it was easy to concentrate on what she was saying.

“I spent years just playing games, not leaving my crappy room.”

It would have been better if there had been some prey that suited their status.

Perhaps she felt bored because this was a place where only F-class, petty enemies appeared? Esther, who had brought up the topic, began to reveal her past… … .

High school dropout.

Black notice.

College admission rejection.

And living an unemployed life, sucking the life out of the family.

“Unfortunately, my family was quite wealthy. On top of that, my family members were all kind and protected my pitiful youngest daughter, so we managed to live quite well in that way.”

Esther exaggerated her tone as if she was explaining a major event, but as the conversation continued, she only became more indifferent.

‘As expected.’

Curse is the power of hate.

If she naturally awakened to such a spell, she would naturally be sensitive and angry. She would always feel uncomfortable and resentful of something. Especially places like school where she is surrounded by things she doesn’t want to be around, it’s rat poison.

So why would I be surprised by explanations like that about not being able to mix with society as a child?

“… … .”

When I heard about this dark past and let it slide, Esther’s expression changed as if she hadn’t expected it. Her tired-looking eyes widened for a moment, then fell silent again.

Perhaps because she was an Earthling with distinct facial features, the woman’s small emotional changes were often noticeable, but the sorcerer, who had lowered his eyelashes thickly, soon brought up a new topic.

“By the way, what was your childhood like, Mr. Kiryo?”

Esther, who had regained her smile.

“Now that we’re talking, I’m curious. I also want to hear stories from when you were young. Especially when you were very young.”

But as soon as he heard the next sentence, that faint smile quickly subsided.

“Childhood? If we delve into that time, there’s not much to talk about.”

“why?”

“Because I’m an orphan, my experiences aren’t very diverse.”

The atmosphere has become tense.

The sorcerer soon apologized with a helpless expression, but I was not moved by her apology.

I don’t think that’s something worth apologizing for.

‘Are orphans treated similarly here too… … .’

As you can see from the ambiguous answer just now, some aliens actually didn’t have any family in their past lives. Just like some people.

But unlike Kim Ki-ryeo, I was not ashamed of this.

To me, the fact that my birth was unknown felt like an extraordinary thing, like someone who had fallen from the sky, like Park Hyeokgeose.

I was proud of my birth. I lived with the pride that my birth process was different from that of ordinary people on the street.

Maybe that’s why we reached our current results.

Earlier, I claimed that I became sick because of work, but if you look into the cause, you will see that my past life was ultimately ruined by that damn arrogance.