The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 202

Episode 202. FRESH

It’s a clear morning.

I just got up from my seat, and today the world seemed brighter and the air felt fresh.

Besides, this isn’t just a feeling.

Kim Ki-ryeo’s lungs have been seriously damaged since I was reincarnated.

So every time I breathe, I get a dull, sharp pain in my chest.

It’s not that it’s important, I just haven’t said anything until now, but in fact, when I wasn’t feeling well, I would sometimes spit out blood.

“Hwaaam.”

From now on, all these minor inconveniences will be a thing of the past!

Dragon’s lungs. To be exact, the tissues of the body that had been strengthened by some magical alveoli no longer caused the problems they had before.

Now, lung capacity itself has increased dramatically and exercise performance has improved overall.

Okay. Everything is good.

Well, then you’ve regained the health you’ve been longing for.

First, let’s do what I wanted to do the most…

-Whew.

It is a monumental first trial.

I opened my palm and performed a magic spell that I have always used since the past.

A list of sophisticated formulas that are incomparable to the primitive magic used by Earthlings.

In Alphauri, the Archmages were the class that created new miracles.

In addition, the formulas used by wizards of the past were refined into a form without unnecessary details.

This is a modified version of the ice magic that I personally worked on through that process.

Freezes matter faster than the blink of an eye, while consuming only half the normal amount of magic power.

A development where you can’t find any trace of dirty waste.

The magic that was often said to be beautiful by fellow countrymen was completed. How much effort had been put into elevating the culture of the intellectual body, which was nothing more than a technology, to this level of art?

“Okay.”

Crackle.

Soon, a cold chill gathers on the apricot-colored palm.

What I created was nothing other than a 10cm diameter circular ice cube.

A miracle that instantly creates the right amount of water and frost in an empty space.

And the price for doing this is only a small amount of physical magic power, equivalent to a fingernail.

“Okay. Okay!”

Now you can use beginner magic like crazy!

After confirming that the casting was normal, I immediately took action.

Snap!

He picked up a bottle of water that was rolling around on one side of the room and cast the same spell on it again.

With a quick, rough adjustment of the power, the lukewarm water instantly becomes as cold as water that has been left in the refrigerator for six hours.

It’s a convenient technology.

This type of technique that converts temperature also has a significant impact on the quality of life.

The power to cool down your body with one breath during hot summer days, and to no longer fear the winter draft seeping in through the cracks of an old house.

The magic I use is the most advanced civilization on a planet, so it can’t compare to the machines here in terms of the speed at which it brings comfort.

Moreover, in this other world called Earth, this kind of life has no additional benefits.

Energy usage is free!

No matter how much external mana you draw, it’s free. Hahaha!

‘Legal tax evasion… … It’s a combination of words that makes my heart flutter just hearing them.’

I swallowed a laugh and rubbed my dry palms together.

As I found out some time ago, there are many environmental differences between Earth and Alpha Uri, so if I were to just use the formulas I had established in my previous life, there is a high chance that the magic would not work properly.

However, whenever I felt uncomfortable in my daily life, I would recalculate it from time to time, vowing to myself that I would definitely use that magic later when I healed my lungs. Therefore, I can immediately cast any elementary magic that comes to mind.

For example, something like “clean”.

By the way, do Earthlings not even know what this is?

Ahhh-. “Clean” is a compound spell that combines various magic attributes at a weaker level, and has the function of removing foreign substances from the body. In other words, it cleanses the body…

To be honest, I thought I was going to die from the annoyance of following this place’s inferior washing method…

‘Well, it’s fortunate that it’s been resolved now.’

Swoop.

I took a deep breath, filling my lungs with air.

As I was thinking about this and that, the clock suddenly pointed to 1 p.m. Then I must be hungry. I think it’s time to start eating some nutrients.

Click.

A kitchen shelf suddenly opens outward. The pot that was there is caught by an invisible force and flies across the air.

And soon the inside of the pot is filled with clean water.

Bubbling, bubbling.

What’s more, the liquid surface began to boil independently, even though it was not in contact with a separate heat source.

Lesser telekinesis, lesser water magic, lesser heat magic.

The possibility of magical activation is gradually being proven.

In the past, I would have lost all my energy just from lifting the pot, but after recovering from my lung disease, I can easily endure the cooking time of 3 minutes. My body’s fuel efficiency has changed to the point where I can say I became a different person overnight.

So, I just sat down in front of the table with the finished ramen in my hand, very happily.

“… … .”

About 10 minutes later.

After finishing my meal, I finally came to my senses.

I was briefly excited by the joy of obtaining the lungs, but when I think about it, all I’ve been casting since then were just trivial magic with no particular power.

But this is actually a natural process.

Kim Ki-ryeo is a F-class hunter. In other words, he is a level 3 awakened hunter with a small total magical power capacity.

No matter how much the Archmage conserves his resources, there are clear limits.

I was still so weak that it was ridiculous.

There are more things you can’t do than things you can do.

“Hmm.”

But there’s no need to wallow in negative sentiments until today.

Let’s think positively.

Now that we have overcome the great hurdle of [Dragon’s Lung], all we need to do is obtain the final ingredient: the corpse of another Awakened One.

Of course, it didn’t have to be a high level from the beginning. Even if I started out at around D-level, I could somehow gradually raise the level with my skills.

‘Once the exchange is completed safely, let’s place this body in the columbarium we saw before… ‘

By the way, did we become attached without knowing it?

When I actually thought about giving up my identity as Kim Ki-ryeo, I felt regretful.

Well, how much effort and money have I put into trying to somehow keep this piece of trash alive? Even now, I’m supplying it with nutrients at set times and taking care of it every now and then. At this point, it’s only natural that I’d become attached to my possessions.

Besides, I felt a sense of personal regret when I thought about the life the owner of the body had spent.

“You’re a useless weakling anyway, so why don’t you just become a corpse and live a long life?”

I quietly muttered a remark to someone, and then quickly got up from my seat.

Come to think of it, we’re out of food at home. I had to go out today.

***

Pitter-patter, patter, patter.

The sound of two footsteps echoes down a quiet street.

A silver sedan with rust starting to grow through the paintwork, a recently washed SUV with a shiny surface, or a foreign car with a famous round emblem.

This was a street in a one-room village where various passenger cars were illegally parked.

Among the figures walking down the street, the one who is shorter and lighter soon raises his head and starts talking.

“dad.”

The man next to her reacts to her voice. He looks down at her with a smile on his lips.

“Dad, there’s something~”

“uh.”

“My friends at school say that there’s an S-class hunter living near here. Is that true?”

For reference, the place this little Earthling just pointed to is a multi-family residential area characterized by its old red brick exterior.

A street lined with one-room rental apartments ranging from 5 to 10 pyeong in size.

Normally, it’s a residential space that even a D-rank hunter wouldn’t look at. But I’ve definitely heard that a top-ranking hunter lives in this neighborhood…

“Uh, maybe that’s right?”

When he answers, the child’s eyes widen and he asks again.

“why?”

“huh?”

“The hunter makes a lot of money, so why does he live here?”

“Well.”

“Mom always says that if we hit it big in the dungeon, we’ll move to Safe First.”

“They all do that out of consideration for our daughter. I heard it’s nice because the security there is good.”

“Then that hunter lives here because he doesn’t have a daughter?”

“First of all, it seems like he’s not married. Uh, well, anyway, Dad doesn’t know about that either.”

Anyway, why do kids have such unique curiosity?

As questions about a certain S-class hunter flowed, Gilmok’s father grabbed his son’s hand and spoke briefly.

“But daughter, you shouldn’t point your finger at other people’s houses like that. Would you feel good if someone cursed at your house?”

“I didn’t swear.”

“When my father was young, he was poor and lived in an attic. But is that a bad thing? No. Every family has its own circumstances.”

“huh.”

“So, I think that places like this and that are all precious homes to someone, and I pass by. Got it? It’s not strange to live there.”

In fact, even as he said this, he himself couldn’t understand why a hunter like Kim Ki-ryeo was living in a shabby one-room apartment.

The child’s father tried to suppress his rising curiosity.

Whatever happened to Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo, it wasn’t his concern anyway.

For such a common citizen, the existence of an S-class hunter was nothing more than an illusion that existed only on TV.

They say that somewhere, they are always catching threatening beasts.

Those who are strong beyond the standard are usually busy dealing with monsters of Class A level, so they don’t show themselves to the vast majority of monsters that threaten the homes of city dwellers.

S-class hunters are beings who are far removed from the daily lives of citizens.

Until now, that’s what I thought.

-Beep!

Somewhere, the sound of a bird crying can be heard.

It was an unusually loud cry for a small bird like a magpie or a warbler.

Hearing this, the woman absentmindedly raises her head and checks the sky.

Then the shadow of a large wing passed over their heads.

Small pupils the size of peas in large white eyes.

Red feathers falling to the ground.

And what about the sharp beak that can burst a person’s soft skin like a balloon?

“Gyaaaaaaah!”

“omg!”

It’s a monster!

The child’s father gasped as he noticed the presence of the monster. A giant bird flying around, screaming like a human baby.

Looking at it like this, I don’t know its name, but a beast of that size would be a huge threat regardless of whether it had magical powers or not.

“Ah, Dad… … !”

“fizzle!”

He held his child in his arms and held his breath.

But even with such a quick response, the monster eventually noticed their presence and circled around in the air, landing on top of the heads of a normal woman.

Phew. Phew.

A breathtaking moment of airtime. The mysterious giant bird flapped its wings like that, estimating the location of its prey a few times, then tilted its long head downward. This was the usual preparatory movement of a monster when hunting its prey.

“omg……!”

If you run forward in time with the monster’s charge, you might have at least a chance of survival, but when you come face to face with a giant monster several times the size of a human, your body instantly freezes.

-Rust.

But at that time.

Suddenly, a plastic-like friction sound was heard from the other side of the alley.

A minor noise that would normally be buried in the hustle and bustle of the city and barely audible. But today, it struck my ears with an unusual clarity.

“Oh, what is it?”

The ordinary woman shifted her gaze, which had been white with fear, to follow the figure that appeared in the alley.

Blonde.

A white shirt with his sleeves rolled up. And a white plastic bag from a nearby discount store in his hand.

“Are you a beginner killer?”

The fourth S-class in Korea. Kim Ki-ryeo… … .

The young man who appeared from the other side lightly raised the hand that was not holding the envelope.

Then he raised his index finger from bottom to top as if drawing a short line.

That’s all.

“Kueeek!”

But, starting from the hunter’s small gesture, a final scream was heard from the sky.

Wheeeeee… … thud!

Immediately afterwards, a massive monster bird falls in front of the woman.

Crack, crack.

It was a long neck that had been turned around twice and ended its life in vain. That’s right. As soon as Kim Ki-ryeo saw the monster, he used telekinesis magic to snap the enemy’s neck.

“Is this area a popular nesting area for beginner killers?”

A situation that clearly shows what it means to be a great wizard who has healed lungs.

Kim Ki-ryeo roughly searched through the fallen monster’s corpse, confirmed that there was no magic stone on it, and took out his phone.

“Yes. Hello. Is this the association’s complaint office? I’d like to report a waste collection here. It’s in front of my house, but I wonder where one crawled out of… .”

What followed was a short phone call.

And the blond man continues walking along the path he was on.

Thump, thump, thump.

A certain S-class hunter gave a brief greeting to a woman standing blankly on the street and then left the place dryly.

Immediately after my reincarnation, I felt my life was in danger because of the beginner killer, but now I can kill these little devils as easily as pressing an elevator button. It’s truly a great development.

“… … .”

When the sound of the other person’s footsteps had grown somewhat distant, the child in his father’s arms spoke.

“Dad, I want to move here.”

“Let’s go home and tell mom.”

But for the same reason, their dreams were soon dashed as rents in this area had skyrocketed for all households except for some S-class homes.

I was just saying that a house cannot be the value of a person.

Does that mean the opposite was possible?