The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 223

Episode 223. The Thorn Forest

Kim Ki-ryeo’s careless remark became the seed of new confusion.

But there is no chance to correct it.

Again, Esther was a highly social character for a sorcerer, and so she had the ability to start and end conversations appropriately according to the other person’s wishes.

Esther tactfully keeps her mouth shut.

And after a long time, he pushed aside the cup of green tea he had finished drinking and said,

I have something to do in the afternoon, so I guess I’ll have to go back now. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Gi-ryeon nodded coolly and saw off the purple-haired guest with care.

Well, then the visitors must have gone back too.

From now on, all I have to do is enjoy my normal daily life again.

“hmm.”

Beep.

I thought as I heard the sound of the door lock locking.

Dissecting cadavers donated to scholars.

Or, the body of the awakened person placed in a coffin after being embalmed according to the wishes of the bereaved family.

As I mentioned briefly in the conversation just now, these were the only sources of bodies worth looking into right now.

But how could an outsider like me steal them?

Honestly, there is nothing in this world that cannot be achieved with money.

‘It’s not very good to buy and use a corpse whose death is clearly known.’

There were still a lot of parts that were left.

[①Add flesh to the corpse to modify the face and fingerprints.]

First of all, I don’t like the idea of changing an old corpse like this into someone else’s.

Because. It is shameless to borrow someone else’s body that is not your own and then arbitrarily change its appearance just because you don’t like its appearance.

‘I don’t feel like it.’

Just as he does not understand the various cultures of the Earth.

Alphauri’s etiquette was also quite difficult by the standards of this place.

A typical example is the change in appearance of the corpse that just appeared.

The planets in that binary system have long viewed the physical form as an important part of the ego.

Due to the nature of aging, which changes over time.

On the one hand, wrinkles and growths on the body can be respected as evidence of the life the deceased has built up.

“Yeah. Well, there’s genetic information identification technology here anyway. It wouldn’t be safe to just change appearances. Let’s save that for last.”

The person who took over Kim Ki-ryeo’s body is a scholar of a somewhat boring disposition.

Modern Alphauri have advanced magic technology and many young people are changing parts of their organs and even their entire skin just to suit the fashion, so the custom of avoiding major changes to the corpse without prior consent has gradually disappeared… … .

The archmages here still followed the old unwritten rules.

Of course, it wasn’t just for emotional reasons.

If you replace part of the body you took over through body swapping with a different material or an organic substance with the wrong genetic information, your entire magical power will eventually decrease.

In addition, tissue-destructive rejection reactions, such as organ transplants on Earth, could occur.

There is no such thing as a false saying.

Perhaps the abstraction of death that has continued since long ago is the wisdom of our ancestors who were wary of this decline in efficiency.

“Ugh.”

Tub.

For the same reason, the alien wizard, who had maintained a sullen appearance since his reincarnation, pursed his lips and thought about it.

“then.”

Now the only methods left are options 2 and 3.

[②The body of an unclaimed person is discovered without any surviving family members to hold a funeral.]

[③Take a corpse that is so recently dead that it is unknown whether it died or not (and that it was alone). Then, pretend to be the person who came back to life.]

“hmm…….”

What is this?

It was to the point where it was barely possible to pray to the Lord and ask for water when a disaster occurred that killed many of the Awakened.

‘Do I, a great wizard, have to do something so shameful?’

He walked slowly, lost in deep sorrow.

Now that Esther is gone, I return the [Sacred Tree Sapling] that I had hidden in the bathroom to its place on the veranda.

First of all, I had to finish taking the bath I was taking.

I threw away the diluted blood in a hurry, fearing that the Earthlings might find out how to use it. I prepared all the procedures again from the beginning.

‘Oh my god.’

Even if you leave the bathtub as is, the item will have lost its effect the moment the water becomes lukewarm.

It’s incredibly annoying when things turn out like this.

‘I like water, but I never wanted to soak it this often!’

Choaaaak.

He sat on the high threshold connecting the bathroom and the living room and cast his water magic as if he was breathing.

And as I watched the water rising in the foldable bathtub, I thought deeply about the tasks ahead.

But fortunately.

Despite these painful worries, his last wish was fulfilled faster than expected.

These days are the era of dungeon shock.

The gate is like a dry well thirsting for the death of mankind, and its gourd is constantly bringing misfortune.

***

Scenes like this often appear in movies.

-Whew~

There is a scene where the character is lost in thought for a while, then walks to his study and pulls a book off the shelf with his hand.

However, since the character is the main character of a spy story, there was no time to enjoy reading during the two-hour running time.

Then why did the protagonist pull the green hardcover book?

-Thud!

-Squeak.

This was because the thick philosophy book was a lever connected to a room hidden behind the bookshelf.

Things like bulletproof umbrellas for agents and pens with poison needles are usually stored in such places.

My own space that no one knows about.

Secret hideout.

It’s not just 7-8 year olds who find such concepts romantic.

But what if that secret room is really a space that ‘no one’ knows about?

What if an unknown character forgot to tell a retired elderly couple about the bookcase and ended up buying a mansion?

Even then, could some kind of space really approach us with a positive meaning?

Moreover, if you add the setting that a burglar starts living in the secret room, it will no longer be received positively.

For us – intelligent beings – ignorance usually means fear.

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“hello?”

I spoke into the connected cell phone.

“Oh, yes. Hello. I checked the app and it says that you only take phone orders right now. Yes. Yes.”

What flows at this time is the dry sound of a dead body’s respiratory organs.

Looking back, the lung problem was resolved, but the vocal cords still had deformation caused by smoking and genetics.

“Please deliver one set of cheese donkatsu for one person. I’ll pay in cash. It’s a 10,000 won note.”

Anyway, it doesn’t matter as long as we can talk.

“It’s okay if it’s late, but please make sure the delivery arrives safely. Yes. I’ll hang up.”

Stop.

After finishing the call, I put my phone with the screen off in my pocket and stretched.

It’s Monday, I don’t know how many times it’s come back.

To be more precise, it was about 48 hours after Esther’s visit.

But, regardless of the passage of time, some scholars still had not made any progress.

In such a developed society, we have to secretly rescue corpses.

‘If you use a blue shell, you can somehow use stealth magic, but I wonder if you’ll end up losing your kidney first while robbing the tomb… ‘

complicated.

Let’s fill our hungry stomachs first and think about it later.

‘There’s still time until dinner comes anyway. Let’s take a rest and clean up.’

Kim Ki-ryeo’s one-room apartment.

I’ve been living in this small space for a long time, so I’m starting to get attached to it.

Instead of tentacles, I raised my fingers and cast life magic with simple gestures.

A psychokinesis technique that gathers surrounding light foreign substances into a single point in the air.

“no!”

However, the cleaning magic I used without much thought consumed more magic power than expected, and I felt dizzy for a moment.

“This is crazy.”

Until last time, I had been cleaning with both arms out of habit, so I prepared this magic trick with the promise that I would definitely use it the next time I had to clean up the dust!

‘This damn body… …!’

Ugh.

I paused in the living room with my hand on my forehead.

And then, without stopping complaining, he headed towards the veranda where the cleaning supplies were.

Even after getting lung cancer, I can’t help but laugh because it’s so absurd.

If it were before, I would have temporarily lost mana due to the magical power consumption just now, and would have experienced suffocation again.

“Is this enough to be grateful?”

I used a duster that the owner of the body had bought while he was still alive to dust off the various foreign substances on the shelves that could not be removed by magic.

It took about 5 minutes.

Next, I cleaned the floor with a vacuum cleaner and a mop.

It took about 10 minutes.

Anyway, I’ll have time to spare. I’ll clean the bathroom with a brush, which will take an extra 11 minutes.

This morning.

I also neatly hung the contents of the clothing parcel that came again under the name of Seo Yo-han on a hanger.

“… … .”

Before I knew it, an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

I noticed it late, but for some reason, the food is arriving quite late today.

Of course, I said it was okay for this side to come first and take their time… … .

-♩♪~ ♬

That was when.

I reached down to hear a singing voice coming from my pocket. It was a signal that there was a call on Kim Ki-ryeo’s cell phone.

“hello?”

But the news that was finally heard from the receiver was…

“What? An accident?”

Empty.

At the same time, a small noise, as if a gas tank had exploded, rings out from somewhere outside the window.

“And dungeon break?”

So does that mean I can’t eat now because of the predatory behavior of the psychic body?

***

< Emergency disaster text

[… Dungeon Break Alarm in Front of Shinsudong △△ Apartment]

Dungeon Break scene.

After being quiet for a while, the streets of Hyundai suddenly became hell.

What you hear is the cry of a mammal. Or a scream.

When you look around, the scenery is so bizarre that you can’t tell if you’re in Seoul or inside a dungeon.

One humid afternoon before the rainy season.

The shape of a dark tree can be seen beneath the sunset.

They were rooted all over the concrete and asphalt, as if they were objects forced into space.

This is why the danger arose.

-Oh my… … .

The two-story franchise cafe across from the traffic light already had a large crack in its wall, pierced by a sprawling tree trunk.

Since the monster is stuck in that shape, there is a risk of the building collapsing, so we cannot attempt to subdue it recklessly.

So, what the hunters could do was to sneak people out through back roads as much as possible.

“Everyone, get behind me! Hold my hand! Don’t ever let go!”

Kururung.

Amid the ensuing chaos, the relief continues.

A male A-class hunter with a mace and metal shield commanded the civilians with a loud voice.

Using his innate attributes, he displays various defensive abilities and breaks and kills an unidentified sharp tree blocking the road.

Finally, safely guide the citizen to the four-lane controlled road where paramedics are waiting.

But somehow his condition didn’t look very good.

“Ugh.”

The young man, who was all stylish with piercings and hair scratches, was holding his shoulder and groaning as if he had some kind of problem.

That was when.

Suddenly, the noise around them doubled in intensity.

Moreover, the injured people who were receiving first aid all turned their heads away, so how could they not have noticed this?

“uh?”

Class A, who had been observing the center of the commotion, quickly ran in that direction and shouted.

“older brother!”

“Oh, right. It’s Yunseung.”

The unique, accurate pronunciation that is always mentioned whenever an interview video of the person is circulated in the community.

A relatively stable low tone and some vocal cord paralysis due to smoking.

That is, a hoarse voice.

“Are you practicing brakes?”

The one who appeared was Kim Ki-ryeo.

The blonde hunter pretended to know with his impressive voice as always, but if a superpowered person came to the scene of the crime, there must be one purpose, right?

An Yun-seung, who met Gi-ryeo at the dungeon break location.

The young man soon smiled brightly and said:

“As expected of you, Brother Kiryeo! I just happened to be nearby, and you came so quickly before the association even called!”

“… … .”

But somehow there is no answer from the other side.

And then, without saying a word, I just rolled my eyes and finally managed to say this.

“By the way, what’s all this fuss about?”

Long, dark-colored thorns protruding from all sides.

Additionally, what you can see in the distance is a cluster of dark trees so densely packed that you wouldn’t dare even approach them.

When Kiria asked a question while looking at the street, Yoonseung answered right away.

“Oh! This? I just heard that. Wow, this is really ridiculous.”

I’m just starting to outline the outline of this mess.

“Actually, about 10 minutes ago, there was a robbery at the Circulation Bank in front of here.”

“what?”

“Some C-class who retired early lost his money through investment fraud. He stormed the bank with weapons or something… … .”

Ahn Yoon-seung continues to relay information while recalling the testimony of the accomplice the police were taking away.

“But this accident happened before the Awakened Police officers even arrived.”

“If it’s an accident… … .”

“Why are there suddenly monsters inside the bank and on the road outside? But judging by the numbers and timing, it must be that one, right?”

If it were before, I would have just sat there blankly, not understanding even half of what the Earthlings were saying.

But since he learned how to use a cell phone, the most frequently searched topics were dungeon-related ones, so it wasn’t hard for him to interpret what he had mentioned.

“It looks like there was an ‘unhealthy gate’ under the bank’s grounds.”

Unhealthy gate.

A passage created in a strong magical current that is difficult to detect with modern devices.

In short, it was a disaster caused by the death of a dungeon buried under the ground, silently and in a straight line when it exploded.

‘Coordinate errors are a time-honored tradition in the magical world.’

But even though he saw the mess right before his eyes, he didn’t react at all.

Actually, this alien wasn’t here to solve the dungeon break.

‘Let’s see. By the way, I’m sure the apartment where the rider was trapped was nearby… … .’

Kiryeo learned from the phone call earlier that the delivery man (the owner of a tonkatsu restaurant) who had brought her food was caught up in a dungeon break.

So, the mother restaurant that was going back to a family-run system immediately closed down out of concern for blood ties.

… was.

‘No! I really wanted to eat the food from that restaurant today!’

From the moment I opened my eyes in bed, I lived the day with the plan of eating something delicious for dinner.

How can everything fall apart because of a variable like this?

The sudden closure of a popular restaurant.

After struggling with the despair of trying to find a way to deliver the food, I soon came to the obsessive conclusion that I had to personally pick up the food the delivery man had.

That’s why I appeared here in person.

But if I had known this would happen, I would have just suppressed my desire and stayed still.

“Hmm.”

Contrary to expectations, the site was quite large and had many onlookers.

If an S-class hunter were to just dip his toes in at a time like this and then retreat, he certainly wouldn’t hear anything good…

‘Ah, that’s fine. What does public opinion matter? I’m going to change my real body soon anyway.’

However, after saving the owner of the tonkatsu restaurant, he came up with the poor idea of running away with the excuse that he had a stomachache.

It was a choice to remain silent because it was obvious that the workload would increase if we started dealing with the brakes in earnest.

“Brother. By the way, this is a big problem.”

But then.

The hunter in front of me was stamping his feet with a face full of worry for some reason.

“Honestly, bank robbery is robbery, but you know that big black monster dome over there? After analyzing it, it turns out that the boss mob is inside there too.”

“okay?”

“What should we do with the real bankers? We need to rescue them quickly. Ha. They’re all still in there.”

The intention was to make people laugh.

“What are you so worried about? Just kill all the monsters forming the dome and go inside.”

The street where the Circulation Bank used to be is now a hemispherical colony of black plant-like monsters.

But Yoon Seung is A-class and they are B-class.

Why do Earthlings look so anxious when they can handle something like those tree monsters with their trunks intertwined?

“Ah, you don’t know since you’re here now. Actually, it’s the monster that appeared this time… … .”

That was the moment.

Whoosh, Kiryeo suddenly opened his palm next to Yunseung’s left eye.

Then a long, thin thorn shoots out towards his palm. Some monster’s weapon has just been thrust into his right hand.

-Swish!

A-class hunters suddenly attack while they are distracted by conversation.

‘There are also objects that can move. Could that be classified as a flying tree?’

A strange creature of an unprecedented form that floats in the sky by spinning its wide stem like a propeller.

He believed in the coating effect of the spy coral and blocked its attack with his body.

But as soon as Yunseung sees this, he is shocked and jumps.

“Eww! Bro! You shouldn’t take that with your bare body!”

Besides, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to kill a monster that appeared to be capable of throwing discus with a shield worth billions of won?