The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 243

Episode 243. Part 1 of Destruction

Clear the mutant S-class gate.

Having overcome another crisis, I returned to my daily life.

As the guild leader of the Magic Tower, Esther, said.

This time, the Seoul Anomaly Gate was a very low-risk, unusual problem for an S-class, so it seems like the noise came from a strange place.

– Uh… Hello, Hunter Iori. First of all, thank you for coming. From what I’ve heard, Iori-san is no longer a member of Imabari, but you responded to my request incredibly quickly.

– Of course! I am just repaying the favor I received from Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. And how can you not keep your promise just because your agency has changed? Haha. As an S-ranker whose face has been sold, I cannot do such a thing because it is shameful. You must have been worried about the Imabari Guild being torn apart, but don’t worry!

– iced coffee….

– The four S-class Japanese will keep their promise no matter what happens. We have already convinced everyone in the administration office.

– that….

– Excuse me, but could you give us some time? Unfortunately, even in Japan, things are a bit chaotic internally, and Shin Imabari’s S-class team, including Ito-kun, is currently inside the Fujisan Gate. So I guess I’m the only one who can move right now.

– Yes. Well, I understand the situation, but…

After waiting for a while, a text message arrived saying that the minor friction had been resolved without a hitch.

– Mr. Iori, I’m sorry, but in fact, while you were on the plane, we in Korea took over the S-class gate ourselves. So we don’t need outside manpower. I think you’ll have to return to your country like this.

– Huh? Lies… … .

When Esther, who can speak Japanese, came forward and explained the whole story, one of the Japanese rankers felt regretful, but also said that it was fortunate that the gate was soon safely closed.

Don’t worry too much about this. The S-class hunter dispatch that Moritake mentioned was naturally an agreement that included dealing with monsters.

It is said that Iori returned to Japan, leaving behind a sentence containing his strong will to not cowardly count down with unexploded bombs.

However, since I was already here, I bought a lot of roasted seaweed and Korean cosmetics from a local food company, but I don’t think this is information that I need to pay attention to.

“Hmm.”

In this way, the abnormal mutation of the three regular Neo Sisters teams came to a close and safe conclusion.

However, there is still a major problem for the alien living in the studio apartment.

Bam. I put my phone down and started thinking.

‘Let’s try to see things from another perspective.’

First of all, I was a sorcerer with the magic of killing strong people called [Improvement].

Let’s say that one of the giants was actually only an F-class, but he was a living rare skill carrier with one great special ability.

If that were the case, then honestly speaking, the alien archmage would never have guaranteed the freedom of that pitiful target. This was a thought I had been thinking about ever since I made the contract.

This was especially true for me during my prime.

In a situation where the miracle of stealing magic flows through the blood by killing the target.

And what if the sacrifice that actually possesses the skill you want is a weakling whose body could break at any moment? I can’t just leave it alone because I’m anxious about this.

Get hit by a car and die.

Or die from a gas explosion.

To use a more sophisticated modern sign as an analogy, an F-class body can die at any time from a dungeon break.

So, I can understand that he acknowledged that there was an ethical problem with my skill and gave me a 10-year grace period for moral reasons, but I couldn’t dare to follow the extra generosity that Kang Chang-ho showed.

Even when they were honestly revealing that this was an F-class, the Earthlings still allowed the sacrificial offering to roam the city freely, claiming that they respected other people’s privacy.

‘Actually, compared to Alpha Urine, Kang Chang-ho’s personality is that of a nobleman.’

If it were a country in the distant past.

If he were in the same position as Kang Chang-ho – and assuming he didn’t have the ability to create the spell himself – he would have first captured a target with a rare skill and then attempted to negotiate in a way that was several times more unreasonable.

‘Wouldn’t it be possible to populate Earth with just fast internet, delicious food, and high-spec electronic devices?’

If I told you that I could protect you perfectly for 100 years without exposing you to any threats, maybe one in ten thousand or one in a billion people would willingly enter the test bench.

I briefly imagined a mammal observation cage, not with the shabby device called [Dragon’s Eye], but with CCTV and recorders.

And back to the present.

Although the thinking took a bit longer, the conclusion of all this consideration is that it seems like every S-class has a conscience.

If Kang Chang-ho is a more communicative person than expected, then the process will definitely be possible.

‘Should we try negotiating?’

Additional transactions.

Because of that, if you completely erase the bad relationship with a certain ambitious person, you may not need to struggle for a short period of 10 years anymore.

[The Knight’s Oath] written in a high-class restaurant.

I never really paid much attention to it when I signed it because the oath didn’t seem to have any effect on me anyway.

In retrospect, the modern-day body waiver that was presented back then could have been interpreted in a way that could have led to an attempt to invalidate the contract through legal means.

[1. Kim Ki-ryeo transferred all rights to his body to Kang Chang-ho when he turned 34.

Kang Chang-ho does not use the rights he has received for anything other than the purpose of improving his character.]

Look at this. If the contract says something like this.

[(Additional pledge to be added) Kang Chang-ho will not use Kim Ki-ryeo as a sacrifice for improvement in the future.]

If you just add a single promise like this, the entire previous contract becomes trash in an instant.

furthermore.

‘It seems that the Earthling surprisingly thinks that if he gives up on the first sacrifice, that’s the end of it.’

I sat down and thought about it some more.

‘That was the attitude during the Kagoshima raid, and if you look at the tendency of yesterday’s mercy, it’s the same. Did the overall tendency become looser after the insurance sacrifice was procured from China?’

Then the answer came right away.

I think that contracts related to improvement should be terminated through good discussion between the parties involved.

Breach of contract. Breach of contract.

Of course, in order to realize this plan, Kang Chang-ho must prepare a strong price that he is willing to pay even if it means giving up his initial goal.

To dazzle the outsiders of society who have never felt any regrets even in the small desires of money, power, interpersonal relationships, recognition, and a sense of belonging.

Rather than wasting it on a useless attempt, it would be better to just prepare the gift he wanted from the beginning.

‘If there is anything that can replace this lump of meat with the potential for acquired growth… … .’

Come to think of it, [Dragon’s Eye] was like that too. And the attempt on Kim Ki-ryeo’s life was like that too.

Kang Chang-ho, that man, is strangely interested in a means to fundamentally increase the magical power within the body.

Do you feel a complex about the fact that your mana reserves are low for an S-class character?

‘Hmm. In my personal opinion, I don’t think that’s necessary.’

It was a time when many thoughts came to mind.

-Ding dong, ding dong.

-Knock knock knock.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and the doorbell rang.

But before they could even reach my ears, I had already turned my eyes toward the front door half a beat earlier.

The primitive sorcerers of this planet were not very good at hiding their presence, and especially the higher-ranking hunters, without separate assistance, would spread their presence all over the place, even if they did not want to.

-Ding dong, ding… … .

It was about time the doorbell rang again.

I omitted all common questions like “Who am I?” and opened the closed front door wide.

“uh?”

“What brings you here today when you don’t even have class?”

The Awakened man standing in the hallway looked startled for a moment. However, he quickly regained his composure and continued the conversation calmly.

“Hello, Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. As I sent you a message this morning, I came to see you privately for a brief matter. I apologize if I caused any inconvenience.”

The identity of the visitor is that famous national hero.

But when I turned my gaze, I saw an unfamiliar-looking sorcerer standing there blankly next to me.

“Ah! Hello… … .”

An unfamiliar man greeting me awkwardly.

As he just said, the national hero had already checked the master’s exact address and availability via text message a few hours ago, so why did he come here with a wizard who seemed to be at least a B-class?

“Yes. Hello. Would you like to come in first? It’s hot outside.”

I pushed the doorknob I was holding and opened the front door at a wider angle.

Mmmmmmmmm… … .

From a distance, the sound of summer cicadas could be faintly heard.

***

Beep.

The landlord turns on the air conditioner, which had been turned off.

When the warm air was cooled by the cold air conditioning.

The plan is to finally find out the guests’ purpose.

“Uh, this concludes the skill application. I’ve treated your injuries as best as I can… … . Surprisingly, your wounds have healed a lot, so I don’t think we’ll need to meet again. Your health is good enough to be fully healed with low-level medicine. That’s fortunate.”

At the gate of the mutant gate now called [Six-foot Corridor], one of the appraisers stepped on a trap and got holes all over his body.

From a third party’s perspective, the injuries he sustained were not something that could be resolved with a bottle or two of potion.

So, worried about those deep wounds that would obviously torment the person for several days, the hero ended up dragging the guild’s recovery ability user here.

‘Well, the magic that is cast is better than the potion in terms of stability.’

There was a reason why he brought the sorcerer himself instead of giving him the potion.

Medicines related to body regeneration usually have a period where their effectiveness drops sharply when taken in amounts exceeding a certain amount in a short period of time. This was a phenomenon that was no exception to Alphauri, and it was usually called a critical point.

And any creature that continues to take drugs after reaching this critical point will suffer a terrible end.

‘The pharmacologists of Earth aren’t stupid either. Have they already finished researching the properties of restorative medicine?’

The healing series of spells has the advantage of being relatively free from resistance problems.

Since people have to cast magic every day, it has disadvantages that are different from potions, and the healing magic here is in a very pure and primitive form, so it is very different from Alphauri’s physical regeneration magic.

After gathering his thoughts, he got up from his seat and brought out some tea.

“Oh, thank you.”

“Wow~ Is that green tea? It smells good.”

The luxury cars are given to the guests.

Fidget fidget.

The national hero, who had been holding a teacup in his hand and observing others as if he had something to say, soon opened his mouth.

It was a light chat before getting into the main topic, just to lighten the mood.

“Hunter Kim Ki-ryeo. But actually, aside from this business, I had something else to deliver later.”

“delivery?”

“It’s called [Carp Ingot]… It’s an item that’s good for increasing stamina. Its single volume isn’t that big, but the quantity is quite large each time it drops.”

In fact, this wasn’t the topic the hero was truly curious about, but he didn’t bring up a story whose answer was obvious.

Are you really okay?

What kind of productivity would there be in reciting such words like a machine?

The black-haired hunter swallowed several useless sentences inwardly.

Even at this moment, a conversation that took place inside a certain gate comes to mind.

During the sudden attack on the S-class gate.

Kim Ki-ryeo tried to hide the fact that he was injured so as not to trigger the time bomb of that abstract name.

So I told all the hunters inside the dungeon. Even if you leave here, never let anyone know that I was injured.

The raiders then asked why they were going through the hassle of cracking down on the victims since it didn’t seem like such actions would help them recover from their injuries.

Kim Ki-ryeo was trying to find words to persuade the people of Earth, and then he seemed to have a good idea and spoke up quite readily.

-Well, should I follow Jeong Ha-seong?

The number one hunter in the realm of disagreement, Jeong Ha-seong.

The chief herder had previously concealed his negative state in order to reduce confusion in the social unit.

It’s a hunter’s job to hunt monsters with teeth and claws like iron, so it’s only natural that people get scratched.

Because the hero kept pouring potions worth millions of won over and over again, without revealing even the smallest gap.

“Jung Ha-seong did the same thing, so my behavior isn’t strange, right?”

The aliens from Alpha Uri shamelessly coveted the legitimacy of that excuse, basing it on the efforts of others.

And this came as quite a shock to the hero himself.

Kim Ki-ryeo imitated me.

‘That guy is also trying to avoid confusion somehow… … .’

Clearly, from the moment he gained power, he only did the right things, so why does it feel so unsettling when he hears that others are imitating him?

Huruk.

Ha-seong continues speaking with difficulty, quenching his thirst with green tea.

“This studio apartment is for temporary use as a commuter’s residence. Excuse me, but where is your main residence? I will send the package there.”

But as his fellow hunter continued speaking, the pyromancer’s gaze began to tremble more and more.

“What are you talking about? This is my only home.”