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Episode 252. α
“What did you say?”
“If you don’t like this, ask whether Hunter’s real name is Kim Ki-ryeo.”
“under.”
“There were a few lists that Hunter Kang had picked out. To be honest, most of them were just weird nonsense.”
… is a long-standing question.
What on earth does Kang Chang-ho think about on a daily basis?
‘this.’
Seon Woo-yeon leads the conversation lightly with an indifferent expression.
I looked at it and thought calmly to myself.
This is the first time in my life that I’ve been put in such an absurd situation.
In my prime, I never thought of leaving my beautiful home planet and living a begging life on a distant world like this.
First of all, the approach of this Earthling named Kang Chang-ho is quite extraordinary.
I thought something was wrong when an association employee suddenly visited.
-Sparkle.
‘I didn’t hire an assassin to kill the collaborator by bribing him with money or power.’
Justitia.
‘I never thought I’d send such an expensive artifact into someone else’s hands.’
I glanced at the artistically shaped scale that didn’t match the cheap flooring of the studio apartment.
Even at this moment, the same question continues to flow in my head.
What was Kang Chang-ho’s intention in doing this?
And what on earth did that Earthling know that allowed him to threaten me ‘in this way’?
“Your Majesty, Hunter?”
Seonwooyeon tilts her head.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Your questions were so random that I momentarily lost my mind.”
I continued speaking quickly before her suspicions grew stronger.
“Actually, I had a big fight with that S-class hunter a while ago, and I think that’s why Kang Chang-ho harbored a grudge and approached the people around me… and started to sow discord and such.”
“You had a fight? With Hunter Kang Chang-ho?”
“Otherwise, there would be no reason for that person to suddenly do such a strange prank, right?”
“hmm.”
“Anyway, I’m sorry for getting you involved in such a bothersome matter.”
Fortunately, this person has often displayed emotional abilities before.
“But the [Justitia] that Seonwooyeon brought is most likely a fake that only looks good on the outside. In the first place, this kind of dialogue is meaningless… … .”
I expressed concern about the authenticity of the magic tool that Kang Chang-ho was said to have transferred.
I can’t say for sure right now because I only saw it briefly, but it could be a fake scale made by some evil hunter just to slander me, so don’t trust it lightly.
That’s what I whispered to the other person secretly.
‘We have to buy time!’
Originally, we planned to use this gap to analyze the structure of Justitia.
“Uh, I’m sorry, but this item is genuine.”
But the employee who was holding the scale head immediately denied it.
“I currently have a contract with Hunter Kang Chang-ho….”
“A contract? Could it be a knight’s oath?”
“No. It’s not a contract that works for both parties.”
Seon Woo-yeon’s voice continues.
“Have you ever heard of an item called the Fairy’s Promise?”
“…!”
“This is a unique item where one side is contracted as the master and the other side is contracted as the slave.”
“So?”
“Hunter Kang Chang-ho, who came to see me, spoke about this fairy’s promise… ‘while wearing it around his neck.’”
When the effect is activated.
A magical tool from Earth that causes a black wing tattoo to appear on the back of the neck of the slave subject.
Seonwooyeon briefly explained the characteristics of the substance – the fairy’s promise.
“From now on, if you lie to your contractual master, that is, to me, you will immediately receive the greatest punishment.”
“It’s a divine punishment.”
“Fairy’s Promise allows you to set the severity of the penalty when first used.”
Kang Chang-ho.
So that S-class hunter did something like this to prove his innocence?
‘Even if it is an item of a lower level than the Knight’s Oath, the power of magic that is conditioned on the consent of the parties involved cannot be weak.’
I closed my eyes for a moment as Seonwooyeon continued speaking.
“But even though I received the contractual status, I still have doubts.”
“… .”
“I went to the auction house and had it appraised by appraisers. That’s why I know for sure that this scale is real.”
As I close my eyes and remain silent, someone’s changed voice slowly flows into my ear.
“Mr. Kiryeo. I’m sorry, but why haven’t you answered my questions since earlier?”
Seonwooyeon noticed something.
“It’s late to say this, but Mr. Kang Chang-ho seemed serious when he asked me for a favor.”
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“… .”
“That person asked me… a favor. He even bowed his head to ask me a favor. He said that he had something that was really worrying him these days, and that he would appreciate it if I, a person from the organization, could help him.”
A B-class hunter in casual clothes slowly stood up, holding a scale.
The tremor in her voice increased.
It was an attitude tinged with caution, fear, or tension.
“Hunter. By the way, are you aware that not only in [Nameless Cave] but also overseas, the number of monsters that steal people’s consciousness has been increasing recently?”
“for a moment.”
“Are there any instances of boss monsters like [doppelgangers]? Have you encountered any?”
“Calm down… … .”
A scheme by someone that is gradually starting to take effect.
“Answer my question. First, please answer. This is so strange, but is the body of Hunter Kim that I’m looking at moving a person…?”
Because the S-class hunter was up to some tricks, things have gotten quite complicated.
Just like when he first saw me grabbing the neck of a beginner killer. Seon Woo-yeon tensely tightening his muscles.
‘Anyway, each and every question is fatal and interesting.’
I calmed my lips, which were about to twist upward.
First of all, let’s slowly find out later how Kang Chang-ho was able to touch my sensitive spot.
I quickly scanned it with my senses. There was definitely a curse attached to that black-haired Awakened Person, which was presumed to be a fairy’s promise.
But that’s all.
‘I’m not under the spell of hearing sharing, and I don’t have any electrically conductive items in my possession, except for my cell phone, which is out of my pocket.’
The human in front of you did not have any Earth-type surveillance devices on his body.
Besides, even if my body is like a worm, I was a great wizard in my past life. How could I not notice an S-class stalker who reached my front door?
‘The guy hasn’t even entered Mapo-gu, let alone this one-room alley… … .’
Knock, knock. I tapped the board with my fingertips, lost in thought for a moment.
‘The scales of truth.’
Why did Kang Chang-ho choose Seon Woo-yeon among so many people?
First of all, I understand that part.
Well, that’s the most threatening weapon that the black-haired mammal has.
It’s not the magic power of a B-class or a small fortune, it’s the status itself.
‘Public institution employee.’
I recently learned how to send emails through the human book.
So we could also make this inference.
‘If I turn Seon Woo-yeon into a corpse here, will the culprit’s name be sent to his colleagues via reservation email?’
Of course, even if there had been no such reason, I could not have harmed Seon Woo-yeon so carelessly.
‘B-class.’
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have taught that wind magician skills.
‘This is a completely different matter from fighting low-intelligence monsters. If we fight in a 5-pyeong room like this, I’ll get beaten up like dust.’
Then what should we do?
It took about 2 seconds for me to realize that I couldn’t subdue Seonwooyeon with force.
If it was a security spell attached to the barrier, it would be possible to subdue the opponent, but the calculations showed that there was a high probability that a weak B-class would die at around 2.1 seconds.
And it was around 3 seconds before I realized that it would be difficult to avoid the question it was spitting out.
I spent about two more seconds here and quickly made my best decision.
“Have you ever taken over Kim Ki-ryeo’s identity…?”
Justitia with a complex structure.
The unique combat power of a B-class hunter.
And when you consider the personality of that mammal named Seonwooyeon…
It’s a very bad choice to lie just to avoid an immediate crisis.
It will take quite some time to resolve this matter.
“‘yes.'”
It’s a do or die situation.
“Does this answer your question?”
Click.
I had a plan completely laid out in my head.
As soon as a certain remark was made, Justitia’s scales tilted with a clang.
right.
‘…truth!’
Seon Woo-yeon was shocked and started questioning what he had done to the real Kim Ki-ryeo hunter.
But I kept my voice calm.
The other party is still holding the silver scales.
What I am about to reveal is a confessional with special material that will easily make others’ ears perk up.
-Dismissal.
Suddenly, sparks fly from Seonwooyeon’s smartphone. The aftereffects of secretly destroying the device right before the plan was put into action were only now being revealed.
“Whoa!”
“Don’t yell. Have you forgotten that this is a cheap studio apartment?”
Only after I had eliminated any possibility of recording did I engage in conversation.
I just thought about it, but the civil servant in front of me is a B-class in strength, so if you don’t want to get hit, calming him down is your top priority.
Burning them with electricity, stunning them with boxes, or fighting them with Hydras, etc.
Hostiling her is only a short-term solution.
If we succeed in persuading our opponent, we will gain the advantage to put pressure on Kang Chang-ho.
Okay. Since I can’t lie anymore, this is just a frontal attack right before suicide.
“Anyway, I didn’t enter this body against Kim Ki-ryeo’s wishes. I simply possessed a corpse that had been abandoned.”
“…?!”
“The real owner of the body died about a year and a month ago. The blonde hunter you know is me from beginning to end.”
Sharp noises fill the narrow air of the one-room apartment.
“Oh, right. I guess I’ll understand better if I tell you this story first.”
Moon.
Moon.
Moon.
“───Actually, I’m an alien!”
[Justitia], which is fixed in the right-hand direction and does not move.
“It’s not a monster, it’s an alien. But I have absolutely no intention of harming Seon Woo-yeon, right? So, would you please sit down and listen to what I have to say calmly? No, from my perspective, there are many things that are unfair right now.”
Crazy.
The poor mammal, who saw the result of the scale, ended up falling down noisily from the continuous shock… … .
.
.
.
moon.
The beautiful planet with the pale earrings. Earth.
A celestial body in our solar system, dominated by mammals, looks like a tiny pearl ornament from a cosmic perspective.
But someone’s hometown was different.
There are three satellites that are so huge that they cannot even be compared to the moon.
The world of such arrogant and proud kings was the home of an alien creature.
The Archmage would feel a strange sense of nostalgia whenever he recalled the characteristic scenery of his hometown.
***
… I can see the blue sea.
Alphauri.
How many hundreds of millions of years has it been since life arose on this planet around a binary star?
The story begins with some kind of war.
In fact, even Alpha Uri started to wage war continuously after reaching a certain level of civilization.
Around the time when various countries aimed the powerful weapon called ‘magic’ at each other in order to seize hegemony over the thermocline.
The war has begun.
〔The asymmetrical ruler that originated from the first satellite has launched an invasion war to take advantage of the planet’s resources.〕
〔…What did you say?〕
〔It would be like the moon people living on the Earth unexpectedly appearing as the world’s main enemy.〕
〔… Really?〕
〔So what I’m saying is, are you sure that the story about rabbits living on this satellite is a lie? I feel uneasy.〕
According to the translation method that a certain archmage arbitrarily started, Alpha Uri had a satellite named Beta Uri.
What the heck.
In fact, in the underground world of that giant satellite, intelligent beings that dared to rival Alpha Uri were taking root.
However, the gap in space is a concept that feels like a complete blank space to marine life, as it is pitch black and has no medium for sound to pass through.
Millions of kilometers.
Alpha Uranians and Beta Uranians did not have the technology to transcend space, so they were unable to influence each other for hundreds of millions of years.
Even due to the lack of advancement in magic science, the main planet side almost never noticed that its satellite harbored life forms.
-with a plop.
But one day.
They began to appear from the distant sky.
-Splash, splash, splash.
It was a shocking incident for the Alpha Uri people who were just looking down at the floor, and living in a state of fascination with the beautiful mana produced by the planet’s core.
Is it because I survived in an impoverished environment supported by evil?
The Beta people living on the satellite developed a supernatural method of movement ahead of the inhabitants of the main planet, and when their home planet was devastated by the depletion of resources, they immediately decided to invade the celestial body.
The appearance of a creature that can rip space apart and perform magic.
-uh…….
-What is that?
-Somehow I don’t think now is the time for us to fight among ourselves.
-Can we end the war right now?
It was the beginning of a great battle.
Moreover, this was the first time in history that Alpha Uranians died in the hundreds of millions.