The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 5

Episode 5. Strange Mutation

“Yeah. I’m a hunter!”

Once the goal is set, your steps become lighter.

Even though I only walked for a short while, my right knee was already screaming, but I just ignored it.

‘Look at this. What kind of work can I do with a body that can’t even run? My memory is so hazy that even daily life is difficult.’

My face is still numb, but I’m very happy right now.

Honestly, until lunch today, the future was bleak.

The owner of this body was very poor, and all his wealth was gone when he had to pay for noodles.

At the moment when I was wondering how I could earn money to provide nutrition, a glimmer of hope appeared.

I found out that there is a job called Hunter on Earth.

‘Now that it’s come to this, I’m going to hunt with magic to make a living!’

Of course, right now, that important magic isn’t working. But I’m sure it’ll get better with time.

It’s not like there’s no solution at all.

‘There must be a sufficient number of those beginner killers.’

I stopped walking back home and turned my head.

‘No, is it really necessary to only target beginner killers?’

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

The beginner killer was said to be a C-class monster. Then, it is assumed that there are other class prey as well.

‘That’s probably where the gate is.’

Gate.

It is obvious where the hunting grounds of Earth’s hunters are active.

‘There’s a monster living inside me.’

Although magic casting is blocked, sensing the flow of mana is a separate ability.

It didn’t take long to pinpoint the location of the gate.

I found one that is within walking distance that I can go to right now if I put my mind to it.

So is there any reason not to go?

Of course not. For future activities, it is necessary to analyze the monsters of Earth in advance.

‘I should just go and take a quick look at the level of the monsters living nearby.’

With this magical power detection ability, you should be able to detect danger from a distance.

I took a spontaneous step forward to put my thoughts into action.

***

Kim Ki-ryeo arrived at a nearby mountain a while later.

It seemed like a short distance when viewed with the naked eye, but when I actually walked there on human legs, it took a long time.

“Whew, I almost suffocated because of the slope.”

He wiped the sweat and looked at the gate in front of him.

“There was so much tape wrapped around the trees that it made things even harder for nothing.”

The entrance to the dungeon, which the humans had named Gate, was still emitting faint waves of magical energy.

“Anyway, Earthlings have a strange aesthetic sense. Why do they decorate plants?”

Well then, shall we start going in now?

He took a deep breath and entered the gate without hesitation.

“Wow! It’s quite spacious inside?”

The voices coming from the gate became increasingly quieter.

The spirit disappeared into the dungeon. And after about 10 minutes, footsteps echoed through the quiet mountain.

Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.

Soon a group of about four people approached.

“Hello? Sir?”

A man in his early 20s, who was at the forefront of the group, picked up his cell phone. What followed was a simple phone call.

“We’ve just arrived at the gate.”

-Yes. Seungah Yoon. Are there any civilians around?

“It’s okay. The control line is well drawn.”

The person called ‘Yoon Seung’ looked around.

Bright yellow warning tape, recognizable to any human, surrounded the trees around the gate.

“Besides, who comes near the gate where the abnormal transition has occurred?”

-Anyway, I’m going crazy because of that mutation. Just this month, how many times have the ranks changed?

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very worried about them.

“Don’t worry. I’ll start investigating right away.”

From what I’ve gathered, it appears that those gathered now are a team of hunters who have gathered to investigate the abnormal phenomenon occurring at this gate.

But they did not react even after hearing that the gate’s danger level had changed.

“Let’s hurry up and get in! This is only an F-class.”

There seems to be a reason for that.

“I feel like having a drink after work. It’s Friday night.”

“I haven’t even started yet and you’re saying that again······”

Before long, their figures disappeared beyond the shimmering glow of the gate.

“Ugh, it’s stuffy. What’s a cave like in the middle of summer?”

The inside of the gate was a completely different world from the outside world.

A damp, dark cave where it looks like bats might jump out at any moment.

Occasionally stalactites were visible on the high ceiling.

“When I measured it, the magic power density inside was at the level of a D-class dungeon.”

“It’s always like that. It’s almost a rule now. If there’s something wrong with the gate, you have to jump two steps.”

“There are many cases where only one step changes.”

They moved forward, recording how the inside of the dungeon had changed.

The man holding the shield who was standing at the very front said.

“I think we’re going too fast. Should we slow down?”

“Why?”

“I’ve walked quite a bit, but I can’t see any traces of the monster, so….”

It was a voice that was filled with caution.

But his suggestion had little effect on the group. Instead, one of the team members simply slapped his shiny scalp and joked.

“Tsasha. Why are you always so shy when you’re young? Our team has an A-class hunter, Ahn Yoon-seung! What are you worried about?”

The investigators all thought the same thing.

Most of the hunters gathered here are B-rank. Even the team leader is a rising star who is an A-rank, so what is there to worry about?

So, as usual, they wanted to get this tiresome investigation done quickly.

“Oh, bro. Still. It’s a dungeon.”

“Okay, okay. Just be careful······.”

But, it was at that moment when we were chatting.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There was a steady, loud noise, and then the surroundings began to shake as if an earthquake had occurred.

This sound was enough to silence the investigators’ conversation.

“what······.”

The first to speak was the hunter holding the staff.

He craned his neck and looked far away to find the source of the sound. And finally, when he found the source of the sound······.

“Eww!”

I opened my eyes wide and let out a scream that I couldn’t suppress.

***

-Ahhh···ugh······.

“hmm?”

Did I hear that wrong?

I think I heard something.

‘Kim Ki-ryeo’s ears are not very good. Now that I think about it, Alphauri people really have excellent hearing.’

I listened for a moment to the small noise that passed by in an instant, then lost interest and turned my head away again.

But the situation didn’t change even if I changed my gaze.

It’s already been several minutes since I entered this unidentified gate.

“I think I went in pretty deep…”

I clearly came here to observe monsters.

But strangely enough, I haven’t encountered a single living thing yet.

This place was just… a quiet cave with the humidity I like.

‘Kim Sanda. Did I misunderstand the gate?’

I couldn’t find any monsters, and there were no other peculiarities in the cave.

What’s the point of staying here?

I turned around, clearly expressing my disappointment. I was ready to give up and go back to the entrance.

“hmm?”

However, as I got closer to the entrance, I felt a strange magical power.

This small, rough, yet vibrant mana. That’s right. The mana of the human body.

“Who came in? A hunter, I guess?”

I can’t increase my walking speed because I moved around quite a bit today.

So, I slowly approached the direction where I had detected the magic power, limping halfway on my broken leg.

As we got closer, we finally heard a sound.

“Hee, heeeeek!”

“Ugh, ugh… He’s dead. He died in one blow… Oppa…!”

“···Ugh!”

Oh, but what the hell is this?

As soon as I heard the sound clearly, it became clear. This was not normal.

‘Mom, did a monster appear?’

First, let’s understand the situation.

I quickly hid behind a nearby rock.

‘Where? Where is the scary monster?’

The distance is too far to see the scene clearly from this rock, but instead I strained my ears to focus on the sound information.

“I, that thing. I looked at it with Pixy Glass… It’s A, A-grade. It’s a mob with A magic power….”

“What are you talking about! Why is A appearing in a D-class dungeon?!”

“Yoon Seung-ah! Are you okay?”

What the hell. I don’t understand half the words those Earthlings are spitting out.

Feeling frustrated, I lifted my head to check the situation. The first thing I saw was a bald man covered in blood.

‘The rags are all gone.’

A wound that feels like being hit by something huge.

The man who had been panting while slumped against the wall stood up, holding his shield. A shield? Is that a tool of humanity?

‘Wow, that’s primitive.’

But even if you’re holding a shield, you don’t look sturdy at all if you’re staggering like that.

Then what on earth was the culprit that left that man covered in blood like that?

“Hey, bah… Even an A-class guy who’s awakened to defense mode can’t stop it… How are we supposed to deal with it… Huh?”

“Please prepare your skills quickly! I’ll create an opening······.”

“I can’t do it!”

Hmm. The angle is subtle, so I can’t see the monster. But I can still feel its magic.

‘This is no way······.’

I was lost in a subtle sense of appreciation as I gauged the magical power of the monsters they were up against.

“That’s why I didn’t want to team up with a kid with no experience! If you had blocked it straight, my arm, Hyung Cheol-min······! This f*cking······!”

“Hey, wait a minute!”

However, while we were concentrating on detection for a moment, the situation changed drastically.

‘That bloodstain on the wall. Surely it’s not an Earthling’s mark?’

First of all, those three seem to be a team.

Looking at it roughly, it seems like they used a tactic where one person would lead the way and tie up the monster’s feet while the wizard from the rear would intercept, but now the total number has been reduced to two.

Because one of the wizards who was swearing just ran away.

-Kurururung······.

“Bondage, bondage yet?”

“Skill… I already used it. Yoon Seung-ah….”

And in the blink of an eye, the team was destroyed.

While the hunter in the front line was drawing the monster’s attention, his comrade seemed to be preparing a binding spell…

When that didn’t work at all, the last wizard took a closer look and did this.

“Hey, if you try again, I think it’ll work! Seungah Yoon! Can you hold out with that technique for 30 more seconds?”

“···Huh, gasp. Yes!”

The hunter holding the shield gritted his teeth and stepped forward towards the monster, even though his focus had already been lost.

But after the promised 30 seconds.

When he looked back at the wizard, there was no one left behind.

“······!”

The last wizard threw the hunter as bait to attract the monster’s attention, and escaped in the meantime.

I blocked the attack with my body and risked my life to protect you, but you abandoned me as a sacrifice and ran away. Is this the humanity of Earthlings?

“her······.”

The hunter, realizing that he had been betrayed, knelt down in despair, seemingly without the energy to be angry.

It was no longer a wound that could be healed.

“Everyone believed······.”

That sight of her tightly shut, eyes blurred by tears, waiting for death. How pitiful.

But it’s okay. Yoon Seung-ah!

‘Thanks to you taking the time, I had time to analyze it.’

thud!

It was the moment when the monster took heavy steps to take the life of the defeated hunter.

The giant monster suddenly stopped moving when it sensed new movement behind it.

I broke the long silence by walking out slowly.

“Wow, it’s clear when you see it up close. It’s nice to meet you in a place like this!”

Yeah, actually.

The identity of the monster they had been facing all along was… a golem.

And the golem was something very familiar to the Alphauri. How familiar?

“Oh, this is so ancient?”

Let’s just say it’s like meeting a robot vacuum cleaner from another galaxy.