Episode 429
Kang Yoo-chan The president of the association was a legend in the hunter world. His skills as an 8th-level hunter and his accomplishments proved that.
However, the title of president of the association was not given to the hunter who attacked the gate in practice.
Most hunter associations existed independently of state institutions and were mutually complementary.
The real job of the president of the association was to build a cooperative relationship with all other external organizations as a symbol and representative of the hunters.
So, no matter how urgent the situation, it is extremely rare to directly contact the president of the association with a gate attack.
“…The gate that currently appears in the Delta Tower may be level 7. Is this a story?”
However, if the gate was level 7, the story was different. Even more so if you are in the heart of the city.
If a level 7 boss really existed in Delta Tower and poured out causing a dungeon break, the damage could not even be guessed.
Even if you look at the precedents where only one boss Louis had devastated Volterra, it was enough to blow up a city.
– yes! Considering that the amount of mana measured is the same even if the measurement equipment is changed. I think the possibility is very high.
“Since there was a similar incident in Finland, I think so.”
– Yes, that’s right.
Kang Yu-chan was interested in Director Dorion’s report.
‘…A 7th grade boss may appear in the dungeon Yooseong went to.’
Kang Yoo-chan had the right eyes to see Hunter. When he made his judgment, no Hunter deviated greatly from that standard. However, Shin Yoo-seong, who had learned the basics from King Kwon, was like a sponge.
The speed of growth was tremendous every time the attack was repeated and an incident broke out.
‘The first evaluation is level 4. The next evaluation is level 6… Of course, you can’t beat a level 7 boss by yourself, but you can’t tell how far you’ve grown.’
Although he received help from his colleague, Shin Yoo-seong defeated Shin Ha-yoon. Shin Ha-yoon is a monster created by the Shin-oh family. It was a hunter with potential close to 7th level for a student subject.
‘I’ll have to check it myself.’
Kang Yoo-chan laughed.
“Don’t let me go. It will cause confusion, so there is no need to report it to the authorities.”
If it was his power, he could have organized 7th grade hunters at the gate in an instant in the name of the president of the association, but he did not.
– All right!
A level 8 hunter is a one-man army. If Kang Yoo-chan stepped forward, he didn’t need any procedures and he didn’t need anyone’s support.
Absolute power.
Kang Yoo-chan was able to achieve everything he wanted. No matter how crooked or erroneous the beliefs were, they had the power to persevere.
‘From the beginning to the end, all the stories continue like fate.’
Kang Yoo-chan looked around the study very leisurely even though he had to go to the front. His library was full of books, but not a single ordinary one.
All of them were old books written in ancient languages, and among them there was an undisclosed forbidden book that Kang Yu-chan himself obtained from the tower.
‘I haven’t changed.’
Yuchan Kang closed his eyes and pulled out a dusty book from the library. This study was a place that even Meirin, the secretary, could not approach.
‘It’s just… mankind knew the only way to reach the truth.’
After Kang Yoo-chan discovered the ‘truth’, he devoted more than 20 years to finding the only way.
If you ask what the purpose is, he will answer that it is the truth he saw in the tower and the salvation of mankind.
‘okay. So… I’ll have to check carefully.’
Yuchan Kang opened his eyes.
The moment of choice that will come soon is an opportunity to create by changing countless lives into experimental subjects for 20 years.
‘Because this is the first history to transcend humanity.’
* * *
Shin Yoo-seong did not know Yura.
There must have been quite a lot of incidents that bothered Yura before she made this decision.
[…you stay here. I’ll go upstairs alone.]
But even so, this was a request Shin Yoo-seong could never grant. This was not a sacrifice for the sake of his comrades, nor was it the nobility of a hunter who was ready to die.
“…my teacher told me to always prepare for death if you dream of becoming a hunter.”
Shin Yu-seong grabbed Yura’s wrist as she was about to head upstairs. It was strong enough to leave marks.
“But, sir. That resolution must have never meant something like this.”
Shin Yoo-seong does not know who the evil spirit came to Delta Tower and what name Yura saw.
“No matter what name you see, I have no intention of sending a colleague to death. …Absolutely not allowed.”
However, Shin Yoo-seong stopped Yura. He pulled his wrist so he could see himself, not the stairs full of darkness. However, Yura responded in a low voice.
“…Don’t be arrogant about the newbie subject.”
Even anger was felt in Yura’s voice.
“I have already explained it! I know better about gates! Does this seem like a simple barrier?”
Indignant, Yura screamed and made a square barrier like a boomerang and threw it at the window.
The glass in the Delta Tower was specially designed to block bullets, but it shattered with a clanking sound.
bang-!
Yura glared at Shin Yoo-seong and pointed her finger at the broken glass.
“ruler! Take a look! See it with your own eyes!”
What was beyond the broken glass was no longer the scenery of this world. Pure evil took the form of space and continued to spout thick liquid.
– Help me…
– I resent you!
– I can’t see, please anyone.
– To kill that killer! even my life!
In fact, the very concept of outside is wrong. The place where Yura and Shin Yoo-seong are now did not exist in reality.
Maybe not even the Delta Tower. The truth of this space is grudges, and the one waiting for them upstairs was the owner of those grudges.
“Do you think I am a coward?”
Yura vigorously shook Shin Yoo-sung’s hand. If he was to stop himself this time, even if he was a junior, he was thinking of engaging in an all-out war.
However, Yura did not want to decorate his end like that. I tried to persuade Shin Yoo-seong to the end somehow.
“This opponent is different from the enemies you have faced so far. …Your courage comes from ignorance. If, like me, you know what kind of person you are…”
Yura held back his words.
She had no desire to criticize Shin Yoo-seong. It was only a short meeting, but since he was a good-natured and kind-hearted hunter, he was definitely a good resource to accomplish great things.
So it was a must.
Because of his own contract, Shin Yoo-seong, who is innocent, was not allowed to die together.
“But consciousness is absolute. If it was because of the contract I made that the evil god descended… the price is enough for me alone.”
“So you’re saying you’re going alone?”
“huh. Because that is the only responsibility I can take.”
Shin Yooseong looked into Yura’s eyes. The light shining in Yura’s eyes was absolutely not a belief made today.
[Master may have acknowledged you, but I am not.]
Shin Yoo-seong remembered his first meeting with Yura, who was cold. He thought that the callous reaction Yura had given him was simply because he hadn’t proven his skills.
However, the person Yura recognized was not someone strong enough to protect herself.
He was a person who would neither get hurt nor die by Yura’s side.
Of course, why would a person who likes to see a happy family in a crowded family restaurant push his co-workers away?
If only one’s own well-being is important, why would he explain the whole situation? that doesn’t match
“Senior is a coward.”
Shin Yoo-seong smiled benignly as he looked at his senior, Yura, at the subject of being a student. If Yura poured out what he wanted to say under the guise of a cruel reality, it was Shin Yoo-seong’s turn to pour out about Yura he watched.
“I understand. Since you kept a secret in one place in your heart, it must have been difficult as if everything was your fault.”
Yura tried to shout something at Shin Yoo-seong’s provocation, but bit her lips.
“…stop.”
“I think you should stay here anyway.”
Shin Yoo-seong didn’t even treat Yura as a senior.
“You don’t want to get hurt by the person you gave affection to, and you’re afraid… you’re playing a hunter, right?”
He stabbed a corner of his heart that Yura had been hiding so painfully. He calmly peeled off the skin that Yura was covering.
“I can’t be with someone who has such an easygoing mind.”
Rather, Shin Yoo-seong took the first step. As I slowly walked about two steps towards the stairs, Yura muttered in a creeping voice.
“It just bothered me… I was just getting in the way of an unhelpful topic. It’s because I’d rather be alone…”
Shin Yoo-seong felt as if the thick skin that Yura had wrapped around him had been peeled off. It felt like I knew what her true nature was.
The fact that they were not honest and pretended to be okay with the subject they were weaker than anyone else was exactly the same.
“I don’t consider courage to say that I will die alone. …isn’t that just running away?”
Shin Yoo-seong turned his back and smiled at Yura. Then, with both hands, he wrapped Yura’s hand that was holding onto his collar with difficulty.
“Let’s fight together, senior.”
Yura licked her lips as if she were about to burst into tears. Maybe that’s why she’s more of a crybaby than Eun-ah?
“…or we’ll all die. You have a colleague waiting for you.”
However, Shin Yoo-seong answered immediately.
“I will not die.”
“please. Don’t promise… you never know.”
“I will never lose so that you will never think that all of this is your fault.”
The reason Yura brought Shin Yoo-seong was because it was the 5th level gate. If it was a place where you really had to trust someone and would consider you a colleague, you wouldn’t have been together.
I thought I would never have to trust anyone again.
However, seeing Shin Yoo-seong’s eyes, I felt that I wanted to trust him just one more time.
“I never thought I would trust someone again. But is your life really at stake?”
Yura laughed helplessly.
Perhaps in order to calm down, he put his hands together on his cheeks and hit them loudly, then greeted Shin Yoo-seong again.
“…He’s a coward and a lacking comrade who gets lonely a lot. Please take good care of me.”
