Chapter 41 – Guild Establishnt (2)
“Kieeeee!”
A sharp high-pitched sound scratched past the ears.
Looking up, nurous giant birds could be seen flying in the sky.
They were harpies appearing in the D-rank dungeon ‘Harpy Cliff’.
Harpy is a familiar na that appears in various myths.
Often depicted as a giant bird with a woman’s upper body, the actual monster was slightly different.
“Kiaaaa!”
“It’s coming!”
One of the harpies wandering in the air spotted Kang Hyeon and quickly descended.
A bizarre face, similar to a human but with indistinguishable gender, gradually ca closer.
-Twang!
“Kieee!”
The sound of a released bowstring was heard and the harpy let out a scream.
Suddenly, an arrow was lodged in its right eye.
The harpy writhed in pain, shedding bloody tears.
“Magic Explosion!”
While the harpy hesitated montarily, Kang Hyeon threw a magic sphere towards its face.
-Kwang!
Half of the harpy’s face was helplessly blown away by the direct hit from the magic sphere.
Eventually, the harpy could no longer fly and crashed to the ground.
Watching this scene, Kang Hyeon gave a thumbs up.
“Nice shot.”
“Thank you.”
Two weeks had already passed since the three of them started hunting together.
Kang Hyeon, An Yu-seong, and Shin Seong-a.
The three, who seed unlikely to get along, surprisingly worked well together.
“Kieeek!”
“Die! Die! Hahaha!”
Their combat style involved Kang Hyeon and An Yu-seong playing individually while Shin Seong-a supported from behind.
The effect of this seemingly insignificant teamplay was far better than Kang Hyeon had thought.
‘The battle has certainly beco easier.’
Kang Hyeon knew that his fighting style was quite reckless.
So until now, he couldn’t even imagine hunting with soone else.
However, hunting with these people was more efficient and satisfying than expected.
“Phew, good work.”
Shin Seong-a said, wiping the sweat flowing on her forehead.
More than ten harpies that had co down near them had all fallen by now.
“Are you mining magic stones again? I told you, you don’t have to do that.”
At Shin Seong-a’s strong request, Kang Hyeon had been speaking casually to her since the first day.
Shin Seong-a, who was rummaging through the harpy corpses looking for magic stones, shook her head.
“No. I’m doing this because I want to.”
Even without ticulously collecting magic stones, their inco overwheld that of ordinary raid parties.
This was because they could remove cores that other raid parties couldn’t touch.
The current reward for clearing a D-rank dungeon is as follows:
Normal Core: 40 million won.
Main Core: 200 million won.
This was even the minimum amount.
“We’re smashing cores almost every day, so why are you so fixated on magic stones? Just rest comfortably at that ti.”
“…”
“Do you need a lot of money or sothing?”
“That’s not it.”
“Then why?”
“…”
Shin Seong-a didn’t give any answer to Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Sigh, fine. Do as you please.”
“Yes.”
“I can sense the main core nearby. The boss will likely appear soon, so get ready.”
Kang Hyeon’s magic sensing ability was improving day by day.
Now he could sense monsters and cores from quite a distance.
“Hyeon. After we’re done with this dungeon, want to try a C-rank dungeon?”
An Yu-seong, who was wiping blood and debris from his mace, said.
“Just the three of us? Are you confident?”
“I’m not saying we should clear it, just do so light hunting.”
“And then?”
“If it seems doable, we could break the core and challenge the boss too. What do you think?”
“A nice plan that puts our lives on the line. Tsk tsk.”
Kang Hyeon clicked his tongue, shaking his head.
‘I might revive even if I die, but what is making him to say such things?’
Suddenly, sothing occurred to him.
‘How has this guy been running dungeons until now?’
An Yu-seong is strong.
But that alone is not enough to solo clear dungeons.
‘There’s a reason why the recomnded number for dungeon raid parties is four or more.’
Unless one had lives to spare like Kang Hyeon, they would need a few people to provide support.
“Hey.”
“What?”
An Yu-seong turned his head at Kang Hyeon’s call.
“How have you been clearing dungeons until now? Alone? Or in a party?”
“Why are you suddenly curious about that?”
“Just answer, man.”
“Well… Of course, I hired people with money.”
Kang Hyeon made an overtly unpleasant expression.
“Then why don’t you keep doing that instead of asking to hunt with ?”
“People kept dying in every dungeon we went to, so they stopped coming. It’s also annoying to keep finding new people.”
“You crazy bastard…”
Kang Hyeon seed to see the situation clearly without even looking.
‘I bet he just jumped into the middle of enemy lines and caused chaos.’
There was sothing Kang Hyeon had clearly felt while working with An Yu-seong.
An Yu-seong always thinks and moves for his own survival in any situation.
He never gambles with his life.
‘At first glance, he seems to charge in recklessly like , but that guy moves after thorough calculation.’
However, that calculation doesn’t include the safety of others.
Many people probably gave up and left due to the chaos that An Yu-seong repeatedly caused.
‘No matter how important money is, it’s not more precious than life.’
Kang Hyeon nodded, roughly understanding the situation.
“Alright. Let’s move. My magic is also…”
As his magic had recharged to so extent, Kang Hyeon was about to move but hesitated.
‘There’s sothing.’
“You felt it too, right Hyeon?”
“Yeah.”
An Yu-seong looked around with sharp eyes.
‘I can feel a faint magic.’
This place was the only path leading to the main core. But sothing was approaching here.
‘I can’t see anything though…’
But no matter how much he looked, all he could see were steep cliffs and trees.
“Hey. What are you doing?”
“Shh…!”
An Yu-seong had his eyes closed as if ditating.
“Don’t disturb .”
After staying still like that for a while, he suddenly opened his eyes wide!
Then he swung his mace and struck the ground nearby.
-Kwang!
“Kuaaaa!”
Along with an explosion, a man of unknown identity suddenly appeared.
“What is this?”
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D-rank dungeon, Harpy’s Cliff.
Jung Young-sik, who was moving towards the main core of that place, stopped in his tracks.
“What are those?”
The only path leading to the core.
He could see two n and woman positioned there.
“Hmm…”
From what he had heard beforehand, there were no other routes.
A path that must be passed through no matter what.
“Well, what could possibly happen?”
He was in a state of stealth.
So far, Choi Min-joon was the only one who had recognized him.
It’s comndable that just three people are attempting to conquer a D-rank dungeon, but that’s all.
‘Sorry, but I’ll have to destroy this dungeon.’
If harpies flying in the sky were to be released into the city, it would be quite an entertaining spectacle.
‘Hehehe. Just imagining it is fun.’
It was when Jung Young-sik was inwardly chuckling as he passed through the path.
“You felt it too, right?”
“Yeah.”
Suddenly, two n who were sitting stood up.
‘What? Why are they suddenly acting like this?’
A startled Jung Young-sik stopped right where he was.
“Hey. What are you doing?”
“Shh…!”
The man covered in tattoos frowned and suddenly closed his eyes.
‘Could they have spotted ? No way. That shouldn’t be possible.’
Unless it was a monster with a keen sense of sll, there was no reason for him to be detected.
But for so reason, an inexplicable sense of unease kept creeping up.
Just then, the man suddenly opened his eyes and swung what looked like a vicious mace at him.
‘What the…!’
-Kwang!
Before the surprised Jung Young-sik could dodge, the mace ca crashing down on his foot.
“Arghhhh!”
“What’s this?”
The searing pain felt like it was paralyzing his entire body.
“Huff, huff!”
Writhing in pain, Jung Young-sik took rough breaths.
Jung Young-sik’s foot was completely crushed by the mace that had co down with trendous force.
‘Damn it! What should I do?’
Jung Young-sik’s mind raced.
‘It’s no use trying to escape in this state. I’ll deal with them quickly!’
Having made his decision, Jung Young-sik swiftly swung his sword at An Yu-seong.
-Tuk!
‘What!?’
However, that sword was effortlessly caught by Kang Hyeon’s hand.
“Who are you?”
Kang Hyeon’s eyes were filled with intensity.
A look as if he could kill soone with just his gaze.
Jung Young-sik gulped as he t those eyes.
‘What kind of guy is this…’
He had tried to pass by quietly, but not only was his stealth detected, his sword was caught with bare hands.
‘Think, think…!’
Jung Young-sik’s mind raced once again at an incredible speed.
‘They say even if you’re caught in a tiger’s den, you can survive if you keep your wits about you!’
“No, never mind.”
“Huh…?”
“Let’s just get hit first. If I keep getting hit, I might rember sothing.”
“W-wait! Just a mont!”
Jung Young-sik frantically waved his arms.
“Yeah, yeah. I get it.”
Kang Hyeon, clenching his fist as he spoke, didn’t seem to have any intention of listening.
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“Ugh…”
Due to the continued beating, Jung Young-sik’s face seed to have grown about 1.5 tis larger than before.
“Y-yes… That’s right.”
Jung Young-sik painfully moved his swollen lips.
“So you’re the one causing dungeon breaks?”
“Yes…”
Jung Young-sik nodded vigorously at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“You’re confessing too easily. Are you lying?”
“Where’s the loyalty in this field? I don’t want to die here.”
Dungeon terrorism, now officially nad dungeon breaking.
It seed that even those who cause such terrorism value their own lives.
“I hate to say it myself, but I’m a high-quality resource. I know a lot more information compared to others. I’m sure I can be useful.”
Kang Hyeon stroked his chin as he listened to Jung Young-sik’s self-promotion.
“That’s good.”
He thought Team Leader Shin Tae-gil would be very pleased to see this terrorist.
“Let’s hear the details once we get out.”
Since they couldn’t tackle the boss with such a lump, Kang Hyeon decided to leave the dungeon right away.
“I’m suddenly curious about sothing.”
On the way back, Kang Hyeon spoke to Jung Young-sik.
“Why do you do this kind of thing?”
“Pardon?”
“No, I just honestly don’t understand.”
“…”
“Isn’t this an era where we’re lacking even when we all work together? No matter how little sense of crisis you have, you’re still human. Why terrorize fellow citizens of the sa country?”
Jung Young-sik smiled bitterly at Kang Hyeon’s words.
“Most of those in the organization were at the bottom of society until the dungeon incident.”
“…”
“From holess people to those burdened with huge debts from fraud. Various people dissatisfied with society. You know, right?”
“So?”
“When the world changed like this and we gained power, we wanted revenge. We wanted many people to fear us, to look up to us.”
“Tsk.”
Kang Hyeon clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“That doesn’t justify doing this.”
‘Honestly, it’s not that I don’t understand at all…’
Perhaps from their perspective, the world had already ended.
In a hellish life that couldn’t get any worse, suddenly being given power made them think they could do anything.
“Still, you shouldn’t do that, you bastard.”
-Puk!
Kang Hyeon smacked the back of Jung Young-sik’s head.
‘Damn. He asks and then…’
Jung Young-sik vowed never to answer questions again.
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After exiting the dungeon, Kang Hyeon imdiately called Team Leader Shin Tae-gil.
-Mr. Kang Hyeon. What’s the matter?
“I’ve caught a bad guy.”
-Pardon?
Kang Hyeon explained the situation to a surprised Shin Tae-gil.
-I’ll be there right away. Please wait a bit.
“Alright.”
As soon as he hung up, An Yu-seong spoke to him.
“What did he say?”
“He’s coming right now.”
“What should we do until then? Should we eat hamburgers?”
“Suddenly…?”
While Kang Hyeon was pondering An Yu-seong ‘s unexpected suggestion,
“Hey, isn’t that the person from TV?”
“Seeing him in person, his aura is no joke.”
“Those muscles are insane.”
Until now, when Kang Hyeon and An Yu-seong walked together, the crowd parted like the Red Sea.
People avoided them so much that even in broad daylight, the area within 2 ters around them was quiet.
However, since that day when they first t Shin Tae-gil, Kang Hyeon had beco a national hero in just a few days.
-The man who single-handedly stopped a D-rank dungeon
-Mystery hero. Actually already famous Goblin Slayer?
-Union Leader Choi Dong-woo’s statent: That man has the makings of a hero!
On the day of the massive terror attack.
Kang Hyeon had sent people away and faced the monsters alone.
-We’ll handle this matter, so don’t worry about it.
When Kang Hyeon was being cursed for causing a disturbance on the main street,
As soon as Shin Tae-gil uttered those words, suddenly the events of that day beca a social issue.
And CCTV footage, interviews with ability users, and testimonies literally poured out.
Thanks to this, Kang Hyeon rose to stardom in an instant.
-That person was really on a different level. I doubted if he was even the sa kind of ability user as us.
-Was he that good?
-Yes. Not only did such a person save us, but he also said he would stay alone until the end to protect this place. It really brought tears to my eyes.
-Outstanding ability and a spirit of sacrifice. He’s an amazing person.
-That’s right. Personally, I think he might be stronger than Mr. Choi Dong-woo or Ms. Han Se-yeon.
Kang Hyeon’s rampage with Ururg’s hamr was buried as if it never happened, and the whole of South Korea was busy praising Kang Hyeon.
It was certainly better than being cursed, but he couldn’t help feeling a bit bitter about it.
“Excuse … Could I get an autograph?”
Just then, a female student approached hesitantly.
Kang Hyeon nodded with a pleased smile.
“Yes. Give it here.”
“No, not you, mister. I an that handso brother over there.”
The student’s finger was pointing at An Yu-seong.
The corners of Kang Hyeon’s mouth, which had been forming a business smile, trembled.
“Hahaha! What were you expecting, Hyeon?”
“Shut up.”
“Even if it’s Kang Hyeon, minors are off-limits.”
“What nonsense is that?!”
These days, even Shin Seong-a was starting to enjoy teasing Kang Hyeon along with An Yu-seong.
-Puk!
An irritated Kang Hyeon smacked the back of Jung Young-sik’s head.
“Why are you hitting ?!”
When Jung Young-sik glared fiercely and spoke, Kang Hyeon also tensed his eyes in response.
“What?!”
-Puk!
“Shit…”
Realizing that communication was impossible, Jung Young-sik cursed and lowered his head.
For so reason, his eyes looking at the ground seed to be moist.
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