The mont I faced the monster, the viewer count broke all previous records in Pajijik history.
It spiked so hard, the servers nearly crashed.
Thankfully, the Pajijik team responded fast enough to avoid a full shutdown.
Three seconds.
Exactly three seconds after we locked eyes—
The monster’s head vanished, and its body crumpled like a puppet with its strings cut.
“Oh [N O V E L I G H T] my~ It’s over already? So, how did everyone like our Hero’s official Hunter debut?”
Lyla said cheerfully, switching the cara back to selfie mode and waving with a bright smile.
“The monster’s been handled, so we’ll be ending the stream here~”
[Wait, Saintess, hold on a sec!!!!]
[You gotta explain what just happened!!!]
[Noona, you’re really gonna leave us like this??]
[You can’t just end the str—]
[ThatFreakingStrongHero’s channel is now offline.]
Once the fight was over, Lyla flew in from the distance.
“Lyla, how was the reaction?”
“Everyone loved it, of course~”
I glanced at the monster’s corpse, still drifting on the water—headless.
Then I reached out, fiddling with the ring on my finger.
To everyone’s surprise, the monster’s corpse got sucked right into the ring.
“You planning to use it for sothing?”
“Not really. But I figured it might sell for a decent price.”
“Oh my~ Does this an we’re rich?”
I’ve already got over 1 billion won coming.
But technically, until the paynt clears, I’m still broke.
“Let’s head back.”
“Okay~!”
She ran toward with arms outstretched. I gave a small chuckle and scooped her up.
As we returned to camp, everyone turned to stare at us.
They were looking at like I was so kind of freak.
“...What?”
“A-ah... It’s just... uh... it’s really over... right?”
I glanced at the nearby wall, where a paused screen from my stream was still up.
They’d all watched it live. Why were they even asking?
“Yes. It’s 100% taken care of.”
“And the monster’s corpse...?”
“I’ve got that handled. Don’t worry.”
Even with that reassurance, people kept sneaking glances at .
Jeez... even Mom and Dad looking at like that stings a bit.
[Posted by: Anonymous]
[Title: 3 Seconds]
[Body: (Clip of the Hero's kill) This is in slow motion. You guys NEED to see it.]
└ At this point, I’m starting to think this is just so elaborate governnt stunt to hype up the Hero...
└ I didn’t believe it at first either.
└ The guy’s just... on another level. It’s absurd.
└ Is he seriously soone who ca from another world?
└ LOL that’s the only thing that explains how stupid strong he is.
People wouldn’t shut up about the stream.
Experts ca on the news to analyze the footage, and nationalistic YouTubers were pumping out thumbnails with clickbait titles nonstop.
And ?
I didn’t stream for several days.
“Son, I’m starting to wonder if your viewers are getting impatient waiting for you to co back.”
Dad made the comnt while watching do a whole lot of nothing.
Not just in Korea—people all over the world were talking about "Song Hun."
No one had ever seen a Hunter broadcast themselves like this, so openly and unfiltered.
“I’m just... raising my market value right now.”
“...”
True to his role as Guild Vice Master, he imdiately understood what I ant.
anwhile, Mom let out a long sigh as she sat cross-legged on the couch.
“Haa... I had a feeling you weren’t normal when you reverse-summoned Priscilla so casually... but this? This is another level.”
“So? Think I’m ready for the Baekdu Gate now?”
“Do whatever you want...”
[President: “The Hero-Strear who saved the nation will be awarded an official comndation.”]
[Association Chairman: “In an unprecedented crisis, he quite literally was our Hero.”]
[Minister of Public Safety: “We’ll spare no effort helping citizens return to their daily lives.”]
“I don’t really care about a comndation.”
It’s not like I’m going into politics or applying to so company.
Those things just feel like a hassle.
So people online were even saying they should create a new Hunter rank just for .
But the World Hunter Association, which sets the global standards, was staying completely silent.
[Posted by: SaintessFootTowel]
[Title: So when the hell is this bastard streaming again?]
[Body: I haven’t seen the Saintess, and I feel like sothing’s missing from my soul.]
└ Sa here. I already ran out of side dishes.
└ LOL you better brace yourself when the collection notice hits.
└ But seriously, why isn’t he streaming? Isn’t this the perfect ti to cash in?
└ Didn’t he already rake in a solid 10 billion though?
└ Shit, true.
└ Still, just thinking about this cocky bastard milking the hype pisses off.
└ Eh, if anyone’s earned the right to be cocky, it’s him.
Right now, I was waiting for the perfect mont to stream again.
That clean, dramatic coback under the spotlight.
I an, sure, I was already basking in attention—but I needed more.
Then I saw it. The one piece of news that would set everything off:
[China claims ownership over the monster defeated by Korea—“It rely left our territorial waters.”]
(Seoul – XX News) The monster that crossed into the Korean Peninsula was defeated thanks to the efforts of “The Hero” Hunter.
However, shortly after the incident ended, China declared the monster had originally erged from its coastal waters, demanding the return of the monster’s corpse and all related research data.
A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated,
“The monster was a Chinese entity, and we expect its remains to be handed over to us imdiately.”
└ Are you fucking serious right now? LOL
└ Their bullshit almost got Korea nuked, and they have the audacity to pull this?
└ Tossing the monster to us like a volleyball was next-level scumbaggery.
Of course, Korea didn’t sit back and take it.
They released the official docunts signed by the Chinese association rep during the previous negotiations.
Naturally, China denied everything.
[China: “That was an individual acting without authorization.” The staff mber has been disciplined.]
└ Classic China move. LOL
Just as their shalessness reached peak levels, the Association Chairman called .
He asked if I could hold a press conference and help clarify things fast.
“Press conference... huh?”
I opened the Pajijik hopage and scheduled a new stream for 3 PM tomorrow.
In the notice, I said:
"I’ll be holding a press conference via stream. If you have questions—donate."
Pajijik, anticipating the chaos to co, imdiately ran ergency maintenance on their servers.
****
[ThatFreakingStrongHero: Press Conference]
I blinked once.
Viewer count went from zero to over five digits.
[Press Conference (without actual reporters)]
[Press Conference (from his bedroom)]
[Pay up if you want to ask a question (he actually said this)]
[First ti I’ve ever seen a press conference run like a stream;;]
“Just so we’re clear, I don’t speak any foreign languages. So ask your questions in Korean.
If you don’t want to reveal who you are, anonymous is fine too.”
[Anonymous has donated 1,000,000 Watts!]
— China keeps claiming ownership of the monster’s corpse. What are your thoughts on that?
“Do you have a death wish or sothing? I already said I’d smash the Forbidden City if they keep running their mouths. The corpse is mine, period.”
Like, co on. That’s just common sense.
If it had been a group or a guild raid, sure—we’d split it.
But I soloed this thing. Alone.
After I said that, a flood of Chinese-language ssages poured into chat.
I ignored all of them.
If they were gonna be shaless, I could be shaless too.
After soone opened with a 1 million won donation, everyone followed suit.
The 1M-per-question model was working just fine.
[Anonymous has donated 1,000,000 Watts!]
— That’s your personal opinion, but China is pushing back hard. So are worried this could spark an international diplomatic dispute.
“Oh, give a break.
You guys couldn’t kill it, so you tossed it into Korea like it was a hot potato,
and now that I took it out, you want it back?
Keep flapping your gums and the only thing I’ll be smashing next ti is your damn skulls.”
After I said that, donations stopped for about three minutes.
They were probably trying to figure out whether I was dead serious or just bluffing.
[Anonymous has donated 1,000,000 Watts!]
— Are you planning to sell the monster corpse?
“Nope. I’m giving it to my parents. Gotta show so filial piety, y’know?”
[LMAO filial piety gift = monster that almost destroyed Korea]
[What the hell are your parents gonna do with that??]
[Wait, are your parents Hunters or sothing? LOL]
“Oh, I didn’t ntion?
My mom’s the Master of Hanul Guild.”
Chat imdiately exploded again.
Every ti I opened my mouth, it was like dumping gasoline on a fire.
[Anonymous has donated 1,000,000 Watts!]
— From what I understand, the Master and Vice Master of Hanul Guild are married?
“Yup. Mom’s the Master, Dad’s the Vice Master.”
The second I ntioned Hanul Guild, the Wiki trending rankings went nuts.
Questions kept rolling in for a while... and then, silence.
‘Co to think of it, I haven’t even really looked at the corpse myself.’
With that thought, I fiddled with my ring, and the monster’s body appeared midair.
Like a puppet with its strings cut, it dropped to the ground with a dull thud.
I grabbed one of its wing joints and held it up for the cara.
“This is the monster I took down. Pretty pricey, right?”
[DUDE I WAS EATING]
[OH GOD WTF]
[Turn on a damn warning, you freak!]
There was no blood.
But it still looked... human.
Just headless.
“Too graphic? Sorry.”
Everyone seed stunned.
The chat stopped moving.
That was weird.
Even after waiting, the last ssage I saw was the puke emoji. Nothing else.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
[This channel has been temporarily suspended for violating Pajijik’s content policy.]
“...Ah, fuck.”
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