The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 11

Ch 11: S-Rank Hunter （2）

“…Hyung, are you acquainted with Hunter Kang Changho?”

Well, who knows. It’s hard to say.

Perhaps he might know Kim Giryeo too, but honestly, I think the possibility is low. I kept silent for the time being.

Of course, even amidst all this, the S-rank hunter’s gaze was fixed on me. Who does he think he is, not letting anyone look at him?

I felt a pointless sense of defiance and observed the approaching hunter, and as the distance closed, I began to notice features I hadn’t seen before.

‘Wow, are we even the same species?’

A height that seemed to be at least 190cm.

Piercing eyes with a front that was so open that his red nuhos were exposed. Even his sharp nose bridge.

His quite exotic appearance made it easy to tell he was of mixed heritage, but there was something else more important.

It was those vertically elongated pupils.

“Your eyes are unique.”

“That must be what they call the Dragon’s Eye. It’s a really rare item.”

As Yunseung and I were whispering and passing the time, the S-rank hunter approached right in front of us.

I looked up at Kang Changho, who stopped in front of me. Then, he spoke his first words.

“Hello.”

For such an intense entrance, it’s a pretty ordinary start.

“What’s your name?”

“Huh?”

“Your name.”

This hunter, who I was meeting for the first time, abruptly asked for my name.

“It’s Kim Giryeo.”

It’s not a difficult thing, so I answered.

“What’s your hunter rank?”

He wasn’t satisfied with just my name, so he immediately asked the next question, and An Yunseung, unable to bear it, stepped between us.

“Ah, hello! Hunter Kang Changho-nim, this person is a porter who helps me. Is there any problem…?”

But Kang Changho only glanced at An Yunseung for about two seconds.

“I wasn’t talking to you.”

The response was cold.

He ignored the A-rank Awakened One and asked me again. What rank of hunter I was. Well, it’s not like saying it would wear me out.

“I’m F-rank.”

“Is that so?”

I readily answered. But the reaction I got was ridiculous.

“Really?”

Kang Changho slightly raised one eyebrow and sneered.

Beside me, An Yunseung was sweating bullets on my behalf.

But this situation just felt natural to me. Well, this S-rank looked like he had excellent mana-handling abilities.

‘He must have recognized the mana inherent in Kim Giryeo’s body.’

The lungs are just an output organ, after all.

Just because my respiratory system was damaged, it doesn’t mean the total amount of mana in my body decreased.

If he was a sensitive sorcerer, he could guess the size of the opponent’s vessel just from the faint signals coming from the damaged lungs.

“If you don’t believe me, should I show you my hunter license?”

I just thought, let’s not act like an alien this time, and spoke as normally as possible.

Then, Kang Changho curled up the corners of his lips.

“An F-rank Awakened One who looks straight into the eyes of an S-rank and answers.”

Ah, that’s right.

Yunseung-a said so, didn’t he? That he gets goosebumps when he’s near an S-rank. Then, an F-rank…

Huh? Could it be that they usually can’t even lift their heads?

“Hunter Kim Giryeo, if it’s alright with you…”

I was lost in thought for a moment, and Kang Changho seemed like he was about to offer me something.

But it was at that moment.

“Gi, Giryeo hyung! It’s time now!”

“Huh?”

“We were just here for a quick look, right? Should we go soon? If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late for our appointment…”

An Yunseung cut off Kang Changho’s words.

Setting aside the fact that he interrupted, what’s with being late for an appointment?

‘Our schedule today was to come see this gate, wasn’t it?’

I was puzzled for a moment, but soon I understood his intentions.

I don’t know why, but it seems An Yunseung wants to separate me from Kang Changho.

“Hyung! Let’s go quickly.”

Looking at his expression, he seems quite urgent.

Honestly, I didn’t want to leave behind such a rare sight as an S-rank hunter, but I ended up playing along.

“You’re right. Thanks for telling me. I forgot we were busy.”

Then, An Yunseung immediately dragged me away and quickly fled from that place.

Kang Changho was just quietly watching us. It didn’t seem like he was following.

When we had escaped to a place quite far from the gate.

“Yunseung-a, why did you do that just now?”

These were the first words I uttered.

Then, An Yunseung gently pressed his temple.

“Hyung, you really don’t know who Hunter Kang Changho is, do you? Have you been overseas recently?”

“I did come from far away…”

Not knowing what was going on, I was a bit intimidated for a while, but soon I learned the whole story of what had happened.

“I didn’t want to say it myself since it feels like backbiting, but that hunter… the rumors about him aren’t good.”

“Rumors?”

“He has a history of assault.”

“…!”

“And there’s no one who wants to enter a gate with an S-rank with a criminal record. Usually.”

So, An Yunseung said that he was already planning to give up on the gate the moment Kang Changho appeared. The explanation continued.

“Besides, even if we look at it kindly and say the criminal record is from the past, his recent image is also not good…”

“What is it?”

“Do you know Hunter Choi Jin?”

“No.”

“She’s the 3rd ranked A-rank hunter. I meet her sometimes because she’s my cousin.”

Hmm.

An Yunseung frowned, unlike his usual self, and made a groaning sound.

“That nuna told me that she was attacked after entering the same gate as Kang Changho.”

It’s not surprising that violence occurred in the lawless zone of the gate, but the problem was that the perpetrator was an S-rank.

“From what I heard, he doesn’t even look at the weak hunters and only picks fights with the strong Awakened Ones.”

“Why?”

“I wonder. Why would he?”

Then, he let out a deep sigh.

“Anyway, it’s not just a rumor, my relative told me. I was worried that something might happen to you if you got involved, hyung…”

After hearing the whole explanation, I understood his attitude.

So, that crazy S-rank might have tried to harm me, so he made me run away?

“I roughly understand.”

This admirable mammal.

I patted Yunseung’s shoulder a few times.

“Then let’s go back for today.”

If such a dangerous hunter came to a new gate, there’s no reason to risk our lives to go in together.

“We can see the strange plants later. If we really need them, we can just buy them with money.”

“Yes.”

It was at that moment, when we were about to end our schedule for today.

I suddenly remembered something that flashed through my mind and called out to Yunseung, who was about to go home.

“Wait a minute, Yunseung-a.”

“Yes?”

“Earlier, you said Kang Changho’s eyes were an item called the Dragon’s Eye. If it’s an item, does that mean it’s something that can be bought and sold, like that shield you use?”

Yunseung nodded.

“When you first acquire it, it’s in the shape of a small bead. When using it, you probably swallow it or something?”

If that’s the case, then that means fresh organs can also be obtained through trade.

‘That’s right! The lungs are a delicate organ, so I needed a living one.’

I’m a genius magician, not a mad scientist.

I have no intention of doing the immoral act of extracting lungs from a living person, but it would be different if there were organs for sale.

“Yunseung-a, do you happen to have any Dragon’s Lungs?”

Does he know how important this issue is to me?

“Yes, I do.”

“Where can I buy them? What’s the market like?”

“Um, I’ll check that right now. Just a moment.”

Tap tap tap.

An Yunseung took out his mobile phone and diligently searched for something. Then he looked up.

“There are only transaction records, it doesn’t look like there are any items listed on the market right now.”

‘D*mn it.’

“But lungs are an unpopular part, so they might come out someday?”

“Why are they unpopular?”

“Unlike the eyes or heart, they don’t increase mana. You can at least make medicine out of the liver, but the lungs are said to have no real effect…”

A trash item that hunters undervalue.

“Can you also check the market price? You said there are transaction records.”

That’s even better. Then I can buy the lungs cheaply.

I hid my pounding heart and waited for Yunseung’s answer.

“2.6 billion won.”

“Ah, okay. 2.6… What did you say?”

If only I had known this answer would come back.

“It seems like 2.6 billion won is the market price. Wow, that’s cheap! You can’t even buy other parts with money!”

I shouldn’t have listened in the first place.

◈◈◈

A day after that incident.

I turned on my mobile phone to verify the story I had heard yesterday.

『Shocking past of S-rank hunter… “Imprisoned for 1 year for assaulting his driver”』

『Kang Changho, controversy over selling off Naricheolgang shares at a low price』

But when I looked it up, that person named Kang Changho’s actions were more flamboyant than I had imagined.

Kang Changho, who had been living a privileged life as the only son of a company even before becoming a hunter.

That kind of person went to prison one day for aggravated assault.

It’s not strange since it’s natural to be arrested if you commit a crime, but Korea has a unique culture…

The rich usually hire good lawyers to cover up such things, but it’s a problem that he was sentenced to actual prison time.

Anyway, the internet was full of testimonies that Kang Changho had always been beating people up.

But this is nothing compared to the scandals that would follow.

“Hmm.”

His parents died in a dungeon break a few years ago…

And right after the accident, Kang Changho sold all the shares he had inherited, essentially selling off his family’s company.

People whispered that he would even commit patricide for money.

It was because the timing of Kang Changho’s awakening was unclear.

“It’s quite interesting.”

But the problem is that my purpose is to grasp accurate information.

From an alien’s perspective, there is nothing more toxic than vague and sensational information like rumors.

“Still, rumors are rumors.”

I decided to forget about the rest of the information except for the official articles for now.

And after turning off my mobile phone, I went outside.

“Ah~ I’m hungry.”

Because today I decided to go to a restaurant I had picked out in advance.

I have to enjoy life. This is all for the sake of living.

“Taxi!”

As soon as I went out to the main road, I grabbed a taxi that caught my eye.

“Driver-nim! Please go to ○○ Banjeom.”

“Yes~”

And I leaned back on the seat and read the restaurant review again.

It’s hard to eat hot food, so I’ll try the sweet and sour pork that they recommended here…

━Screech, Crash!

“Ugh!”

But at that moment.

The car suddenly shakes violently with the driver’s short scream.

The taxi that was going well collided with something and spun half a turn, and I couldn’t withstand the acceleration that occurred at that time and hit my face on the headrest of the passenger seat.

“Agh!”

A tingling pain rose from my nose bone, and adrenaline naturally surged.

What on earth is going on?

“What the heck! Ugh, are you alright?”

“Ah, maybe…”

“Let’s get out first.”

While I was dumbfounded, the taxi driver got out of the driver’s seat, huffing and puffing.

I also belatedly followed him, and when I went outside, I saw a red sports car that had rammed into us.

“Hey, you! Did you drink in the middle of the day? You need to drive properly!”

A moment later, a man got out of the open car’s driver’s seat in a relaxed manner.

Dark celadon-colored hair. And black sunglasses…

“I’m sorry about this. It’s been a while since I’ve driven, so I got the accelerator and brake mixed up.”

I don’t know about the taxi driver, but I already know this person.

“Hello, Kim Giryeo F-rank hunter.”

Thud, Kang Changho closed the driver’s side door and approached this way.

He then stopped in front of me and said this while holding out his mobile phone.

“I’d like to settle this, can you give me your contact information?”

Is he crazy?