The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 30

Ch 30: Novice Hunter

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New Item Information☜

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Item Name: Twin Guardian Angel

Acquisition Location: White Maze （EX）

Category: Equipment

Description: An item in the form of a bracelet, limited to 2 uses…….

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The day after the gate’s illegal entry was blocked.

I lay on the blanket, idly lowering my mobile phone screen.

Now, collecting hunter information every morning has become a routine.

“Have the Earthlings finally finished analyzing the magical tools?”

I looked back and forth between the item information on the site and the bracelet I was holding.

‘No wonder there was no information until now. This bracelet first appeared in that EX-rank dungeon.’

It seems the name of this item has been decided as the Twin Guardian Angel.

‘I’ve been saving it in case Jeong Haseong might contact me again. But at this point, I should give up, right?’

I fiddled with the magical tool I had never used before and casually put it on.

Then, the magical tool fit perfectly as if it had been born with Giryeo’s wrist from the beginning.

‘Okay. This is enough insurance.’

Now, here’s the question.

Why did I, who had been treating the magical tool like a sacred object, finally wear it now?

The answer is because today was the day I was going to do a slightly dangerous experiment.

‘Huh, I never thought the day would come when I’d be nervous because I don’t have a bodyguard.’

Even while grumbling, I diligently finished my preparations.

Anyone who saw me would think I was going to stop a world-ending disaster, but I was actually filled with a sense of grim determination…

In fact, the place I arrived at was like this.

『F-rank Gate （031-F6）』

Lowest risk.

A gathering place for weak magical beasts that even ordinary people could catch with a club. An F-rank Gate!

I tilted my head, looking at the sign hanging in front of the entrance.

So, the gates on Earth are divided into Blue Gates and Red Gates.

This is a type of Blue Gate, and it’s a form without a boss, right.

‘General Type II.’

Small magical beasts constantly reappear in the vast field.

The gate closes when a set number of monsters are defeated. I thoroughly reviewed the information I had learned in advance.

‘Since entry here is relatively free, it’s perfect as a training ground.’

Today, I came here to hunt.

‘I’m finally living up to my name as a hunter.’

Since Seon Uyeon’s warning blocked a promising way to make money…

Now that it’s come to this, I thought I should try to earn a living by catching even F-rank monsters that are at my level.

“Ah.”

The inside of the gate I entered was a prairie with an endless expanse of flat grass.

“There. A monster.”

Despite the picturesque scenery, I swallowed hard when I saw the creature that appeared next.

“Squeak. Squeak, squeak…….”

“Ugh, is that its cry?”

That’s the ‘Broken Mountain Goat,’ a resident of this gate.

It makes a sound like a violin with a broken string from its snout, so I guess that’s why it’s named that.

“Squeak…….”

It has a rather docile face, but even so, it’s a dangerous monster that competes for the top 1 or 2 spots among F-ranks.

Therefore, it’s quite profitable.

Thinking that, I popped open the lid of the mana amplification agent. Now it’s time to test my attack magic.

“Eeeing, squeak, squeak……?”

Gulp.

Just as the amplification agent flowed down my esophagus, the monster happened to turn this way.

But it was already too late. My magic casting speed is faster than anyone on Earth.

‘Die!’

As I extended my index finger forward, a small ball of fire gathered at my fingertip and was fired like a bullet.

Got it. Fireball was a success!

━Pop!

“Huh?”

But about 2 seconds later.

The fiery bullet I had ambitiously shot was buried in the mountain goat’s fur and disappeared with a bang.

I was speechless for a moment.

“……..”

This is… a fireball?

“Kkiuuuii~!”

“D*mn it, I knew it!”

If it’s F-rank mana, then that’s to be expected.

I started running away at full speed. The mountain goat chasing after me was steaming like someone who was annoyed by a cigarette butt flicking on them.

But thankfully, it didn’t follow me all the way beyond the gate.

“Safe!”

Whoosh!

I ran out of the gate and gasped for breath. D*mn it. Kim Giryeo’s mana condition is more serious than I thought?

“Hoo, hoo.”

Moreover, even my lung capacity is trash, so I feel like I’m going to die if I run even a little.

Thanks to that, I couldn’t catch my breath for a long time.

‘Hmm?’

But then.

“Oh! It’s been a while!”

I stopped panting at the voice that hit my ears and sharply raised my head.

“Hello! It’s been a long time! Wow, you’re still doing hunter activities?”

Short hair, black eyes.

A simple striped T-shirt with blue lines.

“Do you perhaps remember? You know, when we both got our hunter qualifications… we went to the same gate! Right?”

I didn’t know who this man was at first, but as we talked, a faint image came to mind.

“I’m Jaehyun, the team leader back then.”

I don’t remember everything exactly.

But I could feel that what this man was saying was true.

“Hyung, your name was Giryeo, right?”

In other words, he’s someone who knew Kim Giryeo in his past life…?

I didn’t open my mouth carelessly and decided to watch the situation for a moment.

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What kind of personality did Kim Giryeo originally have?

“We were both so flustered back then that we ran away. Hahaha! Even though it was just an F-rank mob!”

Judging by our current conversation, it seems he wasn’t a brave hero at least.

“Anyway, we were so nervous because it was our first raid.”

By the way, this Earthling talks a lot.

“But what brings you to this gate, hyung? Could it be solo play?”

Does this guy even know that the person in front of him is an alien wearing a corpse’s skin?

I watched him pitifully before barely opening my mouth.

“Yes. I came to hunt for a bit.”

“Hey~ you’re doing it again. Did you forget? We agreed to speak informally to each other.”

D*mn it, did we?

“Ah, sorry. I’ve been having some memory problems lately.”

I’m on edge, not knowing when or where I might make a mistake.

I was very uncomfortable with the conversation with him. But I couldn’t just leave my seat recklessly.

‘Someone who knew the owner of this body.’

The memory gap caused by the failure of the reincarnation magic. This might be an opportunity to fill that hole.

“Then, I’ll speak informally again. Jaehyun…a?”

“Yep!”

When I cautiously uttered the next words, he smiled broadly.

“Oh, right! Anyway, it’s fate that we met like this.”

But a little later.

I received an unexpected proposal from this friendly hunter.

“Hyung, how about teaming up with me today and going around together?”

“Team?”

“It’s kind of tough to go alone here~ You were catching your breath in front of the gate earlier.”

“Ah.”

“We happen to have one spot open on our side!”

According to Jaehyun’s explanation, one of the hunters who was supposed to work had been absent without leave.

“Do you see over there? That’s the team I’m working with right now, and the leader is a D-rank.”

In the place he was pointing at, there were about three heavily armed hunters standing.

The person called a D-rank must be that awakened one with the huge axe.

Among the mediocre guys, he had the most mana.

“How about it? If you say yes, we can enter the gate right now.”

Group hunting.

Certainly, for weak mammals, there’s no more efficient tactic than moving in groups.

But, even so.

“Sorry, I was planning to go home soon.”

What came out of my mouth was a refusal. It was because I had already taken today’s mana amplification agent.

“I can’t hunt anymore because I’ve used up all my mana.”

“Already?”

“You know, F-ranks like me are done after using a few skills.”

Haa. I intentionally sighed, expressing my regret.

But then. Jaehyun, who had been listening quietly to my words, suddenly opened his mouth.

“It doesn’t matter to us? We weren’t trying to find someone to hunt with anyway.”

What?

“I forgot to mention it, but the person who bailed was actually a porter.”

“A porter?”

“Yeah, yeah. So everyone was worried about having to work uncomfortably with their backpacks.”

Jaehyun even bowed his head, asking for a favor.

“Hyung, if you’re okay with it, please help us out temporarily just this once. We’ll give you a generous daily wage. Okay?”

If I just have to carry stuff, then sure…

“Okay.”

“Thank you!”

It wouldn’t be bad to see how a typical hunter team operates.

I eventually accepted his offer. What followed was a brief greeting with the team members.

And a little later.

After three hours of hunting.

I safely came out of the gate and evaluated this team.

‘They have a good balance.’

The team that Jaehyun introduced was more complete than I had imagined.

When two people with magic to control the monsters’ hostility were alternating aggro at the front, the sorcerers in the rear were finishing off the enemies with ranged snipes.

‘It’s simple but comfortable and safe.’

It felt like I had watched skilled primitive humans hunting a mammoth.

I reflected on today’s work and adjusted my heavy backpack.

My legs wobbled for a moment because of the weight of the backpack, though.

‘Ugh.’

But then. The bag I was carrying suddenly became lighter.

“Alright, now that the hunt is over, please give me your backpack! I’ll carry it to the purchase center.”

It was because the team’s leader, the D-rank hunter, had lifted the bag handle.

I glanced up at the huge man. Then, he laughed heartily.

“By the way, thanks to you, we survived. No, who would have known that that irresponsible porter would bail on the day of? Huh?”

“Ah, yes.”

“Besides, I really like this guy. I thought he’d get tired easily because he’s so skinny. But, oh my, he carries the luggage so well.”

He patted my back and spoke in an excited voice.

“Hey, I’m in a good mood. I was going to give you a lot anyway since Jaehyun said he knew you…….”

And immediately after.

The D-rank hunter took out his wallet from his pocket, and then counted the bills inside and held them out in front of me.

50,000 won bills, one, two, three, four. How much is that?

“That’s too much for a porter’s daily wage.”

“Since you helped us out in a hurry, you deserve this much of a bonus.”

As I stood there bewildered, the D-rank hunter laughed loudly again and said.

“Oh, right, do you happen to have time tomorrow too?”

“Time?”

“We have a gate booked in advance. But now it’s a hassle to find a new porter…….”

Listening to the story, it seemed that they were having trouble because of the irresponsible porter who had suddenly quit.

“I just want to go with Giryeo-ssi, who does a good job? Huh? What do you say?”

An offer to be a porter for just one more day.

First of all, these guys are skilled.

Today, we finished hunting so safely, so if we go to the same F-rank gate, there shouldn’t be anything particularly dangerous in terms of difficulty.

“Hmm, okay.”

Therefore, I readily nodded my head.

It was a result of logically analyzing the situation and accepting the job.

It’s absolutely not because my eyes were blinded by the high pay they gave.

Absolutely.

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“Hey, are you sure?”

Kim Giryeo left after receiving the money.

After confirming that he had disappeared, the D-rank hunter turned his head and urged his team members.

Then, the person wearing the striped T-shirt said in a whisper.

“I’m telling you, the thing on that guy’s wrist, it’s 100% that EX-rank gate item.”

“You’re sure about that?”

“The bracelet information was released yesterday, would an imitation already be out?”

“Oho.”

“Hyung-nim, let’s go with that guy next.”

A sneer was already on Jaehyun’s lips.

“That bastard’s legs are crippled, so he can’t even run properly. I bet he was just barely holding on earlier because of the money?”