The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 37

Ch 37: Terrorism （4）

Seon Uyeon lived a normal life.

It was a life that she couldn’t even write in the first line of her resume, that she grew up under a strict father and a kind mother.

However, Seon Uyeon was satisfied with her life.

Waking up in the morning and going to school.

After finishing her studies, she would help her parents with their work.

Since her family ran a tea garden, she would often go out to the vast tea fields.

Seon Uyeon especially loved this blue tea field.

When dusk fell, she loved the fact that her hands, which had been touching young leaves all day, were full of the savory scent of green tea.

“Our daughter, don’t worry about what your mother thinks, just do whatever you want.”

She had given up on taking over the family business due to her parents’ persuasion, who didn’t want their child to do the difficult farming work.

Young Seon Uyeon still loved tea.

So that day too, as soon as it was a weekend morning, she was diligently helping her parents.

“Mom?”

She can still vividly feel this day from seven years ago.

The face of her mother, smiling with her wrinkled face wide open.

A monster that bites her mother and runs away like a swift tiger.

Her father shouting at the monster.

Her father running into that blindingly bright passage to save her mother.

And herself following him.

“Dad!”

What should she have done back then?

Should she have stopped her parents from tending to the tea leaves even on the weekend?

Or should she have insisted earlier and run away somewhere far with everyone, abandoning this field?

“…….”

There is a deep hole in Seon Uyeon’s memory.

No matter how many times she tries to recall it, she cannot remember this moment.

It’s just that when she closed her eyes and opened them.

Her life, her family, whom she loved with all her heart, were just strewn about inside the gate, covered in blood…….

“Mom.”

The worldwide dungeon shock.

This was the day Seon Uyeon awakened as a B-rank hunter.

It was also the day that left an indelible scar.

Seon Uyeon no longer liked that blue tea field.

Because she no longer liked her life.

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It’s a terrible thing.

“Hic, hic.”

“Seon Uyeon-ssi, can you hear me?”

She thought she was saved because there was a B-rank hunter, but she never expected things to go this wrong.

Even at this moment, Seon Uyeon was unable to stop breathing and was in a state of anxiety, and Kim Giryeo thought as he watched this.

‘If I can’t calm her down, we’re all dead.’

They can’t just abandon a B-rank hunter like this.

Among the people here, only Seon Uyeon can face the monsters of the B-rank gate.

“Hoo.”

Kim Giryeo had no choice but to take action.

He decided to first save the poor lungs of that sorcerer who was being overworked.

“Seon Uyeon-ssi! Stop breathing through your mouth.”

“Huh!?”

“Not through your mouth, but slowly exhale through your nose. Get a grip!”

Thud.

Kim Giryeo grabbed her shoulder firmly. And showing her his fingers, he repeatedly said.

“Breathe in so that enough air enters your lungs. Okay, I’ll count to 4 now, so slowly!”

To be honest, it was a half-suicidal act.

If Seon Uyeon felt threatened by this action and counterattacked, his arm bones would be shattered in an instant…….

‘I’m scared to death. I don’t want to see Kim Giryeo’s decomposition show.’

Fortunately, the situation he was worried about did not happen.

Seon Uyeon was at a loss, just clutching at her collar, but after seeing Giryeo’s counting, she soon regained her normal breathing.

“Are you calm now?”

Kim Giryeo carefully took his hand away and looked at her complexion.

She was still pale, but it seemed like communication was possible now.

“If you’re calm, listen to me carefully from now on. This is a B-rank gate.”

“…….”

“But that police officer is D-rank and I’m F-rank, so practically, you’re the only one who can catch the monsters.”

Kim Giryeo conveyed the fact that she was their only hope.

Then, Seon Uyeon, with tears in her eyes, shakes her head.

“I can’t. I can’t.”

“No, why can’t you? Outside, you hunt perfectly well, like the Beginner Killer.”

“That’s because it’s C-rank. I’ve never fought a monster of the same rank as me…!”

This is more serious than I thought.

“Can’t Giryeo-ssi just help me? Please? Please.”

“Seon Uyeon Hunter, calm down. I’m F-rank.”

“Are you saying that after coming all this way? Why are you doing this to me? Please help me! Help me!”

Seon Uyeon started to raise her voice and get angry.

It was because she resented Giryeo for not resolving the situation.

From the beginning, what was the reason for calling him?

As she said before, it is common not to bring appraisers to dangerous sites.

However, Kim Giryeo is a suspected rank impersonator who illegally enters and exits high-rank gates.

Seon Uyeon thought that the other person was hiding his abilities. So, she had called him here to seek help in case of an emergency.

‘No, she had my awakening re-evaluation done, so why does she still not believe I’m F-rank?’

But Kim Giryeo was just as bewildered.

Either way, this side is indeed a trash awakened one.

Therefore, all he could do was calmly explain the situation.

He explained that the number of monsters in this gate was very small, and that he would assist her well by her side, so she would be able to complete the raid sufficiently.

“Ugh……!”

But even with this effort, her attitude did not change.

“You know it too. I, I’m a searcher. What am I supposed to do when I don’t know any skills other than that!”

Seon Uyeon started to shed tears silently as she shouted these words.

Unfortunately, Giryeo wasn’t moved by the Earthling’s way of expressing emotions.

Rather, he got angry.

“Can’t you really do it? Even though everyone here will die if Seon Uyeon-ssi doesn’t step up?”

“I can’t.”

“No, you can do it.”

“I can’t. I can’t. I can’t!”

Because this Earthling is lying about something important right now.

‘If she’s this slow, she’ll die too.’

It’s not like there are no enemies near the lake. If even one B-rank monster appears, this side is done for!

He was just as desperate in the face of the fear of death.

‘Why is she doing this?’

So, Giryeo, enraged by Seon Uyeon’s frustrating behavior, grabbed her shoulder and said loudly.

“Get a grip, Seon Uyeon! You didn’t awaken as a searcher!”

“……!”

“Your real awakening attribute is wind. Am I wrong?”

Then, Seon Uyeon’s eyes widened and she stopped breathing.

Yes. Actually.

“In a planet with such a thick atmosphere, where else is there an awakened one as powerful as you!”

This human had been hiding her innate attribute all this time.

She was a born atmospheric manipulation magician from the bone.

Kim Giryeo knew this from their first meeting, but until now, he didn’t feel the need to mention it, so he had just kept silent.

“How did you know that…!”

But Seon Uyeon’s subsequent reaction was an unexpected picture.

“I… I never lied!”

“What?”

“I can’t use my skills. My awakening ability doesn’t come out.”

The B-rank hunter sheds tears with a pale face.

“Because the monster that killed my parents was a monster that controlled the wind.”

“…!”

“Whenever I try to use my skills, I remember that time, so my skills don’t activate at all… I really can’t use my abilities.”

Oh my god.

‘There weren’t any cases like this back home.’

Giryeo froze at those words.

To have magic completely fail due to a mental problem. It was truly a characteristic of a primitive magician who had not long awakened to mana.

Kim Giryeo pondered for a moment before kneeling on one knee. And he made eye contact with the B-rank hunter.

“Seon Uyeon Hunter.”

The informal tone he had subtly used out of anger had already disappeared.

“In my opinion, there’s nothing wrong with your body. That means you can use your awakening ability whenever you want.”

Seon Uyeon is the most important key player in this gate raid.

He had to persuade her.

“If you can just regain your skills, you’ll be able to easily kill the magical beasts in this gate.”

“….”

“You are the strongest hunter among awakened ones of the same rank. We can get out of here alive! Trust me.”

A steady voice.

Even so, Seon Uyeon couldn’t easily change her attitude because of a sentence that flashed through her mind.

‘Is Kim Giryeo a hunter I can trust?’

Seon Uyeon thought the answer to this question was ‘no’.

‘He’s not just a simple F-rank hunter, so why is he standing by and watching this situation?’

It was at that moment.

“Heok!”

“Kyaaaaak! Run away!”

Screams erupted from the place where the missing people had gathered.

When she quickly raised her gaze, a monster was flying out of the dark cave.

“Huh!”

A damp cave. A beast with its wings spread wide.

It was the same as the accident she had experienced in the past. She couldn’t move.

“Seon Uyeon-ssi, run away. Hey, I said run away!”

Meanwhile, Kim Giryeo shook the frozen Seon Uyeon a few times to wake her up, but soon gave up.

‘Tch, those who want to live must live, there’s no other way.’

But the problem was that the monster in this gate had a cunning behavior pattern.

“Huh?”

It had the characteristic of not rushing at strong opponents, but hunting weak prey first.

‘No, why are you doing this to me instead of that delicious-looking B-rank?’

A one-eyed monster covered in gray scales flies in.

He ran away in a hurry, but the distance between him and the monster was getting closer.

Eventually, cornered, Giryeo shouted his last words.

“Seon Uyeon Hunter! Help me!”

She was in a panic and couldn’t hear that voice.

But thanks to the scene that unfolded right after that.

Seon Uyeon’s deeply submerged consciousness was violently pulled to the surface of the water.

“Guk!”

Thwack, blood splattered in the air.

The flying monster pierced the man’s shoulder with the end of its hook-like tail.

Even from this far away, she could vividly feel the sound of his shoulder blade breaking.

“Gi…….”

At this moment, one thought came to Seon Uyeon intensely.

“Kim Giryeo Hunter.”

How did this happen.

“Giryeo-ssi!”

Could it be that that person was really just a weakling?

Soon, confusion sets in.

Just a moment ago, she had been retracing the steps that the man had taken and had complex suspicions, but the bright red blood that burst from Giryeo’s body was enough to blow all those suspicions into the back of her mind.

Seon Uyeon was shocked and got up.

But Kim Giryeo was already caught on the beast’s hook and rising high.

“Ah, ahh.”

If it goes on like this, that monster will run away with its prey.

It will go into the deep cave and brutally murder him.

Just like the deaths of those she loved.

‘Stop.’

The terrible scene of that day overlaps with reality once again.

Seon Uyeon immediately ran towards the monster.

A sharp, stinging pain erupted in her chest as if it were exploding.

“Please, stop!”

This was not a simple pain.

The backlash that occurred when the congealed mana was exposed to the atmosphere through the respiratory system.

In other words, Seon Uyeon was so shocked by the situation in front of her that she unconsciously cast magic.

The very ability she wanted to use to protect her parents if she could go back to that day seven years ago.

“Kruk?”

A thin wind blew from somewhere.

“Kaaaaaak!”

The flow of air soon became sharp claws, cutting through the beast’s armor-like scales like paper.

The B-rank monster is torn to shreds and meets a miserable death.

But Seon Uyeon ran forward without even having the time to confirm that.

Because Kim Giryeo was falling down.