The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 67

Ch 67: Hadong （3）

Two days later.

Seon Uyeon and Kim Giryeo had indeed arrived in Hadong.

‘Did I ask for this for no reason?’

However, as soon as this B-rank hunter set foot on her hometown, she was immersed in shallow regret.

“Should I just handle the gate myself?”

“Yes…….”

Because they had to enter the dungeon from now on, under the pretext that training outside could lead to accidents.

To be honest, she wasn’t thrilled.

To enter an unknown otherworld where she couldn’t even make a phone call, alone with a disguised registrant who was hiding his awakening power.

Was this really the right thing to do?

‘Ugh…….’

But there was no choice.

‘This person is right. If a passerby gets hit by a skill, it would be a disaster.’

They then arrived at a nearby F-rank gate.

The inside of the gate was a vast plain perfect for training, but she wasn’t at ease.

‘I wonder, will he really let me use my skill in three days?’

Everything was still doubtful…….

“Just a moment.”

Kim Giryeo glanced at the nervous Seon Uyeon and took something out of his jacket pocket.

It was an unexpected combination.

“Alcohol swabs and a bloodletting device?”

Why were things that you’d find at a pharmacy here?

She tilted her head and accepted the bloodletting needle.

But the following sentence was somewhat eerie.

“Disinfect your wrist.”

“Yes?”

“Disinfect this part well, and then stab yourself. Now.”

To draw blood right away from the start.

“Why, why?”

Seon Uyeon’s eyes widened.

Kim Giryeo, even seeing this, only spoke dryly.

“Do you know what your biggest problem is?”

“Problem?”

“It’s your mana control. It’s not just that you’re clumsy, you’re completely lost.”

“Uh…….”

“So, I’m going to use the fastest method.”

Even at this point, Seon Uyeon couldn’t understand what the other person was saying.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and do it.”

But what could she do?

In the end, Seon Uyeon began to draw blood as instructed.

At the same time, Kim Giryeo seemed to be drinking something like a potion, but she was too focused on the bloodletting device to see properly.

“Is this enough?”

Click!

When she pressed the bloodletting device, a needle pierced her skin.

Seon Uyeon revealed her wrist, where blood was beginning to bead.

“Yes. You did well. So, first, you need to get a feel for handling mana…….”

But then, Kim Giryeo, why was he disinfecting his own hand?

He then grabbed Seon Uyeon’s wound area, thud!

“Watch carefully. I’m only going to demonstrate this once.”

Seon Uyeon, whose wrist was grabbed, was startled and tried to say something.

But the sensation that followed made her shut her mouth.

“Ugh!”

Hoo.

As if being forcibly dragged by someone, the mana inside her body violently swirled.

That heterogeneous substance that was clearly different from blood.

Moreover, this sharp stimulation of the mana residing in her heart passing through her lungs was something she had definitely felt before.

‘In the B-rank gate, when I used a skill for the first time…….’

Seon Uyeon bit her lip, not knowing what to do with the mana flow that felt so frighteningly clear.

Then, a few seconds later.

All sensation suddenly stopped abruptly.

Kim Giryeo had released her hand.

“Are you okay?”

“Huk!”

As soon as she heard those words, cold sweat poured out like a burst dam.

She didn’t know how he did it, but it felt like this hunter had just grabbed and shaken her mana as he pleased.

“Anyway, now try using your skill again.”

“Yes?”

“With the feeling of replaying the sensation you just had. Now, quickly.”

The way the man told her to use her skill was so casual that it wasn’t very convincing.

Still, Seon Uyeon decided to trust him and followed his advice.

‘If I just follow the sensation I felt earlier.’

But at that moment.

A sudden gust of wind blew on the clear day when there wasn’t even a breeze.

Whoosh.

The B-rank hunter, with her bangs flipped back, widened her eyes. Huh? This is.

“A skill!”

It was an awakening skill.

She felt foolish for not trusting him until now.

That a problem that couldn’t be solved even by visiting renowned experts would show such a rapid improvement in an instant!

“Did you see? My skill came out!”

Seon Uyeon shouted, overjoyed.

Although, the other person didn’t seem very impressed.

“Of course it would come out. Honestly, it was strange that an awakened one with such good specs like you hadn’t been able to use a skill until now.”

“Is that so?”

When Kim Giryeo spoke so coldly, Seon Uyeon’s excitement subsided and she became a little dejected.

“Anyway, come over here. From now on, I’ll teach you how to control your skill.”

However, this statement made her head perk up again.

“You’re going to help me more?”

“Rather than help, it’s more like, since you need to use your skill a lot to solidify the feeling…….”

Since she was going to expend mana anyway, why not do it as a side effect?

Giryeo spoke in a passing tone as if it was nothing.

But the subsequent instruction was absolutely not something so trivial.

“Hunter Seon Uyeon, breathe, breathe. Holding your breath when using a skill is a bad habit.”

Giryeo identified Seon Uyeon’s problems at a glance and gave her appropriate advice.

Even abstract concepts quickly became clear after going through his explanation.

From this, one could roughly feel the depth of knowledge Giryeo possessed.

Why is there such a saying?

That you can’t teach others what you don’t properly understand yourself.

‘Amazing.’

At this point, she understood An Yunseung’s heart, who believed in Kim Giryeo.

He was definitely on a different level than ordinary awakened ones.

“Are you out of breath?”

“Yes. It seems like my mana is depleted.”

“Let’s stop here for today. We can’t pour millions of won worth of potions into practice.”

So, a question arose.

“Excuse me, just a moment…….”

She stopped Kim Giryeo, who was preparing to leave.

Since there were only two of them inside the gate, it was a good opportunity.

“Hunter Kim Giryeo. I have a question for you.”

“Ah, yes.”

Seon Uyeon paused for a moment to choose her words, then spoke with a serious face.

“No matter how much I think about it, I still don’t understand. Why is someone like you pretending to be F-rank?”

Giryeo was silent.

“If you wanted to, you could get better treatment than this.”

“…….”

“Why are you trying so hard to hide your abilities?”

Manipulating one’s awakening rank meant deceiving the Association.

This acted as a decisive reason why Seon Uyeon couldn’t trust Kim Giryeo.

So, Seon Uyeon wanted to hear an accurate explanation.

Why was he hiding his skills? Was there a valid reason for it?

Could she trust him?

“Can’t you tell me?”

Seon Uyeon asked with a complex heart.

So, what was the person who heard the question thinking at this moment?

The hair dye, which was rare in the hunter industry. And that man with a cold impression calmly closed his eyes.

‘Huh, what is she talking about…….’

Honestly, from his point of view…….

He just wondered why Seon Uyeon was acting like this.

‘I can’t understand Earthlings’ way of thinking. Why are they suddenly talking about ranks?’

Considering the other person’s serious attitude, he decided to give an answer somehow.

But, did the answer really need to be the truth?

‘Hmm.’

Since his reincarnation, Kim Giryeo had experienced a truly diverse range of human types.

Among them, there were good Earthlings like An Yunseung, but.

What remained in his mind were, after all, violent crimes such as kidnapping and terrorism.

If he thought about it carefully, he was kidnapped and almost robbed because he was a powerless F-rank.

‘It’s not good to be looked down upon by Earthlings.’

Then, shouldn’t he put on a proper bluff now, even if it was to survive?

Of course, lying wasn’t a difficult task. He already had a useful excuse.

‘Okay. I’ll just do it the same way I did with that A-rank hunter.’

Shamelessly, indeed.

Giryeo completely recycled the repertoire he had used on An Yunseung.

“Seon Uyeon-ssi, what do you think about awakening?”

Awakening is not the product of effort.

It was just something that was suddenly given.

So, he was uncomfortable with this power.

If it appeared without reason, it could disappear in an instant as well.

He didn’t usually rely on awakening abilities.

He believed that things that could be solved naturally should be done that way…….

And so on. As Giryeo spoke nonchalantly, Seon Uyeon looked surprised.

‘So that’s why he didn’t use his awakening ability.’

In this skill-omnipotent era, isn’t that a rather rare ideology?

“Then, when we fell into the B-rank gate, was that why you hid your abilities as well?”

Seon Uyeon pondered his words and then asked.

Then, Giryeo quickly racked his brain.

“Ah, that incident, even if I had stepped in, it wouldn’t have been a big help… probably.”

“Why not?”

“My ability is a bit……. difficult to use in places where there are people…….”

If he just bluffed that he was strong, he might end up taking on troublesome incidents later.

Giryeo made up an excuse haphazardly out of a sense of crisis.

But Seon Uyeon interpreted this sentence quite differently.

‘He can’t use it in front of people? Does that mean that even such an outstanding hunter has a powerful skill that he can’t fully control?’

She became very tense.

Could it be that Kim Giryeo was the type that left a wide-ranging impact on his surroundings, like the guild master of the Magic Tower?

If so, it was understandable that he would voluntarily restrain his abilities.

She could understand it for now…….

“But isn’t deceiving the Hunter Association a separate issue?”

Seon Uyeon, out of a sense of duty as an Association employee, couldn’t help but recommend it.

How about revealing his real rank now?

Then, Kim Giryeo seemed to ponder for a moment. He lowered his eyes and spoke quietly.

“I’m sorry, but that would be difficult.”

“Yes?”

“Once you’re marked as a high-rank awakened one, there will be more moments when you have to use your abilities even if you don’t want to.”

Hoo.

“I don’t want that. Please. I want to live as quietly as possible.”

The setting was that he was hiding because he was too good and the world would bother him.

It was cliché, but when bluffing, there was nothing better than this.

“I see.”

It was actually very effective.

Because Seon Uyeon had fallen for the lie.

‘An Yunseung’s guess that he was hiding his abilities because he was worried about the Association’s interference was right.’

Indeed.

If an ability user like Kim Giryeo were to be revealed to the world, not only the Association but all sorts of guilds would cause an uproar.

‘If he’s going to cause trouble with such power, it’s better that he stays quiet.’

Seon Uyeon’s expression became much more relieved.

‘Besides, it’s not like he has a completely indifferent attitude towards worldly matters, and there’s his recent behavior…….’

Yes. It seemed like she could finally trust that hunter.

“Thank you for telling me.”

Seon Uyeon walked out of the gate with a satisfied face.

And then she made a suggestion.

“Oh, right, you must be getting hungry, how about we eat first?”

“Do you know a good place?”

“There’s a restaurant I’ve been going to since I was a kid…….”

Would she know? That Kim Giryeo had been bluffing throughout the entire conversation.

But there was nothing to worry about.

After all, the person who would suffer the most from this conversation was this hunter.

“If you’re buying, I’ll be grateful for anything. I’ll eat well.”

Kim Giryeo showed a happy expression at Seon Uyeon’s words that she would treat him to a meal.

The execution ceremony of the future.

Not knowing that the problematic press conference was being brought forward in real time.

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━Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!

“Ugh, so noisy!”

The second day in Hadong had dawned.

I woke up with a loud alarm and immediately started preparing to go out.

Because I had a schedule today too.

“Heh.”

The air in Hadong was clear.

Coming this far, I somehow didn’t feel the stalker’s gaze either.

Anyway, I felt like things were going well.

‘Smooth.’

After finishing my preparations, I headed straight to the meeting place.

At the place I arrived, there was a sign with a familiar name.

『15m ahead → Killer Bee Nest（C）』

That’s right. Today was the day to collect the materials for the mana amplification agent.

And the agent who would get rid of the annoying monsters was this person.

“Hunter Seon Uyeon, are you all ready?”

“Uh, um. For now, yes.”

I spoke confidently to the hesitant B-rank.

“Then go in now.”

This was today’s task.

Under the pretext of getting used to the skill usage she had learned yesterday, he had entrusted Seon Uyeon with a solo clear of the gate.

“Do I really have to do it alone? Will it be okay?”

Anyway, Seon Uyeon had too little confidence for a mana manipulation sorcerer.

With those abilities, she could easily beat a hunter of a higher rank than her, but why was she so timid?

“When you clear the gate, make sure to bring all the killer bee stingers. I’ll check how many monsters you caught with them.”

“Yes…….”

“Don’t worry too much.”

I gestured with my chin towards the gate entrance and said.

“This is just a C-rank gate, what could possibly go wrong?”