The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 93

Ch 93: Wearing a New Ring （3）

‘Wha-What is going on…’

This is a B-rank gate. That means the traps are designed to injure awakened individuals of the same rank. But why is this happening?

‘Could it be?’

There was only one possible explanation.

I reflexively scanned my right hand.

Then, what I saw was a silver ring on my index finger, emitting a faint glow.

『（Enhanced） Mid-Grade Ring』

『Grade: Common』

『Description: A ring imbued with the magic of protection. Slightly reduces damage when worn.』

It was the very item Gu Seohyeong had enchanted for me.

‘Gasp!’

Experiencing its performance firsthand like this, I can see why everyone is so attached to enchanters’ skills.

I never imagined that a single ring like this could block all those fierce attacks.

‘If it weren’t for Gu Seohyeong, I wonder what would have happened to my body right now…’

Shudder, shudder.

Wiping away the cold sweat, I carefully got up from my spot.

‘I-I will never forget my magical tools again!’

And by the time I made that promise to myself, the monster subjugation was already complete.

“Kiri-ri-ri-rick!”

Thud!

The A-ranks came running right away after dealing with the last fragments of the monster.

How could they not be surprised when all the guild members were sprawled on the floor?

“Ah, I’m so sorry! We couldn’t clear the magical beast quickly enough, so even the appraiser-nim got caught in the chaos…”

The A-rank with the crossbow bowed her head with an apologetic expression.

Anyway, the monster died before it could harm us, so there was no need for her to apologize this much.

“It’s alright.”

It’s starting to make me feel a little uneasy.

If a complete stranger is this apologetic, then An Yunseung, who is so timid, would probably bury his head in the ground.

‘Hmm?’

But surprisingly, the thing I was worried about didn’t happen.

“Hyung-nim…!”

The A-rank who approached me started to speak in an unexpected way, with an attitude I never imagined.

“You’re the only one, Hyung-nim. I never thought you would throw yourself in to save C-rank hunters!”

Yunseung said that, sending me a gaze full of respect.

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In fact, Neo Sisters’ An Yunseung had been feeling a vague sense of unease from the moment he heard about the anomaly shift.

The number of A-ranks urgently mobilized was only two.

Soon after, while everyone was busy, there was even a conflict with the guild’s appraisers.

━You want to put D-ranks in a B-rank gate?

━I absolutely can’t go!

━This is a human rights violation.

Even if we let them wear layers of items.

Even if we promise that the A-ranks will protect them as much as possible.

The guild’s appraisers ultimately refused to enter the gate.

They said that no matter how much the company ordered them, they couldn’t risk that much danger.

‘This is a big problem.’

Of course, Neo Sisters didn’t back down easily either, but the longer this negotiation dragged on, the lower the survival rate of the stranded hunters became.

So, An Yunseung had no choice but to take action.

After all, he knew at least one appraiser among his acquaintances.

“He-Hello? Giryeo Hyung?”

Kim Giryeo was truly the perfect fit for this task.

Wasn’t he the most capable appraiser he knew, and also a person with impeccable skills as a hunter?

“Hyung-nim. I’m sorry, but could you do me a favor? Please help me!”

Even the aspect of that awakened one’s character was perfect.

━Okay.

What hunter in the world would readily come to save stranded people from another guild?

But as expected, Kim Giryeo, like a great man, immediately accepted his request. Up to this point, it was as expected.

But there was one condition to receive his help.

“I’m telling you in advance, I’m really just going to use my appraisal skill and leave.”

Kim Giryeo had emphasized this part from the beginning of the call.

He said that he would only open the path cleanly.

Of course, they had called him with that intention from the beginning, so it was something they had to accept…

‘Ah ha!’

Yunseung understood the other party’s true intention only after hearing the following conversation.

“You remember that I’m F-rank, right?”

“Ah, yes.”

“But if a monster were to come my way… what would happen?”

That person could easily kill a monster from this gate like swatting a fly.

But if that scene were shown to the other guild members of Neo Sisters, the situation would become quite strange.

‘His disguised rank would be revealed…!’

In other words, the other party’s words were interpreted to mean this.

━Since I am outwardly F-rank, I can’t use my power where there are eyes watching.

So that’s why he’s telling us to keep the monsters away from him!

At that moment, Yunseung firmly vowed to do his best to protect Giryeo’s secret.

He was completely mistaken.

‘Don’t worry, Hyung!’

But even though the intentions were a bit off, they were able to achieve what they each wanted.

Anyway, Giryeo didn’t want to be attacked by monsters, and they were also planning to try their best to prevent such a situation from happening…

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To sum it up.

Yunseung kept his promise wonderfully.

Even when the hideous monster that looked like a centipede from the underworld suddenly broke into eight pieces, he didn’t panic and quickly eliminated it.

『Shield of Protection』

Yunseung used his awakened skill to deploy a circular barrier in the dungeon.

He created a huge protective barrier centered around himself, trapping the monster in reverse.

‘They said that this way, it can be used like a makeshift barrier.’

To flip the inside and outside of the barrier and use it aggressively in battle!

This was an application of a defensive skill that the hunter Kim Giryeo had taught him directly.

Now, even when using just one skill, he was always amazed by that F-rank’s excellence.

“Oh! Yunseung-a, well done!”

“Sunbae-nim! Please take care of the right side quickly!”

But they couldn’t get lost in admiration forever, so Yunseung quickly removed the fragments of the monster trapped by his skill.

Thud!

He broke its hard shell, broke it, and broke it again…

“Huh?”

But then.

Yunseung momentarily questioned the scenery he saw from outside the barrier.

‘Why is Giryeo Hyung running?’

Tap, tap, tap.

Well, the other C-ranks might be like that because they were surprised by the monster…

But Kim Giryeo sprinting was truly unexpected.

That composed hunter rarely panics, and in the first place, there was no way that such a noble powerhouse would run away from a B-rank mob.

‘Why on earth?’

So why is Giryeo moving so busily right now?

Yunseung soon solved that question.

“Wait!”

“Ugh!”

“Cough!”

Because a small incident started when the C-ranks running at the front fell down all at once.

‘Huh?’

Yunseung, who was inside the barrier, couldn’t even understand why the guild members outside suddenly fell down…

In that instant, something poured down from the ceiling.

Because of the switch they stepped on, a trap was activated, causing a rain of blades to fall.

‘Gasp!’

Even an A-rank hunter can’t handle such sudden events.

Yunseung hurriedly tried to use a buff skill, but he couldn’t make it in time because of the casting preparation.

━Tick!

But it’s okay.

Because there was already someone outside this barrier who had predicted the entire series of events.

“Aaaack!”

Around the time a guild member who had fallen on the floor screamed.

Kim Giryeo pretended to fall with them, covering the group above him.

He used his body as a shield, taking all the blades.

━Tick, tick-tick!

If Kim Giryeo hadn’t deliberately fallen last, what would have happened to the C-ranks under him?

‘Such quick judgment in a chaotic moment?’

Yunseung let out a gasp of admiration.

Now he understands the whole situation.

When the C-rank hunters panicked and became uncontrollable, Kim Giryeo assumed they would step on a trap and ran with them.

‘Because he had to protect them like that in case something happened!’

How touching.

If he didn’t even get a scratch from a B-rank gate’s trap, suspicion could be directed at him, but he willingly took on that risk to protect the weak.

‘Wow. Giryeo Hyung is really, how can a person be like that…’

He was truly an icon of altruism.

Yunseung’s awe for that hunter grew day by day.

So, he unintentionally blurted out the words he had only been thinking to himself.

“You’re the only one, Hyung-nim. I never thought you would throw yourself in to save C-rank hunters!”

Yunseung praised him with an overflowing voice.

“Uh… uh… is that so?”

Because he said it with such a confident face, even the other A-rank who was with him started to be influenced.

“Uh… I guess I misunderstood the situation. So, you were actually protecting our guild members?”

Tilting her head.

The A-rank with the crossbow, while looking puzzled, belatedly expressed her gratitude.

She also ended up thinking that Giryeo had protected the company’s people.

“Thank you.”

“I really survived thanks to you, Hyung-nim!”

An ironic scene where two A-ranks were bowing their heads to a bottom-tier awakened one.

But the person receiving the greetings was indifferent. He silently brushed off the dust from his clothes without any particular response.

‘What an amazing person.’

A detached atmosphere, as if this much was nothing.

Yunseung, seeing Giryeo’s reaction, was once again convinced.

He thought that he was a powerhouse of a different dimension, who wouldn’t change his expression even if he had A-ranks at his feet.

‘Uh, what nonsense are these Earthlings talking about.’

Of course, he was silent for a completely different reason.

‘I’m already out of my mind from just barely surviving…’

Well, what can you do.

It was said that you could know the depth of ten fathoms of water, but not the depth of one fathom of a person’s heart.

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And so, they rescued the stranded people and safely escaped the gate.

To be exact, they defeated the boss and officially opened the exit.

“Waaah!”

“We’re outside!”

“When I saw Hunter An Yunseung inside, I was so relieved…!”

The C-ranks who had been stranded let out the pent-up sorrow as soon as they returned to a safe zone.

They had just barely survived, so how could they not. Giryeo nodded, fully understanding their feelings.

“Excuse me, Hunter-nim?”

But surprisingly.

Around the time the soaked C-ranks started to wrap themselves in blankets, someone quietly approached this corner.

The person in charge who had directed the anomaly gate raid. It was Neo Sisters’ Team Leader Kim.

“Your name is Kim Giryeo-ssi, right?”

“Yes.”

He seemed to be proud of saving his colleagues, as he approached with a much brighter face.

“Thank you so much for responding to our sudden request for help today.”

At first, there were formal greetings, but soon Team Leader Kim subtly probed Giryeo’s intentions.

“But from what I’ve heard, Giryeo-ssi is a completely freelance hunter…?”

But there was no answer.

It wasn’t just that he didn’t want to join the company. He was also in a state of considerable mental turmoil.

‘D*mn it.’

Giryeo was lost in deep thought and naturally ignored the team leader’s words.

‘This won’t do.’

The worries he was having were mainly about one hunter.

‘I can’t leave An Yunseung like this…!’

He took Yunseung’s respect rather seriously.

That distorted view of him, thinking he was some great person, would soon lead to an accident in a dangerous place like a gate.

‘Why do they overestimate me so much!’

Giryeo, grabbing his trembling legs, inwardly resolved.

Let’s correct the truth, after all.

I’ll make sure to explain every three hours that I’m just a poor F-rank with nothing.

“Hyung-nim!”

But Giryeo completely forgot his resolution because of An Yunseung’s subsequent action.

“Here, this…”

“Huh?”

“This is a magic stone that came from the boss monster earlier.”

A little later.

An Yunseung secretly hands something to Giryeo when no one else is watching.

An oval-shaped magic stone that shines beautifully in pink.

Isn’t this the pink diamond of the magic stone world, which is highly valued even by collectors!

“Why are you giving this to me?”

Giryeo, holding the magic stone in his hand, made a surprised expression, and then Yunseung explained.

“I noticed that you always collect magic stones when you go to gates. I thought you might need it, so I set it aside.”

“Really?”

“After all, these are just things that I would exchange for money if I had them?”

“Uh, uh…?”

“But if it goes to someone like Hyung-nim, it will surely be used in a much more meaningful and wonderful way…!”

An Yunseung asked back with sparkling eyes.

“Right?”

At this, Giryeo closed his eyes tightly and pondered for a moment, then finally said one word.

“I’m glad that at least you understand my intentions.”

“As expected!”

Okay. Let’s just be a great person then…