The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 139

Ch 139. Kagoshima Dragon Raid （2）

Clink.

The Association President turned the metal doorknob halfway to leave the conference room.

But suddenly, he felt his heart sink.

This sensation that made ordinary people cower was definitely.

‘An S-rank hunter’s mana?’

The thought didn’t last long.

Immediately after, the conference room door opened in reverse, revealing the figure of the other party.

“Huk!”

Roll. Green eyes, resembling those of a reptile, slowly followed the Association President.

Standing at the door was none other than the S-rank Awakened One, Kang Changho.

“H-Hunter Kang Changho?”

The Association President was momentarily flustered by the sudden appearance of a new S-rank, when Kim Giryeo’s voice cut in from behind.

“Ah, Association President-nim. Just so you know, that person is also going on this expedition.”

“What did you say?”

“He’s participating in the raid under that condition from the start. You know that.”

That rebel, who wouldn’t even listen to the Hunter Association’s orders, had decided to go to Japan in an instant?

‘W-What, what, what on earth is his identity!’

The questions grew increasingly intense.

Why Kim Giryeo had responded to the call. Why Kang Changho had shown his face at the Association.

The Association President couldn’t figure anything out.

But one thing he was sure of was that this fourth S-rank was definitely not an ordinary person.

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Dragon Raid.

The means I can mobilize for battle are usually two.

First, the unique-grade equipment, [Screaming Stake].

Second, the wide-range stun-inducing item, [Surprise Box!].

But these two weapons each have a screw loose, so they’re not really suitable for dragon hunting.

The [Screaming Stake] is a dagger, so its attack range is short, and I feel like I’d get hit and die trying to close the distance.

Well, there are limits to using it like a poison needle.

Then, what about [Surprise Box!]?

I don’t really want to use this either. Because this thing stuns everyone except me.

‘If the hunters who are supposed to catch the dragon fall, there’s nothing I can do alone…….’

No, these tools are not even epic-grade, but unique-grade, so there’s a high chance they won’t work on an S-rank in the first place.

Anyway.

The defense ring enhanced by Gu Seohyeong, and about 3 billion won of slush funds in my bank account.

With the power I’ve accumulated so far, there was nothing that could stand against a dragon.

So, I decided to use a new method for this S-rank hunt.

“Hmm.”

I hadn’t had a chance to use it, so I had been keeping it in a corner of my room, but I actually got this reward from the last time I captured Su Ye-hui.

[Infinite Power Core x 5]

Five cores, each worth hundreds of millions!

These were the cores confiscated from the hideout where Su Ye-hui was hiding.

I had stolen the contents from the brainwasher’s item box.

Of course, the Great Magician-nim personally cleaned up the bad guys on behalf of the country, so this much compensation is only natural.

‘Come to think of it, Esther said she was going to sell the recovered items to help the victims of the Nacha Temple… Well, that’s not something I particularly agreed to. I’ll tell her to do it on her own with the share I left behind.’

Multiple mana sources.

Originally, I brought them to maintain the barrier in my one-room, but the plan has changed.

I was planning to set up a trap to catch the dragon using the [Infinite Power Cores] recovered from Su Ye-hui’s hideout.

‘With five Infinite Power Cores, catching a lizard is a piece of cake!’

Now that I’ve figured out how to contribute to the dragon hunt, I just need to solve one small problem…….

A few minutes later.

Korean Hunter Association.

“Kim Giryeo.”

I stood up while organizing the data given by the Association.

“Are you really thinking of going to an S-rank gate?”

In the quiet conference room, where the Association employees had left, only two awakened ones remained.

One was me, who had stood up from the table. The other was that stalker leaning against the door.

Kang Changho was looking down at me with his arms crossed, and he tilted his head and continued the question.

“You know, you really have to risk your life to go to a place like that.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s not the same feeling as when an A-rank hunter catches an A-rank monster. Especially the S-rank boss… It’s so strong that you’d think the balance of the world has been broken.”

That means that the Gishimche last time failed to adjust the difficulty by a huge margin.

I listened to Kang Changho’s words with considerable interest, but a small question also arose.

“I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but Hunter Kang Changho-nim, you seem to know the level of S-rank monsters quite accurately.”

“Hmm.”

“You’ve been to Hawaii, haven’t you?”

It wasn’t difficult to get an answer. Kang Changho readily explained, saying it wasn’t a secret.

“Yeah. I was there when the S-rank dungeon break happened in the United States.”

“Ah ha.”

“It wasn’t official like now, just for personal reasons.”

He must have been enjoying a vacation abroad because he’s rich.

“But do you know what I saw then?”

“What was it?”

“An S-rank hunter who was doing pretty well in the United States had his torso blown apart by one roar of [Nukelabi].”

“….”

“It happened because he was hit at close range, but after seeing that, I didn’t feel like recklessly challenging a boss.”

Ugh.

After hearing the vivid experience, I was suddenly scared. If it was a great monster that had cut a top-tier hunter in the United States in half, its power must have been tremendous.

‘Uh? Should I call the Association President right now and say I’m not going to Japan?’

But what Kang Changho was describing was the Hawaii dungeon break four years ago.

And what I’m going to is a Japanese gate with a lower difficulty.

I gathered my thoughts and asked the contractor who had made a knight’s oath again.

“But as I said during the day, I’m not going to catch an S-rank directly.”

“….”

“I’ll be as careful as possible, so please, would you go with me? Of course, I’ll immediately back out if I think it’s not right. I won’t even go to the front lines in the first place.”

Even if it was a bit dangerous, this was a really big opportunity.

Dungeons where dragon species appear are rare in the first place, and if the gate was created overseas, it would be like a pie in the sky for foreigners.

‘Dragons are expensive, so they prioritize their own country’s hunters. It’s rare to have a case like Japan, begging for help.’

I carefully watched Kang Changho’s reaction.

“Okay.”

But what was this?

I hadn’t even started flattering him, but he readily agreed.

“If you’re that confident, I should let you go. Anyway, it’s also a condition that I accompany you, as I just said.”

“…!”

“Besides, you said something like that before.”

Something like that?

“I can’t enter an S-rank gate ‘now’.”

I’m sorry, but even if I’m a genius magician, I don’t remember everything I’ve said.

So, I didn’t even remember if I had really said those words.

It was then. As I continued to remain silent, Kang Changho stopped leaning and began to look directly at me.

“Kim Giryeo, can I ask you just one thing?”

Sure, why not.

“Both that thing you said before, and the fact that you don’t seem very nervous even when facing a trip to Japan. You act like someone who has already experienced an S-rank gate.”

“…….”

“Have you ever caught another S-rank monster besides the Unfulfilled Malignancy?”

That’s an unnecessary misunderstanding.

I denied Kang Changho’s conjecture.

There’s no point in lying here anyway.

“No.”

But the S-rank hunter just rolled his dragon eyes and remained silent. He didn’t seem to accept my claim right away.

And there seemed to be a reason for this hesitation.

“I’ll change the question.”

“Yes?”

“Actually, Nukelabi could have wiped out the American hunters.”

“….”

“It was that strong of a monster.”

“….”

“But suddenly… an unknown hunter appeared out of nowhere and mercilessly sliced that demon to death. By the way, that mysterious hunter quietly disappeared after completing the raid.”

Step, step.

Kang Changho approached me and scanned me up and down as if confirming something.

“If it wasn’t for that hunter, Nukelabi would probably still be alive in Hawaii.”

I asked out of pure curiosity.

“What’s your point?”

Then the S-rank slowly answered.

“No, it’s nothing much. But the hunter who defeated Nukelabi was wearing a dark mask that looked like an animal’s head on his face, right?”

‘A mask?’

“And because he had black leather patched all over his clothes and shoes, I couldn’t even tell if it was a man or a woman later.”

Kang Changho also tapped his eyes, adding.

At the time of the Hawaii dungeon break, he hadn’t yet obtained the Dragon’s Eye, so it was impossible to distinguish people by their mana.

“But looking back now, I remember one thing.”

Swoosh.

Kang Changho lightly placed his palm on my shoulder.

“Yeah.”

As if measuring something.

“Come to think of it, that hunter was about this build.”

Kang Changho muttered quietly.

To sum it up, is he now suspecting me of being the hunter who killed that Nukelabi or whatever?

It’s an interesting guess, but unfortunately, there’s no possibility of that.

I’m thankful that everyone’s being fooled, but the body I’ve taken over is actually just a worthless F-rank.

“That’s just a coincidence.”

When I said that confidently, Kang Changho was silent for a moment, then he stepped aside.

“Okay. Then, prepare well for your departure.”

“Yes.”

“I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of skills you’ll show.”

“You know you have to wait until 10 years from now, no matter what you see, right?”

Even after I left the conference room, Kang Changho said something from behind, but it was not something that needed an answer.

“It’s 9 years now.”

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Japan Airport.

Today, many people gathered here.

An unprecedented situation where an S-rank gate had appeared on Japanese territory.

While many countries were worried about losing their own hunters and ignored their requests for help, only one country had finally expressed its intention to cooperate in the dungeon raid.

“They’re here!”

Click, click, click, click.

As soon as the arrival gate opened, several cameras flashed at once.

I followed the flashing lights with my eyes and walked forward.

“They really came…….”

“It’s the rankers from Korea!”

Two top-tier hunters, the pillars of the nation, had appeared!

The crowd at the airport cheered briefly when Kang Changho and I appeared.

At first, there were many who doubted the news that Korea would send hunters. There were also many cases of sarcastic comments on the internet.

[Isn’t there some sinister plan?]

[They won’t be thinking of helping properly.]

[In the first place, are the hunters from that country even helpful?]

But with one declaration from me, these criticisms had long since disappeared.

━I will not receive any compensation from the Japanese side if the boss monster is not subjugated.

I had packaged the obvious contract conditions well and was acting like the ideal S-rank hunter that the citizens wanted to see the most.

In the first place, all I can do in an S-rank gate is to be responsible for sealing one boss monster. If I fail even that, it’s only right that I don’t get paid.

“Waaah!”

“Welcome to Japan!”

But to those who didn’t know the truth, this must have just seemed like a cool expression of confidence.

“Welcome.”

After the flash of cameras ended.

Someone approached us.

A neat hairstyle with wax and a somewhat stern impression.

He was a Japanese S-rank hunter and an awakened one who was running the ‘Imabari’ Guild, which represents this country.

“Nice to meet you. S-rank hunters from Korea. I am Moritake Ito.”

I lightly shook hands with Ito’s request for a handshake.