The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood – Chapter 92

Ch 92: Wearing a New Ring （2）

To have a close friendship with an S-rank and be respectfully called “hyung-nim” by an A-rank…

At this point, I don’t even have the energy to be more surprised.

‘Wh-what kind of connections does he have that are so flashy?’

Ahem!

While they were focused on greeting each other, the Association President repeatedly cleared his throat awkwardly and quickly ran away.

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A few hours later.

‘Oh.’

Sparkle.

I held the ring in my hand up to the sunlight.

A thin band with a constellation I’d never seen before engraved in relief.

Is this the new equipment I’ll be using from now on?

‘Earth’s imbuement magic!’

I finally got the ring I had entrusted back.

Because Gu Seohyeong had just brought the item, saying the enchantment was complete.

‘Just by looking at it, I can’t really tell how much better it’s become.’

I rolled the ring around in my hand.

‘Hmm.’

But it’s a strange thing.

When I received the ring earlier, I had casually made a new proposal to Gu Seohyeong…

━Instead of the enchantment, can I have it in cash?

━How about it? Isn’t that more beneficial for you too?

For some reason, she was extremely displeased with repaying a favor with money.

So much so that as soon as I asked for cash, she couldn’t manage her expression and became serious.

‘Was that an impolite thing to say by Earth standards?’

Gu Seohyeong had said with a very hesitant tone.

If you really want, I could prepare the money, but wouldn’t it be better to repay the favor with a free enchantment…

So I just said okay.

To be honest, as the one receiving, it’s a bit much to be telling them what to do.

‘Anyway, free is good!’

I decided to think positively.

“Hyung-nim!”

Now that I’ve got the ring back, I should focus on today’s schedule.

“Please take a look at this! How is it?”

“Oh.”

“I’ve stabilized my skill as you told me to, hyung-nim!”

Since the last Red Gate raid, I had been training that A-rank every Thursday.

“Yes. You’re doing well.”

But it’s quite a shame.

The class was already coming to an end.

That buff skill called 『Stone Skin』 is An Yunseung’s last magic, so…

‘There’s no more excuse to coax him.’

There’s a limit to being a teacher now.

The next stage of instruction is in a dangerous area to teach primitive sorcerers.

‘Ugh.’

His rapid growth is definitely something to be happy about, but why is my heart so complicated?

I don’t think that Earthling would do that, but…

What if he doesn’t contact me anymore when he no longer has anything to learn from me…?

No, no. Let’s not think bad thoughts.

‘Yu, Yunseung is a kind Earthling, so he wouldn’t be so cruel.’

I squeezed my eyes shut and let out a deep sigh.

━Wake up! Every morning the sun rises♩♪~

But then.

A clear singing voice suddenly flowed from Yunseung’s chest.

It was his mobile phone’s ringtone.

“Huh? Why is Section Chief-nim calling at this hour?”

“Is it a call from the guild?”

“Yes. I’ll take it for a moment.”

Soon after, An Yunseung started the call.

Of course, Kim Giryeo’s hearing wasn’t good enough to eavesdrop on their conversation.

“Huk.”

But judging from that reaction, it doesn’t seem like good news.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“Well, that’s…”

A moment later.

An Yunseung, who had finished the call, said in a trembling voice.

As expected, something urgent had happened at his company.

“I-it’s an anomaly shift!”

Today is the day the Neo Sisters’ C-rank hunter team goes on a gate raid.

But a problem occurred in the process.

Because a phenomenon where the dungeon’s difficulty changed had occurred, and the C-rank gate was switched to a B-rank.

“One person somehow escaped, but the rest are still inside the gate…”

From what I heard, even the structure of the gate had changed drastically this time.

Thanks to that, some guild members are said to be isolated inside the maze-like gate.

‘Oh dear.’

If it continues like this, the guild’s C-rank hunters could die in droves.

So, the Neo Sisters took a special measure.

They called in available A-ranks to quickly form a rescue team.

“Yunseung-a, should I get you a taxi?”

“P-please!”

An Yunseung hurriedly prepared to leave.

But wait, why am I so relaxed in this urgent situation?

It’s obvious, but an F-rank like me is of no help in this situation.

To exaggerate a bit, honestly, a rock rolling on the street would be more helpful in the raid than a weakling like Kim Giryeo.

“Okay. Take care~”

An inevitable bystander.

I didn’t have the slightest intention of getting involved in their affairs.

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Of course, this harsh world doesn’t go as one thinks it will…

“Hoo.”

About 40 minutes later.

I arrived at a gate with a deep sigh.

Because a few minutes ago.

I had received a call from An Yunseung.

“Gi, Giryeo hyung!”

“That person he said he’d call…?”

“This way. This way!”

I approached the place where the Neo Sisters’ guild members were gathered and said one thing first.

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

At this point, it’s clear what role I was called for.

━Hyung-nim! Please help us!

It turned out that this anomaly gate needed an appraiser for the raid.

━…Doesn’t Neo Sisters have a decent appraiser?

━Ah, no. If you’re just looking at appraisal skills, everyone’s level is great. But the problem is their awakening power…

━What about their awakening power?

━They’re all below D-rank. They refused to enter the B-rank gate.

There was a small scuffle in the middle, but in any case, I eventually accepted their request.

That A-rank hunter always repays his debts without fail.

‘Sigh.’

Well, I was worried because I was running out of excuses to use him, so isn’t this good?

I was planning to use this incident to make a big score later. If I didn’t have such a dark heart, I wouldn’t have come this far.

“Hmm.”

Then, let’s get to the main point.

“The rescue team is all here, right?”

“Yes! Hyung-nim!”

“The Association’s permission to enter has been granted?”

“They said in this situation, we can take action first and report later!”

If an analysis-type awakened one enters a gate, their usual role was one thing.

‘The discernment of traps.’

They say an appraiser’s skill can roughly explain how even traps they’ve never seen before work?

And it’s probably obvious.

This gate had an excessive number of devices installed inside.

From traps to switches that determine the dungeon’s progression path.

It was a situation where you couldn’t even take a single step without an appraiser.

“Yunseung-a.”

So, I understand why An Yunseung was looking for me, but let’s make this one thing clear.

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

“Ah, yes.”

“But if a monster comes my way… what will happen?”

I held back the rest of the words, but they should understand the meaning well enough.

‘Remember that you’ll be cleaning up corpses.’

An Yunseung nodded with a tense face.

Besides, there are two A-ranks on this rescue team, so there’s not much to worry about.

“Of course, of course. We’re going in with a precious appraiser, so we’ll be on high alert.”

I glanced at the other A-rank who was talking to me.

Two A-ranks and one F-rank.

Even if it’s a hastily formed team, the balance is really terrible.

“Okay, then, go on in.”

“Let’s go!”

A moment later.

We stepped into the gate following the instructions of the person who was the team leader.

Oh, by the way, since this was a Blue Gate, I also reported it separately to Kang Changho.

Unfortunately, Neo refused, so he couldn’t come along…

But when I said I’d be with two A-ranks, he easily let it go.

Of course, he had to let it go because of the new communication tool, the Pyromancer Necklace.

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Clunk, clunk, clatter…

Thud!

“Disarmed.”

“Ooh!”

The gate raid began soon after.

I analyzed the gate’s external mana and quickly opened the path.

Besides, the A-rank hunters quickly took care of the monsters that appeared in the middle, so of course, the result would be like this.

“Ah!”

“What’s wrong?”

“There are awakened ones behind the wall. Three of them.”

“That’s the same number of people who were stranded!”

After a rapid advance, we found the isolated guild members.

“Wait, there should be a device to open the wall somewhere around here…”

Then we should save them quickly.

I didn’t hesitate to touch the facility here.

To be exact, I touched the beast symbols drawn on the cave floor in order.

‘Dog, lion, and the last one is a sheep?’

It seems like it was originally a puzzle where you had to step on the four pictures multiple times according to the number of cases, but it’s no match for me.

━Thud!

I broke down the wall as if it was natural.

But the sight that appeared through the opened path was…

‘Huh?’

It’s somehow a bit eerie.

“What is all this…!”

“Ugh.”

The A-ranks rushed forward as soon as they saw the newly opened space.

That’s because their company colleagues were being submerged in real time.

“Aaaah! Help me!”

“Urp, cough.”

“Hey! Get out of the way! I’m just going to break this!”

Guild members struggling in a square barrier filled with water.

This isn’t even an EX-rank dungeon, so why are there so many traps?

‘Hmm.’

But thankfully, it didn’t turn into a big problem.

Because the female A-rank hunter who came with us had such monstrous attack power.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crack!

As soon as she decided to unleash a barrage of arrows, the barrier they were trapped in quickly lost its shape.

She had destroyed the trap entirely.

“Sunbae! Up! Up! Up!”

“Be careful up there!”

But what do you know.

Contrary to my expectation that a touching reunion would now take place, the people who escaped from the underwater prison all pointed to the ceiling…

‘Up?’

I unintentionally raised my head.

Pat, pat.

But if I had known I would make eye contact with such a grotesque creature, I would have just not looked.

‘Eeeek!’

Something hideous is attached to that high ceiling.

It wasn’t a centipede because the number of pairs of legs didn’t match, and it wasn’t a snake because its body was too bumpy.

“Th-th-that thing. We got caught in that trap earlier because we were being chased by that!”

That’s a monster.

And it’s presumed to be boss-level… !

Upon seeing this, the A-ranks quickly took their positions without anyone saying anything.

“Yunseung-a!”

“Yes!”

An Yunseung took the lead to mark the enemy, and the other A-rank shot bolts with her crossbow, an ideal arrangement.

Then, while they fight, I should do my part as well.

“Let’s move back a bit.”

“Ah, yes!”

“But who are you…?”

I led the stranded people to a safe place.

For weaklings like us, staying in the corner was the best way to help.

━Bang!

Soon, an A-rank’s skill exploded.

From her crossbow, pure white bolts shot straight out, leaving a silver trail.

Moreover, each bolt was condensed with mana comparable to intermediate magic, so it was only natural that an explosion would occur.

━KWAANG!

As soon as the arrowheads touched, the grotesque monster’s body segments exploded spectacularly.

‘Strong!’

But the problem started from now on.

When about eight of its body segments were left.

That is, the moment it was on the verge of death, it showed a terrible pattern.

“Huk!”

“What is that!”

Flutter!

It trembled all over, and then suddenly, all of its body segments separated.

And the eight divided body segments each became a head and ran off in all directions to survive!

“Crazy! Don’t come here!”

“Kkyaaa!”

Of course, there’s an A-rank defense-type hunter named An Yunseung here, so even if I stay still, the situation would be taken care of, but…

‘Yunseung-a, I trust you.’

But as soon as the monster rushed at me, my body moved before my trust.

‘I trust him, but I need to run right now!’

Hurry!

I started running with the C-rank hunters who were in a panic.

Terrified by the approaching monster, we ran with all our might.

But at this moment.

There was something that I and those C-rank hunters had briefly overlooked.

━Click.

This was a gate with an unusually high number of traps.

“Huh?”

I couldn’t believe the situation that unfolded soon after.

Right after, the C-rank hunter at the front stepped on a device on the floor and fell hard.

“Wait!”

“Ugh!”

“Keheok!”

Rumble.

When the person in the lead suddenly fell, the hunters behind them couldn’t overcome their momentum and fell one after another.

I ended up falling on top of the group, which was the worst position I could have been in.

‘Aaaah!’

The trap that was activated happened to be something falling from the ceiling.

It’s one disaster after another.

I now realized that I didn’t bring the 『Twin Guardian Angel』.

‘Ugh, you idiot!’

It seems I left it in the pants I wore yesterday and put them in the wash…

Swish, swish.

With the end of that brief thought, a blue rain of blades fell from the sky.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

━Tick!

Ah. It was a short but good life. Anyway, I retired, and I ate a lot of delicious things during that time…

━Tick!

My only regret is that I couldn’t enjoy Earth a little more…

━Tick, thud, pat.

Wait, why is the sound effect so lackluster when the blades are piercing my body?

‘Huh?’

Flash.

When I opened my eyes, which I had closed.

I gasped when I saw the scene in my view.

“……!”

Because all those blades were miserably scattered on the floor, unable to pierce a single F-rank.