episode_0182

[Name: Jihoon Park]

[Age: 25]

[ Strength: 387 ] [ Quickness: 392 ] [ Stamina: 385 ]

[ Horsepower: 371 ]

“Hmm.”

Park Ji-hoon smiled with satisfaction as he looked at his stats.

Just looking at it, the stats are about average for A rank.

But Park Ji-hoon’s true character was not like this.

Here, the alpha male’s stats are blown up… If 2.6 times the increase,

[ Strength: 387 > 1006 ] [ Quickness: 392 > 1019 ] [ Stamina: 385 > 1001 ]

[ Horsepower: 371 > 964 ]

The average value quickly reaches 1000.

Although he lacks a bit of magical power, honestly, he could increase it as much as he wants if he puts his mind to it.

Yes, if you put your mind to it.

He hadn’t grown since the immeasurable gate about a month ago.

No, more accurately, I would say that I had no intention of growing up.

After an eventful June and July, it is now August.

The hot weather is reaching its peak, and it is so hot that it is difficult to breathe without air conditioning.

After clearing the immeasurable gate and bringing in the Immortal King ‘Alas Di Deto’ as a familiar.

Park Ji-hoon took a long break without going to the gate for almost a month.

There was no reason to rush to increase the number of familiars right away, and more than anything, I couldn’t see any special-looking gates.

I spent quite a long summer vacation hanging out with my familiars and hanging out here and there.

Although I occasionally did things like broadcast on YouTube or upload videos.

Actually, it was almost like a hobby.

Of course, Park Ji-hoon was the only one playing, but the other familiars were having a pretty busy summer.

Familiars that were still relatively low in rank continued gate processing activities to increase their strength even a little.

At the center of it all was Shin Ji-yeon, the guild master of Another Guild, which has now transformed into a large guild.

And next to her was Chen Mei, who rose to the position of assistant master.

A lot has changed since then.

If there’s one thing that doesn’t change.

“Senior~! Let’s eat!”

“Master. Did you wake up?”

“Wow, Jihoon~ Let’s lie down a little longer~”

Is this the extent of Park Ji-hoon’s relationship with his familiars?

“I’m hungry. Let’s eat.”

Park Ji-hoon grinned as if he was satisfied with the peaceful morning scenery, and let Shira go to sleep more.

And then they head to the restaurant to eat the breakfast carefully prepared by Shin Ji-yeon and Brianna.

Wow─

“Huh?”

A text message came to him.

The sender is branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong.

The person in contact with Park Ji-hoon the most in the Hunter Association… In fact, he was like a messenger between the Association and Park Ji-hoon.

[Hello, Hunter Jihoon Park. Sorry for being so early in the morning. It’s no different…]

The content of the text seems somewhat urgent.

To sum it up, I was wondering if it would be possible to meet and talk about something I wanted to discuss.

‘meet…?’

Until now, it was common to communicate the situation via text or phone call and ask what to do.

Is the situation so serious that we need to meet and talk?

After skimming through the text, it seems like something similar to what happened with the Immortal King happened and he wanted to ask Park Ji-hoon for advice.

“I’ll go somewhere after eating.”

Park Ji-hoon decided to go without much hesitation.

I’ve had enough rest now, and if something similar to what happened during the time of the Immortal King really happened according to the text.

‘He’s the new Demon King.’

I thought I might meet some interesting guys and make them my familiars.

#

The International Hunter Association also hires hunters to explore remote areas.

The North Pole, Antarctica, deep in the Amazon rainforest, huge caves, etc.

The purpose was to investigate the creation of gates in places where people normally do not or cannot reach.

And this time, an investigation team was dispatched to Antarctica.

“…I found a gate there.”

A gate was discovered in Antarctica.

Park Ji-hoon, who heard those words, tilted his head.

‘That alone shouldn’t be a problem.’

The hunters dispatched to investigate can handle it directly, or if they are too strong to handle it, they can hire stronger hunters and send them out.

But why did he ask Park Ji-hoon for help, saying it was similar to the time of the Immortal King?

“There are many. Really, really.”

Meanwhile, a member of the International Hunter Association’s investigation team who came with branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong unfolded a map of Antarctica.

And then draw a circle on top of it with a red marker.

“……”

Three, four circles… gradually increasing.

Dozens of circles were drawn on the map of Antarctica.

“It happened at the same time. Everything.”

Even half of these are gates where demons and demons appear.

The other half seems to be related to that faction as well.

Trene’s Vietnam incident, then Shilpa’s China incident, and finally, the Immortal King Alas Di Detto’s Korean Unmeasurable Gate incident.

There are several overlapping pictures.

“The strange thing is that there are so many different types of demons that come out there.”

The investigation staff member sighed and showed me the gate-related report.

First of all, we are sending out hunters to continuously clear the gates, but there is no unity other than the fact that the monsters that appear at many gates are related to demons or what they call ‘foreign’ forces.

It can be broadly classified into three to five groups.

‘Then it couldn’t be…’

At that moment, the worst case scenario appeared in Park Ji-hoon’s mind.

Maybe they were thinking the same thing, but their expressions looked very dark.

“…So, to Hunter Jihoon Park. No, not exactly…”

The employee paused for a moment, then glanced at Park Ji-hoon and said.

“…I would like to hear the story from the Immortal King.”

“……”

Immortal King.

He was previously one of the four demon kings who ruled foreign powers, so he may be able to explain the current situation in detail.

“Okay.”

Park Ji-hoon thought for a moment, then nodded.

Anyway, if their predictions are true, even Alas, a former demon lord, should know.

#

“…Crazy guys. We formed an alliance.”

After hearing the whole situation, Alas sighed as if it was absurd.

The worst case scenario that Jihoon Park and his employees expected ended up being true.

The three remaining Demon Lords… formed an alliance.

“No way so quickly… Is this the work of the King of Sorcery, that sly serpent?”

Alas must have been quite nervous and kept muttering while biting his nails.

It is an extremely unexpected and extremely dangerous situation for the three demon lords to join forces to that extent.

“Sir, this is a pretty serious matter. Three forces as strong as me have come together.”

Of course, Alas believes in Park Ji-hoon.

Because he possesses such incredible power that he can so absurdly brush off even himself.

However, the opponents are three demon lords.

The power of the Immortal King is to gather recognized hunters from all over the world and gather all of Park Ji-hoon’s forces to fight against him somehow.

Even though the Immortal King is here, he lost some of his power as a Demon King when he became a familiar.

It cannot be completely the power of 1.

In other words, if you collide, it’s a 1.5 to 3 fight.

The power is twice as different.

“I never thought that people who had been fighting for hundreds of years would join forces so quickly.”

To be honest, Alas was feeling a little complacent.

He thought that now that he was gone, other demon lords would fight to the death to take over the land he left behind, and of course they would not be interested in this other world.

Even if you pay attention to this, it will already have taken several decades to restore foreign influence.

By then, he himself will have become stronger thanks to the growth power of his familiar, and the power of Park Ji-hoon and other hunters will have increased significantly.

At that time, I thought it was worth the fight.

“I was complacent. I should have thought of a worse case scenario…”

Alas spoke through gritted teeth, but Jihoon Park covered her mouth.

“No, whatever. Things like that happen, too. More than that…”

And at this moment, I asked the most important and curious question.

“Other Demon Lords, are they pretty?”

“……”

“……”

At his absurd question, not only Alas but also Branch Manager Lee Hyeon-dong and the International Hunter Association staff who were present were dumbfounded.

They just look at Park Jihoon as if he is truly amazing.

“No, why. This is a really important question.”

Jihoon Park shrugs his shoulders as if asking why.

“I know. Like Alas, they don’t have a set form… Isn’t that right? I know, I know. But what is it… Like Alas, you set your standards for the other person’s beauty… Or maybe it’s a preferred shape… ”

Park Ji-hoon hastily makes an excuse.

Of course, they weren’t doing this because they were surprised by Park Ji-hoon’s taste.

‘I can’t believe you’re thinking about that even in this situation.’

‘You never think you’ll lose.’

‘Are you planning on making him your familiar?’

I was dumbfounded by Park Ji-hoon’s amazing way of thinking, where he didn’t care about defeat and only thought about ‘who should I make as my familiar’, assuming that he would win unconditionally.

“No! why! It’s good to be pretty! Doesn’t everyone admit it?!”

Park Ji-hoon, who couldn’t possibly know that, just made excuses to those who were looking at him like he was amazing.