episode_0124

There are all kinds of abbreviations among young people these days.

I looked into a few things to see if I could use them in college, and among them was the phrase ‘eyeless’.

It’s an abbreviation for tactless idiot, but its meaning is… If you just break down the words, you will know what they mean.

That’s exactly the message window that pops up in front of you right now, you idiot.

I’m in the middle of raising the mood, but you’re blocking eye contact like this?

I was unconsciously trying to delete the message, but the color of the message window that appeared before my eyes was strange.

From the time I started my life as a hunter in Son Si-woo’s body until now.

The color of the message window was always blue.

However, the message window that appears before my eyes is red.

Even the contents… , it is not common.

He correctly refers to me as participant number 504 and asks what I do.

That’s exactly what I’m feeling right now.

It felt like the GM, who had been conveying content unilaterally, such as notices, notices, notifications, etc., suddenly whispered to me?

I’ve never been like this in the decades I’ve been a hunter… .

While I was panicking, the contents of the message window were updated.

[All participants participated in the key battle. Except for participant number 504!]

[No, I obviously opened a rift nearby considering the positions of all participants, but why didn’t you go in?]

haha.

Now they are even scolding me.

The fever slowly spreads.

He says he doesn’t like me, but I don’t know why he’s making such a fuss.

The message didn’t end there.

[The performance shown by participant number 504 during the last face-to-face ceremony was very surprising.]

[Even though it was a counterfeit, I could tell what your qualifications were just by sitting on that chair.]

[That’s why I’d like to give you a chance.]

[In a moment, I will open a rift around you.]

[Go in there and find the key.]

[There are no competitors, so if you just try hard enough, you can find it… .]

Yeah, fuck it.

I got so stressed out while watching it that I just closed down all the message windows.

Kids these days don’t seem to know that they won’t read even if the text gets a little long.

“I have to sum it up in three lines, bastards… .”

As I blurted out the words without realizing it, Shin Yu-jeong, who was nearby, tilted her head.

“Three lines… , what?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

They look around in a hurry.

A red message window appears again.

[Participant number 504! If you keep ignoring me… !]

ignore.

I quickly close the message window and take out my smartphone to check the time.

7 pm.

The time was well spent.

“Are not you hungry?”

“I’m hungry.”

It’s a very hungry face.

I think we all ate more than five chicken skewers per person earlier.

“Let’s go eat, then.”

Naturally, I hold his hand.

“Where are you going?”

“I already made a reservation.”

“Oh, even reservations?”

After putting it off and putting it off, it’s my first date, and I have to put in this much effort to make it taste good.

If you leave the Yongsan Mugu shopping center and enter the alley opposite, you will find a street of taste where all kinds of restaurants are gathered together.

A sage once said,

They say that when five people gather, one of them is bound to have trash hidden in it.

This saying also applies to restaurants.

It is said that in a place where so many restaurants are gathered, there are bound to be some not-so-delicious places hidden there.

To prevent this from happening, I made a reservation at a restaurant I know.

“… “Is it true that you made a reservation here?”

“huh.”

Shin Yu-jeong’s pupils shake violently as she sees the pure white building in front of her.

The name of the store is ‘Viva la vida’.

It is a restaurant with quite a long history, having been here since the Yongsan Mugu shopping center was just coming into existence.

“It looks really expensive just by looking at it… , this is right?”

As I always say, there is only one answer that can be given at this time.

“Because it’s our first date.”

“Seup… .”

Shin Yoo-jeong stares at me with a strange gaze while resting on her legs.

“I’ve been thinking about this for a few days now… .”

“What are you thinking?”

“you… , so fucking bad. No, I’ve become desperate.”

“So you don’t like it?”

“no. This is much better than the old idiotic look. however… .”

The guy suddenly approaches me and stabs me in the chest with his index finger.

“If you get caught behaving like that with another bitch… , know?”

“of course.”

If you don’t get caught, that’s fine.

“Let’s go in. “Your reservation time is up.”

I walked into the restaurant with the guy smiling softly.

After giving my reservation name and being guided to my seat, I ordered food.

Since we are two people who cannot fill our stomachs with small portions, we ordered two servings each.

Yujeong’s face, which was looking around curiously, quickly turns glum.

“hey… , If you make a reservation for a place like this, tell me in advance… .”

“why?”

“No, I just have some clothes… “It stands out.”

hmm.

There is definitely a big difference between the clothes worn by the people sitting at the table far away and Yujeong’s clothes.

But I don’t know what that has to do with it.

Please wear clothes like this to the restaurant in advance. I don’t even have to, so why should I worry about my clothes?

“These days, if you think you have to wear a suit or dress to a restaurant, you’re an old man.”

“… is it?”

I quickly understand why he didn’t want to become an old man.

The meal started with appetizers.

I chose this place to have a quiet conversation while cutting… .

[Participant number 504! Now I keep ignoring the messages… .]

This thing is so persistent.

Thanks to this, my mind became even busier.

Should I eat food or talk to Yujeong?

In addition, I understand the intention of the guy who keeps sending me such personal messages.

I am only one of 504 people, so why am I so obsessed?

“Hey… “This is what the restaurant tastes like.”

Meanwhile, Shin Yu-jeong is cute and crazy again.

“Is this your first time at a restaurant?”

“uh.”

I thought that might be the case.

It’s not like I had a boyfriend, and even if I wanted to come with my family, my uncle is far away in Haenam, so I wouldn’t have thought of coming with Jeonghee.

But the guy suddenly glares sharply at me.

It’s not scary anymore.

“Why are you looking at me like that again?”

“No, it feels strange all of a sudden. “This must be your first time at a restaurant, so you’re really good at it, right?”

I labeled Shin Yu-jeong’s obsession with my beginnings as she is now.

It’s called ‘first obsession syndrome’.

Just as it is the first time for me, I also hope that everything we do together will be the first time.

In other words, should I say that he is showing off that he is a typical Mosol and has never had a lover?

“I’ve already been here once.”

“with who?”

“With someone from the association.”

“… “Yoon Ji-an?”

“No, someone higher than him. “Middle-aged man, his name is Kim Seong-tae, his rank is manager.”

“Hmm, I see.”

I clearly understand the details of the new product, so look at how they understand it right away.

The main course, steak, is placed on the table, giving off an appetizing smell.

There’s even red wine to elevate the mood.

Since I don’t drink wine often, I just ordered what was recommended.

“Hey, hey! Let’s have a toast, cheers.”

A very excited guy cries out while holding a wine glass.

“Okay, cheers.”

I lifted my glass and was about to lightly hit his wine glass, but suddenly there was a commotion outside.

“Aaaah!”

A sharp scream.

Our movement to clink glasses cheerfully stops.

“hmm… .”

“… “Maybe I should go out and see it?”

It’s not often that there’s a scream in a peaceful moment.

Especially in today’s world, there are only two things that would cause such strong screams.

A villain appeared, or a crack was created out of nowhere.

Either way, it’s time for Hunter to step up.

I cross the restaurant at a brisk pace.

Finally, I opened the door and saw the outside… .

“Do, run away!”

“It’s a crack, guys! “Get away quickly!”

It was chaos itself.

“Did you hear?”

Yujeong asks me.

“huh.”

Should I call it a blessing among misfortunes?

Cracks are much safer than the appearance of indiscriminate villains, regardless of whether they are ordinary people or hunters.

Unless it’s an emission type that spills out monsters, nothing major will happen right away.

The back of my neck tightens slightly due to the sudden confusion.

Using my sharp intuition, I check the message log that I had consistently ignored until now.

And I quickly found the cause of this situation.

[A crack will be created soon.]

[Defeat the dungeon, find the key and obtain rewards.]

… I couldn’t believe it, but it was really this guy.

“ah… , stress.”

I said I didn’t want to go so much, but you made a rift on your own?

If so, I also have thoughts.

“What are you doing? let’s hurry!”

“Uh, okay. “I have to go.”

Go against the wave of people running away and head to the place where the crack was created.

A pitch-black crack created not far away is waving strangely.

And I realized that something was missing.

“What, where is the barrier?”

“… … .”

Just before a crack is created, a precursor phenomenon occurs.

The concentration of magical power in the surrounding area increases by more than ten times.

So, if the sensor that measures the magic concentration detects more than five times the concentration, a warning broadcast is issued, at seven times it is a safety message, and when it is ten times the concentration, a barrier is usually spread around the crack… .

The concentration of surrounding magic that I can see is the same as usual.

That specially formed crack appears to have no effect on the surrounding magic power concentration.

Then another message arrived.

[Hurry and enter the rift.]

Now there is a mess.

Don’t go in.

I’m going to wait until the hunters come and then let me attack them, asshole.

[Otherwise… .]

[Erosion is starting.]

The ground around the crack began to turn dark, accompanied by an eye-watering message.

The beautifully laid colorful bricks are all covered with dark dirt.

Shin Yu-jeong, who is watching this, shouts in a surprised voice.

“Chi, erosion phenomenon?”

The worst situation that can happen when you do not clear the dungeon in time.

When the magical power emitted by monsters in the dungeon becomes saturated, the magical energy leaks out and covers the outside of the crack with a dungeon-like environment.

If so… .

“Oh, it’s a monster!”

“A monster has appeared!”

“Why isn’t the barrier working?”

Monsters can now move in and out of the dungeon at will.

It is truly the worst of the worst.

As soon as a crack is created, the barrier becomes ineffective due to erosion.

There are still many people coming and going around.

The disorderly movement brought about by the chaos is hindering their quick escape.

“ah… .”

I don’t understand at all.

What is the reason you have to go to such lengths just to throw me in there?

Is it really because of that spectacular accident that occurred during the face-to-face ceremony?

Are you saying that you are doing this because you feel sorry for my qualifications?

At a time when my head was pounding with incomprehensible madness.

Among the screams coming from all over the place, a woman’s scream hits my ears.

“Yoonjeong! Yoonjeong ahhh!”

A skeleton soldier holding an old sword and shield walks out from beyond the crack.

Entity name Skeleton.

A monster between Class D and Class B whose skills vary greatly depending on the state of the corpse during life.

Judging by the level of armament and the shape of the bones… , the grade doesn’t seem to be very high.

Do I have to play well to be at the bottom of C grade?

There is a child in front of the guy who is walking with a red glow emanating from his empty eyelids.

“Ummm!”

I think that kid is Yunjeong.

It’s too late to get there through the fleeing crowd.

But this distance doesn’t bother me in any way, so it doesn’t matter.

[Ice Shield.]

Put up a huge shield.

A shield large enough to perfectly protect the child from that miserable skeleton.

The crude tower shield is completed.

However, if you stop here, you are only at the beginner level.

In completing magic, form is a very important part.

The more detailed the image you want to implement, the more solid and powerful it becomes, at the cost of consuming more horsepower.

Since the amount of magical power has long since surpassed the beginner level, the level of magic should also increase.

Therefore, the shape of the shield is quickly redefined to give it a more perfect shape.

I remember the shape of the most shitty shield out of all the shields I’ve faced so far.

A Greek S-class hunter praised for having the wisdom of Athens, the power of Ares, and the beauty of Aphrodite.

The divine armor she is wearing.

A shield, synonymous with Anicoum, which cowardly petrifies anyone who hits it, is covered with ice.

[Aegis.]

A ferocious snake-headed woman is embossed on the incredibly elaborately crafted shield.

As she blocks the skeleton’s rusty sword, the snake-headed woman’s mouth opens and emits cold air.

Kwakwakwakwa!

The swirling cold trapped the skeleton in ice.

I stretched out my hand toward the box in Yujeong’s arms.

“Sorry, let me borrow it for a moment.”

It’s a gift, but I’m sorry I started it… , I think they will understand the situation as it is.

I unpacked the box and pulled out the sword from its scabbard.

And then he cut off the frozen guy’s head and handed it over.

Skunk-!

The thick ice and the guy’s neck are sliced like tofu.

“Hey, Kim Do-jin… !”

After catching a glimpse of Shin Yu-jeong running behind her, she lifted the child who had fallen on the floor.

“Our princess, aren’t you good? Pop!”

“Hi… , ttuk… .”

“Oh my, you’re so kind.”

After stroking the child’s head a few times, he handed the child over to Yujeong who approached him.

“Hold him for a moment.”

I was about to head straight for the crack, but he grabbed my arm.

“What are you doing now?”

“If you don’t clear the dungeon now, monsters will keep appearing.”

“Then let’s go together.”

It would be nice if we go together.

“hmm… “Probably not.”

“what? What is that… .”

I suddenly shook off his hand and quickly walked away.

“I’ll be back soon, so I’m having a cup of coffee at a nearby cafe.”

Before placing his hand on the crack, he added a word to Shin Yu-jeong, who was looking devastated while holding the child in her arms.

“I’m not letting you sleep tonight.”

No matter how tired I am, I will never let today pass.

With that promise, I placed my hand on the crack.