Ch.133133. Oops, a Mistake!

I maintained a steady pace, allowing Kang Seongjun to follow me.

If I wanted to, I could instantly disappear using [Leap], but since I hadn’t entered the dungeon to win this competition, I didn’t need to worry about that.

“This fucking…!”

I could see Kang Seongjun grinding his teeth as he chased after me.

To stay within the camera’s angle, I ran in a circular pattern rather than a straight line.

Whenever monsters appeared, I killed them just within the range where Seongjun could use his skills.

Just within that range.

He desperately tried to get a hit in, preparing to throw bombs, but he’d hesitate and stop just before throwing when he saw my sword had already cut down the monster.

Even if he lived a trashy life, he knew that deliberately attacking someone on camera would be considered attempted murder and punishable by the Hunter Association.

Not that he cared about people getting hurt.

It was a choice to protect his YouTube channel and hunter license.

So he could only get more and more frustrated.

He chased after me in a rage, but the gap between us kept widening.

“Twenty-four monsters!”

I kept reminding him of the count every time I killed a monster.

This was, after all, a competition.

Seongjun had proposed this match, and anyone watching the video would have assumed that KangSpung, with his area-of-effect skills and party members, had the advantage.

Even if I was stronger, dungeons weren’t just about raw power.

That’s why Seongjun had suggested a competition based on who could kill more monsters rather than who could clear the dungeon faster.

But to lose even at that?

No matter how shameless Seongjun was about filming himself, this would clearly be an incident that even his fans couldn’t defend.

That’s why he was losing his composure and taking risks.

His party members were already far away, busy dealing with monsters that had been aggroed, unable to help him.

Yet he kept pushing because he felt safe.

You might wonder how anyone could feel safe in an A+ rank dungeon, but neither Seongjun nor his party members seemed concerned about being separated.

It was actually safe.

If anything, Seongjun was safer being separated with me since I killed all the monsters before they could reach him. His party was in more danger, having to deal with aggroed monsters without their main damage dealer.

“Don’t worry about us here, just hurry up and finish them off!”

That’s why Seongjun could say something like that.

Right now, it was more important for him to run faster to interfere with me than to wait for his party.

And in that moment of carelessness…

When we were far enough from KangSpung’s party to be out of sight…

I deliberately didn’t kill five monsters that had been aggroed.

I intentionally avoided using Leap Slash and just dodged their attacks while surrounded.

Seeing his opportunity, Seongjun approached as close as he could and threw a bomb.

Despite me being among the monsters, he didn’t hesitate for a moment.

As if this was his only chance, he quickly threw multiple bombs between me and the monsters.

“Got you, you fucker. Die!”

With those words, boom-boom-boom! The bombs exploded.

The monsters were caught in the direct blast radius.

I, of course, had escaped using Leap just before.

The damage must have been significant, as the monsters took heavy hits and were momentarily stunned.

I had to admit, he was an A+ rank hunter for a reason.

His damage dealing was certainly impressive.

No wonder he had 1.1 million people watching him despite his despicable behavior.

“Oops! Made a mistake there. You dodged well, huh? You looked in danger, so I just threw first and thought later. Hahaha!”

He told such a blatant lie with a straight face.

Thinking I might have been caught in the explosion among the monsters, he looked between them as he spoke.

If I had really been caught in the blast, would I have heard those words?

Not that he seemed to care as he took out more bombs for a finishing blow.

He needed to make sure the monsters were dead, after all.

He threw another bomb.

The monsters’ stunned state wouldn’t last long.

This blast might kill them.

This time, I intercepted the bombs mid-air, shooting them down.

After shooting them down,

I disappeared from sight again.

“…Huh?”

Only then did Seongjun seem to grasp the situation.

Until now, the monsters had never paid attention to him.

They had only been aggroed to me, and I had dealt with them all.

As a result, he had strayed from his party without any defensive items.

He hurriedly looked back.

His party was nowhere to be seen.

Of course they weren’t. He had left them behind while chasing me, and they were held up dealing with monsters.

A dungeon is like a children’s amusement park.

Take your eyes off your party for a moment, and you can lose them, which is why staying together is so important.

“Wait…!”

The monsters, having found the source of the attack, bared their teeth and headed toward Seongjun.

They didn’t know who had attacked them, but Seongjun was the only one they could see.

“Fuck…!”

I appeared at his side, waving my hand.

“Oops! My mistake! Did I destroy all your bombs thinking they were aimed at me?”

“Save me.”

He backed away while taking out more bombs.

He had the experience of an A+ rank hunter.

Even in a dangerous situation, he knew better than to turn his back and run.

Unlike hunters who focused on agility or stamina, ranged damage dealers like Seongjun invested more in magical power than physical attributes.

It was impossible to outrun monsters in an A+ rank dungeon.

“…Fuck!”

Seongjun desperately threw bombs.

Pop-pop-pop-pop!

I destroyed them all with Leap Slash.

“Argh!”

Caught in the explosions of his own bombs right in front of him, Seongjun was thrown back with wounds all over his body.

He couldn’t escape, especially now that he was injured.

The monsters charged.

Seongjun looked at me with desperate eyes.

Surely I wouldn’t let him die?

But seeing my cold gaze, he seemed to realize the truth.

He squeezed his eyes shut.

He was probably praying for a miracle, for me to step in and kill the monsters.

Unfortunately, no miracle occurred.

I wasn’t kind enough to save someone who had just tried to kill me with bombs.

“AAAAARGH!”

Before the monster’s jaws could clamp around his neck, he had extended his arm, and his screams echoed through the forest.

With one arm torn off, Seongjun continued to scream.

One monster chewed on his plump arm like a chicken leg, bones and all.

Crunch. Crunch.

Around that time, I spotted Kim Sujeong in the distance.

Seongjun’s party members were also running toward us.

“Here… over here!!”

Seongjun desperately called out, crawling with his one remaining arm.

But the monsters were closer than his party members.

Crunch!

“AAAAARGH!”

Once again, screams echoed through the forest, piercing my ears.

This time, another monster took a big bite out of his juicy thigh.

Its jaw was so strong that it tore off his leg below the knee.

It was brutal.

This is what dungeons are like.

And Seongjun was getting a taste of his own medicine.

By the time the camera caught up,

I had stepped between Seongjun and the monsters, sword in hand, and dealt with them.

Blood splattered, soaking my body.

I deliberately didn’t avoid it.

To make it look like I had been in a fierce battle.

As if I had barely intervened in time to resolve the situation.

“Ugh…”

I crouched in front of Seongjun, who was writhing in pain.

And I asked him:

“You really did throw those bombs at me by mistake, right? Not hoping I’d die or suffer?”

“…Ugh…”

Seongjun desperately nodded.

I patted his head and placed my hand on his wounds.

“Urrrgh.”

“I almost misunderstood you.”

My healing magic enveloped his torn wounds, helping them recover.

The bleeding stopped, and new flesh began to form.

Unfortunately, his arm and leg that had been eaten couldn’t be regenerated.

“What happened here? I found him like this when I came back from killing monsters… Why did you come out alone?”

“…”

“Seongjun!”

“Are you okay?”

The competition ended there.

There was no point in continuing, and Seongjun needed to go to the hospital.

Not that his digested limbs would come back to life.

Watching him being supported as he left, Kim Sujeong shuddered.

“Ugh. Even A+ rank hunters can end up like that if they’re not careful.”

“If an A+ dungeon is this dangerous, imagine what the Rift Dimension is like. Be careful out there. Watch yourself at night.”

“…What are you talking about? You’re the one who needs to be careful. You’re not like him, are you?”

“What a dangerous thing to say.”

“What should we do with this footage?”

“Just keep it. It’s awkward to upload.”

As we exited the dungeon, Team Leader Kim Jinhyeop was waiting.

“Are you alright?”

“…The patient is over there…”

He asked about my well-being.