Chapter 52 The Ex-Girlfriend Who Regained Her Abilities Has Come

Finally, the long-awaited boss of the S-class gate revealed itself.

A spider-shaped dimensional creature with swords embedded all over its body.
With arms and legs made entirely of blades, the identity of this boss was the Blade Spider.

Close-range attacks that cut everything with its iron-like legs.

And a formidable opponent that spews threads at long range that cannot be cut by any ordinary means.

Although an S-class boss, it wasn’t just an ordinary S-class boss—its patterns were quite complicated.

“Grrrr…!”

Seeing that appearance, An Se-ah bared her teeth and began to be on alert.

It seemed that An Se-ah wanted to fight this time too.

“Se-ah. I’ll handle this one.”

But I blocked An Se-ah and stepped forward.

She had hunted the mobs well until now, but I had no intention of leaving the boss to her too.

I am, after all, an employee of a small-medium guild dispatched for payment, so naturally I intend to do some work.

“Yes…! Master…!”

At my words, An Se-ah stepped back.

And she began to watch me with very bright, sparkling eyes.

I wonder how many exchanges it will last?

To be honest, for me who recently defeated an SS-class difficulty boss, a mere S-class gate difficulty boss should be extremely easy.

Moreover, I’ve become stronger since then.

Although it seemed like I couldn’t get any stronger, I felt myself getting stronger day by day.

My body has already exceeded the imaginable range for quite a while.

Indeed, an EX-class skill…!

Anyway, I reached the front of the Blade Spider.

And I drew my sword.

But I couldn’t fight.

“Si-woo. I’ll take this…!”

There was someone blocking me.

Min Seo-jin, with her long blue hair, wore a wide-brimmed witch hat.

And she held a staff.

A magic circle began to be drawn in front of her.

It seemed Min Seo-jin wanted to fight.

“Alright then.”

I yielded the battle to Min Seo-jin.

Normally, guild masters and raid leaders often take part in battles when necessary.

The head of the Sword Saint Society does that, and so does the Saint of the Order.

But with [Witch’s Temptation], that rarely happens.

Is it because Min Seo-jin, the guild master of [Witch’s Temptation], is weaker than other guild masters?

Min Seo-jin, as an S-class hunter, has had her power and abilities recognized by the Hunter Association.

Because of that, while there might be slight differences, it’s hard to say she falls behind other S-class hunters.

Then why doesn’t Min Seo-jin engage in combat?

The reason is that Min Seo-jin really, really hates fighting.

Min Seo-jin.

Although she is an S-class hunter and her skills are excellent, she always tries not to forget her essential nature.

The fact that she is not a combatant but a researcher.

That’s why she dislikes engaging in such barbaric acts as combat whenever possible.

But even for someone like her.

Now was not the time to be picky.

‘This won’t do.’

Min Seo-jin began to stare at the Blade Spider in front of her, raising her staff.

Min Seo-jin, about to demonstrate her skills after a long time, felt slightly nervous, but that wasn’t important.

Right now, her only thoughts were about winning.

And about getting An Se-ah back.

‘What if Si-woo performs well and An Se-ah falls for him because of that?’

A thought flashed through Min Seo-jin’s mind.

A very ominous thought of losing her pet, An Se-ah.

In fact, Min Seo-jin isn’t unaware of why An Se-ah is behaving like that towards Si-woo.

After all, An Se-ah is a genetically modified human with animal characteristics inserted into a human base.

It’s natural and habitual for such a human to fear a strong human when they see one.

Because she’s inherently a beast.

But Min Seo-jin didn’t know why An Se-ah was now acting like a girl in love rather than in fear.

Regardless, there was only one thing Min Seo-jin had to do now.

‘If I handle this impressively, wouldn’t An Se-ah look back at me?’

Min Seo-jin knows that showing strength is the action that can most increase favorability with a beast.

That’s why she was going to hunt the boss alone now to show her strength.

Whether she liked it or not, Min Seo-jin had to handle this.

‘This is my last chance.’

Somehow, Min Seo-jin couldn’t help but feel a sense of crisis.

The thought of An Se-ah leaving.

Somehow, such an ominous thought.

‘An Se-ah can’t leave…’

An Se-ah is quite…

No, very precious to Min Seo-jin.

She could intuitively feel that it would be quite lonely if such a being left.

‘So I’ll catch this.’

Min Seo-jin began to chant a spell.

Her hunter ability is [Magic].

Her eyes and chant were directed at the Blade Spider.

‘But can I catch it?’

Min Seo-jin couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat looking at the Blade Spider in front of her.

The opponent is an S-class dimensional creature, and although theoretically one S-class hunter can handle it, it’s undoubtedly a burdensome opponent.

Moreover, Min Seo-jin is not unaware that Blade Spiders are known to be a bit more formidable than their observed rank.

So Min Seo-jin continued to be tense, swallowing hard.

‘No… don’t talk about possibilities, I just have to do it.’

Still, Min Seo-jin steeled her heart.

[Fire Wall]

Flames began to rise from the tip of her staff.

A huge wall of fire appeared, enclosing the Blade Spider.

And then.

[Fire Tornado]

Inside that, a vortex of flames gradually burns and melts the Blade Spider.

“Kieeek…!”

The Blade Spider’s scream could penetrate the entire gate.

‘Good, I’m winning.’

Min Seo-jin was confident of victory, seeing that sight.

But!

Slash!

The blades embedded in the Blade Spider’s body began to rotate as if dancing.

And they blew away all the red flames.

Like a poltergeist phenomenon.

But upon closer inspection, those swords were blades moved by threads spewed by the Blade Spider.

‘One more time…’

Seeing that sight, Min Seo-jin began to chant a spell once more.

This time to end it for sure.

“Kyaah!!!”

But the Blade Spider threw a web at Min Seo-jin, restraining her.

Although the first attack happened due to carelessness, the Blade Spider had no intention of falling for the same trick twice.

‘I can escape this kind of restraint.’

But she was just restrained.

Min Seo-jin began to chant another spell.

This time for an escape spell rather than an attack.

But the Blade Spider didn’t miss that opportunity.

A pink liquid quickly flew toward Min Seo-jin from the Blade Spider’s mouth.

‘Could it be…?’

It wasn’t white.

If it had been white, she would have predicted another sticky spider web coming.

But the pink liquid was unmistakable.

It was definitely poison.

So Min Seo-jin had no choice but to tightly close her eyes.

Imagining the horrible fate of being hit by poison.

Clang!

Slash.

Slash.

Slash…

“Huh…?”

Contrary to Min Seo-jin’s expectation of suffering horrible external injuries from being hit by poison, Min Seo-jin’s body was fine.

Feeling something strange, Min Seo-jin gently opened her eyes.

And in Min Seo-jin’s eyes, the spider that had been facing her was nowhere to be found.

Now in Min Seo-jin’s eyes, there was only organic matter that used to be a spider.

And there was also a man standing next to it.

It was Si-woo, whom she had brought today.

Looking at these two scenes, Min Seo-jin could easily infer what process led to this outcome.

Si-woo had taken care of everything in the brief moment when she had her eyes closed.

“Guild Master, it seems the gate has been cleared, so I’ll be going now.”

“Master…! Let’s go together…!”

After cutting the spider web stuck to her, Si-woo smiled and walked out of the gate.

“… What…? Yes…”

Min Seo-jin could only utter dumbfounded words watching Si-woo.

‘Hmm…’

Min Seo-jin remained blankly in that spot for a while after Si-woo left.

And she fell into thought for a moment.

Then she took something out from her bosom.

‘He might be able to do it…’

Something box-shaped and black that came out of Min Seo-jin’s bosom.

Fidgeting with this, Min Seo-jin whispered quietly.

The dispatch request has ended.

The dispatch request has ended, but for some reason An Se-ah keeps trying to follow me…

And she’s asking if she can live at my house…

Moreover, she’s asking if she can transfer guilds…

No matter what, that doesn’t seem right, so I refused.

Though An Se-ah is half beast, she is also half human.

Therefore, she belongs to the category of people with human rights.

It would obviously be a problem to let such an An Se-ah live at our house.

And poaching an S-class Rank 9 hunter from a large guild to our guild could also blow up into a considerable problem.

So for now, I left An Se-ah behind.

‘Whine… don’t abandon me.’

An Se-ah clung to me like an abandoned puppy.

‘Then would you like to follow me for a bit?’

‘Yes…!!!’

Of course, bringing her home or poaching her to our guild would become a huge issue.

But, I guess it’s fine to bring her along for a short while.

I took An Se-ah and headed towards our guild.

Anyway, the dispatch was over.

I immediately returned to the guild, and I could meet someone who was waiting for me.

“Hero…! I’ve been waiting for you.”

It was the Saint, Reytana, wearing a black nun’s habit with blonde hair.

Upon discovering me, Reytana immediately ran over and rubbed her face against my chest.

Rub rub.

“Will you use me today too…?♡”

And she showed an expression like she was in heat, with her chin on my chest.

“Yes. Today’s work ended early, so wait.”

“Hehe…♡”

I spoke while removing Reytana.

Reytana detached quickly at my words.

Though it’s not the first or second time, this Reytana is troublesome.

It’s been a month since I started having a relationship with Reytana.

Since I didn’t dislike sex with Reytana, I had sex almost daily for a month.

More precisely, it’s like me calling Reytana to use her.

Anyway, I don’t plan to skip it today either.

“Wow…”

Somehow An Se-ah’s eyes looking at us were sparkling.

More precisely, her eyes looking at me became very, very bright.

I wondered if she knew what the words I just said meant… but nah, how could that be?

An Se-ah looks like just a little girl no matter how you look at her.

‘By the way, I wonder how old An Se-ah really is?’

I don’t think she’s the age she appears to be.

Her appearance is that of a middle school girl, but there must be a real age.

I’ll have to ask her sometime.

Anyway, work comes first now.

“For now, I have things to do, so wait there.”

“Yes…!♡”

I brought a chair and placed it next to me.

Reytana sat there with an energetic response and waited.

I plan to take her to a motel as soon as the paperwork is done.

An Se-ah also began to wander around the office with interest.

Knock knock.

While I was in the middle of paperwork, someone came to our office.

I went out thinking maybe Park Jin-ha or Park Jin-soo had returned early from their dispatch.

And I met an unexpected person.

“Huh? Eun-ha, what brings you here?”

“Long time no see.”

The person standing outside the door was my ex-girlfriend, Yoo Eun-ha.