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Although he was told to run away, Seojun did not move from his seat.

Just because I was in danger of death didn’t mean my legs gave out or anything.

Just just.

“Sister, it’s dangerous! You have to be careful..!”

This was because my heart was pounding without realizing it as I saw these people struggling to protect the people in front of them, even though I knew that they could be causing trouble.

“When will support from other hunters arrive?”

“Association employees have already started to arrive outside, so it will be soon..! Hold on just a little longer..!”

It was a world with an absolute large number of hunters, and even though he was a non-combat type, he had just awakened as a hunter.

That’s why my heart raced because I saw the hunters in action for the first time.

My heart started pounding when I saw the girls who, although clearly not strong, seemed stronger than anyone else.

‘It seems dangerous, but is there any way to help?’

I thought that if I had awakened as a combat hunter, I would have jumped into that chaotic battlefield and helped them.

It felt very strange to see myself thinking like that, but I guess I did it anyway.

However, although Seojun was awakened, he was a non-combat type hunter.

However, it wasn’t a buffer that could provide the buff that was needed right away.

“.Ha, it’s frustrating.”

It was inevitable that he felt frustrated with his situation.

There was no sense of justice or wanting to save people.

To be honest, I thought until now that it didn’t matter what happened to my own life.

‘It’s been a long time since I felt this kind of frustration.’

There was a time when I thought it was frustrating for people who went to work at a company according to my grandfather’s wish and couldn’t work.

However, it was truly the first time in a long time that I felt frustrated at not being able to help someone.

“From the Hunter Association! Please evacuate all members of the public, and move the injured to the ambulance over there..!”

“You must not stand here! Come this way!”

While Seojun was confused by the emotions he was feeling for the first time in almost 10 years, the Hunter Association employees who arrived were moving according to the manual.

From their point of view, where the principle was to evacuate the general public, Seojun was also a member of the general public.

While he was staring helplessly inside the department store, he was dragged by the hands of the association’s employees to a distant place.

‘It wasn’t a strong feeling, but you’re still being treated like that?’

Even as they were being transported, Seojun’s eyes were focused on the women who risked their lives to rescue ordinary people and fight, but who were treated coldly by the association’s employees.

‘The association is also trash. In any case, people who saved lives before anyone else are treated like that.’

As the Association ultimately divides hunters based on their strength, it was not incomprehensible that they, who did not appear to be strong, were treated that way.

However, despite not being strong, he risked his life to save ordinary people, but that’s the only treatment he received.

Besides, Seojun clearly saw it.

A small translucent window floating next to their heads.

[ Potential: S-Class Hunter ]

No one person had particularly high potential.

All of them showed potential as S-class hunters.

Of course, potential literally means latent possibility, not immediate ability.

Depending on how you draw it out, it may reach its maximum potential, or it may not develop at all.

‘I’ll have to look into it.’

Kang Seo-jun was the type of person who needed to get to know him properly once he became interested in him.

After my mother passed away, I had no interest in anything and just lived my life.

‘Anyway, I owe you my life. I’m definitely not doing this with a strange mind.’

It was true that I felt a crush, but I didn’t know what kind of crush it was.

For some reason, Seojun thought it was a bit embarrassing to accept the feelings he felt for the first time in a long time as he got older.

***

“Ah, hunters. Instead of coming forward, you should have contacted the association first.”

Fortunately, the gate that caused the explosion at the department store was a level D gate, so it was able to end without any damage thanks to the input of hunters.

“No, someone could die right before your eyes, so you just hold the phone and watch?”

Seo A-rin, the brown-haired girl who had moved Seo-jun outside a little while ago, became angry and scolded the association staff.

It was certainly true that the hunters who came later reacted quickly, but if the initial response had not been carried out properly, there could have been casualties.

Association staff were also not unaware of this fact.

If another hunter had responded first, he would definitely have fallen flat and sucked his ass.

However, her engineering school, including Seo A-rin, was able to be treated like this because it was an engineering school founded by people who were called troublesome people even by the association.

“This initial response was definitely excellent. But how do you know if you’ll have an accident like you did in the guild?”

It was an undertone that it was natural for them to act this way.

Naturally, there was not a single word of apology mixed in with those words.

“Huh, what now..”

“Anyway, since you participated in the raid, I will check that you are present today.”

Seo-Arin’s engineering school was not affiliated with a guild, nor was it an official engineering school officially recognized by the association, so it was as if each individual belonged to the association.

Therefore, they had to run when the association called them, and it was against the law not to attend.

There were ways to enter another engineering school on a one-time basis or join a guild, but the reality was that it was not easy.

In the first place, they didn’t get together and plan an engineering school among themselves.

“Look! Don’t we deserve an apology for this?!”

“Ah, Arin. it’s okay. Let’s stop and go. It’s not like you don’t know that these people are anyway.”

“No, sister! Honestly, it’s ridiculous! We didn’t even cause an accident!”

When they first awakened as hunters, they were also hunters belonging to their respective guilds.

In particular, in the case of the brown-haired girl, Seo A-rin, she received a love call from a fairly decent mid-sized guild as she was a level D magic hunter who uses fire.

The reason she was being ignored by Hunter, a member of a virtually independent association, was.

‘Ahh! Hot! ‘What if they shoot fire at me!’

It was because of a fatal mistake made in the guild.

It may have been because I was nervous on the day I went on my first raid.

No matter how much I practiced, I was not skilled enough, which may have been due to my immaturity.

I was startled by the monster that suddenly jumped out and fired a fireball, but the fire ended up attacking my fellow raid members as well.

Because of that mistake, she was expelled from engineering school and took a break for a while, but no one wanted to team up with her.

It was okay up to that point, but the trauma of almost burning a person prevented me from using my skills, and I ended up getting kicked out of the guild.

The good news was that I kept the down payment I received when joining the guild without using it.

Otherwise, I might have become a debtor and couldn’t do anything.

“Seorarin Hunter, if you keep acting like that, today’s attendance may be treated as if it never happened. To be honest, you only saved some people, but you didn’t help in the battle.”

“No, over there. Anyway, isn’t it a bit much to say that you just saved some people?”

Chae-yoon, who was stopping Arin from behind, frowned and spoke harshly to the association employee.

“Is human life really that light?”

“…No, I didn’t mean it that way.”

Han Chae-yoon, who had dark black hair and white skin, had a tank position.

Tanking was a fairly mainstream ability, but her tanking ability was half-baked.

The aggro skill itself was a skill that did not work on monsters with stronger strength than himself, and Chaeyun’s strength was 20, which was considerably lower than that of the average E-class hunter.

As a result, the guilds that had recruited Chaeyoon based on her grades ended up expelling her one after another, and now, at Arin’s suggestion, they were participating in engineering activities together.

“Ah, anyway, everyone’s attendance has been processed, so you can go back now.”

The association employee finished his sentence urgently and left as if running away.

Arin and Chaeyun, who remained in their seats, just sighed.

“Huh, sisters? Why are you doing this?”

After the association staff left, Choi Soo-ah, a cute girl with pink hair tied up in pigtails like dumplings, and Kim Na-hyeon, with straight blonde hair, approached them a little later.

“Ah, did Sua and Nahyun drink enough water?”

What happened while I was finishing work and drinking the water prepared by the association.

Chae-yoon and Arin made an implicit promise not to talk about it for no reason.

Because it wasn’t a good story to hear.

“By the way, didn’t Nahyeon say that she was contacted by a guild this time?”

Chae-yoon asked Na-hyeon, who was looking tired.

“Eh, ah.. Yes, that’s right. I don’t want to go. I feel most comfortable and like being with my sister, Arin, and Sua.”

Nahyeon, a timid person who spoke in a low voice that seemed almost inaudible, was a healer who was coveted by everyone everywhere.

There was a simple reason for her to be in an engineering school where people were treated like bastards.

Although he is a healer, he has the ability to increase regenerative ability rather than direct healing ability.

Increasing the regenerative ability was not as effective in urgent battles as compared to healing, but it was clear that it was a great ability in the long run.

But the problem was that Nahyeon was an E-class hunter.

Even if she, an E-class, used a skill that increased her regenerative ability, it took a long time and the increase was not very high.

Moreover, even if she invested money and training to develop her abilities, the growth compared to the investment was slow, so most guilds could not tolerate her.

“..I ended up getting kicked out of the guild I joined last time because they said everything was okay, and they said there was nothing they could do.”

Nahyeon’s trauma was as deep and deep as Arin’s.

“Hey, what do you think? We can do our best together! Just like before!”

The girl with pink bun hair smiling brightly while patting Nahyun on the back was Sua, the youngest student in this engineering school at age 22.

It was difficult to make a living just by working as a hunter, so she worked part-time at a convenience store. Her main weapon was a dagger, which was a fairly non-mainstream job.

The dagger itself was non-mainstream and of a low level, so Soo-ah had never belonged to a guild, let alone received a love call, but she still had the brightest personality among them.

“I got my part-time salary yesterday! Let’s go have a drink! I’m shooting~!”

She had never belonged to a guild, so she had never felt abandoned.

Nevertheless, he was a good younger brother who guessed how difficult it must have been for others and tried to comfort his older sisters with his small part-time salary.

“Do you want to shoot me about how much part-time salary I get? it’s okay. I’ll buy it for you.”

“Eng, Chae-yoon says we are in deficit this month too.”

“I also received my part-time salary yesterday, so let’s split the payment.”

“Ah, just like that last time, Arin bought it all!”

“I still have severance pay left…”

“Nahyeon, please save that! You haven’t even found a part-time job yet.”

It was clear that in the eyes of the association and guild people, they were only worth half a penny.

However, even in a world where no one favors them, their hearts as they strive to save the world and help people are second to none.