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How many minutes did it take?

As if to prove that it is an alien world

Looking at the trees with leaves shining blue and the colorful grass, I felt that it was a world different from Earth than the martial arts world.

“Suddenly I can’t see the monster.”

Is this the realm of powerful monsters that we have only heard about?

I stopped and looked closely at my surroundings.

“I can’t see any traces.”

I unleashed my telekinesis and began to scan my surroundings.

Even for a C-class telekinetic, it was a burdensome act because it consumed a lot of psychic energy.

My psychic energy was close to B level, so it wasn’t an issue.

“Found it.”

I walked leisurely towards the place that had been detected and was able to discover the crypt.

As I walked nearby, a growling sound was heard from inside the cave, and immediately a one-eyed monkey jumped out.

Just as there is a large gap even among hunters.

Even among the same monster species, although it was not large, there was a gap. At a glance, this one-eyed monkey was stronger than the others and had a huge physique.

The one-eyed monkey looks more like a science fiction alien creature than a fantasy monster.

In fact, it barely resembled a monkey, and its single eye was wide oval and black and red in color, making it very bizarre.

His pale, hairless skin was wrinkled and his arms were thin but elongated, and his fingers and palms were very thick in contrast.

Without hesitation, I tried to slaughter the one-eyed monkey that jumped out with my telekinesis, but

The one-eyed monkey suddenly passed by the dagger with unusual acceleration, causing my dagger to split the air.

‘Acceleration characteristics?!’

Acceleration is not a separate superpower, but is an additional characteristic of body strengthening superpower. It usually blooms at Class C, but some talented people and monsters bloom at Class D.

I gave up on the dagger that cut through the air and used my telekinesis to move the dagger I had in my pocket and hurriedly threw it at the approaching one-eyed monkey, but the monkey easily dodged it and hit me with its thick fist.

phut!

Although he protected his body with his constantly deployed telekinesis, he was unable to completely relieve the shock and was thrown away.

‘strong. But it’s definitely not C-level.’

The shock actually made me calm down.

First, I caught my bouncing body with telekinesis, and then pushed my telekinesis like a wall towards the one-eyed monkey accelerating towards me.

This time, the monkey tried to dodge, but its shoulders and arms were caught by telekinesis and were thrown to the side.

The monkey’s right arm, which collided with the telekinetic force while accelerating, was bent in the middle and looked to be in bad condition.

I stabilized the telekinetic power that was shaking after colliding with the monkey and swung the telekinetic power purely as before.

‘For someone with acceleration abilities, a dagger is a bad choice. ‘Strike wide and fast’

During my fight with the one-eyed monkey, I felt my spirit lifted and reality slowed down.

It was a thought acceleration phenomenon, a natural phenomenon that occurred due to concentration of mind and psychic energy, regardless of supernatural powers.

In the slowed down world, the one-eyed monkey faced the telekinetic force and swung its fist, but with its collapsed posture, it was unable to resist the telekinetic force, and the mass of telekinetic power attacked the one-eyed monkey.

bang!

“Kyaaagh!”

A monkey jumping out as if it had been in a car accident.

This time, he divided his telekinetic power into two and swung it in the right and left directions, targeting the upper and lower body.

The monkey used its acceleration ability to the limit to avoid the telekinesis aimed at the upper body, but was unable to avoid the telekinesis aimed at the lower body.

The legs, which were weaker than the arms, twisted and the one-eyed monkey rolled on the floor.

This was the difference between C-class and D-class superpowers.

In particular, body strengthening superpowers were exceptionally weak against higher-level telekinesis.

“Crooow…..”

The battle ended with me approaching the incapacitated one-eyed monkey, grabbing its head and body with telekinesis and turning it around.

“Is this a level D body enhancement superpower? If it had been C grade, it would have been a big problem.”

The one-eyed monkey fought hard, but the difference in level was clear.

A surprise attack was his only chance, but unfortunately he couldn’t break through the telekinesis.

Also, energy and blood helped a lot in this short battle.

Thanks to my strengthened body, I was fine even in the impact of increased acceleration.

If he had had a little more combat experience in the first place, he wouldn’t have been surprised by a D-level player even if he had acceleration abilities.

As I was about to collect information on the one-eyed monkey and walk back down the road, the gate signal I had in my pocket rang.

It was a signal that the alien core had been broken.

I was also aiming for the alien core, but it seemed to be insufficient for other veteran hunters who had attacked the gate dozens of times.

“It’s only been 3 hours since I left the gate…”

I felt like it would be a shame to end my first battle like this, so I decided to hunt monsters a little more.

If you use telekinesis detection without worrying about consuming psychic energy on the way out, you will be able to hunt a lot of monsters without wasting much time.

Also, even if the alien core breaks, the alien core does not collapse immediately, but slowly collapses over 6 to 12 days, so there is no need to worry about not being able to get out.

Of course, there are times when monsters notice the gate in the collapsing alien world and escape to Earth, but with a level 5 gate, they will never be able to establish themselves and defeat an army armed with mines and machine guns.

After hunting 9 more monsters, I went outside, handed over the information to the association staff, and received 200,000 won.

50,000 won was the compensation given by the government for clearing the gate, and 150,000 won was the price of the materials collected from the gate.

‘Working 5 hours and earning 200,000 won…. If you work 10 hours a day for 30 days, it’s 12 million won?’

The reality was that in Korea’s small territory, being able to enter the gate once every three days was a lot.

Looking at it this way, there seemed to be no advantage over hard work.

‘But if you go to a larger gate, you can earn more.’

If you go to a large or super large scale, the attack period will basically be over a month.

And to make really big money, you had to bring in a high-level gate or the remains of an alien core.

These materials were nothing more than a small way to earn pocket money.

Perhaps because of the delay in hunting the monster, all the other hunters had disappeared.

‘Everyone gets off work so quickly.’

I smiled bitterly and went home.

***

After returning home, I went to the world of martial arts for a day to gather more energy.

‘There is nothing bad about having a stronger body.’

I nodded as the energy and blood filled my body.

While I’m waiting for a seat at the next gate

Animal experiments were conducted to determine Babel’s capabilities.

This was an experiment to see if Babel’s mental assimilation also applies to animals. The results were conducted on pigeons, cockroaches, and spiders in order to obtain results quickly without anyone knowing.

The only result was that the pigeon was connected to the barbell.

The world seen through the senses and memories of a pigeon was a great inspiration to me, and I became vaguely aware of the paranormal spirit by comparing the human mind and the spirit of a pigeon.

Encouraged by these results, I searched for other animals and attached additional cats, wild dogs, and rats to the barbell, but without much success.

For a moment, I felt a sense of regret, but a new curiosity arose.

“What about alien monsters?”

Unlike ordinary animals, monsters all have supernatural powers, and since they are completely different creatures not only from humans but also from the animals and plants of the Earth, I did not know that there might be a great deal of benefit from the paranormal spirit.

I anxiously waited for a seat at the gate to become available, and in two days I was able to enter the medium-sized level 5 gate.

The medium-sized gate differed from the very small gate in terms of human units.

There was one battalion of troops and close to a hundred hunters.

‘The micro size was a real taster.’

The number of association employees, which used to be only one, increased to 11.

I was assigned group 15 at the reception desk, which had even brought a table and a tent.

There were three hunters in Group 15, and surprisingly, there was also Han Seok-jin, who was in the very small gate.

“Hello. Seokjin Han. We met again like this.”

“It’s spherical. Mr. Lim Yuhan.”

Seokjin Han introduced me to the group members.

Hunter Kim Yu-na, who played the role of the leader, said that her abilities were physical strengthening and hardening, and that even though she was a leader, her only role was to receive the radio and convey the contents.

The other one was Jeongsooah Hunter, whose ability was telekinesis. The most unique of them all was that she had three swords.

For reference, Han Seok-jin, a spherical hunter, had physical strength and regenerative characteristics.

As can be seen from the hunters’ superpowers, 70% of those with awakened superpowers used telekinesis to strengthen their bodies.

After exchanging greetings with them, an association employee came by soon.

“Everyone in Group 15 is here, right? I’ll give you directions before you go in. The area to be searched by Article 15 is…”

Unlike the very small gates, where hunters searched autonomously, medium-sized gates were designated by the government as areas for activity.

Because the size of the alien world differed by at least dozens of times that of the extremely small gate, if this was not done, the attack period could be delayed indefinitely.

Additionally, the larger the gate, the more monsters form groups and increase in number, making team activity mandatory.

They say that the case is different for high-ranking hunters such as Class A…