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6.

Seonghyun immediately picked up the rabbit’s teeth on the ground and tied his hands with rabbit skin.

His intuition screamed louder as the number of wolves increased.

Run. Dodge their attacks for now.

But Seonghyun just chuckled.

“Shut up, tell me how to beat these guys. I’m not running anymore.”

Seonghyun raised the corners of his mouth as if excited.

Gray magic flickered in his eyes, revealing a strange desire.

It was evidence that he was already using magic.

Seonghyun didn’t take his eyes off them, ready to respond whenever they attacked.

“Hoo… this is fun.”

Seonghyun licked his lips. The wolves didn’t rush towards Seonghyun recklessly.

They knew too. If they rushed in recklessly.

They would die.

“One, two… a total of thirteen….”

It was overwhelming numerical violence.

Awooo-!

The wolves didn’t wait any longer.

Prey after a long time. Food. And it was alone.

Although it didn’t look very strong based on its appearance. Something felt off.

As the wolves rushed in, Seonghyun’s senses shouted.

Duck.

Seonghyun bent down and grabbed the still burning firewood.

Thwack!

He struck the wolf’s stomach with the firewood and kicked his right foot back.

One step back.

This prevented Seonghyun’s right foot from being bitten.

Seonghyun bit the neck of the wolf that failed to attack.

Thunk!

Blood gushed out of the wolf’s neck like a fountain. At the same time, the other wolves ran in different directions.

Once again, his intuition rang.

Throw forward and roll.

Seonghyun threw himself forward. As soon as his body hit the ground, he rolled over.

The moment he threw himself forward, a wolf thrust its mouth where Seonghyun had been.

But Seonghyun had already flown away. Two wolves prepared for this attack rushed towards him.

Seonghyun anticipated this as well. That’s why the wolves’ attacks failed.

The moment their attacks failed.

Seonghyun saw an opportunity.

Looking at their white bellies, Seonghyun swung his arm.

Snick-

He sliced open the first wolf’s belly, and as he tried to cut the second wolf, his head suddenly stood up.

Roll back.

Rolling back-

As Seonghyun rolled back, claws appeared where he had been.

Phew.

“If I hadn’t dodged, I would’ve been done for.”

Seonghyun playfully waved the hand holding the teeth.

At that moment, the wolf whose neck he had cut and the one whose belly he had sliced entered Seonghyun’s sight.

They were dead.

“Good. Purchase body level increase.”

Seonghyun raised his body level to 2 in the coin shop he had prepared in advance.

I’ll get more than from the rabbit.

But just in case, he only raised it to 2.

“Who cares, the important thing is that I’ve gotten stronger, right? Woof woof?”

Feeling his strengthened body, Seonghyun smirked at the wolves.

***

Hayato visited the head of the legal team on the evening of the summoning day.

It was after his conversation with Sasaki.

The head welcomed Hayato with warm milk.

Hayato thanked him as he received the warm milk.

“Thank you.”

The head opened up to Hayato.

“So? Why did you come to see me, student?”

The head saw Hayato as a student.

Hayato didn’t like that.

Maybe that’s why he was a bit impatient.

“Please help me. I want to get stronger.”

Hayato said, bowing his head.

The head scratched his cheek lightly and asked, “Get stronger? What do you mean?”

“I want to know how to handle people. Please teach me.”

The head’s expression changed at those words. It was the same expression he had when he made a deal with the king.

“What can you offer me?”

This.

Hayato felt the joy that permeated his entire body as he looked at that expression.

He needed to learn this.

Hayato was a hero. It granted him many rights and privileges, making him a remarkable presence.

But, on the flip side, without being a hero, Hayato was nothing.

Hayato realized this truth. The moment he witnessed the process of a mere nobody like himself negotiating with a king.

At first, he denied it and refused to acknowledge it.

However, last night, Hayato realized.

If there’s something I don’t know how to do yet, then I should learn it, shouldn’t I? He was a hero. Fortunately, in this world, he was quite a remarkable existence.

With that in mind, Hayato sought out Seonghyun, the head of the legal team.

Hayato responded to the head’s words, “If there’s anything you desire, as a hero, I will give you everything I can.”

Without hesitation, the head replied to Hayato, “Ha! The student is trying to be funny. What did you see from me just now? You’re not about to admire me, are you? If so, you’re out. People are not to be toyed with.”

Silence.

Hayato couldn’t respond.

The head looked down at Hayato, who was holding onto his words tightly.

“Go. I have nothing to tell you.”

“Please. I will also accompany you to meet President Kim Seonghyun.”

Was it a test of strength, or was it the head’s capriciousness?

The head sighed. It was a voice that seemed to be holding something back.

“If you weren’t a student, I would have crushed you. How dare you consider yourself a trading partner for the president? Someone like you?”

Hayato didn’t avoid that gaze.

It had to be now. He must convince this person. That thought crossed his mind.

“Please. I am a hero. I will surely be of help. Please. Listen to my story.”

Perhaps his sincerity got through.

The head looked at Hayato over his glasses and said, “Ha… What is a high school student doing… Sit down for now. Tonight will be a long one.”

The head sighed as he looked at the moon.

***

Clang!

Krrrrrrrr-

The wolf, now reduced to eight, no longer held back its life.

This means.

If one wolf exposes its neck to attack, it could be stabbed, leaving it vulnerable to another wolf.

This made Seonghyun’s mind burn even hotter.

Is this attack a fake? If I attack, what comes next?

Here, let’s attack. And where should I move to?

In the midst of it all, an event that would make Seonghyun’s head ache occurred.

“Oh, this is troublesome. Sigh.”

The rabbit’s tooth was chipped.

How many more times can I block it?

“In that case, let’s change it.”

Seonghyun untied the rabbit skin wrapped around his hand.

Whirr-

Seonghyun covered the eyes of the wolf rushing at him with the leather.

The wolf, blinded, reached out aimlessly.

As a result, its guard was wide open.

Seizing the opportunity, Seonghyun dove into the wolf’s embrace.

Squelch-

Seonghyun stabbed the wolf’s heart and then brought the tooth down.

The wolf’s entrails spilled out like a waterfall.

“Now, six.”

Seonghyun wiped his bloodied face and smiled coldly at the wolves.

Seonghyun used the Fire spell on the rabbit’s chipped tooth with maximum firepower.

The tooth turned red, melting like iron despite being bone.

Seonghyun threw it towards the approaching wolf’s eyes.

Sizzle-

The wolf tried to knock it away with its front paw.

At that moment, Seonghyun threw a stone. The tooth, hit by the stone, spun around and narrowly avoided the front paw.

It was truly a remarkable sight.

Whirr-.

The dagger narrowly avoided the wolf’s paw and struck its muzzle directly.

Thud!

“Five.”

As soon as they saw that figure, the wolves rushed towards it. Seonghyun grabbed the body in front of him and swung it around.

And then, the blood dripping from the body pierced through the wolves’ eyes.

Crack!

Their vision was blocked.

The wolves could no longer accurately discern Seonghyun’s figure.

But.

They were not just standing still.

Awooo-.

The wolves closed their eyes and started sniffing the air.

“Huh? Look at these guys.”

The wolves raised their heads as if they had found Seonghyun’s location.

However, Seonghyun was already next to another wolf corpse.

Seonghyun needed a new weapon. So, he found one.

The corpse of the wolf right next to him.

Seonghyun lifted the wolf’s face.

He fixed the lower jaw with his leg, grabbed two fangs with his palm, and secured them.

Hoo-!

With a breath, the two fangs came off and landed in Seonghyun’s hand.

The length was similar to that of a military greatsword.

“But the grip feels a bit off.”

Perhaps due to the blood and flesh, it kept slipping from his hand.

-Used skill: Fire[F].

Seonghyun immediately lit a fire in his hand.

As the two fangs touched the fire, they turned red, and the part that touched Seonghyun’s hand transformed into a shape that fit his palm.

The moment the fire ignited, the wolves leaped towards Seonghyun.

Seonghyun ran across the riverbank, dodging them.

Upon reaching the riverbank, Seonghyun immediately plunged the fangs into the water.

Sizzle.

Tempering with fire and cooling with water. Normally, bones should break when treated this way.

But the fangs here became even harder, as if they were being tempered like iron.

Was that why?

Now, they were well-shaped fangs.

Seonghyun swung the fangs.

Swish.

The sound of cutting through the air was quite satisfying.

“It’s usable.”

Seonghyun pushed his body forward.

Seonghyun, speeding towards the wolves, caught them off guard.

Why did the fleeing guy suddenly…?

Suddenly running and then contracting his body, he naturally lost balance, creating an opening.

In the middle to the left.

The sound of intuition and his own judgment.

These two combined to create the optimal path.

Seonghyun’s target was in the middle to the left.

When the guy realized he was the target, he growled, revealing his fangs.

“Scared?”

When Seonghyun suddenly disappeared, the guy looked around.

Seonghyun was above the wolf.

Slice.

“Four.”

Seonghyun looked at the other wolves with a sly smile.

The wolves started to back away.

They couldn’t win. They had to run.

Now it was Seonghyun’s turn to hunt them.

“What? Now you want to run because it seems impossible? No, you can’t.”

Seonghyun immediately raised his body level by 3 and kicked towards the wolves.

-Body level has increased.

Shriek.

As Seonghyun rolled his foot, the body stretched out straight.

By raising his body level, Seonghyun became even faster than before.

The wolves couldn’t keep up with this speed, and they fell one by one as Seonghyun swung his arms.

“Three, two. Only one left?”

The guy who first noticed Seonghyun.

Seonghyun immediately ran towards him.

The guy hurriedly ran towards the forest.

Where are you going?

“You’re the one who came.”

No matter how fast the wolf ran, it couldn’t defeat Seonghyun, who had reached level 15.

Seonghyun turned his body, waved his right hand, and the wolf’s head separated from its body.

“End.”

Shriek.

He wiped the blood off his fangs.

Then, he sat on a suitable rock, caught his breath, and checked his account.

“Let’s see… Oh?”

There were 470C in his account.

During the fight, Seonghyun earned a total of 520C in a single battle, excluding the body level he purchased.

“Did they give me 40C each? Not bad.”

Seonghyun pondered.

Should he look for stocks to invest in here, or should he increase his own abilities to grow his seed money?

The answer was already clear.