episode_0011

Episode.11 True thoughts

My heart felt like it was going to explode.

At least this is not a positive biological reaction.

Why did Harin, who said she would heal me, try to harm me?

Did she simply make a mistake?

Or a system error…. No. Frankly speaking, the possibility that there is an error in the system is close to zero.

This system is my own technology that cannot be applied to concepts such as bugs in games.

If there was a flaw in the EX level skill, I think it would be a joke.

“How are you?”

“Hmm.. I’m not sure?”

I felt a little goosebumps when Harin asked me about my physical condition.

So I suddenly gave a strange answer.

It was dark so I couldn’t see Harin’s face when she heard what I said, but she looked a little embarrassed.

‘What is this situation..’

Fortunately, Harin really healed me this time.

‘If I hadn’t acquired Soul Protection, by now…’

‘If she was planning to put a ‘debuff’ on me…’

It felt like a million thoughts were running through my head.

This situation is telling me that my senses, having experienced betrayal many times, are strongly unfavorable.

Then, I suddenly remembered what Eunbyeol said to me in the past.

Even though it was only a few days ago.

– ‘Do you understand, Siwoo? ‘I want you to remember one thing.’

– ‘What?’

– ‘In our world of hunters, you can always die or be betrayed.’

Called. The only thing that came to mind in this situation was the one thing Eunbyeol said to me.

“Ha, Harin…”

“Yes. Why are you like that?”

“No, it’s nothing…”

“You. Your voice is shaking. Is there any pain? If there is anything uncomfortable, please let me know. I will heal you…”

My ultimate goal is to repay this vengeful spirit to those who betrayed me.

You can’t be bullied in a place like this.

My senses seemed to be screaming that I shouldn’t ask her to heal.

“No. I’m really fine. Now… I have to find a way to get out, right?”

I told Harin that now we should find a way to escape from here.

Fortunately, Harin heard me and nodded her head lightly.

However, as soon as those words were said, the boss of the dungeon that was in the corner suddenly turned into a gate.

… Clearly the gate we entered was not the Black Gate.

The Black Gate is the only dungeon boss that turns into a gate that connects to the outside world.

But the gate Harin and I came through was definitely the blue gate…

For the Blue Gate, once you catch the dungeon boss, you have to walk back out to the gate.

It may have been an anomaly caused by the gate disappearing in the middle.

However, as soon as the gate disappeared, we should have been thrown out of the dungeon and out into the outside world through the gate.

With the boss and miscellaneous mobs inside the gate.

But we didn’t do that.

No, I didn’t do that exactly.

Not only is the gate closed, but inside it are me, Harin, and the monsters in the dungeon.

Everyone was trapped in the dungeon.

“You… I think the boss has now turned into a gate. Didn’t you say that we entered through the blue gate?”

Harin also seemed to notice something was strange.

“Yes… I definitely entered through the Blue Gate… but does the Blue Gate sometimes change to a Black Gate?”

“Hmm… I’ve never experienced such a phenomenon, but… If this happens, I’ll have to report it to the association right away.”

First we threw ourselves into the gate.

This feeling of passing through a gate that I was not used to even after almost two years of being a hunter.

The dungeon boss becomes a gate, and when you pass through that gate, these creepy sensations run through your whole body.

I was so happy this time.

It’s as if the guys living in the dungeon also have a story.

‘…’

It seemed like we were getting further and further away from the inside of the dungeon.

– Tiring!

Then the system suddenly turned on and immediately gave me shocking information.

[You have cleared the Serpent Ruins.]

This sentence… came out last time when I cleared the Black Gate by myself…

This phrase appears only after clearing the Black Gate.

So does this really mean that the Blue Gate changed into a Black Gate in the middle?

There are so many things we really don’t know.

And it seems that the place where we were isolated was underneath the ruins.

If it was really a black gate, it means it was a field type.

If so, the area above this cave becomes a historic site.

Why did I come straight to where the boss was?

… Such speculations are not made by low-level employees like me.

Sometimes you have to ask your boss for help.

Now the inside of the dungeon has completely disappeared from view.

A dazzlingly bright light seemed to hit both my eyes, and soon I had to close them both.

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– Shuung!

– Pot!

Harin and I went to that place when we first entered the gate.

“Wow… I’m a little dizzy. How about you?”

“I’m a bit.. no.. maybe it’ll be okay?”

Harin stumbled.

If I hadn’t chosen soul protection, I would have been attacked by that weak-looking S-class fashion.

“Can you tell me what time it is?”

“Uh… wait and I’ll check.”

The time is now… It was 12:25 when I first entered the gate.

But now it’s 12:30.

Since we cleared the Black Gate, which pretends to be the Blue Gate, in 5 hours, it seems like 5 minutes have passed in the outside world.

We would like to go straight to the association to report, but since it is lunch time, there may not be many people who will listen to our story.

“It’s 12:30 now. It’s lunch time.”

“I see.. Thank you for letting me know.”

First, I told Harin the current time.

“If you have some time, how about having a meal with me? After lunch, let’s go report to the association together.”

“Ah…”

“Do you not like it?”

‘hmm…’

I want to distance myself from Harin right now.

Of course, it’s a debuff that could be life-threatening… Of course, it’s an estimate, but I almost got that.

Soul Protection, which has a cooldown of 24 hours, can no longer block her actions.

‘It’s unfortunate… but…’

‘hmm….’

I’m sorry Harin, but I have to refuse this request…

‘uh?’

No, no.

I just had a really good idea.

“Okay, okay. What kind of big deal is it to eat just one meal?”

Her smile drew a soft arc at my answer.

As if she was embarrassed by that, she gently brought her hand to her mouth to hide her smile.

‘I like it so much… which one is the real one…?’

I was disturbed to see her crying and laughing at every word I said.

“Ah.. But I left my wallet, what should I do?”

“You… don’t worry. Money isn’t important…”

She referred to money as if she had a lot of money.

That’s right, almost any S-class healer would have the skill to save even a dying person.

There is no way to not have money.

And this is my target.

If I eat with her and implicitly tell her that the weapon was damaged in the previous battle, wouldn’t she be able to give me a weapon filled with magic as a gift?

Honestly, I couldn’t help but think this because Harin was trying to harm me.

Shouldn’t I also use her to some extent to make ends meet?

Since Harin has a lot of money, wouldn’t she eat something like steak?

My mouth was already watering at the thought of eating high-quality food.

So we went to the fucking soup restaurant.

‘No what?’

The name of the soup restaurant is not shit. It was just me swearing.

The name of the soup restaurant was simply written as a restaurant specializing in pork soup.

I thought that if I followed her, who said she had a lot of money, I would definitely be able to eat high-quality food that I couldn’t normally eat.

“Harin… I think I came to the wrong place?”

“Yes? Where is this?”

“Uh… a pork soup restaurant?”

“Then I think I came to the right place. Don’t surprise me for no reason.”

Yes. Even though she was making a lot of money, she was a soup lover to the core.

But that doesn’t mean I hate soup.

However, I was only disappointed because I had high expectations.

I also usually enjoy eating soup and rice.

There was a time when I ate soup and rice for all three meals a day.

Although I was very disappointed, I was still grateful for what she bought me and went to the soup restaurant and ate pork soup.

She also ate pork soup like me.

There were times when I stared at her because I was amazed that she was eating well even though she had no eyes.

Of course, Harin, who had a very good sense of humor, showed quite funny reactions every time she looked at each person.

And as I had planned earlier, I lied and said that my weapon was broken during the battle.

It actually broke a while ago… when I was catching a goblin.

We went to eat and pay the bill.

She took out a card from her pocket.

It’s not something I got off my chest.

I saw the card.

The color of the card was black.

This woman in front of me… she really seems to be extremely rich.

I looked blankly at Harin, who was coming after finishing paying.

“You… you said earlier that your weapon was broken, right? I’ll buy you one.”

“Uh.. Uh..”

She suddenly wrapped her arms around me and led me away, telling me that there was a point at which she knew well.

Really… I couldn’t tell which one was the real one.

“Hehehe~”

With Harin’s suspicious smile and her arms tightening even more, I went with her again to get my weapon.

Because we had our arms crossed, it felt like her sensitive area was touching my arm.

‘In this way… it’s really like a date…’