episode_0017

Powwow

A luxurious flower bed explodes on the spot, sending dust flying around.

Clink

Clink

The large window overlooking the lobby splits into thousands of pieces and collapses.

“Uh…uh…”

Has it been less than a minute since Jihoon started playing the game as soon as he arrived at the entrance to the Ares Guild building?

Sojung looked at the entrance to the building that was literally falling apart and was even thinking about how ridiculous and cheerful it was.

“Hey!”

A woman wearing office attire, wearing high heels, was coming out from inside the building making a clicking sound.

She was an information desk attendant inside the lobby.

In an instant, the revolving door was smashed and the windows were broken, so she hid under the desk thinking there was an earthquake.

But soon, when he saw someone, he ran and screamed.

Ji-hoon is rather surprised when an ordinary woman, not an awakened one, approaches him without fear as he randomly destroys a building, and he stops doing everything he was doing.

“What are you doing! Are you a Black Hunter?”

Even if the guy doing the trick was actually a Black Hunter, wouldn’t he be embarrassed if he asked so boldly?

I wonder if he can be this brave because he works at the information desk of a large guild rather than the information desk of a regular company…

Jihoon answers her question politely.

“No. My name is Jihoon Kang, and I am an academy cadet. I came to visit a person named Do Woon-hyuk.”

“Why are you destroying everything when you came looking for someone? Didn’t you see the information desk? If you had asked me, wouldn’t I have taught you?”

“…I’m sorry. I couldn’t be considerate of that.”

Sojung, who was watching, was surprised when Jihoon, who she thought always acted as he wanted, showed an unexpected side.

“Kyaak”

Huh

Jihoon throws his body around while hugging the guide.

The floor where the two were confronting was cracked in all directions, and a huge, muscular man was standing on top of it.

“Hunter Yu Hongman!”

The guide Jihoon took to avoid him recognizes him and shouts.

The man who jumped from the 8th floor of the building was Yu Hong-man, a B-class hunter from the Ares Guild.

“What are you doing? Where did you come from”

Sojung didn’t miss Jihoon’s expression, which was once again relaxed, unlike when he was dealing with the receptionist.

“I came looking for a person named Do Woon-hyuk. Didn’t you hear about it in advance?”

“Director?”

Yoo Hong-man’s face becomes full of questions and he glares at Ji-hoon again.

“Why Director Do? More than that, why are you destroying the building when you come here to meet people?”

Dozens of people come out of the building and surround the two people in a standoff.

“What is this”

“What happened, is there an earthquake?”

“No, I think it was that person over there?”

“What is with that guy!”

As if he doesn’t care how many people are crowded around him, Ji-hoon answers Hong-man without even paying attention to his surroundings.

“Wouldn’t this mean that something good came to you?”

Yu Hong-man’s eyebrows furrow at Ji-hoon’s insincere answer.

“Are you crazy? I know where this is…”

“Isn’t it the Ares Guild?”

Jihoon’s shameless response.

Hong Man hears him and raises his magic power.

Yu Hong-man, the only tank and leader of the Ares Guild Gate Conquest Team 2.

As he increases his magical power and uses skills, the muscles of his entire body, including his limbs, wriggle and move, and soon reassemble.

He was originally a huge person, but now he boasts an even bigger size, as if he were a wall.

“It’s not like someone came to talk to you verbally, so you have no choice but to communicate with your body”

His voice, which had changed in appearance, was much louder and more resonant than before.

“Oh… is it a tank? I only saw it in books and videos, and it turned out well.”

Jihoon is amazed at how his appearance has changed.

Boom

Yu Hong-man’s huge body rushes toward Ji-hoon at a speed so fast that it’s hard to believe it came from that size.

Jihoon stomps his feet and slightly moves his body to the left to avoid it.

Like a bull that passes by while missing the red cloth, Hongman goes a long way before stopping and turning around.

“Team leader!!”

Among the group surrounding the two, four people who appear to be members of Hongman’s team come forward.

“Stay still. I deal with it alone.”

Hongman, who sensed that Jihoon’s movements to avoid his rush were unusual, raised his hand to stop the team members who were trying to join him.

“Are you a hunter?”

“Yes”

“Which guild is it?”

“Academy”

“What?”

“Still going to the academy. No guild”

Watching Ji-hoon give an answer indifferently, Hong-man’s eyes fill with curiosity.

“Can I go this time?”

Hongman comes to his senses after hearing Jihoon’s words.

Before he knew it, Jihoon’s new brother was kicking Hongman’s side.

Powok

“Ugh… Sigh…”

Hongman was unable to avoid Jihoon, who rushed at him in an instant and threw a kick, so he focused his magic on his side, which was the point of attack.

However, Hongman feels intense pain from the powerful force and is pushed back a few steps in the direction from which the kick came.

“Wow…you’re really stubborn, aren’t you? Is this a tank?”

Jihoon only used a little of his strength, but he was still admiring Hongman, who was able to stand even after being hit by his kick.

Huh

Hongman, who has taken his stance again, quickly rushes in and hits Jihoon with his fist.

His huge fist sinks into the ground like an ax splitting a block of wood.

Ji-hoon, who easily stepped back and avoided Hong-man’s attack, turns forward again and delivers the same kick to the side he hit earlier.

This time, because the blow was struck while he was not in the right posture, Hongman’s body stumbled and immediately rolled on the floor.

“Team leader!!”

“Team leader!!”

Hongman raises his hand to signal to his teammates that he is okay.

“Wook…Wook…What are you doing”

“You keep asking me the same thing, I’m an academy cadet”

“It doesn’t matter. Try again”

“Huh?”

“Try that kick again”

Did the fact that he was hit and bounced off hurt the tanker’s pride?

Hongman is breathing heavily but regains his posture.

The ground where his feet were being dug in, and magical energy was scattering like a haze over his shoulders and head.

Hongman stands strong like an impenetrable castle gate.

Do you want to test yourself with stronger tanking skills?

Jihoon has the expression of a child who has discovered something interesting.

“Okay, give it a try.”

Ji-hoon raises the power of Danjeon just as much as before. Soon, his foot steps on the ground and he delivers an honest kick to the side in exactly the same position as before.

As if he would respond to the head-to-head battle he wanted.

The same amount of internal energy was used, but just as Hongman took a stance optimized for tanking, Jihoon also charged in with a stance optimized for kicking.

It was a quick step, but each step was a perfect step.

Powwow

A loud roar echoes through the air, as if something exploded.

Jihoon’s feet fall from Hongman’s side in a haze of flying dust and magic power.

“Team leader!!”

From the position where he took his stance, Hongman can be seen not even taking a single step.

Whoosh

But soon he vomited blood and ended up kneeling on one knee.

“Again, you’re really stubborn, aren’t you?”

Ji-hoon looks at Hong-man and gives him a sincere compliment.

Hongman’s body, with only one knee touching the ground, seems to have listened to Jihoon’s words, and falls forward and falls to the floor.

Right now, a quiet silence surrounds the dozens of people surrounding the Ares building.

Only Jihoon, who was looking around at the people surrounding him, was able to break the silence.

“…Um…Who’s next?”

***

Back seat of a large black sedan

CEO Lee Kang-cheon, who is returning to the guild in a car driven by a chauffeur, is continuously sighing, unable to hide his unpleasant feelings.

“CEO, I guess something bad happened today.”

Lee Kang-cheon comes to his senses by the driver’s calm voice.

“Ah…I sighed too hard, didn’t I? I’m sorry for bothering you while you’re driving.”

“No, how can I feel sorry for sighing? And please tone down your comments.”

“No. We don’t carelessly talk to the employees below us, but you’re telling me to say it to Engineer Kim who was dispatched. It’s not even possible.”

Although he was the representative of a large guild, he was reputed to have a great personality.

“A co-worker who has been with me for a long time has been feeling upset lately. Since you keep trying to use guild members privately, I don’t know how to advise you…”

CEO Lee Kang-cheon is humble and kind, and has always treated the driver with courtesy.

Even now, just by looking at the fact that he, a knight, gave such honest answers to the questions posed as a formality, I was able to see what a great person he was.

Soon we arrived at the guild and a sedan passed the internal road towards the building.

“Uh…uh…”

what? Do you see something? They say hunters have different eyesight than ordinary people…

By the time Driver Kim was almost heading towards the building, speeding up a bit for Representative Lee.

“What the fuck is that!”

Driver Kim needed to confirm that the voice coming from the back seat was the voice of CEO Lee Kang-cheon he knew.