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“Skewer? What are you going to do with that?”

Seungjun, unable to understand the atmosphere, looks at Jihoon’s right hand and continues to be sarcastic.

“Are you a really fun guy? I heard something so absurd that I came out just to check…I met a strange guy…”

“Is it fun? It’s funny to me too… There are people like you who get beat up for being stubborn over something that isn’t a big deal. Wherever you go.”

Jihoon thinks about the past for a moment.

How many people in Moorim lost their lives for seemingly trivial reasons?

I saw someone die for bumping into a guest cup, someone for swearing at a monk behind his back… I even saw someone die for speaking loudly.

At that time, Jihoon couldn’t understand why powerful people cut off heads for such trivial reasons.

All you have to do is hit him hard enough to make him come to his senses…

“Sooyoung, do you remember our virtual gate earlier?”

Jihoon turns his gaze towards Seungjun and asks Sooyoung.

“Uh…huh? Yes, then.”

“Yoojeong said you saw us clearing the virtual gate earlier, right?”

This time, his question is directed at Yu-jeong.

“Ugh…yes, I saw it…”

“Then that’s good. This time, you’re using the healing skill on that guy, not me, okay? Both of you, when I tell you to heal, use a skill on that guy”

“What kind of bullshit is this? Wow, are you really going to try it? Okay, well, if you really cleared the 8th squad of the virtual gate, you’ll meet me in the team sparring finals anyway, so let’s take a look beforehand”

Ji-hoon takes a step towards Seung-jun, who has raised his magical powers to the fullest.

Seungjun extends his right hand forward and concentrates his magic.

It was then.

Puuk

“Aaaaa!! Ouch!”

Ji-hoon’s new brother suddenly approaches Seung-jun’s nose, and the skewer containing his inner strength pierces Seung-jun’s right hand.

“Wait for me to use a skill?”

“Ugh.. this bastard!”

Seungjun slams his left hand towards Jihoon, who is sticking a skewer into his right hand.

Huh

Before I knew it, Ji-hoon had jumped all the way to the back.

“Heel!!”

Suyeong, who was dumbfounded by Jihoon’s shout, does as he tells her and sends a healing skill at Seungjun.

Yu-jeong looks at Soo-young and sends her healing skills.

Boom

Before we knew it, Ji-hoon had once again launched his new weapon to Seung-jun’s left side.

Seungjun reacts quickly this time and extends his left hand filled with magical power.

The magic coming out of his hand takes the form of a whip and draws a large parabola, heading towards Jihoon.

Ji-hoon quickly lowers his upper body to avoid him and then inserts the skewer containing the inner ball into Seung-jun’s left thigh.

Push

“Ugh!! Ugh!”

A fountain of blood gushes out as soon as the skewer is removed from the thigh.

Jihoon shouts again, distancing himself from Seungjun.

“Heel!!”

Suyeong and Yujeong’s hands reach out in Seungjun’s direction.

His thighs, which had been gushing out blood, began to fill with new flesh, and soon the wounds were filled.

“Whoop..Whoop.. This bastard!!!”

Seungjun unfolds a whip imbued with magical power in his right hand as well as his left hand.

The magic whip in both hands flies towards Jihoon without mercy.

-It shakes more lightly than a gentle breeze, and blows more violently than a typhoon. The body that walks the steps must always be like the wind itself.

Ji-hoon’s new step method is fast but smooth, and is just one step ahead of Seung-jun’s whip.

His attack seems like it will touch but never touches.

Push

“Ugh!!!”

Before you know it, Jihoon’s new model is behind Seungjun.

The skewer pierces the ridge of his right wing.

Seungjun struggles while swinging his magic whip wildly.

But once again, Jihoon had already gone far away.

“Heel!!”

…

“Heel!!”

…

“Heel!!”

…

“Heel!!”

It’s cruel. It’s so cruel.

The floor was already soaked with blood gushing from Seungjun’s body.

A warrior’s fight and a hunter’s fight.

It is impossible to say who is superior, but it is clear that the fighting style is different.

Mu-in, or rather Ji-hoon, was all too familiar with the way people hurt and cause pain.

“Heel”

Seungjun is now kneeling on the floor, trembling in pain and fear.

The magic whip in both hands had already disappeared.

“Stop…Stop…Stop”

Ji-hoon, who finally told him to use his healing skills, slowly walks in front of the kneeling man.

“Stop…I lost…I was wrong…Stop it now”

Both arms, thighs, calves, stomach, back, and chest.

The clothes had holes in them, but inside they were bare skin without a single wound.

But Seungjun could no longer stand due to the terrible pain and fear.

“Name”

“…?”

Seungjun raises his head and looks up at Jihoon.

I rack my brain trying to understand the words spoken by the devil in front of me.

“Choi…Choi Seungjun… It’s Choi Seungjun… It’s Choi Seungjun…”

“Yes, I understand. What more can I say?”

“Uh…nothing…nothing…”

“Um…yeah”

Jihoon looked somewhat uncomfortable, but immediately raised his upper body.

Name and business. Seungjun shed tears for the first time since he was a child as he watched Jihoon turn around and walk away without any regrets, as if he had just seen the ball.

“Black…ugh…ugh”

If I had just said my name and business first like that guy said, would I not have felt this pain?

If only I had been a little more polite and not ignored it because it was class 11…

No…if you think about it, it really was nothing. It’s really nothing…

Seungjun cries in pain. The tears in his eyes obscured his vision.

At this moment.

Seungjun remembers the face he had hated his whole life.

his own brother.

Seungmin Choi.

Seung-Jun, looking at that guy who put him in such pain for nothing, absurdly wishes that his brother would show up.

At that time, I see someone blocking Jihoon who was walking away.

‘Tongue… bro… is that you bro?’

Seungjun, who cannot see clearly due to pain and tears, is happy like a child that the older brother he hated so much has appeared, but soon loses consciousness.

***

“Kang Ji-hoon”

A man with a sword suddenly appears in front of Ji-hoon, who was leaving Seung-jun and returning to his group.

He was not his older brother Choi Seung-min, as Seung-jun had hoped.

“…There are a lot of people looking for me today…”

“It’s Kang Ji-hoon, right? Do you recognize who I am?”

“How do I know? This is my first time seeing you.”

When the other person speaks informally, Jihoon naturally speaks informally in return.

“…Do you have Igzel’s heart?”

Jihoon’s expression suddenly distorted.

Jihoon sighs and glares at the man in front of him, as if something annoying has happened.

“Who are you?”

” Seong-Hyeon Yoo. Ares Guild…was…”

The person who suddenly appeared in front of Ji-hoon was none other than the missing Yoo Seong-hyun.

He was one of the three A-level hunters of the Ares Guild.

Lim Han-young and Yoo So-young went to the Ares Guild to steal Igzel’s heart, but he was arrested by the Hunter Management Bureau and disappeared alone.

“Igzel’s heart… where is it?”

“Why are you asking me for that”

“I know everything you have.”

“…Ah, that’s why I said I wouldn’t take it like that!”

Jihoon sighs in frustration.

That’s right.

Jihoon was keeping Igzel’s heart.

He was the one who refused CEO Lee Kang-cheon’s earnest request until the very end.

However, due to the misfortune brought about by Igzel’s heart, CEO Lee Kang-cheon has lost his top-level combat power and is experiencing intense internal conflict.

He eventually gave Igzel’s heart to Jihoon.

Please just keep it and use it if you need to.

After losing three A-level hunters and losing trust in people, he finally bet everything on Jihoon.

“Didn’t you hear what happened to the other two people who were aiming for that? Stop being needlessly greedy and go away, okay?”

Jihoon speaks softly, as if he is scolding Yoo Seonghyun.

“Igzel’s heart is not yours.”

“No, then is it yours? You stuffy guy. Representative Lee is taking charge of it due to special circumstances…”

“I am not alone.”

“…What? Married? Why all of a sudden…”

“No!! This means that he belongs to the Black Hunter group”

“Ah…”

Ji-hoon, who misunderstood the words, scratches the back of his head in embarrassment.

“So, what are you saying?”

“Obviously hand over Igzel’s heart and get out of this.”

“Didn’t CEO Lee leave it to me to tell you not to do that?”

Duuut

Yoo Seong-hyeon, who raises his magic power

Magical energy flows out from his entire body like smoke.

With that powerful energy, the entire atmosphere in the area sinks heavily.

There is also seriousness in Jihoon’s eyes.

Class A Hunter

Lim Han-young and Yoo So-young, whom he had previously faced, were also A-level hunters, but Yoo Seong-hyeon’s level was different from them.

Jihoon could tell that this man was a very powerful hunter from his momentum as he used his body to gather magical energy and pulled out the sword he wore at his waist.

“I didn’t come here to fight. I already know that you have abilities beyond that of an A-level hunter.”

“If you don’t want to fight, please put away your sword, right?”

As Jihoon speaks eloquently, he feels sensation in his right hand.

Tanghulu Skewers

Ah, even if I can’t do it, I should at least have a cheap wooden sword…

In an instant.

Yoo Seong-hyeon’s new form disappears from sight and soon appears behind Ji-hoon.

Huh

Ji-hoon narrowly avoids the sword he swung by folding his upper body.

Then, he immediately pours his energy into the Tanghulu skewer and stabs it with a strong thrust.

However, Ji-hoon’s skewer does not stab Yoo Seong-hyeon, but a small piece of paper floating in the air.

Yoo Seong-hyeon’s voice comes from a little behind.

“Come there on the 3rd of next month with Igzel’s heart. This will be the last time it goes to warning.”

Yoo Seong-hyun, who left his words, disappears at some point.

Jihoon with a surprised expression pulling out a square note from a skewer

“High-speed…movement skills?”

Ji-hoon, who noticed that the skill used by Seong-hyeon Yoo was the same type of skill as his own, could not take his eyes off the direction where Yoo had disappeared.