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Urgent quest? suddenly?

Although I couldn’t understand the English text, I quickly read the message posted on the app.

– [Emergency quest given to ‘Park Hyun-seong’, an official user of the Dimensional Random Chat app!]

– [Quest Name: Dimensional Protection from Black Trees]

– [Quest Content: The growth rate of cracks in the user’s dimension, ‘Dimension HT-3897254’, is too fast. To slow this down, kill the ‘Dark Elder Ents’ invading your dimension and the ‘Branch of Corrupted Yggdrasil’ who leads them!]

– [Quest performance location: XX-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea… ]

– [Reward for successful quest: Connection with a person in a new dimension (MH-92528888). 200 dimensional power paid.]

– [Penalty for quest failure: None because it is an urgent quest. However, this is recommended to protect the user’s level.] Even if I read it again, it is a story related to Korea, where I live. Not Sarah’s Republic of Korea.

‘You can’t earn dimensional power just by doing things in other dimensions… ?’

I went straight to the dimensional store and checked the dimensional power I had.

The dimensional power, which should have been zero originally, was set at 20.

There is one thing I can guess.

‘Dungeon raid. That’s how you catch monsters.’

No matter how much I think about it, that’s all there is to it.

When you catch a goblin in Sera’s dimension, the dimension store is not activated, so there is nothing you can do about it, and if it only counts what you caught here and increases by 20, it is a completely understandable explanation.

Anyway, it’s really salty… What is 20? 20. Someone really told me to put it on my nose.

Anyway, that’s not the point. Anyway, I will continue my life as a hunter from now on.

The important thing right now is to head to the location specified in the quest. And then you receive the compensation determined there.

‘If it’s 200… ‘I can buy what I couldn’t buy last time.’

I remembered a product from the dimension store that I had been eyeing the other day but unfortunately couldn’t buy.

[Granted low-level resistance: 200 dimensional power]

[Creates a dantian in the body that has an internal energy of about 10 years. It has a pure energy that can be easily used in any martial arts. However, multiple purchases are not possible.]

Honestly, how can a person who has read a martial arts magazine after seeing the word ‘naegong’ get over it? Especially for people like me who haven’t awakened their magical powers.

I don’t know what will change, but it’s still good even if you can’t eat it. If you look for something like martial arts in the dimension store later, you’ll find a way to use it somehow!

This is all good, but there is one problem.

‘How do I get to the place designated by the quest…’ ? In this situation… ?’

Immediately tell Sister Helena everything…

‘I went underwater without contacting you, but I broke my promise with Helena, who is like family I haven’t seen in a long time, and I have work to do, so you can take care of it on your own! sorry! hi! bye!’

If you say something like this…

Creepy—!

Even if my head was burned by her fire, I wouldn’t have anything to say. Especially in an angry situation like that.

Something has to be done… Somehow I found a way…

“…Hyunseong.”

“Uh, sister. what… Hmm?”

While my head was spinning, Helena came back after finishing the phone call.

But the atmosphere is quite different.

My older sister, who was eagerly trying to find out something about my girlfriend just a moment ago, has disappeared, and now all I have is my older sister who acts as if she has done something very wrong.

“…Well, I have a favor to ask… I’m really sorry… ”

“What is there to ask for between us when we are so sorry? Say anything. Because it’s okay.”

Sister Helena, who was fidgeting for a while while twitching her fingers despite my words, closed her eyes tightly and continued speaking solemnly.

“I’m so sorry! This is what happened next! It’s a mission to subdue the Irregular Dungeon Gate through the Hunter Association, but I don’t think I can pull it off… !”

She even bowed her head to me and asked me to give her a meal plan.

“Well, if I were really good, I wouldn’t accept the mission right now, but the association is short on manpower right now, and I think it has something to do with people’s lives. Besides, there’s a dungeon not too far from here that suits my abilities the best, so I think I should go there. It’s not easy because it’s a B-class dungeon gate irregular… ”

Oh, what is it? Was it something like that? Me again.

This actually worked out well. If I hadn’t had work to do, I would have been very disappointed with my sister Helena after such a long time, but now I have work to do.

“It’s okay, sister. See you next time. What a difficult task.”

“…Are you okay? Because I was unilaterally giving up on my promise… ”

“It’s okay. I know for sure that you’re busy, but I hate putting pressure on you. Besides, he said he was going to work as a hunter, so there’s no way I wouldn’t like it.”

“…Hyunseong.”

My sister Helena looked at me with moved eyes, and I felt a prickling of conscience somewhere. Sorry sister… I also have work to do, but I couldn’t tell you…

But suddenly it’s irregular? Also around here?

“But it’s irregular? Around here?”

“To be exact, I think it’s Jeongseon-gun. If you run, it takes 10 minutes. I think I can go right now.”

… 10 minutes away?

I felt strange for some reason, so I asked my sister for the location.

“Where should I go?”

“XX-eup, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea! There’s a B-class dungeon there, probably owned by the Daehan Guild. This is where the Ents appear, and they are vulnerable to fire magic. Even if it’s an irregularity, if you try to burn it with fire, something will work out. don’t worry. Because it always happens.”

The places I have to go and the monsters I have to catch are exactly the same. It can’t be different.

Without thinking, I just spit out the words that came into my head.

“Sister! Is it okay if I go there with you?”

“…Huh? Hey, are you okay? You must already be very tired from fighting in a friendly place… ”

“Not at all! And because I think that I am helping sister Helena, I actually feel stronger.”

It’s half true.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t tired at all, but it was helping Helena, who had been in great support of me since my academy days. Even if it wasn’t a quest, I would have gone to help if I could.

There is nothing better if you can also join the quest. It is a complete advantage.

“Is it possible that I can’t go or something like that? If you’re not Class A, you shouldn’t deal with Irregulars.”

“Not at all! Not at all! On the contrary, if Hyeonseong is of this level, you are very welcome! Flame and wind attribute magic, wouldn’t it be more effective to deal with both at once!”

Sister Helena even holds my hands now. Now, there is so much anticipation in his eyes that I can’t say it was a joke.

“Well, then can you go with me? Is it okay for Hyunseong to take me with him? It’s okay if we go out to eat together after the end, right? I will definitely take care of your performance scores! No, I’ll even hand over my achievements! I’m not in the association because I need results! Performance points are needed when being evaluated as an A-level hunter… !”

“Ah, okay! Sister, calm down! I’ll go, I’ll go! Even if you say no now, I’ll go!”

“Good! You don’t have to break your promise to Hyeonseong! You don’t have to send it to another girl! Yay–!!”

Just like that, I was dragged by Helena, who grabbed my body and shook it.

“The contractor has a secret weakness towards human females. Is it because of the desire to reproduce? If we become female, the adult body, can we possibly become closer to the contracted person? “It’s quite interesting.”

“…it’s annoying. I want to grow up quickly. “I will make it bigger than that useless little human food container and turn the master’s attention towards me.”

“human. government ordinance. Mating. possible? Unknown. interest.”

“Ahaha! Hyunseong is a pervert! “It’s still good!”

It seemed like the spirits were whispering about something, but since they were busy now, I decided to ignore it for a while.

* * *

We arrived at the scene as quickly as possible and quickly entered the dungeon gate.

And there, we were able to confirm the corpses of quite a number of Ents.

“Umm… It’s a trace of wind magic. Well, since it is a dungeon gate owned by the Daehan Guild, there is a high probability that hunters using wind magic will come here. The compatibility is not that great either.”

As we followed the path where huge trees had been deeply cut down, we soon encountered Ents.

However, it looked quite different from the Ents we knew.

“What, why is it so black? It’s black, like it’s charcoal soot.”

Sister Helena mumbled something strange after discovering a new Ent. Perhaps that is the Dark Elder Ent mentioned in the dimensional random chat app.

Trees with black bark that shines like obsidian are moving, shaking the earth. Even at first glance, it doesn’t seem out of the ordinary.

“…Something feels different, for sure. Should I say it’s a little harder? It will be difficult with just wind magic.”

Sister Helena raised her hands above her head.

“Priest, it’s been a while, shall we try a bet? Who catches more Ents?”

“That’s good. Is this your first time competing as a hologram at the Academy Awards? Betting on catching monsters…”

Me and her both looked at each other and grinned.

On the other hand, the Ents who discovered us did not seem to be very happy and made threatening noises.

Wow… !

As dry as it looks, a horrifying sound hits our ears.

“Ugh, I don’t want to hear it! Go quickly, Hyunseong!”

“Okay!”

Grrr!!

Flowers of fire begin to bloom on her hands.

Crash—!!

Flames began to fly from Sister Helena’s fingertips, and the air around her became hot. His eyes burned red, as if the flames themselves reflected his will.

It is a flame magic that is no different from her trademark, Flame Flower Opening.

“Ahaha! To commemorate meeting Hyeonseong for the first time in a long time, I will burn it all down without a trace! Know it with glory, you bastards—!!”

Sister Helena’s mad laughter, which is feared more than anything by enemies and feared by allies more than anything else, rings loudly in the forest of black trees.

And when she waved her arm, a huge pillar of fire rose out of the air like a volcano erupting.

“Fuck you, you trash!”Quaaang!

Kwaaa!!

The flames lit up the night sky created by the black trees, and instantly engulfed the Dark Elder Ents.

Wow!! Wow!!

Guhuuu—!!

Dark Elder Ents, seemingly unusual monsters, explode in various places, and their pitiful screams echo through the forest.

The black bark of the monsters gradually burned and turned gray.

Sister Helena didn’t look tired at all and swung her fist filled with flames, creating holes in the monsters’ wooden bodies.

‘As expected, it’s strong. Even more than what you see on TV or in videos.’

This is the skill of an A-level hunter whose name is spreading throughout the country. And that person was my sister-in-law.

And now, I am standing side by side with her.

at las. Finally.

Now, I can start side by side with her.

“Huh? Hyunseong, you’re not tired, are you? Don’t think about making excuses just because you used some energy earlier. Since you made a lot of money, are you going to eat expensive food? You don’t think I’ll eat less because I feel guilty?”

Seeing Helena smiling provocatively at me, I laughed along with her.

“It’s a handicap, a handicap. Sister Helena, I have awakened, so I don’t know how much I will eat? Do you have enough money? It’s been a while since I thought about getting it from my sister, so my expectations are already growing just thinking about it, haha.”

“Ugh. Our Hyeonseong is now trying to rival this heavenly private residence? This sister-in-law has no intention of turning the tables on you just yet!!”

Grumble!

I also put Ifrit and Shriel on my sword. A more brilliant wind of fire than before began to swirl around the sword and my body.

“Okay, let’s begin now! I won’t look at you!”

“That’s what I’m going to say, you arrogant priest!!”

Regardless of the monsters’ growing coldness, the heat between the two of us grew even hotter.