episode_0096

The walkie-talkies strapped to the vigilantes’ belts emit sporadic noises.

A crackling communication sound. A scream was heard from across the room, and someone else’s rough, high-pitched laughter.

In the battlefield where the orcs were almost completely cleared out, the sound was echoing particularly loudly.

“Seo-ah, Soyo, Rosie!”

I quickly called out their names as they froze in embarrassment. Ojiri was the first to come to his senses and looked this way.

“We are heading towards the direction where the humanoid monsters appeared! Jihee, please work with Hayeon to sort out the remaining orcs!”

Ha-yeon Moon and Ji-hee Yang were not very fast on their feet. In the first place. Ha-yeon Moon was drinking the orcs as if she were venting her accumulated resentment. I doubted whether talking to him would work properly.

Chae Seo-ah was the first to run to the place where the humanoid monster she heard about over the radio was haunted. This is followed by unrest. Oji was hesitating with a slight frown on his face.

“Rosie, hurry!”

“Ah, sir, okay! You should remember this!”

She clicked her tongue fiercely and came running like lightning. He lightly wrapped one arm around my waist.

With the feeling that my toes are lifting. I started to cross the dense forest, being stopped by Ojiri.

Traces of battle, including blood traces, were sporadically engraved throughout the forest. Broken tree branches. Excavated dirt and fallen corpses of orcs.

The more the communication rushes in the direction from which it came. The proportion of human bodies among the bodies lying on the ground was increasing.

“Ugh, what kind of body… .”

So much so that you can see it even as the scenery flashes by, as if you were driving down the highway. The condition of all the bodies lying around was not good.

Scars that looked like they were torn all over the place. Bones and blood vessels hanging down the uneven cut surface, as if they had been forcibly torn apart. Blood traces from the corpses indicated that they all ran away from the same direction.

I frowned because the corpses looked like they had been accidentally put in and taken out of a machine with spinning blades rather than attacked by a monster.

-vampire… . No, it looks like a werewolf.

The succubus muttered in a very calm voice.

‘A werewolf?’

-okay. He’s also quite strong.

Tsk, the sound of clicking one’s tongue echoed in my head.

-Do you really need to go? Even if it were your fellow human beings, you would most likely die.

‘That’s true, but…’ .’

to be honest. Defeating the succubus was almost a fluke.

The succubus’ status focuses on the ability called fascination. A tattoo sticker that was luckily prepared. Above all, if she hadn’t let her guard down, she would have died on the spot.

Moreover, if you are a werewolf whose combat power is focused on strength. There was no need to say it was dangerous.

-Besides that. Are you feeling it too?

‘… What?’

-No one is going that way except you. We would have to fight without reinforcements. Are you okay?

His expression was crumpled with mixed feelings. A hunter is, after all, a profession whose body is its asset. If you’re lucky, you’ll get seriously injured. There were few good hunters who would dare to take on such a dangerous job with a much higher chance of death.

Even though they are a vigilante group that does what the police can’t do, they are essentially hunters. They were people whose bodies were more precious than anything else.

‘That’s true, but…’ .’

if. If only I didn’t have the skill called sowing. If I didn’t have strong colleagues. I probably made similar choices as other hunters.

However, that was just an assumption.

Even before I left my assigned area, the radio was constantly coming. And, what it meant was clear.

‘There might still be someone alive.’

-… I’m really curious how you’re still breathing. It’s a good thing.

The succubus let out a deep sigh.

It was then. As if to announce that the destination is near. And, as if warning me to quickly turn around and go back. A shattering sound of laughter erupted from the front of the forest.

The arm wrapped around my waist gained strength. She muttered with a stiffer expression than usual.

“Don’t come forward again. I’ll take care of it.”

Her low voice represented her nervousness. I nodded and held her hand tightly as we climbed into the boat.

The trees passed by at even faster speeds. My vision gradually became clearer. At some point, I noticed that the tree branches blocking the sky had disappeared.

The tree was broken and fell to the ground, as if it had been hit by something. The green grass was stained red enough to make you wonder if it was originally this color. At sunset. The orange-tinged sky and the setting sun were shining clearly on everything.

“Ha… . Fuck, how did something like this happen to my arm… .”

Ojiri clicked his tongue fiercely and muttered.

Just the traces of fighting show how intense the battle that took place here was. And, I could see how this area had become like this in just a short period of time. If only I would notice. How terrible is Ojijang?

A battle was still going on far away. Ojiri relaxed his arms as he looked at the tangled group of small-looking people. My body naturally fell onto the wet grass.

“Wait here.”

Ojiri, who said that while looking down at me, turned around. It moved away several times faster than before. The distance that has widened is insignificant. In an instant, she ran ahead of Chae Seo-ah and Soyo.

In a grumpy voice. The succubus asked.

-so. Are you going to wait?

‘… .’

I wiped the bloody corner of my mouth with the back of my hand. Get up from the floor, as quickly as possible. I ran in the direction where they disappeared.

*

“Well, what kind of monster is this-”

The head of the vigilante hunter, who was holding a long spear like a cane, was blown off. Despite the tragedy that occurred in an instant, the morale of the surrounding hunters did not drop.

first. I’ve already seen so many scenes like that today that I’m sick of it. second. Because their morale had already reached rock bottom.

“There is no response! reaction. Tsk.”

The monster resembled a human more than a wolf. If it weren’t for the abundant silver mane-like body hair and the creepy fingernails that grew over 30cm long at the tips of the fingers, I would have believed it to be a human.

“Well. It took a while. It’s my first time tasting blood, so stop.”

The monster giggled like an immature child. I raised both my hands.

Every time I move my fingers up and down, as if playing the piano. The blood that had been applied to the pure white nails created by gathering magical power dripped down to the floor.

“Anyway. Since I’ve had enough fun, I guess I should finish it soon, right?”

When I turn my shoulder, a crunching sound echoes. Every time the monster comes forward, walking as if it were going for a walk. The hunters surrounding it flinched and stepped back.

“Thank you for participating in the test drive. Now… .”

Phew!

The dagger flew past the hunters’ shoulders and stuck in the monster’s forearm.

Disappointment, loss of employment… .

Blue sparks splash and evaporate the blood that is about to leak out. The monster looked at it with a stiff face.

“The monster bastard has all the shit. The world is a good place to live, right?”

A voice as light as a bell ringing. A tone that is completely opposite to that, as if chewing and spitting out.

Chae Seo-ah arrived later and pulled out her sword. The sound of Soyo cracking his knuckles and stretching his body followed.

Chae Seo-ah walks beyond the wall made of people. Holding a rapier whose blade was slightly worn out during a long fight. I glared ahead.

Her gaze rested on the monster’s chest. Hair that grows thickly. As if weighing it down. Geometric patterns that remain as if struck with a soldering iron.

Starting with the black-skinned mutant monster. Dullahan. Even a succubus. them again and again. To be exact, she was staring at the familiar mark that threatened Park Jeong-woo. In the blink of an eye, my body flew forward.

*

-It’s definitely a fraud skill… .

How many meters away is it? Even though the face was barely visible, the shock wave passed through it, leaving a tingling pain behind.

Chae Seo Ah. disturbance. only. Even with a clumsy joint attack as the time for coordination was short, the monster seemed to be literally overwhelmed.

‘Iknow, right… .’

Perhaps I was being too dismissive of the buff that exceeded the normal stat limit. Or maybe they just didn’t have a chance to do their best.

Their battle was taking place at a speed that was difficult to follow with the eye.

One thing is certain. If Ojik had not let me go in the middle, I would have been reckless and stuck in that gap. By now, I would have looked similar to the corpses lying around me.

‘That’s a werewolf, right?’

-hmm… . I think that’s right. It seems a little different. My memories of when I was alive are a bit vague…

The reason I’ve been staring at that fight for a while was a bit strange to me.

Covered in fur, contorted with anger. It was because the face of the werewolf, who was clearly a stranger, was a bit familiar.

‘Wait. Well, if you remove the hair and straighten the face… .’

The eyes that had been squinting grew bigger and bigger. The tightly shut mouth opens. Even if the air pushed by the shock wave is squeezed into the lungs. I just couldn’t keep my mouth shut.

Around that time, I was looking for news about hunters. A face I’ve seen so many times on overseas news.

A possessor of S-class unique skills born in the UK, who was widely seen on SNS and media. An overseas hunter who got into the hunter business a little earlier than me.

The werewolf’s face looked exactly like the hunter’s face.