episode_0337

Beep beep beep beep!

It resembles a bell ringing that extends beyond the world.

The center of [Goryongsan Crack Field].

In the basin where a beautiful flower garden was blooming, a bright yellow light resembling a sunset shot up.

It’s a signal flare that someone has fired.

A halo of light that flew up to become the stars in the night sky burns itself with a loud noise.

But the brightly shining lights did not last long,

The noise that pierces the eardrums disappears like smoke blowing in the wind, restoring the original silence.

That ended the role of the flare.

Just a few seconds of sparkle.

Although it was a sparkle that did not reach the sky,

It was enough to attract the attention of others.

Monsters running away in surprise at the sound.

Hunters looking up at the sky.

“Team Leader. This is a signal flare.”

“Okay. So we finally captured the ‘original’… As expected from those guys who were hired with a lot of money.”

And, people waiting near the entrance of [Crack Field].

‘They’ who had been hiding in the shadows turned around after seeing the signal flare shot high into the sky.

I quickly walk through the hazy ‘fog zone’, escape the [rift field], and leisurely pass the entrance checkpoint.

“… … Yes. Hunter Association Potion Preparation Lab member, Jajangmin B-class Hunter, Jambongsik C-class Hunter. Confirmed. ”

“Thank you. Let’s go Jjamppong.”

“No, sir, don’t call me that.”

The two people who came out of the checkpoint chatted for a while as they headed toward the parking lot.

I got into the black sedan parked in the corner and stretched out my body, which was tired from having to wait in the same spot for a long time.

Beep-.

Then call someone.

A calm gesture like an office worker leaving work after finishing work.

– Yes, team leader. I received a call.

“Blow it.”

Kwaaangㅡㅡㅡ!!

Immediately afterwards, at the word of Team Leader Jajangmin, the concrete barrier blocking the monsters in [Goryongsan Crack Field] burst apart.

BAM! KWAANG!!

Explosions are heard from the west and east.

Startled, the checkpoint staff come out with their weapons in their hands, their faces turn pale as they hear urgent news from the radio, and they run towards the collapsing outer wall.

“Now all we have to do is wait for the ‘original’ to come out.”

Team leader of the ‘Material Supply Team’ belonging to the Potion Dispensary.

Jajangmin, a B-class hunter, leaned comfortably against the back of the driver’s seat, listening to the vibration of the collapsing concrete wall.

‘Once you have the original liquid, shoot a signal flare. I’ll create a small commotion outside. You can use that opportunity to escape with the ‘original liquid.’

Boom! Kwaang!

Bombs installed in two locations, on the west and east outer walls of the [Crack Field].

The collapsed outer wall is a ‘small disturbance’ that confuses people,

It will be an escape route for the kidnappers who captured the ‘original’.

And, a signal flare shot high into the sky.

The kidnappers’ ambush site, the ‘flower field’, is located in the center of the [Crack Field].

If you fire a signal flare there, the startled monsters will avoid the signal flare and rush to the edge of the [Crack Field]… towards the collapsed barrier.

Soon, a horde of monsters will rush into the collapsed outer wall, slaughter the checkpoint hunters who are hastily blocking them, and spread out in all directions.

‘A little commotion’.

Kidnappers probably don’t have time to worry about that.

“… … … I, am I really okay with this? Blowing up the wall is just an act of terrorism…”

“We did the right thing. The ‘original’ betrayed the potion lab and stopped the blood supply.”

“That… That’s right.”

“How many people have you saved with [Galaxy Potion] so far? We need to capture the ‘original essence’ as soon as possible to save more people.”

When the crazy pharmacist told me to get the original solution at all costs, I was extremely worried.

Finally, I succeeded in kidnapping the ‘original product’.

Not only that, the fact that the ‘original’ was kidnapped means that the monster girl from [Rare Hunter Protection – Killing] who was protecting him is also dead.

Chief Young-in Ko, who lost the asymmetric power that had no answer, will no longer be able to raise his voice in the association.

I’m glad things worked out.

Team leader Ja Jang-min cheered in his heart.

‘Then where… shall we go and take a look?’

Boom!

Team leader Ja Jang-min, who was sweating while listening to the sound of the ground shaking,

I sat in the driver’s seat of my car and watched the noisy [Crack Field]…

“I’ll be back right away.”

“I will go too.”

Click-.

In a car parked right next to him, he saw a mother and daughter in martial arts uniforms walking forward with swords drawn.

I took a deep breath without thinking.

“This mother will go west, so please go east. Can you do it?”

“Of course.”

A woman in a pure white uniform, and a woman in a pure black uniform.

It is a face that even Team Leader Ja Jang-min, who is a member of the association, knows.

“This is crazy!!”

“What’s wrong, Team Leader?”

“[Changcheon Sword]! The guild leader is here! Why are you here when even office workers are busy!”

Why is the leader of a large guild here?

It’s not like ‘Original’ came out to greet me after taking the promotion test.

I couldn’t understand.

Anyway, it’s a disaster.

The monsters that escaped through the collapsed outer wall must be causing a commotion.

That monster shouldn’t be here.

‘But since two of the outer walls have collapsed, Kim Ha-yang alone won’t be able to stop all the monsters!’

Boohooo!

The judgment was quick. What was the view?

Let’s run away into the commotion.

So, Team Leader Ja Jang-min stepped on the car accelerator with all his might,

I made my way through the noisy parking lot before anyone could stop me…

Wedge-shaped liquidㅡㅡ!!

At that moment, a sharp cutting sound was heard from the rear of the car.

He could only look at his car, which had been cut off vertically, with a look of emptiness.

What the heck is going on?

Boom!

The space between the driver’s seat and the passenger seat was cleanly cut off.

A split passenger car spun left and right, crashing into a nearby streetlight before stopping.

“Hmm. It’s split in half. Just like how Jjajangmyeon and Jjamppong can’t coexist.”

Sreung-.

A beauty with hair as black as the night sky tied in a ponytail.

Kim Sa-rang, with her sharp eyes like blades, narrows her eyes and approaches Ja Jang-min while adjusting her black uniform.

“Oh my. I will take care of this first.”

“Okay, I understand. Don’t read the scriptures day and night.”

“Isn’t this right-wing poison?”

Sreung-.

Team leader Ja Jang-min crawled out of the split car.

Kim Sa-rang thrust a knife into his neck.

The blade that cut the car was neither bent nor chipped.

“Ugh… What the… all of a sudden…”

“I heard you talking in the car earlier. I judged you to be terrorists and…uh…what was it?”

“What kind of hearing…”

I heard that whisper.

I really don’t know what this feeling is.

Are you a beast?

“Hmm. Anyway, if you’re going to do something stupid, be prepared. Isn’t my sword howling? ”

“Huh… What’s with the sword crying.”

“Gooo…”

“You crazy bitch…! Gulp! You’re making noise with your mouth and talking nonsense… And, the four-character idiom I mentioned earlier is reckless… You punks…!”

Thud-.

In the middle of the commotion.

This happened in front of the checkpoint in [Crack Field].

… … .

… … .

There is a saying.

When a problem arises, the person who tries to solve the problem right away is the one who is less busy, and the person who just sits and watches the problem is the one who is truly busy.

I have no idea where to start.

It means exactly what it says.

Urrrr…

It’s falling apart.

Beyond the thick fog, a massive concrete wall collapses in the aftermath of an explosion.

Large pieces of debris fly into the [crack field], causing dust to rise.

I was just planning on being kidnapped quietly, but why did this happen?

Eunha blankly raised her head and looked up at the gray sky.

The rope tied around Banharin’s wrist is annoying for no reason.

“It’s spring.”

“Explosions to the west and east. The monsters that fled at the sound of the signal flare are rushing toward the collapsed outer wall. They must have smelled the air blowing in from outside. ”

Phagectic.

Banharin, who used the skill, ‘observed’ the collapsing barrier with her golden eyes.

As she said, the autumn wind of October, not the spring weather of Mt. Goryong, was blowing from afar.

“… … .”

Far away, I heard a crashing sound.

The sight created by the signal flare that was fired, the ‘small commotion’ they were trying to create,

It was such a huge commotion by galactic standards.

It’s embarrassing, but it makes me laugh.

Blood donations stopped, [Galaxy Potion] production was discontinued, and so on for several months.

At some point, the name “Potion Dispensary” was no longer heard in the lives of the galaxy.

I thought it would end as a normal kidnapping incident like the last [Cheorwon Crack Field].

I never thought that he would make such an extreme choice that he would destroy the outer wall of [Crack Field].

What would happen if the monsters poured out through the broken barrier?

How many people will get hurt?

I couldn’t figure it out.

(You are a worthless human being.)

(Nothing can be changed, no matter how hard you try, nothing will change.)

Words from someone passing by.

Memories from the forgotten orphanage.

Orphanage and potion dispensary.

Things that I had forgotten and lived with for so long are now crawling on the floor and biting my ankles.

“Mr. Galaxy.”

Sarak…

Banharin approached silently and pulled the rope tied to Eunha’s wrist.

He lifted his two bound hands up obediently, and his hands went behind Banharin’s neck, embracing her.

As always, an expressionless face stares at the galaxy.

“My job and the ‘mouse’s’ is to protect you… only. For other matters, we can only watch and not provide any help to Eunha-nim.”

“… … .”

“But if you want, Eunha, ‘Mouse’ and I will leave you alone and go stop the monsters. Since we heard explosions from the west and east, if we have one A-class hunter each take charge, it should be enough to buy some time.”

His expressionless face showed no emotion whatsoever.

But the hand that hugged Eunha’s waist was gentle,

Because the things he said in a hard voice were quite warm.

He gently pushed Eunha’s back, melting her frozen heart.

“… … Thank you.”

Swish.

The ropes binding both hands are released.

Eunha hugged Banharin tightly with her freed hand.

Sagak-.

This is a world where a new spring has come.

A flower garden filled with colorful flower buds.

I remember [Bug Princess], who once escaped the collapsing kingdom and smiled happily.

Eunha smiled languidly and listened to the noisy noise of the [Crack Field].

This is a place filled with memories of black bugs.

I don’t want to make any more noise here.

(You are a worthless human being.)

(Nothing can be changed, no matter how hard you try, nothing will change.)

( “It’s the world you changed.” )

Will change.

By one’s own strength.

“Then, Mr. Banharin. I will use you without any hesitation.”

“Just say it. There’s also ‘mouse’.”

“I didn’t say anything… Oh my, what should I do?”

The thought was long.

The worries were short.

Eunha had her usual smile on her lips.

A rumbling sound is felt as the horde of beasts heads towards the broken outer wall.

There are two broken walls.

The monsters are swarming.

How can we solve the problem right in front of us?

I thought positively.

Let’s do what ‘I’ do best.

Eunha, who had finished thinking, looks back at Banharin.

“You said there were two collapsed walls. What about the distance?”

“The ‘flower field’ where we are currently located is 4km away from the center of [Crack Field].”

“4km from the center…”

“It is approximately 7km from the western wall where the explosion occurred, and approximately 14km from the eastern wall.”

“The east is very far.”

[Crack field] with a radius of about 10km.

If you look at it like this, it’s so damn wide. Is this right?

Anyway, I don’t have much time right now.

Any moment now, the monsters will rush into the collapsed outer wall.

Ji-i-ik.

Eunha opened her carrier and took out the flute she had received from [Bug Princess].

A flute with a sophisticated design carved from bone.

Hand it over to Banharin.

“Mr. Banharin. How long would it take to go 7km west? Can I get there before the monsters?”

“It’s not difficult if you have the mouse’s [Speed Control] skill.”

“… Then, Mr. Banharin, please go block the west.”

Banharin absentmindedly accepts the flute and wipes her face as if it were her habit.

What on earth are they thinking?

“… Can’t we call ‘black bugs’ here now?”

“Then the monsters will rush towards the broken outer wall faster than they are now, trying to escape from ‘us’.”

This is the plan of the galaxy.

The collapsed walls are in two places: west and east.

And from this ‘flower field’, the western outer wall is about 7km away, and the eastern wall is about 14km away.

Because. Banharin will run to the nearest west, and play the flute there to summon the people of [Bug Princess].

Simple entrance blocking.

Then, the monster hordes will be eaten by the ‘people’ and will run away from the west to the east.

“… Galaxy. Then, wouldn’t the escaped monsters escape through the eastern outer wall? ”

“I will block the east.”

Since you’re blocking the entrance, if you block the front and back, there’s no way anything will leak out.

This is my own choice, so I take responsibility for it.

“How on earth would you go to such a faraway place, Mr. Malrangjumeok…”

“There are many ways. I just thought of an easy and quick way.”

Eunha thought of the [Black Book] she had put in her carrier.

She approached Banharin, smiling as usual.

Banharin, who was looking at her smile, took a step back due to an inexplicable sense of anxiety.

“So, Mr. Banharin… Can you grant me one favor?”

“… … What is it?”

Towards the eastern end of this flower garden,

How to get to the 14km distance before the demons.

Swish…

The galaxy, with a smiling face,

He extended his right hand to Banharin.

“Up to here. Cut it with a knife and throw it with all your might to the east. ”

Cut off my arm.

Eunha, with a languid smile, indicated with her finger where to cut, saying that this amount was appropriate.

“… … .”

To an unexpected request,

Banharin covered her face for a long time without saying anything.

I think I’m going crazy.

… … .

… … .

The strength of Banharin, a class A hunter.

[Speed manipulation] of mice.

The lightweight artifact ‘1++ Sticker’ that I got from my date with Eunbangul before.

At this point, I judged that a person’s right arm could easily be thrown all the way to the eastern outer wall.

And that judgment turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

Kwaaang!!!

Banharin, who used ‘body strengthening’, threw ‘something’ with a complex face.

Galaxy’s right arm, cut off with a knife, was wrapped in spare clothes and tied tightly with a ‘rope’ that Banharin took out from her bosom.

Banharin threw ‘it’ with all her might against the eastern outer wall, and the flowers in the ‘flower garden’ swayed violently along with the sound of the waves pushing out the air.

Eunha looked at ‘it’, which had turned into a dot in an instant, and exclaimed in admiration.

Banharin is the best.

“Wow… Thank you, Banharin.”

“… … I will remember.”

Is it because there is no time to delay?

Banharin threw the ‘thing’ that Eunha had asked for onto the eastern outer wall.

She lowered her head with a blank expression.

The right arm of the galaxy recovered with the [Self-Recovery] skill.

But the blood staining along the cut surface makes her depressed.

Why, why does this happen…

Banharin turned her head with a colder look than usual.

Tick! Tick!

Soon, Banharin took care of the flute he received from Eunha.

Accelerated by the ‘Mouse’s’ [Speed Manipulation] skill, I headed towards the western outer wall.

“… … .”

I always end up giving you difficult tasks.

Eunha turned around and waved at Banharin as she left.

All that’s left is yourself, carrying your carrier,

The highest inspector, crouching in the ‘flower garden’ and hugging his knees with a face as pale as snow,

A ‘mouse’ looking at the galaxy with complex eyes.

Gently, gently…

The mouse’s long tail wraps around the galaxy’s waist.

“Mr. ‘Mouse’, please guard the top poison supervisor here. He knows the location of [the facility] and is needed for various purposes. ”

“… … You?”

“East.”

Move busily.

Galaxy’s smile is brighter than usual.

Why is that?

(You are a worthless human being.)

(Nothing can be changed, no matter how hard you try, nothing will change.)

I wanted to be valuable.

I wanted to change.

This place that I have changed,

The ‘flower garden’ of insects,

May there always be peace.

“Then I’ll be back!”

“… … Okay.”

Galaxy, who left the carrier containing the [Black Book] to the ‘Mouse’, left the ‘Flower Garden’ and went up the mountain.

How to go east faster than anyone else.

The galaxy already knows how.

Doesn’t it often appear in games?

Something like a teleportation portal.

“Whew… Found it.”

After a while,

Galaxy climbing a mountain.

She looked down at the ‘black hole’ she had easily found… and fallen into so many times, with a nervous expression.

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2. Watch your step.

– Mountain paths where no one has walked are especially dangerous.

-We pray for your safe daily life.

– If you find a round hole big enough for an adult male to fit in,

– Getting closer might not be a good idea.

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What comes to mind is the apartment ‘elevator’.

At that time, it was pressed so flat that recovery was impossible,

I woke up in the bathroom of [Red Lady]’s house.

( ……If the original body is in a situation where it cannot recover, does recovery begin from the body that is still healthy?)

( “Aloe?” )

(I guess so.)

For that, he cut off his right arm and sent it east.

He tied spare clothes tightly with a rope around his severed right arm.

He returned to the mountain to find the ‘pit’ that was chewing up his lower body.

“Hoo…… So far only the lower half has been eaten, what will happen?”

resentment.

Fucking grudge.

(You are a worthless human being.)

(Nothing can be changed, no matter how hard you try, nothing will change.)

‘I’ am a valuable person.

If you try, you can change.

Repair the broken walls and stop the demons,

If we can just get through this safely, this commotion will be the stepping stone to ending our ill-fated relationship with the potion dispensary.

(Become a hunter who readily lends a helping hand to those in need… Live your life receiving love from many people, making up for the love that this poor mother could not give you.)

(It’s the world you changed.)

Sagak-.

All I can hear is the sound of insects’ footsteps.

He pats Eunha’s back as she catches her breath while looking down at the pit.

There were no worries.

As always.

“Whew… This is precious. Chew it up and eat it.”

Hold on!

The galaxy jumped into a ‘hole’ as black as ink.

… … .

… … .

Adew.

Crackle. Crackle.

Crunch. Crunch.

Still…

… … .

… … .

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– This guide has been created to ensure your safety and a smoother hike.

– If you observe a phenomenon not recorded in the guidebook or an unspecified person with your senses, please visit the apartment security office as soon as possible and explain the reason for your visit.

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“Ha… haha… hahaha…!”

Crunch.

I came to my senses.

It’s a strange place.

Somewhere in Goryeongsan Mountain.

I raised my head blankly.

The ‘Fog Zone’, the edge of the [Crack Field], is right in front of you.

The surrounding area is littered with shattered remains of concrete barriers.

“Ha……Arrived.”

East outer wall.

After flying 14km, we arrived.

Gugugugu….

Eunha, who was looking at her right arm, raised her body.

The sound of a monster’s footsteps from afar approaches like a rumbling ground.

Luckily, you came ahead.

“Hehehe… Haa…… Look at that, Banharin. Your plan failed twice, so I said it was about time it succeeded once.”

Swish…

A tree-lined slope on Mt. Goryong.

Eunha put on the spare clothes that had fallen next to her.

Crunch.

And then,

Pick up the rope used to tie up the clothes,

I chose a sturdy tree.

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Don’t look up to the bad ending.

– There are many ways to end a life. But most endings will not be good.

– Have you ever met someone on a bad day while hiking?

– I want you to bend down and move away quickly so that it can’t see you.

– Hanging on a tree branch, you want to be standing at the same eye level as yourself.

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Making is a trap.

Hanging like fruit on a sturdy tree.

Even though the outer wall collapsed,

Nothing will be able to pass to the east.

“What if I block the entrance here? What can I do besides look up?

Don’t look up to the bad ending.

They say that what piles up is resentment, and what disappears is foolishness,

I think it was a good decision to become a hunter.

I want to become a hunter.

Isn’t it also the hunter’s job to protect people?

I took the promotion test, and decided to do my best as a prospective C-class hunter.

『Ahem ahem~… Ah, I’m building up resentment.』

I feel like I’ve grown as a hunter.

I wonder if Mr. Banharin is doing well.

Kkeuggeuk!

Eunha hung a rope on a tree while humming a familiar nursery rhyme.

It’s time to wait for the monsters.