episode_0073

Park Ji-hoon and his group decided to go to a pension in Gapyeong, less than two hours away by car.

Originally, I was going to go somewhere far away like Busan or Jeju Island.

“Let’s just go for healing rather than sightseeing.”

Lately, I guess it’s because I’ve been running almost non-stop.

Park Ji-hoon wanted the theme of this trip to be healing.

The place chosen was Gapyeong, where you don’t have to go very long and can enjoy healing in nature away from the city center.

“Then I’ll leave.”

I had fun buying a lot of groceries and other things to use when going out.

Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon got into the car.

Because the familiars were not used to riding in a car.

I thought I might get motion sickness after driving for more than an hour, so I was put in a subspace.

The moment Park Ji-hoon goes inside, the entrance to the subspace is fixed.

As long as he didn’t go inside, it was possible because it could be opened from anywhere.

“Hehe, it’s been a while since I traveled.”

“That’s right. It’s been a really long time.”

Two people riding in a car.

Shin Ji-yeon said excitedly because it was her first trip in a long time.

Park Ji-hoon nodded, as if he was lost in thought.

When I think about it, I wonder when was the last time I really did a trip.

Before awakening as a hunter, he was an orphan, graduated from high school, and made a living working part-time.

Because it was a truly rock bottom life.

It felt like I had almost never done a proper trip.

But what about now?

Yesterday, the Troll Forest settlement money came out, so there is hundreds of millions of cash in hand.

You even have the ability to refill your bank account balance whenever you want.

And next to him was his girlfriend, a goddess with outstanding abilities and huge breasts.

“Wow, this is a successful life.”

Park Ji-hoon smiled proudly.

Nothing but good things could happen after becoming a hunter, he thought.

“Oh, there are almost no cars anymore. I guess it’s because it’s a rural area.”

Meanwhile.

They have very few cars and rarely see people.

I entered the Gapyeong country road.

“It’s the end of March, but less people came to visit than expected.”

“Sure. That’s good, whatever. If there are a lot of people, it just feels uncomfortable.”

“That’s right.”

That moment when I was chuckling and saying that everything went well.

Jeokjeok─

right before their eyes.

Suddenly, the void opened inward.

A gray vortex appeared.

“…huh?”

And the next moment.

The car they were in was sucked into that gray vortex.

……

The gray vortex that sucked in the car that Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon were riding in soon.

As if filtering out impurities, the shattered car parts were thrown out indiscriminately.

Immediately afterward, as if nothing had happened.

It was just sitting there quietly.

#

[This is breaking news! A report was made after a ‘special phenomenon gate’ was discovered on a road in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do. It is said that in front of it, there were fragments of a broken vehicle scattered around, as if someone had been caught in it. ]

[ We inform you of urgent news. After examining the fragments of the vehicle, it was revealed that the vehicle belonged to Shin Ji-yeon, a guild master and B-rank hunter who currently runs Another Guild. ]

[ According to the testimony of guild members, Hunters Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon, who became famous as trainers, died yesterday. He revealed that he is making plans to travel to Gapyeong. ]

[There is now talk that Hunter Jihoon Park and Hunter Jiyeon Shin are missing. Could it be that we are caught up in a special gate and lose the world’s only ministry hunter? ]

[The Hunter Association was completely unaware of their trip and dismissed it as an unfortunate accident. Some conspiracies have been raised that someone might have pushed them into a place with a special gate… ]

“What the fuck!”

Lee Hyeon-dong, the head of the Bupyeong branch of the Hunter Association, cursed at the succession of breaking news.

He, who had decided to take charge of Park Ji-hoon’s care at the Korea Hunter Association, was already under stress due to the barrage of questions from reporters asking whether he was negligent in management.

“No, how… why did I get caught up in a special gate there?”

But like I said, this was truly an unfortunate accident.

They were just going on a trip, and during their trip, a gate was created there.

got caught up in it.

Special phenomenon gate.

The so-called special gate is different from the regular gate, which looks like a black crack has been created by splitting the air.

Its characteristic feature is that it has a hole that looks as if it has been torn out from the inside, and gray swirls are swirling inside.

And one more thing.

There is something special about it.

In fact, it can be said that the media and the public were so upset because of this.

If it’s a regular gate, you can just hide for 30 minutes and then come out.

Special gates are different.

Once someone gets in there, one of two things happens.

All hunters inside die and the gate opens again.

Unless you clear it, you will never be able to come out.

Until then, no matter how much you try to enter, a message appears saying that someone has already entered, like a regular gate, and entry is blocked.

In other words, Park Ji-hoon and his group were caught up in it.

Either die or clear.

This means that you can only do one of the two.

“Ha… Plus, the gate rank is at least B rank.”

Even the measurement gate rank is at least B.

Because of this, people are outraged that they are losing ministry hunters.

They think Park Ji-hoon is F-rank, and Shin Ji-hoon, who can be trusted, is also B-rank.

Of course they would think they would be annihilated.

Of course, the association, which knew about Park Ji-hoon’s abilities, was equally hopeless.

‘No matter how strong I become, honestly, special gate B rank is absolutely impossible!’

If you get the stats, Park Ji-hoon has C rank mid-level abilities.

Three D-rank familiars.

B-rank hunter Shin Ji-yeon.

This is a party composition that will easily clear the C-rank gate.

But the opponent is B rank.

In addition, it is a special phenomenon gate that is the minimum, and it is impossible to predict what will happen beyond a regular gate.

To put it bluntly, a regular gate is just a kind of ‘phenomenon’.

Is it possible to say that a special gate is an entryway that the monsters inside are fully prepared and open on purpose to invade this place?

Even more thoroughly prepared monsters are waiting inside.

‘I need at least an A-rank raid…’

First of all, the really fortunate thing is that it’s only been a couple of hours since the gate was discovered.

The problem was that the gate had not reopened yet.

This means that there are still survivors inside.

but…

[Fuck, Park Ji-hoon is probably already dead. ]

[Isn’t Shin Ji-yeon the only hunter alive? It’s a B rank gate. ]

[Honestly, how can an F rank survive there? Haha. Even if you have a familiar, it won’t help at all. ]

People naturally expected that Park Ji-hoon had already died and that Shin Ji-yeon was the only one alive and in hiding.

‘Please, please, no…’

Branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong prayed and prayed in his heart that that would not be the case.

It’s not the association’s fault, but anyway, how much risk did they take by investing in him recently?

I couldn’t lose a person named Park Ji-hoon like this in vain.

#

“Hehe… What is it?”

“Ugh… I was definitely in the car…”

Immediately after being caught in a whirlpool.

Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon stumbled and opened their eyes.

I was obviously driving a car, but where did the car go?

They were just lying on the ground.

In addition, the surrounding area was a huge wasteland with only yellow land visible under a dull gray sky.

Anyone could tell that Gapyeong was definitely not in the season when green buds were sprouting up.

“…I think I got caught up in the gate.”

Shin Ji-yeon was looking around at the empty space with a serious expression.

You must be looking at the system window.

“I think so.”

Jihoon Park did the same and checked the system window.

If you got caught up in the gate, something will definitely come out of the system.

Because it was a system that always provided information when entering the gate.

[ B-Rank Gate (Special) Entered ‘Land of Dream Demon Shira’. ]

[ caution! Because it is a special gate, you cannot leave until it is cleared. ]

“……”

B rank gate.

Plus it’s special.

Shin Ji-yeon swallowed her saliva nervously at that phrase.

“I’m in big trouble. It’s a special gate.”

“…Well, once you come in, you can’t leave?”

“Yes.”

Park Ji-hoon becomes more serious after hearing those words.

And B rank.

‘This is really dangerous…?’

If you don’t clear it, you can’t leave.

The B-rank gate can only be cleared if there are at least two B-rank hunters like Shin Ji-yeon in the party.

Also, they say special gates are more difficult…

‘For our party…’

D-rank familiars, no matter how well you hit them, you have a C-rank upper-level combat power.

And the only B rank Shin Ji-yeon.

No matter how you look at it, it was not an attack with a clear angle.

‘…what?’

A hopeless situation.

But then, Jihoon Park noticed something in the text on the system window and tilted his head.

“Jiyeon, but here…”

“Huh?”

When I tried to say that to Shin Ji-yeon, her eyes widened as if she noticed.

“Mongma-myeon… Succubus…?”

What they paid attention to was the name of the gate.

‘Land of the dreamy Shira’

A dream demon is a beautiful demon that sucks the energy of people in their dreams.

It means succubus.

“So, a succubus…”

“How can this be… How could this happen?”

Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon, who confirmed this, looked shocked.

It was worth it.

Speaking of succubi, the weakest low-level succubus is B rank.

It is said that a mid-level succubus will have A-rank level strength.

Rather than the specifications of the body itself, it specializes in status abnormalities such as fascination and hypnosis, so it poses the risk of bewitching people, lowering their stats, and attacking them cunningly…

“Kkieeek! Succubus! Succubus Nunaaaa! I never thought I would see a succubus in person before I die! where are you?! Where is that sexy body!?”

“Senior. I’m really serious, honestly, if I were to be surrounded by succubus sisters and suck it up, I don’t think I would have any regrets even if I died.”

…Park Ji-hoon runs wild, screaming and turning his head here and there.

And Shin Ji-yeon says with a very serious expression that it would be okay even if she died.

These two too.

It was extremely abnormal.