episode_0146

While the one-on-one date rush continued, news was delivered to Park Ji-hoon.

“…Is that true?”

This was relayed to him through a phone call from branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong.

Park Ji-hoon’s expression hardened seriously when he heard that.

When I met Trene in Vietnam and when I heard that the S-rank gate had opened in China.

It didn’t get this serious.

What on earth is going on?

“I’ll go right away.”

Park Ji-hoon nodded as if he had made a big decision, and wrote down the address given by branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong.

Somewhere in the mountains of Gangwon-do.

It was a place that was difficult to access even with a car.

Perhaps because it was a very serious issue, Park Ji-hoon summoned all his familiars, including Shin Ji-yeon, and spoke with a serious face.

“Something very important happened. Dating is on hold for a while.”

“……”

“……”

It was natural to feel sad about the news of the date being canceled, but Park Ji-hoon’s expression was so serious.

The familiars were too quick to tell him what to do.

“What’s going on?”

At that time, Brianna mustered up the courage to ask, and Jihoon Park, who heard the question, shook his head and said,

“I never thought something like this would happen so suddenly. They say it rarely happens in Korea.”

“…What kind of news is this?”

The familiars were also nervous, swallowing their saliva and waiting for Park Ji-hoon to speak.

And Park Ji-hoon answered by clenching his fists.

“Finally, it finally came out. Elf.”

“…Yes?”

For a moment, the familiars were dumbfounded by his words.

“What, what?! Crazy has it finally appeared?!”

Only Shin Ji-yeon was scared and grabbed Park Ji-hoon’s clenched fist.

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Elf.

Forest race.

A pointed-eared sub-race that specializes in spirits and bows.

And, a beautiful race that can be said to be the epitome of beauty.

These are symbols of beauty that cannot be left out when talking about fantasy.

Of course, it sometimes pops out from inside the gate.

Of course, they don’t show up much even inside the gate, perhaps following the typical cliché of fantasy novels that they don’t show up often.

It was first officially detected three months after the gate incident occurred, so considering that tens of thousands of gates are opened every day around the world, it is a truly rare occurrence.

As a result, the number of times elves have appeared in Korea, a country with a small land mass, can only be counted on one hand.

“The elf has appeared. Finally.”

Park Ji-hoon had asked branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong, using his power as the world’s only hunter, to notify him immediately if any elf or dragon species appeared.

‘When it comes to fantasy different races, it’s definitely elves and dragons.’

Beast races and vampires cannot be left out, but aren’t they still synonymous with fantasy?

Additionally, they are always mentioned as a race of beauty.

The elves, who maintain their beauty close to eternal life from birth, and the dragons, a race crazy about beauty that will not express anything other than the highest beauty.

It was clear that their form was more beautiful than any other race that had ever existed.

Of course, that doesn’t mean other familiars aren’t beautiful.

In particular, the succubus is also very pretty, as it is synonymous with beauty.

‘But elves and dragons have a different taste.’

Noble beauty, elegance, and piercing pride.

Even because of their unique charm, Park Ji-hoon was looking for them separately.

“Senior, are you taking me with you? Please definitely take me with you. Otherwise, I’m going to die, really.”

Shin Ji-yeon’s eyes were burning as well.

“Okay, let’s go.”

Of course, Park Ji-hoon planned to take Shin Ji-yeon with him.

Regardless of whether we were lovers or not, we were colleagues who shared the same taste for different races.

They immediately contacted branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong and asked him to register it in their name before it was taken over by others.

Of course, the gate itself is B rank, so it is only a warm-up at the level of Park Ji-hoon’s party.

In any case, Park Ji-hoon’s purpose was not to clear the gate and make money, so it didn’t matter.

‘Elf.’

Park Ji-hoon thought about the beautiful race he would soon meet.

When they first came out of the gate, people had some expectations.

The expectation that perhaps we might be able to talk and interact with beings from the other world.

However, I was very cautious because I had already been badly burned by an evolved humanoid species.

In conclusion, being cautious was the right answer in the end.

The elves never forgave humans who set foot in their forests, although there were occasionally high-ranking elves who could communicate with them through interpreting magic.

I just realized again the universal truth that just because conversation is possible doesn’t mean it’s friendly.

So people eventually accept elves as a type of monster, and hunters also kill them.

And I no longer have any hesitation about violating and satisfying my desires within the gate.

Anyway, like common fantasy novels, elves were still a race of beauty.

Anyway, I’m going to meet that beautiful elf now.

“I will make them all my familiars.”

Park Ji-hoon left the house with as strong a will as when he fell into the land of the succubus Shira.

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Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon arrived at their destination, and even Chen Mei followed as a bonus.

A total of three people faced an open black crack in the middle of the mountainside.

“There is an elf snowball in here.”

I thought I could see in person the elves that I had only seen in cartoons and dreams for a long time.

Park Ji-hoon’s heart already seemed to be pounding.

Of course, the same goes for Shin Ji-yeon.

“Sigh, I finally meet the elves. I am becoming a hunter and one of my dreams is about to come true.”

I was almost ready to cry.

In fact, it was not a very simple procedure for them to stand in front of the elf gate.

As the association turns a blind eye to incidents such as rape and torture that occur within the gates, gates that feature beautiful races such as elves or gates that feature many species that have evolved into human forms are very popular.

The human desire that emerges when moral concepts are eliminated is that much sweeter and more pleasant.

Anyway, that’s why there’s so much competition with things like Elf Gate.

Or, to be precise, it can be said that the competition already begins before the association announces the existence of the gate.

When the information hunters who entered the gate first and came out with good gate information, they secretly stole it and sold it to large guilds.

Guilds that have information about good gates in advance will attempt to take the lead.

Same thing this time too.

Information hunters who knew that it was an elf gate quickly spread the news to large guilds, and several guilds were already preparing to take over it.

However, as a result, the gate ended up in Park Ji-hoon’s hands.

I couldn’t help but complain.

The existence of the gate was not officially announced, and the gate was simply given to an individual named Park Ji-hoon.

But I couldn’t express my dissatisfaction openly.

Park Ji-hoon cannot be considered an individual because he has too much power and too much influence to exert.

His influence is so great that if he makes a media play by saying that a certain guild is harming him, the image of that guild not only in Korea but also in East Asia as a whole will be shattered.

Moreover, it is difficult to file an official complaint, as the name of a large guild is too shabby to risk it simply because of a B-rank gate.

Even though it is difficult to blame it on the grounds that it is Elf Gate, public opinion will ultimately be shattered because it will give the impression that it is officially targeting elves sexually.

In comparison, Park Ji-hoon has already built an unrivaled image as a ‘female hunter’, so even if he openly targets elves sexually, people’s reactions will be indifferent.

No, rather, she is a female hunter, so she might defend it by saying that it is true, or that she can even see elf familiars.

If Park Ji-hoon were an ordinary individual, it would have been possible to deal with it secretly at the guild level, whether physically or through influence on public opinion.

His power was too strong.

Of course, if he wasn’t a person with as much influence as Park Ji-hoon in the first place, the association wouldn’t have done anything to personally remove Gate.

Anyway, as a result, Park Ji-hoon and his group were able to reach the elf gate without any major obstacles.

“Okay then, let’s go.”

Park Ji-hoon entered the gate first, and Shin Ji-yeon and Chen Mei followed him into the gate.

Wow─

After passing through the black crack, a green forest spread out before their eyes.

[Entered the B-rank gate ‘Forest Elf Forest’. ]

[ Upon clearing the gate, or 30 minutes after entry. You can exit through the entrance. ]

The monster that appears in this gate is a B-rank monster, a forest elf.

The most fundamental form of an elf, it is a blond-eyed white man in the forest, and is characterized by a much more beautiful and elegant appearance than C-rank subtypes such as frost elves and cave elves.

“Whoosh, whoosh, elf nuna. Come out quickly.”

“Hehehehe, do elves have a fruity scent on their bodies?”

Park Ji-hoon and Shin Ji-yeon move forward with a sinister smile.

“…Phew.”

And it was Chen Mei, watching from behind and sighing briefly.