episode_0168

Korea was very noisy today.

It was because of an important announcement from the Hunter Association.

(Hunter Park Ji-hoon’s measurement results were assigned A rank.)

Finally, Park Ji-hoon’s official rank measurement achieved A rank.

This happened only about three months after he first awakened to F rank.

This became a huge topic abroad, not to mention Korea.

[Kya shivul, this is ㄹㅇ soup.]

[Park Ji-hoon Hunter Fighting!]

[Isn’t this a talented person born in Incheon,,,, chuckle,,,]

Online and offline, there was nothing but Park Ji-hoon.

But the problem is that this was just a precursor to a big announcement.

The real announcement was next.

(However, I think the entire nation and foreign media know that his skills are not just A-rank.)

“That’s right.”

“Honestly, it seems stronger than most S ranks.”

“Wow, if you count his familiars, he is actually the strongest in the world.”

“Almost one large guild.”

Although it was sudden, everyone seemed to accept it.

To be honest, there are no crazy people who disparage Park Ji-hoon now.

There were a lot of swear words related to his sexual desires, such as ‘pervert’, ‘female hunter’, ‘horny man’.

No one could doubt his abilities, and even if they did, they would only see him as a social misfit with an inferiority complex.

But why is he suddenly saying this?

The reason was soon explained by the association’s spokesperson.

(Therefore, after a meeting with the International Hunter Association, the association decided to promote Hunter Park Ji-hoon to S rank in recognition of his achievements and special abilities.)

“What?”

“What?”

It was a statement that no one expected.

Has the Hunter Association ever made an exception regarding ranks?

No matter how many A-ranks showed skills higher than S-rank, they would never be promoted to rank unless they showed S-rank in official measurements.

However, Park Ji-hoon was recognized for his achievements and unique abilities, and was promoted to S-rank even though he was an A-rank.

Of course, Park Ji-hoon’s ability is actually S-rank or higher.

His stats during battle exceed 900 on average, and he also possesses an absurdly strong S-rank familiar.

In some ways, this could be said to be a natural result, but it was nonetheless due to the image that the Hunter Association had built up until now.

People were quite surprised.

“ Wow… When you become Park Ji-hoon, even the arrogant Hunter Association bows its head.”

“Honestly, I thought there needed to be more S rank.”

“But this is true. It is said that he was already S rank since B rank.”

Of course, contrary to the surprise, the atmosphere was that Park Ji-hoon’s promotion to S rank was natural.

After all, his abilities are certified.

“Wow, so there are 6 of us in S rank?”

“Crazy. In this small land, with this small population.”

“Kya~ I’m eating soup.”

It was the moment when the sixth S rank was born in Korea.

#

“Afterwards, reporters came again and it was intense.”

“You worked hard, senior.”

After completing the rank measurement and receiving S rank in recognition of the special case.

Park Ji-hoon, who had driven away the reporters who had gathered to cover him, let out a deep sigh and sat down on the sofa, almost lying down.

However, he soon smiled and glanced at the familiars in front of him.

Brianna, Carr, Shin Ji-yeon, Serena, Chen Mei, Rouge, Shira, Trene, Shilpa, Tinya, and finally the newcomer Eve.

Everyone seemed to have grown even more than usual.

Although his appearance didn’t change much, Park Jihoon knew.

How much have they grown compared to before?

‘Now they are all A rank or higher.’

All familiars that were originally B-rank, including Rouge and Brianna, were promoted to A-rank.

In the case of Trene, promotion to S rank.

Other familiars that were already A-rank also seemed to have significantly increased their stats.

Shin Ji-yeon and Chen Mei have now surpassed the 400s and are looking at S rank.

In the case of Shilpa and Eve, who became the most recent familiar, they were already strong anyway, so they can already be treated as major forces.

3 people in S rank, 9 people in A rank.

Below that, the total number of servants exceeds a thousand units.

There were cases where more subordinates could be created, like Shilpa or Trene, and there were cases where new forces were subjugated, like Sira.

If we somehow managed to squeeze out our power, we could have reached 10,000 units.

Now Park Ji-hoon’s familiar army has become an overwhelming force.

but…

“It’s not enough.”

Shilpa sighed briefly as if she was still disappointed.

Immortal King.

It is said that his dominance and number of subordinates are the highest among the four demon kings.

Tens of thousands of death demons.

If you include the resident undead and the maximum number of undead that can be summoned, there are at least millions of undead of C rank or higher.

Of course, they cannot come all at once.

Some of it has already been consumed when the gate opens for investigation, and there is a limit to the capacity of one gate in the first place.

In fact, even though Shilpa had many more subordinates under her, she was only able to drag about a hundred demons out of the gate.

To overcome that, we created three A-rank gates.

For reference, it is said that tens of thousands of subordinates who were under Shilpa but failed to cross the gate were reabsorbed by the Immortal King.

Anyway, no matter how much I gather, I don’t have enough power.

In order to fight against the Immortal King and the remaining three knights, more power was needed.

“I think the gates will probably open simultaneously across the country. Gates of C rank or higher.”

A gate through which demons of death and countless undead pour out.

Shin Ji-yeon predicted that they would come all at once with the advance of the Immortal King.

“Probably so. Since we have already figured it out, it will be an all-out war right away. In the first place, this land would be nothing more than an outpost. Look further away…”

“I guess so.”

In Korea, the ratio of hunters is high compared to the population, and the number of top-ranked hunters is quite high.

However, it is literally only compared to the population, and as the population is small, the absolute number is bound to be low.

Even if there is a strong person here, and even if there is Park Ji-hoon who is the object of caution, it will not be the final target of the Immortal King.

Perhaps the final goal would be the world, more specifically the United States, where the overwhelmingly powerful S-ranks are concentrated.

It is also the place where Eagle, the world’s strongest hunter, is located.

“It doesn’t matter. After all, we are not alone.”

Park Ji-hoon smiled.

I had no intention of fighting alone from the beginning anyway.

Honestly, how could one fight alone against a monster that had established its own power for a long time and had taken over one of the strongest powers in this world?

If that side is the world’s greatest power, wouldn’t it be natural for this side to gather forces from all over the world to fight?

“Anyway, all I have to do is open that bastard’s hole. Oh, of course, when she’s a woman.”

Jihoon Park’s goal is not to fight alone.

In the end, if an immeasurable gate is opened and special gates are forced to open simultaneously across the country.

Hunters gather from all over the world anyway.

Together with them, we stop the Immortal King.

And I thought that all I had to do was capture the Immortal King himself.

Wooung─ Wooung─

“Hmm?”

At that time, his cell phone rang urgently.

A phone call came.

The sender is branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong.

“Yes, hello.”

When Park Ji-hoon answered the phone, the urgent voice of branch manager Lee Hyeon-dong was heard from the other side.

“…Okay.”

Hearing his urgent voice, Park Ji-hoon’s expression became serious.

After talking for a while and hanging up the phone, he turned to his familiars and said.

“It has begun.”

The war with the Immortal King had begun.

#

Unmeasurable gate.

It is an overwhelmingly dangerous gate that emits magical power that overwhelmingly surpasses that of an S-rank gate.

If the gate opens and things from beyond come over here.

A threat that, in the worst case scenario, could lead to the destruction of the world.

The gate had only been created once before, and the inside was in a strange shape that had never been seen before in a gate.

deep darkness.

There have been many gates with dark backgrounds so far, but it is said that there is something strange about that place.

The boss of the place called Abyss is the ‘King of the Abyss’.

After the sacrifices of numerous S-rank hunters at the time, we succeeded in defeating him.

Among the survivors, there were some who retired as hunters saying that they never wanted to enter the gate again because it was so terrible, and in any case, it was a gate that was a huge blow to society in many ways.

And now, that nightmare has opened up here once again.

“…Really, I never thought the day would come when I would see this in Korea.”

Steve, an employee of the International Hunter Association, sighed when he saw the huge gray gate in front of him.

He was an employee of the International Hunter Association who had previously been dispatched to manage the Immeasurable Gate.

He was selected once again because of his experience, and he sighed deeply.

‘Fuck, I have to see that again? If I had known this would happen, I would have quit a long time ago… No, why are you tempted by the salary…’

He had seen something so terrible at the previous Immeasurable Gate.

The sight of the hunters’ bodies being horribly torn apart, as well as the sight of the hunters screaming without even being able to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues.

The atmosphere was gloomy even though we clearly won.

And even the reporters who filmed it as news stories.

Since the name of the gate at that time was Abyss… he felt like he was looking into the abyss of the world there.

“I was crazy. I should have just said not to come. I was tempted by that damn bonus…”

Whether it was a bonus or salary, it seemed like Steve, who came for the money and to manage the incalculable gate, was not an ordinary person.

“Still, you can see Hunter Park Ji-hoon in person, and there are good things about it.”

At that time, another management staff member came up and said that and pointed somewhere.

There was an Asian man there… Hunter Park Ji-hoon, smiling brightly, wondering why he was so happy.

‘…It’s like laughing without knowing what will happen in the future.’

Steve also knew well that Hunter Park Ji-hoon was showing incredible things that had never been shown before.

But even so, the unmeasurable gate is a different story from before.

It’s not something to fool around like that.

Even now, in Korea, numerous gates along with unmeasurable gates are popping up all over the country simultaneously.

For that reason, each country continues to send hunter parties of C rank or higher, and has even contacted off-duty hunters in Korea.

Smiling like that in such a situation can only seem like a shame to him who knows the horrors of the past.

But what?

If you’re looking at Park Ji-hoon…

‘Why do I feel like I’ll just solve it…?’

It seems different from before.

It felt like an unknown belief was emerging.