Chapter 464 – The Approaching Threat (6)
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Following the guidance of the staff, we moved to the shelter located in the basement. Usually, these public facilities had evacuation facilities installed almost obligatory.
It’s because monsters and villains are overflowing, so construction permits won’t come out if there’s no shelter.
“What happened outside?”
“Ask questions after going to the shelter! Please move quickly!”
The staff who did not answer even when I asked what was going on, well, since they were still cadets, they had no obligation to protect citizens in this situation.
Even though they are awakened, they see cadets as objects to be protected. Well, neither Kim Tae-yeon nor I are in a position to be protected.
‘I don’t intend to stay still though.’
As we headed underground, we stopped right there and pulled out to the side. Of course the staff coming up to stop us.
“What are you doing? Evacuate as soon as possible!”
“Hunter.”
“Both of you?”
“Yes.”
It doesn’t matter if you call me a prospective hunter or a hunter. There was no answer when I asked earlier, so I said that I was a hunter, and I called someone for a while.
Even while waiting for a while, a scream coming from outside informed us that the situation was not serious.
“The situation seems pretty serious, doesn’t it?”
“Surely. It looks like something big has happened.”
“You two…You said you were hunters? Ho… Is it okay if I ask about your rank?”
I want to say that it’s an A-class level, but who will believe it if I talk like that without a hunter’s license.
“I am still a cadet.”
“Ah… If you’re a cadet…”
“I am confident in my skills.”
The administrator seemed to hesitate for a while at the word cadet, but he took us to the first floor, as if he needed even one more person.
It wasn’t a villain attack, but I heard that a gate had opened around it.
The number is not normal, but it is said that it is a situation where they attack the surroundings at random.
‘Normally, for this amount of monsters to appear, there must be foreboding symptoms.’
Normal gates do not have monsters pouring out as soon as they are created, but it should be regarded as a recently created crack gate.
When I came down to the first floor, I saw monsters pounding on the shield. Around them, those who appear to be hunters are holding weapons and staring at them with nervous faces.
It seemed that they were preparing to fight right away if the shield was broken.
‘They all look down on their standards.’
Hunters who all seem to be stubborn, well, what can I say if they are good enough to work as security guards in a movie theater.
An E-F grade would be normal.
“Fuck…Fuck… I heard it’s a place to work, but what kind of lightning suddenly struck me!”
“This won’t break, will it? The association will take care of everything, right?”
As the level dropped, the faces of all the employees were dead. In fact, he’s not good at hunting monsters, so he must be working as a security guard in a place like this.
Who would have predicted that monsters would suddenly attack?
‘If the shield breaks, I think everyone will die. At least… I wonder if that side is worth using.’
I saw one or two hunters who looked like they were C-class, but judging by their costumes, they didn’t belong to a movie theater, so I wondered if they were customers who came to see a movie.
__Bang!! Thud!! Thud!!
“Hee!!”
“Bird… Don’t be scared, bastard. All you have to do is block the entrance!”
The manager himself sighed as he saw the man talking while shaking his body.
Well, I would have hired them to match the assortment rather than to prepare for this kind of situation. Hunters who can really hunt monsters are expensive.
Even so, I didn’t know that I would show such a pathetic side.
A manager who checks our weapons roughly and lowers his head to see if we are more trustworthy than those shivering over there.
“I…You don’t have to come to the fore, but I’ll ask anyway.”
“Please leave it to me.”
“I’m sorry for asking the cadets like this.”
“Are you also an awakened person?”
As the manager bowed his head and asked for a favor, a male hunter who looked like a C-class walked this way.
The male, who looked to be in his 40s, was holding supply equipment that was presumed to be used by the staff, as if there were no original equipment.
“Yes. I am Siwoo Kim.”
“This is Kim Taeyeon.”
“Kim Si-woo.. Kim Tae-yeon..? A cadet who participated in the Korea Friendly Match?”
These days, I feel like I’ve faded a bit, but I was impressed by the game. A man who checks us with the look of seeing a celebrity.
It’s a bit embarrassing when you look at me like that.
“Well, the feeling is different between sparring and actual combat. So don’t worry too much, Lee will tell you what to do.”
“Yes.. What.”
“Hehe. Aren’t you a little nervous because this is a real situation? You said that the feeling is different between having a protective shield and not having one. I’m already 15 years old if I’m just a hunter.”
A middle-aged man who starts pouring out his story without even asking.
“Really. My name is Jo Deok-jin.”
“Yes..”
“Call me Deokjin hyung comfortably, you can call me oppa. Hehe.”
After saying that to Kim Tae-yeon, Jo Deok-jin smiled with a slightly perverted face.
Since he is a senior, he starts talking about things like watching and learning, and how things were like in the past, but honestly, I wish he would just keep quiet.
“It looks pretty fancy in Dalian, but maybe it’s because it’s Dalian. Well, originally, there is a feeling that it looks a little more flashy if you fight at a similar level.”
Maybe it’s because we’re hiding our magical power, so it looks like we’re easygoing. To be honest, at our level, it’s just cute.
If Kim Tae-yeon decides to shoot, I don’t think she will last 3 seconds before collapsing.
“At that time, I stepped forward and blocked his attack, but it just felt different. Yes, I felt it at one time. That he is not an ordinary monster, but a mutant monster that is stronger than other monsters!”
“… “
“As you all know, mutant monsters are unusual enough that they usually get a plus in their rank. Ah, since you’re still a student, have you ever actually seen a mutant?”
I don’t know why this guy talks so much.
Kim Tae-yeon’s side didn’t seem to care at all, even though there was no reaction. It’s nothing special, but isn’t it a great ability to lay it out like that.
While suffering from Jo Deok-jin, the protective film eventually failed to withstand and began to crack.
__Damn it!!!
“Oops fuck!! S.. Save me!!”
In the end, the red wolf, which broke down the barrier and the entrance that could not stand it, rushed at the staff holding the shield.
It was the moment when the red wolf, a man flying away from the torso headbutt, roared ferociously and tried to bite a person.
“I don’t think this is the time to make noise!!”
The man who had spoken to us ran up and immediately put a knife through the red wolf’s neck.
Still, Jo Deok-jin, who is a C-class hunter, defeats the red wolf in one shot. E-class monsters can be hunted alone.
Jo Deok-jin smiled proudly after defeating a red wolf, and even covered himself with blood because he didn’t handle it neatly, but he seemed to think it was cool.
“Hey are you okay?”
“Go..Thank you!”
Haha!! Just believe in this body!”
We muttered as we watched such Jo Deok-jin.
“How long do you think you can last?”
“I don’t think I can last even 10 minutes.”
“Okay? I think I can hold out for another 10 minutes.”
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The world feels so small.
I never thought I would see the cadets I saw on TV with my own two eyes.
What he showed in the video was splendid, but when he met him in person, he felt that his level was lower than himself.
‘A super rookie or something, in the end I’m not even a student?’
It was inevitable that there would be a difference from a hunter who had gone through all the hardships while hunting real monsters like himself.
The video must have been post-processed for the academy’s propaganda. No matter how splendid it looks, isn’t it a law without substance?
Haha!!!”
It’s a pity that there is no original equipment, but if you are a skilled person like yourself, would you need something like that?
He pulled out his magic and strengthened his sword. Even a cheap sword like this would become sharper than any other sword if magic was added to it.
Although it was an aura full of impurities, it was not lacking in dealing with the red wolf.
‘Hehe, I’m sure you’re looking closely, right?’
When he turned his head to check behind him, he saw Kim Si-woo and Kim Tae-yeon watching him fight.
Yes, how many cadets who had only been educated at the academy could experience real combat like this.
‘Daehan Academy and Minguk Academy are at different levels, no matter what. Well, the academy is there.’
I have experience of failing in interviews in the past, but I wondered if there would be no need to hang on if the actual students were at that level.
Among the condescending guys from the two academies, I hadn’t seen a proper one.
Well, there are few applicants due to the low level of the guild, but if a super rookie is at that level, the rest is understandable.
‘I don’t know if this is against me?’
When Jo Deok-jin checked Kim Tae-yeon’s face, he felt power go into his body.
There is a big age difference, but why does age matter to Hunter? It just needs to fit your heart.
What if you show yourself acting like this?
Haha!! Come in, you bastards!!”
“Wow… That’s great! Older brother!!”
“My nickname in our guild is Slayer! Slayer!!”
Jo Deok-jin said that and swung his sword. Red wolves coming from all directions, probably because they smelled the blood.
He swung his sword, hiding his breathing, which was gradually getting heavier.
‘If I could stop this much… Wouldn’t it be time for the Seul Association to come?’
I was feeling a bit heavy. The guys around me weren’t helpful at all, and the C-class hunters who were there couldn’t get any help because they were healers.
However, he is too out of shape against only E-class monsters to ask Siwoo Kim and Taeyeon Kim for help.
‘Man Jo Deok-jin! I can say that I have gone through many more difficult situations than this!!’
The moment I made up my mind like that, a huge wolf that was incomparable to other wolves appeared from afar.
“Tongue.. Brother!! Over there… Over there, that weird guy!!”
“Giant Wolf… “
Although it is a C-class monster, it is a medium-sized monster that you can never face alone.
“Haha! That..Don’t worry!! This slayer Jo Deok-jin!! I can deal with it!!”
Perhaps he heard his own voice, the Giant Wolf turned his head and started running straight to this place.
‘Fuck… Fuck! Fucked! I screamed for no reason.. Now.. I don’t have any equipment.. Shi.. Fuck.. Should I run away now? But won’t you be punished for that?’
The moment his head becomes complex, a giant wolf approaches him. The sense of intimidation felt by its size was no joke.
“Bird… Bastard, attack!!”
The moment he swung his sword, the Giant Wolf, Jo Deok-jin’s sword, lifted his forepaws to attack and tumbled in the air without power.
As he tried to move his arm, he felt a great pain. Turning his head to check, he saw that his arm was broken.
“Ah..”
As death approached, I heard a muttering voice behind me.
“Look at that, it lasts more than 10 minutes.”
“Ki..Kim Si-woo.. Cadet..?”
i get the feeling everyone in this world is insane, they are consistantly experiencing monsters and villians attacking but they just go about their lives like its nothing, i find it hard to believe, to top that they always seem suprised when they are attacked, really, , surprised? i know suspending belief is important for fantasy but how can a people advance to any lvl of civilisation with this kind of survival instincts?