Into the Creations 117

Chapter 117 – 117. Part-Time Job

117. Part-Time Job

Clack.

The sound of the slate echoed. More than ten cameras, set up for the battle scene, began to roll.
Na Ah-yeon walked along the park path in broad daylight, looking at her smartphone.
Oh Jun-hyuk and I moved according to the pre-arranged route, walking towards Na Ah-yeon. We were dressed in black suits, like gangsters. Our roles were as members A and B of the Black Guild, targeting the protagonist’s sister.
Na Ah-yeon flinched when she saw us. Oh Jun-hyuk was wearing a steel gauntlet, and I was holding a long sword. It was natural for an ordinary person to be startled by us.
Her body shrank, and her eyes trembled with anxiety.

‘Wow. If there weren’t any cameras, I’d think it was real.’

I was impressed internally. As expected of an actress with over ten years of experience. If there weren’t any cameras, I would have mistaken it for real.
Na Ah-yeon looked around. There was no one to ask for help. Na Ah-yeon turned and started running away.

“Catch her!”

Pfft!

At Oh Jun-hyuk’s words, a laugh reflexively burst from my mouth. No, I couldn’t help it. It was one thing if his pronunciation was slightly off, but ‘Catch her’ was so bad it destroyed the serious atmosphere.

“Cut! Let’s do it again! We’ll do it again!”

The director said.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

Oh Jun-hyuk bowed repeatedly, his face bright red. The staff gave wry smiles. They knew we weren’t professional actors.

“Hey. Hey. We can do it again.”

I patted Oh Jun-hyuk’s shoulder.
Oh Jun-hyuk had two lines. One was the ‘Catch her’ from just now, and the other was a rather long sentence. On the other hand, I didn’t have any lines at all. I was just playing the role of fighting with my sword.
I was a little worried about Oh Jun-hyuk.

‘This guy. He said he was going to be a star hunter, but he’s worse than I thought.’

It was obvious he was too nervous. I had a bad feeling that we might have to film the same scene more than ten times today.
And that premonition came true.

“…Let’s do it again.”
“NG!”
“……This isn’t going to work.”

The director sighed.
Oh Jun-hyuk, who had made seven NGs, was almost on the verge of tears.
The director thought about something for a while and then spoke to us.

“Oh Jun-hyuk and Sung Yu-jin. Let’s switch roles. Sung Yu-jin, you know the lines for member A, right?”

In the end, Oh Jun-hyuk was cut from the role. I glanced at Oh Jun-hyuk. He seemed more pleased than disappointed.

“Yes, I know them.”

It was only two lines. There was no way I wouldn’t know them, since I had practiced with Oh Jun-hyuk several times.

“Then let’s try it once. Do you need practice time?”
“No. I’m fine.”

As I said that, I glanced at the man next to the director. He was said to be a man dispatched from the Hunter Association in case of an emergency.

‘That emergency must mean the battle scene between hunters getting too heated.’

That man’s job was probably to stop us if the battle scene got too rough.

“Okay. Let’s start then. Ready, action!”

The director’s signal was given.
Na Ah-yeon started acting again, just like before. I felt her professionalism in not getting annoyed even after acting the same scene several times.
I was a little nervous. I wasn’t very confident in acting either.
Na Ah-yeon turned and ran away.

“Catch her!”

I shouted. And Oh Jun-hyuk and I started running to catch Na Ah-yeon. We were E-rank hunters. Even if Na Ah-yeon ran at full speed, it was nothing for us to catch up.
We quickly caught up to Na Ah-yeon and started grabbing her body. I grabbed her left side, and Oh Jun-hyuk grabbed the other side.

“Aaaah! Let go! Let go of me!”

Na Ah-yeon started struggling realistically, but she couldn’t shake us off.
At that moment. From far away, Son An-do came running at an incredible speed and sent us flying backward. We rolled on the ground a few times before getting up. My face and Oh Jun-hyuk’s were contorted. It was acting.

“Sister! Are you okay?!”
“Ha, Ha-woon!”

Son An-do checked on Na Ah-yeon. After confirming that there were no injuries on Na Ah-yeon’s body, he turned and glared at us. The tip of the sword he held in his hand was pointed at us.

“Could it be? Did that woman, Kim Seon-ah, send you?!
“The young lady doesn’t know. It’s the boss’s order. It’s good we met you. You’ll have to die here. You has-been.”

I said. I thought it wouldn’t be strange if there was an NG here, but my voice didn’t tremble and was stable, even to my own ears.
And judging by the fact that the director didn’t stop, it seemed like there was no problem.

“Sister. Step back. I have to deal with these guys here.”
“Ha, Ha-woon. Isn’t it better to run away and report to the police?!”
“They’ll definitely follow us even if we run away. You go and report to the police. Hurry!”

Na Ah-yeon started to step back.
Oh Jun-hyuk and I started running towards Son An-do with our weapons. Son An-do had told us to go all out before. We decided to follow his words. Son An-do, an A-rank hunter, could easily subdue us even if there were ten of us.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

Oh Jun-hyuk shouted. His arms and shoulders turned to steel. Oh Jun-hyuk charged towards Son An-do with all his weight.

Whoosh!

Red flames rose from Son An-do’s sword. It was using his ability, flame manipulation.
Son An-do’s sword and Oh Jun-hyuk’s fist collided.

Clang!

A flame explosion occurred. It only looked incredibly dangerous. We weren’t very surprised because we already knew what was going to happen. And we had been given special protective gear before filming. We wouldn’t get hurt by ordinary attacks.
The flame explosion subsided, and Oh Jun-hyuk’s body flew backward. I left Oh Jun-hyuk behind and ran towards Son An-do.

Clang! Clang!

His flame-infused sword and my Hwaryeon Bido collided. Son An-do deliberately showed me openings, encouraging me to attack.
This was because it was a filming. If we were just looking for openings and probing each other, the viewers would be bored.
As I exchanged attacks with him, I thought.

‘There’s hardly ever a chance to fight an A-rank hunter at full power in such a safe situation. He told me to go all out, right? I’ll go all out as you wish.’

Crack!

Lightning crackled on my sword. It was a mimicry of the skill Astrape from the ‘God’s Atlantis’ world. Even if its power wasn’t complete, the lightning itself could electrocute the opponent, so its power couldn’t be denied.
Son An-do didn’t look very surprised. I had already told him that I was a second awakened and had awakened lightning. Second awakening meant that a hunter who had awakened an ability awakened again and gained a new ability. In other words, it meant a hunter with two abilities. Second awakened hunters were very rare, but they weren’t non-existent.

‘Electrocution doesn’t work at all.’

When the lightning tried to transfer from my sword to his, it immediately disappeared. I realized that the mana Son An-do was wielding was preventing the lightning from invading.

‘Then how about this.’

Yeongcheon Style Lightning Serpent.
I created some distance from Son An-do and thrust my sword at him.
My sword turned into a lightning streak, twisting like a snake as it pierced forward. Son An-do simply blocked the Lightning Serpent by raising his sword sideways and creating flames.

Yeongcheon Style Lightning Flash.
I unleashed an extreme quick sword technique using the power of lightning. But Son An-do blocked it too easily with his sword.
I gritted my teeth. My full power was completely ineffective against an A-rank.
Yeongcheon Style Lightning Sound Step.
It was a footwork that abandoned the secrecy of the Yeongcheon Style and pursued only speed. Every time I stepped using the Lightning Sound Step, a small thunderclap was heard.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

It was no match at all. Son An-do was just matching my attacks for the sake of the drama.

‘I know I can’t win anyway. But let’s do everything I can.’

I created some distance from Son An-do. I glanced at Oh Jun-hyuk, who was sitting far away, staring blankly at my battle with Son An-do with his mouth open. He didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting.

‘I have the Heavenly Demon Divine Art besides the Yeongcheon Style.’

The problem was that I couldn’t properly unleash that Heavenly Demon Divine Art. Even if I could imitate the form in a plausible way, the true power wouldn’t come out.

‘Let’s just try it once. It might work.’

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step.
It was one of the techniques of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art that I was trying to use.
Among them, the Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step was a footwork that could be called an ultimate technique.
A footwork named Monarch because it dominated the space around oneself.
Of course, I couldn’t use it now. I was just going to imitate this footwork in my own way. It probably wouldn’t even produce 5% of the original Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step’s power.

“Hiss, ha. Hiss… ha!”

Full Concentration Heavenly Demon Breathing.
Form 69.
Heavenly Demon Step!
My legs moved with a dazzling footwork, approaching Son An-do. Just as I was about to swing my lightning-infused sword, a flame explosion occurred.

“Kuh-uh-uh-uck!”

My body flew several meters in the air before falling to the ground.
Son An-do held his sword with both hands. Red flames gathered on the sword like a tornado. I sensed the end and extended my left hand forward while sitting.
Son An-do swung his sword. A dragon made of flames flew towards me.

‘I can’t just lose. This is my last move!’

A Manroe appeared in front of my left hand. I squeezed out all the mana I had and used it on the Manroe.

Rumble!

Lightning shot out from the Manroe. The lightning tore through the flame dragon and disappeared.

“It’s over.”

Son An-do, who had approached me, pointed his sword at me. I could feel the hot heat from the sword, which was covered in blazing flames.

“…Damn it.”

I dropped the Hwaryeon Bido I was holding, uttering a line that wasn’t in the script.

“Cut! Okay! Perfect!”

The director’s cut signal was given, and the staff all started clapping.

“Wow! That was amazing.”
“This is more amazing than using any CG, isn’t it?”
“Fire and lightning… that’s really awesome.”

It was indeed a rare scene. While there were quite a few flame ability users, hunters with lightning abilities were so rare that they were hard to find.

“That was amazing, wasn’t it? You didn’t look like an E-rank hunter at all.”

Son An-do extended his hand to me. I gave a wry smile and took his hand to get up.

“Mr. Son An-do, you’re very strong. I don’t think I can win against you.”
“I am an A-rank, after all. It seems like you can use mana too, Mr. Yu-jin, so you’ll get stronger quickly. I want to scout you to our guild.”
“No. I have some circumstances, so I can’t be scouted…”
“I know. It’s related to the Yeongcheon Style, right?”
“…Oh, you know about the Yeongcheon Style?”
“I’ve worked with Jin Woo-sung a few times.”

It was a bit unexpected, but not surprising. Son An-do was older than he looked and was an A-rank hunter like Jin Woo-sung. It was something that could happen.

“The footwork at the end wasn’t the Yeongcheon Style… did you perhaps develop it independently?”
“Yes. That’s right.”

I nodded shamelessly. There was no Heavenly Demon King here anyway.

“It’s not complete yet, though…”
“I see. I think it will be a powerful footwork if it’s completed properly. What’s the name of the footwork? I’d like to know in advance since it’ll become famous later.”
“It’s the Heavenly Demon Step.”
“Excuse me?”
“Heavenly Demon Step.”
“Ha, haha. You’re a funny person. Yes. Heavenly Demon Step. I’ll remember it.”

Son An-do smiled brightly.
I smiled awkwardly.

‘I can’t call this kind of footwork the Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step.’

I hadn’t even brought out 5% of the true Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step’s power.
It was an insult to the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to call this kind of footwork the Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step. That’s why I decided to call it the Heavenly Demon Step until I completed the Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step. Although, I might never be able to complete the Heavenly Demon Monarch’s Step….

After that, we filmed another scene.
It wasn’t anything special, just a scene where we were being arrested by the police and members of the Hunter Association. There wasn’t a single line. Oh Jun-hyuk and I just had to lower our heads and be dragged away.
The filming we were supposed to do was over. We received 300,000 won each on the spot. No matter how I thought about it, 300,000 won seemed too little… well. I thought it was a good experience.

“Mr. Sung Yu-jin. Can I talk to you for a moment?”

It was the director. His name was Noh Han-soo. He was a man in his late 30s with a gentle-looking impression.

“Yes. What is it?”