## Chapter 2707 – 2707. Dragon Hunter
A member of the Black Sword Unit, concealing his identity, silently trails Gina. As expected of a professional, he is both fast and swift.
Of course, he’s still within my senses.
I take out a small dagger from my inventory and throw it at the Black Sword Unit member. He flinches in surprise, rolls to the side, and avoids the dagger. Then, he confirms my stationary position and immediately draws his sword, assuming a battle stance.
“…Gwangroe. What are you doing?”
“I should be asking you that. I can tolerate you monitoring me. I can even tolerate you monitoring the Flack Trading Company that I’m contracted with. But monitoring my woman? That’s crossing the line by a mile.”
“…You knew from the start that we were monitoring you?”
“Is that all I know? I also know that you’re from the Black Sword Unit. The remnants of the defeated, the trash of the Great War.”
“……”
A murderous glint flashes in his eyes. He was definitely provoked by the word “remnants.” He takes out a whistle from his pocket and blows into it.
No sound is produced. That’s a magic whistle that only the Black Sword Unit can hear. I know this, but I don’t stop him, because I intend to wipe out the entire Black Sword Unit.
“You intend to face the entire Black Sword Unit alone? How arrogant.”
“To my eyes, you’re the arrogant ones, thinking you can face me.”
Members of the Black Sword Unit appear one after another.
From the shadows of the alleyway, from the sewers, from the rooftops of houses. A total of seven people appear. Among them, a man who appears to be the leader lands silently in front of me. He’s a muscular middle-aged man with a scar on his face.
Black Sword Unit Captain Eun Bi-cheok.
A former war hero. On the battlefield, he was called a demon.
He exudes a controlled murderous aura and raises his sword.
“Those who become targets of the Black Sword Unit, even if they are S-Class Dragon Hunters, cannot survive.”
“Oh, really? Prove it.”
“I’ll gladly do so. Kill him.”
With Eun Bi-cheok’s command, the entire Black Sword Unit charges at me.
Eun Bi-cheok, who was in front of me, suddenly disappears. More accurately, it’s a transparency ability. I knew this information from the original comic, so there’s no reason to be flustered.
‘He’s even hiding his presence, but he can’t completely erase his existence.’
Lightning Heaven Style Electromagnetic Waves.
Location of all Black Sword Unit members confirmed.
[Using Acceleration. Duration: 10 minutes. Remaining stacks: 6]
[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 5]
I slice off the head of the nearest guy. Judging by his wide-eyed expression, he clearly didn’t expect me to be this fast.
‘This isn’t even my maximum speed yet. Should I shift gears?’
Pajijijik!
An electric current starting from my spine spreads throughout my body, stimulating my body and nerves.
Lightning Heaven Style Gale Lightning.
My thought speed increases, and the enemies’ movements appear slow.
The Black Sword Unit member at the very back creates a rock spike in the air and throws it at me. It’s not particularly threatening.
‘Annoying.’
I’ll kill that guy first.
Lightning Heaven Style Flying Thunder God.
I wrap my body in lightning and rush towards him.
“He’s fast!”
“Number 7! Dodge!!”
The Black Sword Unit members shout. Too late. I’ve already stabbed Hwaryeon’s Dagger into the target’s stomach.
“Keheok!”
I raise the blade upwards, splitting him in half all the way to his neck.
Belatedly, one of the Black Sword Unit members approaches me and swings his sword. His arm falls off his shoulder and flies towards me like a rocket punch.
‘What kind of ridiculous ability is this?’
[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 4]
Honestly, even using Instant is a waste, but to be sure, I dodge the attack and slice off the head of the Black Sword Unit member who launched his arm.
Five remain. Among them, the Black Sword Unit Captain is still maintaining his invisibility, looking for an opening.
“Deploy the formation and overwhelm him at once!”
“Three! Two!”
Are they trying to steal my timing? They charge at me straight from two.
[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 3]
‘Killing the guy in front and dodging to the side or running away is the best option… but they’re coming at me too blatantly. Eun Bi-cheok is nearby. Is the plan for Eun Bi-cheok to attack from the side when I go on the offensive?’
I decided to show them that things don’t always go according to plan.
Lightning Heaven Style Lightning Flash.
Red lightning flashes in the darkness, severing the enemy’s neck. As if waiting for this, Eun Bi-cheok’s invisible sword moves. But the red light hasn’t stopped yet. The end of the blade is aimed at Eun Bi-cheok’s body. Eun Bi-cheok’s sword twists in a strange direction. Not towards me, not towards Hwaryeon’s Dagger.
Clang!
The lightning flash is blocked.
The sword, which was clearly twisted in a strange direction, is blocking Hwaryeon’s Dagger.
I’m not surprised.
‘Eun Bi-cheok’s other ability. Spatial Distortion Sword. This is the ability that allowed him to become a war hero.’
“Now! Kill him for sure!”
Eun Bi-cheok shouts.
Three swords rush towards me.
‘You weren’t the only ones preparing a second move. Discharge.’
Pajijijijijijijik!
Lightning erupts from my body, engulfing the Black Sword Unit. The dark city becomes as bright as day in an instant.
“Kkeuaaaaaak!”
The Black Sword Unit members scream and fall. I’m surprised that they didn’t die instantly. This discharge was prepared with quite a bit of effort. Even a Saint-level Dragon would die if hit directly.
“They endured that? Ah. They must have drunk an electric resistance potion. Those are quite expensive.”
“Damn it… To think he could unleash this much power. Was the information we gathered wrong…!”
“Of course it was wrong. Did you really think I’d show my full power when I knew you were watching?”
The Black Sword Unit members are paralyzed by the electric shock. I easily slice through the three Black Sword Unit members. Only the Black Sword Unit Captain remains.
I approach the kneeling Black Sword Unit Captain and swing Hwaryeon’s Dagger.
“I’ve got you!”
As if the electric shock was a lie, he swings his sword at me. But he stops before he can even swing it halfway.
Pajijik….
Electric currents rising from the ground exert magnetic force, grabbing his sword. I smile and say.
“I’ve got you.”
Originally, this doesn’t work well in fights against strong opponents. The magnetic force is too weak to stop the power of a superhuman. And focusing on magnetic force isn’t efficient. Eun Bi-cheok was releasing his magic power to lure out my carelessness, so he fell for it.
Belatedly, Eun Bi-cheok raises his magic power, but it’s too late.
Swish.
Eun Bi-cheok’s head falls to the ground.
“Spatial Distortion Sword is meaningless if you can’t even swing it.”
I raise my head and look at the skyscraper of the Dragon Hunter Association headquarters, towering in the center of the city. There, Do Hwang (Sword Emperor) Baek Jeong-su, holding a massive sword over 50cm wide, is looking this way.
Pajijijik!
I throw a lightning ball created in my left hand at Baek Jeong-su.
Blue lightning diagonally cuts through the dark sky. Baek Jeong-su swings his sword and splits the lightning. Then, as if nothing happened, he turns his body and disappears.
‘The Black Sword Unit is a top secret. Baek Jeong-su will deny the existence of the Black Sword Unit, dismiss them as mere assassins, and gloss over the situation.’
I don’t intend to argue either. Fighting Baek Jeong-su right now is the same as fighting the entire Association.
‘If the Association collapses, who will save Yongsim?’
But I felt bad about just letting it go.
I decided to chop up the Black Sword Unit’s corpses and heads and display them roughly in front of my house.
Will my notoriety spread? Will a bucket of water in a lake even be noticeable?
‘Still, those who try to attack me will think twice.’
This will reduce troublesome matters.
• • •
The metropolis of Gigantria was noisy again from morning.
“Did you see Gwangroe’s mansion? There were corpses chopped up and skewered in front of it. Heads, limbs, torsos, and entrails were displayed in such a gruesome manner.”
“That crazy lightning guy did another crazy thing. But why is the Association so quiet?”
“This time, it wasn’t a clan that died. The sign next to the corpse said they were assassins who attacked Gwangroe. The Association also acknowledged that the corpses were assassins.”
“Are those assassin bastards crazy? Why would they mess with Gwangroe of all people? That’s basically suicide.”
“Eun Bi-cheok’s head was among the assassins’ heads.”
“…The Demon? That war hero from Jeong Nara?”
“The country’s all gone, so he’s not a war hero anymore. So, shouldn’t the Demon be working as an assassin?”
“Damn. There’s a rumor that the Demon is on par with an S-Class Hunter. The fact that Gwangroe killed that Demon means…”
“Come on. How can the Demon be on par with an S-Class Hunter?”
“Zerkin, an S-Class Hunter during the Great War, was killed by the Demon. I know. I was near there at the time.”
“In the end, he’s just an assassin. Zerkin probably died because he was careless. Logically, if he had the skills of an S-Class Hunter, why would he be an assassin?”
“…I can’t argue with that. I concede.”
If you have the skills of an S-Class Hunter, you can seize power in a city. Giving that up to become an assassin? That’s very illogical.
“But… how strong is Gwangroe really? Is he stronger than Do Hwang?”
“Is this guy crazy? Comparing the strongest man of the current era to Gwangroe?”
“If Do Hwang was that strong, Gwangroe wouldn’t be able to act so brazenly, would he? I heard he’s already caught more than five Ancient-level Dragons. Besides that, he’s hunted dozens of Saint-level Dragons in a short period. This area has become safer recently thanks to Gwangroe.”
“Gwangroe is definitely strong. Do Hwang probably can’t do anything rash and is just watching. But why can’t Gwangroe get promoted? He has enough achievements.”
“Can’t you tell from that? The Association. Do Hwang is keeping Gwangroe in check. There’s talk that the Association President and Vice-Presidents will be meeting soon. Gwangroe’s story can’t be left out. They’ll decide how the Association will treat Gwangroe there.”
“Indeed…! That makes sense…!”
But their speculation was wrong.
That afternoon, the Association officially recognized Gwangroe Yu Seong-jin as an S-Class Dragon Hunter.
The Association offered Gwangroe the position of branch manager of Luxor, one of the northern cities. People thought Gwangroe would leave for Luxor, but… Gwangroe broke everyone’s expectations and rejected the offer. Not only that, but he said in front of Do Hwang that he wanted the position of Association President.
The political conflict between Gwangroe and Do Hwang was confirmed.
