Chapter 49 – Gangnam-Daero (1)
Erin stepped on the brake and pressed the start button.
Then I shifted the gear from P to D.
Respond—.
The RPM gauge went up and the car moved a little bit.
But she tilted her head.
“Why don’t you go out like this?”
She turned her head to the left just in case.
“I didn’t loosen the side.”
“Oh right!”
When I lowered the parking brake, the car moved forward without any problems.
She rode a winding mountain road and received directions from the navigation system.
Even though I was nervous about Lee Rin’s driving, I would be lying if I said that she wasn’t excited about today’s date.
Because I am also the first date of her life.
Originally, the first experience of anything is the most thrilling way to live.
“I need to get a driver’s license too.”
“… Are you so anxious? Can you take a taxi right now? I will pay all the money.”
“No, no. If I go out like this again with you later, it’s better to do it the way I do when I go and you do it when I come back. To be honest, going out at the academy is the basic long distance.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
If you think about it, Lee Rin, who took on the challenge of driving a long distance for 4 hours one way after getting a driver’s license, was amazing in many ways.
She must have wanted to date me as much as she did.
Even if another woman, Katrin, is in it.
She got onto the highway.
However, it ran at 60 km/h on a road limited to 100 km/h.
All the other cars overtook our car.
“You’d better speed it up a bit.”
“Is that so? Shouldn’t we go slowly to get there safely?”
“I heard from a man who works as a driver before that it is important to go with the flow. Widen the distance between cars.”
“Ah, yes!”
Accepting my opinion, she increased her speed a bit to between 80 and 90 km/h.
Katrin fell asleep in the back seat before she knew it.
… It seemed that he was really weak at waking up early in the morning.
“Sorry, do you want to wake Katrin?”
“Huh? Are you Catherine?”
“It looks like a room mirror.”
“I don’t have time to look in the room mirror! I’m too busy looking in the front and side mirrors!!”
For some reason, continuing the conversation seemed to break her concentration.
As much as I could as an assistant, I gave him water when asked for water and played music when asked to play music.
After going for 3 hours and 30 minutes like that, I entered Seoul before I knew it.
Fortunately, it was Sunday, so Gangnam-daero was not too blocked.
Degree of slowing down.
A red light came on and I stopped for a moment.
Erin exclaimed, stretching her loudly.
“Oh, it’s hard!”
“Great job. It will arrive in a little while.”
It seemed to arrive earlier than expected.
She asked, extending her arm briefly to her side.
“Shall I stroke you?”
“S-don’t say that, just do it!”
“Okay.”
He stroked her red hair.
I also touched the twin tail once.
It’s a style I usually do when I’m young, so it’s a bit strange.
Although she was very well put together.
She said, blushing.
“My, my head. You don’t have to say no.”
“What?”
“Why him! Joe, you can hold your hair as you like during training. I’m a bit radish, because I’m looking forward to being used like an object!”
Unlike her youthful appearance, she was a pervert on the inside.
He’d probably listen if I asked for car sex right now.
It was cute and pretty, so I stroked it more.
After a while the signal changed to a green light.
She took her hands off her head and let her focus on driving.
As she dropped her foot off her brake pedal, her car rolled back in front of her.
It was then.
Koo-woog-!!
A roar that seemed like it would explode my eardrums hit my ears.
Soon after, the car in front stopped suddenly, and Lee Rin also stepped on the brake pedal.
A rental car barely stopped.
I immediately knew why the car in front had stopped suddenly.
She cried, her eyes wide open.
“Gate?!”
A gate appeared in the middle of Gangnam-daero.
The location was also a location, but the color of the border of the gate was more of a problem.
The normal gate has a blue border.
However, the gate we saw now has a purple border.
As I heard in theory class, the correct name was Violet Shift Gate.
There is no separate boss room in the dungeon inside the gate, or the boss runs rampant because the boss room is unsealed.
Because other monsters run out of the gate to avoid being killed by the boss, monsters unconditionally come pouring into this world.
“Catherine, wake up!”
“Yes… ? Is everything here, master… ?”
“No, this is an emergency!”
Pedestrians and other drivers already around here put their smartphones to their ears as if reporting them.
If so, experts from the Hunter Association will be dispatched soon.
Irin swallowed her saliva and spoke softly.
“It won’t come out right now… ?”
“Most of them say they come out in an hour or two.”
Violet Shift Gate—shortened to purple gates, due to their nature, natural damage to civilians is high if the response is delayed.
At least it appeared in the middle of Gangnam-daero, Seoul, where there are the most hunters in Korea, so there was a high probability that active hunters would come soon.
But as if mocking us,
“”Goreuk, Goreuk.””
Class B monsters—five ‘goblin pawns’ stood on the crosswalk.
“Mo, it’s a monster!!”
“Kyaaaaagh—!!”
“Save people—!!”
Seeing the green-skinned dwarves, people all screamed.
Some of the people in the car abandoned it and ran away.
Irene shouted as she opened her car door.
“I have to protect you!”
Hunters also have the role of protecting citizens.
Active duty is compulsory, but students are optional.
But Irin chose without hesitation.
Many will criticize her for making a choice that would cost her her own money when it was not her duty, but I still admired her.
Because it looks better than just chasing her own comfort.
“Okay. Catherine.”
“Okay, master!”
There seemed to be no active hunters or other academy students in Gangnam-daero right now.
In other words, the three of us have to endure until the Hunter Association personnel arrive.
The role was immediately assigned.
Katrin’s melee dealing, Irin’s support fire while looking around, and helping civilians evacuate while weakening flying monsters with skills.
Looking into the eyes of the goblin soldiers in turn,
‘Three thousand times the pain.’
I walked the skill.
Then, like an academy simulation, “Kieek!” And complained of pain, his whole body trembling like an aspen tree.
An old man with a cane walked towards her with her eyes narrowed.
“Grandfather! Here’s the real situation right now! It’s dangerous, so hurry to the other side!!”
“Huh? What?”
“Ah, go that way!”
“Ah, this foolish bastard. If you say something pretty, it will get worse.”
… I felt again that it was difficult to evacuate citizens.
I could die, but I thought it was a spectacle, and I kept screaming at people who approached me out of curiosity.
Some self-proclaimed nertubers tried to approach me with a camera, so I struggled to stop them.
Katrin and Irin killed all five goblin pawns in the meantime.
The moment I thought this was the end.
“”Goreuk—, Goreuk—.””
The goblin’s cry, which I didn’t want to hear, reached my ears again.
I went back to the gate for a while.
And I tried to use the skill.
The goblin farthest from the cage drew a bowstring at a kid.
It was a B-class high-ranking monster—a ‘Goblin Archer’.
“Catherine! Catch that bastard first!”
“I get it!”
Immediately after my words, Katrin turned and flew towards the Goblin Archer.
At the same time, I also bet 3000 times pain on Goblin Archer.
“Die, lowly monster!”
Katrin made a fireball out of her hand and threw it.
The fireball hit Goblin Archer’s body and started burning the monster.
But,
Hwiwoong-.
The arrow was fired first with a short distance.
“Up, it’s dangerous!!”
Irin shouted as he dealt with the other goblins.
Because the arrow flew right into the kid’s forehead.
But Catherine grinned.
As if nothing happened.
“That tree branch, burning it is enough.”
Katrin threw a fireball in front of the arrow trail.
The arrows did not pass through the fireball and flared up.
It was so hot that the hardened asphalt on the road melted and the little boy in front of her quickly retreated behind her.
Approach the kid,
“Were you scared? Brother, follow me.”
And took her hand.
“Yes yes! Thank you mister! Even my sister who flies there!!”
… Uncle.
He was slightly injured, but was moved to a safe area.
As she went to the academy, it seemed that she was about to get angry.
10 minutes to kill goblins and save dangerous citizens.
Monsters no longer came out of the gate.
I thought it was really over.
Soon, sirens were heard, and buses and vans with a large sign saying Hunter Association riot squad appeared one after another.
A man who looked to be in his thirties came up to us and said.
“I am the leader of the Hunter Association’s mobile unit. Are you Hunters?”
“No, I am a student at our academy.”
I showed him my student ID as a representative.
Today, it seems that I was mistaken because I was wearing plain clothes, not school uniforms.
He looked at my student ID and turned his head to look around.
Soon, his eyes widened.
“Did you really kill all the students? Without help from anyone?”
“”Yes.””
Irin and I answered at the same time.
15 goblin foot soldiers, 6 goblin archers, 13 goblin lancers, 3 goblin swordsmen.
A total of 37 monster corpses rolled around Gangnam-daero.
One of the riot police officers approached him and reported.
Other than some minor injuries such as abrasions, there were no serious injuries or deaths.
After hearing the report, the mobile commander saluted us and said,
“You did a really good job! From now on, we will control the scene—.”
“Hey, what is it?”
However, a large man approached from behind the riot commander’s back.
The man with the greatsword in his hand said to the riot police commander as if to argue.
“The situation is not over yet. I’m trying to end it wherever I want.”
“Yes? But now more monsters—.”
“Hey dude!”
The man yelled at the riot commander.
The riot squad leader flinched in an instant.
He was a rather fierce-looking man.
“I stopped eating and ran, but what? End of situation? Are you kidding me now?”
Behind the man stood four men and women who seemed to be hunters as well.
One of them frowned, spatting her phlegm on the floor in displeasure.
While the riot police chief was calming his man as best he could,
“This is our CBC station! Please explain what happened, Hunter!”
Suddenly, a woman thrust her microphone and camera at her man.
Her man grinned and grabbed her microphone.
“I am Min Sang-ho, a B-class hunter. Briefly describe the incident. Today, around 11:03, after receiving a large number of reports that gates and monsters appeared on Gangnam-daero, our party immediately went to the mobilization.”
He cleared his throat once and spoke.
“Our party did their best to protect citizens by subduing dozens of goblins that appeared in Gangnam-daero. As a result, there were no serious injuries or deaths except for some minor injuries.”
Both Irin and I were taken aback.
It was to steal our achievements.
The man smiled and pointed at us, probably seeing our expressions.
“These students were of great help in the process. I, Min Sang-ho, also represent the students and thank you! That is all.”
The anchor took her mic and stood in front of the camera.
“Yes, it was Min Sang-ho Hunter’s briefing so far. Thanks to Hunter Min Sang-ho, who has recently been showing great performance, there was no loss of life even in the unprecedented situation where a purple gate occurred on Gangnam-daero.”
As if the on-site relay was over, the anchor put the microphone down.
Then Hunter Min Sang-ho approached the anchor and said.
“Thank you for today, sister.”
“Don’t call me older sister in a place like this.”
The anchor received a white envelope from Hunter Min Sang-ho and put it in his jacket pocket.
How can such an absurd thing happen?
It was absurd and I was about to laugh.
Irin clenched her fists next to her and her arms trembled.
Min Sang-ho approached us and said a word.
“You worked hard to help us, students.”
It was the moment when Irin’s eyebrows went up.
