Chapter 554 – New Encounter (2)

Abandoned village, area A.

In this large-scale monster subjugation operation, it was a gathering place where hunters capable of long-distance attacks mainly gathered.

Among hunters, a hunter capable of long-distance attacks generally refers to magic hunters who can use magic.

Cha Yu-ri, the wizard of the A-class hunter party Azure Shield, was also absorbed in hunting monsters in this area A.

“Wind, rain piercing spears upon them…”

‘Keeeeek!’

‘Psssssut!’

Several toxic monsters are annihilated and defeated with a single blow of her wind magic.

She had already participated in the suppression of the abandoned village four times, so she had already memorized which magic was the most effective attack as if it were common sense.

The toxicity of the monsters that inhabit the abandoned village is dangerous, but that only applies when engaging in close combat.

As long as the enchanted armor prevented infection through breathing, it was a fairly easy prey for ranged hunters.

There was no need to go on a dangerous hunt to get close to monsters with dangerous names like Poison Skeleton or Arsenic Slime.

The problem was that it was difficult to collect monster materials as it was a one-sided attack from a long distance, but even that was not a big problem for Cha Yu-ri now.

The important thing in the subjugation event on the Abandoned Village Integrated Management Day is to reduce the number of monsters, not to retrieve the monster’s materials, so hunters who just hunt will get their performance for the materials just by concentrating on hunting.

Of course, in the case of monsters that can be recovered in a relatively safe state, such as the monsters in Area B, guild employees sometimes step forward and participate in the recovery, but this did not apply to the monsters in Area A.

Not only was the habitat itself dangerous, with puddles of poison here and there, but worst of all, if you made a mistake, there was a possibility that you could be caught up in an attack by another hunter during the process of retrieving the material.

Limited to the ‘Abandoned Village Integrated Management Day’, the rule was that monsters in Area A would be rewarded solely for their subjugation, regardless of material recovery.

Thanks to this, there was no need for guild staff to come and go among the monsters, so the hunters who went to Area A were also able to use magic to their heart’s content and hunt monsters.

… In the hunting grounds of Area A, where all kinds of magic are swirling around, Cha Yu-ri was able to discover one hunter who used a unique attack compared to other hunters.

-Piyuung!

‘… ‘Keeeeek!’

“… ?”

In the middle of a field where most people were wielding wands or sticks for magic, one blonde woman was silently holding a bow and focusing on hunting alone.

Among many hunters, Cha Yu-ri could not help but be attracted to the hunter who hunted in a different way alone.

After using one large-scale spell, I briefly observed the abilities used by the blonde woman while preparing for the next spell.

-Piyuuung!

‘Purrrr!’

‘Keuheuuuuu!’

‘… Wow!!

Several arcane arrows were created from the end of an apparently empty bowstring.

At the moment she flicked the bowstring, several arrows flew in different directions at once, and I thought they were flying randomly through the air and spreading out.

The arrows, which at first glance seemed to move arbitrarily, were each hitting the monster’s vital point and subduing it in one go.

Seeing her for the first time and seeing her amazing ability to awaken, Yuri’s interest could not help but be quietly directed in that direction.

‘… Today, let’s use that person.’

It is a simple event that requires only the use of a few magic spells determined according to the situation.

It was an easy and simple subjugation event, but it was a very boring event for Cha Yu-ri in that she had to use only the magic she always used.

Therefore, on days when there were group activities like this, Cha Yu-ri had a habit to endure the boring events.

It involves selecting an unknown hunter who is focused on subduing monsters around you as a competitor, and then competing with that opponent to subdue monsters in your mind.

Every little detail like that was an opportunity for her to not lose her motivation and focus on defeating her monsters, even in boring events like this.

In terms of the maximum amount of magical power she possessed, she was a famous Cha Yuri, even among fellow A-class hunters, and above all, she knew how to efficiently use magical energy with various magics she had improved.

As usual, Cha Yu-ri would always be the one who wins in her own subjugation competition.

Unfortunately for today’s Cha Yu-ri, it seemed that she would not be able to easily win the competition against her chosen opponent.

‘You’re dressed quite authentically. … ‘Let’s go with that person today.’

Cha Yu-ri’s attire, fully armed from head to toe in the ‘old-fashioned wizard’ style, is also a hunter uniform that stands out enough to be seen by other hunters.

The fact that she chose someone as a competitor in her heart meant that, conversely, she could also be designated as a competitor to someone.

Unbeknownst to her, Cha Yu-ri was perceived as an unofficial rival to the blonde girl she had designated.

And so, the non-consensual monster-slaying competition between the two self-respecting young ladies began without warning.

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“… “Four people from the company, two from the union, and five from the foundation participated, right?”

“Yes. For your information, the people who participated in the union are specialists in protection, so I think we should let them participate in this direction.”

“First of all, the most necessary thing is purification. How many people can use abilities related to purification?”

“First of all, there is one person at the foundation and one person at the company. There were originally two people at the company, but one person said he couldn’t come to work this morning…”

“With two people, it might be a little too close… If this happens, we may have to do a separate purification work this year…”

The Guild Association employees began talking among themselves with the recovery hunters in front of them.

Judging by the rough content of the conversation, it seemed like they were discussing how to use recovery hunters.

Well, although they were lumped together as recovery-type hunters, there was a significant difference in the abilities of recovery-type hunters who used ‘Blessing’ and recovery-type hunters who used ‘recovery’.

In addition, there were several other types of recovery-type hunter abilities, including purification, and it was not possible to lump all these hunters into ‘recovery-type hunters’ and only bring them to recovery support.

As if the outline of the work location was roughly in hand, the guild union staff began calling hunters one by one and designating their work locations.

“Hunter Kwon Hyeon-jeong from the Hunter Autonomous Association, and Hunter Yang Ji-yoon from the Hunter Autonomous Association, are you there?”

“Yes…”

-Shake and shake.

“You two can use your protection abilities by traveling around the abandoned village areas and giving protection to others.”

“Ha, that’s annoying…”

“… Do you have to walk?”

“We plan to move using a temporary vehicle prepared by our guild alliance. “Both of you, please get on board.”

“Uh, really?”

“Oops… !”

The two people’s faces hardened for a moment as they thought they might have to walk to another area, but when they heard that the vehicle was ready, they suddenly ran with bright expressions on their faces.

Just looking at the reaction, it was a much more effective buff than the vitality protection the pink-haired hunter had just given.

No matter how valuable recovery hunters are, they even provide vehicles to make it easier to move around the dungeon.

It was even more surprising that he showed this level of sincerity for the recovery hunters than the technology that sent the vehicle inside the warp gate.

Anyway, recovery hunters are nobles, not nobles. Even if you feel anxious, they accommodate your mood and even provide you with a vehicle so your legs don’t hurt.

Of course, I participated as a recovery hunter today, but no matter how much I thought about it, I felt like the privilege had gone too far.

“Next is Jeonghwa… “Is there a Lucia Belmonte Hunter from the Ariel Foundation?”

“Yes~! “I’m here~!”

As soon as she heard her name, Lulucia Belmonte, a pink-haired woman stepped forward, waving her hand in a soft voice.

It seemed that the name of the woman she wanted to become friends with as soon as she saw them talking a few words was Lulucia Belmonte.

… Wait a minute, if it’s Lulucia, is it really that saintess Lulucia?

“… “That person is Lulucia?”

“Stand, stand, saint… Wow, wow, wow…”

As if I wasn’t the only one surprised by her name, Lulucia, other recovery-type hunters from her company also showed quite surprised reactions as soon as they saw her.

She had never seen it in person before, so she didn’t expect that she was a saint. In the first place, she did not know that Saint Lulucia, a noblewoman of Vatican City, would participate in the guild joint operation in Korea.

However, apart from the reaction of the company’s hunters who were quite surprised, other recovery hunters from the foundation reacted angrily.

They’ve already seen it several times within the foundation guild, so they’re not particularly surprised.

In the first place, just being from the foundation means that you are already a daughter of somewhere or the child of a famous hunter, but being a saint doesn’t make you feel very special.

Of course, apart from that, I had one more reason to approach her.

‘I heard that if it is Lulucia, this generation’s saint, she is definitely a hunter who can use all of her divine abilities.’

Currently, there are two awakening abilities that I can use: recovery and protection.

Of course, there are only two types of awakening abilities that can still be used, and if you continue to work as you have so far, you will probably be able to obtain three or four more recovery-type awakening abilities within a year or two.

If you earn points by resolving the sexual desires of several female hunters as you have always done, and also work diligently in your activities and training as a hunter.

In other words, if you become friendly with her saint Lulucia, you can get quite a lot of help from her in dealing with her recovery abilities.

If possible, she prayed earnestly in her heart that she would like to be in the same group as her and work.

… Of course, there was no chance of my name being called after her name as I did not have purification abilities.

“Hunter Ham Eun-sol of Eun and Jade Co., Ltd., Is you there?”

-Smurf.

As soon as the name Ham Eun-sol is called, one hunter responds by secretly raising her hand.

One of the hunters from the company earlier, who was concentrating on her smartphone with her earphones in, seemed to be named Ham Eun-sol.

… Well, it can’t be helped. Because among the recovery awakening abilities that I could use yet, there was no purification ability.

Until now, I didn’t think it was that important because I didn’t really need it, but it was disappointing to miss this opportunity.

“Ah, there you are. Hunter Eunsol Ham and Hunter Lulucia took the prepared car to Area A…”

“… I. “I don’t think I can use Jeonghwa today.”

“… Yes?”

“I feel like my purifying ability is not working well today. So today, I’m just planning to treat the injuries of hunters returning from injury in the safe area.”

“…”

“…”

The employees of the Guild Association were momentarily speechless at the absurd request for a change in position from a woman named Ham Eun-sol.

However, Hunter Ham Eun-sol confidently requested a transfer with a shameless face, as if it was no big deal.

Embarrassment that anyone could see began to appear on the faces of the guild union employees.

‘… ‘No way.’

And I feel sorry for those women, but I was quietly smiling in my heart at Ham Eun-sol’s ridiculous remark.

Thanks to that woman’s ridiculous troll behavior, I thought I might be able to create an opportunity to work with her saint.