Chapter 202 – Kang Seong-Ki, the Strongest Player in Korea (23)

Baek Sung-hoon suddenly had a question.

What are the soul mages going to do with this mana?

In common sense, Hunters meddling in the affairs of other countries was usually not a nuisance.
Not only did it encounter strong resistance, but even if it succeeded, it was easy to become a common enemy of hunters from other countries.

Who wouldn’t want to cross the territory of another country?
But once you do that, you’ll be ready for a world war.

However, the soul mage he met said he would gladly cooperate to become the best hunter in Korea if he saved the soul of an S-class hunter.

That said, it meant that the soul of an S-rank Hunter was worth it.

Baek Seong-hoon looked at the tool in his hand.
It was invisible to the naked eye, but it clearly contained Kang Dong-kwon’s soul.
In common sense, it would be more correct to call it mana rather than soul, but I thought that calling it a soul was not particularly wrong given that it was extracted with the life as collateral.

Besides, I saw what the soul mages were doing.
It was different from the normal mana handling ability.

Baek Sung-hoon stroked his bald head.
The tattoo on it gave off an unpleasant tingling sensation.

It’s not just a tattoo.
It was carved through a strange ritual.

He was very uncomfortable with him, but when he believed that Jo Dong-geun was still alive, he thought this was the only way.
In order to bring down Jo Dong-geun from the throne and take his place, he had no choice but to seek help from outside forces.

“Hmm…”

He looked down at Kang Dong-gwon, who had stopped breathing with his mouth wide open.

If an S-class hunter loses his life, he is no different from a normal person.
He had the prestige he had in his lifetime, so in some ways he even looked more shabby.

“Sheesh.”

Baek Seong-hun, who thought he had done something unpleasant, put the tool with Gang Dong-kwon’s mana in his inventory.
He hadn’t originally intended to do it this far.

Seeing Kang Dong-kwon turn his back on him even when he betrayed him and confronted him, his fever spread.

‘Let’s say there are those who don’t follow me…’

Baek Sung-hoon bit his molar.

Jo Dong-geun’s position seemed stable and easy.
But he himself is trying, so why is it so difficult?

It was all because of the appearance of Kang Seong-gi.
If it wasn’t for him, he wouldn’t have betrayed a corrupt S-class hunter who only knew this money.

‘Soul…’

Baek Sung-hoon thought seriously.
He wants to know more about that ability.

There’s no guarantee that if the soul mages did it, he couldn’t do it himself.
Besides, didn’t they say they had that quality too?
If he had the qualifications for the ability of an S-class hunter, there was no reason why he could not develop that ability.

‘The ones I don’t like…’

If you can collect and handle souls.
Could it be that it gets stronger?

Other than that, I couldn’t seem to figure out why Argentinian spiritists would take such risks.

Rattle!

Baek Sung-hoon was startled when he heard the door suddenly open.
Because of what he has done, his heart is bound to break.

He pulled the hood over and looked back.

Han Cheol-gwan was standing there.
She seemed to have had a lot of trouble with her cheeks sunken in and the black under her eyes.

Originally, deep-seated selfish people care deeply about their bodies.
He didn’t seem to have suffered noticeable damage like Kang Dong-kwon, but his expression was much worse than Kang Dong-kwon.

“Hunter! You are here!”
“The minister has called, but you have to come.”

Baek Seong-hoon answered and looked at the door behind Han Cheol-gwan.
Han Cheol-gwan noticed and quickly closed the door.

“How is Hunter Kang Dong-kwon’s condition?”

Baek Seong-hoon took a step back as if to see for himself.
He killed people, but he didn’t care.
After all, he had no evidence that he had killed him.
He inserted a needle and withdrew the soul with the tools the soul magicians gave him, but there was no evidence that it took his life.
Even if he doubts it, it won’t be a fait accompli.
Because S-class hunters have the power to do so.
A living Hunter is always more valuable than a dead Hunter.

Han-cheol, who got closer to Kang Dong-gwon’s bed, felt something unusual and stopped him.

“Hunter! Hunter!”

His voice, calling for Kang Dong-kwon, became a little quieter.

“Hunter…Sama?”

He mustered up the courage to hold out his hand.
He placed his trembling hand under his nose.

No breath

Shocked as if he were about to faint, Han Cheol-gwan’s body shook.

Baek Seong-hoon supported him as he was about to fall.

“It was already like this when I came.”
“Oh… The state…”

Han Cheol-gwan did not believe Baek Sung-hoon’s words.
Because he himself listened to the doctor.
If you recuperate like this, your life will not be affected.
Of course, it was difficult to say that he was 100% certain, but even so, it did not make sense that he would die in just an hour.
He’s not an ordinary person, he’s an S-class hunter.
His gaze naturally turned to the ceiling.
What he stared at was the CCTV hanging from the ceiling.

“Whoa…”

Baek Sung-hun let out a sigh, and Han Cheol-gwan shook his shoulders in surprise.

“Ah! That’s right! I am well aware of Hunter Kang Dong-kwon’s condition. You were very ill! Anyway what to do with this? It is a big loss for Korea. How should I present this…”

Han Cheol-gwan hurriedly changed his attitude and scratched his head.
The fact that Kang Dong-kwon had died was not important to him.
It was because I saw that I was no match for Kang Seong-gi anyway, and if I had to recuperate for a month, it wouldn’t help in the current situation.

A living Hunter is much more terrifying than a dead Hunter.
I had to desperately please Baek Sung-hoon, who was in this room with me.

“Minister.”
“Yeah?”

Han Cheol-gwan was startled by Baek Sung-hun’s gloomy voice and answered.

“Kang Dong-kwon was killed by Kang Seong-gi. Did you know?”

Baek Sung-hoon’s gaze was also directed toward the CCTV.
Han Cheol-gwan read his intention and responded quickly.

“Absolutely! I saw it with my own eyes! The scene where the cheeky new hunter attacks Hunter Kang Dong-kwon and gets a fatal wound! Will there be? Hunter Kang Dong-kwon was killed by that bastard!”

Han Cheol-gwan had heard and knew all the circumstances before and after.
Baek Sung-hoon and Kang Seong-ki have a hostile relationship.
And the only person in this space with him was Baek Sung-hoon.
In order to live, I had to not give up on his words unconditionally.

“Don’t worry. Hunter-nim won’t have any unfair false accusations. Leave it to me! Even today!”

In a way, it was a good thing.
Han Cheol-gwan turned his head.

A new S-class hunter who killed an existing S-class hunter.
There can be no news as big as this.

Kang Seong-gi and his followers were currently attacking an S-class dungeon in Hongcheon.
When the news broke, the attack had no choice but to stop.
It would have been possible to push forward with the privatization of the dungeon while the world was buzzing.

Han Cheol-gwan, who saw Kang Dong-gwon dead and thought that his own life might be in danger, suddenly felt the happiness circuit turn.

“No.”

However, Baek Sung-hoon’s cold voice calmed his good mood.

“Please postpone the announcement. Also, don’t stop Kang Seonggi and other hunters from attacking S-class dungeons.”
“Yeah? But…”

Han Cheol-gwan was taken aback by Baek Sung-hun’s words as if he had looked right into his own head.

“This… As Hunter-nim knows, this is an opportunity that doesn’t come twice. Stronger can get rid of that cheeky bastard. Even if you are an S-rank Hunter, killing the same S-rank Hunter is difficult to forgive. There are many examples of the same in other countries…”

Official Han Cheol, who had said that, stopped talking when he was startled by Baek Sung-hoon’s gaze at him.
He knew that too
The fact that it was Baek Sung-hoon, not Kang Seong-gi, who actually killed Kang Dong-kwon.
Saying that killing the same S-class hunter is hard to forgive was a word that should not be spat out carelessly.

Baek Seong-hun slowed down and stretched out his hand and placed it on Han Cheol-gwan’s shoulder.

“I told you. Please postpone the announcement. What’s so urgent? Privatization of dungeons is something that will happen anyway. No matter how strong a strong character may run wild, he cannot go against the trend. Let’s take it slow. Yeah?”
“Ah…”

Han Cheol-gwan looked at Baek Sung-hoon with a frozen body.
I desperately tried to read what his thoughts were.

“Whoa…”

Han Cheol let out a long sigh and relaxed his body.

“All right. Do what Hunter said. Don’t worry about post-processing. No matter what plan you have, I am unconditionally on Hunter’s side. If there is anything you want me to do, please tell me.”
“That’s good.”

Baek Seong-hoon laughed with an expression that made the opponent’s hair grow soft.

He was thinking

At this rate, it would be difficult to oppose the powerful period.
He thought he had to make a sharp move, and the means would be Kang Dong-gwon’s soul.

And maybe…

Baek Sung-hoon thought quietly.
That we might need a few more souls.