Chapter 139 – 139. Hunting

Kwa Gaga Gwang!!!

Everyone froze at the sound of continuous explosions. Shin Ji-young, her summons, and SSLK trainees.

Even monsters.

Kwa Gaga Gwang!!

What woke the stationary accident was the sound of an explosion that came a little closer. The monsters, awakened by the shaking of the ground, screamed and ran towards the place where the explosion occurred.

Shin Ji-young, who had collapsed in front of her, instinctively sensed that there was a bigger threat there than her.

“Keugh…”

Shin Ji-young, who saved her life thanks to her death, tried to get up, but the wolf, bleeding from her, approached limping. Her pet also saved her life because of that explosion.

Fortunately, she repeated herself several times before picking up her whip and standing up.

Bang!!!

At that moment, another explosion occurred.
With a roar, men and women leaped out of the blast and brandished their weapons.

In front of their weapons, the monsters were no different from autumn leaves. With each swing, blood splatters, detached limbs dance, and corpses tumble.

Numbers were meaningless.
They weren’t tired Even though he slaughtered, smashed, and cut dozens of monsters, not a single breath was disrupted.

No, rather, the more monsters were killed, the fiercer their attacks seemed.

“Nonsense…”

Thud!!

“!!?”

It was when I was stunned and kept my eyes on them. Shin Ji-young’s body froze as she met the cold gaze of the man who wielded her sword.

“Have you seen it?”

He couldn’t hear his voice because of the constant screams and screams, but he was definitely saying that.

Shin Ji-young, who came to her senses at the word, shouted.

“Attack! Now is your chance!!”

Her equally engrossed SSLK trainees came to her senses and charged at her monsters, and she, too, brandished her whip with her own summon, her claw.

How long had it been since the desperate battle started again like that?

Thud!!

As the werewolf cut by Kang Dae-woong, the man who led the party members, collapsed, the monsters hesitated.

Covered in blood, he took a step forward, then he backed away as if afraid of him, and finally.

“Even, run away!!”

Like someone’s cry, he started running away with his tail tied up.

“I did it, I did it! You did it!!”

“Live!”

The SSLK trainees who saw that scene shouted for their throats to burst. Shin Ji-young also sighed in relief and sat down, and her wolf, Ah-rang, also fell down beside her, sucking in her rough breath.

Then someone walked in front of her.
It was Kang Dae-woong covered in blood. He took one look at the wolf lying down beside her, then met her gaze again.

“You look fine.”

“Ah…”

Struggling up with her weak legs, she lowered her head. The sense of betrayal or inferiority she felt towards him had long since disappeared.

“Thank you for your help. I live thanks to you.”

“I should say thank you to my aunt and Chairman Yang.”

“…Yeah?”

“No. More than that, who is the leader?”

“For now, I am in charge of the leader.”

“Yes? Oh, that’s why you said that to me.”

At Kang Dae-woong’s words, Shin Ji-young felt cold inside.

In fact, the words he said when he rejected the offer to join him, ‘I’ll tell other classmates like that’, were because he was trying to destroy his position within the guild.

Inwardly, she cursed at herself at the time and bowed down again.

“I’m sorry about that.”

“What?”

“That…That’s what I said then…”

“Stop talking nonsense, take your colleagues and go back to the starting point. Are you sure you don’t intend to continue in this state?”

“Yes?”

“Go back. Don’t get hurt any more.”

Kang Dae-woong turned his back as if he had nothing more to say. Confused for a moment at the unexpected reaction, she hurriedly called him over.

“Hey, wait!”

“Why?”

“Are you sure you want to go to Chinodon like this?”

Kang Dae-woong did not respond to Shin Ji-young’s question and stood still. Accepting the silence as an affirmation, she continued.

“In that case, please take our healthy personnel with you. I won’t be greedy for anything else. I just got help…”

The moment you try to say that you want to pay back even a little bit.

“I already caught Chinodon.”

“Yes?”

At the completely unexpected words, a half-question came out spontaneously. Shin Ji-young was confused. If what he said was true, it meant that he caught Chinodon and came back to help them.

“…What.”

It was unbelievable.

Chinodon is powerful. Among the C-class boss monsters, Chinodon was much stronger than the human hunter ‘Licaon’, which was known to be particularly powerful.

But to have already caught such a powerful monster? Before we even reach the garrison?

No matter how much I thought about it, it was impossible.

“You look like you can’t believe it.”

Kang Dae-woong, who noticed her thoughts, smiled and took out a jewel from his pocket.

“That’s…”

“Proof.”

“…”

“It’s proof that you’ve caught a Chinodon.”

“Uh, how…”

“You don’t need to know that. Stop going back Oh, and say hello to Instructor Lee Soo-ri.”

Kang Dae-woong, who returned the black jewel to his bosom, went back to his teammates this time. While looking at that scene in vain, SSLK’s classmates approached Shin Ji-young.

She said, looking at her co-workers who were not talking.

“Let’s go back.”

* * *

“Did I say it was a life force absorption potion? It worked great.”

After helping the SSLK trainees and destroying the monster army, I turned my steps toward the garrison again, and Park Do-gi approached me and exclaimed.

“The more you kill the monster, the more your health is restored. Hey…Thanks to that, I fought until I got tired of it after a long time.”

“You can’t get tired of it already. I still have the main dish left.”

Haha! It doesn’t.”

I smiled bitterly and walked over to Ryu Eun-hwa, leaving behind him who was laughing heartily, and gave her a thumbs up.

“Thanks to Eun-hwa, I got through what seemed like a big deal safely.”

“It’s an overstatement.”

“In my heart, I want to praise you right now.”

“Haven’t you already given me a compliment?”

“You know it doesn’t mean that.”

As her light smile faded, she glanced at me and whispered with a smile.

“…It doesn’t matter if you compliment me now, after the Hidden Gate is over.”

“I was thinking of that anyway.”

I also whisper As her smile deepened even more, Dajin suddenly intervened from behind her.

“What are you two talking about?”

“A word of praise.”

“Compliment?”

“Does your sister do it too?”

“…Do you intend not to?”

“No way.”

I was thinking of doing it, of course.
Not only her, but Jeong Ha-ryun too. It was because we all worked hard together to save the SSLK trainees.

I gently tapped Seol Da-jin on the butt without Park Do-gi’s knowledge, and looked at the others and said.

“Let’s speed up slowly.”

As much as he helped SSLK trainees, he hastened his slow steps.

Returning to the garrison where we caught the Chinodon, we quickly moved in the opposite direction from where we came in, to the north.

“Brother, it’s fog.”

How long did it take to move while killing the monsters that attacked midway through? A thick fog blocked our path.

Just in case, she looked away and Bak Do-gi nodded her head.

“It’s the barrier of the vampire lord. Those without a token will get lost inside.”

We had a proof of Chinodon.
When I took out the black jewel, a faint light shimmered inside the black jewel. The light became weaker or stronger depending on the direction. It was acting as a compass of sorts.

I went ahead and entered the fog.
My lovers and Park Do-gi followed after me, and we were able to escape the foggy area safely.

“Wow…”

After leaving the barrier, what I saw was a meadow full of red flowers. As Jeong Ha-ryun burst into admiration at the beautiful sight, Seol Da-jin, who had touched my shoulder, gestured across the meadow.

At the place she pointed, a castle built with gray bricks stood tall.

‘It’s a lord for fodder.’

I snorted and crossed the red flower field.
By the time I almost reached the gate.

Thud!!

The massive gates opened, and two armored knights riding skeleton horses jumped out.

“It’s a welcome ceremony.”

The knights rushing straight towards us swung the huge halberds they were holding in their hands at that speed.

Thinking that the sword would not be able to withstand if I blocked that ignorant blow, I immediately jumped to the side to avoid the attack, and the party also spread out to avoid their rush.

While their skeleton horses turn their heads, Jeong Ha-ryun casts magic. Before long, the completed black magic bullets were fired at the rushing guys. Those who avoided it with excellent horsemanship swung their halberds at Jeong Ha-ryun.

But before that.

“Mr. Eunhwa. September of the lunar month.”

Ryu Eun-hwa’s hyeon-wol, which flew in accordance with my instructions, landed on their chests. With a heavy and dull impact sound, the fallen ones rolled on the floor.

A strong current fell on the head of the knight who was about to rise.

One shot wasn’t enough, so when they hit it two or three times in a row, the helmet dented and the flinching knight soon slumped. In the meantime, Seol Da-jin crushed the other knight’s head with his helmet.

After that, having even dealt with the skeleton horse, we stepped into the wide open gate.