Don’t Look for the S-Class Hunter with Retirement 8

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Chapter 2. Has-been

[Welcome to Veritas System access.]

[Chat┃Magnetic joining Yeoun? (184)]

My friend is affiliated with Yeoun and said they saw Magnetic and Slope talking in the guild building lobby? Said they looked really close

(184 comments)

-??????Is this real?

-Holy shit if that’s really true, what happens when ranks 1 and 2 are in the same guild

└What do you mean what happens, it becomes a guild with ranks 1 and 2 together

└└The guy who commented above probably has no friends

-So that bastard was alive…….

-I heard through the grapevine too, and seeing people keep coming forward saying they saw it, it doesn’t seem like bullshit?

-Light Magnetic and Slope, hmm

-At this rate Yeoun might really clear the 55th floor alone?

-This is the first time I’m hearing about Magnetic’s recent status since Timer spilled tea about 7 months ago

└Who’s Timer? I’m a 2-month newbie after awakening hehe;

└└Timer controversy summary < search

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[Chat┃Timer controversy summary (+4.11 update) (15,739)]

Keep posting questions about Magnetic and Timer so I summarized it for newbies who just awakened. Even though I summarized as much as possible it’s long so only read if you want to

Choi Jeongwook, Timer, guild master of the now-disbanded Chronos Guild

Was once the hope of A-class hunters, reaching up to 4th place in national rankings

Was an attack-type who used electric skills but combat was so-so..

This bastard became famous entirely because he was the guild master of the guild Magnetic belonged to

Anyway, confirmed controversies

Magnetic mana leech incident

After the 44th floor clear that had many casualties, when the video was released, Magnetic was treated like a national murderer for supposedly watching his guild members die

(Video)

Around 19 minutes 32 seconds you can see someone reaching out asking to be saved but Magnetic just kept watching. Eventually the guild member died.. (rest in peace)

Seeing this, bastards went crazy saying Magnetic killed him as good as directly

But then

(Messenger capture)(Messenger capture)(Messenger capture)

Chronos guild group chat captures without Magnetic (lol) were released, revealing these guild bastards had been sticking mana link and other shitty skills on Magnetic to leech mana all along

Mana link is really a concept where hunters temporarily borrow mana from hunters with spare mana pools when in danger, but these bastards used it parasitically every time they entered towers lol, drawing mana from Magnetic to use skills ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The reason Magnetic couldn’t move when his guild member was dying was because the leeches were using skills and he went into mana shock and froze..

One guild member who thought this wasn’t right seeing Magnetic getting beaten up on Vertanic and news exposed this, and Timer’s misdeeds kept getting revealed

Timer, Magnetic’s contact manager thug

At that time there were many reasons Magnetic was criticized, but what hunters found most annoying was the contact issue

He didn’t use SNS and had no posts on Vertanic except a question about potion side effects from his newbie hunter days after awakening, so the only ways to contact him were accidentally meeting near towers or at restaurants lol what the fuck, stuff like that

After joining Chronos, to contact Magnetic you had to go through Timer lol Many people cursed about treating him like a great celebrity, making the guild master work like a manager, but this too..

Chronos sub-guild master Yeongsan exposed this after Magnetic left the guild and went into hiding, causing guild division

(Voice call recording)

Yeongsan: You were the one who said to control his contacts so Doun couldn’t transfer to other guilds

Timer: So we should just watch that bastard get recruited by other guilds?

Yeongsan: You know Doun is getting cursed at

Timer: Why should you care what petty bastards say

Yeongsan: No, a bit

Chronos disbanded shortly after the recording was released. Timer and a few others made ‘Anti-Magic’ (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ) Yeongsan and his younger brother made a small guild but it’s gone now

+4.11 addition

Magnetic nostalgia donation account scam incident

Timer, who got beaten like a dog and made a guild called ‘Anti-Magic’ hoping for a comeback.. started whimpering after just a few skill shots since there was no Magnetic to leech mana from

The hope of A-class hunters who once reached 4th in national rankings fell to 161st.. Unable to forget past glory, Timer became a regular on Veritas community boards, starting to attract attention saying he wanted to apologize to Magnetic and bring him back to his guild

(Timer post capture)

He even started internet broadcasting, talking about how reckless he was and how sorry he was to Magnetic

When Magnetic fans came in to curse, this bastard would gently drop Magnetic TMI like feeding stray dogs ㅋㅋㅋ Even though it had been months since he disappeared with no tower or dungeon entry records, some Magnetic fans happily ate up the food

Since they asked for more stories and occasionally donated, Timer opened a donation account saying he’d buy an artifact Magnetic wanted before as an apology gift ㅋ

Then disappeared just like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Looking at victim confirmations, it seems like at least hundreds to thousands

I know lawsuits are in progress

If there’s more to add, comment ㄱ

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-First comment

-No matter how much I scroll down there’s no end…..

-I don’t understand, isn’t mana link a magic skill? Magnetic has special immunity so why?

└Though it has ‘mana’ in the name making it seem like a magic skill, surprisingly mana link is a general skill ㅎ

-Is it true they played ladder among themselves to choose who would use mana link ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

└Looks like they picked two or three like that, did they all leech?

└└ㅇㅇ

└Isn’t Magnetic an idiot too? It doesn’t make sense for two or three people to simultaneously use mana link on one person, and on himself too ㅋㅋ Is he lacking somewhere?

└└Timer said backing up guild members lacking mana was also a virtue of the 1st ranker ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└└└Is this that gaslighting thing….? ㄷㄷ

-No complaints if he quit being a hunter out of disgust, this is a bit;

-Satan: I’m unemployed again ㅋㅋ

-Hunter industry’s salt farm slave Magnetic…….

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-Is it even possible to handle three mana links? Managing his own skill mana must have been tough enough

-Even the 1st ranker gets gaslighted ㅋ

-I don’t really understand the content but it seems the perpetrator needs punishment..

└My hunter log has more detailed summary so please check and leave a guestbook message ^^* (link)

└└Thank you

-It’s deplorable that a world where wicked people who oppress and exploit outstanding youth brazenly walk around with their heads held high

-Ugh.. I shouldn’t live like that ㅜ

-ㅋㅋ Some of the commenters here probably cursed at him back then but pretending they didn’t is disgusting

-I read thoroughly and isn’t this level criminal..;;?

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Late afternoon when the sun had set and darkness settled. Doun leaned against the living room sofa, feeling the wind blowing through the window left open for ventilation.

[Kyung Samin: Looking for dinner menu recommendations 人(´З`) Spicy food declined]

Samin sent exactly five messages a day like clockwork. Though no one forced him, it was like he was keeping his own thoughtless promise.

For several days it had been messages filled with Samin’s one-sided chatter. What he ate, what he wanted to eat together, hoping Doun would join the guild.

Doun had intentionally cut off not only hunter-related communities and systems but also interactions with others. Because of that, the crazy flood of messages was welcome but also like an unstoppable natural disaster.

One-sided warmth pouring down at an unexpected moment to a heart that needed human warmth and contact like drought-stricken land. He had no choice but to get thoroughly soaked, but he didn’t dislike it either.

[Hamburger]

Doun sent a reply while habitually counting how many messages Samin had sent him today. One, two, three. Excluding the message asking for dinner menu recommendations, there were two more messages he could receive.

Messages that used to just be annoying, but now he was counting and waiting for them.

[Kyung Samin: Good hamburger accepted ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ Hyung take care of dinner too and if you think of it you can visit our guild again ㅎ I’m definitely not forcing you! Actually I am forcing you a little, the guild members keep asking when you’re coming again ㅜ]

The fun of seeing flashy emoticons every time was also considerable. Plus his helplessness had improved a lot, probably because the increased medication from last consultation was starting to take effect. At most it was just briefly walking the apartment walking path, but compared to being holed up in the bedroom just sleeping, it was tremendous progress.

After checking Samin’s message and putting down his phone, Doun closed the window feeling the still humid air despite sunset. After drawing the curtains and settling on the dim sofa with one stand lamp on, his phone vibrated.

[Kyung Samin: Hyung but can I ask you one favor? Our guild actually attempted a solo 55th floor conquest but failed due to lack of DPS..（´＿｀） In my judgment it was lack of DPS but I’m curious if you see other problems( ˘•_•˘ ) Of course I’m absolutely not asking you to watch conquest videos for free, I’ll give you 30 free handsome guild master usage tickets ^^*]

Perhaps because it was today’s last message, it was unusually long. Doun silently stared at Samin’s message then moved his lips.

It wasn’t asking him to return as a hunter, nor to conquer towers together, just to watch conquest videos. It wasn’t an unreasonable request for their relationship that had grown close enough to reply to Samin’s messages, but the problem was that he’d given up tower conquest after the 44th floor.

‘I… don’t know anything about patterns or magical beast info after the 44th floor.’

A hunter who’d never been to the 45th floor couldn’t point out problems by watching 55th floor conquest videos. Samin’s proposal was grateful because it clearly showed his high regard, but he didn’t think he could help.

[Don’t know since haven’t conquered from 45th floor sorry]

After sending the reply, Doun briefly regretted adding ‘sorry’ for no reason. It didn’t seem like something to be that sorry about. It was awkward since he couldn’t cancel an already sent message.

[Kyung Samin]

Suddenly Samin called him. Doun answered the phone carefully, wondering what he wanted to say by calling.

“…Why?”

-I called to tell you that you don’t need to feel sorry to me about something like that. I already sent all today’s messages.

At the voice penetrating his ears, Doun bit his lips for no reason. It was amazing and grateful how he only said things Doun wanted to hear, as if reading his mind.

“Yeah.”

-Ah, that aside. Still, if you watch the video, wouldn’t you discover something? We really need to challenge the 55th floor again soon but we don’t have decent dealers, ah, this isn’t pressuring you to come, we really don’t have dealers so I’m saying this.

“…Who said what.”

Doun rubbed the back of his head against the sofa backrest and adjusted his grip on the phone. The call sound echoing in the quiet house was quite pleasant to hear.

-Could you just watch it once when you have time? I think you’d still catch something with your 1st rank experience.

“What old 1st rank. Man. I’m not 1st anymore.”

-…What?

“What.”

-What do you mean by that, hyung. Why aren’t you 1st place?

A bewildered voice leaked through the phone. Doun held the phone and blinked his eyelids.

Why is he reacting like this?