#7
Seo Yi-young put his head through the borrowed clothes. Anger was like lightning striking a transformer. The momentary energy was tremendous, but it soon disappeared as if nothing had happened. Seo Yi-young’s state was exactly like that. When his anger subsided and he became much calmer, he thought his actions might have been too harsh. No matter what, they were a team raiding a dungeon, but he felt he had shown hostility too openly.
If it had been someone other than Choi Do-jun, would he have shown such a strong reaction? No. He wouldn’t have. Even if their appearance and behavior resembled the Choi Do-jun from his previous dimension, they were different people, so there was no need to get that angry. During the time it took to change all his clothes, Seo Yi-young finished reflecting and moved his steps.
What greeted such Seo Yi-young was only Kim A-rin.
Looking around, Choi Do-jun and Jo Yeon-woo were nowhere to be seen.
“Where did the others go?”
“They left first. Hunter Jo went along with them.”
“……”
He had hoped it wouldn’t be so, but they really had left first.
Seo Yi-young sighed.
“He said he’d clear the path ahead comfortably, so come…… he asked me to tell you! Choi Do-jun Hunter-nim did.”
……What a guy who holds grudges long enough to go to Busan and back.
Still, wasn’t he the elder? Let’s be patient. Seo Yi-young nodded without saying anything. Since they had only left a few minutes ago, he should be able to catch up quickly. Even so, how could he not endure that brief moment and depart early? Seo Yi-young clicked his tongue bitterly.
There was something stuck to the floor. Some blackish ash was also flying around, so he was wondering what it was as he looked at it when Kim A-rin spoke.
“Those are traces of the mob that attacked Hunter-nim a little while ago.”
“Ah.”
Hearing that answer, Seo Yi-young nodded.
Come to think of it, the distance between the mob and himself must have been extremely close, so wouldn’t Seo Yi-young have been in danger of getting caught up in it to that extent? He almost became roasted whole.
Seo Yi-young, who had been shuddering, changed his mood and raised his head.
“Let’s go quickly too.”
At his urging, they started off at a fast pace.
“I’ll cast a movement speed buff.”
Kim A-rin’s voice was heard. While he was wondering what movement speed was, he felt his legs becoming lighter.
Movement speed seemed to be an abbreviation for movement velocity.
The scenery rushed past. That speed was like moving in a car.
In the fantastic scenery, hazy ash flew continuously. These were all the mobs that Choi Do-jun had defeated.
What a monster. To have defeated this many mobs with almost none left out. He was impressed and at the same time slightly disgusted. Seo Yi-young had such thoughts as he opened his mouth.
“This is amazing.”
“Right? Choi Do-jun Hunter-nim is really so amazing. This is my first time seeing it directly too, wow…… Really, S-Class is completely……”
“No, not that, Kim A-rin Hunter-nim’s buff. Huh, look at this. It’s really fast.”
When he corrected Kim A-rin’s words and casually expressed admiration, she was silent for a moment. It seemed she hadn’t expected to receive such praise, as Kim A-rin was embarrassed.
“I’m embarrassed. I’m still only B-Class. I’ll work harder in the future.”
“You’re already excellent enough. Huh?”
Seo Yi-young, who was speaking, spotted flashing lights over there. It was enough to create the illusion that someone was turning extremely bright lighting on and off.
What it was for, who it was for – he could tell without having to say.
It was Choi Do-jun.
Time-wise, it would have been about 6-7 minutes. Thanks to the buff, the distance traveled for that time was considerable.
In that brief time, the mobs he had killed seemed to number in the dozens easily. What a monster. Seo Yi-young shook his head left and right. They had gotten quite close to where Choi Do-jun was, but the distance seemed like it would narrow yet didn’t, and they couldn’t catch up.
The sound of Choi Do-jun attacking and destroying mobs could be heard quite far away.
It literally sounded like smashing things to pieces. His ability was certainly amazing, but it seemed excessive to go that far.
Indeed, where Choi Do-jun had swept through once, mob fragments were scattered here and there as if an A-Class typhoon had swept through.
He even thought that maybe he was venting the stress from what happened with him earlier here, so wasn’t that saying it all?
His speed of advancing forward was extraordinary even without a movement speed buff. Even while catching mobs at that.
Choi Do-jun’s fame wasn’t for nothing. His ability was really tremendous. Even Seo Yi-young, who didn’t know much, could definitely feel it. The very fact that it made him think ‘couldn’t I do that much too if I tried’ was proof of excellence.
Even so, it was difficult to approach closer as they tried not to get caught up in Choi Do-jun’s attacks. If Jo Yeon-woo hadn’t mustered the courage to call out to Choi Do-jun, it would have been difficult to join up.
“You worked hard.”
Choi Do-jun spoke as he looked at Seo Yi-young, who was trudging toward him.
“Why? You should have come out later. It would have been fine to come out around when the dungeon raid was ending.”
Seo Yi-young, who was about to say he worked hard, frowned at Choi Do-jun’s prickly response. He felt his desire to treat him nicely naturally fading away. He definitely didn’t know the saying that one word can repay a thousand nyang debt.
“Ah-. Is that so? I came out early for no reason and prevented you from finishing the dungeon raid. Oh my, what a shame.”
He made a fuss and gave Choi Do-jun a word back. He felt his eyes whip toward this direction.
What if he looks at me like that?
When they had a brief moment of leisure, the other hunters began picking up items that had fallen on the floor. Even so, since the number wasn’t that many, it didn’t take long.
Perhaps because he had been killing mobs so brutally, there was a vibrating smell of burning.
He had thought light would just be bright, but it seemed to burn with heat. At the smell that definitely couldn’t be called good, Seo Yi-young frowned and rubbed his nose tip with his finger.
His stomach was starting to feel a bit queasy.
Then a mob came running from over there making a “keeek” sound. The next moment, Choi Do-jun defeated the mob just by looking at it.
There was no moving his hand or pointing with his finger. It seemed like he could attack solely with his gaze. That meant. Seo Yi-young swallowed dry saliva.
It meant he could attack Seo Yi-young anytime.
Maybe he shouldn’t be too defiant.
Seo Yi-young glanced at Choi Do-jun. And Choi Do-jun also noticed Seo Yi-young’s gaze. Something like a sneer seemed to frost faintly around his eyes. Seeing that, Seo Yi-young had an intuition. This was on purpose. It was a warning to watch his words. Seo Yi-young wasn’t being overly sensitive. Otherwise, there would have been no need to deliberately defeat it with just a glance.
That bastard, really.
“If you can do it, catch them in advance so people don’t get startled.”
From right after he finished speaking in anger, deep regret washed over him. Surely he wouldn’t kill him for saying something like this?
His heart seemed to be pounding, but he tried not to show it. Strangely, he was also confident that Choi Do-jun wouldn’t do that. Right. He wouldn’t cause harm.
Having thought that far, some realization came to Seo Yi-young’s mind. Though Choi Do-jun seemed to have a bad personality, in reality he definitely had some sense of responsibility. Otherwise, regardless of whether the other hunters were wiped out or not, it would have been easier to just continue advancing alone, but he didn’t do that. Though he did speak disagreeably.
It was only speculation, but wasn’t catching all the appearing mobs for the safety of the hunters behind?
And Seo Yi-young’s such reasoning seemed to be somewhat correct.
Choi Do-jun sighed lightly and then turned his body as if he didn’t even want to deal with him.
Fortunately.
He wouldn’t shoot light at him like when he attacked the mob just because things went wrong.
While he was calming his pounding heart, Choi Do-jun quickly raided through the dungeon.
After some time passed, the sun began to set.
Come to think of it, it was really amazing. Even though it was called a dungeon and they had entered somewhere inside, it felt like they had come to a completely different world. It was so amazing that there was sky and fresh air.
He caught sight of Choi Do-jun glancing up at the sky. He hadn’t noticed because it was bright even with the moon up, but the sky had turned almost purple. Choi Do-jun opened his mouth.
“Let’s stay here for now.”
“Yes. Then I’ll prepare for camping.”
At Choi Do-jun’s words, the three hunters moved quickly. Things kept coming out endlessly from the bag Jo Yeon-woo was carrying on his shoulder. Only after seeing easily foldable tents and even cooking utensils come out did Seo Yi-young’s eyes and mouth open wide.
“Does all that fit in there?”
The question finally came out as sound.
“Ah, yes. Hunter-nim. This is my ability. I can put up to 70kg total in the bag.”
Jo Yeon-woo smiled shyly.
Wasn’t this really amazing? It was like Dorae*on’s magic pocket.
Just how much could fit in there?
“Could I possibly go in there too?”
“What?”
Jo Yeon-woo was startled at Seo Yi-young’s question.
“Ah, no, Hunter-nim. Putting living creatures in the bag is against regulations. I’ve never tried it either, so I don’t know what would happen if a living thing went in. I’m sorry.”
“No. There’s nothing to be sorry about.”
Seo Yi-young waved his hand. It was just simple curiosity, but receiving such a polite apology made him not know what to do with himself instead. Then he heard a low sigh from beside him. Though it had only been a few hours, it was a sound he had become familiar with. It was Choi Do-jun.
Seo Yi-young glared at Choi Do-jun once and turned his head.
Even if he tried to talk, he would be the one whose insides would burst. It absolutely wasn’t because Choi Do-jun’s ability was scary.
After simply making and eating dinner and lying in sleeping bags, it felt like they had come camping.
Countless shooting stars were falling in the deep purple sky.
It really felt like being in a fairy tale world. If only there weren’t things called mobs.
The other hunters seemed to have fallen asleep as even breathing could be heard, but Seo Yi-young couldn’t fall asleep. That was natural since this was only his first day coming to this dimension. He had worried about what would happen if he fell asleep without knowing it from fatigue, but it was a needless thought. Due to the tension of being inside a dungeon, he couldn’t fall asleep even when he tried.
Seo Yi-young, who had been waiting for the other hunters to fall asleep, carefully raised his upper body and picked up his knife, worried that the other hunters might wake up at the rustling sound of the sleeping bag. Seo Yi-young, who was about to quietly get up from his spot, ended up being startled when his eyes met with Choi Do-jun’s.
“What.”
“Seeing you get startled by someone who’s just staying still, you don’t seem to be in a pleasant mood.”
“Why are you just staying still? ……Don’t you sleep?”
Who would have thought there was someone awake? This would mess up his plan to practice using his ability. While clicking his tongue inwardly, Seo Yi-young became puzzled seeing that Choi Do-jun wasn’t lying down and was sitting under a tree without a blanket or anything at all.
“……I thought you were carefree, but you’re really carefree.”
At Seo Yi-young’s question, Choi Do-jun seemed dumbfounded as he leaned his back against the tree.
“You haven’t forgotten where this place is, have you?”
How could he forget? Rather, he knew clearly.
“Still, people need to sleep.”
You need to sleep so I can practice. He swallowed the last words. Choi Do-jun didn’t respond to Seo Yi-young’s muttering. He just closed his eyes with his arms crossed. Wondering if that was sleeping, Seo Yi-young frowned.
Sleeping like that wouldn’t be very efficient either. He didn’t know when the dungeon raid would end, but he wondered if Choi Do-jun’s body would hold up until then.
He wondered if S-Class hunters had different stamina, but thinking about it that way, wasn’t Seo Yi-young also S-Class? Just looking at his current physical condition, he could be certain that wasn’t possible. Forget several days, his eyes were stinging from immediate fatigue.
Seo Yi-young couldn’t tell if there was some difference between him and Choi Do-jun, or if he was just being stubborn.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
