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[Chat┃Yo, there’s suddenly sound in Magnetic’s duel video, what is thisㄷㄷㄷ? (327)]
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(327 comments)
-You’re lyingㅋㅋㅋ
└(Author): Go see for yourself, it’s real
-Huh why is it actually real
└(Author): Is this..something I should be hearing?
-This is the first time sound came out in a video from duels, right? And that first video is Magnetic vs Timer duel video? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└(Author): This is definitely the tower master eating popcorn while watching and getting disappointed so deliberately released audio under the excuse of an error ㅇㅇ;;
-I checked other Yeoun conquest videos just in case but no sound there either
-What the fuckㅋㅋㅋ
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[Chat┃Ah it’s nothing special (16)]
Ah what is this, so fucking disappointing.. I thought he’d beat him up with skills but he just punched him?? Tsk that goody-two-shoes bastard, figures ㅋ
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-If it were me I would’ve stabbed him with a knife, god-tier goody-two-shoes was too lenientㅋㅋ
└No matter if it’s a duel, stabbing with a knife is murder, you think he’d pull out a knife there if he’s not crazy?
-Anyway these crazy bastards obsessed with internet justice storiesㅋㅋ..isolation is urgently needed really
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[Chat┃Listening to Timer’s way of speaking is driving me insane (421)]
It’s exactly the same tone as the sergeant bastard who used to pick on me and harass me in the military, gives me chills
The guy who came saying he came to apologize but came in full gear, why is his tongue so long? Even Magnetic wore clothes like going to the convenience store in front of his house and didn’t even wear armor……….
Can’t reflect and just blames others till the end, wow
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-Watching this, I feel sorry for Magnetic who had to listen to that for 2 years..just..
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└3333 My ears feel like they’re rotting, he’s just blaming others till the very end
-But am I the only one who found it satisfying that he beat him with bare fists without using a single skill?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋIt felt like confidence that he could beat a guy like that without even using skills, made me see god-tier differently?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Of course, men should use fists^^ Using skills pathetically ruins the style
-My hyung works in psychiatry and when I explained how that bastard talks, he said he uses typical gaslighting speech patterns and told me not to associate with anyone like that nearby
-I also lived with a friend like that for a few years but I just cut ties immediately after enduring it, whenever I did anything he’d say it’s because he’s thinking of me but looking back, fuck, he was a bastard who manipulated people to his taste
-But Magnetic beats people up better than expected… perhaps?ㅎㅎ
└Perhaps what
└└Hmm~ㅎㅎjust~ㅎㅎ
└└└Writing delusional stories in your notebook by yourself againㅋㅋ
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[Chat┃All of Vertanic supports Magnetic^^ (41)]
Watched the revenge blood battle of this era’s real man, the greatest hunter Magnetic, please continue conquering as the number one highest floor, that is all
(41 comments)
-Did they entrust conquest to these bastards reallyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└(Author): Yep, it’s the fate of being 1st place~ Accept it~
-What happens if Bright Bright Bright Bright gets beaten up and says he’s immigrating?
└If you register as a hunter at the Hunter Management Office, immigration procedures are fucking strict and approvals rarely come through, with talent outflow and such, basically think it won’t happen ㅋㅋ
└└That’s fucking unfair, he could live better in America but the country’s level is hopeless
-I’ll support him today, I admit itㅋㅋ
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[Chat┃My stomach feels so relieved really (412)]
Seriously today whatever I eat will digest perfectly
Watched the video and came back, seeing god-tier still getting teary-eyed thinking about Recycle made my heart ache..
I think our country needs to quickly make laws about exploitation and such for hunters too, how many years have they been neglecting this
But it seems like things are roughly wrapped up so I can support god-tier with peace of mind, I really hope he does well at Yeoun
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-I agree with every line. Honestly I thought he beat him more severely than I expected and thought it was too much, but watching the video changed my mind.. When I heard he covered for magic stones that guy lost, I seriously gasped
└I got so heated after hearing that I almost opened the whiskey at home but held back because dad cherishes it ㅋ.. Haah there seems to be so much more beyond what was revealed
-But did Magnetic know sound would come out in the duel video?
└How could he know that, I think the notification popped up near the end of the duel so he’s probably panicking right now too? Originally it was an unwritten rule that no sound came out inside towers but suddenly sound came out just for him ㅋㅋ
-Ah I’m suddenly worried about Magnetic.. Isn’t this the first time his personal life got exposed?;; The story about his family’s memorial hall too, I was really shocked hearing that……… I wonder if he’ll be okay..
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Samin headed toward the parking lot with Doun while racking his brain.
‘Crazy. Why is there sound? Why starting with our hyung’s duel video of all things……!’
Samin, who had been searching for Doun’s hunter nickname on the system and refreshing, had no choice but to be horrified when he played the video and fast-forwarded through it. This was because Doun’s personal affairs and conversations with Timer came out clearly.
It was surely because of the alert that had appeared before Samin’s eyes too.
[Alert: Some errors collected by the authority of the Veritas System Administrator will be corrected.]
Error correction. It seemed that videos had been uploaded consistently, but the fact that no sound could be heard was an error.
‘Crazy alien bastard. Really.’
He didn’t know what the alien managing the tower looked like, but if it were in front of him, he wanted to throw a punch first. Samin arrived at the parking lot and put Doun in the passenger seat. As soon as he sat in the driver’s seat, he finally saw blood spattered on Doun’s cheek.
‘Damn. That weird bastard’s blood is on our hyung’s soft cheeks!’
Samin quickly took out wet wipes from his inventory and gently wiped the cheek with blood spatter. Then he carefully spoke to the anxious Doun.
“Hyung. That… you know the video.”
“The duel video?”
Doun rolled his big eyes and closely watched Samin’s expression. Something must have definitely happened.
“Yes. The duel video where hyung properly beat up Timer.”
“Do people say I was too excessive? Did reporters contact us? In that short time……?”
“No. I don’t know about that, but all the sound came out in the video. All the conversation between hyung and that bastard.”
“……What?”
Doun’s mouth fell open.
‘Sound came out? What does that suddenly mean?’
The videos automatically uploaded to the system so far had no sound. Even the duel videos he had checked yesterday for analysis had no sound.
Samin, who had thoroughly wiped the blood spatter from his shocked face, organized the wet wipes and continued.
“I don’t know if hyung saw it too, but it seems to be because of that error correction notification. I’m not certain. I just guessed it just now.”
“……All the conversation between me and that bastard was heard?”
“Yes. I was roughly skipping through and got surprised so I immediately ran out to pick up hyung. From what I saw, there didn’t seem to be anything problematic to say. That… I was a bit concerned about hyung’s family story.”
Samin remembered the expression Doun had worn at the memorial hall where his family was enshrined. Honestly, it was an unforgettable expression. That day, he had vaguely felt what kind of existence his family was to Doun, so he thought Doun might be uncomfortable if that part was publicly revealed.
“Ah…… It’s not something I was particularly trying to hide so that doesn’t matter much…… It’s not that what I said harshly to that bastard would be a problem, right? I really said a lot of harsh things.”
The two anxious eyes were blue again. Samin thought for a moment, then asked if it would be okay to properly check the video. Of course, Doun nodded saying that was fine.
Samin seriously checked Doun and Choi Jeongwook’s duel video from beginning to end. And he exhaled long. His face organizing his emotions was very subtle.
‘He said he said a lot of harsh things so I expected something, but how low are our hyung’s standards for harsh words…… “This bastard,” “that bastard” seemed to be all the cursing hyung does, but I didn’t know it would be this extent.’
A sigh came out naturally. Still, it was very impressive that he said everything he had to say to Timer who spouted nonsense without a care. To the point where he thought he shouldn’t use the nickname “soft tofu” that he had been calling Doun in his mind anymore.
“……How is it? Should I write an apology?”
Doun asked while watching Samin’s reaction. Since joining Yeoun, he felt uncomfortable because it seemed like he was causing trouble for the guild members with personal matters.
He was grateful enough that they accepted him as a colleague and treated him kindly when he was being pointed at, but strange things kept happening and it was just troublesome. In the past, he would have first chosen the extremely avoidant option of withdrawing and disappearing, but now it was different. He wanted to stay with Yeoun somehow.
“What apology? Unless you’re going to write an apology saying sorry for beating him too well, don’t even think about an apology.”
“Huh?”
“Of course I thought our hyung would do well, but you were much cooler than I thought so my stomach feels completely relieved, really. It was totally the best that you only used fists without a single skill.”
Samin honestly shared his feelings without reservation. If Doun had used skills to beat Timer, there would have been plenty of bastards who would curse and nitpick saying the 1st ranked hunter was serious about beating a lower-ranked hunter.
However, Doun didn’t use any skills, and even wore casual clothes instead of armor or hunter gear, beating Timer thoroughly with just his fists.
It was a man-to-man duel. When he saw Timer pathetically using skills toward Doun, perhaps because he was cornered and couldn’t think normally, how funny it was.
He wore plenty of armor and used skills, but Timer himself directly proved his incompetence of not being able to inflict a single wound on Magnetic in casual clothes.
“I like hyung even more again. Hyung is so cool.”
Samin rubbed his face against Doun’s cheek while acting cute. When optimistic thoughts arose that maybe there wouldn’t be as big a ripple as expected, his tense heart became comfortable in an instant. Doun exhaled softly while feeling Samin’s warm body temperature.
Being with Samin made him feel confident that he could do anything well. Where did such a guy suddenly appear like a miracle? This whole flow of not avoiding Samin’s contact, going to find him directly, saving his phone number, joining the guild haphazardly and developing into lovers felt like a dream.
Doun seemed to lightly caress Samin’s cheek with his fingertips, then muttered in a low voice.
“……Don’t like me too much.”
“Why?”
Samin’s eyes that quickly asked back were wide open. His bright heterochromatic brown eyes sparkled.
It was the early stages of romance when even boiling over wouldn’t be enough, so why was he saying not to like him too much? Just as he was thinking he should punish that misbehaving mouth with his lips if Doun said strange things.
“I saw somewhere……”
“Yes.”
“In the early stages of dating, some people burn intensely at first then quickly…… get tired of it……”
The voice that trailed off hesitantly conveyed embarrassment and prolonged anguish. Samin just blinked as if he didn’t properly understand Doun’s muttering. Then his expression gradually became strange. He seemed to be laughing but also looked distressed.
‘……So what hyung just said means he wants me to keep liking him, so he’s asking me to control the pace well?’
In the end, he couldn’t help but fail at expression management. Samin pulled Doun sitting in the passenger seat into his arms and shook him left and right while chattering.
“I would have had an accident if I was driving just now! Why do you make people crazy by talking like this? What did you eat to be this cute? Whose honey is this lovable? Hm?”
“Hey……!”
Doun, suddenly embraced, flinched in surprise and looked around. They had agreed not to do this outside, but intimate affection popped out whenever there was a chance. However, contrary to Doun’s worry, the area around Samin’s car parked in a secluded location was very quiet.
Even near the tower, there had been several hunters wandering around, but it had been long since they all turned away, unable to withstand Samin’s fierce glare. There weren’t many who would fearlessly stick around even into the parking lot.
“Did I understand correctly? Hyung wants me to keep liking you without getting tired, right?”
“……”
The current silence should be taken as affirmation. Samin, completely excited, grinned and said.
“Hyung, but do you know this?”
“……What.”
“I’m putting money in savings to buy a newlywed home to live with hyung?”
Doun, who had been quietly listening to the absurd words, let out a hollow laugh.
“What are you suddenly saying again? You’re really good at talking nonsense.”
“It’s real but you don’t believe me again. I want to live with hyung in a detached house with a garden and thorough security, so I looked into it and the price range is quite something. So I’m saving money separately.”
“……Are you saying this seriously?”
“Then are there people who look at houses just to joke around?”
Doun’s eyes shook. He knew his boyfriend was the type to do what he said he’d do. But to think he was even looking at houses to live together.
“What price range are you looking at?”
“I won’t tell you. If I tell you, you’ll want to contribute money again. I’m not that incompetent, you know?”
“……Who said anything.”
Doun played dumb while clicking his tongue inside. He was an incredibly perceptive guy.
“But I think I can save it up faster than expected. Magic stone prices are good these days, plus I have quite a lot of money I haven’t used.”
Samin grinned and let go of Doun who he had been holding tightly. Then he quickly grabbed the steering wheel.
“Now then, let’s go see the ocean to commemorate our honey beating Timer to a pulp! I made a reservation at a nice hotel.”
“Yeah. Let’s go to the ocean and eat ice cream again.”
Doun smiled brightly and fastened his seatbelt. He didn’t look like someone who had just come from mockingly beating someone with fists inside a tower.
‘Our hyung is so cool and cute!’
Samin drove smoothly while grinning like a doting fool. An overnight trip with Doun. His heart was pounding.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
