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It was undoubtedly a value so strange that the system re-examined it. He clearly remembered the notification window saying the Veritas System would recollect information due to abnormal values.
‘This doesn’t make sense…’
Not knowing how the future would turn out, yet loving him as much as all possible outcomes except for 0.1%. It meant that even if he was no longer ranked 1st, there was no possibility Samin’s love would change.
Doun carefully traced his lover’s face with his eyes as he lay beside him, having fallen asleep while keeping watch. With his mouth closed, he had a coolly handsome appearance. Though the moment he opened his eyes, he would act frivolously and make a fuss, unable to bear not clinging to him.
Doun put down the meteor fragment that had now fulfilled its role and lost its light, then lightly touched Samin’s cheek. As his soft cheek brushed against his fingertips and his handsome face twitched as if tickled, tears finally welled up.
‘Can people want to die when they’re too happy…’
He wanted to die because he felt too overwhelmed to handle the happiness given to him. Doun finally burrowed into sleeping Samin’s embrace, crushed by destructive emotions.
“…Mmm, hyung?”
Samin, hazily awakening from sleep, muttered while blinking his heavy eyelids. His hand that reflexively embraced Doun was naturally patting his back.
“Samin. What are you trying to do to me?”
Doun sniffled, unable to control his overwhelming emotions. Samin’s love was so good it was unbearable, but equally agonizing. Because he was someone who couldn’t be confident in himself about whether he deserved such love.
“Why are you suddenly crying? Did something happen? What’s wrong?”
Perhaps awakened by the tearful voice, Samin’s pronunciation became much clearer. What could have happened while he was briefly asleep? His eyes were serious as he tried to figure it out.
“You really can’t do this to me.”
“Huh? Did synthesis fail completely while I was sleeping? I’ll give you more magic stones. That’s why I told you not to expect anything…”
Samin thought Doun was heartbroken because he didn’t get what he wanted from synthesis. Because synthesis was the only thing Doun had been absorbed in until bedtime.
“No. Synthesis didn’t fail.”
Having confirmed Samin’s affection certified by the system administrator, the expression “failed” didn’t fit. It looked like nothing short of a miracle that couldn’t be converted into material things.
“Just something incredible… something incredible came out.”
Doun rubbed his cheek against Samin’s broad chest as he looked puzzled. After deeply inhaling the body scent mixed with the cozy fabric softener fragrance, he hugged Samin with all his might. He felt like he couldn’t endure it otherwise.
“But why did you say I can’t do this to you?”
After a muttering that seemed like talking to himself flowed out, Samin’s eyes snapped open.
“Ah! You got something incredible but you’re upset because I was sleeping?”
“…”
“Won’t you tell me what you got? Huh? I’m all ready to clap. Really.”
Samin wheedled with an aegyo-filled voice, asking to be shown just once.
The specialness felt from the disparity of a guy with a massive build acting cute and affectionate only to him. Doun loved that so much. Perhaps because he had never thought he could become such a special existence to someone in his life.
Since dating Samin, these were days when he realized daily that being loved was a much more wonderful thing than he had thought.
“It’s a secret. I won’t tell.”
But Doun didn’t have the confidence to honestly confess that he had pathetically calculated probabilities while doubting Samin’s affection. Even if he was pointed at as a coward, he absolutely couldn’t tell Samin. Because if he spoke honestly, Samin would surely show his hurt feelings and sulk, and he didn’t want to see that.
“What, Lee Doun. Making secrets from your lover… This won’t do, I need to teach you a lesson?”
Samin quickly climbed on top of Doun. After threatening to teach him a lesson, he showered him with soul-crushing kisses as usual while only tickling his sides. Doun tightly embraced Samin’s neck and let out happy laughter.
‘I really did well to stay alive…’
His daily life, which had been closer to barely enduring each day rather than living, had changed amazingly. He had come to feel grateful for being alive and to feel happiness even in small things.
Doun held Samin tightly for a long time, unable to properly organize his overwhelming feelings. But then his chronic anxiety quietly raised its head.
Because it felt like he had received all the happiness God had allocated to his life in advance.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter either way.’
Doun could dismiss his surging anxiety as nothing serious. Right now, he was too busy stopping his lewd and perverted lover who had started putting his hands inside his clothes. The time spent with Samin was enjoyable, so he no longer wanted to spend time worrying about an uncertain future.
“Where do your hands keep going!”
“What’s wrong with me touching what’s mine? Baby, lift your waist a bit.”
“It tickles, stop it.”
The moment giggly laughter leaked from his lips, they were blocked by Samin’s lips in an instant.
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[Welcome to Veritas System access.]
[Chat┃The #1 ranker isn’t #1 for nothing (36)]
People kept chanting like a mantra about watching the Timer vs Slope duel video so I watched it pretending to be fooled, but when I came to my senses three hours had passed. Even watching it repeatedly only brings admiration. Wow..
(36 comments)
-Every time I watch it there’s a different kind of excitement ㄹㅇ
└(Author): If Timer had opened a HunTube channel, it would definitely get tens of millions of views for real
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[Chat┃God Magnetic is God Magnetic but (142)]
I’m more surprised by Slope
He was gritting his teeth and charging in, so I was curious where his old tenacious side went. I thought his fighting spirit had dulled a bit after bringing God Magnetic and conquering, but I guess I was just mistaken
(142 comments)
-Slope was always famous for separating work and personal life well ㅇㅇ
-He’s not wearing the guild master title for nothing. His judgment and leadership are definitely among the few hunters with clear abilities, so the duel was fun to watch
-Since it’s S-class hunters fighting each other, it was visually enjoyable. Just a shame the screen couldn’t keep up
└222 Why won’t the tower owner improve this? Put this in error collection too. There are voices saying they should pull out killer angles ㅋㅋ
-Both the guy who got hit by mana traps and the guy who laid them all out ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That guild master with that guild member, fucking hilarious
-I thought their relationship wasn’t that good but seeing them they looked very close? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Where did all the bastards who wrote discord theories with their brain speculation go?
└They’re probably pretending not to know and writing comments quietly ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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[Chat┃Likely to be seen often in Revered Sword Dance duels ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (30)]
It’s easy to get if you just have some money. People saying they’ll lend 50 Meteor Sword artifacts have started appearing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
(30 comments)
-I saw posts on communities about lending with security deposits too ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It was tempting
-Hey it only looks good because Bright Magnetic uses it. When squid bastards try it, they’ll run out of mana and flail around for three seconds before disappearing… I definitely warned you, don’t waste money on showing off.. That’s a skill that gets a massive Bright Magnetic buff
└I paid rental fees and instead of going around 7th floor 7 times, I just joined a party to farm magic stones but regretted it so much ㅜㅜ
└└This is correct. Listen carefully, newcomers. Even if you get it, you won’t get as many swords as Magnetic; It’s a crazy skill that sucks mana, at most five swords would be doing well
└└└How did they make the swords unable to move?
└└└└(Author): Revered Sword Dance summons swords with mana, so mana=sword, so if you control mana it works similarly. Experimental videos are already being uploaded to HunTube so look them up if you’re interested
└└└└└Oh thanks I’ll look it up!
-A talented person is talented, really. I want to live like that for just one day. Life would be fun, right?
-What’s God Magnetic supposed to do being good at dueling too? Annoying bastard ㅅㅂ
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[Chat┃HunTuber Frame hosting duel tournament ㅋㅋㅋ (421)]
(Link)
People interested should submit applications
(421 comments)
-Oh tournament 1st place prize money 100 million ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-They say rankers are very welcome, what are the odds of Yeoun Libra Solaris Thrill types appearing?
└Wouldn’t it be Veritas collapse if they showed up?
-Doun come out and earn 100 million in allowance, it’s a good opportunity
-Just one ranker appearing would immediately increase buzz, can’t they really cast anyone? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ?
└Famous ones need to win to break even so they probably won’t come due to pressure.. Frame is famous but not from a major guild and only has 500k subscribers
-Up to 4th place gets decent prize money and at this level of buzz it seems like a golden opportunity to gain recognition
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[Chat┃(Breaking) Zodiac 56th floor conquest temporarily suspended (751)]
Libra Guild says they have no intention of going to 56th floor right now while reorganizing
Basically means all three Libra-Solaris-Thrill are postponing conquest
(751 comments)
-I can see Slope’s grinning face from somewhere ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Yeoun’s mysterious victory again today ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└└Continuous victories every day ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why did they postpone? Were the fortune readings extremely bad? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└What are you talking about, looking at the nickname again it’s Zodiac ㅋㅋ
└There’s no way to explain it except fortune telling
-Did they get reality check seeing Yeoun conquer without casualties? Libra also had big damage on 55th floor
└There are probably complex reasons but the reason they had to enter internal reorganization is still the large personnel loss from forced conquest attempts. No matter what, even if they recruit new guild members to deploy to highest floor conquest, it takes considerable time, plus corporate sponsorships are involved so they have to be mindful… They’re in a dilemma
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[Chat┃Now is Yeoun’s chance (39)]
With Libra-Solaris-Thrill internal chaos, now is when they should grow their size. They need to abandon their shitty elite small team stance and increase personnel to run conquest teams more efficiently
(39 comments)
-They’re running well with current personnel, would they really recruit more? I don’t think so
-Looking at Yeoun’s recruitment patterns, even if they recruit they’ll only take hunters who can immediately join 56th floor conquest, so the only targets are existing Libra-Solaris-Thrill conquest teams…? This would be like declaring war through talent poaching
└222 The four ultra-high floor conquest teams Yeoun-Libra-Solaris-Thrill have it locked down, so Yeoun recruiting guild members at this timing basically means they’ll take anyone backstabbing Libra-Solaris-Thrill…;;;;
└└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Guild withdrawal is up to the individual, if the guild sucks do they have to mind Veritas bastards to go elsewhere?
└└└It’s because Yeoun and Libra-Solaris-Thrill don’t get along, especially Libra and Yeoun guild masters are enemies ㅋㅋ;;
-If I were a Libra-Solaris-Thrill guild member, I’d move immediately when Yeoun recruitment posts go up.. What other guild besides Yeoun gives magic stone bonuses and definitely lowers death probability? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Whether they get cursed or not, I’d move and suck honey
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[Chat┃Hey Timer and Bright Sol are confronting each other in front of the tower right now (42)]
Fucking interesting
(42 comments)
-What are you talking about, Bright Sol and Timer? What combination is that?
└(Author): Seems like they came to practice together and ran into Timer? Don’t know, they’re talking about something now but I’m too far to hear well
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you’re going to make stuff up at least put some effort into it
└(Author): Believe it or not ㅋㅋ
-Hey I’m at Lux Cafe terrace right now and it’s true ㅋㅋ They’re arguing right now ㅋㅋㅋ
└Eh it’s real?
└What are they fighting about? Give us some commentary
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Kim Chansol looked at the shabby-dressed man standing in front of her. The man standing before her with greasy, matted hair that made one wonder when it was last washed was none other than Timer Choi Jeongwook.
Kim Chansol, stimulated by the duel video between guild master Samin and Doun, had coaxed Jang Hyeonseong into coming to the tower. They had been repeatedly registering in queue until they could match each other, and if that didn’t work out, they had agreed to duel even on training floors.
But they had coincidentally encountered Timer at the tower entrance. Though they had never met, they couldn’t help but know each other’s faces. In various ways, both Bright Sol and Timer were famous figures in the hunter world.
The problem was that what Choi Jeongwook muttered upon discovering Kim Chansol and Jang Hyeonseong was bigger than expected.
‘Ah, fuck. It’s those Yeoun bastards.’
Kim Chansol had never avoided confrontation directed at her, and the same was true for Jang Hyeonseong. When someone mentioned their guild name in an obviously mocking tone, there was no way they wouldn’t feel bad.
“Excuse me, mister. This is the second time I’m asking why you’re randomly cursing, you know?”
Kim Chansol asked back, ignoring the people who had gathered around. Because she was confident she could easily beat someone like Timer, even though they were both A-class hunters.
“What, you think if you glare at me I’ll cower and make way? I didn’t say anything wrong either, did I?”
“What kind of crazy bastard is this?”
When Kim Chansol snapped at Choi Jeongwook, who was staring while reeking of alcohol, the surrounding people clearly flinched. Because Kim Chansol’s fiery personality was famous. It was when Choi Jeongwook continued the confrontation, looking Kim Chansol up and down as she appeared relatively small in stature.
“Oh, Slope’s here?”
At the nickname clearly heard through the murmuring noise, Choi Jeongwook’s face twitched. When he quickly turned his head, a man was standing there staring right at him.
A shiny face with fluffy-looking brown permed hair and tons of flashy piercings smiled menacingly while muttering.
“Who are you picking a fight with my guild members right now?”
With all the sentence endings cut off, the delinquent muttering voice was ominous.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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