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48739｜Experience report after escaping from B-Grade monsters (+proof)｜11:03 44,875
48740｜Looking for people (consolidated)(real-time updates)｜11:05 142,442
48741｜Story about breaking up with boyfriend who threw me in front of monsters and ran away｜11:06 56,892
48742｜[Exclusive] Police search Congressman Kim Tae-jun’s residence… evidence of cult obsession｜11:07 65,123
48743｜Yongsan contaminated soil seems to be decreasing (Yongsan satellite photo attached)｜11:08 58,957
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48747｜New info about the safe zone that appeared in Yongsan (new!)｜
Posted at 11:09 / Views 139,169 / Comments 23,425
According to the Special Administrative Safety Department, Hunter Yoon Pa-ran created it
All you armchair hunters who speculated that a B-grade hunter couldn’t do that are keeping quiet now, huh? lol
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user1 Wow, a real-world safe zone, incredible
user2 I saw that light spreading with my own eyes. Was going to the shelter when the grand gate burst open and an incredibly bright light spread everywhere
user3 Is it different from regular barriers?
└user4 It’s exactly like the safe zones inside gates
└user5 Different from barriers that only block physical force. Monsters simply “cannot exist” there
└user6 Expensive 1-pyeong barriers from stuck-up barrier makers vs. Yoon Pa-ran’s gracious SAFE ZONE that comfortably covers several apartment buildings
└user10 Seems like there’s a cultist here too
└user29 Stop saying cultish nonsense Yoon-nim is the light of this world and its salt and safe zone
└user10 lol this is hilarious
user7 I’ve always believed in you, Pa-ran-nim
└user8 People who used to just criticize are now what? lol
└user14 The ones who criticized him for taking hazard pay saying he’s greedy aren’t even funny lol. What’s wrong with hunters getting compensation for cleaning up burst gates?
└user8 I never liked how this forum always criticizes only Yoon Pa-ran. If you try to defend him, all hell breaks loose;
user9 He saved my child during this disaster. I thought we had lost him… Hunter Yoon Pa-ran saved my child all by himself
└user10 That’s such a relief ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└user11 I was about to be attacked by a monster and wet myself, but Yoon Pa-ran saved me too……
└user12 I heard that day because of the grand gate everyone got debuffs so Yoon Pa-ran was almost alone doing rescue operations…
user13 That bastard Kim Tae-jun was even trying to swallow up the orphanage that Yoon Pa-ran protects. It’s a well-known story among welfare officials
└user15 What’s this now; Wasn’t Kim Tae-jun involved in some cult? Suddenly an orphanage?
└user20 That trash gate criminal has all kinds of crimes, even collaborating with foreign countries to ruin Korea
user16 What’s that about an orphanage?
└user13 Yoon Pa-ran came from an orphanage and he donates a ton to support the orphanage he grew up in
└user16 Oh so that’s why he seemed greedy for money? I didn’t even know that;
└user29 It’s okay you might have misunderstood now come into Yoon-nim’s embrace
└user10 ? Is this person really dangerous?
user17 Has everyone heard Yoon Pa-ran’s audio recording? How could he say that before entering the grand gate alone? ㄷㄷ
└user18 “Aah-. This body will rescue all survivors.”
└user19 That’s completely different, you idiot above
└user29 From today Yoon-nim and I are one body and I declare that anyone who attacks us is worse than monster heel skin flakes
user21 Actually Yoon Pa-ran is friends with Dan Joo-hyuk, seems like they exchanged some information this time too
└user22 Really? I thought they were enemies lol. Is that why they both performed so well?
└user23 Dan Joo-hyuk… he’s really a monster…
└user24 He was more monstrous than the monsters gathered there;
└user21 Yeah, Dan Joo-hyuk really listens well to Yoon Pa-ran
└user27 Did you get bitten by a monster? No matter what, what nonsense…
└user21 Damn it’s true I saw it myself
└user28 Tsk another rumor spread by an armchair hunter, they say more people are claiming they’ve awakened after the grand gate opened
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48748｜Full transcript of Yoon Pa-ran’s audio recording mentioned above (new!)｜
Posted at 11:10 / Views 102,642 / Comments 20,788
Official: Hunter Yoon Pa-ran, are you going inside again?
Yoon Pa-ran: Yeah. If there are more survivors, it’s better to go quickly.
Official: It will be difficult to handle alone.
Yoon Pa-ran: It’s fine. Tell the other hunters to be careful. And please take care of the information I mentioned earlier.
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user1 Did he really just go in alone like that..?
user2 Wow… amazing…. Isn’t he scared?
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The new year had dawned.
Yoon Pa-ran had spent all of yesterday resting with his family. He knew there was much cleanup work outside, but his younger siblings refused to leave his side, so he had no choice.
The director said they had all been well-behaved, but they must have been scared. So yesterday, under the pretext of celebrating the last day of the year, everyone gathered and slept in the largest room.
Yoon Pa-ran told them in a gentle voice how he had defeated the bad monsters until all his siblings fell asleep with peaceful breathing. Looking at their peaceful sleeping faces, he worried about how the child he had rescued from the ruins was doing.
Then, as soon as the New Year’s morning dawned, he received a message from Dan Joo-hyuk.
‘If you have time, want to meet for a bit?’
When he suggested meeting at his house, Yoon Pa-ran agreed and prepared to go out. The decision to leave was easy thanks to the security company that had returned to work despite the grand gate disturbance not yet subsiding.
Because of a call he had received from Minister Byeon yesterday that was weighing on his mind, Yoon Pa-ran decided to take a taxi despite the short distance.
‘Get in.’
However, Dan Joo-hyuk had already come to pick him up in front of the orphanage.
After calling several times yesterday without any particular business, did he actually have something urgent?
Anyway, since he had come to pick him up, Yoon Pa-ran gladly got into his car. Dan Joo-hyuk’s house, which he visited after several days, looked the same as always.
“Here, drink this.”
“Oh, thanks.”
In the silence that made the place seem uninhabited, Yoon Pa-ran accepted the juice Dan Joo-hyuk offered.
He didn’t need to provide refreshments, but at some point, Dan Joo-hyuk had started offering something different every time Yoon Pa-ran visited. It seemed like his own way of hosting guests.
“Mmm.”
The grape juice he offered today was quite sweet and suited Yoon Pa-ran’s taste perfectly. Thinking he should ask where it was purchased later, Yoon Pa-ran briefly looked out the window.
The blue sky was clear as if nothing had happened.
“…”
Although it was the first day of the new year, the atmosphere on the streets was gloomy due to the aftermath of the grand gate that had left significant scars. It seemed like it would take quite some time for this hushed atmosphere to subside.
Yongsan suffered the most severe damage compared to other areas. The shockwave from the grand gate’s appearance had turned what was once a small mountain into a gentle plain.
The contaminated soil was also a problem.
After closing the grand gate and as the strange trees quickly withered, the land seemed to be returning to normal. However, according to an urgent report yesterday, the recovery speed was gradually slowing down. At this rate, permanent scars might remain on the land throughout the Yongsan area.
Near the safe zone he had created, recovery was still proceeding quickly. He might need to test his abilities a few more times, but in the long term, it might be possible to restore it to a condition that wouldn’t affect people.
“Lee Tae-jung confessed. He said the original plan was to open the grand gate today, but the timing was moved up.”
“I see.”
As Yoon Pa-ran was staring blankly out the window, he heard Dan Joo-hyuk’s voice nearby.
Regaining his focus, Yoon Pa-ran nodded. It seemed that while he was resting yesterday, Dan Joo-hyuk had been quite busy.
A mass of hunter corpses had been discovered at the epicenter of the grand gate.
It looked similar to the first anomalous gate that Dan Joo-hyuk had entered. Dozens of hunter corpses were placed at the bottom of a large pit.
Surprisingly, the investigation revealed that they were mostly foreign hunters. In particular, there were hunters who had supposedly returned to Japan according to official documents, and others who had been reported missing in China.
And among them, Park Jung-hoon was found.
Unlike the others, Park Jung-hoon was rescued alive. However, he was barely hanging on, and it was unclear when he would regain consciousness properly.
The hunters looked as if they had been cursed by an item. It appeared as if they had died naturally without any signs of resistance.
At the very bottom of that strange pit of corpses was a grayish armor item.
‘It seems to be a pillar item. This one also appears half-purified for some reason.’
Dan Joo-hyuk, who had seen it himself yesterday, told him this over the phone.
One of the pillar items Kim Tae-jun had been fighting with, the greatsword, turned gray when Dan Joo-hyuk stopped purifying it. He said the armor had a similar feeling.
The armor was an item neither Yoon Pa-ran nor Dan Joo-hyuk had seen before. They thought there were four pillars, so there should be four pillar items, but what was going on? Park Jung-hoon, who had barely survived, was also somewhat concerning.
“Hmm.”
Lost in thought, Yoon Pa-ran suddenly felt Dan Joo-hyuk’s weight pressing against him and cleared his throat.
“What’s wrong?”
“…”
Dan Joo-hyuk, who had completely leaned over and was even gently touching Yoon Pa-ran’s ear, brazenly asked back.
He had plopped down beside Yoon Pa-ran moments ago and was sitting so close that their thighs were touching completely. Feeling Dan Joo-hyuk’s increasingly heavy weight, Yoon Pa-ran unconsciously looked behind him.
He noticed the large empty space on the sofa, wide enough for Dan Joo-hyuk to lie down immediately.
With so much space available, wasn’t he sitting a bit too close?
“Hmm? What’s wrong?”
“You’re heavy.”
Yoon Pa-ran spoke firmly to the large figure that was drawing even closer, almost as if trying to nestle into his arms. However, despite the criticism, Dan Joo-hyuk just responded with smiling eyes.
Though it was his usual attitude, something subtly poked at Yoon Pa-ran’s instincts. Was he leaning so much because his body was in pain? True, Dan Joo-hyuk’s injuries had been severe.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
