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[Welcome to the Veritas System.]
[Chat┃Yeoun these crazy bastards lolololol (190)]
They went to have fun, turned the tower upside down, then swept up the dungeon too
(190 comments)
-What conquest rewards did they get?
└They got potions and shield artifacts, Bright Sol posted yesterday evening
-Buddy really lucked out big time seriously ddd
└But didn’t they get different rewards there?? What was it?
└└Yeoun didn’t touch the other monsters except their route, so if they sell the magic stones from those monsters they caught, those guys profit more
└└└Ah haha that’s true
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[Chat┃Why Magnetic is washed up (318)]
He’s playing around and even though he’s super behind on homework, he doesn’t feel any sense of crisis riding Yeoun’s bus
And when you watch him fight, he’s a Stigma one-trick lololol just stands there, sticks in his staff and throws black orbs, contribution level ughhh——
Fuck honestly the fans sucking that bastard’s dick and Yeoun are the biggest problem lol if they brought a high-performance hunter they should work him like a dog and think about conquering floor 55 first, but they’re busy being considerate
You can see in the videos how they’re panicking worried Magnetic might get upset and leave the guild. Is Slope crazy? That bastard calling himself guild master just follows Magnetic’s ass around, he’s not right in the head oo
(318 comments)
-He does seem to lack a sense of crisis, going off to play when he hasn’t even cleared floor 50 yet lololol
-Hmm……
-What’s this bastard foaming at the mouth about again, is DC your diary?
-Ah so Magneticnim wants to be treated like rank 1~~ Got it lol
-lol since he’s getting cursed at, the idiot went into hiding, what do you expect from him? lol
-Huk ddd
-Seeing DC going crazy, Yeoun must’ve been awesome again
└Fuck yeah
-So tired of this really, DC isn’t some emotional dumping ground for losers;; wish the tower lord would let us block this stuff
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[Chat┃Looking at DC, they just seem like idiots (83)]
Unemployed bastards stuck at home only doing DC shit talking about skills this, conquest that
Makes me wonder if this is right
(83 comments)
-Good self-introduction
-For real lol
-While you guys are writing shit on DC, the Yeoun kids are probably having fun lololol
-Looking at DC makes me tired so I don’t come in much.. no filtering function and too many crazy bastards, really embarrassing to say I’m the same kind of hunter as them anywhere
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[Chat┃Watching Mulmiyeok’s live stream lololol (113)]
When he was talking about how Magnetic pranked him, it seemed like total MSG, but suddenly when he said Slope glared at him and completely ignored him, his credibility shot up lololol
(113 comments)
-Fuck lololololol I was like huh, is that real? too lololol
└lololol
-Isn’t him saying his phone broke so he couldn’t stream also fake? Feels like he would’ve gotten chased out right away, suspicious that he met Yeoun kids after their conquest ended
└Maybe other alliances came in later so it was okay?
└└Anyway if you ask the Yeoun kids if they met him it’d be found out right away, why would he lie, seems like the meeting was real
-I got curious what story he’d tell so I went in, but is his pronunciation for real? Can’t understand what the hell he’s saying
└Seriously, what’s the point of someone who broadcasts talking like that;;
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[Chat┃Mulmiyeok starting to get beaten up by Yeoun fans lololol (412)]
lololol couldn’t read the room and ran his mouth, now getting fucked in real time
(412 comments)
-Tried to get attention with bullshit and finally..
-Is he crazy, there are other things to mess with, why touch King Yeoun?
└Sounds like King Yeoun
└└?
└└└Should call them King God General Emperor Admiral Majestic Hyper Ultra Fantastic Extreme Genius Yeoun
└└└└lololololololol
-Seems like a bottom-tier hun-tuber, kinda pitiful. Guy who eats innards for money and does tearful asshole shows, dug his own grave
-Yeoun fans’ combat power shot up lately, ugly to watch. Obviously excited meeting a ranker guild, beating him up like dogs over a little slip of the tongue?
└It wasn’t just a little slip of the tongue
└???: I wanted to gouge out Slope’s scary eyes and put them in my mouth
└└Huk
└└└Crazy;;
└└└└Yeah, Slope asked him to move aside and he almost pissed himself, then said that shit
└└└└└What D-rank is acting up saying he’ll gouge out an S-rank’s eyes? If he tried to poke his eyes, only his own fingers would break…
└└└└└└Ah lololololol
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[Chat┃Stupid post but won’t God Magnet do hun-tube (80)]
Good looks, good skills, would hit 1 million right away, that guy has a lot of overseas fans too
(80 comments)
-Why would he do that stuff? Tsk tsk, stop thinking everyone will do that just because you basement dwellers watch that stuff
-Just turning it on and bullshitting would earn more than these DC bastards’ annual salary in a month lol
-If he tells the story of disciplining Timer with a thumbnail like that, wouldn’t it get 5 million views?
└Would click out of curiosity at least
-Even if he opens hun-tube, wish he’d just upload vlogs…. If he uploads weird videos trying to get attention, gonna be so disappointing
└This is right, those Magnet fans are kinda mystical, they worship him and suck up to him which can’t be ignored, but if his true nature gets exposed lol
└└Our hyung is cool no matter what he does so it’s fine
-Write posts like this on DC all you want, does Magnetic even see them? lol
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The morning after the dungeon conquest video was uploaded and the Veritas forums had been swept up in chaos before reaching a lull.
As soon as Doun opened his eyes with a disheveled face, the first thing he had to face was the dungeon conquest reward notification window.
[Notification: Dungeon ‘Orchard of Despair (B)’ conquest rewards will be distributed.]
[Reward List: Grade 3 Health Recovery Potion (B) x20, Grade 3 Mana Recovery Potion x20, Selective Consumable Supply Box x10, Solid Guardian’s Crystal (A) x2, Orchard Keeper’s Clairvoyance (A)]
[Would you like to receive rewards?]
Doun slowly read the text written in the sparkling, glowing window. He was about to move his hand to receive the rewards when he suddenly felt someone stirring beside him. When he belatedly looked down, a handsome face came into view.
“…Hyung. Did you sleep well?”
Though he gave a friendly morning greeting, his complexion was haggard – clearly someone who hadn’t slept at all. Doun postponed receiving the rewards and asked with a serious face.
“Didn’t you sleep? What’s wrong with your face?”
“Don’t you remember yesterday?”
Yesterday? Doun hesitated for a moment. He narrowed his eyes trying to recall his last memory before falling asleep, but nothing came to mind. All he remembered was sitting happily after finishing the dungeon conquest and enjoying the barbecue. He’d only sipped a little soju but his memory was completely gone.
‘Am I crazy. Lee Doun…’
Doun looked down at Samin lying next to him with an anxious face. The moment their eyes met, an unexpected answer popped out.
“Hyung got drunk yesterday and forced me to lie down and just…”
Samin clutched his perfectly fine t-shirt and looked down. Doun looked around in shock. The nuance was clearly that he’d forcibly molested Samin.
“Wait, wait. Samin. Wait. What did I, no. I don’t get weird when I drink. People who’ve drunk with me never said I was strange even once. It must be a misunderstanding?”
His face was pale white as he whispered, unable to speak loudly in case the guild members sleeping in the next room might wake up. If he teased him any more, it didn’t seem like it would end with just one punch. Samin smiled loosely and rubbed his tired eyes.
“You told me I looked scary and to go around laughing.”
“…Huh?”
“Geez. What were you thinking from morning to react like that? Just like a man, how perverted.”
“No, you made the nuance go in that direction…, so I…”
Doun, who had been rambling, let out a big sigh and glared.
“You deliberately teased me just now, didn’t you.”
“Who told you to drink so much you couldn’t even remember? And it’s true that hyung made me lie on the bed so I couldn’t get up.”
“…I did that?”
“Good thing I deliberately didn’t drink a potion knowing our hyung would be like this. Here, look at this.”
Samin held out his forearm. What was wrong with his forearm? Doun glanced at Samin’s forearm and opened his mouth slightly. Red handprints were clearly visible on his firm forearm.
Doun unconsciously raised his hand and lightly touched Samin’s forearm. The bruised marks were clearly his hand size to anyone who looked.
“No, why did I… Is your arm okay? Why is this…”
Doun couldn’t string his words together properly. Then he quickly pulled out a potion from his inventory.
“You drink this first.”
“What do you want me to drink…”
Samin was shocked to find himself holding the potion Doun had thrust at him. What Doun had handed him was a Grade 2 recovery potion. A rare potion only drunk in emergencies like when arms or legs were severed in dungeons. To hand over something like that like a health tonic.
“Hyung. Calm down. Who drinks this for a little bruise on their forearm?”
Despite Samin’s protests, Doun forcibly made him hold the potion.
“No. I have a lot. Drink it quickly. I’m sorry. Really…”
He couldn’t even make proper eye contact and was floundering so much that Samin was more flustered instead. Seeing his breathing getting rougher, he was clearly genuinely shocked.
‘This isn’t what I wanted to see. Damn…’
He’d been thinking of pulling some cute tricks like asking him to blow on his forearm with love if he was sorry. While Samin hesitated holding the potion, Doun’s eyes, which had been wandering unable to find where to look while pale with shock, finally began to moisten.
‘Ah, whatever. Let me drink it first and see.’
Samin poured the potion into his mouth before the situation got more serious. As he swallowed the tasteless liquid, the bruised skin became clean as if it had never happened.
“Hyung. Look. I’m all better. It really wasn’t a big deal.”
Even though he made a fuss massaging and waving his arm to prove it was fine, his serious expression showed no signs of returning.
“…Still, I’m sorry.”
Despite all his antics, all that came back was a weak apology and careful touch. Doun’s fingertips, gently stroking where the bruise had been, were trembling slightly.
Samin hesitated for a moment then raised his other hand to stroke Doun’s cheek.
“I’m all better now so that’s enough. How’s your stomach, hyung? Seemed like you hadn’t drunk in a while.”
“…I’m fine. I’m okay.”
“Your head doesn’t hurt? No hangover?”
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
Though he answered every question properly, Doun still couldn’t look Samin in the eyes properly. He just hovered around the firm forearm where the bruise had completely disappeared. Finally, unable to watch anymore, Samin spoke up.
“Hyung. I just left it there thinking I’d pull some cute tricks asking you to blow on it. You don’t need to feel this sorry.”
“…”
“Hm? I’m really fine, I tell you.”
“Still, it’s true that I made you bruise.”
“I’m S-rank even if I look like this. What’s wrong with a little bruise? When we go into towers to conquer them, spitting blood and getting hurt is our daily routine. This kind of thing is fine. Really.”
When Doun seemed to get upset at Samin’s attempt to console him somehow, he looked up.
“That’s getting hurt from monsters attacking!”
Early morning when all the other guild members except the two were still sleeping. His voice, unable to control his emotions, echoed sharply through the room.
Doun, flustered that he didn’t know he’d shout like that himself, contorted his face. Then he muttered in a small voice like a whisper.
“This, this is something I made.”
“…”
“That’s different from that…”
His words trailed off weakly. Samin silently waited for Doun to catch his breath with his chest heaving. When the rough, gasping breathing calmed down, Samin carefully spoke.
“I understand what hyung is saying. I won’t joke around about this kind of thing anymore either. I’m sorry too. Saying it didn’t hurt at all, making our hyung feel sorry.”
Though it was only a gentle scolding, Doun found it only more painful. Finally, unable to control his boiling emotions, Doun snapped at Samin.
“Why are you always sorry to me about everything?”
His heart, bristling at excessive kindness, finally acted out. He couldn’t accept the feelings straightforwardly and became twisted. Whatever the reason, it was true that he’d gotten drunk and left bruises on someone else’s body, so he should be the one apologizing, yet he was receiving apologies instead.
But Doun immediately blamed himself.
‘…Ah. This isn’t how I wanted to answer.’
Though he’d blurted it out in anger, it sounded too much like picking a fight. Just as Doun’s self-loathing was about to surge while trying to calm down.
“Well, I often do things worth apologizing to hyung for, so that’s why I’m always saying sorry, right?”
Doun was momentarily stunned by the natural answer. His tone was as natural as if stating an obvious principle. Even trying to twist the intent in his words, no other meaning was visible.
While Doun’s lips moved slightly, Samin took the opportunity to gently stroke around Doun’s eyes.
‘His eyes are doing that again.’
Doun sometimes had moments when both his eyes turned bright blue. Just like right now. Since he’d lived alone for a long time and the change was brief enough to miss unless looking in a mirror all day, he seemed unaware of it himself.
‘I don’t know what he’s thinking again. He’s not the type to answer even if I ask.’
Actually, though he was approaching recklessly, Samin wasn’t confident about how to approach Doun well. He was just getting by with improvisation each time.
Doun, who had quietly offered his face to the gentle touch, belatedly and clumsily composed his emotions and muttered an answer like talking to himself.
“What is this from morning… I’m sorry for doing that to your arm. I’ll be careful from now on.”
It was a voice mixed with various emotions.
“So we’re making up?”
If Samin hadn’t flexibly handled it, his handful of human relationships might have gone awry, so it was embarrassing to attach the word “making up.”
“…Making up what. I was the one who acted up unilaterally.”
Doun smiled weakly, looking awkward. Just as the tense atmosphere was loosening up a bit. Inconsiderately, text that caught both their attention began to pass clearly before their eyes.
[South Korea’s Veritas Tower Floor 55 has been conquered for the first time. Praise for your brilliant journey. Conquest Alliance: Doshol Together With Libra Thrill Solaris]
The text was as clear as if announcing breaking news, practically engraved on their retinas. Text that was forcibly exposed to all awakened hunters even without calling up system windows. Doun, who had once been a regular protagonist of such announcements, began to turn pale again.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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