Damn Hunter Life Chapter 108
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Successors vs First Call, current score 3:1.
If the Successors win this 5th set, the match ends immediately. If First Call wins, it goes to a 6th set tomorrow.
And right now, in the American broadcast screen, it’s the Successors who are in crisis.
[“21 minutes 42 seconds! First Call has successfully entered the stronghold!”]
[“The 5th set has entered the latter half, the capture battle.”]
The two American commentators were originally employees who worked at gate conquest broadcast stations. Since they had volunteered themselves, they handled the commentary smoothly. Like any sports match, their remarks and coverage flowed seamlessly.
[“In the 4th set, the Successors entered the stronghold at 22 minutes 29 seconds, right? About a 1-minute difference!”]
[“Yes, First Call’s record is slightly ahead! This is quite different from yesterday’s death match!”]
[“That’s right. Long-term team battles inevitably have various variables. I think it’s a variable that comes from having both a too-strong hunter and a too-sickly hunter on the Successor team.”]
Agni, who had died caught up in Woo Sae-geon’s sword strike, rejoins the stronghold.
His gun barrel unfailingly points toward the frail archer fluttering in white clothes.
[“Right now the Successor team can’t take care of Gyeon. Gyeon keeps repeating the cycle of being eliminated, coming out from the respawn location, and being eliminated again.”]
[“You could say Gyeon is doing his part by keeping Agni occupied. The problem is that the remaining Successor team overall can’t focus. It seems like their calls aren’t matching because they’re looking out for Gyeon?”]
While giving heal to Gyeon Gang-hyeon, Ja Hyeong-woo’s heal calculation gets momentarily tangled.
Like a butterfly effect, an aftermath occurs. Ma Cheon-ah dies to Clyte by a narrow margin. First Call’s focus concentrates on Sa Ye-ho, putting Sa Ye-ho in crisis. Fortunately, Woo Sae-geon beats them all back and overcomes the danger, but Gyeon Gang-hyeon, caught up in the earthquake that Buster caused, adds yet another death to the Successor team.
[“I found out that Gyeon’s thin white clothes are also worn as mourning clothes in Korea? They’re also famous as clothes that ghosts wear.”]
[“Oh, I just thought they looked good on him because they’re white and soft-looking, but there was that meaning? He probably wore them knowing that meaning… right?”]
[“Quite black humor. But right now it’s not looking very good.”]
[“The Successors need one big reversal.”]
Except for Agni occasionally breaking away because he’s gotten a taste for killing Gyeon Gang-hyeon, First Call was completely united as one. Since they all had momentum, they didn’t die easily.
The stronghold gauge works by going up when the number of defending team members in the stronghold is fewer than the attacking team.
As the four excluding Woo Sae-geon were taken down one by one by First Call’s full offensive, even though Woo Sae-geon was standing perfectly fine, the gauge was being steadily stolen right before their eyes.
[“This set is really unpredictable. Will First Call really be able to conquer Woo? By taking down his limbs—his teammates—rather than his head?”]
[“The capture gauge is already at 86 percent! If they’re not careful, it could reach 100 in just two more close battles! Successors, this is dangerous!”]
[“Even if the Successors give up 1 point this time, the next set is the Successors’ attacking turn! But you never know. First Call might find a way! Ah, something’s happening as I say this!”]
The tense balance collapsed as the healer Ja Hyeong-woo collided with Buster while moving and lost blood.
The two commentators were focused on covering Ja Hyeong-woo’s surroundings, so they missed what happened off-screen at that moment.
Gyeon Gang-hyeon making eye contact with his teammates and sending some kind of hand signal.
The eyes of leader Woo Sae-geon and Gyeon Gang-hyeon met.
Woo Sae-geon was actually displeased. About listening to the strategy that Gyeon Gang-hyeon was proposing.
About the Twelve Zodiac’s troublemaker acting like a ‘leader’ while his eyes momentarily showed extraordinary charisma.
But a crisis was a crisis. He decided to follow Gyeon Gang-hyeon’s strategy.
Woo Sae-geon threw his sword like a spear at Gyeon Gang-hyeon. Gyeon Gang-hyeon closed his eyes tightly and accepted the first step of the strategy.
[Woo Sae-geon â–· Gyeon Gang-hyeon]
[Woo Sae-geon â–· Woo Sae-geon]
[“Wait, what just happened?”]
[“Woo stabbed Gyeon, his teammate, and killed himself too. When every second counts right now!”]
[“It doesn’t make sense to say it’s to restore health by dying or to reorganize respawn?”]
[“The gauge is going up again. 89, 90! It’s passed 90!”]
Despite the precarious situation, the remaining three Successors didn’t waver. Like when they pushed the cargo earlier, the three joined forces and struggled to hold out without being wiped out.
This means Woo Sae-geon’s sudden action was part of a plan they had made.
[“Could it be that Woo and Gyeon are hiding at the respawn location with something to do?”]
Shortly after, Woo Sae-geon burst out from the respawn location and joined the stronghold. Gyeon Gang-hyeon was nowhere to be seen.
But at this moment.
From behind the corner where the respawn location was, an arrow shoots out.
Bang!
[“What is that? Something unbelievable has happened!”]
The arrow that appeared to be shot by Gyeon Gang-hyeon chased after Buster as if it were alive and hit him.
Buster’s body swayed greatly. Beep—! His health bar shook. The color of his remaining health was bright red.
Gyeon Gang-hyeon had made First Call’s defender half-health with just one arrow.
[“Did Gyeon’s arrow have a homing function?”]
[“This is the first time. He hasn’t done that until now! He’s been hiding his skill all this time!”]
[“I don’t know if this violates the match rules! Looking at the power, it seems like an intermediate skill, no, an advanced skill!”]
All of First Call, having grasped the situation, show confused faces toward the air. They’re protesting with their expressions. Saying that the situation needs to be clarified.
[“Game system connected. Let’s see… Oh my, is this true?”]
And a truth that would be devastating for First Call is revealed.
[“Gyeon did not violate regulations! That’s said to be a basic attack! But I also don’t understand…”]
The arrows don’t stop and continue raining down. Whoosh! The arrow that shot up into the sky making an intense wind sound eventually plunges down like a fighter jet.
[Gyeon Gang-hyeon â–· Bootsman]
[Gyeon Gang-hyeon â–· Buster]
[“Holy shit!”]
Even the broadcast crew exclaimed.
In a situation that seemed almost terrifying, Quiche, who became the next target, made a dramatic decision. Instead of honestly blocking the arrow, he created a curved barrier with vines to deflect it.
The arrow that went off course continued flying with a piercing sound, then thunk!
Woo Sae-geon stopped the arrow with his bare hands.
[“Woo caught the arrow! It flew right into his hand as if it were predetermined! The performance couldn’t be better!”]
The moment the arrow stopped, coincidentally the arrow’s weapon information appeared on the commentators’ screen.
[“My goodness… the secret has been solved.”]
The creator of the arrow that Gyeon Gang-hyeon shot, that weapon with sharp force, was Woo Sae-geon.
Gyeon Gang-hyeon had deliberately died with Woo Sae-geon and received arrows that Woo Sae-geon crafted on the spot at the respawn location.
This was possible because Woo Sae-geon was also a master of weapon crafting.
[Gyeon Gang-hyeon â–· Quiche]
If it had been another Successor, even with Woo Sae-geon’s arrows, they would only have been able to display their own abilities as the user.
But Gyeon Gang-hyeon completely copied even Woo Sae-geon’s power.
[“Gyeon has an affinity ability that resonates with others’ energy! The power that brought him up to Korea’s 3rd place! He shows it here! Why I’m qualified!”]
The broadcast screen that finally located Gyeon Gang-hyeon shows Gyeon Gang-hyeon standing almost across the respawn location.
His confident smile. His fine hair lightly fluttering and pure white clothes.
At this moment, he looked incredibly protagonist-like.
[“That earth energy is Gyeon’s! But it’s also Woo’s! That’s why he can produce such power!”]
[“Wasn’t it that all of Woo’s attribute skills were restricted from the 4th set for balance adjustment? Gyeon twisted exactly that point to present a famous scene!”]
[“You say it’s cunning? How about Agni then? Hahaha, Gyeon just utilized what he had to the maximum! To put it bluntly, Agni tormented him a lot!”]
[“His specialness! Amazing!”]
The defending team crawled up from the cliff’s edge and bit First Call’s ankles. First Call’s remaining members, Clyte and Agni, absolutely had to eliminate Gyeon Gang-hyeon.
But the Successor team wouldn’t just stand still.
Ja Hyeong-woo stabbed his own neck with a sword. To move to Gyeon Gang-hyeon’s vicinity faster than anyone else.
[“Look at that powerful guardian! There’s absolutely no way to kill Gyeon!”]
Soon Gyeon Gang-hyeon spotted Agni, who had hesitated due to the healer’s presence.
Just within arrow range.
The exhilaration that took over Gyeon Gang-hyeon’s entire body, thinking ‘it seems like it’ll work somehow,’ urged him on. Gyeon Gang-hyeon had no intention of betraying or just passing over the heated atmosphere focused on him.
He shot immediately upon nocking the arrow to the string.
Instinctively, Agni also raised his gun barrel. Bang…! The gunshot created a blank space in the area, unrealistically slow.
The straight-flying arrowhead and the spinning bullet grew closer as if being sucked toward each other.
Crack! The arrow pierced through and shattered the bullet.
The creator of that arrow that brought down Agni in the moment of final victory was Gyeon Gang-hyeon himself.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
