Damn Hunter Life Chapter 110
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‘Translation Result’
All hunters, regardless of nationality, have five attributes from nature. While their abilities and levels may vary, hunters’ positions are the same.
However, Korea has the peculiarity of having 12 superior leaders. Ah, though it’s only 10 for now.
Anyway, what’s surprising is that when these 10 people were entered, the global system also produced the alias ‘Twelve Zodiac Successors.’
You mean ‘Twelve Zodiac Successors’ wasn’t a setting created for marketing in Korea, but information that was registered in the system from the beginning? How curious. Do you have more detailed information?
I couldn’t obtain any other information.
When I looked into the ‘Twelve Zodiac’ theory, it’s not just a story that works in Korea, but a theory spread throughout the East. But why was only Korea chosen among them?
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‘The system created the Twelve Zodiac Successors…’
I suppose that makes sense. All the familiars have animal forms too. Still, hearing it directly from an association person felt different.
‘But in the end, those people don’t know the exact reason we’re called successors either, right?’
It seems even the World Hunter Association can’t help with information the system doesn’t disclose.
In the end, there wasn’t much gain.
I just got an eerie feeling for no reason. I pointlessly tapped the status window floating in front of me with my finger (of course it doesn’t actually get tapped) and stopped.
Beyond the door went quiet for a moment, then someone said something briefly. I could understand those words without translation.
“Noel should be arriving soon.”
The conversation they were having cut off abruptly with those words. They’re probably waiting for this person called Noel. Is he coming into this building?
Then footsteps started from the entrance I had come through.
I was startled. I know I’m safe anyway since I’m in stealth mode, but seeing the person’s face.
‘Noel was this bastard?’
A tall man with green eyes, Agni, walked step by step toward this room. He had an unusually cold expression.
Should I trip him or something?
Remembering everything I’d suffered until now, it was hard to suppress the impulse. I at least raised my middle finger toward his profile.
Agni went inside, and the door closed. I turned the translator back on.
Suspiciously murmuring voices. Agni’s voice, heard sporadically, was low and subdued.
The feeling was different from the voice he used when being a smartass to me, which I found a bit unexpected, when the translation result came out.
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‘Translation Result’
You particularly shone in this match, Noel. You performed your assigned role excellently. You really looked cunning, haha.
The First Call team members really don’t know for sure, right? That I always deliberately act like a villain to draw viewers’ attention and receive additional money in return.
Of course. You’re a flawless scoundrel. But to your mother hospitalized in the hospital, you’d be the best son.
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An unexpected fact hit the back of my neck dully. I couldn’t understand it immediately and read the paragraph twice.
‘Agni was coordinating with officials and acting? For money?’
Right at that moment.
The conversation cut off like a lie.
“Wait.”
A man’s voice was heard right in front of the door where I was standing.
Creak—!
In an instant, I came face to face with an association official.
“The most sophisticated stealth technique I’ve ever seen. It hides appearance, sound, smell, and even life energy completely. But what to do. The detection skill I have is one that sees existence, that is, the ‘soul.'”
Cold eyes pierced exactly where I was standing. It seemed like I had unknowingly pressed close to the door while listening, which became the problem. The man looked me over thoroughly with a gaze that seemed to strip me naked after I was caught red-handed.
I had no choice but to release my stealth skill. As soon as the skill was released, the man grabbed my shoulder firmly.
Agni, who had been bewildered, checked me and his complexion immediately turned pale. He jumped up from his chair and shouted like a scream.
“Let him go! He has nothing to do with this.”
“Why wouldn’t he be involved? He was eavesdropping.”
“I, I called him here. It’s my fault!”
Agni grabbed the official and raised his voice. What? Is he covering for me…?
However, Agni was soon kicked out. The official pinned me against the wall and began pouring out English furiously.
His tone was very harsh and threatening. It seemed like he might harm me if something went wrong. I, who had been keeping my mouth tightly shut, finally shouted clumsily in English.
“Slowly, speak! If you speak fast, I can’t understand.”
Then the official looking down at me smirked mockingly.
Mocking me? Irritation suddenly rushed over me. My middle finger hidden at my waist twitched.
Suddenly, the sound of the back room door opening wide came from behind me.
The gaze of the man gripping my shoulder went upward. His eyes became blank as if surprised.
At the same time, the hand that had been on my shoulder was forcibly removed. By Woo Sae-geon, who had torn the man’s arm away with terrifying grip strength.
Woo Sae-geon was glaring at the official, not me.
“What the hell is this supposed to be?”
I didn’t even know Woo Sae-geon was there. Was there a meeting with other people? If I think he happened to come out because of the loud noise during a meeting… the context makes sense while simultaneously not making sense.
So, more precisely, Woo Sae-geon’s current behavior.
Woo Sae-geon asked about the situation in English, then began protesting rapidly in an authoritative tone. During this, he pulled me over and pushed me behind him.
Due to his consistently calm attitude during our conversations, I had expected Woo Sae-geon would speak English perfectly. But actually hearing the elegant pronunciation flowing from his mouth was surprisingly amazing.
A native speaker… so almost native level. Even seeing it directly, it was puzzling.
A human who looked like he’d just popped out of an Eastern painting, that is.
“You go ahead.”
Woo Sae-geon threw out a word as if I had no need to stay here and sharply turned his chin. His eyes remained fixed on the official in front.
“Well…”
I slowly shifted my gaze to the side.
I couldn’t bring myself to say thank you, and saying sorry when I wasn’t sorry, so after hemming and hawing, I finally said quietly.
“I’ll owe you one.”
I returned to the lodging and slept for a while before waking up.
Even after lazing around like that, there was still about an hour and a half left before returning to school. Sprawled on the bed, I thought about what happened earlier.
‘Woo Sae-geon will handle the trouble I caused smoothly with his eloquence and status.’
Ah, I’m in debt to that guy. A shortcut to making hunter life tiresome. My stealth skill was also discovered…
Then I remembered Agni’s desperate expression as he tried to stop the official. I rolled to my side and buried my cheek in the pillow.
‘It is bothering me… but what’s it to me?’
Agni chose to get cursed at by Korean people himself. He’s already doing well with his bad boy image, plus he made money from it. It didn’t seem like anyone forced him either.
Suddenly, wind chime sounds came from outside the door. It was a bell tied to a string that guests shake instead of a doorbell.
“It’s me, Agni.”
A presence right at the door.
Goosebumps rose. Sleep completely fled and I bolted upright.
“I got permission from the security guard and asked where Gyeon’s room was. Could you show your face for a moment?”
At that moment, all kinds of thoughts came to me. Could that thing outside be an assassin? He came to eliminate me for hearing something I shouldn’t have.
Though his voice was gentle, that guy who was all provocative was acting, so couldn’t he fake this kind of tone too?
I was about to turn him away at the door, then changed my mind. I quietly called Sa Ye-ho.
[“Uhhh…”]
Sa Ye-ho answered half-asleep.
“Were you sleeping?”
[“Mmmuhhh…”]
“Agni seems to have come for a fight, help me out.”
Exactly 2 seconds later, a clear voice.
[“Fuck. He’s dead.”]
Soon Sa Ye-ho, with his short hair pressed down according to pillow marks, flew down from the 3rd floor window.
Seeing me come out to the yard, Agni approached hesitantly. It was a 180-degree different image from his appearance during the match.
Since it didn’t seem like he came to fight, Sa Ye-ho decided to listen to the conversation from a little distance while pretending to use his phone.
“If you have something to say, say it. Speak slowly. Because if you speak fast, I can’t understand.”
The first word was a bit awkward, but it got better as I spoke. Even if my pronunciation sucks, he’ll probably understand roughly.
Agni immediately opened his mouth.
“About what happened earlier… Don’t worry. Your team captain handled it well.”
“…”
I thought he’d question me for eavesdropping on an important secret. But Agni was actually being politely respectful. It was very strange to see the guy who was acting crazy being so docile.
If he was going to change like this, what the hell was that match about? I suddenly got angry.
“And also, I came to apologize. For what I did to you during the match. I made you really angry. I’m sorry.”
“How am I supposed to react to this?”
I crossed my arms and shot back while looking elsewhere. Agni looked even more flustered.
“You don’t need to react. I don’t even deserve your forgiveness. It’s just… you found out earlier. My secret. To me, that seemed like an opportunity to apologize to you.”
“Got it. I heard your position. Is the conversation over?”
I nodded and gestured to Sa Ye-ho who was some distance away.
Honestly, what am I supposed to do here, comfort him? My job was done by listening to Agni’s story and believing him.
Just as I was about to turn around, Agni raised his arm and lightly stopped me. And what he said was—
“Listen. If it hadn’t been for the contract, I wouldn’t have tormented you like that. While I was insulting you, I felt like breaking my own head. Who would want to be so unpleasant to someone they like?”
I could see blood rushing to Agni’s face. He didn’t seem to be joking. There was no lightness in his voice.
No… but what is he saying? That he likes me…?
Someone likes me? And a man at that?
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
