Damn Hunter Life Chapter 95
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<Twelve Zodiac Public Community Talk Board>
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[Video of Sa Ye-ho and Gyeon Gang-hyeon screaming when the Vermillion Bird appears.mp4]
[Photo of Sa Ye-ho and Gyeon Gang-hyeon holding hands tightly while staring at the Vermillion Bird ascending to the sky with their mouths agape.jpg]
―Fuck ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so cute
―They were so fucking loud ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―Everyone reduce your earphone volume when watching the video,
―But why ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ are they holding hands
―Are they kindergarteners? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―With Sa Ye-ho’s face looking cute without any resistance makes me laugh ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―Ah I want to ship YehoGang-hyeon but I’m being conscious of Hyeong-woo so I can’t…
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Ja Hyeong-woo crazy bastard [449]
No, I’m really someone who doesn’t like CPs
When I see fan fiction I skip-read everything
But after watching today’s Stage I finally knelt down…
Damn it who looks at their friend with such desperate eyes
Ha, fuck, his hand on the shoulder is so fucking massive too
―ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The poster seems to be enjoying it more than anyone
―But even on the analysis board there are lots of Ja Hyeong-woo gay theories
∟Yeah even there the atmosphere is like as long as hyung is happy…
∟Ah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―Hyeong-woo just doesn’t seem to have any intention of hiding it
―If he really came out no one would be surprised
―Ah tomorrow’s my birthday and as a commemoration I want Ja Hyeong-woo to publicly confess somewhere with CCTV, somewhere with sunlight and trees…
∟What the fuck ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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<Twelve Zodiac Public Community Analysis Board>
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Anyone who saw the successor official announcement [1842]
The Vermillion Bird skill belongs to Gyeon Gang-hyeon, crazy
―Fuck how is the Vermillion Bird Gyeon’s skill;; It’s a Vermillion Bird
∟Vermillion Bird’s Vermillion Bird
∟Woo Sae-geon announced it though
∟The direction was toward Gang-hyeon,
∟True lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―Vermillion Bird-like Vermillion Bird
―How does earth give birth to fire
―Woo Sae-geon’s announcement: In the Five Elements, earth attribute that symbolizes the center connects with other attributes. Only Successor Gyeon Gang-hyeon can currently use it, and aside from it being a supreme-grade skill with a recharge period of several months or more, we cannot reveal more specific details.
∟Oh thanks
―Supreme-grade ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
―Earth really gave birth to fire;;
∟Then Gang-hyeon is the mom and Sa Ye-ho is the dad?
∟ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ fuck
―Wow isn’t this the first supreme-grade
∟But it met the wrong owner
∟Yeah that’s right, the current Stage doesn’t need supreme-grade so why use it. Woo Sae-geon could clean up with just high-grade
∟He must have used it by mistake ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ There’s a photo of the snake being shocked on the talk board
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Gyeon Gang-hyeon fusion skill hypothesis [323]
I think this might be influenced by Gang-hyeon having high attribute affinity but low other stats
Maybe because his stats for his own attribute are low, he’s able to absorb other attributes?
―So we need one weakling like Gang-hyeon each?
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Just a short while ago, citizens were trembling with anxiety that the successors might not be able to overcome A-rank Stages. But they’ve now forgotten all about it with talk of supreme-grade skills that are ‘excessive for the current Stage.’
Now the community is bustling with those unwilling to acknowledge the usefulness of Gang-hyeon, who was once called the ‘trash successor’…
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Four Guardian Deities skills [489]
It won’t just be the Vermillion Bird, there are all 5 attributes among successors
*Wood: Azure Dragon
*Metal: White Tiger
*Water: Black Tortoise
I’m kind of excited?
Fuck I’m getting excited over Gang-trash
―ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ last line ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
―I hope the water one links with Hyeong-woo…
∟Above commenter go to the talk board
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After the Stage video was released, Woo Sae-geon had Sa Ye-ho check the internet public opinion.
“It went well as hyung intended. Gang-hyeon will probably bang his forehead though. Hyung’s decision to sacrifice Gang-hyeon~”
“That bastard brought it on himself.”
He simply announced the source of the Four Guardian Deities skill straightforwardly. He should be grateful that the physical contact part was omitted…
Gang-hyeon seems to have no conscience.
The moment he had that thought, a personal communication request came from the ungentlemanly Gang-hyeon.
[“Leaderrrrr!”]
A resounding shout battered his eardrums.
Woo Sae-geon moved the status window far away. *Cough cough*, Gang-hyeon coughed several times from the aftermath of his own loud voice.
Living on coughing alone, yet his spirit was alive and well.
[“Why did you say it was my skill! Why! I asked you to say it was Sa Ye-ho’s skill!”]
Listening to Gang-hyeon’s tantrum, Woo Sae-geon felt his stress relieved for the first time in a while. Suppressing a chuckle, he calmly retorted.
“You want me to lie to the entire nation?”
[“There’s such a thing as white lies.”]
“Think about your situation. You should welcome people acknowledging you. If you want to retire and receive a pension.”
As if struck where it hurt, Gang-hyeon was silent for a while, then lowered his voice considerably and whispered pitifully.
[“Just the leader acknowledging me is enough… I don’t need other people…”]
*Click*, Woo Sae-geon mercilessly cut the communication.
Over there, Gang-hyeon must be holding his head in frustration saying “Ah shit…” That pitiful voice was naturally just an act.
Because he cut off communication due to Gang-hyeon’s bullshit, he couldn’t say what he originally planned to tell him.
‘That Stage was your last chance.’
When he should be considering it heavenly luck that the fusion skill possessed such power, he’s making complacent complaints about not wanting attention from people.
‘If you couldn’t produce any results even on your final stage, I was going to officially declare the Dog successor a non-combatant and bury him this time.’
A successor who retires while I’m gone doesn’t have the potential to fill the void of the ‘incompetent Dog successor.’
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After the Gate Break erupted last November, the whole world began slowly adapting to life with Gates. And so, today marks the 9th month since Gate generation began.
The World Hunter Association finally succeeded in connecting the most special and secret otherworld where Korean hunters gather with the global comprehensive system.
And with that, finally all hunters on Earth were placed on the same system.
World rankings were registered.
Overnight, suddenly, all hunters including successors could see their rankings laid bare.
Of course, regular hunters also called Hunter School students didn’t have their rankings disclosed unless they revealed them personally…
The situation was different for successors whose stats were already public.
‘The world ranking format is insane.’
A Korean man in his 20s named Park Ho-gyeong, facing the massive data ranking site uploaded by the World Hunter Association, followed this behavioral pattern:
First, find Korean successor names in the world ranking top 30 posted on the first page.
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1st place… USA/…
2nd place… China/…
3rd place… USA/…
4th place Woo Sae-geon Korea/22 years old/Earth type
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And feel ecstasy at Woo Sae-geon’s existence, who placed 4th and carved Korea after the USA and China.
‘This is so satisfying, ha.’
There’s analysis that Woo Sae-geon’s skills become sharper and stronger as he goes through Stages. Experts said the Woo Sae-geon from the Busan Gate a few months ago and the current Woo Sae-geon are completely different people.
Even now, that high growth trajectory shows no signs of breaking.
As much as this was true, it was also an element that made one lament the terrible flaw of Korea Hunter School’s ‘age limit.’ The moment such a person loses all awakening abilities and retires within this year is coming. It could be called a great tragedy that Korea faces.
Park Ho-gyeong scrolled down and discovered one more Korean name in the top 30, letting out a cheer.
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15th place Ja Hyeong-woo Korea/21 years old/Water type
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‘Hyeong-woo hyung, I always believed in you.’
Since water-type awakeners were mostly healers, they were actually disadvantaged in the world ranking system. Park Ho-gyeong searched the healing group rankings separately in the search function and clearly confirmed that Ja Hyeong-woo was 2nd in the world.
And returning to the top 30 to look again…
There were no more Korean names. At this point, Park Ho-gyeong rapidly cooled down.
‘Let’s just search by Korean nationality.’
When searching Korean nationality, only the rankings of 10 people called successors appeared. Whether there was Korean Association coordination, they were listed in zodiac animal order rather than alphabetical or Korean alphabetical order.
As expected, all successors were S-rank.
Also, glancing at the numbers, besides Woo Sae-geon and Ja Hyeong-woo, the other successors also seemed to be positioned roughly within the 100-200 rank range.
‘Korea is unexpectedly a hunter powerhouse.’
Of course, Korea has the dependency that all other hunters use the successors’ power… But still, all successors being S-rank is nothing short of perfect.
Whether the order of animals and abilities really had a correlation, the first two figures were overwhelmingly strong and the rankings gradually decreased toward the back. Park Ho-gyeong checked the successors at the back with a bored expression.
“Huh?”
And suddenly bolted upright from the bed.
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Gyeon Gang-hyeon World Rank 31/Korea Rank 3
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The third strongest in Korea… is Gang-hyeon.
Surpassing Myo Cho-hui, Jin Seol-woon, Ma Cheon-ah and all, the global system determined Gang-hyeon to be the third strongest.
That weak sunfish.
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About two months before the world rankings were announced, on an American hunter broadcast program.
[“The Korean 10 hunters. What do they call themselves? Successors?”]
A popular hunter active like a celebrity, ‘Bootsman,’ publicly mentioned Korean successors.
[“They have, how should I put it, excellent character! Moreover, they’re young and outstanding. I like them very much.”]
Bootsman smiled brightly at the camera, and his preview comment as a promotional ambassador for his country’s Hunter Association soon spread to Korea as well.
[“How wonderful would it be if they responded to the Hunter Olympics preliminary match we’re preparing?”]
And after a few weeks passed, one month before Gang-hyeon manifested the Four Guardian Deities skill.
Woo Sae-geon received a proposal for a ‘Korea-USA Hunter Friendship Match.’
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
