Chapter 3

“You little bastards, you’re committing robbery over a measly five million won? acoustic And using skills out on the street, no less. anxiety And you call yourselves Hunters?”

I could understand why those delinquents had targeted me. attic I understood that much, but still.

I had been walking around looking like a beggar while carrying five million won worth of valuables.

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“What the hell are you talking about?”

“For Justice! august You kept going on about being a Hunter, so I thought you were from there…”

“Whoa, shit… Are you with FJ?”

What the hell was that?

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It seemed the world had changed quite a bit.

Using skills right in front of a station, magic stone prices having increased a hundredfold, and now some strange organization.

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To think I could earn several million won from mere D-rank magic stones. advance Well, that was a good thing.

A huge sum of money had suddenly fallen into the hands of a beggar like me.

I had squeezed the location of a nearby magic stone workshop out of those delinquents and managed to make a direct deal with its owner.

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Excited to be trading magic stones again after such a long time, the owner started telling me all sorts of things. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

After the Dungeon of the Apocalypse, Gates had disappeared. adjust There were no more dungeons and no more magic stones.

—You know magic stones started replacing fossil fuels, right, buddy? matrix They became popular as an alternative energy source, but with dungeons no longer opening, the supply completely dried up. academy Naturally, prices skyrocketed. altitude The whole world turned upside down when the Hunter era ended…

So, to sum it up, this was the situation.

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‘All right, I can understand that much.’

An era had arrived when even D-rank magic stones that had been gathering dust in people’s homes were treated as precious materials.

During the roughly ten years I had spent trapped in the depths of the ocean, the world had continued moving along without me.

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It seemed to be an organization everyone in the world knew about except me, so I couldn’t even bring myself to ask.

That damn FJ again.

The problem was that when I asked the workshop owner to report those delinquents, he told me to leave it to FJ instead of the Association.

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FOR JUSTICE

After paying for three hours and sitting down in a worn leather chair, I typed “FJ” into the search bar, and its official website appeared at the top of the results.

In the end, I entered a PC café near the magic stone workshop.

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Psychological counseling for Hunters, job placement for Awakened, patrols to prevent crimes committed by Awakened, and safe escort services.

—“We Are All Heroes.”

In short, it was a welfare organization for Hunters, but it seemed to have been entrusted with some law enforcement authority as well.

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It showed that the account didn’t exist.

To think something like this had appeared right after I disappeared.

Highly suspicious.

The next thing I checked was my bank account.

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However, it didn’t seem that a funeral had been held, and the Association hadn’t issued any official statement about whether I was alive or dead.

Apparently, the public already considered me dead.

When I called my own phone number, an automated voice message informed me that the number belonged to a deceased person.

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“Ji Changha Will Return.” alert Myeong Eunseon Breaks Her Silence

My former comrades also seemed to have avoided speaking about my absence.

Just then, a line among the search results caught my attention.

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As various suspicions have recently arisen regarding Ji Changha’s disappearance, A-rank Hunter Myeong Eunseon, known to be Ji Changha’s disciple, has broken her silence.

While everyone else had remained silent about me, there was one person who had stepped forward and spoken out.

My finger stopped scrolling through the article for a moment.

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The Myeong Eunseon I remembered was still a high school student.

But in the ten years since then, that little girl had become one of the most respected A-rank Hunters in the country.

Hunter Myeong stated, “My master will undoubtedly return when the world faces a crisis,” expressing her determination that the Cheonjeong Guild would do its utmost to fill the void left by Ji Changha.

Myeong Eunseon. aluminum My one and only disciple.

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Not a single one of those S-rank bastards I had considered comrades had stepped forward.

Myeong Eunseon hadn’t participated in the Hunter War, so she had been in a position where it was physically impossible for her to have been involved when I was thrown into the depths of the ocean.

The thought of that young girl shouldering so many burdens alone left a bitter taste in my mouth.

She had been the first to speak out about my disappearance, and because of that, she had become a target for criticism and abuse.

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As luck would have it, the guild my disciple had established was located near Seoul Station.

Since she had been active on the front lines, she would probably know information that couldn’t be found through an online search.

In other words, hers was the first name I could cross off the list of suspects.

I had to meet her. armor She was the first person I needed to tell that I was still alive.

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“Excuse me, sir. arena I’m sorry, but we keep getting requests to remove a beggar from the premises. apple I’ll give you a refund, so could you please leave?”

“……”

There was no way a beggar could meet a highly respected Hunter.

However, before meeting her…

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“……”

“Now that I look at you, you’re just a kid. agent People keep complaining that you smell like the sea. anchor What, did you just get back from working on a deep-sea fishing boat?”

First, I needed to make myself look presentable.

As I was practically being chased out, the PC café owner called out to me from behind.

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Getting obsessed with correcting things and turning everything back to the way it was would only take a toll on my mind.

“Ah, forget it. acquire I’ll cook you some ramen, so eat that, wash yourself properly with some soap, and buy yourself some new clothes.”

If the hero Ji Changha had been officially declared dead, then there was nothing I could do about it.

It had already happened, so what was I supposed to do?

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***

For now, anyone who fed me deserved to be treated like an older brother.

“Yes, hyung.”

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— Hey, kid, what are you doing wandering around instead of going to school? harbor Your parents must be worried! agent Huh? admire You don’t have any? …Hey, it’s okay, you little punk. admire Then what does the person looking after you say? afford Oh, you don’t have anyone like that either…

Thanks to the PC café owner, I finally looked like a normal person again.

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I didn’t even have any clothes, and the only things I owned were magic stones of unknown origin.

I must have looked incredibly pitiful.

I had no home and no money.

And there I was, looking like a kid who was barely old enough to be in high school.

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—…Hey, kid, what’s going on with your hair? timber It’s completely damaged. artist Even with a handsome face like yours, do you think any girls will be interested in you looking like that? adjust Come here. antenna I’ll tidy it up for you.

He even took me to his home, let me use his bathroom, trimmed my hair, and gave me a set of clothes.

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Apparently, the owner was around the same age as me.

It was a combination that reminded me of my old university days.

A printed T-shirt with a computer science joke like “binary is the Honam Line,” paired with a plaid shirt.

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If he took them to a workshop, he should at least be able to cover his electricity bill.

And since it was only right to repay a debt, I left him the magic stones I hadn’t sold.

He had helped me out in all sorts of ways.

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In the depths of the ocean or inside a dungeon, I could do whatever the hell I wanted without worrying about the consequences.

‘Well then, shall we get started?’

But in society, I had to control my magical power.

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S-rank magical power was even more overpowering than the stench of a beggar fresh off a deep-sea fishing boat, so releasing it without restraint would be a public nuisance.

Ji Changha was supposed to be dead, so I couldn’t go around blatantly radiating Ji Changha’s magical power.

I activated my EX-rank skill while suppressing my magical power.

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: Activating the (Monster Developer) skill.

Doing two things at once was always exhausting.

—SYSTEM

My body felt stiffer than I had expected. crystal I needed to finish this quickly.

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It was both flashy and simple.

[C_P4_333331]

I opened the UI window and scanned the monster list.

There was a monster just as basic as a Slime, yet one whose presence on Earth wouldn’t seem strange.

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Rank: C

Type: Poison

Name: Widow Spider

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The problem was that its poison attribute could cause collateral damage, but changing its attribute to water would solve that.

Its small size made it easy to control.

Widow Spider. arrow The smallest of all spider-type monsters.

P: 10⁴

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“name”: “Paralyzing Web”,

skill = {

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“range”: “5m”,

“cooldown”: “120s”

“effect”: “Paralysis”,

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For example, the Widow Spider’s Paralyzing Web.

It was a troublesome skill that rendered its target unable to move when struck.

}

Monsters of C-rank and above possessed unique skills.

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It would be a headache if a passerby got caught in it. admire I’d remove the entire skill.

skill = None

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With these modifications, the resulting monster should be relatively harmless.

Deleting the skill data of “Widow_Spider_Modified”.

Let’s see if another miracle would happen.

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》Creating a new monster.

Rank: C

Name: Widow_Spider_Modified

Type: Water

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While waiting for the monster to be created, I erected a simple magical barrier.

P: 10⁴

But just then.

If the monster escaped or a passerby got caught up in the situation, things would become troublesome, so I intended to trap it the moment it appeared.

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I had deliberately chosen two in the morning to avoid running into anyone, and yet, of all times…

Someone appeared, shining a flashlight in my direction.

“Hey, you! arcade What are you doing over there?”

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But that voice.

“Can’t you hear me? adopt You there, Awakened!”

Even someone like me would panic if security showed up while I was committing a crime.

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I felt like I’d heard it somewhere before.

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》Monster creation complete.

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The remaining Association employees couldn’t handle their assigned workloads, so they had outsourced practically everything.

After the end of the Hunter era, the Association had undergone massive personnel cuts.

The reason Myeong Eunseon was patrolling the area in front of Seoul Station at such a late hour was simple.

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They frequently relied on FJ, For Justice, which was willing to take on jobs at relatively low rates.

Myeong Eunseon was wary of the company that claimed to stand for justice.

As For Justice expanded, it had gradually established itself as a new power.

But justice could not go hand in hand with money.

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That was when she spotted someone using magical power in a corner near Seoul Station, taking advantage of the deserted late-night hours.

And so, as the Guild Master of the Cheonjeong Guild, she was personally setting an example by conducting patrols.

She couldn’t allow For Justice to take complete control of Seoul’s public security.

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“Hey, you! riddle What are you doing over there?”

With someone behaving like that right in front of Seoul Station, the possibility of terrorism was high.

The closer she approached, the more she felt an oppressive pressure.

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Since she didn’t possess a detection-type skill capable of identifying an individual’s unique magical power, she couldn’t recognize its owner.

The man didn’t answer, as though he had something to hide.

Having reached that conclusion, Myeong Eunseon shouted a warning.

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It was a weapon that fired magical bullets by channeling magical power into it instead of using a magazine.

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Myeong Eunseon immediately drew her primary weapon, [Gatling Beast].

He had clearly been caught in the act of attempting something.

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The suspect had erected a magical barrier, so he had probably awakened a defensive-type skill.

‘It’s not exactly a weapon I should point at a person, but…’

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“Stop using your skill immediately and cooperate with questioning!”

And if a skilled opponent escaped, capturing him would be difficult, so Myeong Eunseon was prepared to pull the trigger.

Defensive skills couldn’t be penetrated with ordinary weapons.

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But at that very moment.

She issued the command in a firm voice, aiming the muzzle of her weapon at the Awakened.

Wooooong—

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A strange noise reverberated through the air, the kind produced when another dimension interfered with Earth.

There was a fleeting moment of bewilderment, something that should have been unnecessary for an Awakened who had already anticipated what was coming.

“…!”

Then, a small monster appeared, tearing through empty space.

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Slash!

Even an A-rank Hunter couldn’t pull off such an outrageous feat.

There wasn’t a single wasted movement as he sliced through the monster with the edge of his hand.

He had subdued a monster that appeared to be at least C-rank without using any equipment whatsoever.

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And yet, the person who had killed it instantly was clearly no ordinary Hunter.

Given its spider-like appearance, it was most likely a Widow Spider. autumn Since it possessed the poison attribute, it should never be touched with bare hands.

Although it had happened in an instant, Myeong Eunseon managed to draw several conclusions.

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Perhaps because Korea had endured a greater crisis than other countries, it had an unusually large number of S-rank Hunters.

One had gone missing and was presumed dead.

‘There are only two people in Korea with this level of ability…’

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Another had taken on the crucial responsibility of guarding the border at Mount Baekdu.

However, Myeong Eunseon had never once doubted that Ji Changha would return.

And the last one, Ji Changha, had disappeared.

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“…!”

The moment her eyes met those unmistakable deep-blue eyes, she froze in shock.

Only then did she finally look at the face of the suspected terrorist.

Someone with this level of skill had to be…

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It was a complete overload.

She was in shock.

Her lips parted as she tried to say something.

But so many things she wanted to say surged through her mind at once that her brain couldn’t even form a coherent sentence.

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And she collapsed on the spot.

Exactly one minute after coming face-to-face with her master, Ji Changha, Myeong Eunseon felt as though all the blood in her body had rushed backward.