Chapter 7

This was why it paid to have a good disciple.

The Association personnel came all the way to the Cheonjeong Guild, but without the Guild Master’s permission, they couldn’t even enter the building.

A little while later.

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“Those Association bastards…! atomic Instead of rolling out the red carpet and respectfully escorting you, they dared to chase you down? apron Absolutely unforgivable. amateur I’ll call the Association President right now and…”

Look how much I was benefiting from it.

“It’s fine.”

The moment she contacted him, he’d probably use the excuse of apologizing to arrange a meeting.

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“Yes. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com august The previous president resigned ten years ago. antique The position remained vacant for quite some time, but a new president took office about a year ago.”

“More importantly, Eunseon, did the Association President change?”

No wonder.

That would only make things more troublesome.

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“What’s the new president like?”

“He’s a non-Awakened who took the position with the intention of entering politics. audit I suspect he’s trying to use you to gain political power, Master.”

He would never have handled things in such an unpleasant manner.

The Association President I remembered was a straightforward old man.

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“Indeed. agent At one point, he even changed the Association’s logo to resemble the design of the fedora you used to wear.”

“What a strange bastard.”

To think I could no longer hang around the PC café because of a lunatic like that… How depressing.

Was he insane?

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“Don’t tell me you’ve been living in a PC café this entire time…?”

“…A PC café.”

“By the way, Master, where on earth have you been staying since you came out of the dungeon?”

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“No, it’s fine. action I have money, too…”

Hearing someone else say it really drove home just how pathetic I’d been.

“I’ll arrange a new place for you to stay and a way to contact you immediately!”

When I nodded, Myeong Eunseon’s expression darkened.

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“…Listen to you, saying things like that. meadow Don’t go around making offers like that to just anyone.”

“Master. echo I’ve worked hard enough over the years to buy entire buildings. amateur Finding you a single room is nothing. legend You can even stay at my house if you’d like!”

Hearing something like that from my own disciple really made me realize how pathetic my current situation was.

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“Leave it alone, Eunseon. attic You could throw your master into the ocean, and he’d still find a way to eat well and live comfortably.”

“But if you live in the ocean, I won’t be able to contact you!”

Enough. attic The more I thought about it, the stronger my desire for revenge became.

No money, no house, no job, no skills. meadow I couldn’t even afford to live openly with my face exposed.

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Myeong Eunseon’s guild was quite impressive, especially considering she’d become a building owner in her twenties.

Spouting nonsense, I turned my attention to the guild’s interior.

“Send me a letter. atomic A seagull will deliver it.”

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An artificial sky created by a beam projector was playing across the ceiling.

The building resembled an observatory, and the Guild Master’s office had a dome-shaped ceiling.

Its floor-to-ceiling windows offered a panoramic view of Seoul, making it easy to spot emergencies and respond immediately.

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‘How long has it been since I gave her that? attic And she’s still using it.’

At night, the ceiling would probably be filled with stars.

Had I given it to her when she was still a student? arch What a nostalgic feeling.

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Beside them were photographs of her with S-rank Hunters, along with their autographs.

On the table where the projector sat were a baseball cap and an autographed baseball from Myeong Eunseon’s favorite team.

Apparently, baseball was still going strong despite the state of the world.

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Standing in front of a wall of glass without a detection skill was practically the same as making yourself a target.

After looking over the familiar faces, I walked over to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.

Ten years ago, I would never have stood in such an exposed position.

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I gazed at the cityscape for a moment…

‘……’

And that was even more true now that I had no skills.

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Just as I thought our eyes might have met…

‘What’s that?’

Then I noticed someone moving strangely in the building across the street.

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“You crazy bastard!”

A flash of light erupted, and a skill came flying straight toward us.

“Pardon?”

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I immediately released the magical power I had been suppressing.

I formed a magical shield, wrapping the guild’s exterior wall in a thick layer of my mana.

It was a skill powerful enough to punch straight through the guild’s walls.

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The skill had been aimed precisely at my neck.

BOOM!!

The explosive attack collided with the shield, producing a deafening blast.

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“No. aspect It’s a person.”

“Ugh! echo Don’t tell me another monster has appeared!”

Worse still, it was a malicious attack that had nearly blown up Myeong Eunseon’s entire office.

“A person?”

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That’s right. adopt I’d been waiting for this very moment.

I’d expected someone to show up eventually.

When news got out that I was alive, I figured the bastard who wanted me dead would come looking for me on his own.

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“Eunseon. aluminum Bring those Association people who were chasing me earlier and follow me.”

“Y-yes, Master!”

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I needed to deal with him rather than waste time lamenting the loss of my skills.

But someone with explosive skills had suddenly started causing chaos in the middle of Seoul.

The problem was that I didn’t have any skills to kill that bastard with.

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As I jumped toward the building across the street, I examined the attacker’s face.

Bang—

Meanwhile, the attacker appeared to be preparing another skill.

I pulled Myeong Eunseon’s baseball cap down over my head and stepped out through the window.

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Explosive skills came rushing toward me.

Their power was on an entirely different level from the attacks of ordinary small fry.

He had a skill that allowed him to attack from a distance. alpha Naturally, he wasn’t going to let an opponent close the gap without resistance.

BOOM! legend BOOM!

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The explosions were powerful enough to blow apart a building’s exterior walls if they struck. sphere He was at least A-rank.

If I wanted to prevent collateral damage, I had to take the attacks head-on rather than dodge them.

I densely concentrated the magical power I’d released, forming a spherical mana shield.

BOOM!!

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But the way this mana was moving…

The incoming skills struck the shield and exploded.

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“What the hell are you?”

Using my mana shield as a foothold, I sprang forward and kicked the attacker squarely in the chest.

“…!”

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“Get up. anxiety I went easy on you.”

He slammed into the rooftop wall with a heavy thud, but…

Taking out my anger on this guy wouldn’t accomplish anything.

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The attacker staggered to his feet.

His eyes were unfocused, and his magical power circulated mechanically.

“What the hell is going on?”

“……”

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This was an age when humans could wield magic.

This bastard was being controlled by someone else, firing off skills like a puppet.

Had he been brainwashed into attacking me until he exhausted all his magical power?

So why wouldn’t mind control be possible?

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Then I forced my own mana inside, causing the two streams of magical power to become entangled.

There was no need to use my Developer skills or even my lost skills against someone like this.

I thrust the edge of my hand into the area where his mana was welling up.

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It wasn’t even a skill, strictly speaking.

That would stop his mana from flowing and prevent him from activating his skills.

It was a fundamental technique anyone could use if they understood what mana was and how skills were activated.

It was a technique for temporarily suppressing skill activation.

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“I can’t undo skills like mind control either. palette You’ll have to put up with it until a specialist arrives.”

“…!”

The bastard struggled, but I couldn’t care less about the flailing of someone who was effectively an ordinary civilian without his skills.

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A mind-control skill this powerful was bound to have limitations on its activation range.

I stripped off his outer clothing, used it to bind his hands and feet, and looked around.

The person responsible was undoubtedly hiding somewhere nearby, watching the scene unfold.

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“If you don’t come out, I’ll find you when you’re asleep and make sure you can never use your skills again. august Want to experience firsthand just how dangerous it is to use skills on another person?”

“……”

“Hey. adapt Come out.”

Of course, threatening him wasn’t going to make him come out. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. atomic He’d have to be an idiot to do that.

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I’d only said it so he’d have to live with the anxiety of not knowing when I might come after him.

He probably wouldn’t be sleeping soundly for a while.

Right on cue, a specialist capable of dispelling skills arrived.

“Master!!”

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I slipped away to avoid those troublesome Association people.

Association personnel also swarmed the area to deal with the aftermath.

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Since my survival had been confirmed, two people had made moves against me.

The first was the Association President.

There were two.

He seemed to be trying to ride on my reputation to gain political power. acid He was also the first to approach me, and his attention-seeking way of doing things rubbed me the wrong way.

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Then there was the mind-control Awakened.

Someone who calculated everything in terms of personal gain would surely understand that killing me offered him no benefit.

But he wasn’t the kind of person who would have thrown me into the ocean.

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There was no way I’d been caught off guard and thrown into the ocean by someone like that.

I might have encountered someone with such a skill before, but the fact that I couldn’t remember anyone suggested they hadn’t been particularly skilled.

Among the Hunters I knew, none possessed mind-control skills.

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And both were cowardly enough to avoid confronting me themselves.

Both of them had sent pathetic underlings who weren’t even worth using skills against.

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Even if I hadn’t shown myself for ten years, there was no way the culprit wouldn’t be feeling anxious now that I’d returned alive and well.

Perhaps the person I truly needed to take revenge on was hiding behind that mind-control user.

‘If I absolutely had to choose the more suspicious of the two, it’d be the mind-control user.’

And since I’d personally promised to beat the bastard senseless, I might as well start by finding out who he was and where he lived.

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I borrowed Myeong Eunseon’s laptop and sat down.

As soon as I logged in, I noticed a post that had just appeared in the community section.

There was no need for interviews or conventional detective work. absorb All I had to do was browse a few websites that brokered dirty jobs for high-ranking Hunters.

I could find a mind-control user faster than the police could.

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└ Every A-rank got that job offer.

(Anonymous) Looks like that Hero Killing thing was real after all;

(Anonymous) But do you really get 10 billion won if you succeed?

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└ You think that money’s clean? academy The cops would catch you immediately, dumbass.

└ You think 10 billion won grows on trees? meadow How can you believe that?

Apparently, someone had offered A-rank Awakened a job called “Hero Killing,” with a reward of 10 billion won.

└ It’s real. agent The item that bastard showed as proof has a market value of 10 billion.

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I checked some overseas job-brokerage sites as well, but there was no mention of Hero Killing on any of them.

So that mind-control user had put a 10-billion-won bounty on my head?

In that case, the mind-control user was Korean.

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‘Doing pathetic things like this, for example.’

One person did come to mind, but if it were him, he wouldn’t have resorted to such cheap, petty, and downright filthy methods. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

‘Was there anyone in Korea who hated me enough to want me dead…?’

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Just a few minutes ago, an elderly non-Awakened man had suddenly destroyed a statue bearing my likeness.

「[Breaking News] Culprit Who Destroyed Statue Identified as Non-Awakened Man in His Seventies」

「[Breaking News] Statue of Ji Changha in Gwanghwamun Found with Its Head Broken Off」

「[Breaking News] Suspect Claims, “I Don’t Remember Clearly”」

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Someone must have ordered him to do it.

Anyone could see it was that bastard’s doing.

There was already someone who wanted me dead, and I’d just provoked that person. riddle If something like this happened immediately afterward, it was obvious who was responsible.

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And judging by the destruction of my statue, he didn’t merely want to eliminate me.

Naturally, he was also an Awakened with a mind-control skill.

The mind-control user was Korean and wealthy enough to casually offer up assets worth 10 billion won.

To summarize, here’s what I knew.

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He wanted to erase my achievements.

‘You’re fucking dead now.’

I was beginning to get a rough picture of the culprit.