I Am The Anti-Mage

Chapter 101: At Odds

Chapter 101: At Odds

What Ji-woo said were basically words that never came out of the hunters working in the guild. There was no such thing as a vacation or skipping training for hunting in a dungeon. It was a funny thing as well as a very unusual thing.

Instantly, all the hunters’ eyes that present turned to disgust to see a hunter acting like a coward. There was no such thing as a holiday in the guilds. The holidays only exist if there were no activities to enter the Portal Gates owned by the guild. In addition, they must always be on standby. Off because of illness? Very funny. People who got blessed with Mana would never get sick. That was why they got called God’s chosen people.

Several Demigod hunters that gave the briefings to the hunters also looked at Ji-woo with contempt.

A few hunters in the crowd sneered at Ji-woo.

“Hey, r*t*rd! Why don’t you go back and sleep on your mother’s lap at home.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Little kids should just play on the playground and suck on candy.”

“What a disgrace!”

Haha–

The hunters laughed and mocked Ji-woo with satisfaction. They know Ji-woo became a member of the Demigod guild because of the test. However, Ji-woo was still an inexperienced newcomer to them. It only increased their displeasure with newcomers by acting cowardly.

“Hey, kid. This isn’t child’s play we’re doing here. You’re part of a guild and need to do what we tell you to do. You think we’re civil servants who can ask for a day off at will, huh!?”

Dong-hyun was displeased with the hunters’ attitude. He wanted to come forward to defend Ji-woo even though he didn’t know his hyung’s reason for asking for a day off and not joining the training.

Meanwhile, Yu-jin, on the side, thought the hunters’ reactions were normal. She also didn’t understand why Ji-woo asked for leave to avoid the training. Weren’t all hunters eager to fight the Portal Gate creatures? After all, there would be money that the hunter got in every hunt.

“You, stay behind. Don’t stir things up. My problem, my business. Take a few steps back.” Ji-woo said to Dong-hyun in a small voice.

Dong-hyun wanted to refuse the order but got met with Ji-woo’s serious gaze that turned to him. He gaped and reluctantly obeyed what Ji-woo said.

Yu-jin also followed along like Dong-hyun did. She recognized Ji-woo’s strength and would train diligently under him. But, that didn’t mean she felt close enough to come to Ji-woo’s defense. Her relationship with Ji-woo was that of teacher and student, nothing more. It was purely a business relationship! Although, on paper, Ji-woo seemed to be getting nothing from training her.

On another note, Yu-jin was actually a little worried about what would happen to Ji-woo later.

Ji-woo didn’t want the two of them to get associated with him. It was because he was the one that started it. So, he had to take care of it, no one else. He opened his mouth with his icy cold gaze, natural placid expression.

“Geez. Isn’t that a harsh word to say? Well, I’m fine with that. I’ll take it as a farce, and then that means my vacation application gets approved. Where should I continue this? At the front desk?”

All the hunters were not happy to hear what Ji-woo said. Suddenly, a hunter came to him and grabbed him by the collar with one hand.

“Hey, moron! Where did you put your brain!? What we meant was that you can’t take a day off. If you’re scared, that’s your business. If you’re afraid to die, that’s your business too!

“Either way, you can’t back down. This is a primary task on the part of the guild. Unlike the previous three Portal Gate hunts. Understand?”

However, Ji-woo didn’t give a damn about the guild anymore. He became a member because he passed the test. He didn’t owe anything to the Demigod guild. He even considered saving them from the Demon Apes as a favor that he bestowed to the guild.

Ji-woo laughed lightly, and it made the hunter who grabbed his collar frown. Then he kicked the hunter in the right ankle and slammed the left face to the ground, knocking him unconscious.

Bang!

“Alright. It looks like my vacation needs some action to get it.”

All the hunters were shocked by the incident. Even Dong-hyun and Yu-jin widened their eyes at that. Neither of them expected such a thing to happen.

Ji-woo ignored them all and went to the front desk instead to ask where he could take care of the holiday thing.

“Bastard!!”

“What did you do!?”

Several hunters moved quickly to stop Ji-woo’s steps. Undeniably, a fight had taken place.

Ji-woo, whose hands were still in his trouser pockets, calmly and casually responded to the attacks that came from the hunters. He dodged very smoothly and neatly. And he responded with a kick. Some were to the face, to the stomach, to the body, and the neck.

Some got thrown at other hunters in the crowd, and some fell straight to the floor. They all immediately fell unconscious because of one kick from Ji-woo.

The other hunters were astounded at the events unfolding before their eyes. But that didn’t hinder them from going to Ji-woo.

The Demigod hunters who witnessed the quarrel immediately intervened to disperse them. However, before they could do so, Ji-woo had knocked several hunters unconscious from his kicks.

Luckily the fight only involved raw strength because the hunters were still aware that the battle area was the headquarters of their own guild. If it involved magic spells, the chaos would definitely get out of hand and be more brutal than it was.

Several Demigod hunters drew a line between the hunters who were brawling with Ji-woo. And a Demigod hunter appeared before him to drag him aside. He was grabbed by the collar again, and surprisingly a punch came to his stomach.

‘Oh my! Talking about the different treatments. Amusing!’

Ji-woo slipped his body through the punch and released the grip. He then landed a 360-degree rotation kick at the Demigod hunter that came at him.

That Demigod hunter crashed into the wall of the room and was unconscious. The hunter fell to the floor and left a crack on the wall.

Yu-jin and Dong-hyun, who just looked at the side and were casual when Ji-woo kicked the other hunters, gaped at the sight of a senior member of the guild who got thrown against the wall.

That would certainly make the problem more complicated and bigger than it already was.

The other Demigod hunters composed of B-rank were angry with Ji-woo’s actions and attacked him blindly.

Yu-jin and Dong-hyun dropped their mouths, and their hearts shrunk, seeing the scale of the fight. The hunters who attacked previously were also surprised by the senior hunters jumping at Ji-woo. They were still trying to digest how an E-ranker could make an intervening B-rank hunter unable to do anything.

The Demigod hunters who attacked Ji-woo were furious and intended to use the magic spells. They lost their rationality in anger and didn’t think about who they were dealing with. Either an ordinary human or an E-rank. Whatever!

Ji-woo took his hands out of his pockets and started to get annoyed. He intended to release the Aura of Fear to show them who was in control. Not only them but the other hunters would also be considerably affected by the aura. With hunters with such ranks, all hunters would probably kneel on the floor because of that.

Unexpectedly, the Demigod hunters and Ji-woo’s actions got stopped by blue transparent threads that tied several parts of their bodies.

“Enough! Don’t cause trouble here.”

It was the Godly Doctor who had come to mediate their fight.

The Demigod hunters were unable to move at all, bound by the blue threads.

Meanwhile, Ji-woo also did not move in his place. He looked at Dal-soo and took a deep breath. He moved his body and lowered his hands. Instantly, the blue threads on his body disappeared without a trace in the air.

Dal-soo narrowed his eyes, not expecting the medical thread to get dispelled smoothly. The Demigod hunters were also bewildered to see that.

“You guys go back and take care of the other hunters. Let me take care of this.”

Dal-soo withdrew his blue threads from the Demigod hunters and let them take care of their plan. He walked over to Ji-woo.

“How dare you make such a fuss in the guild. The punishment is expulsion from the guild or paying a fine.”

“Whatever.”

Ji-woo nonchalantly walked away from Dal-soo, leaving the shocked Yu-jin and Dong-hyun there. It was his own business, and the two had nothing to do with it.

Dal-soo, with a grave expression, looked toward Ji-woo that left the room without caring about the consequence. He wanted to restrain Ji-woo but stopped because he had other intentions. After all, he also didn’t want the commotion at the guild headquarters to become a scene and create a mess later. He also realized that Ji-woo was not just a simple E-rank hunter. There was something more there.