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Chapter 111
Chapter 111
Chapter 111
People often referred to hunters as ‘lawless professionals.’ Of course, it wasn’t because they were good enough to live a life without laws. Rather, the hunters got that nickname for constantly breaking them! Their manner of thinking was controversial. Even though they hadn’t signed a contract with an evil god constellation, their first thought was, ‘He’s annoying. I should kill him.’
‘These people are crazy.’
Their conversation made even Choi Yeonseung flustered. Choi Yeonseung didn’t expect all the hunters here to side with him. Honestly, he was touched! He was so proud of their responses that it made him think feeding them was worth it. However, he didn’t expect the reaction that followed.
Let’s kill him because he’s annoying...!
“That doesn’t seem right.”
“!”
Choi Yeonseung was delighted when a hunter spoke up. Fortunately, one of them seemed normal.
“Why?”
“The Ambitus people will stop it.”
“Everyone here hates that guy except for the Ambitus members. Why don’t we talk to them before killing him?”
“That’s true. They’ll get out of the way if they don’t want to get involved.”
“......”
Choi Yeonseung had to work hard to keep his composure. These bastards were crazy…
However, they had a point. If they went outside like this, Jules would say, ‘I was attacked! That Choi Yeonseung bastard attacked me!’ That would cause things to become annoying. The hunters who were with him would also be dragged into it and cursed at...
At worst, it could lead to a court dispute. Of course, Jules wouldn’t win, but rumors would spread among the media and the people.
-He had to have been attacked, considering he’s actually suing!
… That could be considered a success for Jules.
If he didn’t want to go through such bother, it would be best to just kill him here. If all the hunters joined forces and killed him inside this dungeon, they could claim it was self-defense. The Ambitus clan would go on a rampage, but many big clans were here...
“Hey, Ambitus. No matter how you look at it, he’s the culprit. Get out of the way. If you don’t, we’ll consider you as accomplices.”
“That’s... Then it can’t be helped.”
When the Ambitus clan members stepped aside, the hunters of other clans nodded with satisfaction. They understood things!
“You’re all ??ing dogs!”
Enraged, Jules drew the dagger from his arm and yelled ferociously. In this situation where everyone had stopped fighting each other, they all joined forces to try and kill him. It rendered him speechless and almost devastated. Now that it had come to this, he had to fight with all his strength.
-Poisonous Fog Secretion!
Jules used the constellation’s skill. The dagger bewitchingly glowed as it gave Jules more strength.
“Look at him!”
“I told you he was the culprit! What did I say?”
The hunters were more delighted than surprised. They were glad this guy was the culprit! However, unaware that he had been strengthened by an evil god constellation, they underestimated Jules’ skills.
“Move back!”
Choi Yeonseung caught the hunters close to him and threw them back. They shouted as if they didn’t understand it.
“What are you doing, Choi Yeonseung?!”
“Jules is a C-grade at best! He’s no match for me!”
“He made a contract with an evil god constellation. Don’t look down on him!”
The hunters looked at Jules with shocked expressions. Contracted with an evil god constellation?
“You’re right, but it’s too late! I will kill you first!” Jules pointed his dagger at Choi Yeonseung and used magic.
-Fangs of a Slithering Venomous Snake!
Fangs of a Slithering Venomous Snake, a 4th-circle spell, was a skill given to Jules by the Traitor with a Poisoned Dagger. A poisonous whip appeared and slithered toward Choi Yeonseung like a snake from all sides, cutting off all of his escape routes!
[The skill ‘Immunity to Ten Thousand Poisons’ has been activated.]
[The poison’s damage has been nullified.]
However, Choi Yeonseung had the Immunity to Ten Thousand Poisons skill, which made him resistant enough to survive even a hydra’s poison. Hence, Jules’ poison magic had no effect on Choi Yeonseung. Choi Yeonseung grabbed the flying whip with his hand, cut it off, and burned it with his internal energy.
“!!??!?!?”
“Why is that C-grade bastard being so arrogant?!”
Despite Choi Yeonseung’s warning, a B-grade hunter saw an opportunity. B and C were just a rank apart, but the wall between them felt like heaven and earth. As a B-grade hunter, he couldn’t stand watching the C-grade Jules.
He dared!
“It’s dangerous!”
“Don’t worry, Choi Yeonseung! I’m wearing the Necklace of Poison Protection!”
Of course, the hunter also had thoughts of his own. Although Jules was a C-grade, he had become a tough opponent now that he had signed a contract with a constellation. Even so, the hunter still stepped forward to fight Jules because he trusted the Necklace of Poison Protection!
It was a powerful artifact that protected its wearer from various poison magic spells. This equipment allowed him to confidently join the fight.
“!?!?”
However, the Necklace of Poison Protection melted down the moment Jules’ whip touched it.
‘How can he have so much trust in such cheap equipment?’
Choi Yeonseung clicked his tongue. The hunters didn’t know any better because they didn’t have constellation eyes, but Choi Yeonseung could see the Necklace of Poison Protection’s specifications.
[Necklace of Poison Protection:
Durability: 0/15 Defense: 50
Contains the skill ‘Protection against Poison.’
Level Requirement: 25.]
The item had a low level requirement but low durability as well. It could defend against weak poison, but it wasn’t enough to nullify a constellation-given skill. Unaware of that, the hunter was flung away screaming. The pathetic sight made Jules excited. A B-grade hunter was now lying before him!
“Die!”
“You’re the one that’s going to die.”
Choi Yeonseung coldly ran forward. Jules turned his head in shock as Choi Yeonseung broke through the poisonous barrier around him without relying on any item. Jules hurriedly retrieved the whip and lashed at Choi Yeonseung. Choi Yeonseung flicked his fingers and fired the Origin of the Celestial Finger, twisting the trajectory of the whip.
-Summon the Dagger’s Curse.
Jules unleashed another power skill he had hidden, which showed how terrified he was of the momentum Choi Yeonseung used to break through the poison. Several daggers made of immense magic power were summoned before Jules and flew toward Choi Yeonseung’s vital points! These terribly concealed weapons were cursed to target vital points. It chased after the target, so damage naturally followed.
At that moment, the Sword of Goujian flashed.
[The skill ‘Covert Attack Reversal’ has been activated.]
[The skill ‘Heavenly Martial Physique’...]
[The skill ‘State of Perfection’...]
The highest peak of the soft type of martial arts, Covert Attack Reversal.
The perfect body to master martial arts, Heavenly Martial Physique.
The most complete enlightenment of martial arts, State of Perfection.
With those three combined, a swordsmanship technique was created outside of Choi Yeonseung’s awareness.
Flowing Water Swordsmanship.
[The skill ‘Flowing Water Swordsmanship’ has been acquired.]
At his fullest power, nothing other than the Origin of the Celestial Divine Arts was necessary. However, with it now restricted, creating several martial arts had become necessary.
One of them was the Flowing Water Swordsmanship. An extremely long-range combat martial art! Internal energy that flowed like water started to swirl near Choi Yeonseung, drowning and erasing any long-range attack.
[A new martial art has been created. You have lived a life worthy of your existence. The power of your existence has risen!]
When the trusted daggers got deflected, Jules stared at Choi Yeonseung in astonishment.
There was no way!
“This is a skill that a constellation gave me!”
“Don’t trust the constellations too much.”
Choi Yeonseung appeared before Jules, stretched out his free hand, and used Origin of the Celestial Palm. Powerful storm-like palm energy crushed Jules’ chest.
“Kuheeok!”
Jules screamed and rolled around in the poisonous fog. The blow would’ve normally killed him, but Jules survived thanks to the strength bestowed upon him by a constellation.
[The magic power given by ‘Traitor with a Poisoned Dagger’ is protecting Jules!]
“!”
Even so, Jules was hit so hard that he was on the verge of dying. Although confused, Jules made a last-ditch effort.
-Poison... Poisonous Cloud of Health Conversion...!
He would take as many hunters as he could with him! Choi Yeonseung immediately reacted when Jules aimed at the hunters on the other side instead of Choi Yeonseung.
‘This bastard, even until the end...!’
But there was no need for it. The Odaigon-led Icarus clan hunters arrived.
“I’m here, Choi Yeonseung! I’m sorry for being late! I’ll sweep them all away!” Odaigon shouted, looking gaunt.
However, all the monsters had already been eliminated.
“......”
“......”
Realizing that, Odaigon appeared to be extremely embarrassed.
I… Am I too late?
-...Conversion!
“What? Great Detoxification Raindrops!”
Odaigon immediately countered Jules’ poisonous clouds. The powerful detoxifying magic spread and instantly neutralized the poisonous cloud.
The hunters stared at him in admiration.
“The Icarus clan has such a great healer?”
“Where did they get a healer like that?”
***
“You’ve worked hard. The dungeon has been cleared.”
The monsters had been wiped out, and the evil god constellation’s undercover minion had also been killed. This was a great success. It was a miracle that no one died! The hunters whispered among themselves with those thoughts in mind.
“Odaigon, I think you came a bit late. Did you come across a lot of monsters?”
“Not exactly...” Odaigon complained with tears in his eyes. When Choi Yeonseung disappeared, Odaigon had a truly crazy experience trying to lead the other hunters.
-Now. Follow me.
-Why should we believe in you?
-Why should I, Antony, trust and follow an Abyss returnee who has no experience and has lost his memory? Do I look stupid to you?
-I was taught at school not to believe anything said by other hunters.
-It isn’t that I don’t trust you, friend. But if you insist on going somewhere, I would like you to have a basis for it.
-......
None of the hunters listened to Odaigon. Odaigon was different from Choi Yeonseung. Choi Yeonseung had built up trust with them, while Odaigon was just a good healer. They respected healers, but they didn’t support him as a leader.
-Follow me! This is the path!
-It is even harder to believe you, seeing how emotional you are. Now that it has come to this, I, Antony, have no choice but to take over as the leader.
-... I would rather be the leader.
-Maybe Gutierrez should be the leader, friend.
-To be honest, I don’t trust anyone here...
-What does this Russian girl keep muttering? Are you singing a hymn to Stalin? Speak English!
-... I don’t know about anything else, but I really hate this Schneider guy.
To bring those with no teamwork to this location, Odaigon had to squeeze out every last bit of his wisdom as the Goblin King. He couldn’t let those who didn’t like him die, so if a fight broke out, he put buffs and shields on them... That way, little by little, they got to their destination!
“... You’ve worked hard, Odaigon.”
“Sob sob sob! Please don’t leave me alone with those bastards ever again!” As Odaigon cried, the dungeon started to be swallowed up by the space in the distance.
[The dungeon has been cleared!]
[You’re being returned to your original location.]
[You will be rewarded for passing the test of the sanctuary.]