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Seo HyeJin is a swordsman.
If you ask what its difference is from the general swordsman class, it is said that it summons an intangible sword and performs various techniques.
When the dazzling movement of the intangible sword in the battlefield is added to her beautiful appearance, only admiration is felt.
However, it is known that her personality is not good.
Most people are ignored by her, and even some skilled hunters say it is difficult to talk to her.
One Hunter who was acquainted with her said:
“HyeJin is not a bad girl. It became more like this because of SeungHyuk’s disappearance… I hope you don’t hate her too much.”
Han SeungHyuk. A hunter, who was ranked number 1 in Korea.
He was the envy of all Hunters.
He was Korea’s representative hunter with endless strength, beautiful appearance, and leadership.
He, who was her lover, went into a Category 5 dungeon with his guild members and disappeared alone.
HyeJin, who was absent at the time, was said to weep while wandering around for a few days after the dungeon disappeared.
It was probably from then.
Seo HyeJin’s face turned cold, and her personality changed.
She jumped into dungeons recklessly regardless of the grade.
The purpose was not clear.
People were only guessing that she’s trying to find even the smallest clue of Han SeungHyuk’s disappearance.
She is protecting junior hunters unintentionally because she would not decline even a low-difficulty dungeon.
Today, she jumped into a Category 2 dungeon.
The scenery in the dungeon, which is slightly different from the forest on Earth, was already familiar.
At the splendid intangible sword shower performed by the Sword Witch, the class monsters, fat and thin, were swept away as a group,
The hunters assigned to this dungeon had no choice but to pick up the ether stone when they got tired of her skill delivery.
Three intangible swords protruded out of the air and pierced the bodies of the five earthworms hiding in the ground.
The mole-shaped corpse disappeared and all that was left was a brilliant golden ether stone.
At this point, Ether Stone is treated as money.
But HyeJin didn’t even care, and the hunters hurriedly took the small stones.
“We have nothing to do.”
“It’s nice to be comfortable, isn’t it? But we also need to improve our skills.”
“What about the guild?”
“The Sword Witch has jumped in, so you should give up and follow her. If you touch her, you hurt yourself.”
But suddenly, the mood of the forest changed drastically.
Unknown birds flew in the air, and bizarre cries were heard everywhere.
The dungeon-specific gloomy air that covers the light was spread all over.
When the hunters were tense, Seo HyeJin grabbed the sword’s body behind her back.
“Run away.”
“Yes? I beg your pardon?”
“I told you to run away.”
“No, suddenly….”
When a male hunter tried to object, something roared and popped out of the forest.
Sassaak!
A scorpion monster the size of an armored car.
Where the eyes should have stood, a half-squashed human body stood tall.
Manstalker.
It is a hate-grade monster that only appears in Category 4 dungeons.
The frequency of appearance was extremely rare, so the attack data was not accumulated.
The only thing Hunters know about this bastard is that it exhibits agile behavior that is unimaginable for its large size, and that its poison is dangerous.
As soon as it appeared, the quest received when entering the dungeon was updated, but only HyeJin noticed.
“Everyone, run away!”
In the end, Seo HyeJin shouted loudly.
The rookie hunters’ complexion changed when they saw the Manstalker’s ugly appearance.
In particular, its thick tail contains extreme poison that they cannot withstand even a minute of resistance to poison.
They ran away, knowing that holding on would be of no use.
Instead of chasing after the hunters, the Manstalker glared at Seo HyeJin.
Growl.
Her arondite was pulled out of its scabbard and floated in the air.
It is an intangible sword unique of a swordsman that spreads to the left and right.
The moment HyeJin raised her eyes, the Manstalker’s tail trembled, and something popped out of the tip.
The Manstalker called the cubs.
Although HyeJin has superhuman reflexes and agility, it was unreasonable to avoid the tongs and stings of a dozen Manstalkers.
Despite the high poison resistance, her stamina kept dropping, so HyeJin hid in the forest and found a stamina potion from the belt and drank it.
“Ha… Well.”
The taste and smell of potions were terrible, so she frowned in advance without knowing it.
It’s a kind of defense mechanism.
But the liquid flowing down her throat was very sweet.
It was to the point that she was mistaken as to whether she was drinking potion right now, and it smelled good.
“Why does it taste like this?”
Even if you pour sweeteners including sugar into the potion, it doesn’t taste like this.
Anyway, the stamina that was quickly consumed and the Manstalker’s extreme poison began to recover.
Thinking about the ether consumption of the Arondite Sword, she confirmed that the ether item in the status window had changed to golden.
Is this what happens when you drink that ether potion?
Could it be that the potion she just drank has a hidden effect that reduces the ether consumption to 0?
“I need to check.”
The thought of running away was gone.
Among the skills, she has learned, the Big Sword Rumbling consumes the most ether.
The time has come to unveil that feast.
Attribute Swordsmanship.
HyeJin’s feet slammed into the ground, and the long sword Arondite floated her into the air.
In an instant, she looked down at a dozen Manstalkers.
Still, they don’t know yet.
Hurrying up before they notice…
A golden glow emanated from her body.
Arondite was split into dozens of intangible swords in an instant and was shot at the Manstalker.
Papapapa….
It was a wave and dance of the sword.
After cutting off the tail of the young Manstalker, the intangible sword produced by HyeJin followed HyeJin’s hand gesture, draw an arc, and returned to target them again.
Dozens of swords were fired, so there was no time even for a group of Manstalkers.
kyaaah!
‘I can do it… I’m doing it!’
HyeJin felt extreme bliss.
The ether consumption of the skill was so great that it was difficult to spread even 3 seconds, and this sword dance continued for nearly 10 seconds.
The intangible sword cuts the Manstalker’s tongs and separates the tail.
And when several swords were stabbed into the back of the last mother Manstalker, it spits out a scream and swung its tail as if in a frenzy.
Puck!
HyeJin’s armor shattered, and a burning pain spread from her shoulder.
The Manstalker gave her Essence, the essence of life, as the group was annihilated with one blow.
But her condition was not very good.
The poison entered the body through 25% poison resistance.
She fell off Arondite and crawled on the floor.
“Aww, damn it….”
She took out a poison resistance potion from the gear belt.
It’s an unreliable potion, but it’s still better than not drinking it.
Her vision blurred and her hands trembled.
She popped the stopper and poured the potion into her mouth.
Now all that was left was to pray for the potion to defeat the poison.
“Ha… Ha…”
Fortunately, the potion’s effect could overcome the Manstalker’s poison.
However, the aching pain and lethargy that weighed on her whole body were still there.
HyeJin moaned, got up, and tried to forcefully support her shaking legs.
“What the hell happened?”
If it wasn’t for the potion that supplied ether for over 10 seconds, she wouldn’t have even dared to deal with the Manstalker hordes.
Did she buy it at the general store?
“Uncle Hunter, no, that, Hunter…”
He’s too young to be called an uncle, but somehow, she remembers buying a potion from his general store.
She needs to check where she got it.
HyeJin only recovered the largest ether stone and collapsed while walking.
The pain from the poison did not subside easily.
She was only breathing for a while and was rescued by new hunters who ran late.
They were astonished to learn that about a dozen Manstalkers had popped out.
“Ten, eleven, twelve… Thirteen, alone?”
“Hey, isn’t this Manstalker’s ether stone? Aren’t you crazy?”
“I think it really is a Manstalker… Look at the discoloration of the ground. Poison doesn’t go away easily.”
“Yes…”
“You must really be…”
“A real witch…”
“Hey, shhh.”
“We do not have time. Let’s go quickly before the dungeon closes.”
The three hunters supported HyeJin and quickly escaped from the dungeon.
The soldiers, who were on the lookout for monsters from outside, applauded all at once.
Hunters had to explain hard why the dungeon didn’t break.
“You’re here again.”
That hunter came again.
Yoo Ji-Ha bookmarked the book he was reading, stood up, and greeted her.
As a result of searching for information late, she was Seo HyeJin, who was ranked 12th in the Hunter Ranking.
The reason she, a top hunter, came back here is probably…
Her lips opened.
“The potion you sold to me; something was strange.”
“Where was it strange?”
“For a low-level potion, it fills up stamina very quickly and has a strange effect. I didn’t know the ether would decrease.”
The effect was real.
He smiled inwardly but didn’t say anything.
She informed him that she had dealt with a group of Manstalkers.
“Isn’t that a hate-grade monster? It’s great to be able to handle that alone…”
“I am not great. If it wasn’t for that potion, I’d be dead. Where did you pick it up? Did you make it?”
Instead of answering, the Yoo Ji-Ha took out a yellow fruit from the basket on the shelf.
“I named it a Solar apple, would you like to eat it?”
“Oh, that’s…”
HyeJin also knows the identity of the yellow fruit.
It is sometimes found while wandering the dungeon.
Most of the dungeon quests have a time limit, and most of them are far away, so they had no choice but to just look.
She can’t believe it’s coming from the hand this young man.
Gulp.
HyeJin swallowed her saliva without realizing it.
She doesn’t know if yellow fruit are delicious.
But she could read the thoughts from the young man’s good face.
It’s delicious, and you won’t regret eating it.
Maybe she will be the first hunter to eat the fruit called the solar apple.
No, is she the second?
She nodded and pulled up a small chair and sat down.
She came to ask about the effect of the potion, but she laughed at the fact that she was waiting for the young man to cut the fruit.
‘I’m laughing.’
It was a strange thing.
She swore she wouldn’t laugh until she found him again.
HyeJin bit her lip and frowned.
Meanwhile, Yoo Ji-Ha was perplexed because he couldn’t figure out why this lady was laughing and then frowning.
What don’t you like?
Maybe a silent protest to prune the fruit quickly?
When the skin of the solar apple was peeled off, yellow meat came out.
He cut it into cubes, put it on a plate, put a fork in it, and gave it to her.
HyeJin hesitated, took a bite of the solar apple, and opened her eyes wide.
It was so sweet and fragrant that she thought it was sprinkled with honey.
“Did you put this fruit in the potion?”
“You are right, but I don’t know what effect it has. Did the ether go down?”
“What exactly happened is that…”
She glanced at the young man and said that she used her skill for over 10 seconds to deal with a horde of monsters.
He said he wasn’t a proper hunter, but he knew that it wasn’t normal.
He looked a little surprised when he heard that she had dealt with the monster horde alone.
“I see. I picked this solar apple from there thanks to a small dungeon opened behind the shop. I was lucky.”
Finally, the answer she had been waiting for came.
Category 0 dungeons appear to have been opened for a short time and then closed.
“How was it inside? The scenery.”
“It was a small forest. I didn’t take any quests. There were no monsters. The time was too short to bring only a solar apple. “
“Hmm. So that’s how it happened.”
Category 0 dungeons are also called safe dungeons.
There are no monsters, but the resources are that small, and the time it can stay is short.
The question was solved.
There was no need to ask how the solar apple was processed into a potion.
It was the work of the alchemists, not hers.
“First, let me say thank you. And I said that because I think I bought a potion too cheap… Call the price.”
“No, I think I sold it properly.”
HyeJin lowered her eyes slightly.
“Isn’t that the only potion that makes ether usage 0 for more than 10 seconds?”
“Because that’s how I sold it. I wasn’t sure about the potion’s effectiveness, so I sold it moderately high. After selling it to a customer, I ate a delicious lunch. That’s it.”
This man is not very greedy.
She noticed what kind of person the young man was and did not push further.
“You, what’s your name?”
“Yoo Ji-Ha.”
“I think I’ve heard it somewhere.”
He laughed a little.
“He’s famous as a hunter without skills and characteristic.”
“Oh.”
Only then did the name and face match.
He is famous for being the lowest hunter in the world. There was also a saying that if you want to know the number of registered hunters in Korea, you can look at his ranking.
She looks at the bright golden eyes, he must have awakened.
HyeJin took out her wallet, placed a bundle of banknotes on a chair, and left the store.
“Excuse me…”
Without a moment to react, a loud engine sound of a sports car was heard.
Yoo Ji-Ha glanced at the money.
A thick one looks like a few hundred thousand won.
It’s already been given to you, so let’s make it useful.
He happily waited for the time to return to the forest.
As he fell asleep, an amazing scenery greeted him.