On the drive home .

    zooom-

    The face of the van’s driver was clouded with disappointment .

    ‘Sigh…’

    Was it because the extraction target’s abilities were far greater than his own? Unfortunately, Jinwoo had failed in the Shadow Extraction of the ice elf boss .

    ‘Shame, but what can I do…’

    Surely, the opportunity to take down another high-level boss would come again someday . The important thing was that when that opportunity came again, he would be strong enough to not fail .

    Level-up .

    It was something he was quite good at .

    Still, the Raid wasn’t all for naught . He took his left hand off of the steering wheel; an elegant, curved dagger appeared in it .

    Baruka’s Tanto [1]

    Rarity: A

    Type: Dagger

    Attack Power +110

    Agility +10

    It is the tanto wielded by the great warrior, Baruka . A magical enchantment makes both the dagger and the wielder more agile .

    Jinwoo had not left the Dungeon empty-handed . While one of the twin daggers wielded by the boss was destroyed by Knight Killer, he had claimed the unbroken one as his own .

    ‘Baruka’s Tanto . ’

    It had the highest attack power out of all the daggers he had found so far; on top of that, it even had an effect of increasing his agility . It was obviously better than the C-rank Casaka’s Poisoned Fang, and even the B-rank Knight Killer, bought with gold, could not compare to it . An A-rank dagger! It was the perfect weapon to replace Casaka’s Poisoned Fang, which was gradually losing its effectiveness in battle .

    ‘The grip doesn’t feel bad either . ’

    While he was going over the events of the Red Gate, the van had arrived in front of Han Songyi’s house .

    screech .

    The student, who was silent throughout the entire ride, bowed her head to Jinwoo,

    “Then, take care . ”

    “Okay . ”

    Watching the girl walk back to her house with sunken shoulders, Jinwoo felt like he had accomplished his mission .

    ‘Things got a little complicated, but the original goal was to convince Han Songyi . ’

    It looked like the girl would not be continuing as a Hunter anymore . Well, anyone whose first ever Dungeon was a Red Gate would do the same . Jinwoo was about to drive away in satisfaction when the passenger door opened .

    ‘ . . . ?’

    He turned to see Han Songyi holding the door open .

    ‘What’s wrong with her?’

    His curiosity only lasted for a brief moment . The girl deeply bowed her head again,

    “Thank you for today, oppa . ”

    Now that he thought about it, her title for him had changed from “ahjussi” to “oppa” .

    “Oh, yeah, no problem . ”

    “So…”

    “Hmm?”

    “I’ll see you tomorrow- I mean, few hours from now . ”

    Few hours from now?

    Before he could ask her what she meant, Han Songyi ran inside . After she disappeared into her home, Jinwoo realized,

    ‘Oh right . ’

    It was already dawn, but the Raids with Yoo Jinho would resume today . As Han Songyi was still part of their raiding party, they would see each other again .

    ‘That’s what she meant . ’

    Oh shit… If Han Songyi completely retired from anything related to Hunters, Yoo Jinho’s team would’ve lost a team member, and it would’ve delayed their plans . Thankfully, it looked like the girl would at least finish the remaining Raids .

    ‘Thank god . . . ’

    With the Shadow Soldiers, the clearing speed of the C-rank Dungeons would rise a level higher . Jinwoo was confident he could complete the remaining Raids in a record time . He was also looking forward to Yoo Jinho’s reaction when the young man saw the Shadow Soldiers .

    ‘That man, Yoon Gijoong, his reactions were top notch . ’

    Jinwoo grinned widely while turning the steering wheel .

    Few hours later .

    “Yawn-”

    Jinwoo arrived at the lobby of his apartment while yawning . When he opened his eyes after a brief nap, it was already the promised time .

    “Good morning, hyungnim!”

    A familiar voice filled with energy greeted him . Yoo Jinho was already waiting for him .

    “I took the car . How’d you get here?”

    Jinwoo had borrowed the workhorse of their raiding party, “Bongo”, for last night’s events . The van was parked nearby .

    “A taxi, hyungnim . ”

    “Ah, taxi . ”

    Jinwoo had hoped to flip their positions for once and go pick up the young man .

    “It’s okay, hyungnim . I’m the one receiving your help . I should be the one accommodating you . ”

    Yoo Jinho spoke while chortling . After a one day break, their morning exchanges had resumed as normal .

    “Huh?”

    Yoo Jinho discovered something . Jinwoo was holding something cylindrical in his hand . The young man asked curiously,

    “Hyungnim, what’s that?”

    “What, this?”

    Jinwoo smiled widely,

    “I’m going to use it in the Dungeon today . ”

    Holy… Yoo Jinho’s stomach fluttered .

    ‘Is it a weapon to be used in the Dungeon?’

    Hyungnim always showed off something crazy in Dungeons . Just what kind of a terrifying weapon was he holding now? Yoo Jinho already began to feel anxious .

    gulp

    Yoo Jinho gathered his courage then raised his head,

    “Hyungnim, let us go . ”

    “Hold on . ”

    Jinwoo put up a hand, then took out his phone .

    “We’ll be picking up someone on the way . ”

    “Huh? Who?”

    Jinwoo ignored him and spoke into the phone,

    “Yeah, Songyi, it’s me . We’ll pick you up and take you to the Gate . ”

    Songyi… That Songyi? When Jinwoo hung up, Yoo Jinho asked,

    “Hyungnim, is the person we’re picking up our team’s highschool student?”

    Jinwoo nodded . Since she lived really closed to his house, he felt like it would be efficient to just pick her up before leaving the area . However, as he had done in the past, Yoo Jinho completely misread Jinwoo’s intents .

    Han Songyi .

    A cute-looking girl with short hair falling just below her ears .

    ‘If hyungnim knows her number and talked to her with such familiarity… Is their relationship like… that?’

    As he had always known, hyungnim was an amazing man .

    ‘Especially when I watch him go to work on giant magic beasts with a single dagger…’

    The young man was sure his hyungnim had no interest, but it made sense that the female student would fall for his hyungnim . Yoo Jinho nodded to himself . If that was the case, there was something he had to clear up,

    “Hyungnim, so should I be addressing Ms . Han Songyi as “missus” from now on?” [2]

    What the fuck .

    Was what Jinwoo’s eyes were saying . Even Yoo Jinho, who was terrible at taking hints, was able to read as much from the man’s expression .

    “Er… Were you two not dating?”

    “She’s just my little sister’s friend . ”

    “Oh . Oooooh . ”

    So that’s what it was . Yoo Jinho finally understood the situation . To think that he accidentally almost called her his sister-in-law . The young man’s face turned red with embarrassment .

    Soon, Hang Songyi came down from her apartment . Compared to their previous meetings, the girl appeared to have paid a little more attention to her looks this time . Yoo Jinho smiled,

    ‘She’s just like a teenager who wants to show off before her friend’s oppa . ’

    Yoo Jinho was about to act like a leader and compliment the girl’s clothes when Jinwoo greeted her first,

    “Did you get some sleep?”

    Yoo Jinho’s face froze .

    ‘ . . . ’

    Han Songyi smiled and shook her head,

    “I couldn’t sleep a wink . ”

    “You must be tired, get some shut-eye in the car . ”

    At the pair’s conversation, Yoo Jinho’s mind became more and more chaotic .

    ‘Huh? Huuuuuh?’

    Han Songyi asked Jinwoo a question,

    “Oppa, did you get any sleep?”

    “Just a quick nap . It was already 4AM when I got home . ”

    “Right…”

    Couldn’t sleep? Must be tired? 4AM? Yoo Jinho’s confusion turned to horror . Jinwoo was heading toward the Bongo and turned around,

    “Yoo Jinho, are you coming?”

    “Err… Hyungnim?”

    “ . . . ?”

    “That’s er… Ms . Han Songyi is underage, hyungnim . ”

    What the fuck .

    “So?”

    “ . . . Nevermind, hyungnim . ”

    As expected, hyungnim was the manliest of men . Yoo Jinho was in awe of Jinwoo’s personality that gave no thoughts to society’s rules .

    ‘He’s truly not a normal man . ’

    Yoo Jinho berated himself for judging his hyungnim with laws of ordinary people . [3]

    At the same hour .

    Baekho Guild’s Meeting Room .

    “-And that’s pretty much all I saw . ”

    Park Heejin finished recounting the events of the Red Gate . Before she began, Baek Yoonho had asked if she needed some rest out of concern, but the woman insisted that they complete the investigation . She explained that she was relatively comfortable(?) in there .

    “ . . . ”

    “ . . . ”

    The two upper management members who conducted the interview, Guildmaster Baek Yoonho and Chief Ahn Sangmin, were at a loss for words . The one who was in charge of the training, Hyun Gicheol, was sent to the Association to argue about the incident . As such, only three people were gathered in the meeting room . Ahn Sangmin broke the silence,

    “Was all that really true?”

    “You can contact Go Myunghwan and Yoon Gijoong . They’ll tell you the same story . ”

    The two C-rankers had returned to their homes, stating that they wanted to see their families . Park Heejin could confidently say that their statements would not differ from hers .

    ‘All I did was explain what I experienced in person . ’

    How the forest that man disappeared off to rang with screams of ice bears, or how that man was doing push-ups while everyone else was sleeping . She didn’t dare to include any hearsay from the other teammates, only what she had seen with her own two eyes .

    “Huh…”

    Ahn Sangmin made a strange noise with his mouth . Knocking out an A-rank Hunter in one hit . Freely using spatial magic . Wielding dozens of summons . Each one of them alone would be an unbelievable thing . And the man in question had done it all . But the most shocking fact was,

    “So he solo cleared a high-level Dungeon . ”

    Baek Yoonho uttered after a long period of silence . It was because he was an S-ranker that he was able to say,

    “That is an incredible feat . ”

    Although the man had fought with summons, those summons were not comrades but Hunter Sung Jinwoo’s skill . It was the same as solo clearing the Dungeon .

    “No matter how high one’s rank is, it is difficult for a Hunter to solo clear a high-level Dungeon . ”

    A Red Gate on top of that .

    What if he himself was there? Could he solo clear a B-rank Red Gate? It was possible for Hunter Sung Jinwoo, who wielded not one or two but dozens of summons . Ahn Sangmin spoke with amazement,

    “With this, it is clear that he’s an Awakened Being with special powers . ”

    Baek Yoonho agreed,

    “Among Hunters, those that can use summoning are rare . And to think that he’s a Hunter that can wield multiple summons…”

    Having worked as an S-rank Hunter, Baek Yoonho had met and conversed with many different Hunters . Not one of them ever spoke of a Hunter wielding that many summons .

    “An Awakened Being with a special power in a different dimension than the average special power…”

    Baek Yoonho was amazed . Ahn Sangmin thought of something and asked,

    “If you had to put a value on Sung Jinwoo-ssi’s abilities, how much do you think he’s worth right now?”

    “ . . . ”

    Baek Yoonho could not easily reply . But one thing was for sure, regardless of what the value of Sung Jinwoo was right now, it would multiply explosively once the man underwent the retest . They had to act before that happened . Baekho had just lost an A-rank Hunter and multiple B-rank Hunters . If they were not able to obtain the power known as Sung Jinwoo, their losses from this incident would be too great .

    “I trust you, Chief Ahn . ”

    Baek Yoonho sent a look of faith towards the man . Ahn Sangmin replied with a determined expression . Suddenly, the two men turned toward Park Heejin . The woman was raising a hand .

    “Do you have something to ask?”

    Succeeding in grabbing the two men’s attentions, Park Heejin lowered her hand,

    “Please allow me to help . ”

    “With what?”

    “Raid Lead- I mean, Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim’s recruitment . ”

    Baek Yoonho and Ahn Sangmin exchanged glances . The Recruitment Specialist Ahn Sangmin tilted his head,

    “Why would Hunter Park Heejin-nim be…?”

    “Of the members of our Guild, I’m the one who spent the most time with Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim . I believe I can be of great assistance . ”

    6 hours outside of the Gate . Nearly a week inside . Baek Yoonho and Ahn Sangmin thought Park Heejin’s words made sense . On top of that, the woman was a beauty . Her appearance wouldn''t exactly be a hindrance in their efforts to obtain Sung Jinwoo . Realizing her suggestion was moving the minds of the Guildmaster and the chief, Park Heejin continued,

    “But I have one condition . ”

    Baek Yoonho asked,

    “What is it?”

    “Once Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim enters Baekho, please be sure to place me in his raiding party . ”

    Translator’s Notes:[1]: “Baruka’s Tanto”: Tanto was covered before; it is a word for a japanese dagger/knife . Baruka (???): “ba” + “ru” + “ka” . Translating the “r” or “l” sound from east asian languages often is shortened to remove the vowel sound, but in this case, I kept the “ru” as it was . If it was “?” (reu) instead of “?” (roo), I might’ve shortened it to Balka .

    [2]: “missus” (???): I chose not to do the usual and put this in korean . I don’t think it’s a word that’ll come up that much throughout the story . The korean word here means “wife of older brother” . More commonly used in actual blood relative situations, but jokingly/friendly used by non-related people as well to their hyung’s wife/girlfriend .

    [3]: What the fuck .

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    .

    On the drive home . .

    .

    zooom-.

    .

    The face of the van’s driver was clouded with disappointment . .

    .

    ‘Sigh…’.

    .

    Was it because the extraction target’s abilities were far greater than his own? Unfortunately, Jinwoo had failed in the Shadow Extraction of the ice elf boss . .

    .

    ‘Shame, but what can I do…’.

    .

    Surely, the opportunity to take down another high-level boss would come again someday . The important thing was that when that opportunity came again, he would be strong enough to not fail . .

    .

    Level-up . .

    .

    It was something he was quite good at . .

    .

    Still, the Raid wasn’t all for naught . He took his left hand off of the steering wheel; an elegant, curved dagger appeared in it . .

    .

    Baruka’s Tanto [1].

    Rarity: A.

    Type: Dagger.

    Attack Power +110.

    Agility +10.

    It is the tanto wielded by the great warrior, Baruka . A magical enchantment makes both the dagger and the wielder more agile . .

    .

    Jinwoo had not left the Dungeon empty-handed . While one of the twin daggers wielded by the boss was destroyed by Knight Killer, he had claimed the unbroken one as his own . .

    .

    ‘Baruka’s Tanto . ’.

    .

    It had the highest attack power out of all the daggers he had found so far; on top of that, it even had an effect of increasing his agility . It was obviously better than the C-rank Casaka’s Poisoned Fang, and even the B-rank Knight Killer, bought with gold, could not compare to it . An A-rank dagger! It was the perfect weapon to replace Casaka’s Poisoned Fang, which was gradually losing its effectiveness in battle . .

    .

    ‘The grip doesn’t feel bad either . ’.

    .

    While he was going over the events of the Red Gate, the van had arrived in front of Han Songyi’s house . .

    .

    screech . .

    .

    The student, who was silent throughout the entire ride, bowed her head to Jinwoo,.

    .

    “Then, take care . ”.

    .

    “Okay . ”.

    .

    Watching the girl walk back to her house with sunken shoulders, Jinwoo felt like he had accomplished his mission . .

    .

    ‘Things got a little complicated, but the original goal was to convince Han Songyi . ’.

    .

    It looked like the girl would not be continuing as a Hunter anymore . Well, anyone whose first ever Dungeon was a Red Gate would do the same . Jinwoo was about to drive away in satisfaction when the passenger door opened . .

    .

    ‘ . ?’.

    .

    He turned to see Han Songyi holding the door open . .

    .

    ‘What’s wrong with her?’.

    .

    His curiosity only lasted for a brief moment . The girl deeply bowed her head again,.

    .

    “Thank you for today, oppa . ”.

    .

    Now that he thought about it, her title for him had changed from “ahjussi” to “oppa” . .

    .

    “Oh, yeah, no problem . ”.

    .

    “So…”.

    .

    “Hmm?”.

    .

    “I’ll see you tomorrow- I mean, few hours from now . ”.

    .

    Few hours from now?.

    .

    Before he could ask her what she meant, Han Songyi ran inside . After she disappeared into her home, Jinwoo realized,.

    .

    ‘Oh right . ’.

    .

    It was already dawn, but the Raids with Yoo Jinho would resume today . As Han Songyi was still part of their raiding party, they would see each other again . .

    .

    ‘That’s what she meant . ’.

    .

    Oh shit… If Han Songyi completely retired from anything related to Hunters, Yoo Jinho’s team would’ve lost a team member, and it would’ve delayed their plans . Thankfully, it looked like the girl would at least finish the remaining Raids . .

    .

    ‘Thank god . ’.

    .

    With the Shadow Soldiers, the clearing speed of the C-rank Dungeons would rise a level higher . Jinwoo was confident he could complete the remaining Raids in a record time . He was also looking forward to Yoo Jinho’s reaction when the young man saw the Shadow Soldiers . .

    .

    ‘That man, Yoon Gijoong, his reactions were top notch . ’.

    .

    Jinwoo grinned widely while turning the steering wheel . .

    .

    .

    .

    Few hours later . .

    .

    “Yawn-”.

    .

    Jinwoo arrived at the lobby of his apartment while yawning . When he opened his eyes after a brief nap, it was already the promised time . .

    .

    “Good morning, hyungnim!”.

    .

    A familiar voice filled with energy greeted him . Yoo Jinho was already waiting for him . .

    .

    “I took the car . How’d you get here?”.

    .

    Jinwoo had borrowed the workhorse of their raiding party, “Bongo”, for last night’s events . The van was parked nearby . .

    .

    “A taxi, hyungnim . ”.

    .

    “Ah, taxi . ”.

    .

    Jinwoo had hoped to flip their positions for once and go pick up the young man . .

    .

    “It’s okay, hyungnim . I’m the one receiving your help . I should be the one accommodating you . ”.

    .

    Yoo Jinho spoke while chortling . After a one day break, their morning exchanges had resumed as normal . .

    .

    “Huh?”.

    .

    Yoo Jinho discovered something . Jinwoo was holding something cylindrical in his hand . The young man asked curiously,.

    .

    “Hyungnim, what’s that?”.

    .

    “What, this?”.

    .

    Jinwoo smiled widely,.

    .

    “I’m going to use it in the Dungeon today . ”.

    .

    Holy… Yoo Jinho’s stomach fluttered . .

    .

    ‘Is it a weapon to be used in the Dungeon?’.

    .

    Hyungnim always showed off something crazy in Dungeons . Just what kind of a terrifying weapon was he holding now? Yoo Jinho already began to feel anxious . .

    .

    gulp.

    .

    Yoo Jinho gathered his courage then raised his head,.

    .

    “Hyungnim, let us go . ”.

    .

    “Hold on . ”.

    .

    Jinwoo put up a hand, then took out his phone . .

    .

    “We’ll be picking up someone on the way . ”.

    .

    “Huh? Who?”.

    .

    Jinwoo ignored him and spoke into the phone,.

    .

    “Yeah, Songyi, it’s me . We’ll pick you up and take you to the Gate . ”.

    .

    Songyi… That Songyi? When Jinwoo hung up, Yoo Jinho asked,.

    .

    “Hyungnim, is the person we’re picking up our team’s highschool student?”.

    .

    Jinwoo nodded . Since she lived really closed to his house, he felt like it would be efficient to just pick her up before leaving the area . However, as he had done in the past, Yoo Jinho completely misread Jinwoo’s intents . .

    .

    Han Songyi . .

    .

    A cute-looking girl with short hair falling just below her ears . .

    .

    ‘If hyungnim knows her number and talked to her with such familiarity… Is their relationship like… that?’.

    .

    As he had always known, hyungnim was an amazing man . .

    .

    ‘Especially when I watch him go to work on giant magic beasts with a single dagger…’.

    .

    The young man was sure his hyungnim had no interest, but it made sense that the female student would fall for his hyungnim . Yoo Jinho nodded to himself . If that was the case, there was something he had to clear up,.

    .

    “Hyungnim, so should I be addressing Ms . Han Songyi as “missus” from now on?” [2].

    .

    What the fuck . .

    .

    Was what Jinwoo’s eyes were saying . Even Yoo Jinho, who was terrible at taking hints, was able to read as much from the man’s expression . .

    .

    “Er… Were you two not dating?”.

    .

    “She’s just my little sister’s friend . ”.

    .

    “Oh . Oooooh . ”.

    .

    So that’s what it was . Yoo Jinho finally understood the situation . To think that he accidentally almost called her his sister-in-law . The young man’s face turned red with embarrassment . .

    .

    Soon, Hang Songyi came down from her apartment . Compared to their previous meetings, the girl appeared to have paid a little more attention to her looks this time . Yoo Jinho smiled,.

    .

    ‘She’s just like a teenager who wants to show off before her friend’s oppa . ’.

    .

    Yoo Jinho was about to act like a leader and compliment the girl’s clothes when Jinwoo greeted her first,.

    .

    “Did you get some sleep?”.

    .

    Yoo Jinho’s face froze . .

    .

    ‘ . ’.

    .

    Han Songyi smiled and shook her head,.

    .

    “I couldn’t sleep a wink . ”.

    .

    “You must be tired, get some shut-eye in the car . ”.

    .

    At the pair’s conversation, Yoo Jinho’s mind became more and more chaotic . .

    .

    ‘Huh? Huuuuuh?’.

    .

    Han Songyi asked Jinwoo a question,.

    .

    “Oppa, did you get any sleep?”.

    .

    “Just a quick nap . It was already 4AM when I got home . ”.

    .

    “Right…”.

    .

    Couldn’t sleep? Must be tired? 4AM? Yoo Jinho’s confusion turned to horror . Jinwoo was heading toward the Bongo and turned around,.

    .

    “Yoo Jinho, are you coming?”.

    .

    “Err… Hyungnim?”.

    .

    “ . ?”.

    .

    “That’s er… Ms . Han Songyi is underage, hyungnim . ”.

    .

    What the fuck . .

    .

    “So?”.

    .

    “ . Nevermind, hyungnim . ”.

    .

    As expected, hyungnim was the manliest of men . Yoo Jinho was in awe of Jinwoo’s personality that gave no thoughts to society’s rules . .

    .

    ‘He’s truly not a normal man . ’.

    .

    Yoo Jinho berated himself for judging his hyungnim with laws of ordinary people . [3].

    .

    .

    .

    At the same hour . .

    .

    Baekho Guild’s Meeting Room . .

    .

    “-And that’s pretty much all I saw . ”.

    .

    Park Heejin finished recounting the events of the Red Gate . Before she began, Baek Yoonho had asked if she needed some rest out of concern, but the woman insisted that they complete the investigation . She explained that she was relatively comfortable(?) in there . .

    .

    “ . ”.

    .

    “ . ”.

    .

    The two upper management members who conducted the interview, Guildmaster Baek Yoonho and Chief Ahn Sangmin, were at a loss for words . The one who was in charge of the training, Hyun Gicheol, was sent to the Association to argue about the incident . As such, only three people were gathered in the meeting room . Ahn Sangmin broke the silence,.

    .

    “Was all that really true?”.

    .

    “You can contact Go Myunghwan and Yoon Gijoong . They’ll tell you the same story . ”.

    .

    The two C-rankers had returned to their homes, stating that they wanted to see their families . Park Heejin could confidently say that their statements would not differ from hers . .

    .

    ‘All I did was explain what I experienced in person . ’.

    .

    How the forest that man disappeared off to rang with screams of ice bears, or how that man was doing push-ups while everyone else was sleeping . She didn’t dare to include any hearsay from the other teammates, only what she had seen with her own two eyes . .

    .

    “Huh…”.

    .

    Ahn Sangmin made a strange noise with his mouth . Knocking out an A-rank Hunter in one hit . Freely using spatial magic . Wielding dozens of summons . Each one of them alone would be an unbelievable thing . And the man in question had done it all . But the most shocking fact was,.

    .

    “So he solo cleared a high-level Dungeon . ”.

    .

    Baek Yoonho uttered after a long period of silence . It was because he was an S-ranker that he was able to say,.

    .

    “That is an incredible feat . ”.

    .

    Although the man had fought with summons, those summons were not comrades but Hunter Sung Jinwoo’s skill . It was the same as solo clearing the Dungeon . .

    .

    “No matter how high one’s rank is, it is difficult for a Hunter to solo clear a high-level Dungeon . ”.

    .

    A Red Gate on top of that . .

    .

    What if he himself was there? Could he solo clear a B-rank Red Gate? It was possible for Hunter Sung Jinwoo, who wielded not one or two but dozens of summons . Ahn Sangmin spoke with amazement,.

    .

    “With this, it is clear that he’s an Awakened Being with special powers . ”.

    .

    Baek Yoonho agreed,.

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    “Among Hunters, those that can use summoning are rare . And to think that he’s a Hunter that can wield multiple summons…”.

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    Having worked as an S-rank Hunter, Baek Yoonho had met and conversed with many different Hunters . Not one of them ever spoke of a Hunter wielding that many summons . .

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    “An Awakened Being with a special power in a different dimension than the average special power…”.

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    Baek Yoonho was amazed . Ahn Sangmin thought of something and asked,.

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    “If you had to put a value on Sung Jinwoo-ssi’s abilities, how much do you think he’s worth right now?”.

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    “ . ”.

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    Baek Yoonho could not easily reply . But one thing was for sure, regardless of what the value of Sung Jinwoo was right now, it would multiply explosively once the man underwent the retest . They had to act before that happened . Baekho had just lost an A-rank Hunter and multiple B-rank Hunters . If they were not able to obtain the power known as Sung Jinwoo, their losses from this incident would be too great . .

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    “I trust you, Chief Ahn . ”.

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    Baek Yoonho sent a look of faith towards the man . Ahn Sangmin replied with a determined expression . Suddenly, the two men turned toward Park Heejin . The woman was raising a hand . .

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    “Do you have something to ask?”.

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    Succeeding in grabbing the two men’s attentions, Park Heejin lowered her hand,.

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    “Please allow me to help . ”.

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    “With what?”.

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    “Raid Lead- I mean, Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim’s recruitment . ”.

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    Baek Yoonho and Ahn Sangmin exchanged glances . The Recruitment Specialist Ahn Sangmin tilted his head,.

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    “Why would Hunter Park Heejin-nim be…?”.

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    “Of the members of our Guild, I’m the one who spent the most time with Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim . I believe I can be of great assistance . ”.

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    6 hours outside of the Gate . Nearly a week inside . Baek Yoonho and Ahn Sangmin thought Park Heejin’s words made sense . On top of that, the woman was a beauty . Her appearance wouldn''t exactly be a hindrance in their efforts to obtain Sung Jinwoo . Realizing her suggestion was moving the minds of the Guildmaster and the chief, Park Heejin continued,.

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    “But I have one condition . ”.

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    Baek Yoonho asked,.

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    “What is it?”.

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    “Once Hunter Sung Jinwoo-nim enters Baekho, please be sure to place me in his raiding party . ”.

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    Translator’s Notes:. [1]: “Baruka’s Tanto”: Tanto was covered before; it is a word for a japanese dagger/knife . Baruka (???): “ba” + “ru” + “ka” . Translating the “r” or “l” sound from east asian languages often is shortened to remove the vowel sound, but in this case, I kept the “ru” as it was . If it was “?” (reu) instead of “?” (roo), I might’ve shortened it to Balka . .

    [2]: “missus” (???): I chose not to do the usual and put this in korean . I don’t think it’s a word that’ll come up that much throughout the story . The korean word here means “wife of older brother” . More commonly used in actual blood relative situations, but jokingly/friendly used by non-related people as well to their hyung’s wife/girlfriend . .

    [3]: What the fuck . .