Chapter 29 – The Hapi Mountains
Early moning.
Lee Yu-na and I were conducting morning training.
After completing the basic training, and after finishing the skill practice, it was time to practice combat.
Lee Yu-na is strangely similar to me at the moment.
In fact, since I am treated as much as my milking skill, my skills are similar to mine.
She just became a suitable sparring opponent.
The current record is 10 wins and 10 losses.
Today was the day to decide who had the upper hand.
“You know the rules, right? Only use mana up to level D, so that we don’t hurt each other, and make sure we control our strength.”
“Yeah, I know.”
The hill behind the orphanage.
A cool vacant lot where people don’t go looking.
I stood face to face with Lee Yu-na, holding a sword.
When sparring was awkward, we used wooden swords with each other,
Now that I have a sense of power control, I compete with a real sword.
Since mana was also used anyway, there was no big difference between a wooden sword and a real sword.
Maybe it was because we were considerate of each other, but we didn’t get hurt while fighting.
“It begins.”
“Yes.”
“Buy the loser ice cream.”
“Okay.”
It was nice to have something light as a reward.
Lee Yu-na readily agreed to my proposal.
That’s how the ice cream match between me and Lee Yu-na began.
He raised his sword and measured the distance away from Lee Yu-na.
If you move easily, you will be defeated.
Both I and Lee Yoo-na were aware of the [One-Point Crushing] Skill, and the moment we were caught off guard, we stabbed each other in vital points.
There, the outcome of the match was divided.
1 step to the left.
Iyuna is also one step to the left.
Take another 1 step to the left.
Iyuna also takes one more step to the left.
He moved his steps cautiously, aiming for an opening.
I see Lee Yu-na’s face as she is concentrating.
He straightened his sword and was looking at me.
As I was staring at her face, Yuuna also looked at me.
Our eyes met, and we had a snowball fight for a while.
Flash.
Lee Yu-na blinked her eyes first. The shaking of her hair seemed to distract her for a moment.
‘It’s an opportunity.’
[Attack]
I immediately closed the distance.
I preoccupied a position that was advantageous to me.
Pow, pow, pow.
As he extended his sword, mana clashed and a small explosion sounded.
Since both of them used D-class mana or less, there was no strong impact.
It is a foul if you use more mana than class D. It was a forfeit.
[One-Point Crushing LV.3]
The opportunity has come.
It was a fight that started in my favor, and by maintaining a one-sided offensive, there was an opening to target her.
You will need to spend more mana than D-class to escape this attack.
Then my win.
He stretched out his sword vigorously.
Reason I watched my sword pierce in a straight line, then injected mana into her sword.
Of course, I wanted to admit defeat by spending more than C-class mana, but I didn’t. Gather D-grade or lower mana.
[The third skill of the trait ‘Sword Search’. ‘Blowing the wind’]
It was a new technology that I saw for the first time today. Lee Yu-na turns the sword flexibly. Following that flow, my one-point crushing missed in vain.
I saw Lee Yoo-na’s grinning expression.
You’ve been hiding this skill.
She had a different goal.
[One-Point Crushing LV.5]
This time Lee Yu-na stabbed her sword. She had already maxed out her skill level, but her body couldn’t keep up.
That’s why her [One Point Crushing] Is level 5.
Even so, it was hard for me to avoid.
At this point, it was too late.
I also took out the card I had been hiding.
[Paralysis LV.3]
She did the magic It is impossible to stop Yu-na’s sword, so she tied Yu-na’s body.
“Oh!”
As she was startled, she aimed her sword at her throat.
“Win. Go buy some ice cream.”
It was my victory.
*
“Huh.”
Reason I put her sword in my inventory and sat down.
I congratulated her on her victory by clenching her fists in front of her.
“Cowardly. Where is the use of magic?”
“This is the same condition as a duel. There was no rule against using magic.”
Youna puffs out her cheeks.
It looked pretty unfair, but I wasn’t wrong.
Dalian has always been the same condition as a duel since the beginning.
Why did I forget about that?
I must have forgotten since I only saw sword vs. Sword fights.
That I can use magic like [Paralysis] Or [Bind].
“What was that skill just now? Shedding wind? It’s a technique I’ve never seen before, but it’s easy to destroy one-point crushing.”
“Huh. If you see it a few times, you’ll copy it again anyway. Don’t teach me.”
Lee Yu-na was mistaken that I was copying her skill with pure qigong.
Actually, I learned through [Feeding].
I had to suck Yuuna’s breasts again in order to learn the skill [Blowing the air].
“…”
I stared blankly at her breasts.
Then, he hurriedly looked away.
The taste of breast milk kept popping up in her head.
Damn it.
“Reason.”
“Why.”
“I’m running out of snacks at home, so I think I’ll have to go to the mart too. Shall we go together since you have to buy ice cream too?”
I handed her a proposal of reconciliation to her angry woman.
“Uh, yes?”
Her expression brightened.
I went to the mart with Lee Yu-na.
I bought daily necessities, groceries, snacks, and ice cream, and brought them to my mouth one by one.
We talked about Dalian and had miscellaneous conversations.
Then she spoke up.
“Lee Yu-na, I’m going to the field starting tomorrow, but it’s going to take a while like last time.”
“Are you going alone?”
“Yes.”
“Where are you going?”
“The ‘Sharp Harpy’s Mountains’ in the special district of central Gangwon. It’s a B-class field.”
Reason I. She looked at me while biting into the ice cream.
“Take care of yourself. Can’t get hurt We need to come back soon, and we need to contact each other often. If you come back late, it hurts me.”
It was a slightly sullen expression.
Last time, I had work at Arachne Field, so he didn’t stop me.
I knew that if I left the practice alone, I would come back much stronger.
“Okay, I’ll be back as early as possible.”
To be honest, it felt good to have someone waiting for me at home.
“Then I have to go up to Seoul after a while and meet Wolyeong.”
“Wolyoung sister? Who is that?”
“My older sister, Hong Wol-yeong, ranked 87th. You will know ‘The Lady of Red Flame’.”
“Oh, that person?”
He was a famous wizard of the Hunter Association.
“I haven’t contacted you since I left the Hunter Association, but I guess you recently found out that I was registered as a Hunter again. Her sister contacted me first.”
“Therefore?”
“I was supposed to meet you this week, but I’ll just have to see you when you’re out on the field.”
“Good. You missed him so much.”
“Yes.”
Fortunately, she didn’t seem very lonely while I was gone.
*
Hazardous area in the mountains of Gangwon.
The mountains were wide, rugged and dangerous.
It took a lot of time to move to the nearest city to the sharp Harpy Mountains field.
The roads were bumpy because they weren’t maintained often, and there were even places that turned out to be forbidden to approach because they were monster haunts.
After many twists and turns, I arrived at the Gangwon Central Special District, and they stopped me at the traffic control center.
“What are you doing here?”
“I am Cheonun, a C-class Hunter. I stopped by this city to capture Harpy Field.”
“Ah, I see.”
The person who appeared to be a commando checked my hunter registration card and allowed passage.
“By the way, what is this toll booth? Do I need permission to enter?”
I didn’t pass right by and asked.
Originally, these procedures were not necessary to enter and exit the city.
“That’s because there are so many dangerous monsters these days. As you know, Hunter-sama, since the B-class rift has become a field, it is so dangerous that the public and visitors are restricted from entering.”
“Okay.”
I nodded.
Occasionally this happens when an unclosed crack occurs in a hazardous area.
At first, the access of non-hunters is controlled, and when the situation becomes more serious, it is declared a non-accessible area.
The city was in a pretty critical situation.
“Hunter, I hope you clear the field safely.”
“Yes, please do your best.”
We said goodbye and parted ways.
The conversation was always polite and simple, since hunters and commandos were dangerous jobs that could end their lives.
Upon entering the city, the village was visible at a glance.
A few apartments and other small houses.
It was a small town.
Is there a Hunter Management Bureau?
At this size, there seemed to be no Hunter Management Bureau.
There must be a hunter management office.
I parked the car in front of the Hunter Management Center following the navigation.
And I found a mountain range guide.
The sharp B-class Harpy Mountains were much vaster than the Arachne Forest, and to find the boss, you needed someone to show you the way.
“You should go to the Taeyoung Guild.”
Following the guidance of the management office staff, I visited the largest guild in the city.
After the fielding progressed, the people who knew best about the harpy’s territory were the hunters residing in the area.
“Looking for a guide in Harpy Field.”
I saved a hunter from the guild.
“What is it, a C-class Hunter?”
The guild hunters burst into laughter when they saw my rating.
“Someone said something came in. Little boy Don’t lose your life while hunting in a place like this for no reason, go back when you say good things.”
They weren’t friendly
“It is a long way from being formed. Isn’t the Hunter Association very busy these days? It would be too much to hunt alone, but just go again. There are many other good hunting grounds besides here.”
Grumpy attitude.
He waved his hand as if chasing away a troublesome fly.
“I will pay you. Just tell the Harpy Queen the quickest route. All you have to do is guide me like that.”
“The Harpy Queen? Haha!”
When I mentioned the Harpy Queen, they burst into laughter again.
“Your little friend is not afraid. I don’t know how she got a C grade. Isn’t your life worth it?”
Hunters wearing weapons and sitting in offices.
They knew how strong the harpies were.
It’s easy for B-class hunters to become their food while wandering the mountains alone, but when a C-class said they were aiming for the Harpy Queen, they exploded.
It didn’t look like he understood the language.
I’m going to have to do some skill exercises.
“Even if you look at it like this, I will be a B-class skill. Not too long ago, I single-handedly dealt with a B-class boss monster that appeared in a C-class rift.”
“Oh, did you?”
“If you don’t believe in my skills, you can duel with me.”
“Duel?”
When the story of the duel was brought up, the hunters’ eyes changed.
A duel is a 1:1 fight to determine the strongest.
It was a sensitive issue for the Hunters because it was a matter of honor and pride.
“Haha, it’s a duel. Hey, someone step in and bring him to his senses.”
“Park Min-joon, do you want to go out?”
“Yes, yes.”
After talking among themselves, a hunter wearing a gauntlet came forward.
“Don’t you take the weapon out of your inventory? Are you a wizard or telekinetic?”
As I stood in the arena with my bare fists, a B-class hunter named Park Min-joon asked.
“You will know when you duel.”
I didn’t bother explaining.
I’ll show you later.
“B-class Hunter Park Min-jun, if I lose this fight, I promise to tell Cheon-woon the way to the Harpy Mountains.”
“C-Class Hunter Chunun. If I lose this fight, I promise to apologize to my guild members and quietly leave the city.”
We exchanged greetings with courtesy,
I used a skill
[One-point crushing]
B-class hunter Park Min-joon held his stomach and lay down on the floor of the training ground.
