Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 88
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Episode 88 Horned Lizard (2)
“Ahhhhh!”
Screams erupt from all directions.
“I can’t see! I can’t hear! I can’t feel anything!”
“Oh, there’s no one?!”
“Baby! My baby, where are you!!”
“Mom? Oh no! Mommyyyyy!”
Even though his eyes were open, he sat on the ground like a blind person, feeling for the floor, and even though he had ears, he seemed to be deaf and could not hear anything.
Even though we were touching each other, we didn’t feel anything.
“haha!”
Candela, who took in all that chaos at a glance, barely opened her mouth.
“… … Since when?”
“When do you think it will start?”
Hake asked Candela a question in return.
“How much is reality and how much is illusion?”
“… … .”
“Guess.”
Hake, who approached Candela without fear, walked step by step and placed a hand on her shoulder.
Suddenly, Akmun Candela attacked Hake, causing her rock-like hair to stand on end.
“You, you punk!”
And he clenched his fist and swung the hammer. His body had been trained all his life. He was confident in martial arts.
No matter how promising Depicio’s assassin is, he won’t be able to get up right away if he gets hit by her fist!
“… … It disappeared?”
However, the body of the attacked Hake disappeared like a goblin.
Hahaha!
There were voices here and there mocking Candela, as if they were pointing fingers at her, looking down at her trapped in the box.
Candela, trembling with humiliation, cried out loudly.
“Come out! Show yourself! Let’s fight fair and square!”
“Wow! Sister, you’re saying the same thing as your little brother. Okay, okay~ Let’s try it.”
Then a distinctly low-pitched voice was heard. It wasn’t Hake.
“you……!”
The man that Candela had taken down by surprise earlier. And he was the one that had been captured and locked up in the dungeon!
Not the appearance of a bulky, balding man, but rather a thin, but considerably muscular, grey-haired man.
“I see. I understand what you mean. How much of it is reality and how much is illusion?”
But Candela could tell at a glance that the man in front of her was him.
Because her instincts were screaming at her!
“It was from the beginning?”
This man is dangerous!
“That’s right. I wasn’t even locked up in prison in the first place. It’s true that I split up with my group midway, but I wasn’t betrayed either.”
“You weren’t betrayed? Then what about that Depicio assassin?”
“Ah~ That guy? He’s already a traitor who betrayed Depicio. The enemy’s traitor is considered an ally.”
Gale pointed to Hake, who was laughing awkwardly with his thumb. Unlike the Depicio assassins who acted as if they had no emotions despite their human-like appearance, he was laughing like a human.
“Hahaha! Right! That’s it! So that’s why Assassin Deficio asked for that information.”
Only then did Candela understand. An assassin caught in Depicchio’s clutches would not want to know information about his ‘family’.
“… … Ha. Someone must have planned it all. I’m falling into a trap and being fooled.”
“Well, I guess it can’t be helped since they are my opponents.”
As Gail shrugged sarcastically, Candela asked nervously.
“Let me ask you one thing. Are you a hunter?”
With her eyes settling deeply, Gale took out the Nexion from her bosom and showed it to me. The black luster of the Nexion sparkled against the luminous stone.
“It’s true.”
I could tell when I saw it for myself. After hearing the gatekeeper’s report, I thought it was a fake that only looked good on the outside, but it was the real thing.
Candela also had a rough idea of why the Hunter had come here.
“Is it because of Deficio?”
“Correct answer.”
An unprecedented event that occurred on Earth.
In order to take over Clover Trading Company, they joined hands with Magpie’s boss and attempted to assassinate Depicio’s successor to Clover Trading Company… … ‘Attempted Assassination of Azen Clover!’
And as soon as the incident was over, the hunters immediately came to the Batavil tunnel.
This means only one thing.
‘Did you get your tail kicked? Or did you get the information from somewhere? I heard that the Batevil tunnels are connected to Deficio.’
Eventually, I began to think about what their true identity was.
‘… Spero.’
More precisely.
‘The Emperor’s Special Hunter!’
Cold sweat broke out from Candela’s clenched fists.
If it was just a hunter, then I wouldn’t have noticed, but if a special hunter had intervened, there was no way I could dismiss it as a prank!
‘You’re trying to clean up our tunnels using the excuse of cooperating with Depicio…!’
As all the worst-case scenarios flashed through Candela’s mind, the gray-haired man raised both his hands.
“Whoa, sis, calm down. I know what you’re thinking. But listen to what I have to say first, and then continue.”
“What are you talking about?”
“A message from our leader to the ruler of the Batavil tunnels?”
“… … !”
When Candela flinched, he smiled frivolously and said:
“He said that what we want from the tunnel side is a peaceful dialogue, right? For now.”
But the word ‘for now’ at the end really bothered me.
It was fortunate that the special hunter’s purpose was not something bloody and vibrating like execution or punishment.
“……so?”
“We were the ones who suddenly barged into this silent tunnel, and we were the ones who started the ruckus first, and we wanted something from you, Sister.”
Candela frowned sinisterly.
“Stop beating around the bush. Get to the point.”
“Hey, you’re really short-tempered, sis. Okay, okay! Just tell me right away!”
As Candela, unable to shake off her choleric temper, prepared for battle, Gale answered with a chill.
And then he muttered to himself, ‘How can she be my step-sister? Her behavior is too similar to Frau’s.’
“How about we have a fair match? That’s what I suggested.”
“Showdown?”
The gray-haired male, Gail, pointed at himself with his index finger, then extended it toward Candela.
He said with a wry smile.
“If the two of us fight, whoever wins gets what each side wants. In short, winner takes all.”
Gail held up three fingers.
“What we want is, first of all, peaceful dialogue and negotiation. Second, the papyrus that our comrades stole earlier. Third, Horned Lizard, your assistance.”
“Are there quite a lot of requirements?”
“Well, I said that my sister could ask for the same thing.”
Candela, her expression completely blank, shook her head furiously.
‘Why are you doing this?’
Now that the Emperor’s special hunter had descended in person, even if the hunters continued to cause trouble and steal the papyrus to return to the surface, Candela and the tunnels would not be able to protest in the least.
It was a fact that he had been holding hands with Depicio and receiving supplies.
“Okay. I accept it.”
I was still skeptical, but honestly, it wasn’t a bad suggestion.
“There are three conditions here. First, you must not harm me, the Batevill Tunnel, or the people in the tunnel. Second, you must return the papyrus. Third, you must cancel this illusion and its unique magic.”
Because it was definitely beneficial for her.
“Okay, okay~ Then I guess the conditions have all been adjusted… … Shall we begin?”
“Okay. I’ll show you an example.”
Gail smiled wickedly and took out her plainclothes sword.
Candela also laughed fiercely and ran towards Gail.
“I will knock you down for sure!”
“Who would say that!”
Boom-!
At those words, the two new types collided.
* * *
Meanwhile, Elwin, who was on the ground, was leisurely enjoying tea time with Nero, who had returned to human form.
“It’s already been three hours since Gale and his party entered the tunnel, soon to be four hours.”
Then, I suddenly took out my Nexion and checked the current time. It was almost 10 PM.
“You’ve probably been caught by now, right?”
“I guess so. Candela is quite a person.”
Nero, who was sitting across from me with his tongue out to cool off, answered with a sly grin. It was because he burned his tongue while hurriedly drinking the hot tea. Nero had a cat’s tongue.
“The tunnel is the horned lizard’s territory, so they’ll sense something unusual right away.”
“Well, Mr. Hake will have to do a good job.”
That’s why Hake’s role was important.
Because Hake’s unique magic, ‘Daydream’, was the ability to deceive the opponent’s five senses and show them powerful illusions.
“But, Elwin, doesn’t every unique magic have its own limitations? I’m sure Hake’s unique magic has limitations as well.”
Avito’s unique magic, ‘Babylon’, had the limitation that one had to be able to read, listen, write, and speak the language it was using fluently.
Nero’s unique magic ‘Imposter’ also had the limitation that Nero himself had to see the target of the transformation at least once.
You have to take risks to get rewards that are greater than what you earn. Pain is what leads to valuable results.
This law of equivalent exchange was incorporated into all unique magic.
“You’re sharp, Nero. But you don’t have to worry, Hake.”
The restrictions on Hake’s unique magic, Daydream, were so absurd that if other unique magic users heard about it, they would be upset and ask, “Is that a restriction?”
‘When your feet touch the ground, it limits the enclosed space and causes powerful hallucinations targeting the people within it.’
As you can see, there were hardly any restrictions.
‘Like the limitations of my own magic.’
Moreover, the ‘closed’ space meant there means inside a cave or a building, and… …an island surrounded by the sea on all sides.
A space that is surrounded by something, either natural or artificial, and is designated and enclosed.
‘That’s why in the original, Hake could run wild in the media and cause chaos.’
The background before the start of the original “Rampas”.
The fall of Mediale, the central island and headquarters of the World Hunter Association.
‘Due to Deficio’s scheme, the Manticore is released from its seal, and many Hunters die in the aftermath.’
Just when you think the damage has been dealt with, the spy ‘Hake’ who infiltrated from Depicio destroys Mediale’s barrier and unleashes powerful unique magic.
It scattered all five senses of the hunters and showed them illusions.
The Deficio assassins invaded during the gap in the broken barrier and easily annihilated the wavering hunters.
Except for the 616th batch of rookie hunters who risked their lives to escape from Mediale, and were betrayed by Depicio at the last minute by Hake.
‘The tragedy of Red August.’
The original work referred to the tragedy that day, when all the hunters residing on the central island were brutally slaughtered.
The mediale, soaked in bright red blood, floating calmly on the sea dyed in the bloody sunset, is simply red and red.
and…….
‘President of the World Hunters’ Association, Pan Tbaron’s public execution.’
It is broadcast all over the world. The scene of a dwarf who was somewhat harsh in speech but was kind and chivalrous, dying a cruel death.
“Even if I die, it’s not the end! The ‘Hunter’ is not defeated! A new light always appears!”
With all his might, he let out a final cry.
“Believe! Don’t lose hope! The Hunter is always alive… …!!”
While trying to leave a tiny spark of hope to those who have to endure this desperate situation until the end.
“Deng-geong-!”
The neck was cut.
“… … .”
Sometimes I think like that.
It all seems like a well-crafted play. If only the original characters were actors in the play.
I am?
What am I, who can’t even become that kind of actor?