S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 119



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Episode 119: The world seen by Mandragora

After coffee time, Nam Ki-seok put the dishes in the basket and stood up.

“Then I’ll wash these and come back. “Now I can freely put my hands in the water.”

Even if an underwater monster bites you, you can now wash dishes while protecting your hands with mana.

Nam Ki-seok’s face became filled with emotion as the training to get to this point flashed through his mind.

‘There were times when I wondered if I was just making them do housework… Seeing as how he broke the wall like this, my brother’s training methods were not wrong.’

He looked at Cheon Do-un with an admiring face.

If you just listen to what Cheon Do-un says, you’ll be hungry even in your sleep. She lifted the basket containing the dishes with that look on her face.

“Then I’ll be back!”

Nam Ki-seok, who became a volunteer dishwasher, headed to the waterfall valley.

The scent of an A-class worker was evident from the back.

Meanwhile, Nari Kim took a wet towel and started wiping the table.

“mister. That’s what I said earlier. “Isn’t the World Tree a tree?”

“It’s a tree.”

“Then you are a tree?”

“I don’t know. What does it look like in your eyes?”

Nari Kim tilted her head. She circled around Cheondoun and looked around.

“It’s like a human!”

“okay? “Then I guess it’s a person.”

“But our ancestors said it was the world tree. So, will you become a tree later?”

“well. How is it? Even if the juices of the World Tree flow through me, I have no intention of becoming a tree.”

Why do I suddenly become a tree when I was living a normal life?

“And if Yujia’s hypothesis is true, all the Mandragoras inside the gate have the potential to become world trees.”

If you think about it that way, there were a lot of candidates.

There was no need for him to become a world tree.

“Maybe Dodak will become the next world tree.”

-Huh?

“He’s a brave guy, so it’s possible.”

-Help, hehe!

Dodak, sitting at the table, shook his feet and roared.

However, Kim Na-ri’s expression darkened at Cheon Do-un’s words.

“I don’t want Dodak to become the world tree. “I don’t want you to become the world tree.”

“why?”

“If you turn into a tree, you won’t be able to speak anymore. We won’t even be able to go out to play together. “We can’t all drink cocoa together like we do today.”

Nari Kim said with a sullen face.

“I don’t like that.”

It was truly a childlike feeling.

Cheon Do-un chuckled and stroked Kim Na-ri’s head.

“Well, it’s just a hypothesis that my ancestor was the World Tree. “There’s nothing to take seriously.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s like that.”

“Then why do Dodak and the garden kids follow you? “Isn’t it because the juices of the world flowed from you?”

World Juice. Something once grand suddenly became the image of being sold in bags like health juice.

“The roots following me will have nothing to do with the World Tree. I have had Mandragora cells transplanted before. “I guess that’s why they recognize us as members of the same race.”

Cheon Do-un said, searching through his memories.

He received Mandragora cells when he was 17 years old.

It was the day researchers brought in grape seeds that they were planning to throw away.

‘I met Dodak when I was 14… That was before cell transplantation. When I think about it, Dodak didn’t follow me well from the beginning.’

When I picked up Dodak hiding under the fallen leaves, Dodak sharpened his blade at Cheon Do-woon.

I swung the small roots around.

Dodak started following Cheon Do-un after realizing that he had saved him.

‘If the World Tree’s influence was strong, Dodak should have followed me from the beginning.’

But it didn’t happen.

Unlike Dodak, there is one reason why Root, who was in the lab, followed Cheon Doun as soon as he saw him.

It was because of the energy of my hometown that I had never felt in my life.

As I grew up lonely, I clung to that subtle energy.

‘If the energy is weak at that level, it won’t have much of an effect even if the ancestor is the World Tree.’

Your body will not suddenly turn into a tree one day.

There was a possibility that Joseph’s research was wrong in the first place, so there was no need to take it seriously.

“Anyway, it’s 3 days before I go back to the old man, right?”

Yubeom, who was listening next to me, asked.

“uh. “They say that’s the time it takes to complete the medicine.”

“Then what are you going to do after receiving the medicine?”

Yubeom asked. If you think about it, the siblings and Cheon Do-un have no direct grudge against Joseph.

However, I had no intention of ignoring it just because I was a research lab employee.

“That person doesn’t have an explosion spell engraved on his body like we do. “It’s not like my actions are restricted because of that.”

Nevertheless, he voluntarily remained at the research institute. A person who satisfies his thirst for knowledge with money from his research institute.

“It’s just that I didn’t get my hands dirty. “I think the essence is the same as other researchers.”

“Of course.”

Cheon Do-un agreed. These were words that would have been unfair to Joseph if he heard them.

Brothers and sisters, do you know how much I suffered from Number 17 after you escaped?

I would say that, but that doesn’t excuse me.

If you hated it that much in the first place, you could have just left the lab.

Even though I had the freedom to do so, I was a bystander stuck in the lab.

“I have no intention of just passing on either. I’ll bring him here after I get the medicine in 3 days. “You decide how to dispose of it.”

When the right to dispose was given, the siblings nodded.

“It would have been nice if a big player had taken the auction bait. An elusive minnow was caught. “If I wait a little longer, the bite will come.”

The three founders of TDA.

The director of the research center, the instructor in charge, and the faceless rich man who provided the money behind the scenes.

If you catch even one of the three, you will be able to catch the rest.

‘That’s only if I’m still alive.’

Could it be that he couldn’t endure the old times and has already entered the belly of the monster?

Even if that’s the case, let’s reveal his face and real name and let the world know.

Cheon Do-un smiled and thought.

* * *

After coffee time, the group started putting the finishing touches on the extension to the house.

“We’ll take care of inserting glow-in-the-dark stones into the ribs.”

The brother and sister said as they flew up holding a lump of glow-in-the-dark stone.

Flying type disaster level monster siblings.

They were excellent workers who could work at heights without safety belts.

‘Then I guess I’ll have to build the stairs.’

Cheon Do-un sorted out the bones piled up in the yard and laid them out on the floor.

They were laid out flat and green spider webs were spread over them.

After it hardened, it was wrapped with silk caterpillar thread to give it strength.

A scaffolding has been completed.

Since I had already learned how to build a house, building the stairs was quick.

Even though the green cobwebs flowing between the bones and hardening gave an eerie feeling, anyway.

There was no way Cheon Do-un would care about that.

‘I heard you like the spiral staircase… Build a pillar with bones. I wonder if I can attach the scaffolding by rotating it around the pillar.’

He took out the bones of a large monster from among the piled up bones.

I put it deep in front of the house. A scaffold was attached around the pillar.

“Oh, it’s the stairs. “The stairs are complete.”

“The adhesive hasn’t fully hardened yet, so don’t go up.”

“I get it.”

Nari Kim walked up and down the stairs with an excited look on her face.

Cheon Do-un stepped back and looked around the house.

‘It looks like the siblings are almost finished with their work.’

The large ribs were large, but as the two disaster-level monsters worked together, the end was immediately visible.

“It’s okay. Do you like it.”

The ribbed dome sparkles here and there as if it were studded with stars.

It was magnificent even during the day. At night, the sparkle will stand out and its true value will be revealed.

“Now all that’s left is to put a red spotlight on it… .”

“mister. How are you going to make the red lights?”

“I’m thinking about dyeing the glow-in-the-dark red.”

Cheon Do-un said while looking at the luminous stone placed on the table.

It was the largest chunk left to create a spotlight.

“There is a thorn vine that lives in the cave area. “It’s a vine that blooms all year round.”

“Oh oh? Does that vine not melt when it touches winter snow?”

“Of course it melts. So, even in cave areas, it grows only in deep places where snow cannot reach.”

Cheon Do-un continued, searching through his memories.

“The pollen from that vine turns the stone red. The problem is that it’s not easy to get it.”

“You can’t even save your uncle?”

“You can save it. However, it will take a long time to get the amount you want. “These vines are pretty clever.”

If someone approaches, they run away quickly.

It was a difficult task to find him as he ran through a cavern that was tangled like a maze.

“Plus, he has a sensitive sense of energy, so he only allows monsters from the plant world to approach him.”

“Plant monster… ! Then you can approach him. “You are the world tree!”

Cheon Do-un laughed.

Before it is a world tree, it is a chimera that is a mixture of hundreds of monster cells.

In particular, since there were a lot of carnivorous cells mixed in, it was obvious that if Cheon Do-un approached, they would immediately run away into the maze.

‘Actually, it was like that in the past.’

There was no doubt because I already had experience.

“If you are cornered in a dead end, cover the area with thorn vines to protect the flowers. The gap is so narrow that people can’t get in. At most a dog or a cat… no.”

Cheon Do-woon saw Do-dak sitting at the table.

“Only something about the size of a toad will be able to fit through the thorn vines.”

“Then how about cutting it with a knife?”

“It can’t be done because the regenerative power is too good. Even if you pierce it with your railgun, it will be restored to its original state the moment it is pierced.”

Cheon Do-un was lost in thought.

“If you want to dye a stone, it will be the most transparent and pretty. There is a quick way to get it… .”

At that time, when he was thinking about it, a golden Yeonseongjin formed at Cheon Do-un’s feet.

-Huh?

The same order line appeared under Dodak, who was sitting at the table.

Shared view. It was a sign that all the medicine Joseph had given him had penetrated into his body.

Cheon Doun picked up Dodaki and placed it on the floor.

Currently, Dodak has shared his vision.

Since I couldn’t get used to the act of ‘looking’ and might fall off the table, I put it in a safe place and watched it progress.

-after… Huh… huh?

Dodak stiffened. She looked around with wide eyes.

A world I see for the first time in my life. Vivid colors and vivid light.

As the bird monster-level view of Cheondoun was shared, the leaves trembled.

Dodak’s eyes stopped in front of the fluorescent house.

-Whoa, whoa!

What is that? Dodak’s small mouth opened. My head slowly rose upward.

Due to his small size, Dodak looked up at the two-story house and fell backwards.

It didn’t hurt to be stuck in the snow piled up in the yard.

Instead, I fell over and this time I saw a ribbed dome covering the sky.

-Whoa, whoa… !

What is that again? Huge ribs gleam.

It wrapped around the surrounding area as if it was going to devour the entire area.

-Huh, huh… ! Huh!

Dodak stiffened at the sudden sight. The pitch-black eyes were shaking wildly as if there had been an earthquake.

“It seems like it would be difficult to adapt right away. Blocking the view… Is this how you do it?”

Cheon Doun closed his senses connected to Dodaki.

Did you say that we would naturally know how to close the shared view?

What Joseph said was true.

Even though no one told me about it, I felt a way to control the shared senses.

“Dodak, come here. calm down.”

Cheon Do-woon picked up the surprised Dodak and rubbed his back.

When his vision returned to normal, Dodak let out the breath he had been holding.

The stiff body also softened.

The world that Dodak saw for the first time was neither Cheondoun nor a forest landscape.

It was a strange fluorescent house, a two-story house made of bones, and a shiny ribbed dome covering it.

“mister. “What did you do with Dodak?”

“I shared my vision. I think it will take some time for Dodak to get used to it. Instead, I discovered an interesting feature.”

Cheon Do-un placed Dodaki in his palm and shared the view again.

However, the method was different from before.

Rather than passing over Cheon Do-woon’s vision, he shared Dodak’s vision and drew it out.

This was a dysfunction that even Joseph had never experienced.

By infusing mana into the Jumunjin, the activation of power was reversed.

If Joseph heard it, he would wonder how that was possible, but Cheon Do-un did it as naturally as breathing.

As Dodak’s vision was shared, his vision became blurry.

‘Is this the world Mandragora sees?’

Cheon Do-un looked around. Everything was blurry, as if I was standing in a thick fog.

As a result, neither the light nor the colors were bright.

I understood why Dodak couldn’t estimate the distance every time he jumped.

I also understand why he stiffened in surprise after sharing Cheon Do-un’s vision a little while ago.

‘Have I only seen a world like this my whole life?’

If this were the case, he wouldn’t have been able to see his own face properly.

This is natural for Mandragora, so it does not feel uncomfortable.

I understood it in my head.

I understood, but my heart wanted to give Dodak a clear world.

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