S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 224



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224. Those who are fortunate to have allies

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Cheon Do-woon passed the second obstacle course amidst the cheers of the audience.

The number of participants had already been reduced by half. Those who had endured that much approached Cheon Do-woon with proud faces.

“Master! We held on and didn’t get eliminated!”

Before they knew it, the participants were calling Cheon Do-un their teacher. Cheon Do-un smiled without denying or confirming.

“There are more survivors than I thought. They are all useful.”

The participants’ eyes sparkled at the muttering. In particular, Oh Seung-cheol, the leader of the AA team, snorted and clenched his fist.

“That’s what you said to me.”

“What are you talking about? Look at those eyes. You were talking to me.”

“Everyone wake up. Mr. Tripod just made eye contact with me. He said something to me.”

The participants spoke with sparkling eyes. They looked like they could easily be mistaken for fanatics of a cult.

In the meantime, Cheon Do-woon lifted Dodak back to its original position and tied it up, then looked at the remaining obstacle course.

The playground of the Awakened Ones’ Unified Association was spacious.

As it was a place to measure and train abilities, it boasted a size several times that of a soccer field.

Cheon Do-woon looked around the playground and said.

“Now there are three remaining interference spells.”

“How do you know that?”

“Mana detection. You guys try it too.”

“Hey, let me try… This playground is really big.”

The Awakened ones spoke in confusion.

Detecting such a wide range with just mana is difficult even for an A-class Awakened user.

“Can’t you do it?”

“I can’t do it. This kind of scope is difficult.”

“It’s common to hire specialists in that field for things like detection. We don’t have anything that we can detect with mana… .”

“That’s right. I never practiced it separately because I didn’t need to.”

The participants nodded at each other. It was not an excuse, it was a fact.

Cheon Do-un, who can detect, search, and track with just one mana, is out of the norm.

Cheon Do-woon looked at them and then turned around.

“The best way to break a wall is to increase your Mana proficiency. If you can’t do it, then there’s nothing you can do.”

“Huh? What is that… If you get better at detecting with mana, will you be able to break down walls?”

“Yes. That means you’re good at handling mana.”

“Then, did the perennial B-rank hunter in the article also break through the wall through that training?”

Their questions made Cheon Do-woon think of Nam Gi-seok.

In fact, he had no memory of teaching Nam Ki-seok anything.

All they did was dress him in poisoned fur clothes and make him stay in a place with luminous stones that disrupted the circulation of mana.

Plus, I think I made her do the laundry and dishes. I think I made her clean and cook too.

I never taught you anything, except that it all happened in the Demon World.

‘I never forced you to come in the first place.’

It was Nam Ki-seok’s own will that kept going without stopping even though it must have been painful.

In the end, it was through his own efforts that he broke the wall and overcame the limits.

Cheon Do-woon looked at the participants. How many of them would overcome their limitations and become true workers?

“Get through this game. Let me see if you have what it takes to be a worker.”

Worker. Cheon Do-woon clearly said that. However, to the participants’ ears, the word worker sounded like disciple.

‘He is someone who gives generous advice to help his juniors grow.’

‘If I become a disciple of this person, I might become an S-class Awakener someday.’

‘I will survive until the end in this game!’

The participants were burning with determination. The trio watching from afar had complicated faces.

“You just said you were a worker?”

“Oh. I said out loud that I was a worker.”

“But why do you like it so much?”

What could be the reason? Did they hear something as a group? The trio looked at them with pitiful faces.

“Well… he looks happy, so let’s leave him alone.”

In fact, it was a little funny. The trio, who had been unconsciously influenced by the siblings, were laughing before they knew it.

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The third obstacle course was crossing the net.

All you have to do is cross a wide web like a spider’s web. The game itself is simple, but sabotage is not.

[Electricity flows randomly through the net. In order to pass through, you have to block it one by one with mana, or endure it with a mat. It is expected that many people will drop out in this section.]

As soon as the host finished speaking, the trap spell began to activate.

Electricity shot out from all over the net, accompanied by a crackling sound.

-Huh?

Dodaki, who was tied to Cheon Do-un’s ankle, saw that and his eyes grew wide.

“what’s the matter?”

Cheon Do-woon looked down at Dodak.

Plant-based monsters are basically resistant to electric attacks. This is natural, since they don’t conduct electricity well.

But the current Dodak was soaking wet from the puddle.

It’s a moist and plump puffy puffy puff.

-Whew, Whew!

Dodaki, who instinctively sensed the crisis, grabbed the hem of Cheon Do-un’s trousers.

The plump roots of his feet were placed gently on top of Cheon Do-un’s shoes so as not to touch the net.

I don’t like that. That’s what he was claiming.

“Don’t worry. I’ve created a mana wall around my body. Even if the trap is triggered, you’ll be safe.”

Cheon Do-woon reassured Dodak and then took a step forward. The net rippled, but he walked calmly over it without wavering.

In contrast, there were teams that were too scared to even start. The host quickly grabbed the microphone after seeing that.

[You don’t have to worry about safety. This game has different power settings depending on the awakening level. It is designed to only emit electricity that can be withstood.]

A weak electric current is applied to those who are weak.

A person of a higher rank would be subjected to a stronger electric shock, but only a level of electricity that they could withstand would be applied.

“If that’s the case, then it might be worth a try?”

“Let’s go too!”

The Awakened One by One stepped onto the net. At that moment, blue electricity shot out from under the feet of Cheon Do-un, who had started first.

“Sir, it’s dangerous!”

The Awakened Ones approached to help Cheondoun, but then stopped.

The sparks flying under his feet grew in an instant and rose up like pillars.

It rose into the sky, forming a giant electric pole.

Not only did the clouds disperse and disappear in an instant, but the entire stadium was illuminated with a blue light.

[What, what is that… This is… What the heck is this… .]

The host was speechless, his mouth hanging open.

The awakened people who were nearby also had their mouths agape with blank expressions. The audience soon became as quiet as mice.

The electricity is proportional to the strength of the person who stepped on the trap. The words the host said flashed through people’s minds.

[Hey, wait! Look at that. Something is stopping the electric pole from growing any bigger! That’s… a wall! A transparent mana wall trapping the electricity!]

The announcer, who was inspecting the electric pole with a sense of professionalism, shouted out what he had learned.

“It’s true. It’s preventing the electricity from growing.”

“The Tripod is protecting us!”

“Wow!”

People were excited by the belatedly discovered fact.

Should we be surprised by those giant electricity poles, or should we be surprised by the power that even they have overpowered?

Now I don’t even know what part I should be surprised at. I don’t really know, but it’s cool, so let’s start by screaming. People waved their cheering sticks with such faces.

The electric poles were compressed inside, as if they were trapped in an invisible glass container, unable to come out.

The invisible glass container is shrinking. It is forcibly dissipating the electricity.

A moment later, the blue electric pole disappeared and Cheon Do-woon was revealed inside.

People who saw him standing there calmly cheered in disbelief, even though they had expected it.

Cheon Do-woon looked down at his ankles.

“Are you surprised, Dodak?”

-Whew, Whew!

Dodaki’s mouth was wide open in surprise at the blue beam of light.

Yet he did not tremble. It was his majesty as a king.

“You must have been really surprised. It’s okay. That was just a blue light.”

-Huh, huh?

“That’s right. It didn’t hurt, did it? It was all over in a flash.”

-Ouch, oh yeah!

Dodak nodded, calmed down by Cheon Do-un’s words.

Cheon Do-woon looked around. Although he had surrounded himself with a mana wall to protect himself, if the same trap as before were triggered again, it would not be good for Mandragora’s psyche.

“I guess I’ll just have to skip this section.”

Cheon Do-woon condensed mana into his feet and jumped up. He jumped over the obstacle course in one go.

The Awakened once again gaped in amazement at the absurd leaping power. Even for an A-class Hunter, it was impossible to jump over this wide area.

[Run, run. This is the first time I’ve seen something like this. I don’t know how to relay this.]

The host casually blurted out words like dereliction of duty.

Yet no one blamed him. Everyone who watched felt the same way.

“Hey, how much mana does Tripod-nim ​​have?”

Someone asked in a mumbled voice. Everyone was so absent-minded that no one answered.

The first one to come to his senses was AA team leader Oh Seung-cheol.

“I… I too must pass through here. I am going to the Master!”

With that shout, the participants came to their senses. They could not miss the opportunity to become disciples of such a person.

All the game participants were full of enthusiasm. However, reality is not something that can be achieved with enthusiasm alone.

Every time the trap was triggered, people were shocked by electricity. Those who couldn’t hold out fell under the net.

“Ah, no…!”

Those who fell screamed. It looked so gruesome that anyone who saw it would mistake it for falling to their deaths from a cliff.

The audience could only laugh because the ball landed on the grass 50 centimeters below.

“Ugh, I was wrong… I can no longer become the disciple of the Tripod Master!”

Those who were eliminated cried out in frustration. Their cries served as a warning to the survivors.

“We will survive!”

“Become a disciple while alive!”

“Disciple! Disciple! Disciple!”

“Woooooo!”

The atmosphere at the stadium became heated. The audience watching it also felt their hearts warm.

The watching Coconut Family just laughed.

* * *

People were excited about the electric pole that Cheon Do-un showed them.

I was busy taking pictures and videos and uploading them to the internet.

“As expected, the S-class hunter is amazing.”

“Of course. He’s a hunter who has been active since the old days. He can’t help but be amazing!”

The audience was busy chatting about what they had seen. There was only one person who couldn’t get on board with the atmosphere.

D, who was sitting on the judges’ bench.

He, who was the head instructor at the TDA Research Institute, stood up and stepped back. He didn’t even notice that his chair had fallen backwards.

“Number 17… .”

A trembling voice flowed out. His fingertips also trembled slightly.

No doubt. That wild mana right now. That overwhelming power that seems like it could crush a person to death with just its energy. That’s number 17.

Chimera test subject number 17, known as Torai from the illegal laboratory.

“No. That can’t be. Number 17 is dead. The experiment turned his body into a monster. That can’t be Number 17.”

Although I tried hard to deny it, my body’s reaction of cold sweat pouring down was honest.

Let’s run away. If he sees me, he’ll try to kill me.

D stumbled back and ran out of the judges’ booth. No one noticed his departure due to the tumultuous atmosphere.

That was the case with all but three people.

“Oppa, that guy.”

Yujia, who was in the team’s tent, noticed D’s departure.

“That’s the guy that Cheon Do-woon buried his mana in.”

Yoo Beom also noticed and snickered. At the moment he ran away, it was almost certain that the author was D.

“Judging by your reaction, I think you’ve figured out who Cheon Do-woon is.”

The siblings looked at Cheon Do-woon. Cheon Do-woon was also looking at D who was running away. The siblings smiled as they saw the corners of his mouth slightly go up.

“It’s no use running away.”

Cheon Do-woon has already planted mana in the author’s body.

In that case, there was no need to rush. For now, let’s enjoy the sports day until the closing ceremony as we came here to play.

Catching it came later.

“I think that would be more fun, don’t you think?”

“That’s right. That’s more fun.”

Yujia nodded. There is nothing more fun than overtaking someone just when they feel relieved that they have escaped.

The siblings’ eyes sparkled with the golden color characteristic of birds of prey.

The three people who saw that tried to turn their heads away as if they didn’t know.

‘The siblings are a bit scary when they do that.’

‘Look at those eyes. Even a serial killer would give up and go in.’

‘It’s fortunate that they are not the enemy.’

The trio desperately tried not to look at their siblings. Then, they found Cheon Do-woon smirking at D at the playground.

The moment they saw that smile, the three of them felt their spines tingle.

Ah, thank goodness we’re part of the Coconut Family. Thank goodness that smile isn’t directed at them. The three thought at the same time.