The Artist Who Paints Dungeon - Chapter 114



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Episode 114

What would happen if a person who had a habit of doing evil were to be fried in the fires of hell and come out alive?

“…Fuck… .”

The answer was that it didn’t change much.

“What the fuck… Seriously, why on earth would I… .”

Park Eun-gyeom’s daily life changed overnight.

A first-class citizen and a B-class hunter. His appearance is also okay, and since his job is based on his body, his physical strength is also good. It seems like only yesterday that I was feeling pathetic towards the idiots who would stick to me without me knowing, but I was also enjoying the sweetness of it.

‘But after falling into that dungeon…’

The atmosphere has changed.

“That person….”

“They say it’s very habitual.”

“It’s the end of the world, it’s the end of the world.”

People were looking at him and gossiping.

“Park Hunter, you said you were dragged into the Black Cloak’s dungeon.”

“… Yes, well, that’s true.”

“The aftereffects will be severe, so why didn’t you just get some rest? Why did you come out?”

It was the same with the hunters I knew.

“I heard there are rumors going around that you might be tired these days because of the association’s requests for cooperation.”

The B-class hunter who said that glanced around with a strange sense of anxiety and irritation. Although he didn’t know the exact reason, his expression seemed to indicate that he knew that he had been taken to the association and interrogated several times.

‘I guess you’re still wondering if you’re under surveillance.’

But it wasn’t a completely wrong suspicion.

‘Damn, why am I being treated like this…!’

In reality, he was under surveillance by the association.

I couldn’t understand it at all. If a precious first-class citizen, a capable B-class hunter, had survived an unknown dungeon, shouldn’t he have been praised and encouraged, and then given compensation for the damages? I don’t understand why the people around him are so critical.

“That, the Hunter… has to do his job. If I don’t do my job, who will protect the citizens?”

“… Really? Then just figure it out and do your best.”

The other person clicked his tongue and walked away.

“… … .”

It was a reaction of clear contempt and disappointment.

‘… What kind of reaction is that just now? Even if he’s a B-class hunter, isn’t this too much? I knew that guy was a bit territorial, but to think he’d act this blatantly… .’

Suddenly, I ground my teeth.

‘He was a third-class person until recently. He’s so shallow that I can’t get along with him.’

It was truly horrible to see a country bumpkin who lived off of monster meat bragging about how well he had awakened.

He tried to ignore the mutterings and went out to find work. There were many people looking for B-class hunters. He wasn’t the type of person to collapse like this.

but.

“sorry.”

“… Hey, I don’t know what kind of rumors are going around these days… .”

“I’m sorry, Hunter Park Eun-gyeom. Our agency cannot help you with any arrangements.”

“You believe that fucking rumor and you’re lying around like this? Hey! How much money did I make here?!”

“Sorry, please visit another agency.”

I was ignored by ordinary employees who weren’t even hunters.

“Ha, it’s so ridiculous. Seeing the hunters working hard in this dirty little agency makes you think you’re some kind of person…? You’d kill me if I hit you, so how could you think of hunters as food, damn it!!”

“… Hey, calm down… .”

“Do you think I’ll just leave you alone? Do you think I’ll leave you alone? Don’t be a jerk, you little shit… I said I’d come and do the work myself. Huh? What rank are you? What rank are you that you have to act like this!!”

For a moment, I felt satisfaction and joy at the look on the frightened employee’s face.

“Hunter Park Eun-gyeom, please get out.”

“Huh? No, you’re telling me to leave? Are you crazy?”

“Get out, now.”

The brokerage guards came out and threw him out of the building.

Since it was a brokerage where even hunters who were first-class citizens frequented, most of the guards were C-class hunters. Even if I was of a higher rank, it was natural that I would have to back down if I was persecuted by the majority.

“No, you, you, you crazy kids…!! Are you crazy?! Don’t you know me?! Don’t you know me!!”

“Oh, I know. You said earlier that I’m Hunter Park Eun-gyeom.”

One of the guards clicked his tongue and said,

“Aren’t you the kind of hunter who doesn’t know how to be stingy with his porters and just throws them at monsters to be eaten? Huh?”

“That, that’s…!!”

What the hell is wrong with that?

“… I, I’m not the only one who does this. Huh? Am I the only one? No. Not just me, no. No? Hey, come on. Do you think that F-class thing, that porter thing, looks human? Do you fucking think that thing looks human!!”

Yeah, that was the fucking rumor.

When things were not going well, it was common for everyone to abandon their porters in the dungeon. It was annoying enough that all they did was carry the load, and now they had to feed them too. It was only natural to want to abandon such a carnivorous creature.

Of course, I was in a difficult situation. In an already dangerous situation, it can’t be helped that you don’t have the luxury of taking care of porters.

“Of course I know that’s bad. But, huh? Think about it, do people cross the street while obeying the traffic lights? No. No, I know that’s bad, too, so I do… I do…!”

“In my own way? Well, I guess I hid it pretty well?”

“… … .”

“Man, this guy is seriously crazy.”

The guard chuckled at his fellow comrades.

“He’s not a murderer who doesn’t know he’s a murderer.”

“That’s true. These guys are the real deal. Man, I’m sick of them.”

“Even a 5th-grade citizen would be better at objectifying himself than this.”

I was moved.

“Who are you comparing to a 5th class citizen now…!!”

But no one listened.

“Since it’s to this extent, wouldn’t the association be monitoring it?”

“There are no habitual criminals like this one. It’s funny how they come out looking for work when the rumor has spread.”

“This is a real joke. Even first-class citizens are struggling financially, and stuff like that?”

“Hey, you, our first-class citizen, are really pissed. Let’s go back too.”

“Oh my, that’s scary. If you get angry, you’ll kick us too, right? Like this, slap!!”

“Oh, you crazy kid. Don’t make me laugh so hard. It’s work time, so stop.”

I was speechless at the way he treated me like a peanut to relieve boredom.

“… What, what…”

I really wanted to cry.

Eventually he was left alone before the murmuring crowd.

“… … .”

I don’t know how many times this has happened.

When a hunter says he wants to do some hunter work, the brokerage staff only say that he ate something wrong and that it won’t work. It was all because the association blatantly called me in.

“… I, I… I am not being watched, I am being protected…”

The association staff clearly said that it was a protective measure, not surveillance. They just had to wait and see how things went, because they didn’t know when the black cloak would show up again and try to harm them. How many times did they beg that they not take offense?

Even though he was uncomfortable with being played by a monster cub, he thought the association staff were brave and accepted their protection. It was ridiculous that a civil servant would dare to protect a B-class hunter, but he tolerated it all.

“… What a dangerous monster that Black Cloak is, that, that…”

To personally inform the world of the dangers of the Black Cloak, which is known to be a somewhat unusual event.

“I suffered so much to get out of here….”

That’s what happened.

“… … .”

“… … .”

“…Is that person that person?”

The rookie hunters who were going from brokerage to brokerage were making a fuss.

“Why, the porter was dragged away by the black cloak… .”

“He didn’t just give up, he was going to leave it in the dungeon.”

“He’s really crazy.”

Someone muttered.

“It looks like I might get dragged away by the black cloak.”

He cried out again, crying.

“끌려갈 만하긴 뭐가 그래, 이 개새끼들아!!”

“Oh, no, we just… .”

“Do you know how dangerous a monster that Black Cloak is? Huh? You don’t know!”

“that….”

“They take a normal person and turn him into a wreck…!!”

The hunter, who looked like a young child, crumpled his face.

“What, you sound like a normal person… Hey, isn’t the rumor already spreading?”

He made the subject laugh out loud at the sight of someone so scared.

“The black cloak only catches bad people.”

“That’s right, they said they wouldn’t arrest you unless it was something as bad as murder or abuse.”

“It’s not like there’s a monster that’s going to catch you for jaywalking. What are you talking about?”

When a bunch of idiots get together, they can’t communicate.

“Well, he’s a scary monster because he’s a bad guy. How could he be scared of people like us?”

“Well… It’s dangerous because it’s a monster, but I heard it doesn’t cause much harm…”

“Did you hear that you get a gift if you meet? Wow, hearing that makes me want to meet you too.”

“Arthur, even so, it’s not a dangerous monster recognized by the association. Anyway, we just have to be careful.”

“Hey, you’re being too careful. The gifts that monster gives you are so delicious.”

“That’s right, they say it’s effective. It’s almost like a medicine.”

They confirmed this strange ghost story that was currently spreading through the city, not the rumored bastard.

“They say that if you’re unlucky, you won’t receive the Black Cloak’s gift.”

“But I’m still a little scared. What if I get arrested for a crime I don’t even know about…?”

“It’s a monster, so you have to be careful, but don’t worry.”

“Yeah, if you weren’t that ruined in character, I don’t think you’d be dragged in.”

“I heard that Black Cloak’s work is so amazing. I want to go see it.”

The Black Cloak, which gave gifts to good people and punishment to bad people, was popular among the citizens. The polite humanoid monster, which rarely harmed people, filled the romanticism of the city dwellers to the max.

There were people who feared him, but no one who hated him.

“But why is that kid giving us shit?”

“I don’t know, I guess it’s easy… That’s why people who are rank-oriented…”

“You’re the only one who’s insulting all the first-class citizens, tsk tsk.”

In contrast, there were many people who hated criminals recognized by the association for no reason.

“I heard that hunter’s ID wasn’t canceled?”

“What confidence do you have when you made Hunter do all the disgraceful things…?”

So in the end.

“… … .”

A person named Park Eun-gyeom was isolated.

“… This, this, this…”

The injustice of no one knowing their pain. The anger at being treated for the first time in their life and the fear hidden behind it. The embarrassment of being embarrassed in front of so many people.

He had held back, not wanting to be dragged back to the ‘Empty City’ again, but now he had picked up the hammer.

“You little piece of trash!!!”

“Whoa!!”

“Stop that guy!”

“Stop talking nonsense, you little shits, you, you dog…!!”

And that appearance.

“… … .”

The gray city was watching.

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Identification Number

0S-328-D-01

Response level

B(avoidance)

Object Type

Humanoid(-)

Object name

Black suit(-)

warrant

seizure(-)

A humanoid entity first discovered by Park Eun-gyeom, a B-class hunter affiliated with the Korean Hunter Association. Created by the identification number 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』, it resides in the ‘Empty City’, which is identified as the entity’s main dungeon.

It is a black suit with a shape that feels like a person is wearing it. The shape of the suit varies slightly from individual to individual. There was some noise in the process of naming the individual. There was a proposal to name the individual ‘Invisible Man’, but it was found that the body is not transparent, but does not exist, so it was discarded.

For convenience, it was named a humanoid entity, but this may be revised in the future. It seems necessary to adjust the entity name after obtaining additional information.

According to the testimony of a Class A Hunter (Yoo Seong-un) belonging to the collection agency, it is said to have intelligence that allows communication, but it is also possible that this is a characteristic unique to certain individuals. Its height is estimated to be around 185~189cm.

As can be seen from the identification number, it has similar characteristics to 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』. Its height and behavior are similar to Black Cloak.

It recognizes evil humans as harmful entities that have a negative impact on the race. The moment it encounters them, it forcibly transfers them to the dungeon ‘City of Void’ to isolate and dispose of them. It is possible to escape if it receives permission from the dungeon’s owner, 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』, but if it stays for a long time, it seems that it will become part of the ‘work’.

If it becomes a work of 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』, a ‘price’ is required when escaping.

In the case of the first witness, B-class hunter Park Eun-gyeom, he paid in ‘evilness’. However, immediately after showing the ‘evilness’ that was taken in return, he was judged to have violated the deal, and his body’s external characteristics were stolen by 『0S-328-D-01 (Black Suit)』, and his body was turned into paint.

『0S-328-D-01 (Black Suit)』’s method is careful and clever. If the target violates the deal, he will rob them in the following order: voice, eyes, muscles, and skin. After completing the deal, 『0S-328-D-01 (Black Suit)』 committed suicide in the form of Park Eun-gyeom.

Bystanders testified that they did not notice any discomfort. Judging from the fact that Park Eun-gyeom complained of hysterical pain and fear during the 7-day robbery period, it seems that the transaction target was able to confirm the robbery process.

『0S-328-D-01 (Black Suit)』 disappeared after it was proven that it was not Park Eun-gyeom. Park Eun-gyeom’s body was turned into black paint and is stored in the association’s research facility. Some researchers analyzed that it was a living paint with vital activities.

Thoughts on how to cope

Evil deeds are prohibited within the visible range of the dungeon ‘City of Void’ of 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』. After talking directly with 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』, you can escape with or without paying the price.

Regardless of the type of attack, 『0S-328-D (Black Cloak)』 and 『0S-328-D-01 (Black Suit)』 cannot be hit. The two entities above and the dungeon ‘City of Void’ set evasion as the default response method.

We welcome your requests and additional information.

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Today’s status_’Empty City’

“Is the void working hard for dad(?˙∇˙)?”