The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 106



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Episode 107

107. It might be difficult.

“You think it’s strange?”

“To get to the bottom line, I think the raid will be a success.”

“Poison?”

“It seems that part has been resolved as well. According to the observation team report, there is a hunter who controls the poison.”

“Poison control? That’s a pretty rare skill. Was there a guy like that in the Char Guild?”

“It’s probably that female hunter. The Korean hunter you released.”

The one who answered Dardenne’s question was Igor, who had just entered the hotel room.

Darden didn’t blame his brother for his irresponsible behavior in disappearing from the port despite being a guild member, but he was irritated by the fact that he had not shared important information.

Nikolayev noticed his displeasure and left the room.

“Did you know that there are hunters among Koreans who use poison?”

“I ate at a hotel. Judging from the power, it wasn’t a poison potion or anything. It was probably some kind of trait or skill.”

“Why now… … .”

“It wasn’t a particularly dangerous ability, and I didn’t care because I didn’t think there would be any other cards that could deal with Upumangbaou besides those with the ability to turn into giants. Even if you had known, you probably figured that it wouldn’t be enough to completely remove Upumangbaou’s poison.”

Igor cut Dardenne off and made an excuse.

Darden couldn’t refute his brother’s words. He certainly didn’t think that there would be someone in Korea, a Hunter frontier country, who could control the poison of the Upumangbau.

No, I hadn’t even considered that method in the first place.

“Whatever abilities you lack, you can make up for with items. Maybe there’s a good item that can deal with poison. I don’t know about Korea, but it’s definitely possible for the Federation.”

“You ran out in a rage, but now you’re looking at the situation calmly? Where did you get your head down?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve thought about it.”

Dardenne was suddenly overcome with anxiety at Igor’s calm voice.

“Until now, I thought you and I had the same goal: revenge.”

“Of course I’m thinking about revenge.”

“But that’s not your priority. Is it?”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Vladivostok. Wasn’t your primary goal to seize this city under the pretext of revenge?”

“That’s revenge, bro.”

“It must be your ambition.”

Dardenne was out of breath. He had to say something, but his mouth wouldn’t open.

I felt a weight on my shoulders, even though Igor wasn’t really threatening.

Dardenne soon realized the reason. It was because of the look in his eyes. The look in his brother’s eyes, which seemed disappointed, was making him feel shabby.

“I’m not blaming you. I’m grateful enough for the work you did to raise the guild and negotiate with the government to save my worthless brother from being a fugitive. But don’t fool yourself. Wasn’t revenge a tool to justify your ambitions? I don’t like that part.”

“Brother… Do you think we’re strong? Do you think there’s nothing to fear because you’re an S-rank? In the end, if you don’t have strength, you’ll get trampled. Just like our father did. Just like the day our little sister Elena died. In order to overcome all of this, we have to become even stronger than we are now. Brother, me, and the guild.”

Although Dardenne spoke passionately, Igor’s eyes, filled with disappointment, remained unchanged.

“It seems like you’ve already forgotten the grudge from back then.”

“brother!”

Igor turned his back. Dardenne grabbed his shoulder. For a moment, he felt a life force over his shoulder. Dardenne flinched and let go of Igor.

Igor left the hotel room as is.

Dardenne, left alone, hesitated and stepped back, flopping down on his chair.

“Ambition? What’s wrong with that? Our family is broken because we don’t have it… Brother… … .”

* * *

Kang Moo-hyuk handed Makar over to the Char Guild and joined the command vehicle where Anton was waiting.

“How are things?”

“Fortunately, everything is going according to plan. I feel relieved.”

Kang Moo-hyuk looked around at the monitors placed on the wall of the vehicle.

It was packed with everything from equipment checking the vitals of hunters deployed on missions to monitors transmitting the Upumangbau raid in real time.

‘It’s not a great technology, but somehow the introduction of this type of equipment is delayed in Korea. Is it a difference in perception? Or is it due to the conservative trend that runs throughout the hunter community?’

The raid was entering its final stages.

The giant-turned-Yeom Soo-hyung forcibly pushed away Woo-Poo-Mang-Bau, and Joo-Se-A cut off the monster’s resistance at every turn and drove it into the barrier box. In the process, the poisonous bird was quickly dealt with by Leopard Hee-Ra.

Within seconds, the hunters of the Char Guild were deployed to seal the Upumangbau in a cubic barrier box measuring 20 meters in length, width, and height.

Anton shook his head as he looked at the barrier box.

“It’s a special material made to create a space where poison cannot leak out. The guild’s safe was emptied while preparing it. Haha.”

Anton was half-joking, but Kang Moo-hyuk was honestly impressed.

‘If it were the amount of special materials that would fit into a facility of that size, our guild wouldn’t even attempt it. And yet, a guild in the Russian provinces has this much money? We still have a long way to go.’

While I was watching the raid progress of the Char Guild and was lost in my thoughts, the video suddenly turned off.

I thought it was just a simple malfunction, so I switched to another camera, but they all failed again.

“What happened?”

Anton urged the operator, but the broken machine would not be fixed.

Kang Moo-hyuk had a bad feeling about something.

Anton quickly sent a message skill to Bugilma, but there was no response.

“Can’t you contact me?”

“There’s no response from the other members either. No, the message skill doesn’t reach them at all. This usually only happens when the distance is far or in special terrain within the gate… …!”

Anton shut his mouth as a sudden thought occurred to him.

Kang Mu-hyeok spoke his guess on his behalf.

“It is also possible to control space, an ability that only S-ranks can achieve.”

“no way…….”

“It seems like the tyrant has arrived.”

* * *

Joo Seah was facing Igor in front of the barrier box.

I’ve been trying to use my message skill to tell Kang Mu-hyeok about the situation here for a while now, but it didn’t connect.

‘They say that S-ranks know how to do all sorts of tricks. Is this it?’

Pyo Beom-hee and Yeom Su-hyeong, who had already been brutally beaten once, flinched at the murderous aura that Igor gave off.

Joo Seah pushed them back and stepped forward.

“Gilma, how about we just jump in? That would be a disaster.”

“It’s the same as my nickname.”

“No, I’m not talking about nicknames or anything. I’m talking about someone who is truly helpless and an utterly reckless bastard.”

When Joo Se-ah showed no signs of backing down, Pyo Beom-hee urgently stopped her.

“Don’t worry. Everything will work out this time too.”

“This time… what?”

Jusea drew her sword. Igor took out a gauntlet-shaped claw from his waist and wore it on both hands.

Long, sharp, hook-shaped blades flashed, three on each hand.

“We’re not the type of people who can talk while drinking vodka, are we?”

“Finish the fight you couldn’t finish earlier.”

“We’re not close enough to talk, but I’m curious. What are you planning to do after we finish?”

“I’m going to resolve the issue of Ufumangbau. And I’m going to end the bad relationship from 14 years ago.”

“I heard the story. But is there no forgiveness, reconciliation, or anything like that?”

“Let’s think about it after we kill them all.”

Igor rushed forward. The blade of his right claw aimed for Jusea’s face. Jusea blocked it by inserting her sword between the blades.

Then, the claw in his remaining hand rose from the ground. Joo Seah did not dodge, but instead stuck to Igor to dodge.

The two of them, who had become so close that their foreheads were almost touching, pulled their heads back slightly without saying anything and then head-butted each other.

Phaaaak!

Surprisingly, it was Igor who was pushed back with a crashing sound that was hard to believe was from a person’s head hitting something.

“Ugh! This blockhead… … .”

“Whew. You’re no pushover either.”

Joo Se Ah blew her tangled hair in front of her head with her breath.

She pretended to be relaxed on the outside and tapped her forehead, but she couldn’t avoid feeling her heart pounding.

Igor swung his claws, indignant at being pushed back. It seemed as if he had swung them carelessly, but the ground was dug deep as if a forklift had been used.

“Right now, our Gilma is fighting the tyrant, right? With S-rank, that is.”

“Uh, uh… … .”

When Ju Se Ah showed off her skills that were on par with Igor, Pyo Beom Hee was excited. Yeom Soo Hyung was also surprised. They still didn’t know that Ju Se Ah had surpassed the S-Rank barrier.

“It’s annoying!”

Joo Sea, who had been retreating repeatedly to Igor’s attacks, attempted a counterattack.

Even though it was an attack that an ordinary hunter would not even be able to see with their eyes, Joo Seah succeeded in inserting her sword between the blades of the left claw. She tried to break the blade.

Igor, who noticed the intention, rapidly raised his mana. Jusea also responded. An explosion occurred as mana collided with mana. The sword and claw blades broke.

Joo Seah and Igor kicked each other in the groin almost simultaneously.

Igor flew away, drawing a long line across the asphalt, and Joo Seah hit her back against the wall of the barrier box.

It was quite a shock, so she quickly checked the condition of the box. It would be a problem if there was any poison leaking.

“Whew, thankfully I’m okay… kekeke!”

Igor, who had been straightening his posture and rushing forward, extended his fist. He wasn’t aiming for Ju Se Ah. Ju Se Ah barely managed to block it before Igor could hit the box.

“Hey, Russian Troy. Let’s protect what needs to be protected.”

“That would be fun too. You protect, and I destroy.”

“This crazy─”

When Igor tried to attack the box again, Jusea threw her body to block it.

But this attack was Igor’s trick.

The next moment, the mana-filled claw pierced Jusea’s abdomen.

“Your Majesty!”

“Lord Gilma!”

Leopard and Seaweed attacked Igor, shouting. Igor shook them off with a single wave of his hand.

Unlike before, the attack was so merciless that the two hunters were knocked out in an instant and couldn’t move.

“Whether in the past or present, those who try to protect others are the ones who die first. Whether you’re strong or weak, don’t you know that taking care of yourself first is the better choice… Huh?”

At that moment, Igor felt his right hand light. It was not a feeling of piercing flesh. He looked down at the floor and saw broken blades. The claw was broken.

【Iron Skin】

【Dragon Scale】

“Are you disappointed? I’m a bit tougher.”

“you…….”

Before Igor could finish his sentence, Jusea’s right hook struck his left temple. As if not letting go of him as he lurched to the side, his left fist hit his cheekbone.

Igor barely managed to find his balance. He tried to counter the next attack, but missed Joo Seah’s appearance. The moment he looked around for an opponent who was nowhere to be found, a cold sensation came over him from below.

By the time I noticed this, it was already too late.

Joo Seah placed both hands on the floor and stretched her legs straight up toward the sky. Igor’s chin suddenly lifted and his head fell back as if it was going to be torn off.

Joo Sea picked up the broken blade on the floor and sharpened Mana. Mana’s blade suddenly rose. The blade aimed for Igor’s neck.

【Avatar】

“this!”

In an instant, Igor, who had grown to nearly half the size of the box, raised his hand high. His huge palm slid down as if catching a fly.

Joo Seah tried to block it by mobilizing all her defensive skills.

Crunch!

“This… bastard, in the end… … .”

What Igor brought down was a box.

He stepped back in his giant form and turned his back.

“It would be a good idea to clean up this place.”

“Are you running away?”

“The competition is good, but I have to finish what I haven’t finished first.”

“You’re scared? I’m scared. If this older sister is scared, she’s scared.”

“What a childish provocation. It would be better to wake that woman up at the time of such provocation. To stop that poison.”

Where Igor pointed, a fallen leopard was seen.

Joo Seah checked the box wall that Igor’s palm had hit. The poison was leaking out.

She had no choice but to give up attacking Igor and run to Leopard Hui. She checked on both Leopard Hui and Yeom Su-hyeong and sighed in relief.

“Whew, thank goodness. He just fainted. Team Leader Pyo, wake up! Wake up!”

When she didn’t come to her senses even after shaking her, Joo Se Ah rummaged through the ampoule kit on Pyo Beom Hee’s waist.

From there, he took out a laser injection ampoule and inserted it into Pyobeomhee’s shoulder. As soon as the potion in the ampoule was completely absorbed into his body, Pyobeomhee opened her eyes.

“Eek! Gulp, gulp! No, I just passed out, but what kind of stimulant… Gulp! T, more than that, are you okay with the length?”

“It creaks here and there, but it’s bearable.”

“Joo Gilma, you’re an S-rank? How…. But what about Igor?”

“I’m sure you have a lot of questions, but that’s the important thing for now.”

Joo Sea pointed to the poison flowing out of the broken box.

The poison had become a darker color than before.

“Your Majesty, this is Dmitry. Can you hear me?”

Just then, Dmitry’s message arrived.

“Yes, I can hear you.”

“I was surprised when the box suddenly broke while I was inside. The message skill didn’t work either. What’s going on?”

“The tyrant attacked. He broke the box.”

“A tyrant? Where is he now?”

“He broke it and left.”

“Where… No, that’s not the problem right now. I just defeated Wufumangbau. That’s why my venom is at its peak. But the box broke… … .”

“What about box repair? Is it difficult?”

“It’s a special material, so it can’t be restored quickly. And it’s not easy to get the materials.”

“We have no choice but to try to do something about it.”

“Please.”

* * *

Kang Mu-hyeok drove with Noh Song-rin toward the box.

On the way, Igor, transformed into a giant, was seen crossing the park.

“Wow, that guy is seriously huge. Just thinking about an S-rank giant is scary, but seeing it in person is even worse.”

“Let’s go faster. I’m worried about the guild leader and the two team leaders.”

The box that finally arrived was a mess.

One side of the box was broken and the poison was leaking out.

Noh Song-rin, who realized the danger, stopped Kang Mu-hyeok from getting out of the car.

“It’s okay. Team Leader Pyo is absorbing it with his poison.”

Leopard Hee was controlling Dokjeong in front of the box.

The poisonous substance not only escaped the box, but also greedily ate up the poison that was still flowing out.

However, Leopard Hee’s condition was not very good. Her entire body’s skin was turning black and then returning to its original color repeatedly.

“Guild Leader!”

“Chief Kang. Why are you here? It’s dangerous here.”

“I saw the tyrant passing by. What happened?”

“As you can see, he smashed the box and ran away.”

Kang Moo-hyuk wondered what Igor’s intentions were. If he had simply come to settle things with Joo Se-ah, he would not have backed down so easily.

There were a few suspicious points, but I couldn’t think deeply about them. The situation on the ground didn’t allow it.

“What about Team Leader Pyo? Are you okay?”

“It might be difficult.”

“Can’t you stop it even with your own power?”

“The reading is fine, but… I think Team Leader Pyo will be difficult.”