The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 118



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Episode 118

118. You shouldn’t have committed murder.

The unidentified hunters looked back and forth.

Lee Sook-young and Seo Su-ji and their party.

Eliminating the target was important, but leaving behind witnesses was difficult.

They slowly revealed their lives. In the ominous atmosphere, Seo Su-ji only had one thought in her mind.

‘That sucks.’

There were many fights between hunters, and it was nothing unusual, as they would occur dozens of times a day in one hunting ground. Bloodshed was common, and even lives were often lost.

The corpse can be disposed of cleanly by throwing it as monster food. It would be a perfect crime, but if there is a witness, it is a different story.

If a report is made to the Hunter Investigation Agency, it will be immediately taken to Ujungdo.

Even if you run away, you will be chased by investigators and bounty hunters.

So it was obvious how they were going to deal with the witness who witnessed the murder.

‘Why are you pretending to know me? It’s like we’re on the same team, right? Well, even if you say no, I won’t just let you go. Ugh~ Anyway, there’s nothing about her that I like.’

The moment Seo Su-ji was distracted for a moment, one of the group attacking Lee Sook-young rushed at her.

The hunter swung his sword, aiming for Seo Su-ji’s neck. He had expected the attack, but it happened at an opening, so Seo Su-ji had no time to react.

Fortunately, Yoo Tae-jin was prepared.

He blocked Seo Su-ji’s path and deflected her sword. He blocked the surprise attack and then kicked her in the stomach with a front kick.

Another hunter took advantage of the distraction and swung his weapon at Yoo Tae-jin, but this time Lee Cheol-jin blocked it with his shield.

The hunter who was running after him missed the timing and retreated while trying to avoid the arrow fired by Seo Su-ji who had come to her senses in the meantime.

“Everyone, wake up! I don’t know who these guys are, but they’re not the type of guys you can talk to.”

As Yoo Tae-jin scolded his group, the opposing hunters formed a formation and began to apply pressure.

Total number of people: six.

One of them took charge of the North Korean woman. The other five approached Seo Su-ji and her group.

The weapons were longswords or daggers without shields, and the armor was light armor. All were dealers without tanks.

There were no long-range attackers like magicians or bowmen. There were occasional magicians disguised as dealers, but judging by their footwork as they closed the distance, they all seemed to be melee specialists.

When the party composition is so extreme that it only has one dealer job, the purpose is usually limited.

Assassination. Ambush. Pursuit.

It is an inefficient configuration that makes it difficult to maintain hunting continuity even when hunting low-level monsters. So, naturally, the target would be people.

A hunter who specializes in capturing people rather than monsters.

Yoo Tae-jin chewed the flesh on the inside of his cheek.

‘If we’re unlucky, someone will die. No, maybe we’ll all be wiped out.’

As if taking his ominous thoughts as a signal, the enemies moved.

‘Damn, I was so struck by the three calamities this year, but I wondered why it just passed.’

It started with Lee Cheol-jin standing in front. A single hunter was attached to the tank to keep it in check, and soon three were attached to Yoo Tae-jin. Then one was attached to Seo Su-ji, who was shooting arrows from behind.

“Who gave you the space?!”

Seo Su-ji slid across the ground with her ‘Back Dash’ skill while loading an arrow on her bow, creating a gap between them. The hunter’s sword cut through the air as she approached, and she took advantage of the gap to release her bowstring. Unfortunately, perhaps prepared for a counterattack, her opponent lowered his body to dodge the arrows and charged forward.

“Suzy!”

Lee Cheol-jin turned around to support, but the hunter who was dealing with him persistently aimed for his vital points. Lee Cheol-jin blocked the attack with his shield and his feet were tied up.

Compared to the two who faced the enemy one-on-one, Yoo Tae-jin’s situation was not so good.

Since he had three hunters of similar rank, it was commendable that he didn’t lose his head in one fell swoop.

‘These kids have done this before. This isn’t a move to catch monsters. It’s a move to catch people.’

Of course, catching monsters and hunters were completely different stories.

However, hunters who have never dealt with hunters before do not know this well. If you deal with hunters like you would with monsters as usual, you will lose your head in an instant.

Yoo Tae-jin had a long career and had a lot of experience fighting with other hunters, so he knew the difference.

‘Damn it! It’s because I’m the one with the dual daggers… All three of them are wielding long swords. They’re countering me thoroughly without letting their guard down. Ugh! I don’t know how much longer I can endure this.’

The wounds on Yoo Tae-jin’s body increased. He narrowly avoided a fatal wound, but his blood-covered body continued to lose strength. When his steps became tangled due to fatigue, it was time to buy a ticket to the afterlife. He rolled on the ground and resisted desperately.

‘Taejin hyung won’t be able to hold out for long, right? There’s no time to drink potions. And the guy who’s attached to me doesn’t even have any intention of fighting and just keeps poking me around. Even when I intentionally show him an opening, he doesn’t attack me. He’s saying he’ll hold out until Taejin hyung falls. Tsk! At this rate, it’s over.’

Lee Cheol-jin became impatient at Yoo Tae-jin’s crisis. A route where he dies safely.

Lee Cheol-jin decided to take a chance.

“Come at me, you punk!”

He even threw away his shield and charged forward defenselessly.

Even though the opportunity to inflict fatal damage came, the hunter in charge of Lee Cheol-jin dodged to the side like a bullfighter, as if he was only going to do his part.

It was Lee Cheol-jin’s trick. He didn’t stop charging. Only then did the hunter notice Lee Cheol-jin’s intentions and let out a warning.

“Hey! Be careful over there!”

The hunter who had been attached to Lee Sook-young was turning his back towards the direction Lee Cheol-jin had rushed in.

Lee Cheol-jin threw his sword as it was. The hunter, who turned his head too late at the warning of his colleague, was unable to react and the sword was stuck near his spine.

“Ugh!”

It wasn’t deep enough to lose her life, but there was no way Lee Sook-young could stay still.

“Buljiraou!”

A blue-light-emitting dagger flew from Lee Sook-young’s hand and pierced his neck.

“Haaak haaak… Comrade, I will definitely repay this debt.”

“The debt is settled, so come here. We have to catch that guy and make up the difference.”

It was when Lee Cheol-jin pulled out the sword from the dead hunter’s back.

“Cough!”

“Ahhh─”

Yoo Tae-jin and Seo Su-ji’s screams were heard one after another.

Lee Cheol-jin understood the situation.

“Oh my, twirl… … .”

Just like Lee Cheol-jin, he quickly attached one of the hunters that was attached to Yoo Tae-jin to Seo Su-ji.

Seo Su-ji was lying on the ground with blood flowing from both legs, and Yoo Tae-jin was lying unconscious and bleeding.

“You really are giving me a hard time.”

The hunter who had stabbed Yoo Tae-jin in the side with his sword frowned and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He gestured at Yoo Tae-jin with his chin.

“Finish it.”

“Okay, wait a minute!”

Lee Cheol-jin shouted urgently at the sight of the hunters raising their swords.

But his cries were in vain.

‘no.’

I flew towards my comrades, but the distance was far and my body felt heavy.

That was when.

“Stop moving.”

A single command heard from somewhere.

It was a soft voice, but everyone stopped acting as if it was a lie.

“What, what the… . F**k?! Why is my body… .”

“It’s not moving. Ugh!”

The hunters stood still as they struck Seo Su-ji and Yoo Tae-jin with their swords. Lee Cheol-jin and Lee Sook-young also froze.

chin!

A woman in a black coat descended from the sky between them.

Lee Cheol-jin noticed the armor coat the woman was wearing.

‘Iron Will!!’

I felt a moment of relief.

If he can subdue all the hunters here without touching them, it means he is overwhelmingly strong. I was relieved that he wouldn’t see any more blood.

“Hey, help me. They attacked first. We need to heal our party members quickly─”

“later.”

“yes?”

The woman didn’t even look back at Lee Cheol-jin and glared at the bushes.

“Let’s take care of that ugly thing first.”

The bushes swayed in the direction the woman was pointing.

* * *

“Oh, hey? That kid I saw earlier? You’re Iron Will.”

“Why are you pretending not to know anything?”

The one who emerged from the bushes was Park Beom-il of the Baekho Guild who had been causing a commotion at the community center.

Goeulji didn’t like the way he pretended to be relaxed and fumbled around with his hands in his pockets.

The hunters became nervous as a new character suddenly appeared.

A woman who fell from the sky and had her body bound at the same time, and a man who was right next to her but had no sense of her presence.

I didn’t think either of them were hunters who would be in such a remote place.

Park Beom-il said as the situation suddenly took a strange turn.

“It’s not like we’re meant to meet in the forest out of nowhere. Could it be that you’re following me?”

“What about tailing? I was just watching a troublemaker. Our team leader said that the old man there was going to cause trouble. But since he was a customer of our business, I was going to just watch at first. But I couldn’t help it. Because of what he was trying to do.”

“What was I trying to do?”

“You were just trying to kill them all. You were just oozing with magic power.”

The hunters’ eyes widened. What was that just now? Are you trying to kill him? Who? Could it be everyone here? They had various questions, but they could not easily join in on the conversation between the two.

Park Beom-il smiled, showing his teeth. But his eyes did not smile. It was a creepy expression. It was a familiar atmosphere to Go Eul-ji.

‘You don’t look like you’ve killed a person or two.’

Go Eul-ji glared at his murderous gaze. Her face also resembled Park Beom-il’s.

“Sir, don’t laugh like that. It makes me want to throw up for no reason.”

“Why is everyone in this guild so short-spoken? Is it because they resemble Gilma? So rude.”

“Oh my, you’re so spoiled, don’t you remember what I said earlier?”

“under?”

Park Beom-il’s molars popped out like awls. His red gums were torn. The moment his eyes became bloodshot and his breathing became ragged.

“No, Party Boss!”

Ko Tae-seop, who happened to follow him, stopped him.

“Don’t stop me. Since we have to clean up anyway, let’s clean up together.”

“Calm down. That person is a member of Iron Will. If he was ordered to watch over the party leader from above as he said, then if we deal with him here, it will become a bigger problem. This is not a personal problem, but could escalate into a problem between the guilds.”

“Guild?”

“Yes. So please bear with it.”

Park Beom-il asked again, his voice calming down.

“If I touch that girl, will Joo Se Ah move too?”

“Maybe so… No. Don’t go in that direction. It’s also forbidden to cause trouble by fighting Lord Gilma. I will report to Lord Gilma.”

“Tch!”

Park Beom-il’s momentum died down. He looked around at the hunters that Go Eul-ji was holding captive and then sent a message skill to Go Tae-seop.

“Then what about those?”

Ko Tae-seop was troubled. He had to deal with it, but he couldn’t touch Iron Will in front of him. But he couldn’t leave him alone either.

‘Even though it’s a client’s job, it’s burdensome to proceed while catching Iron Will Hunter. Considering Joo Se Ah’s personality, a real war could break out. The party leader may be excited, but it’s best to back off for now. We have to wait for the next opportunity.’

Go Tae-seop decided on his course of action after assessing the situation. This judgment was the reason why Gil-ma attached himself to Park Beom-il.

“Let’s just take the customers out for now.”

Park Beom-il nodded and spoke, picking out only those hunters who had been targeting Lee Sook-young among the frozen ones.

“You, you, you. And you. Oh? I almost forgot. Let’s take that guy over there too. How about we end the calculation here?”

When Park Beom-il made the suggestion, Go Eul-ji shook her head.

“This is our front yard. Any troublemakers are our business. Don’t think about letting this slide.”

“You little bitch, you’re really stretched out. Do you have an ID? Your actions are just plain mean.”

“Are you asking Hunter his age right now? Don’t act like an amateur, sir.”

“Taeseop, can I really look at that woman’s hands?”

“No. Hey, Mr. Iwonwill Guild Member over there. Let’s take it easy. I’m not saying we’ll take everyone, right? We’ll only take the people we want to take. Don’t provoke our party leader and just back off as much as we’ve given up.”

“Concession? You really don’t like it?”

She clicked her tongue, saying that she didn’t like Go Eul-ji. Go Tae-seop felt uncomfortable with her attitude.

‘I think you know the party leader. You’re not scared even when you have an A+ rank in front of you? Are there any other powers nearby?’

Unlike Ko Tae-seop’s puzzled reaction, Park Beom-il assessed the opponent’s power in more detail.

‘By the way, that little brat. I’m sure his rank is lower than mine, but I couldn’t detect him at all. That means he was following me from farther away than my detection range. Judging from the detection range above mine, the way he attacked me from the center, and the way he flew through the sky… Is he a wizard?’

It was a wrong guess, but it wasn’t Park Beom-il’s fault. The way Go Eul-ji looked was close to a magician. Furthermore, telekinesis was an extremely rare trait. There were only a few telekinesis users in Korea who could temporarily blow away an A+ rank. Among the telekinesis users he knew, Go Eul-ji wasn’t one of them.

As the standoff continued on a icy note, Ko Tae-seop applied more pressure.

“What if you don’t like it?”

As he spoke, magical power began to rise from his body.

Goeulji clicked his tongue again.

“It annoys me that people think they can just get rid of me at any time.”

With those words, Goeulji soared into the sky. And the hunters she had subdued were carried into the air.

Park Beom-il noticed his opponent’s true identity only after seeing him controlling multiple targets without even activating his magic.

“Telekinesis!”

Park Beom-il quickly picked up Lee Cheol-jin’s shield that had fallen to the ground and breathed mana into it. The shield, sharper than any sword, flew towards Goeulji.

“I told you not to kill!”

Go Tae-seop tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

The edge of the shield, with the added skills of throwing a spear and speed, aimed at the town.

Goeulji took out a dagger from his chest. The dagger had no blade and was shaped like an awl with ornate decorations. At first glance, it looked more like a hairpin than a dagger.

Goeulji twisted her long hair, which was fluttering with her telekinesis, into a single strand and put the hairpin she was holding in her hand on her bun of hair. Then, the hairpin took on a soft golden color, and Goeulji’s eyes took on the same light as the hairpin.

【Tenfold】

With Goeulji’s gesture, ten layers of defensive shields were instantly deployed. It wasn’t just ten defensive shields, but ten rows of transparent chains wrapped around the shields, a high-difficulty skill that bound and bound a single target.

Tick, tick. Tick, tack!

‘You’ve been using your magic recklessly. Is it the rank difference? The chains are breaking one by one. Can you endure it?’

Goeulji continued to soar into the sky. It was a choice to escape the enemy’s follow-up attacks rather than to avoid attacks.

Her judgment was right. The shield reached its limit after breaking the tenth chain. It was late, but it was slow. It was soon blocked by the shield and fell to the ground.

“Damn, if I knew you had telekinesis, I would have just hit you on sight. That trait is really tricky.”

Park Beom-il clenched his teeth. Go Tae-seop looked up at the town that looked like a dot in the sky and exclaimed in admiration.

“Telekinesis is a multi-talented thing. If you mess with it like that, there’s no way out unless you’re a wizard.”

“I forgot. I should have used a stronger skill. Tsk!”

“Still, I’m a bit surprised that you were able to block the party leader’s attack. And you took all nine of them with you. I don’t think you’re even an A+ rank.”

As Goeulji completely left the scene, Park Beom-il scratched his head.

“Whatever it is, this mission… is it Nagari?”

“Yes. I underestimated Iron Will. He had such a strong background. If I take this information, will I get scolded less by Gilma?”

“What’s so great about that person?”

“I guess so?”

“Let’s go out first. If we stay in Bukpocheon any longer, we’ll run into some annoying guy.”

Park Beom-il frowned as he thought of Jang Deuk-gu.

* * *

‘What day is it today? Why do I keep hearing such troublesome news?’

After appeasing Taesu and informing the Guild Cooperation Office of what was happening in the Demon Realm, this time there was a report from Mr. Cho.

Besides, the report included a not-so-pleasant character.

-Chief Kang, are you listening?

“Oh, yes. I was just thinking about something else for a moment. An unexpected person appeared.”

-There’s nothing strange. Kim Myung-jun and Baekho Guild are all the same, they’re all just puppies. Baekho Guild in particular has a lot of bad rumors. If it weren’t for the achievements they made as a Tier Guild, there wouldn’t be a villain group based on rumors alone.

“I heard that, although I don’t know the details of the transaction between Taesu-cheol and Baekho Guild, it seems certain that Kim Myeong-jun acted as a broker connecting the two.”

-I told you there’s no place he doesn’t get involved. Are you some kind of secret organization mastermind?

‘That’s the mastermind.’

An ambitious man who calls himself a cleaner for the Slayer Guild and a spy for the Japan Guild Federation.

It was impossible for anyone related to Joo Se-ah not to be connected to the Taesung Group.

‘Could it be that what Kim Myung-jun did through Tae Soo-cheol was the reason Chairman Tae Jin-seong abandoned his eldest son? Hmm, that seems a bit strange.’

Kim Myung-jun was connected not only to Tae Soo-cheol but also to Tae Jin-seong. The person in charge of protecting the chairman’s secretary was Chief Jeong, who was under Kim Myung-jun’s command.

When he was fighting Kim Myung-jun, he was brutally destroyed by Joo Se-ah, but Director Jeong was also an A-rank hunter. With such high-level manpower, he was protecting the chairman while at the same time taking care of Tae Soo-cheol’s business? Something didn’t seem right.

“I request further investigation into Kim Myeong-jun and the Baekho Guild.”

-Hey, now you want me to dig up the back of the Tier Guild? Do you know what kind of people the Baekho Guild is? If you met the Slayer Guild, you’d just say ‘F*ck’ and move on, but the Baekho guys would curse at you, saying ‘You ********^@@, you piece of shit.’

“There’s no need to infiltrate. Just approach without being detected.

-Hey, you know I’m a middle-man.

That was when.

bang!

“Chief Kang, we’re in big trouble! It’s a murder case!”

It was Goeulji who came in through the open door that seemed about to burst open.

And nine hunters, wrapped up like cocoons. Three of them had faces that Kang Mu-hyeok remembered.

Before Kang Moo-hyuk could even grasp the situation, Mr. Cho’s voice rang on the receiver.

-The voice that just ate the train car fire. Is that a problem? Is he still a problem child? Anyway, I’m telling you, just hearing his voice makes me irritated. Anyway, request accepted. I’ll contact you later, Manager Kang.

Kang Moo-hyuk spoke seriously as he carefully put down the disconnected receiver.

“Whew~ Hunter Goeulji. No matter how much trouble you’ve caused, you shouldn’t have killed anyone.”