The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 388



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Episode 388

#388. I will hunt you.

“The captain is in the union?”

An Ji-il, who was rescued from the self-sealed C warehouse, packed her equipment without saying anything as soon as she received Kang Mu-hyeok’s order.

Union Project.

It’s a grandiose name, but it could actually have been called an illegal copying project.

It was a project to reproduce the special communication device that Kang Mu-hyeok had secretly borrowed from the World Hunters Federation and apply it to the low-cost communication device that was being developed.

Although it was still an unfinished product, An Ji-il realized what function Kang Mu-hyeok wanted and headed straight to Seoul with the engineers.

As soon as An Ji-il arrived at the cordon near Seoul Forest, he contacted Slayer’s command center.

Daehyung Jeong, who was in charge of the site, welcomed him.

“This is Jung Dae-hyung from the Slayer Guild.”

“This is An Ji-il from Iron Will. Did you receive the call?”

“I’ve prepared a seat for you. If you need anything, please let me know.”

“All the engineers here are civilians, so please just ensure their safety.”

“I’ll assign a hunter to guide you to the location. I’ll also have him perform guard duties just in case.”

“thank you.”

Jung Dae-hyung took out some of the hunters escorting the command vehicle and guided An Ji-il to a building where they had secured safety.

An Ji-il took his place on the roof of the building. He had the engineer set up the antenna in no time, and as soon as he finished connecting to the main device, he contacted Kang Mu-hyeok.

“Sir, this is An Ji-il. The setup is complete. I will tell you the mana wavelength, so you can connect with the satellite phone you have. I will scan the frequency of Gilma’s communicator from this side.”

-Please connect me right away.

After a while.

Kang Moo-hyuk opened his mouth as soon as he heard the phone ringing.

-Guild leader, this is Kang Mu-hyeok. Are you busy?

-I would like to talk to Illusion. Could you please hand me the communicator?

* * *

Joo Se Ah didn’t understand what Kang Mu Hyuk had just said and asked back.

“Is this an illusion? Is this a joke too?”

-This time, I’m serious.

“why…….”

Joo Seah couldn’t continue speaking. It was because the brain waves that had spread like a net of illusion had engulfed her entire body.

She tore through the brain net with her brute force alone, then rushed at Illusion and swung her sword. When Illusion dodged the sword and stepped back, she used the centrifugal force of the sword swing to perform a spinning kick.

Illusion thought that Joo Se Ah’s posture was off, so he allowed an unexpected attack. After being kicked hard in the stomach, he flew through the botanical garden building and flew all the way to the gate standing at the campsite.

With just one stomp of her feet, Joo Sea flew 150 meters, closing the distance with Illusion.

It was a surprise attack through the gaps in the rubble of the collapsing botanical garden, but Illusion’s counterattack was no joke.

Illusion stood up with his back against the gate and unleashed a powerful skill.

【Foudra Dragon】

The dragon of the brain swallowed Joo Seah.

Joo Seah couldn’t avoid the brain dragon as it was rushing towards her. As she tried to resist it with her body and dig in, even Joo Seah, who had maxed out her elemental resistance, felt a force from the brain dragon that she couldn’t ignore.

Instead of avoiding or blocking, she raised her sword high.

‘Offset with attack. The stronger one will win.’

In an instant, a giant sword of mana rose above Jusea’s head.

【Gigas Manus】

The giant’s sword clashed with the thunder dragon.

Kwaaaaang!

Shock waves spread out in all directions with a loud noise. The scattered energy of the thunder dragons swept through the area. The monsters that were still wandering around Seoul Forest were caught in the shock waves and were torn apart, fried, and turned into unrecognizable pieces of flesh.

After the explosion, a long, wide, and deep line was drawn between Jusea and Illusion. At either end of the line, two S-ranks were lying down.

Although she was not blown back because of the illusion gate, Joo Sea was pushed back and crashed into the shattered remains of the botanical garden.

‘Huh, he’s pretty good. The rumors that he fought against a tyrant were true. It seems that he’s fighting like this, even though he’s only recently become an S-rank. In a few years, he’ll be in the top ranks of S-ranks.’

Illusion’s heart was filled with murderous intent. Even before the fight, he had been filled with murderous intent, but now he felt that he absolutely had to kill him. If he had a hunter like this as his enemy, he would regret it for a long time.

It was time for him to prepare to attack again.

Joo Se-ah’s voice was heard through the thick clouds of dust that were rising all around.

“Time. Operation time.”

“what……?”

Before I could even ask what the illusion was, Joo Seah stated her business.

“Our guild leader wants to talk?”

“conversation?”

“You might think, ‘What the hell am I talking about when we’re fighting to the death?’ But he’s such a unique person, I can’t explain it.”

“You want to chat leisurely in a place where S-ranks are risking their lives? Isn’t that not just unusual, but strange? Or is it crazy?”

“That… I can’t refute that either. I have nothing to say in return. Sorry, Director Kang.”

-… … .

“So, are you going to talk or not?”

Illusion soon became lost in thought and nodded.

“Well, even in times of war, there are always channels of communication open. I was curious about Kang Mu-hyeok, and you created this event. There’s no reason to leave him out. How can I talk to him? Are you going to come this way?”

“Take this.”

Joo Seah threw the small communicator that she had taken out of her ear. It was small enough to be invisible to the naked eye in the darkness, but Illusion caught it without difficulty.

“This is… … .”

“It’s a communicator. Since there’s no earwax, you can just put it in your ear.”

“I never thought about earwax. Now that I hear about it, I feel reluctant.”

“I clean my ears well and wash them well.”

“No, I’m not at all curious about your earwax situation. I’m more curious about where this communicator came from. Why you have Hunter’s League equipment.”

Joo Sea flinched at Illusion’s words.

“Do you know where that equipment is? How do you know? Did you see it while fighting the Federation?”

“I have something similar. I got it from hunting down some Federation guys.”

Illusion tapped his chest. Although he didn’t have a tie, there was a tie pin stuck to his lapel.

Joo Seah found out what the object was.

“The Federation’s translator?”

“As expected, you recognize me at a glance.”

“I thought I could communicate with my translator. You had one too. I guess we could have communicated without it.”

Illusion put the communicator in his ear with a puzzled expression and asked the invisible opponent on the other side again.

“It’s funny to be rude in the middle of a fight, but if you don’t mind, Captain Kang Moo-hyuk, could you tell me how Joo Se-ah has these devices?”

-I have a close relationship with the federation.

Illusion’s expression turned cold at the voice he heard for the first time.

‘I heard that Kang Mu-hyeok isn’t a hunter. He doesn’t seem to tremble at all when talking to me. No, he acts like he has no emotions. Is it training, or is it nature? They say he was the one who used the evil spirit that ate Simwol. Maybe what the Hwangryong Guild said wasn’t an exaggeration… ‘

When Illusion was silent for a moment, Kang Mu-hyeok immediately began introducing himself.

– My name is Kang Mu-hyeok, the leader of Iron Will. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to catch that famous dog… Lurist.

“You’re a man who doesn’t care about his life. How dare you start a conversation with abusive language.”

-I didn’t swear. My pronunciation is just off. Korean is hard for foreigners to understand. In Korea, we call it Konglish…

“There is a translator for the Federation?”

-… … Anyway, nice to meet you.

Illusion noticed that Kang Mu-hyeok’s speech resembled someone. It was similar to Joo Se-ah in front of him. No, did Joo Se-ah learn it from this guy?

Illusion said, barely suppressing the urge to hold the kid tightly and look at his face.

“So you’re a member of the Federation?”

-Yes. I have become close friends with that high-ranking official for various reasons. Thanks to that, I was given a hat and I am using it quite usefully.

“The Federation isn’t some place that rules the entire world, so you’re just strutting around with pride just because you got some kind of weird position.

-I think the same way. But it’s not an insignificant position in the Federation. It’s really burdensome.

Illusion didn’t feel it was worth talking to Kang Mu-hyeok.

Is a non-hunter who sells his name on the back of the Federation really qualified to talk to himself?

In his view, Kang Mu-hyeok was just guarding Hoga.

Illusion felt a rage that made him want to embarrass Kang Mu-hyeok. He wanted to humiliate the incompetent guy and make fun of Joo Se-ah, who was promoting him.

“So what exactly do you do for the Federation? A guide in the Federation lobby? A security guard? A janitor who cleans the roundtable conference room?

-Well, I found out that he does a variety of things… I guess he’s a janitor now.

“A janitor… It suits you well.”

-I don’t know what to do with myself when the person who is supposed to be cleaning compliments me.

“Even if he dies soon, his mouth will still move. Wait. I’ll grab Joo Se Ah and come to you.”

-No, you can’t catch Joo Se Ah. And you’d better think about running away instead of coming here. Run far away and hide somewhere I can’t find you. Don’t come out again. Otherwise, I’ll catch you and kill you.

Illusion felt a chill as he heard Kang Mu-hyeok’s voice suddenly change from calm to fierce.

He couldn’t admit that he was scared by the threat of the common people.

“You’re not even an S-rank, you’re a lowly guy with no ability, and you dare kill me? What can you do?!”

Illusion gritted his teeth. He shouted in a threatening tone that could instill fear in his opponents with just his voice.

But Kang Moo-hyuk spoke without being intimidated at all.

-What can I do? Tell me what I can do.

Kang Moo-hyuk showed Illusion what he does best.

-As the commander of the alliance, I will hunt you.

* * *

‘I was too excited, not like me.’

After speaking, Kang Moo-hyuk took a moment to cool down.

It was difficult to show my feelings to the enemy even before we got to the main topic.

‘That’s enough showing your emotions. Provoking and threatening the illusion is just a preparatory step for what happens next.’

Fortunately, the other person didn’t say a word in response. There was no laughter either.

Judging from the atmosphere, it seemed like he understood the word ‘commander’ that he had uttered.

After they had time to gather their thoughts, Illusion opened his mouth.

-You’re a commander?

“You know why I’m after you, don’t you? By the way, the Federation’s troops are currently in Korea. I can’t get out of here.”

Kang Moo-hyuk wasn’t lying. He thought of Raven, who had been dispatched by Ayla.

‘Even one soldier is a soldier.’

The illusion was even more confusing due to its confidence.

The Federation’s response is this fast? And there’s a commander from Korea? No, even before that, a regular commander? And a Korean national from a country that’s backward in hunters? Did Joo Se Ah join the Federation? If so, did Joo Se Ah move the Slayer? Or the Federation?

Confusion swirled through his mind.

Kang Moo-hyuk felt embarrassed by the sound of Illusion’s breathing that he could hear occasionally over the phone.

There was an opening in his opponent. Kang Moo-hyuk thought it was time to get to the main point.

“Then, from now on, tell me why I asked you to talk.”

-… … .

“Seoul Forest and Yongsan Park. These two gate-out breaking. Was this a bait?”