The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 393



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Episode 393

#393. Anyway, don’t listen to me.

One day, Kang Mu-hyeok asked Joo Se-ah about Seong Seon-je.

“Seongseonje? Why are you curious about that person?”

“He is well known as the leader of the strategy team, but his abilities as a hunter are shrouded in mystery.”

“He’s also outstanding as a hunter. Just looking at his raid history, it’s amazing.”

“The history is impressive. But few people know about the actual combat data. There is only the results, without the process.”

“It’s been quite some time since you’ve been out in the field. Was it the Hunter Ranking? Even on the lists that people use to rank hunters these days, Seongseonje isn’t there.”

“Even though he retired from active duty, there is almost no information about his past activities. No matter how excellent the security of the Tier Guild is, it is rare for there to be this little information.”

“Hmm! What should I do? Even if Gam Woo-young searches, it’ll be hard to get that information.”

“But have you ever done a raid together? What do you think? What is the guild leader’s evaluation of the Holy Grail?”

Joo Se Ah opened her mouth as she recalled those old days.

“A hunter who can put me in danger by clashing head-on with me, based on the same rank?”

Kang Moo-hyuk couldn’t hide his surprise.

Joo Seah had the durability to withstand attacks from S-rank hunters with her bare body. Thanks to this, she was able to withstand assassination threats from the Japanese hunter world until she reached S-rank.

Just being able to face off against her was enough to show that Hunter Seongseonje’s ability was truly amazing.

But there were still some unanswered questions.

“I understand that Team Leader Seongseonje doesn’t use any special weapons or have any special characteristics. I know he was evaluated as having solid fundamentals, but it would be difficult to put the guild leader in danger to that extent. In what ways could he threaten the guild leader?”

“Of course, if we just fight normally, I’ll win. But Seongseonje has an original skill that other hunters don’t have.”

“Original skill?”

“Even I can’t imitate that, but if I let my guard down and get hit once, I could end up in trouble.”

“Guild leader too?”

Joo Seah in just one room?

A shock that was one level higher than the surprise just before shook Kang Moo-hyuk.

Joo Seah explained further.

“It was originally developed as a one-hit, fatal technique to deal with boss monsters. That’s why, when Seongseonje was on the expedition, his seniors said that it was the easiest to deal with boss monsters. I’ve seen it a few times when I first joined the Slayers, and even now that I think about it, it was a skill that was more deceptive than my characteristics.”

“What skill was that you saw yourself, Guild Leader?”

“What skill…? Hmm, it looks unidentified? Now that I think about it, the only people who know the identity of the skill are Gilma and Bugilma. Since Bugilma is currently out of the front lines, Gilma is the only one in the guild who knows about the skill. I think maybe he’s been hiding information about the Seongseonje since then.”

Kang Moo-hyuk knew that Seong Seon-je had been hiding himself for 11 years while using Joo Se-ah as a signboard. If he had such great skills, it was natural for him to hide them thoroughly.

Kang Mu-hyeok had no choice but to put aside his regret and at least find out the name of the skill.

“Then, I would like to know the skill name at least.”

“Skill name? The skill name… what was it? It was something like death or something. No, did you put your name in it? Seongseonje Crush? Seongseonje Miracle Blockbuster?”

“Don’t joke around.”

“Hehehe, now you know how I feel, right? How I feel when I hear Director Kang’s jokes. When he makes a cold joke out of nowhere, it’s like this.”

“… … I think it’s a very appropriate humor that relieves tension.”

“Why are you clapping? I told you that someone who is usually strict with themselves is being stubborn in strange places. Oh? That reminds me!”

Joo Sea said.

“The name of that skill is… … .”

* * *

【Death wish】

The energy that Seongseonje had put into his sword was so ominous that even an S-ranked Illusion felt it.

With the hopeful morning sun behind him, a fatal blow struck Illusion’s head.

Illusion heard Aegis. His arm bones made dissonant sounds. It seemed to have been broken by Jusea’s attack. However, Illusion did not care about his broken arm and blocked the attack.

Aegis and the Holy Spirit’s blows clashed.

A shockwave erupted from the shield’s surface. Like a stone thrown into a pond, the shockwave spread out in concentric circles around it.

A ruthless force that cares nothing but death and destruction has once again ravaged the ruins of Seoul Forest.

Illusion was shocked by the terrible attack.

‘What is this power? Was Seongseonje an S-rank? This is ridiculous… … .’

The broken left arm was completely dislocated from the shoulder. If it had been in normal condition, it would have been an attack that could have been endured, but after being attacked by Joo Se Ah, it was not possible to endure it.

Illusion now had to prepare for the next attack. If someone so powerful could unleash such an attack, the follow-up attack would be even more dangerous.

‘If I had reflection, I could have counterattacked at the same time.’

Aegis’s unique skill ‘Reflection’ can only be used once a day.

It was a great ability that could return even an S-rank full-power attack, but it had the disadvantage of not being able to be used consecutively.

Illusion gritted his teeth and drew out the energy of lightning from his entire body.

For a moment, the Seongseonje was visible through the thick cloud of dust.

With his remaining hand, he shot the brain dragon at less than half of its usual output.

First, I wanted to create some distance by holding them back.

“Ugh!”

The groan of the Seongseonje was heard. Illusion was bewildered. The hunter who had shown the same attack power as before was suffering from such a small amount of restraint.

Moreover, the appearance of the Holy Spirit after the dust settled was a sight to behold.

He was returned to his original position after being hit with a single blow that didn’t even require all his might.

“What are you?”

Illusion glared at Seongseonje, forcibly adjusting his dangling shoulders.

Seongseonje muttered, leaning his staggering body against a sword stuck in the ground.

“Ah, as expected, S-rank. This isn’t working?”

“You… are clearly not S-rank, but what was that power just now? What is it?!”

Seongseonje laughed in vain. He had just felt both his potential and his limitations in one blow.

‘My attacks can hit S-rank enemies, but my body can’t keep up.’

I quickly raised my ultimate skill after discovering the gap that Joo Sea had created. That’s why I didn’t have enough strength.

This skill originally had to be used after a considerable amount of charging time. The longer it was charged, the more powerful the destructive power it could produce. When facing a boss monster in a raid, the expedition team would often capture the boss’s gaze in order to deliver the final blow.

But this chance was too short. It was because I had to wait for the moment when the illusion’s boundaries were blurred.

‘And yet it’s blocked like this. That shield… It’s at least a unique item.’

I recognized Joo Seah when she was bounced off, but I thought that if not now, I would have no other chance, so I threw myself at her.

And it failed spectacularly.

Seongseonje took a moment to drive away the brain energy that had accumulated in his body. He brought up a story that would catch Illusion’s attention.

“It’s a skill called Death Wish. It’s a blow that turns my trait in a negative direction.”

“Skill? A skill? That doesn’t make sense. No matter how great a skill is, how can it ignore its rank and exert such power?”

“It’s because of my characteristics.”

“What is your special trait that gives you such power… Could it be you too?”

“you also?”

“Regardless of rank. The power to ignore and transcend characteristics. Yes, if not, then the attack just now cannot be explained. You are one of those types, right? The chosen ones. Joo Se Ah too. Hunters outside the standard. Are you one of those types, too?”

Seongseonje tilted his head at Illusion’s incoherent words. All he could hear was words that were completely incomprehensible.

However, I could understand the part about non-standard hunters, such as Joo Se-ah.

‘Nonstandard.’

Those who have awakened with characteristics that cannot be understood by the general common sense of the Hunter world.

The reason why Hunters cannot measure their fighting power solely by rank is because of this trait. Even for the same rank, there was a difference in strength depending on the trait.

Of course, no matter how good the trait was, it could not surpass the rank.

However, sometimes traits appear that allow you to surpass or approach the upper ranks.

Even in terms of Joo Sea’s characteristics, didn’t she endure by sticking with the tyrant without fully reaching S-rank?

And their own characteristics.

Wish!

‘As your desire grows, your rank also grows faster. It is a trait that allows you to aim for S-rank even if your talent is not S-rank. Death Wish is also a skill that uses this desire hostilely, dealing more powerful blows the stronger the opponent.’

Perhaps Wish was also a trait that non-standard hunters had.

Seongseonje’s previous doubts about his own characteristics were confirmed through an illusion.

“Was that so? I was also non-standard?”

Seongseonje spoke to himself with a smile on his face.

Illusion was stimulated by his voice. There was a murderous look in his eyes. He had become a monster whose face was so hideous that even the expression “evil spirit” was inadequate.

“This is my first time. In a place with so many variables.”

“!!”

Seongseonje quickly raised his sword.

“I can’t leave you alone.”

Illusion quickly got close to Seongseonje and kicked Seongseonje’s sword away with the aegis held in his left wrist.

In an instant, a thunderbolt blasted towards Seongseonje’s chest, whose guard had disappeared.

“Cough!”

The body of the Sungseonje, who was incapacitated with just one blow, was blown far away and landed in a corner.

The illusion came. He forced the Holy Spirit to rise and fed it to the Brain Dragon again.

Seongseonje flew away with blood spraying from his mouth, but he still held on to his consciousness. However, his body had reached its limit. No, it had surpassed its limit.

The fact that I was able to withstand this many S-rank attacks was also thanks to the power of ‘Wish’.

The desire of Seongseonje to become an S-rank was what was leading him to the next step.

‘I might die before then.’

If it were Joo Se Ah, she would have endured it by hitting it with her body, but Seong Seon Je was different from her.

In the first place, I didn’t know that the method of jumping over a wall by confronting an S-rank head-on was something only Joo Seah could do. It was a method that no one had tried because no one could imitate it.

Of course, Seongseonje had no regrets. Now, it was a fight over whether death would come first or whether he would overcome the wall first.

Seongseonje felt the light embedded in his heart growing in size.

It was the power of Wish to respond to one’s own longing.

When this light fills your body, then you will obtain what you desire.

But it wasn’t enough to fill my body.

“I don’t like being hit all the time. Now I feel like attacking a bit.”

“The dying man is still alive. In your current state, would you be able to properly hold a sword, let alone attack? I will finish you off with this one blow.”

“I didn’t say that to you.”

“what?”

At that moment, a sword flew from somewhere and stuck itself into Seongseonje’s feet.

It was Angerbadil.

“this…….”

Illusion turned his head towards the direction the sword had come from.

The fist was right in front of my eyes.

puck!

Before he could use Aegis, a strong impact struck his jaw. Illusion flew away with his neck snapped. The small hill where the flowers had been growing was torn in half, leaving a long line as if it had been plowed by a giant’s plow.

“Are you crazy enough to want to die? Do you think an S-rank is some kind of neighborhood thug?”

Joo Se Ah opened her eyes wide and glared at Seong Seon Je.

Seongseonje replied, placing his hand on the handle of the Angerbadil.

“Please, give me a chance to hit you.”

“Why me? I’ll just stand back and watch.”

“That’s the knife I gave you. Just one shot. That’s all there is to it.”

“Your body right now… … .”

Joo Se Ah couldn’t continue speaking. Only then was she able to catch a glimpse of Seong Seon Je’s condition.

‘It’s dangerous. I’m already way past my limit. It’s almost impossible to stand still.’

There was no living corpse. Seongseonje’s life was as thin as a thread.

If it weren’t for the strength I felt from his chest, I might have already lost my breath.

Joo Sea realized that the power was the source of Seong Seon Je. She wanted to drag Seong Seon Je to get treatment before it was too late.

At that moment, Seongseonje’s eyes met mine.

The eyes that show that the soul is alive even though the body is dead.

During the Little War, he resembled himself, having lost everything.

If I hadn’t met that someone back then, my soul would have died.

Because I experienced the moment when a dead soul was rekindled, the determination in Seongseonje’s eyes came to me vividly.

Joo Se Ah could no longer stop Seong Seon Je.

“Anyway, don’t listen to me.”

“You’ve never heard of it before?”

“I’ll create an opportunity. I’ll hit you in the face.”