The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 412



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Episode 403

#403. Please listen carefully.

The hotel where Noh Song-rin unpacked her luggage was located in Gwangalli.

From BEXCO, Gwangalli Beach is right in front of you, just crossing a small bridge over Suyeong Bay.

Hangaram looked at the key that Noh Songrin had handed him and searched for the hotel location while leaving BEXCO.

“The hotel is in Gwangalli.”

“I know that there is a hotel designated by the guild officials there.”

Hangaram, who was embarrassed by Seodaechi’s answer, tried to cleverly go ahead and catch a taxi like a rookie, but was grabbed by the back of the neck.

“There’s a monster wreaking havoc on the beach, and a taxi can easily get there. Just run!”

It is approximately 2.5km from BEXCO to Gwangalli.

It was a distance that was not at all difficult for a hunter.

As Seodaechi took the lead, Hangaram quickly followed suit.

As we crossed Olympic Park, Suyeong Bay quickly appeared. After crossing Suyeong Bridge 2 and passing Minrak Elementary School, we reached Gwangalli.

Seodaechi slowed down a bit and ran, considering Han Garam who was chasing after him. He glanced back. Han Garam looked like he was going to die just by following him. But he still managed not to fall behind.

‘Your athletic ability isn’t bad. Is your position one that uses your body?’

Seodaechi assessed whether Hangaram could be used in actual combat.

Then Han Garam pointed ahead and shouted.

“Senior! In front!”

Seodaechi followed Hangaram’s finger and turned his gaze. The new Gwangan Bridge was visible beyond Suyeong Bridge No. 2.

On the pillars of Gwangan Bridge, which was close to the sea, there were spots that looked like barnacles. People who had stopped their cars at Suyeong Bridge 2 were also staring blankly at the sight.

“get out……?”

Seodaechi muttered as if he was groaning. He was speechless when he saw the true nature of the alarm that had been ringing incessantly.

“Hahaha! Whoa, what’s that? Hahaha! A watermelon. Haaak haaak! No.”

Even though Han Garam was out of breath, he didn’t stop talking. That was because he was so surprised.

At first glance, the sight of dozens of Nagas climbing up the bridge pillars was truly terrifying.

The only thing that caught my eye was the Gwangan Bridge, which was obscured by buildings. Considering the length of the Gwangan Bridge, it was possible to estimate that at least several hundred Nagas had attacked Gwangalli alone.

‘If that’s all that’s on the Busan coastline… the civilian casualties during the Northeast Defense Battle are easily overlooked, right?’

Seodaechi, who had hesitated for a moment, quickened his pace and tried to gather his equipment.

At that moment, a splash of water arose under the bridge and shadows rose up.

Boom! Boom! Crunch!

The shadows settled on the bridge, crushing the roof of the vehicle like a compressor.

Some of the people inside the car were crushed to death by the heavy bodies of the shadows.

A monster with a snake-like lower body, a human-like upper body, a reptilian face, dragon-like arms, and long claws like spear blades.

I was out.

“Gyaaaah!”

“Ugh!”

“Run away!”

Only then did people realize that the disaster they had been seeing from afar was right before their eyes and they began to run away. They abandoned their cars and ran because the roads were blocked.

Some drivers tried to squeeze their heads through the narrow gaps to get out, but they were unable to squeeze through the tightly packed cars. Instead, they only blocked the path for people to run, adding to the confusion.

As the number of people on the bridge increased, one man, terrified, tried to hide by climbing down the emergency ladder next to the bridge, but it was a hell even worse than the bridge itself.

A naga leaped out of the water, snatched the prey that was coming down, and swam into the water.

“S, Senior… What should I do now… Ugh!”

Hangaram felt a shock in his stomach while talking. Seodaechi was kicking him with his foot. He went out to where he was and fell down.

Seodaechi’s voice was heard from beyond Nagai’s back.

“Newbie! You go back to BEXCO!”

After saying those words, Seodaechi ran towards Naga. His eyes were filled with white.

【White Eyes】

The moment I met his eyes, I stopped and froze as I tried to swing my arms towards Seodaechi.

Seodaechi grabbed Naga’s left hand and lifted it up. Naga’s arm followed Seodaechi’s hand as if he were manipulating a puppet.

Naga’s claws dug into his master’s neck. As Seodaechi swung his arms left and right, the wound on his neck was cut long and gushed out thick green blood. Seodaechi knocked Naga down and stepped on his elbow with all his might. The long claws pierced Naga’s neck and rose up to the top of his head.

As Nagai’s breath stopped, Seodaechi’s eyes also returned to their original color.

‘This is also a problem since I have no weapon.’

Seodaechi stood up, rubbing his forehead against a slight headache. The hunters who had joined the battle late were fighting at the end of the bridge.

“Senior! Another one is coming next to you!”

Hangaram came closer, shouting urgently.

Seodaechi frowned.

“I told you to go back, so why are you staying? Are you saying you want to fight as a hunter?”

“No. There’s another one behind me.”

“… … .”

Hangaram scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

“Is now the time to laugh? Did you eat the rice cake?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it… … .”

“I’ll take care of that guy, so go out there and rip his fingernails off.”

“Oh, your fingernails?”

“Since you don’t have a weapon, shouldn’t you use that? Didn’t you take a combat survival class in your curriculum?!”

“I learned it, but… … .”

Hangaram tried to ask how to pull out the monster’s claws without any tools, but he missed the timing to ask the question because Seodaechi ran out to deal with the new Naga that was rushing at him.

Hangaram had no choice but to search through his memory for subjects in the curriculum that he could not quite remember.

‘What was it? I remember hearing that you could use what you collected from monsters when you didn’t have a weapon… Miss, if I had known this would happen, I would have listened more intently.’

In this day and age, when it’s not even the time of great war and it’s common to enter the gate fully equipped, how often do you find yourself hunting monsters and using them to gather temporary weapons to fight?

It was no different from civilized people hunting dinosaurs with stone tools.

Because of this easygoing perception, new students often tend to ignore what is taught in the curriculum.

“I never thought this kind of situation would actually exist… It occurred to me!”

Hangaram looked down at the Naga that Seodaechi had killed, and a plan suddenly came to mind.

He grabbed Naga’s right arm and lifted it up. The limp arm hung limply, heavier than its original weight.

He used the nail on his right hand to cut off the finger on his left hand. The monsters’ typical weapons, such as teeth, nails, and bones, were often strong enough to inflict wounds on their own bodies.

When collecting a monster’s body as a weapon in the field, it was common to use other parts of the monster.

Hangaram cut off Naga’s finger with his fingernail like a saw.

“You’re going out and being a partner?! Why does it take so long to cut one fingernail?!”

“Sorry, sorry! I’ll pick it up right away!”

Hangaram increased the sawing speed at the shout of Seodaechi who was fighting with Nagawa. The strange sensation of cutting the finger bone was terrifying, but Seodaechi who fought while covered in the monster’s blood like a demon felt even scarier.

‘When you introduced the guild earlier, you seemed like a nice person, but now you’re completely blind? Those hazel eyes are scary too. They say that the only quiet hunters among hunters are dead ones. You can’t tell just by looking at them.’

Hangaram, who finally succeeded in removing one finger, flashed his fingernail and shouted.

“Hurray! Senior, you finally took off your fingernails… … .”

Phew!

“uh?”

A strange sensation was transmitted to my palm.

Only then did Hangaram realize that a dark shadow had fallen over his body. He glanced behind him. Naga’s claws were shaking before his eyes.

Hangaram looked at his hand. Warm green blood flowed down the back of his hand. Above it, he could see Naga’s pulled out fingernail, which was piercing under Naga’s chin.

But the situation is that Naga is still breathing.

Naga rolled his eyes and glared at Han Garam. Naga tried to continue his failed attack.

“Ugh!”

Hangaram was so shocked that he screamed, pulled out the fingernail he had been using, and stabbed Naga’s neck with it.

The monster’s blood dripped down onto his head. He let out his last breath and managed to lower his claws.

“go away!”

He was blocked by Seo Dae-chi’s kick, which came running late.

“Hey, senior!”

“I caught it by luck.”

Seo Dae-chi praised Hangaram and pushed Naga aside as he was about to fall.

He didn’t show it, but he was quite surprised.

‘Didn’t you say this guy was E-rank? An E-rank would go out? Is that even a coincidence?’

Usually, an E-rank hunter couldn’t penetrate Naga’s skin. Of course, it wasn’t completely impossible. Even a low-rank hunter could kill him if he accurately stabbed him in the vital area.

The problem was that the vital spot was so narrow that it could be likened to an ant’s nose.

And this newbie stabbed Naga in the narrow spot and knocked him down. Seo Dae-chi watched the scene clearly.

‘The first stab was definitely an accident. I got up without looking back and stabbed him.’

But what happens after that?

‘I was surprised that Nagaga wasn’t dead yet, so I stabbed him indiscriminately several times… All the attacks hit the vital points accurately. Was this a coincidence? Or was it intentional?’

Seodaechi couldn’t help but make a strange expression as he looked down at the E-rank hunter who was still unable to calm his surprised heart.

* * *

Kang Moo-hyeok headed to the restaurant hall where Goyo-han had finished his primary explanation. Before going to the hall, he sent a message to the guild leaders in Busan through the guild cooperation office, informing them that BEXCO would be the monster response headquarters.

Since it was an urgent message sent in the name of the Guild Cooperation Manager, most of the guild would move around from there.

As Kang Mu-hyeok entered the hall, the eyes of each guild official were drawn to him.

His eyes were filled with suspicion. It seemed as if his suggestion to Goyohan had been conveyed to everyone.

‘It would be hard to trust either the metropolitan guild or the civilian leader. The reason they’re sitting here is because of the influence of the fighting father, Bugilma.’

Even the leader of the Fighting Father Guild still has a half-believing expression.

I had only heard rumors about Goyohan Do Kang Mu-hyeok, but I had never personally confirmed his abilities.

‘Rumors always get exaggerated. Am I doing the right thing? If things go wrong, I’ll look ridiculous and it could be a disaster.’

Quietly, he bit his teeth and suppressed the conflicts that occurred in seconds.

The reason he was listening to Kang Mu-hyeok’s words was because he had heard a story from a member of the expeditionary force of the Fighting Father who had been drafted into the Unified Attack Force during the Northeastern Defense War.

At that time, the father of the fight sent skilled young hunters named Seong Sam-sik and Jeong Du-sik.

Although they were the youngest line of the expedition, they were the next ace candidates pushed by the guild.

‘Even though their actions may seem like foolish, their skills are definitely there. They are also quick-witted. The fact that they are praising ordinary people who are not even hunters means that there is something to them.’

Seong Seon-je’s attitude toward Kang Mu-hyeok was also a guarantee.

Although it was not widely known in the industry, there were secret rumors that Seong Seon-je and Kang Mu-hyeok often met and worked together.

Most of the hunters who heard the rumors misunderstood that Seong Seon-je was meeting Kang Mu-hyeok to save Joo Se-ah’s face, but Go Yo-han saw it from a different perspective.

This was because I had noticed that the line between Seong Seon-je and Kang Mu-hyeok was connected even before Joo Se-ah declared S-rank.

With everyone’s eyes filled with suspicion and anxiety, Kang Mu-hyeok opened his mouth.

“We will now reset the Busan coastal defense line. I will speak quickly, so please listen carefully.”