53 – Survival Survival (3)
Hunter Trait Card.
It was a card that added the characteristics of a so-called hunter. It grants a different level of effect than the passive skill acquired through the skill book.
‘It’s not just a talent card, it has a hidden element.’
If the modifier “Hidden” Is added.
At least the color of the card is gold, not bronze.
If it’s gold.
‘You can get not only traits from that trait card, but also incredible skills. Then.’
The conclusion is drawn that you must pass the survival by ranking first.
“Will you listen to my request or not?”
It seemed that the old man had been waiting for Siwoon’s mouth to drop.
“If the reward is right in my eyes, I will do it.
***
He went through every nook and cranny of the cave.
The monsters that appear are burned on the spot.
I found the magic stone hidden in every corner of the cave and liberated it.
‘To complete the quest.’
You are just completing the quest the old man gave you. That quest was something he had to wake up to at this point.
‘I absolutely need that reward.’
That’s right. The success reward given by the old man was enough to make Siwoon’s eyes roll.
Tak.
I stopped at the end of the cave.
‘It’s time to come out.’
He moved busily without rest.
So, I released all five magic stones sealed in the cave. They said that releasing five magic stones would summon a witch.
‘The goal of the quest is to catch that witch.’
Siwoon was able to shake off her thoughts soon. Because the witch she had been waiting for was being summoned.
An old altar in front.
The candles on the altar light up! While turning on
Pleasant smoke flowed out and began to gather in one place.
The gathered smoke soon grew and formed a single shape.
‘It’s a witch.’
[Was it you who summoned me fearlessly?]
The witch, who was staring at Siwoon with two blue eyes that could be seen under the mischievous furry knife, said.
The voice was that of a crushed monster.
Pajajang!
Something has been summoned from the witch’s grasp. It was a staff with a sphere of lightning wrapped around it.
[You’d better be prepared. Ephemeral human.]
She seems to be a witch who uses lightning magic.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
She immediately aimed at the red sword.
“It’s a witch. I’m running out of time, so I’ll cut your throat right away.”
***
[Cheer uh uh uh uh…] … ….]
The witch lets out a terrifying scream.
And something escapes around her body.
It seems to be a soul.
“Whoa….”
Siwoon let out a big sigh.
Befitting the name witch, she was a tricky opponent.
She uses lightning magic, but her skill at spilling and dodging attacks is like a ghost. Thanks to that, her face was full of scratches.
Her arms and legs were covered in bruises.
The witch’s body disappeared, the light flashed once, and then something fell to the ground.
It was a silver ring.
‘That’s it.’
I picked it up.
-Obtained the witch’s silver ring.
***
“Here you are.”
Siwoon handed her ring to the old man who was waiting in front of the cave.
The old man plucks out her bad eye and checks the shape of the ring.
“Oh. That’s right, you really did.”
The old man smiled, revealing his rotten teeth.
And.
An alarm sounds.
[You have completed the quest ‘The Ring from the Sealed Witch.]
“This is my gift.”
[Acquired 30000 Points.]
‘It was good.’
A smile squeezed out of her mouth.
The reward of the quest was nothing else but survival points.
That’s 30,000 points.
It was a valuable reward to be able to rise to first place at once when the ranking was 3rd.
“Please finish the exam safely.”
With the development of the lowly old man, the old man disappeared like a ghost.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s an NPC that was added to the test, but it felt artificial.
‘It should be number one by now.’
I immediately opened the ranking window.
New Comer Survival
Current ranking tally
1St Place – Sejun Jang [66000 Points]
2Nd Place – Siwoon Lee [64500 Points]
3Rd place – Hyeryung Kang [48200 Points]
‘Are you saying it’s only second place?’
It was disappointing. No, it was more surprising than that.
He earned a whopping 30,000 points, but he couldn’t reach the peak.
I have narrowed the gap.
‘Jang Se-joon. That guy….’
Sejun Jang.
He wasn’t the easy-going Hunter you thought.
***
“How can the points of the hunters from 1st to 3rd place be so high?”
“The level is different from us….”
“Ha. It’s cold, I’m hungry, and I can’t rank.”
Three people who had been warming themselves up with a single torch vomited disappointment when they looked at the ranking window.
Three people teamed up to grab and catch every monster they saw.
It moved without rest.
By the way.
The gap between the top hunters and their points was the difference between heaven and earth.
“Should I give up?”
“What is giving up! Let’s warm up a bit, get off our butts, and go hunting.”
“Yes. Don’t you know that it’s not over as long as it’s not over?”
He reaches for the burning torch as he burns the firewood. I plan to just melt the cold for a while and move right away.
The result of the survival test was something important that will last a lifetime as a career.
By the way.
Poof!
“Is the torch out?”
“Suddenly?”
The sight of the hunter who melted his hand in the torch suddenly darkened.
The two hunters were taken aback, but the rest of the hunters calmly summoned a flame.
Hwareuk!
“If the light goes out, just light it again…… Cuckoo.”
Hunter’s words could not be followed.
“Kuk!”
The Hunter who summoned the flames grabbed his stomach, coughed up his blood, and fell to the ground.
“Why, why are you doing this?”
“I was taken by surprise!”
The two hunters got up right away.
The two hunters stood up, held out their swords and axes and looked around.
“…What is it?”
The gaze of the standing Hunter moved to the Hunter who had fallen on the floor.
The ribs of the Hunter, who had collapsed from trauma and panting, are repeating their enlargement and contraction.
“Potion….”
Hunter stood up and took out a potion from his inventory. The fallen Hunter was a healer. Things get very embarrassing when the healer is out.
It was then.
Pain!
“Keah!”
“Nu, in front of my eyes… ….”
Something exploded right in front of my eyes.
It was a smoke grenade.
After the smoke grenade exploded.
Smoke covered everything around.
‘Dash Strike.’
I threw out the skill as it was in a state where the field of view was not secured.
However, there was no way it could hit an enemy who couldn’t even secure its shape.
“Coke! Coke!”
“I can’t breathe well… ….”
Smoke flowed into his eyes and nose, giving him a headache.
At that time.
With the feeling of something touching your leg.
The world is staggering!
“Keah!”
f*ck.
As it is, something flies towards the Hunter who tripped on something.
Pushyuk.
“Keep it… ….”
It was a dagger.
“Jin Tae!!”
The hunter next to him shouted and threw his ax around.
However, there was no way the enemy would be hit.
“Damn it! Where are you attacking from!”
-The thirteenth elimination occurs!
– The 14th eliminated person!
“Are you eliminated?”
The face of the remaining hunter turned pale.
“The Cloak of Winds.”
The wind blew into the cloak he was wearing, blowing away the smoke around him.
What I saw as soon as the smoke from the smoke grenade cleared.
It was a starry sky.
“Keugh.”
Something fast had snatched my leg. Thrown to the ground in an instant, Hunter reached for the ax that had fallen beside him.
“Where!”
“Ouch… ….”
My throat tightened. I’m short of breath
My hand was compressed by something.
After that.
I saw the faces of two men in front of me.
The two men wearing hoodies laughed coldly.
“…Hunter? Why are you doing this!”
“I have something to tell you.”
The man squeezed the hand that had crushed the fallen Hunter.
“… Let this go.”
“Shut up and listen to me. Do you know Sejun Jang?”
“Ugh……….”
The man who asked the question released his hand for a while to help the fallen hunter breathe.
Then the hunter choked and gasped for breath.
“You guys are hunters too. But why attack the same Hunter? This is against the rules.”
“If you win against foul play or whatever, it’s great. I ask you one last time. Do you want my hands drenched in your blood?”
When the man asked with cold eyes, Hunter trembled and shook his head vigorously.
“Then answer me. Do you know Sejun Jang?”
Hunter nodded.
“Did you see where Sejun Jang went?”
“I saw the view….”
“Where did you see it?”
Hunter looked at the man who climbed up for him with his anxious eyes.
“If you tell me, will you let this go?”
“Sure, then.”
“Really?”
When Hunter asked if he couldn’t believe it, the man opened his mouth wide and spat.
“Evil! Sir, why the f*ck are you spitting? These bastards!”
When the watery saliva got into the snowball, I blinked and glared at the man.
The man shook his head and immediately drew out a dagger and put it to his throat.
“Hey. I ask you one more time. If you drag it one more time, then this knife will tickle your throat violently.”
“No, I will tell you. Sejun Jang is…….”
In desperation, Hunter gave answers that a man would want with the mindset of trying to live for the moment.
The man who got the answer laughed.
And.
-The 15th dropout occurs!
An alarm sounded hollow in the empty sky.
***
“It seems like the sun is getting brighter now!”
“I was scared because it was dark….”
The two women’s complexions brightened as they looked at the sky that was gradually getting brighter.
No matter how much it is a test, it was actually scary and trembling for the two women to hunt monsters through the dark streets.
The sun rising in the sky began to brighten the ground.
The landscape of the earth becomes clearer.
At that moment, the two women who were walking and watching the scenery felt the sudden force of gravity and screamed.
I came to my senses.
It was in the pit.
“What happened?”
“It’s a trap. It’s a trap someone dug.”
“What?”
“Wait up, up… ….”
Their conversation could not continue.
This is because a pile of dirt dropped by someone from above completely filled the hole in the pit.
-The 16th eliminated person!
-The seventeenth dropout occurs!
***
“Hmm?”
My eyes opened naturally to the pouring beam of light.
You rub your eyes and forcefully lift your heavy eyelids.
The white sky of the morning caught my eyes.
“Keah haaam….”
Hunter yawned and stretched out. It was Jeong Yeon-hee.
I took off the blanket that covered my chest and raised my heavy upper body.
“Sejun Jang!”
Only the empty ceiling covered with large leaves caught my eye. A round timber anchored under the large leaves. And beside it, a torch is burning in a small barrel.
It was an improvised tent.
“Where did you go?”
Walking around the meadow alone, he joined Sejun, who had come to visit him. And he came here to rest after hunting with him.
When I closed my eyes for a while, Sejun disappeared.
“Did you leave me alone?”
Even so, it didn’t matter.
I joined with Sejun purely because I would avoid being attacked by monsters and not be out if I moved together rather than alone.
There was no emotion of the opposite s*x.
That was all.
“Chit. If you go, just say you’re going and go.”
I remembered last night when I had a party with Sejun and attacked the dungeon.
Yeonhee didn’t do anything in the dungeon.
I only watched Sejun’s wide-area skills sweep the monsters in the dungeon.
“That was great….”
Indeed, his magical power was great.
To the extent that I can’t understand that it’s the same F-rank hunter.
“Mom!”
As soon as Yeon-hee came out of the small tent, she was surprised and shook his shoulders.
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Something flashing in front of him covered the space with a roar.
And.
“Queueek….”
“Kkeek.”
An extended scream continued.
“This is a wolf.”
I see a dead wolf with its tongue sticking out with its body crushed in front of me.
“Are you awake?”
Yeon-hee crouched down and raised her head.
Then, the face of Sejun, who is looking down at him with a bright smile, catches my eye.
“Didn’t you sleep? More than that, the two wolves, Mr. Sejun?”
As he sat hunched over, he pointed at the wolf corpse and asked.
“Yes. I was lying down and couldn’t sleep, so I was hunting in front of my tent here. Then, I saw two wolves trying to enter the tent where Mr. Yeon-hee was sleeping….”
“Ah….”
Yeonhee looked at Sejun’s face for a while.
It was amazing.
I know you haven’t slept at all.
His face was full of life.
“Aren’t you tired?”
Yeonhee asked.
“I’m used to it.”
“You mean you’re used to staying up all night and moving?”
“I’ve been through this for ten years. So I’m used to it.”
“Ah….”
Yeonhee could understand his words. He is the best professional gamer ever.
He was definitely the one with the nickname God’s Controller.
He must have stayed up all night practicing to get to that spot.
“Wait.”
Sejun has a hard face. He brought his index finger to his mouth.
It was a signal to be quiet.
“…Why?”
“Shh.”
Sejun’s expression was serious.
Shortly, Sejun took out the wand from his bosom.
The skeleton’s head, encrusted with magic stones, emitted purple light from the end of his wand.
“Yeon-hee. Wake up… “
Someone blocked Sejun’s mouth. Something flashed on Sejun’s neck.
It was a knife.
“Kyaaak!”
Yeonhee also wants to change her mind by opening the inventory window.
I didn’t move.
“Keuk.”
I could see the man’s forearm wrapped tightly around his neck.
My body couldn’t budge from the strong male power.
And,
I felt the touch of something creepy on my throat.
“Who…… Who are you?”
“Are you guys on a date too? Ha…. Why are there so many couples here? I don’t know if this is a survival test or a mating test.”
“Why are you doing this!”
Yeonhee, trembling with anxiety, said. Hearing Yeon-hee’s voice, the man laughs strangely, perhaps feeling pleasure from the reaction.
“Why is this…. Are you making a fuss? It’s half-formed. Hey, this is also a survival strategy. I just have to die.”
The man behind Yeonhee looks at the man next to her. The man who received the gaze gives strength to the dagger with a cold smile.
“Sejun Jang. You will die first.”
Pushuk-
“Ugh… ….”
As the blade of the dagger pierced Sejun’s side, Sejun trembled.
“I heard you are the most talented among the freshmen? Anything?”
“Miss Sejun!!”
Yeonhee shouted.
In Yeonhee’s eyes, Sejun’s head dropped and his body trembled.
By the way.
“What? Why isn’t this guy bleeding?”
The man who poked his side was puzzled. Then the eyes of the man on the other side turned to Sejun.
“Are you sure it hurts?”
“That’s right… …. What is this bastard?”
The man holding Sejun’s neck pulled out the dagger that stabbed his side.
Shook.
Then he raised the dagger again.
“Then I will stab you one more time.”
It was then.
Pang!
Sejun’s figure disappeared in an instant. At the same time, the man behind him stepped back in surprise.
“What is it? Is it gone? Is it dead?”
Something was wrong.
The man hurriedly raised his head and looked into the air. You should hear that sound.
“Isn’t there a voice telling you that you are out?”
When you feel that something is wrong.
The man looked back instinctively.
“Oh no?!”
In the back, Sejun, who was floating in the air flapping his cloak, was looking at him.
It was impossible.
I’m sure he stabbed him right in the vital with his dagger.
“Ouch!”
It was the groan of the man on the other side who had lost his eye.
At that time, Yeon-hee bit off the arm of the man who was holding her down, and immediately swung her wand at the man’s head behind her.
Paak!
“Kuh.”
The man backed away, clutching his head.
“What happened? No way… ….”
The man’s eyes widened as he looked at Sejun with a stiff face.
“It was a welcome.”
Sejun said calmly.
“Welcome? You just said it was an illusion?”
It was hard to believe the words that came out of Sejun’s mouth.
Welcome.
This is a magician’s 2nd job advancement skill.
You cast a welcome skill that can only be cast at level 50 on the subject of a hunter in the same F rank position.
Even after going through it, I couldn’t understand it.
‘sh*t right!’
The man immediately aimed the dagger at Sejun. And he ran fast.
“Dash!”
I dug into Sejun’s arms. You shouldn’t give distance to the magician. Close combat is the best strategy.
“Shadow Strike.”
Poison rises from the blade of the man’s dagger. It was an Assassin’s blow skill that increased poison damage and critical.
‘Reached.’
The corner of the man’s mouth rose as he raised the dagger. It was obviously because the dagger hit Sejun’s leg above his head.
‘If you get hit by this blow, your movement slows down along with the deadly poison effect. No matter how good a magician you are…….’
By the way.
“Teleport.”
Once again, Sejun disappeared on the spot in an instant. The man’s dagger only stretched out into the air.
“…Teleport?”
That was even more unbelievable.
Teleport was not a skill that a magician with a 2nd job advancement could acquire.
It was then.
“Uh uh uh uh uh-.”
The man’s screams stopped after just three seconds.
The man didn’t move at all, just as the expression on his surprised face showed.
My whole body froze in an instant.
Tak.
After Sejun settled down on the floor.
I turned my eyes to the other man.
The man held his two daggers, swallowing his tension.
“Damn it….”
And.
Yeonhee quickly put on her robe and stretched out her wand towards the man.
“Firebolt.”
Shuwook!
“Yup.”
The flames that hit the man’s shoulder began to cover the man’s shoulder blades with flames.
Sejun looked at the man like that and said.
“Did you try to pass the survival test by cheating? It’s a pity, but I’m not good enough for such shallow numbers.”
“Mr. Sejun! Quickly, the rest of us too!”
When Yeon-hee takes the mana potion and tries to continue the next magic right away.
Pot!
The man’s figure disappeared.
And.
Ta-ta-ta-tak!
The sound of running came to my ears.
“I think they are running away!”
Sejun approached Yeonhee.
“Just let them run away.”
“But what if I come back for revenge later?”
“He won’t do that. He’s already shown a power he can’t compare to himself. I know a lot about these guys.”
And Sejun turned his eyes to the side and stared at the man. A man whose whole body is frozen and unable to move.
Sejun looked at Yeonhee and gestured with his chin.
“Take care of it, Mr. Yeonhee.”
“Me?”
“If the opponent is in a frozen state, pour flame magic to end it. Try it.”
Yeonhee nodded and moved her lips.
“Firebolt.”
Flame!
The red flame stuck to the ice block that wrapped around the man.
The ice cracked.
Wow!
Suddenly, it fell to the ground in fragments.
-The 16th eliminated person!
After hearing the alarm, Sejun didn’t make any facial expressions. And he thought
‘To the late Jeong Yeon-hee.’
It was according to Sejun’s plan.
If you kill the same ally in Survival, you will receive a penalty point.
Currently, competition for the top ranks is fierce. In that situation, if the ranker himself received penalty points, it would be fatal.
‘I had a hard time dealing with it.’
Only 1/3 of the mana I had just used against the Assassin was.
It was inevitable.
If you fight with full power, Assassin will die on the spot and get penalty points.
“Sejun. Thanks to you, I got out of trouble. Phew. There are guys like that in Survival….”
Yeonhee didn’t seem to understand Sejun’s intentions at all. Seeing Yeonhee like that, Sejun forced himself to hold back a laugh.
‘Nice guy cosplay is really fun.’
The woman with bobbed purple hair in front of me is very innocent.
I also took it with me because I thought I might need it for a short time during survival.
That was all.
***
At some point.
The survival competition was getting fiercer to the climax.
The map provided in Survival was indeed vast.
There were many dungeons on that wide map.
In addition, boss mobs respawning in dungeons provided higher points than mobs on normal lands, so it was standard to aim for the ranking by targeting only boss mobs in dungeons if you were good enough.
The land of the small continent where survival is unfolding.
A bloody battle was taking place in the Minotaur Dungeon.
“Cheet.”
It was a sound that came from the woman’s cherry lips. The bloodless woman’s face was dripping with blood from the red minotaur’s attack.
Cowwow!
A red Minotaur, a boss monster holding an ax the size of a man, roared in front of his eyes. Numerous arrows are stuck all over his body.
‘You’re not dying yet?’
I aimed my bow at him again.
Phishun!
Phishun!
Phishun!
Chaaang!
The terrifyingly flying arrow is bounced off by the ax and lands on the bare ground, not the target.
And.
Blue heat began to rise from his red body.
‘I’ve awakened.’
The face of the pretty woman frowned.
It was his passive skill that increased his attack power and defense power when his HP fell below 10%.
‘It’s dangerous.’
The woman’s hairline became soft. Only the bosses of the dungeon were caught and caught again. As a result, fatigue accumulated and movement was slow.
‘Chit.’
She was embarrassed because a woman whose strength was agility would not be able to demonstrate that strength.
aaang!
With the final roar, the red Minotaur shook its massive body and swung its axe.
Quang!
Quang!
I narrowly avoided the attack.
The ground the bastard’s ax passed through was heavily dug.
‘If you get hit by that axe once….’
I took my posture again and aimed the arrow. However.
– Fatigue has accumulated.
– Movement speed is reduced.
“Damn it! sh*t!”
My arm doesn’t move. I have to pull the bowstring, but my hand moves slowly, as if it were running a slow video.
Boom!
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The blade of the ax flew wildly.
‘I can’t avoid this.’
By the way.
Quaaagh!
The red Minotaur stumbled over him and opened its mouth in agony.
‘What is it?’
The woman looked at the Minotaur’s stomach. A knife had been stabbed in that pit.
The iron armor worn by the Minotaur began to burn.
Thump!
He drops his only weapon, an axe.
And.
Cour ah ah-
He shook his head wildly and let out a scream.
Kooung!
He buried his head on the dungeon floor and lay sprawled.
As the heavy one fell, the ground shook once.
‘That person.’
A person could be seen behind the fallen man.
A white face gradually revealed in the darkness.
And clear eyes with thick eyebrows.
It was that Hunter.
‘Have you passed the qualification exam with a perfect score?’
A hunter named Siwoon Lee.
“Are you okay?”
Siwoon walked towards the woman.
The woman wiped her blood from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve and brushed her ass to get up.
“I came to the dungeon, but it looked dangerous, so I helped.”
Siwoon smiled calmly and said.
Quick.
A tendon rose from the woman’s forehead.
“Are you saying you want to hear a word of thanks?”
The woman shot with cold eyes.
“It just seemed dangerous, so I helped. That’s all.”
“Sheesh.”
The woman turned her back away from the man, biting her lower lip. More than anything, her pride was hurt.
‘He just hates getting help.’
She was a woman who always received attention and expectations. She hated losing to anyone and despised asking for help more than anything else.
– Fatigue has accumulated.
“Whew….”
My body cannot move freely.
“Looking at your condition, you seem to have used up your stamina? Take this.”
What the man offered was a stamina potion.
“All right. Stop!”
The words that came out of her mouth were actually different from her true intentions. That stamina potion is absolutely necessary at this timing of competing for the top ranks.
However.
Getting help is awkward and embarrassing.
That was all.
Tak.
Siwoon moved his outstretched hand and put the potion on the ground.
“I’ll put it here. You will definitely need it.”
“Oh, that’s it! Director Nam. What does it matter?”
“I left it here anyway. Whether you drink this or just throw it away, you decide.
Siwoon didn’t pay any more attention and went away. Are you angry?
Watching the man’s back fade away, the woman felt a little sorry.
‘Sheesh. Who helped you? Why are you so far away?’
Seeing that the man’s figure has completely disappeared, the woman immediately turns her head to her side.
A yellow potion bottle lying on the dungeon floor.
I was troubled when the potion caught my eye.
‘I don’t want to lose first place and leave a scratch on my ego, so let’s pretend I got help just once. Well, I didn’t even ask for help.’
Take the potion right away.
– Stamina has been restored.
I felt my whole body, which had felt as heavy as a stone, become lighter as a feather.
‘But that man….’
Poke the Minotaur’s vitals with the blade. The red Minotaur, a famous ambassador for solid defense, fainted at once. No matter how much life was in a state of exhaustion.
‘I’m sure he’s a pretty strong man?’
***
Siwoon walked out of the dungeon after the raid was over.
Looking up at the sky.
The bright sunlight warmed the earth.
I covered my eyes with my hands from the glare.
‘It must have been around lunchtime.’
It seems that there is not much time left until the survival is over.
I immediately opened the ranking window.
New Comer Survival
Current ranking tally
1St Place – Sejun Jang [89000 Points]
2Nd Place – Siwoon Lee [88500 Points]
3Rd place – Hyeryung Kang [79200 Points]
‘Hasn’t it still won first place?’
At this point, I thought that the first place would definitely belong to me.
Anxiety lingered again.
‘The Trait Card must be in hand.’
That’s right.
The hidden attribute card added as a reward for this time was a must-have item for Siwoon.
You don’t know what kind of effect the card will have.
Normal.
In the unopened attribute card, a card with a thousand different abilities pops out depending on the grade (card color).
However.
No cards came out.
‘Cards related to Hunters.’
That’s right.
It was that a card related to the hunter who opened the card would come out.
This was not 100% certain, but according to the opinions of the hunters who had opened the characteristic cards, it was almost an established fact.
What the hunter who opens the card is thinking the most right now and what the hunter believes. And by combining the hunter’s body structure and consciousness, etc., A card related to it came out.
‘But just now.’
I just remembered what happened in the dungeon.
Help Kang Hye-ryeong.
Actually.
I could have let the Minotaur die without help.
However.
Siwoon made the choice to help.
‘I already know about you Kang Hye-ryeong.’
Siwoon knew her quite well.
Her If anyone knew about her, she would be amazed.
Kang Hye-ryeong, the ice goddess.
The Ice Goddess.
A nickname given to her by people who said no one had ever seen her smile.
‘Kang Hye-ryeong, she is.’
Her past was truly amazing.