assistirfilmes Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
D-rank Hunter Koo Dae-sung came to the Association for grading again this year.
“Uh~ Mr. Koo. You’re here again this year?”
A middle-aged man is happy to see him. It was Team Leader Kim Do-han, who had worked with the gate mining team a few times.
“It’s been a while.”
“You’ve been working hard, Mr. Koo.”
“Haha.......”
At the words of Team Leader Kim Do-han, Koo Dae-sung let out an awkward laugh.
His age is thirty-two this year and he has been a Hunter for over ten years.
Talented people usually awaken their powers in middle school and receive admission to the academy. However, he awakened at the age of 22, his rank is D and he has no unique skills.
“How about this year, do you think you’ll improve your rank?”
“Haha... I’ll try.”
Koo Dae-sung has been a D-rank for 10 years. It is said that the limit of the untalented is C-rank, but he was stuck at D-rank for ten years.
“Why don’t you join our team? If you’re as good as Mr. Gu, you’ll be diligent and do a good job, and you’ll become an ace in no time.”
Not all Hunters who have awakened their powers have combat jobs.
There are those who work in production, those who work in research, and quite a few who work in conventional industry rather than as Hunters.
However, the vast majority of untalented and unremarkable Hunters work as porters for raiding parties or on mining teams that stop just before the gate closes to mine for items.
They were able to do this because they were much stronger than the average person, but they were still laborers.
Koo Dae-sung had been doing this menial labor for 10 years, but he couldn’t give up.
Even as a D-rank Hunter, the money he earned in the dungeon was nothing compared to the menial labor.
‘I need to earn more money, and unless I can find a dungeon with high profits, I can’t pay the interest.’
He had debts, an old mother to support, and younger siblings to take care of. He couldn’t afford it without his Hunter income.
But there was hope that one day he would awaken his unique skills and become a Hunter who could take on high-level Gates as part of a raiding party.
He imagines a future where he can shine as an Awakened. But the reality was harsh, and even that glimmer of hope was fading.
“I’ll try.”
He says, but he doesn’t expect much. His goal is now realistic, and he’d be grateful if he could somehow become a C-rank and escape the life of a porter.
“Hmm? A young man is coming?”
Just then, someone enters the association’s waiting room. It’s a foreigner with blonde hair.
“Could it be someone from Europe?”
“He looks like royalty.”
The eyes of the people in the lobby turn to the blond man.
-Wow, he’s handsome.
-Oh my God... he’s so handsome.
He was certainly striking.
With the straight gaze and gorgeous blonde hair, he had the air of a nobleman. Most of all, in a place full of black heads, a blond man was bound to stand out.
“Is he a foreign worker?”
“I think he’s European.”
“Aww, Europe is not all well off, there are poor countries too.”
Even after the cataclysm, South Korea was a fairly well-off developed country.
It’s not a bad country for foreign workers to come and work in, except for the fact that it has a terrible food self-sufficiency rate and relies on imports for most of its food.
“Hmm.......”
Curiosity piqued, Kim approached the blond man with his trademark backwoods charm.
“Hey, young man. How are you?”
“Don’t talk to me, you lowly thing.”
“......?”
“???”
For a moment, he thought he’d misheard me, but the intensity of the verbal assault that came back was so strong that he forgot what to say.
“Ha, you learned Korean in a weird way, didn’t you?”
“Well, yeah.”
Mr. Kim turned around, unable to ask any more questions. At that moment, the blond man’s gaze crossed with Koo Dae-sung’s.
“Hmph.......”
Koo Dae-sung gasped as the pressure from the blond man gaze was like a huge presence suppressing him.
“Haa......”
The only reason Koo Dae-sung could breathe was because an association employee called his number, 57.
“57, Mr. Koo Dae-sung!”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’m coming!”
Koo Dae-sung rushed to the association staff, feeling a strange chill from the gaze behind him.
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Koo Dae-sung sighed softly as he looked at the Seoul Station gate, which he was already visiting for the tenth time.
This year’s measurements weren’t much different from last year. There were no unique skills and no stat increases.
If he wanted to turn the tables, he’d have to perform well in this practical test. And in order to perform, party members are important. Koo Dae-sung looked at the faces of the party members who had joined him for this test.
“Wow, this is the gate. Brother, this is a hot mess.”
“Jinmi, let’s turn off our cell phones first.”
‘Two newbies.......’
He also saw the blond foreigner from the waiting room.
‘Haa.......’
If he’s here to test his rank at that age, it’s most likely a case of late awakening since Academy graduates are tested separately.
In a party of five, three of them are just beginners... Koo Dae-sung turned his eyes towards his last hope, but it was the old man who was there.
“Hehe, the air is so good.”
The old man must have been over sixty years old. He may have awakened during the Cataclysm thirty years ago, but he had not made a name for himself among the first generation of Hunters.
That meant that the old man was just an unremarkable C- or D-rank Hunter like himself.
‘I wasn’t expecting it, but.......’
It can’t be helped that they’re either beginners or D-rank in the first place.
“Then, Hunters, don’t worry and feel free to attack the gate, even if it’s dangerous, because I, a B-grade Hunter, will step forward.”
Leaving the association staff behind, Koo Dae-Sung stepped forward.
“Then... let’s introduce ourselves and confirm our positions.”
Even at a time like this, he had to play the role of party leader and raise his evaluation score.
“I’m Koo Dae-sung. I’ve been a Hunter for 10 years, and my class is Warrior. My main position is dealer.”
“Shin Tae-hoon. I awakened this year and I use a shield and spear.
“This is my sister, Shin Na-yeon, she uses daggers and is learning to use a bow.”
They are beginners who haven’t even found their aptitude yet so Koo Dae-sung cautiously asked.
“Did you two go to separate schools?”
Due to age restrictions, those who can’t attend a hunter academy often attend training centers run by veteran hunters.
It’s not as structured as an academy, but it’s more of a cram school.
“Me and my brother went to school for three months at a time.”
They were complete novices. Koo Dae-sung didn’t expect it, so he approached the old man.
“Hey, old man. What about you?”
“This old man is fifty years old and my name is Oh Kang-tae. Although I’m an awakened, I was recently dismissed from my job.”
His weapon is a pistol and he has little experience for his age.
A pistol...even if he was a martial artist, it would be hard for him to overcome the disadvantage of a sword or spear.
“Huh... And finally, the foreign visitor, do you speak Korean?”
“.......”
The blond man... Leon stared at him for a moment, unmoved by Koo Dae-sung’s question.
“This king doesn’t fight.”
“Uh... You’re a good fighter? Did you learn Korean backwards?”
“You can’t use a dragon-slaying sword to kill a chicken.”
He learned Korean backwards.
Koo Dae-sung scratched his head thoughtfully and decided on a position.
“So... Tae-hoon, you’ll be the tank, me and the old man will be the main dealers, Nari, you’ll be the archer and that foreigner... what the hell, why doesn’t he have a weapon?”
While the Hunters at the gate had brought their own weapons, Leon had none.
“That...foreigner...didn’t you bring a weapon?”
Strange. I thought the Association would lend him a weapon or two.
“Handsome brother over there, do you want me to lend you a weapon?”
At that moment, Shin Na-yeon, who was holding a dagger and a bow, cautiously asked. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Leon, who seemed to have an air of transcending humanity.
“Do you want to use a dagger or a bow? My main skill is daggers, so... would you like to try this bow? Do you know how to shoot a bow?”
Shin Na-yeon hands over a bow. It’s a new product called a smart bow that can automatically aim and adjust the string tension.
“You want to give me this?”
“No, just use it and give it back.”
Leon stared at the bow in disbelief. As if he heard something he shouldn’t have. Then he frowned as if he had been insulted and threw the bow to the ground.
“Ack! My bow!”
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Shin Tae-hoon was furious when his sister’s bow was thrown to the ground. However, the knight king is equally angry at being insulted.
Of course, the reason for his anger is beyond the comprehension of a lowly commoner.
“Knights don’t use cowardly ranged weapons.”
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Koo Dae-Sung rubbed his eyes.