195 - If Only There Were This Many Monsters All The Time
[Desert Queen Ant ( (Leader Level Monster))]
[Skills: Summon Ants, Sonic Wave Attack, Windstorm Strike, Huddle]
Thanks to the system, Jinwoo viewed the Desert Queen Ant's information.
It is not the final boss.
The sculptures I acquired from Rivarintos Labyrinth include representations of mythical creatures like the Dragon, Oni, Hydra, Basilisk, and Chimera. For the final boss of the Sazardon Labyrinth, it should embody the essence of these formidable beings, evoking their power and ferocity. This boss should be of S-rank caliber, presenting a formidable challenge to any who dare to face it.
The queen ant in front of him is a mere leader-rank monster.
Its attributes and rank aren't very high either.
His eyes also fell on the four giant ants in front of the queen.
[Queen Ant's Personal Guard (super-enhanced elite monster)]
[Skill: Shell Harden]
The strength, agility, and spirit of the Four Queen Ant's Personal Guards should be above average.
Only their defense is rather high.
Coupled with their skill, they are basically meat shield incarnate.
With them around, the safety of the queen ant can be greatly upgraded.
The queen ant is the most important individual in the entire ant colony, so there is no room for error.
Other parties have a headache when they see the four personal guards.
They need to find a way to kill them one by one.
As for Jin, their presence made things easier.
By the time he glanced at them, the Shadow Infantry had already rushed out.
The Queen Ant's Personal Guards have also rushed forward.
The wings of the queen ant vibrated, and she suddenly let out a sharp cry.
[Skill: Sonic Wave Attack.]
The terrifying sound echoed back and forth in the ant colony.
The Shield on Jin's body erupted with pink light, resisting the attack.
At the same time, the Shadow Infantry and Shadow Mages were also attacked.
It is an indiscriminate AOE attack with a vast range.
Fortunately, the Ant Queen's attack power isn't particularly high. Jin's Shield Armor withstood it successfully.
As for the Shadow Infantry, they were able to resist it with ease.
With their high-rank physique, they can withstand most attacks.
"Kill one!"
Following Jin's command, the Shadow Infantry unleashed their skill.
Rich red light rose on the large blades.
Skill: Berserk Strike!
The Shadow Mages behind them also cast their skills in a flash.
Following Jin's command, they targeted the same Queen Ant's Personal Guard.
Fire, ice, wind, and lightning elemental particles broke out and bloomed beautifully like fireworks.
After the dazzling glow surged, the personal guard was killed in an instant.
[Killed level Queen Ant's Personal Guard, EXP +120,00]
[Obtained flying ant wing x10]
Jin promptly raised his hand.
[Force Explosion!]
Boom!
Along with a loud blare, the other three Queen Ant's Personal Guard were blown away.
"Eh! They didn't die!"
Jin was slightly taken aback. The three Queen Ant's Personal Guards actually endured the Corpse Explosion.
That was 450% of the corpse's health as damaged.
Monsters of the same kind shouldn't have been able to withstand it.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that all three Queen Ant's Guards were shining with a metallic luster as if covered in armor.
"Shell Harden! Ha? "
Jin understood at once. The three personal guards used their skill to resist the Force Explosion.
The effect of this skill should be the same as a Knight's Extreme Defense, greatly increasing defense.
"The effect is pretty good! But I wonder how long they can last!"
The Shadow Infantry rushed over lightning-fast and surrounded them when they landed.
At this time, the skills of the Shadow Mages have also arrived, striking from different directions.
The three Queen Ant's Personal Guards, who glittered with skill light, became extremely tough. At the same time, they brandished their sickle-like legs and whipped the Shadow Infantry.
With their high rank physique, it is difficult to harm the Shadow Infantry.
The Queen Ant's Personal Guards, with their lowar points of strength, naturally couldn't cause too much damage to the Shadow Infantry even if they did it was repaired before they knew it.
They stood no chance against the Shadow Infantry in a one-on-one fight, not to mention that there were 30 Shadow Infantry, as well as 10 Shadow Mages in the rear. Not to mention the whole army that was just standing there letting the Shadow Infantry have their fun.
This fight is thoroughly unbalanced.
Attacks pelted the Queen Ant's Personal Guards, and their luster dimmed quite fast.
Suddenly, the queen ant flapped her wings again, unleashing a fierce wind.
The wind swept out like a storm.
Skill: Windstorm Strike!
A large number of Shadow Infantry Warriors were blown away and torn by the fierce wind in the air.
The Shadow Infantry Warriors received a little damage. Although the damage isn't significant, it is enough to demonstrate the power of the queen ant's skill.
Jin has the passive skill Elemental Resistance.
After being amplified, it can reduce elemental damage by three times.
Nevertheless, the Shadow Infantry Warriors still took damage.
But without Elemental Resistance, the damage would have been more severe.
If other class users had faced the queen ant's skill instead, they might have been killed in a flash.
The fierce wind reached the Shadow Mages, whose physique is lower than that of the Shadow Infantry Warriors, and they swayed unsteadily.
Fortunately, when the skill reached him, it has lost a large chunk of its power.
The skill Shield flashed, blocking the attack.
If he receives severe damage, the damage won't do much with so many resistance he build up.
The damage is calculated based on his defense, disregarding the defense of his army.
Therefore, he tries to avoid getting damaged as much as possible.
The storm lasted for a full 20 seconds before stopping.
The Shadow Infantry Warriors fell to the ground, and then quickly got up and charged.
Without a sense of pain, without a sense of fear; and being immortal they are perfect soldiers, only following Jin's commands.
The same is true for every other shadow. Shadow Mages unleashed their skills at once.
Fire, lightning, ice, and wind erupted again.
The skill of the Queen Ant's Personal Guards finally ended, and they became vulnerable once again.
Accompanied by a screech, a Queen Ant's Personal Guard died.
Jin took action without hesitation.
[Force Explosion!]
Boom boom boom!
Jin cast Foece Explosion three times in a row.
The first explosion killed the other two Queen Ant's Personal Guards and injured the queen ant, followed by the second and third explosions.
The queen ant, wings blown off and body bloodied by the explosions, unleashed miserable screeches.
The three explosions nearly brought it to the brink of death.
Suddenly, the queen ant began to shrink back and curl up.
Huddle?
A crystalline membrane appeared on its body.
The membrane has an extremely strong defense. The large blades of the Shadow Infantry Warriors couldn't cut it apart.
Even the attacks of the Shadow Mages couldn't break through for the moment.
"It's a skill similar to Extreme Defense."
"Let's see how long it takes, the shorter its duration."
you can hold on!"
Such a skill must have a time limit. Furthermore, the stronger the attacks it is subjected The Shadow Infantry Warriors and the Shadow Mages attacked without stopping.
Different attacks kept landing on the queen ant.
After the queen ant curled up, its screeches never stopped.
The screeches echoed through the entire ant colony.
After a short moment, crawling sounds rose.
Jin turned and saw a large number of ants rush frenziedly this way from different tunnels.
This is the queen ant's skill: Summon Ants.
The queen ant used her skill to summon all the ants in the ant colony.
Jin didn't panic but instead showed a strange smile.
"What a boon."
Jin rarely smiles. But when he smiles, there must be something really good.
Four dozen-plus Shadow Infantry Warriors attacking the queen ant suddenly disappeared and then appeared in front of Jin.
They quickly welcomed the incoming ant swarm.
As The High Orc Warriors and Tusk who were watching all this presently turned their attention to the ant swarm.
A barrage Gravity Magic force instantly killed a lot of flying ants, then blasts sounded one after another.
Force Explosions erupted again and again, killing a large amount of ants each time.
No matter how many ants there are, they shouldn't even think about getting close.
EXP soared as if it were a rocket.
It seems that all the ants in the ant colony have responded to the queen ant's call.
Jin isn't sure how many there are, but there are many.
You can see this from his EXP.
When he entered the ant colony, his EXP was at 43%, but now it has reached 67% and is still rising.
If this many monsters came at him all the time, his leveling speed would definitely be much faster than that of anyone else.
At last, the queen ant's skill came to an end.
There were no more ants rushing this way.
Jin let out a sigh of pity.
At this point, his EXP has reached 78%, which represents a 41% increase since he entered the ant colony.
When the skill terminated, the queen ant extended her body again. All the injuries she sustained were unexpectedly healed, and even her wings had regrown.
"It actually has a healing effect."
Jin waved his hand, and his Shadow Infantry army besieged the queen ant once again.
The queen ant flapped her wings, and her wings slashed the Shadow Infantry Warriors as if large blades, sanding them flying.
Unfortunately, the damage wasn't significant. These Shadow Infantry Warriors rose onto their feet right away and rushed back.
In an instant, the queen ant was seriously injured once again.
The queen ant's skill seems to have entered a cooldown period, unable to be used for the time being.
As the injuries covering her body became increasingly more severe, the queen ant screeched miserably.
The 40 Shadow Infantry Warriors and 10 Shadow Mages unleashed a full-scale assault.
After holding on for just over a dozen seconds, the queen ant collapsed to the ground with a bang.
[Killed Desert Queen Ant, EXP +550,00]
[Obtained Gold rank weapon, Queen Ant's Spear]
[Obtained Gold rank accessory, Queen Ant's Ring]
[Obtained Desert Queen Ant's Egg]
[Obtained elementary monster core]
[Queen Ant's Spear: Gold rank weapon, Strength +10, Vitality +10, increases the power of spear-type skills by 13%, usable after level 120]
[Queen Ant's Ring: Gold rank accessory, Mana +500, Vitality +20, increases the restoration of spirit force by 10%, usable after level 120]
[Desert Queen Ant's Egg: an egg of the Desert Queen Ant; that can be hatched by a Beast Tamer and turned into a queen ant]
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The footage shown was quite a shocking one.
Shot from a CCTV camera placed high up on a stretch of road, the viewer could see how deserted this unknown street was; it was so quiet that, even after the footage had been greatly sped up, only a handful of cars drove by.
One might even end up suspecting that the road was located in the sparsely-populated outskirts of a city or even in a rural area.
The sped-up footage was slowed down greatly. And then, it happened.
A saloon appeared on the edge of the screen. It was moving fast enough that even when the footage had been slowed down, one could still sense its high speed.
But then, in the blink of an eye….
A black thing suddenly appeared before the speeding car. It was a dark lifeform, standing on two feet like a person. The car couldn't slow down sufficiently with this sudden development. However, no such thing as the car and the unknown lifeform colliding ever occurred.
Just before the collision happened, the car suddenly flew up in the air.
The dark lifeform easily flipped the mid-sized saloon speeding towards it with one hand, and then, dragged the unconscious driver out from the wreckage to devour the poor guy from the head.
Chomp, chomp….
That surely would've been the noise most likely to be captured by a mic, had the CCTV camera been equipped with one.
The footage came to an end there.
Esdeath shifted her gaze away from the giant TV screen filling up an entire wall of the Association President's office, and to Goh Gun-Hui sitting on the other side of the table.
The older man slowly put the remote down.
"Three hundred people."
Unlike some others, he didn't speak about the neighbouring nation's misfortune with an easy-going attitude.
"That little bug managed to kill that many people?" Esdeath questioned incredulously. She found it difficult to believe that a mere insect could cause such devastation, especially in a country like Japan, which boasted numerous high-ranking hunters. Unless they want it. "Were the Japanese too slow to respond?"
"That's not correct."
Goh Gun-Hui shook his head.
"From what I hear, the Japanese Hunters only took 30 minutes to get to the location. But, in that short period of time, a small village was wiped off the map."
Japan boasted one of the most advanced Hunter systems in all of Asia. And a country like that had to experience such a level of devastation, so what would happen if an ant entered the South Korean border?
Goh Gun-Hui had viewed that footage multiple times already, but he still was overcome with a chilling premonition of an impending crisis every time he did.
'Before it's too late, we need to destroy the ants once and for all.'
The subjugation operation would get underway in four days' time. The Japanese had been demanding the release of the final list of all Korean Hunters participating in the operation for a few days now.
However, using his authority as the leader of the Korean side, Goh Gun-Hui delayed the announcement of the final list. The reason for that was simple.
Because no one could get in touch with Jin-Woo and Esdeath until now. As she answered his personal call and came to headquarters within an hour.
And so, after a long wait, the moment of the list being finalised had arrived. Goh Gun-Hui continued on with a trembling heart.
"We'll go to Jeju Island and get rid of the ants found there."
He formed a pleading expression next.
"And that is why we need both of your help, Sung Jin-Woo Hunter-nim and Miss Esdeath Hunter-nim and from what you said it seems even you can't get in contact with Sung Jin-Woo Hunter-nim"
Next up, Goh Gun-Hui's expression shifted to one of anxiety.
If even Esdeath refused to participate, then there was nothing anyone could do. She was no longer affiliated with the Association, and she was not duty-bound to carry out the demands of the Association, either. In other words, the final decision rested solely on her whim. And with the absence of Jinwoo no one could truly influence her.
After lengthy deliberation, he opened his mouth.
"I….."
***
After ending the meeting with the Association President, Esdeath stood up from the seat to leave, only to sense something and shifted her head in that direction.
'What was that just now?'
In a place not too far from here, she sensed clashes of magical energy in huge numbers.
'Could it be a dungeon break?'
Initially, she suspected a dungeon break happening nearby, but she soon realised that wasn't the case. She couldn't sense any presence of monsters, only the magic energy coming from various Hunters, instead.
"Did something happen?"
Goh Gun-Hui had stood up from his seat first and walked over to the doorway to escort Esdeath out of the Hunter's association headquarters showing how important she is, only to turn around and question her when the young lady failed to move from the spot.
"Well, I don't think it's anything serious, but…. It seems that Hunters are fighting each other nearby."
"But, that can't be."
Goh Gun-Hui chuckled loudly.
Which foolhardy Hunters would dare to fight each other near the Association's HQ? There was no way such a thing would happen.
'No, wait…. The direction of Miss Esdeath Hunter-nim is looking at….?'
A possibility formed in Goh Gun-Hui's mind.
"I believe that rank S Hunters are doing some light exercises in the gymnasium. Maybe you're talking about that?"
'…Light exercises, is it?'
If that was the case, then for sure, the continuous yet restrained clashes of magical energy made sense. Esdeath just nodded her head.
"I see."
Goh Gun-Hui's eyes looking at the youth were filled with undisguised surprise.
'She can sense something like that from this far distance?'
The Association's gymnasium was designed to greatly minimise the amount of magic energy leaking outside. In actual reality, even Goh Gun-Hui himself couldn't sense anything.
But then, not only had Miss Esdeath sensed the minuscule amount leaking out from there, he even correctly guessed that different magic energies were clashing with one another, too.
'Just how highly attuned are her senses?'
It was simply impossible to even take a wild guess.
"….Ah, right! Would you like to take a look if you're interested?"
Goh Gun-Hui made a quick suggestion. It was a rare event to find all of the rank S Hunters in South Korea gathered in one place. Personally witnessing the abilities of other rank S Hunters from the sideline would do a world of good to Esdeath, who had become a rank S himself only recently.
"I believe that Miss Cha Hae-In and Mister Goto Ryuji are also present there."
Esdeath was thinking of taking a look-see with an open mind, only to stop in his tracks.
"If you say Cha Hae-In, do you mean….?"
"Yes, it is him."
If you were a Hunter – no, even if you weren't a Hunter – you'd have at least heard of that name once, the name that belonged to one of the most powerful Hunters in existence. She was renowned as the strongest female hunter, and Esdeath couldn't shake the feeling that her man had some connection with her. Maybe he had eyes on her. That's why she received the message from him to take part in this raid and keep the death count to a minimum.
Seeing her piqued interest, Goh Gun-Hui misunderstood who she was interested in and spoke up.
"It is indeed Goto Ryuji. He's currently staying in the country to aid in building a good repertoire and a sense of camaraderie in both the Korean and Japanese participants. Since he's planning to leave tomorrow, if you don't meet him today, you might not get another opportunity in the future."
Not only were Korea's best Hunters gathered in one place, but even Japan's best was also here too?
'Obviously, if my man is truly interested in her, I can't afford to overlook this opportunity,' Esdeath thought, recognizing the significance of Jin's connection with the renowned female hunter.
Esdeath accepted Goh Gun-Hui's suggestion with a deeply interested expression.
***
At the same time, Goto Ryuji was doing his very best to stifle a yawn.
'This is supposed to be the abilities of Korea's best?'
How laughable.
No, they were actually pitiful.
The assessment of 'laughable' was made from an objective point of view, while the 'pitiful' bit came from him adding a bit of sympathy to that initial assessment.
'Rather than leaving the safety of the country to these people's hands, wouldn't it be far better to be under the protection of us, the Japanese, instead?'
Goto Ryuji formed a leery smile and surveyed the Korean rank S Hunters. Out of all the rank S Hunters he met in Korea so far, only one seemed to be somewhat 'useful' to his eyes.
'Her name's supposed to be Cha Hae-In, right?'
Even then, her abilities were only around the level of Japan's upper-rank Hunters. She fell way, way short when compared to the best Hunters Japan could offer.
'But, there's no helping it, is there?'
South Korea was a small nation, and its population wasn't that vast, either. Also, the person who had Awakened the greatest ability within the populace just so happened to be an old man who didn't have that many days to live and couldn't even fight properly.
'If it's Goh Gun-Hui, then he might be able to contend with some of our best on a similar level, but…..'
He could say that the Koreans had drawn a short straw on this one.
In any case, he was done with assessing the capabilities of the Korean Hunters. He had completed the real reason for his extended stay in Korea.
'They wouldn't even survive for five minutes if we withdrew during the subjugation.'
Thinking that there was no more reason to stick around, Goto Ryuji turned around to leave, but then, he spotted someone unfamiliar walking closer from the entrance of the gymnasium.
'Mm….?'
Goto Ryuji's brows quivered greatly.
He hadn't realised the approach of this unknown woman even though they were in close proximity already. He was looking at the extremely beautiful woman with his own eyes, yet he still couldn't sense the other person's presence at all.
'Is she an Assassin-type Hunter?'
Goto Ryuji asked the Association employee tasked with translation next to him.
"Who is that beauty?"
The employee fidgeted with his glasses and stared for a long time, before finally recalling who the unknown woman was and formed a smile.
"Ah. She's the newly registered rank S Hunter."
"Aha…."
So, that woman was Awakened with no known reliable information available? With that man.
Goto Ryuji was thinking of spending the remaining time in Korea to unearth more about this woman and man, but he now thought that this was actually better for him. He formed a bright smile and asked the Association employee again.
"Seems like he's a pretty excellent Assassin?"
"Pardon?"
When the employee stared back with a strange expression, Goto Ryuji realised something was off.
"Did I make a mistake?"
"Oh, no. That's not it. But, well…"
The employee pointed at Esdeath and spoke.
"She's actually a Mage-type Hunter, specializing in Ice-type magic," the employee explained. "Haven't you heard of her? She's the famous Ice Queen, known for summoning that massive ice ball, without any effort" she addressed Mister Goto, providing context about the renowned hunter they were discussing.
'No freaking way?!'
Carrying a disbelieving expression, Goto Ryuji quickly accessed the Korean Hunters Association website and went through the list of rank S Hunters there.
The automated translation app allowed him to read the information on the Korean rank S Hunters right away.
[Esdeath(The Ice Queen), rank S, Mage-type, Ice Mage]
There it was. The profile image and the person's face were a perfect match.
'She's really a Mage-type??'
Goto Ryuji got inwardly stunned by this and hurriedly raised his shocked face. By then, that extremely beautiful woman was already standing nearby.
***
'So, she is Cha Hae-In, huh.'
Esdeath only needed one glance to recognise the world's most powerful female Hunter.
She was a tall woman with a sharp sense of fashion. Small, gorgeous blonde hair in a bob cut. Glistening sapphire blue eyes. Soft, rounded creamy skinned face. And a voluptuous body that would put underwear supermodels to shame. Large, no almost huge, round almost supernaturally looking perky tits that stretched out the shirt of her dress delicious, just a step from being obscene. Full, flared womanly hips and long, creamy legs with thick, soft thighs.
Cha Hae-In perfectly encompassed what many would believe a female demon looked like. She was incredibly seductive, without even attempting to be. Her body and beauty alone could tempt angels to fall.
At a casual glance, one might mistakenly think that he was a famous Korean actress.
Even I had to admit she was undeniably one of those rare beauties, capable of captivating the attention of her man, who had a penchant for marrying the most beautiful women in the multiverse. And truth be told, I didn't mind at all. In fact, I would welcome sisters who could share the same love and affection she had with him.
"But why does she keep peeking at me like that? Is there fire in her gaze?" Esdeath pondered, noting Cha Hae-In's repeated glances in her direction.
With that thought, Esdeath's gaze shifted to another man in the room who was also looking at her.
'I like admirers, but only the type of admirers who won't dare to enter my personal space,' she mused, maintaining her composure while assessing the situation.
Just as Esdeath was beginning to feel a bit annoyed by the continued gaze, the Japanese man performed a simple greeting with his eyes first. His respectful gesture momentarily softened her irritation, prompting her to respond with a subtle glance of acknowledgement. As her focus shifted again.
'Was she peeking like that because they had never met before until now?' Esdeath wondered. Is it because my and Jin's open relationship, well-known throughout Korea... Is there fire of love in her ?'
As the thought lingered, Esdeath contemplated the possibility of mutual feelings from both sides, a notion that intrigued and unsettled her.
Esdeath didn't think too much about it and reciprocated the light greeting, and took a look around.
In the middle of the gymnasium, the shirtless Baek Yun-Ho and a hulking middle-aged man with a huge frame were having a sparring session. Excluding Goto Ryuj and Cha Hae-In, everyone else present was looking on at that with deeply interested expressions.
Swish-!!
Baek Yun-Ho slapped away the hand of the quickly approaching man, spun his lower half, and sent out a powerful low kick.
Pah!
Contrary to expectations, though, the one to frown was Baek Yun-Ho.
'Oho.'
Esdeath could tell why. In that briefest of moments, the giant man utilised a body reinforcement-type skill to defend his legs.
Judging from that huge body and the skill he used just now, he seemed to be a Tanker type, but his Agility must've been rather out of the norm, as well. Should I chalk that one up to that man being a rank S?
The giant middle-aged man smirked.
"Instructor Baek! It won't do for a young man like you to be this powerless."
"I'm not an instructor, Mah Instructor-nim."
The giant man referred to as Mah Instructor-nim chuckled genially and grabbed the belt of his dobok. Maybe because a guy with the physique of a Sumo wrestler was wearing a dobok, it kind of felt a bit out of place to Esdeath's eyes.
"Well, in that case."
The giant man fixed his attire for a moment before pouncing forward again, and Baek Yun-Ho unleashed his magic power to counter-attack. Both of them were carrying joyous expressions.
As Instructor Mah pushed forward, and as Baek Yun-Ho was pushed back, they both looked to be enjoying themselves.
It seemed that they were relishing this rare opportunity to unleash some of their powers that had to be restrained most of the time in this gathering of rank S Awakened.
"Even then, if Mister Baek Yun-Ho were to fight seriously, Mister Mah Dong-Wook wouldn't be able to endure it."
Choi Jong-In walked in closer to Esdeath and spoke up. The latter turned his head to look, prompting the former to nod his head in a greeting.
Esdeath reciprocated the greeting, and their conversation continued on from there
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"That person wearing a dobok is the Shining Star's Mah Dong-Wook."
'Ah.'
Esdeath was thinking to himself that she had heard of that name before, during her preparation for the new Guild and it turned out that man was the Master of the Shining Star. He nodded his head and asked a question.
"It's not like he needs to go easy on his opponent, so why is Master Baek hiding most of his powers?"
"He finds it a bit troublesome to reveal his powers in front of too many eyes…. Chairman Baek transforms into a real monster when he fights seriously, you see."
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'So, it's not just his eyes that can transform, eh.'
Just like Baek Yun-Ho's ability to transform, one would hear about top Hunters possessing rather unique abilities every now and then.
In a way, they were the possessors of monster-like powers. From other people's perspective, Esdeath thought that he'd be seen like that, too.
'A guy who can morph into a monster, and a woman who can become Ice create control and summon ice monsters….'
When she thought about others finding her mystifying, just like how she thought of Baek Yun-Ho's powers being weird, Esdeath couldn't help but smirk softly to himself.
But, that was all.
She only found Baek Yun-Ho's ability to transform strange and nothing else. There was nothing interesting to look at in regards to the sparring between Baek Yun-Ho and Mah Dong-Wook.
'Pathetically slow.'
Esdeath didn't even need to concentrate, yet she could clearly read the attacks and counters of both men. Without betting an eye.
It was then.
"…Uh?"
Sensing something was off, Baek Yun-Ho stopped moving. Mah Dong-Wook also stopped at the same time, as well. And their gazes shifted to Esdeath simultaneously as if they had made a prior arrangement.
Maybe it was because Esdeath's boredom was too easy to see?
'...?'
But then again, too many people were looking at Esdeath the same way for her to think that was the case. However, she got to figure out the reason soon enough.
'It's not me, but behind me….'
When she looked back, Goto Ryuji was standing there. The light glinting in his eyes was rather suspicious.
The interpreter next to the Japanese man spoke on behalf of Goto Ryuji.
"Hunter-nim? Mister Goto wishes to speak to you for a moment."
Esdeath knew that Goto Ryuji was standing nearby, but because she didn't care about him and hadn't expected to be addressed at all, she could only form a confused expression.
'This guy, I sensed that he didn't seem right since a while ago, but now….'
Did my unhappiness get transmitted?
Because Goto Ryuji quietly threw out a rather unexpected question.
"Miss, will you have a sparring match with me?" the Japanese man suddenly asked, breaking the silence.
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