The king asked.
<My brothers(Hyung) and I want to build a city, but even if we build it during the day, it’ll collapse at night, so we can't possibly finish it.>
The fairy answered.
<By burying people under the foundation stone, it’ll be completed safely.>
<What kind of people do you need?>
<I’ll inform you of those worthy of sacrifice, so choose from among them. The first to match are twins, and the other is the wife of one of the king's brothers.>
So, the king chose.
1.
<Hyung, what are you doing?>
The child asked the boy sitting in the corner of the yard. Wondering what his name was, the boy just replied.
<Did you wake up?>
<Unn.>
<Go in and sleep. You’ll get scolded if the director caught us going outside.>
The child who was toddling exclaimed at the pendant the boy was holding. A red liquid glistened inside the elaborately crafted glass decorations.
<Pretty. What is that?>
The boy looked down at the child's bracken hand, which was pushed forward as if asking for it, and handed over the pendant. The child was delighted and lifted his pendant over his head.
Moonlight stained with blood poured through the transparent glass pieces. It was a full moon.
Then the moonlight was distorted.
A gate opened.
***
In Yoo-shin thought that phrases such as "Your nose will break even if you fall backwards" and "Murphy's Law" were expressions that fit him today.
First, he sold unused shelves on a used trading site. The buyer picked up all kinds of faults and cut 5,000 won off the direct deal. He tried to forget the offer after swearing a few times, but his bank account suddenly got suspended. It turned out that the buyer who was involved in the voice phishing scam group used his account.
He even visited the bank by paying half a day to find a solution for this trouble...………….
“Don't move! If you even move slightly, I’ll shoot!”
The Bank robbers came.
'Go, robbery, this is just ridiculous.'
The guns the robbers were holding shone menacingly. In Yoo-shin clasped his trembling hands and fell on the floor. Even in a society where guns are prevalent, it’s not common to encounter such criminals. He was so scared that his brain went blank.
Customers and bank clerks who fell on the floor were trembling. On the other side, an armed guard was lying there, in an unknown state whether he had passed out or was dead. The vivid smell of blood fueled the fear even more.
“Move quickly. I need to get out of the bank in five minutes at the latest.”
The robbers frantically moved the wads of bills into a large bag. In Yoo-shin swallowed his breath, feeling the air engulfed in fear.
"Shh. Chan-woo, you can't talk."
When the child lying down next to her started whining in fear, the woman who looked like his mother covered his mouth and quickly hugged him.
In Yoo-shin moved his eyes slightly. He doesn't like his situation either, but he couldn't ignore the frightened child.
"It’ll be fine."
He whispered in an effortlessly calm voice to the shivering child in her mother's arms. With her tear-stained face, her child nodded his head. Unless they want to be a murderer, the robbers won't bother hurting more people here. In Yoo-shin believed that as long as he took the money, people would be safe.
But with the sudden 'Bang!' noise along with the sound of gunfire, the robber's profanity and screams poured out.
“You bastard! I told you not to move!”
“Uaagh!”
The bank clerk, who was about to press the emergency call button under the desk while the robbers were putting the money, screamed. While lying on the floor, red blood stained the bank clerk's shirt.
“Fuck! Did you press it?"
“Hurry up and put it in!”
“Let’s just retreat right now!”
Even the robbers were very upset. The man who appeared to be the boss gnashed his teeth.
“Anyway, the guard will be dead soon! Kill one or kill two! Anyone can be held as a hostage!"
Then, grabbing the hair of one of the customers who had fallen on the floor, he roughly raised her up.
“Aack!”
“Mom!”
She was the mother of the child next to In Yoo-shin. His heart sank. If his mother is taken hostage, then the child...……….
“Put everything up!”
The man pointed a gun at the woman's head and yelled. The hand filling the bag became busy.
People, who were lying on their stomachs, covered their mouths and swallowed their screams. What’s the probability that the person taken hostage will be unharmed? While they lamented the fate of the woman, they were relieved that they had not become hostages.
The crying child clung to the woman's legs, motionless in terror.
"Mom! Mom!"
“What is this again?”
The man raised his foot in annoyance. In Yoo-shin unknowingly exclaimed urgently.
“Now, wait a minute!”
Not just that man, but other people's eyes gathered at him for a moment. In Yoo-shin closed his eyes tightly. Today’s really the worst day. He was victimized by voice phishing and also met with bank robbers.
Worst of all was the fact that the mother of the child might die right in front of his eyes. The child whose name he didn't even know. However, he could not make this child an orphan like himself.
“I-I’ll be the ho-hostage instead.”
His vision was blurred by fear. He couldn't even see what kind of expression the child's mother was making. In Yoo-shin tried to straighten his trembling body. It’s gonna be okay. A report has probably been filed, so the police will arrive soon, so it’s gonna be okay. I’ll be okay.
A sneer crept across the robber's lips. It was then.
The tightly closed door opened, and a tall man entered through the slanting sunlight. Blurred vision brightens in an instant. In Yoo-shin blinked his eyebrows unconsciously. It was his first time seeing him. But there was no way it was a face he couldn't recognize.
His distinctive and elegant features are such that there are even rumors that he is of mixed Caucasian race. A tall, slender figure that will not be lacking even if he walks on the runway right now. A black riding jacket.
Even in the midst of chaos, the man's gesture of looking around was absurdly calm, and only the space where he was standing was reflected as heterogeneous and transparent. In the silence created by not understanding the unexpected situation, the man ran his hair through his head. His light gestures looked as boring as a sigh, but after blinking his handsome eyes, it turned into a soft sneer.
“It’s definitely the bank hours, but there seems to be a few uninvited guests here.”
“Hyeo-hyeo-hyeo-hyeon Gyu-ha!”
"Oh, you know me?"
"Fuck! Shoot!"
The robbers, startled by the man's appearance, opened fire in bursts. Bang! Ta-bang! At the noise that pierced his ears, the humanoid god reflexively twitched his shoulders. But there was no screaming, no smell of blood.
As if time had stopped, the bullet stopped twenty centimeters in front of the man.
“If you know me, you should also know that shooting a gun is useless.”
Then he lightly flicked his fingers.
"Uaaargh!"
Screaming, the robbers flew upside down and crashed into the ceiling. The man, who settled the situation with a single gesture of his hand, yawned boredly, and then bounced off a bullet stuck in the air.
Bang!
As he was trying to shoot from the ceiling, the robber's gun exploded while screaming.
“Kaah!”
The scream was short-lived. His jawbone was crushed as if he had been hit by an invisible iron ball. The robber's shoulder blade twisted as he struggled to get stuck next to it.
“Who else wants to live eating porridge for the rest of their lives?”
“......”
The other robbers fell silent. The man, who had taken all the guns, looked at the people who were crouching on the floor with blank faces.
"Is anyone hurt?"
The uncompromising everyday voice brought people, who had been absent-mindedly into reality. Only then did people break down, feeling relieved, and burst into tears.
The woman, who had been held hostage, cried and cried as she held her child in her arms.
“Th-thank you! Hunter Hyeon Gyu-ha-nim. Thank you so much!"
"Yes, yes."
The man, who casually let go of the thank you, looked at the guard who had fallen on the floor and made a call on his mobile phone.
“Uh, Yoo Byeon. It’s me. I was at the bank and ran into some robbers. Can I kill them? They shot first, so isn't it self-defense? I think I was shocked and traumatized by the gunshot.………… Ah, self-defense outside the dungeon doesn't work? It's hard to live as a Hunter. I got it anyway. Call the police for me."
Clicking his tongue in sorrow, he turned his gaze to In Yoo-shin.
“You there.”
“Me-me?”
“It looks like you’re still breathing. Would you like to press down the wound here? There's a bank clerk-like person down there, so I'll have to go over there.”
It was an overly unrealistic delusion that a man he had only seen on the Internet suddenly appeared and saved him. In Yoo-shin, who was in a state of fascination, walked away in a daze and, as he ordered, pressed his hand hard on the guard's side to stop the bleeding.
Hot blood gushed out. The vivid evidence of life gradually made him aware of reality. The nightmare of a messy day that was going to be the worst soon ended. Because of the man. 1st Rank in Hunter Ranking, One Man Army, Hyeon Gyu-ha.
Upon recognizing this, the area around his left side of his chest felt hot and boiling, and soon his head started to feel dizzy. He felt as if his blood in the bloodstreams was boiling throughout the whole body.
At that moment, a system window, visible only to him, appeared in front of his eyes.
The system window that suddenly appeared flickered as if there was an error.
'Can a system window get errors?'
The system window, which had been turned off while blinking in panic, was restored to its original state. Then, a clear text appeared.
[If it’s an abyss, bats are also rats. Taming a bat is now possible.]
[Would you like to start taming?]
[Yes / No]
In Yoo-shin even forgot that he was stopping the bleeding of an injured person and opened his mouth.
‘No– bats are also rats? The phrasing is kinda weird. Does this even make any sense? Is the system crazy?’
He blinked a few times in embarrassment, but the system window invariably blocked his view.
[Yes/No]
[Yes/No]
In Yoo-shin is an Awakener. F-class Taming Awakener.
Since it is possible to tame the monsters that appear at the gate like a familiar, taming is a relatively highly regarded ability. However, In Yoo-shin is an F-class. It was because he was only able to tame rodents, not monsters.
It was a useless ability, unless you know if rodents appeared as mobs in dungeons.
‘………… Is there a kind of rat called bat that I don't know about? Something like a white rat.'
He looked around just in case, but he didn't see a bat, let alone a rodent's tail. In the first place, there was no way that rodents would haunt banks in the city center, not even in the sewers or outdoors.
‘Isn't that also an error?’
He tried to ignore it, but the system window taking up his view was annoying. Soon after, the police arrived and cleared the scene. The unconscious security guard and bank clerk were also safely transported by ambulance.
[Yes / No]
“……”
He can't live with this window floating in his eyes for the rest of my life. He even ran into a bank robbery, and nothing worse could happen than this. And if it was really a bat, then it would be better than regular rodents. Above all, it’ll live longer.
In the midst of the clutter of the crime scene being organized, In Yoo-shin touched 'Yes'.
A familiar sensation penetrated the top of his head. It felt like a bridge was being built between soul and soul. A bat tattoo was engraved next to the hamster tattoo on the inside of his wrist. Taming was complete.
[Bat taming is complete. Would you like to name it with the automatically set name?]
'Unn.'
[The name of the bat is 'Henry Raymond Charles Francois VII'.]
In Yoo-shin looked around. Even though taming was completed successfully in the system, there were no bats visible around.
Was it also a system error? Still, in case he wanted to confirm, he called on it a little.
"7-seya, where are you?"
There was neither a small body that squeaks and runs in response to the owner's call, nor a body that flies with its streamlined wings flapping.
What In Yoo-shin, who summoned the tamed bat, faced was Hyeon Gyu-ha's bright amber eyes staring at him. His eyes, filled with boredom, narrowed as if he were about to say something.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
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