I tamed the First Rank Chapter 113
- HoshiMiya
- 5 days ago
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Kwon Seong-gil's voice also became very impatient.
- You can't contact Yoo-shin? You use 'Munin's Eye'!
There was no time to answer. The next moment, Hyeon Gyu-ha shot his body toward the southwest like a ray of light. It is over 500 kilometers from Hoeryong to Seoul.
Flying that far at full speed using psychokinesis would have been difficult even for him with his overflowing mana. However, such a cool-headed calculation of reason did not exist.
The sky, the sun, the clouds, the birds, the planes rush at a speed that seems to tear apart his vision. The wind like a blade beats his body and lets out a sharp cry. Even though all his senses are sharply sharpened, he cannot feel anything. All that exists is one word engraved in his heart.
-.......Ha-ya! Nearby workshop...... CCT...... Please...... Taesung.........
Kwon Seong-gil's urgent voice crackled intermittently from the cell phone that he had forgotten to turn off. The cell phone was shattered in Hyeon Gyu-ha's hands.
For the first time in a long time, the murderous intent towards 'human' boils over. The bright red blood from 14 years ago spreads thickly before his eyes. Kill. Kill. I will kill.
The sun has set. The temperature has dropped. I don't know. I can't even feel the passage of time. The sensation of my skin exposed to the harsh wind has long since become numb.
The light source with the blinking coordinates moved. It was fast. Judging from the path it was moving, it wasn't a subway. It didn't stop at certain stations. It was a car. Was it Gong Tae-seong's car? Thud. A chilling sound echoed from between the teeth.
Move. Move. Stop. Before he knew it, a skyscraper soaring high into the sky blocked his path. His brain, overloaded from excessive mana abuse for a long time, throbbed. It doesn't matter. Right there.
There he is.
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“……!”
It was a surprisingly delicious bruschetta. Although it was not as good as the grilled Korean beef I had with Hyeon Gyu-ha.
“Squeak!”
Even 8-se stuck his nose into the plate absentmindedly, his short tail standing up stiffly like a cotton swab.
"Does it suit your taste?"
“It’s delicious.”
Even while chewing and mumbling, In Yoo-shin thought about when his next payday would be. I hope to get my paycheck and come back with Hyeon Gyu-ha.
The gnocchi that came next also did not disappoint. Seeing 8-se shaking his plump butt and eating it with relish made me happy even though I didn't buy it with my own money.
Gong Tae-seong asked absentmindedly, putting gnocchi and truffle in his mouth.
"Still haven't been able to contact Hyeon Gyu-ha?"
“I still send text messages every now and then.”
I couldn't contact him because I thought he had lost his cell phone deep in the mountains of Hoeryong.
In Yoo-shin, who was worriedly checking Hyeon Gyu-ha's status window, almost dropped the fork.
[Current status: Murderous affection, anxiety. Murderous murderous murderous.]
'What, what is it? What's going on?'
Hyeon Gyu-ha had never felt such blatant murderous intent even when fighting the monsters. What on earth happened in Hoeryong?
Gong Tae-seong muttered quietly as he saw In Yoo-shin stop eating and make a quick phone call.
"I guess it's about time to come."
Before I could even react to those words.
Crash! The thick, large window shattered into pieces, and glass shards flew inside. In Yoo-shin, who instinctively covered 8-se with his body and lay down, realized something strange. Even though the glass was shattered right in front of his nose, he didn't feel any pain, let alone any wounds.
In Yoo-shin carefully raised his head and felt a transparent shield protecting him.
“......Gyu-ha-ssi?”
Before the glass shards had even fully fallen to the floor, the restaurant's exterior walls were shattered and debris flew in. The white flames shot up with a fierce force, instantly melting the flying debris and turning it into ash.
"Ha."
Gong Tae-seong's lips were twisted.
"You've become a pretty presentable face."
A sense of relief returned to Hyeon Gyu-ha, who immediately checked the safety of In Yoo-shin upon his arrival. He looked very surprised as if it was an unexpected situation, but there were no signs of injuries or restrictions on his movements.
The sense of relief soon turned to anger. He was in a state where he couldn't make a cool-headed judgment due to his murderous intent, but he regained enough reason to realize that the In Yoo-shin was being used as bait to lure him out.
"Were you eating?"
In Yoo-shin blinked his eyebrows sharply as if he had come to his senses at those words.
"That's true, but... Gyu-ha's complexion is..."
Before Hyeon Gyu-ha could even finish speaking, he picked up every table in the restaurant he could see and threw them at Gong Tae-seong.
"Was it necessary to completely empty the inside?"
Of course, the tables could not penetrate the wall of flames that Gong Tae-seong had created. And Hyeon Gyu-ha also did not think that this attack would work.
The table, which was thrown in an instant, temporarily blocked the flames. Hyeon Gyu-ha’s hand, which was trying to grab Gong Tae-seong by sticking close behind him, cut through the air in vain. In the blink of an eye, the flames seemed to surround Gong Tae-seong, but they had already moved behind Hyeon Gyu-ha.
"It seems like you’ve flown quite a distance, but you’re still going strong."
"Shut up!"
"I have business with you, Hyeon Gyu-ha. There's no need to touch In Yoo-shin. Let's talk amongst ourselves."
Gong Tae-seong took out a small, transparent bead from the subspace. Hyeon Gyu-ha, who realized that it was an item with unique abilities extracted, was about to fly back while protecting In Yoo-shin, but Gong Tae-seong’s lips twitched and the bead broke apart in his grasp.
At the same time, all objects within a two-meter radius centered around the void disappeared.
“Gyu-ha-ssi!”
As expected of Hyeon Gyu-ha.
He ran in panic, but the place where Gong Tae-seong had been was completely cleared away, as if even the broken and ashes had been removed. In Yoo-shin, whose face had turned pale, groped around and checked the status window.
[Current status: Murderous, affectionate, anxious, murderous, murderous. Murderous.]
At least he's not unconscious or dead. If that's the case……
'C-calm down. Calm down, In Yoo-shin!
In Yoo-shin closed his eyes tightly, took a deep breath, counted to ten, and opened his eyes. The sight before his eyes was the same.
'That bead earlier... I think a skill was activated when the bead was broken. Then, it must have been a unique ability extracted and placed into the bead, but which skill is…… Teleport?'
"It disappeared through teleportation, that thing."
He turned his head in surprise at the sudden voice. Jang Beom, holding a Gandiva in one hand, came out of the restaurant, walking slowly.
"Hunter Jang-nim? Are you here too, Hunter-nim?"
"Unn, Yoo-shin-ah. Are you hurt anywhere?"
"If it was teleportation, where did he go? Why Gyu-ha-ssi? Why the guild leader!"
"It's getting complicated, so can you ask me one by one?"
Jang Beom playfully shrugged his shoulders. His words and actions seemed calm, but there was an unmistakable tension on his face.
"First, I was hiding under Papa's orders. In the unlikely event that something happens, Papa will help, and I will have to take Yoo-shin home safely. If you don't trust me, a fellow guild member, you can call Hye-yeon or Jin-hyeok."
"Is this all what the guild leader intended?"
"I knew Gyu-ha was going to go far away today, so I did it spontaneously. I'm sure there was some planning going on beforehand."
Since before? How long have you been planning something like this? To use me while I was away from Hyeon Gyu-ha.
“......I couldn't get through to Gyu-ha-ssi on the phone."
"Papa had a jamming device. People passing by would just think that the signal was out for a moment and ignore it. I thought Hyeon Gyu-ha had put 'Munin's Eye' on you. I thought that if he found out that he couldn't contact you for a long time, he'd get angry and come running straight to your location. That's exactly what happened."
In Yoo-shin tried to understand Jang Beom's explanation.
In short, doesn't this mean that Gong Tae-seong intentionally provoked Hyeon Gyu-ha? Why on earth?
Hyeon Gyu-ha was not particularly aggressive, but he was never one to shy away from a fight that came his way. Whether it was to see who was the best hunter, as the savages said, or for some other reason, if Gong Tae-seong wanted to fight him, he would have had the opportunity to do so at any time. Without having to resort to such means.
"Guild Leader…… What are his intentions?"
"I don't know the details though."
For the first time, the smile disappeared from Jang Beom's face, which had been covered in a playful mask.
"Whether it's Tae-seong or Gyu-ha, one of the two will come out dead. I'm sorry to say this to you, but of course I want Tae-seong to come out alive."
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