I tamed the First Rank Chapter 96
- HoshiMiya
- Dec 27, 2025
- 8 min read
A thin, hot sob flowed out.
"………………Yoo-shin-ssi."
A wet, cracked voice enveloped In Yoo-shin. Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was always shameless and confident enough to make you laugh, spat out only one word: his name. He desperately held onto that one thing, as if that was all he had.
I felt like my chest was being suffocated by the tight embrace that made it impossible for me to breathe properly, but I felt relieved by this pressure. I mistook the distorted look on his face as being due to the pressure, not the cruel words that were tearing at my insides.
In Yoo-shin stretched out his arms and hugged his broad back. His trembling back could not find any rest. He gently stroked his back and felt his hands get wet, so he looked at him with a start. It wasn’t an illusion. It was blood.
“Gyu-ha-ssi! Where are you hurt?”
"………………ah."
He quickly swept Hyeon Gyu-ha’s back, who was still hugging him without responding properly to those words. I could feel something particularly wet near his left side. I immediately healed him. I thought that wasn’t enough, so I also gave him a buff that restored his stamina and mana.
Only then did Hyeon Gyu-ha come to his senses a little and look down at In Yoo-shin. His shattered pupils slowly reassembled and In Yoo-shin’s image began to form. It was extremely painful and difficult.
“I……………… I shouldn’t have let you go…………….”
“I don’t care. It was the best I could do at the time.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha's face became even more distorted in sorrow.
“Don’t say that. I didn’t care whether all those people died or not. If I had known I would lose you, I would have done it myself.
In Yoo-shin covered his lips. I could guess what he was going to say. I also thought that my life was more precious than the lives of many people.
To hide his fear, he hugged Hyeon Gyu-ha’s shoulders and buried his face in them. Just like 14 years ago. His wide arms, just like then, held In Yoo-hin with the sound of his heart beating even more violently than then.
On the subject of that warmth, the question of why you saved me felt so horrible. In Yoo-shin bit his lower lip. If you hear the sound of my heart being scratched, will you also regret meeting me?
“Are you not hurt?”
***
“Really.”
"Really?"
"Really."
Even after confirming that there was not a single scratch, In Yoo-shin was still uneasy and answered patiently to Hyeon Gyu-ha, who kept checking and checking and checking. It was as good as starving, so other than being hungry, he was fine.
“It’s really, really, really, nothing. They said they'd even send a hidden boss, but I couldn't go out because I was scared of the monster...………….”
“Where is the hidden boss?”
In Yoo-shin, who was startled by those words and looked around, finally realized that this was the house he had been in before. It seemed like Nzinga had moved it when the memory came back.
He swallowed a sigh and gently pressed his chest. He seemed to be having a normal conversation, but it seemed like he himself was having a hard time calming down.
“There’s a place like a shrine outside. Go there.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha frowned.
“I thought it was one of the common monsters because its mana was weak…….”
“Gyu-ha-ssi, are there any other injuries?”
“I don’t know. I’m not in my right mind.”
The suit, which had been clean just a few hours ago, was now stained.
Even though In Yoo-shin had treated the wounds, he was upset because he could see traces of arrows and fire on his shoulders and trouser legs. The wounds there seemed to have healed, but he applied healing just in case.
In Yoo-shin bit his lips hard so that he couldn't see. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't have been hurt like this.
“Squeak…….”
Perhaps because he didn’t wear the ring, 8-se who had been watching from behind In Yoo-shin's legs approached and put his face on Hyeon Gyu-ha's shoe.
As Hyeon Gyu-ha rubbed the shoulder covered by the milky-white heal, his gaze lowered. There was clearly a ring on In Yoo-shin's left hand, who was using heals on him. As he received the care and attention of Master, a deep sense of relief and joy reflexively surged, and at the same time, a sense of anxiety that had dug deep into his mind began to spread.
“There is a place where the clothes are torn. Here……………….”
He pressed his lips against In Yoo-shin's, feeling impatient. When he knocked carefully, he dug deep into his mouth, which opened hesitantly but narrowly. The warmth that mixed with the sweetness was like the scent he had enjoyed a few hours ago, but the lingering anxiety did not subside easily.
Hyeon Gyu-ha desperately hugged In Yoo-shin and sucked his tongue deeply several times, longing for his warmth.
***
As soon as he went outside, the house disappeared in an instant as if it had never existed. The same was true of the place where Nzinga had been. A meadow full of tall grass spread out before my eyes, and Nzinga, holding a spear, walked out with a thump.
“Yoo-shin-ssi, please step back.”
As In Yoo-shin stepped back, a tall umbrella acacia tree rose up behind him, as if telling him that this was a safe zone. I was sure that Nzinga would not take me hostage or harm me. That would not be the just war she wanted.
Hyeon Gyu-ha and Nzinga stood facing each other in the middle of the meadow. They began without exchanging greetings or even chatting.
The mana of the insignificant Nzinga exploded to the point where even In Yoo-shin could feel it, and Hyeon Gyu-ha immediately fired the anti-material sniper rifle he had taken out of the subspace. In Yoo-shin unconsciously covered his ears at the extremely loud gunshot sound even though it was quite far away, and 8-se in the pouch also twitched.
The bullet seemed to be a direct hit on Nzinga. But the ground quivered, and demonic beasts surged up. The bullet exploded along with the monsters, and before the smoke had even died down, spears flew in.
“Tsk.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha clicked his tongue briefly and tried to dodge the spear by jumping into the air. At that moment, the lush grass beneath his feet grew and wrapped around his legs like tentacles, blocking his movements. Hyeon Gyu-ha quickly grabbed the spear with his psychokinesis.
Then, this time, the space itself changed. Hyeon Gyu-ha was trapped in a much narrower dirt house than the one they had come out of earlier, and the window, taking advantage of the momentary loss of composure, rushed fiercely into the house.
Because it was a closed place, he couldn't see the situation from outside. Only the loud noise made In Yoo-shin's heart pound. I had no doubt about how strong Hyeon Gyu-ha was. However, judging from his appearance earlier, he didn't seem to have rested at all since the auction house. Is he okay?
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who came out of the house with the wall of the house collapsing along with the smoky dirt, threw the broken spear. In Yoo-shin swept his chest with relief. There seemed to be no injuries. The spear, which had been absorbed into the dirt floor, rose again in Nzinga’s hand.
“This 'unique domain' thing is really annoying.”
“If you're going to deploy a field, I'll wait. Ah, was it impossible here?”
“Even if it were possible, it wouldn’t have been necessary.”
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of anti-tank guns pulled out of the subspace poured out shells. A barrier of demonic power appeared in front of Nzinga, and the ground shook. The trees that had sprouted from the grassland that had been nothing but bushes blocked the path of the shells, and the buildings that suddenly appeared blocked Hyeon Gyu-ha’s path.
Every time he blinked, the scenery changed dizzily, mixing in the sound of barriers exploding and chaos. Feeling dizzy, In Yoo-shin tightly closed his eyes and opened them.
He also understood what was happening. It seemed that Nzinga had withdrawn her power from fighting the Hunters. This place, declared as Nzinga’s territory, remembered the two kingdoms and people she had ruled in her lifetime. The countless changing landscapes must have been fragments of the two kingdoms. This land itself was Hyeon Gyu-ha’s enemy.
“I see. Is this the extent of the firepower?”
As Nzinga stomped her feet, realizing the power of the unfamiliar weapon, a group of monsters shouting loudly rose from her shadow and the ground. The monsters in the form of warriors brandished weapons that could not be broken or dulled, and attacked Hyeon Gyu-ha in unison as if they were one body.
The newly appeared machine guns were spraying bullets at the monsters, but this was not a free land for him.
Buildings and trees suddenly appeared out of nowhere from outside his field of vision, obstructing his shots and his flight, and the monster was absorbed into the ground just before it was shot, then rose up from behind Hyeon Gyu-ha and attacked. He shook off the pursuit, soared high up, and fired his gun, and this time a war elephant appeared.
The sound of guns being fired in rapid succession, the cries of monsters, and the roar of war elephants resonated loudly. In Yoo-shin, who was anxiously staring, suddenly felt something strange. Hyeon Gyu-ha’s actions felt somewhat weaker compared to when they had fought before.
'I'm so tired....... Ah, it’s a debuff!'
He quickly checked the status window and saw that the debuff effect from when the unique domain was declared was still in effect. Since the decrease in ability value is applied relative to the absolute value, I, who was already at the bottom, didn’t feel much of a difference, but Hyeon Gyu-ha would be different. I was even more worried because it felt like I was moving with heavy iron weights attached to my arms and legs.
As In Yoo-shin had expected, Hyeon Gyu-ha felt similarly.
'I guess we'll have to give up on pushing forward with firepower.'
As the monsters were being destroyed by his attacks, it felt like he was steadily reducing the hidden boss's stamina. However, in a situation where his mana was reduced by 20 percent, the worst cost-effective attack of coating the bullet with mana was damaging the longer it lasted.
Nzinga, who had been concentrating on moving the domain and commanding the monsters, muttered quietly.
“Your strength probably isn’t at this level.”
“It’s a warm-up.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha threw away the guns that he no longer needed and glanced behind him. Although he was far away, he could clearly see the expression that In Yoo-shin was making. He bit his lips hard. Wasn’t I the one who made that expression?
Nothing could replace the pain I had endured at this gate. If so, I had to end that time right here, right now.
Hyeon Gyu-ha took out Fragarach (a weapon from Celtic mythology) from his inventory. His mana-infused sword spun around.
[Henri Raymond Charles François VII partially releases the artifact 'Heir Padishah's Eternal Conquest'.]
------
Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader:
If you wanna become a translator, editor or proofreader, please use the discord link given below and follow the instructions in the recruit channel.
Comments