Chapter 774
Early Hunter days. I used to cry often.
No, I’ll be honest, quite often.
Looking back now, all of that must have been growing pains, but it was then.
No wonder.
At that time, I was a child who had just become an adult, and the Hunter Training Center was literally just a training center.
How was your first practice?
No matter how hard I try to recall the memory of that time, it is hazy like fog.
It wasn’t because the expiration date of his memories had passed, it was because he was half-conscious as soon as the battle started.
Of course, there are some fragments of memories that remain clear.
The back view of the tankers who could not overcome the monsters’ supply offensive and collapsed. The thick smell of blood and the stench of monsters not of this world.
The weight of the spear felt heavier than ever and the sweaty hands
crotch… … .
That’s all. At that moment when they clashed, everything around them became distant, and when they opened their eyes again, blood was everywhere.
And the team manager, who was waiting for me to wake up with a cigarette, said this right away.
‘hey. Newcomer.’
‘Yes, yes.’
‘This F*cker.’
‘ yes?’
‘I almost died to save you.
What did my wife do? Kill me and pay the insurance money together?’
‘Oh, no.’
‘I fought well for being crazy, but I’ll die next time, really.’
‘… … sorry.’
‘But you. What is your name?’
‘Jin Tae-kyung. It’s Jin Tae-kyung.’
‘What year were you born?’
‘I was born in my 20s.’
‘Shiva, were people born in 20?’
The team leader, who was glaring at me while smoking a cigarette, finally revealed his name.
‘I am Hong Chun-soo.’
‘Ah, yes.’
‘Uncle in private from now on… … is a bit like that. call me brother Cheonsoo hyung.’
‘Yes, Chun-soo hyung.’
‘This guy has never refused out of politeness. And it’s still inside the gate, you bastard.’
I didn’t know then.
To think that I would share the joys and sorrows of a team leader with such a bad temper like brothers. The thought that just a few years later, he would sacrifice himself in my place.
‘Good job. Here’s the settlement.’
Six 50,000 won bills after taxes and guild fees.
I returned to the kosiwon accepting the price of risking my life that day.
When I opened the door, in a room that was less than 4 pyeong
There was a musty smell, and a family photo lay on the table with a broken edge.
And I cried
At first, I sobbed a little, but then I buried my face between my knees like a child and wept bitterly.
Perhaps if someone hadn’t opened the locked door, they might have made the goshiwon noisy all night.
‘Hey, new friend. I’m sorry I just came in without asking permission. I’m the secretary of the gosiwon here, but I keep getting complaints.
So I had no choice but to use the master key… …
The general secretary looked at my messed up face, blurted out his words, scratched his greasy hair, and closed the door.
I thought the secretary who looked like that man would never come back.
Until, after a while, I saw him holding a bag of soju and ramen in both hands.
‘Would you like a drink? Oh, maybe you’re underage… … is not Just looking at it, he’s very big, uh huh.’
Memories of the past that are already approaching 10 years.
As time passed, I changed. Little by little, I forgot the fear of monsters and the loneliness I felt away from my family.
No, it’s dulled.
Like a hamster on a treadmill, it just ran and ran.
Even if I couldn’t move forward, it was better than stopping. Because there were things that could only be protected by rolling this hamster wheel.
family. friend. colleague.
I couldn’t stop now.
The small treadmill in the kennel where I was imprisoned had suddenly turned into a giant wheel of destiny, and the word “sense of duty” kept in my heart became clearer and heavier.
Perhaps that was the case.
I was able to look into the memories of that day that had become blurry, even in a dream.
When I opened my eyes to the touch of someone shaking me awake, my cheeks were damp.
“… … Mr. Kyung. Jin Tae-kyung.”
I blinked. The blurred vision finally comes into focus.
There wasn’t much of a change in expression, but that’s why a familiar face with even the slightest emotion stood out, looking down at me with concern.
“Are you okay?”
I replied rubbing my wet eyes.
“I don’t know.”
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“Did you have a bad dream?”
“well.”
I raised my upper body with a cracked voice.
Through the cracks in the curtains hanging over the window and the clock indicating that it had just passed noon, I could see the dark scenery outside.
“A nightmare or a good dream… … I don’t know me too/’
Team leader Choi, who had been looking at me without a word, opened his mouth in a calm tone.
“Don’t dwell on it. It was just a dream.”
That’s right.
A dream is just a dream. It’s up to people to decide the fate of things, and that was my role today.
No, all of us.
“I’m awake now, so was it a dream last night?”
“Last night?”
“yes. A lot of familiar faces came out. I saw a British prince dressed as a hotel bellboy at the end.”
Only then did a faint smile form on Team Leader Choi’s lips.
“It is rare. I had the same dream. What is it?”
“ah. You did. Personally, it was a pretty good dream.”
“I think so too.”
Of course, that is not a dream.
The conversation that started in secret continued until deep in the morning, and I fell asleep as if I was passing out, hugging the fatigue of the past few days.
Is it because of that? My mind was clear and my body was light.
As much as I want to be like this.
‘Of course there are some flaws.’
I focused on the faint pain I felt deep inside my body.
The effect of the still unhealed [broken body] was not simply displayed as a number on the system, but like a parasite attached to the host, it was eating away some of my strength.
‘Can I? Even now?’
A line of question that passes through my mind at the moment.
But I immediately shook my head.
It’s not a question of whether you can do it or not.
It must be done.
Even for everyone including me and my people.
“Are you ready?”
Choi replied without hesitation.
“All finished.”
There was conviction in his voice. An attitude that can only be shown by those who have prepared everything they can.
But I asked again.
Not Team Leader Choi, somewhere invisible
To someone else who will be crouching in the street.
” you?”
There was no answer this time either.
Clearly, despite seeing and hearing all of this situation and conversation, he again chose silence.
Just like a person who wants to remove every last bit of affection from the past. Like a traveler ready to leave soon.
however… … I had no intention of letting him go.
Even more so if it’s because of a dog like this.
“let’s go.”
I left the room with a calm voice.
Team leader Choi immediately followed, and the peace that filled the hallway and the Ares guild hunters followed like a dragon’s tail.
Now, it was time to get the giant wheel rolling.
The sky that day was gray.
Covering the entire metropolitan area at dawn
The dark clouds poured down drizzling rain, and the air that touched my skin was cool.
But for people, the weather didn’t matter anyway.
They had an expectation that the dark clouds would soon dissipate and the sun would shine.
No, rather than anticipation, the word certainty might be more accurate.
The historic first launch of the New World Hunter Federation
That was the sunlight people were waiting for. From the second great war that will come soon, perhaps already started
A united group of superhumans to save themselves.
The spirits of the past, present, and future will gather in one place and be reborn as a true hunter.
It was to become mankind’s sword and shield, clearing away the dark clouds and protecting this world from the waves of monsters.
Just today.
Here.
‘A new history begins.’
Seruk.
Michael Silbert swept the table with his fingertips.
The huge circular table had a total of 300 seats, and its surface was covered with traces of sharp weaponry.
‘Records left by heroes.’
I still remember it clearly.
On the day when the World Hunter Federation, an unprecedented union, was born, Michael Silbert was also present at that moment of glory.
beside those who are now dead
They uttered bloody cries, drew their weapons and aimed at the air, and swore to become mankind’s sword and shield as they drove their swords into the huge round table.
‘Yes, right here.’
It is an unforgettable memory.
Michael Silbert gently stroked the chair he had been sitting on in the past.
It was rough and creaky, containing the traces of the years, but that alone evoked a strange feeling.
But that was it.
Michael Silbert looked down on the memory of the past in silence.
It was only deceiving, not sitting or leaning back.
At some point, his eyes fell off the chair and turned to the center of the round table.
The only empty space.
There are no chairs, no podiums. It felt desolate like an uninhabited island isolated by 300 seats.
But in the past, no one, including Michael Silbert, thought so.
As long as it always filled that place
because there were people
Stronger than anyone and shining more than anyone else. That’s why even the enemies who envied him had no choice but to harbor awe and fear as the hero of heroes.
‘Sky.’
Michael Silbert suddenly raised his head and looked around.
The 1st National Assembly Building, which has now become a World Heritage Site.
Immediately after the end of the war, stained glass depicting the victory process of the cataclysm sparkled everywhere.
Monsters and people fighting fierce battles
appearance of the liver. Blood flowing as a river and corpses piled up everywhere… … .
The eyes that passed by the traces of old heroes who left their names in history with brilliant performances, unfortunately, are now mostly dead, and stayed in one place.
Even in this glorious record, the highest place. Toward the two existences carved into the ceiling.
‘Oh, you’re still looking down at me from there.’
Michael Silbert laughed.
The sword in the heart of demon king Asmodeus, the devil who pushed mankind into the pit of fire
The savior with the studs in it was looking down.
As if to forget their existence.
As if he would come down right away and punish like a god.
but… … .
‘Not now. sky.’
Michael Silbert smiled softly.
Compared to other heroes, he was neither particularly strong nor weak, but he returned as an undeniable strong man.
‘On the other hand, what about you?’
Cheon Tae-min, whom he was in awe of, afraid of, and forced to lie on his face to avoid being noticed, is no longer there.
All that the savior of mankind could do was to remain as a record of this place and watch himself ascend to the throne soon.
“The place where you stood… … I will fill it.”
And at that moment, a voice of joy flowed out.
That’s right.
The tightly closed door opens, and the gap
A man’s voice permeated with the new light.
“I do shit. Damn it.”
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