Chapter 127
Hunter Association
Choi Cheolsik, who had dispatched the Air Force, summoned all of Korea's S-rank Hunters. This was to explain the Air Force's deployment and to recruit the Guild Alliance and Hunter Army to face China. Upon hearing the explanation, Seo Jiyeon became angry.
“You sent out the Hunter Air Force? Are you crazy?” “Then what else could we do?” “Didn’t the United States lend us that Aerial Mothership indefinitely a while back?”
The Aerial Mothership lent by the United States was the aerial vessel Yu Jinseok had used to subdue the Yellow Dragon previously.
“That’s a last resort.”
It consumes an astronomical amount of magic power, so we can't just use it. Its actual combat capability is almost nil. Even back then, it was Yu Jinseok on board the mothership who did all the work.
“Can’t we just get on that and take down the Yellow Dragon ourselves?” “This time, it’s different from the previous Yellow Dragon. Unlike when Yu Jinseok caught it, this Yellow Dragon is obeying Zhang Xueti’s commands. If it’s alive even after we were certain it died in the Yellow River, it might have been resurrected by Sin.”
If that's truly the case, it's dangerous. But isn't he exaggerating a bit? It might just be an overreaction.
“Isn’t that a bit of an overinterpretation?” “Otherwise, there’s no answer.” “That’s true. We don’t know the exact effects of the Fragment of Sin, but the ability to revive and control the dead is quite common, isn’t it?”
Cha Jieun agreed with Choi Cheolsik. There are quite a few Necromancer Ability Users. If the Fragment of Sin has such an ability, it makes sense.
“So you’re just going to let those C-rank nobodies die? Huh! You disbanded the Air Force, abandoned them, and now you’re forcing them into hell?”
“Baekhwa said she would send something to counter the Yellow Dragon.”
Shin Jiun frowned, thinking of the C-rank Hunters he had accepted into the Taehwa Guild. What was this, if not sending them to hell? That Villain? Could she really be trusted?
“You’re trusting a Villain? I think the Mutant Army is a bit much too. Damn it.”
“I can’t send you into a battle where the odds aren’t certain.”
What kind of bullshit was that? Shin Jiun, wondering if Choi Cheolsik had become such a coward, decided to logically refute him.
“Hey, Baldy. Think about it. There are 50,000 Mutants. Plus, there are 50,000 Hunters from guilds with the world’s strongest Hunter lineup. Can’t those 100,000 combined stop 300,000 just because they have Fragments of Sin? We should push them all the way to the Amnok River while we’re at it. Except for one or two here, we can take the Aerial Mothership, eliminate the Yellow Dragon, and then...”
“The 300,000 are just the vanguard.”
But his words were immediately cut short. 300,000 as the vanguard? And a Hunter Army of 300,000?
“What?”
“There are a million in Shenyang.”
It was a million. If it were any other country, he’d call it an exaggeration, but for China, it was plausible.
“Are those *sons of bitches* really trying to take us down?”
A million? Let’s say they could handle 300,000, but a million would truly exhaust them physically.
“Doesn’t Hajeongseok, that *Son of a Bitch*, have any Conventional Weapons hidden away? In the past, after the United States abolished the Missile Guidelines, Korea made everything except nukes, didn’t it?”
After the Missile Guidelines were abolished, Korea truly made everything except nuclear weapons. It produced all sorts of missiles, so much so that neither Japan nor North Korea dared to provoke it. The problem was that the Great Cataclysm happened shortly after.
“Those were either lost during the Great Cataclysm or used up trying to block Gates. The truth is, we don’t know how much was used.”
“Even if they exist, Hajeongseok would only use them when Seoul is truly in danger.”
Perhaps thousands of missiles would be launched into the skies above Seoul if the Air Force were annihilated and Baekhwa failed to keep her promise.
“No, then can’t we just quickly catch the Yellow Dragon and leave? If that *Bitch* Baekhwa’s words are true, this would certainly be an ideal strategy. But if it’s a lie, shouldn’t we catch the Yellow Dragon first and then fight the 1.3 million, even if our limbs are torn off?” “Shin Jiun, I never expected you to show patriotism.”
It was astounding for a guy who was usually selfish, only cared about his own guild, and just handled supplies from the rear when the Guild Alliance advanced on Songdo to say something like that. Noah of the Lily Guild was dumbfounded. Perhaps when a nation is on the brink of collapse, that’s when National Traitors and Patriots are truly distinguished.
“Our names are already out there. If we don’t fight here and run away, we’ll be socially ostracized, won’t we? We’d have to become crazy Hermits in this era where Monsters are visible even in the forest. We have to fight our *fucking* hardest.”
Shin Jiun shrugged as he said that. *Of course*. So much for patriotism.
“Do I have to fight my ass off?”
“What vulgar language for a *bitch*.”
Choi Cheolsik felt a pang of resentment towards the Hunters who were only talking amongst themselves.
“Anyway, when you go up to Pyeongyang, the ROK Armed Forces will take charge of your supplies, and the Mutants will help too.”
“Can’t we fight further north?”
Pyeongyang is too close. If they fought further north, they could exhaust the Chinese Hunters by retreating, but Pyeongyang feels like the last line of defense.
“They’ll have to deal with countless Monsters on their way down to Pyeongyang. We intend to inflict some damage on them. Moreover, if we advance north, we’ll have to face Monsters just like those *Chinese Bastards*. ” “Ah, I hadn’t thought of that.”
When every single person counts, reducing the number of people is not an option.
“So stop your chatter, everyone, and go to Pyeongyang if you’re told to. Baekhwa joined the Righteous Army, so she’ll keep her promise.”
“Hmm, she probably will.”
Surely, she wouldn’t be foolish enough to fail to keep pace when her first love is fighting in Pyeongyang. So, it is.
I’ll crush the Yellow Dragon and be there soon. Don’t die. Absolutely.
She would absolutely not die. Seo Jiyeon steeled her resolve, thinking of Yu Eunha’s message that had appeared on her Magic Gear.
The woman who called her her first love would take down the Yellow Dragon. It was a strange thing to say about a girl, but she would appear on the battlefield like a prince.
And Cha Jieun, watching Seo Jiyeon with an incredulous look, scoffed at her.
“Since when do you side with someone other than Yu Jinseok?” “There are times for that. Speaking of which, where’s Jinseok?”
Seo Jiyeon brushed off Cha Jieun’s scoff and asked Choi Cheolsik.
“He’s in Pyeongyang with Kim Jihye. They left first, so you all should get ready to go.”
With even Yu Jinseok gone, there was nothing more to say. The Guild Masters each led their Hunters, and those affiliated with the Association or Independent Hunters gathered with their acquaintances and headed for Pyeongyang.
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We arrived at the Dragon's Nest.
{Dragon's Nest}
“Dragon’s Nest in Korean? Are you kidding me?”
I can’t believe a place like this actually exists. It’s like that feeling when Isekai Reincarnation Genre stories were popular in Japan, and something written in Japanese would be found in the Otherworld. Can I indulge in a little national pride here?
“No, let’s be serious this time.”
They openly sent out the Air Force. When the Air Force is dying, we have to do something. C-rank Hunters, who became Unemployed Persons after the Hunter Air Force was disbanded, are now flying fighter jets to fight, even though it doesn't suit them. Can Yongyong-i just stand by and do nothing?! First, the Dungeon had an entrance in a massive rock face, and the door itself was incredibly huge. Why is it so big? Honestly, the door seems bigger than the gate of the Elf Kingdom castle. Hmm, but how do we open this? Are there any entry requirements? No. It’s better to just find another way. When I touched it, it felt like it was made of stone.
“There seems to be a way to open it. Reina. Is there anything over there?”
“How do we open this?”
“If you look closely at this...”
How long would that take? Just as the Elf Mother-Daughter Duo behind me was diligently pondering how to open the door, I punched it.
*CRASH!*
Oh, wow, the stone door was utterly shattered.
Let’s call the Skill *Yongyong’s Gonna Die Punch*.
“So that’s how you do it.”
“Mom, sometimes I seriously wonder if my life has disappeared because of Eunha.”
Of course it has. I have no intention of letting Reina go.
“I think so too. There’s no sense of crisis. Well, I couldn’t help it.”
“What do you mean?”
“She swaggered up to me with that nonchalant face and said she’d spend 100 years with me. How could I not fall for that?”
Even I thought I was charming back then. I would so casually say I’d spend 100 years with her.
“Not a firm decision, just casually?”
“Yes. As if 100 years were nothing for me.”
It really is nothing. I have Author Yu Eunha.
“Oh, that’s definitely a little... enviable.”
Sigh, when women gather, it’s always about love stories. Can’t be helped. Both of them seem to like me a lot. I stepped between the two women and pulled their waists tightly with both arms.
“Not just a hundred years, but even a thousand years, we could be together, couldn’t we? Reina, same for you. So don’t say that again. It makes me want to *fuck* you.”
Reina and Rachel, the mother and daughter, blushed. I subtly squeezed their buttocks.
“Tell me honestly. Was it because my body was worth throwing away for a hundred years?” “What are you talking about? I saw all of you.” “*Sigh*, this isn’t the time for this.”
Reina and Rachel tried to gently push my hands away, but as I continued to caress them softly, they eventually just accepted it. And so, I entered the Dungeon, touching the Elf Mother-Daughter Duo’s buttocks and nether regions.
“The Dungeon Interior is quite pleasant.”
No one seems to have come here; there are no graffiti or human corpses. When I did Hero and Demon King quests, I saw a lot of corpses in dungeons. This place is unnecessarily pleasant.
“Um, didn’t the Queen say earlier that the Dungeon itself was sealed?”
“Did she?”
With the hand that had been caressing the Elf Mother-Daughter Duo’s buttocks, I conjured a few white Fireballs and threw them at the ceiling. The floating flames brightly illuminated the surroundings, and indeed, there was nothing dilapidated about it. The ceiling was perfectly intact. It just seemed like an ordinary Dungeon.
*Click*
As I walked, I stepped on something. There was a high probability this was a trap. The moment I realized it was a trap, the floor began to give way, and my body tilted forward.
““Yu Eunha!””
*CRACKLE!*
My body hit something and fell to the floor with the sound of something breaking.
“Hmm, doesn’t hurt at all.”
After all, my body is Yongyong-i. Falling into such a mediocre trap didn’t hurt at all. Looking closely, spikes made of iron were what were broken. It was literally a Spike Trap. And I seemed to have fallen into it.
“The spikes are all rusted.”
Doesn’t this disqualify it as a Dungeon?
“Yu Eunha, are you okay?”
My *pets* cried out anxiously from in front of the trap. Of course. There are still too many women I haven’t *eaten* yet to die from something like this. I spread my wings and flew up. It was quite deep, as I ascended for a long time.
“It seems we don’t even need to be careful of traps.”
“Why?”
“This Dungeon is too realistic. It’s not coated with magic, and everything seems broken.”
“Then the Four Dragons must be the problem. Usually, the Boss is the scary part in these things.”
After that, there was nothing to see in terms of traps. I deliberately triggered a few traps. Spike Traps were particularly prominent, and after I had walked for a while, strange Skeletons were walking around. They were wild, moving skeletons. They were a little scary.
“Oh, I know them. They’re those common Skeleton trash mobs from games.”
“What? Rachel, you play games?”
“Yeah. I do it in my spare time.”
So, while her husband is working hard outside, she’s just playing games at home, is that it? I’ll have to scold her later.
“*KWOOOOOH!*”
“*GIIIIEEEEK!*”
There seemed to be dozens of them screaming. I was about to finish them off myself, but Rachel’s paper moved first.
*SHWIIISH!*
Rachel’s paper was blank, but the moment it touched a skeleton, it absorbed the skeleton, becoming a paper with a skeleton drawn on it.
“Oh, that’s cool?”
“Hmph.”
Not to be outdone, Reina shot Spirit Arrows, shattering the Skeletons.
“I don’t even need to step in. This feels quite comfortable.”
It feels good to play with my subordinates for a change. Ah, my *pets*, that’s right. Anyway, my women were expertly clearing the traps on their own. As I walked, admiring the buttocks of the Elf Mother-Daughter Duo who were splendidly clearing obstacles ahead, the straight Corridor suddenly began to descend.