Chapter 150
[toshiaki1 : The Seoul Aegis Academy student who saved Utaha is dangerous…]
[An S-rank Gate Break occurred in Seoul’s Gasan Digital Complex.
Apparently Utaha happened to be on a field trip at that Gate.
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A drone-camera still broadcast by Korea’s legacy media at the time.
The huge thing standing there is named “Cyclops,” a dangerous monster that had reached A+ single-target threat level.
A Korean student named “Eve” blocked the first attack and killed it instantly with a single strike at the timing of the second attack.
(Photo)
This is a regular photo of Eve-chan. White hair, and still an elementary school student. She doesn’t look Korean, but she is Korean.
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Gigantic humanoid monsters pouring out after the boss monster is instantly killed.
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But “Eve”-chan answers by summoning a full 70 golems. Each unit has combat power of A-rank or higher, completely crushing the monsters. The Gate closes just 30 minutes after Eve-chan joins the fight.
Eve-chan is also revealed to be in charge of Utaha’s homestay…]
-toshiaki2 : Seventy golems? You’re kidding, right?
ㄴ toshiaki13 : Kato Yuji uses six, right? That’s more than ten times stronger, lol
-toshiaki3 : Why is she cute too? That’s unfair
-toshiaki4 : The instant-kill part is bothering me
ㄴ toshiaki7 : Was the one who landed the single strike a golem too?
ㄴ toshiaki21 : Probably not
-toshiaki5 : Yeah, that’s dangerous. My cannon’s getting huge…
ㄴ toshiaki11 : Pistol lol
ㄴ toshiaki18 : Police, over here
-toshiaki6 : In the video, she summoned them all at once from midair
-toshiaki8 : It’s Korea, so it must be fake
ㄴ toshiaki19 : Watch the news
-toshiaki10 : Why Korea? Please have been born in Japan…
ㄴ toshiaki12 : Sorry, old man, your inferior monkey genes won’t do lol
ㄴ toshiaki10 : I want to be a Korean girl
-toshiaki14 : Is she stronger than Utaha?
ㄴ toshiaki25 : Well, since Utaha got saved, I guess so
-toshiaki21 : Could she be a foreign hunter? Or Nova’s weapon?
ㄴ toshiaki27 : There it is, reality denial lol
-toshiaki22 : I looked up her social account and she’s a real person
“Heehee.”
I got up early in the morning and checked Awakening Gallery, and it looked like they’d scraped together reaction posts from the Japanese side? Watching the reactions after doing something big is always fun.
[ㅇㅇ : If it’s our gallery princess, instant upvote lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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Holy fucking shit, the GOAT in Korean hunter history lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[181(126) Featured★] [↓Downvotes 5]
-ㅇㅇ : Princess, kyaa lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-RamsCabilGOA : Fuck, it just makes no sense, yeah... She’s stupidly cute and insanely strong all by herself?
-Gyahong : Nuoooooooooooooo lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ ㅇㅇ : You need to get out lol
ㄴ Gyahong : (Boo... emote)
-ㅇㅇ : Why don’t we see the gallery princess in Awakening Gallery these days? I’m sad
ㄴ ㅇㅇ : You’re on a different level now. Awakening Gallery guys should just haul bricks
-Doshungjwak : lol
-KimHeukgan : Wait, was she always that strong? Her growth speed is fucking insane, for real
-ㅇㅇ : Fuck, I want to awaken too
ㄴ ㅇㅇ : You think awakening would make you like that?
-Elreuel : At this point, even the president would admit it
-UtahasWaterdropFan : So you want to become the gallery princess
-ㅇㅇ : Hammering that upvote button lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅇㅇ[ㄹㅁㅎ] : I praise the princess
“The Awakening Gallery guys are finally recognizing my true value!”
The Awakening Gallery was full of posts praising me 500 times over. And posts about me were flooding the Hunter Gallery too, so I basically conquered both galleries.
On top of that, a gallery dedicated to talking about me even appeared, and it feels like a complete fan club here
[ㅇㅇ : Day 17 of getting a comment from the princess
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When will she show up, I wonder…]
“Oh my god. What is this.”
When I checked my gallery, there was even some weird guy posting a steady daily thread. Normally I shouldn’t indulge stuff like this, but I’m in a good mood right now!
-MyLifeIsntRuined : Hi~
ㄴ ㅇㅇ : Geshinbalmalttonghol-yangboksaekso lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ MyLifeIsntRuined : ;;
“He really was a weird guy….”
* * * * *
“B-ya!! Are you feeling any better!!”
“You made it back alive!!”
“No, geez, the way you’re acting, someone would think I died or something.”
When I got back to school, everyone praised me like crazy, saying they’d heard I’d worked hard. You’re the hero of our town!
“Are you all okay? That insanely huge Cyclops blasted a destruction beam with a ‘Kuaaah!’ roar.”
“We’re fine. If that giant old gentleman hadn’t blocked it back then, we might have died.”
“Yeah, Eve saved us.”
“Heehee.”
When my ability kicked in as I was in danger, Grandpa Galahad instantly blocked the Cyclops’s laser beam with a snap! The beam split apart and the surroundings turned into complete chaos, but hey, it saved people, so it’s okay. There wasn’t anyone in the buildings anyway, since everyone had already evacuated.
“Amazing, Eve-chan! You saved us!”
“Thank you so much, Eve.”
“Ehehe.... I’m glad you weren’t hurt.”
I’m glad Yui unnie and Utaha unnie weren’t hurt either. They’re Japanese exchange students, so it’d be super sad if they got hurt while overseas, right? And the school even gave me a real certificate of appreciation to say thank you. That means I’m now a model student recognized by the amazing Seoul Aegis.
Right after I got back to school, I was suddenly called to the staff room and wondered what was going on, but Dean Han Baek-ryeong came out and kept telling me I’d done a good job. It was an experience I’d never had before.
“Oof, I’m sore. You all rest up properly on your own.”
“Teacher, are you feeling okay?”
“Are you worried about me?”
“Not really? You just look like a grandpa right now, so it’s hilarious.”
“Get out, brat.”
“This is the schoolyard, y’know.”
Teacher Baek Sangjun saved us even inside our Gate, and he fought for a really long time too. Honestly, I kind of saw him in a new light? I thought he’d run away in a panic if something big happened, but it turns out he’s the type to step up and fight first.
“Eve, I saw it in the video, but is that true?”
“Huh? What is it?”
“The Cyclops, I mean. The one who brought it down in a single strike—wasn’t that someone Eve brought along?”
“Ah, um~ I guess so..?”
Yeonwoo unnie asked about Atalante, and actually she’d already been made, but I still hadn’t shown her to Utaha unnie yet. She’s in the middle of getting her ID made at the Hunter Management Association.
But should I really say I brought her? Other people don’t know she’s a golem, so it’s a bit awkward to explain. They keep asking where she’s from, which makes things a little tricky. Still, I managed to explain it somehow.
“So Eve is basically a total cheat character.”
“How is a hundred golems even possible, seriously?”
“I’m actually a little strong. Hehe.”
“Isn’t this S-rank?”
“Of course she’d be S-rank. Is Eve going to America too?”
“I don’t have any plans yet.... Maybe I’ll go there and get evaluated later?”
“Wow, I’m really jealous.”
Today I just got showered with praise at school, and even seniors from other classes came over to shake my hand and stuff. Even the cafeteria aunties recognized me. Class ended after a few mock battles because Teacher Baek Sangjun was having back issues.
And today, after school, I had a ton of things to do. First, they said the materials for the archer unit that would go under Atalante had all been made at the smithy today, so I had to deal with that too.
The other thing was to go check out the newly bought Gate together once. The purchase had already been made. Since it was Ophelia’s responsibility, it probably wouldn’t fail.
* * * * *
“Yes, these are the parts that were about eight meters underground. They were mostly ruined when the Cyclops stood on the ground, though….”
“Rare metal?”
“It’s a regular alloy. The alloy ratio is so commonplace that it’s hard to trace back, and I don’t think we can conclusively say this alone caused the anomaly in the Gate. The screws and such used in the assembly seem to have mostly been bought within Korea.”
Meanwhile, the Hunter Management Association had begun investigating the truth and tracing the cause. A certain metal component had been found directly beneath where the Gate had been. Since only a tiny portion that looked like part of the original had been found, they had no idea what it was used for.
“The surrounding CCTV footage was also completely lost due to the battle with the Cyclops and monsters. Since the fight dragged on, many of the power lines were severed….”
“Let’s continue the investigation for now.”
“Yes, sir! Understood!”
Ophelia came to the site where the Gate Break had occurred, leading a small group of infantry. By now most of the collapsed debris had been cleared away, and demolition was underway for some of the buildings with high collapse rates and many cracks.
“Ah, Miss Ophelia.”
“Hunter Yu Chaerin, you’ve been working hard.”
Quite a lot of Nova personnel were at the site as well. Things like post-battle cleanup also factor somewhat into determining the later loot distribution ratio. Ophelia had come here both to inspect the battlefield and to meet with Yu Chaerin.
“Did you find anything?”
“They say the Association people found something that looks like a strange mechanical part, but nothing concrete has come out yet. Sigh, it really isn’t our side’s poor management.”
“We are aware of that. Nova maintains a rather strict management system.”
“Thank you for believing us....”
Yu Chaerin let out a deep sigh. Since the Gate located in Gasan Digital Complex was originally owned by Nova, they might have to bear some of the responsibility for the Gate Break. That was why a large number of Nova hunters and personnel had been deployed to prevent that.
“What brings you here today?”
“I had something to tell you, so I came in person.”
“Something to tell me? You could have come to Nova instead. Or you could have contacted me directly by phone.”
Yu Chaerin’s phone number was valuable information, but it was already saved in Ophelia’s contacts. Since they usually exchanged messages often, contact between the two mattered quite a bit to each of them.
“What is it about?”
After making sure no one else was around in response to Yu Chaerin’s question, Ophelia lowered her voice and spoke.
“It’s about the foreign vehicle accident you handled the other day.”
“Ah~ that. Yes, yes.”
It was the car accident that happened near Yeongdeungpo. The fault for the accident lay with the foreign vehicle, but there were no casualties here, and because the other party suffered fairly serious injuries, the legal battle was still dragging on.
In Korea, legal work for lawsuits officially requires people who graduated from law school, so the Eve Project was still handing that work over to Nova for help.
“It doesn’t seem to have any special significance, but it appears to be related to Orbit Club.”
“O-Orbit Club..?”
Orbit Club was an important faction for Nova as well. That’s because Oseong Group, Nova’s parent company, had an important partnership with Orbit Club.
Even aside from that, if the name Orbit Club is involved, anyone would have to tremble. It’s one of the places on Earth you least want to be at odds with.
“Please keep it as concise as possible.”
“Is that okay...? Even so, it was extremely dangerous....”
“You have to know your opponent before you take them on. It’s bigger now, but it’s still not large enough to fight Orbit Club.”
“Hmm....”
Yu Chaerin felt a hint of fear in Ophelia’s words. She was basically saying that if it grew big enough, they’d fight it.
“A-any problems won’t come up, right..?”
“Yes. I believe so.”
ㅡBeep-beep-beep, beep-beep-beep….
“It seems it’s time for the princess to head home from school. I’ll be taking my leave.”
“Ah, yes. Be careful on your way.”
“Understood. I hope the investigation concludes smoothly.”
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“Mm! Ha!! Hng!!!”
“You received a certificate. Congratulations.”
“As expected of the princess! You’re so cool!”
“Ahem….”
Eve had come to the office where the maids were working and showed off the certificate she received at school.
‘Lady Ophelia told me to do it.’
‘So Lady Ophelia contacted the school.’
The maids would be the only ones to keep the truth to themselves.