#22. The best rookie hunter ever (2)
“Nonsense!”
Cheonjungak screamed.
The measurement rating is 6 stars?!
“Does that make sense?! “Is it possible for someone who isn’t even a hunter to have 6-star lower body strength?”
Zone H in the far corner, far away from the test site.
It was a disaster, having lost the price of two apartments by bribing the maintenance technician and the staff in charge.
Cheonjungak’s face turned red.
‘A untalented bastard has 6 stars!’
It was a reality he could not accept.
“hey! “Are you sure you set this up correctly?!”
“Of course. I checked it several times until this morning. That’s strange… There’s no way I can lift this weight… .”
The employee was perplexed as he looked at the tablet screen.
It weighs a whopping 1000 kilos.
There were only a few hunters in Korea who could lift this weight. Moreover, the test taker who is not yet a hunter… .
Cheonjungak gritted his teeth.
Originally, the physical strength measurement in the hunter test was a method of lifting a weight equal to the individual’s strength.
However, the current H-zone simulator is set to the highest weight from the start.
Naturally, Damdeok was weighed down by the tremendous weight, so it was right for him to run out of time without even being able to measure it.
But how!
The employee standing next to him let out a small exclamation.
“What, what is it again?!”
A bright mechanical sound came to Cheonjungak’s ears as he grunted.
– The highest level of difficulty!
– Examination number 1117! Achieved 6-star upper body strength!
– The highest level of difficulty!
– Examination number 1117! Achieved 5-star core strength!
Damdeok was already quickly learning about other measurement items.
A message that continues to resonate.
Cheonjungak’s face turned red and red as if it were about to explode.
“Error! “This is definitely an error!”
“The device is normal, but… .”
Cheon Jung-ak shouted at the employee’s mumbling words.
“Are you saying that? Stop it now! “If you get money, you have to pay for it!”
But the employee waved his hand and refused.
“sorry. The current situation is not an error, so it cannot be stopped… .”
“Fuck you! Just call it an error! “Don’t you understand?!”
Despite Cheon Jung-ak’s fierce cries, the employee only shed sweat.
“Recording is already in progress inside the simulator. That recording is not my responsibility. If you suddenly stop it, it could cause big problems later… .”
In short, it was now out of his hands.
The effect of Cheonjungak’s bribe ended here.
“Ugh!!!!!”
Cheonjungak roared, and congratulatory sounds continued to erupt from Damdeok’s simulator.
– Number 1117! Lower body strength 6 stars, upper body strength 6 stars, core strength 5 stars, upper and lower body coordination 6 stars, flexibility 4 stars, agility 5 stars, quickness 6 stars… .
Voices pounding into my ears.
Damdeok was savoring the results with his eyes closed.
‘after… I was going to quietly give one star and go home!’
The score came out much higher than I expected.
‘If that’s the case, there’s no point in coming to take the test quietly.’
Moreover, Cheonjungak has already come to disrupt the Hunter Exam.
What he meant was that it was no longer a good idea to quietly take the test.
‘Is there nothing we can do about it?’
Since it was already like this, I thought about flattening his nose.
“Ugh, you useless bastard.”
I took off my simulator helmet.
‘hmm?’
I expected Cheon Jung-ak’s face to be filled with anger, but all I saw in front of me was an employee with an awkward smile.
“Number 1117. Basic physical fitness measurement has been completed. “Shall we go to the next location?”
‘what. ‘Where did Cheonjungak go?’
Damdeok tilted his head a few times and followed the employee out of the H zone.
* * *
“You can wait here for a while.”
The place the staff showed me was a huge stadium that looked like four soccer fields joined together.
‘Why is the testing center so big?’
The dome-shaped ceiling was open, so the sky was visible.
Numerous test takers lined up on the grass playground.
I went and stood at the back.
“ah! ah! Microphone test!”
Microphone sound coming from above.
A man was standing on a disk floating in the air.
“We would like to send our sincere congratulations to the prospective hunters who successfully completed the first physical fitness test.”
The person who introduced himself as the host was just reading the script intently without even looking down.
“The second test, the crown jewel of the Hunter Test, is evaluated based on cooperation. The test content is… .”
It was a pretty novel test.
Monsters appear one after another in a huge stadium.
It was a test where each group had to find numbered monsters and defeat them.
In a word, group battle!
“Remember! If you defeat another group’s monster, your team’s score will increase! tongue! It’s not reflected!”
Isn’t that obvious?
“But, maybe it will be slightly reflected in your personal score?!”
… Well, that’s right. In any case, it meant that the good guy would be given a chance to survive on his own.
“Then, teamwork is the most important virtue of a hunter! “Do your best!”
After the moderator’s last words, a loud noise began to erupt throughout the test room.
Coo coo coo coo!
The ground shakes heavily.
Soon, the central circular floor began to go down one by one.
Drurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Wow!
‘It must be the sea below… ?’
As expected, the sound of sea water lapping at the bottom of the lowered floor was heard.
Soon after,
Teodeok! chin! Teodeok! chin!
With the sound of something climbing, the test takers’ bodies hesitated and took a step back.
The host shouted with excitement.
“ah! The first monster to come up is group 2! This is Cthulhu from Group 2! “It’s a giant octopus turned into a monster!”
The guy who appeared with the introduction was a tight-lipped octopus with angry eyes. The number 2 written on his smooth forehead.
“It’s ours!”
“Let’s deal with it quickly and take away the individual scores of the rest of the groups!”
An estimated two groups of people rushed at once.
The giant octopus fought back by shooting ink, and the test site instantly became a mess.
The battle between various monsters and test takers follows.
Damdeok was also charging at the shark-type monster with the number 5 engraved on it.
‘Compared to Cerberus… .’
I could tell by feeling.
I can easily deal with the guy in front of me.
Sreung!
A practice sword provided by the association.
I swung my sword as I slid down the shark’s stomach.
Sigh!
Shark belly skin that splits in an instant.
As the guy started to struggle in pain, the people in his group started cheering.
“Oooh! nice!”
“Number 1117! oh my god!”
‘It will be over soon.’
Honestly, it was boring.
Of course, this monster is for testing purposes only… .
“There is no need to take any more time.”
I gripped my sword tightly.
At a time when I was trying to win a key position with a single blow,
[I feel a strong murderous intent.]
The incredible life you can feel from the front.
‘Who said this… .’
A few referees were seen on the side where life was felt. Among them, there is one person who is particularly familiar.
‘Then that’s right, he couldn’t have just gone… .’
Cheonjungak was spinning around looking at me.
A small syringe in his hand.
‘drug?’
As expected, the eyes of the dying shark monster were turning red.
– Wow!
The other group members were startled by the sudden scream and took a step back.
The shark monster’s muscles began to bulge and rearrange. It was a strange sight to anyone, but Damdeok’s team members did not back down, probably because they thought first place was right in front of them.
“Now just a little more!”
“Let’s deal with it in one shot!”
“Wait, wait… .”
There was no time for Damdeok to stop him.
Burbubbuk! Quang!
With a single flick of the shark monster’s tail, all of the rushing team members flew away like sheets of paper.
The eyes of the team members who were stuck in a corner were already blurry.
The medical staff who were watching rushed over and began administering first aid.
“Like that~ Like that. Needless people are suffering because of one untalented bastard… .”
Cheon Jung-ak calmly lit a cigarette and shook his head.
‘… ‘I’m going to drop one.’
The sight of the team members being carried away one by one flashed before my eyes.
“So, is it okay if I play in the fountain?”
Cheonjungak exhaled smoke and laughed.
“You know you can’t give teamwork points without team members, right?”
“well? A good guy can get along somehow, right?”
“What bullshit… .”
Cheon Jung-ak’s words became blurred.
Damdeok’s body disappeared in an instant and appeared above the shark monster’s head in the distance.
“Hey, it’s no use if you don’t attack with your teammates… .”
Cheon Jung-ak’s words could not continue any longer.
Kkwaang!!!
Damdeok’s sword struck his head and shattered into pieces.
Damdeok frowned slightly.
“Why, you made a practice sword so poorly… .”
He quickly jumped up and grabbed the knives of the fallen team members one by one.
Damdeok’s body disappeared again and immediately fell on the head of the 17th monster next to him.
Kkwaang!!
Next, above the heads of the 23 monsters,
Kkwaang!!
Next is the head of the 11th monster.
Damdeok replaced all the broken swords and smashed all the monster pots in the stadium.
“Well, that’s ridiculous…” !”
Cheon Jung-ak had forgotten to light a cigarette and was just gaping with his mouth wide open.
Damdeok, who had taken care of all the monsters, approached leisurely.
“I roughly calculated the score and it came out to be 245 points out of 100. Am I right?”
Cheon Jung-ak’s face turned pale.
“you you… !”
Leaving behind the guy who couldn’t speak properly, Damdeok looked at the host.
A silent look telling me to announce the results quickly.
The host wiped his sweat several times before putting his mouth to the microphone.
“iced coffee. The results of the second test are… !”
As expected, Damdeok’s team, ‘Group 5’, will receive the highest score, and Damdeok’s individual score will also be the highest.
‘Then the remaining 3rd and 4th tests are gum.’
When I saw Cheonjungak shaking, I burst into laughter.
‘The more you do that, the better I want to do.’
“The results of the second test are here!!”
Damdeok’s expression, which had been happily opening his ears, gradually hardened.
The host was announcing the scores with extreme over-action, but to Damdeok, the sound was muted and he could only mumble.
[Power intuition is unleashed!]
‘what is this… .’
A strange sound was heard.
Outside… No, when I listened closely, it wasn’t a sound or anything.
This… .
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo!!!
“vibration?”
It was a vibration.
A vibration that seemed to shake the entire Dokdo Island, or rather the entire nearby sea.
‘earthquake? ‘Volcanic eruption?’
I don’t know what it was, but it was nothing serious.
A tremor like this in the middle of the ocean is probably not a good thing.
To make matters worse, the seawater that had been bobbing under Zone C drained out all at once.
Kukwakwakwaaaa!!
Other people began to murmur at the tremendous sound coming from underneath the floor.
It’s beyond ominous and gives you goosebumps all over your body.
Zone C, where only the sky is open and all sides are blocked. To get out, you have to take a long detour due to the structure.
Faaah!
In the end, Damdeok threw himself onto the disc the host was riding.
“Ahh! What are you doing… !”
Then step on the disc and jump once more.
Wow!
When I put my head out beyond the top of Zone C, the wide open sea of the East Sea spread out into my sight.
‘Not this way.’
The ominous feeling was strong at the back.
As soon as I slowly turn around, I see a huge wall in front of me.
No, not a wall… .
“What is it, waves?”
Damdeok’s head slowly lifted up.
Black shadows fell all over the place. A wave of enormous size, like something out of a disaster movie, was wide open with its dark blue mouth wide open.
My body instantly stiffened.
An overwhelming force of nature that cannot be overcome by human power.
The siren sounded and the sounds of people evacuating were heard, but Damdeok could not move from the spot.
‘Evacuation is not an option. We’ll all die before we evacuate… .’
But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of a good solution.
The huge tsunami before my eyes was already approaching Dokdo.
‘There is some way… .’
As I was desperately racking my brain, a familiar message came to mind.
[Tiring!]
[Paycheck has arrived!]
[Sender: Persephone (Sorry for being late! I put in more than the promised salary, so I hope you put it to good use!)]
fantasy,
