BRH 21

Since there was no report, they naturally assumed that shaking him down would yield nothing. The investigator was none other than Moon Tae-yi, and if even he couldn’t find anything, what chance did they have?

“There are those guys who clear dungeons in an hour around the outskirts of Seoul these days, right? The duo of Unregistered Hunters. Let’s investigate them before we talk. What are you going to dig up when you can’t even chase after Unregistered Beings? Tsk.”

“What, what did you say?!”

Another Team leader, feeling targeted, pointed a finger from the side.

“What does an office worker who sits in the office staring at a keyboard know to be so loud?”

“Both of you, stop it. Did we gather here to fight? Ah… Speaking of which, Hunter Hui-seong. What’s the rank of the Energy Source detected in the Namyangju upgraded Dungeon?”

The practical team leader separated the Team leaders, who were glaring at each other with bulging eyes, and asked Hui-seong.

Hui-seong, who had been standing still, watching the chaotic conference room, suddenly clenched the remote control in his hand.

“…Yes, it’s out.”

Click, click, click.

He pressed the remote control several times to skip through the scenes, and finally, the screen stopped at the last page. The energy aftermath was displayed in a graph.

The measurement management office, located in the basement of the Hunter Management Bureau, is responsible for measuring the energy generated throughout Seoul 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and tracking the trends in dungeon and gate occurrences.

The results showed an unimaginable amount of energy was measured. The researchers unanimously claimed it was the energy generated when the Boss was killed.

Otherwise, such an Energy Source couldn’t have been detected.

“The records measured at the time are as follows. The podium level of the Upgraded Dungeon is 5,460, approximately rank 5. And the energy measurement value that occurred within the dungeon is….”

Someone who had been leaning on their chin indifferently tilted their head. The man sitting across from him grabbed the arm of the person next to him and stretched his chin way down.

The sound of gasps filled the air at the unbelievable fact. The atmosphere became chillingly heavy.

“…Podium level 11,980. In terms of Disaster Level… it’s rank 11.”

“What…?!”

“That’s ridiculous….”

Rank 11. People were dumbfounded. As if doused in ice water, there was no movement for a while. The eyes staring at the numbers on the frozen screen and the sharply rising graph trembled like drifting ships.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard from outside. Before anyone could turn around, the door burst open without a knock, and a Hunter with a face stained with moisture that could have been sweat or tears rushed in and collapsed to the floor.

“Team leader!”

The people, who hadn’t recovered from the shock, snapped to their senses at the piercing cry. The man went straight to the Field Support Team leader and crawled towards him.

“Team leader. Emergency report!”

What, why is everything happening at once? The people, who hadn’t even recovered from the shock, stirred with a bad feeling.

“…Okay, tell me slowly. What is it?”

“A report came in that the Inspection Team Leader was kidnapped by an intruder. Hunter Moon Tae-yi is chasing the intruder towards the Yakum Dungeon, and the intruder has fled into the dungeon.”

But they didn’t know that something even worse was waiting for them.

“Kidnapping a Hunter from the Hunter Management Bureau? An intruder?!”

“Yes, Hunter Moon Tae-yi is currently guarding the front of the Yakum Dungeon, so… soon….”

The Hunter’s words gradually slowed down as he reported. The Hunter, who had been staring into space, frowned and tilted his head. Something kept flashing in front of his eyes, like sparks flying.

Eventually, the Hunter raised his arm and wiped his eyes. But this phenomenon wasn’t just happening to one person.

‘What… is this?’

Flashes of light in front of their eyes. Like a giant meteorite falling from far away….

It gradually grew larger, filling their vision like a meteor. Even veteran Hunters who had been in the Hunter society for as long as 20 years were seeing this phenomenon for the first time.

Soon, an impact like a comet exploding filled their vision. A fanfare erupted, and powder scattered. The letters visible through it.

[Congratulations, Korea!]

[Korea is the first human race to complete the ‘Nurturing Dungeon’ designed by ■■ in the shortest amount of time.]

[The name of the ‘Nurturing Dungeon’ designed by ■■ is changed to ‘Yakum Dungeon’ due to oral tradition.]

At first, they tilted their heads in confusion. But then, what filled their vision densely was-.

[Korea has succeeded in clearing the 5th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has succeeded in clearing the 6th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has succeeded in clearing the 7th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has succeeded in clearing the 8th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has succeeded in clearing the 9th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has entered the 10th floor of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

[Korea has entered the ‘Boss Room’ of the ‘Yakum Dungeon’ for the first time!]

These were sequences of words that they could not believe or understand.

People turned paler than when they saw the rank numbers and couldn’t say anything.

Yakum Dungeon… cleared?

People who had been repeating one word stupidly collapsed. They didn’t even have the mental capacity to figure out what was going on.

“M, Moon Tae-yi! Bring Hunter Moon Tae-yi here! Now!”

Those who had been sitting like people who had been slapped numbly stood up in unison and burst out of the conference room. A long shadow was left alone in the dark, unlit conference room.

Hui-seong, who remained in the conference room, was looking at the graph, following the light from the beam projector.

Dungeon-derived energy, rank 11.

“…….”

When Hui-seong turned his head, the Hunter Management Bureau was so noisy with people’s voices that the building seemed to sway.

The intruder’s actions were revealed to the world.

Of course, Ha Do-heon, who was inside the dungeon, had no idea about the situation outside. He was just happily beating monsters with light steps.

However, Ha Do-heon’s actions, desperately trying to survive against his will, created a dark history.

The Hunters belonging to the Hunter Management Bureau, running around with flushed faces, didn’t know either. This was just the beginning. A bigger spark was waiting for them.

At that moment, Moon Tae-yi, who was waiting for his opponent in front of the Yakum Dungeon with a cigarette in his mouth, also received the system’s message and looked up at it silently.

“…….”

But he burst out laughing as he looked at it. Moon Tae-yi looked down at the hat he was holding in his arms.

“I came all the way to chase him, and he’s already broken through… he was quite the guy.”

A few strands of hair remained on the hat that the intruder had dropped while fleeing from Moon Tae-yi. Moon Tae-yi, holding the hair in his hand, rubbed it slightly and burned it one by one with the cigarette lighter.

“The bottom half was strangely similar….”

The firm legs that were visible under the skirt that flipped up every time he ran away were quite long and straight. Moon Tae-yi had to smile from time to time as he looked at the two soft lumps of flesh dangling inside the tights. Someone kept coming to mind.

He’d let it go this once. But if he met him next time, he thought he’d twist his legs first and look at his face. Whether it was because the man’s appearance resembled someone he knew, or because the back of his fleeing figure was desperate, Moon Tae-yi made an impulsive choice. Instead of submitting the evidence, he decided to leave it as an unsolved case.

Dealing with heinous criminals is Moon Tae-yi’s specialty. This case was likely to be classified as unsolved and assigned to Moon Tae-yi. So there was no need to make a fuss already.

“I wonder who he referenced… it seems he even used a transformation skill.”

That bothered him. The smile completely disappeared from Moon Tae-yi’s face. He looked down at the hat for a while, then took a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaled it into the air. Before it fell to the ground, the cigarette and hat scattered and disappeared without a trace.

As if nothing had happened, Moon Tae-yi had already disappeared from the spot.

***

Fuck. I’m screwed….

Ha Do-heon squatted in a corner, clutching his head and agonizing over his future.

How did his life end up in this pit? If he could, Ha Do-heon wanted to ask the heavens. He felt like sticking his face in a dish of water and dying right away, but this sturdy body that couldn’t even die was so sad and resentful.

Currently, no matter where you go in Korea, news and articles about Ha Do-heon were pouring down like a blizzard. Even after walking just three steps, people were gossiping about the intruder who had a chase scene with Moon Tae-yi on Friday night, and even several photos were taken.

“…Ha.”

All of them were pictures of a pervert taking embarrassing poses. Yes… Ha Do-heon, that is.

“Wow, kid, you’re really smart. How did you make me wear something like this?”

“Ahem! Now you know how much of a genius Ren is, right? There’s nothing impossible for me. In the world where Master lives, there’s something called a magical girl, and they’re guardians who punish evil. It’s perfect for Master, who eliminates intruders!”

No…. Outside, I’m the intruder…. Now I’ve become a garbage pervert.

Ha Do-heon fainted after seeing the article that came out on the news this morning. They say that when people are really surprised, they don’t even scream, and that’s exactly what Ha Do-heon was like. He just… fainted for about 3 seconds and opened his eyes, and when he saw it again, he seriously considered opening the window and jumping out of the apartment.

Blue pigtails. A fluttering short skirt mixed with yellow and red. A piece of cloth with a plunging neckline. Thin tights that showed his bare skin. It was common for the skirt to flip up, and some photos were even censored.