BRH 7
by EmerlynWouldn’t it be better to start as friends, then? Or maybe just getting to know each other. But he had no idea how to explain that to Moon Tae-yi.
“You’re worrying about nothing. If he attacks, just attack back. What, are you scared?”
Mut, who had been sitting with his arms crossed, sneered in a cheap tone that he must have picked up from somewhere. Ha Do-heon vowed to confiscate the tablet when they got home. The kids’ language was getting worse by the day.
Was this the downside of the internet?
“I’m not going to attack. I won’t use this power on people in the first place.”
“What?”
Ha Do-heon had made a promise when he regressed. Never use the boss’s power on people. If he did, Ha Do-heon would be nothing more than a simple B-class Hunter. If he only fought with the power of a Hunter, it was impossible to beat Moon Tae-yi.
“And anyway, as a B-class Hunter, I can’t beat Moon Tae-yi.”
“Why can’t you? I beat you!”
“That’s right, Darling needs to realize he’s a boss. You beat the Ironclad Warrior and the Archmage!”
“That’s because I used ‘power’.”
“Then why won’t you use that power?”
Mut rolled his eyes and raised his voice. Bahamut. A genius swordsman born with innate talent who ruled the world. People called him the ‘Blood Demon of the Battlefield’.
One step and thousands of heads would fly, two steps and the battlefield would become a sea of blood. Three steps and he would pile up thousands of corpses like mountains and look down on the world.
In his world, he was an unprecedented genius swordsman. The pinnacle of martial arts might have been a description of him. But that fame and reverence created harm.
Peace neglects heroes, and disaster overworks them. The hero who fought against disaster ended up on a path of despair. Betrayal and deception. When an unfathomable disaster struck, people slandered him, dragged him down, and offered him as a sacrifice.
The corruption of the hero may have stemmed from disillusionment with humanity. In any case, no one could deny that he was the greatest martial god of his time.
And after beating him, he dares to say such things? Bahamut was frustrated with his boss, who underestimated his abilities.
On the other hand, Ha Do-heon was calmly assessing the reality in his own way.
It wasn’t just anything, it was a regression to five years ago. At 23 years old, Ha Do-heon was just a timid B-class Hunter who did odd jobs in dungeons. But if he suddenly started showing outstanding results, he would attract the attention of the Hunter Management Agency.
That wouldn’t be good in many ways.
“I don’t really… need to use it on people. I can just catch monsters.”
“Hey, I heard there’s a machine in Korea that measures your rank. Why don’t you get it checked and raise your rank, huh?”
“What are you talking about? How can I raise my rank? My appearance changes when I use my power.”
“Oh, so what! Then just go die!”
In the end, Mut exploded, kicked the round table, and retorted sharply. Did Ha Do-heon want to pretend to be a B-class Hunter and shamelessly deceive Moon Tae-yi? But there was no other way.
The moment Ha Do-heon used his power, it was ‘obvious’. Literally, there was a visible change in his appearance.
The source of Ha Do-heon’s power was ‘weird cells’. Normally, if he didn’t use his power, he was no different from a normal B-class Hunter. A mere B-class Hunter was someone who lived in the middle ground, neither superhuman nor ordinary.
Even if someone came at Ha Do-heon with a club and beat him up, calling him a boss, they would be amazed and say, ‘Oh my, this is a boss?’ But,
‘…It’s a problem because I change when I use my power.’
The moment he drew out the latent weird cells in his body, Ha Do-heon became a dinosaur. His size itself became a 100-ton monster.
That doesn’t mean his form actually becomes as big as 100 tons… he just grows a tail and becomes stronger.
‘If I act like a B-class Hunter, I’ll be suspected… but I can’t go to the Hunter Management Agency to get my abilities measured.’
He was in a dilemma. Ugh… what’s the point of regressing? There’s nothing I can do.
Realistically, he had to use his power to get his abilities measured, but if he did, the Hunter Management Agency would rush at him like dogs, tie him up with ropes, put a muzzle on him, put him in restraints, and drag him away in chains.
“Oh, just wait for that Moon Tae-yi or Moon Tae-gi guy to come. I’m crazy for swearing allegiance to such a boss! Damn it, can’t I return this?”
Even so, the dungeon already recognized Ha Do-heon as the boss, so it couldn’t even approach the boss’s castle without his permission. He came here of his own accord, and now this… Ha Do-heon was quietly glaring at Mut when.
Ren, who had been holding the tablet in the corner, staring at the screen with sparkling eyes, suddenly raised his arm.
“Gasp, there’s news here. Darling’s face is blurred!”
Me…? Why am I on the news? Do-heon leaned forward and asked.
“I’m on?”
“There’s a Hunter here who looks just like Darling.”
Ren said that he couldn’t deceive his eyes and flew to the round table with the tablet. He pointed his finger at the screen, telling Ha Do-heon and Mut to look here.
“Here, Darling’s lover is on the crime news.”
The news was playing on the tablet screen. It showed a familiar view of an old apartment building with a corridor. The entrance to the restricted parking lot was taped off, and the scene was covered in a large puddle of blood that hadn’t been cleaned up.
As a video taken by a witness’s cell phone camera was released, Moon Tae-yi’s figure standing at the scene was revealed. Moon Tae-yi, standing languidly and looking up at something, suddenly smiled slightly. The camera quickly moved to the corridor on the 7th floor of the apartment.
Someone opened the front door and rushed inside, their back view captured.
“……”
…Anyone could see, anyone could tell, no matter how you looked at it, it was Ha Do-heon. Do-heon, who had checked the video to the end, leaned back in his chair and buried his face in his hands.
…I had a bad dream.
Below the news section, netizens divided into two factions were baring their teeth and tearing each other apart.
Supportive public opinion defending Moon Tae-yi and hard-line public opinion criticizing his actions.
[dks***: Isn’t Moon Tae-yi a psycho? That’s not the kind of punishment that comes to mind for a normal person… I heard the hammer villain is a first-time offender.]
[Reply]
↳ Lololol do you live with violent criminals?
↳ What does it matter if he’s a first-time offender or not? Are you going to foam at the mouth after someone dies? And that bastard isn’t a first-time offender.
↳ But that’s before he committed the crime…. Oh, he’s just barely alive.
↳ I heard he was trying to steal some money because of financial difficulties…. It seems like an excessive crackdown.
↳ Since when did Korea become a ** country that supports criminal groups? Lololol You’re just talking because it’s not your problem. You’re disgusting. If you come at me with a hammer, I’ll give you all my money, but I’ll smash your head. Lololol
[EWO***: But why is Moon Tae-yi there…?]
[Reply]
↳ It’s random.
↳ He was photographed here https://search.com/search.newottee.com He’s blushing and carrying a gift.
↳ ?? Doesn’t this bastard have anything else to do? Didn’t Moon Tae-yi have a dating article recently?
↳ If he went to see Tae-yi’s lover, wow…. The rumor that the other person is a B-class Hunter is true.
↳ Guys, there’s a rumor that the person who’s blurred out is that person lololol
↳ That’s just a witness.
↳ What are you talking about?
↳ Let’s not do that. Tae-yi is going to break down the dungeon to save the country.
Ren was floating around, reading the comments diligently.
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Ren started tapping the innocent tablet hard. Ha Do-heon, who had been staring at the ceiling with a blank face, lowered his head slightly, and Ren pouted with a tearful face.
“It’s… suddenly gone. It says the page doesn’t exist…. What’s going on? It was so much fun!”
…Well, I’m not surprised anymore. If someone intervened, it was probably Moon Tae-yi. Ha Do-heon couldn’t decide whether to bow to him for protecting his personal information or to be angry at the invasion of his privacy, with even his apartment floor being revealed.
Still, he was grateful for his actions in protecting the citizens from the villain. If it hadn’t been for Moon Tae-yi, Ha Do-heon would have been the one to take down the villain. If that had happened, the video taken by the witness’s cell phone would have been of him, not Moon Tae-yi.
Click- Click-.
Suddenly, the cell phone on the table vibrated. Do-heon, who had confirmed the sender as ‘Auction Center’ on the screen, stretched and got up. When he checked the message, it was a reservation alarm thanking him for his support and informing him that the stall would be available from 11:00 AM today.
“It’s a bit tight on time, but it’ll be okay, I guess.”
Ha Do-heon, gauging the time, prepared to leave. It was going to be tight even if he left right away and took the bus, but he was confident that he wouldn’t be late because he had legs of iron.
Okay. Ren quickly ran up and blocked Ha Do-heon, who was about to rush out.
“Darling, where are you going?”
“Me? Oh, Lime. Let’s go, Lime.”
Ha Do-heon, turning around, picked up the slime on the table and brought it to his eyes. The wobbly solid quickly shrank and turned into a lens. Do-heon, who was used to wearing lenses, blinked to get rid of the foreign sensation and looked ahead with a determined expression.
“Of course, I have to go make money.”
“Why? The treasure vault is full of gold coins.”
“Oh, I don’t use money I didn’t earn myself. A Hunter should be self-sufficient.”
“…You’re full of it. It’s not like you’re a puppy who can’t eat even if you’re given food for free.”
Mut got up from his seat nervously. He didn’t even think about putting in his sullenly protruding mouth, and he even took his sword and left the boss’s castle with angry steps. He was probably going to dig up the nearby forest to vent his anger, but since Ren’s restoration magic was in place, the boss’s castle would be restored to its original state in half a day.
Even if that wasn’t the case, the damaged parts would be reset when Ha Do-heon entered the boss’s castle, so the durability of this place was virtually infinite.