CH 10

KindapitiedMielle10-12 minutes 24.09.2022

Then Ina recalled a memory and said, 

“You don’t have to do that test.” 

“What is the…” 

“I already did that test on Monday.” 

Si-hyeon raised his eyes. Ina shrugged her shoulders and explained what happened at the time. 

“On Monday, people from the Hunter Association came to our company for something.” 

“You mean from the society?” 

“Yes, I did an awakening test then. The result was not awakened. If you doubt it, please ask the association. Anyways, it’s not me. What are the chances of awakening in a day?” 

Si-hyeon had a complex look on his face. 

“Then who on earth…” 

“I don’t know that either.” 

“Did you see anyone suspicious nearby?” 

“I couldn’t see it. I was being dragged by a monster at the time, so I was out of my right mind.” 

At the same time, Si-hyeon’s eyes lowered as he slightly shook his hands. 

“I’m sorry. I must have reminded you of a bad memory.” 

“It’s all right.” 

It was all good. Since this was all to deceive Si-hyeon. 

Rather, her conscience hurt when she tried to deceive him. 

[Uu….Na! Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you!] 

[I’ll protect you, too!] 

Why are you guys being fooled? 

Ina maintained a poker face, though bewildered by the Spirit’s words. Then Si-hyeon, who was lost in thought, spoke. 

“Thank you for your cooperation. You may leave now that I know Ms. Ina is not involved in this.” 

“Yes, then take care.” 

Ina sprang to her feet, cheering with joy in her heart. 

Ina, who quickly left the café, breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Si-heyon still sitting by the window. 

“Whoa… I thought I was losing my mind.” 

Ina straightened her back again and moved. 

[Na, where are we going now?] 

“Where are we going?”  

Ina grinned and said, 

“I have to go catch a monster.”  

*** 

“Am I paying too much attention to useless things?” 

Si-hyeon, who was left alone, thought while looking at the documents about the monster’s body. 

It was still questionable. But on the other hand, it might not be a big deal. It’s just that some brilliant hunter might have helped and disappeared for a while. 

Si-hyeon looked at the documents for a while and then put them back into the inventory. 

“Okay, let’s pack it up.” 

It was enough to have already reminded one person of a bad memory. He didn’t want to do that anymore.  

Si-hyeon tried to get up and leave his seat. But his cell phone rang just in time. 

“Yes, this is Lee Si-hyeon.” 

[Celestial guild leader, can you dispatch people to Dangsan-dong right now?] 

“What’s going on?” 

[Suddenly, there are signs of a dungeon break in the B-level dungeon in Dangsan-dong] 

Si-hyeon narrowed his eyebrows and thought carefully, then said, 

“I’ll go.” 

[What? The guild leader himself?] 

“B-class dungeons are enough for me alone. And it happens to be nearby.” 

I thought it would be good to go and come back lightly to cool my head. 

When Si-hyeon offered to go himself, the other person hung up the phone with confidence. Si-hyeon put his cell-phone inside and immediately headed for the B-grade Dungeon in Dangsan. 

*** 

Ina stood in front of the gate where the boundary hung.  

“Let’s attack this place today.” 

Spirits poured out questions while blowing on the chewing gum they’d bought on the way/ 

[What grade is this?] 

“Grade B.” 

[Like yesterday, monsters are here too?] 

“I suppose so.” 

[Wow! Let’s blow it all away!] 

Rika said something so brutal very casually. 

Ina said, looking at Rika flapping her wings. 

“Don’t let your guard down. This is a B-class dungeon. It will be more difficult than the places we went in yesterday.”  

[But we successfully targeted C-levels!] 

“That’s true.” 

In fact, Ina herself was not very nervous even as she warned Rika. 

As Rika said, the C-class dungeon was also captured without much effort. 

Even though it was class B, she was wondering just how high it would be compared to class C. 

“The title distributor is about to cry.” 

Her thoughts didn’t match the title ‘Doesn’t let their guard down’ that she got in the F-class dungeon at all. 

Ina, who was scratching her cheek awkwardly, looked around and said. 

“Then, let’s go in.” 

[Yes!] 

Ina and the spirits thurst their feet into the gate at once. Then, just like yesterday, her body moved into the dungeon. 

As soon as she entered the dungeon, Ina frowned and wrapped her arms around herself. 

“……it’s cold!” 

The place she’d come to was none other than a snowy field. There was nothing in it. No, it was just full of snow. 

Ina, who was thrown into the snow field in her early summer outfit, trembled. 

[Na, are you okay?] 

“I’m not okay. I’m going to get frostbite at this rate.” 

Ina looked down at her feet. The snow reached up to her ankles.  

Then Rika tapped her on the shoulder with her wings and spoke. 

[Ina, about yesterday…] 

“Yesterday? Oh.” 

Ina was reminded of something and opened the inventory. Then she took out the thing that was filling up the inventory and put it on her shoulders. 

“Come to think of it, there was this.” 

It was a reward for killing the boss monster of the C-class dungeon last night. The leather bear skin that the boss monster was wearing. 

The leather was much bigger than her body, so it was better. She felt a little warmer after wrapping it around her body. 

“Whoa. Much better.” 

[That’s a relief. Why aren’t there any monsters here?] 

“They’ll come. First of all…” 

Ina, who was frowning at the blizzard hitting her face, found something and pointed with her finger. 

“Let’s go into that cave.” 

She saw a cave in the distance. In this blizzard environment, she could not exert her strength properly and it would be better to fight in that cave. 

Ina went through the snow and into the cave. She’d only tried to protect her eyes, but it was already much more comfortable. 

Ina murmured as she looked outside, where the snowstorm had gotten a lot worse. 

“What’s happening out here?” 

If she had registered as a hunter, she might have been able to get information about this dungeon. 

But she couldn’t, so she had no choice but to prepare for every possible situation. 

“Rika, go outside and explore the surroundings…….” 

Giggles. 

Then a creepy sound came from the inside of the cave. 

Ina jerked her head away. Something was walking out from the inside. 

“….The monster was here, was it?” 

Ina slowly stepped back. She looked behind her wonder if she should go outside. 

“…I’ve been besieged.” 

Small golems made of ice were crawling out of the snow. 

Still, they were the size of her palm and easy to be dealt with. The problem was the monster right in front of her. 

“Damn it…” 

An Ice golem the size of four adult men was right in front of them. Every step Golem took, the floor thumped. 

Ina mumbled, kicking her tongue. 

“The cave was a trap.” 

On the other hand, the spirits made a big fuss about the huge monster they’d seen for the first time.  

[It’s bigger than the boss monster I saw yesterday!] 

[And it’s all ice!] 

She couldn’t feel any tension in their tone of speech. 

Thanks to this, Ina was more troubled than afraid. 

“Did the title effect reduce my fear?” 

Whatever the reason, the fear disappeared and her head worked fast. 

‘The ability I can use right now is the power of wind and water.’ 

If there was a spirit of fire, it could have been easily suppressed, but unfortunately, it was not possible now. 

But she couldn’t drown it like yesterday. It would be even strangely funny if a golem made of ice drowned. 

“Is the more useful ability right now wind?” 

Ina, who was agonizing, ordered Rika. 

“Rika, can you get the wind together?” 

[The wind?] 

“Make it as thin and sharp as possible, like a wind blade. If you fly it up to the golem…… Ugh!” 

Then something pressed down on Ina’s shoulder. She turned her head around to find little ice golems hanging from her, having approached her from behind. 

[Ina!] 

“Nevermind me and do as I say!” 

It was the same golem but much smaller in size. If she hit it with her fist, it would fall. 

The problem was that there were too many of them. 

‘There’s no time. We have to hurry.’ 

At this rate, she thought she would either be killed by the golem in front of her or buried by the ones in the back. 

Then she heard the sound of the wind, so Ina looked up. It was invisible, but the wind was slowly gathering in one place. 

[Thin and sharp, thin and sharp….] 

She heard Rika concentrating. Then, after a moment, the wind flew towards the big golem with the sound of Rika’s cry. 

[Thin and sharp!] 

It’s empty! 

There was a loud noise and the wind hit Golem. 

However, the golem only stumbled and had no major wounds on his body. 

In addition, Rika’s body was reduced by about a third, perhaps because she used a lot of strength for the attack. 

[Fu….what should I do? Ina?] 

“As expected, wind alone is not enough…” 

It was troublesome and the Golem cried out, perhaps because the attack was irritating. 

“Coo-a-ah!” 

[Ina!] 

Izu and Rika looked at her at the same time. In the meantime, however, Ina was hand-picking off the small golem that kept sticking to her body. 

‘Damn it. If I had a gun at times like this, I would have rebelled.’ 

Ina, who was throwing away the golem stuck to her arm, paused. 

“Wait. Gun?” 

Ina grinned as she stared at the Golem struggling in her hand. 

“Rika, can you compress the air like before and shoot it at once?” 

[Huh? I can do it, but…….] 

“Then I’ll throw this for you, shoot it as hard as you can at that golem.” 

Ina said to her, looking near the heart of the approaching golem. 

“Just at one spot.” 

[Oh, got it!] 

“Then I’ll start!” 

Ina threw the golem in her hand into the air. 

“First, one guy!” 

Thang! 

As if a bullet had been fired, the small golem flew and impaled the big golem. 

The little golem scattered to ice powder, and the big golem began to run angrily towards Ina. 

Seeing that, Ina hurriedly threw the second little golem. 

“Two!” 

Thang!  

“Three!” 

Thang!  

It was when this was repeated five times. 

The middle of the giant Golem’s body began to crack. 

‘We’re almost there….’ 

Rika’s size had also shrunk considerably. It was because she used up quite a bit of power. 

Ina threw the eighth bullet nervously. 

“Rika!” 

[Here we go!] 

Let’s go! 

The sound was quite loud this time. Ina paused when she felt it. 

And a little later. 

Crack, crack. 

The hole made near the chest of the Ice giant golem spread all over his body. 

“Coo-a-ah!” 

Chaeng! 

The golem soon broke into pieces and dispersed.