Chapter 113

Chapter 113

"Watch out!"

Boom! Countless metal balls rained down from the sky with a thunderous roar. The hunters of the raid team did their best to avoid them. Even a slight brush against one of the small metal balls could cause enormous damage.

"Vice Master! Please, get a hold of yourself!"

"Euaaak!"

Seo Ha-joon, having lost his sanity, could no longer control his ability and began recklessly unleashing every skill at his disposal. The raid team was immediately thrown into chaos.

There weren’t enough hunters left who could stop him. None of the few remaining combatants were S-rank. The surviving support team members were numerous, but they were powerless against an out-of-control S-rank combatant.

"Move aside!"

At that moment, it was Kang Soo-hyun, Kang Yoo-hyun's younger brother, who pushed past the raid team members. His light brown hair was now darkened with sweat.

"Stay there! Don't get close!"

"But..."

A hunter who had been hanging around Seo Ha-joon was seen with a distressed expression. He was likely a member of the Tyr Guild, judging by the way he looked after Seo Ha-joon.

Kang Soo-hyun frowned and clicked his tongue inwardly. After sending the guild members who were in the way as far away as possible, Kang Soo-hyun glared at the rampaging Seo Ha-joon.

Seo Ha-joon’s combat skills weren’t particularly threatening for an S-class. His highest-rated skill was creating and detonating small bombs that resembled metal balls.

It was a mediocre skill because the metal balls were small and not very powerful. However, in his rampaging state, his lack of control made even this skill quite dangerous.

"Damn it."

Boom, boom, boomm.

Sporadic explosions continued to erupt. If this persisted, the raid team would be wiped out in no time. They had to stop Seo Ha-joon by any means necessary.

"Ugh, hey... high schooler!"

"..."

Eden, who had regained consciousness, staggered over to Kang Soo-hyun. He scanned the surroundings and asked:

"What about Yi-jin?"

"..."

"Where's Yi-jin?"

Kang Soo-hyun frowned as he watched Eden searching for Han Yi-jin. Eden had lost consciousness after expending all his strength and hadn’t witnessed Han Yi-jin being abducted by the villains.

He seemed oblivious to the raid team's critical situation and was fixated solely on finding Han Yi-jin. He kept repeating the same words like a parrot.

"Ha... He's not here."

"Then where is he?"

"...Can't you see the situation of the raid team over there?"

"..."

Eden glanced over there with indifference. Small metal balls were falling from the sky like rain, and people were dodging them.

In the middle of the raid team was a man with his eyes rolled back, who appeared to be the main culprit, though Eden couldn’t remember his name.

The passive skills swirling around the man made it difficult for anyone to approach and calm the runaway hunter. But what did it matter?

“It's none of my business.”

“...”

“Ugh...!”

“Keuk...!”

“...!”

Kang Soo-hyun collided with someone—it was Seo Ha-joon, who had lost his rationality.

One of Kang Soo-hyun’s mental skills could immobilise an opponent with verbal commands, but this only worked on targets who could perceive these commands.

Since Seo Ha-joon was completely irrational, using the skill from a distance would be ineffective.

Therefore, Seo Ha-joon had to be within reach for Kang Soo-hyun to cast the skill on him.

With Han Yi-jin’s auxiliary skill, there was a chance it might still work on Seo Ha-joon despite his irrational state.

【Stop! Seo Ha-joon!】

“Uhh...!”

【Stop, I said!】

“Keugh...”

Seo Ha-joon’s wide-open eyes trembled, and his body started to convulse before he eventually collapsed. As this happened, the metal balls that had been raining down on the raid team began to vanish one by one. Kang Soo-hyun, watching Seo Ha-joon collapse on the ground with a cold gaze, let out a sigh.

“Phew...”

Subduing a rampaging hunter was no easy task. It usually required either killing them or pushing them to the brink of death to stop their rampage, which is why there is even a law for the immediate disposal of such hunters.

However, no one in the raid team was capable of killing Seo Ha-joon at that moment. Kang Soo-hyun was relieved that his stats had been boosted by Han Yi-jin’s auxiliary skill. Without it, Seo Ha-joon’s rampage could have wiped out the entire raid team.

"Hey, we're done, right?"

"..."

As expected, the man who had just escaped death approached him with a bright expression that made him look foolish. He looked like a dog eager to return to its owner.

"Yes."

"Then quickly, tell me where Yi-jin is."

"..."

Even without being prompted, Kang Soo-hyun had started tracking Han Yi-jin's location the moment Seo Ha-joon collapsed. He took out a scroll from his inventory and input Han Yi-jin's coordinates there.

"Here."

"What, you're not going?"

“...We don't have anyone to lead the raid team right now.”

"Hmm..."

Kang Soo-hyun's ability would be needed for organising the disordered raid team and quickly heading to the portal. Kang Soo-hyun avoided Eden’s gaze with a gloomy expression on his face.

"Well, fine. I'll take care of Yi-jin myself."

"...Okay."

Eden received the item and departed from the raid team with a nonchalant gesture. Kang Soo-hyun watched Eden leave before turning away.

Unlike him, Eden only had one person he had to protect. That was the only difference between them. But that single difference made a significant impact.

Kang Soo-hyun rejoined the raid team with his fists clenched. Thick smoke was rising like a haze in the desert where the explosions had occurred.



T/N: Hi guys, I'm going to go hiatus probably 1-2 months. So, I'll unlock C114 at November. Thank you all for reading and thanks for understanding ❣️????????