CH 3

“Who is threatening a civilian? Isn’t the aggressiveness higher?”

“Ugh, that’s…”

“Stop it, Eun-woo. We weren’t careful about this. When you feel a little calmer, let’s apologize.”

Jung Jinho looked back at Haeun with a worried look.

“Haeun, I’m sorry for you, too. Weren’t you surprised?”

“I’m fine.”

Haeun shrugged her shoulders. That energy didn’t even give her a tickling feeling. Just because ants get on a person’s body doesn’t mean it would hurt.

It was when she was 16 that Haeun became an EX-class awakening.

[SYSTEM: The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ recognizes your presence.]

An opaque window suddenly appeared in front of Haeun, who was leaving school. It was the window that the hunters saw when they awakened.

However, the status window that emerged from Haeun was slightly different from the general status window.

[SYSTEM: Congratulations! You can feel the presence of the constellation! The constellation has become aware of your existence!]

Haeun felt something surrounding her. It was an irresistible energy for a mere human being, like a great nature.

– Why and how is awakening done?

This was the subject that people were most curious about after the reason for the occurrence of the dungeons.

It was a natural outcome for mankind, which almost fell, to escape the crisis with the birth of the awakeners. It would be of great help to the nation’s power if we could arbitrarily raise awakened people who could respond to the dungeon.

Accordingly, many countries competitively devoted themselves to that research, but the cause of awakeners could not be identified at the end.

However, there was a kind of commonality among the awakening people. All of them have blossomed at the same time as receiving a system notification window that ‘they were recognized by someone’.

■■ Recognize you.

There were then disputes over the identity of ■■

Some said it would be the administrator in charge of the unrealistic ‘system’, while others argued that it was the power of evil that created the disaster of the dungeon. Those who believed in one god shouted that the god they believed had finally descended on the earth.

No guesswork was correct. And through this meeting at the age of 16, Haeun was the only one who recognized the truth of the ‘being that creates the awakened’, that is, the existence of the ‘constellation’.

[SYSTEM: The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ is interested in your existence.]

[SYSTEM: The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ offers you a contract.]

At that time, Haeun instinctively realized that the opportunity given to her was very special.

Someone with a different level of transcendental power is talking to her!

“Okay! Do it now!”

[The constellation laughs out loud, saying that the eagerness is good.]

“But what powers will I have? Of course, it’ll be top-notch, right? I was chosen by a constellation, but I think it’ll be absurd for me to be inferior to other people.”

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ beats his chest, telling her not to worry]

In this way, Haeun signed a contract with the constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ and was given special abilities from the constellation.

It was a very satisfactory contract. For Haeun.

Once again, Haeun became an EX-class awakener when she was 16, in her third year of middle school.

If Haeun had signed a contract with the constellation during her second year of middle school, she would have walked the path of obedience to it, unable to suppress the energy of the black flame dragon sealed in her left hand.

Drunk by the sweet taste of the formidable title of EX-class hunter, dreaming of becoming an influencer with 10 million followers, she could have done a dungeon video on her personal YouUve Channel or a monster pot-breaking challenge in TukTok.

Unfortunately, while the constellation made contact with Haeun when she was in the third year of middle school, Haeun was facing a very important problem at that time.

“Teacher, can hunters go to High School A?”

“What? Oh, is it because of your brother? Well, in principle, minors who are registered as hunters by the government are currently enrolled in the Korean Hunter School. I think it will be difficult unless there are really special circumstances.”

“Oh really?”

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ senses ominousness]

[It checks again with Haeun if she wants to go to the awakening test today.]

‘No I’m not.’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ then asks if youshe plan to visit tomorrow.]

‘No, I’m not going to register yet. I don’t plan on it for a while.’

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ is confused of Haeun’s declaration.]

[Why the hell not register as a hunter? It desperately asked for the reason.]

‘If I take an awakening test now, I will have to go to the Korean Hunter School. The school uniforms there are really bad.’

About Korean Hunter School. It is said that it is a place with advanced education where hunters who will be responsible for the future of Korea are nurtured, but in reality, it is just a school with the worst uniforms.

A bright red jacket and a blue skirt!

Koreans hair is usually black. It was clear that wearing the uniform of the Korean Hunter School would look like a walking flag unit.

It was absolutely unacceptable for Jung Haeun, a middle school girl with a delicate and tender heart.

“Wow! My uniform!”

In the end, Haeun wore the pretty and cute High School A uniform.

So for three years, she lived as an ordinary high school student while she hid the fact that she was awakened.

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And when it came time for her to prepare for her exam and consider her college admissions, she once again had to make a choice.

If she revealed that she is an awakened person, will she go to college with a hunter preferential admission? Or will she continue living as a civilian and study for the CSAT instead?

“Ugh…”

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ whispers that if she makes her debut as a hunter, Haeun will be able to go to any university she wants.]

[As an EX-class hunter, everyone will be eager to take Haeun.]

It was a pretty seductive whisper. But unfortunately for the constellation, fate was on Haeun’s side.

“Haeun, would you like to try the national merit test?”

“National merit?”

“Yes. I don’t know about S, but I think you’ll be able to try K or Y. If you work hard in your cover letter, you can try to go higher.”

Because Haeun’s parents were first-generation hunters who devoted themselves to the country, she too was able to benefit from being a national merit for her family.

“I’ll try!”

So Haeun went to college.

[The constellation ‘Mutant of the Abyss’ screams that this should not be the case]

[For 3 years, it said it has been very patient, as it tugs its hair.]

[It tries to convince Haeun that all the honor in the world will fall into her hands if she becomes an official hunter and reveals her qualities.]

“No, I don’t want to.”

Unfortunately, Haeun had now realized how busy and tedious it was for someone to live as an S-class hunter.

At that time, Haeun’s older brother, Jung Eun-woo, was officially a level 5 hunter belonging to the Korean government.

The fact that the S-Class Hunter couple’s S-Class awakener child succeeded his mother and became a civil servant hunter made Jung Eun-woo stand out even more.

“Hah X. If there are no hunters, can’t they choose more? Why do they have to keep calling me?”

Thanks to this, Jung Eun-woo was dragged around by all kinds of protocol and cursed at his situation as a dog in Korea.

When a government event was held, he had to go out and show his face. In the event of a sudden attack, he had to take responsibility for the site cleanups, and regularly participate in attacking the dungeon, which was his main job.

When Jung Eun-woo, who was sometimes extremely tired, lay dead in the living room with dark circles under his eyes, Haeun thought it was clear that Jung Eun-woo sold the country in his previous life.

Jung Se-hyun, two years younger than Hae-eun, was also busy.

Jeong Se-hyun, who awakened at a young age, belonged to a large guild and was active even though he is still a minor. There were more days when he went to guild in the early mornings than when he went to school, and he often didn’t come home.

And on such days, he would appear in the news the next day with the news of his attack on the dungeon. He would be seen with Hunter Hwang Su-min, the guild leader of the Dawn Guild.

“Se-hyun is very smart and unique.”

Every time he did an interview, the Dawn guild leader would take care of Jung Se-hyun. Rumors circulated that Hwang Su-min was training Jung Se-hyun as the next guild leader and teaching him directly.

Haeun’s father was no different. Jung Jinho, an S-class blacksmith, spent most of his time in his workshop.

He was an excellent blacksmith who could produce legendary items among the categories of items divided into five grades. Considering that the only higher rank than Legendary is Epic, and that Epic can only be obtained through dungeon raiding activities, it actually meant that it was possible to produce the highest rank among items that humans could create.

Thanks to this, the light was always on in his workshop, and his orders were often pushed back for years.

Is the situation different with Haeun’s mother, Lee Yoon-kyung?

She was a first-generation awakener and a state official. It meant that she had overcome and solved all the disasters related to dungeons that have occurred in Korea so far.

In recognition of this, she was promoted to the position of Director of Dungeon Policy Office, so she was very busy every day. Although she no longer goes to the fighting field, she said that the basis of her attack was a solid healer, and she worked hard to train the next healer.

No matter how special power comes with special responsibility, they were all overworked.

Seeing the life of an S-class family mortgaged, Haeun realized that she was sucking real honey.

‘I will protect my sweet, honey life.’

So Haeun decided not to reveal the fact that she had awakened.

Of course, the reason Haeun was able to make that decision was because of the ‘system’ that somehow worked without her.

[SYSTEM: Current synchronization: 21.11%]

…But this ominous figure rises helplessly every time Haeun uses her ability.