Chapter 93

Chapter 93

However, nothing changed no matter how much they cursed at the wooden doll. The hunters had to desperately use their minds and think about how to beat it.

‘I don’t know when they’ll realize the trick to it.’

Choi Yeonseung thought to himself.

They had to learn the right way to deal with the wooden doll. If they tried to win using their strength alone, they’d never catch it and would only keep getting abused until they realized otherwise!

‘They have to do this much to make a living as a martial artist.’

“Kuaaack... That Hunter Choi Yeonseung... No, Mr...!”

“That bastard Choi Yeonseung...!”Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.

The hunters cursed at Choi Yeonseung while struggling. Respect vanished and evil took over in an instant.

What a devilish man!

***

“I saw the match. It was amazing.”

“It wasn’t a big deal.”

“You did great in your recent battle.”

“Thank you.”

“I saw you hitting reporters! They definitely deserve it!”

“?”

The people Choi Yeonseung met in the Icarus clan pretended to know him. The UHC match and Las Vegas raid left a deep impression on them. Hence, the staff members and private mercenaries standing guard pretended as if they had a close relationship with him. However, several hunters didn’t greet Choi Yeonseung. Instead, they just stared coldly and walked by.

“?”

“Don’t care about it too much,” Elisabeth spoke behind him. “They’re acting like that because they think you’re going to be joining the 1st team.”

The Icarus clan raised aces. Thanks to Hwang Gyeongryong’s massive support, the hunters here had no trouble eating and playing. That didn’t mean there was no competition, however. The clan was divided into the 1st and 2nd teams.

The 1st team was composed of hunters representing the clan. They were essentially ready for combat at any given time. The 2nd team had many candidates who were still unpolished and could still improve in many areas. It was rare to find Icarus hunters that had said, ‘I don’t have a dream. I want to play and eat.’

Most of them had enormous ambitions and goals. And they naturally aimed for the 1st team. They could only get exposure to the media, receive the attention of cameras, and earn huge additional profits if they were on the 1st team! Hence, they inevitably became worried when they witnessed Choi Yeonseung, a new recruit, performing so spectacularly. No matter how they looked at it, they thought he was going to be on the 1st team.

“Bah. People who aren’t confident in their skills will do things like that,” Antony added.

He saw Choi Yeonseung coming and immediately ran over from a distance.

“The UHC match was pretty good, Choi Yeonseung. It wasn’t as good as mine, but it was a perfect match.”

“... What nonsense are you saying? Not as good as yours? If it were you, could you even have won?” Elisabeth sounded dumbfounded.

She also watched Choi Yeonseung’s match. As someone who was also in the B-grade League, she honestly got chills from his performance. Considering how perfect he was in close combat, other hunters that specialized in close combat like Elisabeth wouldn’t be able to do anything to him. She feared they’d get blocked no matter what type of attack they launched and that they’d be unable to defend against his attacks!

“... I didn’t necessarily say that.”

“That’s exactly what you just said!”

“Sigh. Choi Yeonseung, did you see what Gutierrez just did? That is why she can’t be a good hunter. She hangs onto things that I didn’t even say.”

Antony shrugged. Elisabeth looked like she genuinely wanted to fight him in single combat. She really wanted to step on this bastard!

“Schneider. You can pass through the UHC qualifiers, right? Right?”

“I don’t want to. I don’t participate in such barbaric and vulgar matches that involve no tactics and balance...”

“That’s why it’s a battle of skills! It’s much easier to understand than six people running around in a dungeon and arguing!”

The UHC was a one-on-one match where the combatants fought each other without restrictions. The SSL was a six-against-six battle with rules and balances. The fans of the two fiercely argued with each other.

-UHC requires real skills! You can easily enter SSL with just two or three skills and fumble around?

-Hunters should clear dungeons. What’s the point of single-combat skills? Is it more important to beat people than monsters? This is why the UHC players’ personalities are like that.

-Don’t SSL players make a mess?

Choi Yeonseung yawned as he listened from the side.

“Me too!”

The two of them hurriedly countered.

“Do you really think I can learn martial arts?” Elisabeth asked earnestly.

Choi Yeonseung had asked last time if she was interested in martial arts. She refused because she would’ve had to learn from scratch again. Elisabeth had done so many things to become a B-grade hunter, and she’d only been training in magic since she was a child. Now, she had to start over and learn martial arts. She had no choice but to be afraid of building it up from scratch.

“You’ll inevitably have some differences from people who’s been studying martial arts from the beginning. However, I’m not telling you to stop using magic and focus on martial arts alone.”

“......?”

Choi Yeonseung’s words surprised the two. They didn’t think devoting themselves to martial arts was enough, but his reaction was more lukewarm than they expected.

“You can do both.”

“......?!”

“D-Does that make sense to you?”

“It doesn’t sound like it does, but Smallwood succeeded in using a martial art skill using magic power he’d normally use for magic. It was weak and easy to use, but it’s proof that such a feat isn’t impossible.”

Choi Yeonseung created the Mana Control Method skill when he taught Smallwood.

[Mana Control Method]

[Rank: C

Allows the user to execute martial arts using magic power instead of internal energy. The higher the user’s understanding, the lower the penalty.]

It was simple, but this skill was the key in allowing magicians to use martial arts!

“What if you could use a few martial art movements in a situation where you only have a few seconds to cast magic?”

“I-I think that would be amazing...!”

Elisabeth quickly nodded.

“You naturally won’t be as good as a martial artist who only studies martial arts, but being able to use both has its own advantages.”

“Okay, Choi Yeonseung. If you teach me, then I’ll teach you as well.”

“......?”

Choi Yeonseung cocked his head.

Elisabeth teaching him? Elisabeth was certainly an accomplished hunter. B-grade hunters who could act as a tanker in close combat was rare. But teaching Choi Yeonseung... did she even have anything to offer?

Spanish?

“What are you going to teach me?”

“Magic. What did you think it would be?”

“!”

Choi Yeonseung looked as if he found it absurd. Did he still have to learn magic now that he was a constellation?

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ says this is a good idea!]

[The ‘Manipulator of Dreams and Desires’ agrees!]

[The ‘Goddess of Balance Who Walks Ahead’ is also encouraging you to learn it carefully.]

“No...”

The three constellations supporting Choi Yeonseung finally agreed on something.

Choi Yeonseung... only knew martial arts. Of course, he was really strong. However, fists alone couldn’t solve everything in the Abyss.

Choi Yeonseung wandered around because he couldn’t handle his own power and manage his realm at the same time. That was ultimately caused by his inability to use anything other than martial arts. He would be able to do more things if he learned different types of magic. In addition, fighting constellations from the Abyss in the future meant getting their realms, minions, and even powers and skills as loot.

It was too wasteful not to use magic.

Learn!

He had learn and share it with others!