Chapter 205

Chapter 205

However, the Mount Hua Sect hunters were all innocent-looking. They really had learned from watching Choi Yeonseung fight.

“...Take care of it. Finish off the enemy!”

“Yes!”

Now that the Chinese hunters had the aggro, the Mount Hua Sect hunters could rush ahead.

The formation deployed by the hunters was one that allowed them to gather more magic power and amplify their abilities the more they fought. As a result, the Mount Hua Sect hunters managed to use sword energy despite the fact that they were originally unable to do so. It was weak and unstable but it was definitely sword energy.

-■■■■!

They continuously attacked the man-eating tree until it stumbled and fell to the ground. There was a roar and the hunters surrounding the monster dispersed.

“T-This...!”

The Chinese hunters finally started to understand what was going on. They did virtually nothing while all the hunters brought by Choi Yeonseung had taken care of everything.

“We’re going to be in so much trouble!”

It was a job entrusted to them by the Chinese government and their performance had been terrible. They wouldn’t usually get punished for something like this if there were no hunters from other countries to take the spotlight. The Chinese hunters exchanged worried looks.

“What should we do?”

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“...Can’t we just put the blame on Pan Wugang?”

“...!”

The Chinese hunters thought that this hastily done plan could work. Pan Wugang’s commands led to disaster (although it was because the elves tricked him), and he fainted along the way, thus becoming a burden. Blaming him was the right call!

“Is this okay?”

Choi Yeonseung shook his head as he watched the murmuring Chinese hunters.

“That friend of yours will be in trouble when he goes back.”

“What do you mean?”

“Nothing. Did you get all the loot?”

“Yes!”

“Good. Let’s go out and meet the elves.”

The Chinese hunters were confused because they didn’t know what was going on, but Choi Yeonseung hadn’t trusted the elves in the first place. He pretended to fall for the elves’ scheme, and now it was time to confront them about it.

***

“The heroes are back! It’s amazing!”

Grenno cheerfully greeted Choi Yeonseung when he saw the hunters returning. The other elves also greeted the hunters with tears of joy. Their attitude seemed so genuine the Chinese hunters suppressed their anger.

“Was there a misunderstanding?”

“Maybe the elves didn’t know there was a man-eating tree...”

The appearance of the elves could make even the most experienced hunters lower their guards. The moment the hunters saw the beautiful elves welcome them with tears in their eyes, they gave up on questioning them.

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

“Huh?”

“Come here.”

Regardless of the others, Choi Yeonseung moved to the side with Grenno. It was so that the Chinese hunters couldn’t see them. The Mount Hua Sect hunters surrounded Grenno.

“????”

“You sent us there knowing there was a man-eating tree. How dare you try to use us as bait?”

“Huh? T-There is a misunderstanding! There is no way!”

Choi Yeonseung’s words startled the Mount Hua Sect hunters, but they immediately sided with him. There was no way Choi Yeonseung would lie. Even if he lied, they had to support him and make the others believe him.

“How dare you bastard?!”

“Should I pull your teeth out first?”

The Mount Hua Sect hunters immediately drew their swords.

Grenno was paralyzed by their unexpected killing intent.

“I... I think there’s a misunderstanding. Call the people of that country called China! They will explain it for me!”

“Forget it. Are you going to admit what you did or not?”

Choi Yeonseung put pressure on Grenno by releasing aura upon him.

If the Mount Hua Sect hunter’s killing intent was like a razor, then Choi Yeonseung’s powerful aura was like a big boulder. The aura was pressing on Grenno so hard he felt his body was going to explode! His heart could’ve stopped at any moment given how scared he was.

[The ‘Cat of Lava and Magma’ is scoffing at the constellations who can’t manage their household members, saying they don’t deserve to be constellations.]

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

‘Look at them saying this when they don’t even have strong household members.’

Neither of them cultivated a strong household. It wasn’t because they didn’t trust believers, but because they weren’t that strong to begin with. In comparison, the goddess of balance had a lot of faith in her household members despite being a push... No, she was a good constellation.

‘I think it’s stupid to make someone a household member if you don’t trust them in the first place...’

-Not everything in the Abyss is that easy. Naturally, a trustworthy household member has their own merits. Look at it now. The power shown by your believers.

The relationship bound by trust was more powerful than he thought.

Choi Yeonseung nodded.

“I think everybody understands it well.”

“It’s because Hunter Choi Yeonseung taught me well!”

“Good. Then let’s all practice with this elf.”

“Yes!”

“...Huh???”

Grenno was terrified as he listened to them.

These crazy human bastards!

***

“I see. So that’s why you joined forces with the Chinese hunters.”

“Yes...”

“The Chinese hunters have an even worse temper than us. How were you going to deal with the aftermath after deceiving them?”

“Isn’t there a hundred of them at most? I thought we could stop them...” Grenno spoke with a weary voice.

It wasn’t that the elves were weak and couldn’t deal with the man-eating tree. They just didn’t want to use their own kind as bait. With the magic of their village, but also with the advantage given by the terrain of the Abyss, they thought they could stop the hundred Chinese hunters if they came.

After hearing Grenno’s words, Choi Yeonseung and the Mount Hua Sect hunters looked at each other with shocked expressions.

“Do the elves know how many people there are in China?”

“Do they think China is a tribe of a thousand people?”

The number of Chinese hunters was staggering. Even if only 0.1% of the population of one billion rallied against them, that was still one million hunters knocking at their door. Even if it was the Abyss, the Chinese government could send as many hunters as needed.

Even if they were weak hunters, as long as they fought together and used modern weapons...

“If provoked, they could easily send in tens of thousands of hunters.”

Grenno couldn’t take their words seriously and started laughing.

“You’re being ridiculous.”

“...Practice the Separating Muscle Reforming Bones skill again!”

“I believe you! I believe you! I believe you!”

After a moment of persuasion, Grenno realized that Choi Yeonseung was telling the truth. He thought the Chinese were pushovers, but now he realized that they were an enormous number of pushovers. Even races such as orcs or goblins, known for their large numbers, couldn’t match China’s population.

“W... What kind of skills do they have that makes their numbers so big?”

“Let’s see... I don’t know about that. At any rate, that’s not the important thing right now. It’s those Chinese hunters.”

“......!!”

Grenno panicked. If such hunters came in tens of thousands, the elves would have a hard time fighting back. How could there be so many of them? Were they only concerned with making babies?

“Should I help?”

The Mount Hua Sect hunters didn’t like Choi Yeonseung’s question.

“Why would you help him? He could betray you at any time!”

“My grandmother said not to trust someone with a smooth face!”

“No... I’ll help him in exchange for some of their possessions. Wouldn’t that be a good deal?”

Hearing Choi Yeonseung’s explanation, the Mount Hua Sect hunters nodded in understanding.

“Aha. Now I understand.”

“Right?”

“Yes! Instead of letting the elves off the hook, you will take all the valuable things from their village and force them to move.”

“... Let’s try this again.”