Chapter 248

Chapter 248

Other enemy hunters, who weren’t really needed there, came for support, but Choi Yeonseung didn’t bother to show up. This caused the Red-Haired Spirit hunters to momentarily be confused. There was no reason for him not to come.

What was going on?

“Didn’t he notice?”

“How can that be?”

“Since he’s an A-grade hunter, it wouldn’t be strange if he had the ability to eavesdrop on our telepathic conversation.”

A-grade hunters were monsters, not humans. Thus, it was no wonder that these hunters didn’t know what was going on. Moreover, Choi Yeonseung was a martial artist.

“A martial artist could have such a skill...”

“That’s right. From now on, be careful when using telepathy.”

Meanwhile, the hunters of the Demon Clan that had gathered here were preparing to fight.

-We need to undo the damage we received earlier. Attack!

-But is it okay to advance so aggressively?

-The situation is different from before. We’re ready and we have more numbers! We have to kill at least one of them!

“They’re underestimating us so much that it pisses me off.”

“Do they really think they’re going to catch us off guard?”

The Red-Haired Spirit hunters were dumbfounded and burst out laughing.

It was hard to believe that the hunters from the Demon clan were hiding like that and thinking that they caught their enemies off guard.

***

“Hey.”

“Yes??”

Kim Wuseong, a Red-Haired Spirit hunter, was hidden behind the tower with a wary expression.

He was originally a brilliant swordsman who wielded double swords at a high speed and mercilessly used melee magic against his opponents... However, after taking a beating from Choi Yeonseung, he no longer dared to do so.

It wasn’t even because of the difference in stats or power. He was psychologically overwhelmed.

Some inexperienced hunters would get intimidated by monsters weaker than them and run away before even trying to fight. Kim Wuseong was now in the same situation.

However, he wasn’t a beginner when it came to this competition, so it was ridiculous for him to be in such a state...

‘Only those that also went through that can understand...!’

Kim Wuseong thought so and cast an extremely wary look toward the opponent.

-Na Euna! Come quickly!

-I’m on my way!

“I’m curious. Do you not talk to each other like this when playing?” asked Choi Yeonseung out of curiosity.

None of his teammates had contacted him, but that wasn’t surprising. Since Choi Yeonseung had never died, there was no reason for him to return to the main camp. Choi Yeonseung just kept killing monsters in the top lane by himself, and whenever he saw an enemy hunter, he approached them and killed them. That was all he did!

At first, he was just holding on while doing his own thing. Then, as he silently beat his opponents, he began wondering about something.

Weren’t they communicating too little? They could at least communicate with telepathic magic or something similar...

The enemy hunter replied, “Well, aren’t the other hunters currently busy fighting?”

“I see.”

“In addition, magic like telepathy can be blocked. That is part of the strategy...”

“Ah...”

“If you don’t mind, why don’t you go back to the main camp for once and reorganize? Surely you must be running low on stamina since you’ve most likely used quite a lot of magic power.”

“Nah, I can keep fighting if I’m careful about how much magic power I use.”

‘Aish, this monstrous bastard!’

Choi Yeonseung’s incredible tenacity frustrated Kim Wuseong.

After fighting back and forth with monsters and hunters like this, Choi Yeonseung should’ve gone back to his base and recovered, but surprisingly, he was still going.

Was he even human?

Kim Wuseong kept trying to persuade him.

“Why don’t you go back to your camp and change your equipment?”

“Hmm?”

Choi Yeonseung was the first to notice it. He could feel the magic power rushing at him from the wide forest road next to him.

Given that he couldn’t see the enemy hunters, it looked like they had cast an invisibility spell. However, this kind of surprise attack didn’t work well against martial artists. If they wanted to catch him off guard, they had to trick all five of his senses.

Choi Yeonseung cast Origin of the Celestial Finger with a deafening noise coming from his fingers. Like a machine gun firing bullets, the energy cut through the air and tore apart the curtain of magic power.

“Kuk!”

“Ugh!”

The Red-Haired Spirit hunters, who had been creeping forward, groaned at the sharp shock. Even though it exploded over a shield, it was still a mess. If they had gotten hit by that...

“Why are there so many people here?” wondered Choi Yeonseung.

A Red-Haired Spirit hunter gritted his teeth and exclaimed, “Are you seriously asking that?!”

“I really don’t get it,” replied Choi Yeonseung.

“You don’t have to understand. You just have to die once! If you have the tiniest shred of empathy, then die at least once!”

They initiated their attack with those words.

Kim Wuseong and Na Euna, who had been hiding until now, pulled out their weapons and tried to fight Choi Yeonseung with melee attacks. Their level was very low compared to the other Red-Haired Spirit hunters, but they could still distract their opponent.

Two of their teammates rushed from behind them. They were typical medium-range damage dealers who swung their spears and launched shock waves.

Two of them were already attacking, and when another two hunters jumped in, things became confusing. Because this still wasn’t enough, the last remaining two hunters pulled out their artifacts and cast spells. They used everything they had in order to instantly finish Choi Yeonseung before he could react.

“Use your strongest skill so we can finish him at once!”

Everybody cast 5th circle magic, and magic power was swirling around them. 5th circle magic was high-level magic that one could use to blow up buildings and shatter the ground.

As the four infuriated Red-Haired Spirit hunters scrambled to use 5th circle magic, Choi Yeonseung became curious about something, and it wasn’t the reason why the Red-Haired Spirit hunters seemed to hate him so much...

‘What did the other guys do to make these four so strong?’

Choi Yeonseung had defeated the hunters on this lane and killed the monsters, but it seemed that his teammates had been struggling a lot.

‘Am I playing inefficiently? I’ll have to ask Hyung when I get back.’

Choi Yeonseung jumped into the group of enemy hunters at lightning speed, grabbed Kim Wuseong, knocked him out, and pulled him upwards.

A human shield!

-Curse That Stops the Heart!

“Hey... It’s me... Kuek...”

"I-I’m sorry!” The Red-Haired Spirit hunters instantly felt sorry and staggered when Kim Wuseong was the one who got cursed.

Nevertheless, Choi Yeonseung didn’t stop. The most important thing in a fight like this was to reduce the numbers. He had to take them out one by one!

Choi Yeonseung came in much faster and stronger than expected, which caused the Red-Haired Spirit hunters to become discouraged. His power was too much to handle. The attack came like a cannonball, and nobody managed to dodge it.

The Red-Haired Spirit hunters were shocked when two of them were killed in an instant.

“Don’t panic! He must’ve used up his remaining magic power with that last attack...”

-Star Absorption Method!

The movements of the Red-Haired Spirit hunters were too predictable. Perhaps it was because they had no experience dealing with martial arts. In comparison, Choi Yeonseung had fought so many hunters that used magic that this fight just bored him. He grabbed the two enemies closest to him and absorbed their magic power.

“What...”

“This...”

The overflowing magic power turned into internal energy. Then, sword energy came over and overwhelmed the surroundings. The remaining Red-Haired Spirit hunters realized how bad their situation had gotten!

“Well... You don’t seem to know how to deal with martial artists.”

Oh Kwanggyu responded with a firm expression, “Hunter Choi Yeonseung, there’s still something you don’t know about us.”

“Oh? What is it?”

Choi Yeonseung wondered if the Red-Haired Spirit hunters had something up their sleeve to make them so confident.

If this had been a real fight to the death, he would’ve killed them before they could use their supposed trump card. However, in this situation, he was curious enough to watch it. Did they have a really strong skill?

“... Everyone, scatter and run!”

Bam!

The Red-Haired Spirit hunters fled with incredible speed.

“...”

Choi Yeonseung was genuinely impressed.