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Chantaek Lee, Master of the Avant-Garde Guild.

I am 52 years old this year.

With her all-white hair, an angled face that doesn’t feel fat, and her cold, sunken eyes stood out.

As a man with a cold heart, he thoroughly pursues the interests of the guild and mercilessly throws away any harm.

Even in my last life, even after making a great compromise, I thoroughly covered the guild’s power. So we never met.

Chan-taek Lee, who greeted Cheon Myeong-guk first, looked at me and said:

“I came here to hear information about Nuri.”

“Half the words from the beginning?”

“·················ogue.”

The atmosphere calmed down at the slurred words. But, treating a yangban who was behind the scenes was also a lot of patience. What did this gentleman say? A kid’s beginner’s luck won’t last long? I said it was perfect for taking a place on the road.

If the avant-garde guild wasn’t number one, they would have taken care of it first.

If you get hot and jump on it now, it’s good for me. What choice will this gentleman choose?

“I’m sorry. I came here because I wanted to know information about Nuri. Can you tell me?”

The attitude changed quickly once. I smiled to hide my regret. John will do it too.

“I wonder why you ask that kid.”

“…I think there may have been traces left by Nuri in Black Wyvern.”

a quick-witted person He remembered that Black Wyvern had been kicked out of Nuri and guessed that traces would remain.

That is the correct answer.

“you’re right. There are traces of the Black Wyvern.”

“What is it?”

“There are tan marks on the tip of the tail.”

The leather is black, so there are traces of dismantling.

“Is it a fire attribute?”

“And there are knife cuts.”

“Isn’t that the trace left by the hunting team that resisted the Black Wyvern?”

“It could be, but there are other possibilities.”

“What?”

“Nuri’s gift.”

Chantaek Lee’s expression wrinkled at my words. Did you feel so foolish?

“···gibberish!”

“Think as you like. I informed you.”

“There is no useful information. But now that I have the information I need, I will go back.”

I’m just going back to half way. Do I really need to be able to come back? However, I decided to skip it because of Cheon Myeong-guk, who looked at me with a bloody expression next to me. You’re going to have a lot of trouble while hunting anyway.

I did not catch Lee Chan-taek as he went out, but instead told Chun Myung-guk.

“The avant-garde will not be easy.”

“Do you really think that Nuri will have a gift?”

“Think of Daon’s case.”

Daon is the 7th monster, and it is the 8th stage monster that devastated the Yellow Sea while traveling between the sea and land in the form of a turtle.

The moment he took his last breath, Daon caused a tsunami of enormous size, and there was a debate about whether the demons were using the gift.

It was concluded that it was a coincidence, but it is an incident that left a lot of disappointment.

“A demon can use a gift.”

It’s just a difference in skill. The difference between accepting this and not accepting it is huge.

The level of monsters is getting higher and higher, and the level of the 8th stage that appears first and the 8th stage that appears 10 years later is the difference between heaven and earth. This is because even the monsters survived the age of infinite competition and reached level 8.

There’s a saying that maybe it’s level 9 of the remains, but I didn’t know until that point because I was insane.

“I hope not. I hope Choin-nim is wrong this time.”

“You will see if you watch.”

Even if the avant-garde guild succeeded in hunting because my expectations were wrong, there was no harm to me.

But you won’t succeed.

*

“Master, did you have a good visit to the Blue House?”

Buguild Master Ha Sung-hoon, who was going out to get information about Nuri and greeted Chan-taek Lee, who had come out to get information about Nuri, blurted out the end of his words when he saw the expression on the master’s hardened face.

“I don’t like that kid.”

“Are you talking about Choi Jun-ho?”

“He spat me straight words.”

Ha Sung-hoon burst out laughing.

“It seems that the blacklist is true.”

“Chief Chun, how can you use your talented talent like that to become Choi Jun-ho’s dog? disappointment is great In the Reaper’s Guild, he did a good job without any gaps.”

“There is nothing you can do about it. Junho Choi is a crazy person. In order to heal well, you have to pamper yourself. By the way, what are the results of your visit to the Blue House?”

“·················ogue.”

Chan-taek Lee thought for a moment.

Is the demon using a gift? The theory of using the gift of a monster was only a sophistry that was briefly mentioned when it arrived.

There’s nothing wrong with being prepared. However, if you care about a gift that is unlikely to exist, and the hunting process is disrupted, you may miss the prey you have caught.

It is a hunting with all the effort of the guild. If successful, you can earn astronomical money, and the honor of the guild will rise to the top of the Korean Peninsula.

If it fails, Choi Jun-ho is next in turn. Chan-taek Lee, who staked the fate of the guild on this hunt, thought it was a deception to confuse him.

The comparison has to be done by yourself.

“There were no results. It goes according to plan.”

“Yes!

Three days later, Nuri appeared in Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province.

*

The name of the No. 8 monster became Nuri when the members of the Typhoon Committee gave the name in their own language.

We named the monster in our own language, and this did not take into account the properties and characteristics of the monster.

Taken from https://readwn.com

Most of the names given also had a positive meaning, which was not to create an atmosphere of fear when appearing on the news, and the hunters’ morale and samurai hunting were mixed.

There were criticisms that it didn’t really work, but even that was lost in the form of an all-out war against demons.

From the time Nuri’s appearance was announced, the Awakening Security Office and the National Guild Federation selected three places where Nuri would appear.

Cheongju-si, Eumseong-gun, and Goesan-gun are located in Chungcheongbuk-do.

Chun Myeong-guk explained the situation at a countermeasure meeting held at the Blue House.

“The appearance of Nuri is almost identical to that of a goshawk. Its size is about 12m, and its characteristic features are that its body is red and radiates high-temperature heat. This means that the traces left on the tail of the Black Wyvern were correct.”

It will spit fire high enough to burn the black wyvern’s hide. It was the moment when the information that was hypothesized turned out to be true.

“The private houses of Eumseong-gun, which we enjoy, have been attacked.”

“Damage?”

The president’s voice was low.

“Even though the evacuation took place, there was a lot of damage to civilians and the monster response team.”

Demons are instinctively hostile to humans.

This tendency becomes more pronounced as the level increases, and Nouri, who appeared in Goesan-gun, attacked Eumseong-gun, located just above.

The government encouraged evacuation as much as possible, but there are people everywhere who do not listen. The damage to the private house that occurred this time is also of the same type.

The president drooled.

“How is the avant-garde guild moving?”

“We are preparing to enter Eumseong-gun from Icheon. We are going to face it in an open, unobstructed field.”

“Is there enough power?”

“All of the core forces of the avant-garde have been mobilized.”

“If you catch it, you will get great honor, but if you fail, one axis of the large guild will be shaken.”

No matter how large a guild covets national power, the benefits they gain cannot be ignored. It is important not to be pushed by large guilds, but it is the president’s job to maintain and develop the power of the Awakened.

“How do you think Choi Jun-ho’s hunting will be?”

“It will fail.”

“·················ogue.”

Ask me what I think, but why?

“Can you tell me why?”

“The most important thing in monster hunting is understanding the abilities of monsters. Which part do you think is the most important in terms of the strength of monsters?”

“Is it the size?”

Absolutely not. Considering that, Nuri should have taken Black Wyvern as an older brother.

“The strength of demons lies in their purity.”

“Purity?”

“It refers to the original prototype. It has a shape almost similar to that of a goshawk, which means that it is a monster with strong power from birth.”

As monsters eat monsters and make complex transformations, the output becomes unstable and the force flow becomes unnatural.

“It means that it is dangerous to have reached level 8 with that purity. But why do you think it will fail?”

“There is a lack of power. And there are too many unnecessary people on the hunting team.”

In my view, in order to deal with Nuri, two level 8 players, five or more level 7 players, and twenty level 6 players are sufficient to support Nuri.

If the level 8 gift was a ranged attack, it would be easier. However, the strength of the avant-garde did not reach that level, and Chan-taek Lee is a typical solitary general who only believes in his own abilities.

If successful, he is a charismatic boss, but if he fails, he is a stubborn nerd.

In this case, it was likely the latter.

Of course, it’s a different story when I’m hunting.

“·················ogue.”

The atmosphere is chilly.

“Don’t worry. He is a yangban who thinks terrible of his guild members, so he will not risk his life recklessly.”

“It’s a matter of dealing with the monster.”

“Why are you worried about that? I will go.”

I’m speaking with conviction, but why are your eyes like that? People with disrespectful eyes, let’s remember.

I glanced at the people around me and asked the president.

“But if I catch it by myself, is it all mine?”

I know that the price of a harmful level 8 monster is at least 1.5 trillion won.

If I take charge of heart processing here, the value will be higher.

For 6,000 won of soybean paste stew, it is 250 million bowls.

“If only hunting is possible, everything belongs to you.”

“good.”

*

With Chun Myeong-guk and only the two of them left, the president asked, recalling what had happened a while ago.

“How do you see Choi Jun-ho’s analysis?”

“I think it’s nonsense.”

“I heard that too. But it was surprisingly convincing.”

Choi Jun-ho’s words have a strange charm. Strong self-confidence, even though it is an unconfirmed fact. It touched me so strongly that it shook the trust in the existing data.

“Choi Jun-ho’s words are mostly content that has not been analyzed before. You can’t believe it and you can’t put it into action. However······.”

Cheon Myeong-guk, who made eye contact with the president, said.

“I’ve never been wrong about that.”

“That’s the problem.”

“Yes.”

“Then do you think it will be as he said this time too?”

“.

There was only Choi Jun-ho’s words, but when asked to choose between Data and Choi Jun-ho’s words, it was the former.

The problem is when those words become reality.

“If the avant-garde is broken, it will be stopped in Gwangju or Yongin. If we can’t stop it here, the next one will be Seoul. Contact the Reaper Guild. Have your power ready just in case.”

Cheon Myeong-guk is a former deputy master of the Reaper’s Guild. Even if I ordered a little early preparation, I was able to ask for your understanding.

“All right.”

“I don’t want anything to worry about.”

But what I was worried about became a reality.

*

Even when I first met Nuri, I thought that I could hunt enough.

It was not large enough for the 8th level of remains, and the momentum of its release was not great.

But the moment they entered the battle, everything changed. He had a different level of strength from the level 8 monsters he had seen so far.

Hell unfolded in less than five minutes before the battle started. The thick smoke created by the dry trees and grass of winter obscured the view.

“It’s my negligence.”

Chan-taek Lee looked up into the air and bit his teeth tightly. The guy who created this hell looked down at the world as if he didn’t even care.

It was agile and fierce, and it fired a breath that was strong enough to melt the armored vehicles worn by the hunters.

Above all, the ‘gift’ that Choi Jun-ho warned about was decisive. The blade storm caused by the flapping of its wings was an unavoidable disaster.

When the Gift Blade Storm was triggered, a 50-meter radius was swept by the Force Blade. Each one was powerful enough to rival the level 7 force blade.

In the first blade storm, more than ten hunters belonging to it were torn to shreds. It turned into finely minced meat pieces, and there was no trace of the original shape.

It was rather a mistake to try to deal with him in an open place. Neither Breath nor the blade storm had nowhere to escape.

He was making fun of the guild members he had worked blood and sweat all his life in a street that his gift could not reach.

If it goes on like this, it is annihilation.

Chan-taek Lee admitted that his choice was the worst.

“Everyone retreat! I will take over.”

“master!”

“I’m the only one who can catch his eyes. Listen to me! Ha Sung-hoon! Take the kids and get out of here!”

“…you must be safe.”

Ha Seong-hoon, who left those words, recovered the remaining power and retreated.

Chan-taek Lee, who was left alone, dragged Nuri’s aggro to deal with it, but it was not enough.

To deal with the flying monster, you had to pull it down, but the attack couldn’t reach it because all of the guild’s power was sent.

“Is it over?”

I saw Nuri looking down at her from above. I thought it was an easy opponent because it wasn’t that big, but it seemed like a monster that would destroy the world at this moment.

Kiye!

It sounded like he was laughing at himself.

It’s a vain ending after pretending to be so good. The world will laugh at you.

The status of the avant-garde will fall and it will not be able to rise to the present position.

“·················ogue.”

Chan-taek Lee bit his teeth as he felt that everything he had worked for his whole life was breaking down in real time.

That was then.

There was a person who was approaching from behind with fierce speed. Inyoung, who quickly went up to the sky as if stepping on the air, rushed in a straight line and slapped Nuri’s head.

Kee eh!

Nuri, who was screaming, exhaled a breath, but easily avoided it and slapped his head once more.

“Get away.”

“Choi Jun-ho…!”

Chan-taek Lee, seeing the sudden appearance of the Salvation Army, widened his eyes, and then hurriedly backed away. Meanwhile, Choi Jun-ho, who approached through the blade storm that spread by flapping Nuri’s wings, smashed Nuri’s head.

bang!

A great roar rang out.

Nuri staggered and flew higher, radiating heat all over her body with a ghastly death. This is a movement to get out of Choi Jun-ho’s attack range.

“It doesn’t break.”

If Junho Choi admired the rigidity of Nuri’s head.

Chan-taek Lee did not miss the strangely obsessed with his hair.

“Headbreaker.”

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