Chapter 161

ETH 161

“…… Damn . ”

I glared at An Gyu-bum who was smiling insidiously with one hand up .

“I was wondering what you were up to coming to such a cold place . ”

An Gyu-bum hugged his own body with his arms .

“Did you tail me?”

“Not as far as tailing, just following around . ”

“You’re dead if there’s no proper reason . ”

“You dare!”

Jeon Min-jeong who was stuck next to An Gyu-bum like a shadow took a step forward .

“I will make it so that you can’t use that mouth of yours anymore if you take another step forward . ”

“Urg . ”

She put a hand on the handle of her sword but she couldn’t draw it .

She knows herself that there’s no way she can win if I fight seriously after all .

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth with a smirk .

“To intimidate a powerless girl . You’re going a bit too far . ”

“I’m not in the mood to joke around . I can tolerate you tailing me within Seoul but it’s a different story here . You did something at the level where you couldn’t say anything about even if I killed you right now . And I don’t really want to miss such a chance you see . That’s why, help me justify the reason you tailed me within 10 seconds . Otherwise I’ll make it so that you can’t even regret it . ”

“That’s scary . Are you not even thinking about who’s behind me?”

“The GE Group? Do you think they can do something to me without any evidence?”

“Sorry . If it’s evidence then it’s up there . ”

He pointed a finger towards the sky . As I turned my head up a drone was flying at an incredible height .

“Is it recording?”

“Of course . It’s diligently recording . Of course, it’s impossible to watch it without my permission but if I die the video will be handed to the analytical laboratory and they’ll know at once that you’re the culprit . ”

He opened his mouth while grinning .

Curiosity rose together with annoyance .

I really couldn’t understand . Why was this guy trying to get involved in my life so much .

“Why are you being so obsessed with me?”

“Because it’s fun?”

“Cut the crap . I get that you’re not normal but you’re not a guy that’s free enough to come to such a place just for fun . ”

“Did you understand me to that extent? Good . Then let’s talk . ”

An Gyu-bum took a few deep breaths and opened his mouth .

“You saw Baek Gyeong right?”

“……!”

“There’s no need to get surprised . I also, no, should I say we? We know about Baek Gyeong to some degree after all . ”

“So, you’re saying that’s the reason you tailed me?”

I had only run into Baek Gyeong coincidentally . That wasn’t a reason to be tailed .

“I told you . I didn’t tail you . I just spotted you while following Baek Gyeong around . To kill those guys single handedly, it was quite a sight . ”

“…… So you’re saying it’s a coincidence?”

“I can’t help it if you don’t believe me though . ”

An Gyu-bum shrugged . I couldn’t believe him to be honest . However, I didn’t think he would answer properly even if I dug more .

I changed the question instead .

“How do you know about Baek Gyeong?”

“That’s, because we tracked him since a long time ago . I’m quite interested in fun items you see . ”

“Item……?”

“Ah, that looks like a human being but it’s not a human being . ”

“Aha . ”

Since it’s a copy . It wasn’t very surprising .

“Hm, it seems like you knew that much?”

“I just felt that it wasn’t like a normal person . ”

I spun my words for now . I wasn’t even sure about how much this guy knew about Baek Gyeong .

There was nothing good about making it noticeable that I knew about in such a situation .

“If you hand over information that you know about Baek Gyeong then I’ll give you information on this ruin . ”

“You know about the ruin?”

“Probably more than you know . ”

An Gyu-bum .

All I knew was the simple fact that he was the successor of the GE Group .

Excluding that, the fact that he had a surplus of money and that he uses it as he wants .

It was weird that he was spending that money in strange places instead of arming himself in level 10 items .

Since he was a guy that said he would buy the van at 1t it would be easy for him to become a level 10 hunter .

However, this guy didn’t seem to have much interest in being a hunter .

The Storm Blade or whatever was also just a type of pastime .

“Simply put, I’m the executive advisor of system research facility run by the GE Group . ”

“So something like a salary Lupin?”

“It’s fine to think of it like that . But it’s not like I don’t do any work at all?”

“Stop saying meaningless things and talk about the ruin . ”

“This ruin is you see…… . ”

An Gyu-bum slowly raised his hand and put it on the bear stone statue .

“We will talk after killing this . ”

“What……!”

As An Gyu-bum slowly backed away the stone statue started moving .

Alaska Arctic Bear (10) : A monster that lives in cold areas . Has a powerful front paw swinging attack as well as a roaring ability that can induce fear .

It’s Alaska if it’s Alaska and Arctic if it’s Arctic so what the hell is Alaska Arctic Bear but then again the name depends on the person naming .

It’s the reason why there are monsters with scientific names while others have weird names .

Either way, a level 10 monster itself didn’t pose a problem .

I won against a Black Tiger before and I’m incomparably stronger than that time after all .

But the story is a bit different if there are two of them .

An Gyu-bum, this bastard . What is he thinking……!

“Why are you looking at me like that? I woke it up since I thought you would be able to kill them . ”

“You, you wait and see . ”

I grinded my teeth and took out the Dancing Sword . I was thinking about damaging them before they fully woke up .

Exclamation came out from behind as I covered the Dancing Sword in Aura Blade .

I ignored it and sent the Dancing Sword .

The Dancing Sword stabbed one of the slowly moving bear in the middle of the forehead .

A thundering noise a hundred times louder than striking marble with a hammer was produced . The Alaska Arctic Bear flew backwards causing its head to crash into the ceiling of the entrance .

The stone pillar collapsed just like that and the entrance broke down . It’s going to be tiring to get in there later .

“Grr!”

The other one charged forward kicking off the ground .

“Cheh . ”

The ground was irregular on top of this place being the coast so movement wasn’t a normal kind of difficult . I moved to the side for now to avoid the arctic bear’s attack .

“Hah!”

I could see An Gyu-bum draw his sword and charge at the bear .

That guy, was he charging at a level 10 monster when he was merely a level 8?

The moment I imagined his figure getting ripped to shreds by the bear An Gyu-bum’s body sunk into the darkness .

It looked similar to Edward’s Shadow Conversion .

“Martial Arts of Death . ”

A trail of black light cut the arctic bear’s body .

However, the attack got deflected as it got blocked by the bear’s leather .

It was interesting how it was an attack carried out while etherized but it was meaningless with such low damage .

“What are you…… . ”

Dozens, no, hundreds of slashes rained down on the arctic bear in an instant .

It was an attack that looked like a a comet of black light was falling . An amount of attacks that I found difficult to follow with my eyes poured down .

Slash marks got embedded all over the arctic bear’s body . Damage that could fluster the enemy got through after hitting several hundred times .

“Kwooo!”

In the end the arctic bear let out a roar mixed with pain and swung its front paw towards An Gyu-bum .

However, An Gyu-bum who was dematerialized leisurely avoided the attack and retreated . He then shouted towards me .

“Urg! I leave the rest to you!”

“Are you kidding me? Catch what you started catching . ”

“No, I can only use this technique once . ”

That asshole .

I looked at the arctic bear that was colored red all over .

One of the bears was still stuck under the ruin entrance debris and flailing around . It seemed like it would break free soon so it seems like I will have to take care of this one first .

I kicked off the Dancing Sword and flew up .

What was the strongest attack I could show right now .

My greatest strong point was my powerful physical abilities .

Also, Aura Blade that could be covered on a weapon .

Finally, the Dancing Sword that boasts tremendous weight .

Combining all those there’s a very simple conclusion .

“Hah!”

I continuously stepped on the Dancing Sword and jumped toward the sky . I passed the cliff, reaching the sky up to the limit of the Dancing Sword and grabbed the sword .

I then started falling down .

Free fall from 100 meters while holding the Dancing Sword covered with Aura Blade .

I slashed the arctic bear’s head while carrying massive kinetic energy from speed alone over 150 km/h at the moment of arrival .

The might of the sword that sliced the bear vertically was far too powerful and made half the cliff behind it collapse .

But the sensation in my hand merely felt as if I was slicing tofu . My hand didn’t even get stuck at all .

I shivered at the wry sense that I could feel all over my body while kneeling in front of the arctic bear .

“Grr…… . ”

I could hear the growling noise from the arctic bear’s mouth . I looked up at it while slowly raising my body .

A thin crimson line was drawn from the top of its head and continued towards its inner thigh .

A fountain of blood shot into the air . Warm blood sprayed everywhere as the massive arctic bear’s body of over 5 meters got split in half .

It met the New Alaskan chilly wind and fluttered away as it became a red blizzard .

The monster’s body that got split in half collapsed to the left and right .

[+1,000]

The thing’s body started returning to the void as the reward points came in . It was the Rapid Return function .

– Ore, Ruthenium has been obtained .

I was hoping an item would drop if possible but it was an ore this time around .

Seeing how it’s a name I heard for the first time it seems it’s a level 10 Exotic Matter .

I decided to inspect the details later and looked towards the other monster .

The monster that barely managed to break free from the collapsed entrance was running towards me while stomping the ground .

I considered taking care of it using the same method as before but decided to go with close combat this time .

To be honest, the one just now was quite a lucky case . It was just staring at me, waiting for me to fall down after all . If it could use its head even a bit it wouldn’t have let itself be hit by such an attack .

Also, monsters weren’t idiots . They’re not normal beasts either .

It would have seen its friend get severed in a single strike so it probably won’t get hit by it .

But so what .

A single one was just a good prey .

*Fighting sfx*

I took out the Dancing Sword from the collapsed arctic bear’s heart while twisting it . Warm blood poured down on my face .

[+1,000]

I felt this all the time but the reward points are really stingy . To give a mere 1,000 points when I killed a level 10 .

“Phew . ”

I let out a light sigh as I cleaned my face with the sleeve of my clothes . Would Soo-ah have tried to clean my face frivolously if she had been here?

Edward held out a towel at that moment .

As I stared at him his face crumpled up .

“Soo-ah requested this of me . ”

“That girl . Doing something pointless . ”

Either way, it wasn’t bad that someone was caring for me . I wiped the blood on my face and body and threw away the towel on the ground . There’s probably no need to go through the trouble of using it again after washing .

“I see you’re slowly becoming a greater monster . ”

“You’re originally a monster though . ”

“I think that’s a racist remark . ”

“It’s not a race but species discrimination . ”

“Either side is bad . ”

Edward said so with a straight face . He’s a guy that doesn’t know humor .