Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 164

Chapter 164

“To speak of our System Research Laboratory…… . ”

An Gyu-bum’s mouth didn’t stop moving the entire time we were walking through the ruin tunnel . It wasn’t entirely bad since since they were all stories that I heard for the first time .

It was turning into company boasting as time passed .

“So how do you analyze the data you received from here?”

“With overtime and salary . ”

That means he just pours in researchers .

So it’s difficult for me to do it in other words .

Our group that included An Gyu-bum and Jeon Min-jeong quickly passed through the tunnel and I was able to confirm a new road at the blocked path .

“Go check . ”

“Got it . ”

Edward carefully inspected around the opening .

Edward who could instantly etherize was quite a good choice for checking for traps . The person himself didn’t really fear for such things as well . He was almost useless in battle but he was pretty useful for other things .

He nodded towards us after hitting the ground and walls a few times .

It seems there weren’t any traps .

“Okay . Let’s go . ”

After following that newly created road for a long time a large door appeared .

Like the ruin in the Yellow Sea, there was a hole to put in a hand . As Edward put his hand in and fiddled around a bit the door started opening slowly with a clanking sound .

Edward opened his mouth .

“Put your guard up . ”

“Hm? What do you……?”

However, I was soon able to understand what he meant .

A chilly feeling was bursting out of the inside .

Inside the wide space through the door .

There was a high altar like before as well as he hundreds of stone statues .

But there was something different from before .

An existence that didn’t feel like a human .

There was a guy I didn’t want to see twice if possible standing alone in front of the altar .

“Baek Gyeong……?”

There was no mistake . White hair and leather armor that half covered his body . A black greatsword .

“Why is that guy here?”

“Damn it . Quickly block him!”

An Gyu-bum pulled out his sword and rushed forward .

Because the guy that doesn’t move first most of the time rushed forward I took out the Dancing Sword and dashed forward on reflex . Baek Gyeong swung his sword and struck down at the altar .

An Gyu-bum tried to block it somehow but .

Boom!

The altar got destroyed after getting split in half with a tremendous explosion .

An Gyu-bum’s body got sent flying at the same time .

“Young master!”

“Urg!”

Jeon Min-jeong hurriedly helped him up but An Gyu-bum vomited blood on the ground and fell unconscious .

At least it seemed like he didn’t die . It was only to that degree because Baek Gyeong’s attacked wasn’t directed at him .

Metal fragments could be seen within the destroyed altar . It seemed to be machines for saving data .

Baek Gyeong destroying it was probably to prevent other people from obtaining data .

I held the Dancing Sword below the stairs to the altar and pointed it at him .

Baek Gyeong’s line of sight turned to me .

His lips slowly opened .

“Data comparison completed . Target . Jeon Sang-min . ”

“My name how……?”

“Battle information confirmed . Command . Annhilate . ”

The instant his words stopped a terrifying amount of energy gathered around him . I was able to instantly tell what the identity of the energy was .

It was the Hadron Cannon .

Even I didn’t have the confidence to be safe after getting hit directly by that with level 10 armor equipped . But what if I dodged?

It was obvious that An Gyu-bum and Jeon Min-jeong would be caught up in the attack .

There was no need to throw my life away for those guys .

“Die . ”

My body was rushing towards the guy the moment the guy’s Hadron Cannon was about to fire .

Don’t misunderstand me .

I’m not doing this because I’m a saint or something .

I unequipped the armor and took on the Hadron Cannon with my bare body .

The moment the Hadron Cannon hit me I could feel my body get deconstructed at an atomic level as my consciousness faded .

***

Not everybody could experience the feeling of dying .

There probably weren’t many people that would experience this twice .

My sight went white and I lost all my senses . I felt like my body became endlessly light as a large strength seemed to come to me like a wave .

Then, the moment my existence was about to disappear .

My eyes shot open with a shock like getting struck by lightning .

What I could see in front of my eyes was Baek Gyeong’s flustered figure .

I swung the Aura Blade covered Dancing Sword just like that and sliced his bare upper half .

“Kuuk!”

Baek Gyeong, whose scream alone was like that of a human’s, collapsed while spraying black blood .

I summoned the armor once more and went towards Baek Gyeong who was on the ground .

“Mission unsuccessful…… Data…… Transfer…… . ”

“Do things moderately . You clone bastard . ”

I chopped off his neck . Seeing how he was still alive after half his chest was cut I thought that it wouldn’t end unless I cut off his head .

But a voice continuously came out of Baek Gyeong’s head that rolled on the ground .

“Data…… Transfer…… Impossible…… Mission is…… A failure…… . ”

“Tough bastard . ”

The guy this time didn’t break down immediately like before . It seems the state is different individually .

I held up his head just in case .

At that moment a message popped up on the manual .

– Will you obtain Baek Gyeong’s Database .

As I selected Accept messages popped up one after another .

– Downloading Alpha’s Database . A total of 2,000 EP will be given as a reward . The location of the next ruin will be tracked . Tracking has been completed .

There was quite a lot this time . The amount of data in each ruin is different I see . I thought that it was good that I could get the data that I couldn’t get after the altar got destroyed .

I threw away Baek Gyeong’s head that became useless and inspected the altar .

The inside was crammed full of machinery .

To be honest, I couldn’t tell what was what but I was able to tell that it was destroyed to the point that it could be repaired .

As I concluded that I couldn’t get anything more from the altar I went towards An Gyu-bum .

Jeon Min-jeong’s expression turned sharp but she didn’t take any further actions . It probably means that she doesn’t think of me as an enemy anymore .

“May I inspect him a bit?”

“…… Please . ”

To think such words would come out from this girl’s mouth . I could at least tell that she wasn’t following An Gyu-bum because she was blackmailed or some negative reason .

An Gyu-bum had received severe injuries but it was on the good side compared to Jeon Min-jeong’s frivolousness .

I knew quite a bit of medical logic because I frequently went to the hospital so I was able to tell that he would heal even if he was left like this .

It seemed to be the effect of the Eternal Immortality Suit’s effect . Most people would be half dead if they vomited enough blood for the ground to become wet .

But I poured in a Wound Cure Potion into his mouth .

An Gyu-bum slowly opened his eyes within a few minutes . No matter how good the effect of the potion was, it was not enough to heal someone this quickly .

“Hmm…… . ”

“Did you come to?”

“Wh, what happened?”

“Unfortunately, the altar was destroyed . It seems you were also interested in the ruin’s data . It seems like it will be difficult for you to properly obtain it . ”

“…… What happened to Baek Gyeong?”

“Up there . ”

Baek Gyeong’s head was rolling around at the place I pointed at . (Kyle: So I was trying not to add notes as much as possible but how long is this head going to roll around for, damn . )

Because he wasn’t monster or human, he didn’t even return to the void .

“Amazing . Did you kill him with a single strike?”

He looked around and opened his mouth . The surrounding was clean despite battling Baek Gyeong .

“Well yeah . ”

“He endured a direct hit of the Hadron Cannon . Even though he could have avoided it . ”

Jeon Min-jeong said . Was that why her attitude changed .

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth with wide eyes .

“You endured that? It would have been difficult to block that even with level 10 armor though?”

“Well, somehow . ”

In reality, I didn’t endure it but die .

I had just revived through the Immortality skill . However, there was no need to explain each and every thing .

“Now then . Shall we pay up?”

I said so with a light clap .

Puzzlement was written all over An Gyu-bum’s face .

“Pay what up?”

“The price of your life . And that . ”

I called the Dancing Sword . Baek Gyeong’s head was stabbed on the end of the blade .

I opened my mouth with a smile .

“This . Don’t you want it?”

“Baek Gyeong’s head huh…… definitely won’t be cheap . ”

An Gyu-bum sighed .

“The database from the ruin is all saved in here . You would be able to extract the data from this head right?”

“There’s nothing too difficult about it . ”

It was true that Baek Gyeong was made through overtechnology . However, An Gyu-bum’s System Research Laboratory was the same so I thought that it would be possible as long as their technology didn’t fall behind too much .

He pondered for a moment and opened his mouth .

“How is 100b?”

“It’s not like the guy that bet 1t for the van . ”

“It’s that . I just tried . I wasn’t planning on actually giving you that much . ”

An Gyu-bum said with a shameless expression .

It was definitely going overboard even from my perspective . Even if raid companies piled up dozens of trillions a trillion wasn’t a joke to them after all .

“Okay . I’ll be satisfied with that much . ”

Either way, I had obtained money to use for the meantime .

It was funny even though I was the one that said it . Money to use for the meantime . It was money that 3 generations might not be able to use up .

I opened my mouth as I passed over Baek Gyeong’s head .

“Ah . Also, I want to know some details about item creation . Can you tell me?”

“I don’t even know such things though . ”

“Didn’t you say that you were in charge of the System Research Laboratory?”

“Our company produces smartphones but it’s the same thing as asking me how they’re made . ”

An Gyu-bum shrugged his shoulders . He wasn’t wrong .

“How about where they’re distributed and who buys them?”

“Well, if it’s just that . ”

He nodded and continued .

“To put it simply, there’s a secret site where items not handled by the Hunter Market are being sold . Normal civilians don’t even know of its existence . Many hunters all over the world bid there and the person that bets the highest price takes it . ”

“So you’re creating items to be sold there . While the price is higher the more unusual it is . ”

“Indeed . ”

“So on that topic…… . ”

I thought about the Delta Store .

The store was unlocked up to level 6 . I had to purchase more to unlock more anyway and I needed a place to dispose of the purchased items .

The Hunter Market doesn’t buy items that aren’t part of the records .

“I have quite a few rare items, are you interested?”

“What kind of things are they?”

“I’m not sure? What about things like this?”

I purchased one of the cheapest 10 EP items among the Utility items .

Socks of Tall Stature (1) : Looks about 5 cm taller when worn . Able to stack .

It was a striped sock . He looked at me like I was ridiculous as I held up the sock .