Description My Range is One Million

      Have you been targeted?

     Maybe, since you've been in his range all along.

     What else can you do but prepare yourself to be killed?

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     1 Prologue

      A group of boys and girls walked through the dark mountain paths. There are no lights to be seen anywhere, just pitch-black darkness. However, they gather sticks and walk as if they don't mind the darkness.

     "Found it. 500 meters in that direction… Nothing's moving."

     "Good."

     The others started moving faster as soon as they heard her speak. They can't see anything through the darkness of the night but they take their heavy sticks in their hands and started to walk faster.

     "We have to move faster. We have to take care of this today.."

     "Aren't we just wasting time?"

     "Shhh, Chunghwan."

     "Whatever."

     Their bickering didn't end until they reached their destination. The monster must have left but it's still always dangerous. Everyone in this place are skilled hunters.

     "Something's strange. Why isn't it moving?"

     He said with a husky voice and the another guy answers back in a serious voice.

     "Shhh. Don't make a sound… The monster must have escaped over the gate, it must have gotten tired? Let's finish quickly. Jolhu... Miyeong, go into formation D."

     "Got it."

     They spread across the ground without making a sound on the dried leaves. The path soon grew narrow and they saw something curled up in a small boulder in a the valley. It's was something they've never laid their eyes on. It was huge and was armed with shiny armor.

     "Chunghwan!"

     "I'm on it!"

     They didn't go any further as Chunghwan in solid armor, ran towards that direction. Two others ran in behind him. And by one small late step, he quickly moves his hand.

     "Haahahah!!! What do we have here..."

     But, he saw the scaly armor it's wearing. He drew his sword and striked. Chunghwan then became tired making a flat noise and putting down his sword.

     The people that rushed behind him stopped with an obvious hint of confusion on their faces.

     "What are you doing?!"

     The guy who ran i behind in the far back loosens his hands and yells,

     "Again!"

     "Again?!"

     After Jukhwan said that, he frowned and he walks towards the creature covered with armor. It was like a gigantic armadillo but it had eight legs and a on its head were three large tentacles.

     Sticking out of it was one arrow…

     It was sticking out of about one bone. Daejang saw the arrow and reaches for it.

     "Uh! DaeJang! If you touch that…!"

     Chunghwan tried to stop him but it was too late, his hand were faster than he could warn him. DaeJang strongly pulled the arrow out of the monster's head.

     Instead of a normal-looking arrow, what he got was a really short black arrow…

     DaeJang looked at the arrow and furrowed his brows.

     "He was right."

     The arrowhead has a broken tip. Arrows usually has a triangular shaped spade and the material that the monster's body was covered in is black. The arrow was white and it looks as if there was crooked writing written with it on the monster's armor.

     "Don't touch it… Ugh… If you were going to take it you should have done it fast. What number is this monster."

     There were no traces of the arrows owner and there's a kind waring written but DaeJang already touched it. He then took a low breath and looked around the area where the monster slumbered.

     "It looks like one room…The inside is completely ragged..."

     Jolhu was called to use a sharp knife to scrape the whole that the arrow came out of. Miyeog looks around the place anxiously.

     "Where are we going now?"

     DaeJang answered..

     "Who cares! We're still dealing with today's steal monster…"

     "It's not steal."

     Said the guy who pulled the arrow out of the monster's head with his bare hands.

     "It's getting cold. we have about 2 hours…"

     "Gosh! I guess we have to hurry and bring take it."

     "How about the others gathering things at night, they're not moving, right?"

     "Damn.. Who cares. Let's call it a day.."

     After that, DaeJang threw the arrow on the ground. Venting his anger out on the arrow… But, that action was a big mistake.

     Bangg!

     Something white, sharp and plasticity passed by his head along with a big gush of wind.

     "Argh!"

     He holds his head with both hands and sunk to the floor in pain. He was wearing a helmet so he's lucky that it's not as bad as it could have been. but the pain still remained unbearable.

     After DaeJang was attacked, he hurriedly alerted the others. They see something on top of the monster's head and swallow nervously.

     There was a falcon. There was a strange red light coming from it's entire body and it seems to become almost 10 times bigger. It can give the illusion of being a monster, the falcon's body is covered in amazing armor with a small sign hanging from it's neck that caught their attention.

     'The second warning: Irritate it and deal with the consequences. -Owner, Bheak.'

     "Dam it…"

     He realized why it attacked him and felt frustrated due to his carelessness. He looked through the sharp eyes of the falcon and slowly took a few timid steps away. He wanted to fight back at the falcon but by the rumors he had heard, this falcon is not something you want to mess with. He heard that some team attacked it while it was mad and lost many of their fingers.

     Of course it could have been just a rumor but, the moment you irritate this falcon then even it's owner will go after you. An arrow to the foot makes a third tier monster quiet… Unless they want to lose, then it looks like they'll have to calmly end the raid.

     "Let's go."

     "Okay."

     After Daejang said that, they headed back towards their path with no hesitation.

     Although he's angry that all their efforts went to waste, there's nothing to do about it.

     He heard about what people said about the arrow's owner and that he should erase his prints off of it.

     Or he can become his target.

     Prologue, The end.

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     2 A Flawless Archery Machine 1

      "Jaehwang."

     "Yes, Director?"

     "Your hand… how is it?"

     Jaehwang lifted his right hand, revealing scars spanning from his fingers to his wrist and at the back of his hand. He then gathered his fingers into a fist and answered her question.

     "The important thing is that it's healing. The doctor said that it will take some time, but I will heal and get my strength back."

     "That's a relief."

     The director nods her head and took a short breath as she leaned back in her chair. She looked at Jaehwang who sat in front of her. He was tall and had a lean body which had a few features that could be compared to an ancient Greek statue. He was handsome, well.. at least he used to be.

     People used to call him an Archery Prince. He was a prodigy since elementary school and was also a part of the national team.

     [Zero Effects Archery Machine]

     In middle school, they would call him the 'Archery Machine'.

     He was gifted with a great talent. Jaehwang would participate in every archery competition he could enter and he would set a new record every time even if he was up against older and more experienced archers. He was only getting better with time. People even started calling him the nation's unbeatable archer.

     Jaehwang was living the time of his life. That was until an unfortunate event changed his life forever. He was driving with his family one day when a drunk van driver went across the lane and hit them. He lost his face, two of his fingers, one of his eyes, and his parents.

     And since that day, the world's archery genius has lost his confidence in his skills.

     The worst thing that could happen to an archer was to lose his hand or fingers. He was lucky to be able to make it to the hospital where the doctors were able to stitch his fingers back on.

     The accident happened at night on a dark and windy road, and he only arrived at the hospital around 12AM. It was a miracle that he lived.

     One of his uncles from the mother's side took all of his family's insurance money, sold their house, and disappeared without a trace. Jaehwang had cut all ties with his uncle when he found out about it.

     "The anniversary of your parents' death is soon, right?"

     "Yeah."

     The director knew Jaehwang's parents. She didn't know his father well, but she knew his mom. They were considered legends in the archery world 10 years ago. His dad was an archery master. People looked up to him for so many years. They soon had Jaehwang who had inherited the same talent.

     Since the day he was born, his father gave him a bow as a toy that he would play with all the time. He carried a bow with his little hands before he could even learn to walk and talk. He has been pulling bow strings since he was three, and by the time he reached the age of six, he was already hitting targets from 500 meters away.

     "The national competition… Are you thinking of not going?"

     "Yeah. If I enter the medal contention ranking in the next meeting, then that will be enough."

     Jaehwang did not hesitate when giving his answer. But the director already knew what he would say…

     "I see."

     With an injured hand and eye, he thought that he would was unable to hold a bow and arrow anymore. But after one year, he suddenly returned to school. And his skills that unbelievably fell and his national ranking started to go up and he could then compete in the national competition.

     There could only be one winner. All he needed to do to overcome his injury was to change his way of shooting for his hand and his stance. And to adjust to his right hand's condition, he just has to train his remaining hand more

     "Jaehwang."

     "Yes?"

     "About the competition… How about resting?"

     "?"

     Jaehwang kept his mouth shut, unsure of what she was implying. There's no way that she could be saying what he thinks she's saying. Didn't she want him to do the team selection?

     "You seem to be having a hard time. I'm worried. You said that ranked second in the last meeting… It seems that your skills have been failing because of your condition."

     Jaehwang wriggled his eyes after hearing what the director said. His skills have actually been falling since before the accident. But…

     "The maximum score is 360. It takes a lot to be number one."

     "Weren't you ranked 2nd last time?"

     "It was a new meeting record. The person who ranked first only had 1 point more, right?"

     The director continued to talk and it feels as if it goes through one ear and out of the other.

     What Jaehwang said was completely right. His skills were in decline but, he couldn't compare himself to his talent before the accident.

     Besides, focusing on his recovery was his current and utmost priority.

     It's not like he hasn't lost everything, everyone still praises him.

     "Huwu… Jaehwang."

     "Yea?"

     "You've only been resting for a year, you should get some more rest."

     "I've already finished resting. Well… At 90 percent skills will be even better."

     Jaehwang listened without saying anything back...

     "That's it! What is that! You have to do something for yourself. That dog-like uncle of yours is a problem, and you haven't even gone to the army yet but you rest for a year!

     The director yelled, and they both sat in silence for a moment.

     "Director…"

     "What…"

     Jaehwang stared at her from the other side of the desk without answering to her response. He stared at her from the other side of the table with scared and then cold eyes… The director then unknowingly lowered her head in response.

     "Director…"

     "What is it?"

     "I love you."

     "..."

     She was the first person there for him whenever Jaehwang felt unhappy. Even when he was in a coma, she came to see him everyday. And when his parents passed away, the person that he trusted more than anyone else… was her.

     "Just say one word. Whatever you say, I'll follow along."

     "Anything."

     The director nodded her head with sad eyes and Jaehwang's lips slightly moved as he said that one word. But, The directors eyes suddenly grew bigger in surprise and she bites her lip as she nodded slowly. The office was filled with quietness.

     'Ugh… Idiot.'

     Jaehwang took a short breath and cursed himself. How could he have said that in front of his director…

     However, she didn't answer back. Or maybe she's just thinking about how stupid he is. Maybe she's waiting for him to leave to feel relieved.

     "About school…. I'm quitting that... And archery."

     After hearing that, the director looked at him in surprise as she instantly stood up from her chair.

     "What are you talking about!"

     "Maybe archery was only my mom's wish…. I don't have to go through with it since she's gone… It's just no use if I keep trying. But I'm thankful for everything during that time."

     "You must be crazy! Why would you stop archery?! It's only been one year!"

     She lowered her head and yelled at him from across the table.

     "It's just… that's what I'm going to do now. I'm sorry."

     "Jaehwang, your ranking is falling. But don't you think that you can improve them again, right? Please don't say you're going to stop."

     The director desperately tried to stop him.

     Jaehwang wasn't an honest person who would never lied. He would say something like this and never even come back to the neighborhood again.

     'I can't.'

     The generation's prodigy is crumbling in his hands, he felt guilty. Maybe if he dies, he could shoot an arrow board with sunbae archery players for a thousand years in the after life. No… Right now… All he could feel was guilt like crazy.

     There's was then a hand placed on his shoulder. The director was suddenly standing beside him and he put his hand on her shoulder.

     "Director…"

     "What is it?"

     He looked down towards the director not with eyes filled of disappointment, hatred. But, never ending disappointment... disgust… and sadness..

     "You eaten, right?"

     "Ha…"

     The director froze on the spot... She sat back into her chair and was unable to move as well as unable to focus her eyes.

     "I… I…"

     She just stuttered. Jaehwang then bowed his head politely and turned around to leave.

     Click…

     "Phew…"

     A Flawless Archery Machine, The end.

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     3 A Flawless Archery Machine 2

      "Phew…"

     He leaned on the door and took a deep breath after leaving the director's office. He lied, about archery and everything else. And he honestly knew that there was no way he could give up archery. He loves archery and there's nothing else that he could even think of doing.

     "Well...I guess I leave? Han Sooji..."

     After he recovered and he went back, everything he once knew disappeared like it was all a mirage. His uncle took his parent's insurance money while he was receiving treatment and he even sold his family house and then disappeared.

     All of the scornful looks he got from everywhere disappeared. He started to see the light of praise…the compliments and that's what he loved.

     'Do I really have to do this?'

     He met her for the first time in an elementary school archery contest. She glanced at him all day and made him nervous to the point that his face will turn beet red due to the sheer embarrassment. That was the beautiful girl who stood behind her mother.

     They met again when they both got into a middle school famous for its program for archery. Before, his head was always filled with thoughts about his beloved sport but now, he can't stop thinking about her. He did not want to miss the chance to confess to her. The two of them were the prince and princesses of archery that brought home all the awards.

     But after Jaehwang finished his recovery from his injuries, he went back only to find out that she has been transferred to another high school. His heart was torn to pieces realizing that he wasn't able to do anything. Smart phones weren't that handy from where and when he was recovering. There were no signals and you couldn't even make a call even if you went to a different place around the area.

     Without Sooji, he felt miserable and dejected.

     And, one day throughout his year of recovery, he received just one text from that girl.

     'I want you out of my life.'

     Those were just a few small and cold words but Jaehwang couldn't understand where this was coming from. He had never received a text like this from her and it was a already text bidding her farewell..

     He asked himself 'what did he do wrong', did he make a big mistake? Did she only pretend to like him on the outside and hated him on the inside? He was so confused.

     He then remembers a question that he asked the director awhile ago.

     'Is it the Samjeon company?'

     'That's the one.'

     'Don't drop out of your competition and don't stress about it.'

     'I'm sorry.'

     He goes to school and used all the equipment supplied. The company that generously annually donate was... The Samjeon company, it was owned by Han Soojii's parents. Since Sooji suddenly left school… The recovery equipment he requested were never sent.

     But Jaehwang doesn't understand why they would do it.

     Tap…

     In that moment, someone placed their hand on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw someone taller than him standing there.

     "Hey… What are you doing?"

     "Oh… Hi Dongchul."

     He was 186 centimeters tall, he weighed 106 kilograms and it was easy to mistake him for a bodybuilder. He was friendly and outgoing but they don't talk to each other that often but despite that, they shared the same brotherly bond. Jaehwang could tell that he also wanted to drop out of school and Dongchul could feel that something was bothering him as well.

     "What did you and the director talk about? I can that something's up with you."

     "I'll tell you later. I'm busy thinking right now."

     He waved his hand to move Dongchul away.

     He spoke in a calm manner instead of replying in an angry tone that might start a fight like Dongchul used to do. When Jaehwang returned to the hospital after treatment, Dongchul could tell something was bothering him better than anyone else.

     "Just tell me now!"

     Dongchul raised his voice and Jaehwang responded by taking a short breath. His voice was as loud as a train whistle and he's the kind of person that will keep screaming if you don't give an answer. So to avoid that, Jaehwang told him what happened.

     "She wants me to enter the national selection competition after a year of rest."

     "What?! Why is she talking nonsense?"

     And of course, the sound of Dongchul's voice echoed throughout the hallway and made Jaehwang start to regret his decision. He can't bring himself to think straight at the moment because right now, all he wants to do was to just put his feelings and thoughts to rest.

     Dongchul noticed how he's feeling without even thinking for a second.

     "What's the matter?!"

     "Shh. Let's leave."

     "Hey! Am I not mad right now? I know you're having a hard time! What is it!"

     "Samjeon."

     Dongchul stopped talking as soon as he heard that one word.

     "Samjeon… Is the director pressuring you? Is that why she said you rest for a whole year?"

     Jaehwan shook his head at Dongchul's question and answered,

     "No… I said that I'm stopping with archery and school… And I'm sorry to you,. We won't be able to graduate together.

     Dongchul began to explode after hearing those words. He clenched his hands into a fist, making his veins visible enough that it looked like there were earthworms inside his skin.

     "Samjeon industry...Sooji...That year?"

     "Dongchul…"

     "She taught you archery throughout that entire year of middle school. I don't understand what happened and what's going on…Ugh!"

     "I still don't know either! Don't talk so carelessly!."

     Dongchul looked up with a surprised look on his face. Jaehwang noticed and, in response, Jaehwang lifted his head to see what going on only to then mirror his expression. And he froze with that look on his face. The mood boils up and the passion feels have disappeared.

     It's been a really long time since he had seen Jaehwang look that way. It feels like a predator has captured its prey.

     He lost his sight on one eye and can only see blurred images. But, his other eye he can see fine.

     "Ah right, your eye is hurt. I got it."

     "Thanks."

     Dongchul took a deep breath.

     He remembered the day when they first met. It was the second year of middle school. But, at the same time, he wasn't only lucky enough in the second year, he also had a group of friends in the third year.

     When he thinks about it now, he wanted to fit in but he was tall than 99 percent of the middle school students… He was good at fights. And lastly, because of the fact that he was an orphan, the mean friends only made him lonelier.

     And because of that, he had a hard time. That is until, he one day bumped shoulders with Jaehwang while he was walking to school, he used that as an excuse to start an argument and they went into an empty alleyway to fight.

     Since then, they eventually became friends after they continued to run into each other. Then they got into the same archery team and they even ended up going to the same high school.

     "Damn it… I hear sunbae students whispering…"

     Dongchul is kind of dumb but, there's no one more strong minded than him. He was the only person that could calm Jaehwang down when he's angry.

     "Let's go."

     "Okay. It seems to be 6 of them… Let's go eat and drink."

     "Not right now..."

     Dongchul calmed down as Jaehwang tried to lead him back outside. It was much harder than it seems since it was a small hallway where it was difficult to breathe in... They then suddenly heard voices coming from down the hall.

     "Hey! Their voices are getting louder from down the hall!"

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     4 A Flawless Archery Machine 3

      Usually to leave peacefully, Jaehwang had a trick of being extra nice. When he finished treatment and came by and he was lonely. The 3rd year sunbae students were in charge so, different students were put aside and yelled at if they got in the way.

     He just finished shooting after coming to use the equipment without ruining anything. The director banned walking down the hallway with an arrow after finishing shooting practice. But, this is creating chaos right now.

     "Sorry."

     Jaehwang's decision to quit school had nothing to do with the arguing that he hated. He just politely lowered his head and turned around. But, unfortunately, the sunbaes wouldn't let them slip away that easily.

     "Hey! What are you doing? why'd you come, Dongchul? Are trying to skip school?!"

     "Uuh…"

     He kept his cool and followed Jaehwang out of the building, giving not the slightest bit of care about the sunbae students trying to start a fight.

     "How dare they try to start something with us?!"

     Pong!

     One of the sunbaes marched up to Dongchul and hits him on the side of his face. They might have driven them mad because they just walked away without a word or it might be Dongchul behaving like a quiet bear around the school. He kept his calm to the point that they are not sure what to do with him now.

     After being hit, Dongchul turned and looked towards Jaehwang in surprise, asking him if he should not hold back this time.

     In the beginning, he wanted to be friends with Jaehwang but he couldn't since his parents only let him have friends who play archery. But after introducing his unskilled orphaned friend to his parents, they treated him as their own. That's why since then, Dongchul strived to be better in archery until somehow he ended up being in the same team as Jaehwang.

     However, when Jaehwang said that he's finished with archery, that made him uninterested as well. But through all his current thoughts, he got busy fighting some of his classmates.

     "No."

     Jaehwang shook his head.

     Jaehwang has work to do. He wanted to visit his parent's graveyard as well as take care of the rest of his family's things. It doesn't matter even if used his mother's name since his uncle's evil plan robbed him of everything. But even so, he has to care for what's left and with him and with Dongchul giving up on school, the future looked bleak for the both of them.

     The moment Jaehwang calmed down Dongchul, an older student they triggered his short patience with a single breath.

     "Are you stupid!"

     The sunbae student hit him again and he screamed in pain.

     "Looks like I've been too nice!"

     Dongchul grabbed him by the back of his hair as he tried to walk away. He then took his wrist, turned him around and punched him in the mouth.

     The others who laughed while watching was forced shut their lips in shock of just happened but It wasn't long before they bared their teeth in anger and ganged up on Dongchul.

     A big fight broke out...

     But Jaehwang acted faster than them. He grabbed Dongchul and they started to run before the others could take out their arrows.

     Swoosh Swoosh!!

     He throws 2 arrows within 1.5 seconds. They quickly flew through the hallway and made its mark into the wall, landing just 1 centimeter away from hitting right through the middle of the 'Relax and be Kind' banner written in fancy Chinese writing.

     "Wow!"

     The sonbae students fell on their rear ends. They looked where the arrow had landed before they looked towards Jaehwang in fright, forgetting that they had just provoked a monster in archery.

     But what's more surprising was how weak his shooting was compared to before. His current equipment could be blamed, but the shot wasn't even accurate.

     "Dongchul."

     "What…"

     "Don't you regret it?"

     "It was their fault, ask them…"

     "Let's go."

     Jaehwang walked in front of the arrow he shot as tears began to well up in Dongchul's eyes. He then looked over towards Dongchul thereafter and throws the arrow over to the pleading students before they left the hallway.

     ***

     They walked out of the school with no delay and with no words to say to each other.

     They marched in the dreary winter weather with the cold wind blowing through their warm bodies..

     "Geez…It's so cold."

     Dongchul said with his body covered in sweat to which Jaehwang replied with a light laugh. But that feeling soon disappeared when his demeanor started to look more serious.

     "Are we really going to quit school?"

     "Yeah. There's no reason to stay…especially things are only getting worse.."

     "..."

     Jaehwang just shook his head at Dongchul's answer. Dongchul was actually only going to that school because of Jaehwang's parents. After going to one of two archery events he found that sports aren't for him. He was able to get into the school without much skills with the help of Jaehwang parents but now, it would be hard for him... His support from them was already gone so unless Jaehwang comes back, he had no choice but to leave.

     Jaehwang knew that and that's why he decided to join in when Dongchul decided to fight for him. Getting expelled or leaving... It doesn't mean anything to him.

     "What should we do..."

     "What are you thinking?"

     "I...Want to go to the mountains... There's nothing here left for me."

     Dongchul looked at him with an reluctant look on face and asked,

     "...That hell?..."

     Jaehwang smiled. He should be calling their current position hell. The familiar whispers of the city relaxed them as the birds in the background chirped a comfortable rhythm. Nothing's more comfortable than something like relaxation and meditation… and Archery.

     "Let's go to my parents grave. I have to go take care of everything…"

     "Okay."

     Dongchul just shook his head without saying anything and Jaehwang then clicked his tongue as he glared at him without saying a word. He obviously doesn't know what Dongchul was thinking of. He wants him to come with him but, Dongchul has to take care of the younger orphan kids. Maybe it's something conflicting between the two of them..

     "So, you're don't want to come?"

     "I don't know.."

     "You don't have to pay for the food."

     Dongchul was left unsure of what to say. He was a big eater.

     "Okay. Well…I don't know.."

     Jaehwang realized Dongchul's greatest burden so he decided to take that worry away from him.

     "Then, what do you really want to do?"

     Dongchul scratched the side of his face after he heard his question. He looked over towards the giant building in the far distance. He then saw a picture on the giant multivision screen and said,

     "I'm going to do that…"

     "Oh…"

     Jaehwang looked over in the same direction and knitted his brows.

     -They just came out of the Daehyun Battle University dimension gate. In the past, 2018's first dimension gate, hundreds and thousands of peoples' casualties were generated. And 60 years later after the first generation fusion, our country's best hunters kept everyone's casualties from being destroyed and the Daegu dimension gate 7th expedition was successfully finished.

     Bright fancy lights shone onto the giant baseball field-like multivision through the night match. There was a giant transparent mirror that reached 20 meters high. There were dozens of support lights and about 20 people standing in there.

     -Two more post were being built with the expedition that time. And it's available to anyone within 20 kilometers of every direction. And the natives are still...

     "I volunteered for military work so, I tried to applied to the Military Gagseog Training program support…The country will pay for all the Gagseog procedures in the country. They said that they will give it to you with 5 years of service."

     "Dongchul."

     Jaehwang looked at Dongchul with a worried expression.

     Gagseog, hunter... Things like that are said to not be for ordinary people. Of course in the past it was one of the biggest jobs but, those naturally born with the Gagseog talent were more likely to make money.

     The examination for Gagseog skills were free, obviously. Whenever the country saw that there were a lack of hunters, they would first find someone with the skills to fill the spot.

     The country paid for one's Gagseog procedure so could check their skill rank. It was hard to reach the rank to be qualified…

     For reference, Dongchul's rank was 3, and even though it's embarrassing to say, Jaehwang's closest rank was 5.

     "You do the procedure and even your skills rank 3 after three years. You have to change by work terms, witch aren't bad terms, right?"

     "Rank 4 hunters even die here."

     "And besides me, your younger siblings are going to worry about you..."

     Jaehwang showed Dongchul a face full of concern.

     There were a lot of fancy and brightly shining spotlights in the place.It looked good but, how many Gagseogs died in there? That's something that had to be thought about. Especially hunters ranked below 2, there was said to be an average of a 30 percent fail rate for them.

     "Even if you're a rank 2, you'll endure a lot over 5 years when they give 1 hundred million and E level license. Doesn't it sound easy."

     "Oh…"

     Jaehwang knew that Dongchul was strong so he just shook his head for now. Even those with similar ranks needed an infinite variety of physical strength and fighting skills followed by true fighting skills. Even if Dongchul were in the same rank, he may not have top rank fighting skills. But, there was something else that Jaehwang was worried about.

     "There's something I was trying to explain to the director…"

     "Ah...Oh…"

     After hearing that, Dongchul then looked at him with a sad face and put his head down.

     He remembered when they would go to school every day, the school that the director took pride in working for. But now they've quitted school and were considering doing dangerous things like Gagseog hunter volunteering.

     "Darn...Maybe you can go during archery season."

     "Maybe."

     Everything changed 60 years ago after the fusion.

     The generation fusion… Some have called it the dimension mashup…

     Some said that it was a sign of an alien invasion and even though it wasn't a sign of ruin, it was clearly not a natural thing. It was speculated that it involved a passing meteor colliding into the earth. It resulted into a cataclysmic impact that shook the three dimensions.

     "That's not it, I'm planning to go and at least reach the 4th rank..."

     Jaehwang then took a deep breath....

     He's going to try to improve his skills through Gagseog training and make it up to at least level four. Although that sounds very unlikely. If he's good enough to get into third place then maybe he can get into second and maybe if he's lucky enough, he can get into first.

     "Say that you just want to at least get 6th place."

     "Haha…"

     Dongchul just laughed.

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     5 To the Mountains Again… 1

      Two historic worlds brightly shining until the present. In the center of the first one, there appears to be a race of monsters. it looks like something in a fantasy novel. On the second one, there appears to be a wide variety of bizarre monsters around the globe. The humans dominated the worlds and meshed their 3 worlds together. And when that happened, the pre-existing humanity civilization development had begun again.

     They called it 'The hunter generation'.

     The Gagseog hunters..

     At the beginning of ancient times, an integrated defense system was made to 'Save' special skills of the enlighten Gagseogs that appeared. They came through their dimension gate and were trusted to save humanity.

     the first 10 years of the generation fusion were called 'the survival generation'. So with that being said, survival was their top priority... Countless natural gagseogs had started to appear and no one knew where they were coming from. They were pouring out of the two different dimension gates. They were busily saving the lives of other dimensions lives and then saving humanity. Their names were 'Eorawuzho', they were the true supporting heroes of the survival generation

     And 10 years after the generation fusion, a new type of Gagseog hunters started to appear one after another. They were called 'Rodoe' and they maintained their legendary from the past. They helped the people during fights. People had their stuff and called them 'artifacts', but their kind soon died due to a fatal injury. Their weapons were given to others and were protected. And others were given their artifacts to give them strength. And by their appearance, other dimension invasions were prevented.

     And in the last kind to come after 10 years were called 'Beyeondeos', they were called the Gagseog force in Korea.

     They didn't have any artifacts or a generation fusion integrated defense system. They bought technology made with pure strength as a gift. After the monsters died, they used the Manaseog's madu-technology they protected human Gagseogs. But, the human 'save' force access were protected.

     Although after all that, the Gagseog had become lowest ranking hunters of them all. But since then, through the number of humans, their enemies were overpowered. In recent times, besides going through dimensions, the invasion generation has arrived.

     They're called 'hunters'.

     "Do you want to go and eat?"

     "Sure."

     No one knows where Gagseogs came from or exactly how Beyeondo's live. But Dongchul and Jaehwang will not stop trying to find out. However, as dangerous as it may be, you can earn money from the life of a Beyeondo. Maybe he can respect his friend's decision and keep quiet about it.

     ***

     He didn't pack much luggage with him. The most things he had were his archery gear and his books. But, he donated all his books away. Maybe they're all in his head… A few days after sadly quitting archery, Jaehwang said goodbye to Dongchul and then got on the bus.

     "Wow, it's empty."

     The bus continued to move with quick and soundless driving. Jaehwang then looked out in the window and got lost in thought.

     He thought he would need a lot but he just bought his backpack and a few of the most important things. He brought traditional recover protection, an arrow that's been passed down for 20 generations and all the other equipment he would need in one bag.

     "Mommy look…That guy's face is weird."

     "Don't say that, honey."

     A little kid saw Jaehwang looking through the window, she pointed her finger towards him while telling her mom later who stopped her. He's not too conscious about right side of his face which distorted after the car accident. The damage had almost cost him his archery skills but he's lucky that at least, he didn't lose both of his eyes.

     Jaehwang covered his face with his hair and closed his eyes. Just being reminded about his face is enough to made him feel depressed and angry…

     Jaehwang found the place he came to look for, Gyeongsangbuk-do in Cheongsong-gun. A small village located in the mountains. He got off of the bus and started to walk. It should take about an hour to get there. Soon, after a few minutes of walking, he finally saw a glimpse of about 50 houses together in the distance of the village district.

     ***

     Jaehwang entered the village with nothing but his body and one huge bag.

     "Nothing has changed."

     The village still looked just the same as he remembered it from when he was little. Walking around felt as if time has stopped… This is the place where the other generation lived during a different time. If it wasn't for the only new building being the Village Hall, the village from the 70s be impossible to be mistaken. As he walked further into the settlement, he sees a familiar face.

     "Mr. Song, Hi Granddad….."

     Jaehwang bowed and the old man standing ahead of him replied with a surprised look in delight. He walked towards him and Jaehwang then put down his bag to shake his hand.

     "Oh my… Is it really you, Jaehwang?"

     "Yes, it's me. How have you been, Granddad?"

     "Good, things are the same... How long until you go back to school in Seoul… Are you on vacation?"

     "Well, uh…"

     After hearing his vague answer, his grand dad looked at him and takes his hand as he took a deep breath. He immediately understood what was going on.

     "You're going to your parents grave?"

     "Not yet, I just got here."

     He looked and saw the big bag that he carried.

     "… It can get very lonely living alone on the mountains…."

     ".…"

     His dad used to always call the mountain villagers 'Mountain people'. He naturally shut himself out on the mountains, almost living like a monk. Maybe the reason for him living like that was to connect with his past ancestors. He would go up and down the mountain to buy medicine and oftenly socialize with others. He would also hunt down wild pigs and wild cat-like animals that ruined the crops. On those days he would call the village's strong men to help prepare for a village feast.

     "Ah… I see. It's been awhile since I've seen the township office, I have to go find it and try to get a registration map. Then I have to talk to Mr. Kim's daughter."

     Mr. Song then wriggled his eyebrows.

     He didn't have any idea of what was going on. Maybe he quickly spent all of his parents insurance money and his uncle that disappeared came back.

     "So what are you planning on?"

     After hearing his question Mr. Song folded his arms and answered in a stern voice.

     "I heard that Mr Kim's daughter said that before the owner comes, nothing will ever be done and they'll just suffer. If a relative or someone comes then should I beg? Can't we call the police officers at the station and get help? Where will you go… humhum! I heard that even if someone goes there, they'll get beat with a club…"

     The mountain people knew that there were lots of tragedies happening in their home. no one is sadder than them about what's happening to their families.

     Luckily, the mountain people seemed to be good at coping with it. Jaehwang smiled. He had believed in and relied on so many people that betrayed him in the end. He doesn't want to believe in anyone right now but he knew he could trust these people.

     He doesn't know the people that well but they were his father's friends.

     "If the problem gets worse, can you do me a favor?"

     "The favor is…. The mountain people have suffered a lot these days… But these days those wild pigs are making things really hard. They've been destroying the farmers crops everyday…"

     "The pigs have gotten worse?"

     "Sigh… I can't even talk about it. The yams and potatoes that were being provided in the upper villages for a year are all being ruined…It's been scary these days that trees don't even grow over on that side of the mountain. Those pigs are so cruel…"

     "Do you think that it could be a monster?"

     The mountain is in an isolated location but after the generation fusion, another dimension gate opened but no monsters were ever spotted. However, Jaehwang has no doubt that something could have been going on. If the monsters did maybe show up on the mountain then that would be really dangerous.

     "I don't think so. They said that it wasn't a monster. Mr. Cho has seen it and said that it's only a giant wild pig…"

     "Oh…"

     After Mr. Song finishes talking, Jaehwang looks over towards the upper side of the mountain with worried eyes. His dad would always help the mountain people by hunting the pigs.

     He wants to help by hunting them but he was not as proficient as he used to be. His father was a master and he was only providing him support when they are out in the mountains in search of wild pigs.

     He wanted to try hunting the wild pigs to help the mountain people too. But all he has to hunt them with is a bow and arrow. In the beginning before his father was a professional archer, he used all of the wrong arching equipment. He started to ever go out hunting without bringing three hunting dogs with him.

     'If it's not a spotted animal and it's not a black tiger…'

     There's was no one there to look after the dogs on the mountain. There's no way that Jaehwang can manage to take the acquaintance dogs that his father taught with him. The dogs that his father taught were not just simple hybrids, they're Jindo dogs and a full sized Tosa crossbreed on the family tree.

     The body types of Jindo and Toslas are quite similar, but between the snout and dark ears, they can instantly be told apart. They're also 30 kilograms by birth and gain more weight everyday. They would chase Jaehwang and others. Because they ran around the mountain training and exercising, The wild pigs didn't stand a chance. Of course those guys surely wouldn't be able to do much now if they were here, it's dangerous now. Hunting is always a dangerous thing.

     "Well, I'll be on my way."

     "Okay."

     Mr. Song took a deep breath as he sat down and watched him go further away into the distance. Today seems especially like one of his bad dreams.

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     6 To the Mountains Again…2

      "It's cold…"

     Jaehwang carried a 40-kilogram backpack on his back as hiked up in the mountains. Reminiscing the time when he was young, he remembered the time that he would take a hike up the mountains with his father and they would usually spend their time together during vacations or on holidays.

     It would usually take about 3-4 hours to reach their destination and they would stay for only one hour before going back.

     It wasn't long before he found himself soaked in sweat while trying to catch his breath. So he decided to take his backpack off and placed it on the ground so he could take a rest.

     He soon then got back on his feet a couple of minutes later and did some light stretching before he got back to hiking.

     "I guess I haven't noticed how much I hated fitness when I was in school."

     If someone heard that then they would pass out screaming but, it's true to Jaehwang. His mom and dad worked at the bottom of the mountain and they have done this every single day. But they didn't carry much so it was so much faster. His father would never get tired, he definitely did not grow to have that same energy

     "Phew…"

     A mountain cabin soon appeared in the distance. It was a structure built with trees and wood down its very fence. There were never any other houses nearby except for the house of his father's parents but now his parent's house was the only one left standing…

     "It's a relief that no thieves came by."

     The lock combination to the front gate still worked just fine. Although the people that lived on this mountain went here from time to time, everything was still just as it should be.

     After dealing with the impact of losing his parents and all his injuries, he's now ready to relax and focus.

     Maybe he won't go back to the way he was before again.

     "Phew…"

     It was a tall and an exhausting mountain to climb so he fixed his tangled hair as well as his messy clothes. After that, he took a white plastic bag out of his backpack and went back to the back of the cabin. He followed along the broken wooden fence and saw his mom's vegetable garden, making him remember his past the longer he walks by it.

     There, he greeted two small burial mounds in a sunny spot on the ground. There were a bottle of soju and a pack of dried pollack for his dad. And for his mom, there were rice cakes stacked on a plate right next to her grave.

     "Dad, mom… I'm here."

     So far, he had struggled to handle everything on his own. He didn't want to neglect them here especially when there's nothing else around him but the mountains and their graves. He didn't even want his uncle around the cabin after he took all of their money and disappeared.

     "Mom… I'm sorry."

     He gave up archery and rejected to follow her footsteps. She never pressured him about it but he can't help but feel terrible. He knew that her mother loved archery just as much as he did and she never gave up and worked hard to achieve her dreams. He always had endless support and help from his mom but since now that he quitted archery and school, He felt like he had let her down.

     He stared at his parents grave for a moment before he took out a pair of gloves from his plastic bag. There was someone who came by from time to time to tidy up but, weeds grew fast in the mountains. He put the gloves on his hands and just when he was about to start cleaning, he noticed something.

     "Huh?"

     When he looked ahead and everything was intact but when he turned around, he saw the tracks of a wild animal that had made a mess digging around his father's grave. Jaehwang then used his hands to cope with his injured left eye to feel the tracks with his fingers.

     "Wild pigs... Those stupid animals…"

     It was impossible to avoid things like this from a wild animal in the middle of the mountains. Wild pigs are always around on this slope but Jaehwang can't help but get angry after seeing his father's unkempt grave.

     He jumped back on his feet and took his arrows as he planned to hunt for those pigs as soon as possible. But he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

     'Relax.'

     He learned from his father… No… The Joseon Dynasty period when a group specializing in hunting tigers were formed. That group of talented hunters passed down their skills to the next generation until his father passed it onto him. And thinking of that helped him managed to blot out the anger in his heart.

     Family

     At the same time, the tiger hunter group knew every root of martial arts. So with that special skill, they were ranked the highest in the military in the Joseon Dynasty times. The ancestors passed through the Japanese invasion of Korea and then they passed the last Korean war. Now they settle here in a remote mountain village..

     "Huu…."

     He learned relaxation from his father's strict training when he was young. Jaehwang has been learning the basics of that little by little in archery. The Gagseogs didn't use things from others, they made their own.

     He calmed himself down and repaired the grave with utmost care. Knowing that cleaning through the smallest of odors could keep the pigs away.

     After he finished up, he opened the lock and went inside the cabin. Jaehwang stepped inside the house and gathered his family's ancestral tablet. He placed them in the shrine before he started to clean the cabin. It already got dark in the mountains even though it was only early in the evening. He soon finished up cleaning and went to a bathhouse in a different location.

     Whirring

     He turned on the boiler and the bath began to fill itself with warm water. The boilers here were great but his parents would buy an expensive boiler when they would come here. He remembered when his dad carried a huge expensive boiler on his back up the mountain. Thinking about that made him miss his father and with that, he felt sad once again.

     "I'll quickly wash up."

     He has to get back to cleaning tomorrow so Jaehwang took off his clothes and sunk himself into the warm water of the bath. He let out a sigh of relief as he felt all of his stress and fatigue of the day melting away.

     His father would always say that it was not good to use a wet towel when you're tired. He mentioned that a person's body was always honest. For one's strength to improve, he/she could use a wet towel but soon that method would not work anymore even if it felt refreshing. So when one had to rest, he/she needs to make sure that it would be a good one.

     Jaehwang got out of the boiler and dried himself with a towel. He had a tall slender body with detailed muscles. He didn't get many muscles through working out or medicine, he just went and let his archery sculpt his body for him.

     He had a small tattoo on his chest. He didn't know exactly what it means but its shape resembled that of an animal.

     Jaehwang didn't even know where this tattoo came from. It just showed one day out of nowhere but he knew that he shared the same tattoo with his father who had the same symbol on his chest, which was only was bigger.

     Jaehwang woke up the next day at dawn and did a morning workout after a little cleaning. Morning workouts always start with some light jogging. The sun hasn't come hasn't even come out yet. He sees others running on the course.

     He would always only run half of the course with his father. They would spend time walking on the paths and practicing archery.

     "Huu… Huu…"

     He stopped to catch his breath after he reached his goal. He stopped at his favorite place to take look at the sunrise while resting on a giant rock. Two black rocks showed up from the direction of the Korean river. They weren't just any plain black rocks, they had a shiny and smooth surface with glittery silver specks just like the milky way.

     The sun started to rise as he continued his heavy breathing to recover from his early morning workout. After tirelessly running, He did a simple and easy breathing technique that his dad taught to him when he was young. He could not do it correctly at that time when he was 9 so he just would just mimic his dad. It was another happy memory that he and his father shared.

     After taking a break for some time, he opened his eyes and saw the sun rising right in front of him. Jaehwang used that as a cue to get up from his sitting spot and start running once again.

     He finished his morning run and went back inside the cabin. He cleaned the shrine and his ancestor's ancestral tablets.

     "Our ancestors have done great during all those years."

     He did a deep bow towards the ancestral tablets on the shrine and closed the eyes of the tablets one by one. The tablets on the shrine were originally from Yanggang-do Province of North Korea. An independence movement that happened during the Japanese colonial era in Manchuria. Because of his ancestors, the leader's surprise attacks had decreased and a 325 definite war broke out. The ancestral tablets and the family's treasure were all packed, was sent away and they weren't able to get some of them back.

     After that, the tablets slowly closed their eyes until Jaehwang finally picked them up. They were skillfully hidden behind the building and Jaehwang had to dig them out of concrete.

     Snap… Piing…

     Jaehwang went through the dark hallway and walked down the basement stairs with care. He then turned on the lights.

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     7 To the Mountains Again… 3

      He walked into a 60-meter tall giant basement. Deep inside were dozens of towering black wooden boxes lined across the ground. There's ventilation and a perfect humidity adjustment deep in the basement. There's dozens of horn bows with black tree lacquer dripping on them.

     They're weapons that his ancestors used to use.

     "They just need a little fixing and they'll be fine…"

     The most amazing weapons were hanging on the walls, the the best ones ever made. They were all old and have been used a lot. He opens the box to see what's inside. He then turns and looks towards another small weapon room.

     This is the place his dad collected arrows. There were three big and small archery strings stored on the top of the storage. On the left side there were inherited stones of various shapes and arrows lined up to its end. On the right side there were weapons made with new materials like recover protection and compound protection and other things hanging on the wall.

     Rattle

     Jaehwang walked over towards the room to the left and closely at the compound protection hanging on the wall. This was the present that his dad had left him. But they were not for hunting animals, they were for hunting monsters. The hunters used compound protection made with special alloy.

     The arrow was quite expensive, it's about 100 pounds heavy and it can protect you from an attack by a wild pig. Of course it wouldn't work as well with the monster life in this dimension.

     This special material can add an extra 200 pounds. The usual weight was about 100 pounds.

     "Sigh…"

     He adjusted a few things including the compound protection. He pulled a few strings and took a deep breath.

     He rested there and pulled the strings a few dozen and hundred times but, he didn't feel the same enjoyment pulling the arrows as he used to.

     He then decided to use the weapons on the left and to use the strength consuming compound protection… He went to the hunting equipment hanging on the wall to the right and got a hunting belt along with some other things.

     "Stupid wild pigs… I will hunt them down."

     ***

     Taktak…tak…

     Jaehwang followed his parent's hunting footsteps. He began the hunt and started tracing down those pigs. He puts on a black baseball cap and dark khaki colored spotted pants. He knew that the road was long but he made up in his mind that he will keep moving no matter what.

     He used to prepare so much more and take so many things when he was a beginner but now, he has nothing but his bow and arrows and the compound protection. He packed about one hundred arrows and almost all the essentials before he went out. Knowing that it could be dangerous when you don't have enough things and you came in contact with a wild pig. Your body will not always be the heaviest thing and even if the wild pigs were smaller than usual, one could still get hurt if he/she was careless or came in unprepared.

     "The shelter area hasn't changed a bit."

     Jaehwang stood between a tree and some rocks as he took a look around. Wild pigs could be found everywhere on the mountain, it was always hard to estimate how many there could be.

     'If I could guess, I would say that it's about more than 100… Maybe less than 50….'

     It may be more than that but he's not scared. If he was scared of something like a wild pig then he couldn't call himself a descendant of the best tiger hunters in the past.

     "Everything will go great."

     He will hunt the pigs and chase them away, it was a plan that sounded simple in mind but he also had to double check everything. He needed to make sure that everything would end up good for the benefit of the village, his parent's heritage and his own safety. So after closing his eyes to build up his focus, he stood up on his feet and climbed up on the tree beside him.

     Shwosh Shwosh…

     He ran as if he's climbing on the air like a fast monkey. Everything was easy for him to grab and jump onto since the tree leaves are big and the branches are heavy. He then found a spot high in the tree and looked around in the air with his eyes half open. All that he had to do now was to wait. Jaehwang then started to close his eyes as everything began to quiet down.

     And then… Hiding out was going great but then, there was something that he was missing… Giant wild pigs started to show up in the resting area about three meters away from the tree.

     ***

     It got darker and bugs had started to crawl around.

     The cold wind blew across the mountain peak and through the trees. The leaves had begun to shiver along with his limbs as the branches had started to creak, making it a bit hard for him to sleep. He was still feeling a little half-asleep but he was able to collect his focus as soon as he heard a noise.

     Tatak…Tak…

     As soon as he heard something. He detected small but frivolous footsteps and after a few more seconds, a wild pig appeared. The shelter area was then occupied by 20 to 30 more of them entered the resting area and started to dig into the ground. Soon the biggest pig that looks like the leader, walks into the middle of the resting area.

     It appeared to weigh about 200 Kilograms. It raised its head and looked all around the place. It then settled in the middle of the shelter area and started to rest. A giant male pig came with a female pig following along beside it. There's also a baby pig following a female pig.

     He watched the peaceful scenery of the wild pig family… but that beautiful scenery was soon ruined as his arrows began to rain down on them.

     Swoosh…Swoosh….

     Kwiik!!

     After that, the babies and the once calm female pigs shook in fear and violently buried their heads into the ground. The arrows haven't hit any of them yet but the pigs are confused on what's going on. Their wild instincts caused them to stay still and bury their heads into the floor as others ran around in panic.. The flurry of arrows continued until one hit the ground where the head of a giant female wild pig was buried.

     Kkwiik!

     The second shot hits a female pig and it screamed a painful shriek right before it died. After seeing that the other pigs ran away all in different directions to escape. Silence had started to spread for a moment until the oldest pig did a called and another male pig and escaped.

     It was a 200-kilogram pig but still with the special quality of a wild animal. It could run away in zigzags while maintaining its fast speed. But before it could even get ten meters away it got shot in the head and fell to the ground with a big thump.

     It was a big one but the long arrow hit its head making it struggle to yell as it fell. He looked at it and then shot another arrow. It went deep into its eye, making its lifeless body drop to the dirt.

     Swoosh Swoosh! Kwiik!

     The wild pig that stood in the center then died ushering others to run around in confusion. They finally began to leave the shelter area and the female pigs runs away with their babies running beside them.

     Ttak…

     He came out of the tree with the littlest of noise. He stretched, looked around and suddenly started to run.

     Takk…Tak…

     There's no light on the mountain but that won't stop him. It looked like the pigs were completely gone but looks like they often run on this path. They didn't intend on chasing him, that was just the path that they knew best so there was nowhere else they would be. He saw a female pig as he ran so he lifted his bow and took another shot. It went about 60 meters far…

     Swoosh…Pakk!

     Kwiik!

     The arrow struck the female pig, making it scream as it sunk into the ground. Without even watching to see if she died, he quickly shot at another.

     ***

     "Bakbak…"

     The sound of chickens woke Mr. Song at dawn. He yawned and got out of bed. He had gray, hair he's getting older and can't get up every day like he used to.

     Ttak…Tak….

     He hears a noise coming from the quietness of outside.

     "Son!"

     "Yes, grandfather?…"

     He heard the voices of the kids that have woken up before him. About 20 years ago when they started helping, he used to bring their families from their hometown. But then something happened, one of his legs got badly injured.

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     8 An Injured Child 1

      "I thought we were going to go together."

     "No, dad. I'll come back soon so please get a little more rest."

     "It's fine. I'll only be waiting for a little."

     Mr. Song got up and put on his working clothes.

     "Oh…It's not Jaehwang."

     "No, it's me. I'll do some planting…"

     He thought he heard his son and Jaehwang's voices from out of the window so Mr. Song got so excited and came outside. Jaehwang then shows up in his baseball cap and walks towards Mr. Song.

     "Hi, Granddad."

     "Jaehwang, what were you doing this early?"

     Jaehwang politely greeted Mr. Song who then noticed his clothes. He was wearing a black baseball cap and was covered in dirt, it looked like he's been running all night. He looked at him in surprise as soon as he noticed the compound protection on his back as well as the traditional hunting belt on his waist.

     "You were out all night?"

     "Yes."

     Mr. Song started to worry. Jaehwang's father was a very strong person and a skilled hunter at that so there was no need to be concerned but, Jaehwang was only 18 years old. Even hunters needed someone by their side to help them when they are out hunting wild animals. There's no other hunter his age in the village for him to take and that made him anxious.

     "There are no phones to use in case of emergency, but always be careful."

     "Yes, I'm always careful. I did find the pigs but because I went alone, it was a bit challenging."

     "Oh…Is that so."

     Mr. Song's concerned look was soon overtaken by relief. Jaehwang and his father would hunt pigs together ever since he was young. He was confident at his skills but hunting alone was not a good idea, he couldn't even consider it. He was just relieved that at least he wasn't bleeding from anywhere.

     "I'm going to the farm. Do you want to come with me, Jaehwang?"

     "Um…Well…"

     He scratched his head thinking that he couldn't just let his aging granddad work on the farm alone. Mr. Song's son then stopped him by shaking his head. He knows that Jaehwang was not just simply hunting pigs, he's doing this for the farm and now he needs some rest.

     "I'll do it, I'll go get ready."

     Mr. Song looked pleased. He lost his parents at an early age and he seemed to hurt both on the outside and the inside. He recovered and then came up to this mountain alone despite appearing to be very sad and lonely.

     But now, he could hunt again with a healthy body and he looks happy. Jaehwang scratched his head with a troubled look.

     "But… Granddad…"

     "Yes?"

     "We're going to need some people..."

     "Huh?"

     ***

     They gathered the strong men living in the neighborhood for assistance. All the adults and children were able to go down the mountain for lunch

     "A little more strength!"

     "Ugh….It's so big…."

     The giant pigs that were tied around the tree were being carried down the mountain with the help of the other strong volunteers. The village's old men, ladies, and young children then watched in awe for every animal that they would bring into their settlement.

     "Oh, wow… How much does it weigh?"

     "...This is really tiring.."

     "It's really big. It has to be about 300 Kilograms."

     "Look at this…"

     They brought about 11 pigs down to their village. The last one proved to be quite difficult to bring down.

     The female pig looked like it could easily weigh over 100 kilograms.

     Mr. Song were talking with a police officer from the side.

     "He did a good job."

     "Of course. Sir… This is great but... We would like the hunting area to be made spotless."

     Mr. Song laughed at the policeman in response.

     "Someone in the neighborhood could get hurt. But maybe you could take some of the meat back to the police station… You could take some home to your family"

     "Well… It has been a long time since I had something greasy. Ha-ha."

     "Right. And you can come to my house and I'll prepare it. But, I have to talk to you about something..."

     "Go on…"

     In the city there are jobs that you won't believe but, inthe middle of a country-like mountain there aren't many choices. There was on police station and one police corporal constable. There not even any government officials in the mountain.

     "What's that? There were so many wild pigs that you caught. We need someone like you living here."

     "Thanks, sir. There are no slaughterhouses or BBQ places here to help."

     "Haha, the police station gladly helps."

     He was only 18 years old, how could he have catch all those pigs. He looks over towards Mr. Song to ask a question.

     "Did he really catch them all by yourself?"

     The police officer said as he looked at the dead giant pigs. It seemed unbelievable. This is not something that an 18 year old can do. It's even incredibly hard for an adult to catch 1 wild pig an he caught 11 pigs.

     But no he's seeing it right in front of his eyes..

     There were arrows stuck in the head of the wild pig and the body was very clean. There were not a mark on his hunting gear and he was spotless, suggesting that it did not take a lot for him.

     Aiming for the head is not the usual way of hunting for wild pigs. That would be the best place for a human but, the thigh and the head is where to aim for a wild animal. Especially because the pigs have their bulldozer-like head-butt so a person would have to be very careful. If a mistake is made then the shot could bounce off and the person can get hurt while the pig just gets angrier.

     That's what experienced hunters would mainly do while also aiming for the lungs and heart… and the leg. That being relatively easy to aim for and a little dangerous. However, the pigs they were taking down the mountain are braindead.

     "That kid is amazing."

     "Ah… Yes, that kid…"

     The policeman nodded his head. In this neighborhood, if the deputy didn't know then he's like an agent. He may not have seen it personally but, he could see that Jaehwang has excellent skills.

     The officer then came by their house.

     "Don't mind it."

     "It's fine. But, your son…"

     "I've noticed that he went out hunting but he doesn't look hurt at all."

     "Is he okay?"

     The police officer said with a concerned look.

     "He's a strong kid, he's okay."

     "True."

     "Hmm… Over here?"

     "Right, that's it."

     In the entrance of Mr. Song's house were two paintings hanging on the wall. Two teen girls with pale white skin stood in the entrance of the house and looked around inside. They were both pretty but their looks don't match the atmosphere of the country.

     "Are you really going to sleep there?"

     "Yes, after my granddad falls asleep. I'll go back up the mountains and do some more hunting after dark… Have you seen it?"

     "Of course."

     Said the girl that was standing before him as the other girl who stood behind her smiled and nodded while the other talked. Even she had seen it. 11 adult pigs being carried down the mountain… The pigs were much bigger than them, it was nothing they have ever seen before.

     Even though it was a time where a monster could come out of nowhere, they seemed like normal city girls that you'd seen on TV. Instead of seeing a monster come out, what they had just seen in front of their eyes was the most exciting thing they've ever seen.

     "Was it hard? Weren't they so big?"

     " I don't really know. They were big but… I haven't been here in awhile."

     There was another place located at the bottom of the mountain, thats where Mr. Song's granddaughters came from. They were naturally fitting in well and they got to see something amazing for the first time. Instead of going back to hunt the pigs tonight, he'll just sleep at Mr. Song's house.

     "Are you a hunter?"

     "No, but he's only one year older than us, he can't be a type of Gagseog"

     He won't settle here for long, they didn't know much about him. They asked him if he was a hunter and looked as if they doubted the possibility. It was a commonly known fact that a type of hunter wouldn't be so young.

     Of course it's not there were never any young Gagseogs that existed.

     Naturally born Gagseogs and Dabauzers didn't do the same things at the same age but they both would appear. However, Dabauzers are very rare. They were different from them and the Beyondoes, they were blood descent and didn't have many skills.

     The Dabauzers and Beyondoes departing point in the beginning ruined their nobility among nobles.

     That was not simple development. Beyoendeos barely started to gain one common skills when the Gagseogs were at the save. But, Debauzers took the high rank for special skills and real skills 2-3 at a time.

     The subject had changed and their interest was back on the pig hunting once again.

     They told him that he's the most special and interesting person that came into this boring place.

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     9 An Injured Child 2

      An Injured Child 2

     "Ow…"

     The policeman became worried as he noticed Jaehwang suffering from muscle pains. Carrying 100-pound compound protection and arrows was not an easy feat. The Gagseogs could carry 200 pounds with no efforts but, Jaehwang was not like them. Gripping onto things was especially difficult and his arm hasn't gotten completely better after a year of rest.

     His original plan was to hand over those pigs and then head back up the mountain but Mr. Song won't let him.

     "Oww."

     He couldn't sleep because of his muscle pains and he then heard the sound of someone coming through the door of the room. Mr. Songs walked in so he hid under the blanket before he could see him.

     "Oh?"

     Mr. Song's granddaughters opened the door and they saw Jaehwang who have just come out of hiding. The girl stood there with her hand on the doorknob and they exchanged an awkward look. Silence filled the place and one of the girls were staring at Jaehwang's distorted face.

     "…"

     The burns on the right side of his face made it look hideous. Jaehwang just pretended that he didn't notice the girl staring at the deformed side of his face. It had been two years since the accident and he's used to this kind of reaction. But then, the girl took it too far.

     "Gross."

     "Hey!"

     The other girl with her told the girl not to be rude. She quickly covered her mouth realizing what she just said but it was already too late. Jaehwang wriggled his eyebrows. He wanted to lock himself up in the mountain cabin. He doesn't like when people mention the scars on his face…

     People ask about it a lot. Gagseogs would lose their arms and would easily still fit in but, why wouldn't they do anything like surgery people would ask… The would ask why don't they like surgery...

     Jaehwang's not stupid but he doesn't know why they made that decision. He could clearly see the problem. he could get his face fixed but he doesn't really care. But if his remaining eye started to go bad then he'll have no other choice but to consult with a doctor.

     But how would the surgery go? It would of course be very expensive. Besides, his face won't just magically be 'restored' or 'good as new'. He would have to go in very careful procedure and he would have to be kept asleep, that kind of treatment was even dangerous for a Gagseog. Even more so, dreaming would take a lot and he didn't have a lot in him.

     Anyway, now that his feelings are hurt, got up and left the room. She could try to apologize for what she said but she may not. He walked away and heard his granddad yelling at the girl.

     "Listen here! You shouldn't have said that!"

     The pigs were all gotten rid off so Mr. Song went inside to see if Jaehwang was resting well and he overheard what they said. He's usually really nice to them but he's not happy about what they said to Jaehwang.

     "Granddad…"

     The girls tried to explain that it was an accident and it already made her feel terrible but Mr. Song wasn't buying it. They then looked over and saw Jaehwang opening the door.

     Click…

     He's all dressed in his hiking gear and packed with his equipment. He took his hiking boots off of the floor and puts them on and says goodbye to Mr. Song.

     "Granddad, I'll be going up mountains early today."

     "Jaehwang… Kids can be childish…"

     He tried to stop him but Jaehwang just said goodbye and quickly left out the house.

     He came to a place he thought of as home to rest is heart but wasn't what he wanted it to be. He got hurt and angry. And he couldn't say anything mean to others just because he's unhappy.

     After all, he was still young.

     "Jaehwang…"

     He disappeared before he could say anything else. Mr. Song puts a bag into his jacket and puts it on. Jaehwang caught a lot of wild pigs. Now they were in a slaughterhouse and a BBQ place selling it for $5.20 dollar per pound. He's going to go tell Jaehwang that running away is not a good idea and apologize.

     "Sigh…"

     ***

     A few days have passed and Jaehwang was in the mountains, soaked in sweat as he held onto the bowstring.

     He felt like his strength was being drained away at every movement but he focused on his breathing and kept on pulling.

     "Hue.. Hue.."

     TtuTuk…

     After pulling, he saw the arrow hit the ground and he carefully controlled it little by little. The arrow that fell to the ground is not a normal arrow.

     The arrow was made of iron and the string was a wire. It weighed about 30 kilograms… His dad used to use it as a training tool. Jaehwang used to use it a lot in the past, it really gives you muscles.

     "Still as heavy as it used to be…Hue... Time to go and clean..."

     He went back to the place with the other training gear to rest in the bathhouse as he cleaned them off.

     Jaehwang took good care of the mountain cabin. After he finished cleaning, he gave his regards to the ancestral shrine before he went to the garden to do a bit of practicing. He would always feel refreshed after doing a morning jog and following it up with training.

     He wants to go hunting wild pigs the next day but his ankle is still not in a good condition after jogging. An ankle is an important part of morning hikes but that doesn't mean that he would just stop. He just decided to take it slow and avoid running as much as possible.

     It was common knowledge for anyone who lived alone that one must take care of his own body. He stretched when he felt stiff and relaxed when he felt tired. But, there's no way that he could keep going like this for so long. He would just have to forget about what happened at Mr. Song's house. Of course it wouldn't be an easy decision to make but that's what would have to happen.

     After 3 days of refreshing and resting, Jaehwang got back into the mountains to go hunting for wild pig. The days before he spent his time on the side of the mountain where his parents would always go. He caught some pigs there and then he went to the opposite side of the mountain to catch more. Those were the wild animals who damaged his parent's grave so he couldn't help but get mad every time he saw one.

     He planned to bring the pigs back to the village after he finished hunting and he planned to move into the mountains by next year. Luckily everything he needed to survive was already out here. If a time comes where he needed to go back, he would just need to remember the path back to his parent's grave.

     "It's freezing."

     It was especially cold on the upper mountain, he would stretch every hour to keep his body warm and cope with the cold. He suddenly remembered the story of a legend that descended from this mountain. His ancestors used to live here years ago and they told stories about how they would catch things like tigers and eat them.

     They said that the thunder in the rainstorms would be so strong that it could split their houses. They had lots of fun stories from those times. He doesn't remember them saying anything about dealing with monsters like people do these days.

     Tuktuktuk… Papapag.

     He heard the sound of something walking.

     'Perfect timing.'

     He sensed that the wild pigs were close by. He took slow and quiet steps towards the old cabin so he could get his arrows and put on his compound protection. He was using the same arrow that his father used in the past because they were made especially for hunting wild animals.

     Of course the wild animals they had in mind were not the wild pigs, they were for monsters. Hunting monsters is hard but shooting wild pigs in the head was all it took.

     "Hu…"

     Jaehwang gave a few light breaths and focused on where the sound was coming from.

     He already pulled the string, ready for what could happen at anytime. It took up to 60 percent of his strength to pull for just the right moment.

     "Huh?"

     Jaehwang got a bad feeling about his surroundings. Was it something that a hunter should be worried about? Or was it just a simple anxious feeling? It was in the middle of the night so it was hard to see what was there. It could just be a wild pig but he has a weird feeling that it may be something else. Something that he needed to be very careful of… Jaehwang started to feel worried. And just then, a giant wild pig appeared.

     'It's a male.'

     A huge wild pig showed up, It was much bigger than the ones he had hunted before. It may be the biggest wild pig in the mountain town… He knew that he wanted to take the challenge, however, Jaehwang didn't pull the string.

     It was an unplanned situation. He had to think it out, this pig could be the worst enemy of the mountain village. Its mouth was foaming like crazy and it was galloping around for no reason. It didn't look like the others, it must be their leader.

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     10 A Wound 1

      A Wound 1

     'It's here.'

     He couldn't see it with his own eyes but he could sense that it. It was dangerous...

     This is the first time he worried about his life while hunting. He held his breath and watched the wild pig run around. His senses soon unluckily became blocked.

     Swooswook…

     He felt something big coming his way. He couldn't see but he felt something gigantic about 3 meters away... The footsteps soon quieted down. There still was a little noise from the sound of leaves being stepped on. It's getting deeper into the fall season on the mountain so there will be a lot of noise when someone walks along the leaves .

     His heart was beating fast and he could barely move due to the leaves on the ground. The slightest of movements could risk catching its attention. The only thing that he could do is control his breathing and pray that it wouldn't find him.

     Totob!!

     Something big suddenly came out of nowhere and dashed by the tree where Jaehwang is hiding. It sunk its teeth in the pig making it scream.

     Kwiik!

     It then disappeared leaving the pig struggling and writhing in pain as it tried to run away.

     'It's strong enough to lift a 300 kilogram pig...'

     It raised the pig up into the air like it was nothing. A wild animal doesn't usually do something like that. Moving some of that size would surely end in a terrible result. And then… he started to hear a terrifying noise from deep within the mountains.

     Hwahdeuk…

     That couldn't be a wild pig. His teeth chatter as it sent out a chill down his spine.

     Jaehwang hid at the bottom of the tree and felt the hair on his arms stand up. He just witnessed a 300-kilogram pig getting eaten in one swallow. He could then hear the sound of something coming closer and closer.

     The darkness of the night impaired his vision and all he could get was a glimpse of its dark and stature fur as it walked on its hands and feet. It had a shape like a bear but there was none of those on this mountain since there was not enough prey for it to survive on. He got a closer look at it later and realized that it was not what he thought it was. It seemed to have a head like a snake and a crocodile combined.

     'It's a monster.'

     He had studied about monsters before. It must have gotten caught in the dimension gate. All sorts of tiers must have come through there. They must have gotten through the tear of the simple organization system.

     'It looks like a third tier monster… The lowest tier.'

     A third tier monster like this has never been on this mountain before. A group of level B hunters using the mana had tried to gather together and catch them before… They couldn't have escaped through the neighborhood dimension gate.

     The dimension gates in Korea are being watched by dozens of cameras. No one ever found anything. Hundreds of hunters would come and go everyday it should have been impossible to not have ever spotted a monster.

     After taking a few bites, the monster placed the entire pig in its mouth like a snake swallowing a deer. It then went completely silent after it finished. Jaehwang whispered in his head in the silence.

     'Gosh…'

     Jaehwang made a spot up in the tree because of how dangerous it is to stay on the ground…

     If he knew that there would be a monster out here, he would have secured a spot hours ago or he wouldn't have even come out to hunt in the first place.

     Tatakk…

     The moment he first felt it close by, he couldn't even think straight. He was almost ready to just run away. And by looking at the result, that's what he actually decided on.

     Swooswook… Peopeok

     He fell out of the tree and felt a shiver go down his spine as he looked back to where he was hiding. The giant monster was going to strike where he was sitting...

     Hwadangtang! Deudeudeuk!!

     "Keup…"

     He held his mouth closed with his hand before he could make any noise and started running away leaving the monster In the distance. He tried to find the route he took while trying to take off the limit for the compound protection.

     There was not a dent in the protection. Of course, even pulling the limit could only help with a 2nd tier monster. But his life is currently hanging by a thread and there was nothing else he could do.

     The moment he instinctively lowered his head, the strong winds began disappeared.

     Wild animals usually tend to make a call noise but the monster didn't do anything like that.

     He ran as far as he could until he was completely out of breath. The monster is big but it didn't have any trouble getting around. The bottom of the monster's foot was smooth and surrounded by fur so it didn't leave any footprints or make any noise which made it harder to track and detect.

     He ran to a place crowded with trees. The only advantage that he had against the monster was that he's smaller so it was easier for him to hide. It was hard to see since it was so dark but he was still happy that it increased his chances of survival.

     Kwagg!

     The sound of a fallen giant needle-leaf tree echoed throughout the mountains. He looked back and saw half of the chewed up head of a wild pig rolling on top of the leaves. That surprised him making him misstep his foot into a crack. He has one blind eye and a terrible sense of space perception. He could roll himself but now he was just met with bad luck.

     The smell of blood gets closer and he could feel the monster coming closer.

     'So this is how I'll die.'

     Now he can't decide, he's going by his hunter instincts. To trade places in this situation he would have to learn to not be an easy target.

     And again the two wheels were rolling, Jaehwang pulled out his tradition arrow and loaded it once. He also put on the compound protection.

     Eudeudeudeuk...

     He removed the limit off of the protection and it then weighted about about 200 pounds. The arrow string was still so heavy and hard to pull but he clenched his teeth and pulled with all his strength. His back and arm muscles felt as if they could burst.

     He kept pulling as hard as he could but the compound protection let off point reached its limit. He doesn't even have any time to waste, the monster is getting closer by the second.

     Paaang…

     He aimed for the monster's eye with the arrow but it flew through the wind and unfortunately missed its target. It stuck to the side of its neck for a moment but then fell to the ground as the shot was not strong enough.

     His attack did not help at all.

     Peoeok!

     "Keueuag!"

     The monster was getting close and he couldn't even scream for help. He strained his shoulder and fractured his rib due to his attempt to attack and he could no longer run. He then heard a ringing noise accompanied by a strong blast of wind that suddenly demolishing all the leaves of three trees, leaving Jaehwang covered in them.

     The sharp noise reached his ears and the leaves made him feel like he was a piece of wet paper while being stuck under them. The thought of just getting up and running away while screaming was constantly in the corner of his mind. But, he ignored it as there was nowhere to go and the best option he had was to hide where he currently was. If it weren't for the pile of leaves on the ground, he would have blacked out.

     'I'm going to die.'

     He started to feel hopeless, thinking he would die just like that. He still had to look after his parent's grave and clean the mountain cabin. He wanted to live to see Sooji again and find out what happened between them. He wants to keep doing archery.

     But… That's not what he actually wanted….

     He wanted to get revenge on everyone that betrayed him.

     The feelings that he have been holding in… Those words….

     The words he couldn't say before… the things he didn't say to keep a clean image. It was all a waste of time.

     Death now seems ridiculous when he thought about it.

     Rustle… Rustle…

     The giant monster walked quietly across the leaves as it came closer. It was now less than 10 meters away from him and there was nothing that Jaehwang could do but to close his eyes and clench his teeth.

     Keureuk…

     The monster stopped to look all around and then started walking again. Jaehwang was not out of the leaves but, the monster has to be at least 5 meters away. It hasn't found him and just wandered around for some time before it turned around to leave and then come back. He's not sure how much time has passed by. The monster suddenly lifted its head and started to walk around again. Jaehwang then disappears from under the leaves like smoke just as he wished for.

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     11 A Wound 2

      He dreamt it.

     He dreamt of disappearing into thick smoke while walking somewhere uncertain. He passed the same big boulder multiple times when he suddenly saw a cliff. In front of him appeared a very big staircase made of logs. The staircase only went halfway down the cliff but, there was a hut built at the end of it.

     It looked just like the hunter's past shelter rest areas of his father. On one side there were tigers and on the other, there was a family.

     Jaehwang walked down the staircase without even thinking. No one was calling him but he unintendedly followed to where the dream would lead him. The stairs felt like they've gone on forever by the time he reached the end of them.

     He then heard a voice when he arrived at the end.

     "We are left here to do the work for our descendants."

     Said a man with a high-pitched voice that looks to be in his 40s.

     "I know."

     One replied with a hoarse voice.

     "The last of the family's descendant. Now… We need to make an escape out of this tiresome place."

     "Yeah but we can't get away from that monster. It's been hundreds of years but it's still so powerful."

     "The world has changed. Soon we won't need to carry everything on our shoulders."

     "That's not enough for the monster."

     "Sanjo… if we keep going like this, then it'll all be over soon. Our fate is here, we just have to block the roads ahead of our descendants. It's not a bad thing! How long do we have to be controlled by this monster!"

     The two guys talked to each other. He didn't understand what they were talking about but he listened to every word they said carefully.

     'Trapped?… Does that mean, they are my ancestors?'

     His family… They were locked up in the middle of a remote village like this. They knew that they once had a great history thanks to the tales of his deceased father.

     "It's great."

     A man with a clear voice suddenly joined the conversation.

     "Tell us the story. It's a good one."

     "The one about the village and your kids…."

     He eventually couldn't hear their voices anymore. He wanted to walk closer but he could no longer move. He asked himself how much time has already passed. He wanted the thick fog to surround him and change where he's standing.

     "Ah…"

     Jaehwang sat down and leaned back as he just watched their mouths move.

     One of them looked like they've lived a lonely life and one of them were wearing fancy clothes. One looked like a deceased mother in a horsehair-woven headband and a red hanbok. But the one that caught his attention the most was the one sitting on the side. His head, shoulders, and arms were covered with armor.

     He stood there like his father. He could already see that he was an amazing tiger hunter during the Joseon Dynasty period.

     "Ieaya."

     "Yeah?"

     He calls to the one wearing the fancy clothes. Jaehwang then unknowingly fell to his knees trying to get a bit closer to hear what they were saying.

     His heart felt solemn as if he was being pulled.

     "I want to talk with you but we have a lot of work to do and we can't waste anymore time. Let's finish this and try to take back our freedom. We could maybe do it sooner but our situation has become harder. But after we finish this, we would be forgiven."

     She then disappeared as soon as he finished speaking without saying anything.

     "Hey! We're almost free. Our family will be able to stand tall again!"

     The amazing tiger hunter then disappeared along with the girl in fancy clothes.

     "I'm sorry. The family is stuck in a debt that has been passed down for years and now we're stuck here trying to fix it. But now is the time to put a stop to it, it's time to bring back the family name."

     "Ieaya, I have one more favor to ask of you. After you're done here, the star of your destiny will take you back to our hometown. We'll be left to finish up the debt, someone will show you the way."

     Paat…

     He disappeared after saying that and so does the mother in the Hanbok.

     Jaehwang looked around and was surprised by what he saw. He thought that there were only three but there are actually hundreds of them here. They were all wearing formal attire and their ages… he didn't know but the group looked like they shared the same age.

     "This is the last of our debt."

     He looked at them and saw their eyes darken by sadness yet glimmering in hope. Another guy then showed up who didn't look as old as the others, his eyes were different from the them. There he walked and stood beside Jaehwang.

     Not knowing when it would all end, they were filled with sadness but also love.

     Jaehwang didn't have any thoughts going through his head as he just stared at them blankly.

     As much as he would like to talk with his ancestors, he couldn't think of anything to say.

     "Son."

     "Dad…."

     He knew that it was only a dream but tears instantly started to well up in Jaehwang's eyes. The tears began to fall as he wiped them over and over again. He didn't want to miss a single second of seeing his father.

     "Dad?…"

     "Appa (Father)…"

     His dad liked it when he would always call him appa (father) even though he started to call him dad as he got older. He did have one more daughter and she called him that. Now that Jaehwang and his father had met again, he was very ashamed of what happened to the family and was scared of what could come next.

     "Let's hug one more time, son."

     His dad opened his arms wide and hugged Jaehwang. He felt happy that he was able to feel his father's warmth once again. He then heard a voice of someone he wished for from behind.

     "My son…"

     A pure and caring voice echoed from behind him. Jaehwang turned around to see who it was. There stood a person with a height that only reached his shoulders. The moment he turned around, tears had begun to well up in his eyes again.

     "Mom."

     "Son, you just don't stop growing, do you? Haha."

     She soon let go after they hugged but Jaehwang didn't want to move his arms away.

     "No! No! Don't let go. Don't go! Please don't go! Just stay here, please…"

     Jaehwang started to cry as their memories from before came rushing to his head.

     He didn't care that it was just a dream. He had been swept into this tragedy and he knew that he had already suffered enough. There were so many things that he wanted to say… He never even got to say goodbye.

     "I know, son… Your dad and I both know."

     "No.. You don't know. You don't know anything… You don't know how much I've missed you both…"

     "Don't worry, we know…"

     Patpat

     She lightly pats his back as he cried and talked.

     "...I'm sorry. I have nothing to show you both… Nothing…"

     His mother then pulled away and laughed.

     "How do you not have anything to show us?"

     "We're here with you and we're so happy."

     "You're here with us and that's all that we could ever ask for."

     "Mom… Dad…"

     Everything was just how he wished it would be. He was happy that he finally got to see them again.

     He hugged his father again and he felt that all of his stress and worries melting away. He felt healed and cried again. He kept himself inside the cabin to protect himself from strangers but he decided to forget it all and change how he feels about himself even though he understood that it won't be easy.

     "Son…"

     "Yes, dad?…"

     "Be strong. You'll get hurt but… You can do it, we believe in you."

     "Your mom and I will be going now…"

     Jaehwang didn't let go. He thought to himself that it would be okay even if he dies now, at least they could be together again… then they would be able to talk more.

     "You have to be strong! We are always watching you! Everyone is cheering for you!"

     "Us both and your ancestors will give you strength and If you still can't do it, that would be okay. But you and us all will have to pay for that later. You are next in line, be proud of the name you carry now, we have now come together to cheer you on... Okay?! We're watching."

     "..Wait"

     Before answering him, they both suddenly disappeared and reappeared along with the rest of their family down in the cabin area. They looked towards Jaehwang with tears welling up in their eyes. One of them soon slowly reached out their hand and walked towards him. They surrounded him as they reached out to him. Jaehwang responded with a warm smile.

     "Mom…Dad…"

     He realized that now was the time to go. He didn't want to leave but he knew now that his parents would never be far away from him.

     "You can do it, son."

     "We love you."

     Jaehwang let out a bright smile like a child as he waved and said his goodbyes. He told them that he will keep pushing forward and said everything he wished he could have told them before…

     "I love you. I love you… I love you."

     "We love you too, son. Forever."

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     12 A New Page 1

      Hwiii…

     A strong gust of wind blew across the shrine.

     The strings attached to the ancestral tablets flickered with a silver light as it began to lift itself up into the air and flew towards Jaehwang. A white cloud of dust then surrounded him and made him feel strong and energized.

     Taktak… Papag…

     The floor of the shrine torn in half and all the furniture was pulled up into the air. Everything in its path was destroyed as it opened the way for the moon to show and reveal it's light. Jaehwang remained unbothered as he continued to lie down on the floor with his eyes closed. He didn't know if what was happening was a good sign or not but he chose to just let it happen. He just smiled as he let time pass on its own.

     And then, something happened.

     A red light started bursting out of his chest. The cloud of dust grew even further as everything that remained floating in the air started to glow with the same color. It then started to move and take form into a shape of some animal.

     Geureur…

     The white dust as well as the red lights gathered into a single point and gave life to an enormous roaring beast.

     -Keuang!

     It took shape into a small tiger. It proceeded to run across the shrine which was covered by a glowing crimson light. It then started to slow down as its pulsating energy decreased to the point that the white dust inside of it began to leak.

     Whirriring…

     The ancestral tablets emitted a surge of energy and bounded themselves together. He tried to gain focus to understand what was happening but the force was so intense that it took all of his strength to barely pull through. He continued to exert his strength until he saw a blue colored light explode out of the three ancestral tables in the air...

     Kwakwang!

     The three tablets that bursting with blue light then exploded, hitting all of the other tablets that hand a red light. All of the energy lights then turned red and everything started to shake...

     -You again!

     An angry voice resonated throughout the shrine. He disregarded the other tablets that remained in the air and looked towards the red light.

     Papapang!

     -Keureur!

     The red light shook the entire shrine.

     -These people! Wasn't it enough to just lock them away for 500 years?

     The red tiger began to roar and the blue ancestral tablets started to shake faster as a clear voice started to talk.

     -Blame all of your terrible heroes.

     -Who are my heroes? I just had to follow my strengths… If I knew that these people were so hopeless then I would have personally asked them to die!

     -You can't break out again. They're all gone because of you. You know that right?

     -…

     -They protected you and you relied on them.

     After hearing that, the red lights grew brighter as if it was trying to display the voice's rage.

     -You should be buried in despair.

     -You deserve to be punished by the gods. But, we're in a dangerous situation right now. What should we do?

     -What?

     -The moment our ancestors' life sentence finishes, you'll be free again.

     -Well… For one thousand years the commandments have been protected at all cost. Things were going great. You promised. You said you would protect the kid till the end.

     -Our ancestors have been carrying our destiny on their shoulders for generations, I didn't know that they were the last ones. It must be hard so we have to protect them. But whoever it is, they can't blame us.

     -I know. I will also keep my promise.

     After the two of them finished talking, the red and blue light energies mixed together and faced Jaehwang.

     -You're all the world has left, stay here and help this kid. Until the day comes, you and that kid would have to choose between life or death.

     -Huh? We have to choose?!

     The red light suddenly began to shake.

     -Everything has already been decided. Follow along. Here.

     -These type of sneaky people… I like them!

     The red light replied as if it was complaining. The blue light then went into Jaehwang's injured right eye. The red light later followed as the ancestral tablets that were emitting the blue lights began to lose its strength.

     It gathered a lot of strength to subdue the other lights however, the blue light broke free and swooped through the air as if it still had something it had to do. It dashed straight over Jaehwang's body and remained in place.

     -Now, through this light, I will give you strength and energy.

     He helped him so he could help his ancestors. He begged him for his help, he begged Jaehwang to save all of them.

     -Please, help us!

     There was then the sound of dozens of people screaming.

     Patpatt… Patpatt… Patpatpattt…

     A red light emitted out of his eyes as his body absorbed the white dust surrounding him. He continued to absorb everything until the tablets floating in the air lost its power and fell to the ground one by one.

     A strange feeling started to spread through Jaehwang's entire body.

     Udeudeuk…

     The bones inside his body became distorted and made a cracking sound. His face was then horrendously deformed and he felt more pain as time went on.

     Kwahdeuk… Udeuk

     The power surged through Jaehwang's face and made his face muscles squirm. His hair and eyebrows fell out and flew together with the wind as all of the bones in his body were taken out and was later re-assembled.

     Jaehwang's body dried out and his eyes started to crack. He was worried if he would die like this. His skin then turned white and was torn open like a shell. The pain had finally stopped and he was now born again.

     Turning over a new leaf

     His entire body gushed out a torrent of black energy which was then replaced by a bright sparkling light as his body took on its new form. All of his scars from the accident disappeared and was replaced by skin that was good as new. He looked like a prince before but now, he bore an honorable face belonging to a saint.

     Everything was perfectly structured again and his hair grew until it reached his shoulders.

     Swoo…

     A few of the last ancestral tablets fell from out of the air. Jaehwang's perfectly reborn body was then dropped on the floor. There were only two ancestral tablets left and they trembled anxiously until a voice came out of them.

     "We have now given you everything."

     "Haha… Great. Now save us…"

     Pasasak…

     "Save our legacy and undo everything!"

     The three ancestral tablets then shattered and reduced to dust. The white energy from the shattered tablets then covered Jaehwang before they disappeared without a trace.

     Paat…

     The shrine thereafter exploded with white energy and poured every last drop of it into Jaehwangs body..

     Whoosh…

     The strong wind from the shrine eventually died down.

     [Saving the world fusion defensive system 'Save' Gagseog talents found.]

     [Skill analyzing… 'Immortal talent']

     [Recipient's system access starting…. Complete]

     [Saving the world fusion defensive system Gagseog willpower starting.]

     Whii…

     Thousands of strings appeared in the air over Jaehwang's body. One of them realized his biggest wish and placed itself onto him.

     [Gagseog… leveling system transplant complete…]

     [Promoting system transplant complete… Two common skills installed.]

     [Consumer capacity digitization analytic complete… transplant complete…]

     [descent inherit unique skill found…analyzing…three unique skills and 2 real skills found.]

     [Tiger hunter-Unique Skill, Rank 1]

     [Archery-Unique Skill, Rank 1]

     [Inherited Bowmanship-Unique Skill, Rank 1]

     [Energy- Real Skill, Rank 1]

     [Mental strength-Real Skill, Rank 1]

     Skill analyzing in progress…Skill meter complete!

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     13 A New Page 2

      "Ah…"

     Jaehwang was surprised as soon as he sat up and saw how messy the shrine turned looked. Everything was torn apart as if a typhoon raged through his home while he was asleep. He sighed as he gave his surroundings a blank stare until he noticed a cold feeling.

     He looked down and noticed that he was buck naked. All of his clothes were ripped away while he was being reborn again but Jaehwang didn't even know that it happened in the first place.

     Maybe someone else has been here? But it got even weirder when he realized that he somehow blacked out and forgot everything.

     "My eye…"

     He lost 30 percent of his eyesight when he injured his right eye in the accident. That accident had caused him to train much more so that he could get used to the imbalance in his vision. He could still shoot an arrow with his eyes closed but it was still hard. But then, he realized that his sight had gotten completely better. In fact, it was even better than before.

     'How could it have gotten so much better?…'

     He could see everything perfectly.

     He had a difficult time adjusting to the sudden change in his eye but, he eventually got used to it after focusing for a few seconds. He was so surprised over what happened with his eyes that he haven't noticed the other change yet.

     "What's going on? I must be going insane?"

     Before the accident, his skills were about 1.2 but now he feels like they're over 3.0.

     But the real surprise didn't come just yet. Jaehwang stood up and felt the strength and energy surging throughout his body. The numbness that he always felt in his right hand had now disappeared.

     He looked at his right hand and saw that all of the scarring and marks have disappeared. All he could see was porcelain white skin, it looked as good as new.

     "What the hell happened."

     He began to wonder on how he get there. He then started to remember the dream that he had.

     'It's all so clear…'

     That's it. He remembered that he went out hunting for wild pigs yesterday and almost died when he encountered a third tier monster. He barely escaped from that monster. He went back to the cabin after that and then into to the shrine where he instantly fell asleep. And… That dream…

     "Ah…"

     He remembered. The hunting rest area was filled with smoke… he met his ancestors… And… His mom… His dad…

     "It was only a dream…"

     It was just a dream but it felt so real. He met his parents and saw his ancestors. They were having such a hard time.

     "That couldn't have been real."

     He thought that maybe he just lost his mind and none of that really happened. He then felt a sharp pain throughout his body.

     It felt like something was broken. He heard a screaming sound that came out of nowhere. What could it be? Was it coming from him? What was it that his ancestors couldn't give up on? He wasn't sure about that but he knew that there was something that he needed to do. He knew that whatever happened to him, he won't be able to pay back all their kindness…

     He then saw something green flickering over in the corner of the room.

     He looked at it wondering what could it be…

     "Jaehwang, are you in the there?"

     He heard the voice of Mr. Song (his granddad) coming from outside the shrine. He quickly got up to let him know that he was there, but then he instantly froze after hearing a girl's voice.

     -They can't come in because you aren't wearing any clothes.

     "Huh?"

     He stopped moving looked down and realized that he really was still not wearing any clothes. He then looked all around the room wondering where that voice came from and then heard the voice again.

     -I wanted to talk to you. I want to know how you're feeling.

     Jaehwang then looked through the crack of the door and saw Mr. Song standing with his granddaughters from before.

     "Damn it!"

     He got frustrated about seeing those two and he was currently confused on what was going on.

     "Jaehwang, are you there?"

     Asked Mr. Song again. He would open the door immediately for him but Jaehwang couldn't open the door just yet.

     The cabin was located deep within the mountains and the path to get there was dark and dangerous. Because Jaehwang haven't returned from the cabin in a few days, Mr. Song started to get worried. So he bought the two girls with him to see what's going on.

     It wasn't a good idea to bring young girls out in the middle of the mountains like this but, they insisted on coming with him so they could apologize. However, the moment they stepped foot onto the mountain trail they regretted coming along…

     "Grandpa, when are we going to sit and take a rest?"

     The fall weather was cold but they were all covered in sweat. Mr. Song even got tired and was relieved when they finally reached their destination.

     "Uhh…"

     Jaehwang froze in place. He could hear them clearly but he couldn't come out yet.

     "What happened…"

     He looked around in confusion and saw his reflection in a piece of broken glass.

     He saw small writing on the side of his right eye.

     [Jaehwang-Tiger Hunter]

     He got a strange feeling as soon as he saw the writing. There was also some chord sticking out of him and his whole body felt weird.

     -Huh… Is it magic? Everything is completely different… This has to be magic.

     -Who are you?

     He asked a voice he heard in his head.

     -… If you don't know me then can you be ask that question? But it's fine. Everything you liked and everything you hated, it all has become one and you have to say it. You have been descended from a legendary archer who protected the central districts.

     The voice of a girl started to talk and he responded by tilting his head…

     -You'll save everyone, right? You'll hunt the monsters?

     He then heard the voice again.

     -Where is that coming from…

     He listened to the girl's clear voice which was changed into a more exciting tone.

     The moment he tried to ask what was she talking about, the shrine door slightly opened.

     "Are you there?"

     Mr. Song's granddaughter peeked through the door. He was not wearing any clothes but luckily, she didn't notice him. She just looked inside the shrine and then closed the door after a second. It seemed like she wasn't able to notice anyone in there.

     "Nothings here."

     "Don't just walk in!"

     He heard Mr Song's shout..

     The girls shared the same age as Jaehwang, if they saw him without any clothes then he wouldn't be able to look at them. He then wondered how the voice in his head knew about what happened to his archery skills.

     -How do you know all that?

     She answered back with a cold voice.

     Her words were full of sadness. She called him the world's monster hunter but she didn't sound too honest. She then asked something else in a more serious tone..

     -They're going to apologize. What are you going to say?

     It was easy to think about it but saying it aloud makes hard. Jaehwang didn't respond and then she answered back.

     -You don't have to hide, just be yourself. But, I don't think you should go out there without any clothes.

     The strange feeling inside of him then disappeared.

     -I'm still a bit tired but I'm done hiding. First, I need to get some clothes.

     'That's it.'

     He opened the window in the shrine and sneaked out to the back of the cabin. The window was quite far from the ground but his body had become light so it was easy. Jaehwang jumped through the window and went through the main entrance and put on the remaining clothes in his bag.

     -This path has been here for 500 years and these clothes have become completely become dull.

     The clothes were little dull but they'll have to do. He wanted to finish talking with the voice in his head but he first had to go find Mr. Song. As he was leaving the room, he caught a glimpse of his reflection on a mirror. He stopped to look and froze at what he saw.

     "My face…"

     He touched his face wondering what happened to it as well as his hair.

     "Oh my gosh."

     -Your face looks good…

     It was unbelievable. The scar that distorted his face was gone. But now his face looked different from what it was like before the accident, It was so much structured.

     "Who is this…"

     He asked who was the extremely handsome guy looking back at him in the mirror. It had been 2 years since the accident. His old face haven't completely disappeared but the face he saw looking back at him was very unfamiliar.

     Jaehwang then grabbed a hat off of the hanger and pulled it low over his face.

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     14 Maybe I’m Not Happy 1

      Maybe I'm Not Happy 1

     -Why are you hiding?

     -Even though I look good now, maybe I don't like it.

     He just gave a short answer.

     It's been 2 years since the accident happened. He didn't care about what he looked before because his fans were proud of him for who he was. But when the accident happened and his face.was damaged, they looked at his face in disgust and his beloved fans avoided him like a bug.

     Honestly, he didn't even feel like girls would like him now either…

     Instead of being happy about his handsome face, he was more happy about what happened to his eye. He had to find out how this happened. but until then, he couldn't let anyone see his face. He opened the door and left the room and went to greet Mr. Song.

     "Granddad, you're here."

     He said after greeting him.

     "Yes, I came to see you. Are you feeling okay?"

     "Yeah, I'm okay. But, I can't come back down to the village. I'm busy with all the training"

     "That's alright, we thought that you were still training."

     Mr. Song then gave him a smile filled with relief. Jaehwang hid his face and hair using a hat so they wouldn't be able to notice the change. Mr. Song guessed that the reason he was wearing it was because of what happened a few days ago.

     "Hello."

     The two girls walked next to Mr. Song and bowed their heads.

     "H-hello."

     Jaehwang responded with a light bow so his hat could stay in place.

     "I'm really sorry about what happened."

     Said the girl who called him ugly during his stay over at Mr. Song's house. Mr. Song scolded them both and told them about the tragedy that happened to him and his family. She wanted him to understand that she was not a terrible person, she just made a mistake.

     Jaehwang was a person who lost his family and half of his face. He's out at night hunting wild pigs for the people in the village. Nice people are the ones who usually get hurt...

     "It's okay."

     Jaehwang accepted her apology with a calm and a composed voice. He was hurt at first, but now his face changed so there was no need to hold a grudge about it anymore. However, his calm answer made their current situation worse.

     He tried to not sound angry and just be cool about it but it just made their entire conversation turn awkward. It did its job but it wasn't able to remove the remaining scars.

     "Jaehwang… Take this."

     Mr. Song broke the awkward atmosphere by handing him a dirty paper bag.

     "What's this?"

     "Well… Even though you've already caught so many wild pigs, I bought you something from the town. I tried to tell you about it that day, but you ran here so I came to give it to you."

     "Oh…Yeah."

     He said that he came all the way up this dangerous mountain to give him that but Jaehwang didn't look too happy about it. Jaehwang actually planned not to go down the mountain for a long time and because of that, Mr. Song went on an inconvenient trip just to hand it to him. All of this happened because he refused to get hurt and now he only felt worse.

     "Thank you."

     "Of course, hahaha"

     Jaehwang took the paper bag and bowed. Mr. Song then mirrored his movements and laughed with a breath of relief.

     "Have you had lunch?"

     "Oh…lunch."

     There aren't any clocks when you're out in the middle of the mountains. He just assumed the time by Mr. Song mentioning lunch.

     "I'm not ready yet but I will be there in just a little so we can all eat together, okay?"

     "Oh.. Okay. See you then."

     If they arrived here at noon then that meant that they went up the mountain early and that means they haven't eaten anything since this morning.

     "Okay, I'll be in the next room."

     "Okay."

     Jaehwang went into the kitchen and the two girls followed along.

     -Teen's clothing had become more and more revealing these days..

     Said the voice of the spirit inside of him, making Jaehwang look back. Mr. Song's granddaughters seem prepared for the fall weather. They were wearing hiking pants and long sleeved tops. But after arriving here they've changed into a bit revealing t-shirts and skinny jeans. It was warm at the top so that made it wearable.

     -Do they like to eat wild pigs?

     -Shut up.

     He told the spirit in his head to be quiet before he turned to the two girls.

     "I can do it alone, it's okay. Go have some rest."

     "No, please let us help."

     "It's okay, I'll do it."

     There was not much to work with.

     He was not a good cook but he planned to cook the vegetables with garlic, soy sauce, and salt.

     "Then just let us watch you at least."

     Jaehwhang glance towards the side and took a deep breath.

     "Follow me."

     They came into the kitchen and Jaehwang opened the bag of rice.

     "Do I have enough?"

     He didn't buy much since he lived alone but now he had to make a meal for three more. The thought of going down the mountain to buy food ran through his mind but there was no time. He needed to satisfy his guest at the moment so he washed the rice with water and placed it in the electric rice cooker.

     [Jaehwang-The cook]

     He then noticed his reflection in the boiling water and saw the writing that suddenly started to show up on his right eye.

     'How did that get there?'

     In the shrine it said 'Tiger Hunter' but now it says 'Cook'. He somehow felt a change as he placed the rice in the water and saw it.

     He didn't have any idea of what was going on but it felt weird. He sent the girls off and told them how he would do it and then he checked the rice water again and turned it up a bit higher. Now all that was left to do was to make the side dishes…

     "Whoa…"

     The two girls peeked through the door and watched him cook in awe. He was not an amazing cook. It was nothing special, the ingredients were few and common. What he did was pretty basic, he just cooked the pork with vegetables and added an egg.

     But his movements were so concise and quick. He lightly washed the vegetables and placed them in the water. He then broke the egg and placed it into the ttukbaegi (soybean paste stew). He followed up by adding in various types of neatly cut vegetables with rhythmical movements like a professional chef.

     There was some stopwatch in his head that lets him know when it was time to switch to the next dish. He picked the vegetables out of the water and sprinkled some seasoning on them. He made three to four new side dishes. This was the first time he tried making one and they turned out to be perfect.

     Jaehwang was as surprised as the girls who watching him.

     "Since when could I cook like this?"

     The recipe didn't come out as he thought it would.

     'What is this?'

     He decided to make something flavorful and the ideas just rushed through his head. The seasonings even added the taste he was going for.

     -Wow… You're surprisingly good at cooking.

     The spirit inside him admired his skills… he then went to set the table and placed the food on it. The girls were not able to move on from watching his cooking skills. They followed him back into the kitchen after he finished setting the rice and the steamed eggs on the table .

     "Wow… You did all of this?"

     One of the girls said while they both looked at the set table in surprise. He was just 18 and looking after the cabin in the middle of the mountains. They couldn't believe that it was so clean and he was this talented.

     "Wow…"

     Mr. Song picked up a pair of chopstick and proceeded to take a little bite off of the seasoned bracken and his eyes opened widely with shock.

     The scent of the vegetables and its texture were perfect. The soy sauce salt, garlic and perilla oil were all blended together so well. The steamed eggs were soft like a sponge and the rice was flawlessly cooked.

     His granddaughters came and they all joined the table. The three of them took a bowl of rice blew off its steam. Mr. Song then tried a side dish.

     "Isn't it good?"

     "Wow! I didn't know you could cook like this. Haha."

     "It's amazing. It was just like what my mom used to make."

     "How did you get all the ingredients for this?"

     He would ask for a thank you but their compliments were more than enough. He couldn't eat anything because he couldn't risk showing his face. He just sat there and kept a conversation going so that no one would notice and get suspicious.

     After treating Mr. Song to a meal, he gave the two girls a glass of water and sat down. Usually he would just send them off sooner but there was a chance that they would get suspicious of him. So he just sent them off after they've finished their meal... He then asked an important question to Mr. Song.

     Mr. Song wriggles his eyebrows.

     "A monster?"

     "Yea, near a giant rock behind the village in the valley."

     Mr. Song's complexion turned pale in fright. It was in the mountains but no one has ever seen a monster like this before. They have to warn the others about the monster so everyone could stay safe. But, that didn't sound like an optimal plan since that might cause everyone to unnecessarily panic.

     A serious atmosphere had overtaken the table. It was the kind of scene you could watch every day on TV, but somehow, they didn't expect this dangerous feeling to come in touch with reality.

     "It was a third tier monster. It looked…"

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     15 Maybe I’m not happy 2

      Jaehwang continued his story and Mr. Song listened to him as he nodded his head. Jaehwang told him about everything he saw that night without mentioning that he also almost died. The situation was as stressful, Jaehwang didn't want to give him something to worry about.

     "You have to report it to the police."

     "Yea, I was going to do that but, it's not easy up on the mountain."

     Mr. Song understood his reason and shook his head in agreement.

     "I see. they really need to at least make phone lines for this place but the last mountain village general didn't want that."

     "I would be so thankful if they could add them."

     "Me too. Are you okay? It's lonely here…"

     Mr. Song asked Jaehwang in a concerned voice.

     "I'm okay. This is my ancestor's place. I will take care of it and protect it."

     Mr. Song nodded his head and drank some water. After everyone had finished eating, Jaehwang sent them off and left the room to go back into the shrine.

     He greeted the ancestral tablets and then looked over towards the corner and saw the green light again.

     "It's so obvious."

     Two of his skillful talents were at the 5th place (the lowest) and his athletic skills weren't that good just yet, but when he started to remember what he learned before and what he learned them. He looked at the green mark and a status window soon appeared in front of him.

     Name: Jeon Jaehwang - Rank: F 10/0 Level 1/10000 exp

     Physical strength: 2

     Speed: 3

     Stamina: 2

     Sense: 5

     Consciousness: 2

     Installation: 43/50

     Installation recovery rate: 4

     Jinmeong

     -Archery Sniper (Real)

     Effects

     Speed: 0.5

     Sense: 1

     ???

     -Silent Tracker(Real)

     Effects

     Stamina: 1

     Installation recovery rate: 0.5

     ???

     Skills in Possession

     Unique Skill:

     Tiger hunter-Rank 1, 0.2 percent

     Archery-Rank 1, 0 percent

     Inherited skill-Rank 1, 0 percent.

     Real Skill

     Energy-Rank 1, 1.43 percent

     Determination-Rank 1 0.98 percent

     Special Skill

     -

     Common Skill

     Cooking- Rank 1, 0.21 percent

     Fast Resurrection-Rank 1, 0 percent

     "I'm…A gagseog."

     This was something that he somehow expected before but he couldn't help but look at the status window with a puzzled expression.

     -Wow… It's amazing. Only 500 years had passed by and magic like this happened…

     The spirit inside of him spoke again.

     -Do you know about the monster?

     Of course that was something that everyone was completely aware of.

     -I have to be careful to not attract any monsters.

     He knew that he had to be wary of the monster. He needed to hear every detail and know every bit of information but he ignored that thought for now.

     -If you don't like it then don't think about it.

     -Huh?

     The spirit said cutting off Jaehwang's thinking.

     -I would be angry too if I heard a different person's voice in my head. I would immediately tell it to leave if I didn't like it…

     -You…Never mind…

     He started to get mad…Jaehwang then talked in a more serious and stern voice.

     -If you can't leave then be quiet.

     -Humph!

     The spirit then stopped talking and Jaehwang went back to the status window projecting from the green light.

     He had a lot to do every day and he never had a strange voice in his head interrupting him. A spirit in his head made him feel anxious. He was having trouble figuring out his thoughts and it got harder to pinpoint what he really thought.

     Of course he didn't hear every single thing the spirit said. It could move into his heart so he could just have full control over his thoughts. That thought might be as good as it sounds but it wasn't an easy thing to do since the whole process would tire him out mentally.

     He just hoped that maybe the spirit wouldn't behave like this all the time. He was starting to get annoyed because everytime he tried to think of something, the spirit would interrupt and confuse him.

     "Quiet down, it doesn't matter."

     He ignored the spirit in his head and proceeded to leave the room. It was when he realized that his strength had increased and he felt that he could now lift an extra hundred kilograms.

     His physical strength originally had a rating of 2. Before he could only easily lift things that weighed 80 kilograms but now he could lift things weighing 160 kilograms with no effort. It was like his entire body had changed. He smiled, realizing that this would help him be able to constantly train.

     Getting to the next level was important but he knew that he had to start from the basics and gain more synergy…

     Reaching that goal couldn't be treated as a walk in the park. It would not only be about lifting things with his strength alone, it was also important that he could lift heavier things faster. He needed to lift things and walk at the same time. He was decided that would be the best course of practice since his body's ability would rise higher and he would become strong all over.

     But if that was too hard then he would definitely stop…

     "Is there something wrong with the skill?"

     When he was younger he would do it as if he was playing a mobile game. The skill came out nicely just as he wanted but the muscles he got were not helpful to his kills at that time. Every Gagseog had the same skills and Jaehwang had a hard time utilizing them.

     They especially had a lot of common skills. Biyeondoes had a lot of skills as well, but real skills weren't even developed on the few of their kind.

     Sharing the same skill names didn't mean they would also share the same effects. There were also a few cases that even though their names and effects were completely different, they both had a similar effect.

     Besides, some real skills were rare between Biyeondoes and Gagseogs. It also wasn't that having a real skill would be useless for them, everyone that had a real skill were high ranked hunters.

     Heroes in the past needed all the skills that they could get and they seemed to not know everything although they didn't even know about the few really unique skills that were left.

     Jaehwang made a light movement to check the changes. His speed felt faster even though his feet didn't feel the same as before.

     For the first time, he felt like aiming for the highest rank after being reminded that he was in Rank F, level 1. He had set a clear goal to reach the next rank and eventually reach level 10

     "I'm…A debaouser?"

     He thought that he was a Gagseop before but now he was starting to rethink it. He was a noble hunter… He just went through dozens of modifications.

     First off, he was happy. What else could he fell other than that?

     He became stronger and now he knew that couldn't get hurt like before. He wrapped his hands into a fist and stared at it with a beaming smile. He then heard the voice from inside his head again.

     -For hundreds of years, your ancestors had sacrificed everything so you could be happy…

     -What are you talking about?

     -Just as I said. It looked like you've gotten stronger and it made you happy but, the reason you're strong was because of your ancestors' sacrifice.

     The voice spoke with a cold tone and Jaehwang turned his back around in the shrine. A dark shadow then appeared from the ancestral tablets on the altar.

     -I think we need to talk. Tell me, what are you talking about?….

     The place was filled silence and then the voice started to talk again.

     -I'm in the middle of another spell so I could tell you the details of the story. But another one of those sneaky tricks were coming up so I wouldn't be able to tell you everything.

     -No, just tell me.

     -Fine. A long time ago I met someone and he cursed me. I was able to survive with half of my body doing fine. I thought that maybe the only way to break it was to let your ancestors lift it so I had to confront them. And now, you're standing at the very place were your ancestors and I fought that day.

     -How did it happen?

     -Well, your ancestors broke their promise.

     -…And?

     -When I woke up, your ancestors were trying to trap me in a box. I didn't know that they couldn't just lock me in there and imprison me. But I felt like there was something bigger than that since they all gathered together and tried to confine me for hundreds of years.

     They used up all of their energy until I was destroyed.

     For 500 years, dozens of your ancestors lived and died together… Your ancestors had been protecting you for generations…

     -Stop…

     Jaehwang warned the spirit to stop talking.

     -They did all of it just for you!

     He then got mad.

     Kwang!

     "..."

     Jaehwang then made a fist with his two hands and hit the top of the shrine.

     The spirit stopped talking and he felt the spirit going out of his head and into his heart. Jaehwang felt a cold feeling inside of him.

     The spirit started to calm him down after a long time but she was still in Jaehwang's heart making it cold.

     Both of them were connected spiritually and with just one word, his sadness became hers.

     Swoosh…

     A white light started to come out of Jaehwang's right eye and it started to take form in front of him. The shape took a form into a beautiful woman who was just as tall as Jaehwang. She had white hair that reached down to her waist and a porcelain white skin along with the mark of a tiger on her shoulder.

     She was wearing a long-sleeved dress that reached her ankles but she didn't seem delicate. She looked like a well-trained warrior.

     Jaehwang sensed something in front of him so he lifted his head and saw the girl standing there. She looked like she was maybe in her early twenties… He had never seen someone like her before. She then looked at him with a smile.

     "Who are you?"

     Jaehwang asked as he took a step back. The girl looked calm but Jaehwang's heart was already beating fast and his mind turned blank. She reminded him of Han Sooji, the girl that he used to date. Her appearance may have triggered his memories but that spirit's beauty couldn't be compared to hers.

     She covered her mouth with her hand and laughed. Her voice sounded familiar.

     "Are you a spirit?"

     "Yes."

     "Your face…?"

     "You've seen it before."

     Jaehwang unknowingly holds his breath.

     "Are you a tiger hunter?"

     She gave him a pitiful look and answered.

     "I have the power over every form of nature, I'm not an angel. Do you know why I'm here? I'm here to help you and…."

     "Ah…"

     He understood what she was saying so he looked at her and then closed his eyes. It was not anything simple and pretty, it was more of an evil call. He was much more comfortable than he thought he would be. Of course, that was because it was just her and his spirit being connected. She soon finished talking and he asked,

     "Could you go back in?"

     "Hm.. If that's what you want…"

     She transformed back into a cloud of white smoke before she went back through his right eye.

     -Are you there?

     -Yeah, and I could come out whenever you want.

     -Okay.

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     16 Maybe A Spirit is Very Useful 1

      The spirit mentioned something about a unique skill and Jaehwang just responded to by nodding his head.

     Jaehwang got up from his chair and jumped back on his feet. The energy was another skill he trained for since he was young. He always wondered how to change it and turn it like what he saw earlier.

     [Energy]

     Cheuu...

     He felt the energy that he couldn't feel before overflowing throughout his body. It felt like his skin has been ripped off and was replaced by a better one. They also poured out of his limbs and gave him a slight spin before it went back to his body.

     'This is a lot of energy.'

     Hunters would sometimes depend on this energy and would train them along with their physical abilities evenly. The hunters that had a lot of this energy could pass through rank B but they would usually stay at rank C.

     It was a common knowledge that the ones who learned to control this power would be able to progress much faster.

     'I'll use my father's breathing method to help control and control the energy.'

     He remembered that he didn't like his father before, the accident just served as a wake-up call and made him realize that he loved him as much as his loved his mother.

     He never liked the traditions and practices that his father drilled into him as a kid but he decided to stay at the cabin for a little longer anyway. He remained undecided if he still liked them or not but he chose to remain here as the only successor left to protect their heritage.

     But… He was also now living a new life all because of his ancestors' sacrifice.

     Jaehwang tried to think of a way to resolve it in his head. This was something that couldn't just be easily fixed. He tried to think about the kindness from his ancestors' hearts and a way he could somehow pay them back.

     He then recalled what happened in his dream and recollected the fragments of his ancestor's hopes and dreams. They said that they wanted to be set free. They all worked hard so their pain and suffering would end. That was all they wanted.

     'Freedom…'

     Jaehwang gave it some more thought. His descendants wanted to be free and they were all relying on Jaehwang to offer his helping hand.

     'I have to be strong so I could set them free.'

     Jaehwang then stood up from his seat.

     -Something's different about you.

     The spirit felt that something changed inside of him.

     -No…Nothing happened. I'm still the same.

     -I could feel a lot of energy coming from you.

     'And I guess I don't actually hate my ancestors.'

     ***

     The cold dawn wind blew throughout the mountain and reached every corner of his surroundings.

     'Ah…'

     Jaehwang stopped walking and stared into the small window projecting in front of him.

     The lowest skill that he had was [Tiger Hunter] and he could keep it for up to 30 seconds.

     '10 seconds have been used…'

     10 seconds was quite a lot in terms of combat. According to his calculations, 50 to 150 seconds should be his limit and escaping while he had more time would be great. But he also understood that there have been a few cases where he wouldn't have that luxury.

     He went to the mountains and brought all of his tiger-hunting arrows with him.

     He knew that his level was low, but he understood that he could get stronger. The duration of his skill increases along with his mental strength as he leveled up. He was level one and was currently sitting at the bottom of the rankings. He was slowly getting anxious about the monsters that he would face but his life and his ancestors' freedom depended on it. He almost died when he ran into that third tier monster and he didn't want something like that to happen again.

     That was his first reason. The second reason was that he came here because he had a unique skill called tiger hunter which he wanted to try out for himself. As strong as it might be, a unique skill could also be one's downfall. He/she could get the skill with just one word but there would also be a chance that it would not be a good thing. Jaehwang's goal was not to shorten his battles, it was more about finding a fatal weak point and striking it as soon as possible.

     And there was another reason that was similar to that one.

     Jaehwang grabbed his bow and readied his arrow instructions. He placed the arrow on the string and a window showed up projecting the details about the arrow.

     [Unique Arrow] [Arrow Barrage] [Guided Arrow] [Enhanced Arrow]

     The information was there to make things easier.

     He could even just touch the arrow and see all the information about it… He had to get used to using his skills and finding out how they worked since he only just got them.He was relieved that he didn't need to practice casting them.

     This would be the first time that he would be training with his new skills. He calmed his heart as he slowly readied the arrow instructions. He took a deep breath and the name of the skill showed up in his head.

     'It's a unique… arrow.'

     Dududuk…

     He pulled the arrow back on the red string and aimed. He shot it without making any mistakes and it was sent flying.

     'Isn't this amazing?'

     That's what someone would ask if they were there to witness it. He had no trouble with casting his skills but he still had to aim correctly. It would almost be impossible to see a target more than 200 meters away. It would be even more difficult to land a bullseye if he wouldn't take the time to aim. He had to use and coordinate with his eyes as well as his hands.

     He also had to consider the wind that blew around him. If he took a shot at the wrong time there would be a chance that his arrow would get redirected somewhere else by the wind. He then smiled. satisfied that the arrow followed in the direction he shot it.

     Pisisik…

     And with that, the secret skill finished its duration as all of its time had been used up. He sighed as he placed everything in order once again. He then thought,

     'Maybe I do need some practice.'

     He knew how to shoot and he understood how the skill worked but he was not used to it just yet. He wanted to learn more about it and how it could be used in used in a few other ways.

     He thought that it would be simple but he was still only a beginner, not an expert. And even though he had something that he could call his talent, he was having a hard time. He was not so versatile in terms of his skills so he had to learn how to properly use it…

     The skill time limit was inevitable. He now had the most valuable unique skill that he could think of. But no he somehow needs to get rid of the limit so that he could have a better practice.

     -We have a long way to go. All we can do is practice.

     -Good idea.

     ***

     He ended his practice, ate his breakfast, changed his clothes and then put on his backpack. He reached for his hat and pulled it down over his face to get ready and go down to the mountain village. He then heard the voice of the spirit inside him.

     -Oh you're finally going to a place where other humans live?

     -Yes. I have to buy groceries and I have to go and put the money that my granddad gave me in the bank…

     He never worried a lot about his groceries when he lived in the city. But now he had to calculate everything since he could only afford to go down every now and then. He had to figure out what he needed and buy only the necessities and not only food.

     People usually say they would like to live on the mountain but they only say that because they have never experienced it. It would be impossible for some of them to leave all of their convenient things behind.

     He went down the mountain and into his granddad's house. He saw that no one was home and proceeded to buy his groceries. And after that he went to the bus stop and took the village bus to get to the town.

     -It doesn't seem so bad here, I can hear some music, great music.

     The spirit kept mumbling.

     -Keep it down

     -Why!

     He couldn't hear anything so he started to get mad and the mumbling soon stopped.

     'I'm just tired.'

     He felt tired about having a whole different person inside his head. Jaehwang was not the type to show his anger and always kept everything to himself. These past two years had not been the best, he could keep a conversation going but talking to a spirit in his head was the weirdest thing ever. He barely knew her. And although he found her to be cool and all, she could be annoying when she rambles on.

     Whirring

     The bus came to a stop up. Jaehwang got on the bus and went on his way to the market. It was the biggest market in this small town and it was filled with lots of people. He bought rice, meat, and other things from the market adding up about $30.

     He finished his shopping spree and then wondered why he couldn't just get his things delivered.

     It was common knowledge that he could ask for delivery when he needed more than what he had planned. There was a chance that they couldn't deliver that far up in the mountain so he asked an employee at the shop to check.

     The employee answered back in a rude tone.

     "Yes we do offer that kind of service but do you think we would deliver that far up the mountain? No."

     The employee was a muscular looking guy. Jaehwang got mad at his rude answer so he replied in the same way.

     "But didn't it used to deliver that far?"

     The employee then started to get angry and raised his voice.

     "If you want to be annoying about it then fine! Go find the employee from then and ask him. But we don't deliver there now."

     The employee went back to work and Jaehwang just awkwardly scratches his head. Obviously that employee from then was no longer there and maybe just lives around the neighborhood now. They probably don't deliver that far anymore.

     "It's no big deal."

     Since there would be no deliveries, he thought that he would just have to keep taking the bus to the town. His energy improved but it could still reach its limit. He then heard the voice of the spirit again.

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     17 Maybe A Spirit is Very Useful 2

      -Hm… Did something happen?

     -Yea, they don't deliver stuff anymore so I can't take everything.

     The spirit fell silent for second before answering back.

     -I'll negotiate with them.

     -Huh?

     Jaehwang tilted his head as he wondered what she meant. She followed it up by explaining a way to negotiate and resolve the problem.

     -Can you help me? I want to buy all of this.

     -What do you need?

     -Okay, If it's not too much to ask for, I would just need help taking my stuff.

     Jaehwang nodded his head on what she said.

     -How can I take all of these?

     -Give me a second.

     After she went over on what she had to say they waited at the cart filled with the groceries. He then heard her voice again.

     -Hand out your right hand.

     Jaehwang opened his right hand and looked in surprise.

     -What's this?

     He asked as soon as he saw a deep black hole that had suddenly appeared in the middle of his palm.

     -Okay, now… Touch the groceries with your hand.

     He followed her instruction and touched everything in the cart with his right hand.

     Syuuuk

     Everything had started to move and he was left speechless.

     -What happened?

     -Just a little magic. There's endless amount of magic in the mountains that I could tap into. But here I have a limit on what I can do. It's not good to store your food in this place but we had to do it. This could take a while...

     -Ah... I see.

     And the magic started again and Jaehwang then said,

     -...Wow this is going great.

     She kept quiet as she took in all of the things from his cart with his hand.

     "Huh…"

     An employee saw Jaehwang sucking everything he bought into his hand. He got scared, he was just wearing old shabby clothes and a hat over his face. He was the one who came earlier to requesting for delivery and he didn't seem to be that strong.

     'If he has that kind of ability then why is he asking for something like a delivery?'

     The employee wondered why he didn't use that power in his own favor. He looked like a man who had a lot of pride and wants to let everyone know that he was a hunter.

     'Maybe it was on purpose…'

     Soon after using that plan to ask for delivery service, it was not working out as he planned.

     Of course, it was a dangerous plan but, it was worth the risk. Now the employee would have to give that hunter some settling money when he leaves. It could only be a small amount of change but the employee knew that he had to do it or else, he would be eating breakfast in the hospital tomorrow.

     Jaehwang started to absorb the groceries with his hands. He got the attention of other people in the market making them take a step back. No one could see his face so none could recognize him.

     "S-sir…Excuse me?"

     "Yes?"

     A male employee asked as he scratched his head in confusion. He had beads of sweat on his face as he looked around at the other senior employees. He then walked to the customer and asked what was going on.

     The male employee from earlier started to laugh. He laughed at the idea that he was now getting involved with him again asking if it was really that necessary. He was about to talk to him and Jaehwang then felt a strong force hitting at the back of his head.

     Pang!

     "Ow!"

     He fell flat on his face.

     "Sorry, sir. We would be doing some retraining so this kind of thing won't happen again."

     He looked at the one who interrupted him and hit him in the head. His facial expression couldn't be recognized because of his hat but he glared at him without saying anything.

     The employee didn't know what kind of mistake he made but he had experienced this kind of trouble with hunters before. He realized that it would be best to accept what would happen and get over with it.

     Th hunter came and complained about the products that he bought were expired. He didn't know who to talk to so he went towards to the female employee and she didn't have the answers he needed. Both parties were at fault since the hunter didn't check the expiration date ahead of time for the expired product.

     The employee replied back in an angry tone and the hunter responded by picking up his items ones by one and throwing them towards her. That day, everyone watched an employee eat 2.5 liters of spoiled milk.

     "You…Whatever, it's okay."

     Jaehwang unconsciously waved his hand with a deep breath to calm himself down and relax. No matter what happens, he didn't want them to see him as a bad person.

     "But, I have to buy some things."

     "Really?"

     Jaehwang said as he walked over towards the snack corner.

     -What's this?

     -Chocolate, snacks.

     -...Like pancakes?

     -Candy

     -It's like sugar? What's this?

     -Chocolate

     -Hm… It's weird but it looks good. Buy it.

     Jaehwang placed it in the cart.

     -That one… and that one…

     He then went over towards the food corner and as they passed by something that the spirit wanted he would just put it in the cart without a word.

     -That too, that looks good. Put that in there too.

     -You're going to eat that?

     -Uh… Well, it only has a good package to make you buy it, right?

     They then went over to the fruits and the bakery section.

     -Look at that! That red thing! And that over there too…It looks good. I want it.

     The spirit pointed out and begged for a colorful cream cake until Jaehwang placed it in the cart.

     - The total amount is $52 dollars and then all I have left is 9 dollars.

     He counted the cash in his wallet and then suddenly stopped. He looked at everything he bought and most of it was snacks like chocolate, candy, cake etc… He started to think about his parents again as he remembered that these were the ones that his mom and dad never allowed him to eat.

     But then a market representative saw a glance of his face and signaled someone to go and assist him. A female employee rushed to his side and extended her open palm.

     "Hand me your card, please."

     "Huh? Why?…"

     "Just hand it, please."

     "Okay okay…"

     She swiped his card through the cash register and gave him some cash.

     "Why are you giving me this cash?"

     "Our employee made a mistake and we're sorry for the poor service"

     Jaehwang just looked at her and nodded his head. It was a result of an employee giving him poor service but he soon thought about refusing that compensation.

     They then then finished swiping his card and paid for his groceries. As he left the senior employee took a deep breath of relief and looked the one who caused the problem.

     "Finally…"

     "Yeah... yeah"

     Peoeok…

     The senior employee hit the male employee on the head.

     "The payment for those things are coming out of your paycheck. Understood?"

     "Y-yes…"

     "I hope that you learned your lesson about saying unnecessary things."

     "The next time that hunter comes, tell me so I could leave."

     "Yeah...and thanks."

     ***

     "Jaehwang!"

     He arrived in the village and turned around after he heard someone calling his name. It was a head of the village, Mr. Kim who ran towards him and caught up.

     "Hello."

     "Hi… were you going up the mountain?"

     "Yeah."

     Mr. Kim was one of the youngest in the village head. He helped the village by taking care of its people. He did a really good job.

     "Cool, how are you enjoying mountain life?"

     "It's great."

     He greeted Jaehwang before giving him a business card.

     "The day after tomorrow?"

     "Yes, the day after tomorrow. We were trying to gather hunters to help catch that monster… It will be great. And you haven't even seen the face of the mountain general yet."

     Jaehwang responded by nodding his head. It was a bit of an inconvenience but, people could die if that monster was left to run free.

     "Okay, got it. I'll be there."

     "Okay. Ah… and…"

     Jaehwang waited for what Mr. Kim was about to say. He saw him run towards the city hall and came back a moment later with a black box. He handed it off to him with a smile.

     "What's this?"

     Jaehwang asked Mr. Kim as soon as he took the box in his hand.

     "We are trying to bring cell phones into the mountain but we're in the middle of a remote area so it was pretty difficult. So we're taking out village fees to buy metropolitan phones."

     A metropolitan phone on the mountain or a remote area somewhere would eventually lead to smartphones. It would be a necessity to hunters but it may not be worth it. A phone's price was double the amount of the payment that they would usually ask for.

     "Why are you giving this to me?…"

     "I just wanted someone to see it. But you don't have to take it."

     "No, it's okay, I'll take it."

     After a second thought, he returned the black box to Mr. Kim and declined his participation in the hunter-gathering.

     "Oh…I see… You caught the wild pigs for us and… you know. Honestly, this mountain is very dangerous so…You know… You were the only help that this mountain has ever had. So please, help us with this, please?"

     Jaehwang noticed that he kept saying 'You know' and it almost made him laugh. He also wondered why was he trying to give him this high priced phone. He knew at the back of his head that there were more important things that had to buy.

     This wasn't only about needing to buy buy things for him. This mountain was special to Jaehwang and buying off a few phones would not change it. He decided to join the monster hunt and take the phone.

     "Okay."

     He made a promise with himself since he was young that if the people on the mountain needed help, he wanted them to call him and he would not reject their request. He gave him a nod and took his box.

     "Thank you. II hope that it's not that big of a deal and that it would be too much of a burden to you…"

     "Yeah."

     Jaehwang took back the metropolitan phone and said goodbye.

     "Okay then, see you in a few days."

     "Okay."

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     18 Star Dust Clan 1

      Jaehwang walked through the entrance of the cabin.

     -Hand out your hand.

     He lifted his hand towards the floor of the room just as the spirit said. He then soon started to take out the snacks that he bought from the market one by one. Jaehwang then realized that they have bought more things than he thought. He took out the remaining ones as the hole on his hand became smaller.

     -.…Amazing. So convenient and unique.

     -Why did you want all this stuff?

     Jaehwang asked.

     -To eat it, of course.

     -Huh?

     Jaehwang tilted his head in confusion. He had always thought that the spirit lived like a parasite in his body. He wondered if she would make him eat it or she would eat it herself. A few other questions had flooded to his mind as the white dust started to come out of his eye.

     The dust gathered and soon turned into the shape of a person. Its height reached up to Jaehwang's chest and as its shape became more defined, it started to look like a 12-year-old. She bore a cute face but she also gave off a strange smell.

     "I think this will do."

     She glanced over towards Jaehwang and then turned her attention towards the room around her. She almost immediately started to eat the snacks that she asked for and it wasn't long before the candy wrappers had spread all over the place. Jaehwang could see the sparkles in her eyes as she looked at the candies while she stuffed her face with chocolate and candy.

     "Amazing. Is this really what you people eat? It's great."

     She gazed at the boxes with an innocent look before she took one and handed it to Jaehwang. He then extended his hand and silently took it.

     "Oh… What's this one?"

     She smelled the chocolate cookies as she picked up the box and used her fingers to pry it open. She slowly took one out and was mesmerized by the treat. She cleared her throat, opened her mouth and then proceeded to stuff every snack that she could get her hands on to her cheeks.

     "The taste!…It's so sweet…"

     She was as hyper as a child but Jaehwang found it cute. He couldn't even judge for being too excited since she has been trapped for a few thousands of years. He watched her for quite a bit and he couldn't help but feel a little bit interested.

     "Clean up after you eat."

     "I know."

     She answered back, hinting that she didn't like the idea of cleaning up. She just focused on eating her snacks as if nothing had happened.

     The entrance of the house softly opened and Jaehwang turned and could see the spirit eating snacks through the crack of the door.

     The both of them can now think and do what they wanted without any interference. He thought that he'll now be able to put his new abilities into use. And all she wanted to do was eat those snacks.

     "That girl."

     He smiled.

     ***

     A day had passed and today was the day for the hunter gathering in the village. Jaehwang made his way down the mountain at dawn but a giant rock appeared and blocked the path that he usually took.

     "The phone…"

     Syuuk

     He said as he took his phone and held it in his right hand.

     He turned on the phone, connected it to a map and typed in his current location with his finger. He had to be very specific when he typed it in.

     -I'm not your porter!

     Said the spirit in his head but Jaehwang just ignored it.

     -Be quiet.

     -Humph…

     The spirit's complaints had stopped as soon as Jaehwang asked her to. He continued on trying to get help using his phone. The spirit finally had started to listen to him and but then she stopped.

     After they went to the market and bought all kinds of snacks that she ate instantly. He wondered how was she able to do it. She devoured them all as if she was in another world. Despite that, they haven't been getting along that much. There were times that he would ask something but she barely listened and asked just ask him for favors.

     "If you want to eat, then do it."

     "Ugh…"

     After that, she gave him her attention without a word. She tried to behave as if she was in charge and didn't help him ever since he woke up that morning. She just stayed inside of him and never did anything to help.

     She knew that she had a lot to share with him. She could use a little of her magic and she still needed help from him… the only time that she got to do whatever she wanted was when he goes to sleep.

     She understood that she would have to settle in his body until she could get her full power back.

     But she does care about Jaehwang's situation as well.

     She couldn't let another spirit fall into him. She had to learn a lot since she barely knew anything about this world. Especially those sweet treats, she understood that she had to listen to him so she could get her hands on those sweet things.

     When he realized that she was there to offer her help, he had started to ask her for assistance and she was very useful.

     Even hunters didn't usually have lots of skills.

     Hunters were always making the things that they would need. It would be expensive but if they had a little money then they could get everything that they needed.

     The hunter's skill space was unexpectedly small. the length, width, and height were usually about 1 meter and even their skill rank space couldn't go over 3 meters. So compared to their limited skill slots, the spirit had unlimited power.

     And so Jaehwang needed lots of her help. He didn't know much but when he needed to he could search for something and he could quickly find it with her help. She was very strong and that was why he was taking the time to train with her. So when the times comes for them to engage in real combat, she would know what to do.

     -I need three broadhead covered arrows…

     Syusyuk….

     -This one…

     -Quiet.

     Jaehwang's eyes were filled with satisfaction as he looked at the three arrows in his hand. She still didn't want to listen but she had to help him get more money so he could buy her some more delicious food. That's why she followed his instructions and got the three arrows as he asked.

     But it got to her when the things that he asked for was already in front of him and he would still call for help. Today was the day where he would meet up with the other hunters. She could already imagine having to do all the heavy lifting.

     Jaehwang then arrived at the gathering. He bowed his head towards the older people and let the others know that he was there. He went to greet Mr. Song, who treated him like a grandson. He gave him a packed lunch.

     The hunters took a bus and arrived in the village at noon. It was not like a usual bus and everyone was given gloves as they entered.

     Whriinng

     The bus was used in Europe but now that was just a thing of the past. The door opened silently and all of the passengers walked out.

     "Wow… I didn't know there was a place like this in our country."

     "Quickly, get off and don't look around to much, I have motion sickness."

     This was the first time that they've have seen a place like this. They arrived in a place with a house that looked like a cottage inside a folk village. Everyone got off of the bus and looked around.

     "Supporting team hurry hurry, get moving. We have to get this done on a two-day schedule!"

     "Yes, sir."

     Said the commander in a loud voice when the passengers had have already gotten off. They gave her a nod as they took their luggage from beside the bus. The commander presented the job of each person as they greeted the head of the village.

     "I gave you all a call yesterday. You guys will be called 'the stardust supporting team'."

     "That's the village head. Mr. Kim Chan, he will take care of things."

     Jaehwang stood away from the village people and looked a the bus. Everyone had already gotten off the bus but there was so much look at. The black triangle shaped drone on the side of the bus was especially something that kept them distracted.

     The drone was mainly used in the middle of their formation. When a hunter explored and maintained their guard, the drone would keep a close check and monitor the team to make sure that everything will be okay.

     "Anyone bought a helping battery?"

     "Check these three blades again. Something seems to be wrong with them."

     The supporting team stuck together and watched the black drones. There were four people that seemed to be getting off the bus sluggishly.

     "Ugh… What is that smell?"

     The first person to get off the bus was a woman who looked like she was in her early thirties. She was wearing quite smokey makeup and she had a small bird tattoo. She covered her nose and looked around after getting off the bus.

     "Isn't that the smell of the fertilizer? …It didn't smell like that at home. The mountain is higher and more dangerous than I thought."

     Next, a guy that looked to be in his mid-forties walked off of the bus. He was wearing a belt with lots of tools attached to it. He looked very experienced yet he looked around him with a surprised face.

     "Wow... It's really high."

     A quiet young-looking handsome middle-aged man walked out and lifted his head as he took a deep breath. And lastly, a poor looking skinhead guy looked out of the bus and frowned at all the people around him.

     "Ah…Some zoo monkeys."

     He glared at everyone as if he was about to hunt them down. Everyone then noticed him glaring at them so they slowly moved away. They could still feel his stare at the back of their heads and sensed his intent to hunt them. But then, the man's strong presence disappeared.

     "Park Seungwon… If you bother the civilians you'll be out this time."

     "Yes, sir.."

     The middle-aged guy got a warning and he just stroked the back of his head and bowed in agreement.

     "He never listens…"

     "Okay. No matter how hard you prospect, there are limits in the clan. Obey. It will be decided if you can go through the gate or not depending on how you do on your report."

     "Yes, sir."

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     19 Star Dust Clan 2

      Skinhead woke up from his seat and joined the other group of village people.

     "Got it."

     He seemed to have low self-esteem, he just shook his head as he walked with his head down barely making a sound.

     The group of people walked into the village meeting hall and the hunters left. leaving the rest of the crowd left to whisper.

     "Wow, the ranks of these hunters are really high"

     Said by village person about their visitors.

     "Of course. Living that life takes a lot. Did you know that they didn't listen to anyone in the past and were just thrown away in the mountains?"

     Jaehwang was listening to what that one person said as the others continued to whisper. The first lady who got off carried a bow on her back and had an arrow case around her waist. She was carrying a lot of things with her.

     She had the same metallic quality of weapons and armor that soldiers use. It was clear to see that she had a great build of muscles behind her shield. The power suit that she had was pretty well-known. It recharges its power like other powered household things but the one that she had looked like it was customized.

     He was starting to see some familiar faces. he saw sees Mr. Song along with his granddaughters and their friends. They all saw a handsome hunter through the window and their faces suddenly turned red as if they were falling for him.

     "Jaehwang."

     The village head called Jaehwang from the inside.

     "I found the witness."

     "Yeah."

     Jaehwang took a deep breath and walked inside the hall.

     ***

     "Yeah, I couldn't hear anything at all."

     "Maybe there was something like a horn on the back?"

     "If there was a horn then it would have been noticeable."

     "Maybe… They weren't that big… how much should I explain?"

     "50 centimeters? Didn't it seem a little bigger than that?"

     "Uhh…"

     Jaehwang finished talking and the team questioned him with their arms folded.

     "It had a head that looked like a snake and… the body of a giant wild pig. Leader… what if the monster hurts someone… Wasn't there a gate leading towards the neighborhood?"

     "There wasn't one within 30 kilometers but there were two within 70 kilometers. The closest gate was towards Mujin district."

     "Oh…So there's nothing near there?"

     "Yeah. I don't know much but there was a wormhole that could have been built. The worst case scenario is if they opened this neighborhood's dimension gate but that could be a possibility. The wormhole to here was already destroyed."

     "But during the last hunter raid, was there a chance that something could have escaped here?"

     "No. But I think that of all the possibilities can't be overlooked. Second, someone had seen it already so if there was a gate then it needs to be found as soon as possible."

     "Let's go and get ready to check it out."

     "Okay. The monster was most likely hiding out somewhere and we can't ensure everyone's safety…"

     "Let's hope for the best. I hope we could get lucky."

     "No, that monster better hope that he's lucky. But, were not as big as the monster and even its head was huge. Maybe by the time we find it then it'll be up to the 4th tier."

     "Maybe."

     After hearing what he said, Jaehwang prayed for luck one more time. There were a lot of possible ways to block an attack from a 4th tier monster but to catch that monster, you would need an A ranked monster hunter in your raid team.

     "...We may not make it back. How much money do you guys have?"

     Skinhead reached out his hand with a frivolous tone and the guy next to him started to talk.

     "It sounds quite dangerous, will we be okay? Even if we find it, will we be able to catch it?"

     "We could prepare for everything and we will always be ready for a fight. You can all go now."

     The middle-aged woman replied as he faced Jaehwang and nodded his head. Jaehwang stood in his place and replied,

     "Going up the mountain is hard, it might even be harder for some first-timers. Would it be okay if I help guide the way?"

     Everyone in the meeting hall room looked at Jaehwang as if he was speaking a language they don't understand.

     "Everyone else, leave."

     Pong!

     "Ow…"

     She slapped the skinhead's head.

     "Apologize…"

     "I'm sorry."

     Everyone fell silent after that commotion.

     "Thanks for the offer but, there is always something dangerous during a raid. We will take the necessary precaution if someone gets hurt. Or else our clan could get penalty points from the governor and that wouldn't be good for anyone.

     He answered with a stern voice, making Jaehwang step back with a quick nod. He wanted to leave as well but, that was not a good time.

     ***

     Whriinng…

     There was no light and the gases from the night sky surrounded everything that their eyes could reach.

     "The driving system, Camera, heat sensor and the gas control system."

     "Good. First, we'll get some sleep and the get to plan A to C and then we will sleep again. We should be getting close to the monster soon."

     "Got it."

     The two drones flew up the mountain and the clan's supporting team drone started to analyze their environment by real-time data.

     "When we find it then the first half of our job will be finished. Good luck everyone."

     "Yes."

     "The present time is now 23:34, let's start the raid!"

     ***

     Crunch… crunch…

     The group of four people walked together along the dark mountain trail. The middle-aged woman took the lead and the handsome hunter walked right beside her. And the girl tattooed girl stood in the middle as the skinhead walked behind her.

     "What if a ghost comes out."

     "Be quiet."

     Skinhead squirmed, the girl with the tattoo then turned around and told him to keep it down.

     "You guys don't feel it? Something's chilly..."

     "And? Do you want to find it and ask it to be nice? How does something even seem chilly?…"

     Deudeudeuk…

     "Hey... Stop being so scared"

     She made a few noises as a joke to scare skinhead.

     "Don't break the formation. Someone could see you.."

     "Yes, leader."

     Everyone behaved at the leader's small warning.

     Teuteuk.. Teuk..

     "Ouch."

     The guy that walked behind the leader slipped and fell.

     "Is this what that guy was saying when he said it was dangerous?"

     "He was right about it being dangerous... be careful everyone and stick together."

     "Yes, leader."

     The supporting team then put on their headsets.

     -We're two kilometers from the northeast neighborhood… We have everything we need to track down the monster.

     -Which way?

     -Towards the southwest…

     -Great. The supporting team hunting has begun!

     -Okay. Looks like we'll be there in about 5 minutes.

     -Good. The fight is going great in our neighborhood. Where are you guys?

     -I'll check.

     She checked their location as the squad prepared for action. The leader held a long spear in her hands, the handsome guy had two short daggers, skinhead wore a knuckle weapon and the the tattooed girl reached for the switch to power her suit.

     About 100 meters Jaehwang sat and rested on a big rock.

     -When will we arrive at the monster?

     -I don't know. But it looks like we're getting close.

     -Really? I can't wait. Are there monsters from other dimensions?… did someone call it? Why are there some in America too?"

     -Because the first dimension gate opened in America.

     They talked for a while and then Jaehwang's story about the monster came up. He realized that he didn't get to see much of it. All he could remember is that it tried to attack him and he almost died.

     Now that he thought about it, he was already living in the same world as a monster. His dad used to run into monsters and even trained himself for it. That time it obviously wasn't a third tier monster but maybe if he knew what would happen that day then he would have gone into a hellish training just to prepare for it.

     -Hmm… I can feel a different energy.

     Jaehwang then woke up from being lost in thought and looked ahead. His right eye started to turn red as his retinas started to draw lines from out of it.

     The lines were three different colors. The red color reached out in front of him in a circular shape. More red colors started to come but those were much bigger compared the other ones. Two blue lines showed up to where the hunters are… The last light was white, it was spinning in a circle.

     -How far do we have?

     -About 250 to go.

     -How much in meters?

     -Gosh… that's about 900 meters.

     -It'll be hard to find the monster

     -Yeah.

     -Later we'll take a break and eat tiramisu.

     -Great!

     Everyone was suddenly energized. Jaehwang smiled as he watched. The colors had disappeared, leaving one big red line behind.

     Ever since he became a Gagseong, these things had been happening even at night. His eyes would glow and make his surroundings look as bright as midday. But besides that, he was able to help the people of the village with things like this.

     -Going to an empty space would be great but that would also maybe not be a great idea.

     Jaehwang then asked,

     -Why?

     -There's a small cliff behind us. It's covered with weeds but if you fall, it could be very dangerous.

     Jaehwang started to move as soon as she stopped talking. He knew that he had to use his [Tiger Hunter] skill where or when no one was looking at him. He planned to drop himself from the trees once they had reached their destination which was 60 meters away from the battlefield.

     -Everyone arm yourselves.

     -Huh? Are we going to fight now?

     -No… we're not fighting now. We're just getting ready...

     -Okay.

     They all did as the leader said. Jaehwang took out the big black protection shield in his right hand. It was something that his dad used when he fought the monsters. But today, Jaehwang would now use it as his own.

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     20 Star Dust Clan 3

      [Rank Battle - Cover Suit Protection]-Normal level

     Arrow Information:250 Pounds (Tuning +50 Pounds)

     Best Range: 2500 Meters

     Lowest Range: 400 Meters

     Material: Alloy Brass

     Special Ability: Sharpness(D Rank)

     He took the arrow in his hand and turned on his save system to analyze his item. Despite its seemingly broad capabilities, save mode couldn't analyze all types of weapons.

     It was made possible because of the affiliation skill that other hunters named 'the Ahietiem' possessed. This was something that hunters needed when they were out on a raid.

     There were more skills that were ranked higher than the Ahietiem but the skill itself was not made for Gagseogs, it was a past artifact.

     Gun powered weapons weren't the ones that were usually used. In the beginning, they would almost always use those kinds when fighting monsters. But that time has passed and now the corpse of monsters could be used as materials to make a brand new set of equipment. It boasts its great effectiveness and the Ahietems were the first ones to use them.

     Of course the other hunters like the 'Manas' had started to use their weapons as a defense system for the neutralization and the others followed along to use their weapons as well.

     -My mom only gave me $800 dollars and that's all…

     Hunter equipment was expensive. The hunter equipment Jaehwang had was the cover suit that his father bought and that was on a special sale. Jaehwang laughed thinking about how angry his mom was when she saw the receipt and got so mad at his father. Reminiscing those memories, he tightly grabs onto the cover suit handle.

     ***

     "I can feel that were almost there… the battlefront is just 300 meters away!"

     "Already? In your battle positions everyone…"

     "Yes, leader."

     They followed her command and assembled into their positions. They were already close to the battlefront with the drone taking the lead. It shot through them and quickly flying above their heads as they got closer.

     Swoosh…

     It glided through the wind and along with that, a giant alligator head appeared…

     Pakwag!!!

     The leader of the group pulled back her spear and threw it up ahead.

     "The raid starts now!"

     The handsome hunter guy goes in aiming to attack from all over from the front as the tattooed girl aimed for the back leg.

     "It has a big jaw."

     Skinhead used both of his hands and started to generate a blue light.

     PaKang!

     "Kyaaa…"

     He spun around and shot for the monster's head making it scream for the first time.

     "Magic!"

     "Eisu! Jaera! Whum!"

     Jjeojeojeok!

     Skinhead then shot another blue light towards the monster's front leg and it started to freeze.

     "Great job! Keep going!"

     The raid was going smoothly. He froze the leg and that helped distract it. They quickly went for the back of the leg while it was distracted and the handsome hunter stabbed it with his dagger. The monster then fell and they didn't miss the chance to follow up with another attack of arrows. They shot them into its chest and it eventually died with a scream.

     Keehk!

     -That was fun.

     -Fun?

     The team leader asked to Jaehwang.

     -It reminds me of when I used to hunt monsters way back in the past. It's a really long story.

     -You used to do this?

     -Yeah. Doing things like this and all that has been going on these days reminds me of those times. The world has lots of energy when you make a choice. Life wasn't like that before. The energy that was the most greedy thing, is a human.

     -I see.

     They continued to talk as the new raid was now finished. They realized how late it was after fighting the monster and the leader still had not put down her spear. The skillful rotation makes for a big disturbance and lots of movement control. She soon put the remaining three away. Jaehwang then saw something strange.

     -Doesn't something seem strange?

     -Does it?

     -Over there, it looks like a light.

     Everyone fell silent and started to look around to analyze their surroundings.

     -It could be nothing. If something explodes then we would see it.

     She analyzed Jaehwang's monster radar and checked to see if something was going on. There were 3 radiation activities 10 meters away… That was where two of their clan members were.

     They thought about if they should give them a warning. She was hesitant for a second because one of them was up ahead and the squad leader was there so there was a chance that maybe she already knew. but she couldn't take that risk. The leader then yelled loudly from up ahead.

     "Something will explode soon. From now on, stay on the biggest path!"

     "Yes, leader!"

     The guy kept himself close to their leader so that he wouldn't fall while holding the cylinder filled with silver light. He was planning to throw it to a monster if one appeared. After throwing it then it will then change into a green liquid before exploding.

     "You have a poison!"

     "That's great."

     All had to do was just throw the cylinder and various liquids would come melting out. Now that he had used it, the neurotoxin came out and instantly left a scar. They called it a capsule, it was one of the things that hunters would need when hunting.

     The explosion was bearable for everyone except the leader since everyone else was in a safe area. They ended their raid with a smooth finish but Jaehwang was concerned about the incident that just happened.

     "Uh…"

     Skinhead stepped back and suddenly felt that he was sinking into the ground. Jaehwang was worried seeing that he had stepped onto the sandcliff. But the bigger problem was that he was in the middle of casting another spell at the moment. That resulted in a misfire and no one was able to immediately come to his aid at the time.

     Kwang! Jjeojeok!

     The leader looked over in surprise at the unexpected incident. They froze for a second as someone signaled them. They wanted to rescue their teammate but they all knew that they couldn't miss their chance to take down the monster and beat it.

     "Damn it…!"

     Said the middle-aged lady who attacked the monster immediately as the team were taken aback. Skinhead saved them a little before he rolled off the cliff but they then suddenly noticed that their leader had disappeared too. The leader's defense wasn't able to stop the monster. The handsome hunter guy rushed in to try and save her with his tiny dagger but it had its limits.

     "Darn…"

     Hwig! Pheok!

     The bite went through her armor but it wasn't too serious. She eventually gave up on fighting back but she already made the monster mad. The tattooed girl then ran towards the direction of the monster.

     "Haya!"

     She dashed and jumped into the air. She loaded her bows with arrows and shot them ahead of her. The attack was delivered with an intent to kill but it had backfired due to the wind condition. A cloud of dust then flew into her eyes.

     "Ah!"

     The once relaxing situation of the raid has now changed into a disaster. They all knew that this was a raid. It was common for someone to die or get hurt, carelessness would not be tolerated.

     Pyupyupyut!

     As soon as she recovered, she jumped once again and started to shoot two arrows from mid-air. It made its mark but it looked as if it did nothing to the monster. The monster then responded by opening its mouth and…

     Pheoeoeok!

     "Keueog…"

     The monster turned its head because of the strong shot that landed an arrow into its eye. The monster had struggled to take the arrow but then another two shots flew into his head. It fell down with a loud shrike but instead of dying, it started to flee.

     Papapag…

     It tried to get the arrow out with its hand but it couldn't.

     Swoosh… Poeg!

     Another arrow flew into its head. The first arrow was the only one that did any damage, the second and third arrow didn't stick into the monster and just fell to the ground. It then rushed into the person who held the bow and killed her in one hit. There was also someone there who had a late change of heart and disappeared like a ghost.

     "Keulueog… Keuag"

     The monster attacked the second hunter and let out another angry roar.

     Poeug…

     Another arrow was thrown and it reached the monster. It was finally starting to work. Well, at least they tried to. It passed through its side and they heard a noise not long afterwards.

     "Keoueog…"

     They got a refreshing feeling as the attacks seem to have been affecting the monster as it howled in pain.

     "You… Idiot… How dare you touch my armor."

     After beating the monster, the guy was thrown to the ground.

     "The hunter's special offer for its lowest interest rate is 1.5 percent monthly for 24 months… I still have 24 months left to go on my armor…Ugh!"

     He yelled about the upcoming repair cost. Before the monster could try to attack, he then ran through the air, attacked the monster and tied it up.

     "Stop destroying our village and coming through the gate! Leave and disappear!"

     Peog!peog!peog!

     He started punching the monster with his bare hands.

     Peoeok!

     He finished it off with a powerful soccer kick… The monster's head was already half dented and it had stopped breathing.

     He then jumped onto the monster's stomach to be sure. After that he was certain that the monster was completely dead. He took a deep breath and made an announcement to everyone through the headset.

     -The raid… Is over.

     -Got it. You've worked hard.

     He finished talking to the supporting team and collapsed to the ground i exhaustion. He then looked around with a face full of grief at the squad and looked at the arrows that affected the monster.

     'I don't know them but I feel bad.'

     "..."

     He checked to see where the arrows that saved them came from and the arrow's owner hasn't disappeared just yet. He tilted his head and after hearing a familiar voice from behind him. He turned to see what it was.

     "Are you okay?"

     "Oh.. You scared me."

     The voice from behind him startled him as he turned his head to the face of his savior and was even more surprised.

     "Huh? Who are you?"

     Jaehwang stood there with his hat deeply pulled over his face and his compound protection in his hand.

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     21 Another Possibility 1

      Bingbingbing…

     "One… two… go!"

     Four men wearing a power suit placed the monster's corpse into a huge body bag.

     "It's really big so be careful moving it! If you break that then it's coming out of your paychecks!"

     "Yes, sir."

     The supporting team replied to the team leader as they began to carefully carry the body bag down the mountain. The chief of the supporting squad then walked towards their leader with her brows dripping in sweat.

     "Leader, you've worked hard…"

     He was speechless as he looked at his messy and damaged armor. His armor was clean and shiny whenever he saw her but now it was covered in monster saliva and had two big bruises.

     "Yes, we did it. I took the team and it was the first thing I bought back."

     Skinhead waved his hand from behind the leader's head. He quickly greeted the leader as he started to lead the team. She remembered that skinhead had yet to finish his job yesterday…

     After a lot of time had passed by…

     After all the work had finished, the team leader called the skinhead, talked to the tattooed girl and walked over towards Jaehwang.

     "If it was more than a 3rd tier monster then the raid would have lasted longer and you would have needed more arrows as well as a power suit. This wasn't just an animal hunt, this is a real raid. A 3rd tier monster is comparable to 10 wild animals combined. You're going to need to handle the weight of the power suit, it could even last several months. Did your suit weigh 250 pounds?"

     "I've done a bit of tuning so it's 300 pounds. That was why it was acting a bit strange…"

     The leader got over scanning his equipment and with a glance, she noticed that the arrows aren't the same as what the tattooed girl had used. Those were the ones that saved their lives and even though it was not like her, she couldn't help but thank Jaehwang.

     "I owe you one."

     "It was nothing."

     They then shook each hands.

     Jaehwang disobeyed the leader's rules but that decision turned out to be a good thing. If it wasn't for Jaehwang, something terrible could have happened. Especially with him being in the Star Dust National Clan who did not have a status that could be treated like nothing.

     Having a National status gave them the capability to manage and safeguard an individual dimension gate. These days, the clans would assign a number of people in a mission amnd compared to personally accessing those gates, having a clan to back them up were much safer. But considering the pay as well as the casualties, doing a raid was still a big decision for someone to make.

     "Have you always been a hunter?"

     "No."

     He turned his head back after Jaehwang's answer. He didn't know why… He hasn't seen everything but when the monster's attention was turned away, he knew that that was the best time to do something, like get away.

     Jaehwang then answered him again.

     "I…"

     Jaehwang explains it to them and they all nodded their heads.

     "So that's how it happened."

     "Yea."

     "After getting the Gagseog skills, wouldn't many people give up on being hunters?"

     "No. I've become a Gagseog but I'm still lacking in skills. I still have a lot of learning to do."

     "Hm… So if I got the powers right now…"

     "You would still be lacking."

     She scratched her head and nodded at Jaehwang's answer. He said that the person with the special skills would be lacking but, others have said that it was enough. She was a little confused at her own thought.

     "The story is complicated…"

     The team leader then scratched her head.

     "Sorry."

     "No, there's nothing to be sorry about… You helped me in the situation there so, thanks."

     The team leader shook her hand and Jaehwang smiled as a response.

     Jaehwang lied about it.

     He did instantly receive the Gagseog skills, he wasn't lacking but he had given up on being a hunter. He couldn't let the company know that he had the 5th rank as a gagseog in the past. Everyone with hunter relations were the supervisors of all the World Hunter Secretariat.

     The World Hunter Secretariat.

     Sixty years ago the life of mankind was at risk during a fight with a monster. The hunters gathered together to help and guide humanity. As soon as the fight had started, the world was protected by hunters.

     Some parts of the country had tried to seize control of the Gagseog military soldiers in the past. They succeeded in some sectors but the Gagseogs broke out and they were able to escape by a huge social chaos.

     Soon after that, many other soldiers that were hunters had escaped as well, leaking the evidence of the country's medical experiment on the hunters themselves. That resulted in the massive unconditional boycotting of the hunter secretariat's World Hunter Consultation. Half of the country was saved from monsters as they were left free from their anger.

     The world hunter secretariat was then granted a certificate. The information that they offered was limited but it was thoroughly protected. They were considered as weak rising stars illegally protecting their policies but it was still the thing that they protect the most.

     "We'll be sending the test soon."

     "I don't know it too well."

     "Hm… Really?"

     The team leader stroked her chin at Jaehwang's answer. Because of his help during the attack, she had to repay him but she didn't know exactly how. She wanted to just give him some money but now she was just thinking of helping him with the hunter test instead. He could use his talent to pass so he would eventually be recommended to be part of the StarDust clan.

     Those who could join them would be given a 'Star Dust Clan' prominence as if they were joining a big company. They would be treated as rising stars and they would improve their talents to help them grow to reach their maximum limit. They would then be given consultation and support.

     Of course that simple payback was not what she decided on just yet. Jaehwang had the skills for it, but his talent was another one that begged for consideration. People commonly confuse skills with talent but, there was a big difference between the two. Skills would not be enough alone as it needs to be accompanied by a talent for it to work.

     She knew that Jaehwang kept his breathing calm and in order when he was dealing with that giant monster. But the only problem was that Jaehwang didn't seem to have anything that he wanted.

     "This is it. I want to repay you but there's nothing I could do. I don't even have any money to get your clothes clean…"

     The leader was worried for second but the tattooed girl was the first to see repay him. She handed Jaehwang her cover armor that was red like blood as well as her arrow strings.

     "You saved me so I wanted to do something for you. I was able to get through it with this but I don't use it until I need to. It's much better than the one I have now, thanks for the help."

     "Uh…"

     Jaehwang accepted the cover protection while scratching his head in confusion. Refusing something like this at first would be the polite thing to do but Jaehwang unknowingly accepted it and the new set of arrows.

     [Shooting star Series-Raid Edition Cover protection]- Excellent Rank

     Best Range: 25000 Meters

     Lowest Range: 700 Meters

     Restraint: Mithril Alloy

     Special Skills

     Acceleration (C Rank)

     Sharpness (B Rank)

     "Ah…"

     He would have given it back but it looked like a red cover shield from the Ahietiem. His dad once bought that cover suit for hunting but he sadly only used it one time. The difference between his other arrow and this one was simply that this was one step more amazing. He didn't want to miss his chance to get it at no cost.

     He hesitated for a second and then he took it. The tattooed girl smiled and walked away. The team leader then cleared his throat and took a step towards him. His gift bore more weight compared to the tattooed girl's choice. He had a gold card in his arm and handed it to Jaehwang.

     "I hope that you'll use this properly. If you need help on the hunter test then you can ask me."

     "Got it."

     Jaehwang looked at the card, shook his head and accepted it.

     "Leader, we are going to be given a pay, right?"

     The leader face then slightly wriggled.

     "What are you talking about?"

     "We avoided many accidents so that would only be fair, wouldn't it?"

     The tattooed girl then shook her head and looked over towards the leader. The leader then spoke after thinking for a second.

     "I haven't thought about it but it's something that I thought would come up. The things that were reported in the clan were considered something secondary. What did the dimension admission strictly said? You could help even if you don't have a hunter's license but that would also mean that there would be no reward money. They would do a follow-up call for the clan and at the end of the year, the tax would be added up."

     Jaehwang then shook his head after hearing that he would not be receiving any cash. It was not that he was materialistic, it was just that he didn't even need the money. He was about to let go of it but then, the handsome hunter shook his head as if he didn't agree.

     "If it's like that then isn't there no need for proceeding steps? We saved the boss's life and that would surely stick to the clan's name but… You would pay for the expenses personally. You said the amount was…"

     The team leader nervously laughed a bit and took a step back. He was married and had money but he pretended that he didn't have much what.

     "Uh, well…"

     "What Jaehwang said was right. Call the account. Send it with no regrets."

     "Ah… Thanks."

     The atmosphere was intense.

     "Well… I'll be going now. I'll take care of this idiot. He will probably fail the report horribly."

     The team leader was still busy thinking and skinhead was still in a bad condition. The tattooed girl and handsome hunter guy took him away and lead him out of the room.

     "I'll be going too. My house is close by from here."

     Jaehwang went on his way up the mountain. The team leader who still looked sad, fixed his expression and nodded his head.

     "Okay, see you next time, right?"

     "Yeah."

     "Of course."

     The tattooed girl waved and said goodbye. The hunters' meeting was then over.

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     22 Another Possibility 2

      "Did you see it too?"

     "Yeah."

     The team leader said to the handsome hunter guy without a look. He then just shook his head and gave her his affirmation.

     "Hyunjoo, did you really miss everything? You don't know what happened?

     The tattooed girl face was then blank before she waved her head and answered.

     "Yes. I wasn't able to see it… Even after fighting it, I completely missed three shots. Sorry."

     "No… I'm more ashamed compared to you. I should be sorry."

     The leader doesn't know if she's happy about her apology or not. She then just turned back around.

     "No way… could it have been a villain?"

     "No. There was never a villain. If there was then we would have never gotten any help in the beginning."

     "Really? I don't think that was it, that wouldn't be understanding at all. Except for one thing… There possibly could have been something."

     The tattooed girl started to think about what he had just said and replied.

     "I'm like a Debauzer too. Maybe I could find out something but I'm not too sure."

     "..."

     They all shook their heads as if they understood.

     "Haven't they come into our country this year and appeared twice?"

     "Yeah. We missed it before but they won't get away. Do you guys understand??"

     "Yes."

     They all answered to their leader.

     Debauzer… a natural Gagseog… They referred to them as true Gagseogs. A Gagseog wouldn't have its nobility without being able to develop on its own. They decided to give their all possessions to the clan as a form of help. The power of those possessions were really needed… And because of that, Jaehwang was excessively kind.

     The nation's hunters skills were divided by category. They were divided between the highest and lowest, the 5th and 6th place could still make it. There were no natural Gagseogs and Debauzers and that was the reason why they really wanted to have Jaehwang on the team…

     Of course they just couldn't throw the others out like trash. They especially took pride in their national clan certificate membership. They didn't stand for being compared to any other sloppy clans. They had found a shiny gemstone by chance and now they're greedy about it.

     "I'll let you guys know but I'm not sure… The information was protected. I'll have to talk to those incharge of the clan, alright? Let's make the best team relationship…"

     "Maybe he blacked out?"

     Said the handsome guy hunter while dragging the skinhead out the door.

     "Yeah."

     The same thing had happened to their leader but he got better faster than he did when she fell off the cliff.

     "She gave him a card but will we ever see that person again?"

     The tattooed girl tilted her head without answering. It had been a while and that was only their first meeting. In the end, she left it to fate since there was no one who knew everything.

     ***

     -What was that about?

     -What?

     She asked in reply to the Jaehwang's out of the blue question.

     -She said that she were a Debauzer. Do you think they understood what she meant? Don't they like to just follow along?"

     Jaehwang then asked in a low voice.

     "Even if they were just playing along, I don't have to be any clearer. They knew my intentions. So I think you should just keep it down. And… I'm still lacking in luck."

     They would gain something if a Debauzer shone through them. It was understandable and it would be as logical as the world receiving something crucial and important.

     However, it doesn't want to reach the lowest point.

     -It's not the same anymore. I'm very weak now.

     -You still seemed really calm, though.

     -When?

     -When you were fighting that monster. The arrow broke on the first attack.

     It was cool. Even after that happened you were still shooting arrows…

     -Well… It was something I trained for.

     -Train?

     She asked back when Jaehwang brought up the fact that he used to train. He had some crazy traditional training techniques… He first remembered one called 'Perfect Shot' but he didn't remember exactly what it was. He must have learned it when he was about 7 years old… His dad gave him an arrow as a toy and he called it 'Shooter'.

     He was hesitant at first but the arrow that his father gave him couldn't hurt anyone. He used it safely and a little after that, he started to shoot as far as his father could.

     Of course, it wasn't a sharp arrow. He was raised just like his father. It was an arrow with a point of a round splint and when he first received it from his father, the rules were simple. It was a rule that when he shoots, he would stand up straight and never close his eyes. The only thing that his father allowed him to do when he shoots was to take a step forward. He started playing like that until he was 13 and by then it wasn't playing anymore. He stood like a real archer.

     He could shoot exactly 50 meters along with his father. The arrow that he used didn't have much power but it could still make someone tremble. Wearing a guard helmet was enough when training but there were stories as well where things went wrong.

     Every time his father used an arrow, he would become an entirely different person.

     All that Jaehwang was able to see was the cold eyes of a hunter.

     'If the arrow doesn't fly, it's meaningless.'

     'An arrow has only one life.'

     'A hunter is not a fighter, a hunter is someone who hunts. A hunter's mind must grow.'

     And after going through that training, nothing could surprise Jaehwang anymore.

     "Found it."

     She picked up Jaehwang's compound protection that had fallen on the ground.

     "It's dented and dirty."

     It was a wreck on one side and the wire was completely undone. It looked like the monster had stepped on it.

     "Okay, let's get it."

     The cold fall wind blew across the mountains and made them feel like they were walking on ice. Jaehwang continued on as if he didn't care and carefully inspected the arrow after he picked it up.

     Their first goal was achieved. Although it was nothing compared to the arrow that the tattooed girl had given to him, he held it in his hand like it was made of gold because it was filled by his family's memories.

     -Well, should we keep going and see what else is here?

     -Hm... Okay.

     The spirit answered back in an uninterested tone. Jaehwang went deeper into the mountains following along a yellow string. Years ago, monster hunters would catch monsters by following their tracks. The activity that was going in the middle of this place shows that there could possibly be a monster's nest somewhere and he wanted to find it.

     He knew the mountains best. He continued to follow along the string and it suddenly began to feel as if it was leading into a sunken ground. But that place wasn't drawn high up, it was a boulder that became a steep cliff. The thick and overgrown trees made it hard to see anywhere.

     When they at that place, he heard the spirit's voice.

     -Wait. This place… It's strange.

     Jaehwang stopped in his tracks and started to look around as she spoke. It looked as if the ground disappeared along with the yellow string. There was a big hole that had been dug up in the place. It didn't seem that there was anything they could find there.

     -There's strange energy coming from this place.

     -Hm… I think we should find out what it is.

     -Okay...

     Jaehwang peeked inside the hole.

     Whriiing…

     The wind blew through his face, It didn't seem like anything was inside but there was a strange smell among the warm air that lingered around. Gagseogs were known to have a good level of vision but the hole was still too dark to see what was inside.

     -It's too dark

     -Your phone…

     -Huh?

     -Use it.

     -Okay.

     Swoosook…

     Jaehwang took out his phone and turned it on. It lit up everything inside the hole as if it was daytime.

     -Oh… I didn't think of that.

     He checked if the path was clear and went inside of the hole. At first he thought that it was just a rock but there were a lot of sand on the surface. He carefully went along and afterwards, he got surprised as he saw something in front of him.

     It looked like a wavy transparent mirror but it didn't reflect the light coming from Jaehwang's phone.

     -There's lots of energy in this place. What is this place?

     Jaehwang froze at her question before he gave her a nod in his head. He realized that this place was what the others had called a wormhole. This was the perfect place for a monster to make its nest but it looked like the one that stayed here was already gone. It either left through another dimension gate or it went to a completely different place.

     He figured that the monster they exterminated came from here. He knew that when something like this is discovered, the hunters would pass through the wormhole and block it. Even so, if the other hunters had already sealed it with the special concrete then it would automatically cover the other way and it would not be accessible.

     Jaehwang slowly touched it with his hand.

     Peok…

     It sounded as if he dipped his hand into water. He took his hand out to check if it was alright before putting it in deeper. Jaehwang then nervously stopped breathing when he felt the warm energy coming from the other side of the wormhole through his hand.

     "Hueue…"

     He took a deep breath and pulled out his hand with an anxious look on his face.

     -What happened?

     -The energy suddenly got stronger…

     Jaehwang began to think that going through the wormhole and hunting monsters would be a good way to level up. It was not a completely bad idea because the Debauzers did that at the beginning of the dimension mashup and their skills grew because of that.

     He thought that it would be a good choice for him.

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     23 The Prison of Time and Space… 1

      -Do you think we could get stronger faster if we go to this place?

     -Maybe. If we could catch a monster then we'll gain experience and that would help our levels increase quicker.

     Jaehwang wasn't the only one who was thinking about it. Between some hunters and strong clans exclusive possessions, there was a dimension gate fee and tax for avoiding a wormhole that they've found. As dangerous as it was, they had to put up with it since there were a lot of benefits that came with it.

     -Is it dangerous?

     She asked. But even Jaehwang didn't know for sure what it was like.

     -No… It's an Elosu type monster. They're a lower tier than Dakosu monsters.

     -Elosu? Dakosu? What are those?

     She asked in confusion. He thought he finished explaining the summary about the present day generation but he left out the most important thing. He completely forgot to mention that they could be living in an illusion.

     -So three dimensions collided together?

     -Correct.

     -So between the three dimensions, the earth we're on now… And all the monsters that rule the ground were Dakosu monsters and the ones living at the start of history live in a place called Elosu? So the types that came from Elosu are called monsters and this wormhole was almost completely filled with them?

     -Uh… That's about it. But, it's an Elosu so it would not be much of a challenging monster. You don't like Dakosus?

     -Yeah. Luckily both of the dimension gates in our country has been fixed. Dakosu monsters tore a hole through the dimension gates and many of them started to appear. The country worked nonstop to fix it. The representative of that country was Australia but they're still facing the risk of getting overrun up to this day.

     -I see.

     -When you explain more about life on the three worlds and all the different species, don't they all have one thing in common?

     -What is it?

     -First, the three worlds all have a similar terrain. Don't they look completely the same? But the lowest continent's shape was only almost the same. Also, the other three continents existed during the same time…. The last save system interfered with the dimensions of the three worlds, right?

     -That's a really good guess. I haven't thought about the system myself.

     -Yeah and that save looked like it saved humanity on our earth. But fighting with the remaining two continents made the humans weak.

     After Jaehwang finished talking, she replied to him in a slightly confused tone.

     -Isn't that like the three world's continents giant dimension's trying to compensate? wasn't the save an extremely bad thing?

     -Huh… Well…

     Jaehwang shook his head. What she said wasn't wrong, she was completely right. While waiting for the save God to come, a new religion appeared. The conscious older ones were more aware. However, the right and wrong of the save system were never questioned here.

     -First, that's a question for a philosopher and second, what's important for me right now is to level up and get stronger.

     It was really important for hunters to level up. The more they leveled up the more their skills improved and with that, they would be able to learn even more new skills.

     Skills weren't the only thing Gagseogs would gain when they leveled up. They could teach skills to others and they could keep gaining skills faster with the help of Rodeos artifacts. Although for them, magic or healing skills were almost impossible to learn.

     Jaehwang caught a monster not too long ago so his point of view changed.

     265/10000exp

     He caught it with the help of others but the numbers on his exp bar clearly rose up higher. He knew that this hunt might be harder than he thought since he was going in alone but, he also understood that he should not compare this to his previous monster hunting experience and prepare for anything that could happen.

     -Okay, let's go. I'm ready to leave.

     She said in pompous tone but Jaehwang was suddenly buried in his thoughts. He felt like he was not ready to leave yet so shook his head.

     -No…

     -Why?

     -It's really dangerous. It's the lowest… You had your skills all figured out and tested. It's something to prepare for.

     Jaehwang just turned away. He knew that he could get stronger but on the other hand, it could go completely wrong. He understood that if he was going to do it, there was a big risk that things may not go as planned. And worst case scenario, he could even die.

     The skills he had were very lacking. He thought about it and the weapon that he had was ranked with the lowest effects and stats. A challenge wouldn't be a bad thing but, he couldn't use his wellness as a bargaining chip to get stronger.

     -You're a very cautious person.

     -I just like to have everything planned out. Dying is surely possible if you go in without a plan… Let's go.

     Jaehwang came out of the hole and took some tree branches from around the area to block it. He needed to make sure that the next person to come here wouldn't notice that it was there. He regretted not being able to go in there at the moment but he shook it off. He then heard the spirit speaking.

     -Are we going to have to wait a long time until you get the skills?

     -Yeah.

     Jaehwang answered with a determined expression.

     -How long should it take?

     -The shortest possible time would be 2 months maybe? If it would take longer than that then I'd say it would take about a year.

     -That sounds about right. The waiting time would be boring but after that, I would be able to come back and go into that wormhole to level up. Do you want to go to the city afterwards?

     -What would happen if we left that wormhole here until then…

     She said that instead of answering Jaehwang's question.

     Jaehwang then smiled. They both shared the same feelings and he felt that she was interested and bored about it all at once as well.

     'It's so tiring.'

     He started to have an interest in how his world had changed these past few days. Now that his phone had piqued his interest, he thought that maybe a remote-controlled TV in the cabin would not be a bad idea.

     -Hmm, looks like there will be lots of time for training. You need to pay homage to your family…

     -It's no use… are you sure that it's okay to reduce my training time or do you have any other way around it?

     Jaehwang then changed his smile to an unenthusiastic expression. She seemed reticent for a second before answering back.

     -There is one. It's the prison of time and space, with it you could improve 100 times more by the hour.

     Jaehwang was surprised by what she said. Living with monsters and knowing about all kinds of grotesque skills made it seem like he was crazy but he thought that it impossible to think that magic like that could exist.

     But he did remember seeing something like that happen before. An hour would speed up to 1.2 or even two times more. He remembered that the place itself would be slowed as well as the time slowed down.

     -Do you need a lot of supplies?

     Jaehwang asked after he thought about how simple he could improve if he could do magic like that.

     She then unexpectedly answered.

     -No, there's nothing in particular that you need. You just have to relax yourself while laying down and get ready for anything unexpected to happen.

     Jaehwang thought about what she was saying. Something about a prison between time and space. H then he realized something else, he especially paid attention to the word 'prison'.

     -Could you explain it more in depth?

     -Okay. First, let's go back to the mountain cabin.

     They soon arrived at the cabin and after Jaehwang cleaned and organized the shrine, they went in there to sit down. The shrine was his favorite place in the entire cabin. Not only because of the unforgettable experience he had in there, it has been his favorite place since he was young. He didn't have any friends in the mountain village so he would just play hide and seek in there alone. He didn't feel like people wanted to hang out with him so he always kept this place close in his heart.

     -The main purpose of why the spell was created in the first place was to guide evil spirits. The spell would seal the spirit inside its own darkness and inflicting an excruciating pain to those who were locked up. The spellcasters had followed the same procedure for hundreds of years and everything was kept sealed inside.

     -I'm not an evil spirit, right?

     -Right. So you'll be fine through our synonymity. Have you ever heard of the stories of how the spell caster's body would get possessed during that kind of ritual in the past?

     -Have any ever gotten trapped in you?

     -No. Like I said, there's a trap between time and space made in me so nothing can get through.

     Jaehwang started to feel slightly anxious about what she said.

     -What kind of place is a trap between time in space?

     -Up and down, left and right. A space where nothing can enter. It's a place where only time could be limitlessly increased. There's nothing to worry about.

     -What about the precautions?

     -If an extraordinary person starts from eight hours in real time it could be possible. However, four hours more and they would need to have really good self-control. There's a guarantee they could succeed but after twelve hours has passed, that super person will need a place to go to and relax.

     She finished talking and Jaehwang was then able to understand. It was enough for him to know when she said that they could go insane after four more hours.

     He once read some book about hunters that were doing some test. There was a place with no light or sound. The test was to see how long they could hold out. The result of the ones doing the test were expected than wrenched.

     The longest time that the participants endured was only two weeks. After a week, they started to get hallucinations and for those who stood there longer than others even had to get psychotherapy.

     Jaehwang then asked her a question in a doubtful tone.

     -If that's four hours then it's 400 hours at most but trying to stay any longer would be a risk?

     That would be approximately 16 days. He fully knew that that was a long time and repeating a ritual like that would only make things worse. Being alone in there for an hour could even drive a normal person insane. Jaehwang's mind was suddenly overflowed by thoughts and she then answered.

     -Obviously, you won't simply just be put into a dark place like that. A few ascetic people once practiced with that kind of ritual. Nothing was locked up with the spell because the impact from the greatest one decreased and it was able to be controlled. For example, the weather around you could be bad but the space that surrounded the cabin would form a layer and control the wind to keep the disturbance at bay. Your tools won't be much of an issue since it could be forged through your mind here. Your body won't learn from experience alone but I think it would be effective after diving there one or two times.

     -Isn't it great?

     Jaehwang shook his head.

     What she explained was actually a really nice place for practicing. However, he was still curious about something. He asked himself if there was anything in this prison of time and space. It was not that he could blindly believe what she said but, there was a promise. She made a promise with his ancestors.

     'If you completed your lifespan, then you would die'

     She then whispered.

     -I want to achieve something in this life.

     She said her wish was to die in peace after she cleared her mission. It was understandable that she wanted to be free. She did not say anything more but Jaehwang felt her pride getting stronger. He then asked another question regarding the ritual.

     -Last question, Would it really be able to make me stronger?

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     24 The Prison of Time and Space… 2

      Jaehwang asked his final question. The spirit didn't need to do much to make him stronger because that was his only goal. His plan was to gain power as fast as possible and as she said, she could grant that wish.

     -You have to become stronger.

     -But how?

     He shortly asked and she then answered.

     -I can't explain it. That's another promise I've made. But if I could tell you one thing, the seal's restriction has been broken. The place where our descendants had lived wasn't easy to attract. We couldn't risk halting the duties that your ancestors had piled only for it to be neglected again.

     Jaehwang took a deep breath and closed his eyes after he heard the spirit's vague answer. He knew in the back of his mind that his ancestors were the reason why she couldn't explain everything. It felt like a can of worms that he could never think about opening.

     -Okay. I'm ready.

     -Got it.For a few days…

     Swoosh…

     Jaehwang finished talking and the spirit faded into the same white energy as before and it exploded. It then gathered together to take the form of an adult woman. She appeared in front of him with a smile on her face and she placed her hand over his head.

     "Has business started?"

     "?"

     At the end of the day, Jaehwang went into the center of the main room and sat down. It was a very solemn situation but on the other hand, there were all kinds of boxes stacked that destroyed the mood.

     "Don't get distracted"

     "Okay."

     This would strongly suggest that he cheated his way to power, he struggled to recollect his focus but he did his best to meditate as the time moved on. He had hoped in his heart that nothing bad would happen because there was nothing that he could do except believe that he would do so much better with this help.

     "When you want to finish then just say stop. But remember, after using this spell one time then you can't use it again for a year…"

     "Got it."

     Jaehwang answered and the spirit stood in front of him and again put her hand on his head. A white bow and arrow suddenly showed up in front of the two of them. Jaehwang then unintentionally closed his eyes with his heart pounding fast. He felt that he was at the peak of the active energy flowing through him.

     The spirit was very beautiful but it wasn't originally a woman unless some kind of compromise happened. He didn't notice but Jaehwang unpurposely called it 'she' and that was what it came to be.

     "Done."

     He opened his eyes as soon as he heard the voice of the spirit. He then saw that nothing had changed and he was still sitting in the same place as before. He turned his head around and towards the spirit where he noticed that something felt different. The stack of snacks that were piled up on the side of the room was gone.

     "Here?"

     "Yeah."

     Jaehwang walked out of the door of the main room.

     "Wow…"

     He said while looking outside.

     "There's a guard blocking the door but you can still get through."

     After she said that Jaehwang tried to open the door from the outside.

     "Ah…"

     His hand couldn't grip it. It felt like a torn picture was sticking to his hand. It was a picture full of life.

     "Is this the prison of time and space?"

     "Yes. Is there anything else you need?"

     "No…This is good."

     A place like this was really good for training. If this magic was only possible to cast once a year then it was probably worth it. He smiled thinking that the Prison of Time and space was so much better than he imagined.

     Swoeug…

     A familiar arrow bag appeared in front of him. It was filled with his usual arrows from his archery room. It was an average standard arrow that had gotten fixed. It had to be no more than 40 pounds at the most. It was something that he couldn't touch now.

     Tap…

     The spirit unexpectedly showed up beside Jaehwang.

     "How does this work?"

     The spirit pointed her hand upwards and answered.

     "When you think, something happens."

     Jaehwang then got busy thinking. He made an arrow appear in his head. He looked a bit surprised with a hint of satisfaction. The spirit folded her arms and shook her head.

     "You're adjusting fast."

     "Thanks."

     "Hmm.. what… Okay. If possible, even if I'm conscious, I could try to make food, clothes and a shelter appear? Then it'll be easy for me to endure this place for longer. Even when I break out of here later, it should be easy to adjust to reality again… And…"

     The spirit waved her hand and interrupted him before he was able to finish what he was saying.

     "...I'll be going now."

     "Oh… Thanks."

     "I've already given you lots of advice."

     "Yes, a lot. Thank you very much"

     He then responded by mirroring her actions with an annoyed expression. The spirit just laughed back and disappeared into thin air. Jaehwang then took the time to look around the space where he stood as he gave out a sigh. He knew that time was of essence and he couldn't let this opportunity go to waste With that, he pulled the string of his bow and aimed his arrow.

     "Amazing."

     Jaehwang sat down a few minutes later and closed his eyes. The spirit then reappeared by his side.

     "That is quite possible with a few simple talents."

     The spirit had led him into the prison and helped him make him a bow. She eventually got worried and started thinking about his well being and that made her come back. She then picked up where they left off and explained to him that what he just did was not as easy at it looked. It was easy to say that he could just think of it and it would appear but she remembered how she failed the same task so many times. She stressed the fact that she had practiced magic for a very long time to achieve her current level of skill.

     "You have to train your body to believe and reach the limit with concentration… And lastly, you have to mentally combine everything together… That's all I can say."

     He kept his eyes shut as he thought about what the spirit had said. The spirit then went away to eat a snack.

     "Should I start now?"

     ***

     Ding…DDing…Dingding…

     Click

     -Hello

     -Yes, hello?

     -Jaehwang?

     -Ah.. ah.. yes, it's me, granddad. Hello?

     -Hi. Why haven't you come over when you were down the mountain?

     -Ah, well… I've been feeling a bit tired so I just came back up.

     -I see. I started to get worried when you didn't come that day.

     -I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't thinking. Did the monster situation go better?

     -Well… Yea. The hunter leader seemed to be very curious about you. But besides that, everything was great.

     -That's good.

     -Haha...Well. So when are you going to come down?

     Jaehwang's voice sounded a bit hesitant while he answered his question.

     -About that… I don't even know. It's just, I keep holding it off because…

     -Huh? What do you mean?

     Jaehwang's voice once again hesitated at Mr. Song's question.

     -Never mind, It's nothing. If something serious happens then I'll come down.

     -Ah. Okay. I see. Come down at least once.

     -Okay.

     He then hung up the phone.

     "Even this is… So difficult..."

     He hung up the phone and put it on the table that the spirit made with her magic. He then found himself lying on the floor with a blanket. A few hours had passed by and the day came to an end. In the prison of time and space, time moved faster than real time itself.

     "I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it."

     The spirit tried to wake up Jaehwang after 12 hours.

     The more time that he spent inside the prison, the more he felt his consciousness begin to act strangely. Bt Jaehwang could not let that happen. The situation wasn't so bad at the moment she started to act differently. If something did happen then it could be bad for Jaehwang. But his willpower had transcended the normal level of imagination. Losing his mind was not the worst thing that could happen and it was his soul that he needed to look after. He then turned around to look back.

     "It doesn't seem that bad but…"

     She went back inside of him to wake him up but his face was still unchanged. It was like nothing happened and he didn't fall into the prison of time and space in the first place. He started to see some illusions but just paid it no mind. He knew that something would eventually happen but he convinced himself that it won't be that bad. This was the first time that he consciously felt hungry but that feeling soon passed away and was forgotten about.

     The place had a desire to possess humans that had been there for a long time. When someone tried to endure it, that was where it started and their consciousness would start to have an imbalance.

     "Don't wake me up next time."

     The spirit said to herself after trying to go back inside him. Jaehwang's eyes then immediately opened.

     "What…"

     Jaehwang then looked around the room with blank eyes and felt a pain in his stomach as he heard it growling. He just blankly stared at it but then the spirit appeared and pointed him outside.

     "Let's hurry and go."

     "Oh… Okay."

     He looked down at his stomach and slowly nodded his head. He tiredly got up and left through the main entrance.

     "Wasn't it hard?"

     The spirit whispered to herself.

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     25 The Model Hunter 1

      The spirit and Jaehwang sat down face-to-face at the end of the day. He had yet to overcome the differences between reality and the Prison of Time and Space. All he did was look at the ceiling all day while laying down.

     That was the reason why the spirit waited there quietly. He was consciously eating and sleeping during his stay there but there was a big difference in that than actually eating and sleeping.

     "Was there any success?"

     "Well… I almost understood everything about the skill that I have."

     Jaehwang said as he opened the status window. Nothing was different at all. However, the status window changed and Jaehwang's Tiger Hunter skill made a boost.

     [Tiger Hunter Skill Raking has increased.]

     [Tiger Hunter Skill Raking has increased.]

     …

     [Tiger Hunter - Rank 4, 12 Percent]

     [Tiger Hunting Skill has reached Rank 4. Followed by 'Silence Chaser option increased. - Mana Recovery rate 0.5 increase]

     The skill had instantly increased by a few stages. If a different hunter saw something like this then they would faint. One would have to enter the usual course of the hunter body training system as well as the magic academy just to become a Gagseog. Of course, every ability was learned along with the body and magic training but that was what it was solely about.

     The skills that one possessed would be analyzed along with the other participant's skills during the process. Through individual training, they would be able to gradually learn about their skill points and in return they could be able to learn more.

     He understood that realizing everything he had was not the solution that he needed. Even if he was incredibly skilled, only his acceptable experiences could be put together for him to get stronger. That was just common sense. However, since he was in a place like that, his other ideas that came into mind had crumbled down.

     Jaehwang didn't exactly know the difference in the status window at first glance and just nodded his head. But after that, his energy levels had also made a boost.

     [Energy Skill Ranking increased.]

     [Energy Skill Ranking increased.]

     [Energy - Rank 3, 87 Percent]

     Mana Recovery rate increased by 2.

     Mana Energy increased by 20.

     Even the energy ranking changed. His Mana Recovery had rapidly increased and the Mana Energy was improved by 70 percent at the same time. The Mana started to increase more and more faster than before.

     "So you have gotten stronger."

     The spirit said with a surprised look after seeing the results. The energy screen was removed, Jaehwang then shook his head and answered.

     "Looks like it."

     Jaehwang then got up from out of his seat. He was slightly still tired. He wasn't exactly tired but he still felt an imbalance within his body. He tottered out the door and got the red cover protection that he received from the tattooed girl.

     "From now on, it's real."

     Jaehwang then went outside. There was a morning glow outside the door but soon, the first snow started to fall.

     "I actually knew this was something self-proclaiming. It's something really burdensome"

     Jaehwang started by getting his arrow and positioning his feet. He began his training by moving up and down and left and right before he looked in all four directions as if he was looking for something to hunt.

     [Energy]

     [Energy Skill Rank Increase.]

     …

     [Energy Skill Rank 3, 56 Percent]

     The energy began to flow throughout Jaehwang's entire body and he felt ready more than ever.

     The energy core. The place where the energy goes up and supports everything.

     SwooSwooh… Swoosh

     At first, it looked like he wanted to take a step back but he used the same foot as a spring to make a surprise attack by moving forward. It was a small single move but he acted as if he was ready in a fight. He felt light, e felt as if he could swim through mid air and land on the ground again.

     Papag!

     He made a poor shot with his arrow and then he turned around. The arrow flew through the air and then came flying down with the wind blowing at the back of his hand.

     "One arrow…"

     SwooSwoosh…

     He said as he took another arrow in his hand.

     [Unique Arrow]

     He felt the energy surge through him tingling in his two hands and at the same time. Then a red string for a target came out of the spirit. His target was also the giant tree standing about 500 meters away from him.

     He took a deep breath and pointed the head of the arrow towards the sky. The unique arrow didn't simply just offer him a rapid increase in range, it also gave him the capability to point it exactly where he wanted it to go. An arrow would originally float through the air when it was shot and it would get a lot of influence from the wind. Jaehwang then followed the red line without any mistakes before he set his aims at the tree.

     Pag!

     The moment the refreshing arrow in the cover protection took its shot, it quickly flew far throughout the air without changing its point. It went to the red line without seemingly making one mistake…

     He didn't hear the sound of it hitting the bullseye but he could see the arrow's tail of the other side that was jammed into the tree.

     [Inherited Archery Skills Ranking Increase.]

     "My improved archery skills are really doing great. Time for another one…"

     SwooSwoosh…

     He got another arrow from his hand and placed it on the string.

     [Explosive Arrow]

     The red energy started to flow out from the arrowhead.

     Papag!

     It was a little louder and it vibrated the air as it flew and hit into the ground.

     KwakwaKwag!

     The projectile made a big explosion the moment it hit the ground. The cloud of dust eventually faded away revealing a hole with a small diameter of a meter.

     [Inherited Archery Skills Ranking Increase.]

     "Why does it keep dividing like this? Should I be worried? What if I…"

     SwooSwoosh.

     He took another arrow in his hand and slowly pulled back the string.

     [Unique and Explosive arrow]

     Jujujut… Pong!

     The explosive arrow couldn't be compared with his previous one. It made a heavy sound when it launched.

     KwaKwaKwang!!! Jujug…

     Before the arrow launched off, the [Unique Arrow] was still stuck in the tree and because of that, things went completely wrong.

     KwaKwaKwang!! Kwang!

     The arrow exploded in the middle of the giant tree, causing several layers of bark to fall off.

     [Archery Skill Ranking increase.]

     [Archery Skills Rank 3, 5 Percent]

     "I didn't know it was possible for a skill to overlap. It seems that something's still possible with the exploding arrow… Hmm…"

     He said as he faced the spirit. He started to feel some pain in the palm of his hands. He then looked down and saw some bleeding scratch marks.

     "Ugh… Its all great but it takes a lot of energy and I still can't endure that much pressure..."

     He looked at his hand without saying anything. He didn't have any protecting equipment and he was using the skill with his bare hands. He had been training ever since he was a kid and he thought that the dense callous that had accumulated in his hands would be okay but he still couldn't take it.

     [Rapid Resurrection]

     Jaehwang gathered his left and right hand into a fist and then, the common skill began to take effect...

     Jiii…

     A white light surrounded his right hand and after a second the bleeding wounds were gone.

     "Wow."

     Jaehwang looked at the back and front of his hand with a satisfied smile. In the Prison of time and space he thought that he couldn't practice two different skills. He could now cook and also instantly heal his damaged hands. He cooked for Mr. Song and he knew how it worked but in the Prison, he thought that he could only train consciously so he didn't consider testing his recovery skills.

     The spirit nodded her head as she watched him.

     "Looks like you have a recovery skill. You could use it up to three times if you die…"

     "It's a really good skill."

     "Really? But I could have given you the recovery skill, you know.

     Jaehwang slightly glanced towards the spirit and gave it an annoyed look.

     The spirit ruined the mood but the recovery skill was still great in his eyes. It was a common ranked skill but it was treated as a special ability.

     Possessing a recovery resurrection skill was just like possessing a higher ranked skill. Although its rating was compared to common skill rankigs, being able to instantly heal a wound was not all it could do. However, no one knew much about the skill as much as everyone knew about the other common skills. Hunters that had healing skills would sometimes work in hospitals and would receive hundreds in their annual salary within the year.

     Instead of just a simple healing skill, Jaehwang's healing skill was a resurrection skill. With his resurrection skill, he could heal wounds and even erase its scars. The side effects of a normal healing skill would be complex scars but his skill could heal through everything as if nothing ever happened. That was the reason why the resurrection skill had a higher rank compared to the other recovery spells.

     Moreover, it could heal anything quickly and live up to its name. It was a common skill but could do something amazing.

     "I have to get ready to go into the wormhole."

     "Okay. That sounds great."

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     26 The Model Hunter 2

      Two days later Jaehwang went back to his closet at noon since he forgot to bring some clothes with him before he went into the wormhole. Realizing that there were things that he might have forgotten, he went back understanding that he needed to be more careful and plan everything ahead. Going on a hunt alone was not simply just about packing dozens of camping equipment.

     "Hmm…"

     Jaehwang then got on the bus and watched a foreign vlog titled 'There's 100 days left in the world' in his phone.

     The spirit then asked.

     -What are you watching?

     -A video for surviving in Alousu.

     -Oh... The Alousu looks like a fun place.

     Jaehwang and the spirit both watched the person in the video make a trap by tying around a tree branch.

     -Fun? Hah… Does that really look like fun to you?

     The day about the mash-up being a fun experience made sarcastically Jaehwang laugh and shake his head.

      It was an awful time. It was a tragedy that cost the lives of many every single day. So many things happened as he said before, some have thought that it was the last day for humanity…

     It was not just hundreds or thousands, millions of people died during that time however, the current state of the Alousu was okay. The issues with monsters there have gotten fixed and the only trouble left was the ones made by the Dakosu. A lot of them were still crawling out of their dimension and would brutally destroy the humans that had come to fight them. They were not just simple predators.

     The world was then overrun by them the moment hunters had stopped fighting. They didn't have the need to eat, starvation was not their problem. They all moved for the sake of slaughtering those who would come to stop them. Because of that, so many countries collapsed. A lot of things were given up on and the force of change had to be sought.

     -Why are you laughing?

     The spirit complained but Jaehwang ignored her and continued to pay attention to the video.

     -Be quiet and just watch it.

     -Fine…

     The vlog's owner was a hunter BJ with a specialty in investigation. He was a high-ranked hunter from England. He would travel around Alousu to vlog about his experiences and upload them online.

     -This is a thirty-day Alousu lifestyle and today was another tiring day. Before we came to this place there were enough vaccinations on the earth but it was always used for careless people so there's none for us. Can you see it? A week ago we became isolated alone and got wounded in a raid… We still have to recover and pay the price. Our meat turned out not to be good for us. You can't tell by this video but, it's like we're having diarrhea every day.

     -If you have ran into a situation like this, then stems and plant roots would serve as a good alternative. The plant is called 'Alou Mercy' and in this neighborhood it is used to cure all diseases. Boiling the roots in water could surely be used as a good water purifier. Our earth almost works just the same but the background of this place's water regions are more diverse.

     They looked like they were 50 generations away from the present. There was a thin man whose name was unknown warming water on a small burner. After a little while, the cold water was boiled and the man's face scowled after he drank it.

     -Ugh… It tastes awful.

     He drank all of the boiled water and then he gathered giant leaves and hammered them down to make a bed.

     -The hunters that came to the raid prepared the latest tent and gloves as required for today's camping. A special smell comes out of this big leaf and that scent would keep the monsters away. Before, my sensing skills were able to detect when something dangerous would be coming so there was no problem, but it's always good to add an extra layer of security. Haha… if possible, I hope this video's viewers are the ones acting dangerously instead.

     "This is the final stop."

     Jaehwang placed his phone in his pocket and got off the bus. He went by to the closest town in the village. He strolled along the end of the town all until he reached a red bricked post office after walking for about 15 minutes. He saw two people as he walked inside. The atmosphere was perfectly calm.

     "How may I help you?"

     Jaehwang was welcomed by a young employee who stood up from her seat and he greeted him as he pulled the hat over his face so she couldn't see.

     "I would like to get a delivery."

     "What's your name?"

     "Jeon Jaehwang."

     The female employee nodded her head at his answer and reached for an old folder. She then typed on the computer for a second and nodded her head again.

     "All of your things arrived here yesterday during the afternoon. Do you want all those items today… Follow me?

     "Okay."

     Jaehwang followed the employee towards the back of the post office. There were a lot of deliveries that haven't gone to houses in the town since the original destination was set up in the mountains. There were a lot of packed items inside and there were the receipts of the items that had already been delivered on the outside.

     "Do you have an ID?"

     "Here you go."

     He took his wallet out of his pocket and handed her the ID as she went to the other side to ask a question through the terminal. After a little while, she returned with a big box on a roller in front of him and asked him a question.

     "Do you have a car?"

     "No. I'll look at the items first and then take it with me."

     "Oh. Okay."

     The female employee shook her head and walked away. Jaehwang then looked at the items in the box on the roller one by one.

     He needed something to use the internet with before he went back to Alousu and this town didn't have anything except for mail orders.

     "We need a water purifying set… and a set of seasonings…"

     -And chocolate?

     "We need a wide range defense set and twenty shooting star Series D rank replacement arrow strings…That might be the most expensive thing."

     -And Chocolate?!

     "Alousu equipment type B, emergency food and 100 arrows to shoot for medium sized monsters…"

     -And my chocolate!

     He kept hearing her mention chocolate in his head. He finished checking the items and took a light breath.

     -But I have no money.

     The spirit then started to yell.

     -Can't you look at that phone and find a way to get a lot of money?! You promised to buy chocolate too!

     He then started to think about what the handsome hunter said that night. He had about 120 dollars, the details about the monster's calculated description were sent separately. Being a hunter meant that his occupational category would take so much out of his money. He wondered why was there such a burdensome share of cost in that situation but in any case, all of what was left was used in his online shopping.

     -I used up all of the arrowheads and I needed to buy more.

     -Buy it!

     -It's just as I thought.

     -You're breaking your promise!

     -I didn't promise anything.

     -Ugh!

     The spirit continued to beg for chocolate. Jaehwang actually felt sorry about it but he didn't even get a chance to buy arrowheads. There were arrows in the house that could possibly left in a good condition.

     The problem was the cover suit's arrow strings. There was an eighty percent discount sale on the website so he bought the mid-ranked monster equipment and the older version of the arrowhead.

     Of course Jaehwang mentioned that but it was rare for hunters to use old bows. Compared to fighting monsters with small firearms, using fighting weapons such as blades was a much better choice. But the problem was that the arrows he already had were limited and were continuously going low. The arrows that he got from the tattooed girl helped a lot with his expenses.

     He scrolled through every hunter site there was but there were almost no results related to arrow sales.

     -If you buy something delicious later than I'll be a little quieter.

     -Hm… Something delicious?

     -Yes.

     -Okay.

     The spirit dialed down and Jaehwang then took the items and left the post office.

     -Where are you going?

     -The bakery…

     There was a bakery within a walking distance from the post office. It was a small town but there were lots of places one could go. The bakery in the neighborhood had only been around for a little over ten years. Jaehwang got to their destination within a few minutes and the spirit pointed her fingers towards everything.

     -That one! And that! That one too! Ahh! There's too many! Should I just come out and choose?"

     Jaehwang shook his head at the spirit's suggestion. He thought that was a bad idea. The spirit would never get tired of pointing at everything. He asked himself about how he could send her in there by herself but he later trashed the idea since it would be useless in his situation. He didn't want to risk having any rumor going around the neighborhood.

     The spirit was not an idiot, he already knew that she couldn't be trusted to buy chocolate on her own. Jaehwang decided that it was not a good idea. She got a few snacks and others off of the display trays including bread and chocolate.

     "That would be $7 dollars please."

     Dding…

     Said the store clerk as he bagged their items. The clerk gave a gentle greeting and asked for his card. Jaehwang gave him his card with his trembling hand, knowing that there were only about 60 cents left on it.

     "Hah…"

     He quickly took the paper bag and the clerk was yet to notice anything going on. He then started to stagger towards the exit.

     -Quick run!

     Jaehwang quickly ran out of the bakery and headed into the department store.

     He brought a water purifier but he didn't have any water so he also went to buy bottled water. He then heard a familiar voice coming from somewhere.

     "Oh! Really? Okay."

     It was a very familiar voice. He looked over to see if it was who he thought it was… It was a tall man wearing a colorful parka coat and looked to be in their early thirties. There was a floral pattern on the inside of the coat and on the bottom he was wearing reddish brown suit pants… It was his uncle.

     He was the one who ran away with Jaehwang's parent's insurance money and suddenly disappeared from his disabled and now orphaned niece who was in the hospital…

     -What's going on?

     The spirit asked as it felt a sudden change in his atmosphere.But Jaehwang didn't answer and just continued to stand there like a mannequin. He eventually left before his uncle could see him by walking in the opposite direction.

     "I'm going to kill him…"

     -Kill?

     Asked the spirit after Jaehwang thought aloud that murder wouldn't be that much of bad of a choice. It was a bit of a joke but at that moment his eyes were filled with anger.

     -Yes. He's an idiot that wants to die.

     Seriously.

     -Oh…

     Once he reached enough distance between him and his uncle, he started to slowly follow behind him. He wasn't worried about being noticed because his hat was still pulled down and covering his face. If he couldn't control his urge to murder him on the spot, he decided that he would just run and crush him somewhere else.

     -Wait, let's talk for a minute.

     Jaehwang then began to answer the spirit's question.

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     27 A Talk with His Uncle 1

      His uncle's name was Kim DaeSeong, he was a 42 year old former hunter applicant who had a gambling problem. His sister had a bright future in archery and that was why when he was young, he was deprived of his parent's attention. All of their time was given to his sister and because of that, he grew up to be an unhappy and bitter person.

     His dissatisfaction had reached its limit when his sister won her second Olympic gold medal. That urged him to take three million dollars from home to take a Gagseog procedure.

     His Gagseog ratings were high and his skills continued to increase. He was able to reach the third rank but the dangers of the hunter life scared him off and he escaped just to get an even more expensive Gagseog procedure. He stole five million dollars from his family and he threw it all away by gambling.

     At that point, his family and relatives already saw him as a bad person. Only Jaehwang's grandmother solely felt sorry for him. A few years after that, his family tried move past everything and live in peace after all those past tragedies.

     "He's worse than a beast…"

     He came to the hospital for his parent's insurance money. He obviously and legally got the insurance coverage from the hospital by committing insurance fraud. When Jaehwang found out about it, he hated him unconditionally. He lost his mind when he found out that his uncle secretly took everything away from him.

     He couldn't imagine that something like that would ever happen. He was only a minor at that time so the insurance information had to be protected by the state and laws. However, many people had died after the generation mash-up and society was ruined and lost its control. With that, insurance related documents being stolen became one of the country's biggest problems.

     Of course, the government tried to resolve the insurance documents issues but there were things that were a little more important to focus on. So the policy was delayed and Jaehwang faced that law's weak point.

     He was also so injured that his body and mind were not the same and he couldn't even live a normal life because of the mental and physical impact.