The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 325. Second Awakening

Chapter 325. Second Awakening

Beast No. 1, upon noticing this, tried to blurt out the clichéd insult, "What are you?" But the mont it witnessed what followed, the awakened one's mouth snapped shut in disbelief.

"-_-"

Bones. The ligants connecting those bones. The tendons attaching to those ligants. And finally, the skin and hair covering it all. The man before their eyes had, at last, healed his injuries layer by layer—just like sothing out of a natomical textbook.

His skull, which had been shattered so badly that you could clearly see inside—could it really heal up that fast?

The witnesses could hardly find words to describe the scene, which seed nothing short of 'magic'. Even those who control all the information worldwide had never once been inford of such a form of physical restoration.

"-_-"

However, the blind man paid no mind to their confusion—he continued to blankly stare at the floor. Then, without any shift in expression, he slowly raised his hand. As if checking whether everything had reattached properly, he began at mid-day patting around his own head.

A few seconds later, the blind man spoke in the midst of the heavy silence.

"-_-"

At first, it was a very small mumble.

"-_-"

However, by the ti he slightly lifted his head, his voice had grown loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

I wasn't wrong...

Thud.

At the sa ti, the hearts of the Beasts pounded violently once more. Aside from Enzo, the two Beasts wondered if this inexplicable phenonon was one of Kim Gilyeo's skills, and decided to take him down again before anything serious could happen.

However, just as the two awakened beings charged forward and neared the far end of the cave—they suddenly ca to a complete halt without warning.

"Ugh!"

"Keugh!"

It was only natural. As S-rank hunters, they were now facing sothing they had never experienced in their entire lives—a fear usually reserved for low-grade hunters or ordinary people. A terror born from confronting a being far, far above them.

"-_-"

Drink.

Now, the figure—restored perfectly down to the tear glistening on the cornea—turned his head. The man's expression as he gazed at the beast pack was calm, almost indifferent. Yet within his wide-open pupils, there was unmistakably sothing akin to rupture swelling inside...

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Let explain again.

Kim Gilyeo was a 24-year-old man from South Korea.

His bank account balance was 3,320 won. Ergency cash on hand was 11,800 won.

And to add more about his possessions, the poor man I was—whose entire wealth was just the deposit on a shabby one room apartnt of about 5 pyeong—was the very identity of the beast I had been.

But stubbornly struggling to survive, I discovered that even a body like this had its advantages.

[ [PILY 000 0701]] ******

Level: F

Aw: 15.57

Apparent hardness: 07

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At first, it was 12. Then 14. And when I just barely noticed this phenonon and asured again, the number 15.57 appeared. As you can see, Kim Gilyeo strangely had a contribution where his magic power steadily increased.

Maybe he's the only one on Earth with a growth-type superpower.

But now that I think about it, maybe I should have paid more attention to the fact that Kim Gilyeo's magic power showed fluctuations. After all, based on several experints, I finally ca up with a plausible hypothesis.

[15.57Aw]

Right after seeing that test result of 15.57, I suffered one of the rare, significant injuries in the [Six Legged Corridor]. In between, I also felt a genuine threat to my life during the clash with Kang Changho in Incheon and Seoul.

And after all this chaos, I asured my awakening level again using the sample I bought at the Tokyo Artifact Expo.

[38.15Aw]

Sothing about the number changed in a short period of ti.

Then, could this really be a coincidence? A reasonable scholar would have to reconsider the previous hypothesis that Kim Gilyeo's growth is rely influenced by ti, wouldn't they?

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Moreover, how do superpowered individuals originally co to exist on this planet called Earth? It is simply because the y were exposed to large amounts of mana? No. If it were just a simple process of adapting to a substance, primitive humans wouldn't have coined the term 'awake' to collectively refer to sorcerers.

[Test Result: F-Rank Awakened]

In truth, the entire truth was encapsulated in that one phrase identifying Kim Gilyeo's status.

What humanity needs to break its limits—the very force that kept ancient beasts of old, who once defied and triumphed over it, alive and breathing.

Stress.

Just as I had privately suspected even before conducting any experints to restore mana—in fact, one of the biggest causes of mutation on Earth has always been intense stimuli and pain.

"I wasn't wrong..."

Strictly speaking, the spell I cast definitely seems to have gone wrong sowhere. To be precise, the formula itself wasn't the problem. It's just that those mana entities granted this soul's empty wish... in a slightly botherso way.

[To be reincarnated as the creature with the highest mana on this planet.]

Yeah. I really wasn't wrong. Above all, this very situation proves it.

"-_-"

Anyway, looking back, it was an incredibly dangerous thing. I was injured so badly that even my brain fluid had nearly dried up. And yet, it was that very impact that fully awakened the potential of this body...

Hmm.

At this point, let be clear. The reason Kim Gilyeo awakened so weakly was actually because the cells of this body protected him. As seen in the compression phenonon, for the less-evolved Earthlings, mana still poses a certain danger.

/If I had awakened at this ti, the sort my life might've been in danger. I could've ended up in a coma like other magic addiction victims... or just shattered to pieces."

Kim Gilyeo's body instinctively suppressed everything to prevent its own collapse. And until this flesh could fully adapt to the changes of the new era, every cell was to ti—patiently, deliberately.

By the ti it was finally safe to unleash its full potential without bursting apart—When the vessel nad Kim Gilyeo was at last ready to accept mana's pure deviance—All that remained was to deliver one more shock... to awaken it once again.

Hmm.

Anyway, if only you hadn't died so quietly—so insignificantly if you'd just held on a bit longer,

If you'd stretched the healer to the very end, and if you'd crossed the threshold of death with more defiance than despair... The S-ranked Awakened beings were normally enveloped by the harvest of yourself. If this body, as thoroughly blessed by a miracle's love, had remained yours, perhaps even that sickness might have eventually found a cure. But I guess... For soone starving to death alone in a cramped room, futures like that were never sothing you could afford to care about.

Maybe... every survive in the world is tragic in just the sa way."

With my restored brain, I fell briefly into thought and returned. Anyway, this situation could be sumd up in just a few short words.

"Ugh!"

"Keugh!"

The one and only occurrence of a [Second Awakening] in modern Earth. If one were to classify it, it could even be considered as 5S-rank ergence. Driven by a series of life-threatening situations, I pierced through the boundaries of my forr limits and finally ca face-to-face with the true mana of this vessel.

"-_-"

Sweeph. Haaa.

Anyway, how long has it been since I last felt this kind of exhilaration?

"This planet almost suffered a terrible loss. Who would've thought that soone with such an extraordinary rare and talented talent would end their life in sothing as pitiful as a lonely death!"

In the anti, two of the Beasts wearing bone masks charged at . But with just a single glance in their direction, I brought their movents to a complete halt.

"Keugh!"

Since I've already gone as far as openly using the term 5S-rank Hunter, maybe it's ti to drive the point ho a little further—give it that final, unmistakable blow.

[3.0.2 Patch Notes]

• Second Awakening

• The magic power of the possessed body has been restored to near its original limit

• dium to Large-scale spells unlocked

Anyway, that's how it is. A body that can fully withstand the soul of a great mage—and even surpasses the mana capacity of forr top-tier hunters—has finally beco mine. What more is there to say?

Sook.

"Ugh!"

I lifted the head of this fully mastered body and looked down at the egoists.

"One al."

And then, I've given a brief taste of the price they would pay for their sins.

"Three als a day, every 24 hours, each averaging 8,400 won. And that's for about a year and a few months."

"W-what...?"

"It took so much effort to maintain this kind of physique all this ti... And yet, these bugs."

At the sa ti, I absorbedly brushed my cheek to check if this apricot-skinned skin had been restored with a fine texture. Although the touch of a mammal's fingertips differs from that of an Alpha-sun, so it wasn't exactly a precise way to confirm.

"Keeeeek!"

"Heuk!"

This marked the final exchange with the grunts. In an instant, the chest of one of the stationary Beasts was torn apart, gushing with blood. The burst tissue that erupted across the Beast's back painted an intricate pattern in the air, like wine. S-rank Awakened beings were normally enveloped by powerful magic energy without needing to focus, but in this case, soone's psychokinesis had pierced straight through the caster's weakness with sheer willpower.

"As expected, it's hard to control the strength."

It seems, like the aftermath of just having undergone the second awakening, so I'm not fully adapted to this new power yet. As a result, a small blast that was unintentionally hit by an instant death attack couldn't even let out a scream before collapsing fully.

"-_-"

Of course, the nearby figure in the bone mask, who was horrified by the sight, didn't fare any better. Using this as a chance to practice controlling my output, I imdiately cast another spell toward the rest.

"E, euph! Euph!"

The surviving beast was suffocated as the flesh swelled up from inside its throat and blocked its airway.

And this was the mont.

Paang!

As if he sensed sothing was wrong, Enzo Hunter also joined in urgently.

A sonic boom echoed from afar. Enzo had suddenly hunted a [Defense-Piercing] spear without warning.

"If I wanted to, I could stop it with telekinesis... but I don't really see the need."

But for soone who had blossod with talent far exceeding even the usual S-rank range, could such an attack possibly be effective? Even when the spear was re picoters away from the eyeball, it ultimately failed to penetrate a nothing and stopped mid-air.

I grasped the stopped spear with my index finger and thumb and said.

"Co to think of it, I vaguely rember hearing sothing when I was slipping in and out of consciousness. Enzo Chano—was it? Did you just say you wouldn't mind shaving off a few years of your life if it's for work?"

There was no response. But it didn't matter.

I threw down the so called "epic-grade" cheap Earth-made spear and faced Enzo. By now, he had lost all composure and was unleashing torrents of lightning.

Bzzzt-

Even as he stood amidst the downpour of skill bombardnts, not a single strand of his dyed hair wavered. It was a sight that seed to transcend the very laws of the human world.

Because I'm different from them. Originally, this strangeness is exactly my true nature.

"Hoho!"

Could it be that Enzo Chano, despite his seemingly simple appearance, was actually the concluding attempt to escape using an I am. I am.

Of course, I made my move before the hollow laugh he reflexively let out could even fully escape his lips.

"---?!"

On the surface, it looked like nothing more than a simple flick of the left-hand fingers. But from that single motion, first air, then reality suddenly froze in place as if paralyzed. Beads of cold sweat trickled down his face as he stared at in disbelief.

"From what I've learned, it does seem like this whole incident was planned collectively—and even directed from the top by soone in charge..."

Now that I have a feel for the output, let's wrap things up.

"I'll find out about your circumstances and such later. In fact, everything was perfect, I could have just subdued you. But in my current state, I don't have the confidence to stop you from repeating your cris, so it won't work."

Now that I can easily search through all of the mories using [Golem Technique],

I skipped the needless questions and stepped toward Enzo. Then, with my index finger, I traced a cross at a asured pace across his chest.

To be precise, it ant I used mana to split open his lungs in the shape of that cross.

"Hetal Hih... Cough cough."

Enzo let out a hollow laugh once again. After, all would have expected to be as helplessly defeated by an E-rank hunter as he gazed at the heart-felt scores—who only ever ran away? The last beast struggled to move its stiff body for a while but ultimately succumbed to its injuries and lost consciousness. In that short span, I had taken down three of the modern era's top-tier awakened hunters.

"As expected, life really is sothing no one can predict, huh..."

This was exactly the true power of an archmage. But just because I subdued the enemy before didn't an the job was done—right after knocking down Enzo, I imdiately turned around.

"H, Hunter Kim Gilyeo...?"

"Huh...?"

There were Koreans there, with dazed faces, not just eyeing their. For reference, they were all inside the barrier I had created—just in case, since Enzo had been attacking wildly earlier.

"Is everyone okay?"

Swish swish.

I brushed my hand through the air, dispelling the transparent barrier. At the sa ti, I approached my still dazed comrades and began administering first aid.

"Thanks to you, I survived... ugh!"

"Wait, just a mont! I can drink on my own... keugh"

The act of sneaking a mana potion out of their pockets and showing it into their mouths like feeding babies with bottles—this would at least sowhat ease the aftereffects of the [Mana Burn].

"-_-"

At that mont, Seonwoo Yeon, slumped in the corner, looked at with a bluish, pale face, trembling. So I approached her and gave her the final treatnt.

"H, Hunter?"

The reason she, who wasn't touched by the golden arm, was in such a state was probably because the mana flowing from my body overwheld her energy.

"Ugh..."

Heugh.

I placed my palm on the associate mber's forehead and cast a calming spell to soothe their mind.

"Ugh, Ugh."

The output must have been strong because Seonwoo Yeon looked a bit too peaceful... but oh well, it should be fine!

I unintentionally experinted just now. For a while, I'll refrain from using magic on Earthlings."

Anyway, it's a magic that will wear off over ti.

After taking the proper dicine and resting for a while, Garon, Magic Tower, and other guild leaders gradually regained consciousness. They seed to have many questions for , but true to their professional hunter nature, they prioritized answering my questions first.

"Oh by the way, what about the others? The A-rank hunters! It looks like the room changed again and they moved sowhere else...?"