The Hunter of the Other World Who Is Being Misunderstood Chapter 431. Don't Adjust Your Shoes in a Melon Field, Don't

G, guard... the guards...

I haven't killed anyone yet, so don't worry about them.

Thud.

Regardless of whether the people around were thinking about the hunter rankings or not, a certain awakened one first plopped down into a nearby chair as they pleased.

Anyway, to continue from where we left off...

The cheap governnt-issue office furniture gradually tilted to match the contours of the person's back.

I can't agree with the Magical Tower's argunt. Of course, there's only one guild in this country with the most personal funds, but smaller companies could combine resources with others and still succeed in the bidding, couldn't they?

Just where did you eavesdrop on the eting...

But why are you already shutting down the possibility, saying there won't be any competition?

Kang Changho, still settled into the fabric chair, spoke a few words.

Whispers.

Of course, the people around him weren't exactly paying him much attention.

Besides, there's no need to even consider forming an alliance with another guild. This side already has plenty of money anyway.

At a certain remark, the murmuring of the crowd suddenly fell silent.

By the way, it's not like I get this information from anyone. I just followed the 5-rank hunters because they were all gathering in one place. So let say this upfront—don't do making so poor innocent human a spy.

Haha.

A man in his thirties laughs.

The head of the Hunter Association. The Neo Sisters guild. And, positioned more or less in front of the projector, the hunters ranked first and second.

Before long, all of them had gone silent, glancing toward the back of the conference room.

Everyone here is the owner of a company with plenty of dependents...

The man buried in the dark shadow continued speaking nonchalantly.

Having sold a company like that, I'd probably have better cash flow.

But that calm atmosphere didn't last long.

Hey, you piece of trash.

Age difference. Being active in the workforce.

Esther had managed to curse successfully despite all those circumstances.

Yeah. Honestly, I've wanted to say this for a while. I an, is there anyone living in South Korea who hasn't even heard of [Nan Steel]?

Hmm.

Because you just threw away such a huge company without any preparation, countless employees who made their living at the steel mill were left out in the cold!

Director Seo Esther.

But what's so proud about doing such a damn reckless thing and bragging about it?

First, I get which part you're pointing out. But I'm sorry, that kind of hardship for the common people wasn't really my intention.

Ah, yes. Of course. Soone like Hunter Kang could have short-sold his own company's stock and still had no interest on behind it, I'm sure.

Haha.

The cursed sorcerer's voice showed no sign of lowering.

Shall we try thinking about this a bit more simply?

Perhaps it was precisely because of this absurd explanation that the tension couldn't subside.

This is just the result of an individual putting what they own on the market. That's all there is to it. I really don't understand why even minor incidents always draw such harsh criticism.

You don't understand this? And you're soone who even went to college?

All right, listen carefully again. To summarize the Nan Steel incident...

The mont she heard the story, Esther thought about the relationship between being a corporate owner and ethics.

My feelings.

But before she could even utter a suitable sentence, everyone's minds went completely blank.

And the company's shareholders, or everyone who specifically chose to work at our steel mill—all of them acted according to their own intentions as well.

_-

I didn't have any malicious intent. So, if it's at all possible, I'd appreciate it if you didn't glare at so fiercely. Look at , for example. Even if I suddenly experience hardship where blood flows from my eyes, I don't particularly fuss or argue about it, do I?

This is the worst...

Kang Chang-ho. Before awakening, he was set to beco the owner of a mid-sized steel company—a true silver spoon. He was still young, and there was plenty of inheritance waiting for him anyway. As a regular civilian, he had simply lacked fa, but it was assud he had always lived brazenly. Above all, he was soone whose exploits circulated as testimonies everywhere. Yet even those who lived diligently without believing the rumors were quickly taken aback by him, as he imdiately revealed his distinctive personality in his thirties.

Damn--

Soon after, Esther muttered a curse under her breath as well.

Even after awakening, he's still as unusual as ever. He should just enjoy his own hobbies quietly and live his life.

She thought for a mont.

From the outside, he really is a damn irritating person.

Although it was at the request of her benefactor—Kim Giryeo—she had nonetheless placed a high-level [curse] on soone she'd never even t. What Kang Changho had said just ntioned was essentially a critique of that [curse]. The difference between South Korea's second- and third-ranked 5-rank hunters was really just whether one had been prosecuted or not. Esther, being sowhat aware of her own flawed tendencies, had in fact, at one point, quietly made a certain resolution in her heart.

Still, if he showed a decent side, I had intended to personally ask him how the previous fight looked from his perspective.

For so reason, the idea carried a strong whiff of the high-handed atmosphere typical of Alphabet. Yet from the cursed sorcerer's perspective, this was an entirely natural thought. Elixir had no effect through such a delicate process of contemplation, Esther's reasoning arrived at much the sa conclusion.

Filthy human...

Perhaps Kang Changho had been avoiding her all this ti precisely because he anticipated this future?

Elixir.

But the small questions remained unresolved.

So, in the end, what Kang Changho-ssi is suggesting seems to be that the governnt should sell the Elixir dungeon as usual.

It would be particularly excellent for securing tax revenue.

At this point, the vice president of Neo Sisters stepped forward.

I'm sorry, but I strongly support Hunter Esther's opinion.

That was roughly the stance of the large South Korean guild.

One month. Three months. Six months. And perhaps, the dungeon could be safely leased for up to a year. But with a panacea hidden inside—would criminals really just let such a place be?

Or there could be foreign interference as well.

The Neo Sisters side recalled the safety various problems that would arise if the gate were transferred into a specific person's ownership. Besides, if the [Elixir] dungeon really went up for sale, it would be tantamount to starting off by turning one of the 5-ranks here into an enemy, so the danger would increase even more.

Co to think of it, it's ridiculous. They could've just cleared the gate themselves and kept quiet, but they went and reported it anyway.

C, could you please... lower your magic power a little, Hunter Seo?

Phew—what a miserable life for soone who can't live without the law.

Esther spoke up at this point.

Anyway, let's hear that first. Why on earth is Hunter Kang Changho so interested in [Elixir]?

The woman's voice was half-questioning.

You're still young enough.

_-

And it doesn't look like there's anything wrong with your body either.

Yeah. I'm perfectly healthy.

Besides, we've already awakened as a 5-rank. It's not like people at our level of power are ever going to get sick for the rest of our lives, right?

Even Esther, who used to catch every illness going around back in her school days—colds, eye infections, and all—hasn't been sick since once her mutation. That distinction mattered. The Elixir had no special effect on external injuries; I rely had a slight rejuvenating effect and had been proven to cure cases of mana intoxication.

Moreover, the rumor that it could cure every illness was based entirely on the user's subjective impressions. If injuries sustained while working as a hunter, using a top-grade potion readily available on the market seed far more practical.

But why that hunter?

Don't tell he's planning to stash it away for 30 years and drink it right before he kicks the bucket?

Esther cast a sidelong glance at the one who had thrown the entire room into chaos. But it seed there was no need to bother listening to soone else's retirent plans.

The reason I'm interested in panacea?

And then, from Kang Changho's mouth, ca an answer no one could have imagined.

Well, honestly, it seems unlikely. Well, if I'm lucky enough to get it...

So what?

Even so, it seems likely that the dicine (or drug) will probably be transferred to a psychic nad Kim Giryeo.

To soone else. And to South Korea's fourth 5-rank awakener, no less. She never expected him to plan to give that legendary potion away.

Huh?

Esther, who had been standing near the screen, showed a flicker of surprise at his words. However, the man with hypochromic body hair remained as composed as ever. What's there to be so shocked about? If you're sitting in a eting like this, you probably already know the fourth 5-rank's little secret—his health, at least. Or perhaps he ant sothing along the lines of, Doesn't this seem like a clever move for the peace of the Korean Peninsula? The executives gathered in the darkened room shifted their eyes, each gauging the others' reactions.

Huh, that's actually... a surprisingly reasonable reason?

But to be precise, their ti of peace ended right there.

Oh, right. And of course, I was also curious to see how that guy would react if I offered a deal with a potion said to 'cure every illness known to man.'

Yes?

The image of a 5-rank hunter with transcendent power fussing over a single ordinary potion... I thought it might be kind of funny to see.

Trash.

Interacting with a sickly mutant would only be unpleasant, but a fully healed psychic is a completely different story.

_-

If things go well, I could even draw up an official employnt contract and have them work. Honestly, I don't see any consur more valuable than Kim Giryeo right now.

_-

But still, it's essentially saying you'd be saving a competent hunter—aren't you happy about that?

It was just as those three particular letters flashed through everyone's mind that the person here with the strongest linguistic skills stepped forward and spoke first.

Are you saying that just because you want to pick a fight with us?

No.

The fact that you're an awakener weaker than Kim Giryeo was already all over the national news back in the day. But now, trying to make that awakener acquaintance right in front of her made her blood boil instantly.

I don't even feel he deserves respect as a fellow human.

But even if she used her abilities here, in a place with so many discerning eyes, what would it accomplish—just another en-con, no more. The purple-haired hunter cald herself without much difficulty and soon voiced her stance.

Anyway, if that's the reason, then I definitely can't entrust the dungeon to you.

Is that so?

I'm not sure how much cash you've still got left from Nan Steel, but it seems you've also been buying various artifacts over ti...

Besides, your activity level is much lower than that of the first and second ranked.

Even if I have to take out a private loan, I won't let that potion end up in your hands. I'm serious, so let's not waste our energy fighting each other over it.

Yet even though her voice was calm, in the back of her mind she couldn't help but feel a twinge of unease.

What if that hunter goes out and spreads word of the dungeon's existence...

In other words, the trouble that would naturally follow if it were revealed that the mystery cure-all had reappeared.

Announcing that they will send Hunters in ranking order is honestly not much of an issue in terms of justification. But if the rich people in this capitalist society randomly find out about the [Elixir], what the heck will they do?

Moreover, the other attention that hunting ground draws, the harder it will be to protect it. Seo Esther ran the numbers through her mind.

Excuse .

At that critical mont, the 5-rank hunter sitting in another fabric chair suddenly spoke up.

Hunter Kang Changho.

Even with the room shrouded in darkness, the young man's movents were visible. The hunter who had been hunched over slowly lifted his head.

Couldn't we just clear this dungeon based on ranking?

Jung Haseong explained in a determined voice.

Could we just quietly reach an agreent here? Honestly, it's not like we're planning to clear the dungeon. Naturally, we'd keep it open continuously, like a ranch...

Right.

We're basically suggesting that all the people of South Korea farm together (*a euphemism for not closing the gate and extracting items)...

But as soon as the national hero's words rang out, a certain person simply casually ntioned a hypothesis.

Wait. But what if the elixir is a reward that can only be obtained from the boss?

It was a statent that might have brought a cold sweat to so listeners.

Author's Thoughts: Hi, from now on, I will update this novel 3 chapters/week. Thank you for all your support so far:)