Chapter 70
At the moment the counterattack in Busan had begun,
What was happening in Yongin?
Timothy [Penny Makes a Mountain] was trying to accept the unfamiliar situation.
Kneeling before someone else. Especially for someone like Timothy, that was unthinkable.
“Guh….”
The battle had begun with severe damage due to the Mana Stone explosion.
Her head throbbed as if it were going to burst.
“Miss Timothy… Are you alright…?”
A guild member who had been guarding her asked with a dying voice.
“I’m fine.”
Timothy answered, hiding her pain.
“But your mana circuits… aren’t they twisted?”
“With martial arts! With this sword! All I need is to slash the bastard!”
“Thank goodness you’re a Second Awakening… Haha. Unfortunately, I’m just a mage…”
And with that, he quietly closed his eyes.
“Guild Master! We have to give up this place!!!”
“Hey!! Hold your position!!!!”
“If this keeps up, we’ll all be wiped out!!!”
As she surveyed the battlefield, her guild members were helplessly being defeated by the Frog Rebellion operatives.
If it hadn’t been for the Mana Stone explosion, they wouldn’t be like this.
That’s how devastating the aftermath of the explosion was.
Yongin was once again under threat. And this time, not by monsters—but by humans.
If the gear level of the Hunters hadn’t been upgraded through the Free Market, the casualties would’ve been worse.
This humiliation must be repaid.
“To launch a surprise attack using cowardly methods like a Mana Stone explosion…”
The Frog Rebellion executive who had brought Timothy to her knees stood tall, snickering unpleasantly.
“Do you think I’m crazy enough to fight you head-on?”
“Coward.”
“Hehe. Coward? So what? If I win, that’s all that matters.”
That’s how the Frog Rebellion operated.
Cowards who wanted victory without having the courage to fight fairly.
They were the kind of scum Timothy despised—the kind who didn’t deserve to live!
“I’ll at least hear your name before I kill you. Not to remember it, but to mock it for all eternity.”
Timothy said as she rose on trembling legs.
“No thanks.”
“Arrogant bastard.”
It was the vilest insult that could come from Timothy’s mouth.
“Rank Two. Kekeke!”
“What?”
“My rank, you see? Hehe.”
“You?”
“Thanks to today’s events, His plan will accelerate even more… Kekeke!”
“Who else is involved?”
The villain pondered for a moment.
“What will you do even if I tell you? You’re going to die soon anyway, right?”
He began gathering mana. She had to cut off his head before he could cast.
But then, a thunderous roar erupted from the struggling guild members.
“The Hansarang Mountaineering Club has launched a counterattack!!”
Soon, the guild members chanted a single name.
“Sir Admin!!!”
“It’s Admin!!!”
“Check the gallery!!!”
Timothy quickly opened the Hunter Gallery.
[Title]: [Throne Usurper Admin] Frog Rebellion in Yongin, repeat after me, you’re already dead
Once you’ve repeated it, be ready to actually die
I’m serious
— Admin!!!
┗ He’s regained consciousness!!
┗ No, he’s still passed out ㅇㅇ
┗ What?
┗ Then how is he posting on the gallery while unconscious?
┗ That’s a level beyond comprehension!!!!
┗ He’s gallery posting even while unconscious??
┗ Grand Admin!
— [Admin] I’ve already assessed the situation in Yongin
┗ [Admin] Time to return the favor
┗ [Admin] No—return double the favor
┗ Grand Admin! Grand Admin! Grand Admin!
┗ Grand Admin!
┗ Shout his name, Grand Admin!!!
┗ My heart is swelling with pride, for real
— Admin just listed a ring on the Free Market!!!!!!
┗ My mana circuits just reset!!
┗ For real?
┗ There’s a ring like that?
┗ Yep, listed on the Free Market! For just! 1,000! Won!
┗ Does Admin have a grudge against the number 1,000 or what LOL
┗ The bare minimum price LOL
— Ring Description (1): This is a basic accessory
┗ Ring Description (2): But since it forcibly resets, you’ll need proper treatment later ㅠ
┗ So very Admin LOL
┗ Basically like a stimpack, huh?
┗ LOL At least you can use magic again for now
┗ You can survive for now!!!
┗ Back to the battlefield!!!!!
┗ Let’s go!!!
— [Admin] Timothy, please check your trade alert immediately ㅇㅇ
┗ [Penny Makes a Mountain] Huh?
┗ [Admin] This is basic shoplifting
┗ Guild Master!!!
┗ Dammit Admin!!! You’re probably hurting too!!!
┗ Whoa!!!
As soon as she accepted the trade, weapons began falling from the sky.
Admin had sent her exclusive gear.
It was a full set of A-rank equipment and a mana circuit reset ring Timothy had never seen before.
He must have believed she could handle it.
“Sir Admin… How can I ever repay this grace…”
Timothy sent back only the weapon, since she already had one.
Even this showed how observant Admin was.
“Kiik… The ones who went to Busan! Can’t even take care of one Admin?! Bunch of idiots!!!”
The villain began to lose it.
As she finished equipping the full set, her twisted mana circuits realigned, and her clouded mind cleared.
Her body felt reborn. Just then, a familiar voice came from behind.
“Timothy. Good work. I had to use a lot of Teleports to get here.”
“Director Lee Seung-cheol… Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. I haven’t even used half my mana. From here on, let’s handle this together.”
The villain panicked.
“Wait! This… This isn’t fair!”
Even as he said that, he gathered even more mana.
“Not fair? What did you say earlier…”
Timothy’s eyes flashed. Lightning crackled around her.
“If you win, that’s all that matters?”
She reached into the air. Her sword appeared like a bolt of lightning.
“That’s… That’s not what I meant…?”
“Your tone is really annoying.”
A flash of lightning shot toward the villain.
Crackle-crack!
Frozen mana wrapped around the blade.
In that moment, a member of the Frog Rebellion lunged at her.
“Die!!”
An attack filled with murderous intent. But she was no longer there.
Instead, a blade glowing icy blue was aimed at the enemy.
The blade pierced into the villain’s chest.
“Grahh…”
He couldn’t even finish his death cry. He shattered into ice fragments and scattered.
“Why’d you mess with Admin. I came all the way here just to meet him, fuck.”
Now was the time to summon the berserker Olaf.
She raised her hand.
Then, from the ground, snowmen several times bulkier than usual slowly emerged.
The dolls’ eyes were full of killing intent.
However—
“Dark Vibration. Spell. Chapter 3: Rupture.”
Boom!!
With a single clap from Ggwaeng-gari, the dolls melted back into snow.
“For a B-rank, you’re decent…”
A massive vibration energy surged toward Seol Hayan.
She hurriedly raised an ice wall, but even that was shattered into pieces by Ggwaeng-gari’s vibration spell.
“Ah! Fuck! The elemental matchup!”
Seol Hayan cursed as she took a defensive stance. She closed her eyes, bracing for the coming blow.
Zzzing!
“Elsa, are you alright?”
When Seol Hayan opened her eyes, the attack had been neutralized.
Standing before her was Agent Park Seo-yoon.
Even in that chaos, Seol Hayan recognized her as the agent who had been holding Admin.
That fact didn’t sit well with her.
“Hm… I’m okay! Yo…”
It was Park Seo-yoon’s first time seeing Assistant Admin Elsa in person.
Even in this critical moment, she thought to herself:
Elsa is pretty, as expected… But that informal tone really stands out…
Regardless, this wasn’t the time for either of them to be bothered by petty feelings.
“I’ll help.”
“Go ahead! Yo… Where’s Admin?”
“I’ve hidden him for now. I thought flying might draw too much aggro.”
“Hm… Hmm… Got it! Yo.”
Thus, an absurdly chaotic assistant-admin duo was born.
Though they hadn’t planned it—
The two charged toward Ggwaeng-gari at the same time.
Meanwhile, GucciGang, who had been exchanging blows with Pokkulom, sensed something.
If this drags on, it’ll be dangerous.
He’d originally planned to kidnap Admin and disappear.
But since the reinforcements arrived, nothing had gone according to plan.
“Sir GucciGang! Admin is supporting Yongin!!”
“Yongin’s situation… seems to be reversing.”
An operative who had checked the gallery quickly ran over and reported.
“Kehkeh… gang…”
GucciGang laughed erratically and inserted something into his gauntlet.
“Now I can finally use this properly.”
“You installed a mana stone… into your gauntlet?”
“The games are over, Pokkulom. Gang.”
“Now it’s finally starting to get fun.”
The two experts ended their brief standoff. But GucciGang’s villainy didn’t stop there.
“Everyone! Prepare the mana stone detonation! GANG!”
“Finally!”
At GucciGang’s shout, Frog Rebellion operatives all pulled out mana stones.
As they chanted prepared incantations, the stones began to overload.
“No! Fuck!!”
“We have to stop it!!!”
“Ma!!! If those blow up, it’s the end, I’m telling ya!!”
Everyone except the villains was panicking.
At that moment—
Fssst.
Like a candle extinguished by a gust of wind, the mana stone overloads stopped.
“Gang?”
“What the hell is this?”
It wasn’t the villains who stopped the overloads.
Someone not present here had halted the mana stone overloads.
Yet no one sensed anything.
Something was off. Silence fell over everyone.
“Gallery… Check the gallery…”
“What?”
Everyone pulled up the gallery. And there it was— a simple verification post.
[Title]: [ziLegendHunter] Busan.
(A photo of the Red-Haired Hunter overlooking the battlefield in Busan. jpg)
— Who the hell is this?
┗ Was about to say that—
┗ Wait… that red hair…
┗ Isn’t that Red-Haired Hunter?
— Oh crap…?
┗ That jawline… it’s definitely Red-Haired Oppa…
┗ Hey, why are you recognizing him by face, HunterFanboy?
┗ Because he’s handsome ㅠㅠ
┗ …Anyway…
— It’s really him! Red-Haired Hunter!
┗ For real!
┗ Whoa, even this guy’s on the Hunter Gallery!!!
┗ Shit
┗ This is legendary!!!!
┗ Red-Haired Hunter’s in Busan;;
┗ Admin is in Yongin
┗ Red-Haired Hunter is in Busan
┗ Red-Haired + Admin combo…
┗ Goat meets goat…
— I don’t know who he is!
┗ Burger bros! Remember the name: Red-Haired Hunter!
┗ Who? Who? Who?
┗ Yeahh Korea’s S-rank Hunter ㅇㅇ
┗ ??
┗ Oh my God! I am greatly surprised by Korea’s hunter level!!
┗ Someone stop my midair somersaults!!!
“The Red-Haired Hunter is here…”
“Did he stop the mana stone overloads?”
“The post was uploaded 10 seconds ago…”
“Based on the photo location… he should be up there…”
“But he’s not there…”
What terrified the villains wasn’t just his presence.
It was that they didn’t know the Red-Haired Hunter’s intentions. The verification post had no message.
Just the title “Busan,” and a photo that felt like he was silently watching them.
That silence scared them more than anything.
“Ha!!!!! Red-Haired Hunter!!! GANG!”
Gucci Gang shouted instead.
“I’ve always wanted to fight you!!! GANG!”
“Sir GucciGang, please calm dow—”
Before they realized it, Ggwaeng-gari had teleported over to calm him down.
“He’s the one who made three A-rank monsters kneel with just a look…”
GucciGang seemed to go silent. But then, suddenly—
“I know that! But if he’s that strong! He should’ve taken out those monsters! GANG!”
“But he didn’t kill them! GANG!”
“Just a showoff! A! FRAUD!!! GANG!!!”
Though Gucci Gang shouted with fury, only echoes returned. Nothing else happened.
“Ha… If he showed up, I was gonna let my gauntlet do the talking. GANG!”
Then suddenly, GucciGang went quiet.
Before the Gate appeared— it was like someone caught gaming at dawn being caught by their parents.
“…Uh…”
A man was standing right in front of GucciGang. No one knew when he arrived.
It was like he had simply always been there.
“You said you wanted to see what it tastes like. Show me.”
If this weren’t such a moment, someone might have said his eyes were beautiful.
They looked like they contained the Milky Way.
But that Milky Way was stained with a fury on the verge of explosion.
“Ha… he really showed up! Red-Haired Hunter! GANG!”
GucciGang forced himself to keep shouting. But Pokkulom saw it.
His slightly trembling pupils.
He’s scared, yoouu~~.
“Then shall I show you first?”
The Red-Haired Hunter slowly pulled his finger back like he was cocking a gun.
“Wha… what… gang?”
“Hm. I wonder if this’ll work. I’m excited too. Never done this before.”
“What are you talking abo— gang?”
Gucci Gang was flustered. The Red-Haired Hunter’s finger pointed straight at his forehead.
“Ah. It’s my first time using even 1% of my power.”
“Wa… Wait!!”
Click.
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