Chapter 72
Ah. I’m so fucked.
It was the moment when Admin keenly realized how deeply screwed he was.
He was frozen like ice, his finger cocked for a flick against the forehead of the downed Gucci Gang.
“Shit…. I can’t feel any trace of the Red-Haired Hunter’s mana anymore! Yo….”
“Miss Elsa…. That means he just used 2% of his power!”
“This is seriously exciting….”
“The mana pressure that was crushing us is gone too! I can’t feel a thing now!”
But while the experts gathered were cheering in anticipation of Admin’s next move—
“Hey!!! If he flicks with 2% of his power, the whole area’s gonna blow up!!”
“Then… does this count as dying in action during a battle too…?”
“Gramps, just hush for a sec!”
The Hansarang Mountaineering Club uncles had brought out chairs from somewhere.
“But hey! Is that really the right form to do a flick? Huh?”
“Exactly! That angle!! That angle’s all wrong!!!”
“What, you some kind of flicking expert or something!!”
“Hey!!! I’m level 185 in marble-flicking, alright!!!”
The Hansarang Club uncles had long since entered Grandpa mode, like old men giving advice in Jongno 3-ga’s Go parlors.
They were eagerly awaiting the Red-Haired Hunter’s next move.
But not the Red-Haired Hunter—just a lowly Admin, now sweating bullets.
How was he supposed to know the effect would wear off this fast?
Why was the duration so damn short? No wonder it was barely mentioned in the description!
Is this really the end?
He started feeling sorry toward the Rabbitmen who gifted him that item with such fanfare.
Maybe I really was a trash-tier Hero?
Anyway, what now? How do I get through this?
Should I just apologize? But how?
“Sorry I almost made you end up like ex-Gucci Gang?”
No. That’s… that’s not it….
Then….
How about we call it a draw? No, that’s not it either….
Looking at Gucci Gang, he’d probably die even if I didn’t flick him.
Ggwaeng-gari was basically a walking corpse too.
I just wanted to land the final blow and make a stylish exit…
Should I just run? I can vanish if I throw on the Cloaking Cloak.
But those sparkly-eyed Hunters watching me… I can’t ignore that.
The Hansarang uncles looked like they just discovered the Philosopher’s Stone.
I’m even starting to feel a weird sense of responsibility not to disappoint them.
Just as Admin’s mind was burning in a spiral of panic—
!!
A solution suddenly popped into his head.
***
The Red-Haired Hunter suddenly withdrew his cocked finger from Gucci Gang’s forehead.
“Why… why’d he pull back the flick?”
“I don’t… know,”
Leaving the confused murmuring behind, the Red-Haired Hunter slowly nodded with a resigned sigh.
“… I see. My time has run out.”
“!!!”
A completely different air surrounded them now.
The burning fury once in the Red-Haired Hunter’s eyes faded away slowly.
Replacing the vanished rage was something unknowably cold and lonely.
The Hunters began to fall into his emotion.
The Red-Haired Hunter’s gaze shifted slowly, and they followed his line of sight.
At last, his eyes pierced into the vast sky above.
“How cruel… to be nothing more than a single fragment in this wide world….”
The Red-Haired Hunter spoke to some unknown being.
“Who… is he talking to?”
“No clue…”
But the Hunters felt it instinctively.
Whoever he was speaking to—it was surely some transcendent being, in another dimension, or another world entirely.
“But even that is a burden I must carry.”
The Red-Haired Hunter finished his monologue.
“A burden… What kind of battle is the Red-Haired Hunter fighting alone…?”
Pokkulom murmured, and the Red-Haired Hunter shifted his gaze toward the crowd.
“I am now but a forgotten one. A remnant of a bygone era…. Yet a new dawn shall soon rise.”
“!!!”
The Hunters were confused. It was too abstract to fully understand.
But the essence within the Red-Haired Hunter’s words stirred their hearts deeply.
“Open your eyes wide. You who carry the hope of this world.”
The Red-Haired Hunter’s voice grew more solemn, filled now with absolute conviction.
“I’m… opening my eyes as wide as I can… Are you mocking me for being slant-eyed…?”
“Sir Pokkulom Guildmaster, shut it.”
“Got it, Miss Queen.”
Pokkulom’s near-fumble was swept away, and the Red-Haired Hunter continued.
“Look deeply into the truth. Only when you face it will the flame of hope blaze brightly.”
“What… truth?”
“All truth has been entrusted to the ‘Throne Usurper’. He has yet to realize it, but soon he will grasp the flame of hope and lead the way.”
“If it’s the Throne Usurper… you mean Admin?”
“The moment the Throne Usurper begins to awaken… a new dawn shall rise. I believe it, without a shred of doubt.”
The Hunters stirred again. The Red-Haired Hunter turned his back.
And then, silence.
Now!… Doppelgänger!… It’s your cue!
“The Hero-ping who saves the world!!!”
SMAAAASH!
Ggwaeng-gari had been quietly listening to the Red-Haired Hunter’s message with awe.
“Urgh…. You….”
Thud.
But sneaking up behind him, Admin (Fake) smashed a rock into the back of his head.
His mana circuits were already shot. A surprise attack from an unexpected source.
With both factors combined, Ggwaeng-gari bled out on the spot.
“Brave-ping!”
Admin (Fake) gave a thumbs up.
“Ah…. Looks like… he’s begun to awaken.”
Watching Admin (Fake), the Red-Haired Hunter smiled with satisfaction.
“Red-Haired Hunter! Are you saying Admin is truly… the hope of this world?!”
“Admin… the flame of hope…”
The Red-Haired Hunter did not reply. He slowly began to fade away.
“Red-Haired Hunter!! Please, leave us with one final teaching!!”
Moved by the Red-Haired Hunter’s words, Pokkulom cried out.
“Soon… winter will come.”
That was the Red-Haired Hunter’s final message.
“Yeah, it’s been kinda chilly lately…”
Pokkulom muttered. The Red-Haired Hunter vanished completely.
At that moment, the elders burst into cheers.
“Hey!!! That guy!!! He definitely passed down a new teaching to us!!!”
“There’s a reason he’s so absurdly strong!”
“Maybe… he’s lived even longer… than me…”
“Gramps! That’s not it!”
“Shut up…”
The elders began to get all worked up.
“He was definitely… fighting with some kind of being that we couldn’t see, somewhere beyond our vision…”
“He was looking at something… something none of us could perceive…”
Pokkulom and Park Seo-yoon mulled over the words of the Red-Haired Hunter.
“Admin… the Light of Hope…”
Seol Hayan reconfirmed that her belief wasn’t wrong.
It was the belief that Admin would change this world.
“But what about Gang?”
“Yeah! What about Gang?”
“!!!”
Pokkulom’s sudden outburst.
All the Hunters rushed toward Gang’s body.
It felt like another battle might erupt—
But they soon let out sighs of relief.
“He’s… Good Dino.”
Gang was cold and lifeless.
He had left behind his signature sign: [Gang].
***
A short time passed.
Admin had put on his Cloaking Cloak and distanced himself from the Hunters.
[Title]: Breaking News! Red-Haired Hunter wraps up the Busan terror attack!!!
(Video of Red-Haired Hunter flicking a forehead slap. MP4)
Let’s watch awesome stuff twice ㅇㅇ
So goddamn cool fr
Still… it’s really over now!!!
— Whoa that’s legendary;;
┗ A legend! A true legend!
┗ Burger Bro lol this is Korea’s Red-Haired Hunter
┗ Tracker! With crimson-dyed hair!
┗ K-Hunter! So incredible!
┗ But fr he’s actually cool;;
┗ They said Red-Haired Hunter only used 1% of his power there ㅇㅇ
┗ fr?
┗ No way, for real?
— Rumor: When he flicked that slap, the mana waves spread all the way to Daejeon.
┗ Ye It’s real ㅇㅇ
┗ fr?
┗ Yeah That rumor blew up for a while ㅇㅇ
┗ Damn;; that’s wild fr
— He used just 1% and caused that much destruction…?
┗ Isn’t that kinda exaggerated though…?
┗ Yeah fr;;
┗ Right, Just look at him, looks like the type to flex tbh ㅇㅇ
┗ Kinda seems like he plays girls too;;
┗ Furikake::
┗ gtfo
— Red-Haired Hunter oppa is so dreamy ㅠㅠ
┗ Where did he go ㅠㅠ
┗ He’s actually handsome ㅠpuppyㅠ
┗ Save my heart too, hngh….
The gallery was in chaos thanks to Red-Haired Hunter’s explosive moves.
People were talking about the exact moment I flicked the slap and recorded it on video.
That moment when I flicked it… it felt so damn good.
Do I have another item that lets me reclaim the Hero’s power?
I left a lot of traces in the otherworld. There’s gotta be something out there.
I can’t get it with my current abilities. I just gotta hope I stumble across it one day.
[Title]: So that means Red-Haired Hunter also browses the Hunter Gallery ㅇㅇ
Red-Haired Hunter’s “warning monologue” was so badass fr
— Think he’ll show up again?
┗ That ziLegendHunter guy only has one post lol;;
┗ For real;;
┗ Korea’s safe with him around ㅇㅇ
┗ Camping out for the next prophecy, agreed
┗ For real
— Red-Haired Hunter oppa please show up again ㅠㅠㅠ
┗ Oppa you’re totally reading the naughty meme I uploaded earlier, right? ㅠㅠ
┗ I doubt someone like him would be giggling at memes;;
┗ Fr, he’s probably seducing everyone lol
┗ My boobs are pretty, though?
┗ Let’s see them then
┗ No
┗ get lost
┗ Nice try tho lol
[Title]: Red-Haired Hunter’s Quote Compilation.JPG
Right before disappearing after ending the Busan terror incident, Red-Haired Hunter left a few prophecies ㅇㅅㅇ
[Winter will soon arrive]
[All truth has been entrusted to the Throne Usurper. Though he has yet to awaken, he shall soon carry the torch of hope and lead the way.]
[The moment the Throne Usurper begins to awaken, a new sun will rise. I firmly believe this.]
Isn’t the Throne Usurper Admin?
But “Winter will soon arrive” — what does that even mean;;;
— Whoa… does that mean Red-Haired Hunter can make prophecies too?
┗ So his Awakened Ability is foresight?
┗ Includes foresight
┗ fr, then he’s basically a prophet?
┗ Isn’t he a regressor?
┗ Yeah, sounds like it fr
— What could “Winter will soon arrive” mean…
┗ It means winter is cum cum-ing soon!
┗ I know that, you Yankee
┗ Our Burger Bro doesn’t understand metaphors, huh?
┗ Oh! Small penis! Are you envious of the white man’s girthy shaft?
┗ “White man” my ass lol you red-skinned bastard
— Korea’s small land size! Perfectly appropriate! Matching genital size!
┗ Yeah, and your big-ass country means y’all just stay isolated from each other lol
┗ No gallery, can’t even communicate lol
┗ Chunshik lol you can’t even go back to America
┗ …
┗ Burger Bro lol get it together
┗ You’re basically an immigrant now lol
┗ K–banter so spicy…
┗ Small chili = Spicy chili!
┗ For real lol
— Admin isn’t “a new sun rising”
┗ More like a harmful bird lol
┗ Fr lmfao
┗ I’m losing it lololol
┗ (Insert harmful bird meme)
┗ lmaoooo
The Hunter Fanboys were ascribing all sorts of deep meaning to the random “cool-sounding line” I spouted.
Thank god I said so many cool lines back when I was a Hero.
This is why experience matters. Can’t underestimate the value of veteran moves.
It was an exit no one could question. Smooth and clean.
Now the Hunters were crowding around the doppelgänger to check if he was okay.
But among them, the doppelgänger looked at me silently and tilted his head.
With eyes behind his mask that seemed to ask, “Are you okay?”
Admin (Real) whispered softly — so quietly that no one could hear.
“I’ve been through way too much. I’m exhausted.”
At the same time, a post by Timothy [Penny Makes a Mountain] popped up on the gallery.
— [We have successfully defended Yongin.]
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