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Chapter 60
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After stepping out of the car, Si-hyun silently followed behind the section chief.
Conversations flowed smoothly, and she naturally succeeded in being included in the rear support team.
Of course, nothing happened without some minor incidents.
“An outsider, you say?”
Kang Chul-min, the man who was to lead the rear support team, looked at her.
He was an S-rank hunter from the Blue Forest Guild.
The tall, burly man was clad in flashy, high-grade equipment from head to toe.
“Can they communicate? It’d be problematic if they can’t follow orders.”
“Yes, basic communication is more than sufficient. Isn’t that right?”
Si-hyun nodded.
She could use a voice-modifying spell if necessary,
But she intended to avoid speaking entirely unless absolutely required.
…It had been something she’d done frequently when she wore her nun’s habit every day.
Of course, whether by choice or circumstance, that was a different matter.
“Hmph. Well, fine. I’ll place you in the rear.”
His arrogant gaze lingered briefly on her before moving away.
As the rear team leader walked off, Si-hyun glanced toward the section chief.
“I’ll be returning to my duties. I also need to fulfil the promise I made earlier.”
She nodded.
“Well then, I wish you success in clearing the dungeon safely.”
The section chief headed back to where he had parked the car earlier.
After waiting idly a little apart from the rear support team hunters,
“Let’s move out!”
She entered the A-rank undead dungeon along with the group.
The eerie atmosphere unique to dungeons was accompanied by the dense concentration of mana.
Following the orders of the Blue Forest Guild leader, the group took their positions.
Half of the rear support team seemed to be guild members from the same organization.
They exchanged familiar conversations as they got into position.
Most of them were positioned at the front lines, while Si-hyun stayed in the rear.
Since she had no plans to intervene unless absolutely necessary, this suited her just fine.
“This way!”
A rogue began leading the way.
According to what she’d heard, he was one of the hunters who had participated in the reconnaissance after the incident.
As they moved, traces of earlier battles began to appear one by one.
“Ugh, undead corpses are always so disgusting.”
“No kidding.”
“The boss is going to be related to this theme too, right?”
“Let’s hope nothing weird shows up….”
Listening to their whispered conversations, Si-hyun walked along with the group.
As they quickly advanced,
They came across a group of skeletons that had revived in relatively intact condition.
As expected of an A-rank dungeon,
The skeletons included warriors, archers, and mages, arranged in proper formation.
Among them were some reinforced variants.
“Quickly handle them and regroup!”
“Understood!”
At Kang Chul-min’s commanding shout, the battle began.
“Take this!”
Boom—!
Crash—!
Each swing of his massive hammer left large craters on the ground.
Simultaneously, the skeletons shattered, scattering into piles of bone dust.
As the first to charge, Kang Chul-min attracted concentrated ranged attacks from archers and mages.
“Hahaha! That won’t work on me!”
Thanks to his flashy equipment, not even a scratch was left on him.
He rampaged wildly, as if daring the enemies to target him.
Behind him, other hunters maintained their formations and fought in coordination.
Since the skeletons weren’t in perfect condition to begin with,
The battle didn’t last long before it was over.
“No time to dawdle! Keep moving!”
“Yes, sir!”
The hunters shouted energetically as they began moving again at a brisk pace.
Si-hyun followed them, keeping up with their pace.
Thanks to the trail cleared by the vanguard,
Encounters were sporadic, and most of the time was spent advancing deeper into the dungeon.
After another skirmish,
A brief rest was announced, and a magic-type hunter woman slumped down next to Si-hyun.
“Ugh…! The deeper we go, the more it feels like chills running down my spine! The mana concentration in this dungeon is way too thick….”
“Y-yeah? So it wasn’t just me imagining things.”
Another hunter agreed with her words.
The woman shivered as if goosebumps were spreading all over her body and said,
“Ugh…, could there really be an S-rank dungeon inside this place?”
“Well, once we regroup, there’ll be a total of four S-rank hunters. They’ll handle it just fine!”
“R-right?! That must be it!”
As if trying to shake off the tension,
The group engaged in quiet conversations here and there.
Then, Si-hyun felt someone looking at her.
Turning her head, she saw the magic-type woman staring at her.
“……?”
Wondering if the woman needed something, Si-hyun tilted her head slightly.
“You understand Korean, right?”
The woman initiated a conversation.
Si-hyun gave a small nod, waiting for her to continue.
“Oh, um. It’s nothing major. I was just wondering about your role since you haven’t participated in combat.”
Ah, so that’s why she approached. That made sense.
While everything was proceeding without issue,
From their perspective, she must have seemed like a strange person doing nothing but idling.
She couldn’t let herself be seen as a burden.
Taking out the sword she hadn’t bothered to reveal earlier, she drew it from her bracelet.
Whirr—
She swung it gracefully once, then pointed at herself and then at the woman.
“Oh, you’re here to protect us?”
Si-hyun nodded.
“Hmm, I see, but in that case, what’s your rank—”
“Let’s get moving!”
Before the woman could ask further,
The loud voice of the team leader prompted everyone to quickly get up.
The magic-type woman did the same.
Apparently, she hadn’t been that curious about Si-hyun, as she simply bowed her head slightly to end the conversation.
The group began moving deeper into the dungeon.
Following them, Si-hyun pondered the faint sense of familiarity she felt.
…Hmm, how ambiguous.
She shook her head to clear her thoughts and focused on walking.
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Amid the forced march of the rear support team,
The magic-type hunter woman briefly turned her head to look at the woman following behind them.
‘…She’s a woman, right?’
Her guess about the person’s gender was based solely on height.
The nun’s habit, which revealed nothing, could easily be mistaken for a priest’s robe.
She hadn’t spoken a single word so far, nor had she shown any special actions.
Yet, to call her dead weight…
‘There’s something reassuring about her.’
As the group delved deeper into the dungeon,
The dense mana concentration oppressed not only her but most of the hunters.
However, only two people’s demeanours remained unchanged from when they first entered.
The rear team leader, Kang Chul-min of the Blue Forest Guild.
And the woman in the nun’s habit, quietly following at the back.
Once she realized this, she genuinely felt reassured.
And it wasn’t just an illusion.
Although battles were rare, the rear support team had fewer high-ranking hunters than the vanguard.
As a result, an emergency situation arose.
“Damn it, what do we do if they break through?”
“Rear guard! Be careful!”
“Keep moving—!”
Four-legged beast-type undead rushed forward, tanking the vanguard’s attacks with their bodies.
Some were struck down immediately.
But they couldn’t take them all out.
“Stay calm and respond!”
“A-attack!”
The rear guard hunters hastily used their skills.
Rushed magic spells glittered as they poured down on the beasts.
But hastily cast spells lacked sufficient power.
One major characteristic of undead monsters—
They didn’t feel pain.
The beasts leveraged this strength, charging forward without stopping.
They surged toward the rear guard.
“Grrrk, kyahk—!”
The first beast to arrive growled low and ominously.
With a rasping sound like its throat being scraped, it leaped at the rear-guard hunter.
“Ahhh!”
“Urk!”
The hunters in its path screamed.
At that moment!
Slash—
Thud.
The beast’s head was cleanly severed and rolled to the ground.
It happened in an instant.
The hunters couldn’t fully comprehend the situation and looked at the figure who had stepped forward.
The woman in the nun’s habit calmly positioned herself in front of the rear guard.
“Grrr!”
“Kreee—!”
Other beasts charged at her.
Their decaying flesh and exposed teeth let out eerie noises.
Unlike before, multiple undead beasts lunged at her in succession.
However, the result didn’t change.
“Whoa….”
“Wow…!”
The hunters widened their eyes, watching the movements of the woman in the nun’s habit.
She calmly raised her sword.
As the first beast lunged at her—
Swoosh——
Her wrist moved like lightning, slicing the beast cleanly in half.
With the falling monster behind her, the woman adjusted her posture.
Then two beasts lunged at her simultaneously.
The woman in the nun’s habit smoothly sidestepped and spun, slashing with her sword.
Her actions were precise and efficient, without any wasted motion.
Slash—, thud.
Two beasts were decapitated in one swing, their heads rolling on the ground.
“…….”
Adjusting her stance, the woman turned her gaze to the remaining beasts.
“Grrk…!”
Undead monsters supposedly lacked the emotion of fear, yet—
They hesitated momentarily.
The woman immediately dashed toward them with agility.
The remaining beasts attempted to counterattack, but her sword was faster.
She twisted slightly and slashed upward once.
“Kyaah!”
She then struck downward, slicing through another beast.
Now, only one beast remained.
Naturally, finishing it off took only a moment.
The rear-guard hunters stared blankly at the woman in the nun’s habit.
Everything had happened so quickly that they couldn’t even recall the details of the battle.
The corpses of the monsters were all that remained, proof of the woman’s exceptional skill.
‘Wow… she’s really skilled.’
‘No wonder the section chief urgently brought her in!’
One by one, the hunters turned to look at the nun’s habit in awe.
At that moment, the magic-type hunter woman felt someone’s gaze.
The veiled head of the nun’s habit was facing her.
Without realizing it, the magic-type woman gave a thumbs-up.
The nun’s habit woman hesitated briefly, then responded with her free hand,
Returning the thumbs-up.
Her delicate hand and fingers peeked out from the edge of her sleeve.
The magic-type hunter woman smiled brightly.
Although unseen, she felt certain that the person beneath the nun’s habit was kind, diligent, and adorable.
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