Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 5 - The Demon Hunter (2)

As expected of a freelance job.

 

The sun hadn’t set when I got home from work.

 

This was an opportunity for photosynthesis that I couldn’t enjoy back when I was a salaryman.

 

In my mind, I wanted to jump right into the sunlit bed.

 

Tack–

 

I hung my clothes neatly on the hanger.

 

It wasn’t enough, so I went straight to the bathroom.

 

I turned on the shower.

 

Swoosh–!

 

These bloody aristocratic rules!

 

It was more annoying that I was slowly getting used to this tiring routine.

 

But let’s think positively.

 

It was definitely a good thing that cleaning didn’t feel boring.

 

“It’s dusty.”

 

…No matter how dusty it was, it felt unusual to wear a mask and clean up at home.

 

The sun had gone down by the time I was done cleaning up.

 

‘Yeah, what is photosynthesis in my life?’

 

I immediately prepared dinner.

 

I used to settle for a rough meal with delivery food or convenience store food.

 

Fresh ingredients that arrived by early morning delivery.

 

Skillfully prepared dishes.

 

How is it that a noble is good at cleaning and cooking?

 

If you asked me, Grandfel was a fallen nobleman.

 

“It’s not bad.”

 

It was a setting he acquired to eat and live.

 

Naturally, Grandfel’s lofty pride was not dampened by something like getting water on his hands.

 

For me, it was annoying, but I was grateful.

 

‘Anyway, making the food myself will be better for the body.’

 

In fact, I felt the effects of this restrained way of living in my body.

 

Including back pain that disappeared thanks to always standing upright.

 

Chronic fatigue, insomnia, and trivial diseases that modern people lived with had completely disappeared.

 

Of course, it wasn’t just the good things.

 

When I looked in the mirror, my hair glowed in the fluorescent light.

 

‘If anyone sees it, they’ll think I have gray hair.’

 

Silver hair was passed down from generation to generation in the Claudie family.

 

My hair turned to silver following the setting.

 

Fortunately, the silver hair looked pretty good with my current look.

 

Sip–

 

I had tea time after brewing green tea.

 

‘It’s unusual considering green tea costs 50 won each. Seriously.”

 

Even thinking about it, I didn’t care at all.

 

I’d learned how to enjoy tea and relax over the past few days.

 

This must also be the effect of Grandfel’s high self-esteem.

 

‘Yeah, whatever it is, it’s better than the habit of sitting in front of the computer right after eating.’

 

Thanks to that, I had more time to think.

 

It was probably why.

 

I was able to reach a fairly plausible possibility.

 

“…The dark history affects me in reality.”

 

One by one, whenever I became aware of Grandfel’s settings, they became reality.

 

In that case, wouldn’t the ‘talent’ of Grandfel, who was praised as the greatest genius in the history of the Cloudie family, also become reality?

 

『Grandfel’s talent is not limited to one thing.

 

His clear mind is a given.

 

His innate magical talent is such that he can imitate most magic just by looking. Furthermore, the potential of his body is comparable to that.

 

There was a good reason why Grandfel was chosen as the heir to the family at the age of seven.』

 

The more I thought about it, the more it fit a middle school second-year student’s way of thinking.

 

Didn’t I just hit all the good and cool things?

 

“I’m deeply ashamed.”

 

I murmured.

 

Maybe it was because I was embarrassed about my dark past.

 

Maybe it was because I was embarrassed by the excessive praise.

 

It was something I would find out later when I checked it out.

 

To do that, several tests were needed.

 

“It’s an era of convenience.”

 

Accessing Nettube with my smartphone.

 

I searched for videos of players.

 

Sure enough, the saying that there were more people out there didn’t come out for no reason.

 

Channels of players with millions of subscribers appeared.

 

– Rupture Raid Live Episode 17 ─ Griffin’s Nest

 

– What skill does Flame Mage use?

 

– A day in the life of a non-combat class alchemist? Vlog

 

The number of views was staggering.

 

I understood why.

 

The general public couldn’t even notice the existence of ruptures, let alone approach them.

 

It was only natural that they would be interested in players in the ruptures of hunting monsters.

 

Of course, if the rupture collapsed, they could watch it happen in reality.

 

That would be a disaster, and it could no longer be a spectacle.

 

I chose one suitable video.

 

“?”

 

Just as I was about to play it, a message came up.

 

When I checked the number, it was Nam Cheolmin.

 

We never exchanged numbers, but I had contacted Nam Cheolmin first after seeing the job posting.

 

I guessed he still had my number.

 

…What’s with the long text?

 

To summarize the long text, it was about wanting to meet.

 

Right now. If that didn’t work, tomorrow.

 

Geez, I didn’t know his purpose, but this was difficult.

 

“It’s a task that requires concentration.”

 

I felt bad, but.

 

This was something that might turn my player’s life upside down.

 

I replied briefly and played the video.

 

A boss raid video full of skills and magic.

 

For a long time.

 

I opened my mouth while watching the video with a straight posture.

 

“That should be enough.”

 

*

 

A fancy restaurant in Cheongdam-dong.

 

Nam Cheolmin and Nam Taemin.

 

The brothers were waiting at the meeting place.

 

“I am still half in doubt.”

 

“You half-believe me? This ugly hyung? Thank you.”

 

“Hyung, are you going to keep saying that?”

 

Nam Cheolmin burst into laughter when Nam Taemin got angry.

 

‘Why didn’t I know it then?’

 

The dongsaeng he was proud of, Taemin.

 

“Everyone’s talent is different. I was just playing the game ignorantly. Hyung just didn’t have enough time to play. Hyung must be quicker than me when it comes to knowledge of Arcana. I bet you.”

 

The fact that such a guy sincerely acknowledged him.

 

Having an inferiority complex toward this kind of dongsaeng.

 

Nam Cheolmin was genuinely ashamed of his stupidity.

 

“It’s a joke. A joke.”

 

“I don’t know if I should believe that he is an incomprehensible nobleman…”

 

“This and that are different. I will become an analyst properly.”

 

“Can I record that?”

 

“Up to you.”

 

“Sigh, do you really believe in this?”

 

Nam Cheolmin decided to quit being a player.

 

He was thinking of accepting Nam Taemin’s suggestion and working as an analyst for the guild.

 

He made that decision thanks to the experience of losing himself to the imp.

 

‘I knew my shortcomings long ago. More importantly.’

 

The man who had saved him from despair.

 

This was the only way to repay him.

 

That man didn’t just beat the Imp.

 

Putting him together and going forward.

 

That man saved him,

 

Nam Cheolmin also wanted to repay him.

 

“At this point, I am curious. Hyung won’t misjudge a player… You’re saying he hunted a real imp? Overwhelmingly?”

 

Nam Cheolmin nodded to Nam Taemin’s question.

 

“In fact, saying that it was overwhelming is an understatement. How should I say it? Even while fighting that imp, he didn’t seem nervous at all, let alone having any status abnormalities.”

 

“If hyung says so, that must be the case. But I don’t understand.”

 

Nam Taemin scratched the back of his head in frustration.

 

“Why did such a player get into a low-level rupture?”

 

The reason was simple.

 

At that time, the man, Hoyeol, was only level 55.

 

However, Nam Taemin and Nam Cheolmin weren’t aware of that fact.

 

Nam Taemin continued to frown.

 

“Besides, that battle is frankly questionable. Resisting a status abnormality means that his mental strength stat is enormous… You said he fought with a dagger? Not magic.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“I heard that there are thousands of classes in Arcana, but I can’t even begin to guess.”

 

Shook–

 

Nam Taemin shook his head.

 

However, frustration and possibility were two different things.

 

“…So you definitely want to recruit him and find out?”

 

Above all, isn’t he a player hyung acknowledged?

 

Nam Taemin was able to become the 11th-ranked player thanks to Nam Cheolmin’s help.

 

From analyzing the boss’s pattern.

 

The direction of operation of the guild.

 

Even the recruitment of new players.

 

He knew well that he wouldn’t have been able to rise to this position without his brother’s help.

 

“Well, I am very grateful to him.”

 

Besides, that man helped his brother.

 

So Nam Taemin wrote a recruitment contract with such gratitude.

 

Reviewing the contract again, Nam Taemin clicked his tongue.

 

“We should never let our newcomers, no, executives, see it.”

 

“Why? Is it enough to make a commotion?”

 

“Of course. This is a loss on our part.”

 

But it would be an irresistible offer.

 

Nam Taemin was confident.

 

So he waited for a reply with a relaxed mind.

 

Ring–

 

“The reply came quickly. What did he say?”

 

Even at the moment when the vibration rang.

 

Nam Taemin calmly drank orange juice.

 

“…He said it would be difficult?”

 

“?!”

 

Spurt–

 

Juice flowed from Nam Taemin’s mouth.

 

“W-W-What?! Let me see!”

 

He couldn’t believe it, so he checked the text directly, and it was even more amazing to see.

 

– That would be difficult.

 

Just those four words.

 

It was the reply to the long text message.

 

But who is Nam Taemin?

 

He caught a hint in that short text.

 

“…It’s not a rejection, it’s difficult for him to come.”

 

His eyes narrowed.

 

“As expected, did he get an offer from another guild first?”

 

There were many players, but valuable players were rare.

 

This was why the guilds were eager to recruit rookies.

 

Above all, in Korea, it had become more difficult to recruit talented players.

 

The [Mage Tower] in Seoul.

 

Thanks to that thing, all the big guilds in the world were staying in Seoul.

 

Nam Taemin’s narrowed eyes were directed at the competitors.

 

“Those bastards. No matter what, Seoul is our home.”

 

The best guild in Korea, ‘Gaon’.

 

However, when it came to the world, it would be difficult to place it in the top five.

 

Nam Taemin was well aware of the reality.

 

That’s why even a single player couldn’t be taken away.

 

“Hyung, please be more specific.”

 

“About what?”

 

“What does the man look like? It seems I have to run my feet and bring him myself.”

 

“What do you mean what does he look like…”

 

At his words, Nam Cheolmin recalled the man in his memory.

 

A dress shirt, slacks, and as if that weren’t enough, the man even wore shoes.

 

“My first impression was that ‘something like this existed, too’.”

 

The man wore his item properly inside the crack, but…

 

No matter how you see it, isn’t it an inappropriate outfit for someone coming on a rupture raid?

 

In addition, he wore his shoes until the end.

 

However, in the rupture, the man was not troubled in the slightest.

 

The moment when he got entangled with gnolls and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

 

The moment when they fell into a trap and got surrounded.

 

Even in the moment when he faced the imp.

 

There was no change in the man.

 

All of that.

 

It was as if he was looking down from a high place.

 

“…But, it is difficult to put it into words.”

 

Nam Taemin asked Nam Cheolmin, who was struggling.

 

“Did you see a fantastic creature? Why can’t you explain it?”

 

…Fantastic creature?

 

The man’s way of speaking suddenly came to mind.

 

“…Yes!”

 

He had never seen that kind of thing because it didn’t exist in Korea in the present era… There could be no word that could more adequately describe the man’s appearance.

 

“He’s like an aristocrat. An extremely noble one, at that.”

 

“…Eh?”

 

*

 

“That should be enough.”

 

I was talking about possibilities.

 

When I stared at the video, thoughts rushed through my head.

 

It wasn’t a raw feeling like awe, envy, etc.

 

I was looking at magic and ‘analyzing’ it.

 

“!”

 

The concept of magic came into my mind.

 

In fact, that would be ridiculous.

 

If you looked at the root of it, it was a skill, not magic.

 

But it was visible to me.

 

I am convinced that magic can be manifested if there’s enough magic power to support it…!

 

Of course, it wasn’t Lee Ho-yeol’s talent.

 

“Looks like I haven’t hardened my mind yet.”

 

The Claudie family, the greatest genius in history.

 

Grandfel’s talent was certain.

 

Of course, it was too early to jump to conclusions.

 

However, seeing the potential, investing in it would be worth it.

 

In addition, the possibility was open in many areas.

 

Not only magic, but swordsmanship, archery…

 

Grandfel’s talent was not only expressed in one area.

 

Good job, past Lee Hoyeol.

 

Yes, if you’re going to make a setting, you have to hit all the cool and good things.

 

If you’re embarrassed, wouldn’t it just be the same anyway?

 

Let’s be confident in front of the dark history.

 

I knew the chance was high, but there was no need to rush.

 

Sword, archery, magic…

 

There would be no benefit to me if I decided on a career path right away.

 

It was due to the ambiguous nature of the demon hunter class.

 

However, the word ambiguity didn’t necessarily mean that everything was a disadvantage.

 

Yeah, when everything is an advantage, you can say it’s ambiguous, right?

 

Even if it wasn’t it was better to keep all possibilities open for now.

 

“In that case.”

 

Let’s start investing the stat points I’d been saving.

 

[Points you have: 12 points]

 

I checked the status window.