Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 73 - It's annoying (2)

As if a detector had been activated.

 

The senses of my body worked keenly.

 

“…!”

 

I could sense a demonic presence.

 

The moment [Natural Enemy Relationship] was activated.

 

The guy’s position was pictured in my head.

 

The demon had stepped into Frost.

 

I felt it all over again.

 

Anyway, good job. Lee Hoyeol.

 

‘If this isn’t a great development, what is this? Really.’

 

Suddenly, I recalled my first encounter with a rising demon.

 

I hadn’t immediately recognized the imp possessing Nam Cheolmin.

 

Compared to then and now, I wonder if this was still the same demon hunter class.

 

‘The level probably has the biggest impact.’

 

Yeah, I was only level 55 back then.

 

I was currently at level 295.

 

I’d gone up by 240 levels.

 

In addition, through class quests, I improved my strength and agility stats. But it was worth it. It was worth doing gymnastics at night.

 

“You don’t understand your place.”

 

In that sense, I wondered, what the hell this guy was doing.

 

To Frost… No, it wasn’t just Frost.

 

Maximum relationship and influence.

 

On Frost, I had activated the [authority] feature.

 

He wasn’t even a peddler, how dare he stepped in?!

 

Who was the demon?

 

To Grandfel, their existence stained the beauty more than the helicopter banner.

 

“That’s why they are an inferior race.”

 

Burning the banner wouldn’t be enough.

 

I immediately manifested a portal.

 

Portal, a high-ranking skill that even ranker players felt burdened to use.

 

Of course, I didn’t have such a high-level skill.

 

Then, if you ask me how I could manifest a portal.

 

Well, this wasn’t new.

 

This was magic that was completely different from skill.

 

‘The demon’s location.’

 

The place where the presence was felt.

 

The coordinates were in front of Frost’s gate.

 

If [Natural Enemy Relationship] was active, the distance couldn’t be far.

 

Although the portal was manifested with great momentum.

 

‘…It’s a mana-eating hippopotamus.’

 

My mana was noticeably blown away.

 

I realized it once again.

 

‘How do they maintain a portal?’

 

Not to mention the Mage Tower.

 

Even the dwarves became a real joke if you compared them with the Mage Tower.

 

However, I didn’t have to make a fuss about it.

 

Stomp.

 

“…W-What?”

 

A personality that didn’t alternate between happiness and sadness.

 

Especially in a situation where a demon was in front of me.

 

From an opened portal.

 

I emerged.

 

I saw a middle-aged man panicking at this sight.

 

“Excuse me. T-There might be some kind of misunderstanding. That’s right! I’m this kind of person. Kenji Maeda. I’ve been in politics for more than a decade….”

 

No, it must be a facade.

 

Of course.

 

Grandfel wouldn’t keep up with that kind of excuse.

 

I’d said it so many times.

 

I didn’t exchange words with prey.

 

SIlence–

 

He was now speaking imploringly.

 

“…Right! I made a big mistake. The protesters and the helicopter are my fault. I’ll never come near Frost again!”

 

He entered the political arena.

 

I guessed it from what he said.

 

As expected, this was really the guy.

 

‘It’s worse than I expected.’

 

I had felt it with Baek Yiseol.

 

The demons’ methods were getting more and more sophisticated.

 

The succubus that possessed Baek Yiseol.

 

She became the master of the Shinhwa Guild. And just as she had actively utilized Baek Yiseol’s status as the second-generation chaebol. The same was true of this fellow.

 

In that sense, it was a relief.

 

‘My sense of feeling the demons’ presence has developed.’

 

The more demons sneaked in.

 

The more my keen senses felt their presence glimmer.

 

As I was in the middle of thinking.

 

I suddenly heard the players talking.

 

“Wow, that’s Hoyeol-nim!”

 

“…But what’s with the situation?”

 

“I don’t know. I think a Japanese politician is apologizing? He’s sorry for protesting and launching a helicopter. He just lowered his head.”

 

“Really? It was so loud that I got distracted.”

 

…Wait. It was all good.

 

But, what, Hoyeol-nim? Addressing me with sir was not enough, so now you add niiiim?

 

What else is that extremely burdensome title?

 

However, contrary to how I felt.

 

That title of address felt right.

 

This body accepted it as nonchalantly as usual.

 

‘Yes, it’s not that I don’t understand them.’

 

Those players were in the production class.

 

From the reconstruction of the Yusra Kingdom to the restoration of Frost. I was the one who inadvertently created jobs for the production class. Of course, that wasn’t intentional.

 

“If he was going to apologize in the end, why did he do that?”

 

“Because Hoyeol-nim came, he lowered his tail right away.”

 

“Serves him right. He got in the way.”

 

Gazes poured.

 

There were many gazes on us.

 

Was it at least reassuring to him?

 

I could see the demon feel relieved.

 

‘That delusion isn’t even funny.’

 

Grandfel didn’t put up with it.

 

Regardless of whether there were gazes on us or not.

 

I had to burn the demon possessing that man.

 

However.

 

“Ouch! It hit me in the face!”

 

“Yeah. I told you not to mess with me!”

 

“I’m not going to let you go just because you’re older than me!”

 

My pride was telling me.

 

Residents of Frost were trying to stand up from their wounds.

 

Burning the demon in front of them?

 

Revealing the healing wounds?

 

That’s just stubbornness, not pride.

 

Snowballs came and went.

 

I turned away from the children who were absorbed in the snowball fight.

 

And I told him.

 

“Say it again.”

 

“Again? Ah, I apologize! Not only for the protesters….”

 

“No, again.”

 

“Yes? Yes, I’ll apologize again…”

 

“Again.”

 

“?”

 

I continued coldly.

 

“Look directly at the people you are apologizing for.”

 

The people who received the demon’s apology.

 

It should be residents of Frost, not me.

 

The guy who understood my meaning lowered his head apologetically.

 

“I’m sorry. Everyone.”

 

The pair of siblings were startled at the same time.

 

Soon, the older sister hid her younger brother behind her back.

 

At that sight, I manifested magic.

 

Yes, an apology was an apology, and demons were meant to be hunted.

 

There were a few magic tricks I could use.

 

For such a demon, hunting him quietly was more than enough.

 

Well, just like with the succubus.

 

Nevertheless, perhaps the younger brother was trying to help me.

 

“Go away!”

 

Swish-

 

He threw a snowball into the man’s face.

 

Thud–

 

It struck right in the middle of his face.

 

It happened at the same time as I manifested my magic.

 

[Your level has gone up.]

 

Somehow it happened at the right timing?

 

*

Maeda Kenji.

 

“Mmm.”

 

In a hospital bedroom, he came to his sense.

 

As soon as Maeda opened his eyes, the men next to him opened their mouths.

 

“Maeda-san, you’re awake?”

 

“It feels like I’ve been asleep for a very long time.”

 

“…Uh.”

 

“?”

 

They made subtle faces at Maeda’s words.

 

Maeda wondered.

 

He literally felt like he just woke up after a really long sleep.

 

To paraphrase it. Yeah, he felt like he woke up from deep unconsciousness.

 

Maeda laughed.

 

“I can’t believe I was working even in such a deep dream. Oh, my God.”

 

He recalled the fragment afterimage of his dreams.

 

Joining the protesters on the ground.

 

He even flew up the helicopter.

 

Interviews with reporters.

 

…He felt like he met a high-ranking person at the end?

 

The men were perplexed by Maeda’s remarks.

 

‘What happened to my head?’

 

In an instant, he felt nervous.

 

Maeda frowned and said.

 

“Turn on the TV.”

 

“…Yes?”

 

“Every little detail. Are you going to explain what happened while I was asleep? You know, everyone. Don’t be conceited as players and open your eyes and ears. I have to watch the news to know how the world is going.”

 

Maeda nervously picked up the remote control.

 

“If you want to work with me, keep that in mind.”

 

Yeah, all these guys were players.

 

To be exact, they were the government’s dogs to replace Inazuma.

 

Maeda clicked his tongue.

 

‘You can’t even understand a single word, how can I pamper you?’

 

Compared to Inazuma, their level had fallen a lot.

 

But it was just Maeda’s illusion.

 

It was not that these men didn’t understand, but they just pretended they didn’t.

 

For none other than Maeda’s sake.

 

Beep–

 

Soon, the anchor’s voice came out of the TV.

 

– This is a data screen obtained from the Internet.

 

In Frost on the screen.

 

A middle-aged man lowered his head unpleasantly.

 

Maeda licked his tongue harder than before.

 

“I don’t know who it is, but how can a man grovel like that..?!”

 

Then he realized.

 

Maeda’s eyes widened.

 

Isn’t that him?

 

“W-What the hell is that?”

 

“Calm down. You have to fully rest.”

 

“I’m asking you what happened!”

 

Was it not a dream?

 

Protesters, helicopters, and even high officials.

 

It was all real?

 

No, no matter how he thought about it, it was strange.

 

His memory couldn’t be this blurry.

 

As he was in the midst of anguish.

 

Captions appeared one after another.

 

– Maeda Kenji. The greatest humiliation of Japanese politics!

 

“I, I. I am a humiliation of the political world?”

 

Beep–

 

Yeah, that broadcaster had always been biased.

 

He recognized him from when Korean Wave was praised.

 

Annoyed, Maeda changed the channel.

 

On other channels, there should be proper content…

 

“!”

 

A data screen came up just in time.

 

Thud–

 

There, he definitely had gotten hit by a snowball.

 

The boy was almost as old as his grandson.

 

He fainted after being hit by a snowball thrown by that boy!

 

Maeda was at a loss for words.

 

The men who couldn’t watch it opened their mouths.

 

“There is nothing wrong with your brain, but I suspect memory loss…”

 

“So you have to absolutely rest.”

 

“Maeda-san, even if you keep watching, only no good stories come out…!”

 

Beep–

 

Beep beep–

 

It was true.

 

No matter how many times he changed the channel, what came out was his humiliation and ugliness.

 

Or just praise for Lee Hoyeol.

 

-The scene of receiving an apology for the residents of Frost is really uncommon. Shouldn’t our Japanese politicians emulate Lee Hoyeol’s attitude…

 

“Aaargh!”

 

Maeda screamed.

 

Was it really memory loss?

 

He couldn’t catch up with the accident.

 

Maeda’s eyes flashed as he shouted.

 

“So what were you guys doing while I was causing a ruckus?”

 

“We waited like you said…”

 

“Wait? Was it really your job to wait until I died socially?! Do you think I brought a bunch of worthless people like you to do this?! Be proactive!”

 

It was a useless spark.

 

His own ugliness flickered in front of his eyes.

 

Maeda could hardly calm his anger.

 

“You stupid ass! I tried to raise you, but you’re all fools!”

 

Therefore, he didn’t notice.

 

Creak–

 

“You have to be quiet in the hospital. That’s the etiquette and formality.”

 

“…?”

 

“Don’t move. It only takes me a few seconds to turn you guys into skewers.”

 

“Hisagi! W-What brings you here…?”

 

Hisagi Kazuma.

 

The moment he opened the door to the hospital room and entered.

 

Hisagi flicked his tongue like a snake.

 

“Are you asking because you don’t know? You already know.”

 

Maeda, who was waiting in the hospital room, had a total of six players.

 

In contrast, Hisagi was alone.

 

Still, the six players were frozen.

 

‘..What a great sense of intimidation!’

 

The poisonous snake spewed out a vicious atmosphere.

 

They could tell that Hisagi’s words weren’t lies.

 

Plop–

 

Hisagi sat next to Maeda’s bed.

 

“I came to ask. To the higher-ups. Oh, I’ll skip the honorifics now. You know it, too, right? I’ve cut ties with the government.”

 

“…I’ll let you be.”

 

“Are you crazy, by the way?”

 

“W-What did you say?”

 

“I heard you did it alone.”

 

For a moment, Hisagi’s vicious atmosphere shot up.

 

He continued.

 

“I’ve made it clear. If you don’t want to fall behind me, don’t touch Frost and Lee Hoyeol. You must have known.”

 

“I don’t know how this happened either. I don’t remember…!!”

 

“Ah, you don’t remember? That’s a very convenient excuse.”

 

The words were said casually.

 

But Hisagi’s face didn’t have the slightest hint of a smile.

 

“Put aside the words that will only work for a judge you will bribe. I heard from the doctor. On your head. They don’t find abnormalities in the photo. Why can’t you remember?”

 

“I-I really don’t remember. Please believe me!”

 

“Well. I’m thinking proactively as you advised.”

 

“…!”

 

The frozen players were startled for a moment.

 

Hisagi continued.

 

“But as expected, I can’t.”

 

“Ugh. I’m frustrated, too. I don’t remember…! No, I’ll apologize even if I don’t remember. I’ll go back to Frost and apologize…!”

 

“That’s not it. It’s not the target this time, you were wrong from the beginning.”

 

Hisagi kindly loosened up and said.

 

“You just have to stay calm and stay in a corner. That’s the perpetrator’s reflection, Maeda. Just being invisible is the best apology.”

 

“I will! So please don’t kill me…!”

 

“Well, let’s think again proactively.”

 

“Sniff!”

 

Maeda sobbed.

 

Perhaps it was enough.

 

Hisagi got up from his seat.

 

Sniff–

 

He whispered to players who swallowed their dry saliva.

 

“You better stop holding on to the broken line.”

 

“…!”

 

“You should stay out of my sight. That’s all.”

 

Hisagi added.

 

“I’ll give you some advice as your senior. The more you hang onto it, the more it breaks.”

 

“…I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

“Good.”

 

Hisagi said one last time.

 

“I’ll keep thinking proactively, so you better stay out of sight, Maeda. I’m not as merciful as Lee Hoyeol. In that sense, you should be grateful to Hoyeol.”

 

Maeda was so frightened that he couldn’t even answer properly.

 

From now on, he would always live haunted by the fear that Hisagi was watching him.

 

Naturally, he wouldn’t be able to do anything stupid.

 

Creak–

 

Hisagi left the hospital room.

 

Only then did the men relax and let out a sigh.

 

‘That’s Hisagi Kazuma.’

 

It was the pressure of a top ranker.

 

Really, it was beyond imagination.

 

So they couldn’t help but feel dazed.

 

‘Stronger than that Hisagi-san…’

 

In the action Hisagi had shown so far.

 

From Hisagi’s comments to the expression of respect.

 

The players barely managed to swallow dry saliva.

 

Gulp–

 

…How strong is Lee Hoyeol?

 

*

 

I checked the status window.

 

[Name: Grandfel Claudie Arpeus Romeo]

 

[Class: Demon hunter]

 

[Level: 296]

 

[Skillful]

 

Strength: 45 / Agility: 46 / Mana: 243 / Luck: 5 / Aesthetic: Low

 

[Point: 1]

 

To think it was only level 296.

 

It was a disappointing development.

 

But I was at the age where I could tell my own position.

 

“Huft.”

 

Such weak physical training.

 

I had no choice but to be sincere about the class quest.

 

But I felt less lonely today because I had good news.

 

I wiped off the sweat and checked the message.