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374 Group Project (3) Our questions about the guild Dantes were answered by the police officer who guided us. “There are a lot of large guilds in this area.” He didn’t bother to lower his voice, even though Hunters from Dantes could easily hear him. What a mess. It’s not that the police should be afraid of Hunters, but the fact that the police knew the internal workings of the guild and the guild didn’t even bother to deny it. Is this the European average? Or is it just…
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375 Playing with Fire (1) Kim Chaemin knew exactly what I was doing with these kids. So the archmage’s kind explanations were supplemented accordingly. “This is why you shouldn’t be fooled by initial dungeon reports!” The young Hunters of Dantes, perhaps amazed that an archmage was treating them so gently despite being mages, flocked around Kim Chaemin like a brood of ducklings. “You always have to remember. It’s not about ignoring the survey team—it’s about how dangerous…
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376 Playing with Fire (2) The moment I heard Noah Michel’s name, a certain possibility flashed through my mind. The Marseille dungeon. Mold. Seeds. Eggs. Fire and toxic gas. Noah Michel’s magic. Marie Lambert’s burn scars. I started weighing possibilities and probabilities, then stopped myself. It’s a bad habit. I, of all people, should know there’s no end to it if I just keep thinking. I decided to keep it simple. The reason I came to Europe. The reason Kim Chaemin…
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377 Playing with Fire (3) 8 a.m. Normally, this would be the hour when the city bustles into the morning. Today, it was busy for a different reason. All the mages and Hunters who could get there overnight had gathered. Honestly, it seemed like overkill, but both sides clearly wanted to show off a little. It wasn’t just the mages and Hunters—everyone seemed to feel it. It’s rare to get a chance to observe a dungeon break up close like this. This was less a dungeon break containment…
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378 Girl of Dreams (1) ‘Her? She’s just annoying and a pain to deal with.’ Alex Hope never hesitated to offer his testimony about Noah Michel. It was less testimony and more like a coworker’s complaint—in fact, to be blunt, it was just gossip. And the content, well... it was childish whining, perfectly in line with Hope’s mental age. She annoyed him, she bothered him, that sort of thing. There was some subjectivity mixed in, but Hope was the only one who personally knew Noah…
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379 Girl of Dreams (2) “…A school, you said?” The reporter in front of me barely managed to swallow her confusion, though she couldn’t hide the tremor in her voice or the uncertainty in her eyes. Honestly, at this point, it wasn’t so much that she was hiding her surprise as simply wearing it openly. Still, the fact that she kept the interview going was something. “Yes. A school. So that young Awakened can learn about dungeons and monsters.” “Uh, um… so that’s why it’s a…
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380 Girl of Dreams (3) Once upon a time, there lived a kind and gentle mage who loved tending gardens. “Isn’t ‘kind’ and ‘gentle’ the same thing?” “Be quiet.” “Yes.” The kind and talented mage cultivated a beautiful garden of her own. Her favorite flower was the rose she’d inherited from her grandfather, but her garden wasn’t filled with roses alone. The mage wanted to help others with the flowers she grew... “Wasn’t she already grown up?” “Don’t…
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381 Girl of Dreams (4) A rose that absorbs magic. Kim Chaemin even showed me data on what happened when she transplanted the rose into contaminated soil. Just a single rose. It didn’t have a dramatic impact on the polluted land, but you could see with the naked eye that the ground, which had turned unnatural colors like factory wastewater, had regained a bit of its original hue. “It depends on the type of contamination, but it definitely worked on land tainted by monster poison or magic.…
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382 Girl of Dreams (5) Thirty minutes ago. The Grand Conference was proceeding in a relaxed atmosphere. According to Alain Richard, there hadn’t been a conference this peaceful in years. In fact, he said it was the first time he’d seen one like this. European mages, huh... Well, I can’t say I was surprised. I’d been curious to see what kind of train wreck might unfold. But I knew why things had turned out this way, instead of the disaster I’d half-expected. Was it because of…
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383 Tied Feet (1) Brrring. A classic, uninspired ring—devoid of even a hint of creativity. As if playing a game of tag, the moment one phone rang, others began to follow in quick succession. Groans echoed from various desks around the room. "Hello, this is Hunter Training High School." "...No, not at the moment." "If you're a student..." With a satisfied expression, I glanced around the director's office. Even though it was called the director's office, Imi-seon's time at…
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384 Tied Feet (2) Hong Seok-young is strong. No one can deny that. But when it comes to the question of just how strong Hong Seok-young is, there’s inevitably a degree of subjectivity involved. Is Hong Seok-young the strongest in the world? He would be the first to deny it. Yet people love to rank things, and whether online or in the real world, there is always talk about who the strongest hunter is. For over a decade, Hong Seok-young’s name has never once been absent from those…
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385 Tied Feet (3) “To be blunt, I’ve been led around by the nose this whole time.” Hong Seok-young began his story without holding anything back. He was so utterly unreserved that Mr. Daniel, who was almost certainly affiliated with some American intelligence agency, shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “The U.S. government is no help at all. They don’t know how to do anything.” Yet Daniel said nothing. And Daniel was beginning to resemble more and more the pitiable victim of a…
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386 Clue (1) “…It’s not my fault.” “Did anyone say it was your fault?” Sitting in the passenger seat, Hong Seok-yeong snickered. “Why are you so lacking in confidence?” “It’s not that…” “You shouldn’t apologize when you haven’t done anything wrong.” Hong Seok-yeong spoke with a voice tinged with laughter. “Even if you really did something wrong, you should still act with confidence.” “That’s not right.” “Why not?” “What do you…
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387 Clue (2) Through my personal experiences, the time I’ve spent caring for Uirok, and the lessons I’ve learned teaching the students at Yangseong High, I’ve come to realize something. Children are always eager to know secrets. …Of course, this isn’t something limited to children alone, but when it comes to being easy to handle, it’s certainly more true for them. Especially the ones who think themselves clever—those are the ones most curious about the secrets of adults. Among…
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388 Clue (3) Sometimes… no, honestly, quite often, I find myself wondering how my life ended up like this. It’s both in a bad sense and a good one. It’s not healthy to assign meaning to every step you take in life. But you can still look back on the road you’ve traveled, can’t you? To figure out whether you’ve lived well, or if you’ve failed as a human being. In that regard, I have no shame. I don’t think my life has been without crises, but all things considered, I’d say…
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389 Inside (1) “You know,” Alex Hope spoke up, slowly, as she checked her raincoat once more. “It’s true the school was suffocating. Not that I’m trying to complain, but do you know how hard it is to avoid the kids’ eyes?” She’d already complained plenty, so I had no idea what she was getting at. “There’s nothing fun to do, either!” “What are you trying to say?” “I mean, I did ask how long I’d have to keep hiding because I was bored! But still!” Hope…
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390 Inside (2) “A missing police officer.” “Police?” Hope’s eyes widened, as if she hadn’t expected that answer. “She was a police officer who went undercover inside the Ark and then lost contact.” “Oh…” Hope let out a sound that was somewhere between a sigh and a murmur of awe, then walked further in. She stopped in front of the crow mask, gazing down at it in silence before speaking softly. “Did you know her?” “Personally? No.” “But she…
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391 Inside (3) The strategy for clearing this remote dungeon in Gangwon Province is laughably simple. Catching the crocodiles that inhabit the dungeon isn’t exactly easy. Even if they can’t see, that doesn’t mean their other senses are dull. Besides, in modern society, what really raises the difficulty of a dungeon isn’t the form of the monster, but its size. No matter how big a human gets, it’s hard to surpass two meters. But monsters? There’s no limit. And compared to humanoid…
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392 Greeting (1) Short-cropped hair. Eyes fixed on the camera. An awkwardly stiff smile at the corners of her mouth. Shoulders held tense with effort. And yet, on the face beneath the police uniform, there was a pride that could not be hidden. I couldn’t tell when the photo was taken. But considering what happened to Kim Yuhwa, it must have been quite some time ago. Perhaps it was from when she had just become a police officer. What was that young officer in the photograph thinking…
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393 Greeting (2) “Uwaaah!!” Han Taekyung shook himself off with a loud yell, mud splattering onto the ground. “……” I glanced at him, then looked up at the sky. Unlike the pitch-black dungeon, the sun blazed in a cloudless sky, dazzling my eyes. We hadn’t actually spent that long in the dungeon, but it felt as though we’d been inside for ages. I could guess the reason for that feeling, but I chose to blame the least burdensome cause. Humans are meant to live under sunlight.…
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