The Girl I Saved Came Back As An S-rank Hunter

11 – The Price of Inattention

“It seems like it’s been a while, but nothing has come out yet.”

“Originally, C-class dungeons don’t have that many monsters or anything like that.”

I think I walked for about an hour. So far, I’m just walking along the road without a big deal.

Thanks to that, Sujeongie, who was a bit nervous, already looks bored.

Since Sujeongi must have started with a B-class dungeon, it would be rather difficult for her to adapt to the leisurely atmosphere of a C-class dungeon.

There is only one level difference, but the number of monsters, traps, and level are incomparable.

“But it would be difficult without a battle like this. I have to check how much Wonwoo-nim has returned.”

“It will come out soon. You can’t be in a hurry. And it’s funny to say this to an S-rank hunter, but you know you shouldn’t be vigilant in a dungeon, right?”

“Ah, I know! Besides, even if you look like this, I’m strong in my own way?”

I already know that it’s not my own, but it’s very strong, but I’m worried because it’s a lot of tension.

Since it’s a C-class dungeon, the probability of something happening to Sujeongi, who is actually an S-class, is close to 0%, but if many things overlap, a crisis will surely come.

Just because it’s S-class doesn’t mean it’s invincible and omnipotent.

In the past, there was an experience where a major accident occurred while attacking a C-class dungeon without any problems.

“Wait a minute. There is something here somewhere.”

I can’t see it, but Sujeongi stops and says as if she sensed a presence from afar.

I pointed with my finger and said.

“Really? Then it will probably come from that direction.”

“… How did you know?”

Sujeong asked me back with a surprised face as her eyes widened.

“No big deal. The traces were all concentrated in this direction. It’s like the overgrown grasses have been crushed or bitten off.”

“Ah! I did not know. I didn’t care about that at all.”

It doesn’t matter if it’s at a level where you don’t have to worry about it. It was enough to defeat any monster with overwhelming force.

“In my case, if I have the habit of focusing on these details, there are many cases where a fight starts with an advantage or a chance to turn around even if it is disadvantageous. So it became like a habit, well.”

“I guess so. I need to learn some of these things from Wonwoo later.”

It’s a S rank, but it’s a little surprising that he shows a willingness to learn without being arrogant.

People who have seen it in the past tended to ignore it because it was a D-class horse.

It was an attitude that showed that talent alone did not make it the youngest S-class.

“I’m here, Wonwoo.”

As Sujeongi, who was on guard, dropped her horse, she was caught in the direction the black figures pointed.

The figures that used to run from afar come closer and look at us.

Wolves are slightly smaller than humans with unmanaged black fur. As written in the advance party, it was a C-class monster, Dire Wolf.

The number is three. It’s only different in size, not much different from normal wolves, so it’s not that difficult.

– Kreureu

Although they display their menacing fangs and make noise, they don’t rush at us easily, and they sneak around us to catch us from behind.

“Wonwoo. Can you do it alone?”

Unlike before, when he was bored, his voice was full of worries.

“Yes. I will try alone.”

At Sujeongi’s worrying question, he was strangely sympathetic. The desire to show something good.

“Okay. I’ll wait then.”

Sujeongi just stood still and stared at the dire wolves as if she believed her. She took no further action.

She held the silver gauntlet in her hand slightly loosely, raised her guard, and assumed her usual fighting stance.

And she slowly built up her magic in her body.

The diamond wolves also respond to magic, and all eyes are on me, not Sujeong.

Maybe he decided it was okay to deal with it later since he didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking.

– Owl!

At that time, the dire wolf in the middle let out a cry, and the guys on both sides rushed at me at the same time.

‘We need to reduce the number.’

Because it’s obvious that you’ll be defeated if you calmly strike back, first of all, approach the dire wolf that’s close in front of you.

A dire wolf flying with its body wide open as if trying to bite my neck.

I moved obliquely, dug in, and landed a punch in the jaw.

– Boom!

The gauntlet worn in the hand.

With the effect of the ‘Gloves of Destruction’, soot is formed on the body along with the explosion, and the body of the Dire Wolf rises into the air and then falls back to the ground.

At that time, another Dire Wolf attacked from behind.

‘The reaction was delayed.’

I expected it, but my body doesn’t move as I thought, so it’s too late to avoid it.

In order to minimize damage, twist the body and guide it to touch the part protected by the greaves.

The situation right before the Dire Wolf’s sharp paws reach the chest.

His greaves began to glow as he decided to prepare for the impact.

– Gaegaeng

On the contrary, the dire wolf stretched out its front paws on the greaves, made a weak sound, and then stepped back and landed.

Rather, he acted as if he had injured his forepaw and was slightly limp.

“Looks like the reflection effect is off by luck?”

The ability of the currently equipped armor, ‘Bead Greaves’.

Probably, it reflects a certain amount of attack, but it was impossible to expect and use this because it is a probability rather than a common luck.

The reason for the choice was that it was lightweight, light armored, and had high defense. A shamanic meaning to expect some luck there.

However, since the reflection exploded from the beginning, I can only see it as luck.

– Grrr

Now, there are only two things left.

It’s not as good as when it was the best, but I was able to confirm for myself that the sense of battle wasn’t completely dead from the movement I just made.

The one who landed and the one who made a cry creeped back and forth to surround them once more.

Of course, I don’t want to be attacked, so I drag my feet and don’t give an angle to attack continuously.

That said, the risk is high for me to attack first, so it’s best to aim for a gap at the moment of switching to an attack like before.

Since we know each other’s numbers, it’s a patience battle from now on.

As long as you avoid the attack, you can definitely knock it down with one attack, so it’s not bad.

– Owl!

In the battle of patience, the dire wolves once again rushed first, as if they couldn’t stand it.

Let’s attack from the front and from the side at the same time from a similar distance.

On the verge of reaching it. Dire wolves jumping at the same time.

“Now!”

With the strengthened muscle power of ‘fairy boots’, she cast strength in her feet, lifted her body back, and performed a mid-air flip.

It rises faster and higher than usual, avoiding dire wolves rushing in and getting out of the way.

The Dire Wolves try to stop in an unexpected situation, but due to inertia, they end up bumping into each other in the air.

I didn’t miss that gap and after landing on the ground, I charged and hit the abdomen of the dire wolves who were falling unbalanced to the ground with one punch.

– Boom! Pop!

-Keeng. Wake up

With the sound of an explosion and the screams of the dire wolves, the long-awaited return to battle came to an end.

“Good job, Wonwoo.”

Sujeong is approaching after saying that she has worked hard.

“Oh, yes.”

“How was it? A battle after a long time?”

I was at a loss as to what to answer Sujeongi’s question. Should I be honest or should I be nice?

Sujeong covered her mouth and smiled at me who said nothing while worrying.

“Cook-Cook. You are still strict with oneself. Were you not satisfied?”

“How did you know that?”

“You’re my man, why don’t you know that? I think the reason I won now was because of the equipment I gave you, right?”

It was so amazing that I wondered if I had learned something like mind reading.

“Everything comes out from the expression, Wonwoo. You just won a battle after a long time, but you seemed dissatisfied instead of happy?”

“But how did you know the idea of equipment?”

“Obviously. As I remembered, I should have easily caught the C-class monster Dire Wolf, but there was a mistake in the movement. However, since I won something easily, I feel bad because I seem to have relied only on my equipment. Is this it?”

I have nothing to say since he accurately pinpointed my psychology.

It is clear that using equipment well is also a skill, but it was true that the first thing I thought was that this was still far from a C-class monster.

“Whoops, this is Dr. Wonwoohak Lee, right? How is it? My charm of finding out my heart this far?”

“I understand, so stop talking. I’m ashamed….”

I felt strange because I felt like I was properly grasped.

“Since I know Wonwoo so well, don’t even think about cheating on me. You know? Because I know everything.”

At the same time, he smiles and speaks in a playful way, but the red eyes show that he is sincere.

Even when I tried to raise an objection that the wish was not established, I endured it because I thought something would happen.

“Now then, shall we go again? Magic stones from Class C aren’t expensive, but they’re commemorative before returning, so I’ll take care of them.”

The corpses of the dire wolves disappeared before anyone knew it, leaving only a small purple magic stone on the ground.

Sujeong put the magic stones in her item bag.

“Now then, shall we continue?”

“Yes.”

The two of us started walking again along the road.

*

After that, dire wolves often appeared, but unlike the first time, they appeared one by one, so I was able to deal with them without much difficulty.

The more I fought, the more I was able to move my body more freely, probably because the memories and sensations from the past came back to me.

“But Wonwoo is really good at using equipment.”

Sujeongi talked to me as if she was getting bored when the monsters didn’t appear again after walking for a long time.

“Really?”

“Most of them are regression grade equipment, but among them, it seems that he selects the equipment with the ability to the limit and uses it well according to the situation.”

“Okay. It happened because I was trying to survive.”

There was no other reason for this to happen.

After being unable to use magic forcibly, the perspective of looking at it changed with the experience accumulated through numerous studies and A-class dungeons.

If it were me before, I would never have developed the habit of researching or thinking like this.

As for the [Fairy boots] That I am wearing now, according to Kang So-yeong’s explanation, it was said that when equipped, it had the effect of increasing physical strength and increasing attack power.

However, as a result of the experiment, it was possible to use it in various ways, such as increasing speed and jumping power, as well as attack, depending on how it was operated.

I came to realize that, rather than just looking at what is in front of my eyes, I can get good results in other directions when I think about things in various ways.

“Huh? Wonwoo! What’s over there!”

At that time, Sujeongi shouted, pointing to a place.

If you focus on the point you pointed, you can see a low hill and an open area that looks like a cave.

“Yes. I think there is a dungeon core in there.”

“Let’s go!”

It must have been boring since I was chasing after him without doing anything.

But even though I came to the dungeon, I couldn’t go around chatting with me.

When I arrived nearby, the cave was right. I took a sneak peek inside.

It doesn’t look bad to walk around as there are torches installed at every corner of the walk.

“Uh, isn’t that a dungeon hack?”

When I took a closer look at Sujeongi’s words, I saw that a dungeon core the size of a bunch of magic stones I saw earlier was embedded in the wall.

Fortunately, it’s not a maze-type cave, so you don’t have to suffer any more.

“Then I’ll go and get it right away. If we have time, we should play with Wonwoo.”

As if Sujeong was excited, she tried to enter the cave without thinking.

I also tried to go in casually, without much doubt, but I hesitated for a moment in a familiar situation.

The incident where all the top hunters except me were wiped out. Sujeongi, who was excited, had to be dried first.

“Now… wait for a sec!”

I belatedly shouted, but I couldn’t use my hands at Sujeongi’s fast movement.

Memories of the past pop up in my head.

The kindly installed torches and openly displayed dungeon hacks.

The place or situation is different from that time, but I am sure there is something.

Unleash your magic and focus your [Fairy Boots] Ability on speed.

However, Sujeongi’s speed, an S rank, was too fast for me to catch up.

“Sujeong-ah, come back. It can be dangerous!”

“Ah, Wonwoo is also true! I love that you care about me, but you worry too much!”

Sujeong-i keeps moving forward without listening.

My location is still halfway from the entrance, so I am still far away from Sujeong.

“I’ll take it, Wonwoo. Go out and wait.”

Unaware of her worry, Sujeongi, who has already arrived at the dungeon core, reaches out and tries to pull out the dungeon core embedded in the rock.

The chilling sensation felt at that time.

I can feel someone’s eyes on me.

I looked left and right and suddenly looked at the ceiling where Sujeong was.

There, in the dark, round yellow eyes were staring at Sujeongi.

“Don’t pull it out, Sujeong-ah!”

I shouted at Sujeong as I used all my magic and ran.

Looking back slightly, Sujeongi slightly shook her head. Then, as if to pull it out again, take a posture that gives strength.

Currently Sujeongi is not aware of anything because she is careless. If you get attacked at this time, your life may be in danger.

Because it’s a C-class dungeon, because it’s an S-class hunter, because I thought it was the last time, I could be careless.

As a result of the best possible speed, it now arrives near Sujeongi. If you go a little further, you can stop trying to pull out the dungeon core.

-Ting

At that time, I heard the sound of something being pulled out.

At that moment, I quickly took off one side of the ‘Glove of Destruction’ in my hand, strengthened my pushing power with [Psychokinesis], And threw it at something hanging from the ceiling.

A little bit is fine. If only I could turn off the time for a moment. Can be saved

However, the flying gauntlet floats in the air as if caught on something invisible.

‘Damn it!’

At that time, Sujeong looked back at the day she was holding the dungeon core.

‘I can’t help it, now. Even if it’s just a fix! Please don’t be late!’

After converting all speed into jumping power, jump towards Sujeong with all your strength.

“Wonwoo?”

Sujeongi stays in a daze, then gets pushed away from me and escapes as if she is about to bounce off the spot.

Then he fell down on the spot and fell to the ground.

Queueek

In the meantime, a grotesque voice rang through the cave, and a greenish liquid with a sticky consistency hit my back.

Chi Iik.

With the sound of burning, the liquid that melted not only the greaves but also my clothes in an instant burrowed into my back.

“… !”

I feel pain as if I had needles inserted all over my back at the same time. I couldn’t do anything in the pain that didn’t even scream.

“Wonwoo!”

I can hear Sujeongi’s urgent voice in my ears.

But she couldn’t answer the pain.

I’m trying to send a signal to stretch out my hand and prepare to fight, but even that doesn’t work.

The vision in front of me became more and more foggy, and I could not see, and then I lost my mind as it became completely dark.