The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 16



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Episode 016

Suyeon Lee, a librarian at the Seoul Library, is a person with stronger curiosity than anyone else.

The reason I liked mythology was to satisfy that curiosity.

Why did ancient people write myths and why did they believe in the existence of gods? curiosity.

Even though the world changed, that curiosity remained.

However, I didn’t have the courage to go to the battlefield where the gods fought, so I was content with watching the stories of the gods in media or books.

That curiosity later influenced her career path, and she has now become a librarian.

“what?”

One day, she saw a rather unusual guest.

A man with a face that looks like he is carrying all the burden of the world on his own, and an appearance that catches your eye without you knowing why.

The man, who had a stocky physique and an atmosphere that did not suit the library at all, looked around as soon as he entered the library.

her sensors screamed.

‘What on earth is that person?’

I was curious.

Why did such a man come to the library?

She approached the man and asked:

“Is there a book you are looking for?”

A man looks at me with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

Are you shy?

If not, are you wary of others?

If you look closely, it doesn’t look like that.

“Did you work at the library during this period?”

“yes? What does that mean… ?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. “I was just talking to myself.”

She was taken aback by the sight of the man looking at her closely as if he had seen her once before, but that only lasted for a moment.

The man asked about the heroic epic of Beowulf.

Soo-yeon Lee answered every question as if she knew him well.

Although it is a major heroic epic, there were not many people who came to the library to read his epic at this time.

That’s because it was now a world where gods and heroes from mythology were active in the real world.

There were more people who saw heroes and gods appearing in other media than those in books.

“You know the Beowulf epic!”

She listed all the information she knew about Beowulf.

It was a bad habit of hers.

When people talk about mythology, they get excited and talk a lot.

The man listened carefully to what he said and continued to ask other questions.

Contrary to my first impression, he was a really nice customer.

“thank you.”

“yes yes? “What is that?”

“Thanks to you, I found a way.”

“uh? “Aren’t you borrowing books?”

“There is no longer any reason to rent.”

A man who leaves without even borrowing the book he was looking for.

And several days passed.

An article published in a corner of a small newspaper.

In a world full of monsters, heroes, and gods, the news of a hero’s death was not a big news story.

Maybe it’s a hero or a god like Hercules or Theseus.

However, the moment Lee Soo-yeon saw the news, she thought of that man.

It strangely caught my attention, and I asked about Beowulf.

‘really… ?’

She felt her heart beating.

No one ever thought of killing the hero.

Because they believe they are protecting this world.

Although there were some who criticized the deeds of the gods and heroes behind their backs, no one dared to be rude or oppose them in front of them.

Gossip about gods and heroes was the only thing people talked about while drinking.

What if someone truly decides to kill the hero?

It was clear that he would have most people in the world as his enemies.

But the man did it.

He was not afraid of becoming an enemy of the world.

Lee Su-yeon felt her heart pounding at the act, which seemed like a kind of madness.

It wasn’t just out of curiosity.

Many heroic epics were started by someone who rejected the ordinary.

‘no way… .’

Could it be that you are witnessing the beginning of such a heroic epic?

And that day, she was able to meet the man again who came to the library and looked for her.

‘Have they come to kill me, the only witness?’

Curiosity mixed with a bit of anxiety.

Strangely, it didn’t feel dangerous.

No, I was more curious.

The reason I came all the way here again.

I felt strangely certain that if he had come to kill me, he wouldn’t have come to the library in the first place.

“You came today too?”

Suyeon Lee approached him and deliberately shouted in a more lively voice.

“Nothing else, I just came to talk to you today.”

Curiosity rather than fear continued to stimulate her.

I felt like I was going crazy with curiosity.

What will he say?

Why did you come to see me?

And now.

“Would you like to record my story?”

“… yes?”

“Don’t you want to record a story with your own hands? “It’s the story of a man who kills all the gods and heroes.”

Suyeon Lee did not regret her choice to approach this man.

‘it’s crazy! This guy is really crazy!’

Not only would he kill a hero, he would even kill a god!

Who could think like that?

Her curiosity sensor resonated.

The inner voice shouted fiercely.

We need to catch this man.

I was shouting that it would provide her with more fun than just the myths that popped out of books.

It was clear that it would bring some sparkling fun to the now boring and boring work of librarians.

“It’s probably more unconventional than any other myth.”

She clenched her fists.

How should I talk about it here so it doesn’t look strange?

Should we hold hands and shout out that we understand?

If not, should I say I was waiting for you?

No, that’s weird. You will look at me like a crazy woman.

She calmed her trembling heart and slowly opened her mouth.

“great.”

It seemed like I answered as calmly as possible.

Okay, it worked. After that.

“But, why me? “I don’t even know the citizens’ names.”

Suyeon Lee asked, looking at the man in front of her.

The man smiled at her question.

“I felt like I knew the gods in mythology better than anyone else. “I need that information.”

“Is that all?”

“That’s the way it is.”

After speaking, he held out his hand.

“My name is Kim Do-jin. I wish you all the best in the future.”

“I’m Suyeon Lee.”

She held Kim Do-jin’s hand.

“Then what should I do first? “Can I quit my job right now?”

Ah, I made a mistake.

I wanted to quit my job right away and witness this ridiculous myth next to him, so I showed my true feelings.

She imagined.

The scene where the man in front of me kills God.

And the heroic scene of carrying out his will among the collapsing gods.

Picture yourself recording it for the first time.

Just imagining it gave me shivers.

“There’s no need to do that right now… .”

Kim Do-jin, who finished speaking as if he knew that would happen, wrote down his contact information on a tissue and held it out to her.

“This is my contact information.”

Suyeon Lee accepted the tissue Dojin gave her.

“You can contact me here in the future.”

“great. “Then what should I do first?”

“I need information about King Gunther from the Song of the Nibelung epic.”

King Gunther.

In ‘Song of the Nibelunges’, he is a close friend of the hero Siegfried and betrays him, leading to his death.

Although King Gunther was not a hero, he was an important enough figure to be considered Siegfried’s opponent.

“King Gunther. He’s a fun character. He is a wild warrior, and although he succeeds in marrying Siegfried with his help, he is also afraid of the hero who is more powerful than the king. He also has a humane side, acquiescing when his subordinates say they will kill the hero.”

Su-yeon Lee was excited and told the story she knew, thinking that it might be helpful to Do-jin’s epic.

Song of the Nibelungs, based on the Norse mythology ‘Edda’, was one of her favorite narrative collections.

Among them, I really liked Siegfried’s narrative.

“However, he was killed by Kriemhild, who found out that Siegfried’s death was related to Gunther. A king who meets his end at the hands of his own sister. “Isn’t this such a sad story?”

“What are you doing now?”

“King Gunther? Umm… . As far as I know, I only heard that he retired from active duty and is resting in the waters off Incheon. You know. “He is not the protagonist of a heroic epic.”

Kim Do-jin smiled with satisfaction.

“also… .”

“But why him?”

“I’m the next target.”

“King Gunther?”

If King Gunther is the next target, I’m a little disappointed.

To Lee Soo-yeon, who thought so, Kim Do-jin smiled and shook his head.

“no. “The next target is Siegfried.”

Siegfried, the protagonist of an epic poem and the title of immortal hero.

Lee Soo-yeon did not lose her smile even when she said she would kill her favorite hero.

Rather, I wanted to see it from the closest place.

To see this man kill her hero and become a new hero.

“You mean to use King Gunther?”

“yes.”

“Then I need to give you some more information about King Gunther. “Do you know that King Gunther divorced Brünnhilde?”

This was information that many people did not know.

However, Kim Do-jin calmly nodded.

As if you already knew.

“I know. So, I would like to ask more information related to that.”

“Please speak.”

“Do you know where Brünnhilde’s relatives are? “I know it’s in Korea, but I don’t know its exact location.”

“Hehehe, if that’s the case, I can tell you.”

With a small smile, she took out the map drawn on her phone and took a picture of a point.

“I understand you live in Jamsil. “But I don’t know why I came.”

It was funny that a character from Norse mythology lives in Jamsil, Seoul, but they are heroes who can go anywhere.

“That’s enough. Thank you.”

“Then I also prepare for the trip… .”

“no. Su-yeon has something else to do.”

“Do you want me to work separately?”

Kim Do-jin took out a small bottle filled with black water from his arms.

The black water contained in a small plastic bottle about the width of a finger was so black that you couldn’t see anything inside.

She took the bottle that Kim Do-jin held out.

“what is this?”

“You have to find out that yourself, Su-yeon.”

“yes?”

“It’s a kind of test.”

“Didn’t you just prove it? “What I need is information about the myth, and I gave you the information I needed.”

“you’re right. “But if it was just for information, I wouldn’t have asked you to write my story.”

“… “It’s a test with a different meaning.”

Suyeon Lee now realized that there was a secret to the solution contained in this bottle.

He also found out that it was through a test given by Kim Do-jin.

“I can’t take Suyeon with me just because I know a lot about mythology. Prove to me that you won’t hold me back.”

“under… .”

Feeling sad that she couldn’t keep up with this man who had stimulated her imagination, she sighed for a moment and then nodded.

This is the man who killed a hero.

She knew very well what it meant to kill a hero in this world.

He was a person who worked to turn the world into an enemy.

That’s why you should be cautious.

okay. You knew that it wasn’t easy to become a hero’s ally.

“Wouldn’t it be better to tell you directly?”

Kim Do-jin shook his head at her words.

“I think Su-yeon has enough insight to uncover this matter.”

“I’m grateful that you look at me favorably, but… .”

“You can find out within a week and contact us.”

“That’s why you didn’t ask for my contact information.”

“yes. If you are not qualified to travel together, there is no reason to contact you. “Hunter and librarian are enough.”

The connection and disconnection was certain.

“I thought we were close enough.”

“All of this is a process of building trust.”

“You don’t think I’m going to betray you and hand you over to the police?”

“Are you going to do that?”

Su-yeon Lee looked into the eyes of Do-jin Kim, who was looking at her and asking.

It was a look that seemed to penetrate into a person’s inner self.

Just looking at them made me feel like my heart was pounding.

Su-yeon Lee, overwhelmed by his heavy and serious spirit, shook her head.

“no.”

I had no intention of doing so.

If you report the man in front of you to the police, you won’t even be able to see the epic story he promised.

Kim Do-jin also knew that fact well, so it was a suggestion he could make.

“It can’t be. “I won’t tell you, and I don’t plan on telling you.”

“Then that’s it.”

He soon smiled again.

“Please find out about this water within a week. It would be better if you knew how to use it. Instead, it is against the law to use the system.”

“Don’t find out through the system?”

“yes. “You can’t even appraise it.”

“Ugh… .”

He left without even taking a sip of the coffee he ordered, as if he had done all his business.

“Wow, that’s a shame. “I wanted to follow along now.”

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have told you any information about Brunnhilde.

Su-yeon Lee quenched her appetite as she watched Do-jin Kim’s back as he walked away.

it’s a shame.

It was such a shame that I couldn’t keep up.

I believed I could record everything right next to me.

Sheesh.

“You’re picky.”

But that’s why I liked it even more.

The more secret a hero is, the more likely it is to uncover and record the truth.

“Whoa, what on earth is this black water…” .”

That was when she took the black water that Kim Do-jin had given her and was about to leave.

“oh!”

Sooyeon Lee belatedly discovered that the black ink that Dojin Kim had used was on her fingers.

“What is this, really… .”

It’s an unlucky day.

* * *

-great.

-Then what should I do first? Can I quit my job right now?

I thought of Lee Soo-yeon, who was ready to quit her job at any moment and chase after me.

It was also Lee Su-yeon.

A near-mad obsession with mythology.

An attachment to the conviction that it would be even better if you recorded it yourself.

It succeeded in stimulating the sincerity toward mythology that made her a recorder.

I knew that she would be interested in me after finding out that I killed Beowulf.

So, I went to him and told him bluntly.

I killed Beowulf, and I will kill more gods in the future.

‘It seems like it worked.’

I saw her eyes sparkle as she looked at me.

Her desire to go together was evident in her expression.

-I want to record everything that happens in this world.

I recalled a story I heard when we were together in a past life.

‘It’s still the same.’

But still, I tested it on her just in case. There is no harm in being careful, she said.

-You don’t think I’m going to betray you and hand this over to the police?

-no.

-It can’t be. I won’t tell you, and I don’t plan on telling you.

I remembered Sooyeon Lee’s answer.

Something I will never tell anyone else.

‘She’s a strange woman every time I see her.’

Those words were clearly sincere.

Because it was an answer that came after the ink of the truth was on one’s hands.

The ink with which I wrote my number was actually ink for the truth to elicit a truthful answer from her.

The ink that distinguishes between truth and lies.

[Truth Ink – Grade X]

[Description: An artifact that washes away all worries and leaves behind a true and true heart.]

[Effect: Can distinguish between truth and lies.]

‘The system only says that it can distinguish between truth and lies… .’

If you tell a lie, the ink turns red.

False records are checked in red, so it is possible to reveal truth and lies, and even when the person who smeared the ink tells a lie, the ink is colored red, so it is also possible to distinguish between lies.

However, the ink on Suyeon Lee’s fingers remained vivid black even when I left.

At least he was someone who didn’t lie about things like this.

‘She’s a trustworthy woman.’

Judging from my experiences in my past life, it was like that.

If you see that there is no reaction even to the ink of truth that you had purchased as insurance just in case, you will be able to believe it for a while.

The homework I gave her.

Finding out for yourself the ink of truth.

If you find out the secret and method of that object, you will come back soon.

‘He must have some insight.’

Because she is the only woman who got an X-level item from a D-level item.

But what if you can’t even do this?

‘It ends here.’

There wasn’t enough time to wait for her to reach her potential.

There was nothing to regret even if it didn’t reach its potential.

Because librarian Lee Su-yeon, not recorder Lee Soo-yeon, is enough.

‘Even if you don’t follow me around, you will grow on your own.’

After giving up thinking about Lee Su-yeon, I headed to Incheon to find King Gunther.

For the final hero hunt before killing Hephaestus.

[To level up the history book, deal with mythical beings. 0/1]