The Mythical Hunter has Returned - Chapter 55



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Chapter 055

Lee Su-yeon and I entered downtown Yangju.

Many parts of downtown Yangju were collapsed and destroyed and were being rebuilt here and there.

The entire outskirts of Gyeonggi-do were like this.

As it was the site of a fierce battle during the Advent, there were many places that had not yet been completely restored after the war.

It was especially severe in northern Gyeonggi Province.

North Korea could not avoid the Great Advent.

During the Advent, several gates were created in North Korea, leading to the collapse of major bases and an influx of monsters.

North Korea did not have the strength to withstand the onslaught of monsters, and in the end, the monsters of the Abyss came down and completely devastated North Korea.

Not only was it not enough to deal with the monsters coming from within, but they also had to take care of the monsters coming down from above, so the burden was several times greater than in other cities.

And Yangju could not avoid the aftermath.

“It’s miserable.”

Lee Su-yeon, who saw the scenery unfolding outside the car window, said in a sad voice.

“This place was once the front line of fighting monsters.”

Even in my past life, this place was never completely rebuilt.

When Yangzhou was being rebuilt, the Night Monster absorbed all of Horus’s power, opened the Abyss, and descended.

Horus, who in his previous life had caused the disaster that caused the god of the other world to descend, was here now.

‘I have to stop it.’

I had to stop it somehow.

By now, even the apostates who believe in the Nightmare will know that Horus has come.

The leader of Yamyeonggoe is a man who calculates faster than anyone else.

He knew everything about who was needed to bring down his god and what Horus wanted.

It was clear that he had come into contact with Horus in some way.

“What are you going to do?”

There was only one answer.

“We will deal with Horus first. “The apostates of Yamyeonggoe are next.”

“I guess you don’t want to talk.”

“Sure.”

Direct confrontation will be avoided.

It was Horus who brought all his strength to fight the Night Monster.

The number of guild members he brought here was close to 100.

Three apostles and Horus himself.

So it was difficult to attack their base right away.

I planned to monitor the situation as much as possible and set up traps in areas where they were likely to enter.

Plan A is to get caught in Arachne’s web, prevent them from utilizing their boasted mobility, and then annihilate them.

‘The biggest problem is that they don’t know where they enter.’

It was then.

-I feel an ominous force nearby.

Jormungand, who was riding on my shoulder as I drove, stuck out his tongue and warned me.

“Ominous power?”

-okay. It’s an unpleasant sticky power, similar to that of Azur.

Jormungand has been in contact with apostates longer than anyone else.

At least when it came to apostates, what he said was trustworthy.

“Where is it?”

-It’s on the right.

Jormungand stretched out his slender body and pointed in the direction.

As we drove toward the direction he indicated, Jormungand pointed to a man.

-I am the author. I can feel that sticky energy from the author.

On the outside, he looked like just an ordinary man walking around town.

However, when I focused my gaze on the white gloves on both hands, the twisted magical energy sent a chill down my spine.

“This… .”

-Did you feel it too?

“okay.”

That bad vibe.

He is an apostate.

It was an unpleasant force that felt different from Azur’s followers.

“Is that him?”

Su-yeon Lee blinked her eyes and looked at the man pointed to by Jormungand.

It was something I had never felt before.

“Suyeon.”

“yes?”

“You know how to drive a car, right?”

“Ah yes. I have a license… .”

“please.”

I got out of the car right away.

“Now, wait a minute!”

I chased after the apostate, shaking off the voice of Lee Su-yeon calling me from behind.

It was hard to believe that an apostate, who was not just anyone else, was walking around the city.

Even though several hunters passed by the apostate, no one noticed him.

‘You can hide your power like this?’

I also wouldn’t have noticed if Jormungand hadn’t told me.

While the gods of human history were weakened by peace, they had penetrated deeper than expected.

A name given to light up the darkness of the other world, Yamyeonggoe.

True to the reputation of the god of the other world who helps one find light even in the dark, the followers of Night Myeonggoe were famous for being good at hiding.

But that’s the story after the night monster descended on this world.

‘They may be stronger than you think.’

I mentally revised the Night Myeonggoe’s estimated power and followed the apostate.

Considering the direction, it was clear that it was a messenger heading to Horus.

‘I play first.’

And when the guy went into the alley.

“Ugh!”

I ran towards him and covered his mouth.

“Ugh! Ugh!”

He thrust his sword at the struggling apostate’s neck.

“Ugh!”

I thrust the sword deeper into the back of the neck of the apostate who was trying to see my face.

“This is Horus’ domain. “Who are you?”

Impersonated a Horus guild member.

“Ho, are you a member of Horus’ guild?”

“okay.”

Doubt appears in the eyes of the apostate.

I was doubting whether I was really a member of Horus’ guild.

“Did you think you could hide that dirty power from the great sun god’s guild members?”

I took off his gloves.

The apostate, with a knife pointed at his neck, could not resist.

When the gloves came off, the pattern engraved on the back of the hand was revealed.

It was a luminous stone tattoo that glowed black.

“You dirty apostate bastard. Did you think you could hide that power? “Why are you wandering around town?”

“Well, that’s… .”

“Talk quickly. “Because I have the authority to summarily dispose of you here.”

The guy’s eyes are shaking.

I had a look of confusion until the end as to whether or not I was really a member of Horus’ guild.

Only after holding the sword further to the neck.

“Ho, if you are a member of Horus’ guild, please take me to Horus.”

“Why should I do that?”

Hearing what I said, he urgently put his hand into his arms.

“This is it.”

The guy took out an envelope from his pocket.

“What is this?”

“This is a letter from our church leader to Horus.”

“… The leader of the Yamyeonggoe cult dares to send a letter to God… la.”

I opened the envelope with one hand.

It was about asking whether the gods had sealed the Abyss of the East Sea, which Jormungand was closing.

‘If you look at the content of the letter, it seems that Nightmare and Horus have never had contact before.’

But after reading the letter, I was convinced.

The Nightmare is clearly after Horus’s power and eyes.

I couldn’t let it go like this.

“Now Horus, let me…” .”

“No, you can’t do that.”

“W-what is that!”

“How can we bring an apostate who worships the god of this world before God?”

“If you have read the contents of the letter, you will know that we will not harm you…” .”

The apostate could not finish his sentence.

Crack!

I snapped the neck of the guy who was trying to make excuses.

Because I don’t know what he might have in his arms.

This was to minimize flowing blood.

The apostate, whose neck was broken, died.

Impersonating the Horus Guild was a gamble that could be considered reckless.

If Horus and the Nightmare had already met, my lie would have been discovered in an instant.

But even if you are caught, you can easily subdue at least one apostate.

‘I haven’t met you yet… .’

I searched his arms.

There were two more letters in addition to the one shown to me.

“Hmm… .”

I read the two letters I took out of his arms.

One chapter was about an apostate declaring war on Horus.

If I had relayed this information, this apostate would have died.

I opened the next letter.

And there.

‘It’s blatant.’

There was an address indicating the location of the apostates and a message stating that they wanted to give the power of the sun to Horus.

Plus a spell I’ve never seen before.

It was clear that this spell had led Horus to the Nightmare.

-It’s an amazing spell.

Jormungand, who read the letter together on my shoulder, opened his mouth.

The guy’s pupils were split vertically.

“Is this a spell you know?”

-This is my first order. However, if you decipher the various runes written here, you can infer the impact of completing this spell.

“What kind of spell is it?”

Jormungand stuck out his tongue for a moment.

-It is a spell that makes the sun descend on the earth.

“The sun is descending?”

-okay. This sun is powerful enough to burn down the entire area.

A spell that causes the sun to descend.

This is why Horus was attracted to the Night Monster.

Horus, who lost his title as the sun god to Ra, was a god who longed for the sun more than anyone else.

In his past life, that desire ultimately led to his death and the descent of an alien god.

The god himself must not have known that he would become Icarus, who fell while trying to get closer to the sun.

-Of course, the order is not complete. Even I, who don’t know much about magic, can see loopholes.

“It means that we will complete this magic together with Horus.”

-maybe.

Was this also your first time?

Otherwise, there was no way they would have included their order in the letter.

By showing this spell to Horus, who wants to become the sun more than anyone else, they ask him to join their plan.

The apostates tried to use Horus to bring down their own god.

‘The future has changed as expected.’

Originally, Horus would encounter the Nightmare a few years later.

But the result will be the same.

The advent of the night monster.

So I had to stop it.

-This is something Horus would drool over.

Jormungand stuck out his tongue and looked at me.

-What do you plan to do?

“We have to stop it. “I can’t just watch as the god of this world descends.”

The moment the night monster descends, Korea will suffer enormous damage.

Many gods will die.

But that wasn’t the way I wanted it to be.

More people will die than gods disappearing.

If I hadn’t known, I could have neglected it.

But once I found out, I couldn’t leave it like this.

I took the clothes of an apostate who died from a broken neck.

“I’m looking for Horus.”

-I’m thinking of disguising myself as an apostate.

“okay.”

-If you get caught, it won’t end in death.

“You must never allow a night monster to encounter Horus.”

– Reckless.

“Sometimes recklessness is the solution.”

-… … .

Jormungand looked at me, sticking out his tongue.

-I can’t go. You know what that means, right?

“I know. Horus would notice your presence right away.”

It means I have to go in and solve everything on my own.

It wasn’t difficult.

Because that’s what I’ve been doing until now.

-I get it. Let me believe you. Because like you said, sometimes recklessness leads to a breakthrough.

Jormungand nodded, and I stripped the apostate of his clothes.

* * *

Horus saw a man prostrate before him.

“So, you are the Shinigami from the Church of the Nightmare?”

“That’s right.”

Then, I clicked my tongue as I looked at the glowstone-shaped tattoo engraved on the back of the man’s hand.