When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 1



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1. I will retire.

“The weather is really crappy.”

A battlefield dyed in blood-red skies.

Standing before the corpse of a giant monster, Oh Hyeon-seong muttered as he was hit by the pouring red rain.

Then, with difficulty, he turned his head and looked around.

It’s all ruins.

A place of death where the corpses of countless civilians who were unable to evacuate in time are strewn about.

All of my comrades who were deployed together in the operation were killed.

The only one who survived this hellish scene was Oh Hyeon-seong.

“Coolook! Shit…”

Besides, his appearance was atrocious.

Blood was gushing from all over my body, and even the slightest movement was followed by excruciating pain.

One of my eyes hasn’t opened since a while ago.

The ribs were at least half crushed, and the internal organs inside had long since become a mushy mess.

Even though Oh Hyun-seong was used to getting hurt here and there, this time the weight felt different on his body.

‘More than anything, it seems like one of my legs is completely gone… I don’t think I can recover from this.’

Oh Hyun-seong let out a hollow laugh.

Several team members were wiped out, and even his own body was terribly damaged.

But that wasn’t the only thing that cut deep into his heart.

‘I’m sorry. I met a bad master.’

Traces of the elements scattered to pieces.

Oh Hyeon-seong had a ‘special constitution’ that was rarely seen even among the awakened.

And among those special constitutions, he was the only one in the world with the ability to ‘communicate with spirits’.

But he lost all the spirits in this scene.

Since his first awakening, he had to let go of even his partner who had been with him all along.

The only survivors are lower-level spirits who have no fighting ability.

Squeak squeak.

A small green spirit.

The spirits of life appeared one by one, circling around Oh Hyeonseong and looking at him with concern.

Crackle! Crackle!

– …The silence of the queen entity has been confirmed. The mission is a success.

– Senior! Senior! Can you hear me? Just hold on a little longer! Please…!

A voice comes out of the radio that had been dead.

The sound of a helicopter’s propeller from far away.

“I guess I’m not destined to die here.”

A mission that was nearly impossible was accomplished.

We’ve defeated a queen entity that was thought to be uncaptureable, and achieved our strategic objective.

It has also saved millions of lives.

His achievements will become a legend talked about by every hunter in the industry.

‘But what does that mean?’

It’s already been 10 years since I started living as a black ops agent for my country.

Now, all I feel in the bloody battlefield is emptiness.

That means, my motivation as a hunter has run out.

“Now… I have to retire.”

Oh Hyeon-seong took out the resignation letter he had been keeping in his bosom.

Then he took his pen and headed towards the last signature box that had been empty for the past year.

Square, square.

Suddenly, I remembered what my hometown friend had said.

He said that he wanted to stop living in the suffocating city and come down to live in the quiet countryside whenever he wanted.

Normally, I would have just ignored those words, but strangely enough, my friend’s words kept lingering in my head.

At that time, I didn’t know why I was like that.

But now I think I know.

It might be because I was already wavering in my heart.

“Hoo…”

Oh Hyun-seong, who was holding the blood-stained resignation letter tightly, threw the pen aside.

Then he repeated it with his eyes closed.

“Yeah, I’m going to go farming.”

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