When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 42



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42. Fifth Attribute

“I will kill you here.”

Bartola’s red eyes glowed.

Soon, an ominous aura began to emanate from the guy.

Rather than seeing him as some inferior and weak human, they truly view him as a threat and seek to eliminate him as a former nemesis.

Tsk tsk tsk!

The form of the rampaging Bartola began to distort.

The figure of a man beginning to blend in with the dome of black curtain that surrounds him.

Oh Hyun-seong’s eyes furrowed at that sight.

It would have been understandable under normal circumstances, but for someone who had been hit by the aftermath of the gate’s core being destroyed, it was an extremely reckless act.

“…Are you planning on doing something like that?”

Phew!

Pitch-black darkness takes over the space in an instant.

An unknown space where nothing can be seen or felt.

The guy who had hidden in the darkness once again hid his form and stared at Oh Hyeonseong from the square.

Wow!

Oh Hyeon-seong reacted instinctively to the attack aimed at his back.

But it was difficult to get the timing right, and the impact caused me to roll backwards.

My arm started to ache, and small cracks appeared on my sword.

The power of a guy who is completely immersed in darkness is so great that even a hunter’s equipment cannot withstand it.

‘At this rate, I’ll be able to stop it a few times before it breaks.’

Oh Hyeon-seong looks down at the sword bluntly.

Soon, he began to see hallucinations around him.

A desperate battlefield, the death of comrades, and the disappearance of spirits.

Memories and fantasies that could be considered trauma came flooding back.

Both sound and sight flow vividly into my mind.

But Oh Hyeon-seong let out a short sigh.

“I’m sorry, but this just feels childish now.”

Kaang!

Oh Hyun-seong repelled Bartola’s attack that flew through the illusion.

Such grandiose hallucinations could not deceive his eyes.

“That’s why you got beat up by Baek Ji-soo. You always backed down in front of me without even thinking of fighting.”

Bartola’s way of hunting humans.

Regardless of the hunter’s strength or level, it works very well for some people.

But on the other hand, for some people, it is so polar opposite that it means nothing.

Oh Hyun-seong, of course, was the complete opposite.

Moreover, although he may be physically weaker now than he was in his prime, he has become mentally stronger.

“Albern, it’s been a while since you showed off your skills.”

Albert nodded with a smile.

A guy who is unusually excited.

Well, it’s been a while since the water spirit has used his real skills.

The real skills of this guy are meaningless unless they are backed up by a decent amount of magical power.

Woohoo!

An incredible magical power flowed out from Oh Hyeonseong.

In the past, he had created five rings of condensed magical power in his dantian, but even with just one ring of magical power now, he could easily surpass the magical power of some high-level hunters.

But right now, at this moment.

He took out more of the magical power he had sealed away and created two rings in his dantian.

An amount of magical power that exceeds what your current body can withstand.

The creaking body was under a lot of stress, but it only lasted for a moment.

“Ghaaaah!”

He stretched out his hand towards Bartola, who was running towards him with a roar.

“You, go cool your head.”

Kookookookookook!

The ground shakes and a huge stream of water gushes out.

Huge waves rose on both sides, filling their vision, engulfing everything with darkness.

***

After the sudden eruption of the gate, the beetles were annihilated, unable to break through the previously constructed defense line.

Despite the large-scale incident occurring in the middle of the city, there were no civilian casualties thanks to a quick response.

Of course, this was largely due to the boss monster not running wild.

No matter how much you prepare and try to intercept it right away, if a boss monster at the level of an S-rank gate erupts, the damage the city suffers will increase exponentially.

Thud thud.

The Hunters from the Management Bureau entered to check if there were any remaining monster remnants.

Among the corpses of scattered insect monsters.

Han Soo-yeon found Joo Ji-hye lying on the ground with her head down.

“Hey, Jihye! Are you okay?”

“Wow… it’s heaven.”

Joo Ji-hye muttered blankly with her eyes half open.

It had not even been a day yet, but it felt like she had been trapped in the gate for much longer.

I had mixed feelings at the thought that I had really survived.

And then, he looked at Han Su-yeon standing next to him and said with even more relief.

“Hehehe… I did it.”

Joo Ji-hye, who had been laughing, suddenly fainted.

Han Su-yeon carefully observed her condition, and fortunately, there were no noticeable injuries and she was just exhausted.

However, he was not only physically exhausted, but he also showed signs of magical exhaustion because he had completely used up all the magical power in his body.

‘Really… you killed all those beetles by yourself?’

Beetles are monsters that eat magic power, so normal magic projection methods were not effective.

However, the massive number of beetle corpses that poured out were all dead and gruesome, leaving traces of telekinesis behind.

Even the giant beetle that is supposed to be the boss monster.

If they all fell into the hands of Ju Ji-hye, then it is self-evident that this is the story.

“I guess… I’ll have to revise the 11th-rank hunter list.”

Han Soo-yeon smiled faintly.

The treatment of Hunters of rank 10 and 11 within the country was also very different.

“Move outside quickly.”

Joo Ji-hye was taken out to the hunters of the management office.

Now that you have become one of the few precious people in the country, you should receive the utmost care and treatment.

But Han Su-yeon’s work is not over yet.

She went forward alone and stood before the black curtain that appeared with the eruption.

‘There must be…those two inside.’

Han Soo-yeon placed her hand on the curtain.

It was a barrier that also had the function of preventing outside intrusion, but she was planning to tear it apart and enter by force.

It’s not difficult for her.

But even without that, the curtain felt weakened.

“It looks like it’s already over.”

As I lightly manipulated my magic, the black curtain that had been blocking me opened up.

Then, a stream of water poured out of nowhere through the crack that had formed.

Choaaaak!

“Eek.”

She stepped aside and when the water drained away to some extent, she stuck her head out and looked in.

The entire area inside the tent was filled with excited water.

It was very pure and clean water, which is hard to find these days.

Not just in appearance, but in essence.

‘hmm.’

She stepped into the tent with a start.

As she passed the scenes of the flooded city, she could see Oh Hyeon-seong sitting on the wall.

And before him lies the corpse of a monster, half-submerged in water.

The sight of Bartola motionless, with the broken sword deeply embedded in his head.

“You did it, senior.”

“I thought I was going to die from the pain.”

Oh Hyun-seong shook his head.

Then Han Su-yeon smiled faintly and sat down next to him.

I lifted my feet slightly because I was worried that my pants were getting wet.

“Bartolani… How long were you inside the gate?”

“Maybe a month… two months. No, I don’t know.”

Oh Hyun-seong gave up on guessing.

That wasn’t what mattered now.

“A named entity that should have been dead has reappeared. Do you know anything about it?”

He asked in a very serious voice.

It happens all the time that the same ‘species’ that were subjugated in the past come through the gate.

But there has never been an instance where a ‘substance’ that was already dead has returned.

If it were another hunter, it would be different, but there was no way Baek Ji-soo wouldn’t have checked it properly.

Besides, according to what she said, the bastard’s body was cut into dozens of pieces.

It is a situation where you cannot help but make mistakes.

“…Senior, do you remember when I said I’d be busy soon?”

“Are you talking about when you first came to our house?”

“That’s right. Around that time, we received news that a group of special species had been discovered in China.”

“If it’s a special species, then…”

“The Queen’s former retainers were said to have been sighted. It wasn’t entirely reliable information, but since such stories had been told several times, we took it as a sign we couldn’t ignore.”

Oh Hyun-seong’s expression became serious at her words.

After the final battle five years ago, the Queen’s group was thought to have been completely eradicated.

The Queen’s special species were different from regular monsters, and even if they were left behind, they could develop into a big problem.

Because if even a little bit of it remained, it would be a harmful evil that could grow in power and attack humanity.

“But this is the first time a Queen’s child has been discovered. We confirmed directly that the Queen is dead, and we even recovered her body, so there’s nothing to worry about, but now that Bartola has been discovered… it’s a headache.”

Things may be worse than expected.

The tracking itself is already ongoing, and hunters from the management bureau have been dispatched to China to conduct the investigation.

This was not as easy as it sounds.

After the Gate incident, China became a no man’s land where humans could not live, except for some parts of the southern region.

The worst demonic realm on Earth, where gates constantly appear, spewing out monsters and overflowing with monster nests.

It is also the front line of the old monster front where he had the hardest time during his time in the special forces.

“You must be rolling around a lot too.”

“We had a hard time getting the route out. There’s no confirmed information from the locals yet, but we’ll probably get something soon.”

“If you have any information coming from that side, please let me know right away.”

“Of course it should be.”

This is something I cannot help but share with Oh Hyeon-seong, who was involved in this incident.

The Bureau also planned to recover Bartola’s body and analyze it.

Of course, there was work to be done before that.

‘Let’s have a taste!

with a splash!

Oh Hyeon-seong jumped up from his seat and stood in front of the guy’s body.

It is in a state where it is sufficiently softened and ready for absorption.

He pulled out the sword stuck in his head and threw it away, absorbing the enormous soul contained within the creature.

Then, the soul that entered his body began to shake as a large amount of magical power.

‘As expected, that’s a huge amount.’

The soul of this creature, which is much larger than the souls of ten Beetle Bosses combined, spews out enormous magical power.

Oh Hyun-seong felt a great sense of satisfaction and directed the magical power he had absorbed into his danjeon.

Thump!

‘What…what is it?’

But he was momentarily taken aback.

For some reason, the absorbed magical power is not incorporated into the existing magical power.

The magical powers he had accumulated in the past and the magical powers he had harvested from recent souls, including Bartola, were not mixed together.

‘Rather… aren’t the magical powers that were recently absorbed coming together?’

He focused his mind on the ominous situation occurring in his danjeon.

He tried to calm the turbulent magical power and bring the flow of magical power back under control.

But before he could do anything, these new, disparate magical powers coalesced and formed another link within his body.

Woohoo!

“Seo…senior?”

“What is this?”

Oh Hyun-seong looked down at his body blankly.

Neither fire, nor water, nor earth, nor life.

A sixth ring with completely different properties than before took root within his body.

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