When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 79



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79. Mt. Fog

CLANG!

“Be careful not to wet your pants.”

“yes.”

Two women got out of the vehicle.

They carefully closed the floor, which was muddy here and there, and opened their umbrellas.

The raindrops falling pitter-patter make a sound as they hit the umbrella.

“It was drizzling when we left, but now it’s pouring down.”

“That’s right. They come a lot.”

Han Su-yeon and Yoon Seol-ha looked around and talked.

Fortunately, the wind wasn’t blowing hard, but the raindrops were getting heavier and the pitter-patter sound was coming from all directions.

They went up to Seoul and came back down early this morning.

“I’m glad the test results came out well.”

“But I didn’t think there would be a problem because the condition was good. I just checked just in case.”

After Yun Seol-ha came down to Changyeong-ri.

Today I had my first physical examination that I had been putting off.

At the time, I was in an extremely unstable condition, so I received it after resting, but there was no problem with my body.

In general, the basic manual was for hunters to undergo a medical checkup once they returned from the gate site.

In the past, of course, we were busy running the site without resting.

Giving hunters a break and having them undergo a checkup was all to help manage risk a little more stably.

There is no doubt that this is a positive change for hunters.

But at the same time, its limitations were clear.

Even with a precision examination using all the technology available, it is impossible to measure the minute amounts of toxic gas remaining in the body.

“The real problem is residual turbidity, but there is still no way to directly measure turbidity in the body.”

Choi Jeong-il created a foundation and poured a huge amount of money into it.

Governments of several major countries, including Korea, have also invested heavily, but there has been no solution yet.

Still, civilians and many countries were unaware of the accumulated turbid energy in the Hunter’s body.

We all know from experience that short-term exposure to excessive turbidity can cause problems, but

The long-term accumulated residual turbidity was asymptomatic and unobservable.

Also, it doesn’t go away even if you rest, it just keeps building up.

This was the reason why the hunters inevitably met an abrupt end, and also the reason why Yun Seol-ha’s mental problems arose.

“But thanks to your crops, the remaining turbidity will have been greatly reduced. Don’t worry too much.”

“Don’t worry! I’m completely healthy again.”

Yun Seol-ha nodded confidently and smiled brightly.

Although I couldn’t feel the extent of the accumulated turbidity, I felt that my physical condition had improved while staying here.

“… I guess so.”

A smile appeared on Han Soo-yeon’s lips at that sight.

Yun Seol-ha, who has changed positively.

Although the situation was bound to be dark and serious, it seemed like her original personality was slowly coming out.

This became even more so after I moved and started socializing with the townspeople.

“Let’s move the luggage first.”

“Okay, let’s get this over with quickly before he notices and comes out.”

The two approached the trunk and began to unload the luggage, one by one, onto the floor.

“Whoa, are these all the things you asked for, Senior? Why do you need so many things?”

“It seems like there’s a lot of farm work involved. Senior, you have to do a lot of different things.”

They say we are all self-sufficient in food, but we also have everything from fishing and camping equipment to tools and materials.

There were many things I needed while living here.

There is a reason why the spacious warehouse attached to the house was not enough.

Of course, it wasn’t a burden because I only had to buy it once in a while and refill it, and my girlfriend, who was going to Seoul, happened to be the first to buy it for me.

“It’s not much, but I should at least try to make up for it with something like this.”

“Instead of that, why don’t you just sit here, senior?”

“Take a seat?”

“Yes, I think you like living here as much as I do. You’ve done enough work.”

“… Well, I guess that’s what I’d like to do.”

Han Su-yeon was silent for a moment.

It’s not that I’ve never thought about coming down after a boring city life.

“But… it’s still too far away.”

She couldn’t let this seat go.

It wasn’t because of some trivial sense of responsibility that it had to be me.

“Still, I’m grateful that I can come here often and heal like this. I was out of breath, but thanks to you, I can breathe easier. Now, let’s go in.”

She nodded as she lifted the luggage.

Then Yun Seol-ha also followed him, carrying his luggage.

Squeak.

They entered the main gate.

I put my luggage down on the floor, but I tilted my head in confusion in the strangely quiet house.

“… senior?”

She looked around the house, but there was no one.

“Where did you go in this weather?”

***

Swish.

A sky with large raindrops falling.

Oh Hyeon-seong was walking alone through the forest with an umbrella.

“… Hmm.”

Oh Hyeon-seong stared at the dagger.

A green light trail flows from the sword, cutting through the forest and leading somewhere.

‘The ring that wasn’t even started is working.’

The ring and the sword resonate, leaving a clear trace.

Since it was the effect of the ring that traced the path of the relic, I thought that it might be following the same path that Choi Jeong-il took to bring the sword, but that wasn’t the case.

He was going in the exact opposite direction from where he came in his vehicle.

“This… how far does it go?”

Even by his standards, he walked quite a lot.

It had obviously been quite some time since we left the village, and we had come to a completely different area.

‘If it was going to be like this, I should have brought a car. No, I couldn’t have driven a car through these mountain roads anyway.’

Oh Hyeon-seong is wandering deep in the mountains where even roads are cut off.

He shook his head and made a decision.

“I can’t help it. My clothes are getting a little wet, you know.”

He threw away his umbrella and decided to go a little faster.

Thud!

Oh Hyun-seong started to run quickly.

With each step, trees flashed past his vision, and even then, he followed the direction, reading the traces accurately.

I think things went on like that for about ten minutes.

“It’s a restricted area…”

No-trespassing tape was stuck all over the trees.

It was a restricted area designated by the government, and Oh Hyun-seong shrugged his shoulders, bent down, and passed the yellow tape.

As we entered, we saw that all around us were covered in a thick fog, and the land was eroded by the strong turbid air.

‘An area that was abandoned and neglected a long time ago… but even in a restricted area, this level of pollution is not common.’

The area near the reservoir on the mountain behind the village where he goes fishing is also a restricted area with high concentrations of turbid air.

However, the concentration of turbidity there had considerably subsided over time, and unless there was long-term exposure, it would not be a major problem.

But here it was really bad.

Enough to feel a tingling sensation on your skin.

There are only a few restricted areas of this level even within Korea.

“Ah. Where was it? Was this the Misty Mountain?”

He nodded as he took out his phone and checked the map.

It was one of the famous areas.

A past disaster site where the entire surrounding area was contaminated due to failure of early control of the S-rank gate.

The erosion was so severe that even a brief exposure would be dangerous for the average person.

‘Well, I’ll just take a quick look around.’

In Oh Hyun-seong’s case, there was no major problem even if he was briefly exposed to the atmosphere.

The burden was also less because the concentration of turbid air in the body was much lower than in the past.

‘It seems like the trail is leading to the top of the mountain?’

The green traces are increasingly pointing upwards.

Oh Hyeon-seong followed him and walked up among the twisted trees.

But there were eyes watching him like that.

An unknown entity that had killed his presence approached him, targeting his blind spot.

“Blea.”

Kwaaaaang!

At that moment, a pillar of fire rose up from the forest.

The monster was hit directly by the blazing flames that immediately burst out and was swept away.

But the monster that had slid down shook its head without dying.

“How cheeky. To withstand my attacks with such a bare face.”

The fire spirit, Blea, spoke harshly.

Her true form, not that of a fox, was revealed.

“It’s a monster I’ve never seen before.”

Oh Hyun-seong said while looking at the monster.

A monster with four pure white eyes, walks on two legs, but has dark purple skin and an unusually muscular body.

There were several tentacles growing out from the back of its neck, and I had never seen a monster like this before.

“Is it a single species?”

“I don’t know about that, but judging from the way it withstood your attacks, it’s probably at least S-rank.”

It’s unbelievable that a monster of this level would suddenly pop out from somewhere other than the gate site.

It was an unexpected situation for him.

Even though it was a restricted area, it was not a place that was actually managed, but only people were prevented from entering.

If you put your mind to it, you can go in and out as much as you want, and if a monster of that level went out, it would be a disaster.

Since it wasn’t detected by the gate in advance, there would be hundreds of deaths at the very least.

“I don’t know when it popped up, but I need to get it out of here.”

Sling.

Oh Hyeon-seong pulled out the dagger from his waist.

A sharp silver blade revealed its body.

“Just grab my attention.”

“Wouldn’t it be easier to just press down with firepower?”

“No. From what I saw earlier, it seems like a very durable type, and I don’t want to make too much of a fuss.”

Oh Hyun-seong’s gaze turned to the green trace extending upward.

There’s no need to go around blowing up fireworks and shaking the earth when you still don’t know what’s up there.

That’s why he breathed magic into the dagger he raised.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Blea’s flames swirled around the dagger.

It is the imbuing of a weapon with attributes, or more precisely, the power of spirits.

‘It’s been a while.’

It was a simple task for him, but it was impossible with normal relic weapons.

Because relic weapons themselves are imbued with power.

Just as you can’t add anything to a vessel that’s already full, it’s impossible to breathe in the power of the spirit.

On the other hand, regular weapons had no special abilities or powers, so they were like blank sheets of paper that could be painted with anything.

But that wasn’t possible with just any weapon.

This is because there are few weapons that can withstand the attributes of a powerful being, the Higher Spirit.

There was a reason why Oh Hyeon-seong had such a high passing score when it came to looking at weapons.

‘All the weapons I’ve used so far were substandard, but I don’t have to worry about that with this guy.’

He raised his dagger and rushed towards the monster first.

The monster reacted immediately, opening its mouth wide and trying to swing its tentacles, but sparks flew up above its head.

Kwaaaaang!

Flames burst out loudly, crushing the monster.

The guy quickly escaped the radius at an incredible speed, but the successive explosions from Blea engulfed him.

Although the body was scorched by the hot heat, it was definitely durable and did not get roasted whole.

However, movement could be restricted.

Thanks to this, the gap was easily captured.

Bam!

The dagger Oh Hyeon-seong swung penetrated deep into the monster’s jaw.

A blade that can easily cut through thick skin thanks to its intense heat coating.

If it were a human, it would have been killed instantly, but the monster turned its head and met Oh Hyeon-seong’s eyes.

Krrrr!

The look in their eyes that is characteristic of those who look down on humans, as if asking if they thought they could kill themselves with just this much.

But Oh Hyun-seong wasn’t afraid of those eerie eyes at all.

“Stop throwing a tantrum and just die.”

Kwaaaaang!

The flames pouring out from the sword blew away the monster’s upper body.

The torn piece of the bastard’s head fell off with a thud, and the remaining half of his lower body tilted over and fell over.

If he had appeared in a foreign city, he could have caused a record number of casualties, but he met an easy end because he caught the wrong opponent.

“Huh, you lowly bastards.”

Blea, who had transformed into a fox, climbed onto his shoulder and swished her tail.

She is a woman who has always shown contempt for monsters.

“let’s go.”

Oh Hyun-seong, who had been smiling, resumed walking.

As he climbed the mountain, he spread his wings wide in case he saw another monster like the one he had just seen, but no other monsters appeared.

Oh Hyeonseong reached the top of the mountain.

But surprisingly, the turbid air that had been getting thicker and thicker as we went up suddenly disappeared at one moment.

Rapid change in a very heterogeneous environment.

But to his surprise, when he reached the top, there was a shabby house with traces of people in it.

“What are you doing here?”

“…Elder?”

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