The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 93

Yerim readily forgave Noah, more easily than I expected. She was angry that he hurt me, but she said the fight was fun. So, she said she didn’t care if I was okay.

“Once I pay off all my debts, I’m going to buy a new detoxification item. The best one.”

– Kkyawoo.

Yerim said, tossing Blue high enough to almost touch the ceiling before catching him. And she wants to go for round two. She wasn’t exactly normal to begin with, but she seems to be getting more aggressive as the days go by. Though, it’s rare to find an S-Class combat Hunter who isn’t aggressive.

“Rather than that, you should focus more on practicing your Lament control. With your stats, avoiding attacks is the best option, and you can freeze the poison to block it. At the same time, raise your cold resistance to S-Class as quickly as possible. Once you get used to your attribute resistance, you’ll be able to adjust it. In your case, you could take emergency measures by lowering the resistance only in the areas affected by the poison and freezing them.”

Yoohyun and Sung Hyunjae often used that method in ranking matches where the use of items other than equipment was prohibited. They would cauterize the wounds. Even though it was good for emergency treatment, it was a crazy sight to behold.

Even if it’s not your attribute, if your magic control is at a genius level, you can adjust your resistance. Of course, since my magic stat is at rock bottom while my skill rank is disgustingly high, it’s impossible for me. I’m just glad I can turn it off.

“Oh, right, you can turn off passive skills. Like resistance skills.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. If you try to turn it off twice in a row, it turns off.”

Yerim, who had been curious, tilted her head.

“It doesn’t work?”

“…It doesn’t work?”

“No.”

…Why not? I tried turning my poison resistance off and on. It works fine. Just in case, I called Yoohyun and asked him. He said he had never tried turning it off before and would check, but soon the answer came back that it didn’t work.

“You too? …Does it depend on the rank?”

[Maybe.]

I’m the only one with L-Class passive skills, so there’s no way to check. All of my resistance skills are L-Class, so it’s impossible to compare them myself.

No wonder no one mentioned being able to turn off skills even after five years. There must have been people who tried something as absurd as I did.

“I guess it doesn’t turn off if the rank is low.”

“Wasn’t Guild Leader Sung’s fire resistance S-Class? What’s your poison resistance rank, Uncle?”

“L-Class.”

“Wow, crazy. There’s an L-Class too.”

“Yerim, let’s use nice words. The Guild Leader of Sesung noticed and mentioned that my poison resistance is above S-Class, but the exact rank is a secret.”

I still wonder how he pinpointed it so accurately. Did he know Noah’s poison skill rank? From the way he talked to Liete, it didn’t seem like they were close enough to share skills. He didn’t even allow a visit to the breeding facility.

“Anyway, most skills can be applied in various ways as you use them more and become more proficient. Additional functions are added when the rank increases. So, it’s better to think about solving problems with skills before you think about buying items.”

Since these are future events, I can’t think of any examples. The current Yoohyun can’t use Blood Flames yet. From what I saw at Babar, he could only use Black Flames. He can’t control the transparency of the Blue Willow Leaf either.

There were many Rankers who complained that the upgraded Blue Willow Leaf was a really terrible skill. If he could use Blood Flames now, Noah… would have been in real danger. Not only would a B-Class healing skill be unable to heal him, but his wings would have melted completely. Unlike ordinary flames, the damage range is easy to control, so there would be no collateral damage, and he would have been finished before anyone could stop it.

In the past, Yerim’s awakening was later than it is now, so her skills didn’t increase in rank. Still, the combination of Lament and Pale Rain was good. I should teach her how to use her skills proficiently.

* * *

“This way.”

When I went to the Hunter Detention Center with Yerim, Song Taewon came out to greet us and guide us. Even though it’s for Hunters, lower-level Hunters usually just wear inventory sealing bracelets and go to regular detention centers. So, this is my first time here too.

…How many times has that Yoohyun been here? I suddenly feel uneasy.

“Yerim, you shouldn’t be caught and brought to a place like this.”

“I live without breaking the law.”

A middle school student who drinks and doesn’t wear a helmet confidently said. It’s not illegal yet, though.

We went through several doors and stairs to get quite deep inside. The further we went, the worse the expressions on the faces of the people guarding us became. But eventually, items that can subdue even S-Class Hunters will come out, so please be patient. …In about four years.

The detention rooms for high-level Hunters were underground. The entrances to the three detention rooms were all different. This was to prevent the misfortune of two other people escaping when one person escaped.

“It’s embarrassing, but we monitor high-level combat Hunters assuming they will escape. The basic guideline is not to stop the escape but to report it quickly. Of course, this is because this is a detention center. Cases of killing non-awakened people are immediately transferred to a special isolation facility. It is almost impossible for even high-level Hunters to escape from the special isolation facility on their own.”

I didn’t bother asking about the special isolation facility. It’s not like that place has prisons or equipment to restrain high-level Hunters. But even high-level Hunters are bound to weaken if their limbs are not intact.

“In Noah Luvir’s case, he escaped by melting the lock with poison and using stealth skills. But he was relatively well-behaved.”

Song Taewon said, opening the locked door. He said he used the minimum amount of poison so that it wouldn’t be difficult to clean up. Yeah, the problem was that the kid suddenly had a seizure, but his first impression was polite.

The inside was an ordinary room. It looked like a simple studio apartment of about ten square meters [approximately 108 square feet]. It looks even wider because there is a separate bathroom and no eating facilities. It’s just a cramped room in the eyes of high-level Hunters.

Noah was sitting quietly in the middle of it, with a chair. He was still wearing the same tracksuit from yesterday. He was looking at us as if to claim that he had been sitting quietly with his hands together on his knees. He reminds me of a well-behaved Golden Retriever. I feel like he would give me his hand if I said, “Shake.”

“Hello, Han Yoojin.”

There was a clear sense of tension in his greeting. I don’t know if it’s because of the keyword effect, the title, or some other reason.

I smiled as kindly as possible.

“You waited as promised.”

“Yes. I was just making a phone call and waiting quietly.”

Phone call? Did he call his guild? Now that I think about it, what about his guild? Should I just tell him to bring them all? It’s not good to keep relying on other guilds for security, and if they’re trustworthy people, it might be a good idea to have them all transferred.

The procedure to get Noah out was simple because it was a matter of reaching an agreement. All I had to do was write a Hunter contract. The employment period in the contract was one month. Since the other party was an S-Class Hunter, one month was an excessive period, let alone a week, compared to the amount of damage.

But Noah said he would stay until his sister wasn’t scary anymore.

“Liete has been banned from entering the country.”

Song Taewon said, taking a copy of the contract.

“Huh? Banned from entering the country?”

“Yes. The nominal reason is illegal contract trading, but it was determined that there was a high possibility of harming Han Yoojin based on the contents of the phone call that day, so we decided to block her entry. Was this an unnecessary measure?”

“No, it’s not. I’m grateful if you do that.”

I don’t want to run into Liete for a while. After some time has passed, I should talk to her on the phone first and then decide whether to meet her in person or not.

“Illegal contract trading is a minor offense, so the entry ban is only possible for up to one year. And this is a list of drugs that poison resistance doesn’t work on. We have also notified the Hunter Hospital. If the fact that you have a poison resistance skill is revealed, it will be automatically registered to prevent medical accidents.”

“I understand.”

I nodded and accepted the file. The list is quite long.

“He doesn’t even get drunk, so I guess there are drugs that work on him.”

“The toxicity of alcohol is stronger than you think. Drugs that work are either almost non-toxic or weak enough not to be affected by poison resistance, so they don’t harm the human body. Most of them are for medical assistance. There are also special drugs made from dungeon byproducts, like Hunter painkillers.”

“I have that painkiller too. My detoxification item is B-Class, so it works up to B-Class poison resistance.”

Yerim said. I used Hunter painkillers before my regression, but they were the cheapest ones. Now that S-Class painkillers are available, I can’t use painkillers without turning off my resistance skills.

We also received recommendations for over-the-counter medicines that poison resistance doesn’t work on and left the detention center. Unlike Yerim, who was sticking close to me, Noah was following a few steps behind. When I stopped, he stopped as well, still lagging behind.

“Noah.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t you think you don’t have to walk so far apart?”

“Ah… it’s more comfortable this way. Is it not okay?”

Comfortable, huh. He must have always been chasing after Liete when he was with her. I can picture Liete confidently leading the way without ever looking back.

There’s no need to force him to fix it right away, so I said it was okay and headed back to the parking lot. Neither Yerim nor I had a driver’s license yet, so Hunter Kim Jiyun followed us. When I said I was going to get a license, Yerim said she would get one too and applied for the test for both of us next weekend.

“So, I went to the screen game room, and it was fun, but reality is still the best. Do you want to go to the shooting range together next time? How about betting on dinner?”

“I’ll just buy it.”

There’s no way you’d win. With quite a bit of time left until dinner, I glanced at Noah at Yerim’s urging to go to a karaoke room and nodded.

* * *

“Please protest to the Korean Hunter Association. Huh?”

“It’s not within my authority, please wait a moment…”

The Mexican Hunter Association employee said, flustered. The general staff in the lobby had already left their seats, and only the Hunters remained, watching the cause of the commotion, Liete.

Liete, who was wearing a colorful poncho and a pointed sombrero [a traditional Mexican hat], fluttered her fingertips and frowned slightly. With each of her movements, the people around her flinched.

“I’ve helped you a lot, can’t you do this one thing for me?”

Liete mainly enjoyed attacking new illegal dungeons, but she also worked as a free Hunter. Mexico, which only had two S-Class Hunters because they all went to the United States and Europe, had received her help several times. To be exact, it was a transaction with compensation, but in Liete’s mind, it had been distorted into helping out of kindness.

In any case, the Mexican Hunter Association was the one in need, so they couldn’t refute her arrogant words.

“What did I do to be banned from entering the country? Just a few illegal contracts, it’s really too much, isn’t it?”

– Shwiik shwiit!

A small snake poked its head out from over the wide brim of the sombrero, agreeing with her. It was a jewel snake with a brilliantly shimmering body. Liete raised her hand and rubbed the underside of the jewel snake’s chin.

“My dear needs to take care of you soon. You want to grow up quickly too, don’t you, Bell?”

– Shwiit shwiit.

Its golden eyes, which resembled its owner’s, narrowed as if it felt good.

“Now, hurry up and come up with a plan to send Bellare to Korea.”

The ends of Liete’s eyebrows were raised, and just as a murderous aura was seeping out, freezing the Hunters, it happened.

Crash!

A heavy-duty pickup truck crashed through the glass door and into the lobby. Men armed with weapons jumped out of the truck, leaving long tire tracks on the smooth floor as it came to a stop.

Dududududu!

The Hunters immediately dodged or used defensive skills and equipment as bullets poured down on them. Fortunately, thanks to Liete’s tyranny, there were no non-awakened people or low-level Hunters who could be harmed by the bullets in this place.

“What are those guys again?”

Liete tilted her head, shaking off the poncho she had already taken off. The bullets that had been wrapped around the poncho fell to the ground. It was just an ordinary cloth, but somehow it had managed to withstand the bullets without a single hole.

“Dungeon Break is God’s providence! Do not reject God’s will!”

One of the armed men shouted, taking out a grenade. The other men also took out bombs. Among the other Hunters who were nervous, Liete raised the corners of her mouth.

“Ah, those terrorists that have been popping up lately. If I take care of them, will you send me to Korea?”

She decided on her own and took out a knife. The long knife was laid sideways and moved slowly. As if playing a prank, she slashed across the air horizontally. The split air trembled slightly. Subtly, and.

Ping—!

Along with the sound of a tightly stretched string being plucked, an enormous force struck the men holding the bombs. Like helpless straw in a storm of blades, human bodies were cut apart with a rustling sound. Arms, legs, and heads fell off, but not a single drop of blood flowed. The bombs were also cut in half, but they remained silent.

In the extremely unrealistic scene, the air vibrated a beat late. The Hunters, who had been standing there blankly, finally swallowed hard and groaned.

Liete put the knife into her inventory and approached the corpses scattered like dolls.

“God’s will, my ass. There’s never a decent bastard who says that kind of thing.”

She kicked the severed head with her toe. The head, which rolled to the side, stared at Liete with wide eyes.

[Liete.]

“Oh my?”

[I will make the offer again.]

A voice flowed from the severed head. At the same time, the golden eyes narrowed fiercely.

“It’s been quiet for a while, what’s going on again? I warned you not to come near me or my brother.”

Of course, it wasn’t a gentle warning. It was a warning where blood flowed and flesh splattered.

[Liete—]

“Shut up.”

Crack, a military boot crushed the head. Liete wiped the bottom of her shoe on the corpse’s clothes and turned around. Her brightly smiling face was frighteningly cold.

“If there’s anyone with low curse resistance and mental strength, come out on your own. I’ll kill you without pain.”

“What does that—”

Kwak. The Hunter’s words were cut off as Liete’s hand gripped his neck. The Hunter, who hadn’t even felt her approaching, sweated coldly in bewilderment.

“Do you have a curse resistance skill or item? What about mental strength?”

“I have a C-Class item…”

“Then you’re out.”

She shook the hand holding his neck and threw him to the side.

“Okay, next. Let’s do it quickly. Huh?”

Or should I just kill them all? As the murderous aura intensified, the Association’s Hunters reflexively stepped back, while a man with a slightly pale complexion looked Liete straight in the eye.

“It’s you.”

[The first of the Curse Poison Dragon, Dio Valshesis.]

The golden eyes wavered for a moment. A deep furrow formed between Liete’s eyebrows, and her relaxed lips twisted.

“What, just now…”

[Kill Sung Hyunjae of Sesung Guild in Korea and capture the brother of Han Yoohyun of Haeyeon Guild.]

“This bastard is ordering me around—!”

Her teeth were grinding. But Liete couldn’t move. Her instincts as a Curse Poison Dragon, not a human, were holding her back.

If it had been the complete Dio Valshesis, she might have bowed her head politely. But Liete bit her lip and used her skill. The ferocious momentum, which was more than enough even without borrowing the power of a weapon, tore the man possessed by the Curse Poison Dragon King in half vertically.

At the same time, parts of the man’s body flew around like bomb fragments.

“Keuak!”

“Eok!”

The Hunters, who had been suppressed by Liete’s momentum, fell one by one without even having time to defend themselves. A thick poison flowed around them. The poison crawled to Liete’s feet, but it only lingered nearby thanks to her high poison resistance.

“…Damn it, my head hurts.”

– Shiit.

The jewel snake, which had been hiding in its owner’s hat, stretched out its body and looked at Liete. Liete wiped the blood from her lips with the back of her hand and frowned.

“What was that just now?”

Her memory is hazy. Anyway, the nasty guy she hadn’t seen in a long time must have disappeared for sure. That thing can only possess Hunters with low mental strength or curse resistance, and the distance it can move is not very long. So, unless there are humans other than Liete around, it has no choice but to leave.

“I thought you had given up completely, but what’s with the sudden change of heart.”

It’s unpleasant. Just as she was kicking the severed corpse irritably, a group of people appeared. The woman at the front was Mexico’s S-Class Hunter. The dignified woman frowned at the sight of Liete and the surrounding corpses.

“Couldn’t you wait for that short time and caused trouble?”

“What? No, I—”

“This time, stay quietly in prison!”

“Ah, damn it! I’ve been having terrible luck lately!”

I have to go to Korea! She was confident she could win, but causing more problems here would only make things difficult. No matter how she lives as she pleases, she had to avoid antagonizing all the Hunter Associations in each country. Liete clicked her tongue and quickly left the scene.