The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 494

Crunch. The remains of the motorcycle, engulfed in flames, were crushed under combat boots. Erik put the axe into his inventory and instead held stilettos and a kukri [a curved Nepalese knife] in both hands. Unless Noah completely transformed into a dragon, a battle axe was not suitable for targeting nimble, small targets. The stiletto twirled on Erik’s wrist as if showing off.

“I’ll peel off those scales.”

Noah Luthier possessed a high-grade Dragon Transformation skill. So, unlike other support types, his combat abilities would also be enhanced. In particular, a dragon’s hide was like wearing armor.

However, Erik was also a seasoned S-Class Hunter. Depending on the dragon type, scale types like Noah’s could have their defenses lowered relatively easily by targeting gaps and scraping them off. He had plenty of combat experience with powerful dragon types that occasionally appeared in the S-Class dungeons managed by the Turchen Guild. He had lopped off the heads of Undead Dragons, S-Class monsters, countless times. What was more concerning was…

Erik glanced at the Haeyeon Guild Leader on the pier pillar.

“He wasn’t on the list. Where’s Cho Hwa-woon?”

The Haeyeon Guild Leader was focused only on communicating with someone. He showed no sign of intervening. Then there was no need to hold back. Erik pointed the stiletto, sharp as a large needle, forward and used a skill: Tail Catch. It was a combat support skill that made it easier to keep track of a specific target’s movements. He then took out a small pill from his inventory and put it in one cheek. It was a powerful antidote that slowly dissolved and took effect for about an hour. With the addition of the antidote to his poison resistance ring, he could withstand even S-Class poison skills to some extent.

In addition, as a hunter from France, famous for its undead, he was well equipped with curse resistance gear. The two weapons in Erik’s hands were imbued with skills that reduced recovery. The weapons themselves also had options that slowed regeneration. As expected, they were skills and weapons that were good for dealing with undead that constantly regenerated, but they were also very effective against hunters who could recover on their own.

On the other hand, Noah didn’t take out any weapons or items other than his chainmail gloves. Erik frowned at his casual attitude.

“Now that you belong to a specific group, there’s no reason to be lenient!”

It was different from before when he moved at the request of other guilds. Back then, if he ruined the relationship, he wouldn’t be able to request anything when he needed it, so he swallowed his pride, thinking that the support types were arrogant. But now he belonged to a ridiculous group called the Nursery from a faraway land.

Squeak. Erik put strength into his foot, and a piece of metal that was part of the bike was distorted. His toes twisted, and then! The piece of metal was kicked away forcefully. Noah tilted his head to avoid the piece of metal that flew like a throwing star. At the same time, Erik rushed in front of Noah.

Noah’s hand blocked the sharply stabbing stiletto. Some of the chains in the glove stretched out and wrapped around the sharp tip of the blade with a rough sound. Although the attack was blocked, Erik was not flustered and pulled the stiletto back while swinging the kukri. The sword, short enough to be a dagger but heavier than a longsword, cut through the air, and Noah’s body soared into the air.

Jumping to avoid an attack made it easy to become disadvantaged because it was difficult to change the landing point. There was also a moment of hesitation even in flight. But instead of flying up completely, Noah,

Whoosh-!

Roughly spread his wings for a moment. The large wings soared from behind his back, pushing the air out greatly before disappearing, and Noah’s body, gaining momentum, instantly passed over Erik’s head. Landing behind the enemy, without even turning around, immediately.

Thwack!

“Ugh!”

He took out his tail and struck. Erik, who was hit in the back defenselessly, staggered back. It was an unexpected series of attacks, but Erik was not flustered and quickly kicked off the ground and ran forward. He turned to face Noah, having created enough distance.

“Dragon Transformation is quite tricky.”

He had dealt with bipedal dragon types that were similar to human forms. But this was the first time he had faced an enemy who changed parts of his body from moment to moment. Noah silently stared at Erik, retracting his long tail.

‘Certainly… it helps.’

Han Yoohyun’s help was quite significant in being able to skillfully partially transform according to the combat situation as he could now. Riete, who had the same Dragon Transformation skill, wasn’t very talented at teaching. She was the type to say that you’d learn if you experienced it several times with your body. On the other hand, Han Yoohyun, perhaps because he was a Guild Leader, or perhaps because he was influenced by his guardian, Han Yoojin, gave educational sparring sessions with detailed advice.

“But you don’t have any decent attack skills anyway!”

He wouldn’t be able to close the gap in stats and skills. Erik raised his tension to the maximum, bent his legs greatly, and lunged at Noah.

[Section Chief Song said he came to sell cigarettes.]

“…What?”

Han Yoohyun’s eyebrows shot up sharply. He was already displeased that he had given his brother a cigarette, but to come all the way to do business.

[I’m really dumbfounded too… but it seems Cho Hwa-woon isn’t accompanying him.]

“Okay. I’ll take care of it here.”

[No, wait a minute. What do you mean take care of it?]

“If he came on his own, it means he’s asking to be killed.”

Han Yoojin sighed briefly at Han Yoohyun’s attitude as if it were obvious.

[He’s on the list, and he’s an American citizen. And officially, China is supposed to have cooperated in saving me. So there are too many eyes watching there.]

“Should I tell the helicopter to change direction? With only one person on board, to a nearby reef or something.”

[We can’t just let it go, but let’s just bear with it today, okay?]

Han Yoojin said, soothing his younger brother. There would be some people who knew the inside story of what happened in China. So, in order not to be underestimated, Hwangrim couldn’t be sent back unharmed. He had to give a definite reward, but the first day was difficult. At his brother’s coaxing, Han Yoohyun nodded, though dissatisfied.

“Okay.”

[What happened to that French hunter?]

Han Yoohyun turned his gaze to the side. Noah spun, rotating his body halfway, and dodged the attack smoothly. Then he reached out to Erik. Just as Erik was about to narrowly avoid it, sharp claws stretched out and scratched Erik’s shoulder.

“No need to worry about him.”

Noah had to be able to handle that much on his own, and he certainly would.

Thud! A heavy mace slammed down on the sandy beach. Sand soared high as if a bomb had exploded. Erik gave up on the daggers before long. Noah’s movements themselves were not difficult to keep up with. The problem was the erratic partial transformations.

Claws, wings, tail. All of them popped out momentarily and quickly disappeared. Because they were mixed with feints, it was too difficult to predict and respond. So it was better to push through with brute force.

“All you can do is scratch!”

Here and there on Erik’s body, things like stones stood out. In particular, both arms seemed to be wrapped in solid rock walls. It was a skill that slowed movement but greatly increased defense. Thanks to that, he could easily block Noah’s claws by simply holding up his arm.

“Without attack power, you’re just a half-baked S-Class!”

Because you can’t hunt boss monsters by just dodging. Dungeons can only be cleared by killing monsters. So it was natural that combat-type hunters were treated better. Support and healing types were just nice to have. They could make clearing dungeons easier and safer, but that was it. But without combat types, clearing itself was impossible.

“Support types can’t do it alone!”

Quarrrrrr! Sand was dug up and the incoming waves retreated along the line where the mace was swung. Noah lightly stepped on the end of the approaching mace with his toes. Skillfully maintaining his balance, he leaped over the force of the swing and landed with a somersault.

“That’s not wrong.”

It was a shame, though. Noah looked around. In the meantime, several newly arrived hunters were watching their fight from a distance. Noah jumped into the air again. Spreading his wings, he glided on the wind and landed in front of one of the hunters.

“You’re an A-Class combat type, right?”

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

The A-Class Hunter nodded in confusion. He was a hunter he had seen while helping Han Yoojin organize the list. And he was British. Noah smiled gently.

“Wouldn’t you like to take down an S-Class Hunter at least once? Especially one from France.”

The A-Class Hunter hesitated. Then the surrounding fellow hunters egged him on.

“You’re A-Class, so they’ll forgive you even if you lose.”

“Yeah, we’ll give you the next dungeon if you win.”

The British S-Class Hunter said with a laugh. Erik twisted his lips at their conversation.

“You’re just going to gang up on me with a measly A-Class!”

“I’m just going to support. Because I’m a support type.”

At those words, Erik scoffed, and the A-Class Hunter was embarrassed. Still, there was nothing to lose, so he stepped forward. The A-Class briefly told Noah about his skills. Noah also whispered something.

“Since you also have healing skills, then.”

The A-Class stepped forward, not very confident. Support skills were deployed towards him as he drew his longsword. Then the surrounding mana fluctuated greatly. The A-Class’s eyes widened at the flow of mana, the flow of magic, being nearly twice as smooth as usual. Before he could feel it for long, Erik rushed in like a bull.

“Even if an A-Class receives support skills! If you knock me down even once, I’ll consider it a win!”

“Heok!”

The A-Class staggered back in horror at the mace that was rushing in with terrifying power. Noah spread his wings and flew up, shouting.

“Activate all your skills!”

“Yes?”

“Don’t worry about mana.”

The A-Class’s movements became noticeably faster. He also maintained combat support skills that he only used when necessary due to high mana consumption without hesitation. But the mana never seemed to run out. The A-Class Hunter, who was lightly dodging Erik’s mace, suddenly retreated and pushed an attack skill into his weapon. Dense magic wrapped around the longsword and soared more than 1 meter.

“It’s quite strong magic for an A-Class, but it’s slow!”

Which foolhardy S-Class would get hit by an attack that stupidly stood still and gathered magic to swing? Erik snorted and tried to avoid the attack. At that time.

“Ugh!”

Erik’s body suddenly became dull. The defense skill that wrapped his body in stone armor suddenly became thicker and heavier. His defense certainly increased. But along with that, his speed became slower. At the same time.

Kwaaaa!

The A-Class swung his sword. The concentrated magic, strengthened by Noah’s support, struck Erik’s chest even more powerfully.

Clang!

A loud noise rang out, but the reinforced stone armor didn’t even have a crack. Instead.

“Ugh!”

Splash! Erik’s body, which had been blown backward, fell into the sea. He quickly jumped up, but everyone clearly saw him fall.

“To be knocked down by an A-Class!”

The British S-Class Hunter laughed, holding his stomach. The other hunters also clearly showed signs of ridicule.

“I fell, so I won, right?”

The A-Class Hunter was excited, but quickly returned to his colleagues, afraid of retaliation. Erik glared at Noah with a reddened face.

“What the hell did you do to me!”

“I’ll bill the broken bike to the Turchen Guild.”

“It’s not over yet!”

Noah coldly looked down at Erik, who was growling and about to rush in again. His wings folded with a snap, and he dropped down towards Erik. As if to say he would accept it at any time, Erik bent his legs and stood firmly. Just before the two collided, Noah’s hands were spread apart with a 1-meter gap.

Clang- With a metallic sound, the chains of the gloves stretched out and intertwined with each other. At the same time, Noah’s tail struck Erik’s mace. The mace didn’t budge. Instead, Noah’s body gained momentum and circled over Erik’s head, landing on his back.

With the chains still in front.

“Cough!”

The chains wrapped around Erik’s neck, and to prevent them from tightening, a stone slab quickly covered his neck.

“This much, ugh.”

Regardless, Noah transformed into a Full Dragon. Erik, unable to withstand the weight, leaned back greatly, and then splash, the dragon and human disappeared into the sea.

“…He’s not coming out?”

Ten minutes passed, and the A-Class Hunter said, puzzled. Then a new helicopter arrived.

“Guild Leader Haeyeon! Hello~”

Kang Soyoung, who jumped onto the sandy beach, waved her arms and greeted Han Yoohyun. Then Evelyn and Chloe also stepped onto the beach. Han Yoohyun frowned slightly at Chloe.

“Something must have happened. The bike is wrecked.”

“Just follow the path.”

Evelyn straightened her slightly disheveled skirt from jumping out of the helicopter and walked towards the path. Chloe also silently followed her, but Kang Soyoung remained, looking around.

“Hello, Mr. William! Lucy unnie!”

Kang Soyoung was happy to see some familiar faces among the British hunters and approached them.

“Hello, sweetie! I heard golden rings are pouring out these days?”

“Dragon Rings! But why are you standing here?”

“Ah, that’s.”

Just as the British hunter was about to explain, a golden object popped out of the water. The golden dragon scattered water droplets and threw Erik, whom he was holding, onto the beach. Kang Soyoung shouted with an even brighter face.

“Noah!”

Erik coughed and got up. Without even looking at him, Kang Soyoung jumped towards Noah.

“You’re the best! You’re awesome! Please give me a ride just once! To the mansion! Just once!”

“Hello, Soyoung.”

Noah said, transforming back into human form.

“You’re wet. I think I had a towel, um, somewhere.”

“I can wash up at the mansion.”

“Then let’s go together! I have to go there too!”

Noah looked at Kang Soyoung with a slightly embarrassed expression, who was exaggerating and shining her eyes, saying that it was a good thing that everyone was going to the mansion. But he didn’t seem to dislike it.

“Then I’ll go first.”

“Yes.”

Noah briefly greeted Han Yoohyun and moved towards the path with Kang Soyoung. The spectators also began to move away, thinking it was over. Erik, who was left behind, gritted his teeth. Then he shouted at Han Yoohyun.

“I’m going back!”

Han Yoohyun cleanly ignored those words. After huffing and puffing for a while, Erik asked the helicopter that had brought the next guest to lower the ladder and really went back. Staying would only make him a laughingstock. Of course, even if he left, everyone would be talking about the S-Class Hunter who was beaten by an A-Class Hunter.

“Is everything alright on your end?”

[Yeah. It’s still quiet. I had Hyunah and Yerim switch before Evelyn arrived. No, it’s not that I don’t trust Hyunah. I trust her, but it’s just uncomfortable, ouch!]

“Hyung?”

[It’s okay, ah. Hwangrim should be arriving soon.]

No sooner had Han Yoojin finished speaking than a new helicopter appeared. Han Yoohyun changed the communication channel and contacted the helicopter pilot. The helicopter slowed down and stopped in the air. It was over the sea, not the beach. The door of the helicopter opened, and Hwangrim appeared, fluttering his Hawaiian shirt.

“I’m here.”

Han Yoohyun said briefly. He showed that he was not welcoming him by stopping the helicopter over the sea, but Hwangrim unfolded a parasol without a care. He jumped down lightly, and just before he touched the water, he turned the parasol upside down and rode it like a boat. Whether it was an item or not, the parasol supported Hwangrim, who was quite heavy, and floated on the water.

Han Yoohyun’s eyes became a little sharper, and the Ruler’s Sword appeared in his hand.

[Yoohyun, if possible, just─]

“I’m just going to say hello.”

Kagaak, the Ruler’s Sword stretched out long like a dragon’s tail. The chain sword, filled with its owner’s magic, was swung greatly-

Chwaaaaa─ Waves rose high along the surface of the water that had been struck, rushing towards Hwangrim.