48. The Wandering Man (1)
Channel BJSun-ah.
This broadcasting channel is run by Yolo Guild member Sun-ah Kim, which focuses on the Yolo Guild's raid scene, health, and daily content.
Thanks to her good looks and Miho Han, who often appears as a guest, the channel already has 500,000 subscribers.
The channel has been hosting live streams for some time now.
Only adults over the age of 20 were allowed to join.
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<Yolo Guild's Catacombs Strategy! Live!>
Broadcaster: BJSun-ah
Number of viewers: 2,002
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At first, the live stream wasn't that popular, with only about 2,000 people watching.
This is because it was a 24-hour broadcast, which was fun at times, but also had many boring moments.
However, the appearance of the beautiful Miho Han, the unusual Hunter who uses a clone technique, and the eerie atmosphere of the catacombs were exciting, so viewers gradually began to flock to the stream.
Then, when an earthquake hit the catacombs, the viewers started to flood in.
└It's collapsing.
└Now you are getting the full experience of live burial!
└Boys, are you guys laughing at the sight of someone being killed?
At that moment, Sun-ah Kim fell to the ground.
The viewers went wild as the camera's high speed shot showed her on the ground.
└Holy shit
└Is she really dying?
└Please don't die!
└Wake up!!!
The viewers were all worried.
Sangwoo quickly rushed to Sun-ah Kim's aid and picked her up.
Then he ran like crazy again.
The chat window started to explode.
└He is like the Black Knight!
└Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
└You might get yourself killed... So mushy.
└A man can look so fucking cool
The two make it almost to the entrance, but end up getting buried.
The sight of the Hunter's death while broadcasting the raid sent viewers into a frenzy.
At the same time, news broke that an S-class monster had appeared in the Catacombs area, and the stream literally went into overdrive.
└Did they really die?
└Broadcast Accident Legends
└R.I.P.
└R.I.P.
Luckily, Sangwoo and Sun-ah Kim managed to dig themselves out of the ground and climb to the surface.
The video cameras went from darkness to light, revealing their survival.
At that dramatic moment, viewers cheered.
They survived!
└What a miracle
└I thought I was watching a movie--- Titanic?
└What is that? Is that a monster?
Then the camera caught a glimpse of something too big for the screen.
It was the Titan skeleton.
It was much bigger than an apartment, and the viewers were terrified.
└That's a monster?
└S-class, wow... For the first time in my life.
└What the hell is that noise?
└The S-rank Hunters are about to come... Today's broadcast is a legend.
└R.I.P.
Then, the spectacular attacks of the S-class Hunters that suddenly appeared began.
The Titan Skeleton's lower body disappeared under the brilliant attacks of the two swordsmen, and the skeleton was blown away by Bliss's attack.
└He got that one lol
└Who are those hunters?
└The Hunter in the suit is French S-class Hunter Charles Déon. I am not familiar with the other swordsman. Looks like it was Bliss who blasted the skull with the light.
└Are they S-class Hunters? Are they gods...
└Ah.
Then Sangwoo, or rather, Glutney, began to inhale the bones of the Titan Skeleton.
└He's a bone eater.
└A handful of bones is enough to make a whole meal, right?
└Isn't that a scam... It's scary
└If there's any Jewels in there, he'll turn into a monster... It looks scary and dangerous.
└Jewels would alse already be turned into powder... But isn't that guy from Korea? Is he a Korean S-class?
└...If it's an S-class...monster...it's...so...expensive...He is eating it all...by himself...how much does that cost...? ..
└Hey, stop using ellipses, it's getting out of hand
But as time went on, Glutney inhaled less and less, and at some point, he stopped eating.
It was as if he had reached his limit.
Once he stopped inhaling the bone dust, Bliss stepped in and nearly burned the Titan Skeleton to a crisp with his power.
The unburned bones scattered all over Paris like snowflakes.
And.
The Titan Skeleton never regenerated again.
It was finished.
And just like that, the hunt was over.
The frenzy of the hunt had cooled.
There was one place that was still boiling with excitement.
The internet.
The live streams on the BJSun-ah channel were getting record numbers of viewers.
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<Yolo Guild's Catacombs Strategy! Live!< p>
Broadcaster: BJSun-ah
Number of viewers: 12,302,920
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└What is his name who eats well?(in english)
└名前が(Name?)
└La recrue est apparue(A new super Rookie has appeared).
└在??也?有一?S?.(There will be an S-class in Korea as well)
The rumor of an S-class monster in the catacombs drew viewers from all over the world.
Over 10 million viewers.
The world was starting to take notice of Sangwoo.
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A shattered Paris, France.
At the site of the disaster, the skeletal remains of a titan skeleton, missing limbs but with a torso.
The Titan Skeleton was once enormous, but now it was completely powerless.
'Too bad. If only the Glutney had a little more space---.'
Glutney enthusiastically inhaled the Titan Skeleton's bones, but his abilities were limited, and he stopped after eating the arm and leg bones.
The voracious appetite that had been hidden inside the catacombs for so many years had finally been sattisfied.
'The storage space is saturated.'
Sangwoo could only assume so, since he didn't know that the power of gluttony was weakened by the assimilation of accumulated power.
However, he had managed to obtain quite a bit of Titan Skeleton Bone Powder by then.
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<Currently Digesting>.
-3,720 tons of Titan Skeleton Bone Powder
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A staggering 3700 tons were being absorbed by Glutney's stomach.
As it was digested bit by bit, his magic resistance continued to rise.
'At this rate, my magic resistance shouldn't be more than 10, right?
The higher his magic resistance went, the less magic damage Sangwoo would receive.
'I was at 0.5, so if it reaches 10, it'll be 20 times higher by simple math, so I'll take 20 times less damage.
While this was math, it wasn't realistically accurate.
It depended on the laws of physics, the compatibility of magic, and the power of magic.
'Still, the higher the stat, the better.'
Sangwoo's goal was to increase his magic resistance to the point where he could one day ignore magic entirely.
And this hunt was a great success.
He'd gotten all the bone strengthening he'd been aiming for.
Sangwoo was satisfied, and he and his group were wrapping up the hunt, taking inventory, and cleaning up.
Sangwoo's smart goggles started ringing.
The first was his best friend Kyung-do, who hadn't heard from him in a long time.
-[kkd]: Sangwoo, are you in France?
-[Sangwoo]: Uh, yeah.
-[kkd]: I saw you on the air.
-[kkd]: I didn't call you because I didn't want to interrupt the hunt, but I figured you were done.
-[kkd]: But you've gotten really strong, why didn't you tell me all this time?
-[Sangwoo]: I told you. You didn't listen.
-[kkd]: I thought it was exaggerated... Hahahahahahahaha I'll see you in Seoul...
-[Sangwoo]: Hahah
The next one was from Junmo Kang.
He answered right away.
-Hunter! I'm calling you right after the hunt is over. Are you okay?
"Yes, Agent. The hunt went well."
-That's good to hear, your clone has some weird abilities.
"Yes, and Agent. Now that the hunt is over, I'm going your help to settle the payments, please."
-Yes, sure, I'll take a taxi right now.
"A taxi?"
-I'm already in France, I'll be right there.
"You're really fast. Great~"
He was also inundated with calls from family and friends.
'Oh, I'm busy, I'll have to check later.'
Just as Sangwoo was getting tired, Junmo Kang arrived, and the hunters who had participated in the Titan Skeleton hunt gathered in the clearing.
The settlement fight had begun.
What was to be divided was the Titan Skeleton's bone dust that Glutney had not eaten, which was scattered all over Paris like snow.
Already, the bones were gathering in one place with the help of a magic skill.
"Shouldn't that guy be left out of the settlement, though? I know he's already eaten a lot of carcasses."
Someone complained.
But it was quickly drowned out by the four S-class Hunters' counterarguments.
"The loss of monster carcasses during the hunt is unavoidable. If it weren't for his efforts, France would have suffered tremendous damage, and the other Hunters would have suffered too, so we should give him more of a share."
Lucas countered,
"I agree with Jumper."
Charles Deon agreed, and said,
"I think so too."
Bliss chimed in.
"Well, my Holy Power alone would have been enough, but it's true that I've used less effort."
With the support of the S-class Hunters, Sangwoo was able to take a part of the settlement.
When it came time to adjust the settlement stakes, Junmo Kang took Sangwoo's place.
'You're on your own. I'm tired.'
Sangwoo left the settlement to Junmo Kang and walked out of the parking lot.
In fact, even without the settlement, Sangwoo had gained so much that he didn't care how much he was paid.
He was exhausted from the hunt and just wanted to rest as soon as possible.
He didn't want to waste energy on something as complicated as settlement.
He was a little uncomfortable.
He thought, "I'll settle later, but for now, I'll focus on damage control.
But Hunters are profit-driven.
They are a group driven by strictly capitalist principles.
They are not heroes who sacrifice themselves for justice.
They prioritize protecting their own food bowls over minimizing the damage.
'But the world is protected from monsters by the market principle.'
Monster corpses become money.
Lots and lots of money.
So self-interest worked.
Not the kind of self-interest that says, "Someone else will catch the monster," but the kind of self-interest hat says, "I have to catch it before someone else does.
So the hunters actively hunted monsters, studied how to catch them better, and trained themselves to become stronger.
Who knew capitalism would save humanity?
The planet was building up its resistance to monsters through the power of capitalism.
Sangwoo laughed out loud at the thought.
As he walked, he reached the group.
"Mr. Sangwoo, your broadcast was a hit!"
Sun-ah Kim exclaimed when she saw Sangwoo.
"Oh, really?"
"Yes, would you like to see the chat window?"
"Wait a minute, I'll send my clones hunting and see."
Sangwoo ordered his idle clones to hunt down the hordes of undead spread across the city of Paris.
Afterward, he chuckled as he watched the chat window that Sun-ah Kim was showing him.
Pop!
A man appeared in front of Sangwoo's group.
It was Lucas, accompanied by a little mana-ding.
"What? It's Jumper!"
"Holy shit!"
"What are you doing here?"
To everyone's surprise, Lukas greeted them in fluent Korean.
"Hello. I'm George Lucas, aka Jumper."
"Hello~ I'm Miho Han~"
Since Chul-min Bae was away on a settlement issue, Miho Han quickly stepped forward to accept the greeting.
Judging by her affectionate tone, she had already taken a liking to Lucas.
"I heard there's a beautiful A-class hunter in Korea, you must be this lady, how nice to meet you."
"You have a nice way with words~"
"Haha, you're welcome, thank you for your help in this S-class monster raid."
"Of course I'll help, we're all the same, aren't we?"
"You have a good heart after all, so to thank you for your help, we're organizing a small after party. I thought it would be nice to unwind from the hunt with some drinks and food, and it would be nice for you to be a part of it, so I thought I'd take the liberty of asking if you'd like to join us."
George Lucas is an American S-class hunter and the head of the Enlightenment Group, the number one conglomerate in the world.
When a man of such high status comes to you and extends a polite invitation, who could refuse his favor?
The group all accepted his offer.
Sangwoo was also excited.
"Thank you, then, shall we go?"
As he spoke, a huge airplane landed on the ground.
The sleek fuselage of the transport was obviously state-of-the-art, incorporating mana engineering.
The doors of the transport slid open with little noise, and a platform was lowered.
"Please climb aboard, there are others already waiting."
"Oh, wait, my clone and manager are somewhere else, so---."
Sangwoo hesitated as he thought of Junmo Kang and his clones.
"I'll take care of them separately, let's go."
But when Lucas smiled and urged him on, he decided to move on.
"Yeah, if not now, when else would I get an invitation from Jumper. Let's go.
Sangwoo quickly climbed into the transport plane.
The plane floated lightly in a vertical position despite the lack of a runway.
Soon, the transport carrying Sangwoo and his group was on its way to Lucas's villa.