Elif and Mert

After traveling for another 3.5 hours, we found ourselves stuck in the middle of traffic.

After turning off his phone, the driver told us why the traffic wasn't moving any further.

"Sir, there was a conflict between two high-level hunters in the further part of the road and the asphalt was damaged. You may have to walk the next 24 kilometers from here."

When the driver saw Sofia frowning and opening her mouth, he was about to call Miss Zoe to rent a helicopter, but Sofia's words stunned the butler who has been serving Sofia's mother for years.

"It doesn't matter. We are hunters, after all, this distance is considered short for us."

Sofia was the first person to get out of the vehicle after telling us to put on our hunting clothes.

When I turned my head, I heard the old butler wiping his tears and muttering something about how fast Sofia was growing up.

"Why are you still waiting there? Come and prepare a space for me to change my dress!"

While the old butler was throwing around tears of happiness, a young girl showed a bright smile and ran to Sofia.

I turned my head and looked at Kadir, who was sitting in the backseat, as if to say, "Do you see what I see?" Kadir nodded his head up and down and gave me a sign of approval.

After I got over my shock, I got out of the vehicle and came across the changing cabin installed at the back of the vehicle.

After Sofia, we put on hunter clothes and started running between the vehicles at a constant speed, leaving the driver, who was still crying, behind.

After about ten minutes of running, when Sofia turned her head and looked back, she got scared and started running faster. When I saw Sofia's strange reaction, I looked back and saw a group of muscular bodybuilders, resembling a herd of orangutans, running a little distance behind us and following us.

Since I knew the person running in front of the bodybuilders, I was torn between stopping and talking to them or running faster and pretending I didn't know them. When I turned my head again and saw Kadir and Sofia leaving me behind and running at high speed, I decided to choose the second option.

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The bodybuilders who followed Eren and his team about 20 meters apart saw Eren speeding up, and some of them turned to their leader and asked what they should do.

The leader of the group, 2-meter tall instructor Mert, started to speak confidently when he heard the questions of other people.

"I think Mr. Eren is testing me right now, guys, because Mr. Eren once told me to never slow down during training unless I had to save people, and he turned to me and said like an experienced teacher, a hunter who can't keep his pace can't protect people either."

"Really cool teacher"

" I wish he had not stopped teaching. I would have liked to learn a few things from him too "

When the instructor named Mert heard people in his group praising his teacher, he smiled and puffed out his chest as if he were the one being praised and continued speaking.

"In fact, as far as I learned from my secret contacts, he has started teaching again."

The two people running right behind Mert started begging with exaggerated expressions when they heard their trainer's words.

"Can you ask him to train me too? He doesn't have to do a lot. One day a week is enough. I'm willing to pay 50 thousand, no, 100 thousand dollars for each lesson."

The trainer named Mert turned his head and looked sternly at the C-rank hunter who made him an offer. The man who saw Mert's eyes immediately became silent.

"What kind of a person do you think Mr. Eren is? Do you think he is a person who can be bought with money? Do you think that someone like him will educate ordinary people? Fortunately, I have done enough research;

The girl next to Mr. Eren is a hunter who has reached the C rank, although she is still 16 years old. Moreover, that girl is the sole heiress of one of the country's ten largest conglomerates."

The men listening to the gossip suddenly had the illusion that the two children and the man running in front of them looked like a treasure they could not touch.

"I didn't know you had such a background, Mert sensei, being able to learn from you is as valuable as learning from one of the best masters in the country."

" Hahaha , it doesn't matter . We are not going to make calculations for such a small favor , we are a family after all "

While everyone in the crowded muscle group was praising Mert, their chief trainer and clan master, a well-built woman in the middle of the group with her blonde hair tied back suddenly joined the conversation.

"What about that little boy, what is so special about that child being trained by Eren that you keep exaggerating?"

When Mert heard his sister's voice coming from behind him, he answered his sister in a frightened manner.

"No matter how much research I did about that boy, I couldn't even learn his name. Other people in the dormitory said that he had been with Eren since he came to the dormitory."

The woman, who was obviously in her late 20s, grinned, revealing her 32 teeth, and looked at Eren, who was getting further and further away from them.

"Maybe you're not exaggerating him, look, even though he's at F level, he doesn't seem tired and continues to accelerate."

"Of course, I'm not exaggerating him, sister. He is the man with the strongest brain I have ever seen. If he had another title, he would definitely be one of the best hunters in the country."

"Blah blah, don't stop talking. I've got a headache. Shut up and focus on running, we still have 20 kilometers to go. If any of you catch your breath, they'll know they're dead!"

There was a reason why no man dared to look at the seductive woman dressed in tight gym clothes with her midriff exposed as she ran in the middle of their group. Everyone knew that even though the clan leader was Mert, the only person who had the most influence in the clan and was afraid of everyone was Mert's older sister Elif.

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After running for about half an hour, we left the road where the vehicles were and entered the forest area. After running for a while, I surprisingly saw that Sofia and Kadir got tired at the same time. Although it is understandable that Kadir is tired, Sofia, as a C-rank hunter, should not have gotten tired so quickly. Sofia must have seen my strange looks because she took the initiative to explain.

"Don't look at me like that, I usually use the stat points you get to increase my mana level."

"Can I ask why you did something like that?"

"It's about my talent. It's none of your business."

Even though Sofia gave a sketchy answer as usual, the information she gave could be useful to me.

"I thought your ability didn't use mana"

Even though Kadir's question contained surprising information, the most surprising thing was that Sofia answered Kadir's question with a completely different attitude than she had towards me.

"Haha, that's what I said, right? I need mana to use the abilities of the personality I transformed into using my talent. And I need a lot of mana."

While I was listening to Sofia's detailed answer to Kadir's simple question, I looked at Sofia, who was sitting and resting especially close to Kadir, as if I had realized a big secret.

In the middle of her speech, Sofia saw me looking over Kadir's shoulder with a smile.