The S-Classes That I Raised

ust be fun for him to live.

“It isn’t that easy for a dog that has yielded and turned its belly inside out, to bare its teeth again.
Unless something supports it so that it definitely has a chance at victory, it’ll be quiet.
It’s because he knows that well, that the young master is also leaving Yoon Kyeongsoo alive.”

“So is that why we purposely came to a dungeon affiliated to Soodam? Because you thought he might have joined hands with something that would support him?”

Bait and so forth, and going to a dungeon affiliated to a different guild.
On top of that, the headcount was low.
If there was someone aiming for us, it would be like waving a traffic safety baton telling them to not miss this chance and attack.
Of course, it was two S-Rank Hunters, so it was ambiguous to say it was little, but it probably meant that the opponent had about that level of combat power.

This really could get dangerous.
But I had given the bead to Noah, and Sung Hyunjae would probably do well on his own.
Since he wasn’t someone who would act without any thought.

“It could be that, and it could not be.
If nothing much happens today, we should go to MKC next time.
And check Hanshin and Breaker.
Haeyeon, as I know, is definitely not it.”

…Let’s end it with Soodam, please.

After about ten minutes, we went into the gate.
This time, a greeting message window didn’t pop up.
Where they planning on not intervening normally, since they had made my exclusive dungeon?

Under the blue sky, extensive grasslands were spread out.
The gold dragon that was crossing across the blindingly clear blue sky turned his body and landed in front of me.
The landing motion was definitely more skilled than before.
The light miasma that was surrounding the golden body slowly disappeared.

-I have handled all the monsters nearby.

“You have worked hard.”

The light gray eyes became slits and he smiled.
Since it was his dragon appearance, I felt like I should pet his head as a way of telling him he did well.
And scratch his neck a little, too.
Comet liked being rubbed between its horns – would Noah be like that too?

“There’s no need to take care of all the monsters on the 1st floor, so first, let’s move toward the lake.
It’s not that far from the gate.”

Sung Hyunjae said.
And then he went toward Noah as if it was natural.

“It seems like it would be difficult for Noah-ssi to take two people.
Since you said it is not far, why don’t you walk over slowly?”

“You’re thinking too lightly of a dragon type.
He can hold monsters that are three to four times his size and fly up, so don’t worry.”

I just meant that I didn’t want to make Noah let you ride on him, but you were being like that even while knowing that.
Noah-ssi, I am sorry.
Please endure it just this once.

 

***

 

The gate that was still in the active state was emitting a blue light.
There were more than about twenty minutes before it closed.
People started to come, one or two at a time, into the quiet space where there were only the faint bursts of sound from the gate’s energy.

They were Hunters centered around MKC’s guild leader Choi Sukwon and Soodam’s guild leader Yoon Kyeongsoo.
There were fifteen Hunters, who were all A-Rank or higher, excluding the healers and assistance types.
Since there were two S-Rank Hunters added to that, it was combat power that could easily attack any existing dungeon.

Despite that, there was a thick tension in the people’s faces.
S-Rank Hunter Choi Sukwon didn’t really seem like he could completely hide his anxiety.

“To think that I would fight with Sung Hyunjae again like this.”

During the time when dungeon breaks were frequent, combat between Hunters in break regions were frequent.
Since the number of S-Rank Hunters were small, the cases of them fighting each other were rare, but it wasn’t that it didn’t happen.
And Choi Sukwon had fought with Sung Hyunjae before.

The fight wasn’t that long, and Choi Sukwon had definitely lost.
Having felt that he couldn’t bridge the gap, he didn’t go at Sung Hyunjae again a second time.

“Sung Hyunjae and Han Yoohyun, as well as Moon Hyuna.
Those three guys are definitely crazy.”

Choi Sukwon mumbled pointlessly.
Especially the latter two were famous for actively going out to find opponents to pick fights with.
Sung Hyunjae, at that, didn’t come out much from his territory, but you couldn’t know when and where you would unluckily meet Han Yoohyun or Moon Hyuna.
Of course, they were competitive with each other, too.

Maybe because A-Ranks and lower were boring, they didn’t touch them, but against other S-Ranks, there would be no disaster that could match up to that.
It was to the point that there was nonsense said, asking if it was a problem of having the ‘hyun’ syllable in their name.

“Are you frightened already? How pathetic.”

At Yoon Kyeongsoo’s snide remark, Choi Sukwon didn’t lose either and sneered back.

“It’s better than not being able to move in front a guy ten years younger and only glancing at him.”

“Shut it.”

“You’re scared enough that all you can do is suck your thumb[1] even if a stat F defenselessly passes in front of you.
That’s why Han Yoohyun left Soodam alone.”

There was the sound of teeth grinding.
His face was chaotically contorted, but Yoon Kyeongsoo didn’t reply more and glared at the gate.
Like Choi Sukwon said, he was completely suppressed by Han Yoohyun.
A young kid who had luckily Awakened as S-Rank.
Ever since that short evaluation turned into fear, he only suppressed it while not being able to dream of rebelling.

“If I cut off the fingers of the family he cherishes one by one and send it to him, that guy’s face would be worth looking at.
I’m already looking forward to it.”

“You should’ve been told not to kill him.”

“Isn’t it that he just needs to be breathing? Seeing him directly, he looks more like Han Yoohyun than I expected.
So even more-.”

Yoon Kyeongwoo couldn’t finish his words, and crossed his arms, raising them up in front of his face.

Puuk!

“Ugh!”

A sharp kick nailed down on the reflexive guard.
He blocked it with a perfect pose, but Yoon Kyeongsoo felt a powerful pain as he was pushed back.
Gold eyes filled with a scornful sneer stared at him being like that.

“Feeble things.”

Lowering the leg she had raised, Riette clicked her tongue.

“If you’re scared of an opponent stronger than you, you should stay shut up in a corner like that – you’re thinking of taking your anger out on the wrong person? How can you be so pathetic? And you must have gone around stiff-necked, barely as an S-Rank combat Hunter.
Why don’t you just cut off your thing? Hm?”

“……Shit.”

Yoon Kyeongsoo ground his teeth and fiercely glared at Riette, but it was just that.
It was an opponent that he couldn’t even properly sense approaching.
On top of that, even with just one bout, he could clearly feel the difference in strength.
He wouldn’t be able to easily lunge at her at other times, but this moment was even more of a time to not fight.

At that man’s appearance, Riette lowered the tips of her mouth as if it was boring.

“Ah really, so not fun.
How did I get to joining up with these boring guys.”

She roughly ruffled the back of her head, and then sighed.

“Thanks for sending the private plane, MKC.”

“No problem.
Thanks for coming[2].”

Unlike Yoon Kyeongsoo, Choi Sukwon stared at Riette with a much more relieved expression.
He thought now it was fairly doable.

Riette turned around and walked toward the gate.

“Alright, let’s quickly go and end this.
We can’t make my darling wait for long.”

She stepped into the dungeon first, and the remaining people disappeared one by one into the gate.
Indoors was locked in silence again, and the gate became inactive faster than expected.

 

[1] lit.
‘sucking one’s fingers’ which means ‘watch from the side’, but i thought changing it to thumb would make it easier to understand for an eng-speaking audience

[2] this is the ‘request’ standard phrase again, but I thought using the above tl would make more sense in this context