There is No Such Thing as a Bad Hunter

hat he doesn’t listen, keeping Lim Seung Joo isn’t a bad idea.
After all, if the size of the guild increases, Jiho won’t be able to stick to everyone and use his skill on them.

‘He’s a little too good to give away to someone else.’

Because Lim Seung Joo is of a higher rank than him, Jiho can’t check Seung Joo’s stats with his [Understand] skill right now.
Still, considering how strong his skills are in combat, it wasn’t worth throwing him out. 

Jiho’s plan is to use Seung Joo a bit more and observe the situation before he decides whether to keep him in or kick him out.

After all, the whole reason Lim Seung Joo looked down on Shin Jiho in the first place was because he thought Jiho was too weak to be a guildmaster.
If Jiho proves his ability to him, wouldn’t his attitude naturally change as well?

It was natural that Heo Sori was included.
For the past week, she had been cooped up in the practice room with Jiho to help test his skills.
She helped him a lot before, and, even though she was lacking in combat ability, Jiho still wanted to push her as a core member of the guild.

As for Yang Hojin…

“Ah, uh, hello.”

Jiho looked at the clumsy newcomer.
Yang Hojin walked over, looking confused as to why he was in Team 1 with the guildmaster.
Jiho greeted him lightly as he opened Yang Hojin’s status window.

Status

Even though Yang Hojin was a support hunter, his stats were fairly high. 

From the C-ranks he had checked so far, their stats were usually between 50 to the low 100s.
Yet Yang Hojin’s stats were close to those of a B-rank combat hunter.

He’s strong enough to not be a burden during fights, he’s one of the new guildmembers staying in the guild, and he’s a valuable healer.

Even though Yang Hojin was a newcomer, Jiho included him because he planned to continue to take Yang Hojin around.

“Hello! Am I last?”

Heo Sori, who was the last one to arrive at the guild lobby, greeted them brightly. 

Heo Sori looked happy wearing the new armor that Shin Jiho lent out to her.
She even smiled brightly at Lim Seung Joo, who she never really liked before.

“Guildmaster-nim, Vice-Guildmaster-nim, Hunter Yang Hojin, please take care of me today!”

“Yes, work hard today.
I will back you up as much as I can, so don’t overexert yourself.”

Shin Jiho answered cordially.
Lim Seung Joo, who was standing next to Jiho, simply nodded his head once arrogantly while Yang Hojin bowed up and down humbly.

Jiho thought it would be perfect if the two could blend their attitudes together.

While thinking about nonsense, Jiho stepped forward.

“Let’s go.”

As they were walking out of the office building, a strong scent of roses wafted into Jiho’s nose.

The roses that Joo Yiwon had given him ten days ago were still fresh.
Jiho looked at the roses with suspicious eyes.

“Doesn’t it seem like these grew a bit?”

“Right? They grow really well despite not having any roots!”

Heo Sori answered proudly as she went on about how the flowers made her feel a sense of accomplishment every time she gave them water.

Rootless roses with plump petals, continuously growing.
Although it was very suspicious, the plant itself was probably not dangerous.
After all, it was a gift from Joo Yiwon.

Jiho took his gaze off of the roses and left the building.

Because there are a lot of guilds and hunters in Seoul, it was rare for them to be called out somewhere far from the guild.

Today’s location was a high school located not far off from the guild.

When they arrived at the scene, no one else was there besides the employee sent from the Hunter Association and other awakened ones who had also been called there.

Unlike last time with the F-rank gate, because there had been an alert about the appearance of a B-rank gate, most of the citizens were able to evacuate.

Heo Sori was amazed by the size of the high school.

“This high school is very big.”

“That is why two teams were sent to this area.
The other team is probably by the school’s front entrance.”

“But what happens if a gate opens up at a school? Isn’t it dangerous if it’s an open dungeon?”

When the Dungeon’s Clock runs out of time, monsters begin to crawl out of open dungeons again, even after it has been raided.

It’s not like students can evacuate every time monsters appear.
For them, an open dungeon is both chaotic and dangerous.

“They will probably switch over to online classes whenever the time gets near.”

“Ah, must be nice.”

Sori laughed.
Like she said, most students would probably rejoice in the fact that they can miss school every once in a while.

Jiho thought back to a few years ago.

1. I couldn’t really think of a good way to translate this.
템빨 (“tem-bbal”) is usually used to describe a player who would be nothing without their items.
The player buys a lot of good items (often with real money) and uses them to rank up.
Item > skill.

2. 손발을 맞추다 is an idiom.
It would literally translate to “Match hands and feet.” This idiom means that a group has practiced with each other so many times that they are very familiar with each other and work smoothly together.

3. I’m not quite sure about this.
The guild’s name is 천의 화살 but 천의 can mean a lot of different things (i.e.
1000, fabric, divine will).
For now, I’m going with “divine” because it makes the most sense (and sounds cooler (╹ꇴ◠)

4. I don’t really know what reinforcements they’re gaining from this.
Monsters? Items? The defense team? Honor???