There is No Such Thing as a Bad Hunter

n a person shot up.
As he did so, the strength of the boss monster’s attacks significantly weakened.

BOOM!

Still, the power was strong enough to be life-threatening if touched. 

In order to defend against the boss monster that was still hiding in the back, Tae Woong kept the wall up.
He hit the ground with his foot.

Multiple thin, bright threads of mana spread from his foot in all directions.
The lines quickly reached far inside the room. 

[Ignite.]

Tae Woong inputted strong mana into the thin lines and used his skill.
He combined [Ignite], his most basic skill, with the other skill he just used.

Mana traveled through the lines like a fuse and exploded with much more power than when he just launched it in the air.
Like fireworks exploding in the sky, the attack was accompanied by a deafening sound.

CRACK CRACK CRACK!

Under the exploding fireworks, the darkness revealed itself.

The boss monster that they had thought was a formless body of darkness was curled up in the middle like a large boulder.

There was no arm or leg that the monster could move.
Instead, there was one large, closed eye and hundreds of mouths all over its body. 

The boss monster, whose form was revealed, shuddered.
As he did so, the hundreds of mouths opened at once.

[Clack Clack Clack!]

The wave of sounds made by the mouths formed a large shockwave that headed over towards them. 

“B-rank!”

“UGH!”

Jiho was barely able to avoid the attack.
Even though he was being careful, the attack that flew over was much faster than before. 

“It looks like it changed its attack pattern! Concentrate!”

“I’m concentrating, okay?!”2

Jiho was bothered by the fact that a person who had just been paralyzed by fear was nagging him.
Jiho yelled at him in anger before concentrating again.

The darkness that had covered the room didn’t appear again.

Seon Tae Woong took out a mana potion and drank it while he continued to attack the monster.
Whenever the flames exploded on its body, the monster’s mouths screamed.
As the number of mouths decreased, the power of the attacks also decreased.

Cornering the monster was going smoothly.
However, there was still a bad feeling.

When the number of mouths had decreased to less than half.

The tightly shut eyelid slowly slid open, revealing the eye beneath it.

A pitch black iris with no whites.
A bloody red pupil that was stretched vertically like that of a goat.

When the pupil lit up, the dark iris also shined with red light.
At that same time, the mouths that had been screaming started to whisper into the ear quietly.

[Jiho.]

The voice was the same as Joo Yiwon’s for some reason. 

A voice that was the same as usual.
No, it was a voice much more familiar and warmer than usual: one that sounded almost sweet.

[It’s okay, Jiho.]

[You can rest now.]

[Stay still.]

[You’re tired, right?]

Jiho scrunched his face in disgust as he heard the voice that was trying to tempt him.

“What kind of bullsh*t is this?”

Monsters that invaded people’s minds usually use the form of the person the victim likes the most or is weakest to.3 However, for Jiho, the voice of his annoying childhood friend and former rival had little effect on him.

Seon Tae Woong’s situation, on the other hand, was different.
Tae Woong once again fell into a daze with the monster’s skill.

“Come on!”

Again?

Jiho took the potion bottle that he already had in his hand and slammed it down on Seon Tae Woong’s head in annoyance again.
However, like before, Tae Woong’s consciousness didn’t return with only one hit.

Jiho picked up Tae Woong as he avoided the attacks again and cracked two more bottles on top of Seon Tae Woong’s head.
Only after that did Seon Tae Woong’s eyes gain a hint of clarity.

“Wake, up…!”

Jiho clenched his teeth as he cracked another potion bottle.
Tae Woong’s eyes finally regained complete clarity.
His face changed to one of horror as he realized what had happened.

“You…”

“Do it on your own now….”

Jiho coughed and threw up a clump of blood.

Jiho couldn’t avoid the faster attacks while holding onto Tae Woong.
And so, he had no choice but to block the attacks with his body.

Although he didn’t get hit face-on, he could still hear the sound of his bones breaking.
If he isn’t treated quickly, he will probably die soon.

“You, why are you doing so much for me….” Seon Tae Woong mumbled in confusion.

Jiho didn’t have the strength to answer him.

Tae Woong seemed to have the wrong idea about something.
Jiho didn’t save Tae Woong because he liked him.

It’s just that this is much more advantageous.

Keeping Seon Tae Woong in the best condition gave them a higher chance of defeating the boss monster, even if it meant that Shin Jiho, who had no chance of killing the monster, had to sacrifice his own body. 

Jiho didn’t have the consciousness to tell Tae Woong that he shouldn’t be touched over this.
His field of vision had turned red before darkness returned.
The end was approaching. 

‘This is…the end.’

With this, it was over.

Now that the end was approaching, all of Jiho’s worries had disappeared and he felt strangely calm.

If he was lucky and Seon Tae Woong somehow killed the opponent quickly, Jiho may be able to survive.

Of course, there’s no way he’s that lucky…

Isn’t it better for one to die than both?

Although the end result isn’t perfect, it’s enough if one person survives.
If he did this much, didn’t he do enough?

Yeah, this is enough.

Is this really enough?

At that time, a weird sentence appeared in front of Jiho.