TL: Boko

Editor: Frost

South Korea’s thirteen ranked S-rank Hunter, the Shining Sword, Choi Eun Joo. She had first awakened as an A-rank Hunter and walked the path of an elite that not many could.

And formed the regular assault team ‘Dike’, garnering her wealth and fame, allowing her to live a life not envious of others. She, who became an S-rank Hunter in a country without many S-ranks, could have anything she wanted, and she was really popular due to her friendly personality.

But there was one person who she kept thinking of who confused her.

“Mr. Sung Joon..”

She tried to hold onto that name. Her voice, containing her earnest feelings, dimly spread through the air.

She really liked him since the first time they met. And now those feelings had grown such that they were taking hold of her heart.

‘Yeah, let’s contact him.’

In order to gain his affection, she would have to act. Eun Joo became aware of that fact once more, and gripped and raised her phone.

She had already memorized Sung Joon’s phone number, so she didn’t need to search for it. After she had entered his number, she pressed the message button.

Just in time, Sung Joon had finished his dinner at the Blue House, and had returned to his studio apartment. He had indirectly refused their offer, but when he thought about it again, it was best to keep his options open, so that’s why he had responded that way.

When he returned to his home and thought about it, he realized that he had responded well.

“I believe the fact that you kept your options open is a good move, my lord. If you completely control the armed intelligence agency, then when the Empire earnestly invades, you’ll have a reassuring ally by your side,” Rishubalt said. He was the type who would always move cautiously. Sung Joon had always liked that about him, ever since his past life.

“It’s good to be cautious, but since they brought up my patriotism, I think it’s not a good idea to become the head of the intelligence agency. I’d rather receive the Blue Dragon Group’s aid and found a guild,” Sung Joon said. When he had met the other day with Seol Ah, she had said that the Blue Dragon Group would assist him if he chose to form a guild, and she stated that there definitely wouldn’t be any interference from them with the guild activities.

Therefore, Sung Joon would rather form a guild with the Blue Dragon Group’s help, than become the head of the armed intelligence agency.

“But do you really need the assistance of the Blue Dragon Group? It’s to my understanding that you have enough funds.”

“I have enough now, but if you think about it from the guild standpoint, we would also need political support as well.”

Money was everything in the world, but they could do anything with political support, like they were a tiger with wings.

“I think I understand what you’re saying.” Rishubalt nodded his head and agreed with Sung Joon’s opinion. There were definitely some things that couldn’t be solved with money.

“Shall we take a walk?”

It was late, but he wasn’t sleepy. Sung Joon suggested to Rishubalt that they take a walk.

“If it’s your order, my lord, it is my duty to follow,” Rishubalt said, and Sung Joon smiled. Sung Joon draped a light overcoat over himself, and walked towards the park nearby his studio apartment.

The sky was pitch black and he couldn’t even see the stars that were so commonplace. The stars, hidden behind the clouds, dimly shined upon the park.

“The air’s nice. This is nice occasionally.”

“When you’re confused, a brisk stroll is great for organizing your thoughts.”

“It seems to be case,” Sung Joon replied, and nodded his head. Sung Joon traversed through the park and found a bench. He sat upon the bench and looked up at the dark sky when he heard his phone’s alert tone.

He had received a message.

‘Who could it be?’

He was curious, as it was too late to be exchanging messages at this time. He raised his phone and checked the message.

[Mr. Sung Joon. If you’re free, would you like to meet with me today?]

It was message from Eun Joo, but because it was so late, Sung Joon couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

[It’s really late. If I have the opportunity, I’ll meet with you next time.]

Sung Joon firmly rejected her offer, and walked back to his studio apartment.

* * *

“Die!”

It was definitely the other world language. Sung Joon moved his eyes busily at the wind blades that simultaneously flew from the front and back towards him, and grasped all the risk factors.

The Dragonkin Magic Knight was sure of its victory. It sported a clear smile. The wind blades that closed in quickly from the front and behind.

“Ha!” Sung Joon cried out, and released a large quantity of mana. Releasing an overwhelming quantity of mana to block a spell was an incredibly stupid and inefficient method. However, he had no other options right now.

“What a wise decision!” Rishubalt admired him. The mana that poured out of his body eroded the mana that composed the wind blades and shattered them.

“Mana release? No way!”

The Dragonkin Magic Knight was taken aback. The spell it had just cast was high-rank magic. Because there was a limit to the spells one could block with a release of their mana, the Dragonkin Magic Knight hadn’t anticipated that he would block it with this method.

“Gale Sword.”

It was his turn now. He seized the opportunity and immediately unleashed his Gale Sword without hesitation. Sung Joon’s body shot towards the Dragonkin Magic Knight like a fired bullet.

His lunge, resembling a gale, and the waves of the accompanying sword winds, caused the Dragonkin Magic Knight to urgently raise his mana.

“Shield!”

The defensive spell was able to block the sword winds, but was shattered by the lunge.

“Ugh!”

Sung Joon’s lunge precisely burrowed into its heart, causing it to spit out red blood and stumble. As soon as Sung Joon drew his sword out, its blood spurted out like a fountain.

Rather than preparing his sword for a second strike, he nimbly moved his left hand and drew his dagger. Then, he cut the Dragonkin Magic Knight’s neck. The monster, whose heart and neck were severely injured, could no longer resist and weakly collapsed.

“It seems like the Boss is next,” Rishubalt reported. Sung Joon also nodded his head and opened his mouth.

“It seems like the Boss this time around is two S-rank monsters.”

“They seem to be suitable Bosses for an A-rank dungeon.”

“I feel like I could kill them within five minutes.”

Sung Joon showed his confidence, and closed in on the old stone gate. He activated the device and the huge stone gate opened whilst emitting a weighty sound.

“Slow!”

“Lightning Spear!”

As soon as the gate opened, two Dragonkin Magic Knights appeared. They simultaneously cast the Slow spell, and threw a Lightning Spear at him.

“My lord!” Rishubalt warned. However, Sung Joon didn’t lose his relaxed smile.

“It’s not a problem.”

He broke apart the Slow spell by releasing his mana. The lightning spear that arrived right in front of him released its electric current and wreaked havoc, but that was only after Sung Joon had used his high-speed movement and escaped.

“Be careful! He’s experienced in fighting against magic!”

One of the Dragonkin Magic Knights warned. The other one swung his blazing sword, and the red flames flew towards Sung Joon.

“Too slow.”

Not only did he dodge the flaming slash, he had gotten behind the Dragonkin Magic Knight and spoke in a calm voice. The Dragonkin Magic Knight urgently turned around and swung its greatsword.

Though it had hastily swung its greatsword, it was precisely aiming for a vital point. Its sword was also clad in a clear aura.

Sung Joon calmly raised his aura clad dagger and blocked the Dragonkin Magic Knight’s sword strike. And then he swung his sword, cutting through its upper body.

“AH!”

Its brief cry was accompanied by a spurt of blood. It stumbled and retreated; then, the other Dragonkin Magic Knight blocked Sung Joon’s path.

“If you want to die first, then I’ll grant you your wish.”

Sung Joon’s eyes gleamed. And he opened his mouth as he drew his mana.

“Illusionary Sword.”

“W-What the he..”

Thirty one illusionary swords were summoned and aimed for all of its vital points. The Dragonkin Magic Knight couldn’t help but panic. Because it was the first time it had seen such a sword technique in its life, it couldn’t even think about responding to it.

“Ugh!”

Its entire body was gruesomely ripped apart and died, and now, the fatally injured Dragonkin Magic Knight was the only one remaining.

Sung Joon threw his aura clad dagger towards the injured Dragonkin Magic Knight.

“Urgh!”

The Dragonkin Magic Knight avoided the dagger. It seemed to be in pain as the wound on its upper body widened, and briefly cried out.

By the time it had gotten a hold of itself, Sung Joon had already come much too close to it.

“H-He’s fast..!”

He was so fast that even an S-rank monster like it couldn’t see him. By the time it had noticed his advance, Sung Joon had already swung his sword.

“Ugh..!”

Despite it hastily stepping back, its stomach was deeply cut and blood leaked from the wound like a waterfall. Eventually, it fell weakly onto the ground.

“Absorb.”

He absorbed their mana and stamina, and the Dragonkin Magic Knights left behind magic stones and disappeared.

– Confirming assault, measurement complete. A-rank dungeon, clear.

His measuring tool responded with a mechanical sound. Sung Joon extracted a water bottle from his dimensional pouch and instantly emptied it; then, he looked Rishubalt and opened his mouth.

“Rishubalt. Did my synchronization rate increase by any chance?”

Today was November, 1st. He had pretty much been assaulting dungeons unceasingly without rest and as a result, his synchronization rate had risen to 48%.

Because his synchronization rate had risen to 48% quite a long time ago, Sung Joon asked Rishubalt, earnestly desiring for his synchronization rate to have increased.

“Congratulations! Your synchronization rate has become 49%! You can enter the Awakening Dungeon if you increase your synchronization rate by 1% more!” Rishubalt replied, and Sung Joon sported a clear smile. It had been worthwhile to have assaulted dungeon unceasingly without rest all this time.

“Let’s get out of the dungeon for now.”

Sung Joon happily walked back to the dungeon entrance to leave.

“I feel like I’ll vomit if I try to increase it by another 1%. I should rest for a few days.”

One hour later, he began to see the entrance of the dungeon, and Sung Joon glanced at Rishubalt and spoke. ‘Absorption’ couldn’t restore his diminished mental state. If it wasn’t for his past life’s memories imbuing him with superhuman willpower, he wouldn’t have been able to unceasingly assault dungeons without rest.

“That’s a wise decision. Rest is always important.” Rishubalt nodded his head and said. He was always stressing the importance of rest.

“Do you have a separate plan for resting?” Rishubalt asked.

“I have plenty of money, so I’m planning on going to the auction house. At the same time, it’ll improve my fighting strength before I enter the Awakening Dungeon,” Sung Joon replied. By selling the magic stones he had received from North Korea, he had more than $1.3 billion now.

Sung Joon planned to use his wealth to buy the unappraisable items at the auction house. There existed items that had a high likelihood of increasing his fighting strength.

“That’s a good idea.”

Eventually, he had returned above ground, took his car to visit the Dungeon Bureau, and sold his magic stones. And then, he soon went to the VIP auction house.

“Are you going there immediately?” Rishubalt asked. Sung Joon smiled and opened his mouth.

“I think the faster, the better.”