Excluding Hyun-Soo, everyone was in the same situation, so they promised to keep quiet about this .
âWe need make sure Team Xeon keeps their mouths shut too!â
One person urged that they get rid of the evidence .
Blehhhhh!
Team Xeon was busy vomiting, so they didnât really have to worry .
However, the more important members of the guild looked at Hyun-Soo oddly .
Hyun-Soo felt their stares and put on a big smile while looking back at them .
There was no reason to avoid them .
He actually wanted them to see, judge and think about it .
The floor that shined brightly was actually the first floor .
âIs it because itâs a colorful portal? Nothing is easy . â
No one had any idea as to what kind of space they were in .
Once they realized that they landed on the first floor without dying, they released a sigh of relief .
If something went wrong, the first floor wouldâve be covered in blood .
The hunters that come in after wonât have any idea as to what happened and how they ended up dying this way .
âTsk, tsk . How much longer are you guys going to keep vomiting?â
âShould we dismember while waiting?â
âYeah . â
They were supposed to dismember the monster with Team Xeon .
Kim Yoo-Naâs clan did all the hunting and the only thing Team Xeon did was get in the way .
But, they did participate so that they could guide Team Xeon during the hunt .
Thatâs why itâs better for both sides to observe and see how the situation works out .
Howeverâ¦â¦ .
Blahhhhhhh!
Brad looked over at Team Xeon and then shook his head .
A few talented members of Xeon noticed and approached the group .
Leon was in that group .
âThe outside looks fine, but it looks like the internal organs have been damaged . â
âIt seems like the internal organs were the monsterâs weakness . â
âDespite of that, the monster hasnât been affected that much . We should try running a simulation . â
The members were contemplating on whether to dismember the body, but decided not to and took the whole body .
Dismembering the monster would make it easier to move, but it was a waste .
There wasnât a monster in the first colorful portal, and Karazhan, who was in the second portal, was destroyed . .
Thatâs why, even though the internal organs have been damaged, the Puppeteerâs body was in pretty good condition .
âThen, I guess weâll just take it as is . â
They also decided not to dismember it for research purposes .
The second corpse of a monster they obtained from a colorful portal .
Itâll be a valuable sample .
Team Xeon quietly approached, but didnât say anything .
They didnât do anything to earn it .
They finished negotiating in the beginning anyways .
âThey were right when they said that Team Xeon was going to act like that . â
All the members knew that Team Xeon purposely showed respect towards Kim Yoo-Na .
However, just after two meetings, the way the members and Leon acted made them look suspicious .
âBut this hunt confirmed it . â
That Team Xeon was now under Kim Yoo-Naâs clan .
They were famous within the hunter world, but now, they were starting to become well-known in society .
And now, they could be considered as specialists .
But, they still needed more time in order for others to acknowledge them as being the best .
Leon, the leader of the clan, stooped down to get here .
âI canât tell if heâs smart or if heâs just skilled at getting things he wants . Oh, he could be quick-witted . â
Kim Yoo-Naâs clan was big .
The clan will only get bigger and that meant that the clan will receive a lot of attention .
Hyun-Soo didnât have Arielâs ability, but thatâs what his gut told him .
So, he understood why Xeon was acting that way .
They observe the clans to see which one is growing and becoming the best and stick with the clan that has a better chance .
The clan was well-known all over the world and the reason why they begged her to take them in is becauseâ¦
âTheyâre trying to survive by using Kim Yoo-Na . â
Their plan was obvious .
The powerful clans were wiped out because of the colorful portal .
Will the popular guilds and groups be able to maintain their fame?
Hyun-Sooâs answer was no .
âIt would make sense if it was impossible for everyone, but we already cleared three portals . â
The more a person succeeds, the more the others are affected by it .
âBecause of that, we have more people keeping us in check . â
Something big was going to happen soon .
And Xeon teamed up with Kim Yoo-Naâs clan .
It was a change they needed to make in order to survive .
This can be considered as the clanâs first alliance .
Kim Yoo-Na mustâve felt that she needed them, so thatâs why she accepted .
She couldâve come to the realization about the necessity and importance of power .
âWellâ¦okay, fine . Everything is fine, but why do I feel like something is off? Iâm getting a feeling that thatâs not the only thing theyâre after . â
Ismael and David mustâve also felt the same, because they quietly approached him .
They stood next to Hyun-Soo .
They whispered as if they were discreetly making a drug deal .
âHey, rookie . We shouldnât just stand around like this . â
âYouâre right . We shouldnât just stand still like this . We have to be cautious!â
ââ¦â¦What are you saying?â
âCanât you tell? Itâs time for your second hunt to begin . â
âHuh? But itâs already been clâ¦â
âNo, no . Why are you so dense? Iâm talking about over there . â
Hyun-Soo looked where Ismaelâs finger was pointing at .
It was Kim Yoo-Na and Leon .
âHey, rookie . Can you see?â
âIf youâre talking about Yoo-Na, I can see her . â
âDo you see the sardine next to her?â
âSardine?â
âYeah, he smells fishy . â
He didnât even know what a sardine looked like .
They usually say ridiculous things like this, so Hyun-Soo didnât really say much .
But, it was odd that he couldnât stop looking at Kim Yoo-Na .
âYou see, a long time agoâ¦that guy acted out of place andâ¦â
âDoesnât he look unpleasant? But that guyâ¦!â
It was obvious as to why they were telling Hyun-Soo this .
They were using metaphors to reveal something to Hyun-Soo .
They were telling him to catch onto what they were talking about .
âIâm sure theyâll complain if I donât askâ¦â
Even the middle-aged housewives wouldnât be as annoying as them .
Hyun-Soo asked to keep them quiet .
âWhat happened between them?â
David and Ismael replied right away .
âI heard that when Yoo-Na was an active hunter, that fishy guy asked her out on a date . â
âReally? I heard that it was just a crush . But he was so obvious about it that everyone knew . â
And their faces were telling Hyun-Soo to ask them more .
Hyun-Soo felt overwhelmed, so he asked .
âA-and then?â
âIsnât it obvious? Yoo-Na rejected him . Our Yoo-Na is pretty prideful . She said she didnât want to and that now wasnât a good time, so she coldly rejected him . â
âThe people watching were embarrassed for him because she was so cold . â
âBut thatâs when the problem started . â
ââ¦â¦Problem?â
âThat sardine had a grudge against her, so he created a guild . â
ââ¦â¦Excuse me?â
Anyone was able to create a guild, right?
Of course they needed power, wealth and supporting members in order to get approval .
âWait . Just wait . Donât you think thatâs just an assumption? It could seem that way because of the timing . â
Creating a guild because he got rejected once by a girl?
That just seems overdramatic .
He asked because it sounded absurd, but their replies were ridiculous .
âNo way . Heâs so petty, that he put others in the same situation . That was when the clan was established!â
âAnd do you know what he said after he created the guild before us?â
âN-noâ
âTo join his guild!â
They both said the last part at the same time .
If what they said was true, then it was understandable as to why they didnât like him and his clan .n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHe joined another large group because Yoo-Na rejected . And they were able to grow because of that . Since Yoo-Na wanted a small group, our level of awareness wasâ¦just a little!â¦behind theirs . But we were more talented than them!â
âOh, I seeâ¦â¦ . â
âBut that same guy came back and is acting like nothing happened between them . â
David placed his hand on Hyun-Sooâs shoulder .
âWhat do you think?â
ââ¦â¦About what?â
He did have an assumption .
That they were bitter towards the leader of Team Xeon .
âThatâ¦heâs a bad guy?â
According to the members, he was a bad guy .
He was more petty than bad .
He left because he couldnât be in the same room with the girl that rejected him, but he came back, so that would make him petty .
âOnly if what they said were true . â
Like any members of a clan, they leaned more towards Kim Yoo-Na .
So he couldnât exclude the fact that they had biased opinions .
Even though Hyun-Soo felt that something was off with Leon .
âYeah, heâs a bad guy . Thatâs why, itâs time for you to go in, rookie . â
âSo go over there and destroy that petty sardine . â
ââ¦â¦Excuse me?â
âYou heard me . Canât you tell? That guy is using the alliance as an excuse and is trying to make his move on Yoo-Na!â
Hyun-Soo glanced over at Kim Yoo-Na and Leon .
They were talking, but it didnât seem like they were talking about the things that David and Ismael were worried about .
âI donât thinkâ¦â¦?â
âOh, jeez . Youâre so dense . Just go . Bring her here . Thatâs your mission . â
Hyun-Soo thought it was absurd how they spoke to him as if they were giving him orders .
âThen why did you tell Kim Yoo-Na not to agree on the alliance?â
It was obvious that they didnât like Leon .
Despite of that, they accepted the offer, but it seemed like they left their personal thoughts out of it⦠.
âHeh hehâ¦honestly, we agreed because we want to see him struggle . â
â¦â¦Or not .
Anyways, Hyun-Soo approached Kim Yoo-Na because the two pushed him .
âOh, Hyun-Soo . â
Kim Yoo-Na greeted when she noticed Hyun-Soo approaching her .