Edited By: Sebas Tian
It was.
âWhy is everyone acting so friendly?â
It was the att.i.tude of the other members.
Not that long ago, Hyun-Soo was a low-ranking hunter that was treated coldly by everyone.
On top of that, no one knew that Hyun-Soo was currently a B rank other than David.
Thatâs why in their eyes, Hyun-Soo should be seen as a C rank newbie that just joined the clan.
âDespite of that, I donât know whether to think that theyâre open-minded for asking me for advice or that their willingness to benefit from this was great.â
No matter what the reason was, the fact that they had to show respect towards Hyun-Soo applied for both sides.
It could probably hurt their pride.
âDonât you guys have any self-esteem? Why are you guys coming up to him all of a sudden?â
âThere isnât a reason for us not to.â
âRight, after looking at you, it made me realize that even a scroll couldnât help you with that, so what does having self-esteem have to do with getting stronger?â
Hyun-Soo decided to step in.
âFirstâ¦Iâm not sure whether itâll work or not. And I donât know how long it will take. The important thing is that, during this process, the skill can be copied.â
The hunters were all shocked by Hyun-Sooâs information.
âMy a.s.sumption was correct. Youâre a Hidden cla.s.s.â
âYouâre right. Since he mentioned copying a skill, is he a copycat?â
â I guess heâs trying to find a way after copying the skill.â
Hidden Cla.s.s.
Unfamiliar words popped up.
âHidden Cla.s.sâ¦?â
Hyun-Soo asked after hearing those words for the first time and a hunter replied.
âThis is something that we came up with, but when a person has a rare cla.s.s aside from their main cla.s.s, we call that a Hidden Cla.s.s.â
Like in a game, when a person has another cla.s.s on top of a cla.s.s that everyone has, they called that a Hidden Cla.s.s.
âAnyways, since itâs a Hidden Cla.s.s, we wonât ask any more questions, so donât worry. Itâs an unwritten rule among us, so unless you talk about it first, we wonât ask. We wonât bombard you with questions, so donât worry.â
They said that itâs rare for someone to have a power on top of the power that everyone else has.
Itâs not smart to reveal your cheats within a game and then use it.
Other people wonât take it if used discreetly.
The hunters rea.s.sured Hyun-sâ¦oâ¦b.. saying that they wonât talk about this elsewhere.
âAnd honestly, weâve met all types of different people, so we donât get surprised easily.â
âRight, thereâs Katrina and Arielâ¦â
âHey. Watch what youâre saying.â
âOh. Sorry. You didnât hear it from me.â
When one of the hunters stated a name, they got scolded and immediately shut their mouth as if they made a mistake.
To Hyun-Soo, that name sounded familiar.
He heard it from somewhereâ¦
âWell, anyways. If you need it, then copying is fine. But, is it possible to copy it just by looking at it?â
âIn that case, then scrolls are unnecessary.â
They were talking amongst themselves saying that he was a Hidden Cla.s.s.
âDo I need to thank them for misunderstandingâ¦?â
They got pretty close to the truth, but headed in a totally different direction, which caused the misunderstanding.
But Hyun-Soo didnât feel that there was a need to resolve it.
It was actually better for them to misunderstand.
âAh. See, Hyon-Ssoo? Wasnât I right? It ended up like this because I stepped in, so what wouldâve happened if I didnât?â
âYeah, sureâ¦â
Even though Hyun-Soo accepted their request, it wasnât because he felt the need to volunteer for it.
âI want to familiarize the skills more.â
A ranked hunters had a lot of amazing skills.
Even if Hyun-Soo did create a skill by himself, it was difficult to do when making it from nothing.
Thatâs why this was somewhat of a shortcut to skip all that.
âImitation teaches creation.â
And while doing that, he can resolve the requests that the hunters made.
âBasicallyâ¦itâs an upgrade system.â
If he continues to use that upgrade system, then heâll become more familiar when using it during battle and will become more skilled.
So for Hyun-Soo, he had nothing to lose.
No, it benefited him more.
With their permission, heâs able to familiarize the skills of A rank hunters.
Both sides win with this.
Just like that, an unofficial contract was made between Hyun-Soo and the hunters.
Except one, who thought that maybe Hyun-Soo was being used.
Strengthening the skills of the other hunters.
Even though David was really worried, it was a good thing for Hyun-Soo.
Because he could openly use them to test out different things.
On top of that, they told him that he could use the skill that he copied, so it was beneficial.
âWhewâ¦â
Hyun-Soo used his hand to rub his stiff eyes.
If thereâs one thing that he obtained during this time was the duration of his skill.
Before, he was able to use it for a minute or two, but through training, the duration extended by three minutes.
His body felt like he had been using it for about five minutes, but when he timed it after using a timer, that wasnât it.
And there was one more thing that he obtained.
It was.
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[Blade Fist][B]
It was a sub-skill of Invisible Attack.
By using the userâs energy, a light element blade will be created on the back of their hand.
With this skill, it was create an optical illusion, which allows the user to attack their opponent.
Depending on the amount of energy thatâs used during the attack, the number of blades, the size, and the strength will differ.
Critical Hit Percentage: 40%
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It was a new offensive skill.
âHelping a close-range attacker helped a lot, huh?â
Out of the three hunters that asked Hyun-Soo to strengthen their skill, one of them used daggers with both hands.
âItâs been a while since the rank increased, but the skillâs power isnât any different from the previous rank. This is problematic.â
In simple terms, the skill didnât match with the rank.
âThereâs a purple light coming from their shoulder, so that means thereâs an issue with the flow thereâ¦â
Hyun-Soo approached that hunter and poked their shoulder with his finger.
He was going to ask whether they felt something there when they used the skill.
Hyun-Soo a.s.sumed that they would be able to feel something within themselves whenever the purple light appeared.
But.
âHuh?â
On the area that Hyun-Soo poked, the purple flowing light became faint and then dark again.
âWhat?â
âHold on a sec.â
ââ¦..â
Poke, poke.
He poke different spots where it was releasing the dark purple light.
Again, the light became faint and then dark again.
This time, Hyun-Soo focused his energy on his fingertip as if he was gathering all the energy.
It was like when he uses Invisible Attack, but since he didnât need to attack them, he got rid of the offensive part of it.
âHey! What are you doing? It hurts!â
When the finger that was filled with energy poked the dark purple light, the hunter was surprised due to the pain.
âHey, stay still.â
Youâre ruining my concentration!
When the hunter saw Hyun-Sooâs extremely focused face, he remained quiet.
Hyun-Soo mind was solely focused on the current situation.
The time allowed to use See Through wasnât that long.
Hyun-Soo widened his stiff eyes.
âThe color is becoming faintâ¦?â
When he poked the purple light with his energy-filled finger, the purple light didnât become dark again.
The more he poked it, the more faint it became andâ¦
âIt worked!â
The purple light completely disappeared.
He decided to focused his energy on all of his fingers and ma.s.saged the shoulder that was filled with the purple light.
âAh! Ack!â
The hunter tried their best to endure Hyun-Sooâs sudden remark, even though they felt intimidated, but they couldnât hold in the moan that was caused by the pain they felt.
The duration of See Through was going to end soon.
Hyun-Soo confirmed that the purple light was completely gone now.
âTry using your skill again.â
âWhat?â
âHurry!â
âO-okay.â
The hunter wasnât sure what Hyun-Soo was trying to do, but they used their skill again because of Hyun-Sooâs aggressive spirit.
Hooooo.
With the hunter as the center, blue lights started stretching out.
The small sound could only be heard by Hyun-Soo and the blue dots moved around at a fast pace.
And then.
âI knew it!â
His a.s.sumption was correct.
The purple light was completely gone from one of their shoulders and the blue light started moving around naturally.
After checking that, his time to use See Through was over.
âWhat did you do just now? It was pretty painful.â
âWho knows? Donât think too much about it. I donât think itâs anything bad.â
ââ¦..?â
With a confused look, the hunter wanted to ask more questions, but when he saw how tired Hyun-Soo was, he left the training room.
âWhat did I do? Thatâs what Iâd like to know.â
Is this another skill from Interface?
After becoming a B rank, Hyun-Soo experienced many interesting skills that he hasnât experienced before.
See Through was one of them.
Who knew it was possible to resolve the flow of the purple light while using it?
âIs there a limit to this skill?â
The activation rate of Interface is currently 24%.
It increased a bit due to him using Interfaceâs new skill in many different ways.
Maybe thatâs why.
Hyun-Soo looked down at his hands.
âI can be sure of it if I use it again.â
The skill of the hunter that received Hyun-Sooâs help was stronger than before.
The Center Room calculated the DPS (Damage per Second) of the skill and he confirmed that it increased a lot.
It was as if he reorganized the chaotic flow.
Or he created a new pa.s.sageway.
Whatever it was, he resolved it.
After looking at his training results, he ran to Hyun-Soo and grabbed his hands.
Hyun-Soo was in the cafeteria eating his food and he managed to push him away after being surprised, but the hunter grabbed his hands and mumbled.
âIs it the mysteries of the Eastâ¦?â
ââ¦What are you talking about?â
âWell, after you touched my shoulder with these hands, my DPS shot up. Is it some sort of Eastern medical technique?â
âStop saying weird things and let go of my hands.â
When a frown appeared on Hyun-Sooâs face, the hunter sheepishly let go of his hands.
âWhat is it?â
âWhat about the rookieâs hands?â
The other hunters that were in the room asked about Hyun-Sooâs hand, but the hunter vaguely answered and didnât say anything else.
It was because Hyun-Soo asked him to keep it a secret.
He ignored the other hunters and went to the Center Room with the hunter that grabbed his hands.
And then.
Fwoosh!
Crack!
He witnessed the skill with his own eyes.
âHow is it?â
âItâs definitely different from before.â
âItâs not just different. Youâre really amazing. Your hands are the hands of G.o.d!â
Instead of using the projector, the hunter brought an actual piece of concrete to show his skill.
And when he showed the concrete being sliced like a piece of tofu, he proved the skillâs power.
âBefore, I would have to use the skill twice to split it apart, but nowâ¦look! This beautiful and artistic skill cut it with one attack!â
âYeah, yeah.â
He was thankful that the hunter thought Hyun-Soo was amazing, but the way he was fussing over it was something he couldnât handle.
Hyun-Soo looked at the pieces of concrete that the hunter demonstrated on.
âI knew itâ¦â
It was pretty good.
With this, he could be considered an officer for a one-man army.
But the high-ranked hunters were already being treated as officers.
A few days later, Hyun-Soo managed to avoid the new hunter that was treating him like a savior and escaped to his training room.
He was saying things like the hands of G.o.d and medicinal technique from the East.
If this keeps up, heâll end up being called Heo Jun. (T/N: A court physician during the Joseon Dynasty.)
Hyun-Soo still wasnât used to the huntersâ big gestures and the way they expressed their feelings, so he didnât really leave his training room.
After thinking about his experience with David, he made sure to lock the door.
There was another reason why Hyun-Soo stayed in his training room.
End.