Chapter 60

When Cho-i and Gihyeon Park entered battle, Dongju Kim, Taehyeok Sa, and Ganansu were gathered, talking. What they were talking about was that Ganansu couldn’t get close enough due to Gihyeon Park’s fire, making it difficult to film properly.

“Oh dear, the problem is that his face isn’t clearly visible.”

“Are you saying it’s hard to edit mainly his face for guild promotion?”

At that, Taehyeok Sa looked at Dongju Kim. Dongju Kim looked straight back at him as if to ask what the problem was.

“…Dongju Kim, you should earn something with your words.”

“Money?”

“A beating.”

“Are you going to hit me?”

“If you open your mouth again there.”

Then Dongju Kim shut his mouth tightly. If the first person to make him grab the back of his neck was Cho-i Hyeon, the next would be Dongju Kim. But in the meantime, Ganansu cautiously raised his hand and said,

“Um… distance isn’t a problem.”

“What?”

Taehyeok Sa looked at Dongju Kim, then turned his head towards Ganansu and asked. Ganansu nervously tapped his index fingers together and said, “My, my skill is camera. So I can zoom in and out…”

“We’ll have to raise your salary.”

“Huh?!”

“Indeed. I didn’t expect this much.”

Dongju Kim clapped his hands as if to congratulate him. And in the end, Taehyeok Sa stepped on his foot. Ganansu didn’t know how to handle this situation, so he gave an awkward laugh and ended up staring far away, at where Cho-i Hyeon and Gihyeon Park were fighting.

“Hunter Cho-i Hyeon… seems to be at a disadvantage.”

“Probably. No matter how easy he looks, he’s still the Guild Master of a guild. Cho-i Hyeon won’t easily win.”

“But you still think he’ll win, don’t you?”

At Dongju Kim’s question, Taehyeok Sa nodded. He was staring at the two people in the distance. He wasn’t getting a close-up like Ganansu, but he was accurately observing their battle.

“Because of Cho-i Hyeon’s trait.”

That she doesn’t die. Even flames that would have engulfed and killed others, Cho-i Hyeon survives. And the only man here who knew how vicious the surviving Cho-i Hyeon could become was Taehyeok Sa.

‘It would be best if she didn’t reach that state.’

However, the situation didn’t unfold as Taehyeok Sa expected. Gihyeon Park was more ruthless than anticipated, and Cho-i Hyeon was more severely injured than he thought. And with her sudden scream, a huge wave of power was felt. As an SS-Rank, he could feel it. Cho-i Hyeon’s power had suddenly grown stronger.

“Aaaah-! It hurts! It hurts!”

She screamed. Nevertheless, she didn’t collapse and quickly approached Gihyeon Park, slamming him into a rock like a wall. CRASH-! A loud sound was heard, and Gihyeon Park fell to the ground with every bone in his body broken. Taehyeok Sa and Dongju Kim, realizing the seriousness of the situation, immediately pushed off the ground.

“You stay here!”

“Yes, yes!”

Since Ganansu, being only a B-Rank, couldn’t overcome the S-Rank’s fire power, they left Ganansu behind and hurriedly ran towards Cho-i Hyeon. Cho-i Hyeon was on the verge of killing Gihyeon Park. Taehyeok Sa barely managed to stop the entity. She panted from the pain of regeneration, taking a step back. And without even screaming, she choked and hugged herself.

“Dongju Kim!”

“Yes!”

“You have a Fire Resistance Item, don’t you?”

“I do!”

Taehyeok Sa took off his coat, and Dongju Kim snatched it, wrapping it around Cho-i Hyeon’s body. She cried and choked, and Dongju Kim embraced her, taking out a Fire Resistance Item from his item slot and putting it on her finger. All the fire was out anyway. But the pain of the burns was still tormenting her. Cho-i Hyeon acted as if trying to escape from Dongju Kim’s arms because the touching skin hurt. But as soon as the Fire Resistance Item was put on, she soon calmed down. Slowly, her skin began to regenerate completely.

“You should know when to stop…”

Taehyeok Sa frowned and looked at the fallen Gihyeon Park. Gihyeon Park, with literally every bone in his body broken, could only lie there, unable to stand, receiving Taehyeok Sa’s gaze. A kind of anger was visible in Taehyeok Sa’s eyes. It was truly laughable. He had done something not so different himself to end up in that state.

“Consider yourself lucky to be alive.”

“Damn it…”

Gihyeon Park swallowed his curse. He knew well that his head had almost exploded like his flames. And Cho-i Hyeon gradually began to stabilize. Her breathing became steady, and most of the burns that had distorted her skin and caused bubbles to rise had disappeared. After that, she fell asleep as if fainting due to the accumulated damage from enduring the pain until now. Dongju Kim stood up, wrapping Cho-i’s body in a coat. And Taehyeok Sa took charge of the fallen Gihyeon Park. He lifted his body with Telekinesis, as if he didn’t even want to touch him.

“Let’s get out of here first. And contact Hunter Myeongok Shin as soon as we’re out.”

“Understood.”

That was purely out of consideration for Gihyeon Park. Gihyeon Park also knew that. As for how he knew, there was no way around it when Cho-i Hyeon, who was gradually regenerating before his eyes, was so clearly visible. She soon regained her white, transparent cheeks as if nothing had happened.

“…Her ability.”

“Shut up. Don’t go around saying such things.”

“Damn it. Am I an idiot? To go around blabbing about such, *cough*, abilities? Can’t I even ask?”

“It’s best if you just shut your damn mouth.”

“Why are you so sensitive?”

Gihyeon Park said. Gihyeon Park knew Taehyeok Sa very well. He had made Taehyeok Sa his own rival and had not hesitated to do what he called ‘research’ but was half ‘stalking’, so it was a natural thing.

“You…”

Gihyeon Park smiled with his bloody mouth.

“You’ve been broken before doing something similar, haven’t you?”

“…”

Taehyeok Sa’s eyebrows twitched. He chuckled despite his aching body, then groaned in pain.

“If a bastard who doesn’t know how to care for others acts this sensitively, it’s obvious, ugh!”

“I told you to shut up.”

Taehyeok Sa hit his broken ribs one more time with Telekinesis. He was close to dying if he didn’t receive treatment from an S-Rank healer immediately. He wanted to just throw him away and let him heal himself, but since there was no S-Rank healer in Hwayeon, he couldn’t. Taehyeok Sa and Dongju Kim took care of the Deer Knuckle in one blow, retrieved Ganansu, and exited the dungeon.

“We’re going straight back to Paehyeok. I’ll take care of Gihyeon Park, so you take Cho-i Hyeon and come to Paehyeok.”

“Understood. But Guild Master.”

Dongju Kim asked.

“You always stuck close to Cho-i Hyeon when moving, but now it seems you can move together without being attached?”

“…”

“…”

“…You talk too much.”

“Isn’t that a strength?”

“I’ll give you 30 minutes.”

“Damn it.”

Dongju Kim laid Cho-i Hyeon in the back seat, shoved Ganansu into the passenger seat, immediately got in the car, started the engine, and stepped on the accelerator. Kararagak. Due to the sudden acceleration, the wheels spun a few times before shooting forward quickly. Taehyeok Sa snorted at the sight, then took Gihyeon Park and flew upwards.

“Who’s being selfish?”

“If you open that mouth one more time, I’ll open your ribs.”

“…”

Gihyeon Park was reckless, but that didn’t mean he didn’t know the importance of life. So Taehyeok Sa was able to remain silent all the way to Paehyeok. Upon arriving at Paehyeok, the five people dispersed to where they needed to be. Ganansu returned to the dungeon management team who was watching the live broadcast, and Taehyeok Sa and the others headed to the top floor. Fortunately, Myeongok Shin was already out and waiting.

“Tsk tsk, what kind of behavior is this for someone so old?”

Myeongok Shin clicked his tongue and looked down at Gihyeon Park, whose bones were all broken. Gihyeon Park frowned, then, seemingly lacking the energy to argue, closed his mouth again. Myeongok Shin, with a look that suggested it was for the best, cast a skill.

[Skill, Complete Recovery is cast!] [All wounds on the target are completely healed.]

While Myeongok Shin was healing Gihyeon Park, Dongju Kim laid Cho-i, wrapped in Taehyeok Sa’s coat, on the sofa.

“Were you badly hurt too?”

“…No, he’s fine.”

“Then I guess I roughly know how the fight ended.”

Just then, Gihyeon Park, whose treatment was finished and was rotating his shoulder, growled.

“It’s not over.”

Then Taehyeok Sa snorted.

“You should have some conscience. Can you still say that after all your bones were shattered?”

“I think I dealt more damage.”

“But he’s sleeping soundly now.”

Director Taehyeok pointed at Cho-i Hyeon, who was still asleep, and said,

“Don’t worry, I’ll edit it well and send it out somehow.”

At that, Gihyeon Park scratched his head and said,

“Damn, the secretary will make a fuss again about the company’s stock price dropping.”

“My condolences to the secretary.”

Director Taehyeok smiled with a rather cheerful face. Gihyeon Park turned his head away, disliking the sight of that face. When he turned his head, he saw Cho-i Hyeon still sleeping on the sofa.

“More importantly, how did she end up like that…?”

“Shhh.”

Director Taehyeok looked at Myeongok Shin. Myeongok Shin seemed to understand roughly and got up.

“Just treat me and leave. How rude.”

“I’m sorry. I’ll explain it properly later.”

“No thanks. I’m just going to rest too.”

After Myeongok Shin disappeared into the elevator, and only the sleeping Cho-i and the three men remained, Director Taehyeok slowly opened his mouth.

“As you know from experience… Cho-i Hyeon’s regeneration ability is beyond imagination.”

“I saw that too. That’s not what I want to know. It’s more than just good regeneration ability.”

“Yes. It’s closer to not dying.”

“…Yes, that’s it. It was a burn that would have killed anyone else from shock a long time ago.”

“And she endured that and attacked you.”

“…Damn, she suddenly went crazy in the middle and got incredibly strong. Do you know anything?”

“Well, that’s a subject of study even among us. There’s no choice but for her to wake up and explain it herself.”

Gihyeon Park rotated both of his arms in turn, then soon stood up. He roughly tidied his disheveled clothes and hair, then stretched his body this way and that, as if the bone that had been broken and reattached was aching.

“Let me know when she wakes up.”

“Why should I?”

Director Taehyeok answered sharply to Gihyeon Park’s words.

“She doesn’t have a boyfriend, does she?”

“…”

“…This is new.”

Director Taehyeok was silent, and Dongju Kim spoke.

“Why? What?”

Only Dongju Kim blinked, not understanding their reactions.