GM Ch35

In the other world, Minjun would summon the Spirit King of the Tempest to fight against demons. However, he was unable to summon Harha after his level dropped due to the side effects of the dimensional shift. No matter how much the relationship was contracted with Harha, it was useless without the magic to back it up.

Aside from being happy to see it, Minjun couldn’t figure out why it was here.

Harha glanced at Minjun and struck the hidden boss with its front paw. The hidden boss of the A-class dungeon was injured by a single attack and was thrown back.

The hidden boss attacked Harha, but it was no match. After several attacks, the hidden boss’s body was torn into three pieces by Harha’s claws.

A series of notifications popped up one after another saying that the hidden boss had been defeated.

When the real threat disappeared, Minjun was relieved but also bewildered. He was at a loss as to how to explain Harha’s existence to Soohyuk and other Team 1 hunters. Still, he had to focus on Harha right now.

『What happened, Spirit King?』

Minjun addressed it very politely. The relationship between elementalists and spirits was very different. The arrogant Spirit King allowed Minjun to call it by its first name, but he insisted on showing respect. Thanks to this, Minjun was able to understand how the butler who takes care of cats and dogs feels.

Aside from being glad, he couldn’t figure out why Harha suddenly appeared here. It was almost impossible for the Spirit King to appear without a summoner.

Harha’s body was shaking, unable to maintain its shape, as if it had clearly overexerted itself.

【You didn’t call me.】

Harha distorted its wolf’s face to show its displeasure.

『My grade has fallen.』

【I know. You’ve become so weak.】

Harha, who had landed on the ground, pushed its face towards Minjun and pretended to sniff him. It was an act of friendliness.

Minjun stopped worrying about what other hunters would think of Harha. More than that, he was just relieved that Harha’s conversation was not in human language, so it would not be heard by them.

『Aren’t you exerting yourself?』

Harha, who was in the form of a wolf, was distorted from the tips of its feet, and its form was fading. It was a sign that Harha would soon disappear.

【When will you become stronger?】

『It’ll take time.』

【Hmph. Human. You need to get stronger quickly and call me. Do you understand?】

『Yes.』

Rubbing Minjun’s head with the tip of its nose, Harha’s body instantly became more blurred.

【Ah, that’s right. The Demon King of the Spike Swamp is looking for you.】

『Oh…』

【Be careful. That stupid devil can’t directly cross dimensions like this body, but he’s a stubborn guy and will use any means possible.】

Harha disappeared, leaving behind a very ominous warning. Minjun, who was excited to see Harha for the first time in a long time, sighed.

The title ‘The Fifth Anxiety of the Demon King of the Spike Swamp’ did not arise for nothing. As Harha said, it was hard to guess what method the extremely persistent Demon King would use.

Minjun decided not to worry about what would happen later, but quickly turned his attention back to the current situation and looked around. The battle of Team 1 hunters, including Soohyuk, was still continuing.

The progress was faster than expected, as the abilities of all monsters fell by 10% due to the appearance of the hidden boss. Minjun didn’t have to wait long and the two bosses of the grassland dungeon were defeated almost at the same time.

Minjun looked at his status window and moved slowly. Soohyuk had just killed the monster trapped in the pit in one go and approached Minjun. A strange expression appeared on his handsome face.

“Are you injured anywhere?”

“Nope.”

“I’m glad. What was that earlier?”

Soohyuk checked for injuries and then asked about Harha’s presence. It was natural to wonder what the big wolf was that killed the hidden boss with one blow. Minjun didn’t panic because he’d already expected it, so he blurted out the truth, with only the slightest hint of exaggeration.

“The Spirit King.”

“Spirit King?”

“It’s the Spirit King of the Tempest, and it likes me.”

“Huh?”

“It wants me to quickly become stronger and call it.”

Minjun, who was sure that Soohyuk did not understand the conversation with the Spirit King, confidently spoke. It was true that Harha was the Spirit King, and it was also true that the Spirit King liked him and that it told him to become stronger and summon it.

Soohyuk narrowed his eyes and looked at him as if he was suspicious of something, but Minjun just smiled. If he explained further, the situation would only get worse.

“Don’t tell me, is that why you said you intended to enter 100 dungeons?”

And surprisingly, Soohyuk came to his own conclusion. Now that it had come to this, it was better for him to misunderstand that clearing 100 dungeons was a condition for summoning the Spirit King.

Minjun just nodded without saying anything. He wasn’t entirely wrong as he would indeed be able to call on the Spirit King once his level returned to normal.

“What’s going on? What happened? What is that wolf earlier? Why did it suddenly disappear after helping?”

Shin Youngjae, who came running a beat later, asked in a fuss. The other hunters also all came rushing over with stunned faces.

“Our baby chick was chosen by the Spirit King, but the baby chick was so weak that the Spirit King just left.”

Before Minjun could respond, Soohyuk came forward. There was no mistake in his explanation and it was persuasive. Everyone ‘ohh’-ed and felt that it was a pity it left so quickly.

After that incident, the grassland dungeon raid ended.

***

《Secret Garden of June》

[Notice] 6S Grassland Dungeon Raid has ended

I’m going to work on Tuesday

└Poor 6S guild leader, I have to go to work without any vacation even though I finished the raid.

└But didn’t the raid start on Thursday?

└Today is Monday?

└No way?

└The grassland dungeon raid ended so quickly?

└Even if 6S goes, I thought it will take about a week?

[Chat] Is it true that the February plains dungeon raid really ended in 4 days?

I thought that the grassland dungeon raid takes up to two weeks.

If 6S goes together, it lasts a week.

Finished in 4 days this time

Anyone know why????

└Idk

└I dunno either.

└One more hunter was added to Team 1 this time, isn’t that why?

└New hunter?

└Mmm

└Who is the new recruit?

└Handsome ID photo

└Is he in our guild?

└Isn’t that hunter C-rank? How did he end up on team 1?

└I’m curious about that too

└If the raid time was reduced to 4 days due to new recruits, it could be Team 1.

└Mhmm

[Chat] Who is the hunter that 6S said he personally targeted?

He’s the new hunter from Team 1, right?

Anyone actually seen him?

└Totally handsome

└Like a rookie idol

└I saw him standing with 6S, and they were neck and neck.

└If you stand next to 6S, you all turn into squids haha.

[Chat] The new member is said to be a relative of 6S

They say he is from one of their aunt’s in-laws’ family.

└6S is really taking good care of him

└Isn’t it a man?

└I don’t think they’re blood related

└Is it an in-law relationship?

└It is very difficult to calculate the number of relatives in our country.

***

The grassland dungeon raid started on Thursday afternoon and ended late on Monday evening.

Team 1, who returned from the raid, was officially given a week’s vacation. Minjun, who returned to the dormitory, took a shower first and went straight to bed. It was the job of Team 1 leader Choi Yohan and the guild to report to the National Security Agency that the raid was over.

On Tuesday, Minjun woke up early and ate breakfast in the cafeteria. He felt the eyes of the guild members passing by once in a while, but he assumed it was because he was new and ignored it.

After returning to the dormitory after breakfast, Minjun turned on the TV and started cleaning. He had moved in on Friday, and before he could even finish packing, he was dragged into a dungeon raid. Although there wasn’t much luggage, there were still a lot of things left in the bag.

Minjun worked diligently as he put the clothes he wore in the raid into the washing machine. He put things back and swept and mopped the floor. He brought little luggage and almost nothing dirty, so the cleaning itself was completed quickly.

Finally, he laid down in the living room and chilled until the laundry was finished. The sunlight came through the south-facing veranda window in the dormitory’s living room, and the floor was warm, so it was perfect for lying and basking in.

“What should I buy?”

Minjun went to the Hunter Market website on his cell phone and started making a shopping list. If he was to enter the dungeon in earnest, he had a lot of things he needed. Above all, he had to have one more magic box. And it would have been better to have a few emergency daggers as well.

Fortunately, the Hunter Market had enough magic boxes and daggers in stock.

Among the places that sold items, by-products from dungeons, and magic tools made by hunters, the most trusted place was the government-authorized Hunter Market. You could only check product lists and inventory online, and purchase and receive items at offline stores, but there was only one store. And only people with a hunter’s license were allowed to enter the store.

“Oh, the location has changed.”

Fortunately, the store that was relocated was not far from the dormitory. He thought it would be a good idea to grab lunch, go to the Hunter Market to buy some things, and then go to Soohyuk’s safe house.

Since it was right after the dungeon raid ended, Soohyuk wanted to postpone it for a day or two, but Minjun was against it. Minjun thought that they should do it while they can. Soohyuk smiled bitterly and said that he really can’t win.

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