EFME 93

Sunyul sighed as things had become quite a headache despite the win. They really made people’s heads spin by picking a fight they couldn’t even handle. He wondered why they bothered to challenge him when they didn’t have the skills, only to end up being a nuisance.

‘What should I do now?’

Sunyul suddenly remembered the pouch Jaehoon had given him.

‘He told me to open it if I ran into trouble.’

It was a temporary inventory, much larger on the inside than it appeared. He opened the pouch immediately. Inside were several contracts along with a note written by Jaehoon.

“Sunyul, read this.

Has a crisis struck? Most crises for free hunters start from discord with other hunters. I assume you’re currently experiencing some trouble with others as well.

When that happens, first beat them down, then have them leave a thumbprint on the contract. You don’t need an ink pad; just pressing it is enough. The contract states they won’t mess with you again.

Since it’s a contract made without the other party’s consent, the effect isn’t that strong, but it’ll help for now.

Oh, the gold-colored ones are expensive and have a strong effect, so don’t use them recklessly. Use those on the strong ones.”

Sunyul felt a slight chill at the items and the message that seemed to see right through the current situation. In truth, Jaehoon might be a more incredible person than he’d thought.

Sunyul immediately took out a gold contract and approached the unconscious Jang Beomjin.

“Wh-what are you doing!”

Regardless of who shouted, Sunyul firmly pressed Jang Beomjin’s right thumb onto the paper to leave a print.

The A-rank item provided by Jaehoon combined with the user Sunyul’s EX-rank magic power to complete an incredibly powerful contract.

The unconscious Jang Beomjin’s body twitched. He wouldn’t be able to mess with Sunyul anymore.

“Th-this kind of contract is a crime!”

“I’ll just pay a fine,” Sunyul said bluntly.

Even if he didn’t know the specifics, he didn’t think Jaehoon would have given him the contracts without calculating such things. As if confirming Sunyul’s thoughts, the shouting hunter quickly shut his mouth.

Feeling a bit relieved for the moment, Sunyul sighed. The door had long since closed, and he had to complete the dungeon with this group regardless. Sunyul looked around at the unreliable raid party.

He saw Namhee standing to one side, though he wasn’t sure when she had appeared. Sunyul approached her. Namhee visibly flinched and took a step back.

He had hoped Namhee had been tricked as well. But seeing this reaction, it seemed Namhee really had sold Sunyul out.

“Did you deceive me?”

“I’m sorry…”

Namhee lowered her head deeply. Sunyul asked with a frown.

“Why did you deceive me?”

“…How could a free hunter like me refuse a request from a major guild? I’d lose all my work.”

“Sigh…”

Even though she hadn’t attacked Sunyul, he didn’t want to forgive her for that reason.

His desire to do anything for her—whether help or retaliation—simply vanished. Whatever happened next was Namhee’s business; Sunyul decided to stop caring.

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ consoles you, telling you to consider it a lesson learned not to trust people so easily.]

The constellation offered words as consolation that weren’t very comforting. Sunyul sighed and approached the huddled hunters. Everyone looked like a mess after being battered by Sunyul’s skills.

“Aren’t you going to clear the dungeon?”

At Sunyul’s words, one person glared.

“You want us to clear the dungeon with you right now?”

“Are you perhaps a member of the Utopia Guild?”

“We’re all members of Utopia! Except for those two.”

When Sunyul looked toward where the hunter pointed, Jang Sieun, who had introduced himself as the leader of the raid party, and the free hunter Lee Namhee were standing there.

Sieun shrugged.

“They recruited me because they were afraid Hunter Lim Sunyul would run away if he recognized the faces of the Utopia Guild members. I’m sorry, Hunter Lim Sunyul.”

While he was angry at the betrayer Namhee, he found this confident Jang Sieun just… absurd.

Sunyul gave up on thinking further.

“In any case, we have to clear the dungeon. Are you going to let the raid fail?”

“Put our Guild Leader down first!”

Sunyul was holding Jang Beomjin by the waist with one arm, tucked under his side. Consequently, Jang Beomjin was left dangling in mid-air.

Sunyul looked down at the mudflat.

“Should I let go?”

“Don’t let go!”

“Then what should I do?”

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ tells you not to act foolishly and that you must act tough no matter what.]

[‘Traveler of the Eternal Night’ tells you not to be looked down upon.]

Sunyul went down to the rowboat and set Jang Beomjin down as if throwing him. Then he tapped the rowboat with his staff.

“This looks like it would be easy to break.”

“D-don’t break it!”

“If you don’t intend to cooperate, it doesn’t matter if I break it.”

The Utopia Guild members trembled at Sunyul’s words.

Sunyul thought that he might actually have a talent for intimidation. Judging by his throbbing headache, it might be a talent the past Lim Sunyul had honed.

With a sigh, Sunyul looked down at the quietly lying Jang Beomjin.

“Hunter Jang Beomjin, it’s time for you to get up. I know you’ve regained consciousness.”

At those words, Jang Beomjin slowly stood up. The fierce, glaring gaze was no longer scary. What was the point of glaring when he’d lost after attacking with over twenty people?

“Um… shall we head into the dungeon now?”

Jang Beomjin couldn’t argue or tell him to stop talking nonsense. He wanted to curse him out, but the contract was faithfully taking effect.

“Let’s go out quickly. You’re going to cooperate, right?”

Amidst the humiliation, Jang Beomjin nodded his head.

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Clear of the A-rank dungeon is complete.

Rewards will be distributed based on contribution.

As soon as he saw the completion message, Sunyul cheered inwardly.

It was a truly difficult dungeon clear, one for the record books. The teamwork was non-existent, and he had to be tense even during breaks.

Sunyul was the first to step out of the door.

“Huh?”

He wasn’t sure why, but Muyoung was standing in front of the door.

“Lim Sunyul.”

Muyoung walked over with heavy steps and pulled Sunyul into a tight hug. Sunyul pinched his cheek, confused as to whether this was a dream or reality. Judging by the pain, it wasn’t a dream.

Muyoung, who had been glaring at the Utopia Guild members following Sunyul out, used a skill as soon as he saw Jang Beomjin.

[Using skill ‘Call of the Abyss’.]

“You crazy bastard!”

Struck directly by the skill before he could even react, Jang Beomjin spewed curses.

[Call of the Abyss] sucks in everything in the vicinity. And what is sucked in disappears. Not even the user, Muyoung, knows where they go. One only assumes they have disappeared forever.

He had used such a skill on a person.

Because the power had been adjusted, Jang Beomjin wasn’t sucked in but was barely holding on. However, the moment Jang Beomjin lost his strength even slightly, it would be the end.

Whether Jang Beomjin screamed that he was a crazy bastard or not, Muyoung remained calm.

On the other hand, the Utopia Guild members, who knew what kind of skill it was, couldn’t even dream of going to help their Guild Leader and were turned pale, keeping their distance.

Regardless of Jang Beomjin and the Utopia Guild members, Muyoung released his arms from around Sunyul and began to examine his face. Then he muttered as if distressed.

“You’ve become all messy.”

“It’s… it’s because of the mudflat. The dungeon was…”

Sunyul, feeling embarrassed, covered his face. But Muyoung insisted on moving Sunyul’s hands away to check if he was hurt anywhere.

Sunyul’s face burned. Muyoung’s face was excessively close. As if he were about to kiss him.

Sunyul whipped his head away. He pointed at Jang Beomjin, who looked like he might be sucked in at any moment.

“Shouldn’t you… let him go now?”

“…Fine.”

Muyoung deactivated the skill as if he were reluctant. Jang Beomjin then fell to the ground, panting with a face that looked like he’d returned from the dead.

“Is that enough?”

Muyoung whispered affectionately and checked on Sunyul again.

The few Cheongyeon Guild members who had followed Muyoung, and the Utopia Guild members who were wary of this side, watched the Cheongyeon Guild Leader’s extreme protectiveness with disbelief in their eyes.

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Title: They say Sunyul attacked the Utopia Guild members first

This is the claim from the Utopia Guild.

Comments

—Are they insane? Of all the things to mess with, they mess with Lim Sunyul.

└ Why the hell are they picking on Lim Sunyul? Are they crazy?

└ I never liked Jang Beomjin anyway.

—Well… if Sunyul attacked, there must have been a good reason to mess with them, right? ㅇㅅㅇ

└ True. Either way, Sunyul is right.

└ There’s no way Sunyul would attack without a reason.

—You all see the title, right? It says Lim Sunyul attacked the Utopia Guild?

└ There’s no way, you idiot.

└ If Lim Sunyul did that, I’ll do a naked show in the middle of Gwanghwamun.

└ Who’s the reason nobody believes this? 1. Trash-topia, whose behavior is usually shitty. 2. God-Sunyul, whose behavior is usually angelic.

└ Hard to choose.

└ A dilemma lol.

Title: Result of the investigation shows Utopia Guild made the first move

Yup.

Comments

—Not surprising.

└ So obvious.

└ Stop acting up, Trash-topia ㅠㅠ.

└ What gave them the nerve to challenge an EX-rank hunter??

└ Did they challenge him because he’s not an attack type?

└ Look at how many attack skills he has.

—A comfortable result.

└ Com—fortable.

Title: But how did Sunyul end up in the same dungeon as Trash-topia?

How could this happen ㅠㅠ.

Comments

—Shake a carrot if you’re being blackmailed.

└ Is he at a level where he can be blackmailed? ㅠㅠ

—Surely he’s not joining Trash-topia.

└ If he was, they wouldn’t have fought.

└ They were testing the waters and things went south.

└ If that’s the case, whoa.

└ Don’t insult Sunyul.

└ Is that an insult? lolololololol

Title: Sunyul is contemplating his career path!!!!!

He says he’s not going to be an Ene-sa and is debating between being a free hunter or joining a guild. He ended up in the dungeon with Utopia while trying out the free hunter experience.

Comments

—Is this for real?

└ (Link to article)

└ What the, it’s legit.

—Seriously?? Not joining Cheongyeon?

└ That’s unexpected. I thought for sure he’d join Cheongyeon.

—So he’s not being an Ene-sa… that’s a shame.

└ I liked Ene-sa Sunyul though ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

└ Did you guys put Sunyul’s job on layaway? Just let Sunyul do what he wants.

└ For real. Hey, Sunyul has done enough for you guys. Let him do what he wants.

└ Even if he becomes a shut-in, you should support him, seriously.

└ I could even overlook Sunyul committing a crime up to 100 times.

└ You’re very generous.

—I’m glad he’s not being an Ene-sa. Honestly, it’s just an honorary position where you work your ass off.

└ Exactly. Sunyul worked so hard, I hope he earns a lot of money as a hunter and lives a life with work-life balance.

└ He used to work every single day.

└ There’s a reason he hit number 2 in the hunter rankings in such a short time ㅠㅠ.

└ I like it too. These days, honor is a toss-up because the Ene-cheong does such a crappy job.

[Title] Did you see the Curtain leak?

The Guild Leader is being extreme.

Cheongyeon│******

I’m a Cheongyeon member and our guild has turned into chaos.

Reason: Lim Sunyul didn’t come home.

Apparently, he was staying out for the dungeon anyway, but it seems he’s even later than that.

He’s twenty-seven, can’t he stay out for a bit?

The Guild Leader is freaking out, but it seems he finally found him and is going to pick him up personally.

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Reprint from Curtain

Comments

—I really love Muyoung worrying because the baby didn’t come home ㅠㅠ.

➥ I thought it was Muyoung going to catch Sun-bam because he ran away.

➥ Are you crazy? That’s genius.

➥ The cliché of a cold top freaking out because the bottom disappeared is always delicious.

[Title] What on earth happened?

Kwon Muyoung and Lim Sunyul are gay.

Utopia│******

I saw something, they’ve at least slept together, for sure. lol. Right in front of everyone, holy shit, if they’d gone just a bit further, they would’ve been all over each other.

All you women who want to marry Kwon Muyoung, wake up. lol. There’s a reason he didn’t have a girlfriend. It’s certain his dick wouldn’t get hard while Lim Sunyul was gone.

Evidence? I don’t have any, you brats. But it’s true. lololol

Believe it or not, do whatever you want. lololol

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Reprint from Curtain

Comments

—This person is at least a Mu-Sun shipper?

➥ For real lolololololololol Seems they ship the same thing as me.

—Ha, this is a masterpiece. >>It’s certain his dick wouldn’t get hard while Lim Sunyul was gone.<<

➥ Muyoung felt the empty space that we couldn’t feel ㅠㅠ. Just like how he was the only one who was good to Sun-bam ㅠㅠ.

➥ ㅠㅠ Suddenly I feel sad thinking about how hard it was for Sun-bam ㅠㅠ.

➥ Don’t cry, cheer up and let’s get them to hook up.

➥ Alright, Muyoung, please do your best.

[Title] It’s fine that he’s not an Ene-sa, but being a free hunter or in another guild, what kind of bolt from the blue is this?

Tell me it’s not true, Sun-bam-ah.

Comments

—Maybe they had a little couple’s spat. They’ll probably break up and get back together.

➥ They aren’t usually those types of kids ㅠㅠ.

➥ Let’s just assume that’s the case this time.

—This isn’t the place to say this, but Cheongyeon’s stock price that went up just dropped again.

➥ I’m buying now.

➥ Let’s trust in Mu-Sun and buy now.

➥ I’m actually going all-in. I’ve bet my life on Mu-Sun.

➥ You need this kind of guts to ship Mu-Sun.

—Since Sun-bam doesn’t have his memories, he’s just trying out various experiences. lol. I’m not worried at all—actually Sun-bam please I believe in you baby.

➥ Please, Sun-bam, go back to Cheongyeon ㅠㅠ.