Chapter 182 (1/2)
Chapter 182 – The Chosen Ones (7)
[Welcome to Ser’corist Prison]
[This is where those with the heaviest sentences in S city have been imprisoned.]
[Massive secret experiments were conducted here in the past, and abandoned afterwards.]
[Be careful. Although most of those who were experimented on died during the experiments]
[There were some who survived.]
Sungjin looked around Ser’corist prison with his arms crossed. In some ways it looked like a prison, and in others it looked like a hospital. Among the various chapters so far, this location was one of the most horrifying of places there were. Soon afterwards, four more hunters were summoned. Sungjin observed them inconspicuously. If he were to be frank, he did not expect much from them, as he had already had a glimpse of the future. There wasn’t anyone among these hunters that would become his ally.
‘Though, they are impressive in their own right.’
Of course, since they had managed to arrive at the eighteenth chapter, they were incredibly talented people. It just so happened that they were not up to par in Sungjin’s eyes. One of them spoke up,
“Hey, hey, nice to meet you.”
Having broken the ice, others joined in.
“A pleasure. Let’s do our best.”
“How do you do. Let’s all introduce ourselves. Like, what is your favored weapon type, or the color of your magic.”
Now the mood had begun to become harmonious. This was because after experiencing countless trials they had learned the method to survive was to help each other. However, suddenly, someone pointed at Sungjin.
“Huh? Master Hunter? Master Hunter Kei?”
Following his pointing, the other hunters all turned towards Sungjin.
“You’re the one from the rumors, right? That person?”
Sungjin had come to accept that he was a celebrity among the hunters. Now that there were not many left alive in the raids, it was something that could not be helped. Sungjin let out a breath and stood in front of them and said,
“Nice to meet you all. Let’s do our best to make this raid a success as well. I will also do my best to kill the enemies and keep everyone safe. That is, so long as none of you commit a troll-like action.”
Upon hearing Sungjin, the four hunters turned to look at each other, then looked back towards Sungjin and nodded.
“Of course, Master Hunter.”
*
Sungjin and the hunters that he was matched with set off to clear Ser’corist Prison. Inside were countless grotesque creatures waiting, but they were swept away by Sungjin’s Moon Specter and Blood Vengeance like leaves in a storm.
Thanks to Sungjin, they were able to easily clear the Boss.
[Boss, ‘The Last Experiment, Omega’, Cleared.]
And soon they were able to easily win against the Hidden Boss as well.
[Hidden Boss, ‘The First Experiment, Alpha’, Cleared.]
“You’re really amazing, Master Hunter.”
The hunters praised him, but Sungjin did not find any particular pleasure from hearing their compliments. Instead, he kept thinking,
‘It’d be great if I could find two more allies as soon as possible…”
This thought continuously lingered in his mind. In the remaining time, Sungjin helped the Chosen ones before the 18th raid came to a finish.
“Kei, can you come here?”
“Master Hunter, there’s an experimental subject here that’s talking normally. He’s the Hidden Boss right? Could you please come here.”
Afterwards, the hunters were summoned to the Hunters Hall, where white columns stretched upwards without end. Now the remaining people could be all seen with a single look. The Operator informed them of the exact number of the remaining people.
‘Congratulations. You hunters were able to perfectly clear eighteen chapters.’
‘Among the 7,310,067,613 people who participated in the first raid’
‘The number of hunters that are now remaining is 366.’
Upon hearing this, the hunters began to make a commotion.
“Just 366?”
“You’re telling me that there’s only that many remaining?”
“Hrm. Then just what is the percentage of the remaining people?”
“No way. If this continues then we’ll all be wiped out.”
Everyone was surprised by the fact that there were so few people remaining. It was only Sungjin that thought,
‘There’s really a lot of people that survived.’
366. It was many times larger than the number of people that survived when compared to the previous time.
‘This is likely… Because of me.’
If one were to analyze the reasons for this, there would be three main causes. First, was because there were a large number of people who Sungjin had saved. Sungjin had perfectly cleared the raids up until now. Even though he had not particularly striven to do so, if it were not for him, it was likely that many people would have died instead.