A Cash Warrior

# 297

– Volume 12 Episode 25

The Jormungand raid was now developing into a raid that surpassed the titan raid.

They were a small raid consisting of only ten men, but no one could match them in their strength.

“Still… I can only tell you that it’s okay.”

“It’s strange that someone with a skill like me wasn’t safe. Above all, I’m retired now. I’m no longer a Hunter, so I don’t have anything to do with them.”

“You said you quit Hunter?”

When Yoon Hyun-min shouted in surprise at the unexpected words, Jeong Dae-sik nodded his head.

“There was no reason to be active as a hunter anymore.

“That’s right, but…”

Yoon Hyun-min, who thought it would not be strange even if he retired because he had no match for him, suddenly felt suspicious and asked a question.

“Then why did you come into this dungeon when you said you were retired?”

“This is a walk.”

“Mountain, a walk? A dungeon infested with monsters?”

“It was more fun than just walking around in the local park. After wandering around like this, he sometimes saves guys like you.”

Realizing that he hadn’t even said goodbye to him for his help, Hyun-min Yoon hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you for saving me. I don’t want to even think about what it would have been like without you.”

Then, this time, Jeong Dae-sik said as if it was his turn to ask a question.

“What are you doing in a place like this? You’re not even an Awakened. I think you should be going to college by now.”

“No, I don’t really want to go to college. I wanted to do something related to Hunter.”

“Then I’d rather be a raid office worker… A monster by-product disposal facility… A magic stone or a dungeon resource development researcher… There are many related jobs. What are you doing here, risky, leaving all your jobs behind?”

“I’m working as a porter, just like my older brother.”

Hyunmin Yoon wiggled his fingers and added a word with difficulty.

“It was my dream to become like my older brother. You know. Actually, I wanted to become a hunter.”

Jeong Dae-sik looked at Yoon Hyun-min who said that.

He sighed and said, “Let the earth go out soon.”

“I still don’t know, about the tribe of Hunters.”

“Now that I’m saying this, I wasn’t really interested in beating monsters or getting stronger. I became a hunter purely to make money.”

“Such… I didn’t know it was like that. But hyung, you’ve become incredibly strong, haven’t you?”

“So, the world is so funny. That’s why I don’t understand why ordinary guys like you risk their lives to enter the dungeon. What makes fighting monsters so much fun?”

Yoon Hyun-min pursed his lips.

In fact, I didn’t even know myself.

However, the romance in the dungeon, the longing for a hunter, and the pursuit of pure power, all of these were things that humans should have.

I couldn’t explain it, but Dae-Sik Jeong said something I never thought of.

“…But I don’t hate guys like you. They wanted to help as much as possible. Do I have to say that stupidity is cool? Anyway, I have what I don’t have. Hyunmin Yoon, do you want to become an awakener?”

Yoon Hyun-min nodded his head without thinking about the question that was suddenly asked.

“Of course… of course.”

“Hmm, yes. If you had the ability, what would you like to have? Implementation? Enhancement? Or… Rare spirits or summons?”

Hyunmin Yoon felt his heart beating.

If you were to become an Awakened, what abilities would you have?

The thought didn’t last long. Hyunmin Yoon had only one answer.

“…all abilities.”

“Like hyung, I want to have all my abilities. I want to become an all-in-one!”

Yoon Hyun-min’s bold wind made Jeong Dae-sik look a little embarrassed.

He immediately smiled and said.

“Haha! You’re going to be an all-in-one? That’s a greedy guy.”

“Hyung was an all-in-one. So I also… I want to become an all-in-one. It’s just what it is anyway. It’s a dream, because it’s something you can dream of.”

Hearing what Yoon Hyun-min said bitterly, Jeong Dae-sik thought for a moment and said.

“Okay, but don’t regret it. Having all the abilities isn’t always a good thing. You may end up with abilities that aren’t this or that, but it’s up to you.”

Yoon Hyun-min didn’t know what that word meant.

So I was about to ask what you were talking about, but Jeong Dae-sik got up out of nowhere and pulled him up.

And after a while, he said,

“…Are you saying something like this? Kill the existence of another world, and then you will gain strength.”

As soon as the words fell, a tremendous amount of magical power poured down on Yoon Hyun-min.

He opened his mouth wide in surprise, and an aura that could not be described was rushing through his body.

It feels like it’s burning, it’s freezing, it’s expanding, it’s compressed, it’s a strange feeling.

That once swept Yoon Hyun-min and passed.

After a while, Jeong Dae-sik let him go, and Yoon Hyun-min fell to his knees.

He gasped in disbelief as he lay face down.

However, it was clear that something different from before had arisen within him.

Hyunmin Yoon raised his head and asked.

“Bah, just… what did you do? Maybe…?”

“It would have been what you wanted it to be.”

“I… became an Awakened?”

“Yeah. It became an all-in-one. You became the second all-in-one after me.”

“No, no way! How could this happen!”

“If it sounds ridiculous, try it yourself.”

“how?”

Seeing Hyun-min Yoon asking a stupid question, Dae-sik Jeong explained carefully.

“Try the easiest one. Summoning is the most realistic of your abilities. Try a simple Summon of Undine.”

Yoon Hyun-min got up.

And, following the prompting of Jeong Dae-sik, who was beckoning as if he had to go down, he swallowed dry saliva and concentrated his mind.

When it comes to summoning ability, Hyunmin Yoon had seen it before.

As if to close their eyes and feel the flow, they evoke magical powers and sing softly.

“Summon Undine.”

It didn’t take long for the moisture to collect in the air because it was a wetland everywhere.

Hyunmin Yoon saw the shape of water floating in the air.

Looking at the existence that dances through the air, Hyunmin Yoon felt an indescribable emotion.

“Okay! Okay…! My, I summoned Undine!”

Yoon Hyun-min said while wiping his wet eyes with the back of his hand.

“Am I really an Awakened? Not only summoning, but also possessing all other abilities?”

“Try it.”

Hyunmin Yoon immediately tested abilities such as release, realization, and reinforcement.

It was truly amazing.

Magical power moved freely in his body according to what he wanted.

Yoon Hyun-min could pour out his magical power in the form he imagined, he could create something, and he could strengthen his fist enough to break even a stone.

Feeling infinitely strong yet free.

He had the power he so desperately wanted.

About a miracle, Yoon Hyun-min said with a dreamy feeling.

“How is all this possible? Brother… Did he really become a god, as people say?”

Jeong Dae-sik shook his head at Yoon Hyun-min’s question.

“No, I didn’t become a god. To be honest, I didn’t become a god. Because I was born as a human, I wanted to stay as a human. But because I have too much power for a human to have… I’m just thinking that helping is not a bad thing.”

It was then that Hyunmin Yoon remembered the strange rumors floating around through the hunters’ SNS recently.

It was a rumor about a genius, a sage, or a wizard that appeared when the hunters in crisis were enveloped in frustration and despair.

He treats monsters like pets, treats dungeons like his home, and is said to have a clear knowledge of a different world that humans have never been to.

He said that sometimes he gives out items of great performance for free, and sometimes awakens unexpected abilities.

The story about him seemed like a lie, so I thought it was just a common superstition or rumor among hunters… It seems that it wasn’t a very rare story.

Yoon Hyun-min did not know how to express his gratitude after receiving an unexpected fortune, no… a surprising miracle.

He stuttered in the wind and spit out only the missing sound.

“Hey, I don’t know how to repay this favor. You… You are my savior.”

As I said, he had already saved the world.

Even the word “savior” was not an appropriate expression.

While Yoon Hyun-min was trying to find more words to say, Jeong Dae-sik tapped his shoulder and said.

“If you are grateful to me, use your abilities to their value. When a crisis comes again in the world, so that you, not me, can be the savior…”

Hyun-min Yoon became sober.

As if he had heard a revelation from heaven, he bowed his head.

According to the people of the world, supernatural powers are a privilege that only those who have been chosen by God have.

However, as Jeong Dae-sik gave him the ability, he was like a god to Yoon Hyun-min.

So his words were also like a revelation from God.

When Yoon Hyun-min raised his head again to tell the truth, Jeong Dae-sik had gone nowhere.

Yoon Hyun-min looked around in surprise, but all he could see was a faint darkness.

Only then did Yoon Hyun-min realize that Jeong Dae-sik had finished his work and had left.

“Still, say hello and go…”

Yoon Hyun-min, who muttered a word at the regret left behind, remembered the thought of not knowing when to see him again.

No, maybe we’ll never see each other again. But he was not far away. According to him, in the middle of Gangnam, right next to them.

They will be living in a world protected by hunters, pretending to be ordinary citizens.

That was enough, Yoon Hyun-min swallowed the sadness of Sumi. And in support of Jeong Dae-sik, he clenched his fists to fulfill his mission.

That fist was the fist of an ordinary person a while ago, but now it is the fist of an awakener, hunter, and all-in-one.

And it was also a great fist that might one day save the world.