I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 14

Thwack—

Even though he had a helmet made of monster hide, this impact wouldn’t be light at all.

The acceleration from the fall, the weight of the mace, and the sound of the impact all said so.

Decisively,

『Decent Battle Sense』（E, Lv.2）

Jeonghyeon’s senses, which had risen from F to E rank, told him so.

The 3 coins that were just enough to buy one F-rank trait with one refresh.

The gamble he had taken with everything had succeeded.

Moreover, it seemed that even if the rank increased, the existing level remained the same.

It was the best possible situation for Jeonghyeon.

“Gasp━”

Jiyun, who was already trembling, seemed to have completely lost her strength in her legs and collapsed.

He had told her that he would pretend to run away alone and save her at the crucial moment, but she probably didn’t trust him much.

It was only natural since it was a fight against a D-rank Hunter.

But the fight wasn’t over yet.

Even though his attack had landed squarely, it hadn’t taken Hanseok’s breath away.

‘Is he this big?’

Hanseok’s head was half a handspan higher than Jeonghyeon’s.

He could really feel the size of the giant axe he was wielding.

Jeonghyeon gripped the mace with both hands and swung with all his might.

Clang—

And it was blocked by the axe that had been raised in the meantime.

It was unbelievably fast, considering Hanseok had just been standing there as if he had lost his mind.

Blocking with the axe, Hanseok slowly turned to face Jeonghyeon.

His face, with blood streaming down from his right forehead, seemed to be filled with rage, making anyone who saw it shudder.

It was enough to make one wonder if Jiyun had collapsed because she saw this face.

“……Did you kill Heesu?”

A low, subdued voice.

Jeonghyeon smirked.

“Was his name Heesu? Why, was your villain mate precious to you?”

“You bastard!”

Hanseok’s face contorted, and his axe flew towards Jeonghyeon.

It was a speed incomparable to the zombies, skeletons, and goblins that Jeonghyeon had fought so far.

The function of Battle Sense that predicted the attack path by grasping the opponent’s muscle movements.

If the path was displayed and led to the actual attack with considerable leeway in the previous battles,

‘This is almost instant.’

In Hanseok’s case, the delay was almost non-existent.

If he didn’t dodge as soon as the path was visible, it would be Jeonghyeon’s head that would be split open.

It was unbelievably fast, swinging an axe of that size at that speed.

The power of a D-rank Hunter was clearly revealed.

Jeonghyeon quickly dodged Hanseok’s axe.

There was no time to close the distance or attempt an attack.

No, he had a feeling that even if just one of his rank or level had been the same, one of his arms would have been cut off.

But he also had something in mind.

Jeonghyeon thought as he examined Hanseok’s forehead.

‘At that rate, he’ll lose strength quickly.’

The bleeding from his first attack hadn’t stopped but had gotten worse every time he used his strength.

Now, drops of blood were dripping from his chin.

Bleeding from the head, where the sensory organs were concentrated, was fatal in battle.

Moreover, he must have gotten a concussion from being hit so hard.

Indeed, Hanseok’s axe was very fast, but its movements weren’t clean.

He was swaying precariously.

‘I wish he’d lose his strength a little faster.’

Of course, Jeonghyeon wasn’t in good shape either.

It was a miracle that he hadn’t collapsed yet.

It was safe to say that he had only endured thanks to his E-rank Physical Enhancement.

Compared to his normal state, his combat ability was also significantly reduced.

Furthermore, if he hadn’t been lucky enough to raise the rank of Battle Sense, this one-sided exchange wouldn’t have even been possible.

“You damn rat!”

Crack—

Hanseok’s axe swung with the momentum to split whatever it touched.

Just now, a tree where Jeonghyeon had been standing was shattered like a twig.

But if it didn’t hit, it didn’t matter.

If Hanseok had been just a little calmer, he would have realized that Jeonghyeon, who was dodging all of his attacks, wasn’t just an F-rank Hunter.

Even though he was injured, he had a D-rank Axe Skill trait.

An F-rank newbie dodging his attacks every time?

Wasn’t it strange?

But Heesu’s death, the direct hit to his head, and the rage that his string of crimes had come to an end clouded Hanseok’s judgment.

It was the greatest luck for Jeonghyeon.

“Huff━ Huff—.”

Before long, heavy breaths escaped from Hanseok’s mouth, his whole body emitting hot steam.

As Jeonghyeon had expected, his attacks had slowed considerably, and his swaying had become more pronounced.

Jeonghyeon’s eyes sparkled.

Stab—

‘Now—’

The giant axe dug deep into the ground in vain, and Jeonghyeon sped towards Hanseok’s chest.

It would be much harder than Heesu’s armor, but he was the guy who had fought this much even after being hit in the head.

It was better to aim for the heart, just like with Heesu.

In his current state, he wouldn’t be able to react properly to this speed anyway.

‘What?’

But in that short moment, Jeonghyeon’s eyes widened.

Contrary to his intuition that his iron needle would definitely pierce first before Hanseok could react.

A new attack path was drawn in red.

And that line was aimed at Jeonghyeon’s right arm.

“Argh!”

With a powerful impact and a burning pain, Jeonghyeon was sent flying and tumbled away.

It wasn’t the axe.

Hanseok’s fist had struck the bandaged wound and sent Jeonghyeon’s body flying.

Hanseok, still panting, grinned.

“You think you’re the only one with a brain? You unlucky bastard.”

Even amidst the surging pain, Jeonghyeon realized that he had fallen for Hanseok’s trick.

It was true that his strength was fading.

Because he wouldn’t be able to control his physical reactions.

But what he had missed was,

‘I underestimated him.’

That he, too, had been letting his guard down at some point.

Even though Hanseok wouldn’t be able to imagine Jeonghyeon’s true nature in his wildest dreams, wasn’t it also true that Jeonghyeon hadn’t grasped Hanseok’s true strength?

It was a level 2 or lower Gate, so it wasn’t a lie that he was level 2, but he hadn’t expected such a huge gap.

“Ugh……”

But above all, the pain in his right arm was too severe.

It was only natural that the wound he had barely managed to close had reopened, and he would be lucky if his bones weren’t broken.

“How the hell did you kill Heesu? No, are you really an F-rank?”

Hanseok asked as he pulled out the axe that was stuck in the ground.

His smile, as fishy as the smell of blood, now showed confidence in his victory.

But that didn’t mean he would give Jeonghyeon time to relax like before.

Jeonghyeon answered, enduring the pain as best he could.

It was close.

“F-rank, Agility type, I told you……”

“Don’t bullshit me. F-rank? Hey, I’ve killed so many guys, and you’re trying to pull that crap?”

Hanseok approached with his axe, laughing heartily.

F-rank?

No matter how much he had let his guard down, there was no way they could be defeated by an F-rank.

Because until now, F-ranks had been nothing more than bugs.

“Well, it doesn’t matter what your rank is anyway, you’re dead. Let’s end this.”

Finally, Hanseok reached Jeonghyeon, who had collapsed.

Was this really the end?

Instead of closing his eyes, Jeonghyeon glared at Hanseok with burning eyes.

“Let me ask you one last thing. What’s your real name?”

“What? Real name? What are you going to do with it?”

“Anyway.”

“Kekeke, it’s Joocheol. Happy now?”

“No.”

“What?”

Joocheol looked puzzled.

Jeonghyeon smirked.

“How can you be so incapable of learning?”

“This bastard, since earlier━”

“Behind the knee!”

Thud—

“Argh!”

Joocheol’s massive body collapsed to his knees.

The axe he was holding almost fell on Jeonghyeon, but he managed to roll away and avoid it.

When Joocheol looked back with bloodshot eyes, he saw Jiyun, who was stumbling backward.

And a sharply broken piece of wood was stuck in the back of his knee.

“You damn couple—!”

But Joocheol couldn’t finish his sentence.

Because Jeonghyeon, who had gotten up in the meantime, had thrust his mace into the middle of his back.

He wasn’t sure if he had pierced his heart.

But he was certain that he had penetrated his spine.

When he pulled out the mace, dark red blood gushed out.

Joocheol looked at Jeonghyeon with disbelief.

“How……”

Jeonghyeon replied with a weak smile.

“You thought you were the only one hiding something? Murderer.”

That was the end.

Joocheol and Jeonghyeon collapsed in their respective directions almost simultaneously.

“Mr. Jeonghyeon!”

Jiyun ran to Jeonghyeon at once.

Fortunately, he was still breathing.

“Ms. Jiyun……”

“Yes?”

“Good job.”

“……”

Jeonghyeon, for some reason, grinned and gave a thumbs-up with his trembling hand.

Actually, Jeonghyeon couldn’t help but laugh.

『Hidden Achievement, ‘Justice Served’ achieved. You have acquired 5 coins.』

『Hidden Achievement, ‘With Overwhelming Power?’ achieved. You have acquired 5 coins.』

How could he not laugh when he saw the two notification windows that appeared before his eyes as soon as Joocheol’s breath stopped?

But Jiyun, who had no idea what was going on, didn’t know how to react to his sudden words and laughed and cried at the same time.

Then, as if she had remembered something, she opened her bag again.

The bandage wrapped around Jeonghyeon’s right arm was already soaked with blood.

She had to stop the bleeding again.

“Ugh, it hurts.”

“Just a moment.”

The arm that was unwrapped from the bandage was, as expected, a mess.

Jiyun poured water from her canteen and roughly washed his arm.

Jeonghyeon screamed, but there was nothing he could do.

As Jiyun was about to use Heal on the somewhat cleaned arm, she was startled.

“No, the wound isn’t as deep as I thought. Well, it is deep, but……”

For Jiyun, who had seen how Jeonghyeon had rolled around, it was an incomprehensible situation.

When she hurriedly used Heal, the wound visibly improved little by little.

And around that time, they heard the hurried footsteps of many people in the distance.

Jeonghyeon raised his head and turned towards the sound, but he couldn’t see them with his naked eyes.

Who was it this time?

Whatever.

There was nothing he could do now, no matter who came.

It was a shame to die without being able to use his coins, but all the tension had already been released, and he was literally unable to lift a finger.

Jiyun, too, looked around with a nervous gaze as she bandaged his arm.

Finally, a person appeared.

“Mr. Han Jeonghyeon, Ms. Nam Jiyun! If you can hear me, please respond━ Team Leader!”

Starting with him, people began to gather one after another.

They were all wearing matching black sets of armor, and their chests bore the emblem of the Association.

They surrounded them and started to guard the area, and a short while later, a person wearing similar but slightly more advanced armor arrived.

He looked around the clearing and made a surprised expression.

“What in the world is this…… First, let’s assess the situation!”

“Yes!”

Several people approached Jeonghyeon and Jiyun and began to examine them.

And the person who seemed to be the leader took out his ID card from his pocket and introduced himself.

“Hunter Association, Investigation Division 3, Investigation Team Leader Kim Seokung. First of all, I must apologize for being late. I’m truly sorry.”

Jeonghyeon chuckled awkwardly, not knowing how to react to Seokung, who bowed deeply.

The Association appeared after he had gone through hell and back.

But he couldn’t just get angry at the person who introduced himself as the Team Leader and apologized politely.

“First, it would be proper to move you two to a safe place, but I apologize that we cannot do so at this time. This is because the criminals are changing their faces……”

May I ask how the situation unfolded?

Seokung was probably suspicious of them as well.

His expression was calm, but his body was tense.

Villains who were changing their faces.

Jeonghyeon had seen them too, but they were ridiculous.

As the person involved, he was angry, but he couldn’t help but understand Seokung’s position.

‘If it weren’t for the 10 coins, they would all be dead.’

Of course, the thought of the 10 coins, which made him happy just thinking about them, helped him understand.

“I killed them all.”

“What?”

“I said I killed them all.”

What else could he say?

He didn’t want to explain everything in detail here; it felt too disgusting.

At that moment, a voice came from the walkie-talkie on Seokung’s shoulder.

━Team Leader, we’ve confirmed Kim Heesu’s body. It’s definitely him.

“Team Leader, it’s confirmed that it’s Na Joocheol.”

Seokung was dumbfounded by the almost simultaneous confirmation of their identities.

The people who entered the Gate with the masked duo were said to be newbie Hunters who had just awakened.

One of them was even an unregistered Hunter without a registered trait, and the other was a non-combat E-rank Healer.

How could such people kill two D-rank villains?

Moreover, the two had been active for quite some time.

Although they were estimated to be level 2, they would be near the end of their level, so there would be no comparison.

“How in the world…… No, I apologize for my rudeness. We will first leave this place and visit you again. Let’s retrieve the bodies and withdraw.”

Seokung, who had given similar orders through the walkie-talkie, looked around.

It was a gruesome scene, but it seemed that most of it was done by Na Joocheol’s axe.

The more he thought about what had happened here, the more he felt like he was falling into a fog.

Jiyun was helped by the medical staff, and Jeonghyeon was carried away on a stretcher.

By now, Section Chief Cha Yerin would have arrived outside and blocked off the area.

‘How am I supposed to report this?’

A newly registered Hunter with an unknown trait and an E-rank Healer killed two high-level D-rank villains.

No one would believe it.

But under the circumstances, it was the truth.

He had thought it would be a relief if the two were just alive, but Seokung’s mind was reeling from the unimaginable situation.