NOVEL NEXT chapter 16
16 – I broke my hand while trying to vent my anger at the Han River
“Uhhhh”
“Great..”
“Oh.. are you okay?”
“No.. no.. it’s okay.. I think I’m going to die.”
“..But, judging from the fact that he still has the energy to joke around, it seems to be okay.”
“ha..”
Seonyeong is sprawled out with a serious leg injury.
Her colleagues were gathered to carry the injured soldiers by her side, but now that the mission was over, dark shadows were cast on their faces.
A-class hunters and B-class hunters who are exhausted and injured
Fortunately, thanks to the help that came at the critical timing, the mission somehow succeeded and his life was saved, but apart from the success, the damage caused by this operation was never to be taken lightly.
However, this did not simply mean damage in the physical part.
It’s the biggest damage they’ve suffered in this mission, and what’s causing them the most pain.
It was a psychological blow, not a physical one.
In the past, the pain of going through an S-class mission that was not enough to be called hell was not this level.
Although the damage suffered by the allies at that time was more than double that of now, and it was a battle that was so terrible that even retired people due to irrecoverable injuries…
Nevertheless, they were able to laugh and cheer together with joy right after the mission was over.
The pleasure of finally completing a mission that was considered impossible and restoring the target point was enough to blow away the mental and physical pain that had previously existed.
But… the moment the mission is over, the emotions they are feeling.
It is neither joy nor lightness, but despair over the current situation and concern about their future.
and. It was just a miserable feeling as if their helplessness had been stripped bare.
‘We are the ones who have completed even S-class requests. Only in this kind of B-class quest like this…’
‘I knew it to some extent… but did you really mean that our skills were only this much? All of the success I’ve had so far has been possible because of Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun?’
Although, as it was the first mission of the new lieutenant, it was inevitable that there would be some degree of immaturity, and on top of that, it happened due to the overlapping of complex accidents such as the weakening of power due to the mistakes of S-class hunters.
However, even considering those problems, they were the ones who won even the missions that were considered impossible all along.
The fact that they, who were proud of being warriors who had gone through countless battles and fought back, had to struggle while being swayed by this situation was giving them a huge psychological shock.
In addition, these shocks naturally…
In fact, the person who alone was making such a huge difference.
It was making the vacancy of Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun feel terrifyingly large today.
‘If only the adjutant had been present, the disastrous results would not have come out this far..’
‘Now what do we do?… With this situation, let alone S-class anymore, even A-class missions…’
Like that, they begin to shrink a lot while feeling the hopeless reality that is clearly felt again.
at that time..
“Damn it.. that goddamn lieutenant, I want him right now…”
“… ”
“ha..”
A person who passes by such hunters with a voice full of anger.
In fact, it is the most fundamental cause of this situation. The existence that brought them despair.
Looking at the guild master Isena, the hunters let out a heavy sigh, and at the same time, a cold aura that couldn’t be hidden began to drift in their eyes.
‘Yeah.. that bitch will never understand. About why the current situation occurred.’
‘Looks like you think this happened because of the new lieutenant, right? That’s right, from that girl’s point of view, it’s as if she didn’t complete her mission even though she danced hard on her own as usual.’
‘Now we’re done.. We’re doomed from the moment that damn bitch sent Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun away like that.’
Like that, because of the nature of being in the military, they are unable to openly express their dissatisfaction with Senna, who is a superior, S-class hunter, and guild master, and is trying hard to suppress their bubbling emotions inside.
On the other hand, without realizing the hunters’ cold eyes, Isena and Eugene immediately boarded a helicopter and prepared to return to the unit.
In order to punish the new adjutant who is dissatisfied with himself and is believed to have brought such disgrace.
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“What? You bastard. Can you say it again now?”
“I… wasn’t it the guild master who disregarded my command and acted as he pleased? Why are you expressing your anger at me with the damage of our allies!”
Isena, spewing terrifying death in front of her.
As an S-rank hunter, Choi Han said what he had to say despite her threat that he could smash his head like an eggshell.
Of course, I couldn’t help but tremble my voice due to the tremendous fear I felt at this moment, but I never wanted to take responsibility for this situation unjustly.
“I just did the best I could at that moment! Also, even if Isena-sama acted only according to my instructions, that kind of damage would…”
“under! So… you did nothing wrong with this? Okay, let’s pretend I didn’t hear you. But after all, it’s because you asked for a strange mission as a B-class! Even if there were no advanced Abyss, with that amount, it would have survived even after receiving at least an A-class test!”
“What is that… the number of Abyss is less than 3000! That said, it was never a large quantity.”
“Stop the bullshit! So you mean I struggled so hard against less than 3000 of them? me! It’s Isena! He is one of the strongest S-class hunters in the top 50 in Korea! This body, which won against 10,000 people in the Abyss instead of 3000, was only swayed by that much, so it suffered like that? Common sense makes no sense!”
“… ..Kuh..”
Choi Han was deeply offended by Isena’s words, but despite that, he couldn’t refute anything further.
In fact, Isena’s combat achievements were so dazzling that the current mission could only be seen as a child’s play.
In terms of combat career and experience, it was impossible to compare with Choi Han, who had just been appointed, and above all, unlike Choi Han, who only gave orders from the rear, he was in a position to feel the situation more vividly while swinging his sword directly on the spot. .
The situation itself is different from Choi Han, who simply uses a monitor to view the battle from a limited angle.
In the end, Choi Han couldn’t overcome Sena’s pressure and went back to write a letter of his own, leaving him in a position where he had to take responsibility for the current situation.
On the other hand, seeing him like this, Sena didn’t show it, but started to feel a deep sense of relief in her heart.
‘Thankfully, at least with this I’ll be able to cover up the fact that I forgot to charge my weapon.’
To be honest, as for the most decisive reason why this battle became Lee Ji-kyung, Senna was in the middle of concluding that it was because she hadn’t recharged her weapon.
It was clear that if her Rosecutter had been able to maintain its usual cutting power, the combat speed would have been doubled, and it would not have been so ugly that it would have been pushed back by the Beetle.
‘Yeah.. In hindsight, it can be said that this incident happened because of a very trivial mistake. Of course, there must be a reason why the damn lieutenant tried to f*ck me in the middle of it, but there’s no way I could have struggled with that much, right?’
Like that, Sena finishes her analysis of the current situation at will, while still maintaining confidence in her own abilities.
Meanwhile.. After being so excitedly broken by Sena, Choi Han, who arrived at his desk to write his thoughts, turned on his computer without hesitation and started typing quickly.
But.. the contents contained in it were not the same as the words of the poem he had told Senna.
Of course, as Senna requested, it contained the words that all the fault of this incident was his own.
However, on top of that, the story that Choi Han additionally wrote.
It contains the content that he feels responsible for this situation and wishes to move to another area.
In other words, it was not a letter of resignation, but an actual move-out application.
“Goodbye you bitches! It was a short time, but together it was really like a dog!”
Choi Han left the 28th Guild cleanly, using the waves that washed over him as a stepping stone.
But that wasn’t the only thing he left behind in the 28th guild… to be precise, Sena.
Unlike Lee Jin-hyun, who left calmly out of consideration for the remaining A, B, and C-level hunters, Choi Han was not so calm.
Shortly after Choi Han was transferred, a post titled “The Reality of the 28th Guild” was posted on the dedicated community of lieutenants, containing details of what Choi Han had been through.
And at the same time, a piece of news was posted to several major media outlets through reliable sources.
that..