These Lunatics are Obsessed With Me

"Ppiii! Ppii!"

Yong-sun suddenly jumped from her place and clung to my arm. Then, she climbed up my arm and cried out loudly again. She gestured as if she was happy.

Yong-sun, a little bigger than my palm, wasn't too heavy even when she hung on my shoulder. Her body is red with black dots, as befits a fire dragon. However, her eyes were big and round compared to her body, giving her a docile appearance. And maybe because the corners of her mouth were raised, she looked like she was smiling.

"…You’re cute."

"Ppiiii!"

I murmured and gently tapped her nose, and Yong-sun let out another long cry. Yong-sik's black body and wings reminded me of dragons from Western legends, but Yong-sun's wingless and simple lizard-like appearance gave her a unique charm. I feel like I have a lizard as a pet.

"…What on earth did you do?"

"Ah."

I completely forgot about Baek Si-hoo. I turned around with Yong-sun on my shoulder. Baek Si-hoo still couldn't get close to us because of the flames hovering around him. I glanced at Yong-sun while looking at the flames, which didn't feel particularly hot to me.

Isn’t this Yong-sun’s doing? Even though she was just born, she handled fire very skillfully. Or maybe she can transform into an adult form like Yong-sik, and she pretends to be a baby now. Feeling uneasy, I looked at Yong-sun again before turning back to Baek Si-hoo, who was gritting his teeth, and I spoke to him calmly.

"She is now—my summon, so please… Don't fight."

"…Your summon?"

Baek Si-hoo frowned and looked warily at me and Yong-sun alternately. His expression changed strangely.

Well, this is my first time trying taming like this. That's because eggs obtained as reward items like Yong-sik are usually hatched and used as summons. Using a newly born monster in the dungeon as a summon was something that wasn't even mentioned in the novel.

"You made a dungeon monster as your summon? How…."

"…”

Baek Si-hoo muttered in confusion and let out a sigh. Then, he slowly shook his head.

"I won't attack it, so put out the fire."

"You won't harm her… right?"

"…"

Baek Si-hoo glared at my question. How can I believe him when he looks at me like that? I looked back at Yong-sun while clicking my tongue inwardly.

"Yong-sun."

"….Ppii."

Just by calling her name, Yong-sun made a deflating balloon-like sound, as if she knew what I was about to say.

The cheerful mood she had immediately plummeted. Yong-sun also doesn't seem to like Baek Si-hoo. Well, it would be hard to get along with someone who tried to kill her when she couldn't even open her eyes properly.

Even so, Yong-sun obediently put out the fire and looked at me with her big, sparkling eyes, as if she wanted to hear praise from me that she did well.

"Yeah, that's right. Well done. Good girl, good girl."

"Ppiii—!"

I smiled and caressed her wide, flat face. Yong-sun let out another long cry that sounded like a bird chirping, which seemed like she was in a good mood. It was a pleasant sound to hear.

"Haa…"

"…"

I looked at Baek Si-hoo who was sighing, and he was muttering in a small voice.

"Still, having a summon like this could be helpful in boss fights… It's better than killing her."

"…"

And Yong-sun cried louder than before, as if she was trying to make herself heard.

"Ppii! Ppiiik—!"

However, her cries were too loud and had the opposite effect on Baek Si-hoo. Baek Si-hoo’s face contorted even more.

“Tell her to shut up, it's too noisy.”

“…Yes.”

I nodded and lightly tapped Yong-sun's nose with my fingertip. Then, Yong Sun's eyes closed and the corners of her mouth rose. She really looked like she was smiling. It's amazing.

I looked at Yong-sun's face and raised my head. Baek Si-hoo had already turned around and left. With Yong-sun on my shoulder, I hurriedly followed behind him.

"Let's go—together!"

"Ppi!"

"…"

As I stepped on the ground where the surrounding fire had been extinguished, I followed closely behind Baek Si-hoo. Then, I widened my eyes when I saw the view over his shoulder.

"Stop!"

"…"

Kang Yoo-hyun continued to run, ignoring the voice calling his name from behind him. Sung Yoo-bin, who was following behind him, shouted again.

"Stop, Kang Yoo-hyun!"

"…"

They had been marching relentlessly for hours without rest under the scorching sun. Aside from Kang Yoo Hyun, who was overflowing with energy because he was an SS-class, the other hunters couldn't keep up with him and were exhausted.

There were differences even though they were in the same S-class, so only Sung Yoo-bin persisted in following Kang Yoo-hyun.

"Damn it, fucking bastard…"

Sung Yoo-bin gritted his teeth as she cursed Kang Yoo-hyun with a vicious glare. Her eyes shifted to the dragon summon flying in front of her. Unlike before, he did not change into his adult form when his owner went missing, but his determination to find his master remained as strong as ever.

Looking at it like this, they really suited each other. They were both blindly obsessed with something. Sung Yoo-bin clicked her tongue inwardly and increased her pace.

She wasn't too worried about the safety of the team left behind. They wouldn't get lost since they could use an item to locate each other, and they had a guide.

Besides, Kang Yoo-hyun and the dragon summon pulled all the aggro, so all the monsters charged towards them. But now, shouldn't they start getting rid of them? There is more than one sandworm that can be felt.

Kugugugu!

"Ugh…!”

The body of Sung Yoo-bin who was running tilted to the side. As soon as she quickly regained her balance, something jumped in front of her, but it was torn apart in an instant and disappeared without a trace. It was because of a certain hunter and summon that was in front of her.

‘Crazy bastards…'

Sung Yoo-bin muttered inwardly, as she was stunned. They could move recklessly in the dungeon like that because they were so powerful. It wasn't something anyone could do.

Surely they weren't planning to defeat a boss monster like this. Sung Yoo-bin swallowed hard. She couldn't imagine that they could defeat the boss monster with just the three of them without receiving any auxiliary skills.

This is suicide. They will die if they continue like this. Because her intuition said so, Sung Yoo-bin shouted again.

"…Kang Yoo-hyun!"

"…"

Kang Yoo-hyun, who was running, just looked back at Sung Yoo-bin. Then she opened her mouth again and shouted—

"Are you going to let everyone die just like you and the other hunters trapped inside the gate?!”

"…"

Only with those words did Kang Yoo Hyun stop moving. Oddly enough, the dragon summon in front of him also stopped moving. Of course, he looked at Kang Yoo-hyun and Sung Yoo-bin from above with strange disapproval in his eyes.

Their eyes met even though they tried to ignore each other. Sung Yoo-bin's eyes blazed under the sunlight.

“If you die alone, I won't stop you. But it's a different story when other people’s lives are at stake.”

"…"

"Why? Are you planning to survive alone in this dungeon too?"

Kang Yoo-hyun did not respond to her sarcastic remarks. But that doesn't matter. It was good to be able to stop him even for a moment. Sung Yoo-bin looked behind.

She still couldn't see the rest of the team left behind yet. They had to join up with the team to defeat the boss monster.

Sung Yoo-bin, who made up her mind for a moment, slowly turned her head.

"Check those hunters afflicted with heatstroke!"

"Yes!"

"How much potion do we have left?"

"That…"

Meanwhile, the party team that was left behind was in disarray. Some hunters collapsed from exhaustion due to the continuous march. Seo Ha-joon bit his lip while looking at this scene from a distance.

‘Damn it…'

He thought he had overcome the crisis, but he felt like his misfortune had not even begun. He felt anxious and his body trembled for no reason even in this hot desert.

No, could this just be his feeling? Seo Ha-joon looked at his shaking hands. His body felt strange ever since he fell into the hole with Han Yi-jin. Even now, his body's strange shaking had not stopped.

"Ugh…!"

Seo Ha-joon, who was bent over, groaned. The other hunters were too preoccupied with other things to notice him. Someone appeared behind him while he was in pain.

"Hmm, it looks like the side effects are severe."

"W–who… Ugh!"

A hand grabbed the back of his head as Seo Ha-joon tried to turn around. The S-class hunter, Seo Ha-joon, couldn't fight back at all and just blinked his eyes stupidly. His head was spinning and his mind immediately went blank.

"It's not easy for an S-class to hint."

"Uhh…"

The man clicked his tongue and looked at Seo Ha-joon coldly. His eyes gleamed clear gold as he stared at Seo Ha-joon with an expressionless face.

"It's a bit off schedule, but this isn't so bad, right?"

Not long after, the man's eyes narrowed mischievously. He looked like a villain about to pull a bad prank.