Sage Warrior

sage warrior

- Volume 4 Episode 8

Jung Daesik thought for a moment and said.

"If there was a need for a better contract than this, I would have suggested it first. I didn't come into this raid just to audition for a benefit. Above all, I'm not an all-in-one yet. Triple list is correct."

Hearing those words, Kang Young-hoo frowned slightly.

"Then why do you get tax exemption...?"

"It's a benefit to my potential."

"It's just a triple list now, but it could be an all-in-one in the future, right?"

"That's right."

Jung Daesik gave a moderately adapted story about how he gradually improved his abilities.

Then everyone agreed that Jung Daesik might get more types of abilities in the future.

“So, if it’s a contract adjustment, it doesn’t matter if we do it at the next contract.”

At Jung Daesik's words, Kang Young-hoo stroked her chin.

"Now that I think about it, I'm curious again. Why did you join our raid? There must have been more opportunities."

In response to Young-hoo Kang's question, Jung Daesik spoke frankly.

"Actually, I want to create my own raid."

He didn't really surprise anyone.

Isn't it something that every hunter dreams of at least once?

Young-hoo Kang also seemed to have guessed Jung Daesik's answer and asked.

"I chose this place because I thought the operation of the Titan Raid was similar to what I thought it would be."

"Okay... Then, instead of arranging the contract, let's make another proposal."

"What do you mean?"

In response to Jung Daesik's counter-question, Kang Young-hoo brought up an unexpected story.

"When you create a raid, I... No, I wish the Titan Raid could invest in it."

Jung Daesik was a little perplexed because it was something he had never thought of.

"Um, thank you for your words, but it's still in the distant future."

"I'm not saying we're going to write a contract right away. I want to make a promise, even verbally. Should I say that it's a preemption? Of course, I promise to give full support to the creation and operation of the raid as much as I invest."

This was a good story for Jung Daesik.

No, it was a good story.

Rather than starting from scratch, if you can rely on a robust raid like the Titan raid, it will be much more stable to operate.

Moreover, if Jung Daesik was envisioning a small raid specializing in raids, he might need a base like the Titan Raid.

Of course, you could use that as an excuse to control Jung Daesik's raid, but that was a matter of Jung Daesik's ability.

Jung Daesik nodded his head because he wasn't going to receive an investment right away, so it wouldn't matter to keep a promise."Thanks for the generous suggestion. If I create a raid, I'll owe a lot to the Titan raid."

"We'll owe you a lot when you're all-in-one."

Jung Daesik shook hands with Kang Young-hoo and left the office.

Kim Si-on said he had something to discuss with him, so he headed to the banquet hall alone.

* * *

I came out in a hurry in the morning to attend the enlistment ceremony, and I was quite hungry.

He is in a hurry to go to the banquet hall and eat something, when suddenly someone grabs his arm from behind.

"Aww!"

Jung Daesik was dragged to the corner of the hallway like a fish on a hook.

At the entrance of the emergency staircase, which was dark in the shadows, Jung Daesik was unexpectedly hit by a wall.

"you!"

"Yes?"

As it was an attack that was not expected at all, Jung Daesik was pushed by a fierce momentum and opened his mouth.

Then, Choi Hee, the person who snatched Jung Daesik in front of him and dragged him all the way here, put his face close together and revealed his teeth.

“Are you really going to be an all-in-one?”

At some point, Choi Hee was talking to Jung Daesik.

She said that Choi Hee was the head of the Titans, she was a year older than Jung Daesik, and she had a much longer career as a hunter and a higher rank than that.

But she said that wasn't a reason why she'd put a slurp on Jung Daesik.

Kang Yeong-hoo is the raid commander and commander of the engineering team, so it's natural to talk to the general crew, but, strictly speaking, Choi Hee is not Jung Daesik's superior.

Jung Daesik frowned and said.

"It's still just a triple list, so I can't say for sure."

Hearing Jung Daesik's tone, Choi frowned, but did not point out the fact.

Instead, he continued to talk nonsense, as if it was okay because you said it too.

"I didn't wake up early because I was chosen by God. How can someone like you be able to say so proudly that they can become an all-in-one?"

"I don't think I've ever said that out loud."

"Did the god who chose you promise something? You're going to be an all-in-one?"

Jung Daesik was a bit surprised.

The nuances Choi Hee spoke were unusual.

I don't know if she's guessing, but maybe she didn't even know she was chosen by a special god, like she's not an ordinary god, she's Jung Daesik's god.

'Maybe this woman was also chosen by Democritus like me?'

Jung Daesik quickly withdrew that guess.

Then she wouldn't have asked the question about the possibility of an all-in-one.

She would have known that she could be an all-in-one with money alone if she had the smarts.

Jung Daesik thought for a moment and said.

"Yeah, my god promised me an all-in-one."

Democritus had never said anything like that, but his ingenuity made it possible to go all-in-one.

It would be possible to acquire all types of abilities right now.

So he wasn't 100% lying when he said he had a promise from God.

Then, Choi Hee turned into a very depressed expression.

"Yeah... that's right... God chose it..."

Choi Hee lowered her head slightly and lowered her eyelids.

As her face, which had been ferocious before, had softened, her forgotten beauty was revived.

Jung Daesik could not help but admire that face involuntarily.

'Wow, your skin is so pretty! That's what porcelain skin means.'

She stood very close, thanks to which she could see her face very well.

The sunlight coming in from her entrance made her even peer into the fur on her cheeks.

The blush was like a baby's cheek.

The smell of the body was also fragrant.

It didn't smell like cosmetics that an adult woman would have, but rather a light lotion smell.

Then, all of a sudden, the situation changed.

'Wait, isn't this too close?'

She was standing in front of her Jung Daesik with her arms against the wall, a misleading situation for her.

It looked like Choi Hee was attacking Jung Daesik.

Of course, there was no reason for a person as tall as Choi Hee to attack one member, Jung Daesik.

Her rating is also higher than that of her, so she couldn't find a reason for it, even in the myths floating around among the Hunters.

Jung Daesik mulled over these facts and kicked out the useless thoughts that bubbled up in his head.

'What am I delusional about now?'

But his eyes didn't listen.

Jung Daesik squinted his eyes, peeking at her chest with her neckline exposed underneath a baggy t-shirt.

'...Your breasts may be smaller than you think.'

She is experiencing a feeling of disappointment or excitement, and Choi Hee slowly backs away.

And she murmured in a terribly helpless manner.

"...Then, is it unreasonable for me to become stronger here...?"

Choi Hee left her entrance and she disappeared from Jung Daesik's view.

Looking at where she had gone, Jung Daesik was a bit absurd.

'No, what are you going to do by getting stronger over there?'

* * *

"Hey, take this!"

Jung Daesik was dazed in thought, and then came to his senses when he was hit by the bouquet Ki Chul-min had thrown at him.

"What are you thinking about sitting alone?"

Gi Cheol-min sat next to him and talked to him, wondering if it was strange to see him without his face.

In fact, since it was a banquet that served as a follow-up to the enlistment ceremony, the main characters were Jung Daesik and Ki Chul-min, the two of them.

And it was Jung Daesik who got the crew's attention.

The members of the other units, who had not had a chance to meet him, hesitated to speak to him, but as Jung Daesik was sitting with a serious expression on his face, everyone could not approach him.

In the end, Ki Chul-min, who had not seen him, came forward and spoke to him.

The members of his one-eyed corps even stabbed him in the side, so he used a bouquet of flowers as an excuse.

At Ki Chul-min's question, Jung Daesik looked at him with new eyes.

And suddenly, even Ki Cheol-min brought up a word that had been forgotten.

"You said your only goal is to be strong, didn't you?"

"Huh? Ah... Uh. That's right. Aren't all Hunters like that?"

Jung Daesik frowned at what Ki Chul-min said as if it was natural.

“Even if you say you’re much stronger than you are now? Grade 5… Grade 4… No, even if you’re strong enough that no one in this world can match you, would you think that?”

"Well?"

Jung Daesik spoke seriously.

“I don’t think I would.”

"okay?"

"Yeah, what are you going to do when you become stronger? Being the best in Korea doesn't mean the best in the world? Still, can you still want to become stronger? After that, shouldn't you leave the task of becoming stronger to someone else and enjoy life?"

Ki Cheol-min was puzzled when Jung Daesik asked him in such a way that he could not understand at all.

"Who are you talking about now?"

Unable to confide in Choi Hee, Jung Daesik bit his mouth.

Then Ki Chul-min said, "Hmm!" spit out and said.

"There may be monsters that even the strongest hunters can't resist? Like the giants that appeared during the last monster break."

"There's no guarantee that the giant will appear again. There's no guarantee that you won't be defeated just because it appears? It's an impending future. It's a hypothetical enemy.

“Or it could be the purpose of getting stronger.”

"OK?"

It didn't make sense from Jung Daesik's point of view.

Being strong is a means.

Could that be an end in itself?

Wasn't it like becoming strong to become rich, becoming strong to fight off giants, becoming strong and becoming a hero to everyone?

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