Sage Warrior

Chapter 90

sage warrior

- Volume 4 Episode 15

Na Dong-il said, excitedly, fluttering in place.

"People are in a rage right now! Everyone must have been curious about your news? Wow, no kidding! Look here!"

Dongil Na showed the screen of his cell phone.

People were chattering at such a speed that it was hard to read, according to his words.

Jung Daesik glared at it and then got a little pissed off.

It is true that he is a tripleist, but he wondered if that was enough to arouse interest like this.

When he showed a slightly bewildered look, Na Dong-il smiled and said.

"You're the rookie of the Hunter Popularity Ranking. It's not long after you entered the top 100, and you entered the top 10 in an instant. After the recent news, you were pushed out of the top 10 again, but I assure you. After today is over, tomorrow will be Will the rankings be restored?"

Jung Daesik raised his eyebrows and asked a question.

"Hunter popularity ranking?"

"Hey, don't you know? Hunter's popularity ranking."

There was no way to know about popularity rankings in a country where they didn't just check the rankings.

Dongil Na explained briefly.

"Literally, ranking goes up and down according to popularity. This is determined purely by people's interest, regardless of ability. Choi Hee is of course 1st, and I am also in 3rd place. There was little change. Even the top 10 was similar, but it was a bit of a shock when you showed up."

It's a popular ranking, so there's everything.

Jung Daesik said a bit absurd.

"Hunter popularity ranking... Who makes those things?"

"It came about naturally! Don't you know that hunters are better than celebrities these days? Popularity rankings are good enough. There are also appearance rankings."

"What do you think is good about getting to the top of that ranking?"

"Of course it's good. If you're consistently exposed to the top ranks, you get a lot of support inquiries from here and there. You can earn money even if you sit still. Well, you're in the Titan raid, so things are different. If you're in a raid, you can only go through the raid It is possible to receive sponsorship, but for an individual hunter, this ranking is very important.”

The same I immediately shrugged his shoulders.

"Above all, it feels good, because you're getting famous."

"If it's just a ranking, it might feel good. It's proof that your skills are that great."

Na Dong-il laughed at Jung Daesik's words.

"Usually, skill ranking and popularity ranking are not irrelevant. You can tell just by looking at Choi Hee sweeping the top of Korea's ranking. Well, your case may be a little different."

"What do you mean different?"

"Uh, you were a porter, weren't you?"

"By the way?"

“You used to be a porter despised by hunters, but you awakened as a hunter overnight and became a triple list, so you are full of stars. Not only did you grow into a great talent in a short period of time, but you are the only one in the country or in the world to predict the possibility of an all-in-one. Because he's a loser. I don't know about anything else, but in terms of popularity, it's bound to be high."

Jung Daesik was startled.I've never been around talking about the fact that I'm going to be an all-in-one.

He's said a few times that he's a triple list, but he didn't say it publicly.

Yet, people are already guessing that they may have not only three abilities, but all other abilities as well.

"How the hell is that story...?"

“The fact that you were originally a duelist and then became a tripleist became quite a topic on the internet. There was a lot of discussion about it in the hunter community. If you become a Hexarist, you have a guess that you might become an all-in-one by acquiring all the abilities, so people are very interested in you."

I felt strange when I heard Dongil Na's explanation.

To think that there are a lot of people who know about me in places I don't know, it was both good and burdensome.

Whether he knew it or not, I continued his speech.

"For the past few years, Choi Hee's world has been around. No. 1 ranking, the best superstar, and the only SS-level hunter. Of course, she's great, but it's time to get bored, right? People are looking for new characters. People like you."

Jung Daesik shook his head reflexively.

"I'm not the kind of person I could be?"

The public may want a new star, but for Jung Daesik, it was difficult for him to imagine that he would become such a person.

It wasn't because he was humble or because he lacked confidence.

Jung Daesik was well aware that all he wanted was money.

Exposing the possibility of an all-in-one was just a story brought up for negotiations with Jang Han-na.

Entering the Titan raid, and trying to create their own raid based on the experience on Titan as a stepping stone, was ultimately in order to become wealthy and live well.

However, it becomes difficult to get public attention and love like Choi Hee.

To be famous requires high moral standards and social responsibility.

Looking at Choi Hee alone, of course, she was earning a huge amount of money.

She, however, was living a life where the money seemed wasted.

She is the best hunter in Korea, and she is busy with all sorts of duties.

She honestly wondered if she had time to spend the money.

Don't know if I can donate?

That was not what Jung Daesik wanted at all.

Jung Daesik was a snob, and he wanted to live like a snob.

Just then, the drone returned.

Ki Chul-min captured the drone, and the party set out again.

As he walked along the narrow gravel path between the mud, Jung Daesik was immersed in thought.

'Anyway, if you're famous, you have support, so that's a good thing. Kang Young-hoo has already agreed to invest in my raid, so I won't be in trouble because I don't have money to create a raid. Can I do my best without worrying about money?'

He was worried that he would be able to raise the funds to create a raid, as it cost a lot of money, but that part has been resolved.

He didn't intend to be like Choi Hee, but Jung Daesik decided to take advantage of this fame for the time being.

* * *

The expedition team that did the mapping one more time stopped walking when they saw the stop signal sent by the leader Sogangdu.

"The fog is getting thicker? There's almost nothing in front of you."

Kim Si-on looked around at So Gang-doo's words.

"That's right. My vision is getting narrower."

"If you look at the map, the road crosses a fairly large puddle. You can call it a lake. It's a one-way street, so if something jumps out of the lake, there's no way to escape. The visibility is bad, so it's better to detour."

At Sogang-du's words, Kim Si-on nodded his head.

The crew turned their bodies, and Sogangdu, who had to go back the way they came, grumbled.

"Sheesh, it's frustrating because it's foggy. It's like you're in the stomach of a monster."

At those words Sogangdu muttered unintentionally, Jung Daesik stood tall.

Ki Chul-min, who almost ran into him, said, "What is it?" , and Jung Daesik raised his head and muttered.

"In the stomach of the monster..."

That was then.

Googooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooing!

Suddenly, the floor trembled.

The crew lost their balance and stumbled.

Then Kim Si-on made a sound that was close to screaming.

"run!"

Jung Daesik reflexively kicked his feet at the shouting words without even activating the command mode.

But the gravel beneath his feet slipped away and his legs sank into a puddle full of mud.

The wind felt the ground beneath his feet swept backwards.

Jung Daesik looked back reflexively.

Shoot AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

And he realized why he couldn't detect the monster.

before even stating that fact.

disaster struck.

Kuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"Aww!"

Jung Daesik was swept away by the sudden rush of mud and raging currents.

gurgle gurgling!

'Kuguk!'

He struggled desperately and floundered his limbs.

The Talos armor was very light, but the armor is still armor.

Considering the fact that even a single piece of clothing becomes heavy when it gets wet, it was a dead life as it is.

Above all, Jung Daesik did not know how to swim.

'It's a big deal! Uh, there's a way to survive somehow...'

But it was strange.

By this point, his body should have been sinking, but he was strangely rising again.

Soon the surface of the water drew near and my head came out of the water.

"Pooh!"

Jung Daesik gasped and vomited muddy water.

'okay! Floating body, it was there.'

I survived thanks to the skill I recently purchased.

Thanks to the skill to change his weight freely, his body floated to the surface as if he were wearing a life jacket, even when he was equipped with grass.

Floating body is a passive skill, so damn it, if it was an active skill, it would have been really bad.

Because you can't memorize the starter word in the water.

Jung Daesik tinkered with his limbs to find the water.

As he barely climbed onto the gravel, he saw the water draining rapidly.

Jung Daesik was swept away by the currents and saw his mist dissipate and used his skills to confirm his guess.

"observation."

Again, his guess was correct.

In an unspecified location, information about the monster Jung Daesik wanted to observe came to mind.

As for information, the observation level was low, so you could only know the type of monster and the level of vitality, but for now, that alone helped a lot in judging the situation.

'There's a reason the monsters couldn't be detected even with the extension of attention! In this kind of situation, it's no wonder you don't feel it!'

At that moment, the sound of someone moaning was heard in the place where the water was receding.

"Ki Cheol-min!"

Jung Daesik found Ki Chul-min scattered nearby and ran.

He said as he was drenched and gurgled and vomited water.

"Kolokkolok! Hey, what kind of lightning bolt is this. Was it an attack?"

Jung Daesik smiled bitterly.

"If it was an attack, it must have been an attack."

"What do you mean? It wasn't a monster...? Well, if it were a monster, you wouldn't have noticed it."

"No, the monster is right."

"what?"

"But there was a reason I didn't notice. It's because the place was just like monsters."

"Huh?"