Chapter 15
There was one person in the Hunter world who was legendary in many different ways.
An extreme attention seeker.
Social media addict.
Self-proclaimed strongest.
He was undeniably annoying,
but everyone acknowledged his potential.
Even current S Rank Hunters said this man might eventually go beyond S Rank and reach SS Rank.
Deus.
An arrogant alias meaning "God."
And yet,
nobody could easily deny that name.
From the moment he appeared,
he had taken first place in countless Tower achievements.
Judging only by his accomplishments,
he was the kind of Hunter everyone should have praised.
The problem was his usual behavior.
His social media was filled with outrageous statements.
"Every Hunter stands beneath me."
"You should all respect me."
"All Hunters in the world combined are worth less than me alone. Non-Awakened people are not even worth mentioning."
He was arrogant.
His fans claimed that considering his actual ability, even that level of arrogance was modest.
To everyone else,
he was simply irritating.
And although Deus was indeed one of the strongest S Rank Hunters,
he still wasn't truly the strongest.
That only increased people's dislike.
The real problem was his potential.
He possessed the fastest Tower-clearing speed in history.
People were already saying that it was only a matter of time before he set the fastest Tower Ascension record as well.
Despite all of those achievements and overwhelming talent,
he somehow covered everything in outrageous comments and attracted endless hate.
In a strange way,
that was almost more impressive.
"Fools. Refusing to respect a god."
But even the Hunter world had basically given up on controlling Deus.
After he spent an entire month personally tracking down online haters and uploading videos of himself "educating" every single one of them,
his social media became cleaner than almost anywhere else.
Deus would personally find them,
destroy them,
and leave.
Even if someone tried to sue him,
the United States government would watch Deus's mood and support him instead.
Deus possessed unmatched potential.
If someone like him moved to another country,
it would be a disaster.
So no matter how much everyone complained,
the United States government did everything possible to support him.
They cleaned up attacks against him and gave him the title "Guardian of America."
At least he still remained barely within certain limits.
"Inferior beings. Hunters at least understand that they should respect me, but those who only receive protection cannot comprehend the existence of a god."
After fighting for so long,
Deus developed an intense hatred of Non-Awakened people.
He still protected them.
But if they refused to praise him,
he called them heretics and crushed them.
The White House suffered headaches every day because of the incidents he caused.
Even so,
there were very few people remaining on the surface who could actually stop him.
Self-proclaimed strongest on the surface.
Despite countless attempts by people who hated him,
he remained completely fine.
Unless Hunters who had achieved Tower Ascension returned,
only a handful of Hunters on the surface could fight him equally.
That was why Deus was legendary in more than one sense.
Nobody could criticize his ability.
But his personality was almost impossible to praise.
And now...
@Dirdzo012
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Did Deus just get surpassed?
#Surpassed #Deus #BaekCheonMyeong #...
[Comments]
Jeong Myo-hwan: Didn't the Second Floor achievement get updated too, after the First Floor?
↳SeedMoney: Nope, it's updating about once per day. The Third Floor achievement got broken today too lol. Fourth Floor is probably next.
↳Dorong: And the Hunter is even Korean ㄷㄷ
Zeorie: Can you feel the power of the Great Republic of Korea? Does the world fear Korea?
eogoqud: Agh! My national pride is exploding!
Nari: Why does this tiny country keep producing monsters?
Benjonmin: So who the hell is it?
poqnx21: Deus's live reaction just dropped lol.
@Deus
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"Who dares challenge a god? If you reveal yourself now, I will forgive you."
(Korean Translation)
#Deus #GOD #Deity #...
Deus's social media was currently exploding.
@Deus
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"Hiding is ugly."
(Korean Translation)
#Deus #GOD #Deity #...
@Deus
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"Did you clear the First Floor through some cowardly trick? Obviously."
(Korean Translation)
#Deus #GOD #Deity #...
@Deus
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"If you're going to hide, then hide forever. I suppose being afraid to challenge a god is understandable."
(Korean Translation)
#Deus #GOD #Deity #...
Every new post somehow became more pathetic than the last.
Naturally,
people spread screenshots of his outrageous posts everywhere.
The White House begged him to stop using social media,
but Deus refused.
As a result,
the world's attention turned directly toward South Korea.
Deus was someone watched by the entire world.
Naturally,
everyone became interested in the Hunter who had defeated him and taken first place.
That Hunter was Baek Cheon-myeong.
And Baek Cheon-myeong's true master was Kang Ha-min.
After looking through all the social media posts,
Kang Ha-min rubbed his eyes.
The conversation from yesterday kept replaying in his mind.
After Shin No-seop informed him that Deus was coming,
he had made a proposal.
[Naturally, South Korea intends to protect Hunter Baek Cheon-myeong above everything else.]
[Because of that, we would like to make a proposal.]
"A proposal?"
[First, we publicly announce Hunter Baek Cheon-myeong's existence and officially designate you as a Special Protection Target.]
[Anyone attempting to harm Hunter Baek Cheon-myeong will be punished under a special law, and we will clearly announce that South Korea is prepared to go to war if necessary!]
Huh?
Kang Ha-min had been listening seriously,
but his expression went completely blank.
