Chapter 33
Baek Cheon-myeong's provocation.
The Greenstone Deer's emerald eyes flashed.
Enraged,
it entered its final stage.
The rocks covering its body cracked.
Green light leaked from within.
The green radiance pulsed like a heartbeat.
At that moment,
the trees around it instantly withered.
The grass turned yellow.
Flowers dropped their petals.
The entire forest was having its life force stolen by the Greenstone Deer.
Wooooong.
A massive vibration spread across the dried forest.
A dangerous mass of energy gathered between the Greenstone Deer's antlers.
Uh.
Uh oh.
Mr. Baek Cheon-myeong, isn't that dangerous?!
Kang Ha-min shouted urgently.
The space around the Greenstone Deer was beginning to distort.
Anyone could tell this was far beyond the power expected from a First Realm Master.
But even inside the spreading green light,
Baek Cheon-myeong simply held his sword at an angle.
"Who do you think this body is?"
A cold smile appeared on Baek Cheon-myeong's lips.
For just a moment,
the wind covering the forest stopped.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
A blinding green beam exploded from the Greenstone Deer's antlers.
It was a torrent of nature itself,
all its power compressed into one attack.
Everything along the beam's path was overturned.
The ultimate technique of the First Realm Master, Greenstone Deer.
[Heavenly Deer World Split (天鹿開闢)]
It swept across everything
and finally reached Baek Cheon-myeong.
Between the strands of black hair flying like spilled ink,
Baek Cheon-myeong lowered his wooden sword.
Sound disappeared.
What came next was silence.
The beam that had been devouring everything only a moment earlier
was cleanly split in half.
[Gladius, Origin of the Sword, expresses admiration.]
Then,
CRASHHHHH!
The divided beam swept through the innocent forest on both sides.
The forest was completely erased,
leaving empty land behind.
Even the Greenstone Deer stared blankly at the sight.
It had never imagined its ultimate attack could be stopped so easily.
Among the flying leaves and fragments of trees,
Baek Cheon-myeong tilted his head.
"So, are you truly finished now?"
Chill.
Fear rushed through the Greenstone Deer's body,
even though it wasn't a living creature.
BOOM.
Its instincts forced it to step backward.
Only now did it understand something had gone wrong.
But,
"Then it's my turn."
The realization came too late.
Baek Cheon-myeong disappeared.
The Greenstone Deer reflexively shifted its feet,
but it was already too late.
Baek Cheon-myeong had reached directly beneath it.
Extinguishing Star Sword Style (滅星劍流).
A sword art capable of destroying even stars.
The moment it revealed its light,
the Greenstone Deer's life ended.
[You have defeated the Realm Master of the First Realm, Greenstone Deer.]
[Congratulations!]
[Hunter Kang Ha-min is now permitted to enter the next Realm.]
The path to the next Realm had opened with shocking ease.
Kang Ha-min relaxed his tense hands
and breathed out.
[Volcano, the One Who Governs Fire, is satisfied.]
[Luna, Daughter of the Moon, is annoyed.]
[Solar, God of the Sun, celebrates winning the bet.]
[Stella, the One Who Embraces the Stars, expresses relief.]
The gods showed all kinds of reactions.
Apparently,
even they hadn't expected Baek Cheon-myeong to defeat the Realm Master so easily.
So now I'm officially a Hunter who cleared the First Floor Realm.
He had spent today comfortably at home,
running his usual auto-hunt.
But every time he watched the Tower through Baek Cheon-myeong's eyes,
one thought always became stronger.
I should never enter the Tower myself.
Facing monsters like that?
Absolutely not.
More importantly, Level 39.
Maybe because they had defeated the Realm Master,
he had gained more Levels than usual.
Unfortunately,
no new skill had appeared yet.
But he felt like one would come soon.
And more importantly...
There was the reward for completing the First Floor Realm.
Hunters received special rewards whenever they completed a Realm.
Kang Ha-min couldn't help feeling excited.
"I'll receive the Tenth Floor reward."
He accepted it with high expectations.
[Tenth Floor clear reward distributed.]
[You have obtained the Blood Moon Grail.]
Blood Moon Grail?
A bright red chalice appeared in his hand.
What was this now?
"...Is it expensive?"
It certainly looked expensive.
But he had no idea what it did.
"Master, did you receive the Tower reward?"
At that moment,
Baek Cheon-myeong returned.
As always,
there wasn't even a scratch on him.
He didn't look like someone who had just climbed the Tower.
"Yes. I got something called the Blood Moon Grail."
Why were Tower rewards always filled with mysteries?
Kang Ha-min couldn't help feeling troubled.
"Take it to that woman."
"That woman? Ah, Ms. Yoo Ah-rin."
They still hadn't heard that the sword was finished,
but Yoo Ah-rin was the best Appraiser in South Korea.
If she appraised it,
they might learn something.
"That's probably best."
Ding.
At that moment,
Baek Cheon-myeong's phone received a message.
The sender was none other than Yoo Ah-rin.
Speak of the tiger and it appears.
The timing was perfect.
Looks like she returned safely after that incident.
Yoo Ah-rin had been kidnapped because of Baek Cheon-myeong.
Ha-min had quietly worried about her.
Seeing her send a message meant she was probably doing fine.
[Yoo Ah-rin: Hunter Baek Cheon-myeong, I'm contacting you because the weapon has been completed.]
The weapon was complete.
Kang Ha-min immediately jumped to his feet.
His sword training had been interrupted by constant problems.
Now he finally had a chance to train seriously.
The world was becoming more dangerous every day.
Kang Ha-min cared more about protecting himself than anything else.
"Mr. Baek Cheon-myeong, let's go get the weapon!"
For some reason,
he felt as excited as if he had just bought a new car.
Of course,
he had never bought a car in his life.
Still,
he was excited.
And now they could also have the Blood Moon Grail checked.
