▶ Chapter 45. A Feeling (3)
Victor Heide.
An SSS-rank hunter from Brazil.
Calling him merely a terrible person was not enough.
In reality, he was a criminal and villain.
He had murdered people dozens of times simply because they annoyed him.
And he was becoming more violent as time passed.
The people who knew the truth, especially members of the Brazilian Hunter Association, were becoming increasingly worried.
Heide noticed those looks.
Naturally, he became furious.
What’s wrong with killing a few worthless things?
He was an SSS-rank hunter.
A chosen existence.
Was it not natural that he should be able to do whatever he wanted?
Yet those damn humans kept getting in his way.
No.
They were doing more than merely blocking him.
They were preparing an enormous conspiracy against him!
“I thought you should know. If Hunter Heide continues refusing to follow their orders, the Association is reportedly developing disruption items and explosive items capable of eliminating you!”
This information had secretly come from an employee of the Brazilian Hunter Association who worshiped him.
Naturally,
Heide wanted to kill everyone else in the Brazilian Hunter Association.
But if he did that,
the entire world would undoubtedly label him a villain.
Then that damned Raimund Wiegmann would come to “seal” him.
Still,
Heide was not especially worried about Wiegmann.
With my new skill, I can win!
The problem was all the other hunters who held grudges against him.
If they attacked together, things could become troublesome.
So I need to eliminate anything that might harm me in the future beforehand.
Tanks, healers, and buffers did not matter much.
The problem was damage dealers with enough power to kill him.
The best example,
Han Junggeun of Korea.
I should’ve killed him two years ago...!
He had failed because of that damned David Stefano.
This time, I’ll definitely kill him!!!
He had gained a new skill after recently reaching Level 30.
It should be possible now.
The problem is David Stefano might interfere again.
But if Heide used his new skill,
he could defeat that bastard too.
Even the irritating Han Dongju and Han Yonghwan!
The stamina consumption is high, so I only need to be careful about that.
Heide was confident.
He was satisfied with his own power.
Everything will go well.
Previously,
he had been worried about HunterAnham.
A powerful hunter who had somehow debuted as World Rank 1 and resolved a Rank 9 Break in only a few minutes.
Worse,
HunterAnham was connected to Wish Guild and the three brothers.
Heide had worried that if he killed Han Junggeun, HunterAnham might hunt him down.
However,
the Brazilian Hunter Association employee helping him had provided new information.
“Han Dongju, who is always smiling, was witnessed trembling in fear and begging HunterAnham not to get angry because he was scared. HunterAnham and the three brothers are publicly known as partners, but it is highly possible that HunterAnham is actually threatening and exploiting them.”
“HunterAnham also appears to have threatened the President of the Korean Hunter Association. Considering the violence committed against the C-rank hunter trusted by the Association President in Gangneung, and their treatment of Korea’s heroic three brothers, HunterAnham is believed to be closer to a villain.”
If we’re both villains,
then HunterAnham probably would not interfere with him.
Maybe,
they could even become good allies!
It annoys me, but HunterAnham is stronger than me, so I’ll let them have the other regions.
South America was enough for him.
In exchange, I’ll tell them not to interfere when I kill the three brothers and David Stefano.
HunterAnham was a villain.
Surely they would agree.
Completely unaware that he was drowning in delusion,
Heide smiled viciously and eagerly waited for the day of his duel with Han Junggeun.
“Good work.”
“Yes....”
“Since the duel is the day after tomorrow, don’t do anything tomorrow. Rest properly.”
“....”
This time, there was no answer.
Han Junggeun had already fallen asleep as if he had fainted.
I scratched my cheek.
Then I placed a hand on the forehead of Han Junggeun, who was lying spread out on the floor, and observed him for quite a while.
Only after becoming completely certain that it would be safe did I use,
≪Recovery Enhancement≫
There was a reason I had never used buffs on anyone else until now.
They’re too strong.
That was right.
The buffs of a Hero like me were excessively powerful.
It was impossible to weaken them enough.
I can use them on myself, though.
Even this body would probably suffer some aftereffects.
If I used them on another person, the consequences could be far worse than simple aftereffects.
The buff is so powerful that, in the worst case, the target’s body could explode.
That was why in my previous life, I only used buffs on extremely powerful people.
For example,
my first disciple, Lu.
....
I watched Han Junggeun for a while.
Thankfully, nothing seemed wrong.
Maybe it was because I only used the buff once, and because he was an SS-rank hunter who had already reached Level 33.
Han Yonghwan and Mundal unnie would probably be fine too.
Around SS-rank and Level 30 seemed to be the safe point.
Both of them met those conditions.
I carefully examined Han Junggeun’s physical condition again.
His entire body, which had been overwhelmed by crushing exhaustion, was recovering rapidly.
