Hunter Four-Cuts? This is a Hit (3)
[D-class Porter] Survived Again Today! (A photo of a small hand giving a thumbs-up. JPG)
Hunter Four-Cuts is seriously awesome!!! Don't tell me the whole raid party died again today?
Thud. Thud. She walked along posting on the gallery. Her fixed nickname was D-class Porter. Lee Hyein was carrying luggage again today. The number of requests, which had been decreasing, had actually increased. All thanks to Ju-ddak.
Thanks to the Treasure Shop, potion prices had dropped across the board, so people started stocking up on them. Potions were miraculous items that could heal almost any injury with ease, but they were liquid. Plus, each bottle held over 500mL. Hunters began carrying more of these potions when heading out to close gates, which caused the demand for porters to skyrocket.
"Ju-ddak is a god!"
Ever since Ju-ddak appeared, D-class Porter's wallet situation had improved dramatically.
"But even a god would struggle with this, right?"
Yet she was accompanied by three corpses as usual. She had believed this raid party would survive intact. There was no reason for them to die. It was a simple request to eliminate kobolds loitering around a nearby hill. Yet they were wiped out. Everyone except Lee Hyein.
"Can you believe this, Ju-ddak-nim?"
Lee Hyein fell into thought. Ju-ddak was a god. So why couldn't he control all of this? Preventing people from dying should be easy for a god. I don't want to see people die anymore either. Maybe he hasn't become a full god yet? Then a demigod? Demigod feels a bit awkward to say. Like how they do it in the Hunter Gallery. Half-god sounds better.
"Ju-ddak is a half-god!"
Lee Hyein decided to try getting on the half-god's good side. That way he might pay a little more attention to her. To do that, she had to win the Hunter Four-Cuts contest! But she had no talent for photography. So the only option was to photograph an artistic model….
"Oh! There's a photo only I can take!!"
She turned toward the raid party (or what used to be one).
- 『Click!』 Three Rabbit Siblings! [23]
- 『Click!』 When a Water Droplet Touches the Surface [18]
- 『Click!』 A Swan Dancing Ballet [67]
- 『Click!』 A Night Sky with Falling Meteors [37]
- 『Click!』 Just a Feeding Trough [262]
- 『Click!』 Hunter Gallery Member Making Excuses with Their Body [432]
- 『Click!』 Escaping from an Orc on a Bicycle [210]
Contrary to my worries, the gallery was flooded with users enthusiastically participating in the contest. There was some aggro, of course, but most were people hoping for the prizes Ju-ddak had offered.
Then a post with a peculiar title caught my eye.
Title: 『Click!』 A Dog Having a Threesome with Gays Doing Morning Stuff, and Bicycle Stunts (A photo that actually looks exactly like that. JPG)
Why does a photo like this actually exist? Should I delete this….
I stared at the post for a long time, deep in thought.
"I'll leave it. It's not hate content."
Title: 『Click!』 [D-class Porter] Survived Again Today! (A photo of corpses arranged neatly into a heart shape. JPG)
They got wiped out while hunting kobolds. I didn't touch them! Since Ju-ddak is a half-god! This heart is for the half-god-nim!
..... This kid is seriously making me dizzy. She's a high-level concept addict. D-class Porter is weird too, but is that photo hate content…? Hmm…. Should I ban it? Or not? No. Overly heavy-handed moderation will turn public opinion against me. The corpses in the photo didn't die in a particularly gruesome way, so banning felt awkward. Anyway, I can't put corpse photos up as candidates, so pass….
Like that, I wandered around like a hunting dog looking for a winner. Ugh. This one is seriously gruesome hate content. You're banned. Cat video? It's cute but lacks impact. This one's just a normal landscape photo. Boob photo? No. No, I've seen too many. Then a user who truly understood the aesthetics of photography appeared.
Title: 『Click!』 [Elsa] Frozen. (Multiple photos of a dazzling, sparkling, magnificent ice palace. JPG)
"That's pretty cool. This is what a photo contest should be like."
[Elsa] This fixed nickname is also a concept addict everyone acknowledges. If there's an Elsa, is there an Anna too? Anyway, an ice palace. No wonder people are surprised. The design looks like it was inspired by Sagrada Familia. Even the statues are historically accurate down to the last detail. Elsa completed what Gaudi couldn't. Plus the photos were taken from amazing angles. It would've been perfect with a person in it, but I'll let that slide. Okay. First place candidate.
The gallery buzzed with Elsa's appearance. The users seemed to vaguely sense that she was a strong contender for the win.
Title: 『Click!』 [HunterYaKaeyo] Is something like this allowed to participate? ^^ (A rear view of HunterYaKaeyo wearing an outfit that reveals her side thigh and underbutt. JPG)
The wind was strong so it was a bit difficult, but I wonder if it's okay?
Finally!!! The butt!!!
Wait a second, butt? I can't focus because of this sudden butt attack. That's cheating! Cheating! I was trying to judge based on artistic merit alone. But wait. Looking closely at the photo, the sky with stars gradually appearing in the background is nice, and the surrounding scenery isn't bad either. Most importantly, the composition shot from below was truly artistic.
If there weren't any other candidates, I was going to give the win to the fixed nickname Elsa. This was a complete toss-up.
"Ah, what do I do."
Huh. Why are you asking me. Isn't direct communication through comments cheating? Still, ignoring it feels wrong….
Ah wait, this is going to attract aggro.
This contest I made for the users is getting ruined!! First, let's announce the contest is over. Those two photos were so strongly burned into my mind that nothing else caught my eye. Plus, the aggro those three fixed nicknames were pulling suddenly increased the number of trolls.
[*Throne Usurper* Ju-ddak] Guys I picked the winner. Stop uploading now [1052]
The gallery, which had been buzzing for a while, fell silent the moment my post went up.
Title: [*Throne Usurper* Ju-ddak] The winner is drumroll…. (Multiple photos of a dazzling, sparkling, magnificent ice palace. JPG)
Ta-da~~! It's Elsa! Congratulations!
No matter what, I can't give the win to a lewd photo. Is this my prejudice? Anyway, that's a bit much.
Title: [*Throne Usurper* Ju-ddak] Here's the prize. (A photo of a bluish tree-club-like object. JPG)
I picked something decent. Looks like a B-class weapon. I'll put it up in the Treasure Shop so Elsa send a trade request .
The gallery was hit with another wave of bait.
