It's My First Time in a Gate-1
It's My First Time in a Gate-1
After the death of the goblin that had been the first test subject.
At the humans' request, Kang Yeo-ryeong healed the goblins time and time again.
Hadn't she healed at least ten goblins by now?
Only then was Kang Yeo-ryeong finally able to be recognized as an official Hunter.
The most helpful thing in that process was the memory of her time as a human.
After the first goblin that exploded and died.
While healing the wounds of the second, third, and fourth goblins, Kang Yeo-ryeong, just as she had before, refined the poor child's incomplete and imperfect body into a slightly more complete and perfect one.
Every time she did that, the humans would scream and have seizures, and like the first goblin, their bodies would burst into pieces.
That behavior was akin to a form of excluding a foreign object that was fundamentally, beyond instinct, impossible to accept.
And when healing the fifth goblin's wounds.
The memory of her time as a human spoke.
That there was no need to refine them to be more complete and more perfect.
That living beings are inherently incomplete and imperfect existences.
Not to look at the children through the eyes of a Mother.
But to look at the children through the eyes of a human.
Kang Yeo-ryeong accepted the feedback given by the memory of her time as a human.
As a result, from the sixth goblin onwards, she only stroked the wounds carved into their bodies.
Of course, she did heal the drugs administered to keep the monsters from going wild, and the scars that had become stuck to their bodies due to the long-continued experiments.
But even with just that, the humans' seizures disappeared, and Kang Yeo-ryeong was able to be recognized as an official Hunter.
And when Kang Yeo-ryeong was recognized as an official Hunter, the children assumed that the sudden mutation of the previous goblins was just another effect of her skill.
Kang Yeo-ryeong's skill is special.
It can exert an almost all-purpose effect, from old scars to severed body parts, drug addiction symptoms, and so on.
But the target is limited solely to humans.
If the healing effect of Kang Yeo-ryeong's skill is directed at a species other than humans, that species goes beyond being healed and mutates into a monster.
In other words, they judged it to be a skill with a dual nature that produces beneficial effects for fellow humans and harmful effects for non-human monsters.
Since there were often skills that exerted opposing effects depending on the target, the humans came to that conclusion.
"Yes, that's right. I understand."
Clutching the Hunter Registration Card, which was small enough to fit in one hand, as if it were precious, Kang Yeo-ryeong, who had just exited the Korea Hunter Association building, said this while thinking about what had happened in the basement of the Association.
As a Mother, Kang Yeo-ryeong knew well that excluding a foreign object that cannot be understood or accepted is an instinct harbored by life.
It wasn't just humans who displayed such instincts.
Not only beasts like dogs, cats, cows, and horses. The monsters that appear on Earth through Gates, commonly referred to as monsters, were the same.
"Not human Kang Yeo-ryeong. Nor Mother Kang Yeo-ryeong. Awakened... no, I should call myself a Hunter from now on, right? To live as Hunter Kang Yeo-ryeong, some degree of compromise will be necessary."
Yes. I know.
If there is no intention to throw the Earth into chaos, it's better to maintain just about this level.
Therefore, if I am to live as 'Hunter Kang Yeo-ryeong' from now on, it's best to maintain exactly this level.
After organizing her thoughts and compromising with reality, Kang Yeo-ryeong had arrived home before she knew it.
Having become an official Hunter, received her Hunter Registration Card, left the Association, and returned home, Kang Yeo-ryeong now moved on to the 'next step'.
Boasting that she had a slightly special awakening.
If she had once again made known the fact that she had awakened and boasted in a way close to flexing to the children who hadn't awakened.
Now was the stage to announce the fact that she had truly become an official Hunter.
Kang Yeo-ryeong turned on the gallery through the computer at home.
One was the Preliminary Hunter Gallery where she had posted to boast about her awakening. The other was the Hunter Gallery, where 'real Hunters' who could only be active by verifying their Hunter Registration Card were active.
"I hope I can receive the enthusiastic attention of many children this time as well."
Thinking about how many children had shown enthusiastic interest in her posts even though she had only written two posts since becoming a Mother, Kang Yeo-ryeong began to write with a soft smile.
Tap-tap-.
Her ten fingers moved quickly, pressing the keyboard and continuing the sentences.
The post to be uploaded to the Preliminary Hunter Gallery is a kind of promotional post announcing that she has officially become a Hunter along with her Hunter license.
Conversely, the post to be uploaded to the Hunter Gallery was a greeting post asking for their support since she had newly become a Hunter.
Kang Yeo-ryeong scanned the two posts she had written and nodded.
"Yes, good. Very good. This should be enough to get many children interested."
Kang Yeo-ryeong, who said this with a satisfied smile, posted the articles to the two different galleries.
The post uploaded to the Preliminary Hunter Gallery was titled [Losers, look here. Mother has become a Hunter.].
The title was one thing, but the content of the post was also content that seemed to be playing a somewhat mischievous prank on the children active in the Preliminary Hunter Gallery.
Conversely, the post uploaded to the Hunter Gallery had a somewhat calm title: [I became a Hunter this time. Please take care of me.].
The content, like the title, also had a fairly calm, quiet, and restrained feeling.
It seemed that the post uploaded to the Pre-Hunter Gallery was the result of actively accepting the feedback that the memory of her time as a human was constantly giving.
And, as was natural, she was able to receive the enthusiastic attention of many children on both posts.
In the Pre-Hunter Gallery, when I, whom they thought was a troll, actually verified my Hunter Registration Card, the absolute majority of reactions were that it was a scam or a fabrication using AI. At least a small number of children showed interest by saying things like 'Give me a hamburger'.
Besides that, even though there is no rule that Hunters cannot use the Pre-Hunter Gallery, some of the children who showed interest ran to the moderators to report it.
The reason was simple.
It was because they felt a sense of deprivation at her showing off the awakening that some had dreamed of their whole lives.
In short, the reactions of the children to the post uploaded to the Pre-Hunter Gallery were mostly mischievous reactions consisting mainly of envy and jealousy.
In comparison, the reactions to the post uploaded to the Hunter Gallery were quite different.
-??? This wasn't a troll post?
-No, f*ck, is the unique trait 'Mother' actually real?
-What about the skills?
ㄴI have healing skills and buff skills.
ㄴA pure supporter?
ㄴHoly sh*t, royalty has appeared!
-Goo goo ga ga, Mommy! Feed me!
ㄴWhat the hell is this guy?
-F*ck, look at the rank. Who is this guy, why is he A-rank from the start?
ㄴLooking at the reply above, it's a pure supporter, right?
ㄴWell, because a supporter who can heal is rare, right?
ㄴShe's royalty.
ㄴTrue lololol
ㄴIt's a shame there's no defense side.
"They are children who show a fairly positive reaction."
Reading through the comments on the post uploaded to the Hunter Gallery, or 'Hun-gal' for short, Kang Yeo-ryeong smiled softly.
The children who knew about the post uploaded to the Pre-Hunter Gallery showed reactions of surprise at the fact that the post I uploaded was not just an aggro post, but real.
Some even showed the 'it's a fabrication' reaction that had appeared in the Pre-Hunter Gallery.
However, the number of children showing such reactions was extremely small.
In the first place, the Hunter Gallery is a gallery where you cannot be active unless you verify your Hunter Registration Card.
In particular, the Hunter Registration Card verification process was so thorough that there were rumors in some quarters that the Association was the one managing the Hunter Gallery.
Since no one had ever passed the strict and tricky verification process with a lie, the absolute majority of Hunters who use the Hunter Gallery considered Kang Yeo-ryeong to be a real Hunter.
In other words, posts saying it was a scam or a fabrication were buried by the beating of numerous active Hunters, leaving them no choice but to delete their comments themselves.
The series of actions was a bit excessive even from Kang Yeo-ryeong's perspective.
Of course, even if it wasn't a comment suspecting fabrication, the reaction to the post was intense.
Why on earth.
"I don't know why they are reacting so intensely."
Actions. Gazes. Tone of voice, etc.
In everything, there was full of doubt that she could not understand the fanatical reactions of the children active in the Hunter Gallery.
That was when the memory of her time as a human appeared.
To summarize what the memory of her time as a human said, it was like this.
"Yes, yes, so. In the end, the reply I wrote was the problem."
Asking about others' unique traits and skills is not a big problem.
Anyway, the higher you go, the more it's inevitable that what unique traits you have, what skills you have, and what combat style you use based on your skills, all of that will be known, at least roughly.
And if you are staying at the bottom, that in itself tells them that you have trash-like unique traits and skills.
Besides that, there was also the reason that knowing what the opponent's unique traits and skills are makes it easier to set positions when going out to hunt.
Kang Yeo-ryeong only said that her skills were capable of healing and buffs.
But that alone was enough for the Hunters to go wild.
Healing skills are rare.
Buff skills are not comparable to healing skills, but they were also rare.
Especially buff skills that can be applied to others, even more so.
In other words, the children who use the Hunter Gallery were, in common parlance, sucking up to her.
A Hunter who has healing skills and buff skills that can strengthen others has newly appeared.
Even having just one minor healing skill raises one's status, but Kang Yeo-ryeong let them know that she herself is specialized in healing and buffs.
And all the children who use the Hunter Gallery are active Hunters.
Because they were children who knew the importance of healing and buff skills better than anyone else.
"So they want to create a connection with me somehow and enter a Gate with me."
Kang Yeo-ryeong, who understood the current situation through the explanation given by the memory of her time as a human, nodded.
There were no doubting Hunters.
As explained earlier, the Hunter Gallery's verification process is quite tricky and strict.
It wasn't for nothing that there were rumors that the Association was managing it directly.
Of course, a small number of Hunters were suspicious, but the majority of Hunters who use the Hunter Gallery accepted Kang Yeo-ryeong's words without doubt.
To the point where it felt somewhat artificial. As if it were too natural.
Meanwhile, Kang Yeo-ryeong thought that the memory of her time as a human was quite useful.
Certainly, perhaps because she once dreamed of being a Hunter.
The memory of her time as a human knew quite well about the physiology of Hunters.
Of course, the memory retorted that anyone could think of this much if they thought about it a little.
More than that-.
"A Gate. It's certainly interesting."
Kang Yeo-ryeong, who whispered in a voice full of interest, checked the comments again.
Even at this moment, the topic of the comments coming up in real-time had changed.
Unlike when she first posted, most of the comments being posted now were suggesting that she go hunting with them.
Among them, there were also pleading comments asking her to please read their messages, and when she checked her inbox, hundreds of messages had already arrived.
The content of the messages was not much different from the comments.
From messages begging her to party with them just once. To messages saying they would split the profits 7:3 if she hunted with them as a fixed party, etc.
The most noticeable messages among them were scout messages sent from various guilds.
Every one of them was a message sent at the guild level, saying that if she joined their guild, they would pay a significant amount of money along with full support.
The moment she saw that, she felt like the memory of her time as a human was sighing, but Kang Yeo-ryeong didn't care.
Rather than that.
"Yes, that's right. These children will be good."
The countless comments.
Kang Yeo-ryeong, who checked the messages that hadn't decreased at all one by one, sent a reply to one message.
The content of the message Kang Yeo-ryeong replied to was like this.
It was content saying that if she entered a Gate and hunted with their party, they would give all the byproducts of the hunt to Kang Yeo-ryeong.
Monster byproducts are the main source of income for Hunters.
Of course, there are other sources of income such as magic stones and so on. But no matter what, the thing that makes the most money was indeed monster byproducts.
Saying they would give all those byproducts to Kang Yeo-ryeong was practically the same as saying they would work for free.
In other words, anyone could see that the message Kang Yeo-ryeong replied to had sticky and gloomy malice hidden in it.
"A Gate. I'm looking forward to it."
Kang Yeo-ryeong just sparkled her eyes with interest in what kind of diverse children she could meet in the Gate.