Chapter 59
Chapter 59
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 59
Chapter Title: Hug Me (2)
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Even when Park Sun-woo took down Training Team 1's Jin Yu-han, people were still on the fence.
Was Park Sun-woo truly that strong, or was it just a stroke of luck? Opinions were split among the Milky Way Guild trainees.
"Kieeeek!"
Park Sun-woo activating Wide-Area Taunt.
It was a plus that he had the essential skill every tank needed.
But a minus for screeching like a freak while doing it.
He was pulling off inexplicable stunts, but it felt like it was time to acknowledge it.
He was strong.
At least, the top among the Milky Way Guild trainees.
He set his own body ablaze and charged.
The Blue Lobsters and Green Crabs were weak to heat.
He spread his arms wide and embraced the monsters.
The shellfish monsters' shells began to turn crimson as they cooked.
Kiieek, kiieek-!
This wasn't Park Sun-woo's scream.
It was the Blue Lobster thrashing, trying to shake him off.
The Green Crab nearby clamped onto Park Sun-woo's body with its pincer.
And it squeezed with all its might, trying to snap him in two.
"Where do you think you're touching! Where do you think you're touching!"
Like a woman groped on the subway, Park Sun-woo swung his shield.
He bashed the well-cooked pincer with his shield and shattered it.
The Green Crab with its front leg smashed trembled like it had been electrocuted.
Foam bubbled from its mouth.
"These things are weak to heat! Everyone, set yourselves on fire and fight!"
The Milky Way Guild tanks let Park Sun-woo's words go in one ear and out the other.
It was an absurd strategy not worth following.
'Just how high is his stamina?'
He'd set his body on fire.
That meant constant exposure to flames.
With monsters swarming everywhere, they had to tank their attacks and flame damage?
It bordered on suicide.
Unless they had a Flame Immunity skill or something...
The tanks held their positions, blocking the monsters.
The Milky Way Guild training team had ten in total, with about a dozen tanks.
Spread across the wide garrison, they blocked and deflected attacks from their spots.
Support from healers and ranged DPS poured in.
With parties mixed up, there was no need to distinguish teams anymore.
Healers dumped heals on the tanks who looked most urgent.
The strong got less support.
The weak got more.
Stability emerged.
The monsters couldn't even approach the fortress they'd built.
Thanks to Park Sun-woo rampaging at the front.
"Hug me!"
Far from the fortress, near the garrison entrance, Park Sun-woo spread his limbs wide and lunged at a monster.
At the same time, he sprinkled oil, drenching it.
Whoosh!
In an instant, the monster was engulfed in flames.
Like pouring liquor into a red-hot wok—the fire shot up in a flash.
The Green Crab let out a scream full of agony as it died.
Wide-Area Taunt combined with self-immolation attacks.
"The monsters are running away!"
They had to kill every last human breathing on the 10th floor.
The Blue Lobsters and Green Crabs had received that order from an unknown entity.
But they couldn't obey.
The flames flickered.
Terrifying flames—no one wanted to get close.
Instinct repelled them.
"Huh? Not coming?"
The flames advanced.
The shellfish monsters took a step back.
They knew they shouldn't, but they lacked the courage to charge into the fire.
"Fine, I'll come to you!"
Park Sun-woo charged like a madman.
He swung his shield wildly, harassing clustered snow crabs, darting around the garrison.
Shh-shh-shh-slash, shh-shh-shh-slash-!
The blue lobsters and green crabs began to flee.
They crossed their many legs, desperately trying to escape the flames.
Back to the sea, to the sea.
They withdrew from the human garrison.
Even though the monster wave had ten minutes left.
"Whoa, whoaaa!"
They'd thought it a reckless plan.
Not content with consolidating ten points, he was defending the whole garrison.
But Park Sun-woo proved them wrong.
He showed, in blazing fashion, that they didn't have to stick blindly to the plan.
"Ah, hot, hot."
Park Sun-woo hurriedly patting out the fire on his body.
His outer gear was relatively intact, but the clothes underneath were reduced to ashes.
Somehow singed, he returned exposing his bare skin unfiltered.
"Returned" being less than 100 meters.
Before he even entered the fortress, hunters came rushing out from inside.
"Team Leader 4 is seriously amazing."
That sparked it—hunters surrounded Park Sun-woo, chiming in one after another.
"What, were you hiding your level?"
"You knew a strategy like this and didn't say anything? Why'd you keep quiet in the meeting?!"
"They said Training Team 4 was growing fast lately, but it's real. Our team leader didn't believe it at all, wow."
If Park Sun-woo hadn't proven it, no one would have believed.
Training Team 4 had been dead last in everything.
Even if they'd grown, it'd be a speck of progress, something to pat themselves on the back for—they'd looked down on them.
Wrong.
They'd grown steadily.
Strong enough now that even Training Team 1 couldn't compare—and they showed it.
Now they could show their strength.
It meant confidence.
"Ahaha, it's nothing."
Park Sun-woo answered with an awkward laugh.
Normally, they'd have treated him like an idiot.
Rumors about Training Team 4's Park Sun-woo were worse than sewer rats.
No benefit in getting close.
"Put some clothes on first. I brought spares?"
"How'd you tank the flame damage? Got Flame Resistance or something?"
"Hey, that's rude. You know asking about skills is taboo?"
But things were different now.
The situation had changed a lot.
All the Milky Way Guild trainees were itching to befriend Park Sun-woo.
A snake they'd thought was suddenly turning into a dragon and soaring—who'd just watch?
They had to chime in, at least get on familiar terms.
Friendship with a strong hunter was priceless, beyond gold.
For E and F-Rank hunters, an invaluable opportunity they couldn't squander.
"Let's rest first. Six hours till the next wave. Gotta sort supplies too..."
Park Sun-woo brushed off their overtures and headed into the fortress.
The 10th-floor dungeon raid was just beginning.
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They repelled the monster wave without issue.
Actively using fire made it easier—they pushed back with some margin.
'But only for now.'
First problem.
Oil was limited.
Inventory was stocked, but not infinite.
Could it last ten days? Hard to say rashly.
Second problem.
Food was limited too.
Same as oil.
I'd packed my share, but not enough for the whole Milky Way Guild raid party.
Mood was good now.
They'd smoothly blocked the wave, tension riding high.
But it wouldn't last.
Thirst and hunger would make them irritable inevitably.
Had to find a way.
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"Ugh, so hot."
Sun beating down on the Milky Way Guild fortress.
They'd made a roof with intact tent tarps, but the slapdash cover couldn't shield the whole thing.
Four days gone.
Monster waves weren't a threat.
Park Sun-woo and the tanks were blocking them brilliantly.
But problems arose elsewhere.
Guild-supplied food had all burned up, so they'd pooled personal rations—and now those were gone.
Drinking water short too, headache-inducing.
"What do we do?"
Training Team 4 racked their brains.
Park Sun-woo, who'd started this, was MIA—people's glares turning ominous.
"No idea."
Lee Jin-seong snapped curtly at Lee Eun-seo's question.
He still remembered the look in her eyes at Park Sun-woo.
Those sparkling eyes killed his affection dead.
So he ended his unrequited crush alone.
Even the little considerations born of fondness, all withdrawn.
Lee Eun-seo, who knew his feelings yet kept him on the hook.
She'd tried to coax and soothe the suddenly changed Lee Jin-seong.
Three hours till the next monster wave.
That's when Park Sun-woo returned.
No idea where he'd wandered off to...
But welcome anyway.
"Team leaders, gather up."
Park Sun-woo radioed the team leaders.
He gathered them and delivered good news.
"I'll share food. Things'll go south at this rate."
"You had food left?"
Team 3 leader asked.
"Then why not share till now..."
"Bought it with my emergency fund. Planned to get refunded if we made it back. Go through it all, can't pay rent."
"......"
Food was money.
Didn't fall from the sky.
"Bought extra just in case—lucky."
Park Sun-woo pulled food from his backpack.
Seemed like a subspace-enchanted bag—massive amount for its size.
"Lots of snacks, or am I imagining?"
"High-calorie. Couldn't afford anything else."
Snack with insane calories per price: Dyze.
"Chocolate's sweet and tasty."
"......"
Team leaders were reminded who they were dealing with: Park Sun-woo.
But no complaints.
This was better than nothing.
"Water might be short. Honestly, very short."
"Then what?"
"...You know Bear Grylls?"
Park Sun-woo said.
"When stranded in the wild, you drink your piss."
"What bullshit."
Female hunters freaked out.
Knew he was an idiot, but not this crazy.
Male hunters at least reacted positively.
Better than dying of thirst.
"Bear Grylls had no high-tech gear. Had to drink it raw. But I do."
Park Sun-woo pulled something from his backpack.
The bag spat out a machine bigger than its mouth.
Size of an adult man.
Device with input and output ports visible.
"Know what this is?"
"...No?"
"Check the info."
Park Sun-woo stepped back, giving space.
Team 3 leader checked the device info.
===== [Urine Purification Processor] ─ Purifies urine into drinking water. ─ 1 liter urine → 2 liters water. =====
"......"
Team 3 leader shut his mouth, speechless.
Other leaders checked too.
"Collect urine, yeah? You get it."
Never dreamed the reward from Han So-ra's accident—Urine Purification Processor—would see use like this.