Chapter 79
Chapter 79
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 79
Chapter Title: Haetae's Challenge (1)
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Choi Da-eun swung the whip by mistake.
>mouth fell open wide-!
Han So-ra watched the two of them without missing a single movement.
Choi Da-eun's whip strike and Park Sun-woo's charge happened simultaneously.
"Aang!"
Park Sun-woo let out a strange groan.
Seeing him giggling, it seemed deliberate.
"Hunter Sun-woo is right."
Han So-ra acknowledged Park Sun-woo.
She gave him credit for not lying.
"It's an embarrassing condition, but the performance itself is perfect... Hunter Sun-woo, you just leaped right over D-rank in an instant. You could even beat A-rank hunters, couldn't you?"
Han So-ra still couldn't quite grasp the explanation that it only activated when intending to protect a virgin.
But the skill itself seemed real enough.
"Your speed was incredibly fast, and your defense wasn't bad either."
Han So-ra scanned Park Sun-woo's body up and down.
Even after taking a hard hit from the leather whip, he moved around as if nothing had happened.
"So that bird... no, Park Sun-woo has a skill like that? A weird skill that only activates when protecting a v-virgin...?"
"Yes. Otherwise, there's no explaining Hunter Sun-woo's explosive power. That whip strike from Da-eun just now? That was serious. No D-rank hunter could block it. Minimum C-rank, but he took it head-on without a scratch, so B-rank. And he didn't just stand there—he accelerated in an instant to block it, so A-rank..."
Choi Da-eun listened intently to Han So-ra's words, her face clearly showing her shock.
When Park Sun-woo had explained his own skill, she hadn't believed a word and snapped at him to stop talking nonsense. But hearing it confirmed by Han So-ra felt completely different.
Trust came flooding in.
"Unnie, I brought you a good one, right? Even back then, Sun-woo took down that Dark Knight with one slash!"
Han A-ra's shoulders puffed up proudly.
The most important virtue for a guild master was having an eye for talent.
She seemed to be under the delusion that she'd discovered Park Sun-woo, the F-rank hunter.
Han So-ra decided not to call her out on it.
No need to poke at it and draw blood.
She wasn't confident she could win against Han A-ra's desperate need for validation.
Honestly, it was just a hassle.
'I'm busy now too.'
Transferring to the Haetae Guild meant a ton of work ahead.
Her days of slacking off on suspension were over. Time to start operating as an S-rank hunter.
She'd barely squeezed in time to come down to this training ground.
"Thanks for making time for us, So-ra."
Park Sun-woo expressed his gratitude.
It was as good as an S-rank hunter vouching for him with her reputation—that he wasn't just some pervert.
He bowed his head repeatedly.
Han So-ra accepted it graciously while waving him off.
"The stronger Hunter Sun-woo is, the better it is for the guild. A-ra's safer in the Tower, and it's good for everyone in general. No need to be so formal."
Han So-ra grabbed Park Sun-woo's shoulders and pulled them back.
Forcing his chest out proudly.
"So-ra..."
Park Sun-woo looked at Han So-ra with eyes full of emotion.
He subtly stroked the back of her hand.
Seeing that, a vein bulged on Choi Da-eun's forehead in an X shape.
Was he always such a creep?
Kim Su-min had framed him, apparently... but maybe it wasn't a frame-up after all.
"Sun-woo, I just got curious about something."
Han A-ra called out to Park Sun-woo.
As she eyed his even more impressive form, she voiced the question that had just popped into her head.
"You said your skill definitely activates when you intend to protect a virgin, right?"
"Yes, so it only triggers when I'm trying to save you, A-ra."
"...You didn't have to confirm such a personal detail."
"Haha, sorry."
In a world where most girls her age had experience and had dated all sorts of guys.
Han A-ra, at twenty-two, a total singleton virgin with all sorts of titles, felt an inexplicable urgency.
She was drifting away from the norm—having her first time around twenty.
She shot a quick glare at the teasing Park Sun-woo before continuing.
"So it's a skill that only activates when intending to protect a virgin? It doesn't trigger if you're trying to save a non-virgin?"
"Probably not? That's what the skill description says. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure."
Park Sun-woo trailed off.
"Virgins are so rare to begin with... I never expected a chance to use it... I thought I was dead that time. Someone as pretty as you, A-ra... Yeah, most people have their first experience by twenty-one or twenty-two."
"You're teasing me right now, aren't you?"
"No?"
Park Sun-woo glanced at Choi Da-eun and Han So-ra.
"A-ra's only twenty-two. Still fresh and full of opportunities. Sure, staying single past twenty-five without a single relationship? Holding onto that born-with-it virginity? That's rarer. Right, So-ra? Da-eun noona?"
Both of them had lost their virginities at twenty-seven.
And through abnormal routes—raped by the same perpetrator.
Han So-ra mumbled awkwardly, unable to respond.
Choi Da-eun looked even more aggrieved by comparison.
Park Sun-woo chuckled as he spoke.
"I haven't tested it either. Wanna give it a try now?"
As guild master of the "A-ra and Friends" Guild, Han A-ra needed to know the details of Park Sun-woo's skill.
She had to understand its scope in advance to utilize it in emergencies.
"Have So-ra and Da-eun noona fight. I know it's rude to ask now, but you both have experience with men, right?"
"Y-yes... I-I do. No way I don't. At this age... it'd be weird not to have experience with guys."
Han So-ra stammered.
She sounded just like a kid caught red-handed making excuses.
Han A-ra found her sister's behavior odd.
"I-I've done it too."
Choi Da-eun had nowhere left to retreat.
Admitting here that she was a virgin—no loving boyfriend experience, zero sex—would mean...
'I'd get teased forever.'
Anyone else, maybe. But she absolutely couldn't let Park Sun-woo find out.
A total singleton non-virgin virgin(?), with zero real dating but some sex experience. The two women pretended otherwise and faced off in the training ground.
Park Sun-woo teamed up with Choi Da-eun against S-rank hunter Han So-ra.
"Go all out, So-ra."
She planned to anyway, without him saying it.
His taunting words made her too embarrassed to hold back.
So what if she was a twenty-seven-year-old virgin?
Of course, not a complete virgin—physically deflowered, failing the heart-and-body virgin test!
It was just that she was too busy and exhausted for romance to even cross her mind.
Not that she couldn't meet someone because of some flaw.
'Get ready, Hunter Sun-woo!'
She'd made a similar mistake before in a tense atmosphere like this.
Crossing the line to test Park Sun-woo.
The difference now? This wasn't a mistake.
Han So-ra unleashed her magic power with full intent.
In the blink of an eye, she closed in on Park Sun-woo and kicked decisively.
Booom—!
"Kkuwek!"
Park Sun-woo's body flew off like a soccer ball.
It smashed into the Haetae Guild training ground wall in under a second.
Clap clap clap—!.
"That was awesome, Hunter Han So-ra."
Not flattery—sincere admiration from the heart. Nice shot.
Choi Da-eun clapped her hands and nodded vigorously.
Han So-ra and Choi Da-eun's eyes met.
They understood each other instantly from that look.
'Hunter Han So-ra, you're a virgin too.'
'Da-eun, you're a virgin despite how you look?'
It felt so refreshing.
Utterly exhilarating.
The two shared a tight hug.
Their ample breasts squished together, passionately asserting themselves.
Amid the dust, Park Sun-woo staggered to his feet.
"Again! You really tried to kill me this time, So-ra?!"
The "Indestructible" skill had activated.
Meaning Han So-ra had kicked him with full intent to kill.
"The skill activated. Good thing, Hunter Sun-woo."
Han So-ra's expression brightened.
All her stress melted away.
"Seeing you alive, guess it works even on non-virgins?"
Choi Da-eun smirked too.
She half-wished he'd just died. What a shame.
"Ugh... it hurts..."
Park Sun-woo groaned in pain as he rose.
No injuries, but the pain lingered.
Tears welled at the corners of his eyes.
Han A-ra rushed over to support him.
She draped his arm over her neck.
"You okay, Sun-woo?"
Park Sun-woo was touched by Han A-ra's kindness.
Maybe because he'd faced the malice in Han So-ra and Choi Da-eun's eyes—Han A-ra's heart felt even purer.
"...You're the only one worried about me, A-ra. Non-virgins really aren't human—they're demons..."
"Talking nonsense means you're fine."
"A-ra! Ack, tsk..."
Han A-ra swatted his arm away.
Park Sun-woo, half-leaning on her, rolled across the ground.
'Park Sun-woo will remember this.'
Han So-ra or Choi Da-eun—he'd get revenge in the Taming Room.
With that vow, he stood.
Then, someone approached from the training ground entrance.
"Haha, hello."
A familiar face.
Impossible not to know if you lived in Korea.
An S-rank hunter like Han So-ra, the guild master leading Haetae Guild.
"I heard So-ra was at the training ground. I brought Haetae raid party Team 1—your teammates—to introduce them."
S-rank hunter Lee Hae-wan entered the training ground with Haetae Guild's strongest team.
Park Sun-woo stared blankly, then scowled.
His instincts screamed a warning.
'That fucking bastard's after Han So-ra?'
Lee Hae-wan's gaze on Han So-ra matched perfectly with Hwang Deok-su's leering at Choi Da-eun.
'...Then I have to smash this place too.'
He couldn't let it slide.
To protect his female, he'd have to kill or subdue the threat...