Chapter 17
My novel, what about it? The urgency and brutality of the scene blared through the news broadcast. Yoon Sungjin shook his head as he watched.
It reaffirmed his decision not to become a hunter. Just look at that ferocious monster caught on the broadcast camera. Fight something like that? Even with a powerful skill awakening, it didn't appeal to him one bit.
Hunters, gate breaks, all that stuff is best left as words on a page in a novel.
As he watched the break coverage, Yoon Sungjin prayed to the heavens that everyone would make it through unscathed.
Then, a massive pillar of fire erupted on the news screen.
"Whoa..."
The cinematic scene drew an involuntary exclamation from Yoon Sungjin.
I heard the Crimson Guild is stepping up too—probably Seo Dami, right?
Seeing that immense power, Yoon Sungjin suddenly thought closing the Black Gate might not be a pipe dream after all. And that idea naturally flowed into the next episode of his story.
This is it...!
He'd been planning to smash the Steel Guild and gradually bring the protagonist into the spotlight. Yoon Sungjin figured a Black Gate was the perfect way to make Kim Min's presence explode onto the world stage.
Kim Min, now famous for his revenge against the Steel Guild. He gets re-ranked, and the shaken Association reactivates their long-frozen Black Gate closing plan. High-rankers gather one by one, and amid them, the protagonist shines...
Ideas for killer episodes just kept pouring out.
If there was one upside to reincarnating into a hunter world, it was this: material for his hunter novel generated automatically whether he was watching TV or eating. Sure, the cost was evident in the current break mess, and yeah, it felt a bit too reckless from a safety standpoint, but what could he do?
At least it has its perks.
Letting out a resigned sigh, Yoon Sungjin logged into Hunter Gallery.
He couldn't stop thinking about the break nagging at him, so he wanted to lurk for real-time on-site info that wouldn't make the news.
Hunter Gallery was where hunters, their associates, and aspiring hunters gathered. It was full of bullshit and tall tales, but it also had fresh intel you couldn't get elsewhere—like right now.
These were the kinds of people risking their lives to post on the community, which explained why Hunter Gallery's popularity never faded amid all the incidents. Raw voices from the front lines.
Yoon Sungjin scrolled quietly until a title caught his eye.
"Huh? Saved by Lebalheonda...?"
Why was his work popping up here? He clicked reflexively, and a testimonial-like post filled his screen.
"...Huh?"
Yoon Sungjin blinked at the unexpected gallery reaction.
"My story helped with the break response...?"
He hadn't intended it that way, so he just blinked, unsure how to react.
Well... if it helped, that's good, I guess...
In a world where people learned cooking from cooking manga, there was no rule against using a hunter novel for gate breaks. Still, Yoon Sungjin felt dazed.
His work going beyond entertainment to actually help people and impact lives? Touching realms even great authors couldn't? It didn't feel real. Probably just hype.
But setting that aside—
Thrilling.
Thinking his words influenced and changed the world sent a massive dopamine rush through him as a writer.
No, calm down first.
It was exciting and surprising, sure, but nothing really changed. Yoon Sungjin reined in his pointless excitement.
Get hyped over a fluke and start overthinking, and he'd ruin his groove. Stay steady, keep doing what works.
Most pathetic is turning preachy. Just write for fun like always.
Plenty of content bombed from hype and backlash—movies, games, novels alike.
Yoon Sungjin decided to channel the fact his work rippled through the world into positive energy and keep writing as usual, just harder.
"A silkworm lives on mulberry leaves."
Stick to hunter novels his way, or suddenly go "True hunters do this! The world should be like that!" and flip? Ruin waiting to happen.
Still...
"Maybe test the waters just a tiny bit?"
Just once couldn't hurt, he thought, deciding to write a classic hunter trope: the corrupt Hunter Association.
What if his novel influenced things again this time...?
With a strange anticipation, Yoon Sungjin started typing.
Fantasy has corrupt religions, hunter stories have rotten associations—it's canon. Tie it to the Black Gate episode and see what happens.
This marked the start of guilt-free pleasure.