The Girl I Saved Came Back As An S-rank Hunter

52 – Field test begins

‘I heard that I saw it somewhere, but it’s Kang Cheol-min, right?’

A Class A Hunter belonging to the Seonggwang Guild, who always appeared at the forefront of the Guild War hosted by the Hunter Association last year.

She drew attention by wearing striking golden armor and using a huge reddish ax as her weapon.

Especially among the general public, I remember that he was quite popular at the time because he played cool and aggressively whether he lost or won.

‘Why did such a person come here?’

I thought it was strange that I came to test a D-class hunter, even though it was a hunter who belonged to the upper ranks in terms of combat ability among the A-class.

“Both of you please come to the center.”

We walked to the middle of the stage under Kang Young-ho’s lead.

I could feel that Kang Cheol-min, whom I met up close, glared at me and openly radiated unexplained hostility.

It’s a face that’s not as soft as it is, but with a long scar on the cheek and looking at it with a frown, it gave an impression that most people would have a sore throat.

Of course, maybe it was because he trained for two weeks with a sharper and more terrifying killer. From my point of view, as the person in charge, it was just calm without feeling nervous.

‘But why are you so blatantly angry with me?’

He was obviously a stranger. I’ve never had anything to do with a celebrity like this before. On top of that, the only people I met from the Seonggwang Guild were Choi Woo-seok and Han Yu-ra.

When he had such a question, Kang Young-ho looked at us and said, as if he had something to say.

“The purpose of this match is a real test. So, if you attack that threatens your life, the Hunter Association may immediately disqualify you as a hunter or suspend your hunter qualification for at least 5 years, so please be aware of this. And… “

Kang Yeong-ho meticulously delivered the main points one by one before the game started.

Cheolmin Kang and I nodded and agreed.

Then Kang Young-ho turned around and looked at the president of the association.

The president of the association, who was looking at him, also nodded his head to mean that he should start.

“Then let’s start the real test!”

Kang Young-ho raised his hand to announce the start, then quickly moved to the corner of the stage.

The moment the two of us faced each other without any obstruction, Kang Cheol-min looked at me and said.

“Finally I can punish you cheeky bastard.”

“I feel like I’m meeting you for the first time. Where did we meet?”

“If you taste this axe, you will remember it right away!”

After saying that, Kang Chul-min released his red magic power and grabbed his ax with both hands and swung it at me.

Ugh.

I heard the sound of the wind ringing in proportion to the size of the axe, and I moved my body in amazement at the speed of the axe, which moved so fast that it did not fit the size of the axe.

However, as if he already knew what to avoid, Kang Cheol-min moved his feet to keep approaching and came closer and continued to swing the axe.

Since he already knew Kang Chul-min’s fighting style, he moved quickly to keep a little more distance.

‘Isn’t it difficult? He wields things like that in a row.’

It is said that mana can make up for the lack of strength, but the consumption of mana increases so much that if you make a mistake, you will run out of mana first.

However, Kang Cheol-min in front of me had a well-laid foundation, not magic, so it seemed that there was no problem with his accustomed to swinging in succession as he attacked based on his solid muscular strength.

In the video of the previous tournament, it happened very often that Kang Chul-min waited for him to get tired and avoided, and then the opponent eventually got hit by an attack and lost.

“You get away with it as nimble as a rat.”

Let’s keep avoiding it. Watching Kang Chul-min speak angry, I prepared my mind thinking that something has come.

Ugh.

Then again, the attacks press back and forth with a loud wind noise.

After repeating simple attacks, now I got used to the eyes and got an accurate sense of distance, so I could dodge more easily. Confidence that you will never be hit by an attack like this also comes up.

But he never lost sight of the fact that it was a trap laid by Kang Chul-min.

Now that I am accustomed to it, what used to move left and right like the rhythm of a pendulum suddenly changes, swinging an ax as if rising from the bottom up, cutting down.

At the same time, the speed of the ax became faster than before.

‘As expected.’

If I hadn’t known in advance, I would have had no choice but to be beaten, but since I already have memories of watching and analyzing the video, I leaned back and avoided it, and then kept my distance again and shed it without difficulty.

“You bastard! Were you noticing?”

Looking at Kang Cheol-min, who was shouting in embarrassment, he quietly smiled without saying anything.

‘A lot of people have suffered from this.’

Including the image of a giant axe, it was a strategy created by planting the perception that Kang Cheol-min was simply attacking ignorantly using force.

Many hunters suffered from this suddenly changing attack. It looks simple at first glance, but it was a trap in the form of a lot of pre-work.

I made it so that I could get used to it by adapting to the speed and distance while swinging so that I could dodge to make the acting look real and vigilant.

If you want to notice this, on the contrary, since it is an opponent who is conserving his strength, he uses that psychology to attack strongly, gaining an advantage in battle and pressurizing the opponent by subtracting his rhythm and stamina.

As a hunter with abundant combat experience, I remember admiring that he was a strategic hunter unlike his appearance because he used a lot of various strategies besides this.

It seems like he thought he would be easily caught and beaten, probably because he was ignoring me.

“You wouldn’t be able to get good results in the screening just because you were so good at avoiding it?”

Cheol-Min Cheol-Min provoked by mentioning that it was a screening process, as if his pride was hurt when the operation was broken. At first glance, it is an obvious ploy to make people impatient and lose their composure.

“I think you’ll get a much better evaluation than ignorantly rushing at the opponent without even judging them.”

“Awesome. This guy!”

Cheol-Min Cheol-Min is rather angry at my words to the point of gnashing his teeth. When I saw it in the video, the other person showed a cool-headed but flirtatious figure to the point of annoyance, but now I was a bit disappointed that he was dominated by emotions.

‘What on earth did I do to that person? It feels like he’s really mad at his girlfriend.’

While thinking about that, I suddenly remembered what happened in the Class A dungeon.

Before entering the dungeon, there were men who were helping Han Yu-ra and courting her, and one of them was Kang Cheol-min.

At the time, I didn’t know because I didn’t have the symbolic armor and axe, but now that I think about it, he was the person I glared at before entering the dungeon.

‘Ha, that’s going crazy. In the end, are you doing this because you didn’t go to the dungeon with Han Yu-ra? Or is there another reason?’

Whatever it was, it became clear that it was related to Han Yu-ra, who was staring at me.

From her point of view, who had been directly subjected to gaslighting by Han Yu-ra, it is understandable to some extent, but I could not see it as a good thing because I was the target of her anger.

“I’ll stop playing the same psychological warfare and properly show you the difference in level. Consider it an honor to use this against you.”

As if trying to win at once, the mana flowed from Kang Chul-min’s body flowed into the ax he was holding, and it began to shimmer as it emits more red light.

It was an attack method that I had never seen before in the video.

Not knowing what kind of attack might come, he loosened his stance that was easy to avoid and raised his fist up to her face. At the same time, he focused on detecting mana.

“Where do you mess around and avoid this!”

As if he had waited, he kicked off the ground and jumped up, then swung his ax at me as if he was slashing down.

An attack that looks heavy at first glance. It felt like a direct hit would injure me for at least a year, even if I didn’t die.

In addition, it was agile and fast movements that did not match the muscular body hidden under the golden armor, and it was a speed that I could not easily cope with in the past.

But I wasn’t embarrassed because I’d already met someone who was quicker and sharper than this recently.

Besides, I had absolutely no intention of getting hit by an obvious attack with a trajectory visible in a state of excitement.

In the end, the ax that cut through the air without even brushing a hair could not control its strength and crashed into the ground with a loud sound.

And the very big cracks that appear in Kang Cheol-min. Now, as I was about to move to switch to attack, Kang Cheol-min grinned and said,

“As expected, guys with good movement like you always mess around in front of me whenever they have a chance like that.”

As soon as the horse fell, the magic power contained in the ax flowed into the ground and headed towards me.

After a while, a small circle formed around my body, and suddenly, as if something was pulling me, my feet were tied so that I couldn’t move.

“It is [Fix], A skill I made after being beaten by a guy like you last year. I postponed it because I thought I would avoid it lightly if I just used it, but it worked well this time.”

‘I got hit!’

Chul-Min Kang was so excited that he expected it to be an attack aiming for a big shot, but he realized that it was all a strategy.

The negative feelings toward me must have been genuine, but he still maintained his cool in battle. The previous attack was to see the liver.

Kang Cheol-min, who picked up the ax stuck in the ground again, was already smiling at the thought that he had won.

Kang Young-ho, who was watching as a referee, was watching my mouth closely, thinking that I could declare surrender at any time.

In this situation where the feet are tied, there is no escape now. All you can do is fight back. However, Kang Cheol-min had the upper hand when it came to strength alone, so it was obvious that he would be defeated if he confronted him head-on.

In the end, there was only one option left for me. I didn’t want to use it because I was still anxious, but I couldn’t help it.

“Quit, surrender with a miserable face! In front of his girlfriend and Han Yu-ra Hunter!”

Cheol-Min Kang rushed at me quickly shouting with a confident smile on his victory.

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I slowly closed my eyes at that figure. To believe in my own senses, not my eyes.

He concentrated on maximizing his magical power perception that he had trained so far.

I could feel the red magic power that was rapidly approaching, full of malice. And my body shrank slightly at the red magic power that was quickly approaching my nose.

‘It’s okay, not yet.’

But wait, she said, sending signals from her body, not from her thoughts. Pull in a little more. She could tell without opening her eyes. That the great ax was about to be swung.

Like Kang So-yeong’s teaching, “Don’t be afraid and believe in me,” She persevered.

And when she reached the moment she had been waiting for, her hand stretched forward spontaneously and naturally from her body.

She didn’t even hesitate for a second. She just threw her fist out with all her might, trusting her experience and senses accumulated in her body.

Peruk.

The sound of her blows reached her ears as well as the heavy taste of her hands.

At that moment, the mana that had been burning red in front of her eyes suddenly stopped moving.

And after a while, a thumping sound came from her ears as she fell to the floor, and her magic was no longer detected.

As the mana that threatened me disappeared, she slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing you see is Kang Cheol-min lying on the floor with bubbles on his face. And I saw Kang Young-ho approaching from afar.

Kang Yeong-ho came to the side and he took my hand and lifted it up and said.

“Won-Woo Lee Hunter, the test taker, won. We will end the actual test!”

As soon as I declared my victory, Kang Young-ho shouted while looking at the president of the association that the final process of reexamination was over.

And I also sat down on the spot as my tension was relieved by Kang Young-ho’s cry.

At the same time, he clenched his fists in an exhilarating victory that could not be exchanged for anything.

Now I can be sure. That I had mastered [Counterattack] Perfectly.