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

70 – A Twisted Plan

Dawn has gotten rather chilly now.

We stood beneath a tower that rises unhiding among the gleaming buildings.

Looking at my phone, the time is 12:50.

We arrived at the promised time of 1 o’clock, and not late.

“But can’t you see anyone?”

“I will…” ?”

We avoid exposing our power as much as possible, and in preparation for the unexpected, ‘shadows’ are hiding nearby with Kang So-young.

But the other guild members are nowhere to be seen.

I wondered if they were hiding like us, so I tried to detect them, but I couldn’t feel anything.

It’s strange that people aren’t visible even though it was 10 minutes ago.

While wondering what was going wrong, a familiar face approached us.

“Yo! It’s been a while, Wonwoo.”

“Jisoo noona!”

She approached me in a friendly way with her cheerful face as always. Jisoo noona patted me on the shoulder and expressed her delight.

Then he looked at Sujeongi and said hello.

“I saw the ice princess then and see you again.”

“Yes, I see.”

Unlike when we were alone, Sujeongie answered without emotion with an expressionless face.

I’ve forgotten about it lately, but that was originally Sujeongie’s appearance when dealing with other people.

Apart from that, the way he looks at Jisoo-noona isn’t pretty.

“But why are you here alone?”

When she asked, Ji-soo noona sighed and then she started talking as if complaining.

“Eh, that’s all. What kind of seller do you want? Did you hear that I found the way to the Assassination Guild?”

“Yes. I heard you were lucky to find it.”

“Fortunately, it’s a piece of cake. She got a crystal that opens a portal to the Assassination Guild, but only I can open it. It’s like writing it once and registering the user or something.”

“Well, we’re all going together at once anyway. Is there anything to be bothered about?”

“Ding. That’s not it!”

At those words, Jisoo noona raised her index finger and swung it from side to side and said.

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“She set different times for all three guilds to gather, just in case. Rumor has it that she might have a spy planted by the Assassination Guild.”

“Ah…. That’s why she didn’t write the time zone in the official document from the beginning and sent a separate text message.”

That was enough.

No matter how talented the assassination guild is, seeing as they assassinated officers so easily, they must have judged that there was help from within.

“Yes. The Crystal Guild is the last one. First of all, our Destiny Guild left an hour ago. And the Starlight Guild left 30 minutes ago.”

“But wouldn’t it be meaningless if everyone split up?”

“After entering the portal, there is a place to gather, so it’s okay. They will probably be waiting for us when we go.”

“I see.”

“By the way, there are only 2 crystal guilds? I heard that about 20 people are coming.”

“Everything has arrived.”

After Sujeongie answered instead, she flicked lightly with her fingers, and a large number of people dressed in pitch black appeared.

“Wow. It’s a surprise. Where did you suddenly appear?”

“hahahaha…. Since they are the core forces of our guild, they act a bit secretly.”

“Ugh, I see quite a few people who are similar or stronger than me? Even though it is a small and medium guild that has just been formed, I can understand why you are here.”

Jisoo-noona, who quickly grasped her skills, nodded her head in agreement.

On the other hand, Sujeongi slightly frowns while looking at Jisoo noona.

Let’s look at Soo-jeong, wondering what’s going on, and she shakes her head as if it’s nothing.

“Okay, now it’s time, so let’s start.”

Jisoo noona checked her time with her smartwatch on her wrist and took out her crystal from her small pocket on her side.

The shape of a crystal with a soft yellow color in a roughly cut shape.

Except for the color, there is nothing particularly special about it.

Jisoo-noona held it in her hand, and then she created her own magical energy and breathed it into her crystal.

She then stretched out her hand in front of her towards the tower.

Chi Iik.

Suddenly, sparks flew, and an oval portal slowly began to form as if a picture were being drawn in front of her eyes.

“Oh….”

It was the first time I actually saw the scene where the portal was being made, so I was staring at it curiously, but Soo-jeong smiles slightly as she sees me like that.

‘It’s pretty even when you’re not smiling, but it’s even prettier when you smile.’

I want to show off how beautiful I am to others, but I have a strange feeling that I want to monopolize that smile.

“This bastard is on his way to an important job, but he seems to be messing around. Aren’t you less nervous than before?”

Also, it seems that Sujeong, who has a chronic illness, cast a blank stare at me without realizing it.

Scratching her head, he apologized to Jisoo noona.

“Sorry. I’ll focus.”

“Of course it should. I’m afraid to be single. Wouldn’t it be troublesome if you keep showing off and being happy alone like that, younger brother? Or help me escape solo?”

“Oh, I don’t think so.”

Anyway, that older sister really likes to make fun of me whenever there are any cases.

She giggled at my reaction, then looked at us again with a serious face and said.

“Now that the portal is complete, let’s go in one by one. Since the portal is small, simultaneous entry is difficult.”

It’s definitely smaller than a normal portal.

Though, fortunately, there are people passing by, but it doesn’t seem to be too much trouble.

“My lady, we will go in first to make sure there are no dangers.”

The person standing next to him said to Sujeong.

I didn’t know because she was wearing the same outfit with everything but her eyes covered so that her identity wasn’t revealed, but when I heard her voice, it was Kang So-yeong.

“Yes. You never know what’s going to happen, so don’t let your guard down.”

“Yes.”

After her conversation, Kang So-young gave instructions to the rest of her staff and began entering her portal.

The three of us were the last ones left after everyone went in.

Jisoo noona pointed at the two of us and said.

“Go in first. I have to close this place and go.”

“Yes, I will.”

I was going to the portal at those words, but Ji-soo noona grabbed me and said.

“And you know if something is dangerous, right? Don’t be fooled by the fact that you’ve become stronger.”

He is a very unchanging person.

They always watch over me and worry about me.

Would it feel like this if there was an older sister in the family?

Well, in reality, siblings fight all the time.

“hahahaha. All right. I will run away well.”

“Yes. Stay right next to the ice princess. So as not to get hurt.”

“Yes. Do not worry.”

After saying that, I stood in the portal with Sujeong.

Sujeongi continues to look at Jisoo noona with disapproving eyes.

“Something… Is there a part that gets stuck?”

“… I’ll tell you when this is over.”

Is she upset that she is close to Jisoo noona?

Or is there another reason?

She says that whatever it is, she will tell you later, so let’s forget about her for a while.

“Then I’ll go in first, Wonwoo.”

“Yes, yes.”

Sujeongi put her foot in her portal without hesitation and went inside.

It’s just the two of us left.

“Then see inside.”

I nodded at Ji-su noona’s words and entered her portal.

Then, right before her body completely entered the portal, she heard Ji-soo noona speak in a low voice.

“After…. It’s over now.”

A dry voice that is different from the usual Jisoo noona.

I felt strange for a moment and turned her head, but my body was already carried by the portal and started to move.

*

It is finally here.

I finally escaped from the long portal swamp.

But as soon as I came out of the portal for a while, I felt like I had to vomit something.

“Woo-wook.”

Unable to stand up straight, he sat down and retched repeatedly.

“Wow, I really thought I was going to die.”

After some time passed, I finally calmed down and stood up.

This is the first time I’ve been inside a portal for such a long time.

It’s not accurate, but it feels like about 10 minutes.

I was trapped in the portal for a very long time, whereas a normal portal takes about 30 seconds at most.

For such a long time, in a place where there was no distinction between up and down, my whole body continued to rotate, and I tasted the feeling of rising and falling without stopping.

If you were an ordinary person, you might have already gone crazy.

‘Anyway, where is this place? Where is everyone?’

Judging from the atmosphere, it seems to be inside a cave.

You can feel the cool yet dark and damp sensation and the unique smell of the cave.

And on the walls, torches installed to illuminate the light and poorly maintained roads and walls come into view.

‘No matter how you look at it, it’s similar to when you fell into a maze.’

It is very similar to the dungeon maze that I went to raid in the past and had a hard time clearing it.

Including the point where it becomes a single road.

From the fact that no one is around right now, and from the fact that it fell into what appears to be a maze, it seems certain that something has gone wrong.

‘I’m worried about Sujeong.’

There is a high probability that he fell alone like me.

Originally, it wouldn’t be much of a problem since he was incomparably stronger than me, but he needs to be careful in a narrow place like now where traps and surprise attacks are frequent.

I heard that I was very surprised when I cleared the first dungeon that led to our first date, but since then I have not been careless at all.

Looking at the current situation, the assassination guild seems to have dragged it here by some trick, and I can’t erase the uneasy feeling.

“I need to find Sujeongi soon.”

Originally, staying in a safe place is the standard rather than moving.

However, unlike before, when I was lethargic, I can detect traps or surprise attacks in advance.

I think it would be enough for me to be properly recognized by Kang So-young.

With that thought in mind, we proceeded to remove the traps one by one from the beginning.