I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul 82

Episode 083

I was eating a late breakfast by the lakeside with the sun shining down.

The vast horizon and the blue waves breaking along the wind were dazzlingly beautiful, but after seeing it for a few days, I am now amazed.

I turned my eyes back to the Internet article I was reading.

“hmm.”

– why?

As I groaned, the straw doll holding the fishing rod came running towards me from far away.

There was a time when I almost fell into the water while fishing, but it still seemed like fun.

I wish you wouldn’t do it because it’s dangerous.

Nowadays, it is difficult to even go out and buy a new straw doll.

“There isn’t much news today either.”

– They say no news is good news. If nothing happens, it’s good.

“Yes, that’s true, but.”

A barrier to cancel invisibility was installed near Seungju’s house.

The same thing was hanging at my mother’s house in Geoje Island, which I later visited again.

Thanks to this, the way to see my family using the invisibility scroll was blocked.

Not only that, but the family was monitored 24 hours a day, watching who they were seeing and what they were doing.

Are you expecting me to contact you?

They think people are fools and are obviously targeting me…

When I think about it for a moment, they don’t know how much I know.

They don’t know that the fake Seo Ji-han was talking about a ‘big guild’ and spouting all kinds of useless information.

I intercepted the video of that scene, and Yoo Eundam, the only masked person who escaped from the scene, killed him.

The only one left is Ban Seo-jin, and he seems to be exercising his right to remain silent.

If I hadn’t heard about the huge guild, I would have gone to visit my family without even thinking about it as soon as I got out of the dungeon.

I wouldn’t have even thought that there was someone targeting me.

Hmm, they must be convinced that I know nothing about the conspiracy.

Maybe he really thinks he’s dead.

Anyway, I don’t think I even consider the possibility of me being alive knowing something.

If they know that I am still alive and fully aware of the conspiracy, there is no reason to keep an eye on my family.

They probably kidnapped him right away and used him as bait to catch me.

For now, I think it’s best to assume that they just want to move cautiously.

Many unexpected incidents occurred on the other side, such as Yoo Eundam escaping and the dungeon collapsing.

You want to prevent any more unexpected situations than this.

“But it’s really quiet.”

– A lake?

“No, the lake is quiet too. The media. Those people said they would create public opinion. So, I thought there would be special articles pouring in all day and all media outlets would only report on this incident.”

After reading the article that Ban Seo-jin’s trial date was set, I looked around the portal site, but there didn’t seem to be any major inflection point in the situation.

It didn’t make as much headlines as I thought, and was just treated as a slightly bigger topic among numerous crime articles.

However, there have been many columns that bring up the incident and criticize small and medium-sized guilds, or reportage that reexamines the violent incidents of hunters.

This is probably very intentional reporting.

According to what they said, this column and reportage are all tools for forming public opinion.

However, all of those articles were reported with such frequency that you could easily overlook them if you weren’t paying attention.

At this rate, I don’t think anyone will see it and just move on.

– I think I’m reporting it pretty loudly.

“why?”

– I don’t know about you, but violent incidents between hunters are quite common. Even murder occurs occasionally. I, too, had a blast with the night guests who came to visit me. Did you see that in the newspaper somewhere?

I don’t think I saw it.

Seo Ji-han laughed while looking at my expression and continued.

– Accidents between hunters are not reported. You wouldn’t know it if they killed civilians, but they are similar people anyway.

“But the killing of Hunter Kim Young-gil was a big deal in the media.”

– He’s a production hunter. It’s different from combat hunters dying while fighting each other. And it was clearly intentional reporting. To frame me.

“Oh, that’s right.”

– The dead person also had very big hands. In fact, in normal cases, even if a combat hunter kills a production hunter, it is not reported that much.

“Are you covering it up at all?”

– The story only circulates within guilds and the hunter industry. It’s like civilians don’t know information about some kind of espionage or special industry.

When I gave a confused response, Seo Ji-han just laughed.

– And in fact, manipulation works better secretly than overtly. If you make a fuss as if there are various opinions, such as 6 to 4, and then slowly make it seem like they are converging in one direction, people will think like this.

“After much discussion, we naturally came to this conclusion?”

– That’s right.

For some reason, Seo Ji-han looked at me with an expression of great pride.

Before I knew it, I had escaped from the straw doll.

Today, for some reason, I am wearing sleeveless and shorts. Is it a fishing fashion of its own?

On the hanger where I hung my clothes, I placed a small hanger with Seo Ji-han’s doll clothes.

This is because it was cumbersome to take clothes out of the inventory every time.

Then, I changed clothes on my own, so it was definitely comfortable.

In addition, after changing all of his clothes, he showed neatness by cleaning up any stray debris with a roll of tape.

“Is the fishing going well?”

– There’s no reaction. I guess the crocodiles ate all the fish.

“Be careful not to let the straw doll fall into the water like last time.”

– okay. Still, you secretly hope to catch a fish, right?

I shook my head. Then I looked down at the plate covered in sauce.

The menu is the same as usual.

Vargis horn hot dog with chili sauce. The composition is similar except that Vargis horns are eaten instead of sausages.

The horn is about as thick as your forearm, so you can’t eat it like a real hot dog, so you just eat the horn with a bite of bread and sauce on it.

“I’m busy eating horns. “The fish here are so big that even if you catch them, it would take all day to eat them all.”

– Uhm.

I feel a little bad when I see his eyebrows drooping in disappointment.

It seemed like he cut me off too decisively, so I added an excuse for no reason.

“You know Seo Ji-han. “I need to eat this horn quickly.”

– that’s right. Let’s eat quickly and become stronger. What about potions?

“Not yet. “I’m making it.”

– It’s taking a long time. I’m curious about the effect.

Kim Young-gil’s thought form is currently busy making potions in the production room.

At first, when I saw the ingredients piled up, I was upset and cried and whined, but after checking the grade of the ingredients, my attitude suddenly changed and I concentrated on making the potion.

The most common F-class potion increases abilities by up to 5 for 5 minutes, E-class increases by 10, and D-class increases by 25.

Of course, this is the maximum ability level, so if you are unlucky, you could end up with the level rising by 1 if you take a high-quality potion.

The level of potions available on the market is up to level C, but level B is given only to guild executives and is difficult for ordinary hunters to even look at.

So, what I meant was that the Class A attack power amplification scroll that Yu Eundam gave me at that time was an incredibly valuable item.

Even Seo Ji-han said that he had tried Class A potions only four times during his life as a hunter.

The problem isn’t the price, it’s that there are no listings for sale at all.

As such, I was very excited to see how effective an item made from an S-class core would be, but making the potion took longer than expected.

It’s not just any Dutch coffee, but the ingredients are carefully boiled, purified drop by drop, and put into a bottle.

Still, I think one bottle will be finished by this afternoon, so I will be able to check the effect.

“Ugh, I’d like to take a break and eat.”

– Do not work too hard.

“The Kergis horn was so big that I couldn’t even handle it, but this one is small, so I thought I could eat it quickly if I speeded up, so I kept getting greedy.”

– This one is much smaller. That’s how weak it is.

After diligently cleaning the lakeside cabin, my routine mostly centers on quickly devouring Vargis’ horn.

New skills are always welcome.

Plus, once you eat all the horns, your bonus stats will increase a bit.

It is said that the horn piece of the evil spirit king Silagis that Seo Ji-han ate did not have any effect in increasing his abilities, but it is probably because he ate the piece.

If I had eaten the intact horn of Silaghis, I would have gained one more skill and my stats would have increased.

Anyway, I want to acquire the skill as quickly as possible.

Chungwang Byeon.

The detailed abilities will not be known until after they are acquired, but it is inferred that it is probably a transformation-type skill.

If you get this skill, you can transform into someone else and go see your family.

Now that I think about it, does Eundam Yoo want to eat it? You said you were going back to the Shadow Guild, but you didn’t get captured again, right?

Wouldn’t it be better to try to contact them soon?

Even just to make sure he was okay.

Wait, what time is it in Korea?

Let’s see. It’s the middle of the night.

It would be best to contact you later…

“Ah.”

Suddenly a thought crossed my mind.

Come to think of it.

– why?

“Did I tell you, Eundam Yoo?”

– what?

“Horns. Did you tell me that you have to eat the horn to gain skills?”

– ah.

I tried hard to remember.

What did you say?

I don’t remember much.

But I don’t think they were told to eat the horns.

“Do you know? “How to acquire skills.”

– Uhm.

Seo Ji-han reacted skeptically.

Well, he also got a piece of Silaghis’s horn and couldn’t figure out how to use it, so he consulted a hunter in the manufacturing industry, and eventually he took a bite and figured out how to use it.

Common sense tells us who would think of eating monster by-products.

It’s not like a plant obtained through gathering.

“I should also tell you. But it’s so late, I wonder if he’ll be awake.”

Is it poetry?

“It’s probably around 2 a.m. in Korea right now.”

– I don’t think I’ll sleep well. Just try contacting me briefly and see if you can connect. I have to give you your cell phone number anyway so I have to contact you at least once.

“Still, it’s really unreasonable to contact me at this late hour…”

– It’s okay. are you okay.

Seo Ji-han repeatedly recommended it, so I took out the Sotong Yugwa I had, took a small bite, and put it in my mouth.

The effect of ‘Item: Communication Benefits’ is applied.

‘Item: Communication Skills’: Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds,

3 minutes 30 seconds.

This is enough to say.

Well, I mean. Is it okay to say it now?

It’s so awkward to open your mouth to someone who isn’t in front of you when you’re not talking on the phone.

But before I spoke, Eundam Yoo spoke first.

“Wait.”