Chapter 114

What would happen if a man whose evil deeds were a habit was fried in the fires of hell and came back alive?

“…Shit….”

The answer was, not much changes.

“Fucking… really, why the hell am I….”

Park Eun-gyeom’s daily life changed overnight.

A 1st-class citizen and a B-Class Hunter.

His looks were decent enough, and since his body was his asset, his physique was good too.

It felt like just yesterday that he was looking down on the fools who clung to him without knowing their place, while still enjoying the sweet taste of it.

‘But ever since I fell into that dungeon….’

The atmosphere had reversed.

“That person is….”

“I heard he’s a habitual offender.”

“It’s the end of days, I tell you.”

People whispered as they looked at him.

“Hunter Park, I heard you were dragged into the Black Cape’s dungeon and came back.”

“…Yes, well, that’s right.”

“The aftereffects must be severe, why are you out instead of getting some rest.”

The Hunters he knew were the same.

“Rumor has it you must be tired because of the Association’s requests for cooperation these days.”

The B-Class Hunter who said that scanned the surroundings with a strange mix of anxiety and irritation.

Though he didn’t know the exact reason, his face showed that he at least knew that he had been dragged to the Association and investigated several times.

‘He’s probably suspecting that I’m still being watched.’

But it wasn’t an entirely misplaced suspicion.

‘Damn it, why am I being treated like this…!’

He was, in fact, under the Association’s surveillance.

He just couldn’t understand it.

If a precious 1st-class citizen, a competent B-Class Hunter, came back alive from an unidentified dungeon, shouldn’t they be praised and encouraged, and then given compensation for damages?

He didn’t know why the gazes of those around him were so harsh.

“A, a Hunter… has to work. If I don’t work, who will protect the citizens.”

“…Really? Well then, do your best on your own.”

The other person clicked their tongue and walked away.

“…….”

It was a reaction filled with clear contempt and pity.

‘…What kind of reaction was that just now? Isn’t this a bit much, even for a B-Class Hunter? I knew that guy was territorial, but to act so blatantly….’

He gritted his teeth.

‘To think he was a 3rd-class just until recently. He’s so vulgar I can’t even associate with him.’

The sight of a country bumpkin who used to live chewing on monster meat showing off just because he had a good awakening was absolutely disgusting.

He tried his best to ignore the whispering and went looking for a job.

There were many people looking for B-Class Hunters. He wasn’t one to crumble like this.

But.

“I’m sorry.”

“…Look, I don’t know what kind of rumors have been spreading lately, but….”

“I’m sorry, Hunter Park Eun-gyeom. Our brokerage cannot arrange a job for you.”

“You believe that fucking rumor and you’re giving me this attitude now? Hey! Do you know how much money I’ve brought to this place!!”

“I’m sorry, please visit another brokerage.”

It had come to the point where he was being ignored by a mere regular employee, not even a Hunter.

“Ha, this is absurd. Seeing Hunters work their asses off in this dirty little brokerage makes you think you’re something special…? You little shit who would die with a poke, who do you think you are looking down on a Hunter, you motherfucker!!”

“…P-please calm down….”

“You think I’m gonna let you off? Do you think so? Don’t fuck with me, you worthless piece of shit… I’m telling you I came here to work in person. Huh? What class are you, what class are you to act so fucking high and mighty!!”

The satisfaction and pleasure he felt from the employee’s frightened expression were short-lived.

“Hunter Park Eun-gyeom, please leave.”

“Excuse me? No, you’re telling me to leave? Are you crazy?”

“Leave, right now.”

The brokerage guards stepped forward and kicked him out of the building.

As it was a brokerage that even Hunters from the 1st-class citizen bracket frequented, the guards were mostly C-Class Hunters.

Even if he was a higher class, it was natural to back down when being pressured by a group.

“No, you, you, you crazy bastards…!! Are you insane?! Don’t you know me?! Do you not know who I am!!”

“Ah, I know you well. I just called you Hunter Park Eun-gyeom a moment ago.”

One of the guards clicked his tongue and said.

“Aren’t you the Hunter who doesn’t value his porters and throws them as monster bait, huh?”

“Th-that’s…!!”

What the hell was wrong with that?

“…I-it’s not just me. Huh? Was I the only one? No. Besides me, no. No? Hey, let’s be honest. Do you guys see those F-Classes, those porters, as people? Do they look like fucking people to you!!”

Right, that damn rumor had spread.

Leaving a porter behind in a dungeon when the situation was not favorable was something everyone did secretly.

It was already annoying enough that all they did was carry luggage, but you had to feed them too.

It was only natural to want to abandon such a freeloader.

I was in a difficult situation too.

Wasn’t it unavoidable that I didn’t have the luxury to take care of a porter in an already dangerous situation?

“Of course I know it’s a bad thing. But, huh? Think about it, does everyone cross at the crosswalk while obeying the signals? No, they don’t. No, I know it’s bad, so I, in my own way… in my own way…!”

“In your own way? What, you hid it well in your own way?”

“…….”

“Wow, this guy is a real piece of work.”

The guard chuckled and laughed with his other colleagues.

“Isn’t he a murderer who doesn’t even know he’s a murderer.”

“You said it. Guys like this are the real deal. Ugh, I’m sick of it.”

“Even a 5th-class citizen would have better self-awareness than this.”

He flared up.

“Who are you comparing to a 5th-class citizen…!!”

But no one listened.

“The Association must be watching him for a reason, right?”

“There’s no habitual offender like this one. It’s funny that he’s out looking for work when the rumor has spread all over.”

“This is a real comedy. Do 1st-class citizens also suffer from financial hardship, I wonder?”

“Hey, hey, the precious 1st-class citizen is pissed off. Let’s go back too.”

“Ooh, scary, if he gets angry, he’ll probably do a roundhouse kick on us too, right? Like this, shwaak!!”

“Ah, you crazy bastard. Stop being so fucking funny. It’s work hours, cut it out.”

He was speechless at the way they were treating him like a pastime snack.

“…What, what….”

He really wanted to cry.

In the end, he was left alone in front of the whispering crowd.

“…….”

He didn’t know how many times this had happened already.

A Hunter tries to do some Hunter work, but the brokerage employees, as if they’ve eaten something wrong, just say they can’t.

This was all because the Association had openly summoned him.

“…I-I’m… I’m being protected, not watched….”

The Association employee had definitely said that it was a protective measure, not surveillance.

They were just observing his progress since they didn’t know when the Black Cape might appear again and try to harm him.

They had begged him so earnestly not to be offended.

Even though he was in a foul mood from being toyed with by that monster bastard, he graciously accepted their protection.

It was laughable that a mere public official dared to talk about protecting a B-Class Hunter, but he had let it all slide.

“…The Black Cape is such a fucking dangerous monster, that, that….”

To personally inform the world of the danger of the Black Cape, which was known to the public as just some trivial event.

“I went through so much to get out….”

That’s why he did it.

“…….”

“…….”

“…Is that the guy?”

Rookie hunters loitering around the brokerages murmured.

“You know, the one who beat up a porter and got dragged away by the Black Cape….”

“I heard he didn’t just beat him, he was trying to leave him in the dungeon.”

“What a crazy bastard.”

Someone muttered.

“Seems like he deserved to be dragged away by the Black Cape.”

At that, he flared up once more and shouted.

“What do you mean deserved, you sons of bitches!!”

“Ah, no, we were just….”

“Do you even know how dangerous a monster that Black Cape bastard is? Huh? Do you!”

“That….”

“It takes a perfectly fine person and turns them into a wreck…!!”

The hunter who looked like a kid grimaced.

“What do you mean, a perfectly fine person… Excuse me, the rumor has already spread everywhere, you know?”

Despite being scared, he spoke in a ridiculously funny way.

“I heard the Black Cape only catches bad people.”

“That’s right, and it doesn’t even catch them unless it’s something as bad as murder or abuse.”

“It’s not a monster that catches you for jaywalking, what nonsense is he spouting?”

When a bunch of idiots gathered, communication was impossible.

“Of course it would be a scary monster to him, since he’s a bad guy himself. Would it be scary to people like us?”

“Well… it’s a monster, so it must be dangerous, but I heard it doesn’t harm you unless you do something really bad….”

“Did you hear that it gives you a gift if you meet it? Man, hearing that made me want to see it too.”

“Don’t be silly, it’s still a dangerous monster acknowledged by the Association. Anyway, we just need to be careful.”

“Aw, you’re being too cautious. I hear the gifts that monsters give are that delicious.”

“That’s right, and they say the effects are good too. It’s almost like medicine, they say?”

They affirmed this strange urban legend spreading through the city, not the well-known asshole.

“I heard you can’t get the Black Cape’s gift if you’re unlucky.”

“Still, I’m a bit scared, what if I get dragged away for a crime I don’t even know I committed….”

“It’s a monster, so we should be wary, but don’t worry.”

“That’s right, unless you’re as much of a personality-failure as that guy, you probably won’t get dragged away.”

“I want to go see the Black Cape’s works, I heard they’re that amazing.”

The Black Cape, who gave gifts to good people and punishment to bad people, was popular among the citizens.

A polite humanoid monster that rarely harmed people filled the romance of the city dwellers to the maximum.

There were people who feared him, but no one who hated him.

“But why is that bastard yelling at us?”

“I don’t know, maybe he thinks we’re easy targets… This is why classists….”

“He’s tarnishing the reputation of all 1st-class citizens by himself, tsk tsk.”

In contrast, there were many people who would hate a criminal recognized by the Association for no reason.

“I heard his Hunter license wasn’t revoked?”

“He’s the one who’s bringing shame to all Hunters, what’s with his confidence….”

So in the end.

“…….”

The person named Park Eun-gyeom was isolated.

“…Y-y-you….”

The unfairness of no one understanding his pain.

The anger at being treated like this for the first time in his life and the fear hidden behind it.

The bewilderment from being humiliated in front of so many people.

Having held back because he didn’t want to be dragged back to the ‘City of the Void’, he raised his mace.

“You trashy bastards!!!”

“Kyaak!!”

“Stop him!”

“Don’t fuck with me, you bastards, you, you sons of…!!”

And that sight.

“…….”

The gray city was watching.

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Identification Number

0S-328-D-01

Response Level

B(Evasion)

Entity Type

Humanoid(-)

Entity Name

The Black Suit(-)

Authority

Theft(-)

A humanoid entity with the first discoverer being B-Class Hunter Park Eun-gyeom of the Korean Hunter Association. Created by Identification Number 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』, and resides in the ‘City of the Void’, which is identified as the said entity’s presiding dungeon.

It is a black suit with a sense of volume, as if worn by a person.

The form of the suit has minor differences between individuals.

There was some dissonance in the entity naming process.

A motion was raised to name the entity ‘Invisible Man’, but was discarded as it was revealed that the body is not transparent but non-existent.

Named a humanoid entity for convenience, but may be subject to future revision.

It seems necessary to adjust the entity name after acquiring additional information in the future.

According to the testimony of A-Class Hunter(Yu Seong-un) of The Collectors, it is said to have intelligence capable of communication, but there is a possibility that this is a characteristic of a specific individual only. Height is estimated to be around 185~9cm.

As can be seen from the identification number, it shows characteristics similar to 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』. Its height and behavior are similar to the Black Cape.

Perceives wicked humans as harmful entities that negatively affect their species. Upon encounter, forcibly teleports the said entity to the dungeon ‘City of the Void’ for isolation and disposal. Escape is possible with permission from the dungeon’s owner, 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』, but it seems that staying for a long period of time will result in becoming a part of the ‘work’.

A ‘price’ is required to escape if one becomes a work of 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』.

In the case of the first witness, B-Class Hunter Park Eun-gyeom, ‘wickedness’ was paid as the price.

However, immediately after showing the ‘wickedness’ that was taken as a price, it was judged as a breach of contract, and his external physical characteristics were stolen by 『0S-328-D-01(The Black Suit)』 and his main body became paint.

The methods of 『0S-328-D-01(The Black Suit)』 are deliberate and cunning.

Only when the target breaches the contract does it steal in the order of voice, eyes, muscles, and skin.

After completing the transaction, 『0S-328-D-01(The Black Suit)』 showed itself committing suicide in the form of Park Eun-gyeom.

Those around him testified that they did not notice a sense of incongruity.

Considering that Park Eun-gyeom complained of hysterical pain and fear during the 7-day period of theft, it seems that the subject of the transaction can observe the process of theft.

『0S-328-D-01(The Black Suit)』 disappeared as soon as it was proven not to be Park Eun-gyeom.

Park Eun-gyeom’s body has turned into black paint and is being stored in the Association’s research facility. Some researchers have analyzed it to be living paint that is performing life activities.

Consideration on Countermeasures

Refrain from evil acts within the visible range of 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』’s dungeon, the ‘City of the Void’.

Escape is possible by directly talking to 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』 and paying or not paying a price.

Regardless of the type of attack, 『0S-328-D(The Black Cape)』 and 『0S-328-D-01(The Black Suit)』 cannot be damaged.

Evasion is set as the basic response method for the two entities above and the dungeon ‘City of the Void’.

We are accepting related requests and additional information.

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Today’s Status_‘City of the Void’

“The void is working hard for Daddy (?˙∇˙)?”

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