Evolution Theory of the Hunter

“Where are you running!”

Cho Young-gu held up his shield. The shape of the shield extended up.

The Giant White Tiger that was escaping hit the shield and got put back in its original position.

“Nice!”

I held up a thumbs up to Cho Young-gu and ran at the monster.

In that time, an arrow got lodged into its body and Park Han-bum’s Hand Cannon got a direct hit on its waist.

At the moment the monster cried out and tried to raise its upper body Soo-ah struck the side of its head with the hammer.

With the sound of thunder the monster’s body flew towards me. I swung down the sword just like that.

The monster’s head got split in half and blood poured out like a fountain.

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“Whew.”

After breathing deeply a few times I looked down at the dead Giant White Tiger. Although it was already dead, it was still twitching.

“It was easier than I thought.”

Soo-ah cracked a smile and swung the hammer round and round.

“No, there’s something strange.”

“What is?”

“There’s no way a single Giant White Tiger’s presence could cause the forest to shake.”

“Then is there something else?”

“I’m not certain but…….”

I could hear the sound of the eagles crying from above.

Once I looked up, I could see them forming two groups and circling.

I did well to make those.

“It’s not over yet!”

I quickly repositioned our party members.

For now, I sent Manager Kim to the van while the rest of the group went behind Cho Young-gu with me at the very front.

I sent Soo-ah to the top of the van. As she had good mobility and fast speed, for her to be able to support anywhere she would need a broad view.

“Where are they?”

“Look above.”

Soo-ah who looked up at my words let out a short exclamation.

The red eagles were circling in two different areas. They were right above a relatively close tree.

“Can’t we go to them first?”

“We don’t know what they are yet. We have to take them out into a place we can see them.”

Of course, they might all be Giant White Tigers. However, even if they were the same type, they might be different levels.

I pointed at one of the two areas the eagles were circling.

“Joon-suk, use that in that direction……!”

“Yes.”

Han Joon-suk pulled the bowstring.

The Dragon Breath went to the 9 o’clock direction while burning the forest.

With a tremendous amount of heat the trees in a straight line were all turned into ash.

While the trees were smoking while burning, a huge shadow came through that area and showed itself.

The first thing that could be seen was a giant bunch of fur covering a front paw. Soo-ah let out a light moan.

“Hella big.”

“As expected…….”

It was a beast of a size that couldn’t be compared to the Giant White Tiger we just killed. I inspected the monster with the manual.

Twisted Giant White Tiger (7) : A Giant White Tiger that has become unnaturally bigger.

“It’s level 7. Be careful.”

“Again? Level 7 pops out continuously in this place…….”

Soo-ah stopped talking. It was because another one appeared.

Giant, I could see an incredibly big black beast.

Black Tiger (10) : It is a strong monster.

Level 10.

Level 10 you say?

I doubted my eyes. Did I see it wrong? Isn’t the manual’s error?

Once the Black Tiger took another step forward its entire figure could be seen.

Even just the height to its shoulder was 5 meters. It was hard to believe something like that was hidden in the forest.

No, it’s hard to believe that such a thing is there in the first place.

I really wish someone would say that this situation is a prank.

The golden pupils met with mine.

I felt like my heart was stopping from just matching sights with it. Wrinkles formed on the bridge of its nose and its mouth opened a bit.

It seemed like it was smiling and also seemed like it was intimidating.

Damn. How many reward points did I have again?

How many ores did I have and how many items do I have left again?

I couldn’t think about anything. My head wasn’t functioning properly.

A level 10.

That was the only thing I could think about.

The Black Tiger growled. At the moment I was going to take a step back.

“Haah!”

Soo-ah rushed up like an agile panther and swung the hammer with light movements.

Flash, thunder struck. The Black Tiger which got hit once swung its front paw as if it was annoying but Soo-ah avoided it and rushed toward its head once more.

The monster raised its upper body and swung both its front paws but it wasn’t able to catch the agile Soo-ah.

A tiger was a beast in the same category as cats. They had nimble enough movements to be able to catch flying birds.

However, it wouldn’t be able to react as quickly as something moving on the ground.

At that moment my head started working.

“Kelby! Protect this side!”

Kelby who was next to Yeon-gyeong soon became similar in size with the level 5 Giant White Tiger.

The ability was probably similar too. On top of that, there were five Milworms under Han Joon-suk’s feet while the Agentaya Mongol Horses were protecting from the back.

I sent a signal to Han Joon-suk with my eyes. He nodded his head.

Everybody’s attack besides Soo-ah and I were concentrated on the Giant White Tiger.

“Doesn’t even have fear.”

A laugh came out without me knowing. While I was being scared about its status as a level 10 monster Soo-ah had attacked abruptly.

I was someone who had attacked a level 4 monster while I was a porter. As I had a level 8 sword in my hand right now I was in a far better condition than that time.

It’s said that you start to fear more things the more you have but it seems I’m in that situation right now.

It was the first time I was awed by Soo-ah who I thought was a complete idiot.

“Senior brother! You’re late!”

“You’re noisy! Just focus on the enemy in front of you!”

Soo-ah kicked off the air and rushed to the Black Tiger. The moment it raised its front paw to swing it at Soo-ah its chest opened.

I ran just like that and swung the Hunter Sword.

With the feeling of being caught by leather black fur scattered everywhere.

The monster acted up as it twisted its body. I rolled on the ground to avoid the monster’s teeth.

As Soo-ah attacked it once more the monster stopped attacking me as if it couldn’t be helped.

While she was buying me time I took out the Dancing Sword and used it to jump up.

The Black Tiger’s figure was more intimidating when seen from above.

It’s body length was over 10 meters and I could see its muscles all over its body twitching. A haze that came out with the monster’s heat rose from its body.

The heat that came out from his mass of muscles were distorting the light.

The roar of the Black Tiger that came out from right in front of me shook my eardrums almost making them burst.

The hammer Soo-ah swung hit the monster on his back.

It quickly circled around to attack but Soo-ah had already retreated. Her speed clearly surpassed that of the Black Tiger.

However, I was slower than the Black Tiger. If I lost track of its movements and acted after that it would be too late. I needed to think ahead and act ahead.

The head was dangerous. It was an easy target for its bites and front paw attacks. It would be best to get behind it and get its back legs…… huh?

My sight got destroyed as I felt terrifying pain all over my body.

“Senior brother!”

Soo-ah’s voice felt far away. The sky and ground was spinning.

It was like my entire body was being shattered into pieces.

“Arg…….”

I grabbed my dizzy head and got up. My eyes were spinning as if having drunk alcohol.

I couldn’t grasp the situation.

I took out a Wound Cure Potion from the item list of the manual.

Gulp gulp!

“Ahhh!”

With the taste of the dreadfully disgusting liquid spreading throughout my body I could feel the pain once more.

However, I could feel my sight recovering.

I wasn’t dead yet. The immortality didn’t get used up either. Instead, my armor was completely wrecked.

For now I put in the armor into the manual and ran at the Black Tiger.

There was no use putting something else on. In front of this thing wearing a low level armor was the same as having no armor. It was better for my body to be lighter.

I recalled the previous situation while running towards the monster.

While I was thinking about how to kill the thing seemed to have jumped and attacked me.

As it was faster than I had anticipated I wasn’t able to see it properly.

I had to be more careful. The thought that I was definitely stronger than Soo-ah. Because of that thought I thought that the Black Tiger’s abilities were lower than they actually were.

If I made a mistake Soo-ah dies too. If Soo-ah dies then the others all die as well.

Let’s use my brain. I’m different from Soo-ah. I had to maintain the maximum safety distance and hit and run.

I kicked off the ground and flew into the sky. There will not be a second mistake.

Unlike Soo-ah who could read the monster’s movements and react to it I was slower than it.

I maintained a certain distance for now and kept circling the Black Tiger. It was to measure the distance between it and me.

I kept circling while stepping on the Dancing Sword.

It looked like the Black Tiger wasn’t paying me any attention but once I got even a bit closer its shoulders twitched.

It meant that it was reading my movements without seeing me with its eyes.

I think it would be better to think that it had no blind spots. Also, while I was doing this Soo-ah was moving fast enough to leave after images.

It was like a video was being played several times faster.

“How much longer do you think you can hold on for!”

“Until we kill that thing!”

Why is she acting so cool all of a sudden?

“You were moved just now right?”

“Are you relaxed enough to joke around?”

I did say so but I thought I wouldn’t be able to escape the Black Tiger’s oppressive feeling if I didn’t have small talks.

The Black Tiger turned to look at me. I stepped on the Dancing Sword and jumped up on reflex.

The monster went back to fight Soo-ah as if nothing happened but I instinctively felt that it would have been dangerous if I had gone a bit closer.

I felt that it wasn’t okay like this.

I checked my reward points through the manual.

Skill Name : Effort (0) , Immortality (4)

Additional Technique : None

Proficiency : 46

Reward Points : 41100

Stat Increase : Strength 550 Endurance 500 Reflex 450 Concentration 400 Defense 400

Upgrade : 743/5000

The upgrade was still far away but the reward points that had been stacked up until now was over 40,000. I put them all into reflex.

By using up 37,500 points the reflex stat went up to 750.

From 750, if I took Soo-ah’s wide area buff of 20% then I had a reflex of 900%.

I had suddenly gotten close to Soo-ah’s speed of 1000%.

At the same time the proficiency surpassed 50.

At that moment a message appeared.

– Proficiency has surpassed 50. Additional Technique ‘Overwork’ has been created.