Evolution Theory of the Hunter

I turned my line of sight to where the monster was looking. The sight of the level 7 Giant White Tiger and my teammates in a fierce battle could be seen.

Kelby was the one attracting the monster’s attraction from a close range.

Behind him was Cho Young-gu who was blocking the attacks that might come suddenly. The Milworms were also shaking the ground under the Giant White Tiger.

The Agentaya Mongol Horses were standing by to let my teammates escape whenever they had to.

However, the Black Tiger was looking in that direction. I didn’t have a good feeling about this.

I dashed at the monster with all my power. Every time I kicked the ground dirt would cave in.

The Black Tiger shrunk its body. That was a leaping pose. To my teammates direction.

It was obvious that they would be annihilated if the Black Tiger joined while they were fighting against the Giant White Tiger.

I kicked off the ground one last time before jumping at the monster. The Black Tiger leaped simultaneously. The moment I thought I would barely miss it.

At that moment Soo-ah grabbed the Black Tiger’s tail. It seemed to be surprised at her quick return as it turned its head to confirm Soo-ah.

It was a sensitive response considering Soo-ah’s weight. It wouldn’t have had a problem just leaping with her on it.

The thought that its tail might be its weak point flashed through my head.

However, it immediately swung its tail to drop Soo-ah. As expected, losing strength just by grabbing the tail is something that would only happen in a cartoon. (Kyle: Dragon Ball reference for those who don’t know.)

Either way, thanks to Soo-ah it failed to go to where my other team members were.

The distance it leaped was short and was falling to where the level 5 Giant White Tiger had died.

Hm? But why was Manager Kim there?

He was incredibly flustered as he looked at the Black Tiger falling above him.

As if his legs had stiffened he couldn’t run away as he collapsed on the ground. Why did he crawl out of the van? No, more importantly run away for now!

“Run away!”

I ran while shouting at Manager Kim in a loud voice. No matter how quickly I ran it was impossible to escape with him before the Black Tiger landed.

Should I call it the final counterattack…… Manager Kim held up the Needle Gun above his head.

“Ooooaaaahh!”

He continuously fired the gun while screaming. However, it was impossible to do any damage to the level 10 Black Tiger with a level 4 equipment. I could vividly imagine the scene of Manager Kim getting eaten by the Black Tiger.

Hm?

The Black Tiger that was shot at by the Needle Gun scrunched up its body in a weird way and let out a pitiful cry. It seems like it was unexpectedly able to do some damage. However, it wasn’t like that could prevent the Black Tiger’s body itself from falling.

The monster fell right where Manager Kim was. I unintentionally tightly closed my eyes.

Damn it. Why in the world was he there.

Just then, I could see Manager Kim staggering in the corner of my eyes. It was a location 10 meters away from where he used to be. When did he move all the way there?

I quickly ran to and raised him from the ground, getting away from the Black Tiger.

“What in the world happened?”

“—-!”

I couldn’t hear what he was saying. It was like there was a bunch of water in my ears. Ah. Shit. Now that I think of it my eardrums had popped.

I quickly took out and ate a potion and waited for them to heal. Before 10 seconds passed I could start hearing things again.

“Please say that again.”

“Like I said, I only remember shooting this as much as I could.”

“No, more importantly, how did you get away from there?”

Instead of replying he showed me a ring on his finger. It was a Flash Ring. It was an item that I had forgotten about as I hadn’t used it since buying it. (Kyle: The ‘Flash’ here is the word for Flash in the Korean server’s League of Legends so why not.)

“I did well to buy this.”

“Did you come here trusting that?”

“No, that’s not it, I just picked up something.”

He opened the Needle Gun’s magazine and showed it to me. The thing inside was a golden nail.

Skillful Technical Mastercraftsman Nail (5) : As a nail made by using a powerful hammer, able to penetrate hard objects.

“Item? And a level 5 at that…….”

“It’s an item that was dropped from the dead white tiger returning to the void. I looked at it and it seemed like it could go into the Needle Gun.”

“And so you came out of the van while risking your life?”

“Of, of course. I also wanted to be of help to the party.”

It was moving. To think that Manager Kim was someone with such a spirit of sacrifice.

Of course there was no way that was true.

He probably couldn’t suppress his curiosity after something shiny dropped.

Either way, even if the projectile of the Needle Gun was changed to a level 5 item it shouldn’t be enough to do damage to a level 10 monster right? It wasn’t like with a level 4 Needle Gun and level 5 nail a level 9 item is created.

There was no way the damage would be calculated like that. At most it would be good if it did a level 6 worth of damage?

“I got it so go back for now. It can be dangerous after all.”

I said so and looked back at the Black Tiger. As if it was in pain it kept its body crunched up. It was the right time if there was one.

I held the Hunter Greatsword and and circled around to its back side.

I was a bit worried that I couldn’t see Soo-ah’s figure but there was a higher chance that she had collapsed due to exhaustion than getting severely injured.

For now, killing the Black Tiger was of higher priority.

I quickly climbed up its back.

Did you ever try riding on a tiger with a length of over 10 meters? It can’t be compared to mere rodeo.

It felt like my internal organs were getting displaced and my brain was crashing into my skull every time it jumped.

Since it didn’t seem like jumping wasn’t working it started crashing into trees.

It seemed like even I would be fine after getting crashed into a tree with my bare body.

For now, I took out a level 2 leather armor.

As soon as the leather armor embraced my body, my body crashed into a giant Armdri tree.

“Urk!”

I momentarily let go of my hand.

As I extended my hand while flustered I caught something. The feeling of something like a large pouch, soft and warm. I didn’t know what it was but I held on to it.

“Grr?”

I could feel the monster getting flustered. The movement of the monster that was rampaging like a madman was definitely getting slower.

I finally came back to my senses and check what I was holding on to.

It was the pride of all men, the symbol of it, the thing attached below it.

The testicles.

As soon as I realized what it was, I squeezed it tighter.

The monster’s roar shook the land. Arg. I should have just not healed my sense of hearing.

The monster didn’t know what to do and just kept circling in place. If it rampaged more fiercely then the pain would increase but if it stood still there was no way I wouldn’t do something.

In the end, after it failed trying to kick me with its back legs its body flipped over.

It seemed to be extremely desperate as it swung its front paw at me just like that.

A full swing with all its strength!

The Black Tiger was a level 10. The thing’s front paw attack could demolish a thick concrete building in a single hit.

It had the power more than that of a tank’s cannon shot. It would probably be able to get rid of a small hill if it really tried.

The attack that had that level of power hit its own testicles directly.

This one got through perfectly.

The giant figure of the monster fell with great force.

The Black Tiger that had hit its own testicles jumped up and fell on the ground head first. The Black Tiger that collapsed was foaming bubbles out of its mouth while unconcious.

No matter how sensitive of a spot it was I didn’t think that I would go down in one hit.

I was wondering why it reacted so surprised, it seems like it hit exactly at that spot.

Either way, it would probably wake up with some half hearted attack so I was wondering what to do when Soo-ah stood at the place between the monster’s thighs, hammer in hand.

And then she struck down the hammer. Urg.

Twitch!

The Black Tiger’s giant body twitched. Could it still feel the pain while unconcious?

Even I who was watching started frowning. It was a scene that I couldn’t see with my own two eyes but Soo-ah wasn’t concerned in any way as she kept striking down with the hammer.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every time she struck down with the Hammer, thunder struck down. The Black Tiger’s that place was destroyed to the point of being gruesome.

It was burned black to the point that it wouldn’t become any darker. Although it was black from the beginning.

“This thing isn’t dead though? How do we kill it?”

I went to the head of the monster while looking at Soo-ah who was on the verge of exhaustion.

I held up the Hunter Greatsword and shoved it into its remaining eye.

At that moment, the Black Tiger’s body shot up like a freshly caught fish and roared.

“It, it revived!”

“Damn. Does it not die even with this?”

It seemed to be impossible to kill it by destroying its brain like this due to its size.

However, crushing its head itself was impossible due to its tough leather.

It might have some kind of defensive function but it absorbed quite a bit of the impact.

In fact, even its testicles had a fair bit of defense but as it had hit it itself it fell unconscious, otherwise the damage wouldn’t have gotten through.

The Black Tiger moved its body here and there while growling. It seems like it wasn’t right in its mind due to being blind and the great amount of pain it felt.

“Give me that for a bit.”

“Yes sir.”

I received Thor’s Hammer from her and ran towards the Black Tiger.

I then smashed down directly on its head with Thor’s Hammer.

The Black Tiger that got hit by the level 5 hammer rolled on the ground while letting out a pained cry.

It was because of the Bloody Sword that I had stabbed into its eye. The electricity had gone all the way inside its eye using the Bloody Sword as a medium.

No matter how much of a monster it was if lightning struck near its brain then it was impossible to not take damage.

As I got a few direct hits like that, it started rampaging like a madman again.

It crashed into the ground and crashed into boulders and crashed into trees.

The monster really rampaged as if it had rabies. Maybe 10 minutes passed like that.

The monster finally collapsed on the ground seemingly having exhausted its strength.

However, it still wasn’t dead. Soo-ah’s face crumpled up as she opened her mouth.

“This is the first time we see a monster this tough.”

“It’s because we’re weak. It would have ended pretty easily if we had level 9 equipment you know?”

“That’s true. But it doesn’t cost a penny or two.”

If it was level 9 items they probably costed around 50b won. That amount of money was enough to build a building in Gangnam so it was possible to quit being a hunter and live a life of luxury for the rest of one’s life.

Although I would still continue working.

“But seriously, how do we kill that?”

“With this.”

I took out a ‘Technician Nail’ that Manager Kim had from the manual. I had kept one just in case.

I put the nail on the monster that was completely exhausted. And then struck down with Thor’s Hammer.

The Black Tiger’s body twitched as sparks flew everywhere. However, it didn’t move at all as if it didn’t even have the strength left to cry.

The unseasonal sound of hammering spread throughout the forest. After hammering a few time the nail really penetrated its head.

Even if it was a level 5, it had good utility. It was correct for me to think that it was enough to penetrate the monster’s leather.

Soon, the nail completely penetrated its skull. I struck down with Thor’s Hammer with all my strength one last time.

Lightning struck down on the Black Tiger’s head in a straight line. The electric energy travelled through the nail and fried the Black Tiger’s brain.

“Grrr!”

“It revived again?”

Soo-ah retreated in surprise. However, I could confirm the distinct number in front of my eyes.

[+1,000]

It was exactly 1,000 without a bonus.

I didn’t know how they could think about making the points given so low.