6

“There are fewer and fewer people.”

As the evening passed, there were not many people near the door.

Seonghyeon checked the equipment he had once again and headed towards the door entrance.

“Are you coming in on time?”

The person who guarded the door from the association looked at Seong-hyeon with a slightly worried look and asked.

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

“You have to leave before 12 noon. Do you know?”

“yes.”

Since midnight was the time when the activities of the beasts were the most active, strong beasts appeared even in not very deep places.

“Well then, I wish you all the best.”

“thank you.”

After the guard’s last words, Seonghyeon entered the door.

At the same time as the view that could not be seen even an inch ahead, the sensation of floating in the air continued, and within a short time, a completely different scene unfolded from the one I had seen a while ago.

As if entering the forest, the wide-spreading bushes and trees were welcoming Seonghyeon.

“The beasts that come from here are the strongest goblins at all…”

Of course, even Goblins were never a strong beast if you count each individual individual.

It’s just that it’s a little tricky to deal with because it’s in a group.

“Whoa…”

After a long time hunting for a monster, Seonghyeon took a deep breath and hid into the bushes, hiding her body and spirit.

“…here there.”

Next to a small puddle, I saw a puppy pinning its neck.

At first glance, it looked nothing like a puppy, but when he was deceived by its appearance and approached, it was a demonic beast that revealed its teeth.

‘Weakness is the head. Well, of course.’

Thanks to his original ability to grasp the vital point, he was able to immediately identify the weakness of the beast, and Seong-hyeon carefully took out the sword he had received from the association while maintaining a hidden appearance.

Seonghyeon, who arrived at the bush closest to the beast, slowly approached the back of the beast who was still thirsty.

‘now!’

It only looked like a dog, but there was nothing like a dog’s sense of smell or anything else, so it wasn’t difficult to hunt one.

Seong-hyeon, who put the sword directly into the back of the beast’s neck, wrinkled his brow in the red blood that spouted out.

“Let’s get the crystals quickly and find them again.”

Seong-hyeon, who cut off the corpse of the beast, cut off the heart and put his hand in it, took out a cloudy gray crystal.

Then the corpse of the beast became powder in the air and disappeared.

Seonghyeon, who put the crystal in his pocket, washed his face with the puddle that the demon had just drenched in to wipe the blood off his face.

I wiped everything off and got up from my seat, and I could feel the popularity right in front of me.

*

“haha…”

Hayeon grabbed the other arm with a trembling hand and headed to the pool in front of her.

‘I was distracted…!’

All the colleagues who came with me were torn apart, and when I went out the door, there were magical beasts on the way, so I couldn’t do this or that.

‘You have to wash the blood.’

Beasts were sensitive to the smell of blood.

Hunting the beast and taking out the crystals right away was also done to get rid of the smell of blood by removing the corpse.

“Ugh…!”

There was no sign of bleeding from the deep cut on his arm.

I barely ripped the fabric to block it, but it didn’t seem like it would stop bleeding so easily.

‘I’m sure they’ll come after me.’

In fact, the time is getting late, so it was best to get out of the door as much as possible or meet the other party still inside the door, but it would not be easy to meet the other party.

Hayeon hurriedly sat down in front of the puddle and washed the wounded area.

Every time the water touched his flesh, a tingling sensation seemed to warn him of an impending crisis.

“Ha…Move again…”

The smell of blood was almost gone, so I had to get out of the beasts as much as possible and go to the place where the door was.

So I got up from my seat, and for a moment, I fell back down on my seat with a tingling sensation in my head.

“…uh?”

In an instant, a cool sensation wrapped around his body and his hands and toes began to tingle.

“Stand, please…!”

Hayeon remembered what day it was today.

August 14th.

‘Indeed…!’

The 15th of every month was the day when the magic inside the door grew thick.

Although the magic did not affect the strength of the beasts, it did affect everything inside the door.

For example, the puddle from which the wound was just washed.

It didn’t matter if he just touched the body, but if he just touched the wound directly like himself, the magic would seep into his body and gradually paralyze his hands and toes.

He did not lose his life, but when the paralysis became severe, he lost consciousness, so it was practically no different from dying.

“no…”

The hand that had been holding on to the wound now lost its strength and fell to the floor, and his eyes grew blurry.

“Creek!”

And in front of them, the voices of the beasts could be heard.

“here…”

I couldn’t bear the weight of my eyelids, but something, or someone, shuddered in front of me.

“…who…”

It was very common for a hunter to prey on wounded people like himself inside the door.

Besides, now this unknown man was putting his hands on his body as if he was trying to dig through his pockets.

“Bad…”

I wanted to spit out a cool curse, but now I couldn’t bear the weight of my eyelids, so Hayeon closed her eyes and lost consciousness.

*

“Ugh…”

Sunghyun wrinkled his brow at the pain he felt in his arm.

“Hey, why is his ability like this?”

Seonghyeon, who had barely endured the swearing from the pain that was hard to ignore, hid into the bushes carrying Hayeon who had fallen.

“Haha, thanks to you, I can only catch one beast today.”

After uttering a word mixed with resentment, Seong-hyeon began to heal Ha-yeon’s wound, which had not yet been healed.

The pain in my arm was getting worse and worse.

I wondered if it could be felt more than the original pain.

Seonghyeon wiped the sweat from the pain and checked the situation outside the bush.

“Kreuk, Kreuk!”

The goblins were chasing the smell of Hayeon’s blood in a group, and they were bewildered by the smell of the puddle.

‘If I was alone, how could I handle it…’

Hayeon, who collapsed, was also a problem, and the pain in her arm was also a problem.

Fortunately, the goblins’ senses were not on the sensitive side, and if they didn’t show a sign, they would pass on their own.

“Ugh…”

However, as if nothing went according to plan, Ha-yeon, who had lost her mind, groaned, and Seong-hyeon was startled and quickly closed Ha-yeon’s mouth, but it seemed a little late.

“Creek!”

Goblins were approaching the forest where Seonghyeon and Hayeon were hiding.

“…ha…”

Taking a deep breath, Seonghyeon pulled out his sword and came out of the bush.

“There is treatment, so I won’t die.”

Fortunately, the goblins didn’t seem to notice Hayeon in the bushes.

‘Let’s use the puddle.’

Of course, the goblins were going around the puddle and approaching Seonghyeon, and Seonghyeon stood with his back to the puddle as far as possible from the bushes.

If I didn’t do this, Ha-yeon could be discovered.

As I was preparing for battle with the goblin, a spear appeared in front of me.

[Crossroads]

“A fork in the road…?”

[Shinto: The healing ability changes to a range. Accepting pain is the same. The future path is decided.]

[Paladin: Healing can also be used on uninjured targets. It can create wounds as much as the limit of its ability to heal. Your physical abilities will increase overall.]

“Can I just choose?”

But it was not easy to choose.

In some ways, Shinto was better, and in another way, Paladin was better.

“First of all, goblins…”

As if he had no intention of giving him time to choose again, the goblin rushed to Seonghyeon.

“Even though I’m at the bottom of the academy…”

At least he wasn’t capable of dying from a goblin.

‘Before training the body, the body is a little heavy.’

I had to be prepared for small wounds on my body.

And there was no problem because it was a small wound that could be healed quickly.

“Creek!”

The goblins surrounding Seonghyeon looked at him as if looking for a hole in Seonghyeon, and then began to rush at him, wondering if it was difficult to find.

“It’s not right if you approach it so obvious.”

Seong-hyeon turned and avoided the goblin’s spear that was flying towards his heart, and then swung his sword in the recoil to cut off the head of the closest goblin.

The goblin’s vital point, as revealed by Seonghyun’s ability to identify the vital point, is the neck.

Again, the goblin, whose neck had been cut in half, dropped the spear it was holding and fell to the ground as if it were collapsing, grabbing the neck.

‘Now there are five left.’

The side with the goblins that Seonghyun had just dealt with was the place where there were two goblins.

Seonghyeon rushed towards the goblin who was left alone.

‘…a little slow!’

However, because it was his body before physical training, the instantaneous jump speed was insufficient, and Seong-hyeon, who avoided the spear flying from behind, by falling forward, wielded the sword as it was in that trajectory and dealt with the rest of the goblins in front.

“A little scratched.”

As if he couldn’t completely avoid it, there was a little blood dripping from his forearm.

“The rest is easy.”

Seonghyeon went to the rest of the goblins with a funny expression as if blood had boiled in a long time.

*

“Huh, I feel a little better now.”

Seonghyun put the processed goblins crystals in his pocket and healed the wounds.

The wound had just been healed, and a voice came from the bushes.

“Who, who…?”

“Hunter.”

Ha-yeon looked around for a moment and understood the situation.

The group of goblins that were chasing him disappeared, and seeing that he was lying in the bush, who should have been lying in front of a puddle, it seemed that the man in front of him had saved him.

“Go, thank you. I thought I was going to die…”

“no. Would you rather go out the door?”

“Yes, I have to go now. It must be midnight…”

Ha-yeon confirmed that none of her belongings were gone.

‘I think I’ve missed something…’

Clearly, there was one thing that had changed from before he collapsed.

‘…Why don’t you feel any pain?’

Ha-yeon hastily checked her arm.

Originally, there was supposed to be a red blood stain, but no matter how much I looked at it, I couldn’t see it at all.

‘I can only feel the slightest pain.’

For a moment, Ha-yeon thought that the man in front of her might have the ability to heal, but it was impossible for an ability that had never existed before to appear in front of her at the same time, even in an emergency.

“Thank you again. If your name is…”

“This is Kim Seong-hyun.”

“My name is Lee Ha-yeon.”

“Shall we go out the door first?”

“Ah yes!”

So Seonghyeon and Hayeon headed towards the door exit together.

‘That’s right, a fork in the road!’

After the battle, Seonghyeon checked the window to check the details once again.

“what?”

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, no.”

However, the window that appeared in front of him was as if he was making fun of Seong-hyeon.

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