Chapter 141: Boss Monster Raid (4)
Mujahid spent a lot of his free time with Han-Yeol, and both of them usually ended up playing video games together. Also, they watched movies from time to time and the genre they watched were usually gangster movies.
With all that time they spent together, Mujahid began to change the way he called Han-Yeol from Han-Yeol-nim to hyung-nim. It was quite funny to hear him suddenly say ‘hyung-nim’ in Korean while speaking in Arabic.
[So, did we finally accept the raid request from the Hunters’ Association?]
[Yeah, we accepted it.]
[Yes!] Mujahid clenched his fists and threw them in the air.
[Does it make you that happy?]
[Yes! I need to have a good fight whenever my body feels itchy, but I was stuck here waiting for an opportunity. I’m so glad that I will finally be able to vent all of my frustrations on the monsters!]
[Haha... You might act funny at times, but your abilities are top-notch, after all...]
Han-Yeol tried to look into Mujahid recently. Surprisingly, he came across information about Mujahid quite easily, and the prince was quite the celebrity like Tayarana...just in a different way.
Tayarana was known as the Goddess of Africa or the Princess of Egypt. As for Mujahid, he was known as a battle-crazed fiend. He was infamous for enjoying hunting monsters so much that he looked like a madman whenever he started hunting. Once, he had even set a record for hunting two hundred consecutive hours in the pyramid without coming out.
‘He might be a bit aloof, but he’s the best kind of comrade you can ask for in the hunting grounds,’?Han-Yeol thought before he grabbed Mujahid’s right arm and smacked him in the back.
Tak!
[Ouch! Hyung-nim!]
[Let’s do our best, Mujahid.]
[Yes! I will be in your care, hyung-nim!]
‘Huh? Isn’t this guy stronger than me...?’?Han-Yeol tilted his head in confusion.
Han-Yeol might have accepted Mujahid as his disciple, since he had asked to be one, but he was not sure if Mujahid was stronger than him or not. After all, they had not compared themselves yet.
Han-Yeol also hadn’t been able to test his full power yet as the Marowaks were simply too easy to deal with.
‘Should I go check how strong I am first before going for the raid? Ah... But it’s so troublesome...’?he grumbled inwardly as he made his way to the mansion’s dining area.
It did not take him long to be distracted from his initial thoughts. ‘Hehe... The food here is really awesome no matter how much I eat it.’
The food was not as great as the one prepared when Phaophator had visited, but it was still the best Han-Yeol had ever tasted.
‘I think they mentioned hiring an Egyptian chef who studied culinary in Europe or something...’?Han-Yeol started wondering if he should sponsor a culinary student and later hire them as his personal chef.
***
The Horus raid party no longer had the luxury to laze around after accepting the raid request. The afternoon was to be spent going through the specific details of the contract with the Hunters’ Association, and the entire Horus raid party had been mobilized.
They flew to Daegu International Airport on their private jet. Not only that, but they even dispatched numerous helicopters carrying support personnel and convoys of trucks with their supplies as well.
“Hmm... Why did we come here, manager-nim?” Han-Yeol asked.
The entire area was now under the control of the association, so Kim Cha-Il had accompanied them as their guide. However, the strange part was that their accommodation or base camp was the Bulguksa Temple.
“This will be our base camp until we hunt the boss monster, the Thousand Armed Bodhisattva,” Kim Cha-Il replied.
“What about the monks?”
The temple might be a famous tourist destination, but it was still a temple nonetheless. It was a place run by monks, so there was no way that they were going to docilely hand over the temple to a raid party.
“Ah, I am not sure if it is a relief or not, but only the head monk remains in this place. The other monks had either run away after the boss monster appeared or they had joined the first raid party that attempted to hunt it. Unfortunately, none of them survived the initial failed raid. Anyway, we received permission from the head monk to use this as our base camp from now on,” Kim Cha-Il explained.
“Hmm... Is that so?” n0vεlUsb.c0M
“Yes.”
‘Tsk... I’m not sure if it’s a relief or not, like he said...’?Han-Yeol clicked his tongue.
The Horus raid party were able to set up camp at the best possible location, but they did not consider it as good fortune. They just heard that they were only accommodated after the monks had died in the initial raid.
[Take a look at this, Han-Yeol,] Tayarana called Han-Yeol.
“Then, I’ll go and do my stuff now,” Han-Yeol bid goodbye to the manager.
“Yes, Han-Yeol Hunter-nim. Please let me know if you need anything. I will be staying at the temporary container we’ve set up over there with the other association staffers.”
“Alright, you’re working quite hard, manager-nim.”
Han-Yeol was the type who made sure not to overly disregard anyone.
“Haha, I am not doing anything. In fact, I am worried that I might be deadweight to the raid party since there is nothing I can do,” Kim Cha-Il replied while awkwardly scratching his head.
Han-Yeol went over to Tayarana after he was done with Kim Cha-Il. He then asked, [What is it, Tara?]
[We’re going to start the meeting to discuss our plans to raid the Thousand Armed Bodhisattva. We have no idea how strong the boss monster is, so we can’t afford to be overconfident just because we have Mujahid on our side. We will need to base our battle plans according to data and analytics.]
[Excellent words, Tayarana-nim.]
[Yeah, I agree with you, Tara. I was actually feeling a bit nervous, to be honest.]
Han-Yeol was unsure if he felt nervous because this was going to be his first time going up against such a strong monster or if he was scared of death. However, he definitely felt a strange sense of anxiety creeping up on his body.
‘I don’t think we have a way to gauge the boss monster’s strength though...’?
The Horus raid party had requested for the video of the initial raid party’s clash against the boss monster, but their request had been rejected. It was not that the association was keeping the video confidential or anything, but it was just that no such video existed in the first place.
The seven boss monsters that had appeared possessed the ability to disable all electronic devices within a one-kilometer radius of them, and this was the same for the boss monster the Horus raid party was about to hunt, the Thousand Armed Bodhisattva.
That was the reason why the Mulan film crew were not going to be filming the battle despite having tagged along with the Horus raid party. Why did Han-Yeol bother bringing them here then? He planned to start filming after the boss was defeated.
[It will be very risky to attempt to raid the boss monster when we do not have any information about it. We have to find a way to gauge its strength before attempting to raid it. That will be the only way we will be able to minimize our casualties.]
[You’re right, but...]
Mariam was right, but the problem was that the Horus raid party did not have a way to test the boss monster’s abilities. It was dangerous to go near the boss monster to take a peek, so that was out of the question. However, all electronic devices were disabled around it, so it was also not possible to measure its strength from afar.
The best solution would be to get eyewitness accounts from those who had participated in the initial failed raid, but the entire raid party had been wiped out with no survivors being left behind.
Just as the meeting was at a standstill, someone suddenly knocked on the meeting room door.
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