Chapter 201: Obtain A Dimensional Skill! (2)
The Hunters were taken aback by the sudden absurd proposal.
‘They’re a talkative bunch,’?Han-Yeol thought.
Han-Yeol's initial impression was that they were quite the rowdy bunch. The name ‘Special S’ made them sound like a cool and prestigious raid party, but they looked more like a social gathering of people in their twenties and thirties, judging from the way they acted.
The raid party consisted of seven males and three female Hunters. It was quite rare to find female Hunters these days, so it was quite surprising that thirty percent of the raid party was composed of women. This was the subject of envy from most other Hunters wherever the Special S raid party went.
The Special S raid party members were busy talking to each other while walking.
“Huh?!” the Hunter walking at the forefront exclaimed after he saw Han-Yeol.
“W-What?!” the Hunter exclaimed once again.
The other members of the raid party were confused as the Hunter kept exclaiming incomprehensible words while pointing into the distance.
“Hey, what’s the matter?”
“What’s wrong?”
They asked before looking toward where the Hunter was pointing, half wondering if he had gone mad or what, and it was then that they saw it too.
“Heok!”
“Gasp!”
“I-It’s L-Lee Han-Yeol, the Hunter?!”
“Whaaaat?!”
The group reacted in quite an exaggerated manner, but it was quite normal for someone to be starstruck whenever they met someone famous from their generation.
The Special S raid party members were still relatively young. Most of them were in their twenties, and only one of them looked like they were in their thirties. It could be said that they were youngsters who were perfectly aware of these days’ trends better than anyone else.
“C-Can I have your autograph?!”
“P-Paper!”
“Kyaaah!”
“Who would’ve known we would meet someone like him here!”
“This is amazing!”
They were incredibly starstruck and started to act like fans who had just met their favorite idol group.
‘How amusing.’?Han-Yeol looked at the Special S raiding party, who were so starstruck with him, with amusement.
Then, he politely introduced himself, “Hello. My name is Lee Han-Yeol, Hunter. It is nice to meet you.”
“Oooh!”
“Lee Han-Yeol, Hunter-nim, introduced himself to us first!” one of the Hunters excitedly shouted in glee.
Han-Yeol approached the group with a warm smile and extended his hand toward them. The young man who first noticed his gesture smiled brightly and firmly shook Han-Yeol's hand with both hands while bowing his head at a ninety-degree angle.
“H-Hello! M-My name is Kwon Yoon-Ho, and I am the leader of the Special S raid party. It is an honor to meet you, Han-Yeol, Hunter-nim!” Kwon Yoon-Ho blurted out in an exaggerated manner.
Han-Yeol was not bothered by the pair of pure twinkling eyes gazing at him. In fact, he found the Hunter’s attitude quite amusing.
“It is nice meeting you too,” Han-Yeol replied in a warm tone.
“Hahaha... Thank you very much,” Kwon Yoon-Ho said while seemingly embarrassed by what he had shown until now.
Meanwhile, Kwon Yoon-Ho looked extremely flustered while thinking, ‘Is this a dream? Am I dreaming? I can’t believe I’m meeting Lee Han-Yeol Hunter-nim in person! Aaack!’
To put things in perspective, all the members of the Special S raiding party were top-tier S-rank Hunters, yet none of them were invited to join any of the private Hunter gatherings. As a result, they had missed the meeting hosted last time as well.
They had probably downloaded the video of the event from the internet, and that was probably the first time for some of them to see Han-Yeol in action. Of course, it was obviously difficult for them not to become a fan of him after seeing what he showed at the event.
They religiously watched every single video available of Han-Yeol from that point onward, and they started to fall deeper and deeper into the Han-Yeol fandom train.
But why were they not invited to the meeting when they were S Rank Hunters? The answer was actually quite simple.
South Korea was not the ideal place for a person to awaken as a Hunter, but Koreans were an extremely tenacious group of people. The country with the highest ratio of S Rank Hunters among the OECD countries was none other than South Korea.
Japan, at one point in time, possessed one hundred twenty thousand Hunters, and fifteen of them were Master Rank Hunters, while six hundred of them were S Rank Hunters. This meant that 0.5% of Japan’s Hunter population were S Rank Hunters.
On the other hand, South Korea had five hundred S Rank Hunters, which was a whole percent of their Hunter population. South Korea possessed twice the percentage of S Rank Hunters when compared to Japan, but this was an even bigger figure when taking into account that South Korea’s population was only forty-one percent of Japan’s total population.
Japan was considered above the average 0.4% among OECD countries, but South Korea was at least 2.5 times the average. This was the reason that the United States and the rising star in the Middle East, Egypt, decided to enter into an alliance with South Korea.
South Korea possessed five hundred S Rank Hunters, and that was the reason that not a single one of the Special S raid party members was invited to the meeting as all of them were not within the top two hundred rankings.
“Hello!”
“Han-Yeol, Hunter-nim!”
The rest of the raid party members took turns shaking Han-Yeol’s hand and greeting him after Kwon Yoon-Ho first took the initiative.
“Haha... It’s nice to meet you all,” Han-Yeol greeted them back.
There was no particular reason for him to be so nice and friendly to the raid party members, but he put on a smile and pretended to be genuinely happy to meet them as he was particularly interested in the group’s leader, Kwon Yoon-Ho.
Of course, the young Hunters from the Special S raid party lacked real-life experience, so they were not able to easily see through the fake smile Han-Yeol was putting on. After all, Han-Yeol had mastered the art of putting on a smile no matter the circumstances throughout the years he had worked both as a Porter and a factory worker.
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The two groups exchanged greetings and got to know each other first before they decided to join forces and hunt together. It was quite a surprise for a Master Rank Hunter like Han-Yeol to join the Special S raid party that was mostly composed of S Rank Hunters, and they should have probably suspected his motive at least once before agreeing to hunt together.
However, their fandom and admiration for Han-Yeol clouded their judgment, so not a single one of them thought that it was strange for him to hunt with them. After all, the only thing that mattered to them right now was the experience of being able to hunt with the famous figure, Lee Han-Yeol.
One of the raid party members walked up to Han-Yeol and excitedly explained, “It is true that we are not as strong as other S Rank raid parties, but we have been working on our teamwork for a long time. We have been able to hunt with the same members ever since we formed the raid party without any major problems thanks to the leadership of our leader, Yoon-Ho.”
“I see,” Han-Yeol muttered in response.
The raid party had quite a lively atmosphere. It was difficult to tell whether that was because they were an elite group, so they were quite relaxed about hunting, or if every single one of them simply had friendly personalities, but none of them seemed to be troublemakers.
Han-Yeol could sense that the raid party had strong camaraderie, and it felt more like a gathering of close friends rather than a raid party.
‘It reminds me of the old days,’?Han-Yeol thought with a smile.
He had initially approached them to acquire their secret to being able to hunt without any Porters, but speaking to them a few times made him feel nostalgic for his high school days.
‘Those days were quite fun,’?Han-Yeol thought nostalgically.
He recalled how he was able to overcome all of the hardships his impoverished childhood had thrown at him through the support and help of his friends.
Kwak...! Kwak...! Kwak...!?
Han-Yeol was flanked by the three female Hunters as they walked through the Cheolwon hunting ground. The women crossed their arms over their chests and glanced at him with a smile from time to time. However, Han-Yeol could immediately tell that their eyes were pure while stealing glances at him.
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