Chapter 9: The Hunt (1)
Han-Yeol returned home after purchasing his weapons, and the first thing he did once he reached home was to check all of his equipment. The equipment he had used when he was a Porter would be quite useful as well if he went out to hunt monsters alone.
He went online after he finished checking his equipment, and searched for any trucks he could rent. He could get a truck from the Porter department at the city hall for free, but what he was trying to do right now would be considered unregistered, illegal monster hunting. Getting any support from the government would definitely be out of the picture. That was why he was checking online to rent a truck.
[RV Truck—Daily Rent]
[500,000 won per day]
The RV trucks used to go monster hunting were trucks that were specially modified to suit Hunters’ needs, which was why the daily rental rate was so expensive.
‘It’s a bit expensive, but it’s an absolute necessity. There’s no way around it,’?Han-Yeol sighed inwardly. There was no way around it, as he absolutely needed a truck if he wanted to earn money, and the only way for him to get one was to pay to rent it.
Han-Yeol immediately called the rental company and requested them to bring the truck the next day by nine in the morning at the location he gave them. He was supposed to pay up front, but he was able to convince them to take the payment the next day when they handed over the truck to him, as he would be paying by cash.
‘Alright, the truck is ready as well,’?he thought. All of his preparations to go on a hunt were complete.
***
That evening...
Slide...
Han-Yeol passed a white envelope toward the factory manager, who was giving him a dirty look.
“What’s this? Did you write a letter or something so I would treat you favorably?” Deok-Su said with a cocky grin.
There were a few young kids who came to him with handwritten letters in the hopes that he would treat them better, but Deok-Su ripped their sincere letters to pieces whenever someone brought one to teach them a lesson.
However...
“It’s my resignation letter,” Han-Yeol said with a straight face.
“What’s with your tone?” Deok-Su raised a brow at Han-Yeol’s informal tone. He was so focused on the way Han-Yeol had said it that he did not even hear the words that had been said.
Bam!
Deok-Su slammed his fist on his table and stood up in a fit of rage as he screamed, “What?! You bastard! Have you finally gone crazy? Huh? Huh?! This fucking moron dares!”
Whoosh!
Deok-Su swung his hand and tried to slap Han-Yeol. He was aware that it might end up turning into a case of corporate violence, but he felt that a social outcast and loser like Han-Yeol deserved to have a taste of reality.
Tak!
Of course, Han-Yeol easily caught Deok-Su’s hand.
Grip...!
“Aaaaak! Euk... You! Let go of me this instant!” Deok-Su screamed while groaning in pain. Han-Yeol did not grip his hand that hard, but for Deok-Su, who was a normal person, it was already strong enough.
However, Deok-Su still did not come to his senses as he spoke in his usual derogatory tone toward Han-Yeol. “You fucking loser!” he screamed as he swung his other hand, but this time it was balled into a fist.
Peuk!
Deok-Su had put all of his weight and power behind the punch, so the sound reverberated quite loudly when the punch connected with Han-Yeol’s right cheek.
.
However, Han-Yeol nonchalantly rubbed his right cheek with his hand before opening and closing his mouth a few times. He then said in a coldly threatening voice, “You hit me first.”
Deok-Su tried to free the hand Han-Yeol was holding, but Han-Yeol had other plans.
“What...?!” Deok-Su exclaimed.
Whooosh... Bam!
“Kuheok!”
Han-Yeol threw Deok-Su into the wall, and the manager hit the wall hard and landed on his face. He could only groan in pain, as he was left stunned and barely conscious from the impact.
“Euuuuk...”?Deok-Su rolled on the ground while groaning in pain.
“Factory manager-nim!”
It would be strange if nobody had come rushing in, as the sound that had emerged when Deok-Su hit the wall was quite strong. Deok-Su’s secretary and three other people who had been waiting to enter the office came rushing in. They were shocked by the factory manager’s condition, and they hurriedly approached him to check his condition.
One of the senior staffers glared at Han-Yeol after checking Deok-Su’s condition, saying, “Hey, you bastard. Have you gone insane?!”
However, Han-Yeol smiled nonchalantly, holding up both of his palms toward the senior staffer as he leisurely said, “I just protected myself when that bastard hit me.” n0veLUSb.c0m
“W-What did you say?!” the senior staffer exclaimed, taken aback.
“Oh, and,” Han-Yeol said as he grabbed his resignation letter from the table and walked toward Deok-Su. He was smiling, but he gave off a chilling aura at the same time, and the senior staffer and the secretary slowly backed away as Han-Yeol got closer to the man.
“I think you didn’t hear me a while ago. This is my resignation letter,” Han-Yeol said.
Munch... Munch...
Han-Yeol stuffed his resignation letter into Deok-Su’s mouth, and Deok-Su gagged as his breathing became more labored.
Tak! Tak!
Han-Yeol tapped Deok-Su’s cheek twice and said, “Try to be better next time, alright? Kekeke!” Then, he stood up and leisurely left the office.
“T-T-T-That gangster bastard!”
“Has he gone mad?!”
“I told you, didn't I?! That bastard was famous around here for beating kids up when he was in school! I told you he was a good-for-nothing gangster wannabe scum!”
Just as the senior staffer had said, Han-Yeol had never been a model student in his school days. He had neither been talented nor interested in his studies, and he had gone to a trade school and gone around town beating other kids up for three whole years. He had never officially acted like a gangster, but he had been infamous as someone to avoid messing with.
Han-Yeol’s gaze was cold after he left the factory.
‘Well, I just repaid him for all the shit he gave me,’?he thought. He was someone who would definitely pay back anything done to him, whether it was good or bad. He did not feel relieved or anything, but he knew that anything more than what he had done could land him in legal trouble, which was why he decided to be content with that.
‘All that’s left is to start hunting... Oh right, rations!’?Han-Yeol thought.
He had already decided not to choose the comfortable route of going to hunt at nine in the morning and coming back at six in the evening the way other Hunters did.
‘I’ll focus on getting stronger and only that. I won’t come back until I’m satisfied with myself...’?Han-Yeol steeled his resolve as he went to the supermarket and bought the cheapest MREs available.
‘Preparation complete!’
***
The next day...
Han-Yeol woke up early in the morning, as he had gone to sleep early the previous night. He took a quick shower before putting on all of his Porter equipment. He did not forget to bring the weapons he had bought the previous day, and he went to the place he had specified to the rental company.
“Mr. Lee Han-Yeol?” the rental company staffer asked.
“Yes, I am Lee Han-Yeol,” Han-Yeol responded.
A staffer from the rental company was already at the place they had agreed on, and Han-Yeol handed his ID over.
“I have confirmed your identity. Here is your key,” the staffer replied, then passed the truck’s smart key to Han-Yeol.
“Here you go as well,” Han-Yeol said, passing a white envelope with ten 50,000 won bills inside to the man.
“Can I just pay you for whatever time I exceed if I do not return it in 24 hours?” Han-Yeol asked.
The man replied, “Yes, you may do that.” Then, he blew into the envelope and counted the bills in it. “Hooo!?Alright, that checks out. Have a safe and successful hunt!” He took off his hat and bowed toward Han-Yeol.
“Then, I’ll be off,” Han-Yeol said as he drove the RV truck toward Gangwon-do.
If the North Gyeinggo-do DMZ was a hunting ground crawling with mid-tier monsters, then Sokcho in Gangwon-do was a habitat for low-tier monsters.
Vrooom...!
The RV truck let out a loud roar of exhaust as it sped toward Gangwon-do. Sokcho contained many low-tier monsters, and one had to pass a checkpoint manned by the military if they wished to enter the hunting grounds there.
“Please show us your ID,” a soldier asked.
“Here it is,” Han-Yeol replied as he passed his Porter ID to the soldier.
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