The First Hunter

Chapter 42. The Sword Given by Heaven, Part II

Translator: Khan

Editor: RED

4.

“Oh, my God, this is Johnnie Walker Blue Label, isn’t it?”

The underground bunker the North Korean Party leaders made for themselves was more like a treasure storage than an underground bunker.

“There’s a room filled with Ballantine’s here, twenty-one years old.”

“Crazy bastards, how much is it in total?”

The warehouse in the bunker was full of fancy drinks, closer to luxury goods rather than just liquor. Inside the safe, there were valuable relics, art, gold, silver, and a bundle of dollars.

“The obvious thing is, if they had sold everything here, the North Koreans would have never starved.”

It was a product of intense bloodshed extracted through mad exploitation.

“But why did they tie this dollar bundle with the white paper, and this dollar with the red paper?”

“Maybe one of them is a Superdollar.”

“A Superdollar, a counterfeit note made by North Korea?”

“They can’t use them if they mix them.”

Furthermore, there was a pile of products of vicious crimes.

“What a crazy country!”

The secret underground bunker in North Korea was a space filled with all the maliciousness that humans could show. Even the soldiers who came to get the goods there would sigh rather than express admiration and joy in front of the treasures before their sight, and they felt terrible instead of joyous.

“Goddammit… when the world was dying for the monsters, the North Korean Party leaders were here enjoying their lives, drinking Ballentine’s or gorging themselves.”

“But because they survived, they met the Master… and they paid the right price for their crimes.”

What comforted them was the current image of those who had enjoyed themselves in the bunker.

‘This is the Politburo Commissioner Lee Seo-hong, this is Cabinet Deputy Prime Minister Im Woong-cheon, and this is… the big fish.’

Their bodies and heads were neatly separated, and their dead faces were filled with screams and pain. It was proof that they had not died easily.

“This is the second-ranked North Korean leader, Park Kwang-seo, who is the head of the military and political affairs department.”

Colonel Lim Hyun-joon, who was examining their bodies one by one, straightened up after checking the face of the last body. Then he looked back along the road he had walked. On the road, about forty bodies were arranged, all headless. Most of them were in the top hundred of the power order in North Korea.

‘It is surprising and wonderful that so many powerful men who survived the advent of the monsters and the capture of Pyongyang by monsters died in an instant.’

Colonel Lim’s gaze immediately turned to the goods that the soldiers had brought up from the deep underground bunker. He could see alcohol, all kinds of luxury goods, and gold and dollars they had collected for their escape overseas.

Even the crumpled bodies were wearing expensive luxury watches on their wrists. There were also some with two watches on their wrists.

Although measures were taken to prepare for an emergency escape, not just Colonel Lim, but all the people of the world knew that those watches were not earned by their own sweat and effort. Hundreds of North Koreans’ blood and tears would have been forcibly drawn for just one watch.

‘I never imagined that this was what they had collected through exploitation.’

‘The fine liquor in gold wine-jars is the blood of a thousand people.’ It was a scene where Lee Mong-ryong yelled out a thundering cry toward the corrupt officials.

‘I’m sure since they kept this kind of stuff hidden in a secret underground bunker warehouse, they could say they didn’t have any money. They couldn’t have had money to spend because it was all there.’

Soon after, Colonel Lim turned his head and saw Kim drinking coffee while standing there.

Colonel Lim walked up to Kim and said, “Congratulations, you’ve completed your mission. You don’t have to be a ghost anymore.”

At that remark, Kim added a bitter smile. Colonel Lim also had the same bitter smile. The bitter smiles gradually disappeared. The story to be shared from now on was not a story that they could laugh at.

“The war for over half a century has come to an end.”

The war, which had begun on June 25, 1950, ended on November 9, 2017. The bodies killed by Kim Tae-hoon actually meant the disappearance of the North Korean regime, and it was an evidence that the Republic of Korea had finally won a war that had lasted for 67 years.

However, Colonel Lim was not pleased with the fact. “The monsters helped us unify.”

The reality was still too terrible to be happy. Above all, the end of the occupation of Pyongyang meant that a new page, a new enemy, would be welcomed.

“So, who is the next enemy?”

The new enemy would be decided by Kim Tae-hoon.

“It is Jeju Island.”

“Hmm?”

“I’ll kill the dragon on Jeju Island.”

Colonel Lim made a surprised expression at the calm reply of Kim. However, Colonel Lim seemed to accept the situation and gave a long sigh instead of an agitated reaction. Hoo! Now, because of the chilly weather, the white breath added color to his sigh.

At the end of the sigh, Colonel Lim said briefly, “I’ll risk my life to protect this place.”

After that short talk, Colonel Lim turned his back, because he realized that it was not the time for him to feel sentimental over the spoils in front of him.

“Boss!”

The place where Colonel Lim disappeared was immediately filled with Jang Sung-hoon. He was holding a lot of pictures, using both hands.

Kim asked a question, “Is it an important relic?”

“Oh, this? It’s not important. These pictures are for praising Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.”

“Why did you bring them?”

“I could not bear that this shit was in the treasures. I brought them out to burn.” As soon as he finished, Jang threw the pictures on the ground. “Can you spit on them?”

Kim was willing to spit at his request. Ptui! The spit started to burn the pictures, which were now not different from garbage. The heat gave warmth to the cold air.

Jang rubbed his hands toward the warmth and asked, “Did you tell the Colonel?”

“A little while ago.”

“That’s why his face was so.” Jang looked at the golden sword hanging on Kim’s waist. Kim followed Jang’s eyes, and he also looked at the golden sword on his waist. His eyes were black.

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[Dragon Light Sword]

– Relic Grade: Grade 1

– Relic Value: Legend

– Relic Effect: Under the sunlight, it can cut any monster.

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The value of the Dragon Light Sword was plain.

“Under the sunlight, it can cut any monster…” But the content was not plain. It could hurt any monster under the sunlight. It meant something amazing.

“It’s the Sword of Haemosu.”

There was no shortage of those using the name Dragon Light Sword, which was one of the Three Sacred Treasures which Haemosu, the son of the Heavenly God, had borne, he who was called the father of Jumong in Goguryeo mythology.

It was the sword given Korea by heaven!

“I don’t know why this was in the hands of the trash guys.”

If it had not been given by heaven, the Dragon Light Sword that was sleeping in the secret underground bunker would not have come into the hands of Kim Tae-hoon, who was about to hunt the dragon.

“But, boss, can I ask you a question? Were you confident you would kill the dragon without the Dragon Light Sword?” On the other hand, there was the question of Jang. It was not a thing that Kim found, but a thing that came to Kim. Kim didn’t even know where the Dragon Light Sword was in the first place.

Kim Tae-hoon was already preparing for the dragon hunt before finding the Dragon Light Sword. It meant that he was going to hunt the dragon without the Dragon Light Sword.

“I was sure of the plan I had prepared for the dragon hunt, and I was sure if I moved on with the plan, I would kill the dragon.”

“Really?”

“I just didn’t have the confidence to do it 100 percent perfectly.”

At the answer, Jang gave a long sigh. “… so are you confident that you will carry out the plan now?”

“The Dragon Light Sword is in my hand, so it’s about 80 percent confident.”

“Twenty percent short?”

“That twenty percent is filled.” At that question, Kim looked at his right hand for the answer.

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[Basic Abilities]

– Strength: 824

– Health: 857

[Special Abilities]

– Energy: A Rank

– Mana: B+ Rank

– Telekinesis: S- Rank

– Defense: A Rank

– Mana Resistance: B+ Rank

[Achieved Abilities]

– The Heart of the Bloody Werebear (Grade 3): The power of the Bloody Werebear allows you to have a heart that emits a powerful vitality. If you have even a tiny bit of remaining power, your heart does not stop.

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The power of the Bloody Werebear, which he had newly acquired!

The power made the blood of Kim Tae-hoon’s heart special. It was like the coffee that always woke him up was hanging around in his blood vessels on behalf of his heart. This power gave him confidence. He was convinced that he could stand in front of the dragon in a completely different way from the first time it had passed by him on January 1, 2017.

At such an image of Kim, Jang realized that no one could stop Kim anymore.

“Boss, won’t you say hello to Hyun-wook or sister Sun-mi before you go? Kate or Lieutenant Kim Soo-ji, too. Why don’t you come and have a reunion once?”

Jang did not want to stop Kim anymore. He was ready to send him on.

“There is no time for that, by now the Six Snakes must have sent a commando team to the Jeju Island to stimulate the dragon, and there is no guarantee that the dragon will not come to Seoul tomorrow.”

“Would you like to leave a message for them? Do you know how hard it is being in between you and them?”

Kim left a word at the repeated requests of Jang: “Survival.”

It was a good enough word.

5.

Jeju Island.

It was always a bright place, even far from civilization, where its beauty could not be denied by anyone. The blue sea, which filled the surrounding area of the island, made the sky blue, and the sunshine scattered the forest around Mt. Halla with green and pleasant scenery. Right now the beauty of Jeju Island was reaching its peak. The world was full of green trees and green shades. Nature was openly revealing its existence.

“There’s not a single survivor.”

In other words, it meant that no person had survived. No matter how much people tried, nature was the liveliest when there were no people around. The same was true of Jeju Island’s full vitality, as there were no survivors on Jeju Island.

“Most people died of heart attacks…”

“It’s so scary. Even within the same dark blue grade, it is not like those in Japan or China.”

It was the dragon who had caused the heart attacks, and who had made Halla Mountain of Jeju Island its own territory. The three hundred-meter-long dragon with dark red skin had landed on the top of Mt. Halla, and it immediately cried out with its huge body.

Dragon fear! In front of the fear, the nasty monsters and humans on Jeju Island could no longer continue to live.

“It was just a disaster.” A terrible disaster that could not be compared to typhoons and earthquakes.

“The scariest thing is that it is not the end.” What was even more devastating was that such an outrageous disaster was not alone.

“And even more frightening is that when the orders are given, we must wake up this crazy monster.”

At the moment the last words came out, the others shut up. At that remark, the crowd once again realized their position. They were not survivors of Jeju Island, but they were willing to come to hell to make one place of the world hell. There was no vitality in their faces, and the silence that came over them could not be easily loosened.

In the silence, one began to feel something strange. “Something strange…” He felt a sense of it and tried to express it in words. But the man did not have to finish all the words. “Kuck!”

The unspeakable fear struck their place and encircled their bodies. In front of the fear that made their souls stand up, not just their hair, they practiced what they had trained thousands of times. They put mana into the relics, the crosses, or the pieces of jade they had, and at the same time chewed and smashed the little capsules that were already in their mouths.

The moment everyone swallowed, a cry that could not be explained by anything began to tap their eardrums.

Keuaaaa!

At that moment, one of them fell to the ground, bleeding and vomiting. The rest of them were not fine, either. All four of them began to shake and shiver madly.

For three of them, the shaking was so intense that their teeth began to break!

“Recover your senses! Hey, hey, hey, Wake up!” Only one person spoke to his colleagues repeatedly, holding his reason. But even that person barely kept his reason, and he was not in his best mind, either. Even here, the owner of Jeju Island did not stop using its fear!

Keuaaaa! Once again, it let out the fear.

‘Ah-!’ Only then did he realize that the dragon was not simply awakened from sleep, but it had started fighting something. ‘Oh, it’s a fight, the dragon has started a fight with something! But, what the hell dares go against the dragon?’

Of course, at this moment the man could not even guess. What could fight against an overwhelming creature like a dragon?

‘This is not the time for this. I have to let them know. I have to figure this out and report it!’