Sekitar waktu itu.
Ada seseorang yang dilupakan oleh semua orang.
"Su Suho...."
Lim Dogyoon sedang sekarat.
"Selamatkan aku..."
Lim Dogyoon merangkak di lantai dengan perban putih melilit tubuhnya.
Pemandangan dirinya yang gemetar dengan tangan terulur, berusaha mati-matian untuk keluar dari tempat seperti neraka ini, sungguh sangat menyedihkan.
Suho, yang menyaksikan hal ini, memejamkan mata rapat-rapat dan memalingkan wajah.
"Maaf ya, Bro."
...tuk.
Pada akhirnya, tangan Lim Dogyoon yang tadinya gemetar, terkulai lemas ke lantai.
tapi.
[Bangkitlah.]
Bersemangat.
Tangan raksasa Ammut mengangkat tubuhnya yang terbungkus kain perban itu dengan mudah.
[Masih ada tiga putaran lagi.]
"Ahhh...!"
Lim Dogyoon, yang terjepit dalam cengkeramannya, meronta dengan kedua lengan seperti boneka rusak.
Namun, melawan keinginannya, Ammut menekan tubuhnya ke tanah dan memerintahkannya dengan tegas dan khidmat.
[Kalau kau punya waktu untuk mengeluh, berlari lah.]
"Ammut! Kumohon...! Cukup!"
[Lanjutkan.]
"Tidak, sungguh! Kakiku patah...!"
[Tipu otakmu. Jika kau berpikir kakimu tidak patah, kau bisa berlari.]
"Memangnya bisa?! Dasar buaya gila!"
[...]
"Bukan, Pak. Itu tadi cuma omong kosong. Aku pasti sedang bermimpi sebentar."
[Khehehe. Bagus. Matamu masih hidup. Bisa kita tambah gravitasinya? Gravitasi ganda.]
Gooh!
Ketika Ammut menjentikkan jarinya, medan gravitasi berat menekan tubuh Lim Dogyoon.
Dudeuk!
"Kwaaaak...!"
Tulang kakinya yang sudah patah kini retak kembali.
Namun sayangnya, 'Item: Mummy's Bandage' yang melilit tubuhnya secara paksa menahan tubuhnya yang hancur itu agar tetap utuh.
Berkat itu, Lim Dogyoon mampu berlari sebanyak yang ia mau meski dengan kaki patah, sesuatu yang sama sekali tidak patut disyukuri.
"Hehehe. Aku tidak suka ini... Kenapa aku harus bergerak lagi..."
Matanya sayu dan air liur menetes, namun Lim Dogyoon merasa bersyukur sekaligus mengumpat karena ia masih hidup.
Saat Ammut mendorong punggungnya dengan medan gravitasi, Lim Dogyoon akhirnya tertatih-tatih dan mulai berlari lagi.
Beberapa hari terakhir saat Suho pergi ke dunia iblis.
Lim Dogyoon tinggal sementara di piramida Ammut.
Situasi di luar terlalu berbahaya, jadi Suho untuk sementara mengevakuasinya ke sini.
Tapi di sini... neraka yang lebih mengerikan menantinya.
Tepat di depan matanya, seorang manusia buaya berotot besar sedang menjilati bibirnya ke arah Lim Dogyoon.
Dan alasan Ammut menjilati bibirnya bukanlah untuk memakannya.
Ammut sangat menyukai makhluk yang lemah dan tidak berharga seperti dia.
[Aromanya. Yogo yogo... keuhuh.]
Air liurnya menetes.
Pikiran sang koki seolah baru saja menemukan bahan makanan segar.
Ammut sangat bersemangat memikirkan bagaimana cara melatih sampah manusia yang lemah ini agar bisa menyebarkan rumor bahwa ia telah melatihnya dengan baik.
Secara khusus, seperti yang dialami Suho, medan gravitasi di piramida ini menjadi lebih berat atau lebih ringan tergantung pada keinginan Ammut.
Jika sistem ini digunakan dengan baik, ia seharusnya bisa melatihnya hingga batas maksimal dengan memeras tubuh kurus dan menyedihkan itu.
Dan...
Tidak peduli seberapa banyak Lim Dogyoon menolak, dia tidak punya hak untuk memveto.
Karena tidak ada seorang pun yang melangkah ke piramida ini bisa lolos dengan selamat dari cengkeraman Ammut.
"Quaaaaagh!"
Jeritan putus asa Lim Dogyoon bergema di seluruh piramida, namun hal itu justru menyenangkan bagi Ammut.
[Hehe. Bagus. Kau masih punya banyak energi.]
"Oh tidak... tunggu sebentar...?"
[Tambah satu putaran lagi.]
"...!"
Sosok-sosok sedang berdiri dan memperhatikan Lim Dogyoon dari jauh.
[Corrupted mummies]
[Corrupted mummies]
Mereka adalah para senior yang tak terhitung jumlahnya yang tewas saat menerima Strength Body Training dari Ammut sampai mereka terbunuh sejak lama.
Bahkan setelah mati, mereka adalah pekerja yang selamanya terjebak di piramida ini dan membantu Ammut.
"Geuuu..."
Aslinya, orang mati tidak berbicara.
Para mumi itu menatap kosong ke arah Lim Dogyoon dengan pupil mata yang hampa, lalu memalingkan kepala dengan getir.
[Khehehe. Jangan terlalu khawatir. Aku sudah belajar cara melatih agar tidak sampai mati lagi.]
"Sepertinya begitu, tapi..."
Suho merasa sangat kasihan dan membeli ramuan penyembuh di toko.
Ketika ramuan itu dituangkan ke mulut Lim Dogyoon yang sudah terlihat seperti mayat hidup, pupil matanya perlahan mulai mendapatkan kembali fokusnya.
"Ah... apakah kau seorang malaikat...? Kekuatanku kembali. Apakah aku bisa hidup?"
Aku bahkan tidak punya semangat untuk bertanya bagaimana Suho memiliki kemampuan ini.
"Suho, terima kasih..."
[Ho-oh. Kekuatannya sudah kembali?]
"Tunggu sebentar. Tidak tidak... sungguh tidak..."
Saat itu, Lim Dogyoon menatap Suho dengan ekspresi putus asa saat mata Ammut menyala seolah ia sudah menunggu.
Suho menatap matanya dan mengangguk pelan.
"Jika kau belum menyelesaikan 10 km, kau harus terus berlari."
"Pengkhianat!"
Latihan pun dilanjutkan.
Sedikit kasihan pada Lim Dogyoon, tapi latihan Ammut pasti akan membantunya.
'Bahkan jika kau tidak bisa naik level sepertiku, melakukan latihan kekuatan sampai batas maksimal adalah hal yang baik.'
Faktanya, ini tidak ada bedanya bagi Lim Dogyoon.
Hunter biasa tidak bisa tumbuh dengan cara naik level seperti Suho.
Namun, itu berarti mustahil untuk mengembangkan kemampuan awakened, dan semua orang melakukan pelatihan tempur tiruan tentang cara menggunakan latihan kekuatan dan skill dalam pertempuran.
Itulah alasan mengapa para Hunter ingin bergabung dengan guild besar sejak awal.
Karena guild besar secara sistematis membantu pelatihan para hunter dengan merekrut pelatih yang telah melatih atlet tingkat nasional dengan biaya tinggi.
Dalam pengertian itu, pelatihan tubuh kaku Ammut sebenarnya adalah metode pelatihan yang sangat baik, meskipun sangat kejam.
Secara khusus, 'Mummy's Bandage' dan 'Healing Potion', yang memaksa tubuh untuk bergerak bahkan saat tulang patah dan otot robek, mampu mengubah tubuh manusia hingga batasnya.
"Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...!"
Tentu saja, aku harus menanggung rasa sakit itu sendiri.
[Lebih dari itu, muridku. Apakah urusan dunia iblis berjalan dengan baik?]
Saat itu, Ammut menoleh ke arah Suho dan bertanya bagaimana keadaannya.
Tentu saja, ia tidak bertanya karena penasaran.
Suho secara intuitif menyadari kata-kata apa yang akan keluar selanjutnya.
[Jika semuanya sudah selesai, mari kita mulai latihan chi hari ini.]
"...Berpura-puralah mendengarkan jawabannya."
Karena tempat latihan ini sangat mengerikan.
Suho menggelengkan kepalanya dan berdiri di samping Lim Dogyoon sendiri.
[Gravitasi dilipatgandakan tiga kali.]
"...!"
Memulai daily quest.
Around that time.
There was someone forgotten by everyone.
"Su Suho...."
Lim Dogyoon was dying.
"Save me..."
Lim Dogyoon crawls on the floor with a white bandage wrapped around his body.
The sight of him shaking his hands and desperately trying to get out of this hellish place was truly devastating.
Suho, who witnessed this, closed his eyes tightly and turned his head away.
"I'm sorry bro."
...tuk.
In the end, Lim Dogyoon's hand, which had been shaking, fell helplessly to the floor.
but.
[Wake up.]
Excited.
Ammut's gigantic hand lifted his rag-wrapped body with ease.
[There are still three laps left.]
"Ahhh...!"
Lim Dogyoon, who was caught in his grip, struggled with both arms like a broken doll.
But against his will, Ammut forced his body to the ground and ordered it sternly and solemnly.
[If you have time to lick your mouth, run.]
"Ammut! please...! No more!"
[It is.]
"No really! My leg is broken...!"
[Trick your brain. If you think your legs aren't broken, you can run.]
"Can you do it? You crazy crocodile!"
[...]
"No sir. It was just bullshit. I must have been dreaming for a moment."
[Khehehe. It looks good. Your eyes are alive. Could you increase the gravity? Gravity doubled.]
Gooh!
When Ammut snapped his finger, the heavy gravity field pressed down on Lim Dogyoon's body.
Dudeuk!
"Kwaaaak...!"
The already broken leg bones cracked again.
Unfortunately, however, the 'Item: Mummy's Bandage' wrapped around his body was forcibly holding his broken body.
Thanks to that, Lim Do-kyun was able to run as much as he wanted even with a broken leg, which was nothing to be thankful for.
"Hehehe. I don't like it... Why are you moving again..."
His eyes were loose and his saliva was dripping, but Im Dogyoon felt grateful and cursed that he was still alive.
As Ammut pushed his back with the gravitational field, Lim Dogyoon eventually trudged and started running again.
The past few days when Suho went to the devil world.
Lim Dogyoon stayed for a while in the pyramid of Ammut.
The situation outside was too dangerous, so Suho temporarily evacuated him here.
But here... an even more terrible hell awaited him.
Right in front of my eyes, a huge muscular crocodile man was licking his lips at Lim Dogyoon.
And the reason Ammut licked his lips was never to eat him.
Ammut was very fond of such frail and worthless things as he was.
[scent. Yogo yogo... keuhuh.]
My mouth watered.
The chef's mind was as if he had just discovered fresh ingredients.
Ammut was thrilled just thinking about how to train this weak human scum to spread rumors that he raised him well.
In particular, as Suho experienced, the gravitational field in this pyramid became heavier or lighter depending on Ammut's will.
If you use this system well, you should be able to train it to the limit by squeezing that skinny, wretched body to its maximum.
And...
No matter how much Lim Do-kyun refused, he had no right to veto.
Because no one who stepped into this pyramid escaped safely from Ammut's clutches.
"Quaaaaagh!"
The desperate screams of Lim Dogyoon resonated throughout the pyramid, but even that was only pleasing to Ammut.
[Hehe. good I still have a lot of energy.]
"Oh no... wait a minute...?"
[Adds one more round.]
"...!"
Gazes were standing and watching Lim Dogyoon from afar.
[Corrupted mummies]
[Corrupted mummies]
They are the countless seniors who died while receiving Strength Body Training from Ammut until they were killed a long time ago.
Even after death, they were workers who were forever trapped in this pyramid and were holding Ammit's help.
"Geuuu..."
Originally, the dead don't talk.
The mummies stared blankly at Lim Dogyoon with empty pupils, then turned their heads bitterly.
[Khehehe. Don't worry too much. I've learned how to train just enough to not die anymore.]
"It seems like that, but."
Suho was very sorry and bought a healing potion at the store.
When the potion was poured into Lim Dogyoon's mouth, which had become a super-dead sword, his pupils, which had disappeared from focus, slowly began to regain strength.
"Ah... are you an angel...? The power is coming back. Can I live?"
I didn't even have the spirit to wonder how Suho had this ability.
"Suho, thank you..."
[Ho-oh. The power has returned?]
"Now wait a minute. No no... Really no..."
At that moment, Lim Do-kyun looked at Suho with a desperate expression as Ammut lit up his eyes as if he had waited.
Suho met his eyes and nodded silently.
"If you haven't completed 10km yet, you should run."
"You traitor!"
training resumed.
It was a little sorry for Lim Dogyoon, but Ammut's training would definitely help him.
'Even if you can't level up like me, it's a good thing to do strength training to the limit.'
In fact, this was no different from Lim Dogyoon.
Ordinary hunters couldn't grow through leveling up like Suho.
However, that meant that it was impossible to grow the awakened ability, and everyone was doing mock combat training on how to use strength exercises and skills in battle.
That was the reason Hunters wanted to join a large guild in the first place.
It was because the large guilds were systematically assisting the hunters' training by recruiting coaches who had trained national-level athletes at high cost.
In that sense, Ammut's rigid body training was actually a very good training method, even if it was very violent.
In particular, the 'Mummy's Bandage' and 'Healing Potion', which forcefully move the body even when bones are broken and muscles are torn, were able to transform the human body to the limit.
"Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...!"
Of course, I had to endure that much pain myself.
[Rather than that, he is a disciple. Did the affairs of the demon realm go well?]
Just then, Ammut looked back at Suho and asked how he was doing.
Of course, I wouldn't ask out of curiosity.
Suho intuitively realized what words would come out next.
[If it's all over, let's start chi training today.]
"...Just pretend to listen to the answer."
Because this gym is so awful.
Suho shook his head and stood next to Lim Dogyoon himself.
[Gravity tripled.]
"...!"
Start daily quest.
* * *
Meanwhile, while Suho is on his way back to the Devil World.
The outside world was noisy as well.
"What?! Are you saying our Suho still hasn't returned from the dungeon!"
Jinho Yoo.
Suho's uncle and CEO of Ajinsoft couldn't help but be surprised when he received the news that Suho, who had been attacking the dungeon, had not been heard from for several days.
The secretary who relayed the fact to Yoo Jinho also had a serious expression.
Because there were still more important facts left.
"Yes. Of course, it's common for hunters to stay in dungeons for a long time, but this time it's not trivial. It is said that after Hunter Sung Suho entered the Pyeongtaek Dungeon, the Hunters of the Black Tortoise Guild followed suit."
"Black Tortoise Guild?!"
Yoo Jinho couldn't help but feel bad about the familiar name.
"Couldn't it be that there is a name called 'Lee Young-ho' among the hunters who followed him?"
"...That's right, CEO. Black Tortoise Guild's Manager Lee Yeong-ho said that he who recently had a conflict with us brought his subordinates to the Pyeongtaek Guild..." "
Damn it!"
Jump!
Yoo Jinho couldn't help but stand up and pick up the phone.
"I will hire mercenaries right away and go in to rescue Suho! Also, contact the Black Tortoise Guild and ask where Manager Lee Young-ho is now!"
"yes! All right!"
Yoo Jinho was furious with the fact that Suho could be in danger.
'It's my fault! I could never have thought that Manager Lee Yeong-ho would take his anger out on Suho for what went wrong this time!'
It was a mistake that no one thought that even the hunters would cross the line this far.
However, if you look closely, it has only been two years since the profession of Hunter was created in this world.
No matter how diligently the Hunter Association made the Hunter Act and set its guidelines for action, it was unreasonable to correct the appearance of the rampaging gangsters who suddenly had supernatural powers.
'I forgot for a moment that there is a difference between Hunter and Villain in the end!'
Intoxicated with superhuman strength, countless hunters evaded the law and fulfilled their desires. Humans are greedy and selfish animals. Even before the cataclysm, isn't it human nature to commit all sorts of evil deeds if you have a lot of money?
"CEO! I have contacted the Black Tortoise Guild! By the way..."
Just in time, the secretary delivered new news to Yoo Jinho.
"Black Tortoise Guild Manager Lee Yeong-ho also entered the dungeon and lost contact for several days."
"What?!"
It was Yoo Jinho who felt something strange at those words.
According to the information, the 3rd dungeon in Pyeongtaek where Suho entered was not a very difficult place.
In the first place, wasn't it a place where I was going to stop by lightly to build a career to create a guild of guardians?
In such a place, the Black Tortoise Guild, which was said to have followed immediately after the Witchbeasts, must have been a much more dangerous existence.
If Suho's attacking party had clashed with them, it would have been time to finish the match by now.
"Connect with the Black Tortoise Guild right away. I will call you directly."
Yoo Jinho took over the phone with a scary expression.
The secretary, who watched the sudden momentum from the side, got goosebumps.
'It's been a while since the CEO has been so angry...'
The secretary who had been aiding him for a long time remembered exactly when the moment he showed himself like this.
Just a few years ago, when Sung Soo-ho's parents suddenly went missing.
Even then, Yoo Jinho was extremely angry and his eyes were turned upside down.
And Yoo Jinho at a time like this...
'No one can stop him.'
chuck.
Just then, the phone that Yoo Jinho was holding connected to the Black Tortoise Guild.
– I got a call. I am the Head of the Black Tortoise Guild...
"Change the guild leader right now."
– Yes Yes?
A look of bewilderment returned to the phone over the phone because of the thick murderousness in Yoo Jinho's voice.
However, Yoo Jinho had no intention of conversing with the general manager.
Yu Jinho summoned the guild leader of the Black Tortoise Guild, growling ferociously like a beast that had lost its family.
And the head of the Black Tortoise Guild, who knew who Yoo Jinho was, did not dare to go against his words.
-I'll connect you to the guild leader...
Yoo Jinho asked his secretary, who was standing beside him at the same time, at a loss for what to do.
"Have the mercenaries been recruited?"
"Yes. But since we're trying to recruit talented mercenaries, reservations have already been made..."
"Tell me to double or triple the pay. Now we fight for the village..."
It was then.
A text from Suho arrived on Yoo Jinho's cell phone.
-What should I do with Uncle? This dungeon took a little longer, so the next dungeons I reserved were delayed a little...
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