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Reincarnator – Chapter 153 : 1st Area (3)

Karhal made a confused expression while looking at Keron who was descending rather quickly.

"Do you know something?"

The area below was a land of mystery.

But Keron didn't seem like he was worried while heading down.

Keron, Etianon and close to about ten people made slightly awkward expressions.

"Well…You see."

"Hmm?"

'Wait a minute…This guy was the one who suggested we just throw them down alive.'

Team leader, Karhal, looked at Keron, who seemed to have done something behind his back, and frowned.

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Clanggg

"Kyaaaaa!"

Smash

The final attack.

The moment this attack hit.

The girl's neck shined.

To be precise, the necklace on the girl's neck shined.

In that instant a bright blue light appeared around the girl and absorbed the force of the Forked Lightning that had hit the girl.

Paaaaaaang

But that was it.

"Kuhuk…"

The girl made an expression as if she was out of breath.

She could only.

The necklace did not work for free.

It was a necklace that drained an excessive amount of mana from the user.

Since it was designed for the use of Sages and not Humans.

The woman soon collapsed on the ground after being drained of mana along with the bright blue glove on her hands.

The Azure Glove which could send out a powerful laser beam.

Since it drained a huge amount of mana, they, the Farmers, could only use it as an ambush with the amount of mana they had.

Just like when they had attacked Hansoo.

'But even so… It shouldn't get blocked like this.'

It would be normal for a usual Hunter to melt down within a few seconds but the bone armor sticking out from the man's body, the silver armor he had been wearing already and the golden reinforcement around him just dispersed the bright blue laser beams as it hit him

Even Karhal, the strongest Hunter of the 1st Area that they despised, was inferior to this.

Which meant something.

The girl grinded her teeth and then glared at Hansoo with blazing hatred.

"…Is that Ekidu bitch crazy! For a guard to do such a thing like this!"

Keron and a few others coming down for some dirty work was understandable.

Since those guys were the ones who shoved them down here.

But for a guard, who should be keeping the rules of the village in check, to come down to do the same thing.

'Damn bastards. Wasn't playing around with us like that enough!?'

But Hansoo shook his head at the girl's words.

"I am not a guard."

Hansoo finished his words and then looked into the distance.

Countless people, from the depths of the darkness, were running towards this location after hearing the commotion.

At least 200.

It was not a coincidental number.

'Oh yeah, I've heard about this.'

Even Hansoo hadn't inspected and adventured through every nook and cranny of the yellow zone.

Since there were countless villages in many ceasefire zones throughout the entire zone.

Though all these villages operated in a similar manner due to all of them having been created by Clementine, there were still differences.

And he had heard about a special village out of those.

That there were people who shoved others into a secret location and operated a human farm.

'These guys must be them.'

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The 200 people who had run over here looked at Hansoo with confusion, worry and fear.

And their leader, Mackill, looked at Hansoo with a heavy expression.

'Hansoo huh. What are his motives?.'

There were about 200 people who had been thrown here.

But these guys were the weakest out of the weakest.

People who were farming in the village and were kidnapped by the Hunters of the 1st area.

Basically, they were the rabbits of the jungle.

Of course the others targeted them.

'Fucking bastards…'

Karhal should be damned as well.

But Keron and the others, who had thrown them in here in the first place, and came down periodically to play with them were the worst.

The reason for them being thrown in here was simple.

Since there weren't that many Farmers who they could play with as they pleased.

They judged that it would be better to keep them trapped in here and to play with them.

And their choices weren't wrong.

Since the carrier pigeons could not fly in this depths of darkness.

And it was so high that them, Farmers, did not have the ability to go up.

No, there was still a problem after getting up there.

Since the moment Keron and the others, who scout the Okun Tree daily, find them then they would just get dropped back down again.

They were many who tried to escape at first but as these events repeated themselves the 200 people stopped resisting.

Since it was better to stay alive then to die.

Even if they were slaves.

But the man in front of them was different.

'He doesn't have any looks of crazed greed in his eyes either…'

It looked like he actually knew of their existence in the first place.

Mackill emptied her mind and sighed as she asked Hansoo.

"With what motives have you come down here?"

Hansoo replied simply.

"The place where you got the items you are holding onto. I have something to do there."

"…You know about that?"

As the people asked with a confused expression, Hansoo merely nodded.

There were a few things he needed to take from the research labs.

Mackill lifted the glove and necklace she had on her person and then asked.

"We took most of the useful stuff… Are you talking about these?"

Hansoo shook his head.

Those were just simple items.

Actually he wouldn't be able to use that item any better than these people.

Though the Body Enhancement Surgery and Dragon Essence Blade gifted a powerful body, it did not gift one a large quantity of mana.

The amount of mana he had was actually lower than theirs.

Their mana rune progress was around 5% but his was even lower.

Those items weren't his goal in the first place.

'From what I know…the Sealing Jade is in the deepest parts of the lab.'

The invention the Sages had invented without the knowledge of the higher races, .

It hadn't been destroyed because its existence wasn't known but it was located in the deepest part of the research lab.

Hansoo spoke out.

"Please guide me to that location."

Mackill, the leader of the farmers, replied to Hansoo.

"Well. It seems like something beneficial to you but…What do we get?"

Hansoo answered simply.

"Don't you want to go out?"

"What?"

Everyone started to mumble between each other.

To be able to go out.

There was nothing better than that.

Though they were living because it was still better than death, a life of a slave wasn't quite what they hoped for.

No, they weren't even slaves.

They were being treated as livestock.

'Bastards.'

Mackill grinded her teeth from Keron's words in the past.

But she shook his head soon afterwards.

'That is not possible.'

Trapping them and treating them as slaves was the worst type of felony possible.

Karhal, Keron and the other hunters of the 1st Area would receive a harsher punishment than death if the Farmers here were to escape and reach the village.

"You think those guys will leave us alive? There's a reason why those guys scout around the Okun Tree every day!"

They were indeed scouting around the Okun Tree in case of something comes out from the darkness.

But they weren't doing it because something dangerous might come out.

It was the opposite of that actually.

They were doing so in order to keep the slaves in there.

Mackill laughed as she looked at Hansoo.

"I understand that you are strong. But I can figure out how strong you are after fighting with you. You are definitely not strong enough to fight 40 of the 1st Area Hunters by yourself."

"Mmm…"

Everyone around Mackill nodded.

Though they had extremely screwed up personalities, they were still very strong.

There was a reason why around ten of them came down here in the first place.

Since the 10 of them had the confidence to fight 200 of them.

40 of them was a whole another story.

"And what are you going to do? Though not all the 1st Area Hunters participated in this human farm but it's not like they are innocent. Which means even the ones who don't know anything will be punished by the village. You think those guys will side with us?'

Mackill was angry.

In conclusion, the 40 Hunters of the 1st Area will combine all their strength to erase their existence.

Since it wouldn't be a sin if they don't get caught.

"If you don't have the abilities then instead of giving us false hope just fuck off. You damned bastard. We will at least be able to live without you."

As long as Hansoo wasn't here it would be okay.

Then the Hunters wouldn't have a reason to massacre the Farmers trapped in here.

The Hunters just needed to wait until the 1 year contract they had with the village ended and leave.

'And… We will remain as slaves.'

They had attacked in glee after only detecting one when usually ten people came down at once.

Since one could be dealt with.

They were going to take one hostage and go onto the next level.

But the full force coming down here was a different story.

'Nothing can be done. It's better to live than to die.'

Mackill clenched her teeth.

If they attempted to escape with this guy then they would all get massacred.

"So you aren't going to tell me anything? Even the location of the research lab?"

Mackill nodded at Hansoo's words.

"Yeah. If we get caught by the Hunters after helping you then it'll only hurt us. We will… Remain the way we are right now."

Those guys were vicious enough already.

If they get caught then they couldn't even imagine what would happen to them.

Since they were merely slaves to fulfill the Hunter's desires and greed.

Hansoo decided to end the conversation after seeing Mackill say those words.

"You are quite amusing."

"Mmm?"

Mackill made a nervous expression while looking at Hansoo's expressionless gaze.

"The guys above can kill all of you."

"…"

"But so can I. Aren't I not frightening to you?"

Tremble.

A chill ran along Mackill's entire body.

Hansoo's calm eyes were inspecting every of them.

'Of course I don't have any thoughts of killing them…'

It would only work if he at least did this much.

And it would only benefit them the faster he found the Sealing Jade.

Hansoo spoke towards Mackill.

"Guide me. To the research lab."

"…Damn."

Mackill grinded her teeth.

At that moment.

One of the lookout who was staring at the entrance up above shouted out urgently.

"Damn! Mackill! This is bad!"

"Fucking hell. What could be worse than this current…"

As Mackill spat out those words, the lookout shouted back loudly.

"Fuck! All of them are coming down man! All of them!"

"What? How many?"

The lookout replied with a heavy expression.

"…Forty. All of them."

"No way. Why so suddenly…"

Mackill made an expression of disbelief.

The existence of the human farm wasn't known to all the 1st Area Hunters.

All 40 of them could not have come down just to play with them.

But Mackill figured it out almost instantly.

"Kang Hansoo! You fucki…What did you do up above!!"

Mackill spat out in misery.

She wanted to curse out but the eyes Hansoo had shown her before were simply too terrifying.

Then.

A loud shout was heard from up above.

"Hahahaha! Have you been well?! Our precious female piggy Mackill!"

"…Keron, this bastard."

Mackill grinded her teeth in anger.

The entire farm looked towards Mackill with sympathy even during the tension but then soon made bitter expressions instead.

Since their situations weren't that much different.

Keron, who was still hanging high above on the entrance, looked around his livestock in contentment.

Gazes filled with fear.

'Yeah. This is it.'

Keron was but a cog in the village.

But it was different here.

It was like being a god.

'Damn…I didn't want to show this to Karhal.'

Keron made an amused expression at first but then frowned as he looked at Karhal.

He was the king of this place.

Of course somebody being above him would not feel good.

This was why he only told a few weaker ones and enjoyed this place together.

And since Karhal now had knowledge of this place, he wasn't the absolute authority here anymore.

Keron looked towards Hansoo, the reason for all of this, and grinded his teeth.

Hansoo even had a laid back expression.

His expression contradicting with the expressions of the ones standing next to him pissed Keron even more.

'Let's see if your expression will be the same after this.'

Keron suddenly thought of something fun as he looked at Hansoo who was standing in the middle of the farmers.

'Hmm. Wait a minute…'

Keron looked towards the farm below and shouted loudly.

"Ordering you livestocks! Attack that trash over there and kill him! Hahaha!"

"Oh?"

As Karhal made an amused expression, Keron felt a little depressed.

Since he could sense Karhal standing above him.

Keron grinded his teeth quietly and then gave an even better offer to relieve that stress.

"To the ones who do the best I will give more food! We will watch from up here! The ones who don't fight…You know right? Start!"

"Fucking hell…"

Whether they fight or not, they would all get killed anyway.

Mackill made a dumbfounded expression at Keron's shouts.

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"Damn…What the hell are we supposed to do."

Mackill stared at Hansoo in front of her and mumbled in a daze.

'If we were to combine our forces with this guy instead…'

But Mackill shook her head.

Even if they combined their strength with Hansoo, they wouldn't be able to beat the 40 above.

But then Hansoo wouldn't die that easily either.

'This is shit. Is this the life of a slave?.'

Hansoo spoke towards Mackill.

"Do you still think that you need to stay here?"

"What?"

The reason why Hansoo only heard about this farm from rumors.

It was simple actually.

Since nobody had seen people crawl out alive.

Their destinies were set.

Being thrown away after taken advantage of and being used.

Hansoo spoke towards Mackill.

"Help me. I will keep you alive."

"…"

"You can live if you're a livestock. Since you're useful. But during times of danger…You will be the first ones thrown away. Do you think this world is that laid back for you guys to stay safe forever?"

Mackill clenched her teeth.

Those words were correct.

It was just that they were in denial of reality.

They needed to struggle a bit more.

To get out of here.

'But…Is this the right side to stand on?'

Mackill breathed in and out and asked Hansoo.

"Give us a guarantee then."

They needed to escape.

And the rope had come down as well.

The rope that would save them from hell.

But they still needed to check.

In order to see if this rope was a rotten piece of vine.

Or a ladder that would lead them to the outside world.

Mackill glanced around at the surrounding people, who were murmuring to each other in nervousness, and spoke out.

"What do you need to find in there? Could we escape outside safely with that?"

They weren't placing their hopes on Hansoo's strength.

The important thing was what did such a strong guy come here to find.

'Yeah. Who knows?'

Mackill muttered in her mind.

The research lab looking building that they had found had been almost destroyed into rubble.

The only remaining things were a few of the blue gloves and necklaces they had.

They couldn't use it well because they didn't have that much mana but the item itself was amazing.

And if there was something even better than this in the lab?

It wouldn't be that hard to defeat all the Hunters up there and escape.

But Hansoo shook his head.

Since the Sealing Jade he was looking for wasn't really a weapon.

"We can't escape safely per say."

"What?"

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"These bastards. Why aren't they starting already."

Keron, who had stuck his two arms and legs onto the wall, made a bored expression as the scene he expected didn't play out.

But then going down was a bit burdensome as well.

Since it'll become quite annoying if Hansoo and the 20 of them combine their strengths.

'Well. Then was coming with Karhal a relief?'

Keron stole a glance at his side.

Since their team leader, Karhal, was very powerful.

Though he didn't like the situation, Karhal was still very reassuring to have standing next to him.

'Well. There shouldn't be a need for the team leader to step out personally.'

The only way for the ones below to live is attacking Hansoo.

And in the midst of that fight, they just needed to jump down and suppress him after he gets tired.

'And it'll be troublesome if the slaves die as well.'

A whole month was left.

At that moment.

"…!"

Keron's expression, which was staring at Mackill with happy thoughts of future plans, suddenly froze.

Since an entirely different scene than the one he expected played out.

Keron shouted out in anger.

"These bastards! Running away!?"

Booooom!

Keron jumped down from the wall as he saw the 200 people dashing away in all directions.

In order to punish them for their insolent resistance.

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"Damnit!"

Mackill grinded her teeth as she looked at the Hunters jumping down from the wall and making large explosive sounds as they landed.

'Damn it all! I'm not so sure if this is the right choice or not.'

But there was no other way.

Since she could sense it faintly as well.

If they stay trapped in here then they'll eventually get slaughtered.

'…Trust him.'

According to that guy's words, if he found the thing in the lab then they could win.

But it was easier said than done.

The nightmare of the past came back to her as she saw the Hunters flying around swiftly towards them.

Mackill drove away the fear tingling throughout her body and then asked again while clenching her teeth.

"Damn…Is that really better? We can just…"

Hansoo replied with a stern expression.

"It'll become more dangerous then."

"Hooh…"

Mackill breathed in from Hansoo's words and then shouted to everyone running with her.

"Everyone spread out and run! And escape!"

"Kuuuh…"

Everyone who heard Mackill's shout flinched and pondered.

They had heard before.

That they needed to separate the enemy's forces while running around.

But it wasn't easy to act.

To run away when fighting as a group wouldn't even suffice.

Wanting to group up in a dangerous situation is a human instinct.

Hansoo added more words to Mackill's while running.

"If you group and fight then you'll all get massacred. Since they will try to kill you since you'll be a threat. But if you spread out and run they will not kill you. Since you aren't a threat anymore."

"Then…What happens if they ignore us and go for you? Then we will just get smashed apart."

As somebody shouted out, Hansoo just shook his head.

"No way. Those guys cannot let any of you escape. Since if a single one of you left and reported to the village, it will become very troublesome for them."

"Ugh…"

"Hurry and split up! And run away as much as you can!"

"Damn!"

They heard up to this point and started to split up in all directions.

Some into the depths of the darkness.

Some towards the tunnel they had fallen from.

Papapapak

200 people splitting up at the same time was quite a scene to behold.

Since some of them really did look like they could escape.

And even if they were Farmers, they had roamed the Otherworld for multiple years.

They all had something up their sleeves to help them survive.

And as 200 of these people all started to run with their lives on the line, it looked like hundreds of fireworks going off in the darkness.

Sending off hundreds of sparks in all directions.

But Mackill clenched her teeth.

Since she knew about the result.

'They… Won't succeed.'

And just as she expected.

The Hunters immediately responded to the Farmers running away and went into action.

Chwachwachwachwa

The 40 Hunters fell down from the skies and split into two groups according to Karhal's hand motions.

Then they separated all around and started to capture the ones who started running away.

"Aaaak!"

"Hahahahaha! Where are you running off to!"

Even hunting for rabbits would be harder than this.

Though the Farmers were pretty fast, the Hunters, who had lived as a Hunter for almost a year, were much faster than them.

The 200 Farmers started to quickly get captured by the Hunters one by one.

And getting suppressed was quite easy because they were all spread apart.

Mackill grinded her teeth as she saw this while running away.

"Uaaaak!"

"Kuhuk!"

They were handling the Farmers very roughly.

And the Farmers, who couldn't even think of resisting, were of no threat to them at all.

But they were swinging the Farmers around very roughly as if they were trying to vent their anger on them.

They wouldn't kill them but just almost.

As if they were proving that this was the result of a slave who revolted against their owner.

'Bastards…'

Mackill asked Hansoo urgently.

"Can we just not bring it to you while you fight? That's so much better!"

It didn't require that many hands to bring an object.

But Hansoo shook his head.

"You guys aren't enough."

"Damn…"

Mackill frowned deeply at those words.

She knew as well.

That if Hansoo remains here the others wouldn't even be even able to reach the deep parts of this place.

Since they couldn't outrun the Hunters.

Mackill pondered for a moment and then spoke to Hansoo.

"There's not really a necessity for me to go right? Akilen! Come over here!"

"Yes?"

One of the youngest girls running next to Mackill replied instinctively.

Though she had been ordered to split up, she hadn't been able to make up her mind to run away and had stayed running by Hansoo and Mackill.

Mackill looked at the girl with a pain stricken expression.

'Damn. For things to have played out like this.'

This girl was a very high spirited girl before she had been kidnapped by those guys.

Of course she was.

The girl had also roamed the Otherworld for numerous years.

But the girl had turned extremely depressed in just a few months after getting kidnapped.

"Guide this guy there."

Mackill muttered as she looked at the people behind her.

Guiding the way was a waste of time for her.

She had a duty as a leader.

'I can't… Die peacefully by myself.'

The moment she finished speaking she ran in the exact opposite direction of Hansoo.

"Keron! You dirty bastard! I'm over here!"

Booooom!

Mackill started to run at an extremely fast speed, as if she was proving that she had the ability to be their leader, throughout the darkness.

And somebody from Karhal's group, who had been watching Mackill, quickly separated out from the group.

Keron.

Keron looked at Hansoo with a regrettable expression but then shook his head as he quickly started to follow behind Mackill.

Since she was quite fast.

If she got outside of the darkness while he was paying his attention somewhere else then it'll become very troublesome.

'Twenty…Too excessive.'

Akilen clenched her teeth while running away.

The remaining number was barely 20 now.

Which meant that they cared greatly about the man next to her but this made her feel even more depressed.

They wouldn't even be able to move a finger if they get caught.

'Damn. The time Mackill bought us was fruitless…'

While Akilen was freaking out from the gap that was closing in.

Hansoo suddenly lifted that Akilen.

"Waaaa!"

"Too slow. Guide me the direction quickly. We're going to get caught at this pace."

As if his words weren't meaningless, the moment he lifted up Akilen his speed exploded numerous times faster.

Boomboom!

The gap that had been closing increased in just a moment.

But as if the group behind him couldn't let Hansoo go like that, they used their own skills and started assaulting Hansoo.

Behind Hansoo, who was running through the darkness while causing the land to tremble with every step, red and blue lights and objects flew towards him.

Clangclangclang

Booooom!

Hansoo swung the Forked Lightning with one hand to deflect off the most threatening attacks, nullified the curse types with Nurmaha's ring and then received the rest with his body.

'Tsk. As I expected it's not easy.'

The shock that penetrated through the Thousand Soliders Armor, Dragon Essence Blade and Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement could be dealt with but the curse type skills that he didn't have the mana to nullify dragged him down.

'Mana's the problem.'

His skills were all amazing but he didn't have nearly enough mana to use them.

'I'll need to solve this issue in this zone.'

Hansoo refocused on blocking the attacks.

Things could be dealt with since it was only twenty of them.

If a few more attacks had flown in then he might've been dragged down to the point of being captured.

'The Racial Metamorphosis…This isn't the time to use it yet.'

"This won't do. Hang onto me."

"Pardon? Aaaak!"

Even before she could finish speaking, Hansoo had thrown her into the air in front of him and used both hands to deflect the attacks behind him.

Hududududk

The range of defense was much different from one hand to two hands.

As he cut off the freezing and curse type skills that could hold him down and blocked the incoming damage, the gap that had been slowly closing in reversed and was getting further apart.

'Phew.'

Akilen, who had been thrown, barely caught onto Hansoo's front like a koala and sighed in relief.

'He's really reliable.'

Hansoo's physique was very large to begin with so most of the attacks hadn't reached her small self.

It was like a giant shield in front of her blocking everything for her.

Akilen, who was now in safety, started to refocus on what she had to do.

Since her job was a guide.

'Let's see. Past the black boulder and…To the right of the ditch.'

The destroyed ruins and rubble flew past Hansoo, who was running at an extremely fast speed, very quickly.

And in between those ruins the blue gloves that had lost their light could be seen from time to time.

These were all remnants they had found.

But Hansoo wasn't looking for such a thing.

'He…Probably wants to go over to that place.'

Akilen, who had been looking all around their surroundings, suddenly pointed towards a direction.

"That way!"

A giant circular building that still maintained its shape and looked a bit different from the other ruins.

Hansoo inspected this building for a moment and then nodded.

'This is it.'

Research lab.

The Sealing Jade was in here.

'Though it's a bit dangerous…'

Butt he didn't have a choice.

He had to get it no matter what.

Only then would he be able to start solving the Yellow Zone.

"We're going in. Hold on tight."

"Huh? Uhhh?"

Boooom!

Boobooboom!

Hansoo deflected the skills that flew in from behind, smashed the wall of the building in front of him and jumped inside.

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Boooooom!

Hansoo dodged the incoming attacks and kicked off of the walls as he proceeded inwards.

Along with the tremendous amount of skills behind him.

Boom! Boom!

The building which had maintained its original shape started to get smashed apart.

'Let's see. Not here…'

Hansoo destroyed a wall with a kick and then shook his head as he moved into a different part of the building.

Though it looked like he was just smashing random things, Hansoo was calculating the vibration of the building as he launched kicks.

After another moment.

Booom!

'It's here.'

A location which was slightly less sturdy than the other parts.

Hansoo lifted his leg up and smashed it down.

Boooooom!

Hansoo's body, which had been enhanced by the silver liquid, started to create cracks upon the ground.

This is where it should end usually.

Since even Hansoo wasn't strong enough to create an earthquake with just a single stomp.

But the result was slightly different.

Kuuugugugugugu

"Uhh?"

The moment Akilen made that noise.

Booooom!

Hansoo lifted his leg and stomped down again.

Rumble

The entire ground broke apart and a small hole appeared.

It was a pretty crappy method of hiding something but it had still remained until today because of that reason.

Since the higher races would've found it if there were things like mechanisms on it.

'Ugh.'

Hansoo frowned as he looked at the small hole.

Since it looked a bit too small for Hansoo to go in.

It might've been enough for a normal person but Hansoo wasn't really a normal person.

This hole seemed a bit too small for a 2m sized man to go in.

He would definitely get stuck in there if he went down.

Booooom!

Hansoo hit the floor again.

Not with his foot but with the Forked Lightning this time.

Kadududuk

But unlike how it had fared so far, the ground absorbed all the force from the Forced Lightning.

As if there was something very precious inside it.

'I guess I can't enlarge the hole anymore.'

He might be able to do it if he tried really hard but it would take quite a bit of time.

And the people chasing behind him wouldn't let him be if he were to squeeze himself in there.

'…Did they make it this small on purpose? This is a bit troublesome.'

For his size to come back and bite him in the ass.

While Hansoo was frowning due to this unexpected turn of events.

"Ugh…"

Akilen, who had been holding tightly onto his chest due to the rebound force of his kick, made moaning sounds.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"I have a request."

"Yes?"

Hansoo took a glance at the Hunters swarming towards him and spoke to Akilen.

"If you go beneath here, there'll be a small black marble. I need that."

"…"

Akilen then took a glance at the small hole below her.

A small but endless looking hole.

"Mmm…"

Akilen groaned a bit.

She wasn't afraid of falling.

Though the hole was long to the point where she couldn't see the bottom, her body wasn't weak to the point where she would get hurt from falling.

There was another reason why she was groaning.

'…It feels unpleasant.'

A feeling of needles being pricked onto her entire body.

She didn't know what was below here but if its existence alone made her feel like this then it wouldn't be something simple.

Akilen hurriedly asked Hansoo.

"What about you mister?"

Hansoo raised his spear and replied.

"I have to block them until you activate that."

"Uh…"

"Go."

"Aaaaak!"

As Akilen stopped to ponder, Hansoo just hit Akilen with the back of the spear and pushed her into the hole.

Akilen screamed as she fell but he didn't really care much.

Since it wasn't like there was something dangerous below.

Activating it wasn't that complicated either.

It would take a while but it wasn't dangerous at all.

'I'm the one in trouble.'

Rumble

Hansoo started at the wall exploding in after covering up the hole with a large amount of rubble.

Booooom!

Booom!

The circular research lab had lost its original shape from the constant attacks poured upon it and started to turn into ruins.

At that moment a laser flew in from the distance.

Karhal's skill, .

A big laser beam which was made of five different colored smaller beams shot towards Hansoo.

Hansoo frowned as he saw this.

'…It's an AOE skill. And Quintuple Beam at that…Such a high level skill.'

It wasn't one of the triple numberings but if one were to choose 3000 skills then it would definitely fit in those.

Out of hundreds of thousands of skills, a skill of this level was not something he could ignore.

No, it was actually an amazing skill.

'And the mastery level is… Almost 100%'

Strength befitting of the team leader of the 1st Area.

He could dodge it.

Since the Quintuple Beam's power was tremendous but it wasn't that fast.

But the moment he tried to dodge it the laser beam will explode and melt down everything in the vicinity.

The ground itself wouldn't melt but Akilen, who was inside the hole, wouldn't be able to dodge it.

'She'd probably die.'

It would be a problem if he got hit as well.

The moment he got hit the five different beams will drive into his body and gnaw upon his insides.

Like a parasite devouring the inside of a person.

'I have no choice.'

Hansoo breathed in deeply and then raised his spear.

He then pushed his Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement to the limits and focused it onto a point.

He then smashed it onto the center of the laser flying towards him.

Clanggg!

The sound of something smashing apart.

It wasn't loud but the effect was clear.

The moment Hansoo smashed the center of the beam.

Paaaaaak!

The beam that was comprised of five lights got smashed apart into bits.

Of course this wasn't the end.

Though it had been split into five, every single one of those beams were powerful.

'Hooooop.'

Hansoo moved his body above the hole Akilen went down into and then stood still.

He then crouched down and focused all of the mana in his body into the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.

Boooboboboboom!

Soon a giant explosion occurred.

Five giant explosions occurred around Hansoo as they swept all around his surroundings.

Red, Blue, Yellow, White and Black colors swept around the surroundings and erased all the remaining bits of the building.

Along with Hansoo in the inner parts of the research lab.

Rumblee!

As the dust settled and darkness was about to come back.

From the remaining lights of the five colors, the result of the giant explosions could be seen.

Traces of destruction which seemed like five meteors had hit.

The ground hadn't been destroyed as if it was made of something incredible but all the rubble and building parts had melted down.

Although the user should've been content with the result of his skill, which had destroyed everything around its explosion point, Karhal made quite a discontent expression since he had to use up every bit of mana he had.

'I thought this would've ended everything…'

Quintuple Beam.

A skill that had made him into the best Hunter of the village, his final trump card.

The might of the Quintuple Beam was amazing but a befitting amount of mana had to be used and it was slow so it was easy to dodge.

It was useful against giant beasts but was hard to use against humans.

But he had tried using it since the kid Hansoo held onto had disappeared somewhere.

Since he thought that Hansoo wouldn't be able to dodge because of that kid.

And it was a success.

Hansoo had chosen to go up against the Quintuple Beam.

But it was only half a success.

'How did he know the method of disabling the Quintuple Beam…?'

The sole method of disabling the Quintuple Beam.

The five beams synergized with each other and enhanced each other.

If one would stab the core part that connected these five beams and split them up then they could prevent the beams from entering their body as well as lowering the damage done by the beam.

But this was something that others wouldn't be able to figure out or would have a hard time figuring out.

Since stabbing such a powerful skill with one's own skill was something that was hard for a sane person.

Karhal made a bitter expression but then shook his head as he focused on the scene in front of him.

It was half a failure.

Which meant that it was half a success.

Tadak. Tadadak.

The body of Hansoo, which had been swept by the explosions of the Quintuple Beam, had been burnt quite well.

The strange armor he had on had cracks in it and his entire body was full of injuries.

Karhal laughed as he looked at Hansoo.

'I'll acknowledge it. I have lost to you.'

The Quintuple Beam was something he could only use by using every bit of mana in his body.

A skill which he had gambled everything on had only resulted in this.

Though the damage was significant, Hansoo still looked like he could fight.

If it was a one on one situation then he would be dead now since he had no more mana.

But he wasn't alone.

Papapapak

The 19 members behind Karhal ran past him and were about to charge into Hansoo.

Hansoo who was standing still in the distance.

They might've been afraid usually but they saw it clearly.

They saw Hansoo being hit by the Quintuple Beam of the team leader.

Even the extremely powerful level 2 beasts whined after getting hit by the Quintuple Beam and either ran or fell dead.

Even Hansoo wouldn't be fine.

'We need to kill him off now.'

At that moment.

"Wait!"

"…?"

The 19 people made confused expressions from Karhal's shout which had stopped them.

Karhal smiled as he looked at them.

"You all know that a wounded beast is dangerous.'

Everyone nodded at those words.

Since the most dangerous time of a beast isn't when it's up and running healthily.

It was when it received a large wound.

The moment the beast realizes that it wouldn't be able to survive.

Then it would become the most frightening.

Since it would put its life on the line to attack.

A beast which wanted to take at least one more person down along with itself was an extremely dangerous one.

And them, the Hunters, knew about this very well.

Karhal spoke towards them.

"There's not really a way to go near him. The kid went into the hole he's defending. It seems like he wants to defend the kid."

"Haha. He's quite cool isn't he."

Etianon, one of the 19 members, laughed coldly.

'I wondered why he was standing still above the hole.'

This changed the story.

If Hansoo couldn't come at them then they didn't have a reason to charge into him.

Kiiiiing

Etianon and the other Hunters leisurely took up positions and prepared their skills.

Large scale skills that were powerful like the Quintuple Beam but took long to prepare and had a slow projectile speed so it was only used on large slow beasts.

Large area skills that would be enough to sweep into the hole below him if he dodged, skills that a mere Farmer wouldn't be able to resist.

Soon.

Boobooooooom!

Rumble!'

Numerous beams started to make their way towards Hansoo.

Rumble!

19 dark and bright skills got shot out in turns in order to not disturb each other.

The skills were befitting of the 1st Area's Hunters who were specialized to kill the beasts.

Except the problem was that the beast this time was Hansoo.

'Tsk. Hurry up.'

Hansoo clicked his tongue and then held on tightly onto the Forked Lightning in his hands.

And then soon the bright blue flame in the very front of the barrage smashed onto Hansoo.

Boooooom!

Azure Flame.

A skill that was a step above the Scarlet Flame.

Hansoo spun the Forked Lightning, which was covered in the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement, like a windmill and at the same time bred the pores of the third Pandemic Blade to the brim.

Bubble bubble

The pores bubbled as they covered Hansoo's body.

The Azure Flame's specialty and strong point.

Once it struck the opponent it wouldn't come off or die down and continue to burn the opponent's body.

Until it burned a set amount.

The normal amount was three times the size of a normal adult.

It was more than enough to burn a piece of armor and one person.

'Except… That's the disadvantage'

Chiiiiiik

The pores that instantly enlarged started to burn up from the Azure Flames.

The Azure Flame tried to devour the pores but the pores divided up and fought against the Azure Flames.

Soon.

Pishiiiiik

The Azure Flame which had burnt the area it could disappeared with a whisper of a sound.

It hadn't even touched Hansoo's body and instead burnt the pores that blew up from his body.'

'Damn. For him to use such a tactic.'

Etianon frowned deeply.

Since it was the first time his Azure Flames had been stopped without any results like this.

But this wasn't the end.

Soon the 18 other skills smashed into Hansoo in turns.

Booom!

Boooooom!

Boooom!

Beams and projectiles that were sent out.

Hansoo started to smash all the incoming skills one by one.

Some he broke by splitting.

Some he sent flying away by smashing it.

Some he hit the core and destroyed it.

Karhal was shocked as he saw this.

Every one of these skills weren't sent out half-heartedly.

These weren't skills that should get smashed apart that easily.

'What an amazing guy. He knows everything about the skills.'

Hansoo's strong point wasn't his strength.

It was the ability to use the strength he had efficiently to smash the weakness of the opponent.

'What a pity. I kind of hope I could get him into our team.'

But Karhal shook his head.

They had crossed the line too much.

Even if a guy like that came in, it would only disturb their teamwork.

'And…He'll die soon anyway.'

Karhal smiled.

Since Hansoo's body started to appear after he had defended all the assaults one by one and the resulting smoke had cleared.

A much more tragic look than before.

The armor was filled with cracks, his skin was burnt up and he couldn't use his left arm because he sacrificed it to block two skills that flew into him.

Karhal was about to raise his hands to order a second wave of assaults but just brought them back down.

Since they were already preparing them.

Kiiiiiiing

The exact skills from before appeared in their hands again.

He would block it the same again but it wouldn't matter.

Since he would've become a corpse by then.

'Good bye.'

As Karhal was focusing all his five senses onto Hansoo in order to memorize Hansoo's final appearance.

'Mmm?'

A shout was heard from Karhal's ears that were extremely focused.

From the dark hole that Hansoo was blocking.

'What are they saying…?'

The moment Karhal focused more of his senses onto his ears to hear better.

Shiver.

A chill ran down Karhal's entire body.

Since Hansoo, who had become a mess, started to smile.

An extremely displeasing smile.

At that moment.

"Uuuh?"

"Huh?"

Confused shouts were heard from beside Karhal.

Reincarnator – Chapter 156 : 1st Area (6)

Kurrrrruuuung

Uuuuuuruung

Keron smiled as he heard the noise coming from the depths of the darkness.

"Oh my. There's an uproar happening."

In the direction where Karhal and the other Hunters had chased Hansoo who had run away.

Every bit of sound that was ringing out from that location wasn't simple.

A noise that wasn't from a chase but rather a noise that occurred during a clash.

Which meant that Hansoo had been caught.

'Which means the result is clear already. Though it's a pity that I wouldn't be able to kill him with my own hands…'

Well, it didn't matter much since he was looking at something else that was amusing.

Chwaaaak

Keron looked at the 9 Farmers who had been turned into a mess and were lying around him.

They could still move but they all had something in common.

That they couldn't run away no matter what because either their legs or their ankles were broken.

'Well. Catching 9 is more than enough for myself.'

Keron looked at Mackill who was still trying to resist and brought up the skill in his hand, .

A skill that wasn't as powerful as the Quintuple Beam of the team leader but had a short cast time and couldn't be dodged so was useful in slowing down their opponents.

Though the power was a bit weak, it was more than enough against Farmers.

Kiiiiiiing

Soon a snake shaped smoke rose up from his hand.

The moment the smoke rose up.

Chaajajajak

"Kuuuk…"

The purple snake rose up from the ground-like smoke and rose up into the air as it tied around Mackill.

It seemed like it was swept by, the difference in between the user and the target was always the most important aspect.

Mackill, whose runes were much lower than Keron, had her skills smashed apart.

At the same time the artifacts on her body got destroyed and her clothes got ripped.

Keron laughed happily as he looked at this scene.

"Livestock doesn't need clothes. What a nice scene."

Keron laughed coldly.

Since the time has come for his purpose of giving up on Hansoo and coming here was about to get started.

He needed to punish the leader pig who tried to run away along with the other livestock.

In front of everyone else.

"Kuu…."

Mackill saw Keron approaching herself and grasped tightly onto the sword in her hands.

Of course she knew herself.

That this was nowhere close to enough.

Mackill mutted as she thought of Hansoo who had run towards the research lab in the depths of the darkness.

'Damn. When's it going to be. He didn't fail right…?'

This was something she had done while trusting Hansoo.

Only when Hansoo attained that Sealing Jade would they have some hope.

But the constant sounds of explosions from the distance weighed down Mackill's mind.

Since such a large collision shouldn't occur if everything went according to plan.

Kuuuugugugugung.

Boooom!

Keron, who was approaching Mackill who was staring at him with eyes full of venom, suddenly shrugged his shoulders.

"Why are you guys resisting anyway? It's not that bad right? Your lives are safe. And you would've become toys of multiple people in the village anyway. Isn't me being nice to you enough? You don't want to become like your friend right?"

Paduk

Mackill''s expression froze as she had her body rolled up rightly.

'This bastard. You dare say those words?'

Since the reason for her friend's death was this guy.

When they had been caught by this guy the moment they got here and was being humiliated.

Her friend made up her mind to escape.

She needed to follow her friend.

Or stop her with her own life on the line.

Then she wouldn't have seen her friend's corpse which had been split into three sections by Keron.

Mackill's expression turned extremely cold extremely quickly.

'…At least, you cannot.'

Since things had blown up to this point.

If Hansoo had failed then there was a high chance that these guys wouldn't let them go.

As Mackill made up her mind.

A skill which she had been saving for a long time started up.

A skill which burnt up her life force to activate, .

Kuuururururu

A tremendous amount of strength that wasn't available to her usually started to flow through her body.

Booooom!

At the same time Mackill, who had been lying on the floor as a mess, jumped back up.

The moment Mackill focused all her strength onto the sword in her hands and was about to change into Keron.

Rumble.

A powerful earthquake rang throughout from somewhere.

From beneath where they were standing.

At that same time.

Hooooooooook

Formless shockwaves resonated out from the ground and swept Keron and Mackill.

'Huh?'

An abnormal looking scene.

Keron flinched momentarily at the shockwave that rang throughout the entire darkness and then refocused onto Mackill after shaking the thoughts off.

Since that wasn't the important part right now.

He didn't know what she had done but her aura was not simple.

It wasn't threatening but not weak enough where he could let down his guard, a powerful attack.

'Damn. Did she use a sacrificial type skill or something. What a waste.'

Keron clicked his tongue.

The sacrificial type skills allowed one to show off a powerful might but took their lives as the price.

But soon Keron's expression brightened up.

'As I expected. She's scared.'

The explosive aura that surrounded her body disappeared and only the decisive expression of Mackill could be seen.

Keron laughed wickedly as he saw this.

'Yeah, a life is precious.'

It seemed she had canceled her last skill.

Keron looked at Mackill leisurely and was about to use his reinforcement.

It might've been different if she had used a skill but this much could easily be blocked with just a reinforcement.

No, it wouldn't even be able to get past the defensive skill around his body.

But at that moment.

"Uh? Uuuuh! What!?"

Keron freaked out.

But Mackill didn't seem like she wanted to go easy on that Keron as she sharpened her aura even more and flew in.

And soon.

Stab.

Keron freaked out too much as he couldn't prepare for Mackill charging into him and had let her stab his stomach.

A very sad result if one thought of the difference in their power levels.

"What the hell is this. Kuu…"

A situation that he had never even thought of being possible.

Keron grinded his teeth while looking at the longsword stabbed deep into his stomach and then woke up as he smashed Mackill with his hands.

Since this bitch was applying force onto the sword and was trying to twist it.

His innards would all snap at this rate.

Smack!

"Kuuhuk!"

Mackill, who poured all her strength onto that attack, screamed out from that single fist of Keron and flew back.

Since the difference in their runes were tremendous from the beginning.

But it was clear who gained from that short encounter.

Keron held down onto the sword embedded in his stomach, grinded his teeth and spoke.

"You fucking bitch! What have you done! Mana..Why isn't my mana moving!"

.....................…

Karhal and the other Hunters all freaked out.

The moment a shout was heard from the dark hole.

A tremendous shockwave rang throughout and swept past them.

"What the hell!"

"The mana..Why isn't it working suddenly!"

They tried to use skills again but then shouted out in confusion.

The mana that they had plenty of inside their bodies weren't moving a bit at all.

Mana.

A force that was the origin of the adventurer's power, something which allowed them to use skills.

The origin of the strength which split the strong and the weak was not moving at all.

And because of this all their skills and even the reinforcement surrounding their body had been disintegrated.

Along with the supportive skills on their Artifacts.

Karhal's expression froze.

'…It seems the girl who went below has done something.'

Their mana wasn't activating.

Their entire bodies were heavy.

And the skills that had enhanced their senses by numerous times had disappeared.

The defensive skills that surrounded them had disappeared and made them felt naked and the reinforcement that enhanced their body was nowhere to be seen.

They all felt like naked children.

The extremely strange and fearsome sensation caused Karhal to clench his fists tightly.

'Damn…'

He wasn't sure if this effect was temporary or permanent.

But one thing was clear.

One, Hansoo standing over there had done something.

Two, He knew how to solve this since he was the one who had caused this.

Karhal spoke with a heavy expression.

"Catch him. You cannot kill him no matter what."

If this situation was permanent and only he knew the solution?

It would become extremely troublesome.

Humans who couldn't use skills would fall to the bottom of the food chain.

Though they had the runes, most of a human's power came from the skills.

A human who only had runes wasn't even strong as a beast with a powerful body.

At Karhal's words, Etianon warmed up his body as he walked out.

"Presumptuous bastard. It seems you're quite confident in hand to hand combat."

Karhal and the other Hunters followed Etianon and stepped out.

There was a reason why they were approaching Hansoo in confidence.

'Dumbass. If you're going to use such a tactic, at least make it so you don't get hit by it as well.'

The golden reinforcement that was threatening and oppressive and that had surrounded his body had completely disappeared.

Which meant that he was also affected by the shockwave from before.

What did they have to fear then?

Their runes were at a much higher level.

And they had many more people.

"Success…Waaa!"

Akilen, who had climbed out from the hole produly with the small black marble in the hands, freaked out as she saw the people slowly approaching her.

Since even if the Sealing Jade in her hands was activated, it didn't make them unable to move.

'This is bad!'

When Akilen was about to hurriedly climb out from the hole.

Hansoo chuckled as he saw her.

"Just stay in there. Continue to activate that."

Push.

"Waaaaa!"

Hansoo pushed Akilen back by hitting her hands which was holding onto the wall and then checked the status of his body.

Kurururk. Kuruk.

Etianon came all the way up to Hansoo and spoke as he laughed.

"Oh? You don't need any help?"

Karhal looked at that Etianon with a trusting expression.

Since Etianon was the best in hand to hand combat despite having weaker skills.

Of course he would be confident in a situation like this.

Hansoo laughed at those words and swung his spear.

Hooooooong!

The golden spear cut through the air and made loud noises.

'…Huh?'

Etianon, who was about to leisreuly recieve the attack, suddenly froze.'

'What the fuck!'

The moment Etianon raised the dagger in his hands to block it.

Booooooom!

The spear smashed onto the blade and made a huge noise.

Kuududududk

"Uaaaak!"

The blade, which had withstood too large of a force, got pushed back onto Etianon.

A tremendous strength that couldn't be explained with just runes.

And because of this, Etianon's arm which held the dagger got smashed apart as he got sent flying backwards while screaming.

Karhal and the other Hunter's expressions froze as they watched this scene.

"What the hell have you done…"

Karhal mumbled with an expression of disbelief.

That tremendous amount of strength.

That was not something that could come out without any skills or reinforcements.

Hansoo laughed as he looked at them.

Kudududududk

The silver liquid constantly flowed inside his body and enhanced his body.

It didn't matter even if there was no mana.

Since the Dragon Essence Blade and the Body Enhancement Surgery were not a result of mana.

It was the result of Genetic Engineering that the Akarons, who couldn't use mana, had created.

Even if they took the runes into account, the difference between the physical body of him who had been enhanced by the Dragon Essence Blade and the Body Enhancement Surgery and them was more than the difference between a bear and a human.

'Sealing Jade. Wonderful. Sages, I'll avenge you guys.'

He would now ride the rapid currents again.

Hansoo thought that it was a relief since there wasn't much time until the Higher Races would come and then stomped on the ground as he jumped up.

Since he needed to finish this place up first.

"Let's end this."

"God fucking damnit…"

Maybe this is how it felt when people found out their guns had been broken when they came to hunt a bear.

No, meeting a bear bare handed would feel better than this.

Kuduk

Kudududuk

The Hunter's expressions all turned dark as they saw Hansoo who was approaching them while smashing the floor with every step.

..................…

Kuuurururururung

'Hmm?'

An area that was hundreds of kilometers away from the ceasefire village.

A wolfman who had been enjoying snacks in the Satellite Fortress of the Arukons,, had his ears perked up.

'…I felt a strange aura.'

Their race's specialty had developed their sixth sense into supernatural levels.

And something was touching that exact sixth sense.

But this much wasn't enough.

The 4m tall wolfman and Arukon's gatherer, Dakidus, shook off his head and then continued to chew the snack he was eating.

Since it was the most delicious while it was alive.

"Kkuuu….Aaaaak!"

And soon the momentarily quiet rest area in the Attilan got filled up with screams again.

To be precise, from the screams of the humans who had been prepared as snacks.

"Aaaaaak!"

They were all quite powerful adventurers, but they couldn't even dream of resisting.

Dakidus ignored the screams and continued to enjoy the snacks, licked the piece of flesh by his mouth and then mumbled.

'I should find out about this when I go to pick up the harvests this time around.'

Uuudududk. Kuudududk.

The giant mouth split open and then swallowed up the remaining bit of the human.

Dakidus, who had finished the remaining snack, looked towards the ceasefire village which was the location where he would gather the harvest this time around.

Reincarnator – Chapter 157 : Voting Offerings (1)

"Ugh…."

Karhal groaned in misery as he checked his surroundings after being turned into a mess.

'…Everyone got caught huh.'

It seems they had all been caught during the time he lost consciousness.

The Farmers were looking at them with vicious eyes.

'Hmm…It seems a few have already lost their lives.'

It seemed Keron, Etianon or the others who had been the ones who operated this Human Farm had been killed already.

And people like Sebastienne who didn't really know much about all of this had just been tied down.

Though she had been beaten a bit.

'You shouldn't have crossed the line Keron, Etianon. Stupid bastards.'

He wasn't in the position to say this but that was the truth.

Hadn't him, who didn't know about the farm at all, stayed alive?

The ones who were excessive had been killed but it didn't seem like they had yet decided how to deal with him and the others like him.

'Then there's a bit of hope.'

Though the lives of his comrades had been taken, Karhal didn't really make a nervous expression at all.

Since it wasn't the end yet.

"Hey come on. Hear me out for a second."

Mackill moved the sword to Karhal's neck after seeing him speaking out in such a laid back manner.

"I'll hear out your last words at least."

Karhal, who had been beaten down to a mess, voiced his thoughts with a serious expression.

"Decide what to do after hearing me out. What are you guys going to do now?"

Everyone stopped at those words.

Since they hadn't thought this far due to having been extremely enraged from the previous event.

Akilen spoke with an agitated expression.

"That damn village…"

But Karhal cut her off.

"Are you going to leave the village once and for all? And what about you Hansoo? Are you going to get through the Green Road with these guys?"

The Farmers flinched at Karhal's words.

Green Road.

A road filled with rank 1 and 2 beasts that threatened the village.

Going through this road with their current abilities was suicide.

Karhal spoke with a heavy expression while looking at the Farmers.

Since there was no need to agitate them further by making fun of them.

His life was still in their hands.

"The village is a place where people like you are needed. How long do you think you can survive without the village? The village asked you before we brought you in. As to whether you can sacrifice a bit of humanness for survival. Did it bring you in forcibly?"

"…"

Everyone frowned but didn't rebuke those words.

Since they weren't wrong.

Karhal continued to speak.

"Basically, you guys have just blatantly broken the rules of the village. We didn't do well in our position but at least we're useful. What are you going to go do at the village? Kill everyone of us who went into the forbidden area to torment you? Do you have any idea how chaotic the 1st Area would become without us and how many Farmers would die because of that? Are you going to defend against all those beasts by yourself?"

Karhal then looked at the black marble in Hansoo's hands.

It sealed mana.

A very threatening effect.

But it was useless against the beasts.

Since a beast would just shred them apart with their physical abilities alone.

Though Hansoo might be able to win against them, he wouldn't be able to hunt better than them.

Karhal spoke as he looked at the Farmers who were getting more and more nervous.

This was the last chance.

He needed to stay calm.

Karhal calmly spoke.

"Let's just drop it here. If you guys return to the village separate from us then it'll be solved. If we blame everything to the dead then it would end very quietly. Perfect right? Nothing happened today. Oh wait! Something did happen. Since we cleared the maniacs of the 1st Area and saved you."

Mackill frowned as she spoke.

"How can we trust you? What if you do something to us after you get to the village?"

Karhal chuckled at Mackill's words.

"Aren't you holding onto our weakness? You just need to tell everything to Enkidu if something goes wrong. We wouldn't die but… A 1st or 2nd ranking beast will still be hard for us to fight. There's no reason we would risk going through that just to piss you off a bit more. We Hunters of the 1st Area and will be leaving in just a few months, there's no reason to worsen the situation."

"Damnit."

Mackill frowned as she spat out those words.

Since those words were right despite making her annoyed.

The Hunters wouldn't die from them telling everything to Ekidu.

Since the village wouldn't dare kill the remaining 1st Area's Hunters.

No, there'll be less restrictions on the ones who are in charge of the 1st Area.

Since the problem will get worse if they killed all the people in charge of the 1st Area.

But this was why it was a safe situation for both parties.

If the Hunters would die from the Farmers telling on them then they would do everything in their power to get rid of the Farmers who would be a danger to them after getting to the village.

Mackill took a glance at Hansoo.

"What do we do…?"

Hansoo shrugged and spoke.

"Why are you asking me that?"

"…"

"What kind of authority do I have to decide that? It's all in your hands."

He had accomplished his objective.

And the ones who suffered were Mackill and her group.

If the Farmers could forgive the Hunters then it'll end with that but if they couldn't then the Hunters would just all die.

Since there wasn't a set guideline for a suitable retribution.

"…Phew."

Mackill turned around to hear out the opinions of others.

'Though the answer is predestined already.'

It wasn't a bad offer.

They had already killed the ones who they really wanted to kill anyway.

And as she expected, the people were making nervous expressions while nodding.

Since they didn't really have another method to solve this.

Karhal laughed as he looked at Mackill.

"Then release the mana suppression please. We're on one side now right? You can just suppress us right away if you wanted to anyway."

Mackill sighed deeply and then nodded.

"Okay. Hansoo. Could you please?"

Hansoo then turned off the black jade in his hands.

Kiiiiiiiiing

The jade stopped right away.

At the same time the mana in their bodies that refused to even budge slightly started to move.

'I still can't use it however I want. There are some set rules.'

At the very least, he couldn't turn the surrounding area into a vacuum of mana as he wanted.

'…I should use it when the Harvester comes.'

He knew that he should not use this until then.

While Hansoo was inspecting the black jade.

Karhal made a content expression from the mana refilling in his body and then stood up from his spot.

Along with the other Hunters.

'Damn. Was this really the right choice?'

An aura that theirs couldn't even compare to.

As the farmers were feeling nervous while looking at those Hunters, Karhal looked at the other Hunters behind him and shouted.

"Okay. Since we have thirty people… Take 7 each."

"…Take what?"

At Mackill's question, who was feeling a bit nervous from their powers she had seen earlier, Karhal just smiled as he replied:

"What do you mean? Since we're comrades we'll take you up there on our backs. It'll be a bit hard on your own."

Karhal then pointed towards the top of this darkness.

It was a height that Mackill and the Farmers wouldn't even dare to climb.

But if Karhal and the others helped them a bit with their skills from behind them it'll be very easy.

'Phew. The position of force has been switched over completely.'

But this was still okay.

While Mackill was shaking her head and preparing to go up.

Hansoo spoke towards Karhal who was feeling quite leisurely.

"Wait. We didn't finish yet. Since you finished speaking to them, you should talk a bit with me too."

"…Mmm."

Karhal looked at Hansoo with a heavy expression.

'Yeah. Releasing a caught fish…He shouldn't let us go for free.'

He had forgotten about the most threatening person here while dealing with the angered Farmers.

Even if the Farmers decided to let them go, if this guy wanted to kill them all then it would be a piece of cake.

'That damned marble.'

Karhal's leisurely expression disappeared and was replaced with an extremely pressured expression.

If Hansoo decided to kill them all?

There was no reason to test anything out.

The 200 Farmers and 30 Hunters here would just all disappear.

They would all get smashed apart by that guy's stupidly powerful body.

He would then just eat up their runes and continue.

He wouldn't be able to remain in the village with that but why would he want to stay there anyway?

Someone at his level could just go through the Green Road with ease.

'It seems he has some other thoughts since he hasn't done that yet…'

"What is it?"

Hansoo didn't seem impulsive but this was definitely not a pushover.

And he had nothing to lose either.

He might ask for something large.

Hansoo spoke towards Karhal who had prepared himself mentally.

........................…..

"…Oh my. Something like this really happened?"

Ekidu frowned as she listened to the stories of the Hunters and the Farmers who had returned.

For the Farmers who were suspected of being killed by the beasts or having gone missing to be trapped in the 1st Area.

Karim, the leader of the guards, nodded as he looked at Ekidu.

"It seems the remaining 1st Area Hunters have brought them. Anyways, are you going to just let this slide? Not being able to regulate one's team properly is also a crime."

Enkidu looked at Karim with a heavy expression.

"We have a fault as well for not being able to find something like this out. And since most came back alive… Let's just leave it at that. Oh and watch over them strictly. They might've closed up their mouths due to threats."

"Understood."

Karim nodded.

Since the current situation wasn't one where he should be wasting time on things like this.

The Human Farm event was pretty important but a bigger problem had come up to their front door.

'Tsk.'

Karim finished her thoughts and then looked towards the distance, past Ekidu's residence.

Towards the territory of the Higher race past the ceasefire village.

'Dakidus…'

Karim mumbled quietly and spoke to Ekidu.

"We have to start now."

"….Damn."

Ekidu clenched her teeth at those words.

There wasn't much time until the Harvester of Arukon, the giant Beastmen race, Dakidus arrived.

They needed to pick out the offerings before then.

With their own hands.

Karim shook his head while looking at Ekidu and spoke.

With a helpless expression.

"What more are you asking for? This is still very much democratic. Living like this in a world such as this is very good. Ekidu, remember that."

"…Like this huh."

Ekidu clenched her teeth.

It was a word she really hated in the past.

Since those words were just excuses.

But in a situation like this, those were the only words that managed to comfort her in any sense.

Ekidu sighed deeply and then spoke with a heavy expression.

"Okay. Bring everyone to the inner parts to the village and seal them. The vote…Begins."

Karim then nodded as he checked the population of the village.

"Okay. Oh and by the way…There are no preferences and special treatments."

"I know."

Karim nodded as he walked out.

......................

"…This doesn't feel very good."

Altair, one of the newcomers who had come with Hansoo to the village, made a nervous expression while looking around her surroundings.

Since the entire place was in chaos.

"Hurry and go into the village!"

"Damnit! Just use words man! We're going in!"

"Where else would we go anyway!"

Everyone was being shoved through the 52 wooden doors all around the village.

Everyone including the Hunters and the Farmers.

And these people started to move towards the residential area after coming into the village.

To them who moved around in rotations, being pushed in all at once was quite a hassle.

'The issue is… Why is it suddenly like this?'

A hassle like this was something quite hard to see usually.

At this rate the village's system which was needed for it to continue to run would stop.

What kind of event was this that every hour they spent in the Otherworld in leisure was another hour closer to death?

They even thought of running away from the suspicious air but what could they do anyway?

At that moment.

Kuugugugugugu

All the wooden doors started to close up after they all entered.

Every single door from the outermost wall and the fences that divided the three areas.

"Huh?"

All the doors of the wooden walls were sealed.

At the same time some people walked up the hundred scouting posts placed atop of the outermost walls.

Altair frowned as she looked at the people surrounding her as if not one of the people here could escape.

'They are…'

Guards.

They were hard to find in the first place anyway, why were they moving in such a large scale?

At that moment.

Karim, who was standing on top of the highest scouting post, shouted out loudly.

"The vote begins now! The time limit is 3 days. Whatever you do…Receive the recommendations of three people! By proving that you're useful to the village. Those who fail to receive the recommendations of three people will all get sent as an offering!"

"…Offering?"

"Of course we wouldn't stop you sacrificing yourself for your comrades, prove your worth if you don't want to become an offering! To your comrades! Achieve three votes no matter what!"

At the same time everyone' expression split up.

Between the leisurely ones and the pressured ones.

"Damnit! It was two last time! Why is it three now!"

"Aaaaaaahh!"

"Nothing can be done. The balance has been broken because newcomers haven't come in recently. Begin!"

Everyone looked at Altair and Hansoo with evil expressions after hearing the word newcomers.

Reincarnator – Chapter 158 : Voting Offerings (2)

Altair made a confused expression.

A vote for offerings.

She didn't know what an offering was but she deduced that it wasn't good.

Since the whole village was in chaos after the vote had begun.

And as if receiving three was the most important thing, arguments were getting louder and there were curses being thrown around.

Some were running somewhere else and others were discussing something.

All with urgent expressions.

At that moment.

A few people who were causing an uproar approached Altair and her group.

"Hey! Newcomers! Let's have a talk!"

"…"

Altair finched as she looked at these people approaching her with a threatening aura.

Her own group only had around 9 people.

But the other side had at least 20 people.

And their eyes were all shining as if they were in a rush.

This was very dangerous.

Since the ones who didn't have any leisure to back off to might do some crazy things.

'Damnit. At least tell us what the vote is.'

At that moment.

Hoooook!

One of the guards, who was watching from above the scouting post, jumped down and landed on the ground.

Tadak

The sound of the landing was very quiet but effect wasn't.

"Ugh…"

The Farmers who were walking up suddenly flinched while looking at the Guard.

Hellum, a guard who had landed, smiled and then shouted to the ones around him.

"You know already. That violence is forbidden."

"Damn…"

Altair sighed as she looked at the people walking off and then switched her gaze onto the guard.

The person who had first guided them in the village.

Altair asked Hellum.

"What is the vote and why is it causing such a ruckus?"

Hellum chuckled.

"Well. Putting it simply, it's like a popularity vote."

"What?"

Altair spoke with a dumbfounded expression.

A popularity vote was enough to cause everyone to fall in panic like this?

No way.

Hellum added additional details while looking at Altair.

"You see, our village is in a certain situation where we need to pick out offerings. Constantly."

"…"

Offering.

A word that didn't have good vibes to it.

Hellum continued to speak while looking at Altair.

"Actually, I don't even know what happens to those who become offerings. But it's a fact that it doesn't really sound good right? That's why everyone was trying so hard to fill their quota to not go but… This method was very vague. And to base it off strength… That's weird too right? We can't really number everyone according to strength and one's strength might differ depending on how dire of a situation they are in. And for someone to pick people off like a king… Our village is still a bit democratic you see."

"…Yeah."

"This is why the voting system has been introduced."

Vote.

The rules were simple.

One vote per one person.

The Farmers could give this to anybody but themselves that they judge to be needed in the village.

And it was their choice whomever they gave it to.

Since someone might be really needed to them despite not being needed by others.

"The number changes every time but…With the amount of offerings we need this time, you need at least three votes this time. This is the only reason to stay in the village. It's not that bad really. There was a time when one needed to receive five people's votes."

Hellum was about to continue speaking but just held it in.

Since there wasn't a need to be kind to a rude girl who disregarded seniority.

'It's extremely disadvantageous for newcomers like you.'

It wasn't an issue of necessity but how long they had been in the village.

People in the village will usually appeal themselves to the others.

That they were needed in the village like this.

At first they had created this method just to pick out offerings but it brought quite a positive effect to the whole community.

Most people will do whatever it took to profit usually.

Even if that harmed their comrades.

But once the offering system was introduced, they couldn't do whatever they wanted.

Since they would then become the offerings in the next voting.

Nobody wanted to have somebody dangerous around them in an environment already filled to the brim with danger.

Even if they were siblings.

And to keep one's image as well as maintaining one's chance at the vote, the villagers were quite concerned about this issue during the normal days as well.

There were indeed three days to acquire the votes but having the guaranteed votes before then was safer.

Altair made a dumbfounded expression at the words of Hellum that told her that she needed to gain three votes.

Then a tremendous issue would arise from this.

"What…Do you mean that two thirds of the village will get dragged out as offerings?"

It made no sense.

She didn't know how long the offering system took place but if they cut off such a large amount of people then there was no way the village would be able to be maintained.

Hellum smiled at those words.

"Well actually…This is a bit different."

"What?"

"You Farmers only have one vote per person. But there's no rule saying that others are the same way right?"

It was democratic, yes.

But it was only democratic .

It was not like the real world.

......................

Karhal, a Hunter who had returned to the village, whistled as he looked at Mackill who was looking at him with a despicable expression:

"Oh. Why have you come to see me? After saying such words."

Mackill clenched her teeth and spoke:

"You knew that the time for the voting had come in the village."

The moment Mackill and the other 200 people entered the village they had fallen into another dangerous situation.

Since they, the ones who had been dragged away by Keron and Etianon the moment they came into the village, had no connections whatsoever.

Even if they go around and vote for each other only 70 of them would be able to live.

Karhal nodded at those words.

"I knew."

The words of the leisurely Karhal.

Mackill shouted out in rage from the attitude of Karhal which seemed like it was asking what the problem was.

"Damn! Then why did you bring us into the village right away! You could've waited until the vote ended to bring us in!"

The offerings vote didn't take that long.

If Karhal left them in the darkness until it ended and brought them?

Then they would've been able to dodge the vote this time along.

And then they would've been able to buy some time.

Until the next vote for the offerings.

Karhal smirked at these words.

A clear sneer.

Mackill stopped at Karhal's expression.

"…What?"

Karhal laughed as he spoke.

With an attitude saying that she was only this much as well.

"You're saying that you want to escape this vote by yourselves… What if the 200 of you miss it? Then what about the other 200 who would get dragged along instead?"

"…"

"At least they had worked hard to bring in food to the village and didn't mind licking the foot of others just to collect some votes. They struggled as much as they could. And if one compares them to you… It's clear who should get dragged away right?"

There wasn't a need for Karhal to judge things anyway.

Since the results of the vote would tell them.

"In the end well… It means you guys got this far by stepping on others."

Mackill couldn't hold in her anger and shouted.

"You fucking bastard! That's because we were trapped because of you!"

Karhal nodded as he heard the enraged shout of Mackill.

While erasing the smile on his face.

"Yeah. So that's why you guys came to find us right? You want us to take responsibility?"

"Haa…Haaa."

Mackill suppressed her anger at those words and then started to breathe in and out.

The other side clearly knew what she wanted.

It was now time to get to the main point.

"Yeah. If you guys are still human…At least give us the votes this time around. You guys have…Ten votes each."

The Hunters had two privileges.

One, they were completely exempt from the vote.

Second, they all had 10 votes each.

It wasn't wrong to say it was based on strength.

Since a Hunter was an important figure that couldn't be traded even for 10 Farmers.

This was the true privilege of Hunters who lived atop of the Farmers.

To them, this whole voting this was just watching fire that was across the river.

This was the reason why Mackill came to find Karhal.

Karhal's team, the 30 people, had a total of 300 votes.

And even more if they could ask for some people for help.

Karhal chuckled at Mackill's words.

"You're asking too much. You're asking us to give you the authority to save 200 people."

Mackill clenched her teeth and then spoke:

"Nothing can be done. And you guys won't be able to ignore it as well. How would I stop the mouths of those who would get dragged away as offerings?"

Nobody knew what happened to those who got dragged out as offerings.

But it was clear that they didn't need to deal with the hunters anymore at least.

If they gather up and expose the Hunters then a calamity will befall the Hunters.

Karhal pondered for a moment while looking at Mackill threatening him and then chuckled as he nodded.

"Sure. Since it wasn't only Keron and Etianon who wronged. We need to take responsibility a bit as well."

As moment Mackill's expression brightened up from Karhal's answer, Karhal spoke again:

"But, We cannot give you all 600 votes. We can hmm…Yeah, 300. We will only give you 300."

"What?"

Karhal made an expression saying 'Wasn't it obvious?'.

"Of course. Why would the Farmers come all the way to us to lick our feet?"

The Hunters couldn't play with the Farmers if they weren't issued a Free Pass even if they were Hunters.

But even without that, many Farmers would dodge the eyes of the guards and approach the Hunters outside the village.

They would sell themselves so the Hunters could vote for them.

And there was no reason the Hunters needed to deny it.

Karhal continued to speak.

"There are a few votes we promised to give you see. You want us to scrape everything off them and give it to you as well? This is too much. This is as much as we can give you if we use every bit of influence we have."

"…"

The words 'Can you not' almost came up from her throat but she gulped it back down.

She couldn't.

Because then, even if they were able to dodge the vote this time around, they would get killed by their fellow Farmers.

'…Where to get the remaining votes?'

Mackill's expression turned into that of panic slowly.

Karhal chuckled as he looked at Mackill and then spoke:

"Try going to that Hansoo guy. Though I'm not sure if you're the only one who's quite urgent."

"What?"

..................................

Altair took her group and quickly started to go through the village.

'I need to hurry and find him.'

Hansoo was their sole remaining hope.

They had 9 people.

The votes they needed was 27 in total but there was no one who would give them any votes.

No one.

They needed to get those 10 votes from Hansoo at least and work from there.

But Altair realized that she was a step too late after having arrived.

"Please give me a vote! Just one! I've already collected two!"

"Please! I'll do whatever you ask of if you give me two! I've collected quite a lot of runes as well! Please I beg you!"

Hansoo's surroundings had already turned into chaos.

It wasn't just one or two.

Hundreds of people had gathered around him.

'My god…'

Altair swirled her tongue around her mouth.

But she knew the reason for this.

There was a limited amount of Hunters in the village.

And the votes of those Hunters had long been set before the vote already.

The newly risen Hunter, Hansoo, was like their lifeline.

Altair stopped while looking at the attitudes of the giant group of people.

Though violence was forbidden, it didn't seem from their expressions that things would end calmy.

Well everyone here could only be like that.

Since they had all seen what the Harvester, the one called Dakidus, was chewing on as a snack.

They didn't know what happened to the ones sent away as offerings.

But if they get pushed out from here?

They would get dragged away by the thing that treated humans as snacks.

While everyone was shouting out loudly of the things they can offer with a panic stricken expression, one of the people who had come here looked at Altair's group and spoke.

Since it had been quite long since the faces of the newcomers, the first in a while, had spread around in the village.

They couldn't do anything because of the Guards but the man still whispered quietly to Altair.

"Hey. Isn't it better for you to just stay out of this?"

"What?"

The man looked around his surroundings as he spoke.

"Everyone here has at least gathered two votes you see. They worked hard during the normal days for it."

The man frowned as he spoke.

Since he wasn't an exemption to that.

'Damn…I thought two votes would be enough.'

But in a situation like this, every vote had the worth of a life.

"Which means that ten people wouldn't go with that guy's votes. But you guys need 3 votes each to get exempted. Logically speaking, isn't ten better than three? It's not like you die, who knows if they'll treat you well when you get there?"

'This monkey…Saying such things…'

Altair made a dumbfounded expression.

She didn't know what would happen to the offerings but she could tell somewhat from the people's attitudes.

She could not get dragged away no matter what.

'We're acquaintances… He wouldn't treat me like a stranger.'

Altair froze her expression and then walked towards Hansoo.

Reincarnator – Chapter 159 : Voting Offerings (3)

Dakidus' Fortress, the Harvester, Atillan.

Dakidus frowned slightly as he sat inside the control room.

"Hmm…I'm feeling distressed for some reason."

Crunch Crunch.

"Aaaaaaahhh…."

If one feels stressed, then they should eat.

Dakidus' hands moved towards the transparent snack container next to him.

Then his four-meter-long mouth opened up as he started to eat the humans that were inside the container.

Crunch Crunch.

"Uaaaaak!"

The control room was filled with screams in an instant.

And on every single one of these human's bodies were skills—powerful defensive skills.

There wasn't any form of suppression or control applied to the humans that Dakidus was chewing on.

They were all fresh humans that had just been brought in.

"This fucking bitch!"

If they could use defensive skills,then they could also use offensive ones as well.

As the humans who'd been trapped within the mysterious clear container were picked up by Dakidus' hands, they all clenched their teeth and started to use their skills.

A black beam came out from the hands of an adventurer in Dakidus' hands and smashed onto Dakidus' eyes.

Then, a huge explosion occurred.

Boooooooom!

The entire room that Dakidus was in, which had clear walls, started to tremble from the attack.

Surprisingly, a skill which had a similar power to the Pentuple Beam of Karhal, had come out of a human who was merely a snack.

But of course, these people had been caught whilst they were adventuring inside of the Green Road.

They were much stronger than those who acted like kings in those puny little ceasefire zones.

"Grrr….A bitch huh. Isn't that a bit too accurate?"

A beast-like rose up from Dakidus' mouth—as if he couldn't give up his beastial-instincts.

But the adventurer fell into despair when he heard that noise.

He could clearly hear the sneer hidden within.

"Damnit…."

A blue barrier had surrounded the entire body of the wolfman.

From the crown off the wolfman's head, to the rest of the body, the blue barrier was currently protecting Dakidus extremely well.

"I heard that you guys were a bit smart. Don't you know that just getting chewed up is more convenient?"

"Ahhh…."

The adventurer was instantly filled with fear in that moment.

Dakidus threw the human into his mouth and started to chew.

"Uaaa-aaaaak!"

Booom!

Booo-boooo-boom!

Explosions and lasers came out from within Dakidus' mouth.

However, Dakidus ignored the man's last ditch efforts, and swirled his snack inside his mouth as long as possible, before slowly chewing him down.

The inner parts of his mouth were also protected by the blue barrier.

No, this kind of resistance was rather fun.

'The main dish isn't really fun to eat.'

Dakidus liked snacks because of these sensations.

Since they struggled in his mouth.

Rumble. Rumble…

As the resistance in his mouth slowly stopped, Dakidus made a bored expression, swallowed the snack, and then looked towards the border area in the distance while smacking his lips.

And then thought of the sixth sense that had disturbed him a few days ago as he made an uncomfortable expression.

The higher race—The Arukon.

If he ignored the other two Higher races that they shared borders with, then one could say that there shouldn't be any reason for this sixth sense to activate, since humans were just mere livestock.

But why had it activated?

His role was just managing the farms in this nearby area, which grew these livestock.

'Well. It seems that these guys called that a ceasefire zone.'

Dakidus made an amused expression.

He could constantly eat humans for free, without doing anything himself.

If it wasn't a farm, then what was it?

Dakidus pondered as he thought of the farm, but then just nodded his head.

'I should go a bit early.'

Even without that disturbing sensation from a few days ago, going a bit early to watch happened quite often.

Since watching the voting process that these guys had was quite amusing.

The last ones had often left quite an amusing scene.

'The game's quite nice.'

The moment Dakidus willed it.

Kiiiiiiiing…

The entire control room began to be shrouded in bright blue light.

At the same time, a huge quantity of mana started to come out from Dakidus' body, which had a blue crown on the top of the head.

Hooooooong.

The mana that came out from Dakidus's body started to spread out in all directions.

At that moment…

Kuugugugugugugu….

The control room Dakidus was sitting in started to tremble excessively.

..........................

Hansoo nodded as he looked at the surrounding swarm of people.

If he could use this to hasten the preparing process, then it'd be very good.

'I should enhance the Sealing Jade a bit more.'

The core material was the Sealing Jade.

But in order to give the Harvester, Dakidus, a fatal strike, the Sealing Jade alone wasn't enough.

Since the Sealing Jade, despite its tremendous power, wasn't invincible.

If there wasn't a limit to the Sealing Jade, why would the Sages have lost the war against the Higher races?

This was why he had to prepare, and had to enhance the Sealing Jade further.

The alchemists of the past had found a method of enhancing the Sealing Jade by using materials that could be found in ceasefire villages.

'Let's see…there are eight important materials in total.'

These items were definitely not something that he could earn in a short amount of time by trading the things he had.

But this wasn't much of a problem.

After checking the market around town.

Everything he needed had already been prepared by stores that the Guards operated.

'Of course they'd have them.'

The important materials he needed were also quite precious within the village, so they always had a surplus amount of them lying around.

There was just one problem.

He couldn't buy them.

'I have no money.'

Hansoo clicked his tongue.

In order to make everything fair in the world, the points given to those for their contributions could be used to borrow or buy things in the village.

Of course the best case scenario would be where they gave the best items out, and had them fight for the village—but such an ideal case has never worked out fluently.

Because then a ruckus would be created when everyone tried to obtain the best items.

And this point system was something that both encouraged hunting, and gave the farmers strength.

But Hansoo had almost no points.

How could he have contribution points when he'd just arrived in the village?.

And stealing wasn't a very good idea.

Stealing from a shop owned by the Guards was the same as fighting them head on.

'But wouldn't that be the case for these guys as well?'

He was originally going to clash against the guards in order to gain the materials from the market, but there wasn't a need to do it anymore, because of this event.

Hansoo took a deep breath, and then shouted, "Arumang's Horn! Ellum's Poison! Akarim Leather! And…"

Everyone made confused expressions at the shouts that came from Hansoo's mouth.

'Why is he calling out such rare items…'

The materials Hansoo had just called out were things that they could only buy by giving away a large amount of points.

For example, an Arumang's Horn was something that could hide an adventurer's presence to quite a large degree, just by having it on their person.

It was expensive since it was an item that allowed one to get away from the perceptions of the beasts.

Akarim's Leather gave one a high amount of magic resistance if placed atop of their armor, and Ellum's Poison was a high level poison that worked against even rank 5 beasts.

Why had he shouted out these materials?

'Tsk. Maybe I'd be able to buy one if I emptied all my points.'

While the man, who was talking to Altair, muttered in his mind as he thought of his own contribution points.

Hansoo shouted out a final line after saying those eight materials.

"I will give a vote for those who bring me the eight materials I just shouted! Oh, and two for Arumang's Horn and Akarim's Leather!"

Hansoo's shout rang out in all directions.

"Huh?"

While a few people stopped in their tracks in confusion.

"Huaaaaap!"

Papapapapak

As soon as those words were heard, the ones located on the outermost parts quickly moved.

It was like a firework.

A scene where tens of people suddenly rushed towards the village.

"Huh?"

The ones who were thinking about it a bit too long finally screamed out as well, and ran towards the Market.

'Damn. My curiosity slowed me down!"

The man who was speaking to Altair started to run as well while grinding his teeth.

What did it matter where Hansoo wanted to take those things or how he wanted use them?

They had points.

And as long as they could get those items to him, they'd be able to get that vote.

What else was needed?

'Though it's a bit expensive…'

Using up all their points was still much better than being dragged away as an offering.

The man stole a glance behind him and smiled.

'Well then. There are clearly those who're out of this competition now.'

The man was actually quite nervous himself as well.

Being an acquaintance was sometimes very frightening.

What if the relation between Hansoo and the newcomers was deeper?

Without any thoughts, all 10 votes would go to those guys.

But it seemed like Hansoo clearly had standards.

Why would he give those votes to the newcomers who were just beggars?

'Good. Good.'

The adventurers used various skills and stormed towards the market.

And when everyone had disappeared, Mackill and Altair, who'd arrived late, made expressions of despair when they heard Hansoo's shout.

Contribution points.

Both Mackill, who'd been trapped within the human farm and had just arrived at the village, and Altair, a newcomer, had no contribution points.

Mackill's expression was that of devastation, since she realized that there was no way for her to dodge this.

Mackill, who was in a daze, suddenly began to grind her teeth while looking at the Hunters and Guards, as well as Karim, the captain of the guards, and at Ekidu.

And then she shouted loudly.

"I thought I'd escaped from the farm, but it seems like this place is a farm as well!"

As her shouts were heard, the Hunters who were watching the fire from the other side, made amused expressions.

And Mackill was enraged again from those expressions, she shouted again.

"Damnit! I don't know who's taking these offerings, but aren't you ashamed of yourselves?! Living like this with your strength! Shouldn't you try to fight them with this much strength!?"

Their strengths couldn't even be compared to hers.

And there were a large amount of these guys.

But for them to act this way…to sell their own race.

At that moment.

"Hahahaha!"

"Kuaaahahahaha!"

Sneers exploded out from all around her.

From the Hunters watching from above, to the Farmers who had leisure after obtaining votes.

While Mackill was frowning from this scene, Karhal, who'd followed Mackill all the way here, spoke towards her.

"I guess you haven't seen them yet. The Harvesters."

"…What?"

The moment Mackill replied.

Kuuuguguguugugugugu…

Everything including the skies and the earth started to tremble.

As if something that was riding on a huge wave was approaching them.

The moment that Mackill was shocked from the powerful vibration, Karhal made a bitter expression.

"I guess they don't really have manners because they're bitches. Well anyway, it's a good event for you. Look. Those are the things you're asking us to fight."

Karhal then pointed towards the sky.

The moment Mackill looked up towards where Karhal had pointed, Mackill wasn't able to believe her own eyes.

It wasn't something she should be seeing in a place like this.

"Oh my god…"

Kuuuguguguguu…

A golden castle that might come out in a sci-fi fantasy movie.

A giant circular castle with a diameter over 500m was approaching the village from high up in the skies.

Kuurururururuuuu…

The golden castle in the skies, when compared to the small wooden village below, made it shine with splendor even more.

And it wasn't just for looks.

A humongous mana wave resonated out from the giant golden castle.

Despite being kilometers away from it, it still made their entire bodies feel prickly.

Karhal mumbled as he looked at the Satellite Fortress of the Harvester.

"It's quite a scene right? Isn't it like seeing an alien during the primitive era? Anyways, he came a bit early this time around. Damn…"

"Mmm?"

Mackill looked at Karhal with a confused expression, since his expression wasn't quite good.

The other Hunter's expressions were filled with nervousness as well.

Mackill couldn't hold back her curiosity as she asked.

"Why are you guys nervous? You guys have nothing to do with the vote at all."

And then Hansoo, who'd appeared next to them, spoke as he looked up at the giant castle.

"That's a rule made by humans."

"What?"

"I'm saying that they wouldn't necessarily respect that rule."

Karhal added another line to Hansoo's.

"I'll say it simply. Their personalities are just like…the Fairy's."

"…I see."

Mackill mumbled as he looked at the giant wolfman floating down from the castle, enshrouded in blue light.

Since the expression on its face was too familiar.

It was the same as the one on the Fairy's.

'Damn…just watch and fuck off this time around! Please! At least the Fairies look cute…'

If that guy fancied something, then even they, the Hunters, weren't safe.

Karhal gulped down his saliva as he looked at the ugly wolfman.