Chapter 11 Preparing to Attack
Before exiting the dungeon, Zero used [Conceal] to the three of them. When they come out, it's still midnight and the time is 1:00 AM. When Zero saw the pack of monsters in the forest he fell into thinking 'Why these monsters don't come out in the forest and attack everything? Is there someone ruling these monsters?'
Zero just forgot it and then they exit the forest.
After five minutes they are back home. Zero headed straight to his room because he has work tomorrow. Aviz and Reno did the same too.
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At the Death Forest.
There is a man in his 40s sitting in a tree trunk. Beside him is a fox with hundreds of tails and an adult dragon with dark blue scales and crimson eyes. The man is a tamer. His taming skill reached the 10th tier so it can subdue dragons and foxes. A fox with a hundred tails is considered an SSS-Rank monster while the Adult Dragon is an SSS-Rank monster too. A child dragon is at SS-Rank while an Elder Dragon is at Disaster Rank. Disaster Rank is the next rank after SSS. This ranking will only be used to monsters that cannot be subdued by seven SSS Rank Hunters.
The tamer grinned and said "I'll start within a week. Let's see how those bunch of hunters can defend my attack."
A single SSS-Rank monster needed at least 5 SSS-Rank hunters to fight toe to toe in it. An SS-Rank monster needs at least 4 SS-Rank hunters and 1 SSS-Rank hunter to safely kill the monster. So to surely repel the monsters they need at least 11 SSS-Rank Hunters!
But the SSS-Rank hunters in the country are only seven...
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Zero woke up at 7:00 AM. Aviz and Reno are still sleeping so he decided not to bother them. He prepared for his work and just decided to eat at the nearby canteen in the Hunters Management. While Zero was walking on his to the canteen he thought
'Will those monsters attack? If yes, when will they attack? I noticed a faint human presence but I ignored it because I know it will be just a pain in the ass'. The distance between the forest and his house is very far from each other so he doesn't need to worry plus the Hunters Management is not far from his home!
Then he arrived at the canteen and ordered some steak to fill himself. After eating, he entered the building of Hunters Management and he saw many people gathering. They gathered because the Guild Leaders of the top three guilds in Korea are in the Hunters Management! Byung-ho of Behemoth Guild, Ah-In of Shadow Vengeance Guild, and Lee Bong Ju of Fiery Phoenix Guild! They are all headed to the room of the President of Hunters Management to talk about raiding the 'Death Forest'. Zero didn't bother to look at them because he will be late.
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At President Dong-Hyun's room.
Byung-ho, Ah-In, and Lee Bong Ju entered. What they saw is a man in his 50s. When the President looked at them with a cold gaze, the three shivered even though they are SSS-Rank Hunters! Then the three bowed and said in unison "Greetings, Master."
Dong-Hyun is the former strongest SSS-Rank in Korea! He is the strongest swordsman in the country. And He's also using magic, and his strongest magic is fire. His fire magic is at the 10th tier and his lightning is at the 8th tier. He retired 10 years ago because he chose to live his remaining life peacefully. After retiring he saw three kids and he saw their potential! At that time, Byung-ho is 21 years old, while Ah-In is 19 years old and Lee Bong Ju at that time is only 18 years old. Dong-Hyun taught them for five years before he became the President of Hunters Management. He became the President because the recent President died because of old age. When he became the President he's unable to teach them anymore because his position as a President is very busy. So he told the three to practice on their own. After another five years here they are! They created their guild at the same time three years ago. And now, they are hailed as the top three strongest guilds in the country!
Dong-Hyun then signaled them to sit down. Dong-Hyun looked at Lee Bong Ju and said
"So how's your fire magic crybaby?"
Lee Bong Ju is shocked and flustered when he heard that and said "Ah, ah Master I think after a few more years I can reach the 10th tier. And master I'm not a crybaby anymore it's all in the past!"
Byung-ho and Ah-In hold their laughs. Dong-Hyun always cried when he's still being taught by Dong-Hyun. He always cried because he can't reach the level of Byung ho and Ah-In at that time. But he won't know that in his talent considering his age, it's very good talent.
Dong-Hyun asked the next Byung-ho "How's your swordsmanship?"
Byung-ho answered "It's pretty decent, master! I am confident to kill a Chimera with a single slash!"
What swordsmanship Dong-Hyun taught him is not fancy. What he taught is swordsmanship that doesn't have any style but it all focused on killing. Dong-Hyun nodded.
Then he asked Ah-In "Your lightning magic?"
Ah-In answered, "It's at the 9th tier master."
Dong-Hyun is not very good at lightning magic. He just taught her what he knows and let Ah-In understand Lightning Magic.
After that Dong-Hyun said, "So let's go back to the business." Then they talked about how will they attack the 'Death Forest'.
After an hour of talking, they decided to attack the forest within a month. Even though they know that the forest is dangerous for a very long time, they didn't attack it because they think that they use the forest as their home. But now that the monsters inside the forest are increasing at a rapid rate, they decided to retaliate to avoid unforeseen future dangers. What they don't know is that within a week, the monsters in the forest will go wild...
Zero is doing his normal work. While Reno and Aviz are at the house doing their works too.
A week passed in a blink of an eye. The hunters that are guarding the forest felt changes and reported it. They told in the report that the monsters is gathering. When this report immediately reached Dong-Hyun, he stand up and immediately called to his 3 disciples.